1:17:04
I'm sorry, I don't usually read
private cigarette cases.
1:17:07
Oh, that. It's from a friend of mine.
1:17:11
A middle-aged lady,
very foolish and very generous.
1:17:15
I'll say, this is solid gold.
1:17:17
I gave her advice on an idiotic script.
1:17:20
The old familiar story. You help
a timid soul across a crowded street.
1:17:24
She turns out to be a multi-millionaire
and leaves you all her money.
1:17:29
That's the trouble with you readers.
You know all the plots.
1:17:32
Now suppose you proofread
page ten while the water boils, OK?
1:17:36
OK.
1:18:00
Sometimes when we got stuck,
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we'd make a little tour
of the drowsing lot.
1:18:06
Not talking much, just wandering
down alleys between the stages,
1:18:12
or through the sets they were getting
ready for the next day's shooting.
1:18:16
In fact, it was on one of those walks
when she told me about her nose.
1:18:21
Look at this street.
1:18:23
All cardboard, all hollow,
all phoney, all done with mirrors.
1:18:27
I like it better
than any street in the world.
1:18:31
Maybe because
I used to play here when I was a kid.
1:18:35
Were you a child actress?
1:18:38
No, I was born two blocks from
the studio, Lemon Grove Avenue.
1:18:42
My father was head electrician here.
Mother still works in wardrobe.
1:18:46
- Second generation, huh?
- Third.
1:18:49
Grandma did stunt work for Pearl
White. I'm from a picture family.
1:18:52
They expected me to become a star.
1:18:55
So I had ten years of dramatic
lessons, diction, dancing.
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Then the studio made a test.
They didn't like my nose.