0:00:02 > 0:00:04This programme contains some strong language
0:00:04 > 0:00:06- Pauline.- Hi.- Hi, I'm Adam Freeman. - Very nice to meet you.
0:00:06 > 0:00:09Nice to meet you. If you want to grab a seat in the chair here, we're ready for you.
0:00:09 > 0:00:12- Thank you again for doing this, we really appreciate it.- My pleasure.
0:00:12 > 0:00:15Shouldn't be more than...maybe an hour or two, if you have it.
0:00:15 > 0:00:17Just a little bit.
0:00:17 > 0:00:19Working for Bob, I'd come to feel like a doormat.
0:00:19 > 0:00:22Only, you know, the kind of doormat that's holding up the whole house.
0:00:24 > 0:00:26Um, at the time, I was...
0:00:26 > 0:00:29I was going with a very pleasant mortgage broker, Howard,
0:00:29 > 0:00:32and I thought,
0:00:32 > 0:00:36"What if I follow Howard on his transfer to Pontiac, Michigan,
0:00:36 > 0:00:39"and try to find reward in simple domesticity?"
0:00:39 > 0:00:45But I read in the free press about someone in Detroit
0:00:45 > 0:00:48filming veterans' testimony on war crimes,
0:00:48 > 0:00:50so I turned up...
0:00:51 > 0:00:52..asked if I could help on set,
0:00:52 > 0:00:56not knowing that there would be so much more opportunity for me
0:00:56 > 0:00:59in documentary than in Hollywood feature films.
0:00:59 > 0:01:01How did you come to reconnect with Joan Crawford?
0:01:02 > 0:01:05I ran into her at LaGuardia.
0:01:05 > 0:01:07Um...
0:01:07 > 0:01:11she was wearing a Pepto pink dress and
0:01:11 > 0:01:14a mask of chalk-white foundation, being wheeled through the airport
0:01:14 > 0:01:18with broken ankles, drunk.
0:01:18 > 0:01:19Alone.
0:01:21 > 0:01:25And for all our past difficulties, when I touched her arm, she cried.
0:01:27 > 0:01:30She called me "old friend" and...
0:01:30 > 0:01:32asked me to visit her in Manhattan.
0:01:34 > 0:01:36She seemed very much tossed away.
0:01:41 > 0:01:43# Raindrops keep fallin' on my head
0:01:45 > 0:01:50# And just like the guy whose feet are too big for his bed
0:01:50 > 0:01:52# Nothing seems to fit... #
0:01:52 > 0:01:53No, Roz, Easy Rider.
0:01:53 > 0:01:57You know, the one where the actor is dressed all in fringe,
0:01:57 > 0:01:59like an Indian chief.
0:01:59 > 0:02:02And that Jack Nicholson, is he vaguely cross-eyed?
0:02:04 > 0:02:05# And I said I didn't like... #
0:02:05 > 0:02:07Oh!
0:02:07 > 0:02:08Aah!
0:02:08 > 0:02:10# ..The way he got things done
0:02:10 > 0:02:12# Sleepin' on the job
0:02:12 > 0:02:17# Those raindrops are fallin' on my head, they keep fallin'... #
0:02:17 > 0:02:20- TV:- ..When we dropped in to pick up wounded soldiers.
0:02:20 > 0:02:21It's typical of the Viet...
0:02:21 > 0:02:24- TV:- ..When the attention of the hijackers was diverted,
0:02:24 > 0:02:26the two hostages slipped from the rear door...
0:02:26 > 0:02:28- TV:- Don't you like dancing? - No, not with strangers.
0:02:28 > 0:02:30- Never?- Never.
0:02:30 > 0:02:33- Thanks very much. - Not at all.
0:02:33 > 0:02:38# It won't be long till happiness Steps up to greet me
0:02:42 > 0:02:46# Raindrops keep fallin' on my head
0:02:46 > 0:02:51# But that doesn't mean my eyes will soon be turning red
0:02:51 > 0:02:53# Crying's not for me
0:02:53 > 0:02:59# Cos I'm never gonna stop the rain by complaining... #
0:02:59 > 0:03:02Carl, it's Joan Crawford.
0:03:02 > 0:03:04I'm so terribly sorry,
0:03:04 > 0:03:07but I'm not going to be able to meet you for lunch today.
0:03:07 > 0:03:09No.
0:03:09 > 0:03:11Please excuse me. Thank you.
0:03:11 > 0:03:13# ..The blues they send to meet me
0:03:13 > 0:03:17# Won't defeat me
0:03:17 > 0:03:23# It won't be long till happiness steps up to greet me... #
0:03:27 > 0:03:29Oh, ho-ho!
0:03:30 > 0:03:32Look! Here's your new home.
0:03:32 > 0:03:34Yes.
0:03:38 > 0:03:45# ..It won't be long till happiness steps up to greet me... #
0:03:47 > 0:03:48DOOR BUZZER
0:03:48 > 0:03:51# ..Raindrops keep fallin' on my head... #
0:03:51 > 0:03:55I will make myself available to you on a part-time basis.
0:03:55 > 0:03:58# ..That doesn't mean my eyes will soon be turning red
0:03:58 > 0:04:00# Crying's not for me
0:04:00 > 0:04:02# Cos... #
0:04:02 > 0:04:06Princess Lotus Blossom, this is Mamacita.
0:04:06 > 0:04:09# ..Because I'm free
0:04:11 > 0:04:15# Nothing's worrying me. #
0:05:32 > 0:05:38I, uh, told my mother the great Joan Crawford was on the books today.
0:05:38 > 0:05:41She made me promise to ask when you'll reteam with Bette Davis.
0:05:43 > 0:05:45It hurts.
0:05:45 > 0:05:47Yeah. The infections are pretty severe.
0:05:47 > 0:05:51- And by my count, you're missing six molars?- Extractions.
0:05:51 > 0:05:54What kind of medieval dental practice
0:05:54 > 0:05:56extracts six teeth without putting in implants?
0:05:56 > 0:05:59I did it when I was 23, it's called The Buckle.
0:06:00 > 0:06:02When you remove the back teeth,
0:06:02 > 0:06:05your cheeks curve in at a more elegant angle.
0:06:06 > 0:06:08Why the heck would you do that?
0:06:09 > 0:06:13My agent told me if I wanted to work past 25,
0:06:13 > 0:06:16I should invest in a set of cheekbones.
0:06:16 > 0:06:19You can't catch their eye if you can't catch the light,
0:06:19 > 0:06:22so I did The Buckle. It was not uncommon.
0:06:23 > 0:06:25It's also led to bone loss.
0:06:25 > 0:06:28There's barely anything holding your remaining teeth in place.
0:06:28 > 0:06:30Well, you know what they say about stars -
0:06:30 > 0:06:34they're like Christmas trees. Once the lights are off,
0:06:34 > 0:06:36you sit there and watch the needles drop.
0:06:39 > 0:06:42I'm going to recommend you to a periodontist
0:06:42 > 0:06:45to operate on the infections and get you on Darvocet for the pain,
0:06:45 > 0:06:47but your problems are going to get a lot worse
0:06:47 > 0:06:50unless we take care of the other offenders - the old caps,
0:06:50 > 0:06:52the teeth pushing into open spaces.
0:06:52 > 0:06:54I want to fit you for an over-denture.
0:06:54 > 0:06:56Ha!
0:06:56 > 0:06:58- A denture?- Mmm.
0:06:58 > 0:06:59No.
0:06:59 > 0:07:03I'll do the surgery if I have to, but no dentures.
0:07:03 > 0:07:07I'd rather spit blood into a sink than look like Martha Raye.
0:07:09 > 0:07:12Miss Crawford, at your age, you need to worry more about
0:07:12 > 0:07:15staying healthy than staying photogenic.
0:07:18 > 0:07:22I'll stop worrying about how I look when they dip me in formaldehyde.
0:07:24 > 0:07:27Miss Joan, time to wake up.
0:07:28 > 0:07:30Up, up, up.
0:07:31 > 0:07:32Your agent called.
0:07:32 > 0:07:35He wants to meet with you this evening.
0:07:35 > 0:07:37Stan?
0:07:37 > 0:07:40I haven't talked to him in months.
0:07:40 > 0:07:41The Missing Link?
0:07:41 > 0:07:44It's a B movie, I told them you wouldn't be interested.
0:07:44 > 0:07:47- Well, who would I play? - You'd play an anthropologist
0:07:47 > 0:07:49who has discovered a caveman
0:07:49 > 0:07:53who has been preserved for millennia in ice.
0:07:53 > 0:07:54A scientist?
0:07:57 > 0:08:01Oh, I had dreamed of playing Madame Curie.
0:08:02 > 0:08:04When I was at MGM,
0:08:04 > 0:08:06I begged Louis to cast me in that picture, but...
0:08:06 > 0:08:09Well, this is hardly that, Joan.
0:08:09 > 0:08:12It's not MGM. It's more like a Hammer Horror picture.
0:08:12 > 0:08:14I'd advise against it.
0:08:15 > 0:08:17- I'll do it.- Joan.
0:08:17 > 0:08:19Look, Stan...
0:08:19 > 0:08:20I need to work.
0:08:20 > 0:08:25And if I deliver a fine performance in an independent picture...
0:08:26 > 0:08:30..I mean, you know how the Academy loves to reward
0:08:30 > 0:08:32that kind of star turn.
0:08:32 > 0:08:34They're not paying much.
0:08:34 > 0:08:36I'll accept a reduced salary,
0:08:36 > 0:08:39but will they cover the travel expenses for my maid?
0:08:39 > 0:08:42- I'm afraid not.- Hmm.
0:08:45 > 0:08:47Well, it'll be an adventure.
0:08:47 > 0:08:50Well, let's talk about the other very generous offer
0:08:50 > 0:08:52from Simon & Schuster.
0:08:52 > 0:08:54Lifestyle advice book for women.
0:08:55 > 0:08:58How does Joan Crawford keep her house?
0:08:58 > 0:08:59How does she throw a dinner party?
0:08:59 > 0:09:01How does she maintain those famous legs?
0:09:03 > 0:09:05Is there still a market for something like that?
0:09:05 > 0:09:07Of course there is, Joan.
0:09:07 > 0:09:09You're an icon.
0:09:09 > 0:09:11We'll get you a state-of-the-art tape recorder.
0:09:11 > 0:09:14You can get your thoughts down. We'll hire someone to type it up.
0:09:14 > 0:09:17And if the book is a hit, potentially,
0:09:17 > 0:09:19it's a huge branding opportunity.
0:09:19 > 0:09:22Joan Crawford luggage,
0:09:22 > 0:09:24Joan Crawford dinnerware,
0:09:24 > 0:09:26Joan Crawford plastic furniture covers.
0:09:28 > 0:09:30I would love that.
0:09:47 > 0:09:49Oh, sorry.
0:09:59 > 0:10:01Joan Crawford.
0:10:01 > 0:10:024,000 miles from home,
0:10:02 > 0:10:06and you look like you stepped off the pages of McCall's.
0:10:07 > 0:10:10- Freddie Francis, your director. - Oh!
0:10:11 > 0:10:13I don't look a mess?
0:10:13 > 0:10:17You know, the car never arrived to take me to the hotel,
0:10:17 > 0:10:20so I had to hire a cab to bring me straight here from the airport.
0:10:20 > 0:10:23My apologies. We're still getting our little production up on its feet.
0:10:23 > 0:10:28But rest assured, Trog is going to be a first-rate production.
0:10:29 > 0:10:32- Trog? What is Trog? - As in troglodyte.
0:10:32 > 0:10:34Trog - it's the title of the movie.
0:10:34 > 0:10:37I thought the picture was entitled The Missing Link.
0:10:37 > 0:10:41We changed it to pop out on the posters.
0:10:41 > 0:10:43Picture it - Trog.
0:10:50 > 0:10:51And what is that?
0:10:51 > 0:10:54Oh, uh, your co-star. Trog.
0:10:54 > 0:10:58But he has no hair on his arms or his legs.
0:10:58 > 0:11:01Well, you two will be sharing a make-up table,
0:11:01 > 0:11:04so perhaps you can help refine his look.
0:11:04 > 0:11:07You mean, I don't have a private dressing room?
0:11:07 > 0:11:11Well, our budget doesn't really allow for such luxuries.
0:11:11 > 0:11:13And when we're out on location,
0:11:13 > 0:11:16am I expected to change behind a bush?
0:11:16 > 0:11:18Oh, certainly not! We've got you a vehicle.
0:11:18 > 0:11:19What kind of vehicle?
0:11:23 > 0:11:25We can put in some curtains.
0:11:47 > 0:11:49Whoa.
0:12:01 > 0:12:03This is Joan Crawford.
0:12:05 > 0:12:07Let's begin with my point of view.
0:12:08 > 0:12:11I always say, treasure yourself.
0:12:13 > 0:12:16- VOICOVER:- I do a certain amount of self-pampering.
0:12:16 > 0:12:19I surround myself with happy colours.
0:12:19 > 0:12:22Have you worked with Freddie Francis before?
0:12:27 > 0:12:31I sit on hard chairs.
0:12:31 > 0:12:33Soft ones spread the hips.
0:12:34 > 0:12:37People ask me if I turn up at board meetings
0:12:37 > 0:12:40wearing tailored costumes and muted colours.
0:12:40 > 0:12:44Oh, no. I wear shocking pink and lovely hats.
0:12:44 > 0:12:46No man ever did a poor job
0:12:46 > 0:12:48because he had an attractive woman to look at.
0:12:51 > 0:12:53Every woman tries to be a good mother,
0:12:53 > 0:12:56and then wonders if, after all her efforts,
0:12:56 > 0:12:58her children will wind up on a head shrinker's couch
0:12:58 > 0:13:00complaining about bad treatment.
0:13:00 > 0:13:02Joan?
0:13:12 > 0:13:15I mistrust people who don't like animals.
0:13:16 > 0:13:18That's fine, Trog.
0:13:19 > 0:13:21He understands.
0:13:22 > 0:13:25The prime objective of our programme
0:13:25 > 0:13:28is to gradually pull Trog across a time span
0:13:28 > 0:13:31right into the heart of the 20th century.
0:13:31 > 0:13:34- Seems like an impulsive... - I'm so sorry. Excuse me.
0:13:35 > 0:13:39Is there any way to say this with fewer words?
0:13:40 > 0:13:41And action.
0:13:41 > 0:13:44If he's as old as you say he is, how did he survive?
0:13:44 > 0:13:48Uh, conceivably, Trog, uh, was frozen solid
0:13:48 > 0:13:52during the long, long... glacial age.
0:13:52 > 0:13:56Uh, a-a state similar to... chyro... I'm sorry.
0:13:56 > 0:13:57Let me start there.
0:13:57 > 0:13:59A state similar to
0:13:59 > 0:14:01chyro...
0:14:01 > 0:14:04uh, suspen... I'm sorry, could you give me the line, please?
0:14:04 > 0:14:06Can we get the cue cards for Joan?
0:14:06 > 0:14:09Oh, I... I... All right.
0:14:09 > 0:14:13There are no hard and fast rules for fending off an outright pass,
0:14:13 > 0:14:16especially if it comes from the boss.
0:14:16 > 0:14:19Every intelligent woman has her own method of turning it down
0:14:19 > 0:14:23without wounding a sensitive male ego.
0:14:24 > 0:14:26Join us for a pint.
0:14:26 > 0:14:27Oh.
0:14:27 > 0:14:30Thank you very much, but I simply can't.
0:14:31 > 0:14:34An even cleverer woman knows how to prevent the pass in the first place.
0:14:34 > 0:14:37If you can't control your cleavage, your perfume,
0:14:37 > 0:14:39your walk and your eyelashes,
0:14:39 > 0:14:42you'd better stay out of the business.
0:14:43 > 0:14:47Here are a few items no dieter should ever have in the house -
0:14:47 > 0:14:50peas, lima beans, avocados, olives,
0:14:50 > 0:14:54dried beans, corn, butter, most cheese.
0:14:55 > 0:14:59Creamed chicken with mash potatoes makes too much mush.
0:14:59 > 0:15:02Always serve something crisp with something soft...
0:15:02 > 0:15:05It's just beginning to ring a bell in your head, yes.
0:15:05 > 0:15:07Now it's becoming clear, clearer.
0:15:07 > 0:15:10You're remembering the attack on your village. Yes, yes.
0:15:10 > 0:15:12All the beauty products in the world
0:15:12 > 0:15:14can't disguise a disagreeable expression.
0:15:14 > 0:15:17Have you ever noticed that when you say, "No,"
0:15:17 > 0:15:20you resemble a prune-faced schoolmarm?
0:15:20 > 0:15:21Well, let's shoot it.
0:15:21 > 0:15:24Remind you of your youth at MGM, Joan?
0:15:29 > 0:15:31I feel as if clothes are people.
0:15:31 > 0:15:34When I buy a dress, that's a new friend.
0:15:34 > 0:15:37I have a tremendous respect for fabrics.
0:15:40 > 0:15:42She's been spending her nights here.
0:15:44 > 0:15:45Says she's practising her blocking.
0:15:46 > 0:15:50But tonight, she just seems a wee bitty lost.
0:15:56 > 0:15:58Leave her alone.
0:16:03 > 0:16:05I love people.
0:16:05 > 0:16:09I've been asked if I ever go around in disguise.
0:16:09 > 0:16:12Never! I want to be recognised.
0:16:12 > 0:16:16When I hear people say, "There's Joan Crawford,"
0:16:16 > 0:16:19I turn around and say, "Hi. How are you?"
0:17:03 > 0:17:05- Make it to Brenda.- Yes.
0:17:06 > 0:17:09Wow. You're even more glamorous in real life.
0:17:09 > 0:17:13Thank you, Brenda. I hope you enjoy reading
0:17:13 > 0:17:16my beauty secrets I've picked up over the years.
0:17:16 > 0:17:18Oh. Is there stuff about Trog in there?
0:17:18 > 0:17:20I've seen it six times.
0:17:20 > 0:17:22"Trog, stop it."
0:17:22 > 0:17:23What a riot!
0:17:23 > 0:17:25Brenda, there's a long line of readers
0:17:25 > 0:17:30wondering what makes you so special as to monopolise all my time.
0:17:36 > 0:17:39These people aren't here to buy the book for my advice,
0:17:39 > 0:17:41they're here to buy it to mock me.
0:17:41 > 0:17:43Well, you should be grateful for the turnout.
0:17:43 > 0:17:45They've hardly been buying it at all.
0:17:45 > 0:17:48If you don't mind, I have two items for you to sign.
0:17:50 > 0:17:52Baby Jane.
0:17:53 > 0:17:56Why don't you have a picture from Grand Hotel,
0:17:56 > 0:18:01or Mildred Pierce, or any of the 30 years of pictures I made
0:18:01 > 0:18:02before Baby fucking Jane?
0:18:02 > 0:18:05I like all your movies, Miss Crawford,
0:18:05 > 0:18:08but this one is special to me.
0:18:08 > 0:18:10Why? Because you think it's funny?
0:18:10 > 0:18:14No. I mean, yeah, it's funny, but...
0:18:14 > 0:18:18I love it because Blanche and Baby Jane are cast aside,
0:18:18 > 0:18:21beaten down and forgotten,
0:18:21 > 0:18:24but they never give up hope that they'll rise again.
0:18:24 > 0:18:26They're survivors.
0:18:32 > 0:18:34What do you know about survival?
0:18:50 > 0:18:53Why are they running these pictures of us?
0:18:53 > 0:18:56- They're awful. - It is not so bad.
0:18:56 > 0:18:58It's monstrous. That's why they're running them.
0:19:00 > 0:19:03Poor Roz, she's fighting leukaemia, no wonder her face is
0:19:03 > 0:19:07as big as a moon, but there must have been better pictures of me.
0:19:07 > 0:19:10You were tired and emotional.
0:19:13 > 0:19:15Is that really how I look?
0:19:22 > 0:19:25Well, if that's how they see me, they'll never see me again.
0:19:27 > 0:19:32Stan, I want you to stop submitting me for roles.
0:19:33 > 0:19:34I'm done.
0:19:37 > 0:19:38You know, in Japan,
0:19:38 > 0:19:42when you turn 60, you put on this bright red hat
0:19:42 > 0:19:44and you celebrate kanreki.
0:19:44 > 0:19:45It's your second childhood.
0:19:46 > 0:19:49Life isn't over. It's just beginning.
0:19:52 > 0:19:54Can I ask you something? Is your grandmother still alive?
0:19:54 > 0:19:56Yes.
0:19:57 > 0:19:59Give her a call.
0:20:02 > 0:20:04Oh! Looks comfortable, isn't comfortable.
0:20:04 > 0:20:07So, Victor, after all the drama involved in its production,
0:20:07 > 0:20:10how do you think Charlotte turned out?
0:20:10 > 0:20:11Have you interviewed Bette yet?
0:20:11 > 0:20:14She's rescheduled on us a number of times.
0:20:14 > 0:20:17Well, there'll be hell to pay if she finds herself unfairly maligned,
0:20:17 > 0:20:20but at the risk of taking my lashes, I'll tell you.
0:20:20 > 0:20:23I think Charlotte was just OK.
0:20:23 > 0:20:25It didn't have the magic of Baby Jane,
0:20:25 > 0:20:29and the New York Times called Bette's performance "resentable".
0:20:29 > 0:20:31Hmm. Was she upset?
0:20:31 > 0:20:34No. Failure made her desperate.
0:20:34 > 0:20:37She was sure that every job she got would be her last.
0:20:37 > 0:20:39She snatched up every offer that came her way,
0:20:39 > 0:20:43and she lost that special something that I considered her signature.
0:20:43 > 0:20:44What was that?
0:20:45 > 0:20:47Her high standards.
0:20:47 > 0:20:49Do you think my type is coming back?
0:20:49 > 0:20:53So it's top secret. If any man in Washington
0:20:53 > 0:20:55can declassify it for me, you can.
0:20:55 > 0:20:58Eight pilots she made.
0:20:58 > 0:21:00It was like Miles Davis playing jingles
0:21:00 > 0:21:03for lunch meat commercials. And I've told her this to her face -
0:21:03 > 0:21:06we're friends because I tell the truth -
0:21:06 > 0:21:11But...what devastated her, in fact, was that the force of her talent
0:21:11 > 0:21:15wasn't even enough to get one of the eight bought for series.
0:21:15 > 0:21:19What idiots are these businessmen that they pay for a pilot
0:21:19 > 0:21:22and then they don't bother to put it on the air?
0:21:22 > 0:21:25They must make measure of whether the shows will be losers over time.
0:21:25 > 0:21:29Plenty of losers get bought. Why not mine?
0:21:29 > 0:21:31Is that really what you want, my dear,
0:21:31 > 0:21:34to spend your years in Burbank, playing a hypochondriac judge?
0:21:34 > 0:21:36Oh, I don't know how this happened.
0:21:36 > 0:21:39Hepburn is off doing Albee and Tennessee Williams
0:21:39 > 0:21:41and being nominated for Academy Awards.
0:21:41 > 0:21:44Am I not every bit her equal?
0:21:44 > 0:21:47Am I not every bit as interesting as she is?
0:21:47 > 0:21:50- How does she manage? - But Katharine sometimes says no.
0:21:50 > 0:21:53Well, she doesn't have to support children, does she?
0:21:53 > 0:21:54And she's a snob.
0:21:54 > 0:21:57Did you know that Life magazine
0:21:57 > 0:22:00wanted to photograph the two of us together?
0:22:00 > 0:22:01The two legends.
0:22:01 > 0:22:04I bought a flight to New York, and she ignored their calls.
0:22:04 > 0:22:06Life magazine!
0:22:06 > 0:22:09And when she finally answered them...
0:22:10 > 0:22:12..she said she didn't want to pose with me.
0:22:12 > 0:22:16Nothing good can come from comparing yourself.
0:22:21 > 0:22:23If Katharine were sitting right there...
0:22:25 > 0:22:28..you know what I'd say to her?
0:22:29 > 0:22:31I would say...
0:22:33 > 0:22:36.."I pity you.
0:22:36 > 0:22:38"I have had an experience that you will never have.
0:22:40 > 0:22:42"And thank God I had it...
0:22:43 > 0:22:47"..because... I have the love of my children."
0:22:50 > 0:22:53COUGHING
0:22:55 > 0:22:58Oh. What, no kiss for Mother?
0:22:58 > 0:23:00Not with a cough like that.
0:23:00 > 0:23:02COUGHING CONTINUES
0:23:02 > 0:23:05Oh, Christ.
0:23:05 > 0:23:09Old Hollywood is really over.
0:23:09 > 0:23:12Look at this place. It's really gone down.
0:23:12 > 0:23:14Just hope the food is still good.
0:23:17 > 0:23:21I was so looking forward to a real girls' lunch.
0:23:21 > 0:23:23Let's make a day of it, hon.
0:23:23 > 0:23:25Seems as if they don't have barbershops in Pennsylvania.
0:23:25 > 0:23:27Why don't I take you to my salon?
0:23:27 > 0:23:29Jeremy likes my hair this way.
0:23:29 > 0:23:32Well, of course, it's in keeping with his caveman sensibility.
0:23:32 > 0:23:34SHE LAUGHS WHEEZILY
0:23:34 > 0:23:36I'm kidding, darling.
0:23:37 > 0:23:39Well, Jeremy's old-school ways seem to suit you.
0:23:39 > 0:23:42Everyone thought you'd be divorced by 18,
0:23:42 > 0:23:44and look at you, you're still in love. It's marvellous.
0:23:44 > 0:23:48Why don't we ask him to join us this afternoon?
0:23:48 > 0:23:51And we could take the children to the observatory.
0:23:51 > 0:23:53Jeremy went back to Pennsylvania,
0:23:53 > 0:23:55with the boys.
0:23:55 > 0:23:59What? But they were meant to spend the rest of the week with me.
0:23:59 > 0:24:02I booked an acting coach for Ashley to help him with his diction,
0:24:02 > 0:24:04and we've had plans for the zoo.
0:24:04 > 0:24:07My children aren't staying with you ever again, Mother.
0:24:07 > 0:24:11Ashley told us you beat on his baby brother last night.
0:24:12 > 0:24:14I did no such thing.
0:24:14 > 0:24:15Wh... Why would he say that?
0:24:15 > 0:24:16You didn't beat Justin
0:24:16 > 0:24:19for crying when Jeremy and I left for the hotel?
0:24:19 > 0:24:20Oh, I swatted him.
0:24:20 > 0:24:23He was throwing a temper tantrum, he was out of control.
0:24:23 > 0:24:25You traumatised him.
0:24:25 > 0:24:28BD, I swatted you a thousand times, did I traumatise you?
0:24:36 > 0:24:40From now on, if you want to visit with your grandchildren,
0:24:40 > 0:24:43you may do so at our farm, under supervision.
0:24:44 > 0:24:47After you do something about your drinking problem.
0:24:47 > 0:24:49Since when do you...
0:24:49 > 0:24:52Since when do you think I'm a drunk?
0:24:53 > 0:24:57You're sitting right there with a margarita at 11.00am!
0:25:05 > 0:25:07Let's order some guacamole.
0:25:07 > 0:25:10Everything seems dire on an empty stomach.
0:25:10 > 0:25:12I'm not eating with you.
0:25:13 > 0:25:16I came here to say what I had to say.
0:25:23 > 0:25:26- COUGHING - I want to run some blood work.
0:25:26 > 0:25:29No, ma'am, I just need something to...
0:25:29 > 0:25:32COUGHING ..soothe my cough.
0:25:32 > 0:25:34We'll both be happier preventing your problems
0:25:34 > 0:25:37than trying to solve them once they dig in. You're not 18.
0:25:37 > 0:25:39Oh, thanks. News flash.
0:25:41 > 0:25:44Can I persuade you to lay off the smoking?
0:25:44 > 0:25:47Look, I'm off booze,
0:25:47 > 0:25:50I can't give up cigarettes, they're my only friends.
0:25:50 > 0:25:52How long ago did you stop drinking?
0:25:52 > 0:25:55- 17 days.- You shouldn't white-knuckle detox, Bette.
0:25:55 > 0:25:59So, you need help with your drinking problem - big whoop.
0:25:59 > 0:26:03A lot of women your age turn to alcohol when they have little else to do.
0:26:04 > 0:26:06I'll grab you some brochures on rehab facilities.
0:26:06 > 0:26:09Oh, no, I can't go to rehab.
0:26:09 > 0:26:12I can't, I've got the Dean Martin roast.
0:26:12 > 0:26:13COUGHING
0:26:13 > 0:26:17Oh...the roast.
0:26:17 > 0:26:19It was the cruellest of degradations.
0:26:19 > 0:26:22Demeaned and insulted by fifth-rate celebrities.
0:26:22 > 0:26:25And here's one from Harold Donaldson from Detroit.
0:26:25 > 0:26:28"Dear Miss Davis, my wife and I just saw your film
0:26:28 > 0:26:30"What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
0:26:30 > 0:26:32"Could you settle an argument for us?
0:26:32 > 0:26:36"In private life, are you and Joan Crawford really brothers?"
0:26:36 > 0:26:38LAUGHTER
0:26:38 > 0:26:40Bette was the queen of Hollywood.
0:26:40 > 0:26:44Back in the days where queens were still ladies...
0:26:44 > 0:26:46and Joan Crawford was king.
0:26:46 > 0:26:48LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE
0:26:48 > 0:26:51Miss Crawford has always been envious
0:26:51 > 0:26:53of Bette's voluptuous figure.
0:26:53 > 0:26:55As a matter of fact,
0:26:55 > 0:26:57Joan used to borrow Bette's bras
0:26:57 > 0:26:59to use them as shoulder pads.
0:26:59 > 0:27:01LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE
0:27:01 > 0:27:04Did she tell Joan how bad she felt about the roast?
0:27:04 > 0:27:07No. And I think she regretted it.
0:27:07 > 0:27:10- Especially after Aimee.- Aimee?
0:27:10 > 0:27:14Aimee Semple McPherson, the famed evangelist.
0:27:14 > 0:27:16I met her.
0:27:16 > 0:27:19- You did?- 1932, at the Foursquare Gospel Church.
0:27:19 > 0:27:22What a performer.
0:27:22 > 0:27:25A fraudulent evangelical minister
0:27:25 > 0:27:28who faked her own kidnapping. Can you imagine?
0:27:28 > 0:27:30Well, I begged the studio to let me play her.
0:27:30 > 0:27:32Not a single bite.
0:27:32 > 0:27:36In '76, Bette landed a role playing not the minister
0:27:36 > 0:27:39but the mother in The Disappearance Of Aimee.
0:27:39 > 0:27:41Right, the Faye Dunaway movie.
0:27:41 > 0:27:43Ooh. If you ever do end up interviewing Bette,
0:27:43 > 0:27:45I'd advise against calling it that.
0:27:45 > 0:27:48For all her complaints about Joan,
0:27:48 > 0:27:52she didn't know true hatred until she met Faye.
0:27:54 > 0:27:56Hanging in there, Miss Davis?
0:27:56 > 0:27:59If I hang in here any longer, I'll fall off my branch.
0:27:59 > 0:28:01You know, locations used to come to me.
0:28:01 > 0:28:03Here, Anthony, I want to read you this.
0:28:03 > 0:28:06A passage.
0:28:06 > 0:28:09"And Moses sayeth to his brethren,
0:28:09 > 0:28:12"The Lord shall afflict you with lesions
0:28:12 > 0:28:15"all over your body if you be not punctual
0:28:15 > 0:28:17"in your labourings,
0:28:17 > 0:28:21"even if you are very pretty and the star of Chinatown."
0:28:21 > 0:28:22HE LAUGHS
0:28:22 > 0:28:24Is that from Romans?
0:28:24 > 0:28:26Our call was 6.00am. I arrived at 5.45.
0:28:26 > 0:28:30I did not see Miss Faye Dunaway in her make-up chair until 7.00.
0:28:30 > 0:28:35It is now 11.00, and while we all roast to death in this toaster oven,
0:28:35 > 0:28:39you, sir, have still not gotten off your first goddamn shot.
0:28:41 > 0:28:45I could have kicked that part right out of the park.
0:28:45 > 0:28:47Well, you're an intimidating presence, Bette.
0:28:47 > 0:28:50Put yourself inside Faye Dunaway's shoes.
0:28:50 > 0:28:53I just think maybe she didn't come out of her trailer
0:28:53 > 0:28:56because she was afraid she couldn't keep up with you.
0:28:56 > 0:28:59There is no excuse for unprofessionalism.
0:29:01 > 0:29:03Hell, it almost makes you miss Crawford.
0:29:03 > 0:29:06At least she had the decency to show up on time
0:29:06 > 0:29:10and she was the first one on the set and the last one to leave.
0:29:10 > 0:29:12My God!
0:29:12 > 0:29:14Oh, I never thought I'd live to hear you
0:29:14 > 0:29:17breathe a kindness about Joan Crawford!
0:29:17 > 0:29:18Well, don't tell a soul.
0:29:18 > 0:29:22It will cut all my talk show appearances in half
0:29:22 > 0:29:26- if anyone thinks that I've grown soft on Crawfish.- Mm.
0:29:28 > 0:29:30She has cancer, you know.
0:29:32 > 0:29:33What?
0:29:33 > 0:29:37Mm. Hasn't left her apartment in months, I hear.
0:29:40 > 0:29:42Cancer isn't going to kill Joan.
0:29:43 > 0:29:46She's a cockroach, just like me.
0:29:48 > 0:29:50You should call her.
0:29:50 > 0:29:52She doesn't want to talk to me.
0:29:52 > 0:29:55Of course she would. You mean something to her.
0:29:55 > 0:29:58You and she have so much in common. You're both Aries.
0:29:58 > 0:30:00You're both single mothers to angry children.
0:30:00 > 0:30:02You've each been married four times,
0:30:02 > 0:30:04and in many ways, I hate to say this,
0:30:04 > 0:30:07but...she may be the only person in the entire world
0:30:07 > 0:30:10who knows how you really feel right now.
0:30:14 > 0:30:17I have been reading in the columns...
0:30:17 > 0:30:20she's been saying very nice things about Dunaway.
0:30:20 > 0:30:23She even said she would want Faye Dunaway
0:30:23 > 0:30:25to play her in a picture.
0:30:27 > 0:30:28I should warn her.
0:30:30 > 0:30:32Yes.
0:30:33 > 0:30:35Go ahead and warn her.
0:30:39 > 0:30:40Oh. Do you want to watch?
0:30:40 > 0:30:43- PHONE RINGS - Oh.
0:30:43 > 0:30:44Who's that?
0:30:44 > 0:30:46Hmm.
0:30:50 > 0:30:51Hello.
0:30:52 > 0:30:54Hello?
0:30:56 > 0:30:57This is Joan Crawford.
0:31:00 > 0:31:03Who's calling at this late hour?
0:31:05 > 0:31:07Is anyone there?
0:31:09 > 0:31:10Hello?
0:31:18 > 0:31:20Nobody there.
0:31:29 > 0:31:30KNOCK AT DOOR
0:31:30 > 0:31:32Coming.
0:31:35 > 0:31:38Oh, Cathy, darling. Oh!
0:31:38 > 0:31:40- Mommie, dearest.- Oh!
0:31:40 > 0:31:42Oh, look.
0:31:42 > 0:31:43Oh, my little angels.
0:31:43 > 0:31:45Oh!
0:31:45 > 0:31:48- MICROWAVE PINGS - Oh, I think the microwave is
0:31:48 > 0:31:51the most wonderful invention of the 20th century.
0:31:51 > 0:31:54You don't mind paper plates, do you, dear?
0:31:54 > 0:31:57Mamacita only comes in three times a week
0:31:57 > 0:32:00and I... I hate to leave a mess for her.
0:32:00 > 0:32:02No, Mommie, that's fine.
0:32:02 > 0:32:07Oh, there's my darling girl, there's my sweet girl.
0:32:11 > 0:32:13Ah.
0:32:14 > 0:32:16- Mommie.- Hmm?
0:32:16 > 0:32:19I'm worried about you.
0:32:19 > 0:32:22Mamacita says you've stopped seeing your doctor.
0:32:22 > 0:32:24Yes, dear, that's right.
0:32:24 > 0:32:25Do you think that's wise?
0:32:25 > 0:32:27Well...
0:32:28 > 0:32:33..Western medicine thinks it can poison this cancer out of me,
0:32:33 > 0:32:37but since I've adopted the tenets of Christian Science,
0:32:37 > 0:32:42I have been feeling a wonderful new vigour, I really have.
0:32:42 > 0:32:45I feel like I could take anything life could throw at me.
0:32:49 > 0:32:51Speaking of which,
0:32:51 > 0:32:53have you talked to your sister?
0:32:54 > 0:32:56- Cindy and I speak all the time. - Oh, no, darling.
0:32:56 > 0:32:59I know you and Cindy do. Of course you do.
0:32:59 > 0:33:04No, I...I was referring to your elder sister, to Christina.
0:33:07 > 0:33:09Uh, no.
0:33:09 > 0:33:10Not recently.
0:33:10 > 0:33:16- My editor tells me she's been writing a book.- Oh.
0:33:16 > 0:33:18It's about me, evidently,
0:33:18 > 0:33:20alleging the most vile things.
0:33:23 > 0:33:25You have to understand...
0:33:28 > 0:33:31..I was at the height of my career
0:33:31 > 0:33:32when she was little.
0:33:32 > 0:33:36We never enjoyed the quality time together
0:33:36 > 0:33:38like I had with you and Cindy.
0:33:38 > 0:33:40The little time that I did have...
0:33:42 > 0:33:46..I worked so hard at instilling the proper values in her.
0:33:46 > 0:33:50I only wanted her
0:33:50 > 0:33:53to appreciate her advantages.
0:33:53 > 0:33:55Of course, Mommie, of course.
0:33:57 > 0:33:59My editor asked if...
0:33:59 > 0:34:03I wanted to read an advance copy of the galleys, but...
0:34:05 > 0:34:08..why spend the days of your life
0:34:08 > 0:34:11reading something that could only hurt you?
0:34:11 > 0:34:13- CRASHING - Children,
0:34:13 > 0:34:16I told you before we got here, no sliding on Grandma's floors.
0:34:16 > 0:34:19No, no, no. It's all right, dear.
0:34:19 > 0:34:22Look, they're enjoying themselves.
0:34:22 > 0:34:25Just be careful. Don't hurt yourselves.
0:34:25 > 0:34:27No, what's a few scuff marks? It doesn't matter.
0:34:31 > 0:34:34Do they think of me as their real grandmother?
0:34:34 > 0:34:35Of course.
0:34:41 > 0:34:46I don't know how much they understand about you being adopted.
0:34:46 > 0:34:49No, Mommie, they understand
0:34:49 > 0:34:53that you picked me and their Aunt Cindy
0:34:53 > 0:34:56out of all of the children in the world.
0:34:58 > 0:35:02And that we wouldn't have chosen any other mother,
0:35:02 > 0:35:06cos we had the best one anyone could ever have.
0:35:06 > 0:35:08OK?
0:35:08 > 0:35:10Oh.
0:35:29 > 0:35:32DISTANT LAUGHTER
0:35:44 > 0:35:46Hello?
0:35:50 > 0:35:53LAUGHTER CONTINUES
0:35:57 > 0:35:59Hello?
0:36:03 > 0:36:06LAUGHTER CONTINUES
0:36:09 > 0:36:11You remember?
0:36:11 > 0:36:13I do.
0:36:19 > 0:36:21# I'm gonna get right up and put on my clothes
0:36:21 > 0:36:24# I'm gonna go right out and take in all the shows... #
0:36:26 > 0:36:28Hedda?
0:36:29 > 0:36:31Jack, what are you doing here?
0:36:31 > 0:36:34Oh, Joan, did you ever hear of the Cataract?
0:36:34 > 0:36:36- Not the C... - HE LAUGHS
0:36:36 > 0:36:38The Cascade!
0:36:38 > 0:36:40Oh! Cascade!
0:36:43 > 0:36:46Oh, a movie house Jack and his brothers used to run
0:36:46 > 0:36:49- in Pennsylvania. - Yeah. That's right.
0:36:49 > 0:36:51Sam ran the picture,
0:36:51 > 0:36:53Abe kept the books, Harry broke the balls,
0:36:53 > 0:36:55- and I broke the hearts.- Aw.
0:36:55 > 0:36:59He used to sing in the aisles between showings.
0:36:59 > 0:37:01Oh, Jack.
0:37:01 > 0:37:03Sing for Joan.
0:37:04 > 0:37:07# I'm gonna borrow from everybody on my staff
0:37:07 > 0:37:10# I'm gonna drink and dance and drive and laugh
0:37:10 > 0:37:12# The doctor says my days are done
0:37:12 > 0:37:14# So if I die I'm gonna have some fun! #
0:37:14 > 0:37:16THEY LAUGH
0:37:17 > 0:37:21Oh, Jack, if a young actor had come in and sung like that for you,
0:37:21 > 0:37:25you'd have put him on the first bus out of town.
0:37:25 > 0:37:28Yeah. Thank God I never had any talent.
0:37:28 > 0:37:29Mm, that makes two of us.
0:37:29 > 0:37:33I had plenty of talent, Mr Warner!
0:37:34 > 0:37:38I just had the foresight not to BE the talent forever.
0:37:38 > 0:37:41Well, now, what is wrong with being the talent?
0:37:41 > 0:37:44Well, everyone thinks you have the world on a string,
0:37:44 > 0:37:46but it's the other way around.
0:37:46 > 0:37:50It's much better to be the one pulling the string, darling.
0:37:50 > 0:37:54Oh. I know that, yes, indeed. You two made my life miserable,
0:37:54 > 0:37:58made every job I ever had a fight to the death.
0:37:58 > 0:37:59Oh, come on, Joan.
0:37:59 > 0:38:01You act like you're the only one who had to cup your balls
0:38:01 > 0:38:05and do hand-to-hand combat. Think about all those WASPs
0:38:05 > 0:38:08who didn't let our kids into private schools,
0:38:08 > 0:38:11who told me to be a good Jew and go back to the garment district.
0:38:11 > 0:38:14And you know better than anyone, Joan,
0:38:14 > 0:38:16my hundred years' war with Louella.
0:38:16 > 0:38:20Yes, but no-one was taking sides against you.
0:38:20 > 0:38:23No-one was throwing gasoline on your resentments.
0:38:23 > 0:38:28Well, the expression is not "unite and conquer".
0:38:30 > 0:38:32No, but why?
0:38:32 > 0:38:34Why did I need to be conquered?
0:38:34 > 0:38:36What other way was there?
0:38:36 > 0:38:38Let the animals run the zoo?
0:38:40 > 0:38:42What is she doing here?
0:38:42 > 0:38:45Be friendly, Joan, we're having a party.
0:38:45 > 0:38:48Tell 'em what it did to you, Joan.
0:38:48 > 0:38:51Tell 'em what they did to you.
0:38:51 > 0:38:54Tell us. Go on, darling.
0:38:57 > 0:39:00Well, I suppose...
0:39:00 > 0:39:03I felt like I always had to be on.
0:39:04 > 0:39:07That if someone caught a glimpse of the girl
0:39:07 > 0:39:09beneath the movie star, then, poof!
0:39:10 > 0:39:14I'd go back to that sad little wretch I'd been.
0:39:14 > 0:39:16You know, so...
0:39:19 > 0:39:21..I spent my whole life...
0:39:23 > 0:39:26..being Joan Crawford...
0:39:27 > 0:39:30..a woman I created for others.
0:39:37 > 0:39:40I don't know who...who I am...
0:39:42 > 0:39:44..when I'm by myself.
0:39:49 > 0:39:51I think you should apologise to Joan, Jack.
0:39:51 > 0:39:53Both of you should.
0:39:54 > 0:39:57Oh...well, I'll do it if he does.
0:39:58 > 0:40:00All right.
0:40:00 > 0:40:01On the count of three...
0:40:01 > 0:40:03One...
0:40:03 > 0:40:04- ..two...- ..two...
0:40:04 > 0:40:06- ..three.- ..three.
0:40:08 > 0:40:10THEY LAUGH
0:40:13 > 0:40:16It wouldn't come out!
0:40:17 > 0:40:20- No.- Oh!- Now, Joanie, look, look, if I... If I really had known
0:40:20 > 0:40:24how hard I'd really made it for you, I...
0:40:24 > 0:40:27I wouldn't have done a fucking thing different...
0:40:27 > 0:40:29Bastard!
0:40:29 > 0:40:31Not true.
0:40:31 > 0:40:33It all works out in the end, Joanie.
0:40:33 > 0:40:36You know, we showbiz folks,
0:40:36 > 0:40:39you know, all that anger that we feel from not being loved...
0:40:39 > 0:40:42which is the reason we're in this business in the first place...
0:40:42 > 0:40:46all the tears and the screaming and the rage,
0:40:46 > 0:40:48it all disappears.
0:40:48 > 0:40:50And the public,
0:40:50 > 0:40:52what they remember, for the most part,
0:40:52 > 0:40:55is the good stuff - the work,
0:40:55 > 0:40:58and all the joy that we brought them.
0:41:00 > 0:41:04Trust me, all the suffering will have been worth it.
0:41:04 > 0:41:06Will it, really?
0:41:07 > 0:41:09All that pain
0:41:09 > 0:41:11will finally amount to something?
0:41:13 > 0:41:15Don't worry, sweetheart.
0:41:15 > 0:41:17You will always be young,
0:41:17 > 0:41:19always be beautiful,
0:41:19 > 0:41:21a goddess of your time,
0:41:21 > 0:41:24frozen in amber by Hurrell.
0:41:28 > 0:41:31Bette, too, though it pains me to say it.
0:41:33 > 0:41:35Legends, all.
0:41:43 > 0:41:45- Oh, come on.- Let's have a drink.
0:41:45 > 0:41:48Oh, I... I don't drink any more.
0:41:48 > 0:41:51Boring. All right, come on, Hedda,
0:41:51 > 0:41:52help me make some drinks, all right?
0:41:52 > 0:41:55Nobody wields an ice pick quite like you.
0:41:58 > 0:42:00Nice apartment.
0:42:02 > 0:42:03You get out much?
0:42:05 > 0:42:06Theatre? The Guggenheim?
0:42:06 > 0:42:09No, uh, not so much, no.
0:42:09 > 0:42:11Neither do I.
0:42:11 > 0:42:14Do you know what I love the most in this world?
0:42:16 > 0:42:18The Young and the Restless.
0:42:19 > 0:42:22Oh! Yes, that beautiful sea captain.
0:42:22 > 0:42:25- What is his name?- Lucas Prentiss. - That's right.
0:42:29 > 0:42:32Why am I so happy to see you?
0:42:34 > 0:42:35- Nostalgia.- Hmm.
0:42:37 > 0:42:39Let's play a game.
0:42:39 > 0:42:40It's called Regrets.
0:42:41 > 0:42:44- Oh.- No, no, no. If you draw a pip card,
0:42:44 > 0:42:48you say something you feel sorry you did.
0:42:48 > 0:42:50If you draw a face card,
0:42:50 > 0:42:52you say something you wish you had done.
0:42:52 > 0:42:56That doesn't sound like a very fun game.
0:42:56 > 0:42:58It's the only game I know.
0:43:11 > 0:43:13I'm sorry
0:43:13 > 0:43:16I wasn't more generous with you.
0:43:28 > 0:43:32I wish...
0:43:35 > 0:43:37..I wish I'd been a friend to you.
0:43:45 > 0:43:47Well, it's not too late, is it?
0:43:47 > 0:43:50We can start now.
0:43:51 > 0:43:54Let's have a champagne toast.
0:43:54 > 0:43:56Mamacita!
0:43:57 > 0:44:00Oh, I'm so glad that you came here.
0:44:00 > 0:44:05You know, I've often fantasised about staying up late
0:44:05 > 0:44:08like two girlfriends, talking about Bob and,
0:44:08 > 0:44:12well, all the other men that we've known along the way.
0:44:12 > 0:44:14Mamacita!
0:44:14 > 0:44:16The champagne!
0:44:17 > 0:44:22It's silly that we've spent all these years at odds with each other.
0:44:22 > 0:44:24But we can start over.
0:44:25 > 0:44:29Why don't you stay here with me, as my guest?
0:44:29 > 0:44:32You don't have to rush back to Connecticut, do you?
0:44:32 > 0:44:33Miss Joan!
0:44:33 > 0:44:35What are you doing?
0:44:35 > 0:44:37Bring the champagne, dear.
0:44:37 > 0:44:39You are not drinking.
0:44:39 > 0:44:41Well, then bring some for my friend, Bette.
0:44:43 > 0:44:45There is no-one there.
0:44:51 > 0:44:52She must have slipped out.
0:44:55 > 0:44:59Did you help Hedda and Jack in the kitchen?
0:45:05 > 0:45:06Come, Miss Joan.
0:45:07 > 0:45:09Come. We go to bed.
0:45:19 > 0:45:20Good, let's go.
0:45:22 > 0:45:24I can't go to bed,
0:45:24 > 0:45:25I have guests.
0:45:27 > 0:45:29There is no-one else here.
0:45:30 > 0:45:32It's just you and I.
0:45:56 > 0:45:58Thank you, Mamacita.
0:46:03 > 0:46:05She died one week later.
0:46:07 > 0:46:09We embalmed her,
0:46:09 > 0:46:12we made her look the way she liked,
0:46:12 > 0:46:15and then we cremated her body.
0:46:15 > 0:46:17She had a big funeral, yeah?
0:46:17 > 0:46:19Not as big as Judy Garland's, but star-studded?
0:46:19 > 0:46:20Yes.
0:46:20 > 0:46:24Myrna Loy, Anita Loos, Andy Warhol.
0:46:25 > 0:46:28Jack Valenti got the studios to observe a moment of silence.
0:46:29 > 0:46:30It made me sad.
0:46:30 > 0:46:32To say goodbye to her?
0:46:33 > 0:46:37No, because they all showed up to say goodbye.
0:46:39 > 0:46:42But when she was alive, when she needed them most...
0:46:43 > 0:46:44..no-one was there.
0:46:45 > 0:46:48PHONE RINGS
0:46:53 > 0:46:55What?
0:46:55 > 0:46:58Miss Davis, this is Jan Tomlinson with the AP Wire Service.
0:46:58 > 0:47:00Good morning.
0:47:00 > 0:47:03Ah, I've lost track of the days.
0:47:05 > 0:47:07Are there nominations announced or something?
0:47:07 > 0:47:10No, Miss Davis, Joan Crawford died this morning.
0:47:16 > 0:47:18Do you have a comment?
0:47:23 > 0:47:27My mother always said don't say anything bad about the dead.
0:47:28 > 0:47:30Only say good.
0:47:32 > 0:47:34Joan Crawford is dead.
0:47:35 > 0:47:36Good.
0:47:47 > 0:47:50- I was in the neighbourhood. - Oh, Miss Davis.
0:47:50 > 0:47:52- Is she in her room?- Uh, yes.
0:47:52 > 0:47:55Margot, darling, it's Mummy.
0:47:55 > 0:47:57Hello, sweetheart.
0:47:57 > 0:47:59Oh, look what you're doing.
0:48:00 > 0:48:02What a nice drawing.
0:48:02 > 0:48:05Look at how beautifully you're filling those hearts in.
0:48:05 > 0:48:08I did a drawing, myself.
0:48:08 > 0:48:10Well, I didn't actually do the drawing.
0:48:10 > 0:48:12A lovely man named Don did it.
0:48:12 > 0:48:15I met him at Roddy McDowall's. Do you remember him?
0:48:16 > 0:48:19We had a wonderful date, a wonderful time.
0:48:27 > 0:48:29Miss Davis.
0:48:29 > 0:48:32I don't mean to seem rude, but you need to sit still.
0:48:36 > 0:48:38Fine.
0:48:39 > 0:48:41You have an hour. That's it.
0:48:41 > 0:48:42OK.
0:48:44 > 0:48:46Can...? Your chin... Just...
0:48:47 > 0:48:48Mmm.
0:48:52 > 0:48:54Would you like to stay for dinner?
0:48:56 > 0:48:57All right.
0:48:57 > 0:49:00- But...- But... But...?
0:49:02 > 0:49:04You do know I'm gay?
0:49:05 > 0:49:07Of course.
0:49:07 > 0:49:09We had a wonderful dinner that night,
0:49:09 > 0:49:12but it would never work out with Don because of my work.
0:49:12 > 0:49:15My work has always taken first position
0:49:15 > 0:49:17and men don't want that.
0:49:17 > 0:49:20But I would rather go for something I feel even if I get hurt.
0:49:20 > 0:49:23I don't want to spend my life protecting myself.
0:49:23 > 0:49:25After dinner, the painter, Don,
0:49:25 > 0:49:28he showed me the drawing that he made.
0:49:28 > 0:49:31It captured the way I am now completely.
0:49:32 > 0:49:34Can I see it now?
0:49:35 > 0:49:38- It's not finished yet. - Don't you like it?
0:49:40 > 0:49:44Honestly...it sort of scares me.
0:49:44 > 0:49:46Don, I want to see it.
0:50:01 > 0:50:02Yep.
0:50:03 > 0:50:05That's the old bag.
0:50:15 > 0:50:19I'm sorry that I haven't been to see you more often, darling,
0:50:19 > 0:50:22but I'm going to write you letters. Beautiful letters.
0:50:22 > 0:50:25And we'll keep them in a special box. Would you like that?
0:50:27 > 0:50:30Last week, someone sent me letters
0:50:30 > 0:50:32that my mother had written to a friend of hers,
0:50:32 > 0:50:34years ago, before she died.
0:50:37 > 0:50:40Many of the letters were about me.
0:50:47 > 0:50:48Long story short,
0:50:48 > 0:50:51my mother said terrible things about me behind my back.
0:50:53 > 0:50:55She said that I was a queen bee...
0:50:56 > 0:50:58..and that I was selfish...
0:50:59 > 0:51:03..and that it was all about me, and that I was a pain and a chore.
0:51:06 > 0:51:09She'd never said anything to me.
0:51:11 > 0:51:13My own mother.
0:51:13 > 0:51:15I thought she was my only friend.
0:51:17 > 0:51:18But actually...
0:51:20 > 0:51:22..I was totally alone.
0:51:29 > 0:51:32What's your pick for Best Picture, Miss Davis?
0:51:32 > 0:51:34Oh, I'd have to say The Turning Point.
0:51:34 > 0:51:35It was my favourite film this year.
0:51:35 > 0:51:38The men are merely dance partners and the women fight on the roof.
0:51:38 > 0:51:40It's the story of my life.
0:51:40 > 0:51:44Bette, are you giving Charlton an award?
0:51:44 > 0:51:45Chuck Heston, yes.
0:51:45 > 0:51:48He's the only actor that's as difficult as I am.
0:51:48 > 0:51:51The Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award?
0:51:51 > 0:51:53Oh, I don't give a shit -
0:51:53 > 0:51:55I'm not here to present, I'm here to preside.
0:51:57 > 0:52:00Hey, ladies, it's the In Memoriam.
0:52:00 > 0:52:02Christ, where did the night go?
0:52:02 > 0:52:06# Oh, just one more time
0:52:07 > 0:52:12# Just close your eyes and we'll see their face again
0:52:12 > 0:52:17# Though your days are gone
0:52:19 > 0:52:24# They live on and on
0:52:24 > 0:52:30# Let their song play on... #
0:52:30 > 0:52:32That's it? Christ.
0:52:32 > 0:52:3650 years in show business and they give her two seconds.
0:52:38 > 0:52:40That's all any of us will get.
0:52:42 > 0:52:43To Joan.
0:52:49 > 0:52:52- DISTANT ADVERT:- Clean-wearing, long-lasting foundation,
0:52:52 > 0:52:54worn by the world's great beauties...
0:52:57 > 0:52:59Miss Davis?
0:52:59 > 0:53:01Hi, I'm Adam.
0:53:05 > 0:53:07Yes.
0:53:07 > 0:53:08Hi.
0:53:09 > 0:53:11I told you in a letter,
0:53:11 > 0:53:14I told you on the phone and now I'll tell you to your face,
0:53:14 > 0:53:17I will not participate in your documentary.
0:53:17 > 0:53:21You'll want me to say funny, bitchy one-liners about Crawford.
0:53:22 > 0:53:23I won't do it.
0:53:23 > 0:53:25She was a professional.
0:53:26 > 0:53:27We did one picture together.
0:53:27 > 0:53:29Our lives intersected.
0:53:31 > 0:53:32That's it.
0:53:33 > 0:53:35I don't have anything more to say.
0:53:35 > 0:53:37Miss Davis, you're on next.
0:53:41 > 0:53:43Well, I guess that's it.
0:53:45 > 0:53:48We'll never really know what happened between these two women.
0:53:48 > 0:53:50I want to know what happened that first day...
0:53:52 > 0:53:56..when they finally were on a set together after all those years of their feud.
0:53:56 > 0:53:58BELL RINGS
0:53:58 > 0:54:00That's what I want to know.
0:54:12 > 0:54:15THEY LAUGH
0:54:15 > 0:54:18So I put a...a rubber band around it,
0:54:18 > 0:54:21and I went back into the party. What choice did I have?
0:54:22 > 0:54:26Miss Crawford, Miss Davis, Bob is calling for your first read-through.
0:54:26 > 0:54:28All ready?
0:54:28 > 0:54:30- I'll get my script.- Wonderful.
0:54:33 > 0:54:34Bette?
0:54:36 > 0:54:40Here's what I really hope from this picture when all is said and done...
0:54:42 > 0:54:45..I hope I've made a new friend.
0:54:48 > 0:54:49Me, too.
0:55:02 > 0:55:04DOOR SLAMS