:57:02
and she looked happier
than she had in years.
:57:07
I remember they decided
to get married in the spring...
:57:12
and then, of course,
the roof fell in.
:57:18
Two weeks before the wedding...
:57:20
an ex-showgirl
named Lita Fox comes forth...
:57:23
and claims that
she is married to Zelig.
:57:27
She also claims
to have had his child.
:57:30
It is an immediate scandal.
:57:37
We were married a year ago.
:57:39
He said he was an actor.
He sounded just like one.
:57:43
I'm in show business, too.
:57:45
We drove to Baltimore,
and we were married...
:57:48
and I have a license
to prove it.
:57:51
He had married her while under
a different personality.
:57:54
When she read of the plans...
:57:57
for his forthcoming wedding
to Eudora Fletcher...
:57:59
she was mortified and
decided to take legal action.
:58:03
Zelig says he will
fight it in court...
:58:05
but public opinion begins
subtly to shift away from him.
:58:10
Clever attorneys portray
Lita Fox as an abandoned woman.
:58:14
The child is neglected, poor,
and fatherless.
:58:18
Zelig has sold his life story
to Hollywood...
:58:21
for a large sum of money.
:58:24
When the scandal breaks...
:58:26
the studio demands
its money back.
:58:28
Zelig can only return half.
The rest has been spent.
:58:32
Outraged, the studio gives him
half his life back.
:58:35
They keep the best moments.
:58:37
He is left with only his
sleeping hours and mealtimes.
:58:42
Zelig is shaken by the scandal,
but it is only the beginning.
:58:46
Now another woman
steps forward.
:58:48
Helen Gray, a salesgirl
from a Wisconsin gift shop...
:58:52
claims that Zelig
is the father of her twins.
:58:56
She tells lawyers that he passed
himself off as a fur trapper.