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The heartless so-and-sos.
What would they do to Norma?
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Even if she got away with it in court,
crime of passion, temporary insanity,
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those headlines would kill her.
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"Forgotten star a slayer."
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"Ageing actress."
"Yesterday's glamour queen."
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Coroner's office.
I want to speak to the coroner.
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- Who's on this phone?
- I am. Get off!
1:40:43
This is more important.
1:40:45
"Times" city desk?
Hedda Hopper speaking.
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I'm talking from
Norma Desmond's bedroom.
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Don't bother with a rewrite.
Take it direct. Ready?
1:40:53
As day breaks over
the murder house, Norma Desmond,
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famous star of yesteryear, is
in a state of complete mental shock.
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A curtain of silence surrounds her
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in the boudoir of her house
on Sunset Boulevard...
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Was it a sudden quarrel?
Had you had any trouble before?
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How come this gun was right there?
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This guy, where did you meet him?
Where did he come from?
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Had you thought of doing
something like this before?
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Was theft involved? Did you catch
him trying to steal something?
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- The newsreel cameras are here.
- Tell them to go.
1:41:31
This is no time for cameras.
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Now, Miss Desmond,
is there anything you want to tell us?
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Cameras? What is it, Max?
1:41:48
- The cameras have arrived.
- They have?
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- Tell Mr DeMille I'll be right on set.
- What is this?