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to me like that, your fiance?

My fia...

Lina, you've been reading

those fan magazines again.

Look, you shouldn't believe

all that banana oil...

...that Dora Bailey dishes out.

Now, try to get this straight:

There is nothing between us.

There has never been

anything between us.

- Just air.

- Oh, Donnie, you don't mean that.

We'll be late for R.F.'s party.

Better go in separate cars

to break up the mobs. Come on, honey.

Ta-ta, Donnie! See you there!

"Donnie."

Can't that girl take a gentle hint?

Haven't you heard? She's irresistible.

She told me so.

I can't get her out of my hair.

This romance for publicity...

The price of fame.

You've got the glory.

The little heartaches go with it.

Look at me. I got no glory.

I got no fame. I got no mansions.

I got no money. But I've got...

- What have I got?

- don't know.

I gotta get out of here.

Don't tell me. It's a flat tire.

This car hasn't given me trouble

in nearly six hours.

Hey, there's Don Lockwood!

Hey, give me an autograph!

Give me your autograph!

I want a souvenir!

I want a souvenir too!

Hey! You're playing rough here!

You're tearing my...!

Hey, Cos, do something!

Call me a cab!

You're a cab.

Thanks a lot!

- Lady, keep driving.

- Get out!

- Everything's all right!

- 'll call a policeman!

- Just a few blocks.

- Don't hurt me!

- 'm not a criminal.

- don't care...

You are a criminal!

I've seen that face. You're a gangster!

I've seen your picture in the paper

or in the post office.

Officer!

- This man jumped in my car and...

- Why, it's Don Lockwood!

- Don Lockwood?

- How are you? Out for a joy ride?

Just a lift. My car broke down.

I got surrounded by...

- You're a lucky lady. Anything wrong?

- Why, no.

No, I should think not.

Good night.

Good night, officer.

Well, thanks for saving my life.

I'll get out now.

I'm driving to Beverly Hills.

Can I drop you someplace?

I'd like to get out of this suit

if you're going by Camden and Sunset.

Yes, I am.

I'd like to know whose

hospitality I'm enjoying.

Selden. Kathy Selden.

Enchanted, Miss Selden.

I'm sorry I frightened you.

I was getting a little

too much love from my fans.

Oh, that's what you were

running away from.

They did that to you?

That's terrible!

Yes. Yes, it is, isn't it?

It is terrible.

Well, we movie stars get the glory...

...I guess we have to take

the little heartaches that go with it.

People think we lead lives

of glamour and romance...

...but we're really lonely.

Terribly lonely.

I really can't tell you how sorry

I am about taking you for a criminal.

But it was understandable, under

the circumstances. I knew I'd seen you.

Which of my pictures have you seen?

I don't remember.

I saw one once.

- You saw one once?

- think you were dueling.

And there was a girl.

Lina Lamont.

I don't go to the movies much.

If you've seen one,

you've seen them all.

Thank you.

No offense.

Movies are entertaining

for the masses...

...but the personalities

on the screen don't impress me.

They don't talk or act.

They just make a lot of dumb show.

Well, you know.

Like that.

You mean, like what I do.

Well, yes.

Here we are, Sunset and Camden.

Wait, you mean I'm not an actor?

- Pantomime isn't acting?

- Of course not.

Acting means great parts,

wonderful lines, glorious words.

Shakespeare. Ibsen.

What's your lofty mission in life...

...that lets you sneer

at my humble profession?

I'm an actress. On the stage.

Oh, on the stage.

I'd like to see you.

What're you in now?

I could brush up on my English

or bring an interpreter.

That's if they'd let in a movie actor.

I'm not in a play now.

But I'm going to New York...

You're going to New York, and someday

we'll all hear of you, won't we?

Kathy Selden as Juliet,

as Lady Macbeth, as King Lear!

You'll have to wear a beard!

Laugh if you want, but the stage

is a dignified profession.

Why are you so conceited?

You're nothing but a shadow on film.

You're not flesh and blood.

- Stop!

- What can I do? 'm only a shadow.

Keep away from me! Just because

you're a big movie star...

...you expect every girl to faint

at your feet. Don't touch me!

Fear not, sweet lady.

I will not molest you.

I am but a humble jester. And you?

You are too far above me.

Farewell, Ethel Barrymore.

I must tear myself from your side.

Is this R.F. Simpson's house?

I'm one of the Coconut Grove girls.

- Yes, the floor show. Around the back.

- Oh, I see. Thank you.

- Nice little party, R.F.

- Thanks, Roscoe.

Do you really think

you can get me in the movies?

- should think so.

- Really?

The picture's great.

There's Don. I loved the picture.

Did you come by way of Australia?

Hello, Cos. Excuse me.

Cos, tell me the truth.

Am I a good actor?

As long as I work for Monumental,

you're the greatest.

No kidding. You're my pal.

You can tell me.

What's the matter?

Of course, you're good.

Keep telling me from time to time.

I feel a little shaken.

- The new Don Lockwood.

Don!

- Hi, R.F.

- t's colossal. Where have you been?

There you are. Where were you?

I was lonely.

Hello, Lina.

Okay, fellas. Hold it.

Together again, my two little stars,

Don and Lina.

No kidding, folks, aren't they great?

All right, open that screen.

- A movie? We just saw one.

- Gotta show one at a party. It's a law.

Everybody, I've got

a few surprises for you.

All right, sit down, sit down.

This'll make you laugh.

There's a madman coming

into my office for months, and...

- You got that gadget working?

All set.

Okay, let her go.

Hello.

This is a demonstration

of a talking picture.

Notice, it is a picture of me

and I am talking.

Note how my lips

and the sound issuing from them...

...are synchronized together...

...in perfect unison.

- Who's that?

- Somebody's talking behind that screen.

Come out from behind

that screen, Mr. Simpson.

Oh, no. I'm right here.

My voice has been recorded on a record.

A talking picture.

Thank you.

Goodbye.

Well?

- t's just a toy.

- t's a scream!

- t's vulgar.

- You think they'll ever use it?

I doubt it. Warners is making

a picture with it, The Jazz Singer.

- They'll lose their shirts.

- t'll never amount to a thing.

They said that about

the horseless carriage.

Let's get on with the show.

Okay, boys.

Come on, my little starlets.

I have a surprise.

A very special cake.

I want you kiddies

to have the first piece.

Well! f it isn't Ethel Barrymore!

I do hope you'll favor us with something

special. Say, Hamlet's soliloquy...

...or a scene from Romeo and Juliet?

Don't be shy.

You make about the prettiest Juliet

I've ever seen. Really.

All I do is dream of you

The whole night through

With the dawn I still go on

Dreaming of you

You're every thought

You're everything

You're every song I ever sing

Summer, winter, autumn and spring

And were there more than

Twenty-four hours a day

They'd be spent in sweet content

Dreaming away

When skies are gray

When skies are blue

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