Janet Gaynor, Fredric March Romance Full Movie | A Star Is Born (1937) | Retrospective

[Music] [Applause] [Music] uh well home from the movies at last looks like that maddie huh what dad hello well donna how was the moving picture tonight lovely mice that's what it was just a lot of mice there wasn't anybody killing the whole thing no well then i'll stick to these these don't talk that big cluck norman mayne was in the picture tonight never does anything but kiss a lot of girls norman mayne is one of the best actors in pictures you and your movies that's all you think about you shouldn't be allowed to go to him at all if you're asking me too bad i was so busy in the kitchen i didn't hear anybody asking you so granny hello darling well of course no one ever listens to me they do it they're within 10 miles of yup getting around picture shows house all cut it up with movie magazines and the other day i caught a talking to a horse with a swedish accent i says we're only young once you know ah hollywood you'd better be getting yourself a good husband and stop moaning about hollywood do you know what she wants to do she wants to go to hollywood i've known it all along i've seen her making faces in the mirror and talking to herself that's what comes of your movies why what would you do if you did go to hollywood i'd be an actress i would i tell you i've always known i could guys wouldn't it be wonderful to have a movie star in the family almost like may i have your autograph you may not know it alec but you're practically on your way to bed almost blind you're my favorite actress won't you tell me the secret of your success oh let me alone i asked her what's come over you i'll tell you what's come over her she's just a silly little girl whose head has been turned by the movies and the sooner she forgets the whole thing the better off she'll be why will i be better off what's wrong with wanting to get out and make something of myself what do you do that's so much better just because you're satisfied to sit here all your lives you think you can laugh at me well someday you won't laugh at me i'm going out and have a real life i'm gonna be somebody now if it was spring i'd say give her a good dose of sulphur and molasses hmm i thought i'd find you oh stop that now stop crying not even going to do your business oh i'm crying because that maddie and alex make me so mad well it cannot they're not important you're the only one that counts esther everyone in this world who has ever dreamed about better things have been laughed at don't you know that i suppose i do but but there's a difference between dreaming and doing the dreamers just sit around and moon about how wonderful it would be if only things were different the years roll on and they grow old and by and by they forget everything even about their dreams oh i don't want to be like that i want to be somebody oh yeah you want to be somebody but you want it to be easy oh you modern girls give me a pain when i wanted something better i came across those planes in a prairies corner with your grandfather oh everyone laughed at us they did it all the other pioneers they said this country would never be anything but a wilderness we didn't believe that we were going to make a new country besides we wanted to see our dreams come true oh granny it must have been wonderful it was wonderful but don't you think for one single minute that it was easiest we burned in summer and we froze in winter but we kept right on going and we didn't complain because we were doing what we wanted to do can you understand that yes i can could you do it could you do it even if it broke your heart because remember esther for every dream of yours you may come true you'll pay the price in heartbreak i don't know what i'm talking about you may not believe it but i was a young girl once a very pretty young girl a lot prettier than you are and i was in love with your grandfather and when some devil put a bullet through him i felt as if he had come right straight through my heart too and i remembered all he taught me and i went right down i buried him out there on that wilderness with my own hands i went right on that same day and i kept right on knowing even when your mother was born oh granny i want to make it worthwhile you know esther there'll always be a wilderness to conquer maybe hollywood's your wilderness now from all i hear it sounds like it but if you've got one drop of my blood in your veins you won't let matty or any of her kind break your heart you'll go right out there and break it yourself that's your right here oh here here stop that nonsense yeah take this and go to your hollywood oh i can't take your money why not it's your savings well i was only saving up for my funeral now i don't think i'm ever going to die oh granny how can i ever thank you by giving me your word of honor that you'll never tell a living soul where you got that money i promise remember if you do i'll have you arrested for robbing me [Applause] just a little kiss kissy didn't even wake up i bet you didn't try that on your aunt magic oh wait mommy think of her face when you tell her i am thinking about it i've waited for that chance for 30 years there she is girl oh thank you well come on come on here's your prairie [Music] schooler [Music] [Applause] [Music] go on goodbye granny bye-bye i've been waiting for you in those movie pictures don't tell me you know my eyes are not as good as they used to be but my ears are all right so you'll remember [Music] bye bye hi [Music] do you want to go home now i don't want to but i will [Music] foreign [Music] good afternoon day week or month well it's a little hard to say you see i'm going into the movie well you better take it for a week it'll break your jump to beverly hills are all the studios really near here all except go my brilliance i suppose the best way to get a job is to go straight to the studios isn't it i have many illusions you know i'm perfectly willing to begin with a little bit of a part or even as an extra six dollars please in advance oh [Music] so i beg your pardon i'd like to register for extra work how long have you been in hollywood well it's about a month now we haven't put anyone on our books for over two years come here [Music] i'd like to show you something [Music] every time you hear them say try later it means there isn't any job you can't keep the girls the switchboard long they go crazy every one of those little lights thought it was going to be a star still want to go in the movies you know what your chances are one in a hundred thousand but maybe i'm that one [Music] any phone calls for me mr randall oh no jessie lasky and sammy goldman must be writing letters instead how's the luck today there wasn't any maybe you don't go at it in the right way i'll take annie mcguire here he knows the ropes don't you danny sure i've had him around my neck for years huh what oh uh miss blodgett danny mcguire our new tenant how do you do mr mcguire is a big director oh are you really oh could you possibly use me in a picture mr mcguire because i haven't had much experience but i don't think that really matters if you're willing and i'm in the first place i'm not a director i'm an assistant director in the second place if i had any jobs to give away i'd confer one on myself and in the third place you should have stayed back home in the first place hey wait a minute hey don't be that way don't do that gosh i didn't mean to get tough but a guy thinks he's being kidded when somebody asking for a job he hasn't got one for himself well after all i'm not a big enough shot to hurt your feelings i'm sorry it wasn't just battle with a lot of things looking for a job every day and never getting any nearer to it i guess i was beginning to get a little scared i know lady do i know well there's only one thing to do for that feeling when you're tired and sunk and down to your last nickel come on and i'll buy you a drink what's not as bad as down to the last nickel i still got eleven dollars left eleven dollars you're going to buy me a drink come on [Music] that's right george there's nothing like a little rum to take away that milk flavor [Music] i beg your pardon certainly [Music] and when i sign my contract the first thing i'm going to do is see that you direct every picture i'm in that's my pal chris i'm going to be perfectly nice about it but i'll just insist now that's the way to talk don't let them lick you oh i should say they can't lick me if they try anything like that what [Music] i just won't sign now that's right what have you got to lose another one of these and we'll open our own studio bill rendered 24 past two remit without further delay me [Applause] so hey the program's going to be swell tonight now you take this fella beethoven i'm a pushover for him and chopin well he's not so dusty either but i kind of wish that once in a while that play something you could sort of go out whistling you know like put on the saddle well there's a tomb hey why don't you throw your hat in the air or something can't you this is a celebration my job starts tomorrow i know it does and i think it's swell gee i wish you were in on it too but oh no it wouldn't have to be a war picture with those big novelty numbers a war picture without any beautiful women at the front oh well something will happen soon maybe why don't you go home kid oh danny i can't do that i came here and i've got to stay well now if it's on account of money i can't thank you given me enough already anyhow this is no time to be worrying this is our party look at all the people everybody in the world look that's normal name [Music] uh and he seems to have had that one extra cockpit oh thank you sit down you dope that's for the orchestra leader [Music] mr mayne put your arm around miss regis i don't know if this is a hollywood bowl what's the matter you're getting too big to bother with photographers don't want any pictures taken now oh is that so what's the poison i take it anyway thank you come back and sit down everybody's laughing at you all right hey no man is he always like that well i suppose he has to sleep sometime oh and he's so wonderful on the screen so come in hello daddy what's the matter well believe it or not i got a job for you danny that's wonderful when do i go to the studio well you don't exactly go to the studio oh it's on location well it's not exactly on location but of course i have any makeup will you tell me what to get and sort of help me put it on well you don't exactly need any makeup you see it's not really a picture job it's it's well it's being a waitress [Music] oh well it's kind of a picture job if you look at it right you said it was a waitress well it's waitressing for casey burke the big director over at our studio he's given a party tonight to kind of celebrate on a kind of finish in the picture and and he wanted me to get him an extra waitress and that's five dollars and i thought of you right away yesterday well well there's going to be a lot of big people at burke's house that might not bet you there's any number of big directors and if you're there maybe they'll notice you i could make them nervously sure you could ask her it's your chance [Music] all right daddy i'll do it oh but i can't i haven't got the right things to weigh after work now you don't think the wardrobe department's right next to my office for nothing do you a perfect fit [Music] did you get to the preview last night i did would you like a lethal orders they are very nice well thanks but what did you think of the picture they should have saved it for thanksgiving what a turkey will you have to my dave you do like our dev don't you i don't think there's anything so enjoyable as our dad before supper and these are really delightful and at the finish the kid turns around and sings a lullaby to its mother a pardon that big noise but would you like a little a harder they say they're the best in town don't tell me i know mae west that's a great twist but where are you gonna find a two-month-old baby that can sing hello oliver oh hello you want to fire me now wait to see the picture i'm not a director anymore i'm a male nurse it's the matter with a picture a guy by the name of norman may his work is beginning to interfere with his drinking oliver don't tell me i'm to direct his next picture too you were my favorite producer now wait a minute you just go right on with your directing i'll take care of these stars i know how to handle them i had a serious talk with norman after that uh hollywood bought occurrence and you don't have to worry any more about his behavior excuse me mr niles mr libby of your publicity department is on the telephone he says it's most important sir it's about mr me thank you oh it's probably just some little thing of course oliver i'll turn on the radio and see if they've called out the national guard yet hello libby what's the good word mr norman maine america's prince charming was apprehended driving an ambulance down wilshire boulevard with a siren going full blast he explained he was a tree sage and on a maternity case will it be in the papers no it won't be in the papers but that's a nice expensive hobby of yours keeping mr maine's informal entertainments out of the public press oh that's fine work libby try and see that no one gets to norman he's probably home sleeping at all all of him why can't you forget those dopes at the studio for one night business business all the time i don't know what's going to become of you no why didn't you call for me oh by darling why didn't i call for you in case you've forgotten i was supposed to come here with you oh battle that's all right i got here without any trouble the only reason i don't slap your face yes darling i i know hello john oh hello man what's the matter with oliver he looks if he had bad news hello hello what's the matter boy maybe i'm wrong i guess i've been drinking too much lately oh you have to cut it down it's bad's scotch and soda [Applause] come on come on the word you know is pronounced quinn bad dialogue oliver you'd rather not watch this he's my best soda thank you [Applause] go ahead and say it i've got it coming don't make it tougher on me norman i don't want to stand here and preach but take a look at my side of it i'm trying to make pictures with you i know i know costs are going up the grosses are going down no it isn't that i've made lots of money with you and i can afford to take a loss but i hate to see you going the way of so many others why don't you get lloyd's to insure you against me you can't get insurance against a man forgetting who he is you're a great star norman but there's nobody so big that he can afford to have people refuse to work with him who doesn't want to work with me quiet listen i know plenty of people who do yes and so do i but your real friends can't stand seeing you start to fall apart what do you mean brother the first signs are always the same not being able to remember your lines cameraman's struggling to cover your hangovers and all because you have to have a good time every day and every night listen i've warned you for a long time you're a swell guy you won't lose any money on me i'll promise you that i'll be ready for the curtains when the time comes when it does here's my epitaph and now i think i'll um have a little drink scotch and soda scotch and soda come on come on come on a little soda no thank you yes uh pardon me lovely lovely no i mean the caviar no don't go away i'm i'm starving huh really which which would you take well i don't know you know i i don't know either it's hard to choose i think i'll take caviar mr mayne doesn't care for anymore do you know me no monomi doesn't care anymore i think i shall get very drunk indeed scotch and so sorry i have something oh mind if i help won't they miss you oh no no they'll just look under the table when they see i'm not there they'll forget the whole matter hey what uh what what's your name esther blodgett my name's maine i know you do what's so funny i was just thinking about all your fans and how surprised they'd be to see you here helping me put plates away oh they they don't know my finer size you'd be pretty envious of me meeting you this way in person oh thank you well tell me uh are you disappointed yes now you've done it oh never mind that that makes the room look live then tell me uh why why why are you disappointed i was sitting behind you at the hollywood bowl the night you didn't want to be photographed yeah i'm told i crept in the money of heart that night i can never explain this you know you have very pretty hair you better get out of here and a charming little exactly why are you here instead of with the rest of the guests i'm just trying to be helpful i see are you sure there's no other attraction well it might be that my old mania for putting plates away is coming back on me it's rather odd i always know where i can find you if there's a pretty girl around it's not only art it's embarrassing you're being deliberately insulting norman i put out remember we must try to keep the voice low i know you will excuse us if we go on with our work [Applause] [Music] now see what you've done [Applause] no more than usual come on the wolves are honest we gotta get out of it no i can't but this is how i'm finished oh yes they are [Music] well i bet i know what you're going to say now what good night good night and thanks hey wait a minute wait a minute yeah you realize it all i found out about you is that you uh foolish enough to want to go into pictures but why is it foolish look at you yeah that's what i mean no i'd uh i'd rather like to go into this matter a little more thoroughly oh that's awfully nice of you why uh why don't we uh go on up to my place and uh talk it over oh no thank you very much but i really must say good night [Music] good night but you're not angry no i'm hungry well why don't you go and get something to eat good night miss blodgett good night mr maine wait a minute peter least i can do it your door has anyone ever told you that you're lovely well now you know thank you this is hard to say but i want to say it anyway you know i'm on the screen i'm a you know in private life i mean you know but whatever i do i i still respect lovely things and you're lovely you understand yes i think i do and it isn't that bump on the head that's doing this i'm glad [Music] good night good night [Music] hey you mind if i take just one more look [Music] go away quite impossible i wouldn't even consider it no no no hello who is it oh norman what have you done now you're not in jail are you oh yes i see oh it's that again i see she's beautiful i know you want me to give her a screen test yeah certainly she's got wonderful possibilities oh you know she's got something well you knew all the other ones had something too oh no i tell you oliver she's got that sincerity and and honestness and uh uh sincerity and honestness that uh that makes great actresses you oliver i am so sure of this girl that i want to take the test with her myself listen oliver you've worked hard you're entitled to a break you get breakfast yes i heard you anything anything yes yes yeah oliver look you you try to get a little sleep now old man you right all right boy good good night oh [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] seven um [Music] [Applause] yeah telephone for me some drunk trying to be funny says he's normally oh oh thanks i'll be right down and this project would you give him a message for me tell him it's three o'clock in the morning ugh hello what oh oh oh oh yes yes i'll be there oh thank you oh daddy what do you think i'm going to take a test tomorrow and norman means helping me do it um i'm taking one too garble's assisting me [Applause] oh [Music] is okay [Music] gentlemen please if you don't mind is this is just a test ready mister ready ready mr burke running all the way all right we're ready now mr mark alrighty mr burke we're ready mr burt all right let's take it quiet quiet ready norman yeah you ready miss uh what's your name you'll soon know your name esther the whole world's going to know it but i'm so scared maybe i did not try today oh come on now don't be foolish they all had to go through this harlow lombard monoloy and now esther blodger all right i'm ready this is the take really quiet hey i may as well tell you that my whole organization thinks i've gone a little nuts to sign you well maybe they're right i've been nuts before you see all the experts seem to think that your type is a little mild for present-day taste but i rather believe that tastes change like eyebrows and i think that also like eyebrows tastes are going back to the natural you look like a nice girl i think i'm going to like you that's not important i think the public will like you that is important oh yes i see what you mean i i mean i know it is well they don't think it's going to be easy nothing you really want has ever given away free you have to pay for it and usually with your heart someone else told me that one but you still have to work it out for yourself oh hello this is just a long way of saying i'm glad you're with us and good luck to you and now i'm going to turn you over to our demon press agent libby don't let him frighten you he has a heart of gold only harder and for the love of pete learn to close your mouth and keep it closed even in your love scenes you a russian no i was born in fillmore north dakota oh no frey saw a light of day in a mountain cabin a trap is hut high up in the rockies go on well i always wanted to be an actress dreamed of footlights as lonely kitty are you sure there's no russian in your family positive that's a shame well what does your father do he's a farmer social registered father fed up with hypocrisies of 400 sought wilderness for consolation there amidst the mountain flowers he raised another blossom his lovely little daughter what's your name esther victoria blanchett greatly appreciating your attention to this matter very truly do you know what her name is esther victoria blodgett hey we'll have to do something about that right away esther victoria magic well that blodget's definitely out let's see uh esther victoria victoria vicki how about vicki oh i think that's terribly cute let's see vicky vicky what vicky vicky pronounced vicky vicky siesta best assessor dester fester oh that's very pretty jester has to dust to lester vicky lester oh i like that say it vicky lester say it again vicky lester say it again vicky lester say it vicky lasted vicky lester vicki lester vicki lester vicky laster vicky flash alvin isle studio discovers new starlet a cinderella of the rockies her name is vicky lester those who have peeked tell me she couldn't be more the wound the face of an angel and such natural talents her voice is a symphony a very walk they tell me is enough to drive men mad not that way get the lid out of your feet lift them up that's better it's terrible but it's better the quality of mercy is not strained it droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven peace through the mouth my child through the mouth the nose is for smelling roses proceed does she have to look surprised all the time anyway it's just a rough sketch pretty small mouth eh oh well you were that crawford smears this will give her that deep we're on the wrong track she still looks surprised listen dress people we're shooting on the set this morning not in the commissary now come on snap into it back me to wrecking company no mr smith is not in hack me trekking company no mr smith he's not here good morning what can i bring you mr maine it just shows how long you've been here naval blushes how soon are you and i gonna be married huh i don't know you'll have to ask my mother awk me to mr smith he's not in [Applause] in ask me tracking company why speak to mr smith mr smith is not oh no man what's all this between you and smith i've got a part it's only one line but it's in the picture well it's ambition that made you break that date with me last night well i had to be here so early this morning so did i i had to stay up all night to make it you've started your picture haven't you no no we're still in the testing stage you can't seem to get the right girl for the lead gee you think with all the girls there at it yeah i know but this one's got to be different she's got to be little and cute and sweet intelligent have you been through the whole casting directory i work day and night mr night and i'll work with her oliver and i can be mean or nasty anything you want mr nyle if she clicks oliver you've got a star overnight okay [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] where do you hear them at the end of the picture do you think we were noticed by no one they're much too busy playing at croquet i've loved you all my life but we only met two days ago that's when my life began so [Music] htq you know i think she's the same type i am don't you i think he's free well this vicky left this picture all right i think she was much better than he was these producers are so horribly dumb they won't know how good she is well maybe it's because she's a good girl [Music] no means not so bad but it's vicki lester then we go to see darling i think she's the most precious little thing i've ever seen it's a knockout libby you might mention that when you write your review that leicester kid's a gold mine didn't you like norman maine was he in it livy i'm afraid we have another hit it's in the bag neatly tied up with beautiful pink rivets hey where are norman and vicky i don't know i thought you had them i wish they'd come we're having a party at the trocadero isn't it thrilling running away from people no i mean it's so exciting so new a star is born come on it's wonderful isn't it crazy quilt it's a carpet that's spread for you it's all yours from now on you know come mister you're a success you have everything in the world you want [Music] i hope it'll make you happy haven't you but then there was one thing i never had lots of times i told myself i'd found it but i always knew i was lying [Music] still i i never stopped looking for it maybe it'll come well i think it has come after you i only wish it went too late but it's not too late oh you can't throw away your life the way i've thrown away mine have anything left that's good enough no you can norman you can you mustn't tell me that esther i'm so afraid that i'll be leaving [Music] [Applause] [Music] again [Applause] yeah but he'll be up though you like it yeah i did you like me [Music] that reminds me will you marry me no thank you come on gosh you're finishing why won't you marry me hey shoot you're right throw away your money break him up in there break him up drink so much suppose i quit drinking come on gosh i shoot the light in there though right suppose i saved my money yes i inhabited suppose i became absolutely dependable on all occasions [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] he certainly did [Music] he has a beautiful fight [Music] we're going to be married guess i didn't read that line right i'll try it again we are going to be married both of us yeah to each other what do you think of that when where well we thought we'd elope in the conventional manner what's the matter he's trying to decide whether it's good for the studio is it it is and bless you my children when's it going to happen oh we thought we'd just sneak out sometime we're not telling anyone but you listen to this the screen's ideal romance blossomed into breathtaking reality today when vicki lester and norman mayne america's dream lovers slipped quietly through the portals of holy matrimony how does it sound horrible but you see we're going to elope sure yeah it'll be the biggest allotment this town ever saw we'll get a tie up with the army have you escorted all the way down to yuma by 20 of their new bombing planes is he going with us don't you think we can work this thing out better alone no sense in bothering the happy couple with all the details i'll see to it that you get a carbon copy of the whole layout i can hardly wait i'm sorry we didn't realize that we were in the way while you're settling the details you don't mind if i take this woman out and buy her a ring sure go ahead we want everything legal that's a charming match a nice scare like vicky and public nuisance number one oh wait a minute libby norman's all right and if you're pardon my point vicki's businesses are wrong it doesn't require any comments i wasn't making any comments i just said it was a rotten shame you'll go ahead and plant meal open oh that elopement stuff is out you can't get any scope in that we're gonna have a wedding well we have it customary place i believe is a church nah it's been done this has got to be something big the beach i can visualize it the bridesmaids in bathing suits 20 000 santa monica school children spelling out the word love it's a novelty but is it big enough why not the city hall a police escort of every motorcycle cup in town sirens screaming confetti pouring out of buildings like the lindbergh reception in new york only on a big scale what's the matter isn't it big enough and now if any man can show just cause why these two may not be lawfully joined together let him now speak or else hereafter forever hold his peace do you alfred henkel take this woman as your lawful wedded wife will you love comfort honor and keep her in sickness and help as long as you both shall live i will you i beg your pardon do you uh establish it take this man as your lawful wedded husband will you obey serve love honor and keep him in sickness and help as long as you both shall live i will place the ring on her finger a hurry please now by virtue of the power invested in me is just as the piece of san bardo township county of los angeles i pronounce you man and wife [Applause] and now i must exercise my prerogative of office i hope you'll be very happy mrs henkel thank you thank you sir thank you very much now if you'll please sign the license oh yeah you know well mrs ankle i can't help but believe i've seen you somewhere before oh really well uh i believe this is the first time i've ever been in san votto you know your face is familiar too thank you very much thank you thank you good goodbye goodbye see you again yes goodbye no i don't know yeah i think he got by with it but it was close that jp was just beginning to remember where he'd seen it well anyway we got away from libby if you will be kind enough to glance between my shoulder blades mr and mrs henkel you will find there a knife buried to the hilt on the handle of your initials let me do a senior libby there go a couple of rats i raised for mice well they got a right to get married haven't they i haven't gotten the right to double cross the public and i haven't done it yet fine people versus porky washington who is charged with violating section 600 you're a man you're in contempt of court operator get me the los angeles tribune i have a good mind to put you under arrest will i make the score you weigh too tribune give me the city desk johnny this is matt libby i got a flash for you norman mayne and vicki lester were married at 2 30 this afternoon vicky lexter caught recess [Music] oh give me a horse a great big heart a great big buckaroo and let me walk [Music] wow [Music] i don't uh want to sound immodest but i think i've stripped the gear well sit down won't you and let's get acquainted we'll probably be seeing quite a bit of each other from now on nope might just as well break the ice now as later now we're all friendly say have i got time for a shower before dinner plenty if you can find the shower i never can remember where that thing is does it uh pull out or slide under here i think i can find it no it's the linen closet here it is nice work oh half the time those things are just luck and i'll see if i can disinfect this steak yeah esther uh there's no soap here thank you fdm how you fix the cigarettes and you know i never smoke underwater hey what what do i do to make this thing work pull that gadget at the top and pray for rain all right i can't reach it i can't get my hands up if you've gone in there with your arms down you'll never get your back unless you're a contortionist yeah well i i'm not a contortionist and don't throw that up to me now you knew it when you married me can you close this door please thank you [Music] quick go out and stop them and ask for help boy i gotta catch coal oh you'll get warm again yeah don't you they'll recognize me don't you keep your face down go on that may not be another car for a week uh cloudy partner uh stuck yeah how'd you guess it uh can you get us some help well i reckon not you know it's long way to town we're pretty busy down the place well i gotta get out of here i've got my wife with me did she like the country no no and we're short of food there's a lot of game in them woods you know well my wife can't shoot well you're sure up against it sorry i can't do anything for you wait listen i'll be frank with you i'm norman maine who norman maine my name is judd baker glad to have met you well so long hey wait a minute wait a minute listen you know so you're norman named [Music] yeah i got my prestige to look out for i'm supposed to be the best publicity man in the racket and they left themselves sick when i even try to get a decent mention of maine yes i know how sensitive you are libby and i don't like to see your feelings hurt thanks boys now vicky there's a dish for free space but if maine swam across the pacific the papers would keep it a secret well the exhibitors don't like him the critics don't like him the public don't like him and i don't like him who likes him oh but darling this is almost too much of a surprise and there i was in my touching innocence thinking we were going to live at the beach house oh we'll still keep the place at malibu but this is special this is our castle which used to be in the air you know we'll never use any ugly words like contracts and pictures and careers when we come in those gates we check the studio outside come on i got another little surprise for you oh norman it's lovely so are you lovely the whole world's lovely hey hold it that's it caption their honeymoon never ends all right let's get some pictures now if the bride will sit here and the grooms stand behind her we'll have something unique now let's go after something different you sit down and she'll stand up pretty radical isn't it yeah but in a nice way huh okay auto fire caption their honeymoon begins anew ah the producer caption their honeymoon ceases abruptly hello oliver glad to see no one i'm glad you're back thank you vicky how well you're looking hello oliver am i interrupting yes thank you just want a couple more pictures that's enough for both of them what they're asking for is exclusives of miss lester alone oh i see well come on oliver let you and me get exclusive see you later vicky but don't worry otto my camera smashing days are over yeah they ain't your only days that are over oh hold that miss lester gorgeous well oliver how's the dividend situation very pleasant i think we'll show two million on the next quarter smart move of mine to sell my stock eh oh well when you need money you need it some people save up for just such an event you know there's bound to be a rainy day occasionally yeah but as a citizen of california i've always refused to admit that yes i know but still it does rain well anyway you can thank me for some of those dividends of yours mm-hmm i'll catch you oh sure sure that was a little too quick oliver no matter the enchanted hour was the smash hit wasn't it well it made vicky a star overnight yes it should have what about me well let's talk about business at the office norman beautiful pool you have here beautiful oh now let's talk about it here didn't they like me well maybe the park wasn't just right was the best part of the year look oliver you think i'm slipping can you take it go ahead the tense is wrong you're not slipping you've slipped oh my my fan mail's still big norman norman fans will write to anybody for a photograph it only costs three cents for a stamp and that makes photographs cheaper than wallpaper but every 25 cents they pay for a theater ticket buys them the right to be a critic and your last few performances norman have not pleased your critics you remember i told you i'd uh be ready for the curtains when the time came here it is let's call off the contract no hard feelings we're not quitting either of us there's no explaining these things we've all seen how the public turns maybe we can turn them back i've got a swell script lined up for you i thought about esther uh if you think that i'm going to get in her way well as a matter of fact as it happens there's no part in this story for her i'd more or less plan to star her in a picture of her own with uh with that young pemberton opposite her he's coming along nicely good for young pemberton all right oliver we'll make a try at it let's hope it's not too late no argument i'll buy those huh the screen's most finished actor i'll say he's finished he keeps them away in droves [Music] hello no no miss lester isn't home as yet no i'm not the butler well i can take a message just as well as he can honest oh is that you norman swell listen norman this is articava hiya kid swell say i hear you through with all of the niles is that on the level ah please arty i'm not news anymore forget it say what kind of a settlement did you make on your contract give me a figure so i can do a story on it there was no money involved we just called it quits okay okay i'll fill in my own figure say by the way i've been trying to get an interview with vicki for two weeks but she's always busy how about you giving an old pal a break by speaking to her for me sure i'll ask her swell song i didn't mean to be late darling but casey wanted all right you're here now what's new today nothing coming out of the house let's go somewhere tonight no no you're tired we'll stay in i'm not tired really oh yes you are you've got a hard day ahead of you anyway i see so little of you i'd like to have you to myself but it's a servant's night out we have never yes we have i fixed a little snack with my own lily white hands i uh learning to cook in my spare time then i think i'll marry you i get it you want to make an honest cook on me comes in on wheels in this joint [Music] huh how's it look wonderful huh that's what i thought holland don't be formal just pitch in [Music] i'm afraid my mouth's not quite big enough i'll uh i'll measure it next time and make them decide a little hard to lift too i think i think i'll take those measurements right now [Music] that's what i wait for all day that's why i rush home without even changing my costume [Music] we're forgetting that we're hungry like a sandwich thank you i still have a little work on this one [Music] where you unhook my dress i can't breathe you know all the time i thought it was the kiss that made you breathless a lot of hooks why don't you have a zipper that's a good idea you better [Music] don't look now but uh i thank that guy on your left is in love with you i hope so it's the doorbell is it maybe they'll go away oh i never do at a time like this [Music] just a minute you know i'll be right back [Music] does vicki lester live here yes i got a package for him i'll sign for it so who are you i'm her husband oh sure i'm right here mr lester [Music] the package for you and by the way i forgot to tell you uh they want you for a benefit to shrine auditorium next wednesday night i told them i'd ask you and uh oh darling i don't want to hear about that now well you better wait till i finish before i forget them all uh the academy dinner secretary phone she wants to know if you want a table reserved for you uh oh yes artie carver called and asked if i'd use my influence with you to get him an interview i told him i'd try uh that was all i think oh norman let's don't talk about those things the wonderful food you prepare i'm i'm not very hungry now i think i'll uh i'll fix my little drink [Music] but no [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] and think how nice that statue is going to look on your mantelpiece do you suppose anything's happened to him but of course not he's just been held up in traffic you think about that statuette and now we arrive at the climax of the annual dinner of the academy of motion picture arts and sciences the highest award within our power to bestow we have already applauded with our hearts as well as our hands while awards have been given those gentlemen who during the past year have rendered distinguished service to the motion picture industry we now pay honor to the ladies or rather to one lady we offer to her the academy award for the finest performance of the past year she has already had the world's acclaim but this is the tribute of our fellow workers the men and women of this industry it is not only my pleasure but my privilege to present this award to the actress who created the unforgettable anna in dream without end miss vicky lester what more can we say miss lester this says it all for us [Applause] [Applause] ladies and gentlemen when something like this happens to you and you try to tell how you feel about it you find that out of all the words in the world there are only two that really mean anything thank you all i can do is to say them to you from my heart all i can do is to keep on saying fine all them things that's a very pretty speech my dad was very pretty he said the right thing i want to be the very first one to congratulate you i'll let on that valuable little piece of brick-a-brack now i want to make a speech gentlemen of the academy and fellow suckers i got one of those ones for a best performance they don't mean a thing people get them every year what i want's a special award something nobody else can get i want a statue for the worst performance of the year in fact i want three statues for the three worst performances of the year because i've earned them and every single one of you that saw those last masterpieces of my nose that i've earned libby start the music what i'm here to find out is do i get them or do i get them i'll answer yes or no [Music] no mandala let's go and sit down come on hello and how are you hi my dear do let me congratulate you you must be terribly proud and happy tonight thank you somebody give me a drink [Music] oliver nice of you to come to my dressing room vicki how are you i missed you everyone's missed you have a nice trip well a three-month tour of the theater circuit scarcely comes under the head of pleasure but the way they're screaming for your pictures all over the country is lester if i may talk shark you are a knockout thank you it's good to hear that you've been crying how's norman well he's trying awfully hard letting norman leave this studio was the hardest thing i ever did it was nothing else i could do i knew has he been is he all right he's gone to a sanitarium he really wants to stop drinking and i think he could only well perhaps if he could start working again it would be some encouragement oliver could you could you do that oh thank you but he mustn't ever know i told you he won't know and you mustn't worry i want you to keep up your good work in this picture i'll try all of us that's the one thing i can do for you [Music] if you just sit here mr niles i'll have mr maine brought down thank you brought down hello oliver welcome to liberty hall hello norman oh no no mr niles isn't slipping me a case of scotch cuddles this is just a handshake this is cuddles oliver my social secretary we we go everywhere together how are you feeling norman fine getting along remarkably well cuddles tells me he says you ought to see some of the boys let's sit down yeah cuddles we we really don't need you touching isn't it can't bear to have me out of his sight are you comfortable here and i'm uncomfortable it's positively luxurious they they even have iron bars in the windows to keep out the draft how much longer are you going to be here oh well i'm really cured now i'm just staying on for an extra week or two to get in good shape you know after all with no no particular hurry to return to the camera that's what i wanted to talk to you about i've got a script with a fine part for you in it he's oliver that's great that's great who uh who plays opposite me well it is not exactly the lead young pemberton's doing that but i tell you frankly i consider you a part better than the lead oh i see it better than the lead well of course it isn't terribly long but it's one of those parts that makes an impression on you they'll be thinking about you all through the picture well the thing is oliver i'm uh pretty well set at another studio and i'm not at liberty at the moment to tell you which one you know yourself how those things are of course but it's a big picture he's one of the biggest of the year and the part every act in hollywood would give his teeth to play well let's fine norman naturally that will tie you up for a while but we won't get to this picture for some time and perhaps if you want to consider it for later on i will tell you oliver you'd better not count on me see uh i've got several pictures lined up after this one then they're talking to me about england you know that they're doing some very interesting things over there hey what is it cuddle speak right out we all love you you're dinner oh here we dine at 5 30 here makes the nights longer well goodbye norman i'm glad to see you getting along so well be out in no time i'll have to introduce myself all over to a lot of people who won't know me when i'm not drinking goodbye thanks for dropping in that's fine now oil cuddles alone at last [Music] so [Music] foreign [Applause] oh bert sam how are you marion oh hello hello hello normie glad to see you how i hate to run into these has-bins they give me the creeps me too he was good while he had it and he had it quite a while hello hello mr man i haven't seen you in a long time oh i've been resting ginger ale please ginger ale and what ginger ale and ginger ale a new leaf a whole new book thank you scotch straight hello libby why it's mr america of yesteryear do they let you wander about now without a keeper oh sure i'm a trustee now didn't expect to find you at san anita what do they do with the actors while you're away oh they cut them into slices and fry them with eggs i suppose you'll be here all the time now that you've retired from the hurley burley of the silver screen well living down a malibu now pretty lonesome with esther away working all day well i wouldn't squawk about that if i were you it's nice to have somebody in the family making a living oh wait a minute louie i don't want to forget that we're friends friends my eye say listen i got you out of gems because i had to it was my job not because i was your friend i don't like you and i never have liked you nothing made me happier than to see all those cute little pranks of yours finally catch up with you and land you on your celebrated face pretty work lily always wait to let down then kick him i don't feel sorry for you you fixed yourself nice and comfortable you can live off your wife now she'll buy you drinks and put up with you even though nobody else will [Music] wait a minute come uh outside for you leicester i'm norman maine oh it's not my fault i don't bother to talk someone he's harmless all right mr libby if you say something sure let him go what can he do we can't fight any better than he can act it's a norman man a year give me a spot leave the bottle here vicky you'll be ill why don't you try to get a little sleep but he's been gone four days four days and not a word oliver i can't i just can't hello no this is oliver nile speaking what where thank you what is this nothing nothing oliver tell me he's in the night court he's been arrested on a drunk charge now he's all right he isn't hurt i'm going right down get him out i'm going with you nicky it isn't any place for you and if it gets in the papers what do i care about the papers i'm going with you division 30 minister court county los angeles now in session the owner for george j paris presiding be seated please were you able to do anything the judge wouldn't even see me ready i want to advise you that you're entitled to be represented by a council to be confronted by the witnesses that may testify against you to compel witnesses to attend on your behalf to a public and speedy trial by the court by a jury and the right to be admitted to bail call the first five go ahead regulated along william gregory plain drunk picked up at fifth in town asleep in the gutter 14 similar offenses in the past six months still adam gregory how do you plead uh i don't feel so bad unless you how you feel i asked you how you plead gilly i can't when did you get out the last time uh that was dead before christmas well i'm sorry you'll have to miss new years but you'll be out in time for washington's birthday 60 days milton rails a plane drunk picked up on brooklyn avenue given treatment at receiving hospital then we moved to jail how old are you rails uh 17 sir did you take a good look at those men in the cell with you last night yes sir and have you taken a good look at yourself this morning oh no sir i suggest that you do five dollars or two days something suspended oh judge alfred henkel more commonly known as norman maine uh drunk and disartely cracked car into tree at sunset and coronado evidently been drinking for days resisted arrest and injured one of the resting officers how do you plead guilty you're normal man the actor aren't you you've come pretty low haven't you listened to man here who's had the advantages you've had look what you've done with them you're nothing but an irresponsible drunk driving about the streets with the power to inflict death or injury on innocent people i think we better deny you that far for a while 90 days in the city jail please wait i'm his wife yes i recognize you ms lester please judge i promise you this won't happen again i'll be responsible for him if you just won't send him there you realize that this man when drunk is obviously a menace to public safety and you realize too ms lester the responsibility you'll be assuming to this court into the commonwealth i do something suspended prisoner remanded a custody wife thank you you can get him at the jail entrance mellie what's that rodriguez plain drunk picked up at first in maine second offense are you pleased i think i'm guilty you wanna 60 days yeah i'm so tired hold it mr made for picture oh no what about a statement [Music] awful to see this happen to someone you love and know in your heart but it can't get me better i only know that all i can do now is stay with him and try to help him so will i and the tweeters will take care of her you're very fond of him aren't you oliver well i'm very fond of both of them then i know you'll understand what i have to tell you and after what happened last night i think you already know what it is i can't do any more pictures i'm going away for good with norman you can't do that you're at the very peak of your success and you've worked so hard to achieve it that's what's been wrong oh i've thought it all out maybe if i hadn't been away from him so much last night and what went before it wouldn't have happened i know it's too late to think about that now but it may not be too late to go away with him and start over somewhere it's your life you're giving up vicki so i can try to give norman back his can you honestly tell me i'm wrong to do it no vicky i cannot honestly tell you me goodbye vicky lester you are a grand girl good luck mrs norman maine [Music] and darling this is maine coming in to apologize again but i'm sorry dear but it isn't you what other troubles have you got [Music] none i was just playing a scene with myself now look i'm just coming out of the jitters and you're just going into them this is a swell household isn't it i'll tell you what we'll do i'll promise to brace up if you'll go on the wagon [Music] i guess i have been drinking too much you know what i'm going to do i'm going to be an athlete you mean with great big muscles and everything well roughly speaking gonna join the ymca uh it costs too much i'm going waiting out in our front yard no sure would you like me to go with you sure if you'd like to nomi i don't think i will it might spoil this beautiful natural way yeah i guess that's right the darling look uh could you have a hot toddy um i mean some hot soup for me when i come back some hot soup yeah and i'll make some of those nice have sandwiches [Music] i don't stay in too long [Music] hey [Music] you mind if i take just one more look [Music] fresh drink of water he had in 20 years and then he had to get it by accident [Music] how do you wire congratulations to the pacific ocean hello vicky [Music] can't you come on vicki let's see yourself vicky will you sign michael for me right this is norman don't you care vicky you get over it [Music] can't you don't you cry jerry he wasn't so [Applause] much [Music] do you mind if i take just one more look [Music] here are the paychecks for the servants graves you'll find a very nice bonus in each one this lester asked me to thank you for your kindness and service if there's anything i can do for the little lady i should be glad to do it she would appreciate your attending to the closing of the beverly hills house without those [Music] where is she in the bedroom who are you i'm her grandmother get off somebody granny darling oh i'm so glad to see you what made you come oh i know when i needed now get out of here go on get out of here all of you i want to talk to my granddaughter alone i came just as quickly as i could but i'm going home i sent you a wire yesterday sit down is it true that you're going to quit the movies i never want to hear them again what are you running away from today i'm not running away it's just that i can't go on my heart anymore once i told you if you get what you want you have to give your heart an exchange and you said you were willing you remember i remember well it seems to me that you got more than you bargained for more fame more success even more personal happiness maybe more unhappiness but you did make a bargain and now you're whining over it i don't think i'd feel so very proud of myself if i were you i'm not granny but my mind's made up ah and i'm sorry i gave you the money to come out here but just waste oh but granny i was proud of you esther i was proud to be the grandmother of vicky lester it gave me something to live for now i [Music] you must tragedy is a test of courage if you can meet it bravely it will leave you bigger than it found you if not then you'll have to live all your life with a coward because no matter where you may run you can never run away from yourself [Music] i never knew norman mayne he wrote me a very sweet letter when you were married he said you told him how much i meant to you and i know just how much you must have meant to be you know esther i can't believe that wherever he is he can be very happy knowing that his death broke the spirit of the little girl he praised me so highly for racing and i can't believe that he can be very proud knowing that all his great love did for you was to make you a quitter the car is ready miss lester we'll have to go now to make the train put the car back in the garage [Music] the entire picture industry has come to the chinese theater for this opening tonight it has come to pay tribute to a great star on our long-awaited return to the screen is what has been called her greatest performance it has come to pay tribute to the girl herself the girl who has won the heart of hollywood the girl who has won the heart of the world miss vicky lester and if i'm not mistaken this lessons car has just given up yes it is [Applause] well smith doesn't scare you too much i scare very slowly young man kick smart folk please they'll have your mug i mean your face plastered across half the papers in the country tomorrow how do i look oh you look swell you're a liar but i like you and here's miss lester's grandpa won't you say a few words to the radio audience please say something lady you know we've got a thing like that back home where they all listening on but we call it a party line won't you say something please they're listening maybe some of you people listening in dream about coming to hollywood and maybe some of you get pretty discouraged well when you do you just think about me it took me over 70 60 years to get here but here i am and here i mean to stay thank you very much miss lester this microphone is on an international hookup throughout the world your fans are hoping that you'll say a few words to hello everybody this is mrs norman may you

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