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I suppose when you spend most
of your life in one profession
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you develop what could be called
an occupational point of view
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So maybe I can be forgiven
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for the first thing I
thought of that morning
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Because I found myself thinking that
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the staging and the setting
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even the lighting of Maria's funeral
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were just what she would have wanted
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My name is Harry Dawes
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I've been a writer
and director of movies
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for longer than I like to remember
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I go way back: back
to when the movies
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had two dimensions,
and one dimension
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and sometimes no dimension at all
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I wrote and directed all three
of the movies Maria D'Amata was in
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Her short, full career,
from start to finish
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I wrote it and directed it
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On the screen, that is
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What was I doing there?
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The Fates or the Furies
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or whoever wrote and
directed her short, full life
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they took care of that
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Anyway, there I stood
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halfway around the world
from Hollywood and Vine
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in a little graveyard
near Rapallo, Italy
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watching them bury the
Contessa Torlato-Favrini
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in ground she'd never
heard of six months ago
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with a stone statue to mark the spot
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Life, every now and then, behaves
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as if it had seen
too many bad movies
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When everything fits too well:
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The beginning, the
middle and the end
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from fade-in to fade-out
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And where I faded in,
the contessa was not a contessa
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She was not even a movie
star named Maria D'Amata
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Where I faded in,
her name was Maria Vargas
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and she danced in a
nightclub in Madrid, Spain
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Ol�!
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Ol�!
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And so, once upon a time, three
years ago, we came to Madrid
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to a not very fashionable
nightclub, to see Maria Vargas dance
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Let me tell you who "we" were
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The man with the sweaty
face and frightened eyes
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was and is Oscar Muldoon
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He's a public relations
man, which can be many things
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unrelated and not public at all
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The blonde was made
in Hollywood, USA
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Her name was Myrna,
and she travelled
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I was a writer and/or director,
who hadn't been doing too well
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We were all in the
employ of Kirk Edwards
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Meet Kirk Edwards
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You're saying to yourself
"So, that's what he looks like"
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"A Wall Street wizard who came
up from the streets of New York"
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"Who came up from the bottom,
but never really left it"
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Don't feel sorry for Kirk Edwards
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Not unless you're a
hungry psychiatrist
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Kirk was producing a
motion picture, his first
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He had as much in common
with anything creative
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as I have with nuclear physics
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Well, we'd been scouting for
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what is called,
delicately, a new face
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By most standards, flying all the
way to Madrid to look for a new face
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would seem like going
to a lot of trouble
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But I've known producers
who'd travel further
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for a good smoked whitefish
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Hey, um... Hey, Mac!
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"S�, se�or"
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How come the band is takin' a break?
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- Uh, please. Don't...
- Signorina
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Se�orita. You're
in Spain now, buster
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Se�orita whatsis... Maria Vargas.
She does not dance no more?
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No more, se�or
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You mean she dance only
one time, then "finito"?
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"S�, no m�s. " One
time, then "finito"
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Well, maybe she could dance one
more time, just for tonight, eh?
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She never dance more.
One time and no more.
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Well, why you not make her
dance more? You the boss, eh?
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Is Maria Vargas. Nobody
boss. Maria Vargas
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Funny, I always thought a woman
was a two-time thing. Sing it, Oscar
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Oscar, have her come to the table
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I'm very sorry, se�or,
but Se�orita Vargas
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does not sit at the
tables with the guests
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Now, I'm sure you don't consider
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Mr Kirk Edwards just
an ordinary guest
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Well, I have said, it is not
possible with Se�orita Vargas
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Well, maybe just this once,
for Mr Kirk Edwards
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you can make an
exception to your rule
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But it's not my rule.
It's rule of Se�orita Vargas
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I'm sorry. Excuse me, ladies
and gentlemen. Excuse me.
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Oscar, go get her
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We'll be right back
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You haven't had much
to say this trip, Harry
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I'd counted on you for laughs
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some of your well-known
bright remarks
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Maybe going on the
wagon makes a man dull
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Could be
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Oscar hasn't touched his whisky
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- No, thanks
- How long has it been?
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- Five months, next Tuesday
- Let that be a lesson to you, Myrna
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It's never too late
to develop character
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I've got time
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The fact that you
don't drink at all, Kirk
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is the greatest argument
for drunkenness I know
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Wanna know why I went on the
wagon when I went to work for you?
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Because I didn't want you around
when my brain was befuddled
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First thing I know,
you might buy my soul
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You can't buy people's
souls. They belong to God.
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- What's champagne in Spanish?
- Wait till Oscar gets back
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Not always, Kirk. Sometimes
it's quite a tussle
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- Remember Faust?
- I don't believe I do
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Faust was something like you, Kirk
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Except, instead of all
the money in the world
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he had all the knowledge
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But the one thing he never knew
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like you, was a moment
of real happiness
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So he made a deal with the Devil.
He'd trade his soul to the Devil
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in return for that one
moment of real happiness.
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How'd it turn out?
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Well, God fought the
Devil for Faust's soul
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It was a close fight
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Most people think God won
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I personally always
thought it wound up a draw
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I think it's a silly story
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No man with all that
money and knowledge
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could never have been happy
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Sure it's a silly story
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Can you ever imagine Kirk
being in a spot like that?
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Worst come to worst,
he'd just "buy" God
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A woman who drinks is bad enough
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But I will not stand for a
woman cursing and blaspheming God
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Now get out of here.
Right now. Get out
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This is Madrid, in Spain,
not Sunset Boulevard
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We flew from Rome in your
private plane, remember?
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Then let her find her own way back
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There must be other planes,
trains, buses. Give her some money
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Is she changing? Then why
didn't you bring her with you?
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- She don't sit with the customers
- You talked to her?
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Through the door.
She opened it that wide
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That fella in Rome was right.
Her English ain't bad
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- Did you tell her what it was about?
- She knew. And she knew who you were
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She don't sit at the
tables with the customers
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One of the waiters tells me she's
got a reputation for not mingling
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Do you suppose that, just this
once, you might have to go yourself?
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This time, I want "you" to go
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Sorry, my contract and the
bylaws of my various guilds
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call for me to render my services
to you as a writer and a director
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I'm not required to do
your... public relations
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Look who's a candidate
for the Christopher Award
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An ex-drunk who's
fallen on his face
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in front of half of central casting
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Shut up, Oscar
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Now, this is as good a time as any
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to get our relationship
straight, once and for all
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You work for me. I pay you.
That means only one thing to me
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whether you're a director or
a janitor in one of my plants:
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I'm your boss
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I'm also perfectly willing and able
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to cancel this entire
production right now
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Pay you off and write you off
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The government will be
paying for most of it anyway
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With Oscar's help,
I can let it be known
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your script wasn't worth shooting
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and that you were in
no condition to shoot it
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Maybe you went off
the wagon. Who knows?
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The majors aren't wanting you anyway
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And if I can't afford you
as an independent, who can?
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All that, just to meet a new face
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All that, because I
want you to do what I say
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even if it's picking up
my hat when I tell you to
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Give me some money,
Oscar, to get back to Rome
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I'll ad-lib the rest of the way
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Why don't you come too, Harry?
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You might as well put whisky in
that. And don't worry about your soul
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You must have lost it at
some preview, a long time ago
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Um...
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Se�orita Vargas?
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Gracias
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Se�orita, your bare feet are showing
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Now, I don't speak Spanish,
you don't speak english
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so the only way we can
make any progress is to...
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- I did not say to come in
- You did not say to stay out
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- You did not actually say nothing
- Anything
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Your English is very good
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Where'd you learn it?
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- This man, he is my cousin
- This man, he is your cousin
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Did you come for the same reason
as the man with sweat on his face?
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Yes. But, as you see, I
have no sweat on my face
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Mr Edwards thought I
might persuade you...
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I do not mingle with the customers
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Only your cousin?
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The man with the
sweat was more pleasant
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Not really. Do you know
who Mr Kirk Edwards is?
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I have heard of him.
He is the owner of Wall Street
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That is correct. Recently, however,
he decided to produce motion pictures
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and for that purpose he's
just bought California, too.
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- And now he wants to buy me?
- Not exactly
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Mr Kirk Edwards is looking
for somebody... like you
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to play in his first production
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and he wants to talk to you about it
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- Who are you?
- Oh, I'm not important
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I'm writing the film and I'll
direct it. My name is Harry Dawes
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Harry Dawes
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Harry Dawes
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Did you not once direct Jean
Harlow and Carole Lombard?
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You must have seen movies
when you were very little
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How did you know my name? Only
one out of 10,000 moviegoers...
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Oh, I can name to you Lubitsch and
Fleming and Van Dyke and La Cava
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- You didn't think I was
dead too, did you? - Maria!
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My cousin, he plays in the orchestra
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- He had to go back to work
- Through the window?
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That's a funny way
for a cousin to leave
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In Hollywood, it is not
easy to become a star
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Ah, where is it easy?
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In Madrid, here at
least I'm a little star
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Why should I take the
chance that I lose it?
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- Do you know what a screen test is?
- Yes
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We could make it in
Rome. Nobody would know
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If it doesn't work out,
you'll have lost nothing
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It can't hurt you
to meet Kirk Edwards
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Nobody could accuse you of mingling
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A business conference with one
of the richest men in the world
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Could you teach me to act, Mr Dawes?
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If you can act, I can help you
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If you can't, nobody can teach you
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Why did not Mr Kirk Edwards
come to ask me himself?
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I'm sure he would
have been delighted
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But since I'm the director...
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Do all directors come
to ask young women
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to sit with their producers?
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Um... Not... not all
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I think a man who
can write something
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and can help someone to act
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is worth much more than
a man who only has money
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If and when you become an actress,
don't ever say that in public
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You never know who's listening. Hm?
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Se�orita, this is Oscar Muldoon,
whom I'm sure you recognise
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Meet Kirk Edwards.
Don't get up, Mr Edwards
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Sorry we got here too
late to see you dance
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We certainly are, se�orita, because
we understand you got a lot of talent
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And that's the one
thing that could make
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Mr Edwards fly all the way from Rome
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All the way from California. Talent.
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And where other men go for a
pretty face or a pair of legs
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talent is what Mr
Kirk Edwards worships
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It's his religion, you might almost say
246
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Something to eat, se�orita? Waiter!
"Mangiare? Poco di vino," se�orita?
247
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- Do you speak Spanish, se�or?
- Just a couple of words
248
00:19:06,063 --> 00:19:09,754
Not even that. One
of them was Italian
249
00:19:09,858 --> 00:19:12,215
Speak only English, please
250
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A whisky for me, like before
251
00:19:17,679 --> 00:19:20,556
Now, did Mr Dawes have
a chance to tell you
252
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what Mr Edwards has in mind?
253
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Oh, you wouldn't know, of course
254
00:19:25,739 --> 00:19:28,585
who Mr Harry Dawes
is, in his own name
255
00:19:28,627 --> 00:19:30,942
He is only one of
the top two or three
256
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writers and directors
in the whole world
257
00:19:33,695 --> 00:19:37,490
I only want to indicate to you
by this how Mr Edwards does things
258
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Only the top, the class,
the finest money can buy
259
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all the way up and down the line
260
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Mr Edwards doesn't have to
watch the pennies. You know that?
261
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I don't want to
throw Oscar off pitch
262
00:19:47,969 --> 00:19:50,440
but I told Se�orita
Vargas what this was about
263
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I said we could
shoot the test in Rome
264
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Se�orita... Miss Vargas...
265
00:19:54,653 --> 00:19:57,885
We'll have to change
that name. Maria
266
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Naturally, Mr Edwards will pay
your expenses while you're tested
267
00:20:01,524 --> 00:20:05,685
and if it works out, you'll be put
under contract to him personally
268
00:20:05,706 --> 00:20:08,771
And you'll be paid in dollars.
Not pesetas, but dollars
269
00:20:08,792 --> 00:20:12,233
- Maybe $100 a week to start with
- How much is that in pesetas?
270
00:20:12,254 --> 00:20:15,236
Maybe $200 a week. We
can work that out later.
271
00:20:15,257 --> 00:20:18,260
The point is, Mr Edwards is
going to leave no stone unturned
272
00:20:18,281 --> 00:20:21,325
to develop your talent
and make you happy
273
00:20:21,555 --> 00:20:24,725
Afraid you'll be lonely,
far away in Hollywood?
274
00:20:24,850 --> 00:20:28,395
There's no reason why, after a
time, we can't send for your mother
275
00:20:28,520 --> 00:20:32,003
After all, a girl likes to
have her mother with her. Right?
276
00:20:32,034 --> 00:20:34,630
I would not like to
have my mother with me
277
00:20:34,651 --> 00:20:36,486
Why not?
278
00:20:36,612 --> 00:20:40,845
- Because I do not like my mother
- I'm sure you don't mean that
279
00:20:40,866 --> 00:20:43,368
- Every mother should be loved
- If they deserve it
280
00:20:43,389 --> 00:20:45,412
We can work all that out later too
281
00:20:45,433 --> 00:20:49,729
The point is, the miracle has
happened and a great career is yours
282
00:20:49,750 --> 00:20:51,251
No strings attached, no jokers
283
00:20:51,376 --> 00:20:54,254
All Mr Edwards wants
is for the world
284
00:20:54,286 --> 00:20:57,758
to enjoy your talent
and for you to be happy
285
00:20:58,133 --> 00:21:00,219
And what does he get out of it?
286
00:21:00,469 --> 00:21:02,471
Just your gratitude
287
00:21:02,596 --> 00:21:06,850
What does he ever get out of the
things he does? Money? Power? Fame?
288
00:21:06,975 --> 00:21:09,311
Nah. He's got all those
289
00:21:09,436 --> 00:21:13,524
All that he can look forward
to is the honest gratitude
290
00:21:13,649 --> 00:21:19,842
of the little people that he
helps, like you and me and Mr Dawes
291
00:21:21,198 --> 00:21:24,097
Sounds pretty good, doesn't it?
292
00:21:27,871 --> 00:21:30,832
I... have to telephone somebody
293
00:21:32,459 --> 00:21:34,920
Please excuse me, Mr Dawes
294
00:21:41,385 --> 00:21:44,096
Ah, Muldoon, you're a charmer
295
00:21:44,221 --> 00:21:47,099
The little birds
right out of the trees
296
00:21:54,314 --> 00:21:58,026
Signor Edwards, we're checked and
are ready whenever you are, sir
297
00:21:58,151 --> 00:22:01,530
Oscar, go hurry her up. She
can buy what she needs in Rome
298
00:22:01,551 --> 00:22:03,282
Right
299
00:22:04,825 --> 00:22:09,288
Right now, Kirk, I wish my bankroll
was about one million dollars
300
00:22:09,413 --> 00:22:12,666
- What would you do with them?
- I'd bet you the whole million that
301
00:22:12,791 --> 00:22:16,587
this time, Oscar charmed the
little bird right back into the tree
302
00:22:16,607 --> 00:22:18,964
He'll come up empty, Kirk
303
00:22:19,214 --> 00:22:21,904
The trouble with you is you never know
304
00:22:21,936 --> 00:22:24,595
where scripts leave
off and life begins
305
00:22:27,389 --> 00:22:30,872
Ah, Muldoon, you're a charmer
306
00:22:30,893 --> 00:22:35,230
You'd be so much more charming
if only you didn't sweat so much
307
00:22:35,355 --> 00:22:38,942
She's gone. She never even went
back to the room. Nobody knows where
308
00:22:39,067 --> 00:22:43,197
- I can't understand it
- We're leaving right now
309
00:22:44,114 --> 00:22:46,158
Without you, Harry
310
00:22:47,159 --> 00:22:51,392
We'll take off in one hour. You
find her and bring her with you
311
00:22:51,413 --> 00:22:52,956
Don't show up without her
312
00:22:53,081 --> 00:22:55,229
Just cable your agent collect...
313
00:22:55,261 --> 00:22:57,377
if you've still got an agent
314
00:22:57,398 --> 00:22:59,129
This is for the check
315
00:23:04,134 --> 00:23:06,512
Kirk was wrong when
he said I didn't know
316
00:23:06,543 --> 00:23:08,889
where scripts left
off and life began
317
00:23:09,014 --> 00:23:12,184
A script has to make
sense, and life doesn't
318
00:23:12,309 --> 00:23:16,563
Any self-respecting script would
have had me swallow Oscar's whisky
319
00:23:16,688 --> 00:23:19,253
and go off on a bat
320
00:23:20,192 --> 00:23:24,634
But it wasn't a script.
Right now, I wish it had been
321
00:23:24,665 --> 00:23:26,886
The script would have made
322
00:23:26,917 --> 00:23:29,660
so much more sense about
all of us than life did
323
00:23:56,228 --> 00:23:58,272
Maria Vargas?
324
00:24:01,775 --> 00:24:03,402
Se�ora Vargas?
325
00:24:06,780 --> 00:24:10,742
I'm sorry. "No hablo espa�ol. "
326
00:24:10,868 --> 00:24:13,370
I look for Maria Vargas
327
00:24:15,685 --> 00:24:18,292
Wait a minute. This is important
328
00:24:19,001 --> 00:24:20,544
Mucho importante
329
00:24:20,669 --> 00:24:23,526
Why to find my sister
is so important?
330
00:24:23,557 --> 00:24:25,236
Ah, Doctor Livingstone
331
00:24:32,598 --> 00:24:35,079
- You got cigarettes?
- Help yourself
332
00:24:35,100 --> 00:24:37,102
Keep the pack. I've got more
333
00:24:37,123 --> 00:24:40,710
I'm a film director and I
talked to your sister tonight
334
00:24:40,731 --> 00:24:42,733
about going to America
to play in the movies.
335
00:24:42,858 --> 00:24:45,944
I want to talk to her again
336
00:24:58,248 --> 00:25:01,981
It's good you no understand
my mother. Is liar
337
00:25:07,883 --> 00:25:10,511
Why not fight this out
later? I haven't much time
338
00:25:10,636 --> 00:25:12,825
I don't know what your troubles are
339
00:25:12,857 --> 00:25:16,579
but I must find Maria.
Every minute counts
340
00:25:28,195 --> 00:25:30,739
My mother forbids
Maria to go to America
341
00:25:30,864 --> 00:25:35,890
- What does Maria say?
- I think we can talk better outside
342
00:25:58,392 --> 00:26:02,229
- My brother took all your cigarettes?
- I have another pack
343
00:26:03,188 --> 00:26:05,753
- What did you tell your mother?
- Just now?
344
00:26:05,774 --> 00:26:07,067
Uh-huh
345
00:26:07,192 --> 00:26:11,196
I told her if she said one more
word, I would go to America,
346
00:26:11,321 --> 00:26:13,365
even if I did not want to go
347
00:26:30,090 --> 00:26:33,468
- Are you in trouble with Mr Edwards?
- In a way
348
00:26:33,594 --> 00:26:36,054
- Because I ran away?
- Mm-hm
349
00:26:37,973 --> 00:26:40,517
I do not like Mr Kirk Edwards
350
00:26:41,185 --> 00:26:44,646
You're standing at the
end of a long, long line
351
00:26:45,397 --> 00:26:49,735
Somehow, to me, he
is not a healthy man
352
00:26:49,860 --> 00:26:53,113
Somehow, he's sick
353
00:26:53,238 --> 00:26:56,679
And I cannot bear to
watch sick people be sick
354
00:26:56,992 --> 00:27:00,183
That is why so suddenly
I had to go away
355
00:27:04,081 --> 00:27:08,857
Mr Dawes, do you think
really that I could be a star?
356
00:27:10,254 --> 00:27:12,715
There's one phrase I've
avoided like the plague
357
00:27:12,746 --> 00:27:14,967
because it never worked out
358
00:27:14,988 --> 00:27:19,263
With you, I think it would.
You couldn't miss
359
00:27:19,514 --> 00:27:21,578
I think that I am pretty enough
360
00:27:21,609 --> 00:27:24,060
but I would not want
to be that kind of star
361
00:27:24,122 --> 00:27:28,710
Pretty enough? Any woman that can
use the moon for a key light...
362
00:27:28,731 --> 00:27:30,983
Key light? What is that?
363
00:27:31,004 --> 00:27:36,030
Your own special light when the stage
is all lit up. It shines only on you
364
00:27:36,155 --> 00:27:38,199
- Like the moon
- Like the moon
365
00:27:38,324 --> 00:27:41,390
You must learn how to find
it out of all the other lights
366
00:27:41,421 --> 00:27:43,193
How never to lose it.
How to make it do things
367
00:27:43,225 --> 00:27:45,414
for your eyes, lips and hair
368
00:27:45,435 --> 00:27:48,000
- But this is not acting
- No, this is not acting
369
00:27:48,021 --> 00:27:50,492
And it's not all you
have to learn either
370
00:27:50,524 --> 00:27:52,964
But... if I could act a little
371
00:27:53,089 --> 00:27:57,635
would you help me to become a really
good actress? Would you help me?
372
00:28:08,312 --> 00:28:12,295
What makes a man want to write
about people, or direct people
373
00:28:12,316 --> 00:28:14,297
is because usually he has a sort of
374
00:28:14,339 --> 00:28:17,718
sixth sense about
them, or thinks he has
375
00:28:17,738 --> 00:28:19,115
Like a witch
376
00:28:19,240 --> 00:28:21,701
Now, my five ordinary senses
377
00:28:21,732 --> 00:28:24,579
what with alcohol and the
rest, are nothing special
378
00:28:24,620 --> 00:28:26,747
But I have a sixth sense
379
00:28:26,873 --> 00:28:30,793
that any witch in the world would
give her left broomstick to have
380
00:28:30,918 --> 00:28:36,278
And... with sense number six,
you feel something about me
381
00:28:36,299 --> 00:28:38,843
Therefore, owing to circumstances
382
00:28:38,874 --> 00:28:41,491
which believe me,
are beyond my control
383
00:28:41,512 --> 00:28:45,975
I hereby advise you not to
come to Rome to make the test
384
00:28:46,017 --> 00:28:49,458
Not to come to America.
At least, not for a while
385
00:28:49,478 --> 00:28:52,273
- At least, not...
- At least, not to Mr Kirk Edwards
386
00:28:52,398 --> 00:28:55,443
- Is that what you fear?
- Part of it
387
00:28:55,568 --> 00:28:58,154
That's the only part
I can put into words
388
00:28:58,185 --> 00:29:01,595
Or perhaps you want me for yourself
389
00:29:01,616 --> 00:29:03,597
and you are afraid Mr Edwards' money
390
00:29:03,628 --> 00:29:05,578
will make him more
attractive than you
391
00:29:05,703 --> 00:29:07,121
What makes women think that money
392
00:29:07,330 --> 00:29:09,165
makes a man feel more attractive?
393
00:29:09,498 --> 00:29:11,605
I never met a rich
man who didn't think
394
00:29:11,636 --> 00:29:13,711
he was being loved
in spite of his money
395
00:29:13,836 --> 00:29:18,925
- And you? - Me? Well, I'm afraid
I've had three wives
396
00:29:19,050 --> 00:29:22,845
I've been around with actresses,
female writers, singers, painters
397
00:29:22,970 --> 00:29:24,680
even a female agent
398
00:29:24,805 --> 00:29:28,684
But I don't think I've met
more than three women in my life
399
00:29:28,809 --> 00:29:31,395
Six months or so ago,
I fell in love with one of 'em
400
00:29:31,521 --> 00:29:35,691
- Is she an actress?
- No, I told you. She's a woman
401
00:29:36,484 --> 00:29:40,404
- Does she have to work?
- Script girl. Her name is Jerry
402
00:29:40,530 --> 00:29:44,283
- She has the name of a man
- There is no further resemblance
403
00:29:44,408 --> 00:29:47,411
- What is a script girl?
- You find out
404
00:29:49,330 --> 00:29:52,458
Apparently, your sense number
six has changed its mind
405
00:29:52,583 --> 00:29:57,213
No,I've just come to the realisation
that it's none of my business
406
00:29:57,672 --> 00:30:01,113
- You now want me to go?
- It's up to you
407
00:30:04,095 --> 00:30:06,681
I have no fear of Mr Kirk Edwards
408
00:30:06,806 --> 00:30:09,392
America is a rich
and powerful country
409
00:30:09,423 --> 00:30:11,769
but you have no monopoly on evil men
410
00:30:11,894 --> 00:30:14,480
I have known them since
I was a very little girl
411
00:30:14,605 --> 00:30:18,651
- Not like Kirk - They did not have
millions of dollars
412
00:30:18,776 --> 00:30:21,675
But, to a girl with
nothing, a man with hundreds
413
00:30:21,706 --> 00:30:23,948
is as rich as one with millions
414
00:30:24,824 --> 00:30:27,368
I do not say this
with pride, Mr Dawes
415
00:30:27,389 --> 00:30:29,474
Nor do I want it to sound
416
00:30:29,506 --> 00:30:32,081
like one of the foolish things
we laugh at in the movies
417
00:30:32,206 --> 00:30:34,166
But no man has ever paid for me
418
00:30:34,198 --> 00:30:36,127
and I do not think any man ever will
419
00:30:36,252 --> 00:30:39,881
Then... why not with pride?
420
00:30:39,922 --> 00:30:44,010
Because it has not
been out of goodness
421
00:30:45,052 --> 00:30:47,597
Not even because
I've tried to be good
422
00:30:48,181 --> 00:30:52,393
I have nothing to say about
it, Mr Dawes, about whom I love
423
00:30:53,019 --> 00:30:55,938
It is a kind of sickness
424
00:30:56,981 --> 00:31:00,443
And, as I have said, I cannot
bear to be with sick people
425
00:31:01,402 --> 00:31:04,780
But when the sick one is
yourself, you cannot run away
426
00:31:06,657 --> 00:31:09,577
When I was a little
girl, like so many others
427
00:31:10,244 --> 00:31:12,622
there was no money
to buy shoes for me.
428
00:31:14,207 --> 00:31:17,084
And when the bombs
came, in the civil war
429
00:31:18,002 --> 00:31:21,631
I used to bury myself in the
dirt of the ruins to be safe
430
00:31:21,964 --> 00:31:24,342
I would lie there, safe in the dirt
431
00:31:25,510 --> 00:31:28,387
and wiggle my toes
and listen to the noise
432
00:31:30,014 --> 00:31:34,477
and dream of someday being
a fine lady, in fine shoes.
433
00:31:38,439 --> 00:31:40,691
I hate shoes, Mr Dawes
434
00:31:40,816 --> 00:31:43,444
I wear them to dance
and to show myself
435
00:31:43,475 --> 00:31:46,072
but I feel afraid in shoes
436
00:31:47,240 --> 00:31:49,700
And I feel safe with
my feet in the dirt
437
00:31:53,079 --> 00:31:55,498
My words in English are so simple
438
00:31:55,529 --> 00:31:57,917
And yet what I want to
say is not simple at all
439
00:31:58,042 --> 00:31:59,961
Even in my own language
440
00:31:59,992 --> 00:32:02,505
my brain and my words
could not say it, I'm afraid
441
00:32:02,839 --> 00:32:04,966
There's more to
talking than just words
442
00:32:05,466 --> 00:32:08,010
And you have one more
sense than other people
443
00:32:08,135 --> 00:32:11,639
For instance, you understood
about my cousin right away
444
00:32:18,271 --> 00:32:20,314
And when I was older
445
00:32:23,526 --> 00:32:25,570
and the bombs still came
446
00:32:26,863 --> 00:32:30,783
just to bury myself in the
dirt was not enough to be safe
447
00:32:31,409 --> 00:32:33,578
I needed someone to be with me
448
00:32:34,120 --> 00:32:37,331
Someone to love, to
love me, to make me safe
449
00:32:38,207 --> 00:32:42,378
I needed it. I still
need it when I'm afraid
450
00:32:43,796 --> 00:32:46,465
Like a baby who needs
a light on in the dark
451
00:32:48,426 --> 00:32:52,221
I need to be loved when I'm
hiding in the dirt, and afraid
452
00:32:54,140 --> 00:32:56,017
But the bombs are gone
453
00:32:57,393 --> 00:32:59,437
You surprise me, Mr Dawes
454
00:33:00,646 --> 00:33:02,273
Is fear gone?
455
00:33:03,232 --> 00:33:06,819
- What are you afraid of?
- The same as everybody else
456
00:33:07,361 --> 00:33:09,405
The same as you
457
00:33:10,656 --> 00:33:13,701
Of being exposed and unprotected
458
00:33:15,745 --> 00:33:18,414
Like Mr Kirk Edwards
without his money
459
00:33:18,539 --> 00:33:21,167
Like you, as you used
to be without your drink
460
00:33:21,292 --> 00:33:25,087
or now without your
script girl, who loves you
461
00:33:25,213 --> 00:33:29,091
Like me, in my shoes and on
display for men and women to examine
462
00:33:29,425 --> 00:33:31,177
for different reasons
463
00:33:31,302 --> 00:33:33,346
Many men must be in love with you
464
00:33:33,377 --> 00:33:35,389
In the dirt, it's hard to tell
465
00:33:35,515 --> 00:33:37,683
Haven't "you" been in love?
466
00:33:37,808 --> 00:33:40,895
From the dirt, it's easy
to look into the clouds
467
00:33:47,693 --> 00:33:50,988
Has Mr Kirk Edwards already
flown away in his private plane
468
00:33:51,113 --> 00:33:53,574
all covered with diamonds and stars?
469
00:33:53,699 --> 00:33:57,078
Or, by now, has it
changed into a "calabaza?"
470
00:33:57,203 --> 00:33:59,580
Oh, that must be
Spanish for "pumpkin"
471
00:34:07,213 --> 00:34:09,257
We still have time, if you're coming
472
00:34:09,674 --> 00:34:12,051
- Yes
- Then you'd better get your things
473
00:34:12,176 --> 00:34:13,970
I have them
474
00:34:14,095 --> 00:34:16,264
Then you'll want to say goodbye
475
00:34:16,389 --> 00:34:18,516
I've no desire to look
at my mother once more
476
00:34:18,547 --> 00:34:20,643
and I would only confuse "pap�
477
00:34:20,768 --> 00:34:22,812
Pedro will take care of him
478
00:34:25,439 --> 00:34:27,483
Con Dios, pap�
479
00:34:28,776 --> 00:34:30,820
I am ready, Mr Dawes
480
00:34:32,905 --> 00:34:35,283
You forgot your shoes
481
00:34:35,408 --> 00:34:39,036
No. I did not forget them.
482
00:35:09,942 --> 00:35:12,069
What happened next,
if you go to movies
483
00:35:12,195 --> 00:35:15,531
or if you've ever sat under
a dryer or in a waiting room
484
00:35:15,656 --> 00:35:17,783
is history
485
00:35:17,909 --> 00:35:23,497
Movie history. The facts and figures
and fantasy of Maria's success
486
00:35:24,373 --> 00:35:28,628
There are some, though, you
wouldn't have found in the textbooks
487
00:35:33,716 --> 00:35:36,302
You've seen it and
read it a thousand times
488
00:35:36,427 --> 00:35:39,639
It's one of the most tiresome
clich�s of storytelling
489
00:35:39,764 --> 00:35:42,850
It really happens once
or twice in a generation
490
00:35:42,975 --> 00:35:45,332
But that first test of Maria Vargas
491
00:35:45,363 --> 00:35:47,688
lit up all the lights
in show business
492
00:35:49,106 --> 00:35:52,276
I had taken it upon myself
493
00:35:52,308 --> 00:35:55,446
to invite the highest movie
brass I could find in Rome
494
00:35:55,571 --> 00:36:00,201
Mr Black of America, Monsieur Blue
of France, and Mr Brown of England
495
00:36:00,868 --> 00:36:03,955
The difference between European
and American movie magnates
496
00:36:03,986 --> 00:36:05,060
is astonishing
497
00:36:05,081 --> 00:36:06,749
There is absolutely none
498
00:36:06,874 --> 00:36:09,752
Kirk, my dear fellow, I know
just what you have in mind
499
00:36:09,877 --> 00:36:12,296
I couldn't agree more.
A British production...
500
00:36:12,421 --> 00:36:14,361
I've got the perfect story...
501
00:36:14,392 --> 00:36:16,300
You're not the type
to fool around with...
502
00:36:19,345 --> 00:36:21,597
Now just a minute,
gentleman. In the first place
503
00:36:21,722 --> 00:36:23,704
this young lady is
under exclusive contract
504
00:36:23,735 --> 00:36:25,685
to Mr Kirk Edwards, of course
505
00:36:25,810 --> 00:36:28,771
He cannot discuss her future
availability at this time
506
00:36:28,896 --> 00:36:31,482
Secondly, this was a private showing
507
00:36:31,513 --> 00:36:34,068
of a private test which
belongs to Mr Edwards
508
00:36:34,193 --> 00:36:38,072
And I consider your presence here
highly irregular and unethical
509
00:36:38,197 --> 00:36:40,741
Are you out of your mind,
Muldoon? You invited me
510
00:36:40,867 --> 00:36:43,661
- Who, me?
- You must remember asking me
511
00:36:43,786 --> 00:36:45,892
You suggested I come
in after the lights were out
512
00:36:45,924 --> 00:36:47,999
in case I disturbed Mr Edwards
513
00:36:48,124 --> 00:36:51,127
- Boss, I swear to you on my life...
- What about it, Harry?
514
00:36:51,252 --> 00:36:54,255
I'm afraid I'm the guilty one.
I invited you, gentlemen
515
00:36:54,380 --> 00:36:56,174
I used Oscar's name
because, franquely
516
00:36:56,205 --> 00:36:58,176
I was afraid you
wouldn't be into my name
517
00:36:58,196 --> 00:37:01,179
- What is your name, monsieur?
- He's Harry Dawes
518
00:37:01,304 --> 00:37:03,806
I imagined you'd be
a much older man, Mr Dawes
519
00:37:03,931 --> 00:37:06,058
I was, up to the
minute I saw this test
520
00:37:06,434 --> 00:37:10,229
I'm flying to Paris tonight, Harry.
Drop in this afternoon
521
00:37:10,354 --> 00:37:12,732
- I'm at the Excelsior
- Sorry, Max
522
00:37:12,857 --> 00:37:16,903
- Not business. Just old friends
- How old? Since the test?
523
00:37:17,028 --> 00:37:19,030
Why'd you have us come here, Harry?
524
00:37:19,155 --> 00:37:21,866
Well, I should have
checked with Oscar Muldoon
525
00:37:21,991 --> 00:37:24,493
It's not really a
director's function
526
00:37:24,619 --> 00:37:28,831
But in Mr Edwards' organisation,
we all do all sorts of things
527
00:37:28,956 --> 00:37:30,145
I wanted to make sure
528
00:37:30,176 --> 00:37:33,211
that the leaders of our industry
knew about the contribution
529
00:37:33,336 --> 00:37:35,463
Mr Edwards was going to make to it
530
00:37:36,214 --> 00:37:38,549
"Alors," it was a "grand plaisir"
531
00:37:38,674 --> 00:37:40,843
May I offer a ride
to any one of you?
532
00:37:40,968 --> 00:37:43,346
I'll take you up on
that, if I may, Ren�
533
00:37:43,471 --> 00:37:46,224
- See you in London
- Au revoir, messieurs
534
00:37:48,309 --> 00:37:50,770
Any time this afternoon,
Harry, if you get the chance
535
00:37:50,895 --> 00:37:53,606
- Sorry, Max
- I'm at the Excelsior
536
00:37:54,482 --> 00:37:58,319
Well, it's a great art we're
doing business in, gentlemen
537
00:37:58,444 --> 00:38:00,488
Everybody be happy
538
00:38:05,034 --> 00:38:07,453
Her make-up's too dark and too much
539
00:38:07,578 --> 00:38:10,915
Hair and wardrobe have
got to be much more simple
540
00:38:11,457 --> 00:38:14,877
No tricks. The less between
her and the camera, the better
541
00:38:15,002 --> 00:38:17,275
The voice is good. Well placed
542
00:38:17,307 --> 00:38:19,861
I don't want a voice
coach within a mile of her
543
00:38:19,924 --> 00:38:22,176
How much closer will "you" be?
544
00:38:22,301 --> 00:38:25,346
- What's that?
- How much closer have you been?
545
00:38:25,471 --> 00:38:27,515
To Maria?
546
00:38:28,432 --> 00:38:32,103
Coming from anybody else
that would be a compliment
547
00:38:32,228 --> 00:38:34,313
What were those men doing here?
548
00:38:34,345 --> 00:38:36,399
I've not answered
your first question yet
549
00:38:36,524 --> 00:38:38,901
- I know the answer
- No, you don't
550
00:38:39,527 --> 00:38:41,988
You won't admit it
551
00:38:42,019 --> 00:38:44,448
It'd mean something is
possible between men and women
552
00:38:44,574 --> 00:38:47,431
besides the few,
simple, physiological
553
00:38:47,462 --> 00:38:48,828
relationships you know about
554
00:38:48,859 --> 00:38:52,415
OK, that answer will satisfy
the Screenwriters Guild
555
00:38:52,540 --> 00:38:54,834
Now tell us why you
planted those men in here
556
00:38:54,959 --> 00:38:58,629
Maybe your master knows the answer
to that too, or doesn't wanna know
557
00:38:58,754 --> 00:39:00,381
- I wanna know
- It's pretty long
558
00:39:01,006 --> 00:39:03,300
We got the room booked
for the whole morning
559
00:39:03,425 --> 00:39:05,469
It won't take that long
560
00:39:07,054 --> 00:39:12,601
Kirk, Maria's made a chump out
of you. She's laughed at you
561
00:39:12,726 --> 00:39:15,479
And you won't do
better. You'll do worse
562
00:39:15,604 --> 00:39:20,275
Now, this pleases me and
frightens me. Because I know you
563
00:39:20,943 --> 00:39:24,238
You're capable of destroying
a woman who's laughed at you
564
00:39:24,363 --> 00:39:27,825
You've destroyed women who
loved you, so why not Maria?
565
00:39:28,867 --> 00:39:32,287
And you're capable of burning
that test, as great as it is
566
00:39:32,413 --> 00:39:35,165
and making it known she
had nothing worth testing
567
00:39:35,290 --> 00:39:39,003
But right now, the name
and fame of Maria Vargas
568
00:39:39,128 --> 00:39:43,757
is on its way to New York,
Hollywood, London and Paris.
569
00:39:44,633 --> 00:39:48,012
- Does that answer your question?
- You can't get away with this
570
00:39:48,137 --> 00:39:51,807
You're being disloyal, Oscar. You're
stealing dialogue from television
571
00:39:51,932 --> 00:39:54,226
And you lied to those gentlemen
572
00:39:54,351 --> 00:39:56,478
You can be forgiven
beaucause It's your job to lie
573
00:39:56,603 --> 00:39:59,690
But you lied when you said
Maria was under contract to Kirk
574
00:39:59,815 --> 00:40:01,567
- Isn't she?
- Well, I...
575
00:40:01,692 --> 00:40:05,446
Those were your exact instructions,
Kirk, so don't punish Oscar for it
576
00:40:05,571 --> 00:40:08,490
No contract till after
the test, remember?
577
00:40:08,615 --> 00:40:11,076
You were going to use it
for one more pitch
578
00:40:11,201 --> 00:40:13,787
Well, right now, it's after the test
579
00:40:13,912 --> 00:40:17,124
And Maria Vargas will not
sign a contract with you
580
00:40:18,000 --> 00:40:20,836
She's under contract
to "you. " Is that it?
581
00:40:20,961 --> 00:40:25,737
Kirk, if ever a characterisation
followed a straight line, yours does
582
00:40:25,841 --> 00:40:29,303
No, she's not under contract to
me because I'm not in that business
583
00:40:29,428 --> 00:40:32,181
But what I tell Maria
to do, she will do
584
00:40:32,723 --> 00:40:34,433
With her shoes on, that is
585
00:40:34,464 --> 00:40:36,143
What's her shoes
got to do with it?
586
00:40:36,268 --> 00:40:40,439
Nothing. Of course, you can
call off the production right now
587
00:40:40,564 --> 00:40:43,817
Write it off, write me off and Maria
588
00:40:43,942 --> 00:40:47,279
The government will pay
for most of it anyway
589
00:40:47,404 --> 00:40:51,241
And I'll go see Max Black at
the Excelsior this afternoon
590
00:40:54,370 --> 00:40:58,540
All right, let's go back to
Hollywood and make this movie
591
00:40:58,665 --> 00:41:00,918
After that, Maria's on her own
592
00:41:01,043 --> 00:41:04,922
And you can keep on looking for
new faces. The world's full of 'em
593
00:41:05,047 --> 00:41:07,800
But you'll never find another Maria
594
00:41:07,831 --> 00:41:10,552
You will find what you're
looking for, I'm sure
595
00:41:24,024 --> 00:41:26,402
- Harry...
- Hm?
596
00:41:28,529 --> 00:41:30,572
Nothin'
597
00:41:49,008 --> 00:41:51,760
If ever a funeral laid
an egg, that one did
598
00:41:51,885 --> 00:41:57,182
Standing round the grave, maybe
two dozen nobodies. A great finish
599
00:41:57,307 --> 00:41:59,664
You just don't bury
a famous movie star
600
00:41:59,695 --> 00:42:02,021
like she was an unidentified body
601
00:42:03,063 --> 00:42:06,692
Well, it figured. It was like that
from the minute I laid eyes on her
602
00:42:06,817 --> 00:42:10,571
Nothing worked according
to the book. Not my book, anyway
603
00:42:11,864 --> 00:42:14,450
From the minute she waved
at the Statue of Liberty
604
00:42:14,575 --> 00:42:17,828
everybody wanted to know
everything about Maria
605
00:42:17,953 --> 00:42:22,374
And they wound up knowing nothing,
because there was nothing to know
606
00:42:22,499 --> 00:42:26,587
Believe me, what they
said in Madrid was true
607
00:42:26,712 --> 00:42:32,259
This bundle of passion, this hot
flame that burned from the screen
608
00:42:32,843 --> 00:42:35,554
was a real untouchable
609
00:42:37,097 --> 00:42:40,768
The columns and the wolves
were after me night and day
610
00:42:40,893 --> 00:42:43,437
But how could I tell them
who she was with or when
611
00:42:43,562 --> 00:42:45,814
when I didn't even
know who she knew?
612
00:42:45,939 --> 00:42:48,671
I can tell you this:
It is entirely possible
613
00:42:48,703 --> 00:42:51,403
that Maria D'Amata went to her grave
614
00:42:51,528 --> 00:42:54,656
without ever being
inside of the Stork
615
00:42:54,688 --> 00:42:57,785
El Morocco, Ciro's or the Mocambo
616
00:42:57,910 --> 00:43:01,455
You got to admit this is not normal
617
00:43:03,248 --> 00:43:06,794
But what was normal about this
whole business from start to finish?
618
00:43:07,211 --> 00:43:10,506
Here is a doll who, on the
opening night of her first picture
619
00:43:10,631 --> 00:43:14,093
with no known interest
in men, much less romance
620
00:43:14,218 --> 00:43:16,637
whose private life
is strictly private
621
00:43:16,762 --> 00:43:21,141
but who, the people have
decided, is already a star
622
00:43:21,850 --> 00:43:24,353
This is the night I
first begin to think
623
00:43:24,384 --> 00:43:26,855
maybe the public
has a mind of its own
624
00:43:27,815 --> 00:43:32,277
Who else but Maria D'Amata would
show up at her world premiere alone
625
00:43:32,403 --> 00:43:34,238
together with a couple
626
00:43:34,269 --> 00:43:36,073
that everybody knew were
in love with each other?
627
00:43:36,198 --> 00:43:38,492
It was real love
with Harry and Jerry
628
00:43:38,617 --> 00:43:40,661
You could tell it was
629
00:43:40,692 --> 00:43:43,539
because they didn't give out
interviews about getting married
630
00:43:43,956 --> 00:43:47,334
Maria D'Amata. Whatever it is
- you name it
631
00:43:47,459 --> 00:43:48,961
Whether you're born with it
632
00:43:48,992 --> 00:43:52,339
or catch it from a public
drinking cup, Maria had it
633
00:43:52,923 --> 00:43:57,011
The people with the money in their
hot little hands put her up there
634
00:43:57,136 --> 00:43:59,221
and she could do no wrong
635
00:43:59,346 --> 00:44:01,327
But I can remember very well
636
00:44:01,359 --> 00:44:04,351
the day it did look like
the roof fell in on all of us
637
00:44:05,519 --> 00:44:08,105
It was in London.
Back in the States
638
00:44:08,136 --> 00:44:10,691
the picture was a smash
from coast to coast
639
00:44:10,816 --> 00:44:13,694
I and Kirk Edwards had flown
over to see S Montague Brown
640
00:44:13,819 --> 00:44:16,488
who wanted it for his
theatres in England
641
00:44:17,448 --> 00:44:19,700
I could tell right
away something was wrong
642
00:44:19,731 --> 00:44:21,952
Kirk didn't even look at me
643
00:44:22,578 --> 00:44:24,496
And S Montague Brown
was eating and drinking
644
00:44:24,621 --> 00:44:28,751
as if the Labour Party had
just been elected unanimously
645
00:44:30,836 --> 00:44:33,172
May I know what the
depression is about?
646
00:44:33,297 --> 00:44:35,424
- Maria
- What about Maria?
647
00:44:35,549 --> 00:44:37,509
Maria's mother is dead
648
00:44:37,634 --> 00:44:39,887
Everybody's mother's
gotta die sometime
649
00:44:39,918 --> 00:44:42,139
Don't let it get you down like this
650
00:44:42,264 --> 00:44:46,310
As a matter of fact, we can milk this
for some good exploitation in Spain
651
00:44:46,435 --> 00:44:50,439
Maybe even worldwide. A big church
funeral, using pesetas, remember
652
00:44:50,564 --> 00:44:51,648
Oscar, shut up
653
00:44:51,774 --> 00:44:56,612
Mr Muldoon, it seems that Maria's
mother was murdered by Maria's father
654
00:44:56,737 --> 00:45:00,449
Murdered? Her father
murdered her mother? When?
655
00:45:00,574 --> 00:45:03,160
- Last night
- How'd you hear about this?
656
00:45:03,285 --> 00:45:05,371
The Madrid office just telephoned
657
00:45:05,496 --> 00:45:07,268
The papers? Has it
got to the papers?
658
00:45:07,300 --> 00:45:08,311
Not yet
659
00:45:08,332 --> 00:45:11,669
As you know, over here crime is
not exploited to sell newspapers
660
00:45:11,794 --> 00:45:14,254
Without it you could
print the three main papers
661
00:45:14,286 --> 00:45:15,673
in England on postage stamps
662
00:45:15,798 --> 00:45:18,112
I am not interested
in selling newspapers
663
00:45:18,144 --> 00:45:20,427
or in debating good and bad taste
664
00:45:20,761 --> 00:45:22,867
The newspapers have
not yet picked it up
665
00:45:22,898 --> 00:45:24,973
and won't, as long as
Maria stays out of it
666
00:45:25,099 --> 00:45:26,579
Boss, you're 100% right
667
00:45:26,611 --> 00:45:29,520
We gotta keep her out of it.
Does she know about it yet?
668
00:45:29,645 --> 00:45:32,231
I've put in a call to Harry
Dawes. He can find out
669
00:45:32,356 --> 00:45:34,566
- You want Harry to tell her?
- Of course not
670
00:45:34,692 --> 00:45:38,070
Certainly not until the trial is
over and it's too late to be news
671
00:45:38,195 --> 00:45:40,218
And we're finished
playing the key cities
672
00:45:40,249 --> 00:45:42,241
Boss, you think of everything
673
00:45:42,366 --> 00:45:44,410
Ah, what a business, show business
674
00:45:44,535 --> 00:45:47,058
For years you sweat
and dream and dig
675
00:45:47,089 --> 00:45:49,581
and finally you come
up with the jackpot
676
00:45:49,707 --> 00:45:53,210
You've made it. You got a right to
open your collar, take off your shoes
677
00:45:53,335 --> 00:45:55,587
and relax in Las Vegas
for the rest of your life
678
00:45:55,713 --> 00:45:58,820
So what happens? Her father
chokes her mother to death
679
00:45:58,851 --> 00:46:00,884
It could make ya cry
680
00:46:03,178 --> 00:46:06,515
Montague, if there's one thing I
know about, it's Mr John Q Public
681
00:46:06,640 --> 00:46:09,893
He wants clean people on the
screen for his children to look at
682
00:46:10,019 --> 00:46:11,770
Don't let the eggheads
tell you he wants
683
00:46:11,802 --> 00:46:14,356
high-class acting
and fancy dialogue
684
00:46:14,481 --> 00:46:16,442
Oscar, the phone
685
00:46:16,650 --> 00:46:20,154
He wants to forget his troubles,
look at clean people, escape
686
00:46:20,279 --> 00:46:22,802
He don't wanna see
drunks, sex maniacs
687
00:46:22,833 --> 00:46:24,283
divorcees, communists, murderers
688
00:46:24,408 --> 00:46:28,037
And no children of murderers. He's
got enough of that at home. Hello?
689
00:46:28,162 --> 00:46:31,248
Hello? Yeah, Mr Edwards
is right here. Put him on
690
00:46:31,373 --> 00:46:33,542
- It's Harry, for you
- You talk to him
691
00:46:33,667 --> 00:46:36,628
Hello? Hello? I hear nothing
692
00:46:37,296 --> 00:46:40,090
Hello, Harry? No, this is Oscar
693
00:46:40,215 --> 00:46:42,051
Yeah, how are you, Harry?
694
00:46:42,176 --> 00:46:44,720
Fine, fine. Say,
how is it out there?
695
00:46:45,763 --> 00:46:48,807
You don't say? Whaddaya know?
Nice day in California
696
00:46:49,058 --> 00:46:51,727
Are you paying for
this call yourself, Oscar?
697
00:46:51,852 --> 00:46:54,229
Harry, the reason we called...
698
00:46:54,355 --> 00:46:56,815
What's new and all that, but also...
699
00:46:56,847 --> 00:46:59,276
have you happened
to see Maria lately?
700
00:46:59,401 --> 00:47:03,322
Oh, you just left her? Oh,
good, good. Say, how is she?
701
00:47:04,448 --> 00:47:08,994
Fine, fine. Say, Harry, something
kind of important has come up
702
00:47:09,119 --> 00:47:12,081
I say, something kind of
important has come up
703
00:47:12,206 --> 00:47:14,750
Yeah. That maybe
you should know about
704
00:47:14,875 --> 00:47:18,671
but that maybe you should keep
Maria from knowing about right now
705
00:47:18,796 --> 00:47:21,340
Yeah. Yeah, it's got to
do with Maria in a way
706
00:47:21,465 --> 00:47:23,634
Her old man knocked off her old lady
707
00:47:23,759 --> 00:47:25,886
Her father murdered her mother
708
00:47:26,845 --> 00:47:28,430
What?
709
00:47:28,555 --> 00:47:30,599
I can't hear you, suddenly
710
00:47:31,308 --> 00:47:33,936
What? What do you mean, you know?
711
00:47:34,103 --> 00:47:35,771
Does Maria know?
712
00:47:35,896 --> 00:47:37,773
How? The papers?
713
00:47:37,898 --> 00:47:40,025
Her brother sent a cable?
714
00:47:40,150 --> 00:47:43,112
Now, I hope Maria understands
that if the papers find out
715
00:47:43,237 --> 00:47:46,073
it can not only ruin
the picture, but her also
716
00:47:47,282 --> 00:47:50,536
She does? Harry says
Maria understands perfectly
717
00:47:50,661 --> 00:47:53,247
And you too. This is no
time for you to be artistic
718
00:47:53,372 --> 00:47:57,626
Remember, this is money out of
your pocket too, so take no chances
719
00:47:58,836 --> 00:48:01,964
You do? Harry says
he understands also
720
00:48:02,506 --> 00:48:05,801
I must say, Harry, you're being
very cooperative about this
721
00:48:05,926 --> 00:48:08,303
And please extend our
heartfelt sympathy to Maria
722
00:48:08,335 --> 00:48:10,681
at this time of her grief
723
00:48:10,806 --> 00:48:12,141
What?
724
00:48:12,266 --> 00:48:14,059
What? We can what?!
725
00:48:14,435 --> 00:48:16,812
We can extend our sympathy
to Maria in person?
726
00:48:16,937 --> 00:48:20,649
Harry, what are you talking about?
Didn't you tell me you just left her?
727
00:48:20,774 --> 00:48:22,901
You left her at the airport?
728
00:48:23,027 --> 00:48:25,571
She's flying to Madrid
to be with her father?
729
00:48:25,696 --> 00:48:28,657
Who do we know in New York for
a snatch job between planes?
730
00:48:28,782 --> 00:48:32,870
Dawes, are you outta your mind?
How could you let her do this? What?
731
00:48:33,495 --> 00:48:38,208
What kind of an answer is that
against a $10 million world gross?
732
00:48:39,543 --> 00:48:43,922
You don't say? Well, I'm just
as normal as you are, buster
733
00:48:44,048 --> 00:48:45,758
Remember that in the years ahead
734
00:48:45,789 --> 00:48:49,136
when you're directing
cigarette butts on TV
735
00:48:52,306 --> 00:48:54,350
She loves her father
736
00:48:55,017 --> 00:48:57,728
Neither the picture nor her
career mean as much to her
737
00:48:57,853 --> 00:49:00,856
as being with her father
in his time of need
738
00:49:01,523 --> 00:49:04,568
Starring Francis X Bushman
and Clara Kimball Young
739
00:49:04,693 --> 00:49:07,654
Friday, Saturday and
Sunday at the Bijou
740
00:49:07,780 --> 00:49:10,908
There will be a cornet
solo on Saturday night
741
00:49:15,329 --> 00:49:17,539
Well, you remember
what happened
742
00:49:17,664 --> 00:49:21,835
The trial drew more people than
"Madame X", and played better
743
00:49:21,960 --> 00:49:26,131
Maria hired the best lawyers
in Spain. She never slept
744
00:49:26,256 --> 00:49:29,093
You'd think it was her own
life she was fighting for
745
00:49:29,218 --> 00:49:31,720
Harry and Jerry flew over
746
00:49:31,752 --> 00:49:34,223
They couldn't help
much, but they were there
747
00:49:34,348 --> 00:49:37,518
Nobody asked me and I wasn't
anybody's friend especially
748
00:49:37,549 --> 00:49:39,436
but I stuck around
749
00:49:40,938 --> 00:49:43,607
You couldn't help feeling
sorry for the old man
750
00:49:44,108 --> 00:49:46,360
You could tell just by looking at him
751
00:49:46,485 --> 00:49:49,488
that half the time he
didn't know where he was
752
00:49:49,613 --> 00:49:52,408
And you wouldn't give a
bent kopeck for his chances
753
00:49:52,533 --> 00:49:56,912
the way he kept admitting, over and
over, that he killed the old lady
754
00:49:58,122 --> 00:50:00,916
Things picked up for the
home team when Maria's brother
755
00:50:01,041 --> 00:50:04,128
a ganef if ever I saw
one, took the stand
756
00:50:04,294 --> 00:50:07,840
He testified that his mother had
beaten up the old man many times
757
00:50:07,965 --> 00:50:10,050
and how, on the night of the murder
758
00:50:10,081 --> 00:50:13,491
she not only smashed
his radio, but hit him
759
00:50:14,888 --> 00:50:19,560
But if I had to write down what
no actress should ever make public
760
00:50:20,102 --> 00:50:23,897
I would copy Maria's testimony
in her father's defence
761
00:50:24,023 --> 00:50:25,816
She left out nothing
762
00:50:25,941 --> 00:50:28,047
She told about the squalor and filth
763
00:50:28,079 --> 00:50:30,154
into which she and
her brother were born
764
00:50:30,279 --> 00:50:32,614
and how they grew up like animals
765
00:50:32,740 --> 00:50:35,284
She told about a mother
who was full of hate
766
00:50:35,409 --> 00:50:38,287
and how she got back
the hate she gave
767
00:50:38,412 --> 00:50:42,249
Maria handed Mom a rough
time on that witness stand
768
00:50:42,374 --> 00:50:45,669
I couldn't help wondering how
this would go in box-office heaven
769
00:50:45,794 --> 00:50:48,255
where Mom is the commanding saint
770
00:50:48,380 --> 00:50:51,342
But that courtroom was
with her all the way
771
00:50:51,467 --> 00:50:54,720
Some of them cried, even the judges
772
00:50:54,845 --> 00:50:58,307
They must be appointed in Spain,
because I don't know of anybody
773
00:50:58,432 --> 00:51:01,894
ever getting elected whose
mother was not an angel
774
00:51:02,353 --> 00:51:04,104
And, as it turned out
775
00:51:04,229 --> 00:51:06,669
the audiences of the whole world
776
00:51:06,701 --> 00:51:09,109
could have been sitting
in that courtroom
777
00:51:12,988 --> 00:51:15,908
From Scarsdale to
Singapore, they loved her
778
00:51:16,367 --> 00:51:19,745
Her father beat the rap,
of course. Self-defence
779
00:51:19,870 --> 00:51:21,267
And Maria walked out
780
00:51:21,299 --> 00:51:23,082
of that courthouse a bigger star
781
00:51:23,207 --> 00:51:26,919
than when she broke all
the rules by walking into it
782
00:51:27,044 --> 00:51:29,088
So how are you going to figure it?
783
00:51:33,175 --> 00:51:35,448
Suppose you're me
784
00:51:35,479 --> 00:51:38,555
and what the public wants
and thinks is your business
785
00:51:39,181 --> 00:51:41,850
You're standing in
the middle of them
786
00:51:41,975 --> 00:51:45,771
asking yourself "Where
did I lose these people?"
787
00:51:45,896 --> 00:51:48,399
You realise maybe the public
788
00:51:48,430 --> 00:51:50,901
knows more about public
relations than you do
789
00:51:51,026 --> 00:51:54,488
Maybe the public heart is
something you can't put on a chart
790
00:51:54,613 --> 00:51:56,782
or penetrate with just money
791
00:51:56,907 --> 00:51:59,993
You begin to think
that maybe, after all
792
00:52:00,119 --> 00:52:03,539
Kirk Edwards couldn't really
walk across the English Channel
793
00:52:03,664 --> 00:52:05,708
any time he wanted to
794
00:52:12,047 --> 00:52:15,384
In many ways, Maria affected
Oscar more than any of us
795
00:52:15,509 --> 00:52:17,594
Her father's trial
796
00:52:17,626 --> 00:52:20,097
the fact that being honest
about something unpleasant
797
00:52:20,222 --> 00:52:23,809
could make her more popular
than ever, it shook Oscar
798
00:52:23,934 --> 00:52:26,353
His gods began to crumble
799
00:52:26,478 --> 00:52:28,564
He became aware even of some clay
800
00:52:28,595 --> 00:52:30,649
around the feet of Kirk Edwards
801
00:52:32,484 --> 00:52:34,048
But two years went by
802
00:52:34,080 --> 00:52:36,447
before the great god
Edwards toppled over
803
00:52:36,572 --> 00:52:39,825
Two good and happy years,
for me at any rate
804
00:52:41,577 --> 00:52:43,704
The night he fell to earth
805
00:52:43,735 --> 00:52:47,082
(I suppose it was the most
losing night of Kirk's life)
806
00:52:47,207 --> 00:52:51,378
was just about a year ago,
in Beverly Hills, California
807
00:52:51,503 --> 00:52:54,882
It was quite a night. Turned
out to be quite a party
808
00:52:56,383 --> 00:52:57,906
Kirk Edwards was the host
809
00:52:57,937 --> 00:53:01,722
and over my objections,
Maria let him use her house
810
00:53:01,847 --> 00:53:04,683
He'd asked personally
and Maria said yes
811
00:53:08,604 --> 00:53:11,315
Kirk didn't give many
parties, but when he did
812
00:53:11,440 --> 00:53:15,027
they were always for men
like Se�or Alberto Bravano
813
00:53:16,236 --> 00:53:20,491
Bravano did no less for Kirk
when Kirk visited South America
814
00:53:20,616 --> 00:53:22,659
Noblesse oblige, sort of
815
00:53:23,369 --> 00:53:25,162
But it soon became obvious
816
00:53:25,287 --> 00:53:29,666
that the se�or was only mildly
interested in the available talent
817
00:53:29,792 --> 00:53:32,961
He'd found what he wanted: Maria
818
00:53:33,921 --> 00:53:35,923
Jerry and I were playing backgammon
819
00:53:36,048 --> 00:53:39,385
That dated us, all right,
but it gave us something to do
820
00:53:39,510 --> 00:53:41,512
We weren't paying much
attention to the game
821
00:53:41,543 --> 00:53:43,514
We were worried about Maria
822
00:53:43,639 --> 00:53:47,976
She seemed too restless,
too tense, too withdrawn
823
00:53:48,102 --> 00:53:51,814
And Kirk, when he
wasn't looking at Maria
824
00:53:51,939 --> 00:53:54,400
he was watching
Bravano look at Maria
825
00:53:54,525 --> 00:53:56,568
He didn't like it
826
00:53:57,152 --> 00:53:59,509
Alberto Bravano was, and is
827
00:53:59,540 --> 00:54:01,865
one of the three richest
men in South America
828
00:54:01,990 --> 00:54:04,868
which makes him one of
the richest in the world
829
00:54:04,993 --> 00:54:08,059
But unlike Kirk his
only interest in money
830
00:54:08,090 --> 00:54:11,125
lay in spending it for
his own gratification
831
00:54:14,378 --> 00:54:17,464
To Oscar, Alberto
Bravano was heaven-sent
832
00:54:17,589 --> 00:54:19,967
A man with more
money than Kirk, even
833
00:54:20,092 --> 00:54:23,303
and even more in need of a
counsel for public relations
834
00:54:23,429 --> 00:54:25,639
It's a form of
insurance, you might say
835
00:54:25,764 --> 00:54:27,996
Only, instead of your life
836
00:54:28,027 --> 00:54:30,227
it protects your good
name and your reputation
837
00:54:30,352 --> 00:54:32,542
Too late. My name and reputation
838
00:54:32,573 --> 00:54:34,732
already are hopelessly bad
839
00:54:35,232 --> 00:54:39,028
Mr Muldoon, in my whole life
I have made one major decision
840
00:54:39,153 --> 00:54:41,739
When I was 15 years
old, I had two choices
841
00:54:41,864 --> 00:54:44,470
Everybody wanted me
to be a good little boy
842
00:54:44,502 --> 00:54:45,617
and do good for others
843
00:54:45,743 --> 00:54:48,975
I chose to be a bad little
boy and do good for myself
844
00:54:49,006 --> 00:54:53,167
So far, so good, se�or. But the
world is getting smaller all the time
845
00:54:53,292 --> 00:54:55,502
And if somebody drops a lot of money
846
00:54:55,534 --> 00:54:57,713
in a gambling casino
in Deauville, France
847
00:54:57,838 --> 00:54:59,923
the noise can be heard quite a way.
848
00:55:00,049 --> 00:55:03,198
Interesting. And how
far, would you say
849
00:55:03,229 --> 00:55:05,304
can this falling money be heard?
850
00:55:05,971 --> 00:55:08,307
With nobody around to quiet it down
851
00:55:08,432 --> 00:55:11,727
the sound could travel all
the way to certain mining camps
852
00:55:11,852 --> 00:55:13,687
deep in the jungles
of South America
853
00:55:13,812 --> 00:55:15,877
Camps where the men
aren't paid enough
854
00:55:15,908 --> 00:55:17,941
or protected against disease enough
855
00:55:18,067 --> 00:55:19,485
Interesting
856
00:55:19,610 --> 00:55:21,945
And how would such fantastic lies
857
00:55:21,977 --> 00:55:24,281
come to the ears of a man
such as you, Mr Muldoon?
858
00:55:24,573 --> 00:55:26,909
Well, like I say, it's a tiny world
859
00:55:27,034 --> 00:55:32,081
If, for instance, somebody rents a
whole hotel at Cap d'Antibes, France
860
00:55:32,206 --> 00:55:34,500
for the entire season,
just to make sure
861
00:55:34,531 --> 00:55:36,794
he can have it the
last two weeks in August
862
00:55:36,919 --> 00:55:40,339
and if somebody else
doesn't keep it quiet
863
00:55:40,464 --> 00:55:42,675
people might read about it in caf�s
864
00:55:42,706 --> 00:55:44,885
in certain South American cities
865
00:55:45,135 --> 00:55:47,429
Is it not fortunate, for instance
866
00:55:47,461 --> 00:55:49,723
that I own the
newspapers in my country?
867
00:55:49,848 --> 00:55:51,788
Anyone with a printing
press in the cellar
868
00:55:51,819 --> 00:55:53,727
and something to
say owns a newspaper
869
00:55:53,852 --> 00:55:56,355
There are laws against propaganda
870
00:55:56,386 --> 00:55:58,857
that certain governments
enforce very rigidly
871
00:55:58,982 --> 00:56:01,840
Is any man rich enough
to own a government?
872
00:56:01,902 --> 00:56:05,280
I will not answer vaguely,
Mr Muldoon. Yes
873
00:56:06,115 --> 00:56:08,909
It's a funny thing about
the governments one owns
874
00:56:09,034 --> 00:56:11,203
If the owner isn't around
875
00:56:11,234 --> 00:56:13,893
but is cruising around the
Mediterranean on a yacht
876
00:56:13,914 --> 00:56:17,376
that costs more to keep up than the
combined salaries of his government
877
00:56:17,501 --> 00:56:19,816
and nobody is around to
protect his interests...
878
00:56:19,847 --> 00:56:23,069
What do you think? Will Maria
d'Amata come with me to the Riviera?
879
00:56:23,924 --> 00:56:26,844
She ought to jump at the chance,
but she's a strange girl
880
00:56:26,969 --> 00:56:30,472
To have Maria D'Amata
as my personal guest
881
00:56:30,597 --> 00:56:34,852
would be the best of possible
public relations for me, Mr Muldoon
882
00:56:35,227 --> 00:56:39,189
Besides, is not Maria D'Amata
the chief asset of Kirk Edwards?
883
00:56:39,314 --> 00:56:40,712
In what way do you mean?
884
00:56:40,743 --> 00:56:43,569
One considers her
his prize possession
885
00:56:44,319 --> 00:56:46,613
Only if one does not
know what the score is
886
00:56:47,031 --> 00:56:50,367
You throw double sixes again and
I'll have you burned for a witch
887
00:56:50,492 --> 00:56:55,018
Sore loser. He owes me
$187,000 and he won't pay up
888
00:56:55,039 --> 00:56:57,312
- You won't take my cheque
- I'll say
889
00:56:57,833 --> 00:57:00,169
- Double six
- Ouch
890
00:57:00,294 --> 00:57:02,338
The last time this
witch went to a party
891
00:57:02,463 --> 00:57:06,842
she made the princess prick her
finger and fall asleep for 100 years
892
00:57:07,593 --> 00:57:09,762
Is that some kind
of Chinese chequers?
893
00:57:09,887 --> 00:57:12,598
- Huh?
- Chinese chequers?
894
00:57:12,723 --> 00:57:15,267
No, this is... pinochle
895
00:57:16,060 --> 00:57:18,854
- I'm drunk
- It's just stuffy in here, that's all
896
00:57:18,875 --> 00:57:20,814
Oh, no, I'm drunk
897
00:57:22,399 --> 00:57:25,527
- Can I ask you something?
- Of course
898
00:57:26,320 --> 00:57:28,864
- Nice house you got
- Thank you
899
00:57:28,989 --> 00:57:31,950
- Nice party.
- And nice questions you ask
900
00:57:32,076 --> 00:57:34,119
Yeah
901
00:57:34,912 --> 00:57:38,624
What is with you?
What goes with you?
902
00:57:38,749 --> 00:57:41,502
I don't understand those questions
903
00:57:41,627 --> 00:57:46,382
Maria D'Amata. Great big
star. Great big sex number
904
00:57:47,091 --> 00:57:51,720
Who is it? If it's not
Kirk, who is it? Harry?
905
00:57:51,845 --> 00:57:56,016
- Shut up
- Is it gonna be Bravano or who?
906
00:57:56,475 --> 00:58:00,208
On the screen, you get 'em all.
What about off?
907
00:58:00,229 --> 00:58:04,942
What about in a room?
This room. Name a man
908
00:58:05,484 --> 00:58:07,653
Or maybe you're afraid of men
909
00:58:07,778 --> 00:58:10,656
All right, blow. And
don't forget to call a cab
910
00:58:10,677 --> 00:58:13,909
Who's she kiddin'? She hasn't
even got what "I've" got
911
00:58:14,034 --> 00:58:16,349
What she's got you couldn't spell
912
00:58:16,380 --> 00:58:18,664
And what you've got,
you used to have
913
00:58:18,789 --> 00:58:20,833
Now beat it
914
00:58:25,379 --> 00:58:28,382
I don't even believe
you're playing pinochle
915
00:58:32,011 --> 00:58:34,763
Come on, Maria, let's us
go sit upstairs for a while
916
00:58:34,888 --> 00:58:38,392
I'd like to talk to Harry
for a moment. Would you mind?
917
00:58:38,423 --> 00:58:40,748
Of course I wouldn't
918
00:58:46,692 --> 00:58:48,485
Where will you be?
919
00:58:48,610 --> 00:58:51,217
Right here, practising double sixes
920
00:58:51,248 --> 00:58:52,573
Remember all the money I owe you
921
00:58:52,698 --> 00:58:56,368
No sweet talk with these juveniles
or you won't collect a nickel
922
00:58:56,493 --> 00:58:58,871
You know just the right
thing to say to a girl
923
00:58:58,902 --> 00:59:01,248
at the right time, don't you?
924
00:59:13,218 --> 00:59:15,429
I keep forgetting you don't smoke
925
00:59:16,013 --> 00:59:19,016
A glamour girl, who
does not even smoke
926
00:59:19,141 --> 00:59:22,269
I should really be in the
circus with the strange people
927
00:59:22,290 --> 00:59:24,229
- Freaks
- Freaks
928
00:59:26,357 --> 00:59:29,985
Harry, I think that I should go home
929
00:59:30,110 --> 00:59:32,279
This "is" your home
930
00:59:32,404 --> 00:59:35,532
This is an ugly house in
bad taste, which I rent
931
00:59:35,657 --> 00:59:38,535
Containing a bed to
sleep on, which I rent
932
00:59:38,660 --> 00:59:42,289
Chairs to sit on and a stove
to keep me warm, which I rent
933
00:59:42,414 --> 00:59:44,875
Then buy a place of
your own, or build one
934
00:59:45,000 --> 00:59:48,962
I cannot buy, and working
men cannot build a home
935
00:59:49,838 --> 00:59:53,384
You've worked hard. Three
pictures, one right after another
936
00:59:53,509 --> 00:59:57,012
Maybe a rest and a change
of scene will do you good
937
00:59:57,137 --> 00:59:59,640
Finding me, bringing me here
938
00:59:59,765 --> 01:00:02,893
our three films together, has
it been good for you, Harry?
939
01:00:03,018 --> 01:00:05,062
I've never had it so good
940
01:00:06,605 --> 01:00:10,234
Because I think I should go
back to Madrid, and stay there
941
01:00:10,359 --> 01:00:12,403
I should stay where I belong
942
01:00:12,528 --> 01:00:16,532
- Where is that?
- In the dirt of the streets
943
01:00:16,657 --> 01:00:20,077
- Do you think you could stay there?
- Probably not
944
01:00:20,619 --> 01:00:24,540
Probably now I would not belong
there any more than where I am
945
01:00:24,665 --> 01:00:26,834
Where are you, Maria?
946
01:00:26,959 --> 01:00:29,399
Half in the dirt and half out
947
01:00:29,430 --> 01:00:31,839
Ah. Then it hasn't been good for you
948
01:00:31,964 --> 01:00:34,883
Oh, in many ways it's
been beyond my dreams
949
01:00:35,009 --> 01:00:37,386
Like a fairy tale of this century
950
01:00:37,511 --> 01:00:39,888
And I have been "la Cenicienta"
951
01:00:40,264 --> 01:00:42,349
Spanish for Cinderella?
952
01:00:42,850 --> 01:00:46,228
I have gowns and jewels
of silver and gold
953
01:00:46,353 --> 01:00:48,647
I have a coach not
pulled by four horses
954
01:00:48,678 --> 01:00:50,941
but with the power of 200
955
01:00:51,066 --> 01:00:53,777
Thousands of men write each
month that they dream of me
956
01:00:53,902 --> 01:00:56,071
Mothers give my name to their babies
957
01:00:56,196 --> 01:00:58,011
And young girls rub their faces
958
01:00:58,042 --> 01:01:01,702
with the soap which I am paid
to say I use, but which I do not
959
01:01:01,827 --> 01:01:04,038
And I have so many other things
960
01:01:04,163 --> 01:01:06,707
Everything in the world
which can be rented
961
01:01:06,832 --> 01:01:09,147
As I remember the story
962
01:01:09,178 --> 01:01:11,462
you've left out one
very important character
963
01:01:11,587 --> 01:01:13,630
I have left out the prince
964
01:01:15,549 --> 01:01:18,615
Did it ever occur to you, Harry
965
01:01:18,646 --> 01:01:21,680
that the prince looked
everywhere for Cinderella
966
01:01:22,139 --> 01:01:24,933
just so that he could put
the shoe back on her foot?
967
01:01:25,267 --> 01:01:28,604
Now that you mention it...
968
01:01:37,946 --> 01:01:41,200
I thought you'd sent him away.
You asked him to come back
969
01:01:41,325 --> 01:01:42,951
Yes, I asked him back
970
01:01:43,077 --> 01:01:45,871
Your life is your own. I've
never told you how to live it
971
01:01:45,902 --> 01:01:46,997
But this one is no good
972
01:01:47,122 --> 01:01:50,751
No worse, no better than the others.
You cannot rent a prince
973
01:01:50,876 --> 01:01:53,003
I've seen him. He's
mean and he's dirty
974
01:01:53,128 --> 01:01:55,005
And which of the men
inside this house is not?
975
01:01:55,036 --> 01:01:56,882
Who? Name him for me, Harry
976
01:01:57,007 --> 01:01:58,926
You cast your films so well
977
01:01:58,957 --> 01:02:00,844
Which of them would you
have play the prince?
978
01:02:00,969 --> 01:02:02,825
All the men are not in this house
979
01:02:02,857 --> 01:02:04,682
and what you need
is not in that house
980
01:02:04,807 --> 01:02:06,788
All your talk about
a frightened child
981
01:02:06,819 --> 01:02:08,769
finding love and
security in the dirt
982
01:02:08,894 --> 01:02:11,501
All children love
dirt, but they grow up
983
01:02:11,532 --> 01:02:13,065
The fairy tale again
984
01:02:13,190 --> 01:02:15,150
Cinderella came out of the ashes
985
01:02:15,182 --> 01:02:18,153
and was spotless when
the prince came along
986
01:02:19,029 --> 01:02:21,073
Maria
987
01:02:21,949 --> 01:02:25,119
most women in this world
pray and cry in their sleep
988
01:02:25,244 --> 01:02:27,996
for just one small
part of what you've got
989
01:02:28,122 --> 01:02:31,583
so that they can find what all
women need, what "you" need, Maria
990
01:02:31,709 --> 01:02:33,752
A man you can look at in the daytime
991
01:02:33,877 --> 01:02:35,608
A man you can love like a woman
992
01:02:35,640 --> 01:02:37,339
have children by, grow old with
993
01:02:37,464 --> 01:02:40,050
share joys and sorrows,
success and failure
994
01:02:40,175 --> 01:02:42,594
You've got to make up your mind
995
01:02:42,720 --> 01:02:46,098
Half in the dirt and half
out... Go one way or the other
996
01:02:46,223 --> 01:02:50,102
But if you go back, what
a pitiful waste it'll be
997
01:02:50,352 --> 01:02:52,521
And if I go the other
way, I go to what?
998
01:02:52,646 --> 01:02:55,357
To a big white yacht
with Alberto Bravano?
999
01:02:55,482 --> 01:02:59,570
Just because it is big and white
and a yacht, is it not still dirt?
1000
01:03:06,910 --> 01:03:10,831
Do not think that I do not agree
with everything you say, Harry
1001
01:03:10,956 --> 01:03:13,375
But I... I cannot help myself
1002
01:03:39,776 --> 01:03:40,861
One thing you can't knock
1003
01:03:40,892 --> 01:03:43,405
about Southern California,
the air at night
1004
01:03:43,530 --> 01:03:46,908
I sure pity the people who
have to breathe in the daytime
1005
01:03:51,413 --> 01:03:53,582
You got somethin' on your mind?
1006
01:03:53,707 --> 01:03:55,750
Not a thing, Oscar. How about you?
1007
01:03:55,876 --> 01:03:57,711
I was just wonderin'
1008
01:03:57,742 --> 01:03:59,546
You look like you had a
sneak preview playin' inside
1009
01:03:59,671 --> 01:04:02,007
I've been wondering too.
You can't see Kirk
1010
01:04:02,132 --> 01:04:05,051
Suppose he has a cigarette
in his mouth and needs a light
1011
01:04:05,677 --> 01:04:07,887
Maybe he should
carry his own matches
1012
01:04:08,012 --> 01:04:12,266
- Oh? Am I the first to know?
- Know what?
1013
01:04:12,392 --> 01:04:15,728
Oh, you're going to love
international caf� society
1014
01:04:15,853 --> 01:04:19,774
No more plain Morocco/Stork
Club caf� society for you
1015
01:04:19,899 --> 01:04:23,986
No bums in black ties. It's
bums in white ties from now on
1016
01:04:24,112 --> 01:04:26,406
I thought you were on the wagon
1017
01:04:26,531 --> 01:04:28,574
Oscar, this is Harry
1018
01:04:28,700 --> 01:04:31,619
- How about Bravano? Got him hooked?
- All but the clincher
1019
01:04:31,744 --> 01:04:33,642
I got him sold, Harry. I know it
1020
01:04:33,673 --> 01:04:36,270
I got that gaucho seeing himself
up there with the Rockefellers
1021
01:04:36,290 --> 01:04:39,502
It's the deal of my lifetime,
if I can just find that clincher
1022
01:04:39,627 --> 01:04:42,255
Hurry, hurry, hurry!
See the battle of the giants
1023
01:04:42,380 --> 01:04:44,757
- What?
- Kirk and Bravano are having it out
1024
01:04:44,882 --> 01:04:47,218
- A fight?
- Goliath versus Goliath
1025
01:04:47,343 --> 01:04:49,867
- Throwin' punches?
- Don't be silly
1026
01:04:49,887 --> 01:04:51,869
Neither one of them
has had his hands closed
1027
01:04:51,900 --> 01:04:54,058
since the day he was born
1028
01:04:55,184 --> 01:04:57,311
My tongue is loosened by champagne
1029
01:04:57,437 --> 01:05:00,148
I speak as I do everything,
for all the world to know
1030
01:05:00,273 --> 01:05:04,944
Everything I do - and I admit to all
your accusations - I do in the open
1031
01:05:05,069 --> 01:05:07,634
But you, Mr Kirk
Edwards, do them secretly
1032
01:05:07,666 --> 01:05:09,824
- Do you deny that?
- You're a liar. You're a liar!
1033
01:05:10,033 --> 01:05:11,951
You repeat yourself
1034
01:05:12,076 --> 01:05:15,663
Take a drink, my friend, and
say what you have in your heart
1035
01:05:15,788 --> 01:05:19,208
But you never drink. You never say
1036
01:05:19,334 --> 01:05:21,627
Is it because you fear
what's in your heart?
1037
01:05:21,753 --> 01:05:25,923
- You're a liar
- Granted. But so are you, Mr Edwards
1038
01:05:26,049 --> 01:05:31,095
You are everything that I am, plus
one more sin: Hypocrisy, my friend
1039
01:05:31,220 --> 01:05:34,494
You pretend not to be what
you are, not to do what you do
1040
01:05:34,526 --> 01:05:36,726
This is most evil of all
1041
01:05:36,747 --> 01:05:39,228
You've never done an honest
day's work in your life
1042
01:05:39,354 --> 01:05:41,814
I have never done a
day's work in my life
1043
01:05:41,846 --> 01:05:44,275
honest or dishonest,
but neither have you
1044
01:05:44,400 --> 01:05:48,404
To make $100 into $110, this is work
1045
01:05:48,529 --> 01:05:52,784
To make 100 million into
110 million, this is inevitable
1046
01:05:52,909 --> 01:05:55,286
At least I keep my
money in my own country
1047
01:05:55,317 --> 01:05:56,621
and spend it here and pay my taxes
1048
01:05:56,913 --> 01:05:59,707
I keep my money in your country too
1049
01:05:59,738 --> 01:06:02,606
and for the same reason
as you. It is safest here
1050
01:06:02,627 --> 01:06:05,880
And as for taxes, how
many millions have you
1051
01:06:05,911 --> 01:06:08,508
in tax-exempt bonds and oil wells
1052
01:06:08,633 --> 01:06:11,678
whose power of production
your government protects
1053
01:06:11,803 --> 01:06:14,055
while it denies such
benefits to the brain?
1054
01:06:14,347 --> 01:06:17,517
What about "your" flea-bitten
country? What taxes do you pay?
1055
01:06:17,642 --> 01:06:20,061
It is a well-known
fact that everywhere
1056
01:06:20,092 --> 01:06:22,480
except for the British
Empire and the USA
1057
01:06:22,605 --> 01:06:24,962
the income tax can be easily avoided
1058
01:06:24,993 --> 01:06:27,318
by anyone with income. I pay none
1059
01:06:27,610 --> 01:06:30,905
Then what right do you have to
attack the American way of life?
1060
01:06:31,364 --> 01:06:34,221
Oh, please, Mr Kirk Edwards
1061
01:06:34,252 --> 01:06:38,642
I attack nothing and
nobody but you, personally
1062
01:06:38,705 --> 01:06:40,248
I've never met an American
1063
01:06:40,279 --> 01:06:42,834
to whom the American way
of life was not his own
1064
01:06:42,959 --> 01:06:45,003
But it is only yours I attack
1065
01:06:45,128 --> 01:06:48,381
My life is none of your business.
I live it my way and I like it
1066
01:06:48,506 --> 01:06:50,550
Then why does it not make you happy?
1067
01:06:50,675 --> 01:06:51,551
Do you not agree
1068
01:06:51,582 --> 01:06:54,303
to have an enormous amount
of money is a wonderful thing?
1069
01:06:54,429 --> 01:06:56,994
Why don't you shut up and
go back where you came from
1070
01:06:57,015 --> 01:06:59,308
Oh, this is unworthy, even from you
1071
01:06:59,434 --> 01:07:02,729
Next you will tell me the best
friend of a boy is his mother
1072
01:07:02,937 --> 01:07:05,940
- Mine was - Obviously.
And that of a man, his horse
1073
01:07:06,065 --> 01:07:07,337
It is not clear to me
1074
01:07:07,369 --> 01:07:09,861
when the transition from
mother to horse takes place
1075
01:07:09,986 --> 01:07:12,739
- Get out of here, Bravano
- I will go when I please
1076
01:07:12,759 --> 01:07:15,783
- I'll have you thrown out!
- I will offer no resistance
1077
01:07:15,950 --> 01:07:19,620
I am a physical coward. So
are you. But I admit it openly
1078
01:07:19,746 --> 01:07:23,791
I'm a selfish man, not a good
man. But I admit it openly
1079
01:07:23,916 --> 01:07:26,461
I enjoy to live. You do not
1080
01:07:26,586 --> 01:07:31,049
I waste my money with pleasure.
But yours is just a waste
1081
01:07:31,549 --> 01:07:35,470
I will not go back where I came
from because I do not like it there
1082
01:07:35,595 --> 01:07:39,932
You are incapable of liking it
anywhere, so you stay where you are
1083
01:07:40,475 --> 01:07:43,144
Goodbye, Mr Kirk Edwards
1084
01:07:46,189 --> 01:07:48,274
Are you coming with me?
1085
01:07:48,399 --> 01:07:51,861
- I beg your pardon?
- I leave tomorrow morning for Cannes
1086
01:07:51,986 --> 01:07:55,531
I invited you to join my yachting
party and you said you'd let me know
1087
01:07:55,698 --> 01:07:57,700
I ask you now, openly
1088
01:07:57,825 --> 01:08:00,578
It would delight me if
you would come with me
1089
01:08:00,609 --> 01:08:02,080
this minute, out of this house
1090
01:08:02,205 --> 01:08:05,979
You must be confused, se�or.
This is my house. I live here
1091
01:08:06,000 --> 01:08:08,252
- Then tomorrow morning
- Maria!
1092
01:08:08,503 --> 01:08:11,839
Tell him you're not going,
tomorrow morning or ever
1093
01:08:11,964 --> 01:08:15,510
Always, Kirk, you choose
exactly the wrong moment
1094
01:08:15,541 --> 01:08:16,803
to play dictator with me
1095
01:08:16,844 --> 01:08:20,598
I forbid you to go with him!
And I want to hear you tell him so
1096
01:08:20,848 --> 01:08:23,851
Too bad. I had decided not to go
1097
01:08:24,519 --> 01:08:26,562
Now I think I must
1098
01:08:28,189 --> 01:08:30,650
I will come for you tomorrow morning
1099
01:08:30,775 --> 01:08:33,027
Oscar
1100
01:08:33,277 --> 01:08:35,697
Clear everybody
out. The party's over
1101
01:08:35,822 --> 01:08:39,137
This is your clincher,
Muldoon. Don't blow it
1102
01:08:39,409 --> 01:08:43,642
Just this once, Kirk, why don't
you empty your own ashtrays?
1103
01:08:43,663 --> 01:08:47,020
- You heard what I said?
- You said the party's over
1104
01:08:47,041 --> 01:08:49,210
Tell everybody to go home
1105
01:08:49,335 --> 01:08:50,336
The party's over
1106
01:08:50,367 --> 01:08:53,631
and I want to thank
you for a lovely evening
1107
01:08:53,881 --> 01:08:55,904
How drunk are you, Muldoon?
1108
01:08:55,936 --> 01:08:58,240
I've warned you about
getting too drunk
1109
01:08:58,302 --> 01:09:01,014
For four years
- and now it's over -
1110
01:09:01,139 --> 01:09:03,620
for four years I've
invited the guests
1111
01:09:03,652 --> 01:09:06,102
and provided the entertainment
1112
01:09:06,227 --> 01:09:09,897
and cleaned up the dirt and paid
off the waiters and paid off the cops
1113
01:09:10,023 --> 01:09:12,400
and paid off the papers
and paid off the guests
1114
01:09:12,525 --> 01:09:14,819
And now it's good
night. The party's over
1115
01:09:14,944 --> 01:09:18,573
I've had a lovely evening,
but I must be going
1116
01:09:18,698 --> 01:09:21,701
You're fired, as of right now
1117
01:09:21,732 --> 01:09:24,162
Don't call me, I'll call you
1118
01:09:24,245 --> 01:09:26,289
Bravo, Mr Muldoon
1119
01:09:26,873 --> 01:09:30,209
Mr Muldoon, it would
delight me almost as much
1120
01:09:30,335 --> 01:09:34,005
if you were to come with me
this minute, out of this house
1121
01:09:34,130 --> 01:09:37,467
Se�or, I think you've
got yourself a deal
1122
01:09:53,900 --> 01:09:57,403
- She'll never make another picture
- How are you going to stop her?
1123
01:09:57,528 --> 01:09:59,989
Withdraw your financing and release?
1124
01:10:00,010 --> 01:10:02,784
It's late, but I'm sure MGM,
Fox, Paramount and the rest
1125
01:10:02,909 --> 01:10:05,995
will be happy to have me
wake them up with the news
1126
01:10:06,120 --> 01:10:09,832
I'll fight it for years...
to the Supreme Court
1127
01:10:09,957 --> 01:10:12,231
I'll keep her off
the screen, I'll destroy her
1128
01:10:12,262 --> 01:10:14,504
Nah, she's too big now
1129
01:10:15,838 --> 01:10:18,633
Oscar. I'll destroy Oscar
1130
01:10:18,758 --> 01:10:21,260
He knows too much
and where to tell it
1131
01:10:21,386 --> 01:10:23,638
Why not destroy Se�or Bravano?
1132
01:10:23,763 --> 01:10:28,267
All those hundreds of millions of
dollars, crashing against each other
1133
01:10:28,393 --> 01:10:31,104
like a couple of big elks
with your horns locked
1134
01:10:31,229 --> 01:10:34,440
battling till you both
starve to death in the snow
1135
01:10:36,984 --> 01:10:38,486
You
1136
01:10:38,611 --> 01:10:41,698
Not even me. Not any more
1137
01:10:52,834 --> 01:10:54,877
Myrna
1138
01:10:55,420 --> 01:10:57,547
I'll drive you home
1139
01:10:57,672 --> 01:11:00,466
Don't I remember you from somewhere?
1140
01:11:00,883 --> 01:11:03,344
Maybe we'll fly to Las Vegas
1141
01:11:08,099 --> 01:11:11,269
I'll get my coat.
I'll meet you in the car
1142
01:11:18,818 --> 01:11:24,615
Harry, remember how you used
to say life wrote lousy scripts?
1143
01:11:25,533 --> 01:11:29,892
Even in one of yours I would
have thrown this glass at him
1144
01:11:30,705 --> 01:11:33,416
I'm going home with him instead
1145
01:11:34,417 --> 01:11:38,859
You want to know the (what
do you call it) motivation?
1146
01:11:39,630 --> 01:11:41,507
Easy
1147
01:11:41,632 --> 01:11:43,718
I'm a frightened tramp
1148
01:11:49,349 --> 01:11:51,288
- Where's your coat?
- In the car
1149
01:11:51,309 --> 01:11:54,937
- Where'd you park it?
- Driveway. We'll go around the back
1150
01:12:01,861 --> 01:12:04,697
Harry, look
1151
01:12:06,657 --> 01:12:08,868
They're Maria's
1152
01:12:09,035 --> 01:12:11,162
She was wearing them tonight
1153
01:12:11,287 --> 01:12:13,748
Cinderella's slippers
1154
01:12:13,998 --> 01:12:17,481
Who lives in the little
house? The prince?
1155
01:12:18,711 --> 01:12:22,674
- Cinderella's cousin
- I don't understand that
1156
01:12:22,799 --> 01:12:25,093
I'll tell you about it in the car
1157
01:12:28,930 --> 01:12:32,308
I didn't tell her, of
course. Not even Jerry
1158
01:12:32,433 --> 01:12:34,936
Some things you just
don't tell anybody
1159
01:12:35,061 --> 01:12:38,773
If it would have helped, I'd
have yelled it in the streets
1160
01:12:40,024 --> 01:12:41,859
But nothing could have helped
1161
01:12:41,984 --> 01:12:45,947
The moving finger had
already writ and moved on
1162
01:12:46,572 --> 01:12:49,784
And nothing I could do would
have cancelled half a line
1163
01:12:49,909 --> 01:12:52,724
Nor would my tears
wash out a word of it
1164
01:12:59,419 --> 01:13:01,212
If this paisan asks me again
1165
01:13:01,337 --> 01:13:05,258
am I sure the cameraman got his
picture coming to this funeral...
1166
01:13:05,383 --> 01:13:07,677
It's the only reason he's here
1167
01:13:08,678 --> 01:13:11,827
Ah, well. It's my own fault
1168
01:13:11,848 --> 01:13:15,435
I talked him into coming.
It's basic public relations
1169
01:13:15,560 --> 01:13:18,125
If people see the
biggest rat in the world
1170
01:13:18,156 --> 01:13:20,690
walk with his hat
off behind a casket
1171
01:13:20,815 --> 01:13:23,547
he becomes a lovable codger
1172
01:13:23,776 --> 01:13:26,279
Bravano practically
climbed into the coffin
1173
01:13:26,310 --> 01:13:28,781
to be sure they took his picture
1174
01:13:30,950 --> 01:13:36,456
At that, I assure you he got as close
to Maria dead as he did to her alive
1175
01:13:36,581 --> 01:13:38,791
He and Kirk, they both got nowhere
1176
01:13:38,916 --> 01:13:40,335
Only difference was
1177
01:13:40,366 --> 01:13:43,629
Kirk wouldn't quit till he
tried everything in the book
1178
01:13:43,755 --> 01:13:46,090
On the other hand,
Bravano quit like a dog
1179
01:13:46,215 --> 01:13:48,760
practically the first
time Maria said no
1180
01:13:48,885 --> 01:13:51,304
It seems to me he
was secretly relieved
1181
01:13:51,429 --> 01:13:53,744
The important thing to Bravano
1182
01:13:53,775 --> 01:13:56,059
was for people to
think Maria was his girl
1183
01:13:56,184 --> 01:13:58,728
as long as he got credit for it
1184
01:13:58,853 --> 01:14:02,815
If Bravano had to choose between
really having Maria, in secret
1185
01:14:02,940 --> 01:14:06,027
and not having her, but with
the whole world thinking he did
1186
01:14:06,152 --> 01:14:08,488
he'd want it just he way it was
1187
01:14:08,613 --> 01:14:11,282
This I cannot figure
1188
01:14:11,991 --> 01:14:14,410
This doesn't mean it can't be figured
1189
01:14:14,535 --> 01:14:16,016
You could fill a big, fat book
1190
01:14:16,047 --> 01:14:19,999
with what I haven't been
able to figure since I was 12
1191
01:14:20,666 --> 01:14:25,963
Maria, for instance, I could
never figure. But then, who could?
1192
01:14:26,047 --> 01:14:31,094
There she was, the world's
number one symbol of desirability
1193
01:14:31,219 --> 01:14:34,263
on display all over the
world's number one showroom
1194
01:14:34,389 --> 01:14:37,725
with the world's number
one customers wanting to buy
1195
01:14:38,142 --> 01:14:41,229
and nobody wrapped her
up and took her home
1196
01:14:41,260 --> 01:14:42,689
Nobody
1197
01:14:42,814 --> 01:14:45,942
I'll swear that into my own grave
1198
01:14:46,025 --> 01:14:48,069
Nobody
1199
01:14:49,153 --> 01:14:52,365
And while I'm on the broad
subject of what I can't figure
1200
01:14:52,490 --> 01:14:56,139
I give you that phenomenon
of this day and age called
1201
01:14:56,171 --> 01:14:58,642
"the international set"
1202
01:14:58,705 --> 01:15:00,915
Once a year, on the French Riviera
1203
01:15:01,040 --> 01:15:04,877
one of the most beautiful
seashores on God's earth
1204
01:15:05,003 --> 01:15:08,986
the international set gathers
the way an annual fungus
1205
01:15:09,017 --> 01:15:11,092
gathers on a beautiful tree
1206
01:15:11,217 --> 01:15:13,011
It's quite a set
1207
01:15:13,136 --> 01:15:17,056
It's as if ordinary human
beings, living ordinary lives
1208
01:15:17,181 --> 01:15:19,642
had suddenly vanished from the earth
1209
01:15:21,227 --> 01:15:25,857
and the world was suddenly full
of butterflies shaped like people
1210
01:15:25,982 --> 01:15:29,152
They are all happy, all the time
1211
01:15:29,277 --> 01:15:32,989
Some of them are happy
because they are beautiful
1212
01:15:33,114 --> 01:15:37,452
And some of them have to be happy
because they are nothing but rich
1213
01:15:43,499 --> 01:15:47,378
Some of the international set
are happy because they are dogs
1214
01:15:47,503 --> 01:15:50,965
Don't laugh. There's a
beauty parlour in Cannes...
1215
01:15:51,090 --> 01:15:53,134
just for dogs
1216
01:15:54,302 --> 01:15:56,971
But the happiest of the
international butterflies
1217
01:15:57,096 --> 01:15:59,849
are those who live as if
they never left the cocoon
1218
01:15:59,974 --> 01:16:01,851
They form in little groups
1219
01:16:01,882 --> 01:16:04,354
usually around some
piece of ex-royalty
1220
01:16:04,479 --> 01:16:08,191
Bravano, of course, had the
best cocoon that money could buy
1221
01:16:08,316 --> 01:16:11,944
To begin with, he had as his
guest for the entire season
1222
01:16:11,976 --> 01:16:14,322
the pretender to the throne
1223
01:16:14,447 --> 01:16:16,574
The name of the
throne doesn't matter
1224
01:16:16,699 --> 01:16:18,597
But, in the world of pretence
1225
01:16:18,628 --> 01:16:21,329
a pretender is the
best thing you can be
1226
01:16:21,454 --> 01:16:25,479
So, to the international
set, he was a king
1227
01:16:25,541 --> 01:16:28,190
His wife was English.
She was a commoner
1228
01:16:28,211 --> 01:16:30,275
And they don't come any commoner
1229
01:16:30,296 --> 01:16:32,298
But together they ruled the Riviera
1230
01:16:32,423 --> 01:16:36,427
by permission of the
copyright holder, Lulu McGee
1231
01:16:36,552 --> 01:16:39,347
Lulu McGee runs the
international set
1232
01:16:39,472 --> 01:16:41,808
She never asks for
money but, somehow
1233
01:16:41,933 --> 01:16:45,123
she always happens to
help grateful rich people
1234
01:16:45,186 --> 01:16:48,481
Hector Eubanks was the
fireball of our little cocoon
1235
01:16:48,606 --> 01:16:54,174
Oil hit Hector one fine day, and
he just never came out from under it
1236
01:16:54,205 --> 01:16:56,406
There was also Mrs Hector Eubanks
1237
01:16:56,531 --> 01:17:00,284
She was a joint income-tax return
1238
01:17:01,035 --> 01:17:06,958
And in the middle of all this
fantastic unreality was Maria...
1239
01:17:07,083 --> 01:17:09,836
more unreal, in a
way, than any of it
1240
01:17:09,961 --> 01:17:12,338
She moved among all
these crazy people
1241
01:17:12,463 --> 01:17:16,884
through the casinos and beaches
and brawls, from Marseille to Monaco
1242
01:17:17,010 --> 01:17:19,262
as if she were loaded with Novocaine
1243
01:17:19,387 --> 01:17:25,184
She showed no pain, no
pleasure, no interest, no nothing
1244
01:17:25,309 --> 01:17:28,146
You figure it. I can't
1245
01:17:52,378 --> 01:17:57,091
Any more than I could on that
night I saw Maria for the last time
1246
01:17:57,216 --> 01:18:00,824
It was at one of the
casinos, kind of late
1247
01:18:01,012 --> 01:18:03,785
We'd finished dinner hours ago
1248
01:18:04,057 --> 01:18:07,352
Bravano and Hector Eubanks
were inside, gambling
1249
01:18:07,477 --> 01:18:10,229
I assumed Maria was with Bravano
1250
01:18:10,355 --> 01:18:12,231
The rest of us had
run out of conversation
1251
01:18:12,263 --> 01:18:13,232
The rest of us had
run out of conversation
1252
01:18:13,358 --> 01:18:16,778
After all, we hadn't sen
each other since cocktails
1253
01:18:16,903 --> 01:18:20,114
and we hadn't eaten
together since lunch
1254
01:18:20,239 --> 01:18:23,659
Lulu was trying to work
up interest in a word game
1255
01:18:23,785 --> 01:18:26,454
It's not easy with people
who know just enough words
1256
01:18:26,579 --> 01:18:28,831
to tell room service what they want
1257
01:18:28,956 --> 01:18:31,376
It's really very
simple, Your Highness
1258
01:18:31,501 --> 01:18:34,045
You write the long
word on top of the page
1259
01:18:34,170 --> 01:18:36,735
and under it, you write
all of the short words
1260
01:18:36,766 --> 01:18:39,300
you can make out of the long one
1261
01:18:39,425 --> 01:18:40,426
Oh
1262
01:18:40,551 --> 01:18:43,179
For the long word,
let's use "vicissitudes"
1263
01:18:43,304 --> 01:18:45,306
Is that actually a word?
1264
01:18:45,431 --> 01:18:48,184
V- i-c-i-s-s-i-t-u-d-e-s
1265
01:18:48,309 --> 01:18:52,105
It's changes, fluctuations,
like the vicissitudes of life
1266
01:18:52,230 --> 01:18:54,273
How clever of you, my dear
1267
01:18:54,399 --> 01:18:56,630
J'ai besoin de champagne
1268
01:18:56,661 --> 01:18:58,861
Did you say
something, Your Majesty?
1269
01:18:58,986 --> 01:19:03,574
- I shall require more champagne
- "Mais certainement. " Oscar
1270
01:19:12,917 --> 01:19:15,128
- More of the same for the king
- Yes, sir
1271
01:19:15,253 --> 01:19:17,130
What news from the gaming table?
1272
01:19:17,161 --> 01:19:20,049
Very good. Alberto is
having a fantastic bank
1273
01:19:20,174 --> 01:19:21,217
It's about time
1274
01:19:21,248 --> 01:19:24,554
Last night that Greek took him
for a whole South American jungle
1275
01:19:24,679 --> 01:19:26,723
You know something? Off the screen
1276
01:19:26,754 --> 01:19:28,349
I don't think I've
seen you laugh before
1277
01:19:28,474 --> 01:19:30,018
I feel very good tonight
1278
01:19:30,049 --> 01:19:32,082
Every night's like every other night
1279
01:19:32,113 --> 01:19:34,147
- No, not tonight
- What's different?
1280
01:19:34,272 --> 01:19:37,859
I don't know. Something
in the way my heart beats
1281
01:19:37,984 --> 01:19:42,050
As if something very good were
going to come out of tonight
1282
01:19:45,366 --> 01:19:48,661
Something's coming tonight, all
right, but it's not good. He's mad
1283
01:19:48,786 --> 01:19:51,143
I've seen him like this before
1284
01:19:51,174 --> 01:19:53,499
He's half-crazy when
he gets like this
1285
01:20:05,094 --> 01:20:07,805
How do I find the words
to tell you what you are?
1286
01:20:08,431 --> 01:20:12,185
To begin with, a thief. You took
money from me when I was playing
1287
01:20:12,310 --> 01:20:14,645
When I was winning.
It changed my luck
1288
01:20:14,771 --> 01:20:17,398
You have cost me millions
and millions of francs
1289
01:20:17,523 --> 01:20:19,901
You put a curse on me,
not only for tonight
1290
01:20:20,026 --> 01:20:22,737
but from the unhappy moment
I knew of your existence
1291
01:20:22,862 --> 01:20:25,615
As you will put a curse always on
everyone and everything near to you
1292
01:20:25,865 --> 01:20:28,972
- Maybe you can talk this over
in private - Let him, Oscar
1293
01:20:29,077 --> 01:20:31,058
Next, you are not a woman
1294
01:20:31,089 --> 01:20:34,394
I do not know what you
are, but you are not a woman
1295
01:20:34,832 --> 01:20:37,710
You will not let yourself
be loved. You cannot love
1296
01:20:37,835 --> 01:20:40,672
Once, you had the look
for me of an exquisite lady
1297
01:20:40,797 --> 01:20:43,111
Now I do not see that look
1298
01:20:43,143 --> 01:20:45,426
I only see that you have
the body of an animal
1299
01:20:45,551 --> 01:20:47,595
A dead animal
1300
01:20:48,888 --> 01:20:52,600
I have paid for your company and
you will come and go as I tell you
1301
01:20:52,725 --> 01:20:54,769
Monsieur. Permit me
1302
01:21:09,367 --> 01:21:12,808
- Is the gigolo known to anyone?
- He is known to me
1303
01:21:13,413 --> 01:21:16,541
His name is Vincenzo,
Conte Torlato-Favrini
1304
01:21:16,666 --> 01:21:18,355
He is not a gigolo
1305
01:21:18,386 --> 01:21:21,713
He is less a gigolo than
anyone in our immediate company
1306
01:21:21,879 --> 01:21:26,092
Surely less than anyone you will
ever have the good fortune to meet
1307
01:21:26,217 --> 01:21:29,887
He certainly acts high
and mighty for just a count
1308
01:21:30,013 --> 01:21:33,558
My dear Lulu, there
are counts and counts
1309
01:21:33,589 --> 01:21:36,060
just as there are kings and kings
1310
01:21:36,561 --> 01:21:39,689
Among the counts,
Torlato-Favrini is a king
1311
01:21:39,814 --> 01:21:43,881
Just as among the
kings, I am a clown
1312
01:21:44,819 --> 01:21:47,467
I am puzzled only by his
presence in a place like this
1313
01:21:47,499 --> 01:21:49,907
among people like us
1314
01:21:53,327 --> 01:21:56,435
My champagne is not properly cooled
1315
01:21:57,749 --> 01:22:01,461
Alberto, do you happen to know
the Marquise de Baudeni�re?
1316
01:22:01,586 --> 01:22:03,921
A really distinguished family...
1317
01:22:04,047 --> 01:22:08,384
And that was the last I
ever saw of Maria Vargas
1318
01:22:08,509 --> 01:22:11,450
whom the world knew as Maria D'Amata
1319
01:22:13,014 --> 01:22:17,894
but who died as the
Contessa Torlato-Favrini
1320
01:22:28,905 --> 01:22:32,533
Che sar�, sar�.
What will be, will be
1321
01:22:33,743 --> 01:22:37,080
An ancient and
unimaginative Italian proverb
1322
01:22:37,914 --> 01:22:42,669
It has been the motto of my
house for more than 450 years
1323
01:22:43,711 --> 01:22:45,797
And it is only fitting perhaps
1324
01:22:45,828 --> 01:22:48,925
that as the House of
Torlato-Favrini comes to its end
1325
01:22:49,050 --> 01:22:52,261
our motto will never
be more to the point
1326
01:22:52,387 --> 01:22:55,160
What will be, will be
1327
01:22:58,142 --> 01:23:01,521
An easy generality. A universal cure
1328
01:23:02,522 --> 01:23:06,109
I am what I am, do what I
do, and cannot help myself
1329
01:23:06,234 --> 01:23:08,924
Therefore, I am free of my guilt
1330
01:23:08,945 --> 01:23:10,988
Nonsense, of course
1331
01:23:13,366 --> 01:23:18,246
Yet, I can suggest no other
answer, if there must be an answer
1332
01:23:18,371 --> 01:23:22,917
to how and why it began
between Maria and me
1333
01:23:30,008 --> 01:23:35,471
I was driving, as I had for
countless times before that time
1334
01:23:35,596 --> 01:23:38,891
I was driving somewhere, anywhere
1335
01:23:39,350 --> 01:23:44,605
just to be away from the restlessness
of nights after nights without sleep
1336
01:23:44,731 --> 01:23:47,316
and the empty dawns
that followed them
1337
01:23:49,485 --> 01:23:53,948
But why, of all the somewheres
and anywheres in the world
1338
01:23:54,073 --> 01:23:58,578
should I, that time, have crossed
the border from Italy to France?
1339
01:23:59,078 --> 01:24:02,206
Of all directions, why
should I have chosen one
1340
01:24:02,331 --> 01:24:04,938
leading to that parade
ground of vulgarity
1341
01:24:04,970 --> 01:24:07,962
which lies between Nice and Cannes?
1342
01:24:09,172 --> 01:24:11,215
Che sar�, sar�
1343
01:26:37,570 --> 01:26:41,157
She looked at me for no
longer than the beat of a heart
1344
01:26:41,282 --> 01:26:44,911
and I knew I would remember
her as long as I lived
1345
01:26:48,623 --> 01:26:51,042
That was my meeting with Maria
1346
01:26:51,167 --> 01:26:56,151
It occurs to me just now that,
oddly, we have never talked about it
1347
01:26:56,798 --> 01:27:01,719
But no more odd, surely,
than my driving away that day
1348
01:27:01,844 --> 01:27:04,722
away from her, knowing that
1349
01:27:04,754 --> 01:27:07,600
inevitably, we would meet again
1350
01:27:22,532 --> 01:27:27,537
And it was late that night in,
of all places, a gambling casino
1351
01:27:27,662 --> 01:27:29,706
when I saw Maria again
1352
01:29:42,964 --> 01:29:46,509
To begin with, a thief. You took
money from me when I was playing
1353
01:29:46,634 --> 01:29:49,262
When I was winning.
It changed my luck
1354
01:29:49,387 --> 01:29:51,806
You have cost me millions
and millions of francs
1355
01:29:51,931 --> 01:29:54,142
You put a curse on me,
not only for tonight
1356
01:29:54,267 --> 01:29:56,894
but from the unhappy moment
I knew you existed
1357
01:29:57,020 --> 01:29:59,814
As you will put a curse
always on everyone near to you
1358
01:29:59,939 --> 01:30:03,317
- Maybe you can talk this over
in private - Let him, Oscar
1359
01:30:03,443 --> 01:30:05,757
Next, you are not a woman
1360
01:30:05,789 --> 01:30:08,072
I do not know what you are,
but you are not a woman
1361
01:30:08,197 --> 01:30:10,825
You will not let yourself
be loved. You cannot love
1362
01:30:10,950 --> 01:30:13,578
Once, you had the look
for me of an exquisite lady
1363
01:30:13,703 --> 01:30:15,934
Now I do not see that look
1364
01:30:15,966 --> 01:30:18,166
I see only that you have
the body of an animal
1365
01:30:18,958 --> 01:30:20,835
A dead animal
1366
01:30:20,960 --> 01:30:24,213
I have paid for your company and
you will come and go as I tell you
1367
01:30:24,339 --> 01:30:26,382
Monsieur. Permit me
1368
01:30:33,139 --> 01:30:36,392
I cannot remember much of
that shabby little scene
1369
01:30:36,517 --> 01:30:40,063
except for some cheap
heroics on my part
1370
01:30:40,229 --> 01:30:45,088
But I do remember that Maria
seemed unsurprised at my being there
1371
01:30:45,234 --> 01:30:47,987
That she left with me without question
1372
01:30:49,072 --> 01:30:51,532
As if she had been waiting for me
1373
01:31:24,482 --> 01:31:26,651
Thank you. I do not smoke
1374
01:31:26,776 --> 01:31:28,820
What is your name?
1375
01:31:30,988 --> 01:31:32,532
Maria Vargas
1376
01:31:32,657 --> 01:31:34,867
Are you Spanish?
1377
01:31:34,992 --> 01:31:37,453
But I live in America. I work there
1378
01:31:37,745 --> 01:31:41,791
What is your work? Are you
a professional entertainer?
1379
01:31:41,916 --> 01:31:45,274
In a way. Perhaps not in
the way that you think
1380
01:31:45,920 --> 01:31:48,506
You have no way of knowing
the way that I think
1381
01:31:48,631 --> 01:31:50,237
Where are we going?
1382
01:31:50,268 --> 01:31:52,885
First, to your hotel,
so that you can pack
1383
01:31:53,011 --> 01:31:56,222
- And then? - To Rapallo.
Do you know where it is?
1384
01:31:56,347 --> 01:31:58,057
In Italy
1385
01:31:58,182 --> 01:32:00,956
- Why to Rapallo?
- I live there
1386
01:32:02,061 --> 01:32:04,835
And did you drive here
today from Rapallo?
1387
01:32:04,856 --> 01:32:06,691
- Mm-hm
- Why?
1388
01:32:06,816 --> 01:32:09,339
To bring you back with me
1389
01:32:09,360 --> 01:32:11,404
Oh, I think not
1390
01:32:13,698 --> 01:32:16,743
My name is Vincenzo Torlato-Favrini
1391
01:32:16,868 --> 01:32:21,018
And what are you doing here...
besides having come for me?
1392
01:32:21,372 --> 01:32:24,042
There is no other reason
1393
01:32:24,167 --> 01:32:27,003
Tell me, do you see many movies?
1394
01:32:27,034 --> 01:32:29,276
Oh, very few. A good foreign film
1395
01:32:29,307 --> 01:32:31,549
now and then... American or English
1396
01:32:31,674 --> 01:32:34,364
Then perhaps you read
many cheap novels?
1397
01:32:35,219 --> 01:32:36,596
I understand
1398
01:32:36,721 --> 01:32:39,015
You would be justified
in asking also
1399
01:32:39,046 --> 01:32:41,309
whether I am addicted to narcotics
1400
01:32:41,434 --> 01:32:44,187
I have told you the complete truth
1401
01:32:44,896 --> 01:32:48,483
- You have never seen me
before today? - Never
1402
01:32:49,317 --> 01:32:52,111
- But you have known about me?
- No
1403
01:32:53,988 --> 01:32:56,115
Then you left Rapallo to find
1404
01:32:56,240 --> 01:32:59,285
and to bring back someone you
had never seen or heard about?
1405
01:32:59,410 --> 01:33:03,373
No. I left my home simply
because I had to leave
1406
01:33:03,915 --> 01:33:06,334
It has happened many times before
1407
01:33:06,365 --> 01:33:09,066
There is, perhaps,
an explanation for it
1408
01:33:09,253 --> 01:33:12,027
But I will not attempt
one here and now
1409
01:33:13,091 --> 01:33:15,677
When did you know that
you had come for me?
1410
01:33:15,708 --> 01:33:18,179
When you knew, too
1411
01:33:19,722 --> 01:33:23,434
For the first time, when we looked
at each other in the Gypsy camp
1412
01:33:23,935 --> 01:33:26,229
and again at the window of the casino
1413
01:33:26,688 --> 01:33:31,213
and again, just now, when
I held out my hand to you
1414
01:33:33,528 --> 01:33:36,280
You knew, as well as I.
1415
01:33:41,828 --> 01:33:44,497
It won't take me long to pack
1416
01:34:41,721 --> 01:34:45,558
Torlatos, Favrinis, and Torlato-Favrinis
1417
01:34:45,683 --> 01:34:47,998
When my sister and I are extinct
1418
01:34:48,029 --> 01:34:50,313
perhaps they will name
automobiles after us
1419
01:34:50,438 --> 01:34:53,649
The Torlatos and the Favrinis
will be speedy little cars
1420
01:34:53,775 --> 01:34:57,111
and the Torlato-Favrini
a limousine, of course
1421
01:34:58,196 --> 01:35:01,282
This was Beatrice Favrini
1422
01:35:03,034 --> 01:35:06,996
How strange, to be painted
with a little boy and a sword
1423
01:35:07,121 --> 01:35:11,000
The little boy was her son.
The sword was her husband's
1424
01:35:11,125 --> 01:35:13,232
It was brought to
her when he was killed
1425
01:35:13,263 --> 01:35:16,589
in a stupid war
between Italian cities
1426
01:35:16,714 --> 01:35:19,634
My own husband was
killed in this last war
1427
01:35:19,759 --> 01:35:22,970
I have neither his
child nor his sword
1428
01:35:23,346 --> 01:35:26,453
He was blown up at sea. I
do not have even his cadaver
1429
01:35:26,474 --> 01:35:28,142
Eleonora...
1430
01:35:28,267 --> 01:35:30,812
But perhaps you should
tell the story, Vincenzo
1431
01:35:30,843 --> 01:35:32,939
of a "happy" ancestor
1432
01:35:32,980 --> 01:35:36,609
- Francesco the Fat, for instance
- Francesco can wait
1433
01:35:37,527 --> 01:35:41,030
I have the honour to
present Benvenuto Torlato
1434
01:35:41,698 --> 01:35:43,908
You have a resemblance to him
1435
01:35:43,939 --> 01:35:46,119
Thank you. I'm proud
of the coincidence
1436
01:35:46,244 --> 01:35:48,204
I admire this gentleman
1437
01:35:48,235 --> 01:35:51,207
He was one of Cesare Borgia's
most trusted assassins
1438
01:35:51,332 --> 01:35:53,835
He was stabbed to death
and thrown into the Arno
1439
01:35:53,960 --> 01:35:57,547
- Then what do you admire about him?
- His foresight
1440
01:35:57,672 --> 01:36:00,883
He adopted the motto of
our house. "Che sar�, sar�"
1441
01:36:01,801 --> 01:36:04,220
He knew what it
would be like with us
1442
01:37:01,986 --> 01:37:06,115
It has occurred to you, of course,
that I intend to marry Maria?
1443
01:37:06,240 --> 01:37:09,556
- It has occurred to me
- Do you approve?
1444
01:37:10,620 --> 01:37:13,352
- Have you told her?
- Not yet
1445
01:37:14,123 --> 01:37:16,417
She has been waiting to be told
1446
01:37:16,542 --> 01:37:20,338
I believe the proper word in
connection with marriage is "ask"
1447
01:37:20,463 --> 01:37:22,256
You keep saying "told"
1448
01:37:22,382 --> 01:37:25,134
I know Maria very little
but I've known for weeks
1449
01:37:25,166 --> 01:37:26,844
that she is in love with you
1450
01:37:26,969 --> 01:37:28,846
Do you approve?
1451
01:37:28,971 --> 01:37:32,558
It is almost frightening, how
much in love with you she is
1452
01:37:33,184 --> 01:37:37,459
- Then you don't approve
- Why do you ask me at all?
1453
01:37:38,106 --> 01:37:40,817
Because you want me to tell
you what you already know?
1454
01:37:40,942 --> 01:37:42,840
That to marry Maria
would be the most...
1455
01:37:42,871 --> 01:37:45,988
cruel and destructive
thing you'll ever have done?
1456
01:37:46,020 --> 01:37:49,450
As for destruction, we have
already been destroyed, you and I
1457
01:37:49,575 --> 01:37:51,953
We have come to the end of our line
1458
01:37:52,578 --> 01:37:54,706
Literally, to the end of the line
1459
01:37:55,373 --> 01:37:58,939
It is time for the Torlato-Favrinis
to get off the world
1460
01:37:58,960 --> 01:38:02,755
The fact remains that we are neither
unique nor important to the world
1461
01:38:02,880 --> 01:38:05,737
and it will go on without us
1462
01:38:05,769 --> 01:38:08,574
How will we be remembered, I wonder?
1463
01:38:08,594 --> 01:38:11,285
Why should we be remembered at all?
1464
01:38:11,305 --> 01:38:16,769
Nobility - the kind that continues
just because it continues to exist -
1465
01:38:16,894 --> 01:38:18,730
is becoming extinct
1466
01:38:18,855 --> 01:38:20,794
But why?
1467
01:38:20,815 --> 01:38:23,985
Because the world has
become a changed place
1468
01:38:24,110 --> 01:38:27,801
And, like the dinosaurs, we
can no longer function in it
1469
01:38:28,322 --> 01:38:32,118
Perhaps that's why I'm
incapable of having a child
1470
01:38:34,037 --> 01:38:35,413
Perhaps that's why you...
1471
01:38:35,444 --> 01:38:39,500
We cannot have come this
far to leave nothing behind
1472
01:38:39,532 --> 01:38:42,086
but some undistinguished,
unidentifiable portraits
1473
01:38:42,211 --> 01:38:45,173
to be hung on the back
walls of curiosity shops
1474
01:38:45,204 --> 01:38:48,030
to gather the dust of the future
1475
01:38:48,593 --> 01:38:50,636
Come here, Eleonora
1476
01:39:04,150 --> 01:39:06,507
The last contessa
1477
01:39:12,533 --> 01:39:18,101
The world will some day see
paintings of her, and of her and me
1478
01:39:18,122 --> 01:39:20,020
and then it will think:
1479
01:39:20,051 --> 01:39:24,212
"What a pity they have gone
and left nothing behind"
1480
01:39:24,712 --> 01:39:26,464
We will be remembered
1481
01:39:26,589 --> 01:39:29,279
Because the last
contessa was a movie star?
1482
01:39:29,300 --> 01:39:32,282
Vincenzo, you cannot marry a woman
as if you were putting on a play
1483
01:39:32,303 --> 01:39:36,161
because she's the type you've in
mind, because she's perfectly cast
1484
01:39:36,182 --> 01:39:39,435
as a portrait of the last
Contessa Torlato-Favrini
1485
01:39:41,688 --> 01:39:44,899
Maria is a living woman,
too much in love with you
1486
01:39:45,024 --> 01:39:47,485
Have you thought for
a moment about her?
1487
01:39:47,610 --> 01:39:50,363
Have you thought about
anybody else but yourself
1488
01:39:50,488 --> 01:39:53,157
and your obsession with
14 letters of the alphabet
1489
01:39:53,189 --> 01:39:55,410
arranged in a hyphenated name?
1490
01:39:55,535 --> 01:40:00,435
Thought about anybody else?
Yes. Yes, Eleonora, I have
1491
01:40:00,665 --> 01:40:03,626
About everybody else, it seems to me
1492
01:40:03,751 --> 01:40:06,525
I have thought about
every individual living man
1493
01:40:06,556 --> 01:40:10,863
woman and child in the
world, it seems to me
1494
01:40:10,883 --> 01:40:13,302
I've had the time for it, you know?
1495
01:40:13,428 --> 01:40:18,016
Since the 25th October
1942, to be exact
1496
01:40:18,516 --> 01:40:20,560
It's a lot of time
1497
01:40:21,936 --> 01:40:25,481
Especially when it stands
still with loneliness
1498
01:40:25,606 --> 01:40:28,109
Especially when it
has no days and nights
1499
01:40:28,234 --> 01:40:32,488
but just days that turn
black when the sun goes down
1500
01:40:32,613 --> 01:40:34,866
It's a lot of time
1501
01:40:35,199 --> 01:40:37,410
Especially when there
is nothing to think of
1502
01:40:37,535 --> 01:40:41,080
but all the living men, women
and children in the world
1503
01:40:41,205 --> 01:40:44,542
And nothing to do but
to think about them
1504
01:40:44,667 --> 01:40:48,588
And no way to forget
that I am none of them
1505
01:40:51,424 --> 01:40:54,072
Perhaps I have
become, as you put it
1506
01:40:54,104 --> 01:40:56,721
obsessed by our name and our past
1507
01:40:57,263 --> 01:41:01,309
and the absence of our
future, and by our paintings
1508
01:41:01,851 --> 01:41:03,644
As if, in some magical way
1509
01:41:03,770 --> 01:41:08,691
our long line of paintings
will accomplish what we cannot
1510
01:41:09,901 --> 01:41:12,320
I hadn't wanted this
1511
01:41:12,445 --> 01:41:14,843
It has happened to
me without my wanting
1512
01:41:14,874 --> 01:41:17,241
almost without my knowing
1513
01:41:17,367 --> 01:41:20,370
You are quite right, and
I do not have the right
1514
01:41:21,788 --> 01:41:23,831
But I do love Maria
1515
01:41:26,084 --> 01:41:29,253
The bride on whom
the rain doth fall
1516
01:41:29,379 --> 01:41:32,819
I read the official announcement in
the ship's newspaper I'm a way over
1517
01:41:32,851 --> 01:41:34,279
about six months ago
1518
01:41:34,300 --> 01:41:38,805
That Maria D'Amata was going
to marry Count Torlato-Favrini
1519
01:41:38,930 --> 01:41:41,182
The gossip columns had
been full of rumours
1520
01:41:41,307 --> 01:41:44,706
Mostly the kind of angry
insinuations they write
1521
01:41:44,738 --> 01:41:47,063
when nobody's really got the story
1522
01:41:47,188 --> 01:41:50,775
They even got on me, figuring
I knew more than I was telling
1523
01:41:50,900 --> 01:41:54,737
They were right. I'd had
many letters from Maria
1524
01:41:55,154 --> 01:41:56,864
What I knew was that the prince
1525
01:41:56,896 --> 01:41:58,574
had finally caught
up with Cinderella
1526
01:41:58,700 --> 01:42:01,244
and that nothing remained
but the slipper business
1527
01:42:01,275 --> 01:42:03,996
and a happy life ever after
1528
01:42:05,373 --> 01:42:08,918
Maria was trousseau-shopping
in Rome when I got here
1529
01:42:08,949 --> 01:42:11,212
So I went to work
1530
01:42:20,013 --> 01:42:22,056
Maria!
1531
01:42:28,730 --> 01:42:30,419
- Eddie?
- Yeah, boss?
1532
01:42:30,440 --> 01:42:35,403
You and Jack keep lookin' for that
alley. I'll see you back at the hotel
1533
01:42:38,489 --> 01:42:40,700
- Well
- Well
1534
01:42:41,409 --> 01:42:44,662
- How's Jerry?
- Jerry's fine. Sends her love
1535
01:42:44,787 --> 01:42:46,998
- You look fine
- I feel fine
1536
01:42:48,124 --> 01:42:50,168
Well?
1537
01:42:50,543 --> 01:42:52,754
Well
1538
01:42:53,671 --> 01:42:56,507
I'm behaving like...
like 13 years old
1539
01:42:56,632 --> 01:43:00,178
Don't kid yourself. You
look 14 if you look a day
1540
01:43:01,929 --> 01:43:03,973
Where do you want to begin?
1541
01:43:04,766 --> 01:43:07,185
There was no beginning
1542
01:43:07,310 --> 01:43:11,210
As if all my life I had
lived in a dark place...
1543
01:43:11,241 --> 01:43:13,128
and all at once the lights went on
1544
01:43:13,149 --> 01:43:15,735
That's the way it
happens in fairy tales
1545
01:43:16,235 --> 01:43:19,322
Are you still bewitched?
And bewildered?
1546
01:43:19,447 --> 01:43:24,389
No. Never in my life have
I been more sure of myself
1547
01:43:24,421 --> 01:43:26,099
and of everything else
1548
01:43:26,245 --> 01:43:30,020
- Tell me about him
- How can I? What would I tell you?
1549
01:43:30,041 --> 01:43:35,296
That he is handsome and tall, and
good and kind, and proud and so on?
1550
01:43:35,421 --> 01:43:37,507
This is how the hero is described
1551
01:43:37,538 --> 01:43:40,009
in the chip magazines one
reads at the hairdresser
1552
01:43:40,030 --> 01:43:43,784
Then what is "he"
that the hero is not?
1553
01:43:44,972 --> 01:43:48,017
This is what I do not
know how to tell you
1554
01:43:48,048 --> 01:43:49,977
For instance?
1555
01:43:50,603 --> 01:43:53,231
I say I cannot tell you
and you say "Tell it"
1556
01:43:53,356 --> 01:43:56,797
Harry the director: I say I cannot
play a scene and you say "Play it"
1557
01:43:56,818 --> 01:43:59,967
And you do. So, for instance?
1558
01:44:01,239 --> 01:44:03,366
It would sound silly even to try
1559
01:44:03,491 --> 01:44:05,702
but perhaps not to you
1560
01:44:06,452 --> 01:44:08,162
Harry, you won't laugh
1561
01:44:08,287 --> 01:44:12,500
but it is really like in the story
of "la Cenicienta" and the prince
1562
01:44:12,625 --> 01:44:14,377
- What is?
- Everything
1563
01:44:14,502 --> 01:44:16,838
Even when we're alone together
1564
01:44:16,859 --> 01:44:20,654
- How do you mean that?
- And now you will laugh
1565
01:44:20,675 --> 01:44:24,283
- He kisses my hand
- That figures. Standard opening
1566
01:44:24,314 --> 01:44:28,391
- And now you are being
deliberately stupid - No, I'm...
1567
01:44:28,516 --> 01:44:31,853
Oh! So he kisses
your hand, and period
1568
01:44:32,395 --> 01:44:36,795
- Is that all right with you?
- No, of course... Yes
1569
01:44:36,816 --> 01:44:40,486
- As it should be with a contessa
- In a fairy tale
1570
01:44:40,611 --> 01:44:43,573
How long's it been
since you've known him?
1571
01:44:43,698 --> 01:44:46,263
Almost six weeks
1572
01:44:47,118 --> 01:44:51,372
Six weeks of being
near you day and night
1573
01:44:51,393 --> 01:44:54,511
Sometimes he holds me with
his two hands, like this
1574
01:44:54,542 --> 01:44:55,960
and just looks at me
1575
01:44:56,085 --> 01:44:57,879
Are you sure he can see you?
1576
01:44:58,004 --> 01:45:02,425
He sees more than any man I have
ever known. Except perhaps you
1577
01:45:02,446 --> 01:45:05,021
I'm not seeing much of
anything at the moment
1578
01:45:05,053 --> 01:45:07,597
I told you. He is
what other men are not
1579
01:45:07,722 --> 01:45:10,600
That seems obvious. It also
seems obvious that maybe
1580
01:45:10,725 --> 01:45:13,436
we're carrying this
fairy-tale nonsense
1581
01:45:13,467 --> 01:45:16,147
a little too far...
right smack into reality
1582
01:45:16,272 --> 01:45:18,358
I don't want this
to be a shock to you
1583
01:45:18,483 --> 01:45:22,487
but a count is a man
and a contessa is a woman
1584
01:45:25,073 --> 01:45:29,202
- You had better see for yourself
- No, I want to hear more about this
1585
01:45:29,223 --> 01:45:31,475
No. I have a sitting and I'm late
1586
01:45:36,209 --> 01:45:42,110
Looking back, I probably wasn't as
worried then as I now think I was
1587
01:45:42,674 --> 01:45:46,823
But I do know that I was
filled with a sudden uneasiness
1588
01:45:58,231 --> 01:46:00,274
Good afternoon
1589
01:46:00,306 --> 01:46:01,734
Cominciamo
1590
01:46:02,235 --> 01:46:04,320
Well, Harry? Say something
1591
01:46:04,445 --> 01:46:07,490
Wait till they hear about
this in Southern California
1592
01:46:07,521 --> 01:46:08,428
In six months
1593
01:46:08,460 --> 01:46:11,557
Beverly Hills will have more
statues than orange trees
1594
01:46:11,577 --> 01:46:13,913
- Where does it go?
- Right where it is
1595
01:46:14,038 --> 01:46:16,061
Although, due to a whim of Maria
1596
01:46:16,092 --> 01:46:18,084
it will be more at
home in our garden
1597
01:46:18,209 --> 01:46:21,963
As you can see, she has insisted
upon posing with bare feet
1598
01:46:25,508 --> 01:46:28,011
Have I failed to understand
something amusing?
1599
01:46:28,136 --> 01:46:32,119
It's a private joke. A stupid one
that can't be explained and make sense
1600
01:46:34,517 --> 01:46:37,708
Signor Trilli would appreciate
having Maria to himself
1601
01:46:37,739 --> 01:46:38,709
without distractions, I think
1602
01:46:38,740 --> 01:46:41,024
I know exactly how he feels
1603
01:46:41,055 --> 01:46:45,090
The hardest thing in the world
is getting an actor to stand still
1604
01:46:48,448 --> 01:46:52,326
Won't you change your mind
and stay for dinner, Mr Dawes?
1605
01:46:52,347 --> 01:46:53,588
No, unhappily I can't
1606
01:46:53,619 --> 01:46:56,706
We're off location-hunting in
the morning and have work tonight
1607
01:46:56,831 --> 01:46:58,708
I'm overdue right
now, as matter of fact
1608
01:46:58,739 --> 01:47:00,585
Maria seems so
happy to have you here
1609
01:47:00,710 --> 01:47:03,254
I do hope you won't
return to America too soon
1610
01:47:03,275 --> 01:47:04,954
It'll be quite a while
1611
01:47:04,985 --> 01:47:06,632
We will see you
before then, I am sure
1612
01:47:06,758 --> 01:47:09,552
But I know that Maria will
want you to be at our wedding
1613
01:47:09,677 --> 01:47:13,890
Oh, haven't you heard?
I'm giving the bride away
1614
01:47:22,065 --> 01:47:24,108
And I did give her away
1615
01:47:25,610 --> 01:47:27,028
In an ancient chapel
1616
01:47:27,059 --> 01:47:29,697
witnessed by a handful of strangers
1617
01:47:29,822 --> 01:47:32,763
I gave the hand of Maria Vargas
1618
01:47:32,794 --> 01:47:35,703
into that of Vincenzo,
Count Torlato-Favrini
1619
01:48:02,772 --> 01:48:05,775
The servants had their own
party, after the wedding
1620
01:48:05,900 --> 01:48:09,570
Nobody can tell me it was like
that when the Borgias got married...
1621
01:48:09,654 --> 01:48:13,032
more going on outside
the palazzo than inside
1622
01:48:13,157 --> 01:48:15,201
Anyway, there were two receptions
1623
01:48:15,326 --> 01:48:17,453
And, knowing the bride as I did
1624
01:48:17,578 --> 01:48:22,062
I could tell she felt she'd
come to the wrong reception
1625
01:48:30,466 --> 01:48:32,781
The accordion player
is the gardener's son
1626
01:48:32,812 --> 01:48:34,262
The guitar is the gardener
1627
01:48:34,387 --> 01:48:39,392
- I do not know who plays the violin
- Paganini. He's the pastry cook
1628
01:48:39,517 --> 01:48:41,728
They must have more
guests than we have
1629
01:48:41,853 --> 01:48:45,023
That's as it should be.
Aristocracy only started to collapse
1630
01:48:45,148 --> 01:48:47,608
when there were more
aristocrats than servants
1631
01:48:47,734 --> 01:48:50,653
- And they're having more fun
- That they are
1632
01:48:53,614 --> 01:48:55,408
On my wedding night, Harry
1633
01:48:55,533 --> 01:48:58,369
I thought you would be happier
for me than you seem to be
1634
01:48:58,494 --> 01:49:01,852
Are you happy? Well, then I'm happy
1635
01:49:01,894 --> 01:49:04,177
It's just different from
what I'd pictured. I...
1636
01:49:04,208 --> 01:49:06,023
I had something corny in mind
1637
01:49:06,064 --> 01:49:10,256
Like dancing at your wedding.
Real bashful-boy stuff
1638
01:49:10,381 --> 01:49:14,573
Then come dance with me, out there.
We belong out there anyway
1639
01:49:14,594 --> 01:49:19,578
Maybe I do. But not you.
Not any more, contessa
1640
01:49:21,851 --> 01:49:25,188
Vincenzo, would you object
to dancing with me out there?
1641
01:49:25,313 --> 01:49:27,690
I would not object to
anything you wanted to do
1642
01:49:27,815 --> 01:49:30,234
but I don't think you'd
want to spoil their fun
1643
01:49:30,360 --> 01:49:33,154
But they are celebrating our
wedding. Don't they expect us?
1644
01:49:33,279 --> 01:49:36,157
I imagine they are
afraid we might turn up
1645
01:49:36,282 --> 01:49:38,534
It's hard to believe,
in this day and age
1646
01:49:38,659 --> 01:49:41,162
What makes you think we
live in this day and age?
1647
01:49:41,287 --> 01:49:42,935
Well, the time has come
1648
01:49:42,966 --> 01:49:45,833
Bedtime for children under
12 and movie directors
1649
01:49:45,854 --> 01:49:46,751
I'll see you out
1650
01:49:46,772 --> 01:49:48,680
In case I wasn't
heard above the hubbub
1651
01:49:48,711 --> 01:49:50,588
- once more, I congratulate you
- Thank you
1652
01:49:50,713 --> 01:49:53,070
- And me
- And you
1653
01:49:55,343 --> 01:49:59,889
Oh, uh... I've got to say something.
I hope you won't mind
1654
01:50:00,014 --> 01:50:02,371
I won't know until
after you've said it
1655
01:50:02,402 --> 01:50:04,831
My relationship with Maria...
1656
01:50:04,852 --> 01:50:08,189
It's been a strange one. I've
never known what it was, really
1657
01:50:08,314 --> 01:50:12,735
Friend, director, confessor,
part-time amateur psychiatrist...
1658
01:50:12,767 --> 01:50:14,904
And, as of now, father of the bride?
1659
01:50:14,935 --> 01:50:17,073
As of now, more like a godfather
1660
01:50:17,198 --> 01:50:20,222
A fairy godfather,
with a sense of reality
1661
01:50:20,253 --> 01:50:22,495
No one could wish for anything more
1662
01:50:22,620 --> 01:50:25,623
She's lived her whole life
as a fairy tale, you know?
1663
01:50:25,748 --> 01:50:28,209
No, I did not know
1664
01:50:28,292 --> 01:50:31,045
She's never been in love before.
Take my word for it.
1665
01:50:31,170 --> 01:50:34,215
She's vulnerable. Wide
open to be hurt badly
1666
01:50:34,340 --> 01:50:36,801
Emotionally, she's a child
1667
01:50:36,926 --> 01:50:42,056
And she's wrapped all her dreams up
in one dream prince, and you're it
1668
01:50:42,181 --> 01:50:44,559
That's quite a responsibility
1669
01:50:44,684 --> 01:50:48,792
I don't want her hurt badly.
I don't want her hurt at all
1670
01:50:48,938 --> 01:50:53,067
Do you think I do? I don't mind
what you have said, Mr Dawes
1671
01:50:53,192 --> 01:50:56,362
But I wonder why did you
find it necessary to say
1672
01:50:56,393 --> 01:50:59,407
Oh, I don't know. My sense
number six again, maybe
1673
01:50:59,532 --> 01:51:03,390
- Number six?
- Another private joke. Good night
1674
01:51:03,421 --> 01:51:05,455
Good night
1675
01:51:13,713 --> 01:51:17,050
I have seen you like
this once or twice before
1676
01:51:17,383 --> 01:51:20,386
When your characters do not
work out as you have planned
1677
01:51:20,511 --> 01:51:22,513
or have taken a step themselves
1678
01:51:22,545 --> 01:51:24,307
and you're not sure
what the next will be
1679
01:51:24,338 --> 01:51:26,642
Let's not talk
about my script now
1680
01:51:26,674 --> 01:51:28,978
I'm not. You know
I'm talking about me
1681
01:51:29,103 --> 01:51:33,587
- It's not going to be easy
- Has it been, up till now?
1682
01:51:34,567 --> 01:51:36,986
- Good luck, contessa
- Don't you call me that
1683
01:51:37,007 --> 01:51:39,614
- I forget the Spanish for Cinderella
- Nor that
1684
01:51:39,739 --> 01:51:41,282
Some relationship we have!
1685
01:51:41,313 --> 01:51:44,806
Three pictures together
and not even a nickname
1686
01:51:44,911 --> 01:51:47,622
What is not going to be easy?
1687
01:51:49,415 --> 01:51:52,564
I wish I knew. I wish I knew
1688
01:52:13,147 --> 01:52:16,901
I saw her just once more
after that wedding night
1689
01:52:16,984 --> 01:52:19,153
Twice, really
1690
01:52:19,278 --> 01:52:21,781
But the second time, she was dead
1691
01:52:25,618 --> 01:52:28,559
The first time was
exactly a week ago
1692
01:52:29,247 --> 01:52:32,083
It rained all that
day and all that night
1693
01:52:32,208 --> 01:52:35,003
It hasn't stopped since,
come to think of it
1694
01:52:35,034 --> 01:52:36,713
I was holed up at my hotel
1695
01:52:36,744 --> 01:52:39,549
doing some last-minute rewriting
1696
01:52:39,674 --> 01:52:42,468
Avanti
1697
01:52:48,141 --> 01:52:52,520
- Just because you're a contessa...
- Are you happy to see me?
1698
01:52:52,770 --> 01:52:55,002
doesn't give you the right
to walk out of my life
1699
01:52:55,033 --> 01:52:56,816
and then walk right back in
1700
01:52:56,941 --> 01:52:59,673
any rainy night you feel like it
1701
01:53:08,619 --> 01:53:12,415
- I was just looking
- There isn't much to see
1702
01:53:12,540 --> 01:53:15,105
I'd like to decide for myself
1703
01:53:21,341 --> 01:53:24,052
For a contessa who doesn't
drink... That's Cognac
1704
01:53:24,177 --> 01:53:26,220
I know
1705
01:53:28,389 --> 01:53:32,018
- How was your trip?
- You mean my... honeymoon?
1706
01:53:32,143 --> 01:53:35,355
Whatever you were going on
the morning after your wedding
1707
01:53:35,480 --> 01:53:38,316
I don't want my honeymoon to
be called a trip. It was fine
1708
01:53:38,608 --> 01:53:41,215
You've been away all this time?
1709
01:53:43,112 --> 01:53:45,615
How much time has it been?
1710
01:53:45,740 --> 01:53:47,429
I've never known a bride
1711
01:53:47,460 --> 01:53:51,517
who couldn't tell you almost to the
minute, for the first year or so
1712
01:53:51,579 --> 01:53:55,062
Thirteen weeks, three days...
1713
01:53:57,043 --> 01:53:59,608
seven hours and twelve minutes
1714
01:54:00,922 --> 01:54:04,050
No, I've not been away all that time
1715
01:54:04,384 --> 01:54:07,324
We've been home for ten weeks
1716
01:54:07,595 --> 01:54:11,787
Nice of you to drop in.
Just passing by, I imagine
1717
01:54:21,567 --> 01:54:24,278
You don't have to hide. It's just me
1718
01:54:24,404 --> 01:54:26,864
I have to. I can't look at you
1719
01:54:27,782 --> 01:54:31,786
Now, you didn't drive here in
a rainstorm "not" to look at me
1720
01:54:31,911 --> 01:54:33,955
I'm on your side, remember?
1721
01:54:40,628 --> 01:54:42,672
Harry...
1722
01:54:44,549 --> 01:54:47,781
At any rate, this
is what I have known
1723
01:54:48,219 --> 01:54:51,556
I have known what it
is like to be in love
1724
01:54:53,725 --> 01:54:57,332
To be married in a church
to a man that I love
1725
01:54:59,355 --> 01:55:03,526
And on my wedding night to wait
for him, with my heart full of love
1726
01:55:43,483 --> 01:55:47,007
I have loved you all of my life
1727
01:55:47,612 --> 01:55:52,012
This is why I have never been
able to love anyone else before you
1728
01:55:52,950 --> 01:55:56,016
You have been unreal
to me for so long
1729
01:55:56,537 --> 01:55:59,467
it is hard to believe
that all of this
1730
01:55:59,499 --> 01:56:02,397
is not something I
dreamed a long time ago
1731
01:56:05,755 --> 01:56:09,467
- Is it true that you love me?
- I do love you
1732
01:56:09,592 --> 01:56:11,886
Maria...
1733
01:56:12,011 --> 01:56:15,348
there are things that
must be said sometimes...
1734
01:56:15,473 --> 01:56:17,767
for which there are no words
1735
01:56:17,892 --> 01:56:20,791
Or at least no way to say them
1736
01:56:20,822 --> 01:56:24,211
so that they are not
ugly and full of pain
1737
01:56:26,359 --> 01:56:28,653
You find it hard to believe
1738
01:56:28,684 --> 01:56:32,198
that this is not just a dream
you dreamed long time ago
1739
01:56:32,865 --> 01:56:36,431
It might very well be just that
1740
01:56:36,661 --> 01:56:39,476
Almost everything
that has to do with us
1741
01:56:39,507 --> 01:56:42,291
has been dreamlike up to now
1742
01:56:42,417 --> 01:56:45,816
How we met and why we met
1743
01:56:45,837 --> 01:56:50,091
Our understanding, without
question and without surprise
1744
01:56:50,216 --> 01:56:53,136
that we were never to be apart again
1745
01:56:53,845 --> 01:56:57,786
How much more like a
dream can a dream be?
1746
01:56:58,599 --> 01:57:03,271
But inevitably there
comes a time for waking up
1747
01:57:03,302 --> 01:57:05,857
even for us
1748
01:57:06,190 --> 01:57:09,986
A time for facing
the pain and ugliness
1749
01:57:10,017 --> 01:57:15,345
that can be kept out of
dreams but not out of reality
1750
01:57:26,252 --> 01:57:31,445
It is important that you believe
everything I say to you now
1751
01:57:32,842 --> 01:57:35,657
I love you with all of my heart
1752
01:57:36,721 --> 01:57:39,182
Do you believe me?
1753
01:57:42,393 --> 01:57:45,146
You are everything I
would want as my wife
1754
01:57:45,271 --> 01:57:49,046
I would want no one else.
I am proud of you
1755
01:57:49,150 --> 01:57:52,883
I want to make you as happy
as I can, as long as I live
1756
01:57:54,322 --> 01:57:57,033
As for the rest of
what I have to say
1757
01:57:57,158 --> 01:58:01,850
you will find it neatly typed, at
some length, on this piece of paper
1758
01:58:02,622 --> 01:58:05,646
Would it not be
better if you told me?
1759
01:58:06,084 --> 01:58:08,127
No
1760
01:58:18,346 --> 01:58:22,079
It looks like an army
document of some kind
1761
01:58:22,558 --> 01:58:26,062
It is in Italian, and
I do not understand
1762
01:58:26,187 --> 01:58:28,752
Che sar�, sar�
1763
01:58:29,399 --> 01:58:31,859
That is also Italian
1764
01:58:32,151 --> 01:58:35,217
Apparently, I am not
to be let off anything
1765
01:58:36,698 --> 01:58:40,222
Yes, it is an army document
1766
01:58:40,368 --> 01:58:45,623
A medical report,
dated October 25th 1942
1767
01:58:45,915 --> 01:58:48,543
from a base hospital in Benghazi
1768
01:58:48,668 --> 01:58:51,045
It describes in detail
1769
01:58:51,170 --> 01:58:55,279
the degree to which my body
was blown apart by an explosion
1770
01:58:56,259 --> 01:58:58,907
And, with understandable pride
1771
01:58:59,095 --> 01:59:03,099
the skill with which they
put some of it together again
1772
01:59:04,559 --> 01:59:08,521
Do you understand now why
it is so important to me
1773
01:59:08,646 --> 01:59:12,650
for you to believe that I
love you with all of my heart?
1774
01:59:13,192 --> 01:59:19,115
The report will tell you that almost
the only undestroyed part of me...
1775
01:59:19,240 --> 01:59:21,284
is my heart
1776
01:59:21,993 --> 01:59:24,746
I love you with all of it
1777
02:00:30,269 --> 02:00:32,313
So that was it
1778
02:00:33,398 --> 02:00:35,441
What?
1779
02:00:37,026 --> 02:00:39,070
Nothing
1780
02:00:44,867 --> 02:00:48,767
Tell me, how long
could you stand it?
1781
02:00:49,622 --> 02:00:51,071
What do you mean?
1782
02:00:51,103 --> 02:00:53,146
How long could you stand it?!
1783
02:00:53,334 --> 02:00:56,295
- As long as I could
- And who's the lucky peasant?
1784
02:00:56,421 --> 02:00:59,090
The gardener, the
chauffeur, the stable boy?
1785
02:00:59,121 --> 02:01:00,717
Who's the contessa's
cousin this week?
1786
02:01:00,737 --> 02:01:03,302
- Harry, I couldn't help myself
- Neither could he!
1787
02:01:04,137 --> 02:01:06,389
That's the unholy pity of it
1788
02:01:07,473 --> 02:01:10,768
The one man in all of your fantasy
and the one woman in all of his
1789
02:01:10,893 --> 02:01:13,688
who could have made each other happy
1790
02:01:13,813 --> 02:01:17,400
And, once more, life
louses up the script
1791
02:01:17,650 --> 02:01:19,944
But I will make him happy
1792
02:01:19,975 --> 02:01:22,238
Look, will he let
you go back to work?
1793
02:01:22,363 --> 02:01:25,700
I can wind this one up in six weeks.
You can take him to California
1794
02:01:25,825 --> 02:01:29,495
You weren't listening to me.
I'm going to make him happy
1795
02:01:29,620 --> 02:01:32,957
How? How are you going
to make him happy?
1796
02:01:33,750 --> 02:01:36,210
By more of the same,
until you get caught?
1797
02:01:36,336 --> 02:01:39,505
- I don't want to get angry with you
- Then why tell me about it?
1798
02:01:39,630 --> 02:01:41,883
Because I needed to tell you
1799
02:01:45,011 --> 02:01:49,036
Harry, what do you think
would make Vincenzo happy?
1800
02:01:49,891 --> 02:01:56,814
You, as the perfect, beyond
reproach, last contessa
1801
02:01:58,816 --> 02:02:01,256
That would only
make him less unhappy
1802
02:02:01,277 --> 02:02:03,988
What he would wish for more
than anything else in the world
1803
02:02:04,009 --> 02:02:07,033
is that neither he, nor his
sister, nor I be the last
1804
02:02:07,158 --> 02:02:10,328
- As a wish
- It will come true
1805
02:02:11,871 --> 02:02:13,915
What are you talking about?
1806
02:02:14,040 --> 02:02:17,064
- I have made it come true
- You what?
1807
02:02:18,336 --> 02:02:21,798
What has happened to your
sense number six, Harry?
1808
02:02:24,342 --> 02:02:26,969
- Who knows?
- Only you and I
1809
02:02:27,095 --> 02:02:30,056
- What about the father?
- It is not his concern
1810
02:02:30,181 --> 02:02:32,350
The baby will be
mine and my husband's
1811
02:02:32,475 --> 02:02:36,229
- Do you really believe that?
- It will make Vincenzo happy
1812
02:02:36,813 --> 02:02:40,003
Maria, don't you know the
man you are married to?
1813
02:02:40,024 --> 02:02:41,651
You're talking mawkish nonsense
1814
02:02:41,682 --> 02:02:43,277
you remember from cheap films
1815
02:02:43,403 --> 02:02:47,073
Your husband is not out of James
M Barrie or Hans Christian Andersen
1816
02:02:47,198 --> 02:02:50,910
He's a tortured, neurotic man,
who's finishing life on his own terms
1817
02:02:50,941 --> 02:02:53,621
No, Harry. This time it is
you who does not understand
1818
02:02:53,746 --> 02:02:56,270
I know Vincenzo better than you do
1819
02:02:56,791 --> 02:02:58,835
Amen to that
1820
02:03:01,212 --> 02:03:04,695
How much simpler it would be,
for so many of us
1821
02:03:05,091 --> 02:03:09,679
if Kirk Edwards had not found it
necessary to look for a new face
1822
02:03:11,723 --> 02:03:13,766
May I help you in any way?
1823
02:03:15,852 --> 02:03:18,771
- Who's going to tell him about it?
- I am, of course
1824
02:03:18,896 --> 02:03:21,753
- When?
- Tomorrow
1825
02:03:22,066 --> 02:03:28,239
- It will be difficult for me
- Suppose he doesn't see it your way
1826
02:03:28,614 --> 02:03:32,201
- What will you do?
- What every other woman would do
1827
02:03:32,222 --> 02:03:35,830
- I will have my baby
- What about... whoever he is?
1828
02:03:35,997 --> 02:03:40,189
That is all over. I'm going
to tell him now. Tonight
1829
02:03:40,209 --> 02:03:42,337
That will not be difficult at all
1830
02:05:44,292 --> 02:05:48,921
She's dead, Mr Dawes... and so is he
1831
02:06:06,522 --> 02:06:10,339
I have known for some
time that there was someone
1832
02:06:11,235 --> 02:06:13,988
It may be a questionable compliment
1833
02:06:14,113 --> 02:06:19,243
but I did not suspect you, even
though Maria visited you tonight
1834
02:06:20,453 --> 02:06:22,497
What did she tell you?
1835
02:06:25,208 --> 02:06:27,251
What did she say to you?
1836
02:06:28,544 --> 02:06:31,735
She just wanted to talk...
about old times
1837
02:06:32,048 --> 02:06:37,199
For a skilful writer, Mr Dawes,
you are an incredibly clumsy liar
1838
02:07:02,578 --> 02:07:05,227
Did Maria have a chance
to say anything before...
1839
02:07:05,248 --> 02:07:09,189
No. What could she
have had to say to me?
1840
02:07:10,336 --> 02:07:12,380
Not a thing
1841
02:07:37,155 --> 02:07:42,264
There is no need for you to stay,
Mr Dawes. I've sent for the police
1842
02:07:42,493 --> 02:07:45,371
It may be embarrassing for you
1843
02:07:45,496 --> 02:07:47,540
I'll hang around
1844
02:07:49,876 --> 02:07:54,234
- Do you know any Spanish?
- Very little
1845
02:07:56,007 --> 02:08:00,261
The Spanish word for... Cinderella?
1846
02:08:05,224 --> 02:08:07,518
I've been told a dozen times
1847
02:08:08,686 --> 02:08:11,689
Just a word I keep forgetting
1848
02:09:11,582 --> 02:09:15,169
Blue skies, boss.
We'll have some sun tomorrow
1849
02:09:15,201 --> 02:09:18,798
Yeah, we'll get a good
day's work done tomorrow