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Edith worked with Hitchcock
and Grace Kelly in "To Catch a Thief",
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Hello, Mr Sheldrake. "Bases Loaded",
I covered it with a two-page synopsis.
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her all-time favourite film.
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The first time
Cary Grant sees Grace Kelly,
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- Thanks.
- But I wouldn't bother.
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- What's wrong?
- It's from hunger.
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she's wearing a very startling
black and white outfit.
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Nothing for Ladd?
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It's a rehash of something
not very good.
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And the colours progress slowly.
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You'll be glad to meet Mr Gillis,
he wrote it. This is Miss Kramer.
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At one point, they go for a picnic and
she's wearing kind of a coral pink skirt.
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The name's Schaefer, Betty Schaefer.
I wish I could crawl in a hole with it.
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Grace Kelly said she didn't want
to wear pants for that scene,
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she wanted to be feminine, so Edith
made a sporty outfit of a skirt and blouse.
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- If I could be of any help.
- Sorry, I just didn't think it was good.
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And there were two
beautiful evening gowns.
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I found it flat and trite.
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One was draped white chiffon,
the other was draped blue chiffon.
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What kind of material do you
recommend? Joyce, Dostoyevsky?
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I think pictures should say something.
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These sort of played up
the cool aspect of Kelly's demeanour.
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Just a story won't do. You'd have
turned down "Gone with the Wind".
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At the very end of the film she's wearing
a fabulous gold lamé evening gown.
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No, that was me. I said,
"Who wants to see a Civil War picture?"
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You know this is the climax of the picture,
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I hated "Bases Loaded" because I knew
your name. I'd heard you had talent.
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because nothing can top that dress.
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So this is where you live!
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This year, I'm trying to earn a living.
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Oh, Mother will love it up here!
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So you take plot 27 A,
make it glossy and slick...?
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Those are dirty words.
You sound like New York critics.
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"Roman Holiday" was a challenge
for a number of reasons.
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- That'll be all Miss Kramer... Schaefer.
- Goodbye, Mr Gillis.
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The studio had not been able to cast
the leading role of the Princess.
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Next time, I'll write you
"The Naked and the Dead".
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And so finally she was told that Audrey
Hepburn was going to play the part.
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Well, seems like Zanuck
has got himself a baseball picture.
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She was given her measurements,
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Don't think I thought
this would win an Academy Award.
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and was shown the test films
that Paramount made of Hepburn.
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We're looking for a Betty Hutton.
Do you see it as a Betty Hutton?
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Based upon those, she made a number
of different versions of each change.
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- Frankly, no.
- Wait a minute.
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If we made it a girls' softball team,
put in a few numbers,
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She gave her scarves for her neck,
to cover up her prominent collarbone.
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might be a musical: "It Happened in
the Bullpen: The Story of a Woman".
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She was doing this to hide
what she perceived as Hepburn's faults.
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Are you trying to be funny, because
I'm out of laughs. I need a job.
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Edith was very good at camouflage.
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- I haven't got a thing.
- Any assignment, additional dialogue.
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Can I have a silk nightgown
with rosebuds on it?
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Nothing, honest.
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I'm afraid you'll have to rough it tonight...
in these.
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Mr Sheldrake, could you let me have
300 bucks as a personal loan?
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Pyjamas!
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Sorry honey,
but I haven't worn a nightgown in years.
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Could I? Gillis...
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One of the films featuring Edith's designs