1:33:04
Playwrights everywhere would
give their shirts for that compromise.
1:33:08
Now just a minute...
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Eve's disloyalty and ingratitude
must be contagious.
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All this hysteria because
of an impulsive excited kid
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and a professional
manure-slinger named DeWitt.
1:33:19
- She apologised, didn't she?
- On her knees, I've no doubt.
1:33:23
Very touching.
Very Academy of Dramatic Arts.
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That bitter cynicism is something
you've acquired since you left Radcliffe.
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That cynicism I acquired the day I
discovered I was different from little boys.
1:33:36
Hello.
1:33:38
Hi, Margo.
1:33:41
No, not at all.
1:33:44
Karen and I were just chatting.
1:33:50
Yes, I'm sure we can
and I'm sure we'd love to.
1:33:54
Right. 11.45ish.
1:33:58
See you then.
1:34:01
Margo and Bill want us to meet them
at the Cub Room tonight after the theatre.
1:34:06
Margo Channing in the Cub Room.
1:34:09
I couldn't be more surprised
if she'd said Grant's tomb.
1:34:12
- I'm glad Bill's back.
- They'd die without each other.
1:34:17
I didn't promise Eve anything.
I said she'd be fine for the part
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but there were practical difficulties.
1:34:23
- Such as?
- You, for one.
1:34:25
I told her you wanted Margo to play
the part and I would wantyour approval.
1:34:29
That's fine. Fine and dandy.
1:34:31
Just refer all of Miss Eve Harrington's
future requests to me.
1:34:39
The so-called art of acting is not one
for which I have a particularly high regard.
1:34:44
- Hear, hear.
- Butyou may quote me as follows:
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"Tonight Miss Margo Channing gave
a performance in your cockamamie play,
1:34:52
the like of which I have never seen before
and expect rarely to see again."
1:34:58
- He does not exaggerate. I was good.
- You were great.