:46:03
He was banned by Warner Brothers...
:46:05
from getting in a car or on a motorcycle...
:46:08
while he was doing this film.
:46:10
So the minute the film was over....
:46:12
He finished two, three weeks ahead
of everybody else.
:46:18
He told us he was taking his fast car
and going across the country.
:46:24
So we were all...
:46:27
in the theater watching the day's rushes...
:46:31
the dailies...
:46:33
and suddenly, the lights went up.
:46:35
George Stevens was on the phone...
:46:38
and I'll never forget the look on his face.
:46:41
He turned absolutely white,
as if all the blood drained out of him.
:46:47
There was electricity in the room.
:46:49
You just knew
something dreadful had happened.
:46:52
Of course, my first thought was
that it was George Stevens, Jr...
:46:56
because of all the airplanes
he had to get into.
:47:00
George took a couple of deep breaths.
:47:02
There was not a sound
in the projection room.
:47:09
After a while, he said...
:47:11
in a very level voice:
:47:14
"Jimmy Dean has just died
in an automobile accident. "
:47:18
That's all he said.
We all sat there, stunned.
:47:22
Nobody cried, nobody shouted.
:47:26
I don't think we were able to move.
Nobody was able to move.
:47:30
I can't remember how the evening ended.
:47:32
I know for certain we didn't watch
any more rushes.
:47:35
We all sat there for a long time...
:47:38
and then we silently filed out of the room.
:47:44
When Jimmy Dean died, we got word.
:47:48
We were all in the projection room
watching dailies.
:47:53
Somebody came running in,
and said, "Jimmy just got killed. "
:47:58
And George left.