1:22:00
No, I was born just two blocks
from this studio...
1:22:03
right on Lemon Grove Avenue.
1:22:05
My father was head electrician here
till he died.
1:22:08
- Mother still works in wardrobe.
- Second generation, huh?
1:22:11
Third. Grandma did stunt work
for Pearl White.
1:22:14
I come from a picture family.
1:22:16
Naturally they expected me
to become a great star...
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so I had ten years of dramatic
lessons, diction, dancing.
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Then the studio made a test.
Well, they didn't like my nose.
1:22:27
Slanted this way a little.
1:22:29
So I had it fixed.
1:22:30
They made more tests,
and they were crazy about my nose.
1:22:33
Only they didn't like my acting.
1:22:39
- Nice job.
- It should be.
1:22:40
It cost me $300.
1:22:43
That's the saddest thing
I ever heard.
1:22:44
Not at all.
It taught me a little sense.
1:22:47
I got a job in the mail room,
and now I'm a reader.
1:22:50
Come clean, Betty.
1:22:52
At night you weep for those lost
close-ups, those gala openings.
1:22:55
Not once. What's wrong with being
on the other side of the cameras?
1:22:59
It's really more fun.
1:23:00
Three cheers for Betty Schaefer.
1:23:03
-I will now kiss that nose of yours.
-If you please.
1:23:11
May I say
that you smell real special?
1:23:14
Must be my new shampoo.
1:23:17
That's no shampoo.
1:23:19
It's more like freshly laundered
linen handkerchiefs...
1:23:23
Like a brand-new automobile.
1:23:26
- How old are you, anyway?
- Twenty-two.
1:23:30
Smart girl.
1:23:32
Nothing like being 22.
1:23:35
And may I suggest that if were
ever to finish this story...
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you stay at least
two feet away from me.
1:23:42
The first time I come any closer,
clunk me on the head with a shoe.
1:23:49
Now back to the typewriters...
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by way of Washington Square.