0:00:06 > 0:00:08Dateline: Hollywood, California.
0:00:08 > 0:00:12Tinseltown readies itself for its grandest of nights -
0:00:12 > 0:00:13the Academy Awards.
0:00:13 > 0:00:16This year's Oscars promises to be an absolute nail-biter
0:00:16 > 0:00:20between favourites Lawrence Of Arabia and The Music Man.
0:00:20 > 0:00:22But the real trouble in River City,
0:00:22 > 0:00:24and the race everyone is talking about,
0:00:24 > 0:00:28is the contest to see who will be crowned Best Actress.
0:00:28 > 0:00:30Here's icy beauty Lee Remick,
0:00:30 > 0:00:33nominated for her turn as Jack Lemmon's boozy bride.
0:00:33 > 0:00:36Skipping the wine and sticking to roses, Lee?
0:00:36 > 0:00:38Kooky Anne Bancroft,
0:00:38 > 0:00:40who brought her inimitable Annie Sullivan to the screen
0:00:40 > 0:00:42in Arthur Penn's The Miracle Worker,
0:00:42 > 0:00:44will be working a miracle herself
0:00:44 > 0:00:47to make the curtain in her latest Broadway triumph.
0:00:47 > 0:00:51Golden Globe winner Geraldine Page out walking her pooch.
0:00:51 > 0:00:54Will Oscar follow the Globe's lead
0:00:54 > 0:00:56and give Tennessee Williams' latest muse
0:00:56 > 0:00:57Hollywood's highest honour?
0:00:57 > 0:01:01With her ninth nomination, screen legend Katharine Hepburn
0:01:01 > 0:01:03will not be making a Long Day's Journey
0:01:03 > 0:01:04to the West Coast this year,
0:01:04 > 0:01:07as she plans once again to sit out the festivities
0:01:07 > 0:01:10in her Connecticut hideaway.
0:01:10 > 0:01:12But all the Vegas odds-makers
0:01:12 > 0:01:14say the smart money is on Bette Davis.
0:01:14 > 0:01:17It's an honour just to be nominated...again.
0:01:17 > 0:01:19Miss Davis, do you have any comment on the Academy
0:01:19 > 0:01:21snubbing your co-star, Joan Crawford?
0:01:21 > 0:01:23- Define "snub."- Next question.
0:01:23 > 0:01:27One thing's for sure, no matter who wins, history will be made
0:01:27 > 0:01:32in three weeks when Frank Sinatra hosts the 35th Academy Awards.
0:02:50 > 0:02:54The 1963 Oscars.
0:02:54 > 0:02:57I have to say that's when things took such an ugly turn.
0:02:57 > 0:02:59Not that everything was
0:02:59 > 0:03:01sunshine and lollipops up until then,
0:03:01 > 0:03:04but it was the Academy Awards that year
0:03:04 > 0:03:08when it became the point of no return
0:03:08 > 0:03:10for both Bette and Joan.
0:03:11 > 0:03:13I truly believed that the ladies
0:03:13 > 0:03:17would put aside their natural personal enmity,
0:03:17 > 0:03:20but there were so many people who profited
0:03:20 > 0:03:22from them being at each other's throats.
0:03:22 > 0:03:25The studio, the publicity people,
0:03:25 > 0:03:27and of course, the columnists.
0:03:27 > 0:03:29I know first-hand.
0:03:31 > 0:03:36Unscrupulous reporters did everything they could to sow hatred
0:03:36 > 0:03:38between myself and my own sister.
0:03:38 > 0:03:41The actress Joan Fontaine is your younger sister.
0:03:41 > 0:03:44Well, she's not that much younger, but, yes.
0:03:44 > 0:03:47So there is no feud between you two?
0:03:47 > 0:03:51A feud implies continuing hostile conduct
0:03:51 > 0:03:53between two parties.
0:03:53 > 0:03:55I can't remember an instance
0:03:55 > 0:03:59where I instigated hostile behaviour.
0:03:59 > 0:04:03You refused to speak to her backstage after your 1947 Oscar win.
0:04:03 > 0:04:08You're referring to that photo of me in Photoplay magazine.
0:04:08 > 0:04:11I wasn't turning my back on my sister in that photo.
0:04:11 > 0:04:13I just didn't see that she was there.
0:04:14 > 0:04:16It's hard to imagine
0:04:16 > 0:04:20the pressure the Academy Awards puts on one.
0:04:20 > 0:04:25Which brings us back to Bette and the other Joan.
0:04:25 > 0:04:28Well, it all started, I remember, with the nominations.
0:04:28 > 0:04:31And understandably, Joan was hurt,
0:04:31 > 0:04:33because she was snubbed.
0:04:33 > 0:04:38Unfortunately, dear Bette wasn't about to offer her any solace.
0:04:38 > 0:04:41But Joan, being a fighter,
0:04:41 > 0:04:44wasn't about to let one tiny detail
0:04:44 > 0:04:48like not being nominated push her out of the limelight.
0:04:49 > 0:04:52The very day of the nominations,
0:04:52 > 0:04:55Joan marched herself down to the Motion Picture Academy
0:04:55 > 0:04:58and demanded to see Mr Wendell Corey,
0:04:58 > 0:04:59the President of the Academy.
0:04:59 > 0:05:03Mr Corey, Joan Crawford's headed this way and she's not slowing down.
0:05:10 > 0:05:15Joan, I can promise you, the vote tally is beyond reproach.
0:05:15 > 0:05:17The people at Price Waterhouse are honest to a fault.
0:05:17 > 0:05:20Wendell, I'm confident under your stewardship
0:05:20 > 0:05:23that everything here at the Academy is above board.
0:05:23 > 0:05:27I wish all the worthy nominees good luck and Godspeed.
0:05:27 > 0:05:29I'm here to offer my services.
0:05:29 > 0:05:32As it turns out, I'm available to present this year.
0:05:32 > 0:05:36Either Best Picture or Best Director.
0:05:36 > 0:05:37You decide which.
0:05:38 > 0:05:40Oh, well, that's...
0:05:40 > 0:05:41That's very generous.
0:05:41 > 0:05:44Of course I'm going to require a few things.
0:05:44 > 0:05:47I'd appreciate it if the Academy could pay for my hair and make-up.
0:05:47 > 0:05:51And, of course, provide a car and chauffeur.
0:05:51 > 0:05:54Well, we don't do that for presenters.
0:05:57 > 0:05:58You will for me.
0:06:00 > 0:06:04I believe if Bette had said to even one reporter
0:06:04 > 0:06:07that she regretted Joan not getting a nod,
0:06:07 > 0:06:10all that unpleasantness would have gone away.
0:06:10 > 0:06:13She came across as cold
0:06:13 > 0:06:16and unsympathetic to some,
0:06:16 > 0:06:19but really she was nervous.
0:06:19 > 0:06:20Terribly so.
0:06:23 > 0:06:25PHONE RINGS
0:06:25 > 0:06:28Bonsoir. I have a person-to-person call
0:06:28 > 0:06:30for Mademoiselle de Havilland from Mademoiselle Davis.
0:06:30 > 0:06:33Oh. Yes, of course, operator.
0:06:33 > 0:06:35- LINE CONNECTS - Bette?
0:06:35 > 0:06:38Livvie. I have no idea what time it is there. Did I wake you?
0:06:38 > 0:06:42No, not at all. I was just reading what passes as a script
0:06:42 > 0:06:44for a new movie they've offered me.
0:06:44 > 0:06:46Anything in it for me?
0:06:46 > 0:06:49Not unless you want to play a wino or a hoodlum.
0:06:49 > 0:06:52The title alone makes me want to shudder.
0:06:52 > 0:06:54Lady In A Cage.
0:06:54 > 0:06:57- CHUCKLING - Just sounds so awful.
0:06:57 > 0:07:00Awful! And if you don't snap it up, I will.
0:07:02 > 0:07:06I doubt very much indeed that it will bring you your fourth Oscar.
0:07:06 > 0:07:09- Don't jinx me, I haven't won the third one yet.- You will.
0:07:09 > 0:07:11In only a few weeks' time, too.
0:07:11 > 0:07:13You know I'll be pulling for you.
0:07:13 > 0:07:16Pulling for me? You're going to be sitting right next to me.
0:07:16 > 0:07:19Oh, you can't really expect me to travel all that way
0:07:19 > 0:07:21for an award show.
0:07:21 > 0:07:23You bet your ass I can.
0:07:23 > 0:07:25Oh, Livvie, you have no idea what they've been saying
0:07:25 > 0:07:27about me in the press.
0:07:27 > 0:07:29About you and Joan, you mean?
0:07:29 > 0:07:33- Christ, is it in the French papers, too?- In any language, all they want
0:07:33 > 0:07:35is a catfight.
0:07:35 > 0:07:38- You have to stop giving it to them. - I know.
0:07:38 > 0:07:40I should be kinder, I want to be,
0:07:40 > 0:07:43but she sets me off.
0:07:43 > 0:07:44I know the impulse well.
0:07:44 > 0:07:46But two words -
0:07:46 > 0:07:49"No...comment."
0:07:49 > 0:07:52Easy for you to say. My Joan is FAR worse than your Joan.
0:07:52 > 0:07:54Not possible.
0:07:54 > 0:07:59You know what my bitch sister has taken to telling the press?
0:08:00 > 0:08:03That I broke her collarbone when we were children.
0:08:03 > 0:08:06Can you imagine?
0:08:06 > 0:08:09And the press...just gobbles it up.
0:08:10 > 0:08:12Monsters.
0:08:12 > 0:08:14Livvie, you have to come.
0:08:14 > 0:08:17The goddamn Hollywood press, they won't be able to say shit about me
0:08:17 > 0:08:20if there's another woman of comparable stature supporting me.
0:08:20 > 0:08:23Comparable to Joan's stature, you mean.
0:08:23 > 0:08:25What else would I mean?
0:08:25 > 0:08:27- LIV IN VOICEOVER:- Bette was never easy.
0:08:27 > 0:08:29But I know she respects me.
0:08:30 > 0:08:34We both have two Oscars, and she knew that winning another one
0:08:34 > 0:08:36didn't matter that much to me,
0:08:36 > 0:08:39so I wasn't competition to her, I suppose.
0:08:39 > 0:08:41I was never a threat.
0:08:41 > 0:08:44In her mind, I was always Melanie Wilkes
0:08:44 > 0:08:46to her Scarlett O'Hara.
0:08:46 > 0:08:49Of course, I really was Melanie Wilkes.
0:08:54 > 0:08:56Her third Oscar.
0:08:56 > 0:08:59You always did stink at math, Joanie, not a third Oscar.
0:08:59 > 0:09:01Her tenth nomination, her eighth loss.
0:09:01 > 0:09:03That's the way you got to think of it.
0:09:03 > 0:09:05But she is the odds-on favourite.
0:09:05 > 0:09:08Well, that's because this town loves nothing more
0:09:08 > 0:09:10than to bestow titles. And they're just itching
0:09:10 > 0:09:12to give that old nag the triple crown.
0:09:12 > 0:09:13But we're going to see she doesn't get it.
0:09:13 > 0:09:16- How?- Mm. Easy.
0:09:16 > 0:09:19There are, as of now, 655 Academy members
0:09:19 > 0:09:24in your peer group that'll be casting a vote for Best Actress.
0:09:24 > 0:09:27We just have to get to, say, a hundred of them,
0:09:27 > 0:09:28and we can tip this thing.
0:09:28 > 0:09:31You mean actually lobby the Academy members
0:09:31 > 0:09:33- to vote against her?- Why not?
0:09:33 > 0:09:37Well, because it will be seen as sour grapes on my part.
0:09:37 > 0:09:39And that's why you have to stay squeaky clean.
0:09:39 > 0:09:41You let me poison the well.
0:09:41 > 0:09:45You're gonna serve up nothing but rainbows and moonbeams.
0:09:45 > 0:09:47Get out your phone book.
0:09:47 > 0:09:50We're gonna play a little game I learned from Jack Webb -
0:09:50 > 0:09:51"Good cop, bad cop."
0:09:53 > 0:09:54I'll put the word out on Davis.
0:09:54 > 0:09:57You plump up the other nominees.
0:09:57 > 0:10:00Well, who do you think is her closest competition?
0:10:00 > 0:10:02Well, they're not gonna give it to that buzzard Hepburn.
0:10:02 > 0:10:05She's never once showed up to the ceremony.
0:10:05 > 0:10:08I'll bad-mouth her a little bit, too. Her and those slacks.
0:10:08 > 0:10:10Remick's no threat, they all still think of her
0:10:10 > 0:10:12as a television actress.
0:10:12 > 0:10:14Push for Page or Bancroft.
0:10:14 > 0:10:17Lean on the "Hollywood reaches out to Broadway" angle.
0:10:17 > 0:10:20One of them gets it, it'll sting her even more.
0:10:22 > 0:10:24You hate her more than I do.
0:10:24 > 0:10:26I find her vulgar.
0:10:26 > 0:10:28Besides, she thinks we're all hypocrites.
0:10:28 > 0:10:30Aren't we, though, Hedda?
0:10:30 > 0:10:32Well, of course we are,
0:10:32 > 0:10:35but I'm not gonna be judged for it, not by her.
0:10:36 > 0:10:41Hypocrisy is the tribute vice must pay to virtue.
0:10:41 > 0:10:43You've always understood that.
0:10:43 > 0:10:45She never has.
0:10:45 > 0:10:48The only reason the rest of the country allows this Babylon
0:10:48 > 0:10:51to stay standing is because it believes we have a conscience.
0:10:51 > 0:10:55And for 30 years, I have been that conscience.
0:10:55 > 0:10:57And I gave up everything for it.
0:10:57 > 0:10:59My career as an actress, my marriage,
0:10:59 > 0:11:02my dream of having many children.
0:11:02 > 0:11:05What has she sacrificed? Nothing.
0:11:05 > 0:11:07Well, then, let's make some calls.
0:11:09 > 0:11:10Chuck, it's Hedda.
0:11:10 > 0:11:14I just had to call and say how much I loved you in El Cid,
0:11:14 > 0:11:17how I adore a man in a leather skirt.
0:11:17 > 0:11:20Oh, why, thank you, Doris. That's very sweet of you.
0:11:20 > 0:11:23But I really wasn't expecting one this year.
0:11:23 > 0:11:26Oh, but I was thrilled to see Geraldine Page get nominated
0:11:26 > 0:11:27weren't you?
0:11:27 > 0:11:31Yes, a concussion. She kicked her right in the head twice.
0:11:31 > 0:11:33Joan would have been well within her rights
0:11:33 > 0:11:34to file assault charges.
0:11:34 > 0:11:37Well, I was lucky enough to see Miss Bancroft play it onstage.
0:11:37 > 0:11:39And do you know, Loretta,
0:11:39 > 0:11:43her Annie Sullivan seemed even more blind on screen?
0:11:43 > 0:11:44Why should she have three?
0:11:44 > 0:11:48You know, the one they gave her for Dangerous she uses as a doorstop?
0:11:48 > 0:11:51Mm. Her bathroom. Can you believe it?
0:11:51 > 0:11:55That poor Oscar has to watch that woman go to the toilet.
0:11:55 > 0:11:58No, Anne Bancroft is absolutely brilliant.
0:11:58 > 0:11:59Love to you, Cary.
0:12:02 > 0:12:03It's no use.
0:12:03 > 0:12:06- What are you talking about? - It's a fool's errand.
0:12:06 > 0:12:07She's already won.
0:12:07 > 0:12:11- Joan.- No, I don't mean today or on Oscar night.
0:12:11 > 0:12:13I have been in competition
0:12:13 > 0:12:17with that goddamn woman my entire career.
0:12:17 > 0:12:19A constant battle.
0:12:19 > 0:12:22For men, for roles, for magazine covers.
0:12:23 > 0:12:25And I don't know why.
0:12:26 > 0:12:29I was the bigger star.
0:12:29 > 0:12:31My leading men were more attractive.
0:12:31 > 0:12:33My pictures made more money.
0:12:33 > 0:12:37And yet I was always made to feel inferior.
0:12:38 > 0:12:40After years of working so hard to be
0:12:40 > 0:12:44an ambassador for Hollywood, to be part of this community,
0:12:44 > 0:12:46while she gives the industry the finger
0:12:46 > 0:12:48from her mouldy home in Connecticut.
0:12:48 > 0:12:51And yet, when presented with the opportunity,
0:12:51 > 0:12:56they nominate her...instead of me.
0:12:56 > 0:12:58It's so fucking humiliating.
0:12:58 > 0:13:01I think you've had enough of that iced tea.
0:13:01 > 0:13:02No, I mean it, Hedda.
0:13:05 > 0:13:09Something inside me broke when they announced those nominations.
0:13:09 > 0:13:11Not because I was counting on it
0:13:11 > 0:13:13or because I hoped that it would ensure
0:13:13 > 0:13:15a few more precious years of work.
0:13:15 > 0:13:16It was beyond that.
0:13:18 > 0:13:24Whatever self-confidence I had left was gone.
0:13:24 > 0:13:26She leeched it out of me!
0:13:29 > 0:13:33Oh, God, I can't believe I said I would present at those awards.
0:13:33 > 0:13:36I don't know what I was thinking. I can't go to that awards show.
0:13:36 > 0:13:38I can't show my face any more.
0:13:38 > 0:13:42Joan, you are going to those awards.
0:13:42 > 0:13:44We can get you your self-confidence back.
0:13:44 > 0:13:46- I don't see how. - I'll tell you how.
0:13:48 > 0:13:50She may have been the one who was nominated,
0:13:50 > 0:13:52but as God as my witness,
0:13:52 > 0:13:57that woman is not going to walk off that stage
0:13:57 > 0:14:00with the Oscar for Best Actress,
0:14:00 > 0:14:01because you are.
0:14:10 > 0:14:13JAZZ PLAYING, PHONE RINGS
0:14:16 > 0:14:18Well, gee, don't get up or anything.
0:14:20 > 0:14:23- Hello.- Gerry?
0:14:23 > 0:14:25Is this Miss Geraldine Page?
0:14:25 > 0:14:27It is. Rip, turn that down.
0:14:27 > 0:14:29I can't hear.
0:14:29 > 0:14:31This is Joan Crawford, dear,
0:14:31 > 0:14:34calling from Hollywood, California.
0:14:34 > 0:14:36- WHISPERS: - It's Joan fucking Crawford.
0:14:36 > 0:14:38- Joan Crawford?!- Gerry?
0:14:39 > 0:14:44Miss Crawford, how may I help you?
0:14:44 > 0:14:47I just want to say right up front that I was not upset.
0:14:47 > 0:14:51Upset? Why would you be upset?
0:14:51 > 0:14:53With the performance you were nominated for
0:14:53 > 0:14:54in Sweet Bird Of Youth.
0:14:55 > 0:14:58The faded movie queen swanning about.
0:14:58 > 0:15:02Oh, I think we all know who that was based on, dear.
0:15:02 > 0:15:04Oh, no, Miss Crawford.
0:15:04 > 0:15:06Mr Williams created that role. I was just...
0:15:06 > 0:15:07No, I was flattered, Gerry.
0:15:07 > 0:15:09Really, I was.
0:15:09 > 0:15:11You got it so close to perfect.
0:15:11 > 0:15:14Although I would never date a man under 40.
0:15:14 > 0:15:17Not enough money to keep this lady happy.
0:15:17 > 0:15:19Uh-huh?
0:15:20 > 0:15:21What does she want?
0:15:22 > 0:15:25Was there something you needed, Miss Crawford?
0:15:25 > 0:15:28No, I just wanted to say congratulations, Gerry.
0:15:28 > 0:15:31I mean, with so many wonderful performances this year
0:15:31 > 0:15:33and only five nominations,
0:15:33 > 0:15:36I was so glad to see you get recognised.
0:15:37 > 0:15:42- Thank you.- Can you believe it's only two weeks away?
0:15:42 > 0:15:46- And I haven't even cut out potatoes yet.- Potatoes?
0:15:46 > 0:15:49Those television cameras are many times more punishing
0:15:49 > 0:15:51than the motion picture cameras.
0:15:51 > 0:15:54Who's doing your gown?
0:15:54 > 0:15:58My gown? I hadn't really thought about my gown.
0:15:58 > 0:16:03Well, of course, you have many fine options out there in New York.
0:16:03 > 0:16:06But you want to be fitted here the day of.
0:16:06 > 0:16:08May I suggest Edith Head?
0:16:08 > 0:16:10Really, there's no-one better, dear.
0:16:10 > 0:16:13I could speak to her for you, and then, if you like,
0:16:13 > 0:16:15I could personally help you select your jewels.
0:16:15 > 0:16:18That is awfully generous of you, Miss Crawford, really,
0:16:18 > 0:16:20but I think I'm gonna try and keep it simple.
0:16:20 > 0:16:21Don't forget, Gerry.
0:16:21 > 0:16:24You're representing Hollywood.
0:16:24 > 0:16:28I mean, this broadcast will be seen all over the world.
0:16:28 > 0:16:31People depend on us to brighten their ordinary lives
0:16:31 > 0:16:33with a little glamour.
0:16:33 > 0:16:36Well, if their lives depend on my glamour,
0:16:36 > 0:16:37I've got some bad news for them.
0:16:40 > 0:16:45Well...it really is too stressful, isn't it, dear?
0:16:45 > 0:16:48Lord knows the year I was nominated for Mildred Pierce,
0:16:48 > 0:16:51I was too nervous to attend.
0:16:51 > 0:16:53No, I stayed home and faked pneumonia.
0:16:53 > 0:16:56And do you know what?
0:16:56 > 0:16:58They brought the Oscar to me.
0:16:58 > 0:17:02And in a way, it was more intimate, more of an honour.
0:17:05 > 0:17:09Is that what you think I should do?
0:17:09 > 0:17:10Stay home?
0:17:11 > 0:17:14Well, I could accept it for you.
0:17:15 > 0:17:19It's just down the road from me, and I have to be there anyway.
0:17:19 > 0:17:23I'll say lovely things and you can watch from the comfort
0:17:23 > 0:17:26of your New York one-bedroom.
0:17:26 > 0:17:27Oh...
0:17:29 > 0:17:32Sure, Miss Crawford.
0:17:32 > 0:17:35You are welcome to accept the award on my behalf.
0:17:35 > 0:17:37Really?
0:17:39 > 0:17:42Well, if that's what you want.
0:17:42 > 0:17:45Just send me a list of people to thank.
0:17:45 > 0:17:47Let's try to keep it to three names.
0:17:47 > 0:17:50Short and sweet, in my opinion, is the best.
0:17:51 > 0:17:53I will do that.
0:17:53 > 0:17:56Wonderful.
0:17:56 > 0:17:58All my love to you, Gerry.
0:17:58 > 0:17:59Miss Crawford?
0:17:59 > 0:18:01JOAN HANGS UP
0:18:06 > 0:18:07Well...
0:18:09 > 0:18:11..good news.
0:18:11 > 0:18:14I'm not going to make you put on a tux this year.
0:18:14 > 0:18:16You're actually gonna let that high-strung show pony
0:18:16 > 0:18:18represent you at the Oscars?
0:18:20 > 0:18:21Well, she needs it.
0:18:24 > 0:18:26And besides...
0:18:26 > 0:18:30Hollywood should be forced to look at what they've done to her.
0:19:01 > 0:19:03Annie...you have a visitor.
0:19:03 > 0:19:04Joan Crawford.
0:19:05 > 0:19:08Joan Crawford caught the performance?
0:19:08 > 0:19:10- Sure. Pull the other one, Lydia. - I'm serious.
0:19:10 > 0:19:12She's right outside the door.
0:19:16 > 0:19:18Well, hell, show her in.
0:19:25 > 0:19:27Miss Crawford. What an honour.
0:19:27 > 0:19:29I just had to pop back
0:19:29 > 0:19:33and tell you what an astonishing performance you gave tonight,
0:19:33 > 0:19:36and to a half-empty house. That really is dedication.
0:19:37 > 0:19:39Well, thank you.
0:19:39 > 0:19:42You theatre gals.
0:19:42 > 0:19:43I don't know how you do it.
0:19:43 > 0:19:46Night after night, weekends,
0:19:46 > 0:19:48matinees.
0:19:48 > 0:19:51Oh, it must be terribly taxing on your voice.
0:19:51 > 0:19:52I drink a lot of tea.
0:19:52 > 0:19:54Smart.
0:19:55 > 0:19:57I was so looking forward to seeing you next week
0:19:57 > 0:19:59at the Academy Awards,
0:19:59 > 0:20:04but I read in Dorothy Kilgallen's column that you won't be attending?
0:20:04 > 0:20:06I'm afraid not. I can't.
0:20:06 > 0:20:09I'd have to miss three performances, and I just couldn't do that
0:20:09 > 0:20:11to the people who paid to see the show.
0:20:11 > 0:20:13It's either the work or the reward, you know.
0:20:13 > 0:20:17So you're not mad at our little movie colony?
0:20:17 > 0:20:19I know they gave that Shirley MacLaine
0:20:19 > 0:20:23your part in Two For The Seesaw.
0:20:23 > 0:20:25Well, I heard that movie stank.
0:20:25 > 0:20:27- To high heaven. - SHE LAUGHS
0:20:27 > 0:20:29Good.
0:20:29 > 0:20:31Can I offer you a drink?
0:20:31 > 0:20:33No, no, no, no. Please, let me get it.
0:20:36 > 0:20:40I also understand that you have requested
0:20:40 > 0:20:44young Patty Duke to accept your prize should you win.
0:20:44 > 0:20:46Yeah, but because she's nominated, too,
0:20:46 > 0:20:49the Academy put the kibosh on that idea.
0:20:49 > 0:20:50Well, that seems silly.
0:20:52 > 0:20:54It's probably for the best, though.
0:20:54 > 0:20:56What if I were to win for Best Actress
0:20:56 > 0:20:58and Patty lost for Supporting?
0:20:58 > 0:21:00I'd hate to put the kid through that.
0:21:00 > 0:21:05But, between you and me, I think she's going to win.
0:21:05 > 0:21:06Yes, I think she is, too.
0:21:06 > 0:21:10And my sixth sense tells me
0:21:10 > 0:21:12that you're going to win also.
0:21:12 > 0:21:14Wouldn't that be something?
0:21:14 > 0:21:15Yes, it certainly would.
0:21:15 > 0:21:18The blind leading the blind.
0:21:30 > 0:21:31Miss Crawford...
0:21:34 > 0:21:36..did you fly all the way here to ask
0:21:36 > 0:21:38if you could accept my award for me?
0:21:38 > 0:21:41No. No, but I certainly would be happy to...
0:21:41 > 0:21:44But would it make you happy?
0:21:49 > 0:21:50Desperately.
0:21:53 > 0:21:56Well, then I really hope I do win.
0:21:56 > 0:22:00I'd be honoured to have someone of your stature
0:22:00 > 0:22:01accept on my behalf.
0:22:07 > 0:22:08Thank you.
0:22:11 > 0:22:13I'm sorry. I really must go now.
0:22:13 > 0:22:15I have a dinner engagement in an hour.
0:22:15 > 0:22:18- It was lovely to meet you, Miss Crawford.- Yes, and you, too.
0:22:18 > 0:22:19Thank you.
0:22:22 > 0:22:24- Joan?- Hmm?
0:22:26 > 0:22:29Davis may have had the flashier role,
0:22:29 > 0:22:32but you made that movie work.
0:22:32 > 0:22:34I really admired what you did.
0:22:51 > 0:22:54Good. The jewels and the gown have been approved by Miss Crawford.
0:22:54 > 0:22:56You know where to carefully lay them out.
0:22:59 > 0:23:00Upstairs. She just woke up.
0:23:00 > 0:23:03Move, move, move. Do not speak, just work.
0:23:06 > 0:23:08That goes for everyone here.
0:23:08 > 0:23:11Do not address Miss Crawford unless she speaks to you first.
0:23:11 > 0:23:13And pick up the pace.
0:23:13 > 0:23:15It is Oscar day.
0:23:15 > 0:23:19"Dearest Bette, good luck tonight. You deserve to win.
0:23:19 > 0:23:21"Jack Warner."
0:23:21 > 0:23:25"Bette, take home the gold. We are so proud of you.
0:23:25 > 0:23:27"Ronnie and Nancy Reagan."
0:23:27 > 0:23:28Oh.
0:23:28 > 0:23:30You're a shoo-in to win, Miss Davis.
0:23:30 > 0:23:32Everybody thinks so.
0:23:32 > 0:23:34So it seems.
0:23:39 > 0:23:42Edith Head gave me this idea. Everything in silver.
0:23:42 > 0:23:44Like a silver Oscar.
0:23:44 > 0:23:47I think silver's so much more elegant than gold, don't you?
0:23:47 > 0:23:52Did you know Edith already has seven Oscars?
0:23:52 > 0:23:54- And you have two?- Not yet.
0:23:54 > 0:23:56OK, time to go.
0:23:58 > 0:23:59Hair.
0:24:42 > 0:24:44How do I look?
0:24:45 > 0:24:47You look beautiful.
0:24:47 > 0:24:49Like the first frost of fall.
0:24:50 > 0:24:54Like Sonja Henie in one of those... winter wonderland skating pictures.
0:24:54 > 0:24:56Very funny.
0:24:56 > 0:24:59Mr Cukor, will you do the honours?
0:24:59 > 0:25:00With pleasure.
0:25:07 > 0:25:09You are one of my oldest friends.
0:25:09 > 0:25:13We have known each other for 40 years,
0:25:13 > 0:25:15and I have never bullshitted you.
0:25:15 > 0:25:18Now, there's something I want to say to you,
0:25:18 > 0:25:20and you need to listen.
0:25:22 > 0:25:24Don't do this.
0:25:25 > 0:25:26Do what?
0:25:26 > 0:25:29Try and take it from her.
0:25:29 > 0:25:33The night.
0:25:33 > 0:25:37It'll be seen in all quarters for exactly what it is -
0:25:37 > 0:25:40a petty act of revenge from a woman scorned.
0:25:43 > 0:25:45If she doesn't win, you'll get bad press.
0:25:45 > 0:25:47Better than no press.
0:25:47 > 0:25:49These people will never work with you again.
0:25:49 > 0:25:51Davis, Aldrich...
0:25:51 > 0:25:52Good.
0:25:52 > 0:25:56Joanie, you're bigger than this.
0:26:03 > 0:26:05No, I'm not.
0:26:18 > 0:26:21Christ, you always look better than me.
0:26:21 > 0:26:22Drink?
0:26:22 > 0:26:23Let's get one there.
0:26:23 > 0:26:25Our chariot awaits.
0:26:25 > 0:26:27Bette, what happened to this one?
0:26:27 > 0:26:29Did all the gold plating fall off?
0:26:29 > 0:26:31Rubbed off, you mean.
0:26:31 > 0:26:34Every night when I watch television in bed, I hold it.
0:26:34 > 0:26:36He's the perfect companion.
0:26:36 > 0:26:38He doesn't talk back. He listens.
0:26:38 > 0:26:40He's patient.
0:26:44 > 0:26:46And sometimes,
0:26:46 > 0:26:48when I need it,
0:26:48 > 0:26:51he reminds me of that perfect night
0:26:51 > 0:26:53when I won him...
0:26:53 > 0:26:55and the whole world...
0:26:57 > 0:27:01..stood up and cheered.
0:27:01 > 0:27:03And I was loved.
0:27:08 > 0:27:10God, that's sad.
0:27:12 > 0:27:13Actually,
0:27:13 > 0:27:16as a woman heading toward her second divorce,
0:27:16 > 0:27:18I get it.
0:27:18 > 0:27:21I get it completely.
0:27:24 > 0:27:26Let me visit the powder room
0:27:26 > 0:27:28and we'll be on our way.
0:27:35 > 0:27:37Wait up for me, boys.
0:27:37 > 0:27:40Tonight I'm bringing you home a baby brother.
0:27:52 > 0:27:56The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences presents
0:27:56 > 0:27:59its 35th annual achievement awards.
0:28:00 > 0:28:04These people, like most of us, are movie fans.
0:28:04 > 0:28:06They've come from all over the country,
0:28:06 > 0:28:09here to the Pacific Auditorium in Santa Monica, California,
0:28:09 > 0:28:11to get a glimpse of their favourite movie actors,
0:28:11 > 0:28:13as the most famous faces in the world
0:28:13 > 0:28:16arrive to attend Oscar's coming out party.
0:28:18 > 0:28:20Look, there's Jack Lord of Stoney Burke.
0:28:22 > 0:28:24Eva Marie Saint.
0:28:26 > 0:28:28There's little Patty Duke.
0:28:28 > 0:28:32There's Lee Remick with husband Bill Colleran.
0:28:33 > 0:28:35There's Bob Stack and Mrs Stack.
0:28:36 > 0:28:39And Gregory Peck, a nominee for his work this year
0:28:39 > 0:28:42as Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird.
0:28:43 > 0:28:45And there's Miss Bette Davis,
0:28:45 > 0:28:47nominated tonight for her performance
0:28:47 > 0:28:49in What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
0:28:49 > 0:28:51Miss de Havilland, is it true you flew out
0:28:51 > 0:28:55from Paris to present the award for Best Picture?
0:28:55 > 0:28:58I will present that award, but I travelled here
0:28:58 > 0:29:00to be with my dear friend, Bette.
0:29:00 > 0:29:05I'm here to see her be the first actress to win three Oscars.
0:29:05 > 0:29:07She's the greatest.
0:29:07 > 0:29:10And the industry owes her this.
0:29:10 > 0:29:12What do you say to that, Miss Davis?
0:29:12 > 0:29:16I'm not ashamed to admit I want this.
0:29:17 > 0:29:19There's screen legend Joan Crawford.
0:29:19 > 0:29:22She'll be presenting the Oscar tonight for Best Director.
0:29:22 > 0:29:25Miss Crawford, Miss Crawford.
0:29:25 > 0:29:27Your Baby Jane co-star, Bette Davis,
0:29:27 > 0:29:30is nominated for Best Actress tonight.
0:29:30 > 0:29:32Who did you vote for?
0:29:32 > 0:29:34The winner.
0:29:47 > 0:29:49Set the cold cuts right there
0:29:49 > 0:29:50on that table.
0:29:50 > 0:29:54Get that vodka open for the guests.
0:29:54 > 0:29:56- What about the centrepiece? - Just move it.
0:29:57 > 0:29:58Miss Crawford.
0:29:58 > 0:30:00Stan, how lovely to see you.
0:30:00 > 0:30:02How are Judy and the children?
0:30:02 > 0:30:04Miss Crawford, I'm sorry, but you cannot
0:30:04 > 0:30:07turn the green room into your own private party.
0:30:07 > 0:30:08It's against Academy bylaws.
0:30:08 > 0:30:09Light me.
0:30:17 > 0:30:19Drink.
0:30:19 > 0:30:21Have a lovely evening.
0:30:22 > 0:30:26Mamacita, touch up.
0:30:28 > 0:30:32Now, the nominees for Best Achievement
0:30:32 > 0:30:34in Art Direction for a Colour Production are...
0:30:34 > 0:30:36Oh, Jesus Christ, this night.
0:30:38 > 0:30:40What a fool, to care about anything this much
0:30:40 > 0:30:42or want anything this much.
0:30:42 > 0:30:44Hey, Bette, sit down.
0:30:44 > 0:30:45..Meredith Willson's Music Man...
0:30:45 > 0:30:47Look at me.
0:30:47 > 0:30:49..Art direction by Paul Groesse...
0:30:49 > 0:30:50Take a breath.
0:30:50 > 0:30:53You are going to win.
0:30:53 > 0:30:55The crown is yours.
0:30:55 > 0:30:56And so is the record.
0:30:58 > 0:31:01What did I ever do to deserve you?
0:31:01 > 0:31:03When we were young,
0:31:03 > 0:31:06you were one of the first to make me feel
0:31:06 > 0:31:07I was more than a pretty face.
0:31:08 > 0:31:11You showed me how to fight.
0:31:11 > 0:31:14And, boy, did you fight for me at the beginning of my career.
0:31:15 > 0:31:17And now here you are,
0:31:17 > 0:31:20fighting for me at the end of mine.
0:31:20 > 0:31:22Oh, don't be so maudlin.
0:31:22 > 0:31:25Here we are at the top of Mount Olympus,
0:31:25 > 0:31:27and all you want to do is jump off.
0:31:27 > 0:31:29This is supposed to be a celebration.
0:31:29 > 0:31:32Well, then, where's the booze?
0:31:32 > 0:31:34I think Frank must've drunk it all.
0:31:34 > 0:31:36Come on, then. Let's go to the green room
0:31:36 > 0:31:39and get ourselves some proper swamp water.
0:31:39 > 0:31:42You don't want to go there.
0:31:45 > 0:31:47Why not?
0:32:03 > 0:32:05My goodness,
0:32:05 > 0:32:08an Oscar winner at 17.
0:32:08 > 0:32:10The only way to go is down.
0:32:10 > 0:32:13So, then, you are the youngest Academy Award winner
0:32:13 > 0:32:15in history, is that right?
0:32:15 > 0:32:16That's what they tell me.
0:32:17 > 0:32:20- What's your pup's name? - Bambi.
0:32:20 > 0:32:21She's my good luck charm.
0:32:21 > 0:32:23Well, I'll say.
0:32:23 > 0:32:25You know, dear,
0:32:25 > 0:32:26it isn't ladylike
0:32:26 > 0:32:29to bring a pet to the Academy Awards.
0:32:30 > 0:32:31The winner...
0:32:31 > 0:32:34is France for Sundays and Cybele.
0:32:54 > 0:32:56Good luck.
0:32:58 > 0:33:01Miss Crawford? Your category is next.
0:33:01 > 0:33:02Best Director? You're presenting?
0:33:02 > 0:33:05Oh, yes. Thank you.
0:33:05 > 0:33:06Right this way.
0:33:23 > 0:33:25How much longer till my category?
0:33:25 > 0:33:27Best Actress?
0:33:27 > 0:33:29About ten minutes.
0:33:48 > 0:33:52The nominees for Best Achievement in Directing are:
0:33:52 > 0:33:54Frank Perry for David and Lisa,
0:33:54 > 0:33:58Pietro Germi for Divorce Italian Style,
0:33:58 > 0:34:01David Lean for Lawrence of Arabia,
0:34:01 > 0:34:04Arthur Penn for The Miracle Worker,
0:34:04 > 0:34:09and Robert Mulligan for To Kill a Mockingbird.
0:34:09 > 0:34:10Please.
0:34:19 > 0:34:21David Lean...
0:34:21 > 0:34:24Lawrence of Arabia.
0:34:24 > 0:34:27APPLAUSE
0:34:40 > 0:34:42God bless you.
0:34:42 > 0:34:48This limey is deeply touched and greatly honoured.
0:34:48 > 0:34:51Thank you.
0:34:51 > 0:34:54APPLAUSE
0:35:02 > 0:35:04Excuse me, Miss Crawford, where should I go?
0:35:04 > 0:35:05Follow me.
0:35:05 > 0:35:07Cue Mr Sinatra.
0:35:07 > 0:35:10Here is the magnificently versatile Miss Bette Davis...
0:35:10 > 0:35:12Hello, how are you?
0:35:18 > 0:35:22The nominees for Best Story and Screenplay...
0:35:22 > 0:35:23Ben, nice to see you.
0:35:23 > 0:35:26..written directly for the Screen
0:35:26 > 0:35:29are story and screenplay by Ennio De Concini...
0:35:31 > 0:35:33Hey, Bob.
0:35:33 > 0:35:36..Stanley Shapiro and Nate Monaster
0:35:36 > 0:35:39for That Touch of Mink.
0:35:39 > 0:35:43Story and screenplay by Ingmar Bergman
0:35:43 > 0:35:45for Through a Glass Darkly.
0:35:45 > 0:35:47The envelope, please.
0:35:47 > 0:35:49You're right in there.
0:35:49 > 0:35:51- The winner is... - Mr Lean, over here. Congratulations.
0:35:51 > 0:35:54..those three difficult Italian names,
0:35:54 > 0:35:57Divorce Italian Style.
0:36:10 > 0:36:14The next award will be for the Best Actress.
0:36:14 > 0:36:16And I am pleased to announce that, this year,
0:36:16 > 0:36:18in addition to the Oscar, the winning actress
0:36:18 > 0:36:20will also receive three glorious days
0:36:20 > 0:36:21at the Sands Hotel in Las Vegas.
0:36:21 > 0:36:24LAUGHTER
0:36:26 > 0:36:29To make the presentation is last year's winner for this,
0:36:29 > 0:36:31his provocative performance in Judgment at Nuremberg,
0:36:31 > 0:36:33ladies and gentlemen, Mr Maximilian Schell.
0:36:43 > 0:36:44Thank you.
0:36:52 > 0:36:55The nominees for Best Performance by an Actress are...
0:36:55 > 0:36:59Anne Bancroft in The Miracle Worker,
0:36:59 > 0:37:02Bette Davis in What Ever Happened to Baby Jane,
0:37:02 > 0:37:04Katherine Hepburn, Long Day's Journey into Night,
0:37:04 > 0:37:07Geraldine Page for Sweet Bird of Youth...
0:37:07 > 0:37:10and Lee Remick for Days of Wine and Roses.
0:37:19 > 0:37:21And the winner is...
0:37:26 > 0:37:28..Anne Bancroft...
0:37:28 > 0:37:30for The Miracle Worker.
0:37:30 > 0:37:32Accepting for Anne Bancroft...
0:37:32 > 0:37:36- ECHOING:- Miss Joan Crawford.
0:38:07 > 0:38:12Miss Bancroft said, "Here's my little speech, dear Joan."
0:38:12 > 0:38:16Quote: "There are three reasons why I deserve this award:
0:38:16 > 0:38:20"Arthur Penn, Bill Gibson, and Fred Coe."
0:38:20 > 0:38:22Unquote.
0:38:22 > 0:38:24Thank you.
0:38:53 > 0:38:56Miss Crawford. Beautiful, beautiful, that's great.
0:38:56 > 0:38:58Fantastic. One more over here, Miss Crawford.
0:38:58 > 0:39:00Beautiful, that's great. One more...
0:39:00 > 0:39:02Oh, your hair looks great.
0:39:02 > 0:39:03Miss Crawford,
0:39:03 > 0:39:06would you mind a picture with the other winners?
0:39:09 > 0:39:11Of course not, dear.
0:39:11 > 0:39:13Mr Peck. Mr Peck, over here.
0:39:13 > 0:39:14Right here.
0:39:14 > 0:39:17Ladies and gentlemen of the press,
0:39:17 > 0:39:19tonight's champions.
0:39:26 > 0:39:28I can't believe it.
0:39:31 > 0:39:34I just cannot believe it.
0:39:34 > 0:39:36I'm in utter shock.
0:39:40 > 0:39:42Double-fisting it, Bette?
0:39:42 > 0:39:44No, John, these are not both for me.
0:39:44 > 0:39:46This one is mine, and this one is to throw
0:39:46 > 0:39:48in Crawford's face the next time I see her.
0:39:56 > 0:39:58Could have made history.
0:40:01 > 0:40:03Coulda, woulda, shoulda.
0:40:03 > 0:40:05You still can.
0:40:05 > 0:40:07Really, Livvie?
0:40:07 > 0:40:10In what part? In what picture?!
0:40:17 > 0:40:18I'm sorry.
0:40:21 > 0:40:23I just...
0:40:23 > 0:40:27I just thought for a moment...
0:40:27 > 0:40:29that I was back in the game.