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00:00Well, I...
00:05Howdy, partner.
00:06Howdy.
00:07Stuck?
00:08Yeah, how'd you guess it?
00:09Can you get us some help?
00:11Well, I reckon not.
00:12You know, it's a long way to town.
00:14We're pretty busy down at the place.
00:15Well, I gotta get out of here.
00:16I've got my wife with me.
00:18Doesn't she like the country?
00:19No.
00:20And we're short of food.
00:21There's a lot of game in them woods.
00:23Well, my wife can't shoot.
00:25Well, you're sure up against it.
00:26Sorry I can't do anything for you.
00:28Wait, listen, I'll be frank with you.
00:29I'm Norman Maine.
00:31Who?
00:32Norman Maine.
00:33Well, my name is Judd Baker.
00:35Glad to have met you.
00:36Well, so long.
00:37Hey, wait a...
00:38Wait a minute.
00:39Listen, you don't...
00:41So you're Norman Maine.
00:59I got my prestige to look out for.
01:04I'm supposed to be the best publicity man in the racket.
01:07And they laugh themselves sick when I even try to get a decent mention of Maine.
01:11Yes, I know how sensitive you are, Libby, and I don't like to see your feelings hurt.
01:14Thanks, boss.
01:15Now, Vicky, there's a dish for free space.
01:18But if Maine swam across the Pacific, the papers would keep it a secret.
01:22Well, the exhibitors don't like him, the critics don't like him, the public don't like him, and I don't like him.
01:30Who likes him?
01:40Oh, but darling, this is almost too much of a surprise.
01:43And there I was in my touching innocence, thinking we were going to live at the beach house.
01:46Oh, we'll still keep the place at Malibu.
01:48But this is special.
01:49This is our castle.
01:50It used to be in the air, you know.
01:52Well, we'll never use any ugly words like contracts and pictures and careers.
01:56When we come in those gates, we'll check the studio outside.
02:00Come on, I've got another little surprise for you.
02:20Oh, Norman, it's lovely.
02:21So are you, lovely.
02:25The whole world's lovely.
02:30Hey, hold it!
02:37That's it.
02:39Caption.
02:40Their honeymoon never ends.
02:42All right, let's get some pictures.
02:44Now, if the bride will sit here, and the grooms stand behind her, we'll have something unique.
02:51Now, let's go after something different.
02:54You sit down, and she'll stand up.
02:57Pretty radical, isn't it?
02:58Yeah, but in a nice way.
03:00Oh.
03:02Okay, Otto, fire.
03:05Caption.
03:06Their honeymoon begins anew.
03:09Ah, the producer.
03:12Caption.
03:13Their honeymoon ceases abruptly.
03:14Hello, Oliver.
03:15Glad to see you.
03:16Hello, and I'm glad you're back.
03:18Vicki, how well you're looking.
03:19Hello, Oliver.
03:20Am I interrupting?
03:21Yes, thank you.
03:22Just want a couple more pictures.
03:23That's enough for both of them.
03:24What they're asking for is exclusives of Miss Lester.
03:26How long?
03:27Oh, I see.
03:29Well, come on, Oliver.
03:30Let you and me get exclusives.
03:31See you later, Vicki.
03:32Oh, don't worry, Otto.
03:33My camera-smashing days are over.
03:35Yeah.
03:36They ain't your only days that are over.
03:38Oh, hold that, Miss Lester.
03:41Gorgeous.
03:43Well, Oliver.
03:44How's the dividend situation?
03:46Very pleasant.
03:47I think we'll show two million on the next quarter.
03:49Oh, good.
03:50Smart move of mine to sell my stock, eh?
03:52Oh, well, when you need money, you need it.
03:54Well, some people save up for just such an event.
03:56It is bound to be a rainy day occasionally.
03:58Yeah, but as a citizen of California, I've always refused to admit that.
04:01Yes, I know, but still, it does rain.
04:03Well, anyway, you can thank me for some of those dividends of yours.
04:05Mm-hmm.
04:07Well, can't you?
04:08Oh, sure, sure.
04:10That was a little too quick, Oliver.
04:13Might have Enchanted Hour was a smash hit, wasn't it?
04:15Well, it made Vicki a star overnight.
04:17Yes, it should have.
04:19What about me?
04:20Oh, let's talk about business at the office, Norman.
04:23Beautiful pool you have here.
04:24Beautiful.
04:25Oh, now, let's talk about it here.
04:27Didn't they like me?
04:28Well, maybe the part wasn't just right.
04:30It was the best part of the year.
04:33Look, Oliver.
04:36You think I'm slipping?
04:38Can you take it?
04:39Go ahead.
04:40The tense is wrong.
04:42You're not slipping.
04:43You've slipped.
04:46Oh, my.
04:48My fan mail is too big.
04:49Norman, Norman.
04:50Fans will write to anybody for a photograph.
04:52It only costs three cents for a stamp.
04:54And that makes photographs cheaper than wallpaper.
04:56But every 25 cents they pay for a theater ticket
04:58buys them the right to be a critic.
05:00And your last few performances, Norman,
05:01have not pleased your critics.
05:03You remember I told you I'd be ready for the curtains when the time came?
05:15Here it is.
05:19Let's call off the contract.
05:20No hard feelings.
05:22We're not quitting.
05:23Either of us.
05:24There's no explaining these things.
05:25We've all seen how the public turns.
05:27Maybe we can turn them back.
05:29I've got a swell script lined up for you.
05:32About Esther.
05:35Do you think that I'm going to get in her way?
05:38Well, as a matter of fact, as it happens,
05:39there's no part in this story for her.
05:41I'd more or less planned to star her in a picture of her own.
05:44With that young Pemberton opposite her.
05:47He's coming along nicely.
05:48Good for young Pemberton.
05:55All right, Oliver.
05:57We'll make a try at it.
05:59Let's hope it's not too late.
06:18No argument.
06:19I'll buy those.
06:20Ha!
06:21The screen's the most finished actor.
06:22Ha!
06:23I'll say he's finished.
06:24He keeps them away in droves.
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07:16Hello?
07:27No, no, Miss Lester isn't home as yet.
07:31No, I'm not the butler.
07:34But I can take a message just as well as he can, honest.
07:37Oh, is that you, Norman?
07:39Swell.
07:41Listen, Norman, this is Artie Carver.
07:43Hiya, kid.
07:45Swell.
07:46Say, I hear you through with Oliver Niles.
07:49Is that on the level?
07:50Oh, please, Artie.
07:52I'm not news anymore.
07:53Forget it.
07:54Say, what kind of a settlement did you make on your contract?
07:57Give me a figure so I can do a story on it.
08:00There was no money involved.
08:02We just called it quits.
08:03Okay, okay.
08:04I'll fill in my own figure.
08:06Say, by the way,
08:07I've been trying to get an interview with Vicki for two weeks,
08:10but she's always busy.
08:11Vicki, how about you giving an old pal a break by speaking to her for me?
08:16Sure, I'll ask her.
08:18Swell.
08:19So long.
08:20I didn't mean to be late, darling, but Casey wanted to...
08:35It's all right.
08:36You're here now.
08:39What's new today?
08:40Nothing.
08:41Haven't been out of the house.
08:43Let's go somewhere tonight.
08:45No, no, you're tired.
08:47We'll stay in.
08:48I'm not tired, really.
08:50Oh, yes, you are.
08:52You've got a hard day ahead of you.
08:53Anyway, I see so little of you, I'd like to have you to myself.
08:56Oh, but it's the servants' night out.
08:58We haven't any...
08:59Yes, we have.
09:00I fixed a little snack with my own lily-white hands.
09:03I, uh...
09:04I'm learning to cook in my spare time.
09:07Then I think I'll marry you.
09:09Oh, I get it.
09:12You want to make an honest cook of me?
09:15Comes in on wheels in this joint.
09:17There you are.
09:39How's it look?
09:40Wonderful.
09:42Huh?
09:43That's what I thought.
09:44Well, then, don't be formal.
09:48Just stitch in.
09:53Yeah?
10:04I'm afraid my mouth's not quite big enough.
10:08Well, I'll, uh...
10:09I'll measure it next time and make them to size.
10:12A little hard to lift, too.
10:14In fact, I think I'll take those measurements right now.
10:29And that's when I...
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