A Star Is Born Page #11

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Yes.

You've come pretty low, haven't you?

There isn't a man here

that's had the advantages you've had.

And look what you've done with them.

You're nothing but an irresponsible drunk

driving around the streets...

...with the power to inflict death

and injury on innocent people.

I think we'd better deny you that power

for a while. Ninety days in the city jail.

I'm his wife.

I recognize you, Miss Lester.

Please, Judge, I promise...

...this will never, never happen again.

I'll be responsible for him.

I will.

If you'll just not send him there.

Do you realize that this man, when drunk,

is obviously a menace to the public safety?

Do you realize the responsibility

you'll be assuming in this to the court...

...and to the people of this city?

I do.

Sentence suspended.

Prisoner remanded to custody of wife.

Thank you.

I'm so tired, Esther.

All right, folks, hold it.

One more, please.

He's asleep.

Good.

- He's been sleeping most of the day.

- That's the best thing for him.

He looks so helpless lying there...

...smiling in his sleep just like a child.

Do you still love him, Esther?

Or do you feel sorry for him?

Feel sorry for him?

I don't know what you're talking about.

I love him.

We'll take care of him together.

You're very fond of him, aren't you?

I'm very fond of both of you.

Then I know you'll understand

what I have to tell you.

You probably know already

after what happened last night.

I can't do any more pictures, Oliver.

I'm going away for good.

With Norman.

You're at the very height

of your career, Esther.

The very peak of your success.

There wouldn't be any career

without Norman.

I'm just giving back the gift he gave me.

No one can give anyone a career.

You've made your own.

No! No!

He gave it to me...

...by his faith and by his love.

And without him it's just nothing.

Not the way things are.

You've thought this through?

You're sure you're right?

What'll you do?

We'll go away together.

I'll be with him every moment.

Maybe if I'd had a chance

to be with him more...

...some of these things

wouldn't have happened.

I've got to hang onto that.

I've got to believe that.

And then when he gets better...

...we can work in England or Italy.

Somewhere where they don't know

about him in the way they do here.

And he can get a chance to start again.

That's all he needs.

That's what I'm willing to fight for.

To give anything for.

I have to tell you this.

I hate to but I must.

There's nothing left anymore.

It happened long before last night.

Long before we let him out of the studio.

Twenty years of steady and quiet drinking

do something to a man.

Long before it showed in his face,

it showed in his acting.

Little by little, more and more,

with each picture.

That's why he slipped.

It wasn't just bad pictures, it was him.

And there's nothing left anymore.

He's just a shell of what he once was.

It's gone, Esther.

No, Oliver, I don't believe that.

I won't and I can't.

Can you honestly tell me

I'm wrong to do this?

To try? To try?

No, my dear, I can't.

I can't honestly tell you that.

Then it's settled.

It's settled.

I'll arrange it.

'Bye, Vicki Lester.

Good luck, Mrs. Norman Maine.

Goodbye, Oliver. Thank you.

Darling.

You're up.

Well, if just being on my feet creates such

a sensation, I shall never lie down again.

How do you feel?

Great. I'm fit as a fiddle

and ready for love.

Why being as fit as a fiddle should make

one ready for love, I never understood.

How did they decide a fiddle was fit?

Darling, is there anything I can do for you?

Is there anything you want?

Yes. A number of things.

Anything you want.

Well, brace yourself...

...l've decided that we're dreary people.

Us?

Yes, both of us. I should like to see

some changes around the house.

When did you decide all this?

Never mind about that. Just you listen.

First, I'm going in for the athletic stuff.

The swim before breakfast,

the swim before dinner, the happy mind...

...and a happy body. Beginning now.

Do you want to come along?

- Must I?

- No. Your part begins when I come out.

I shall want some hot soup

and sandwiches.

All right.

But the thing that I should like more

than anything else.

What?

I'd like some singing around the house.

We used to have it all the time.

Do I still own the copyright?

Yes, including the Scandinavian.

Do you want it now?

Don't be silly. You go for your swim.

I'll open the kitchen window.

You'll be able to hear me.

I just wanted to look at you again.

"It's a new world I see

"A new world for me

"The tears have rolled off my cheek

"And fears fade away every time you speak

"A new world though we're in a tiny room

"What a vision of joy and blossom

and bloom

"A newfound promise

"One that will last

"So I'm holding on

"And I'm holding fast

"You brought a new world to me

"And that it'll always, always be"

Yes, it is tragic. It's very tragic.

It was just an accident, of course.

We had big plans for him.

He was all set for a comeback.

- It's for you, Mr. Libby.

- Thank you.

Have Joe take it.

Yes?

Yes, it was very sad.

It was a great personal loss to everybody.

No exclusive on Miss Lester.

She can't see anybody anyhow.

Is Morris back yet?

Have him come right in, will you, please?

"The Herald Express" wants

a front-page spread. Get all the old stills.

London calling. They insist on talking

to you personally.

Give it to Joe.

Yes, yes, I can rush you 1,500 words.

Yes, of course it was.

- You want me, Matt?

- Hold the church service until I tell you.

Here's all we have on them together.

It was right outside the house.

Leave them there.

Okay, pictures of the beach and the home?

Right.

Oh, yes.

Yes, it was quite sudden.

Thank you very much.

All right, clear out all of you.

I got a lot of work to do.

Miss Willer, you stay here.

This is the way the world ends.

Not with a bang, with a whimper.

There she is.

There's Vicki Lester.

That's Vicki, the one in black.

Turn around, can't you, Vicki?

Yeah. Give us just one look.

Can't I send out anything on her?

Will she start a new picture?

Go away for a while?

Send out nothing. That's an order, Libby.

Till we know.

Until we know what?

Until I can talk to her. Till she'll see me.

She hasn't answered her phone

even for me this past week.

- This gonna stay here?

- As long as I'm head of the studio.

You know, Libby, you missed a lot

not knowing Norman Maine.

Not knowing him?

I spent my life knowing him.

I knew what he was going to do

before he did it.

I knew him backwards.

You didn't know him at all.

He was quite a guy.

Is there anything I can do for you, madam,

before I go to bed?

No, thank you, Charles.

Good night.

- Good evening.

- Hello. Where is she?

- She's in the library. May I have your coat?

- No, that's all right.

Hello, Danny.

You're not dressed.

Dressed?

You're due at that benefit at the Shrine.

Come on, get dressed.

You told them you'd be there.

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