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