1:00:01
I've got 20 pages of notes and
a pretty good character for the man.
1:00:04
Write in plenty
of background action...
1:00:06
so they'll need
an extra assistant director.
1:00:07
Oh, Artie, shut up.
1:00:09
- If we could sit down for 2 weeks--
- I'm sorry, Miss Schaefer.
1:00:12
- I've given up writing on spec.
- But this is half sold.
1:00:16
As a matter of fact,
I've given up writing altogether.
1:00:18
Mr. Gillis.
1:00:20
- If you please.
- I'll be right there.
1:00:24
The accent. I get it. This guy's
in the pay of a foreign government.
1:00:28
Check those studs.
Get those cuff links.
1:00:30
I've got to run along. Thanks anyway
for your interest in my career.
1:00:33
It's not your career, it's mine.
I'd hoped to get in on this deal.
1:00:37
I don't want to be a reader
all my life. I want to write.
1:00:40
- I'm sorry if I crossed you up.
- You sure have.
1:00:44
So long.
1:00:56
What on earth, darling?
It took you hours.
1:00:59
I ran into some people I know.
1:01:01
- Where are my cigarettes?
- Where are your--
1:01:06
Norma, you're smoking too much.
1:01:11
Whenever she suspected
I was getting bored...
1:01:14
she would put on
a live show for me--
1:01:17
the Norma Desmond Follies.
1:01:20
Her first number was always
the Mack Sennett bathing beauty.
1:01:32
I can still see myself
in the line.
1:01:35
Marie Prevost, Mabel Normand.
1:01:37
Mabel was always
stepping on my feet.
1:01:40
What's the matter with you,
darling?
1:01:42
Why are you so glum?
1:01:44
Nothing's the matter.
I'm having a great time.
1:01:46
- Show me some more.
- All right.
1:01:49
Give me this.
I need it for a mustache.
1:01:52
Now close your eyes.
Close them.