Mommie Dearest Page #3

You reek of it!

Damn you!

Are you crazy?

No person talks to me like that.

No one anywhere! Are you crazy? Are you?

Tell me!

Tell me!

I'm crazy.

I didn't mean that, Greg.

I didn't mean it.

Get up.

There's no camera in here.

Greg.

Where you going?

Where I belong--

out of here.

You belong here.

I'm waiting for you.

Good night, Joan.

Please don't leave, because if you do,

you'll never come back in again,

no matter what you say or ask or do.

I'll always...

Wish you well, Joan.

And I'll only speak well of you.

Please don't go.

Don't leave me here alone.

Please?

If you're acting, you're wasting your time.

If you're not, you're wasting mine.

I'm not acting.

I'm not acting.

Good night.

Good luck.

Good-bye.

[Door closes]

Good morning.

Good morning, dearest heart.

Hello, darling.

Ahh!

Hello, Christopher, my angel.

Look. How are you?

Did you sleep well?

Did you?

Mmm.

Run along downstairs.

Get your breakfast,

and don't be late for school.

I won't.

Look after Christopher.

Whoa, O.K.

If she doesn't like you...

She can make you disappear.

Ginny, are we running short?

Shall I send for more photographs?

Oh, no, Miss Crawford.

The studio just sent over a new batch.

We've got plenty.

Good. You're all so gracious to help,

and you're doing a wonderful job.

And you.

Let's see.

I'll roll it to you this way.

Go get it, Christopher.

Come on! Get it, Christopher.

Here I come! Get it!

Christina! Christopher!

Damn it!

Carol Ann!

I have asked you to keep the children quiet today!

Now, for Christ's sake, get them out of the garden!

I'm sorry, Joan.

Have Tina bring me up my coffee.

All right, Joan.

I'm sorry, mommie.

I tried to be quiet.

We were playing.

And you forgot.

You promised last night.

You promised.

Look, I told you

how important today is to mommie.

I explained why,

didn't I, Tina?

I'm sorry, mommie.

Go to your room until I come for you.

You're very, very bad to wake mommie up like that.

Very naughty.

I told you,

mommie has to be beautiful today.

This afternoon, she has to see Mr. Mayer.

Today is so important.

You are selfish and thoughtless.

You must learn to think about other people.

You're bad, bad spoiled children.

My babies.

Someone stole both my babies.

That's good, darling.

They were thoughtless, selfish, spoiled children.

Now they won't wake you up when you need your rest.

Good morning, Miss Crawford.

Good morning, Ellen. What a lovely blouse.

Thank you very much.

Come.

Thank you, Connie.

Joan.

Look at you. Look at you.

18 years in the business,

and who could hold a candle to you?

You're always so kind.

Kind? Of all my picture family, who turned out best?

Who never let me down?

Joan Crawford.

To all the new kids coming up,

she's like a diamond.

Class.

L.B.--

have I ever lied to you in your whole career,

or given you one piece of bad advice?

Never.

Never.

Your treatment of me has been divine.

Joan, my Joan, you're in a position to do me a favor.

It will be as big a favor for you as it is for me.

You don't have to ask.

You only have to tell me.

Good. I want you to leave Metro.

Leave Metro?

Leave Metro?

Your pictures, one after another, are losing money.

Theater owners voted you box-office poison.

Even so, for years I've paid no attention.

You know me, Joan.

I don't give up so easily.

We'll pay you off on your contract.

But you can't afford to make three

or four more losers for us.

It's the scripts, L.B.

Bad pictures, bad directors--

bad with you, good with others.

No. Listen to me, l.B. I have been begging you!

Begging you for a good script.

Now, you've always given me my share of bad movies

because you knew I'd make them work.

Well, I can't keep doing it, L.B.

Listen with your ears and not with your pride.

With me, feeling is more important than money.

You're a great star.

You're Hollywood royalty.

But styles change.

You'll leave.

We have creative differences.

We don't want to fight or argue with each other

because we love each other.

Every studio will think they're smarter than L.B.

They'll try to finesse me.

You'll be offered one, two, three, four, five films.

[Sniffles]

You may even get a hit.

Will you be sorry then?

I'm sorry now.

But here there's no confidence, there's no hope.

It's time for a change.

New faces, new voices, a breath of fresh air.

Who knows?

Don't do this to yourself.

I'll, uh...

I'll have my maid and studio

people clear out my bungalow.

I have a lot of years to collect.

It's done, Joan.

They've packed your things.

They're loading your car.

You mean everybody... Already knows?

That we parted friends because we didn't agree.

Will you walk me to my car?

Hollywood royalty.

Aah!

I'm... Hollywood royalty!

[Muttering]

[Sobbing]

Everyone already knows-- box-office poison.

Box-office poison!

Class. You're... Class.

You're class!

Box-office poison!

[Clapping] Wake up. Wake up.

Come on, children. Wake up.

Wha-what's happening?

Your mother wants you downstairs in the rose garden.

Come on. Hurry up.

You, too, Christopher. Come on.

Come on. Come along.

Your mother wants you right away.

18 years in the business!

Parted friends!

[Sobs]

Creative differences!

Oh, good. I want some help here.

I want all of these branches cleared out of here now!

Carol Ann and Christopher, start

clearing away all these branches.

Start gathering them up.

Go and get the wheelbarrow and the rake.

[Sobbing]

Tina!

Bring me the ax!

[Grunting]

[Gasping]

Carol Ann, get some more emotion

into the scene, some expression.

I can't keep the emotion up

if you don't come in right away.

Let's, uh-- after the uniform--

downtown--restaurants.

My mother, a common waitress.

I took the best job I could find

so that you and your sister could eat

and have a place to sleep

and some clothes on your backs.

Aren't the pies enough? Do you have to degrade us?

Veda, don't say that.

I'm really not surprised.

You've never spoken of your

people, who you came from,

so perhaps it's natural.

Maybe that's why father left!

I'm sorry I did that.

I'd have rather cut off my hand.

Your mother's been practicing and practicing.

You know how perfect she always wants to be.

Well, this time she must be perfect.

Do you understand?

She wants everything to be perfect.

This time it's even more important.

They're making your mother take a screen test.

Do you know what that is?

When they're not sure they want you?

And you know how shameful that is for her.

She wants this film.

She knows she's right.

She is this character, Mildred Pierce.

We have to help her.

We will, won't we?

I will.

I will.

Christina?

You haven't touched your lunch.

It's raw.

It's rare,

not raw.

But it's got all this red juice when I push on it.

Then don't push on it.

Darling, rare meat is good for you.

The doctor said so.

Christina...

Meat loses its vitamins if it's overcooked.

I've had my vitamins this morning.

Pills.

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