1:07:01
- I didn't mean to--
- No, of course you didn't.
1:07:04
You didn't know Norma Desmond
as a lovely little girl of 1 7...
1:07:08
with more courage
and wit and heart...
1:07:11
than ever came together
in one youngster.
1:07:13
I understand she was
a terror to work with.
1:07:15
Only toward the end.
1:07:18
You know, a dozen press agents
working overtime...
1:07:21
can do terrible things
to the human spirit.
1:07:26
Hold everything.
1:07:34
- Don't you want to come along?
- I don't think so.
1:07:37
It's your script, it's your show.
Good luck.
1:07:39
Thank you, dearest.
1:07:44
Well, hello, young fella.
1:07:46
- Hello, Mr. DeMille.
- It's good to see you.
1:07:49
The last time I saw you
was someplace very gay.
1:07:52
I remember waving to you.
I was dancing on a table.
1:07:55
A lot of people were.
Lindbergh had just landed in Paris.
1:07:59
Come on in.
1:08:03
Norma, I must apologize
for not calling you.
1:08:06
You'd better.
I'm very angry.
1:08:08
Well, you can see
I'm terribly busy.
1:08:10
That's no excuse.
You read the script, of course.
1:08:14
Yes, I did.
1:08:15
Then you could've picked up
the telephone yourself...
1:08:17
instead of leaving it
to one of your assistants.
1:08:20
- What assistant?
- Now, don't play innocent.
1:08:22
Somebody named Gordon Cole.
1:08:25
Gordon Cole?
1:08:27
And if you hadn't been pretty
darn interested in that script...
1:08:29
he wouldn't have tried to
get me on the telephone ten times.
1:08:32
Gordon Cole.
1:08:35
Norma, I'm in the middle
of a rehearsal.
1:08:38
Why don't you sit here in my chair
and make yourself comfortable.
1:08:42
- Thank you.
- That's a girl.
1:08:45
I won't be a moment.
1:08:47
Bring me a telephone...
1:08:49
and get me Gordon Cole.