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Being an actor,
It is not important
Distinguished Achievement.
it is perhaps necessary
to introduce myself.
than Row E.
However,
since Thespis
chief prompter
We have seen
to belong to us.
and henceforth
Bravo!
Eve.
Eve.
Mrs. Richards?
-Not at all.
Yes.
I manage.
-Oh, no!
-Good night.
-Hi.
-Hello!
-Buy some.
-Same size?
-Of course.
-Easy now.
-Yes, it is.
like coyotes.
-You've what?
She's just outside the door.
The heave-ho.
-Not at all.
-Oh, brother.
-My husband.
-Oh, brother.
-Miss Coonan.
-Oh, brother, what?
Harrington.
-Thank you.
Every performance?
Mr. Richards.
Of course it is.
-Yes.
a home, family?
-Try.
Well...
Well, it started
-Remembrance.
-Remembrance.
-San Francisco.
Every performance.
I went East.
-Eve, why don't you start at the beginning?
Please.
-Not at all.
Everything is beer.
I was awful.
from Milwaukee.
I was alone.
Well...
Here I am.
Call me Birdie.
Is it sabotage?
Zanuck is impatient.
Zanuck, Zanuck!
-I'm a junkyard.
-Hi.
I love a psychotic.
-Eve Harrington.
-Huh? Where?
-That's nice.
I won't be a minute.
Good night.
Mrs. Richards?
Lloyd and I?
-Mm-hm.
-Why?
-I just wondered.
-Why?
-Why what?
all theatre.
But Hollywood.
-Every day.
It bores me.
-Where's my coat?
The seams.
more graciously.
Here we go.
I have a suggestion.
alone yet.
if you'd like.
Bill.
-I'll try.
All ready.
-Knit me a muffler?
Hey, Junior!
One more?
just something to do
What, again?
Especially if you're me
of interior decorating.
What's new?
Adorable.
Just because
I appreciate it.
Don't bother.
No trouble at all.
-Well?
Eve.
Hello.
We are ready
to Mr. Sampson.
-I placed?
-That I am.
-I leave in a week.
-You in a hurry?
-Sing it?
used to do.
Bill...
-She did?
Yeah, I will.
-OK.
-I love you.
Hm?
See ya.
-Birdie.
-Hm?
-An answer.
-No.
-Why not?
doesn't she?
Like...
or a set of blueprints.
Quite sure.
Come now,
Right here.
As a matter of fact,
Voil!
as long as it burns.
I ain't dense.
Of course.
to be anything else.
-20!
Stage-struck.
or a blueprint.
-Guilty!
-Mad!
all right.
Miss Channing?
-A milk shake?
-Hi, Bill.
-Please.
-Thank you.
-Hi.
-Hi, Margo.
Shall we?
-Thank you.
-Nothing.
Fife!
is very Macbethish.
-Macbeth.
-We've seen you like this before.
-Margo, darling!
pour l'invitation.
-She is an actress.
Ah... Eve.
Amen!
-Liebestraum.
-Play it again.
sitting up.
taking a bow?
natural or unnatural.
to the nursery
No heart to burn.
I love you.
-I made a promise.
For an audition
-One?
-A couple of weeks.
Tell you what. Why don't I read with her?
-Would you?
-Well...
-Promise?
-Promise.
-That's my Max.
Oh, there you both are.
-Too many.
You disapprove of me
-I will.
it became important?
-Don't be evasive.
40! Four-0.
to admit it.
To thousands of people
I hate men.
-Whose is it?
Hollywood.
underplaying on stage
by overplaying reality.
-Mrs. Richards?
-Karen.
Karen.
-What is it?
-Of course.
I won't forget.
I seem to be forever
Elder statesmen
-Sable.
displaced personalities.
Oh, waiter.
That's a butler.
It means a concentration
To give so much
"So little?"
there's applause.
It's like...
your behavior
-Margo, really.
You're magnificent.
As a nonprofessional,
All right!
To put me to bed?
-I wouldn't like.
-I didn't.
-Coming, Max?
-In a minute.
of all people...
-Good night.
-Good night.
-Good night.
-Bill? Lloyd?
-No.
Eve? My understudy?
-Completely.
Brilliant, vivid,
How nice.
That's me.
Or were you
he said.
It sounded so fresh,
Now what?
Tell me this.
Mm-hm!
-The audition.
-Eve read with Miss Casswell.
Well, well.
Otherwise,
-Why not?
What a pity.
-I'm sure.
-Addison.
misunderstanding.
Perfectly innocent?
-No!
-Answer my question.
-Who?
-Gone.
No mind.
calm down.
-Here we go.
-Paranoiac?
That word.
-Hah!
-Except happiness.
-Every reason.
-A kid!
-...a kid to turn you into a screaming harpy.
-Well, I am.
I'll say.
Don't be condescending.
-I wish it were.
If we got married?
I wish I could.
Goodbye, Margo.
Bill?
To find Eve?
Lloyd.
presumptuous, hysterical...
-Margo again.
-She knew.
Sensitive, understanding,
young, exciting...
Margo's great.
-What is?
thought of gravity
I had it.
would know.
After all,
It is now 5.43.
in plenty of time.
Lloyd. Please.
Just incredible.
-Karen?
-Mm-hm?
I wish I did.
...unloved.
loved her.
About Eve.
-Well...
At best,
let's say I've been oversensitive to...
Being a woman.
-About what?
-This.
of other newspapers
happened to be present.
about which
Coincidence.
Be proud of yourself.
The woods
-So am I.
-Everything.
I told you
-You think?
-Find out.
-Only thing:
Who is it?
-Please do.
It needn't be.
-I'm somebody.
Yes, I do.
Full of tradition.
-Eddie.
-Eddie what?
I believe I will.
I couldn't imagine
-Not yet.
Thank you.
-I was there.
-A happy coincidence.
of going to Hollywood.
-Margo.
-Goodbye, Karen.
-Goodbye.
"mature actresses
younger actresses,
What gets me
The witch
-Eve.
-Eve?
-I wonder why.
and a professional
Very touching.
Hello.
Hm?
Right. 11.45ish.
-Such as?
-Hear, hear.
-Too bad.
Somebody's got to be
To Margo.
-To my bride-to-be.
-Glory hallelujah.
-Margo.
-Drink.
-Yes, sir.
and reporters.
-Something simple,
-Mrs. Richards?
-Yes.
-For you.
-Thank you.
Very indiscreet.
No woman is safe.
Encore du champagne.
Karen!
How nice.
I was wondering
-In a way.
to hear that.
burns hot,
There is something.
-I think I know.
No.
A part in a play.
Hungry?
-With tears.
-Check.
Not much.
-She is a louse.
-Groom?
-Yes, dear.
-A cowboy?
-A married lady.
-Remember, Karen?
-I remember.
-That depends.
-No, I mean deeply angry.
-What?
-What's so funny?
-Nothing.
-Nothing?
Hello?
a couple of times.
-D-day.
Tomorrow morning,
-Aren't you?
-Frankly, yes.
Stars.
What time?
Almost four.
-Why not?
so he sent it up.
"We are?"
Lloyd and I.
-Addison...
Addison.
Oh, yes.
Lloyd Richards.
He is a commercially
successful playwright.
Lloyd and I.
-And Karen.
-I see.
And when was this unholy alliance joined?
Lights on dimmers
I don't know
I am Addison DeWitt.
-Champion to champion.
-Everything.
Because after tonight
Belong? To you?
A dull clich.
"Belong" to you?
-Get out.
What of it?
What of it?
didn't it?
Answer my question.
-No!
that night?
Please, please.
-Yes, Addison.
Yes, Addison.
"Couldn't go on"?
that night.
Honored members of
distinguished guests,
would be presumptuous.
In good conscience,
Margo Channing.
To my director,
Bill Sampson.
so many,
How could I?
-Congratulations, Eve.
-Why not?
-Exactly.
-Miss Harrington.
-That's all.
-What for?
-Probably not.
Mm-hm.
I might.
-Don't bother.
-Subway.
-Phoebe.
-Phoebe?
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