:13:00
Hello, Mr Sheldrake. "Bases Loaded",
I covered it with a two-page synopsis.
:13:05
- Thanks.
- But I wouldn't bother.
:13:08
- What's wrong?
- It's from hunger.
:13:10
Nothing for Ladd?
:13:12
It's a rehash of something
not very good.
:13:15
You'll be glad to meet Mr Gillis,
he wrote it. This is Miss Kramer.
:13:21
The name's Schaefer,
Betty Schaefer.
:13:24
Nancy Olson,
a contract actress again, was put in.
:13:27
In the original screenplay, they hadn't
cast her and called her "a fresh face".
:13:33
I went back to school
:13:36
and got a call saying Mr Wilder
was doing a film, "Sunset Boulevard".
:13:41
There was a role called
Betty Schaefer.
:13:46
They wanted me to play it.
:13:48
As we said in Wisconsin,
:13:51
I knew I had fallen
into a tub of butter,
:13:55
because Billy Wilder
was already legendary at that time.
:14:01
I saw on the script
that he had co-written it
:14:06
and was going to direct it.
:14:08
So I knew that I was very fortunate.
:14:12
She's totally winning,
really pretty and well-meaning
:14:16
and adds the only element of heart
:14:19
that Hollywood shows to itself
or the world in the picture.
:14:24
They used to call me
"Wholesome Olson" in school.
:14:28
That's the quality he wanted
for Betty Schaefer.
:14:32
She was really good and one of those
that didn't get enough credit.
:14:44
- Where's Mr DeMille shooting?
- Stage 18.
:14:47
Thank you, Jonesy. And teach
your friend some manners.
:14:50
Without me, he'd have no job,
because there'd be no Paramount.
:14:54
- You're right, Miss Desmond.
- Go on, Max.
:14:57
When she came through our gate
in that famous scene,