Mommie Dearest Page #6

You never loved me!

Mommie!

Aah!

Taken! Taken! Taken!

You hated me!

You never loved me!

Never! Never!

You've always taken and taken!

[Choking]

You never wanted to be my daughter!

You've always taken everything!

Everything you ever need!

And you give nothing back!

Why?

Love me!

Aah!

Joan, stop! You're going to kill her!

Aah!

[Choking]

Get out!

[Sobbing] Get out...

Mommie.

Dear Christina...

God has brought you to our convent school

so that you could see

the error of your ways.

Your mother has told us

how difficult you've been,

both at home and at your former school.

She has requested the strictest discipline for you.

There will be no privileges.

You're not to leave the school.

There will be no telephone calls in or out.

No visitors.

No mail.

You have sinned in the past,

transgressed against the holy commandments,

but you shall find forgiveness here

and be cleansed.

Let us pray together for your repentance.

The good lord will grace you

with his comfort and kindness.

To Joan and Alfred,

a long and happy marriage.

Hear, hear!

Hear, hear!

Hold it. Hold it.

Look this way, please.

Thank you.

Alfred, darling, I'm so happy.

Speech!

Speech!

Oh...

Speech!

Uh, thank you all for being here

on such short notice.

If this marriage comes as a surprise

to some of you,

just think how I felt

when Joan said yes.

You know, a few minutes ago

a reporter asked me what I thought

and how I would describe

the marriage between the soft drink king

and the queen of Hollywood.

I told him I thought it was a hell of a match.

That's my pally.

Oh, pally. That's what he calls you

when he can't remember your name.

Oh, don't you let her kid you.

I remember her name.

It's Mrs. Alfred Steele.

Right, pally?

Right.

Thank you, sister...

For being so good to me.

These years have been...

Very hard.

Good-bye, dear child.

God be with you.

Thank you.

No, thanks. I can manage it.

I'm o.K.

Mommie?

Ho ho ho. Well...

Oh, I Miss you, too, darling.

Yes.

You get to New York so often.

You know?

We'll see each other there.

Yes, I've put the house up for sale.

Alfred travels so much, and, um,

well, corporate headquarters are in New York.

Darling, my daughter's here.

I'll talk to you before we leave.

All right. Love to you, too.

Hello, mother.

Christina.

I want you to meet my husband.

What do I call him?

What would you call anyone who's your father?

Go introduce yourself.

Go on.

Hello, daddy.

I'm Christina.

[Buzz saw]

Hello, Arthur.

Well...

I don't know what to do.

That b*tch of a bearing wall is blocking my view.

I'll tell you what to do.

Tear down that b*tch of a bearing wall

and put a window where it ought to be!

Tina, what do you think?

It'll be great.

Darling, coffee?

Yeah, sure.

Tina, darling, coffee?

O.K.

So you're acting?

Yeah.

Where?

Well, mostly in stock.

I think I may be pretty good.

Good luck, darling.

I have been working nights

so I can go on interviews during the day.

See, the thing is, I...

Well, I was wondering if, uh, you

could lend me a little money,

you know, to get by this month.

Not a cent.

Joan, come on. A little something.

Doing things on your own...

Is best.

Don't you agree, Tina?

Sure.

I'll get by.

Between us.

Now, the sofa will have to be delivered.

This is wonderful.

And this chair...

That is my favorite.

It's my favorite, too.

All on the terrace.

Would you excuse us for a minute, please?

Oh. Yes.

Al, look at this.

It's perfect except for the colors.

They're too strong.

And I want you to look at these.

I, uh, hate to bring this up, but, um...

We're going to have to cut back on our spending.

What are you talking about?

Al, I'm doing all this for you.

I'm turning this apartment into your showplace.

You're doing a marvelous job,

but we've got to economize.

Most of our expenses,

including this apartment,

are for your company.

We have to look great for Pepsi-cola!

I want us to look great,

and I want us to live well, but there's a limit.

We're going into debt.

Al, you're a great businessman.

You and your company

have found yourselves a movie

star to sell your soda pop.

Well, you got to pay the price.

Be reasonable, pally.

You've got everything you need for this place.

Just look at this joint.

You genius of the soft drink world!

Get the goddamned company to pay the bill!

You've got to understand! It's a public company!

This isn't Hollywood

where someone takes care of things with a phone call!

This is the real world!

The real world expects us to live in a certain way.

Yeah, well, that way is breaking my back.

We'll find a solution.

You love a challenge.

O.K., pally.

Miss Crawford, the condolences

of every person at Pepsi-cola are with you.

Al Steele helped make this company.

And you were right by his side,

sharing the burdens and the joy.

And we want to give you ample time to repay the debt.

Plenty of time.

Of course,

we'll have to take the 5th Avenue apartment.

You probably wouldn't want

to stay there alone, anyway.

What debt?

I've got 100,000 shares of stock.

Your husband had to borrow against the stock

to pay for the construction on your apartment.

And we loaned him a considerable sum, in addition,

to meet expenses his salary didn't cover.

You think you're very clever, don't you,

trying to sweep the poor little widow

under the carpet?

Well...

Think again.

I'm on the board of directors

of this lousy company.

Well, we assumed that with your husband gone,

you would no longer want to be on the board.

Al and I helped build Pepsi to what it is today.

I intend to stay with it.

We appreciate your devotion and contribution,

Miss Crawford,

but we have retired you

from the board of directors.

You drove al Steele to his grave,

and now you're trying to stab me in the back?

Forget it!

I've fought worse monsters than

you for years in Hollywood.

I know how to win the hard way!

Miss Crawford, we don't want any hard feelings.

You don't know what hard feelings are

until I come out publicly against your product,

and you'll see how much you sell.

Please, Miss Crawford,

it's hardly necessary to make threats

you surely don't mean.

Don't f*** with me, fellas!

This ain't my first time at the rodeo.

You forget the press I delivered

to Pepsi was my power.

I can use it any way I want.

The sword...

Cuts both ways.

Ahem.

The board has failed to realize

the extent of your interest in the company--

apart from al's position.

We, um...

Misjudged.

We shall be... Pleased to have you stay on.

Thank you, gentlemen.

Now let's get to work.

[Doorbell buzzes]

[Buzz]

Coming.

Mommie.

Oh, Tina, darling.

I wish I would've known you were coming.

Well...

I just happened to be in the neighborhood.

I would've straightened up a little bit.

Looks quite neat to me.

Oh, Jesus Christ.

I'd forgotten what it was like.

Sit down.

How are you, Tina?

Been making rounds.

A lot of rejections.

But I'm up for a part.

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