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1 00:00:02,417 00:00:06,085 [music playing] [music playing]
2 00:00:33,748 00:00:36,416 LOUIS MARSDEN (VOICEOVER): I've always been a quiet, logical, LOUIS MARSDEN (VOICEOVER): I've always been a quiet, logical,
3 00:00:36,484 00:00:38,684 and emotional man. and emotional man.
4 00:00:38,753 00:00:41,320 I've only had two passions in my life-- I've only had two passions in my life--
5 00:00:41,389 00:00:43,890 my career as an investigator with the district attorney's my career as an investigator with the district attorney's
6 00:00:43,992 00:00:48,294 office in Los Angeles, California and a woman. office in Los Angeles, California and a woman.
7 00:00:48,396 00:00:50,630 I saw her for the first time in the early morning hours I saw her for the first time in the early morning hours
8 00:00:50,732 00:00:54,734 of Monday, December 16, 1935. of Monday, December 16, 1935.
9 00:00:54,803 00:00:56,369 When I got the call to go to the Palisades, When I got the call to go to the Palisades,
10 00:00:56,438 00:00:59,238 my boss told me to expect just a routine Hollywood suicide. my boss told me to expect just a routine Hollywood suicide.
11 00:01:01,875 00:01:03,975 Like many passions, this one started Like many passions, this one started
12 00:01:04,044 00:01:05,911 with an irrational thought. with an irrational thought.
13 00:01:06,013 00:01:08,280 It was cold by the ocean that morning. It was cold by the ocean that morning.
14 00:01:08,382 00:01:11,283 And I had an impulse to pull her fur up over her bare shoulders And I had an impulse to pull her fur up over her bare shoulders
15 00:01:11,385 00:01:15,153 to keep her warm, as if it wasn't too late for that. to keep her warm, as if it wasn't too late for that.
16 00:01:15,222 00:01:17,889 My name is Louis Marsden. My name is Louis Marsden.
17 00:01:17,958 00:01:19,291 Her name was Thelma Todd. Her name was Thelma Todd.
18 00:01:26,700 00:01:29,067 (WHISPERING) Why did you suggest her? (WHISPERING) Why did you suggest her?
19 00:01:29,136 00:01:30,535 Well, Marsden. Well, Marsden.
20 00:01:30,604 00:01:32,104 What took you so long? What took you so long?
21 00:01:32,172 00:01:33,972 I know how you guys in the DA's office I know how you guys in the DA's office
22 00:01:34,074 00:01:36,775 love to show up in time to pose for the newsreel footage love to show up in time to pose for the newsreel footage
23 00:01:36,844 00:01:38,977 when a celebrity kicks off. when a celebrity kicks off.
24 00:01:39,079 00:01:41,580 It's a life altering thrill to see you, too, Unger. It's a life altering thrill to see you, too, Unger.
25 00:01:41,648 00:01:42,614 What do you got? What do you got?
26 00:01:42,683 00:01:44,015 Not much. Not much.
27 00:01:44,084 00:01:46,818 Her chauffeur drove her home from a party Saturday night. Her chauffeur drove her home from a party Saturday night.
28 00:01:46,887 00:01:48,887 That's the last time anyone saw her until the maid found That's the last time anyone saw her until the maid found
29 00:01:48,956 00:01:50,755 the body this morning. the body this morning.
30 00:01:50,824 00:01:54,626 Saturday night, 36 hours ago. Saturday night, 36 hours ago.
31 00:01:54,695 00:01:56,094 All right. What about the other two? All right. What about the other two?
32 00:01:56,163 00:01:57,195 Who are they? Who are they?
33 00:01:57,264 00:01:59,431 UNGER: He's Roland West, one of the partners UNGER: He's Roland West, one of the partners
34 00:01:59,500 00:02:01,199 in this lovely establishment. in this lovely establishment.
35 00:02:01,268 00:02:04,035 She's Jewel Carmen, West's ex-wife-- She's Jewel Carmen, West's ex-wife--
36 00:02:04,104 00:02:05,370 or, uh, estranged wife. or, uh, estranged wife.
37 00:02:05,472 00:02:06,905 I'm not quite sure. I'm not quite sure.
38 00:02:06,974 00:02:09,741 She doesn't look too broken up about the whole thing. She doesn't look too broken up about the whole thing.
39 00:02:09,843 00:02:11,143 Let's put it this way. Let's put it this way.
40 00:02:11,211 00:02:13,879 Her house overlooks the duplex her husband was sharing Her house overlooks the duplex her husband was sharing
41 00:02:13,947 00:02:15,513 with Thelma Todd. with Thelma Todd.
42 00:02:15,581 00:02:17,448 Cozy, huh? Cozy, huh?
43 00:02:17,517 00:02:19,316 Sounds like just another typical Hollywood marriage Sounds like just another typical Hollywood marriage
44 00:02:19,385 00:02:20,117 to me. to me.
45 00:02:30,897 00:02:32,062 What's the verdict, huh? What's the verdict, huh?
46 00:02:32,131 00:02:34,265 Carbon monoxide, plain and simple. Carbon monoxide, plain and simple.
47 00:02:34,333 00:02:35,733 Carbon monoxide? Carbon monoxide?
48 00:02:35,835 00:02:37,501 What about the bruises on her neck and blood? What about the bruises on her neck and blood?
49 00:02:37,570 00:02:40,171 She probably fell against the dashboard when she passed out. She probably fell against the dashboard when she passed out.
50 00:02:40,239 00:02:43,174 Time of death, I'd say around dawn yesterday. Time of death, I'd say around dawn yesterday.
51 00:02:43,242 00:02:45,042 How's that possible? How's that possible?
52 00:02:45,144 00:02:47,144 Rigor mortis hadn't even started to set in. Rigor mortis hadn't even started to set in.
53 00:02:47,213 00:02:49,513 Belated congratulations on your medical degree, Belated congratulations on your medical degree,
54 00:02:49,582 00:02:50,681 Mr. Marsden. Mr. Marsden.
55 00:02:50,750 00:02:52,116 Dawn yesterday. Dawn yesterday.
56 00:02:52,185 00:02:54,552 And I hate to disappoint you, but all we're looking at here And I hate to disappoint you, but all we're looking at here
57 00:02:54,620 00:02:57,354 is either an accidental death or just another run-of-the-mill is either an accidental death or just another run-of-the-mill
58 00:02:57,423 00:02:58,489 movie star suicide. movie star suicide.
59 00:02:58,558 00:03:00,057 Like hell! Like hell!
60 00:03:00,159 00:03:02,993 That's my daughter you're talking about, you inept, That's my daughter you're talking about, you inept,
61 00:03:03,062 00:03:04,762 ignorant fool. ignorant fool.
62 00:03:04,864 00:03:07,665 She would never take her own life, never. She would never take her own life, never.
63 00:03:07,733 00:03:10,034 Oh, for God's sake, what's the matter with you people? Oh, for God's sake, what's the matter with you people?
64 00:03:10,136 00:03:12,169 Don't you know a murder when you see one? Don't you know a murder when you see one?
65 00:03:12,238 00:03:13,571 MAN (ON PROJECTOR): As friends of Hollywood MAN (ON PROJECTOR): As friends of Hollywood
66 00:03:13,639 00:03:15,472 and throughout the world mourn the loss and throughout the world mourn the loss
67 00:03:15,541 00:03:19,343 of Thelma Todd, whose sudden and still unexplained death brought of Thelma Todd, whose sudden and still unexplained death brought
68 00:03:19,412 00:03:22,813 an untimely end to the career of one of the silver screen's most an untimely end to the career of one of the silver screen's most
69 00:03:22,915 00:03:25,349 glamorous and beloved comedians. glamorous and beloved comedians.
70 00:03:25,418 00:03:28,953 Known to friends and fans alike as the inevitable Hot Toddy, Known to friends and fans alike as the inevitable Hot Toddy,
71 00:03:29,021 00:03:31,020 Thelma approached life both on screen Thelma approached life both on screen
72 00:03:31,089 00:03:34,924 and off with an unbridled sense of fun, her indomitable spirit and off with an unbridled sense of fun, her indomitable spirit
73 00:03:34,993 00:03:37,026 an inspiration for those her. an inspiration for those her.
74 00:03:37,095 00:03:40,330 The small town New England girl was catapulted to stardom The small town New England girl was catapulted to stardom
75 00:03:40,398 00:03:43,666 by her beloved mother and frequent companion, Alice Todd, by her beloved mother and frequent companion, Alice Todd,
76 00:03:43,735 00:03:45,835 who entered Thelma in a beauty contest who entered Thelma in a beauty contest
77 00:03:45,937 00:03:48,471 the summer after her high school graduation. the summer after her high school graduation.
78 00:03:48,573 00:03:50,840 Even as Thelma's career continued to soar, Even as Thelma's career continued to soar,
79 00:03:50,942 00:03:52,609 she began to devote much of her time she began to devote much of her time
80 00:03:52,677 00:03:55,411 to the opening of a popular beach front restaurant that to the opening of a popular beach front restaurant that
81 00:03:55,480 00:03:56,646 bore her name. bore her name.
82 00:03:56,715 00:03:59,015 Thelma Todd's Sidewalk Cafe quickly Thelma Todd's Sidewalk Cafe quickly
83 00:03:59,084 00:04:01,718 became Hollywood's favorite watering hole. became Hollywood's favorite watering hole.
84 00:04:01,753 00:04:04,120 Its guiding light has been extinguished now Its guiding light has been extinguished now
85 00:04:04,222 00:04:05,989 Thelma Todd is gone. Thelma Todd is gone.
86 00:04:06,057 00:04:07,624 But her beauty and the laughter she But her beauty and the laughter she
87 00:04:07,692 00:04:10,226 brought us will live on in our hearts forever. brought us will live on in our hearts forever.
88 00:04:10,295 00:04:11,594 We'll miss you, Thelma. We'll miss you, Thelma.
89 00:04:11,663 00:04:12,729 Rest in peace. Rest in peace.
90 00:04:12,797 00:04:15,064 Mr. Marsden, I believe. Mr. Marsden, I believe.
91 00:04:15,133 00:04:16,666 Allow me to introduce myself. Allow me to introduce myself.
92 00:04:16,735 00:04:18,935 I'm district attorney Buron Fitts, your boss, I'm district attorney Buron Fitts, your boss,
93 00:04:19,004 00:04:23,072 the man who left no less than four urgent files on your desk the man who left no less than four urgent files on your desk
94 00:04:23,141 00:04:25,108 this morning, which don't seem to have been touched. this morning, which don't seem to have been touched.
95 00:04:25,210 00:04:27,243 Of course, if you'd rather devote your time to watching Of course, if you'd rather devote your time to watching
96 00:04:27,312 00:04:29,612 newsreels than taking care of the work for which you're being newsreels than taking care of the work for which you're being
97 00:04:29,681 00:04:32,348 paid, I assure you that can be permanently arranged. paid, I assure you that can be permanently arranged.
98 00:04:32,417 00:04:33,816 Look, Mr. Fitts, I'm sorry. Look, Mr. Fitts, I'm sorry.
99 00:04:33,885 00:04:36,786 I-- I just can't get the Todd case off my mind. I-- I just can't get the Todd case off my mind.
100 00:04:36,855 00:04:38,821 There is no Todd case. There is no Todd case.
101 00:04:38,890 00:04:41,524 Look, Marsden, I know how easy it is to get caught up Look, Marsden, I know how easy it is to get caught up
102 00:04:41,626 00:04:43,026 in the press hysteria. in the press hysteria.
103 00:04:43,094 00:04:46,928 But I will not have one of my investigators wasting his time But I will not have one of my investigators wasting his time
104 00:04:46,997 00:04:49,898 or the taxpayers' money just because the victim happened or the taxpayers' money just because the victim happened
105 00:04:50,000 00:04:52,367 to be a celebrity. to be a celebrity.
106 00:04:52,436 00:04:54,102 Mr. Fitts-- just a minute, Mr. Fitts. Mr. Fitts-- just a minute, Mr. Fitts.
107 00:04:57,141 00:04:58,440 Forget she was a celebrity, sir. Forget she was a celebrity, sir.
108 00:04:58,509 00:05:00,542 She was also a person, a human being. She was also a person, a human being.
109 00:05:00,644 00:05:02,844 And with all due respect, sir, I know this is Hollywood, And with all due respect, sir, I know this is Hollywood,
110 00:05:02,913 00:05:05,714 and I still find investigating the murder of any human being and I still find investigating the murder of any human being
111 00:05:05,783 00:05:07,482 worth as much time and money as it takes. worth as much time and money as it takes.
112 00:05:07,551 00:05:08,617 Murder? What are you talking about? Murder? What are you talking about?
113 00:05:08,686 00:05:09,618 You read the reports. You read the reports.
114 00:05:09,687 00:05:10,786 Every single one of them concluded Every single one of them concluded
115 00:05:10,854 00:05:12,187 the death was accidental. the death was accidental.
116 00:05:12,289 00:05:14,256 That's true, but did you get a chance to put those reports That's true, but did you get a chance to put those reports
117 00:05:14,325 00:05:15,524 side by side, compare them? side by side, compare them?
118 00:05:15,626 00:05:16,925 No, I saw no point. No, I saw no point.
119 00:05:17,027 00:05:17,893 Well, I did. Well, I did.
120 00:05:17,995 00:05:19,428 And they don't add up. And they don't add up.
121 00:05:19,496 00:05:20,696 - Really? - Yeah. - Really? - Yeah.
122 00:05:20,764 00:05:22,064 Take the medical examiner's report. Take the medical examiner's report.
123 00:05:22,132 00:05:24,399 He puts the time of death sometime early Sunday morning, He puts the time of death sometime early Sunday morning,
124 00:05:24,468 00:05:28,203 but according to the autopsy, he was off by nearly 24 hours. but according to the autopsy, he was off by nearly 24 hours.
125 00:05:28,305 00:05:30,706 There was undigested food in her stomach that wasn't served There was undigested food in her stomach that wasn't served
126 00:05:30,774 00:05:33,008 at the party she went to on the night she supposedly died. at the party she went to on the night she supposedly died.
127 00:05:33,077 00:05:35,310 All right, so she stopped off somewhere on the way home. All right, so she stopped off somewhere on the way home.
128 00:05:35,379 00:05:37,879 At 2:30 in the morning after a five-course dinner, At 2:30 in the morning after a five-course dinner,
129 00:05:37,948 00:05:39,981 she had the chauffeur stopped someplace between Hollywood she had the chauffeur stopped someplace between Hollywood
130 00:05:40,050 00:05:41,750 and the beach because she has a sudden craving for peas and the beach because she has a sudden craving for peas
131 00:05:41,819 00:05:42,517 and carrots? and carrots?
132 00:05:45,055 00:05:47,322 Is that all, or is there more? Is that all, or is there more?
133 00:05:47,391 00:05:48,757 Everyone at the party swears she only Everyone at the party swears she only
134 00:05:48,859 00:05:50,425 had a few sips of champagne. had a few sips of champagne.
135 00:05:50,494 00:05:51,827 But according to her blood alcohol level, But according to her blood alcohol level,
136 00:05:51,895 00:05:53,862 she was legally drunk at the time she died. she was legally drunk at the time she died.
137 00:05:53,931 00:05:57,065 And I've had no less than six phone calls from people And I've had no less than six phone calls from people
138 00:05:57,134 00:05:58,734 claiming to have either seen her or talked claiming to have either seen her or talked
139 00:05:58,802 00:06:01,669 to her as late as Sunday night, which means the ME is saying to her as late as Sunday night, which means the ME is saying
140 00:06:01,738 00:06:03,637 that a dead woman had a busier Sunday than I did. that a dead woman had a busier Sunday than I did.
141 00:06:03,706 00:06:05,439 That's enough, Marsden. That's enough, Marsden.
142 00:06:05,508 00:06:06,807 I beg your pardon, sir. I beg your pardon, sir.
143 00:06:06,876 00:06:08,209 I said that's enough. I said that's enough.
144 00:06:08,311 00:06:09,410 I know what you said, sir. I know what you said, sir.
145 00:06:09,479 00:06:10,811 I just can't believe you don't find this I just can't believe you don't find this
146 00:06:10,880 00:06:12,179 as disturbing as I do. as disturbing as I do.
147 00:06:12,248 00:06:13,013 It's not that. It's not that.
148 00:06:13,082 00:06:14,048 It's just we can't-- It's just we can't--
149 00:06:14,117 00:06:14,849 Well, it's just one. Well, it's just one.
150 00:06:14,917 00:06:16,150 What are you telling me? What are you telling me?
151 00:06:16,219 00:06:17,952 Surely you're not asking me to drop my investigation? Surely you're not asking me to drop my investigation?
152 00:06:18,087 00:06:18,919 No. No.
153 00:06:18,988 00:06:22,089 Of course not, Marsden. Of course not, Marsden.
154 00:06:22,158 00:06:24,825 We just have a very delicate situation on our hands. We just have a very delicate situation on our hands.
155 00:06:24,894 00:06:25,793 That's all. That's all.
156 00:06:25,862 00:06:28,729 And what I'm asking you to do, what And what I'm asking you to do, what
157 00:06:28,798 00:06:32,133 I'm ordering you to do is simply proceed I'm ordering you to do is simply proceed
158 00:06:32,201 00:06:35,736 with complete discretion. with complete discretion.
159 00:06:35,805 00:06:38,506 You're not just star struck, are you? You're not just star struck, are you?
160 00:06:38,574 00:06:41,709 I don't go to movies, Mr. Fitts. I don't go to movies, Mr. Fitts.
161 00:06:41,778 00:06:43,310 The first time I ever saw Thelma Todd, The first time I ever saw Thelma Todd,
162 00:06:43,379 00:06:45,646 she was lying dead in that car. she was lying dead in that car.
163 00:06:45,748 00:06:51,485 She was smaller than I expected, all by herself. She was smaller than I expected, all by herself.
164 00:06:51,554 00:06:57,658 And I just kept thinking, she must've been so frightened. And I just kept thinking, she must've been so frightened.
165 00:06:57,760 00:06:59,960 I have to know who did this. I have to know who did this.
166 00:07:00,029 00:07:04,999 No subpoenas, no pressure, and above all, no press. No subpoenas, no pressure, and above all, no press.
167 00:07:05,101 00:07:06,500 I trust I make myself clear. I trust I make myself clear.
168 00:07:09,605 00:07:14,675 Perfectly clear, Mr. District Attorney, sir. Perfectly clear, Mr. District Attorney, sir.
169 00:07:14,777 00:07:19,045 I'll be only too happy to answer any of your questions. I'll be only too happy to answer any of your questions.
170 00:07:19,147 00:07:21,981 I just don't understand why you think any information I have I just don't understand why you think any information I have
171 00:07:22,050 00:07:23,283 might be relevant. might be relevant.
172 00:07:23,385 00:07:24,617 You were business partners. You were business partners.
173 00:07:24,686 00:07:26,820 You were living together. You were living together.
174 00:07:26,888 00:07:34,160 We shared a duplex purely for convenience to the restaurant. We shared a duplex purely for convenience to the restaurant.
175 00:07:34,229 00:07:40,200 Thelma lives-- lived here. Thelma lives-- lived here.
176 00:07:46,575 00:07:47,273 I live here. I live here.
177 00:07:51,546 00:07:54,514 Our quarters were strictly and completely separate, Our quarters were strictly and completely separate,
178 00:07:54,583 00:07:55,281 as you can see. as you can see.
179 00:07:59,054 00:08:00,787 At whose insistence? At whose insistence?
180 00:08:00,856 00:08:03,623 Thelma's, yours, or your wife's? Thelma's, yours, or your wife's?
181 00:08:03,692 00:08:07,193 May I offer you something? May I offer you something?
182 00:08:07,262 00:08:07,961 Nothing, thank you. Nothing, thank you.
183 00:08:11,266 00:08:13,066 My wife and I are separated, Mr. Marsden. My wife and I are separated, Mr. Marsden.
184 00:08:16,471 00:08:21,407 But even if we weren't, I'm afraid of all the many emotions But even if we weren't, I'm afraid of all the many emotions
185 00:08:21,476 00:08:25,678 I seem to inspire in women, jealousy is not among them. I seem to inspire in women, jealousy is not among them.
186 00:08:30,919 00:08:34,653 As for Thelma and me, I treated her As for Thelma and me, I treated her
187 00:08:34,722 00:08:37,890 too well for her to love me. too well for her to love me.
188 00:08:37,958 00:08:41,960 So let's just say I was willing to settle for the insult So let's just say I was willing to settle for the insult
189 00:08:42,029 00:08:44,396 of occasional gratitude. of occasional gratitude.
190 00:08:44,498 00:08:48,500 Look, I know how difficult this must be for you. Look, I know how difficult this must be for you.
191 00:08:51,872 00:08:52,571 Really? Really?
192 00:08:55,976 00:08:58,377 You know what it's like to devote 10 years of your life You know what it's like to devote 10 years of your life
193 00:08:58,479 00:09:03,882 to a woman, doing everything you can to avoid being yet to a woman, doing everything you can to avoid being yet
194 00:09:03,951 00:09:08,754 another name on a long list of admirers, another name on a long list of admirers,
195 00:09:08,856 00:09:15,527 to actually have an impact, to significantly contribute to actually have an impact, to significantly contribute
196 00:09:15,596 00:09:20,566 to her happiness, only to watch her throw it to her happiness, only to watch her throw it
197 00:09:20,634 00:09:25,771 all away time and time again. all away time and time again.
198 00:09:25,873 00:09:30,008 Toddy and I were working on the same lot when I met her. Toddy and I were working on the same lot when I met her.
199 00:09:30,077 00:09:31,843 It became immediately apparent to me It became immediately apparent to me
200 00:09:31,912 00:09:34,680 that her talent was being pitifully underestimated that her talent was being pitifully underestimated
201 00:09:34,748 00:09:36,548 and misused. and misused.
202 00:09:36,617 00:09:40,352 And I undertook to move heaven and earth to do something And I undertook to move heaven and earth to do something
203 00:09:40,421 00:09:41,753 about it. - Cut! about it. - Cut!
204 00:09:41,822 00:09:42,588 That's a print. That's a print.
205 00:09:42,656 00:09:44,923 Ho ho ho, good work, Toddy. Ho ho ho, good work, Toddy.
206 00:09:44,992 00:09:45,724 Great. Great.
207 00:09:45,793 00:09:48,192 Next set-up. Next set-up.
208 00:09:48,294 00:09:49,260 I know, I know. I know, I know.
209 00:09:49,329 00:09:51,028 On the surface, it's just another comedy. On the surface, it's just another comedy.
210 00:09:51,097 00:09:53,998 But I find the symbolism of a man throwing himself But I find the symbolism of a man throwing himself
211 00:09:54,067 00:09:57,835 on a pile of intimate apparel oddly moving, don't you? on a pile of intimate apparel oddly moving, don't you?
212 00:09:57,937 00:09:59,236 Oh, cheer up, Roland. Oh, cheer up, Roland.
213 00:09:59,305 00:10:00,838 It's the first night all week no one had to wash meringue out It's the first night all week no one had to wash meringue out
214 00:10:00,940 00:10:02,006 of my hair. of my hair.
215 00:10:02,075 00:10:03,040 Good. Good.
216 00:10:03,109 00:10:04,709 Because we're going to dinner. Because we're going to dinner.
217 00:10:04,777 00:10:05,509 We are? We are?
218 00:10:05,578 00:10:06,310 How nice. How nice.
219 00:10:06,379 00:10:07,912 Where am I taking you? Where am I taking you?
220 00:10:07,981 00:10:09,480 You're not even remotely funny. You're not even remotely funny.
221 00:10:09,582 00:10:11,248 Well, according to billboards all over the country, Well, according to billboards all over the country,
222 00:10:11,317 00:10:12,416 I'm a laugh riot. I'm a laugh riot.
223 00:10:12,485 00:10:15,086 I'll have you know that's laugh with two F's. I'll have you know that's laugh with two F's.
224 00:10:15,154 00:10:17,421 I am taking you to the Coconut Grove, I am taking you to the Coconut Grove,
225 00:10:17,490 00:10:20,191 where we're going to order the finest bottle of champagne where we're going to order the finest bottle of champagne
226 00:10:20,293 00:10:22,593 in the house and drink to the success in the house and drink to the success
227 00:10:22,662 00:10:26,631 of that brilliant new dramatic actress, the dazzling Ms. of that brilliant new dramatic actress, the dazzling Ms.
228 00:10:26,699 00:10:28,466 Alison Lloyd. Alison Lloyd.
229 00:10:28,568 00:10:29,300 Well, you know me. Well, you know me.
230 00:10:29,369 00:10:30,434 I'll drink to anything. I'll drink to anything.
231 00:10:30,503 00:10:33,471 And God bless her after all she's been through. And God bless her after all she's been through.
232 00:10:33,573 00:10:36,540 Who the hell is Alison Lloyd? Who the hell is Alison Lloyd?
233 00:10:36,609 00:10:38,843 She's your target. She's your target.
234 00:10:38,945 00:10:40,511 What? What?
235 00:10:40,613 00:10:42,713 I just got back from Universal. I just got back from Universal.
236 00:10:42,782 00:10:45,950 The deal's all worked out. The deal's all worked out.
237 00:10:46,019 00:10:49,253 You and I are about to start our first film together, You and I are about to start our first film together,
238 00:10:49,355 00:10:52,823 a Roland West production starring Alison Lloyd a Roland West production starring Alison Lloyd
239 00:10:52,892 00:10:55,426 in her dramatic debut. in her dramatic debut.
240 00:10:55,495 00:10:57,328 Well, what's wrong with starring Thelma Well, what's wrong with starring Thelma
241 00:10:57,397 00:10:59,196 Todd in her dramatic debut? Todd in her dramatic debut?
242 00:11:01,968 00:11:05,035 This is going to open up a whole new career for you. This is going to open up a whole new career for you.
243 00:11:05,103 00:11:07,637 You need a new name. You need a new name.
244 00:11:07,706 00:11:11,074 I'm not about to allow audiences to sit there, watching my work, I'm not about to allow audiences to sit there, watching my work,
245 00:11:11,143 00:11:13,476 waiting for Thelma Todd to make her usual entrance waiting for Thelma Todd to make her usual entrance
246 00:11:13,545 00:11:15,945 with a rubber chicken. with a rubber chicken.
247 00:11:16,014 00:11:18,815 Oh, Roland, I love you for believing in me like this. Oh, Roland, I love you for believing in me like this.
248 00:11:18,884 00:11:21,518 But I'm doing pretty well with that rubber chicken. But I'm doing pretty well with that rubber chicken.
249 00:11:21,620 00:11:23,620 And I've had almost no dramatic training at all. And I've had almost no dramatic training at all.
250 00:11:23,655 00:11:24,988 I'm just not sure I'm ready. I'm just not sure I'm ready.
251 00:11:25,023 00:11:26,623 I'm sure enough for both of us. I'm sure enough for both of us.
252 00:11:26,725 00:11:27,390 Believe me. Believe me.
253 00:11:31,396 00:11:34,764 Do you know how long I've waited to hear you say you love me? Do you know how long I've waited to hear you say you love me?
254 00:11:34,833 00:11:38,168 Oh, Roland. Oh, Roland.
255 00:11:38,236 00:11:39,436 Now get out of here. Now get out of here.
256 00:11:39,504 00:11:41,104 I'm going to change. I'm going to change.
257 00:11:41,173 00:11:47,277 I want to slip into something more Alison Lloyd-ish. I want to slip into something more Alison Lloyd-ish.
258 00:11:47,379 00:11:49,012 ROLAND WEST: Six months later, the studio ROLAND WEST: Six months later, the studio
259 00:11:49,081 00:11:52,348 arranged a sneak preview of the film. arranged a sneak preview of the film.
260 00:11:52,417 00:11:55,885 Unfortunately, they invited the general public. Unfortunately, they invited the general public.
261 00:11:55,954 00:11:57,220 Oh, I don't know. Oh, I don't know.
262 00:11:57,289 00:11:59,522 I think that a woman will make it into something someday. I think that a woman will make it into something someday.
263 00:11:59,591 00:12:00,290 Maybe a waitress. Maybe a waitress.
264 00:12:03,061 00:12:03,927 What time is it? What time is it?
265 00:12:04,029 00:12:05,195 What day is it? What day is it?
266 00:12:05,263 00:12:09,466 Look, if you hated it that much, we could have left. Look, if you hated it that much, we could have left.
267 00:12:09,534 00:12:12,135 Darling, this is all the studio's fault. Darling, this is all the studio's fault.
268 00:12:12,204 00:12:13,269 This is a special picture. This is a special picture.
269 00:12:13,338 00:12:15,472 It needs a special audience. It needs a special audience.
270 00:12:15,540 00:12:16,272 Well, of course. Well, of course.
271 00:12:16,341 00:12:17,607 What were they thinking? What were they thinking?
272 00:12:17,709 00:12:19,007 They should have screened it for a few bus They should have screened it for a few bus
273 00:12:19,076 00:12:22,344 loads of blind deaf people. loads of blind deaf people.
274 00:12:22,446 00:12:24,813 I just need to do a little recutting, that's all. I just need to do a little recutting, that's all.
275 00:12:24,882 00:12:26,782 It's not that bad. It's not that bad.
276 00:12:26,851 00:12:28,217 Don't you dare sit there and tell me Don't you dare sit there and tell me
277 00:12:28,285 00:12:30,352 that the most humiliating experience of my life that the most humiliating experience of my life
278 00:12:30,454 00:12:32,020 was not that bad. was not that bad.
279 00:12:32,089 00:12:33,822 Roland, the only thing that's keeping me Roland, the only thing that's keeping me
280 00:12:33,891 00:12:36,024 from catching the first train back to New England from catching the first train back to New England
281 00:12:36,093 00:12:37,659 is the fact that that was Alison Lloyd who is the fact that that was Alison Lloyd who
282 00:12:37,728 00:12:39,328 bombed up there tonight. bombed up there tonight.
283 00:12:39,430 00:12:42,631 At least Thelma Todd still has a career. At least Thelma Todd still has a career.
284 00:12:42,733 00:12:43,899 Thelma, no. Thelma, no.
285 00:12:43,968 00:12:44,700 Please. Please.
286 00:12:46,871 00:12:48,036 What about our future? What about our future?
287 00:12:48,105 00:12:49,738 Well, I don't know about your future. Well, I don't know about your future.
288 00:12:49,807 00:12:52,374 But my future involves polishing off the biggest bottle But my future involves polishing off the biggest bottle
289 00:12:52,476 00:12:56,812 of champagne I can find in honor of the late great Alison Lloyd. of champagne I can find in honor of the late great Alison Lloyd.
290 00:12:56,881 00:12:57,913 You're invited to join me. You're invited to join me.
291 00:12:57,982 00:12:59,381 Alison would have wanted it that way. Alison would have wanted it that way.
292 00:13:04,488 00:13:06,989 So I found another brilliant script for Thelma and me So I found another brilliant script for Thelma and me
293 00:13:07,091 00:13:08,857 to do together. to do together.
294 00:13:08,926 00:13:12,895 But by that time, her mother had arrived. But by that time, her mother had arrived.
295 00:13:12,963 00:13:15,864 You've met Alice Todd, I assume. You've met Alice Todd, I assume.
296 00:13:15,933 00:13:19,802 Rather overdressed, handsome woman. Rather overdressed, handsome woman.
297 00:13:19,870 00:13:24,373 Could have had a stellar career as a human torture chamber. Could have had a stellar career as a human torture chamber.
298 00:13:24,475 00:13:28,677 So she immediately took over Thelma's life So she immediately took over Thelma's life
299 00:13:28,779 00:13:33,882 and sold her right back into that demeaning bondage, which and sold her right back into that demeaning bondage, which
300 00:13:33,951 00:13:37,518 somehow passes for comedy in this pathetic town. somehow passes for comedy in this pathetic town.
301 00:13:41,825 00:13:44,358 You see what I mean, Mr. Marsden? You see what I mean, Mr. Marsden?
302 00:13:44,427 00:13:47,995 I saw greatness in her. I saw greatness in her.
303 00:13:48,064 00:13:52,800 I jeopardized my own reputation to guide her towards it. I jeopardized my own reputation to guide her towards it.
304 00:13:52,869 00:13:57,205 And she just turned her back and walked away. And she just turned her back and walked away.
305 00:13:57,273 00:14:00,441 Forgive me for this, Roland, but I think most men would have Forgive me for this, Roland, but I think most men would have
306 00:14:00,543 00:14:02,143 let her go, moved on. let her go, moved on.
307 00:14:05,048 00:14:09,417 I don't know whether it's to my credit or my detriment. I don't know whether it's to my credit or my detriment.
308 00:14:09,519 00:14:13,187 But I am decidedly not most men. But I am decidedly not most men.
309 00:14:13,256 00:14:19,360 So when she slammed that particular door in my face, So when she slammed that particular door in my face,
310 00:14:19,429 00:14:22,864 I simply found a way to open another one. I simply found a way to open another one.
311 00:14:25,535 00:14:30,004 And thus was born Thelma Todd's Sidewalk Cafe. And thus was born Thelma Todd's Sidewalk Cafe.
312 00:14:33,610 00:14:37,378 I surprised her with the idea one night at the Coconut Grove. I surprised her with the idea one night at the Coconut Grove.
313 00:14:49,292 00:14:51,992 It's a perfect location, overlooking It's a perfect location, overlooking
314 00:14:52,060 00:14:53,393 the ocean near Malibu. the ocean near Malibu.
315 00:14:53,462 00:14:55,362 It'll be a gold mine. It'll be a gold mine.
316 00:14:55,430 00:14:57,898 Roland, I don't know anything about running a restaurant. Roland, I don't know anything about running a restaurant.
317 00:14:57,966 00:14:59,065 You don't have to. You don't have to.
318 00:14:59,134 00:15:01,368 All you have to do is put your name on it All you have to do is put your name on it
319 00:15:01,436 00:15:05,272 and be there to welcome all these terribly famous, terribly and be there to welcome all these terribly famous, terribly
320 00:15:05,340 00:15:09,342 rich, terribly hungry, terribly thirsty friends of yours. rich, terribly hungry, terribly thirsty friends of yours.
321 00:15:09,411 00:15:14,414 You mean like Toddy's or Thelma's Place or Thelma Todd's You mean like Toddy's or Thelma's Place or Thelma Todd's
322 00:15:14,483 00:15:15,916 Sidewalk Cafe. Sidewalk Cafe.
323 00:15:15,984 00:15:18,051 Well, that's lovely. Well, that's lovely.
324 00:15:18,086 00:15:19,352 But there's no sidewalk. But there's no sidewalk.
325 00:15:19,421 00:15:20,687 Oh, don't get technical on me. Oh, don't get technical on me.
326 00:15:20,756 00:15:21,688 I like it. I like it.
327 00:15:21,757 00:15:24,324 It's kind of friendly and Parisian. It's kind of friendly and Parisian.
328 00:15:24,393 00:15:26,226 Oh, Roland. Oh, Roland.
329 00:15:26,261 00:15:28,628 To think that people, important people To think that people, important people
330 00:15:28,697 00:15:31,131 would come all that way just to see me, just because my name would come all that way just to see me, just because my name
331 00:15:31,233 00:15:32,565 was up there? was up there?
332 00:15:32,634 00:15:34,901 You know what that would mean to me? You know what that would mean to me?
333 00:15:34,970 00:15:38,004 And you and I would be partners. And you and I would be partners.
334 00:15:38,073 00:15:42,642 Yes, with a third party who is putting up part of the money. Yes, with a third party who is putting up part of the money.
335 00:15:42,711 00:15:44,377 Third party? Third party?
336 00:15:44,446 00:15:45,879 Oh, wait a minute. Oh, wait a minute.
337 00:15:45,948 00:15:49,382 You don't mean Jewel. You don't mean Jewel.
338 00:15:49,451 00:15:51,818 You talked your wife into this? You talked your wife into this?
339 00:15:51,920 00:15:53,253 Oh, Roland. Oh, Roland.
340 00:15:53,322 00:15:55,021 I guess when you're as rich as she is, you can afford I guess when you're as rich as she is, you can afford
341 00:15:55,090 00:15:56,489 to be broadminded. to be broadminded.
342 00:15:56,558 00:16:00,694 Still, I'm not exactly her favorite person. Still, I'm not exactly her favorite person.
343 00:16:00,762 00:16:02,162 Excuse me, Ms. Todd. Excuse me, Ms. Todd.
344 00:16:02,264 00:16:04,064 Compliments of Mr. DeCicco. Compliments of Mr. DeCicco.
345 00:16:04,132 00:16:05,931 Oh, for God's sake. Oh, for God's sake.
346 00:16:06,000 00:16:06,699 Who? Who?
347 00:16:06,767 00:16:08,467 Pat DeCicco. Pat DeCicco.
348 00:16:08,536 00:16:09,702 He's an agent. He's an agent.
349 00:16:09,770 00:16:12,471 From what I hear, he's more trouble than he's worth. From what I hear, he's more trouble than he's worth.
350 00:16:12,540 00:16:16,108 Tell Mr. DeCicco Ms. Todd's not interested. Tell Mr. DeCicco Ms. Todd's not interested.
351 00:16:16,177 00:16:17,476 Oh, but Ms. Todd is. Oh, but Ms. Todd is.
352 00:16:41,469 00:16:43,068 Ms. Todd. Ms. Todd.
353 00:16:43,137 00:16:48,507 My friends and men who send roses call me Toddy. My friends and men who send roses call me Toddy.
354 00:16:48,576 00:16:50,342 Toddy. Toddy.
355 00:16:50,411 00:16:53,412 I'm Pat DeCicco. I'm Pat DeCicco.
356 00:16:53,481 00:16:56,115 I've been wanting to meet you ever since I got to Hollywood. I've been wanting to meet you ever since I got to Hollywood.
357 00:16:56,183 00:16:57,649 Well, what a coincidence. Well, what a coincidence.
358 00:16:57,718 00:16:59,118 I've been wanting to meet you ever since you I've been wanting to meet you ever since you
359 00:16:59,186 00:17:01,053 got to Hollywood, too. got to Hollywood, too.
360 00:17:01,122 00:17:02,454 I see you've heard of me. I see you've heard of me.
361 00:17:02,523 00:17:05,691 No, I haven't. No, I haven't.
362 00:17:05,726 00:17:07,393 Do you dance, Pat? Do you dance, Pat?
363 00:17:07,461 00:17:10,362 Yes, as a matter of fact, I do. Yes, as a matter of fact, I do.
364 00:17:10,431 00:17:12,064 What about your escort over there? What about your escort over there?
365 00:17:12,133 00:17:14,299 Well, you're welcome to ask him. Well, you're welcome to ask him.
366 00:17:14,368 00:17:15,801 I think you'd look ridiculous together. I think you'd look ridiculous together.
367 00:17:46,399 00:17:48,599 ROLAND WEST: It was like watching an oncoming train ROLAND WEST: It was like watching an oncoming train
368 00:17:48,668 00:17:52,236 wreck and knowing there's not a damn thing you can do to stop wreck and knowing there's not a damn thing you can do to stop
369 00:17:52,305 00:17:53,037 it. it.
370 00:18:00,613 00:18:05,683 Till the day I die, I'll never understand why Toddy was so Till the day I die, I'll never understand why Toddy was so
371 00:18:05,785 00:18:08,386 relentlessly drawn to that parade relentlessly drawn to that parade
372 00:18:08,455 00:18:16,894 of cruel, opportunistic back alley slime like DeCicco and-- of cruel, opportunistic back alley slime like DeCicco and--
373 00:18:16,963 00:18:19,597 And? And?
374 00:18:19,666 00:18:23,901 And all the others. And all the others.
375 00:18:26,639 00:18:28,039 Surely I can get you something? Surely I can get you something?
376 00:18:28,108 00:18:30,775 Roland, really, I'm fine. Roland, really, I'm fine.
377 00:18:30,844 00:18:32,777 But Pat DeCicco married her. But Pat DeCicco married her.
378 00:18:32,846 00:18:34,779 Well, let's face it. Well, let's face it.
379 00:18:34,848 00:18:36,546 That's a lot more than you were able to offer her, That's a lot more than you were able to offer her,
380 00:18:36,615 00:18:38,782 under the circumstances. under the circumstances.
381 00:18:38,851 00:18:42,586 If you call leaving a woman alone for days at a time, If you call leaving a woman alone for days at a time,
382 00:18:42,654 00:18:44,454 not letting her know where you've been not letting her know where you've been
383 00:18:44,523 00:18:48,125 or when you're coming back, and using her as a punching or when you're coming back, and using her as a punching
384 00:18:48,193 00:18:54,231 bag on those rare occasions when you are around, marrying her, bag on those rare occasions when you are around, marrying her,
385 00:18:54,299 00:18:57,100 then yes, I guess he did. then yes, I guess he did.
386 00:18:57,169 00:19:04,040 And she took it for two long years, And she took it for two long years,
387 00:19:04,109 00:19:07,444 until she finally had the sense to leave him. until she finally had the sense to leave him.
388 00:19:07,513 00:19:09,312 I'm sure you can guess who she turned to, I'm sure you can guess who she turned to,
389 00:19:09,381 00:19:12,516 to pick up the pieces. to pick up the pieces.
390 00:19:12,584 00:19:16,253 You were just a nonstop prince of a guy for that woman, You were just a nonstop prince of a guy for that woman,
391 00:19:16,321 00:19:17,420 weren't you? weren't you?
392 00:19:17,489 00:19:19,256 Thank you. Thank you.
393 00:19:19,324 00:19:23,426 It's high time someone recognized that fact beside me. It's high time someone recognized that fact beside me.
394 00:19:23,495 00:19:25,529 Now that's when she moved in with you. Now that's when she moved in with you.
395 00:19:25,597 00:19:28,365 I'm sorry, she moved in next door, right? I'm sorry, she moved in next door, right?
396 00:19:28,467 00:19:30,600 As I said, it was convenient. As I said, it was convenient.
397 00:19:30,636 00:19:32,302 We were about to open the restaurant. We were about to open the restaurant.
398 00:19:35,007 00:19:43,213 Those were good days with DeCicco gone and the hilarious Those were good days with DeCicco gone and the hilarious
399 00:19:43,282 00:19:45,182 insanity of getting ready to open. insanity of getting ready to open.
400 00:19:50,155 00:19:52,188 I wish you could have seen her on opening night. I wish you could have seen her on opening night.
401 00:19:55,359 00:20:04,200 She was breathtaking and happy for the first time in so long. She was breathtaking and happy for the first time in so long.
402 00:20:27,625 00:20:28,691 What are you doing? What are you doing?
403 00:20:28,759 00:20:31,327 Don't ever sneak up on me like that again. Don't ever sneak up on me like that again.
404 00:20:31,395 00:20:32,595 I just couldn't breathe. I just couldn't breathe.
405 00:20:32,663 00:20:33,696 I needed some air. I needed some air.
406 00:20:33,764 00:20:35,397 You can breathe later. You can breathe later.
407 00:20:35,466 00:20:37,666 The Selsnicks are waiting for you. The Selsnicks are waiting for you.
408 00:20:37,735 00:20:40,736 Fine, I'm coming. Fine, I'm coming.
409 00:20:40,805 00:20:41,437 I'm coming. I'm coming.
410 00:20:53,084 00:20:56,085 ROLAND WEST (VOICEOVER): I had no idea who he was. ROLAND WEST (VOICEOVER): I had no idea who he was.
411 00:20:56,187 00:21:00,055 But I can still remember this hollow feeling, this sense But I can still remember this hollow feeling, this sense
412 00:21:00,124 00:21:04,193 that something was coming, that neither Toddy nor I would ever that something was coming, that neither Toddy nor I would ever
413 00:21:04,262 00:21:06,961 be that happy again. be that happy again.
414 00:21:07,030 00:21:08,997 And I was right. And I was right.
415 00:21:09,065 00:21:11,432 It wasn't long before it all began to crumble. It wasn't long before it all began to crumble.
416 00:21:11,501 00:21:14,102 [knocking] [knocking]
417 00:21:14,204 00:21:15,069 ROLAND WEST: Who is it? ROLAND WEST: Who is it?
418 00:21:15,138 00:21:16,004 The police. The police.
419 00:21:16,072 00:21:17,572 And quit stalling, West. And quit stalling, West.
420 00:21:17,641 00:21:19,474 We'll shoot our way in if we have to. We'll shoot our way in if we have to.
421 00:21:24,748 00:21:26,514 I'll make a deal with you. I'll make a deal with you.
422 00:21:26,616 00:21:29,050 If you lend me my spare key, I won't If you lend me my spare key, I won't
423 00:21:29,119 00:21:31,919 say a word about your hair. say a word about your hair.
424 00:21:31,988 00:21:33,788 Do you have any idea what time it is? Do you have any idea what time it is?
425 00:21:33,857 00:21:35,056 Time? Time?
426 00:21:35,125 00:21:37,792 What is time really when you think about it? What is time really when you think about it?
427 00:21:37,861 00:21:40,428 I've had it, Toddy. I've had it, Toddy.
428 00:21:40,497 00:21:42,463 I'm not doing this again. I'm not doing this again.
429 00:21:42,532 00:21:44,132 Next time, you can go find somewhere else Next time, you can go find somewhere else
430 00:21:44,234 00:21:45,199 to go sleep it off. to go sleep it off.
431 00:21:45,268 00:21:46,534 Do you understand me? Do you understand me?
432 00:21:46,636 00:21:48,870 Ooh, Roland, I just love it out when you're so forceful. Ooh, Roland, I just love it out when you're so forceful.
433 00:21:48,972 00:21:49,704 Yeah. Yeah.
434 00:21:49,773 00:21:51,572 Well, you'll be wild about this. Well, you'll be wild about this.
435 00:21:51,641 00:21:53,741 I've also had it with trying to keep that restaurant going all I've also had it with trying to keep that restaurant going all
436 00:21:53,810 00:21:55,009 by myself. by myself.
437 00:21:55,078 00:21:58,646 You can kiss your days as an absentee owner goodbye. You can kiss your days as an absentee owner goodbye.
438 00:21:58,715 00:22:00,615 Oh, really? Oh, really?
439 00:22:00,684 00:22:02,650 A group of 14 tourists came to the restaurant A group of 14 tourists came to the restaurant
440 00:22:02,719 00:22:05,119 tonight, foolishly believing that because they had made tonight, foolishly believing that because they had made
441 00:22:05,188 00:22:08,222 reservations at Thelma Todd's Sidewalk Cafe, reservations at Thelma Todd's Sidewalk Cafe,
442 00:22:08,291 00:22:10,892 they'd actually get to see Ms. Thelma Todd. they'd actually get to see Ms. Thelma Todd.
443 00:22:10,994 00:22:11,826 But guess what? But guess what?
444 00:22:11,895 00:22:14,329 She wasn't there, so they left! She wasn't there, so they left!
445 00:22:14,397 00:22:16,331 Oh, no! Oh, no!
446 00:22:16,399 00:22:19,334 Oh, 14 whole people. Oh, 14 whole people.
447 00:22:19,402 00:22:24,204 Oh, my God, Roland, what is to become of us? Oh, my God, Roland, what is to become of us?
448 00:22:24,306 00:22:25,005 Toddy. Toddy.
449 00:22:25,074 00:22:26,707 Toddy, listen to me. Toddy, listen to me.
450 00:22:26,775 00:22:27,908 We can't go on like this. We can't go on like this.
451 00:22:28,010 00:22:29,509 If things keep going the way they have If things keep going the way they have
452 00:22:29,578 00:22:30,811 for the past couple of months, we're for the past couple of months, we're
453 00:22:30,879 00:22:32,412 going to lose the restaurant. going to lose the restaurant.
454 00:22:32,481 00:22:33,880 And you're trying to blame me for that? And you're trying to blame me for that?
455 00:22:33,949 00:22:35,549 You're the drawing card! You're the drawing card!
456 00:22:35,651 00:22:38,118 You're supposed to be there, greeting the tourists, You're supposed to be there, greeting the tourists,
457 00:22:38,187 00:22:39,419 greeting your friends. greeting your friends.
458 00:22:39,488 00:22:41,154 But no, you can't be bothered. But no, you can't be bothered.
459 00:22:41,223 00:22:43,523 You're too busy going out every night, going God knows You're too busy going out every night, going God knows
460 00:22:43,592 00:22:45,125 where with God knows who. where with God knows who.
461 00:22:45,194 00:22:47,361 Let's get this straight, Roland. Let's get this straight, Roland.
462 00:22:47,396 00:22:50,063 Where I go and what I do is none of your business. Where I go and what I do is none of your business.
463 00:22:50,132 00:22:52,532 It is when it's sending us into bankruptcy. It is when it's sending us into bankruptcy.
464 00:22:52,701 00:22:53,700 Us? Us?
465 00:22:53,769 00:22:55,469 How the hell much have you invested? How the hell much have you invested?
466 00:22:55,537 00:23:01,375 How about 20 hours a day, seven days a week? How about 20 hours a day, seven days a week?
467 00:23:01,443 00:23:02,876 Doesn't that count for something? Doesn't that count for something?
468 00:23:02,945 00:23:05,312 Oh, apparently not, if we're in as much trouble as you say Oh, apparently not, if we're in as much trouble as you say
469 00:23:05,381 00:23:06,980 we are. we are.
470 00:23:07,082 00:23:09,983 You know, when this whole thing started, You know, when this whole thing started,
471 00:23:10,085 00:23:12,452 I distinctly remember you telling me I distinctly remember you telling me
472 00:23:12,521 00:23:15,956 that all you needed from me was my name. that all you needed from me was my name.
473 00:23:16,058 00:23:18,992 So tell me, why suddenly am I having So tell me, why suddenly am I having
474 00:23:19,094 00:23:22,229 to pour most of my salary back into the restaurant every week? to pour most of my salary back into the restaurant every week?
475 00:23:22,331 00:23:24,965 If you don't like the way I'm running things, If you don't like the way I'm running things,
476 00:23:25,067 00:23:27,768 I'll be only too happy to buy you out. I'll be only too happy to buy you out.
477 00:23:27,803 00:23:29,936 With what, your looks? With what, your looks?
478 00:23:30,005 00:23:32,205 You mean Jewel will be only too happy to buy me out. You mean Jewel will be only too happy to buy me out.
479 00:23:32,274 00:23:34,007 And why would she be so happy to buy me out And why would she be so happy to buy me out
480 00:23:34,109 00:23:36,076 of a restaurant that, according to you, of a restaurant that, according to you,
481 00:23:36,145 00:23:38,944 can't make it without me? can't make it without me?
482 00:23:39,013 00:23:40,780 I don't have any idea what you're talking about. I don't have any idea what you're talking about.
483 00:23:44,485 00:23:47,219 Oh, yes, you do. Oh, yes, you do.
484 00:23:47,288 00:23:51,690 And I promise you, I'm going to get to the bottom of this And I promise you, I'm going to get to the bottom of this
485 00:23:51,759 00:23:54,026 or die trying. or die trying.
486 00:23:54,128 00:23:56,395 Or die trying? Or die trying?
487 00:23:56,464 00:23:58,330 Were those her exact words? Were those her exact words?
488 00:23:58,399 00:24:00,399 Did you tell that to the police? Did you tell that to the police?
489 00:24:00,468 00:24:04,136 Mister-- Mr. Marsden, I'm afraid I had a bit too much Mister-- Mr. Marsden, I'm afraid I had a bit too much
490 00:24:04,205 00:24:05,337 to drink. to drink.
491 00:24:05,406 00:24:09,275 I-- I suddenly can't even remember telling you. I-- I suddenly can't even remember telling you.
492 00:24:09,377 00:24:12,678 And now if you'll excuse me, I'm feeling a sudden desire And now if you'll excuse me, I'm feeling a sudden desire
493 00:24:12,780 00:24:13,579 to call my attorney. to call my attorney.
494 00:24:21,789 00:24:23,155 LOUIS MARSDEN (VOICEOVER): Alice Todd asked LOUIS MARSDEN (VOICEOVER): Alice Todd asked
495 00:24:23,224 00:24:24,723 if I preferred coffee or tea. if I preferred coffee or tea.
496 00:24:24,792 00:24:26,392 I chose coffee. I chose coffee.
497 00:24:26,461 00:24:27,993 She served tea. She served tea.
498 00:24:28,062 00:24:29,328 Sit down, Mr. Marsden. Sit down, Mr. Marsden.
499 00:24:29,430 00:24:31,831 Thank you. Thank you.
500 00:24:31,899 00:24:33,699 It's a very cruel thing, Mr. Marsden, for a mother It's a very cruel thing, Mr. Marsden, for a mother
501 00:24:33,801 00:24:36,435 to outlive her children. to outlive her children.
502 00:24:36,504 00:24:38,938 I had a son, did you know that? I had a son, did you know that?
503 00:24:39,006 00:24:41,407 He was only 10 when he died. He was only 10 when he died.
504 00:24:41,476 00:24:46,078 Now Thelma, this is more than any woman Now Thelma, this is more than any woman
505 00:24:46,180 00:24:47,613 should have to endure. should have to endure.
506 00:24:47,682 00:24:49,715 I hope you know how sorry I am. I hope you know how sorry I am.
507 00:24:49,817 00:24:50,583 I wouldn't be here-- I wouldn't be here--
508 00:24:50,651 00:24:52,718 Don't apologize. Don't apologize.
509 00:24:52,820 00:24:54,552 I'm glad for the company. I'm glad for the company.
510 00:24:54,621 00:24:57,188 God knows none of Thelma's supposed friends God knows none of Thelma's supposed friends
511 00:24:57,257 00:25:01,726 bothered to stop by, give a bit of comfort, a little support. bothered to stop by, give a bit of comfort, a little support.
512 00:25:01,828 00:25:03,127 I've been completely forgotten. I've been completely forgotten.
513 00:25:03,196 00:25:05,864 Well, I can assure you that's not true. Well, I can assure you that's not true.
514 00:25:05,932 00:25:07,999 Roland West mentioned you just yesterday. Roland West mentioned you just yesterday.
515 00:25:08,068 00:25:10,034 I said friends, Mr. Marsden. I said friends, Mr. Marsden.
516 00:25:10,103 00:25:14,138 I wouldn't let that parasitic filth into my home. I wouldn't let that parasitic filth into my home.
517 00:25:14,207 00:25:17,408 You do know, don't you, why I was so comfortable You do know, don't you, why I was so comfortable
518 00:25:17,477 00:25:19,511 with their living arrangements. with their living arrangements.
519 00:25:19,579 00:25:22,247 I'm willing to bet whatever equipment I'm willing to bet whatever equipment
520 00:25:22,315 00:25:26,451 he has is purely decorative. he has is purely decorative.
521 00:25:26,520 00:25:27,852 He did at least give me credit, didn't He did at least give me credit, didn't
522 00:25:27,888 00:25:31,990 he, for saving Thelma's career, after he almost destroyed it he, for saving Thelma's career, after he almost destroyed it
523 00:25:32,058 00:25:34,459 with that Alison Lloyd insanity. with that Alison Lloyd insanity.
524 00:25:34,528 00:25:35,860 Well, that subject did come up. Well, that subject did come up.
525 00:25:35,929 00:25:39,330 But that's not exactly how he put it. But that's not exactly how he put it.
526 00:25:39,399 00:25:41,132 Now that you've heard Roland's version, Now that you've heard Roland's version,
527 00:25:41,234 00:25:43,968 the truth should be a refreshing change of pace. the truth should be a refreshing change of pace.
528 00:25:47,107 00:25:50,108 The second I heard that Roland West was The second I heard that Roland West was
529 00:25:50,210 00:25:52,544 on the verge of destroying my daughter's career, on the verge of destroying my daughter's career,
530 00:25:52,612 00:25:54,779 a career I had made possible in the first place, a career I had made possible in the first place,
531 00:25:54,881 00:25:56,414 I caught the next train to Hollywood. I caught the next train to Hollywood.
532 00:25:56,516 00:25:57,982 I took my daughter by the hand. I took my daughter by the hand.
533 00:25:58,051 00:25:59,951 I marched her into Hal Roach's office. I marched her into Hal Roach's office.
534 00:26:00,020 00:26:03,254 Those are our terms, Mr. Roach. Those are our terms, Mr. Roach.
535 00:26:03,323 00:26:05,256 Take them or leave them. Take them or leave them.
536 00:26:05,325 00:26:09,326 But I should warn you, if you choose not to take them, But I should warn you, if you choose not to take them,
537 00:26:09,395 00:26:13,463 I've already spoken to three other studio heads who will. I've already spoken to three other studio heads who will.
538 00:26:13,566 00:26:15,232 Name one. Name one.
539 00:26:15,301 00:26:18,635 How dare you challenge me? How dare you challenge me?
540 00:26:18,704 00:26:20,938 I only came here out of courtesy, you know. I only came here out of courtesy, you know.
541 00:26:21,006 00:26:23,941 I felt that since Thelma's the best and so are you, I felt that since Thelma's the best and so are you,
542 00:26:24,009 00:26:25,375 the two of you belong together. the two of you belong together.
543 00:26:25,444 00:26:28,111 Obviously, I was wrong. Obviously, I was wrong.
544 00:26:28,180 00:26:29,880 Thelma, let's go. Thelma, let's go.
545 00:26:29,949 00:26:31,214 Thanks for the memories, Hal. Thanks for the memories, Hal.
546 00:26:31,283 00:26:34,818 Get back in here and sit down, both of you, please. Get back in here and sit down, both of you, please.
547 00:26:42,428 00:26:45,095 I have no intention of losing Thelma. I have no intention of losing Thelma.
548 00:26:45,164 00:26:47,764 In fact, I've got something very exciting in mind for you. In fact, I've got something very exciting in mind for you.
549 00:26:47,833 00:26:49,132 Why didn't you say so? Why didn't you say so?
550 00:26:49,268 00:26:50,334 I don't know. I don't know.
551 00:26:50,402 00:26:52,869 I suppose it's been so long since someone hauled I suppose it's been so long since someone hauled
552 00:26:52,938 00:26:56,506 out the old other studio gag, I wanted to hear it myself again out the old other studio gag, I wanted to hear it myself again
553 00:26:56,575 00:26:59,376 for old time's sake. for old time's sake.
554 00:26:59,445 00:27:01,011 Your terms are no problem. Your terms are no problem.
555 00:27:01,080 00:27:03,480 I'll have the papers drawn up this afternoon. I'll have the papers drawn up this afternoon.
556 00:27:03,582 00:27:07,117 But no more loan-outs. But no more loan-outs.
557 00:27:07,152 00:27:09,419 No more of that Alison Lloyd crap. No more of that Alison Lloyd crap.
558 00:27:09,488 00:27:10,954 Oh, believe me, nobody's more anxious Oh, believe me, nobody's more anxious
559 00:27:11,023 00:27:13,790 than Thelma is to have that whole humiliating incident than Thelma is to have that whole humiliating incident
560 00:27:13,859 00:27:14,925 behind her. behind her.
561 00:27:14,994 00:27:16,560 Actually, I wanted to keep having it thrown Actually, I wanted to keep having it thrown
562 00:27:16,629 00:27:17,961 in my face for the rest of my life, in my face for the rest of my life,
563 00:27:18,030 00:27:21,131 but OK, we'll play it your way. but OK, we'll play it your way.
564 00:27:21,200 00:27:25,034 Now what is this exciting thing you have in mind for me? Now what is this exciting thing you have in mind for me?
565 00:27:25,103 00:27:26,402 Get this. Get this.
566 00:27:26,471 00:27:29,538 I want to team up you and Patsy Kelly. I want to team up you and Patsy Kelly.
567 00:27:29,607 00:27:32,575 I want to turn the two of you into a kind of a female Laurel I want to turn the two of you into a kind of a female Laurel
568 00:27:32,644 00:27:33,409 and Hardy. and Hardy.
569 00:27:33,478 00:27:34,210 You're Laurel. You're Laurel.
570 00:27:34,345 00:27:35,077 She's Hardy. She's Hardy.
571 00:27:35,146 00:27:36,045 What do you think? What do you think?
572 00:27:36,114 00:27:37,613 Mr. Roach, you're a genius. Mr. Roach, you're a genius.
573 00:27:37,682 00:27:38,581 Yeah, I know. Yeah, I know.
574 00:27:38,650 00:27:39,415 Thelma? Thelma?
575 00:27:39,484 00:27:40,650 Patsy and me working together? Patsy and me working together?
576 00:27:40,718 00:27:42,018 You know, she was my first friend You know, she was my first friend
577 00:27:42,086 00:27:44,020 when I came to this town of Paramount. when I came to this town of Paramount.
578 00:27:44,088 00:27:44,820 I love it, Hal. I love it, Hal.
579 00:27:44,889 00:27:46,088 And I knew you would. And I knew you would.
580 00:27:46,157 00:27:48,424 And so will everyone else, you mark my words. And so will everyone else, you mark my words.
581 00:27:48,493 00:27:50,393 But just to protect the concept, I'd But just to protect the concept, I'd
582 00:27:50,461 00:27:52,194 like to add a potato clause. like to add a potato clause.
583 00:27:52,263 00:27:53,295 A what? A what?
584 00:27:53,364 00:27:54,797 A potato clause. A potato clause.
585 00:27:54,866 00:27:56,165 It's no big deal. It's no big deal.
586 00:27:56,234 00:27:58,834 It simply guarantees that you'll keep your weight within five It simply guarantees that you'll keep your weight within five
587 00:27:58,903 00:28:01,771 pounds of what it is today, or you terminate your contract. pounds of what it is today, or you terminate your contract.
588 00:28:01,839 00:28:02,905 Now you'd sign that, wouldn't you? Now you'd sign that, wouldn't you?
589 00:28:03,007 00:28:05,274 Yes, she will sign that. Yes, she will sign that.
590 00:28:05,343 00:28:07,410 Thelma never had a problem controlling her weight. Thelma never had a problem controlling her weight.
591 00:28:07,478 00:28:08,811 And if she does, I'll take care of it. And if she does, I'll take care of it.
592 00:28:08,880 00:28:10,212 You have my word. You have my word.
593 00:28:10,281 00:28:13,883 We'll discuss it later. We'll discuss it later.
594 00:28:13,985 00:28:15,418 HAL ROACH: It's up to you. HAL ROACH: It's up to you.
595 00:28:15,486 00:28:17,319 In or out? In or out?
596 00:28:17,388 00:28:18,621 ALICE TODD (VOICEOVER): Thelma's career ALICE TODD (VOICEOVER): Thelma's career
597 00:28:18,690 00:28:20,623 would have died that day in Mr. Roach's office would have died that day in Mr. Roach's office
598 00:28:20,692 00:28:22,658 if I hadn't been there. if I hadn't been there.
599 00:28:22,727 00:28:27,563 But within a year, she was a huge star, making more money But within a year, she was a huge star, making more money
600 00:28:27,665 00:28:28,931 than she'd ever dreamed of. than she'd ever dreamed of.
601 00:28:29,033 00:28:30,900 And with my help, even the potato clause And with my help, even the potato clause
602 00:28:31,002 00:28:32,001 wasn't that much of a problem. wasn't that much of a problem.
603 00:28:43,747 00:28:45,780 The only thing missing was the right man. The only thing missing was the right man.
604 00:28:45,849 00:28:48,650 Thelma had a list of admirers as long as your arm. Thelma had a list of admirers as long as your arm.
605 00:28:48,719 00:28:53,088 Oh, but she was always far too willful for her own good. Oh, but she was always far too willful for her own good.
606 00:28:53,156 00:28:58,026 And to this day, I believe that's why her marriage to Pat And to this day, I believe that's why her marriage to Pat
607 00:28:58,095 00:29:00,095 DeCicco didn't last. DeCicco didn't last.
608 00:29:00,163 00:29:00,862 You liked Pat DeCicco? You liked Pat DeCicco?
609 00:29:03,567 00:29:05,100 I thought he had potential, yes. I thought he had potential, yes.
610 00:29:05,168 00:29:06,968 God knows he was attractive. God knows he was attractive.
611 00:29:07,070 00:29:09,871 He was on his way to becoming an important agent. He was on his way to becoming an important agent.
612 00:29:09,940 00:29:14,008 It was the oddest thing about Thelma. It was the oddest thing about Thelma.
613 00:29:14,077 00:29:17,545 She was smart enough to pursue powerful men, She was smart enough to pursue powerful men,
614 00:29:17,614 00:29:21,883 but she never understood how to handle them. but she never understood how to handle them.
615 00:29:21,952 00:29:23,885 And how is that? And how is that?
616 00:29:23,954 00:29:26,187 You are there when they need you, You are there when they need you,
617 00:29:26,256 00:29:28,323 and you disappear when they don't. and you disappear when they don't.
618 00:29:28,425 00:29:31,292 You listened, but you don't ask. You listened, but you don't ask.
619 00:29:31,361 00:29:36,931 You take what you're given, and you make it be enough. You take what you're given, and you make it be enough.
620 00:29:37,000 00:29:40,034 In a way, the demand for attention that made Thelma In a way, the demand for attention that made Thelma
621 00:29:40,103 00:29:43,738 a star was the same thing that drove all the really worthwhile a star was the same thing that drove all the really worthwhile
622 00:29:43,807 00:29:46,474 men away sooner or later. men away sooner or later.
623 00:29:46,543 00:29:47,809 You'd think she would have learned better You'd think she would have learned better
624 00:29:47,878 00:29:51,012 from her relations with her father. from her relations with her father.
625 00:29:51,114 00:29:54,883 His closed office door was strictly off limits, His closed office door was strictly off limits,
626 00:29:54,985 00:29:56,016 for example. for example.
627 00:29:56,118 00:29:57,518 But from the time she was old enough to walk, But from the time she was old enough to walk,
628 00:29:57,586 00:30:00,220 Thelma thought nothing of bursting right in, even Thelma thought nothing of bursting right in, even
629 00:30:00,289 00:30:01,488 in the middle of a meeting. in the middle of a meeting.
630 00:30:01,557 00:30:03,824 And she always had the same old excuse. And she always had the same old excuse.
631 00:30:03,893 00:30:05,459 What was that? What was that?
632 00:30:05,528 00:30:09,530 She just wanted him to kiss her goodnight. She just wanted him to kiss her goodnight.
633 00:30:09,598 00:30:10,831 Well, did he? Well, did he?
634 00:30:10,900 00:30:12,032 Of course not. Of course not.
635 00:30:12,134 00:30:14,668 Can't reward such selfish disrespectful behavior. Can't reward such selfish disrespectful behavior.
636 00:30:14,770 00:30:17,237 No matter how hard we spanked her for it, No matter how hard we spanked her for it,
637 00:30:17,306 00:30:21,175 she still refused to apologize. she still refused to apologize.
638 00:30:21,243 00:30:24,478 I don't know what I did to deserve such a willful child. I don't know what I did to deserve such a willful child.
639 00:30:24,547 00:30:26,313 She did the same thing to Pat DeCicco. She did the same thing to Pat DeCicco.
640 00:30:26,382 00:30:28,382 Broke my heart when that marriage ended, but I suppose Broke my heart when that marriage ended, but I suppose
641 00:30:28,484 00:30:31,051 it was inevitable. it was inevitable.
642 00:30:31,153 00:30:32,719 I hope I'm not being indelicate, I hope I'm not being indelicate,
643 00:30:32,788 00:30:37,491 but Roland West suggested there might be another man. but Roland West suggested there might be another man.
644 00:30:37,560 00:30:39,092 Oh, how encouraging to know he's Oh, how encouraging to know he's
645 00:30:39,161 00:30:41,328 learned to recognize a man when he sees one. learned to recognize a man when he sees one.
646 00:30:41,397 00:30:44,565 Maybe one day, he'll favor us with a vague impersonation. Maybe one day, he'll favor us with a vague impersonation.
647 00:30:48,804 00:30:51,939 I'm not sure exactly when they met. I'm not sure exactly when they met.
648 00:30:52,007 00:30:53,774 There was a relationship I had hopes for. There was a relationship I had hopes for.
649 00:30:56,579 00:31:01,481 This man made Pat DeCicco look like an amateur. This man made Pat DeCicco look like an amateur.
650 00:31:01,550 00:31:09,623 And Thelma had obviously learned a thing or two about priorities And Thelma had obviously learned a thing or two about priorities
651 00:31:09,692 00:31:12,124 during her marriage. during her marriage.
652 00:31:12,193 00:31:15,595 That night that Mac showed up, for example. That night that Mac showed up, for example.
653 00:31:15,663 00:31:16,829 Excuse me, Mac? Excuse me, Mac?
654 00:31:16,898 00:31:17,964 Oh, Mac. Oh, Mac.
655 00:31:18,032 00:31:23,002 Anne McMahon, she and Thelma grew up together. Anne McMahon, she and Thelma grew up together.
656 00:31:23,071 00:31:24,737 They were inseparable. They were inseparable.
657 00:31:24,839 00:31:29,942 Well, come in, but Thelma may not be back for hours. Well, come in, but Thelma may not be back for hours.
658 00:31:30,011 00:31:32,879 Maybe you'd better just get settled in your hotel, Maybe you'd better just get settled in your hotel,
659 00:31:32,947 00:31:34,213 and then I'll have her call you. and then I'll have her call you.
660 00:31:34,282 00:31:35,681 You did make arrangements, didn't you? You did make arrangements, didn't you?
661 00:31:35,750 00:31:38,384 If not, I'd be happy to do it for you, If not, I'd be happy to do it for you,
662 00:31:38,453 00:31:40,553 although I'm not sure there's anything nearby although I'm not sure there's anything nearby
663 00:31:40,622 00:31:41,821 within your price range. within your price range.
664 00:31:41,890 00:31:45,157 Oh, Al, Hollywood hasn't changed you a bit, has it? Oh, Al, Hollywood hasn't changed you a bit, has it?
665 00:31:45,226 00:31:48,961 You're just as warm and considerate as ever. You're just as warm and considerate as ever.
666 00:31:49,030 00:31:52,265 But thank you, I've already checked into my hotel. But thank you, I've already checked into my hotel.
667 00:31:52,333 00:31:57,203 And honestly, I don't mind waiting. And honestly, I don't mind waiting.
668 00:31:57,272 00:31:58,738 Oh, but please don't feel you have to sit here Oh, but please don't feel you have to sit here
669 00:31:58,840 00:32:01,707 and entertain me, really. and entertain me, really.
670 00:32:01,776 00:32:03,109 I mean that. I mean that.
671 00:32:03,211 00:32:04,610 Well, I was reading. Well, I was reading.
672 00:32:04,646 00:32:06,746 Well, then you just go right back to it. Well, then you just go right back to it.
673 00:32:06,848 00:32:08,648 I'll be fine. I'll be fine.
674 00:32:08,716 00:32:09,982 Oh, and don't worry. Oh, and don't worry.
675 00:32:10,051 00:32:12,752 I promise not to steal anything or leave any smudge marks I promise not to steal anything or leave any smudge marks
676 00:32:12,854 00:32:14,754 or fingerprints all over your lovely furniture. or fingerprints all over your lovely furniture.
677 00:32:14,856 00:32:17,156 I know how much you hate that. I know how much you hate that.
678 00:32:17,258 00:32:18,424 [beeping] [beeping]
679 00:32:18,493 00:32:19,592 Oh, me, that's her. Oh, me, that's her.
680 00:32:22,597 00:32:23,663 Wow. Wow.
681 00:32:23,731 00:32:24,997 ALICE TODD: Oh, I didn't tell you, dear. ALICE TODD: Oh, I didn't tell you, dear.
682 00:32:25,066 00:32:26,665 Thelma is seeing someone. Thelma is seeing someone.
683 00:32:26,733 00:32:29,567 ANNE MCMAHON: No, Alice, you didn't. ANNE MCMAHON: No, Alice, you didn't.
684 00:32:29,636 00:32:31,569 Is that him? Is that him?
685 00:32:31,638 00:32:32,971 That's his driver, dear. That's his driver, dear.
686 00:32:36,443 00:32:39,110 Mother, I have to hurry and-- Mother, I have to hurry and--
687 00:32:39,246 00:32:40,178 Mac! Mac!
688 00:32:40,280 00:32:42,414 I can't believe it, is it really you? I can't believe it, is it really you?
689 00:32:42,482 00:32:44,082 Who else would go out in public in this dress? Who else would go out in public in this dress?
690 00:32:44,151 00:32:45,450 Oh, what are you doing here? Oh, what are you doing here?
691 00:32:45,519 00:32:48,019 Surprising you at the moment. Surprising you at the moment.
692 00:32:48,121 00:32:49,087 And I may be moving here. And I may be moving here.
693 00:32:49,156 00:32:50,288 What? What?
694 00:32:50,357 00:32:51,723 There's a teaching position opening up. There's a teaching position opening up.
695 00:32:51,792 00:32:53,558 I've got an interview day after tomorrow. I've got an interview day after tomorrow.
696 00:32:53,660 00:32:54,426 Oh, you're kidding. Oh, you're kidding.
697 00:32:54,494 00:32:55,460 That's too good to be true. That's too good to be true.
698 00:32:55,529 00:32:57,228 Mother, isn't that fantastic? Mother, isn't that fantastic?
699 00:32:57,297 00:32:58,563 I'm beside myself. I'm beside myself.
700 00:32:58,665 00:33:00,298 I'm sorry I haven't kept in touch lately, I'm sorry I haven't kept in touch lately,
701 00:33:00,367 00:33:01,866 but so much has been happening. but so much has been happening.
702 00:33:01,935 00:33:03,368 So I see. So I see.
703 00:33:03,437 00:33:06,404 Oh, God, he's waiting while I change for dinner. Oh, God, he's waiting while I change for dinner.
704 00:33:06,473 00:33:07,372 Oh, but I want to stay here. Oh, but I want to stay here.
705 00:33:07,441 00:33:08,640 I just-- I just--
706 00:33:08,709 00:33:10,375 Oh, look, I don't want to interfere with your plans. Oh, look, I don't want to interfere with your plans.
707 00:33:10,444 00:33:12,510 But oh, I'm sure if you tell him it's But oh, I'm sure if you tell him it's
708 00:33:12,579 00:33:14,212 been three years since we've seen each other, been three years since we've seen each other,
709 00:33:14,314 00:33:15,513 he'll understand. he'll understand.
710 00:33:15,582 00:33:17,615 I seriously doubt it. I seriously doubt it.
711 00:33:17,684 00:33:18,450 Well, I know. Well, I know.
712 00:33:18,518 00:33:19,584 We'll go talk to him together. We'll go talk to him together.
713 00:33:19,686 00:33:20,385 I'm dying to meet him. I'm dying to meet him.
714 00:33:20,454 00:33:22,854 No, Mac, Mac, no, I-- No, Mac, Mac, no, I--
715 00:33:22,956 00:33:24,222 I just don't think it's a good idea. I just don't think it's a good idea.
716 00:33:24,324 00:33:26,591 It's awfully real to keep him waiting this way, dear. It's awfully real to keep him waiting this way, dear.
717 00:33:26,727 00:33:30,028 I'd hurry if I were you. I'd hurry if I were you.
718 00:33:30,097 00:33:30,862 I have to go. I have to go.
719 00:33:30,964 00:33:31,763 I'm sorry, Mac. I'm sorry, Mac.
720 00:33:31,832 00:33:32,964 Oh, it's all right. Oh, it's all right.
721 00:33:33,033 00:33:36,968 It's all right, really. It's all right, really.
722 00:33:37,037 00:33:37,969 I don't believe this. I don't believe this.
723 00:33:38,038 00:33:40,438 You're shaking. You're shaking.
724 00:33:40,507 00:33:41,839 What do you think? What do you think?
725 00:33:41,874 00:33:43,640 I'm going to get back on the train and leave in a huff? I'm going to get back on the train and leave in a huff?
726 00:33:43,709 00:33:45,843 A 3,500 mile huff? A 3,500 mile huff?
727 00:33:45,945 00:33:47,611 Promise me you'll be here when I get home? Promise me you'll be here when I get home?
728 00:33:47,680 00:33:49,013 Oh, well, I'll just go back to the hotel. Oh, well, I'll just go back to the hotel.
729 00:33:49,081 00:33:49,913 Hotel? Hotel?
730 00:33:49,982 00:33:50,948 Don't even think about it. Don't even think about it.
731 00:33:51,017 00:33:52,349 You're staying here, isn't she, mother? You're staying here, isn't she, mother?
732 00:33:52,418 00:33:53,784 Well, if she's already made arrangements. Well, if she's already made arrangements.
733 00:33:53,853 00:33:55,519 Oh, you're going to stay here. Promise me. Oh, you're going to stay here. Promise me.
734 00:33:55,588 00:33:57,688 All right, I promise. All right, I promise.
735 00:33:57,757 00:34:01,892 Now come on, we can talk while you change. Now come on, we can talk while you change.
736 00:34:01,994 00:34:02,826 LOUIS MARSDEN: So who was he? LOUIS MARSDEN: So who was he?
737 00:34:05,831 00:34:06,830 I beg your pardon. I beg your pardon.
738 00:34:06,899 00:34:07,631 What was his name? What was his name?
739 00:34:07,733 00:34:09,833 I'd like to talk to him. I'd like to talk to him.
740 00:34:09,902 00:34:10,768 I don't know. I don't know.
741 00:34:10,836 00:34:11,769 You don't know? You don't know?
742 00:34:11,837 00:34:13,303 Thelma never told you his name? Thelma never told you his name?
743 00:34:13,372 00:34:15,005 Did you ever ask her? Did you ever ask her?
744 00:34:15,107 00:34:17,508 I didn't make a habit of prying into my daughter's I didn't make a habit of prying into my daughter's
745 00:34:17,576 00:34:18,275 affairs. affairs.
746 00:34:18,377 00:34:20,044 Ha. Ha.
747 00:34:20,112 00:34:22,479 Sorry, a little tickle in my throat there. Sorry, a little tickle in my throat there.
748 00:34:22,548 00:34:24,782 Listen, I'm sorry to have to ask you to relive such Listen, I'm sorry to have to ask you to relive such
749 00:34:24,817 00:34:27,851 a horrible morning, but on the day your daughter died, a horrible morning, but on the day your daughter died,
750 00:34:27,920 00:34:29,253 you were sure she'd been murdered. you were sure she'd been murdered.
751 00:34:29,388 00:34:30,187 Now why? Now why?
752 00:34:30,256 00:34:31,588 - Who told you that? - Nobody. - Who told you that? - Nobody.
753 00:34:31,657 00:34:32,523 I was standing right there. I was standing right there.
754 00:34:32,558 00:34:33,290 I heard you myself. I heard you myself.
755 00:34:33,392 00:34:34,358 Well, you heard wrong. Well, you heard wrong.
756 00:34:34,427 00:34:35,626 What? What?
757 00:34:35,728 00:34:37,728 I believed then and I believe now my daughter's death I believed then and I believe now my daughter's death
758 00:34:37,797 00:34:39,630 was just a tragic accident. was just a tragic accident.
759 00:34:39,732 00:34:41,398 But you distinctly said she'd been murdered. But you distinctly said she'd been murdered.
760 00:34:41,467 00:34:43,734 Mr. Marsden, I feel one of my sick headaches coming on, Mr. Marsden, I feel one of my sick headaches coming on,
761 00:34:43,803 00:34:46,003 and I need to lie down. and I need to lie down.
762 00:34:46,072 00:34:48,072 I'm afraid that you'll have to leave. I'm afraid that you'll have to leave.
763 00:34:48,140 00:34:49,006 But Mrs. Todd-- But Mrs. Todd--
764 00:34:49,075 00:34:50,007 Good day, Mr. Marsden. Good day, Mr. Marsden.
765 00:35:14,799 00:35:17,300 LOUIS MARSDEN (VOICEOVER): Pat DeCicco, the only man Thelma LOUIS MARSDEN (VOICEOVER): Pat DeCicco, the only man Thelma
766 00:35:17,402 00:35:19,836 Todd ever married. Todd ever married.
767 00:35:19,904 00:35:22,672 Roland West said he abused her. Roland West said he abused her.
768 00:35:22,774 00:35:25,875 Alice Todd said he had potential. Alice Todd said he had potential.
769 00:35:25,944 00:35:28,344 His house was large. His house was large.
770 00:35:28,446 00:35:31,214 I wondered if it was built for comfort I wondered if it was built for comfort
771 00:35:31,282 00:35:33,950 or if DeCicco just needed this many rooms to hide his secrets or if DeCicco just needed this many rooms to hide his secrets
772 00:35:34,052 00:35:35,017 in. in.
773 00:35:35,086 00:35:37,186 Well, let me guess. Well, let me guess.
774 00:35:37,255 00:35:39,455 You decided you had to come out here and meet this monster You decided you had to come out here and meet this monster
775 00:35:39,524 00:35:40,256 named DeCicco, huh? named DeCicco, huh?
776 00:35:42,927 00:35:45,761 The man who was so mean to poor, little, helpless Toddy, right? The man who was so mean to poor, little, helpless Toddy, right?
777 00:35:45,830 00:35:49,098 Yeah, something like that, although I'm almost as Yeah, something like that, although I'm almost as
778 00:35:49,167 00:35:50,666 interested in why Alice Todd seems interested in why Alice Todd seems
779 00:35:50,735 00:35:53,336 to be such a big fan of yours. to be such a big fan of yours.
780 00:35:53,438 00:35:54,637 How much did that cost you, Mr. DeCicco? How much did that cost you, Mr. DeCicco?
781 00:35:57,375 00:35:59,308 You think I bought off Alice Todd? You think I bought off Alice Todd?
782 00:35:59,377 00:36:00,176 I think somebody did. I think somebody did.
783 00:36:03,815 00:36:07,350 Alice and I have an understanding, that's all. Alice and I have an understanding, that's all.
784 00:36:07,452 00:36:11,320 In a way, we have a lot in common. In a way, we have a lot in common.
785 00:36:11,389 00:36:15,757 Well, there's a thought you could lose your lunch over. Well, there's a thought you could lose your lunch over.
786 00:36:15,859 00:36:16,591 We both loved Toddy. We both loved Toddy.
787 00:36:19,229 00:36:20,762 And we were also the only two people And we were also the only two people
788 00:36:20,864 00:36:23,198 on the face of this Earth who knew what it was like to live on the face of this Earth who knew what it was like to live
789 00:36:23,267 00:36:25,534 with her. with her.
790 00:36:25,602 00:36:26,835 And let me tell you something, Marsden, And let me tell you something, Marsden,
791 00:36:26,904 00:36:28,537 it was no stroll in the park. it was no stroll in the park.
792 00:36:28,605 00:36:29,571 LOUIS MARSDEN: Did you love her? LOUIS MARSDEN: Did you love her?
793 00:36:32,776 00:36:36,378 In the beginning, yes, I did. In the beginning, yes, I did.
794 00:36:51,895 00:36:53,762 You know what? You know what?
795 00:36:53,897 00:36:55,764 What? What?
796 00:36:55,866 00:36:56,731 I've never done this before. I've never done this before.
797 00:37:02,639 00:37:04,406 Stop it. Stop it.
798 00:37:04,541 00:37:05,473 No. No.
799 00:37:05,542 00:37:10,145 What I meant was I have never made love What I meant was I have never made love
800 00:37:10,214 00:37:12,180 to a man in the same night I met him. to a man in the same night I met him.
801 00:37:15,586 00:37:16,418 Is it true? Is it true?
802 00:37:16,553 00:37:18,420 Mm. Mm.
803 00:37:18,522 00:37:20,755 That rose and two hours of dancing That rose and two hours of dancing
804 00:37:20,824 00:37:25,126 saved you, mm, at least three dinners and more champagne saved you, mm, at least three dinners and more champagne
805 00:37:25,195 00:37:28,262 than I even care to think about. than I even care to think about.
806 00:37:28,331 00:37:31,599 I hope you're proud of yourself. I hope you're proud of yourself.
807 00:37:31,667 00:37:37,838 No, I'm just flattered by me. No, I'm just flattered by me.
808 00:37:37,940 00:37:41,575 Oh, modesty does not become you, Mr. DeCicco. Oh, modesty does not become you, Mr. DeCicco.
809 00:37:44,947 00:37:46,914 Oh, but it was worth a shot. Oh, but it was worth a shot.
810 00:37:46,983 00:37:47,915 What the hell. What the hell.
811 00:37:50,987 00:37:55,256 I was afraid that if you found out too soon what a big ego I I was afraid that if you found out too soon what a big ego I
812 00:37:55,324 00:37:57,524 really had, you'd run screaming out of this room. really had, you'd run screaming out of this room.
813 00:37:57,593 00:37:59,093 Mm-mm-mm, too late. Mm-mm-mm, too late.
814 00:37:59,195 00:38:01,228 I already figured it out. I already figured it out.
815 00:38:01,297 00:38:03,030 And what do you know? And what do you know?
816 00:38:03,099 00:38:06,166 I don't think I'm going anywhere. I don't think I'm going anywhere.
817 00:38:06,235 00:38:08,435 I don't scare that easily. I don't scare that easily.
818 00:38:08,504 00:38:09,236 I don't believe you. I don't believe you.
819 00:38:14,510 00:38:16,343 You know what you need? You know what you need?
820 00:38:16,412 00:38:18,245 PAT DECICCO: You want a list? PAT DECICCO: You want a list?
821 00:38:18,314 00:38:20,981 Silk sheets. Silk sheets.
822 00:38:21,050 00:38:25,052 My sheets are good enough for a big deal movie star. My sheets are good enough for a big deal movie star.
823 00:38:25,121 00:38:28,822 These sheets aren't good enough for the man she's with. These sheets aren't good enough for the man she's with.
824 00:38:28,891 00:38:30,791 Is it too soon in our relationship for me Is it too soon in our relationship for me
825 00:38:30,860 00:38:33,227 to buy you some, or would you like to buy you some, or would you like
826 00:38:33,296 00:38:35,663 to spend the next month or two pretending this is just to spend the next month or two pretending this is just
827 00:38:35,731 00:38:39,233 a casual thing? a casual thing?
828 00:38:39,302 00:38:43,237 You want to buy me silk sheets? You want to buy me silk sheets?
829 00:38:43,306 00:38:47,006 I want to buy you everything you ever wanted. I want to buy you everything you ever wanted.
830 00:38:47,075 00:38:52,078 I want to spoil you rotten, show you off, and make I want to spoil you rotten, show you off, and make
831 00:38:52,147 00:38:58,051 you so happy you'll wonder how you ever survived without me. you so happy you'll wonder how you ever survived without me.
832 00:38:58,119 00:39:00,219 How do I hold up my end to this? How do I hold up my end to this?
833 00:39:00,288 00:39:03,856 All you have to do is love me. All you have to do is love me.
834 00:39:03,925 00:39:05,658 And be there to kiss me good night. And be there to kiss me good night.
835 00:39:16,838 00:39:18,037 Boy, did that ever hit the papers. Boy, did that ever hit the papers.
836 00:39:21,309 00:39:23,209 The kind of publicity that you can't even buy. The kind of publicity that you can't even buy.
837 00:39:26,114 00:39:28,414 It was certainly the best career move I ever made. It was certainly the best career move I ever made.
838 00:39:28,483 00:39:29,449 Movingly put. Movingly put.
839 00:39:29,517 00:39:30,750 You might suggest that as an epitaph. You might suggest that as an epitaph.
840 00:39:33,455 00:39:36,222 Marsden, did you ever go out with a movie star? Marsden, did you ever go out with a movie star?
841 00:39:36,324 00:39:37,156 Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah.
842 00:39:37,225 00:39:38,424 All those guys at the DA's office All those guys at the DA's office
843 00:39:38,493 00:39:40,793 have to beat them off with a stick. have to beat them off with a stick.
844 00:39:40,862 00:39:42,195 Well, it has a downside, believe me. Well, it has a downside, believe me.
845 00:39:46,501 00:39:50,903 Most of her friends just tolerated me, Most of her friends just tolerated me,
846 00:39:50,939 00:39:55,541 like I was along for the ride, like I wasn't worth taking like I was along for the ride, like I wasn't worth taking
847 00:39:55,610 00:39:58,177 seriously. seriously.
848 00:39:58,246 00:40:02,247 Now the way I saw it, I had two choices. Now the way I saw it, I had two choices.
849 00:40:02,349 00:40:04,950 I could let it beat me, or I could cash it in. I could let it beat me, or I could cash it in.
850 00:40:05,052 00:40:06,985 I cashed it in. I cashed it in.
851 00:40:07,087 00:40:09,955 I think I did pretty damn well. I think I did pretty damn well.
852 00:40:10,057 00:40:11,323 And so when the opportunities came And so when the opportunities came
853 00:40:11,392 00:40:15,494 for me to expand my professional horizon, shall we say, for me to expand my professional horizon, shall we say,
854 00:40:15,562 00:40:16,428 I grabbed onto them. I grabbed onto them.
855 00:40:19,099 00:40:20,665 If she wanted to marry Mr. Thelma Todd, If she wanted to marry Mr. Thelma Todd,
856 00:40:20,734 00:40:21,733 she came to the wrong place. she came to the wrong place.
857 00:40:24,405 00:40:27,339 I'm Pat DeCicco. I'm Pat DeCicco.
858 00:40:27,408 00:40:28,707 And she just couldn't handle it. And she just couldn't handle it.
859 00:40:31,578 00:40:35,814 Toddy was at a wrap party for some movie she just Toddy was at a wrap party for some movie she just
860 00:40:35,883 00:40:37,849 finished filming. finished filming.
861 00:40:37,918 00:40:41,219 I stayed home because I needed to make some business calls. I stayed home because I needed to make some business calls.
862 00:40:41,288 00:40:43,955 I like to make my calls in private. I like to make my calls in private.
863 00:40:44,024 00:40:46,191 And I knew she was on her way. And I knew she was on her way.
864 00:40:46,260 00:40:49,261 So I locked the bedroom door. So I locked the bedroom door.
865 00:40:49,363 00:40:51,496 She was a little loaded when she got home, She was a little loaded when she got home,
866 00:40:51,565 00:40:56,101 and she was taking some diet pills or something. and she was taking some diet pills or something.
867 00:40:56,170 00:40:58,970 I'll never understand what set her off like that. I'll never understand what set her off like that.
868 00:40:59,106 00:41:01,840 Pat? Pat?
869 00:41:01,909 00:41:03,809 Pat. Pat.
870 00:41:03,877 00:41:04,576 Honey. Honey.
871 00:41:11,585 00:41:13,251 Pat? Pat?
872 00:41:13,320 00:41:15,986 Pat, please open the door. Pat, please open the door.
873 00:41:17,056 00:41:17,988 Pat? Pat?
874 00:41:18,057 00:41:18,956 Open this damn door now! Open this damn door now!
875 00:41:21,828 00:41:22,460 Hold on just a second. Hold on just a second.
876 00:41:25,798 00:41:26,997 Don't you ever lock that door on me. Don't you ever lock that door on me.
877 00:41:27,066 00:41:28,666 Don't you ever defy me, you understand me? Don't you ever defy me, you understand me?
878 00:41:28,801 00:41:29,500 Shut up! Shut up!
879 00:41:29,569 00:41:31,402 Shut the hell up. Shut the hell up.
880 00:41:31,471 00:41:33,170 Now I'll open that damn door when I'm good and ready, Now I'll open that damn door when I'm good and ready,
881 00:41:33,239 00:41:34,071 you got it? - Oh! you got it? - Oh!
882 00:41:34,173 00:41:35,339 Pat, no! Pat, no!
883 00:41:35,441 00:41:37,174 No, please. No, please.
884 00:41:37,243 00:41:39,076 Open the door, Pat. Open the door, Pat.
885 00:41:39,178 00:41:40,211 Open this door. Open this door.
886 00:41:40,279 00:41:41,111 All right, where were we? All right, where were we?
887 00:41:41,180 00:41:41,912 THELMA TODD: Pat! THELMA TODD: Pat!
888 00:41:41,981 00:41:44,081 We were at the Union. We were at the Union.
889 00:41:44,183 00:41:46,984 Damn you! Damn you!
890 00:41:47,053 00:41:48,419 Leave the door open! Leave the door open!
891 00:41:48,488 00:41:50,354 Never lock the door! Never lock the door!
892 00:41:50,456 00:41:52,790 Do you hear me? Do you hear me?
893 00:41:52,859 00:41:55,860 Look, I'm going to have to call you back, OK? Look, I'm going to have to call you back, OK?
894 00:41:55,928 00:41:57,161 Open the door! Open the door!
895 00:41:58,164 00:41:58,963 Pat! Pat!
896 00:41:59,031 00:41:59,730 Do you hear me? Do you hear me?
897 00:42:06,672 00:42:08,806 Pat, please. Pat, please.
898 00:42:13,312 00:42:15,679 Stupid drunken bitch. Stupid drunken bitch.
899 00:42:18,818 00:42:24,288 Pat, please open the door. Pat, please open the door.
900 00:42:24,357 00:42:26,524 Please. Please.
901 00:42:26,592 00:42:28,893 Please open the door. Please open the door.
902 00:42:33,765 00:42:35,331 It was the first time I ever hit her. It was the first time I ever hit her.
903 00:42:41,139 00:42:42,138 No, it wasn't the last either. No, it wasn't the last either.
904 00:42:49,748 00:42:51,214 I'm not an easy man, Marsden. I'm not an easy man, Marsden.
905 00:42:54,686 00:42:58,688 But I made it clear right from the jump But I made it clear right from the jump
906 00:42:58,757 00:43:01,758 that no woman ever pushes Pat DeCicco. that no woman ever pushes Pat DeCicco.
907 00:43:01,860 00:43:04,427 And Toddy's problem was even on those rare occasions And Toddy's problem was even on those rare occasions
908 00:43:04,529 00:43:07,964 when she wasn't loaded. when she wasn't loaded.
909 00:43:08,033 00:43:10,400 She just never got that straight. She just never got that straight.
910 00:43:10,502 00:43:11,834 Doesn't exactly sound like you held up Doesn't exactly sound like you held up
911 00:43:11,903 00:43:13,269 your end of the bargain either. your end of the bargain either.
912 00:43:13,338 00:43:14,404 I beg your pardon. I beg your pardon.
913 00:43:14,506 00:43:16,172 Well, how did she put it? Well, how did she put it?
914 00:43:16,274 00:43:20,710 All you had to do was to be there to kiss her goodnight. All you had to do was to be there to kiss her goodnight.
915 00:43:20,779 00:43:23,613 I'm a businessman. I'm a businessman.
916 00:43:23,715 00:43:26,182 I go where the opportunities lead me. I go where the opportunities lead me.
917 00:43:26,284 00:43:27,383 And while Toddy and I were together, And while Toddy and I were together,
918 00:43:27,452 00:43:29,419 that happened to be out of town a lot. that happened to be out of town a lot.
919 00:43:29,521 00:43:30,753 Like where exactly? Like where exactly?
920 00:43:30,822 00:43:33,389 Like wherever, Marsden. Like wherever, Marsden.
921 00:43:33,458 00:43:36,626 The more I was gone, the more she drank. The more I was gone, the more she drank.
922 00:43:36,695 00:43:38,027 The more she drank, the more I was gone. The more she drank, the more I was gone.
923 00:43:38,096 00:43:39,062 What about other women? What about other women?
924 00:43:39,130 00:43:42,665 Oh, you sound just like her. Oh, you sound just like her.
925 00:43:42,734 00:43:45,201 There were no other women. There were no other women.
926 00:43:45,302 00:43:47,936 I didn't have the time, the patience, or the energy. I didn't have the time, the patience, or the energy.
927 00:43:48,005 00:43:49,671 What about other men? What about other men?
928 00:43:49,740 00:43:50,839 Well, that's not really my style. Well, that's not really my style.
929 00:43:50,941 00:43:51,840 How about you? How about you?
930 00:43:51,942 00:43:53,041 That's very funny. That's very funny.
931 00:43:53,143 00:43:54,309 I'm talking about another man in your wife's life. I'm talking about another man in your wife's life.
932 00:43:57,848 00:43:58,647 What about it? What about it?
933 00:43:58,749 00:43:59,448 There were rumors. There were rumors.
934 00:43:59,550 00:44:00,582 Are they true? Are they true?
935 00:44:00,651 00:44:01,650 PAT DECICCO: Yes, so? PAT DECICCO: Yes, so?
936 00:44:01,719 00:44:03,719 So how did you feel about that? So how did you feel about that?
937 00:44:03,787 00:44:06,688 We were separated nearly five months before she met him. We were separated nearly five months before she met him.
938 00:44:06,757 00:44:07,856 That's not what I asked you. That's not what I asked you.
939 00:44:07,958 00:44:09,625 All right, I didn't like it, OK? All right, I didn't like it, OK?
940 00:44:09,693 00:44:12,728 OK, so what did you do about it? OK, so what did you do about it?
941 00:44:12,796 00:44:15,030 Not a damn thing. Not a damn thing.
942 00:44:15,099 00:44:16,164 Oh, come on. Oh, come on.
943 00:44:16,233 00:44:19,534 You expect me to believe you just rolled over? You expect me to believe you just rolled over?
944 00:44:19,603 00:44:20,669 I didn't have much choice. I didn't have much choice.
945 00:44:20,738 00:44:21,470 LOUIS MARSDEN: Really? LOUIS MARSDEN: Really?
946 00:44:21,572 00:44:22,237 Why's that? Why's that?
947 00:44:26,043 00:44:28,043 I was the one who introduced them. I was the one who introduced them.
948 00:44:28,112 00:44:30,479 A friend of mine wanted to meet her, A friend of mine wanted to meet her,
949 00:44:30,581 00:44:33,415 and they asked me to arrange it. and they asked me to arrange it.
950 00:44:33,484 00:44:35,751 I hadn't seen her in a while. I hadn't seen her in a while.
951 00:44:35,819 00:44:39,187 So I called her like I was checking in to say hello. So I called her like I was checking in to say hello.
952 00:44:39,256 00:44:40,489 She sounded good. She sounded good.
953 00:44:40,591 00:44:44,026 In fact, she said she hadn't had a drink in four months. In fact, she said she hadn't had a drink in four months.
954 00:44:44,094 00:44:46,728 She was real proud of herself for that. She was real proud of herself for that.
955 00:44:46,797 00:44:49,331 Anyway, she let it slip that she and Roland West Anyway, she let it slip that she and Roland West
956 00:44:49,400 00:44:52,534 were going to the Grove that night. were going to the Grove that night.
957 00:44:52,636 00:44:54,302 And I knew from personal experience And I knew from personal experience
958 00:44:54,371 00:44:56,338 how easy it was to get her away from him. how easy it was to get her away from him.
959 00:44:56,407 00:44:58,340 You're going to have to practice. You're going to have to practice.
960 00:44:58,409 00:45:00,875 You used to be much better than that. You used to be much better than that.
961 00:45:00,977 00:45:02,977 No, we weren't. No, we weren't.
962 00:45:03,046 00:45:06,013 We were both just too drunk to care. We were both just too drunk to care.
963 00:45:06,082 00:45:08,149 Now only one of us is. Now only one of us is.
964 00:45:18,361 00:45:21,095 What's going on over there? What's going on over there?
965 00:45:21,164 00:45:23,597 Did you see who just came in? Did you see who just came in?
966 00:45:23,666 00:45:24,398 I don't know. I don't know.
967 00:45:24,500 00:45:25,166 I wasn't watching. I wasn't watching.
968 00:45:29,205 00:45:35,276 My, the seas do part for the privileged few, don't they? My, the seas do part for the privileged few, don't they?
969 00:45:35,378 00:45:36,510 That's power, Roland. That's power, Roland.
970 00:45:36,579 00:45:38,713 Raw power. Raw power.
971 00:45:38,781 00:45:40,314 I wish I could see who it is. I wish I could see who it is.
972 00:45:47,190 00:45:49,156 Oh, my God, it's Pat. Oh, my God, it's Pat.
973 00:45:49,225 00:45:51,692 Pat DeCicco couldn't draw a crowd like that Pat DeCicco couldn't draw a crowd like that
974 00:45:51,761 00:45:55,896 if he was handing out $100 bills. if he was handing out $100 bills.
975 00:45:55,965 00:45:57,331 Where are you going? Where are you going?
976 00:45:57,433 00:45:59,233 Well, my estranged husband and I Well, my estranged husband and I
977 00:45:59,302 00:46:01,469 seem to find ourselves in the same restaurant. seem to find ourselves in the same restaurant.
978 00:46:01,537 00:46:05,172 I believe this is what's known as a situation. I believe this is what's known as a situation.
979 00:46:05,241 00:46:07,675 Far be it for me to be uncivilized about it. Far be it for me to be uncivilized about it.
980 00:46:20,455 00:46:22,922 Pat, what a nice surprise. Pat, what a nice surprise.
981 00:46:22,991 00:46:25,625 Toddy, look at you. Toddy, look at you.
982 00:46:25,727 00:46:27,360 You look wonderful. You look wonderful.
983 00:46:27,462 00:46:28,161 Thank you. Thank you.
984 00:46:28,230 00:46:30,063 So do you. So do you.
985 00:46:30,132 00:46:31,030 I don't mean to interrupt. I don't mean to interrupt.
986 00:46:31,099 00:46:32,198 I just wanted to say hello. I just wanted to say hello.
987 00:46:32,267 00:46:36,302 Oh, wait, there's someone I want you to meet. Oh, wait, there's someone I want you to meet.
988 00:46:36,371 00:46:39,773 Thelma Todd, this is a friend of mine from New York, Charles Thelma Todd, this is a friend of mine from New York, Charles
989 00:46:39,841 00:46:40,540 Lucifer. Lucifer.
990 00:46:49,618 00:46:50,316 Ms. Todd. Ms. Todd.
991 00:46:53,388 00:46:55,822 Mr. Lucifer. Mr. Lucifer.
992 00:46:55,891 00:46:59,225 I've been looking forward to meeting you. I've been looking forward to meeting you.
993 00:46:59,294 00:47:00,326 Please join us. Please join us.
994 00:47:00,395 00:47:02,295 I'd love to. I'd love to.
995 00:47:02,364 00:47:03,229 You don't mind? You don't mind?
996 00:47:03,298 00:47:03,997 He insists. He insists.
997 00:47:14,810 00:47:16,276 I'm sure you're getting tired of hearing this, I'm sure you're getting tired of hearing this,
998 00:47:16,344 00:47:18,111 but you're even more beautiful in person but you're even more beautiful in person
999 00:47:18,146 00:47:22,115 than you are on the screen, which I didn't think possible. than you are on the screen, which I didn't think possible.
1000 00:47:22,184 00:47:23,383 Thank you. Thank you.
1001 00:47:23,485 00:47:28,321 You'd be surprised how not tired I am of hearing it. You'd be surprised how not tired I am of hearing it.
1002 00:47:28,390 00:47:31,524 I suppose my reputation for being drawn to American women I suppose my reputation for being drawn to American women
1003 00:47:31,593 00:47:32,858 precedes me. precedes me.
1004 00:47:32,927 00:47:36,795 I guess the same could be said about me and Italian men. I guess the same could be said about me and Italian men.
1005 00:47:36,864 00:47:39,031 DeCicco is Italian. DeCicco is Italian.
1006 00:47:39,133 00:47:41,967 I'm a Sicilian. I'm a Sicilian.
1007 00:47:42,036 00:47:43,869 There's a difference. There's a difference.
1008 00:47:43,938 00:47:44,970 There certainly is. There certainly is.
1009 00:47:48,576 00:47:50,475 I understand you own a very popular restaurant I understand you own a very popular restaurant
1010 00:47:50,544 00:47:51,777 near the ocean. near the ocean.
1011 00:47:51,846 00:47:53,178 Yes, I do. Yes, I do.
1012 00:47:53,280 00:47:55,781 We're closed on Monday night, so my partner and I came over here We're closed on Monday night, so my partner and I came over here
1013 00:47:55,850 00:47:59,084 to badmouth the food. to badmouth the food.
1014 00:47:59,153 00:48:00,819 Are you interested in the restaurant business, Are you interested in the restaurant business,
1015 00:48:00,888 00:48:02,454 Mr. Lucifer? Mr. Lucifer?
1016 00:48:02,556 00:48:03,222 I am now. I am now.
1017 00:48:07,928 00:48:08,827 We must drink to its success. We must drink to its success.
1018 00:48:11,398 00:48:12,798 I'm sorry, I don't drink. I'm sorry, I don't drink.
1019 00:48:12,867 00:48:13,565 One glass. One glass.
1020 00:48:16,203 00:48:17,803 I would be mortally wounded if you refused. I would be mortally wounded if you refused.
1021 00:48:26,280 00:48:29,314 To your restaurant and its success To your restaurant and its success
1022 00:48:29,383 00:48:31,483 beyond your wildest dreams, Ms. Todd. beyond your wildest dreams, Ms. Todd.
1023 00:48:37,591 00:48:40,259 My friends call me Toddy. My friends call me Toddy.
1024 00:48:40,327 00:48:41,226 Mine call me Lucky. Mine call me Lucky.
1025 00:49:00,613 00:49:02,914 You delivered your own wife to Lucky Luciano? You delivered your own wife to Lucky Luciano?
1026 00:49:06,386 00:49:08,219 It's not something I'm particularly proud of. It's not something I'm particularly proud of.
1027 00:49:10,990 00:49:13,958 But when the man says jump, I say, how high? But when the man says jump, I say, how high?
1028 00:49:14,027 00:49:15,660 I don't suppose the man happened to say jump I don't suppose the man happened to say jump
1029 00:49:15,728 00:49:17,561 on the night she died. on the night she died.
1030 00:49:17,630 00:49:19,030 Or is it possible he didn't have to? Or is it possible he didn't have to?
1031 00:49:34,247 00:49:35,846 LOUIS MARSDEN (VOICEOVER): According to Alice Todd, LOUIS MARSDEN (VOICEOVER): According to Alice Todd,
1032 00:49:35,915 00:49:39,817 Thelma thought of Patsy Kelly as her first friend in this town. Thelma thought of Patsy Kelly as her first friend in this town.
1033 00:49:39,919 00:49:41,519 I doubted that. I doubted that.
1034 00:49:41,621 00:49:43,754 After all the other key players in Thelma's life After all the other key players in Thelma's life
1035 00:49:43,823 00:49:47,491 had tried to mislead me, why not Patsy Kelly? had tried to mislead me, why not Patsy Kelly?
1036 00:49:47,560 00:49:51,062 I don't remember the last time I was so glad to be wrong. I don't remember the last time I was so glad to be wrong.
1037 00:49:51,130 00:49:52,830 It's called "Made to Order." It's called "Made to Order."
1038 00:49:52,932 00:49:56,567 I play a maid who gets mistaken for an English baroness. I play a maid who gets mistaken for an English baroness.
1039 00:49:56,669 00:49:59,337 Now you know those two men who just locked me in the pantry? Now you know those two men who just locked me in the pantry?
1040 00:49:59,405 00:50:00,137 Yes. Yes.
1041 00:50:00,206 00:50:02,106 I've no idea who they were. I've no idea who they were.
1042 00:50:02,175 00:50:03,606 They just pay me enough to make these things. They just pay me enough to make these things.
1043 00:50:03,675 00:50:07,077 They don't pay me enough to figure them out. They don't pay me enough to figure them out.
1044 00:50:07,145 00:50:09,112 Actually, I was supposed to start a film with Toddy Actually, I was supposed to start a film with Toddy
1045 00:50:09,181 00:50:10,613 this week. this week.
1046 00:50:10,682 00:50:11,881 You know when this thing really hit me You know when this thing really hit me
1047 00:50:11,950 00:50:13,850 for the first time is when I saw them changing for the first time is when I saw them changing
1048 00:50:13,952 00:50:16,286 the name on her parking space. the name on her parking space.
1049 00:50:16,355 00:50:18,688 I mean, here was this little man with his can of paint I mean, here was this little man with his can of paint
1050 00:50:18,757 00:50:22,659 and his brush just doing his job, and I wanted to kill him. and his brush just doing his job, and I wanted to kill him.
1051 00:50:22,728 00:50:24,327 Look, for what it's worth, everybody Look, for what it's worth, everybody
1052 00:50:24,396 00:50:28,498 I've talked to says your friendship meant a lot to her. I've talked to says your friendship meant a lot to her.
1053 00:50:28,567 00:50:30,967 She said you were the first friend she had in this town. She said you were the first friend she had in this town.
1054 00:50:31,036 00:50:32,302 Oh, that's nice. Oh, that's nice.
1055 00:50:32,371 00:50:34,137 Thanks for telling me that. Thanks for telling me that.
1056 00:50:34,206 00:50:37,240 Yeah, I was there her very first day at Paramount. Yeah, I was there her very first day at Paramount.
1057 00:50:37,342 00:50:39,576 I was on salary, which is a polite way of saying that I was on salary, which is a polite way of saying that
1058 00:50:39,678 00:50:42,545 between movies, I did windows and washed the executives' between movies, I did windows and washed the executives'
1059 00:50:42,614 00:50:43,913 cars. cars.
1060 00:50:43,982 00:50:47,117 So I got the nod to take the new kid to her dressing room. So I got the nod to take the new kid to her dressing room.
1061 00:50:47,185 00:50:50,987 And when I saw her standing there, helpless and so scared And when I saw her standing there, helpless and so scared
1062 00:50:51,056 00:50:57,560 to death, the minute I laid eyes on her, I hated her guts. to death, the minute I laid eyes on her, I hated her guts.
1063 00:50:57,629 00:50:58,995 I mean, just what this town needed, right? I mean, just what this town needed, right?
1064 00:50:59,064 00:51:02,132 Another gorgeous, skinny, dumb blonde. Another gorgeous, skinny, dumb blonde.
1065 00:51:02,200 00:51:04,267 So they tell me you're from back east. So they tell me you're from back east.
1066 00:51:04,369 00:51:06,770 Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.
1067 00:51:06,838 00:51:08,371 How long have you been in Hollywood? How long have you been in Hollywood?
1068 00:51:08,440 00:51:10,273 Four days. Four days.
1069 00:51:10,375 00:51:14,844 Well, if you need any help finding an apartment, Well, if you need any help finding an apartment,
1070 00:51:14,913 00:51:17,414 I'd be happy to go with you one weekend when you're ready. I'd be happy to go with you one weekend when you're ready.
1071 00:51:17,482 00:51:19,915 Thanks. Thanks.
1072 00:51:20,017 00:51:22,251 Yeah, I'll snap up every opportunity for the two of us Yeah, I'll snap up every opportunity for the two of us
1073 00:51:22,353 00:51:25,921 to get together and chat like this. to get together and chat like this.
1074 00:51:26,023 00:51:27,423 Uh-oh. Uh-oh.
1075 00:51:27,491 00:51:29,425 Run for your lives, boys and girls. Run for your lives, boys and girls.
1076 00:51:29,493 00:51:30,993 Here she comes. Here she comes.
1077 00:51:31,062 00:51:33,162 Is that really-- Is that really--
1078 00:51:33,230 00:51:36,365 Gloria Swanson, the one and only. Gloria Swanson, the one and only.
1079 00:51:36,434 00:51:38,467 And may I simply add, thank God. And may I simply add, thank God.
1080 00:51:41,172 00:51:42,438 I love that scarf. I love that scarf.
1081 00:51:42,506 00:51:43,739 Go to Helms and get me a new one. Go to Helms and get me a new one.
1082 00:51:43,808 00:51:45,574 Have it back here by noon or don't bother coming back Have it back here by noon or don't bother coming back
1083 00:51:45,643 00:51:48,177 at all. at all.
1084 00:51:48,245 00:51:49,845 Well, well, well. Well, well, well.
1085 00:51:49,914 00:51:51,213 What have we here? What have we here?
1086 00:51:51,282 00:51:53,415 A little secretary or a clerk, perhaps? A little secretary or a clerk, perhaps?
1087 00:51:53,484 00:51:56,585 What occupation requires enough stupidity to stand in my way, What occupation requires enough stupidity to stand in my way,
1088 00:51:56,654 00:51:59,088 staring at me like a beached mullet? staring at me like a beached mullet?
1089 00:51:59,156 00:52:00,856 I'm an actress, Ms. Swanson. I'm an actress, Ms. Swanson.
1090 00:52:00,925 00:52:02,157 And ever since I can remember, I've And ever since I can remember, I've
1091 00:52:02,226 00:52:05,094 wanted to be just like you. wanted to be just like you.
1092 00:52:05,162 00:52:06,462 But now that I finally met you, I But now that I finally met you, I
1093 00:52:06,530 00:52:09,198 want you to know I'd rather have my head shaved. want you to know I'd rather have my head shaved.
1094 00:52:19,677 00:52:22,644 From that day on, Ms. Gloria Swanson From that day on, Ms. Gloria Swanson
1095 00:52:22,713 00:52:26,915 went out of her way to avoid Ms. Thelma Todd. went out of her way to avoid Ms. Thelma Todd.
1096 00:52:26,984 00:52:30,519 And I went out of my way not to. And I went out of my way not to.
1097 00:52:30,588 00:52:32,354 But you know what I still lose sleep over? But you know what I still lose sleep over?
1098 00:52:36,392 00:52:38,626 Good Lord, I look like George Washington in drag. Good Lord, I look like George Washington in drag.
1099 00:52:42,465 00:52:46,234 Anyway, what I still lose sleep over is I couldn't have loved Anyway, what I still lose sleep over is I couldn't have loved
1100 00:52:46,302 00:52:49,103 Toddy more, but maybe I could've loved her a little better, Toddy more, but maybe I could've loved her a little better,
1101 00:52:49,172 00:52:51,639 you know? you know?
1102 00:52:51,708 00:52:53,608 It always seemed like there was a circle of people It always seemed like there was a circle of people
1103 00:52:53,676 00:52:57,678 around her, feeding off of her and never giving anything back. around her, feeding off of her and never giving anything back.
1104 00:52:57,747 00:52:58,980 And I saw what was happening. And I saw what was happening.
1105 00:52:59,082 00:53:00,314 And sometimes I spoke up about it. And sometimes I spoke up about it.
1106 00:53:00,383 00:53:03,718 But what did I really do about it, you know? But what did I really do about it, you know?
1107 00:53:03,820 00:53:05,353 Oh, they had me outnumbered. Oh, they had me outnumbered.
1108 00:53:05,455 00:53:08,823 But that's no excuse. But that's no excuse.
1109 00:53:08,892 00:53:10,658 I mean, her own mother, for God's sake. I mean, her own mother, for God's sake.
1110 00:53:18,601 00:53:21,736 Oh, do me a favor, will you? Oh, do me a favor, will you?
1111 00:53:21,838 00:53:23,337 Name it. Name it.
1112 00:53:23,406 00:53:25,139 Amputate my feet. Amputate my feet.
1113 00:53:25,208 00:53:25,940 Mine, too. Mine, too.
1114 00:53:26,009 00:53:27,108 It was a killer today, huh? It was a killer today, huh?
1115 00:53:27,177 00:53:29,877 I'm missing an earring. I'm missing an earring.
1116 00:53:29,946 00:53:31,646 See, that's one of the interesting differences See, that's one of the interesting differences
1117 00:53:31,714 00:53:32,446 between us. between us.
1118 00:53:32,515 00:53:33,681 I usually just wear two. I usually just wear two.
1119 00:53:38,621 00:53:39,654 Shut up. Shut up.
1120 00:53:39,722 00:53:41,455 Are you going to Groucho's tonight? Are you going to Groucho's tonight?
1121 00:53:41,524 00:53:42,690 - Are you serious? - Mm-hmm. - Are you serious? - Mm-hmm.
1122 00:53:42,759 00:53:43,791 I can't believe you're going. I can't believe you're going.
1123 00:53:43,893 00:53:45,626 We have 6:30 in the morning calls, you know? We have 6:30 in the morning calls, you know?
1124 00:53:45,695 00:53:49,196 Well, it's supposedly a strictly A list party. Well, it's supposedly a strictly A list party.
1125 00:53:49,264 00:53:50,597 What's he going to say? What's he going to say?
1126 00:53:50,666 00:53:53,900 Come to my house tonight, I'm having a bunch nobody's over? Come to my house tonight, I'm having a bunch nobody's over?
1127 00:53:53,969 00:53:55,435 I'd have a lot more fun if you were there. I'd have a lot more fun if you were there.
1128 00:53:55,537 00:53:56,403 Forget it. Forget it.
1129 00:53:56,505 00:53:58,838 I need my eight hours sleep. I need my eight hours sleep.
1130 00:53:58,907 00:53:59,940 Eight hours? Eight hours?
1131 00:54:00,008 00:54:01,141 Here. Here.
1132 00:54:01,210 00:54:03,343 Take these, then you only need two or three. Take these, then you only need two or three.
1133 00:54:03,412 00:54:04,477 Keep it. Keep it.
1134 00:54:04,546 00:54:06,079 Mother's getting that prescription refilled Mother's getting that prescription refilled
1135 00:54:06,181 00:54:07,180 in the morning. in the morning.
1136 00:54:07,249 00:54:09,216 I wouldn't touch these with a 10-foot pole. I wouldn't touch these with a 10-foot pole.
1137 00:54:09,284 00:54:11,251 Well, you would if your career depended on it. Well, you would if your career depended on it.
1138 00:54:11,320 00:54:14,321 Here, hook me up, OK? Here, hook me up, OK?
1139 00:54:14,389 00:54:15,689 See? See?
1140 00:54:15,757 00:54:19,626 A perfect size 6 and more energy than I know what to do with. A perfect size 6 and more energy than I know what to do with.
1141 00:54:19,695 00:54:22,128 And you know what else? And you know what else?
1142 00:54:22,197 00:54:24,097 What? What?
1143 00:54:24,199 00:54:25,932 I'd trade places with you anytime you like. I'd trade places with you anytime you like.
1144 00:54:30,839 00:54:33,773 I watched her party seven nights a week. I watched her party seven nights a week.
1145 00:54:33,842 00:54:36,776 I watched her live on champagne and pills. I watched her live on champagne and pills.
1146 00:54:36,845 00:54:38,578 Sometimes I spoke up about it. Sometimes I spoke up about it.
1147 00:54:38,647 00:54:41,147 Sometimes I gave her a hug when she needed one. Sometimes I gave her a hug when she needed one.
1148 00:54:41,216 00:54:42,849 So what? So what?
1149 00:54:42,951 00:54:46,820 It didn't add up to much in the end, did it? It didn't add up to much in the end, did it?
1150 00:54:46,855 00:54:49,155 Did it ever affect her work? Did it ever affect her work?
1151 00:54:49,224 00:54:54,394 Not until she married that baboon, DeCicco. Not until she married that baboon, DeCicco.
1152 00:54:54,463 00:54:56,196 Have you had that pleasure yet? Have you had that pleasure yet?
1153 00:54:56,265 00:54:57,464 Yesterday. Yesterday.
1154 00:54:57,566 00:55:00,467 Lovely man, isn't he? Lovely man, isn't he?
1155 00:55:00,569 00:55:03,670 Yeah, he's an agent like I'm the queen mother. Yeah, he's an agent like I'm the queen mother.
1156 00:55:03,739 00:55:07,139 But even then, there was only one morning But even then, there was only one morning
1157 00:55:07,241 00:55:10,109 when she wasn't right on time on her mark, lines learned when she wasn't right on time on her mark, lines learned
1158 00:55:10,211 00:55:11,910 and ready to go. and ready to go.
1159 00:55:11,979 00:55:13,145 Come on, let me look at it. Come on, let me look at it.
1160 00:55:13,247 00:55:14,113 How bad can it be? How bad can it be?
1161 00:55:17,852 00:55:19,518 That bad, huh? That bad, huh?
1162 00:55:19,620 00:55:21,820 Oh, Patsy, what am I going to do? Oh, Patsy, what am I going to do?
1163 00:55:21,889 00:55:24,323 Leave the bastard. Leave the bastard.
1164 00:55:24,458 00:55:25,691 No, I mean now. No, I mean now.
1165 00:55:25,726 00:55:28,494 No amount of makeup in the world is going to cover that up. No amount of makeup in the world is going to cover that up.
1166 00:55:28,596 00:55:29,795 [knocking] [knocking]
1167 00:55:29,864 00:55:31,630 Toddy, it's Hal. Toddy, it's Hal.
1168 00:55:31,699 00:55:33,532 I hear there's been some kind of a hold-up. I hear there's been some kind of a hold-up.
1169 00:55:33,634 00:55:35,167 What's the problem? What's the problem?
1170 00:55:35,269 00:55:36,902 Toddy? Toddy?
1171 00:55:37,004 00:55:38,203 Oh, God. Oh, God.
1172 00:55:38,272 00:55:39,004 This is all I need. This is all I need.
1173 00:55:39,073 00:55:40,773 I can't face him. I can't face him.
1174 00:55:40,841 00:55:41,674 I'll take care of it. I'll take care of it.
1175 00:55:41,742 00:55:42,641 OK. OK.
1176 00:55:42,710 00:55:43,409 HAL ROACH: Toddy. HAL ROACH: Toddy.
1177 00:55:48,015 00:55:50,015 Patsy, what the hell is going on? Patsy, what the hell is going on?
1178 00:55:50,084 00:55:51,116 I'm sick, Hal. I'm sick, Hal.
1179 00:55:51,185 00:55:52,518 Toddy won't come out of her dressing room Toddy won't come out of her dressing room
1180 00:55:52,620 00:55:53,719 because you're sick? because you're sick?
1181 00:55:53,788 00:55:55,688 She's been taking care of me. She's been taking care of me.
1182 00:55:55,756 00:55:56,689 It's a female thing. It's a female thing.
1183 00:55:59,560 00:56:01,794 I'd be happy to go into detail for you if you want me to. I'd be happy to go into detail for you if you want me to.
1184 00:56:01,896 00:56:03,195 No. No, I don't want-- No. No, I don't want--
1185 00:56:03,297 00:56:04,096 no. no.
1186 00:56:04,131 00:56:06,398 I'm sorry, I need to go home. I'm sorry, I need to go home.
1187 00:56:06,467 00:56:08,934 But I'll be back first thing in the morning, good as new. But I'll be back first thing in the morning, good as new.
1188 00:56:09,036 00:56:10,369 Promise. - OK. Promise. - OK.
1189 00:56:10,438 00:56:11,570 Do what you have to do. Do what you have to do.
1190 00:56:11,672 00:56:12,805 I mean, if you need a doctor, either one of you, I mean, if you need a doctor, either one of you,
1191 00:56:12,873 00:56:13,906 just let me know. just let me know.
1192 00:56:14,008 00:56:14,707 I will. I will.
1193 00:56:14,775 00:56:15,474 Thanks. Thanks.
1194 00:56:20,113 00:56:23,848 Oh, thank you, Patsy, you saved my life. Oh, thank you, Patsy, you saved my life.
1195 00:56:23,917 00:56:25,850 Then why do I feel like I just joined the campaign Then why do I feel like I just joined the campaign
1196 00:56:25,919 00:56:28,886 to help shorten it? to help shorten it?
1197 00:56:28,955 00:56:29,687 It's OK. It's OK.
1198 00:56:35,462 00:56:36,527 LOUIS MARSDEN (VOICEOVER): People LOUIS MARSDEN (VOICEOVER): People
1199 00:56:36,563 00:56:38,796 typically choose their words carefully when a DA typically choose their words carefully when a DA
1200 00:56:38,865 00:56:40,565 investigator's in the room. investigator's in the room.
1201 00:56:40,667 00:56:43,534 But there was nothing typical about Jewel Carmen. But there was nothing typical about Jewel Carmen.
1202 00:56:43,603 00:56:46,804 Quite frankly, Mr. Marsden, I hated her. Quite frankly, Mr. Marsden, I hated her.
1203 00:56:46,873 00:56:49,374 Given the circumstances, I'm not surprised. Given the circumstances, I'm not surprised.
1204 00:56:49,409 00:56:51,776 Ah, yes, the circumstances. Ah, yes, the circumstances.
1205 00:56:51,845 00:56:56,247 My husband's famous unrequited love for the late, great Thelma My husband's famous unrequited love for the late, great Thelma
1206 00:56:56,349 00:56:58,616 Todd. Todd.
1207 00:56:58,718 00:57:00,218 You think I was jealous, is that it? You think I was jealous, is that it?
1208 00:57:03,857 00:57:07,191 How conventional of you. How conventional of you.
1209 00:57:07,260 00:57:09,727 Look around. Look around.
1210 00:57:09,796 00:57:12,597 You see before you concrete proof You see before you concrete proof
1211 00:57:12,699 00:57:18,102 that nothing is more transitory or more destructive than love. that nothing is more transitory or more destructive than love.
1212 00:57:18,171 00:57:22,373 Roland is a broken, pathetic man because of it. Roland is a broken, pathetic man because of it.
1213 00:57:25,211 00:57:30,081 Toddy is dead because of it. Toddy is dead because of it.
1214 00:57:30,150 00:57:34,185 I, on the other hand, seem to have come out of this nightmare I, on the other hand, seem to have come out of this nightmare
1215 00:57:34,254 00:57:35,952 perfectly intact. perfectly intact.
1216 00:57:36,021 00:57:37,587 Do you know why? Do you know why?
1217 00:57:37,656 00:57:40,424 I'd love to hear it. I'd love to hear it.
1218 00:57:40,526 00:57:41,992 It's very simple. It's very simple.
1219 00:57:42,094 00:57:45,729 I understand the only basic law of human nature. I understand the only basic law of human nature.
1220 00:57:45,798 00:57:47,431 Love walks. Love walks.
1221 00:57:47,499 00:57:49,800 Money talks. Money talks.
1222 00:57:49,868 00:57:54,538 Money is the only truly lasting power there is, Mr. Marsden. Money is the only truly lasting power there is, Mr. Marsden.
1223 00:57:54,606 00:57:58,909 Any woman can get a man to fall in love with her. Any woman can get a man to fall in love with her.
1224 00:57:58,977 00:58:03,280 But a smart woman prefers a man who's weak enough But a smart woman prefers a man who's weak enough
1225 00:58:03,382 00:58:05,615 to be dependent on her. to be dependent on her.
1226 00:58:05,684 00:58:09,920 Because that's the one man who will never leave. Because that's the one man who will never leave.
1227 00:58:09,988 00:58:13,323 Toddy was not a smart woman. Toddy was not a smart woman.
1228 00:58:13,425 00:58:16,026 That's why I hated her. That's why I hated her.
1229 00:58:16,128 00:58:18,328 Well, maybe she was learning. Well, maybe she was learning.
1230 00:58:18,430 00:58:19,663 She walked out on Pat DeCicco. She walked out on Pat DeCicco.
1231 00:58:19,765 00:58:23,467 She learned nothing from Pat DeCicco. She learned nothing from Pat DeCicco.
1232 00:58:23,535 00:58:27,537 Anyway, he was gone by the time we opened the restaurant. Anyway, he was gone by the time we opened the restaurant.
1233 00:58:27,606 00:58:30,373 But he'd been replaced. But he'd been replaced.
1234 00:58:30,442 00:58:33,910 And despite the fact the restaurant And despite the fact the restaurant
1235 00:58:33,979 00:58:37,147 could have provided her with real independence could have provided her with real independence
1236 00:58:37,216 00:58:43,820 for the first time in her life, that stupid, stupid woman kept for the first time in her life, that stupid, stupid woman kept
1237 00:58:43,889 00:58:48,625 following her heart right out the door. following her heart right out the door.
1238 00:59:01,739 00:59:02,505 Of course, Darryl. Of course, Darryl.
1239 00:59:16,854 00:59:18,220 And where do you think you're going? And where do you think you're going?
1240 00:59:18,289 00:59:19,788 Well, I think I'll go out for a while. Well, I think I'll go out for a while.
1241 00:59:19,857 00:59:21,156 Not a chance. Not a chance.
1242 00:59:21,225 00:59:22,992 The Zanucks and the Thalbergs will be here in half an hour The Zanucks and the Thalbergs will be here in half an hour
1243 00:59:23,060 00:59:24,260 expecting to see you. expecting to see you.
1244 00:59:24,328 00:59:25,728 What am I supposed to tell them? What am I supposed to tell them?
1245 00:59:25,830 00:59:27,630 Tell them dinner is on me. Tell them dinner is on me.
1246 00:59:27,698 00:59:28,998 Trust me. Trust me.
1247 00:59:29,066 00:59:31,233 They'll appreciate it a lot more than the infinite pleasure They'll appreciate it a lot more than the infinite pleasure
1248 00:59:31,302 00:59:32,635 of my sparkling repartee. of my sparkling repartee.
1249 00:59:32,703 00:59:33,669 Really? Really?
1250 00:59:33,738 00:59:35,070 And what kind of profits are we supposed And what kind of profits are we supposed
1251 00:59:35,139 00:59:36,405 to make if you continue providing to make if you continue providing
1252 00:59:36,507 00:59:38,974 free meals for the wealthiest customers we've got? free meals for the wealthiest customers we've got?
1253 00:59:39,043 00:59:40,743 Oh, Roland, I don't have time for this. Oh, Roland, I don't have time for this.
1254 00:59:40,845 00:59:42,177 Could you two speak up a little? Could you two speak up a little?
1255 00:59:42,246 00:59:44,747 There's a table in the corner that can't quite hear you. There's a table in the corner that can't quite hear you.
1256 00:59:44,849 00:59:46,315 Thelma's leaving again. Thelma's leaving again.
1257 00:59:46,350 00:59:48,150 I'm sure she is. I'm sure she is.
1258 00:59:48,219 00:59:50,386 And you think whining at her at the top of your lungs And you think whining at her at the top of your lungs
1259 00:59:50,488 00:59:51,820 is going to stop her? is going to stop her?
1260 00:59:51,889 00:59:53,923 See, Roland, Jewel understands. See, Roland, Jewel understands.
1261 00:59:53,991 00:59:55,491 No, Toddy, Jewel doesn't. No, Toddy, Jewel doesn't.
1262 00:59:55,560 00:59:58,093 Make no mistake about that. Make no mistake about that.
1263 00:59:58,129 01:00:00,095 I just know a lost cause when I see one. I just know a lost cause when I see one.
1264 01:00:11,074 01:00:13,308 So you agree with your husband. So you agree with your husband.
1265 01:00:13,376 01:00:15,810 You think the restaurant was going under because it didn't You think the restaurant was going under because it didn't
1266 01:00:15,912 01:00:17,478 mean enough to her. mean enough to her.
1267 01:00:17,547 01:00:18,279 Is that what he thinks? Is that what he thinks?
1268 01:00:21,084 01:00:23,251 You know, Roland once considered becoming a surgeon You know, Roland once considered becoming a surgeon
1269 01:00:23,320 01:00:24,886 like his father. like his father.
1270 01:00:24,955 01:00:27,589 God only knows how many innocent lives were saved when he went God only knows how many innocent lives were saved when he went
1271 01:00:27,657 01:00:31,225 into showbiz news instead. into showbiz news instead.
1272 01:00:31,294 01:00:33,928 This restaurant was one of the most important things This restaurant was one of the most important things
1273 01:00:33,997 01:00:36,631 in the world to her. in the world to her.
1274 01:00:36,700 01:00:40,001 That's what makes the irony of all of this so cruel. That's what makes the irony of all of this so cruel.
1275 01:00:40,070 01:00:41,836 Somehow, she managed to put something Somehow, she managed to put something
1276 01:00:41,938 01:00:47,108 that was so important to her in serious jeopardy. that was so important to her in serious jeopardy.
1277 01:00:47,177 01:00:49,944 And it was more than she could handle. And it was more than she could handle.
1278 01:00:50,013 01:00:53,514 That's why we were going under, Mr. Marsden. That's why we were going under, Mr. Marsden.
1279 01:00:53,583 01:00:57,485 I don't know what the connection was, and I don't want to know. I don't know what the connection was, and I don't want to know.
1280 01:00:57,587 01:01:02,056 But I think Thelma finally followed her heart straight But I think Thelma finally followed her heart straight
1281 01:01:02,125 01:01:04,525 to her grave. to her grave.
1282 01:01:04,594 01:01:05,927 This just doesn't make any sense. This just doesn't make any sense.
1283 01:01:05,996 01:01:08,363 I mean, I deposited my last two paychecks three days ago. I mean, I deposited my last two paychecks three days ago.
1284 01:01:08,431 01:01:09,897 There should be more than enough money in here There should be more than enough money in here
1285 01:01:09,966 01:01:11,966 to cover everything. to cover everything.
1286 01:01:12,035 01:01:14,936 Well, I can cover it for now, but I agree with you. Well, I can cover it for now, but I agree with you.
1287 01:01:15,005 01:01:18,072 Something definitely is not right. Something definitely is not right.
1288 01:01:18,141 01:01:21,342 I think maybe we should hire an auditor. I think maybe we should hire an auditor.
1289 01:01:21,411 01:01:24,945 Oh, and I spoke to an architect this morning about expanding Oh, and I spoke to an architect this morning about expanding
1290 01:01:25,014 01:01:25,979 into that spare room. into that spare room.
1291 01:01:26,048 01:01:27,314 [knocking] [knocking]
1292 01:01:28,717 01:01:31,785 Excuse me, Ms. Todd, but the boss needs to see you. Excuse me, Ms. Todd, but the boss needs to see you.
1293 01:01:31,854 01:01:32,853 Oh, really? Oh, really?
1294 01:01:32,955 01:01:34,821 Well, tell the boss I'm busy. Well, tell the boss I'm busy.
1295 01:01:34,890 01:01:37,457 He can call first next time. He can call first next time.
1296 01:01:37,526 01:01:39,693 You don't really want me to tell him that, do you? You don't really want me to tell him that, do you?
1297 01:01:39,762 01:01:43,563 He says it's important. He says it's important.
1298 01:01:43,632 01:01:45,799 All right, I'll be there in a minute. All right, I'll be there in a minute.
1299 01:01:45,868 01:01:47,901 Well, he's waiting. Well, he's waiting.
1300 01:01:48,003 01:01:49,269 I said, I'll be there in a minute. I said, I'll be there in a minute.
1301 01:01:56,278 01:01:57,678 I'm not sure how long this is going to take. I'm not sure how long this is going to take.
1302 01:01:57,746 01:02:00,047 I'll be back as soon as I can. I'll be back as soon as I can.
1303 01:02:00,115 01:02:01,515 Do you want to tell me what's going on? Do you want to tell me what's going on?
1304 01:02:01,617 01:02:02,516 You don't want to know. You don't want to know.
1305 01:02:02,618 01:02:04,384 I do if it affects this restaurant. I do if it affects this restaurant.
1306 01:02:04,453 01:02:07,287 Now you listen to me, and you listen closely. Now you listen to me, and you listen closely.
1307 01:02:07,389 01:02:10,524 You want to play with my husband, be my guest. You want to play with my husband, be my guest.
1308 01:02:10,626 01:02:12,626 I'll even fluff your pillows and light your cigarettes I'll even fluff your pillows and light your cigarettes
1309 01:02:12,695 01:02:13,894 afterwards. afterwards.
1310 01:02:13,996 01:02:16,663 Play with my money, on the other hand, Play with my money, on the other hand,
1311 01:02:16,732 01:02:20,267 if what you've gotten yourself into costs me one dime, if what you've gotten yourself into costs me one dime,
1312 01:02:20,369 01:02:24,504 you won't even live long enough to regret it. you won't even live long enough to regret it.
1313 01:02:24,573 01:02:27,708 Just a figure of speech, you understand. Just a figure of speech, you understand.
1314 01:02:27,743 01:02:29,142 If you think I'd repeat that under oath, If you think I'd repeat that under oath,
1315 01:02:29,211 01:02:31,078 you're out of your mind. you're out of your mind.
1316 01:02:31,146 01:02:32,846 You should have brought a witness, Mr. Marsden. You should have brought a witness, Mr. Marsden.
1317 01:02:32,915 01:02:34,548 As it is, it's only your word against mine. As it is, it's only your word against mine.
1318 01:02:34,650 01:02:37,783 This conversation never took place. This conversation never took place.
1319 01:02:37,852 01:02:38,851 It's all right. It's all right.
1320 01:02:38,920 01:02:41,087 I'll deal with that when the time comes. I'll deal with that when the time comes.
1321 01:02:41,155 01:02:42,955 Count on it. Count on it.
1322 01:02:43,057 01:02:45,991 But for now, let's get back to this Mousey character. But for now, let's get back to this Mousey character.
1323 01:02:46,060 01:02:49,862 I don't suppose you happened to catch a last name. I don't suppose you happened to catch a last name.
1324 01:02:49,931 01:02:52,431 We were never formally introduced. We were never formally introduced.
1325 01:02:52,500 01:02:54,834 If I had to guess, though, I'd say it probably If I had to guess, though, I'd say it probably
1326 01:02:54,902 01:02:56,368 ends in a vowel. ends in a vowel.
1327 01:02:56,437 01:02:58,304 But come to think of it, there was a picture of him But come to think of it, there was a picture of him
1328 01:02:58,406 01:03:00,372 in the newspaper recently. in the newspaper recently.
1329 01:03:00,441 01:03:02,775 According to the caption, he's had an unexpected change According to the caption, he's had an unexpected change
1330 01:03:02,844 01:03:04,944 of address to Alcatraz. of address to Alcatraz.
1331 01:03:10,118 01:03:11,751 LOUIS MARSDEN (VOICEOVER): I'm interested in Lucky's LOUIS MARSDEN (VOICEOVER): I'm interested in Lucky's
1332 01:03:11,819 01:03:14,153 relationship with Thelma Todd. relationship with Thelma Todd.
1333 01:03:14,188 01:03:16,622 You want to know, did they have a thing going? You want to know, did they have a thing going?
1334 01:03:16,724 01:03:18,157 Sure they did. Sure they did.
1335 01:03:18,226 01:03:22,895 Was it serious, like, was he in love or something, who the hell Was it serious, like, was he in love or something, who the hell
1336 01:03:22,964 01:03:24,063 knows? knows?
1337 01:03:24,132 01:03:25,965 Personally, I don't think the guy knows Personally, I don't think the guy knows
1338 01:03:26,067 01:03:27,967 how to spell the word. how to spell the word.
1339 01:03:28,069 01:03:29,502 But was he hooked on her? But was he hooked on her?
1340 01:03:29,570 01:03:36,142 In spades, like a big stupid fish right from the get-go In spades, like a big stupid fish right from the get-go
1341 01:03:36,210 01:03:38,644 the first second he laid eyes on her. the first second he laid eyes on her.
1342 01:03:38,746 01:03:41,213 She was so beautiful. She was so beautiful.
1343 01:03:41,282 01:03:44,950 Anyways, as soon as Lucky dumped DeCicco off, Anyways, as soon as Lucky dumped DeCicco off,
1344 01:03:45,019 01:03:46,585 he had me load the limo with champagne, he had me load the limo with champagne,
1345 01:03:46,654 01:03:48,187 and I drove the two of them up the coast and I drove the two of them up the coast
1346 01:03:48,256 01:03:49,488 to that restaurant of hers. to that restaurant of hers.
1347 01:03:52,759 01:03:54,559 So tell me, why do they call you Lucky? So tell me, why do they call you Lucky?
1348 01:03:59,399 01:04:01,232 A few business associates and I A few business associates and I
1349 01:04:01,301 01:04:04,836 were on the receiving end of some machine gun fire were on the receiving end of some machine gun fire
1350 01:04:04,905 01:04:07,572 from a passing car. from a passing car.
1351 01:04:07,641 01:04:10,408 My associates died at the scene. My associates died at the scene.
1352 01:04:10,510 01:04:14,779 I walked away without a scratch, even though I was, uh, I walked away without a scratch, even though I was, uh,
1353 01:04:14,848 01:04:18,650 talking a bit, complements of Mr. Capone. talking a bit, complements of Mr. Capone.
1354 01:04:22,689 01:04:24,923 Anyway, this story got around. Anyway, this story got around.
1355 01:04:24,991 01:04:29,093 And I became known as Lucky. And I became known as Lucky.
1356 01:04:29,162 01:04:32,030 And who was I to argue? And who was I to argue?
1357 01:04:32,132 01:04:35,800 So everything they say about you is true. So everything they say about you is true.
1358 01:04:35,869 01:04:37,235 I could ask the same of you, you know. I could ask the same of you, you know.
1359 01:04:43,276 01:04:44,976 Oh, look. Oh, look.
1360 01:04:45,045 01:04:47,579 There it is. There it is.
1361 01:04:47,647 01:04:49,547 This is a perfect location. This is a perfect location.
1362 01:04:49,616 01:04:53,017 You're looking at the best thing that ever happened to me. You're looking at the best thing that ever happened to me.
1363 01:04:53,086 01:04:54,185 See that sign? See that sign?
1364 01:04:54,254 01:04:56,254 Thelma Todd's. Thelma Todd's.
1365 01:04:56,323 01:05:00,158 I finally have something to point to and say, this is mine. I finally have something to point to and say, this is mine.
1366 01:05:00,227 01:05:01,726 My name matters. My name matters.
1367 01:05:01,828 01:05:04,162 I matter. I matter.
1368 01:05:04,231 01:05:05,797 Come on. Come on.
1369 01:05:05,866 01:05:07,765 Let's take a walk on the beach. Let's take a walk on the beach.
1370 01:05:07,834 01:05:10,667 Mm, no. Mm, no.
1371 01:05:10,736 01:05:12,669 Beaches are sand. Beaches are sand.
1372 01:05:12,738 01:05:16,773 City boy, the only thing sand is good for is to mix cement. City boy, the only thing sand is good for is to mix cement.
1373 01:05:16,842 01:05:18,976 I hate sand. I hate sand.
1374 01:05:19,044 01:05:21,311 I will be mortally wounded if you refuse. I will be mortally wounded if you refuse.
1375 01:05:24,583 01:05:28,318 Mousey, we're going for a walk on the beach. Mousey, we're going for a walk on the beach.
1376 01:05:28,387 01:05:29,119 Check it out. Check it out.
1377 01:05:29,221 01:05:31,588 Right, boss. Right, boss.
1378 01:05:31,657 01:05:32,956 Check out the beach? Check out the beach?
1379 01:05:33,025 01:05:34,191 What's the matter? What's the matter?
1380 01:05:34,260 01:05:35,893 Are you scared? Are you scared?
1381 01:05:35,961 01:05:37,194 Just cautious. Just cautious.
1382 01:05:37,263 01:05:38,328 Sorry you never heard of it. Sorry you never heard of it.
1383 01:06:02,254 01:06:04,221 You think it's funny. You think it's funny.
1384 01:06:04,290 01:06:05,455 I think it's hilarious. I think it's hilarious.
1385 01:06:08,427 01:06:09,293 Come here. Come here.
1386 01:06:09,361 01:06:10,761 No. No.
1387 01:06:10,863 01:06:12,129 What did you say? What did you say?
1388 01:06:12,231 01:06:13,730 I said no. I said no.
1389 01:06:13,799 01:06:14,464 You come here. You come here.
1390 01:07:05,350 01:07:06,582 Where are you going? Where are you going?
1391 01:07:06,684 01:07:07,950 Work. Work.
1392 01:07:08,019 01:07:09,251 No. No.
1393 01:07:09,320 01:07:10,920 You think I wouldn't rather stay here with you? You think I wouldn't rather stay here with you?
1394 01:07:13,725 01:07:15,691 Oh, please, don't do this. Oh, please, don't do this.
1395 01:07:15,760 01:07:18,728 No, I hate early calls enough as it is. No, I hate early calls enough as it is.
1396 01:07:18,796 01:07:19,929 So be late. So be late.
1397 01:07:19,964 01:07:21,297 What are they going to do? What are they going to do?
1398 01:07:21,399 01:07:23,265 Start without the star? Start without the star?
1399 01:07:23,334 01:07:26,702 They could fire me if they wanted to. They could fire me if they wanted to.
1400 01:07:26,771 01:07:29,271 I thought they freed the slaves in this country. I thought they freed the slaves in this country.
1401 01:07:29,340 01:07:31,607 I don't think a man with as many women working the streets I don't think a man with as many women working the streets
1402 01:07:31,709 01:07:35,177 as you have has any right to criticize. as you have has any right to criticize.
1403 01:07:35,246 01:07:38,681 Don't ever bring that up again or any other part Don't ever bring that up again or any other part
1404 01:07:38,750 01:07:40,949 of my business. of my business.
1405 01:07:41,018 01:07:43,251 Just what I need, another Pat DeCicco. Just what I need, another Pat DeCicco.
1406 01:07:43,353 01:07:45,887 Don't compare me to that low rent errand boy. Don't compare me to that low rent errand boy.
1407 01:07:49,359 01:07:50,191 Oh, Toddy. Oh, Toddy.
1408 01:07:54,131 01:07:58,133 It's important for me that you know this. It's important for me that you know this.
1409 01:07:58,201 01:08:00,869 My business is just what I do. My business is just what I do.
1410 01:08:03,507 01:08:04,239 It's not who I am. It's not who I am.
1411 01:08:07,377 01:08:09,544 You believe that? You believe that?
1412 01:08:09,613 01:08:10,345 I believe that. I believe that.
1413 01:08:17,254 01:08:19,788 May I go now? May I go now?
1414 01:08:19,856 01:08:20,789 Temporarily. Temporarily.
1415 01:08:31,835 01:08:33,735 THELMA TODD: When will I see you again? THELMA TODD: When will I see you again?
1416 01:08:33,804 01:08:36,304 Very soon. Very soon.
1417 01:08:36,406 01:08:38,206 I'm going to be here a while. I'm going to be here a while.
1418 01:08:38,275 01:08:43,511 And while I'm here, you're spoken for. And while I'm here, you're spoken for.
1419 01:08:43,580 01:08:44,512 Capiche? Capiche?
1420 01:08:44,581 01:08:45,280 THELMA TODD: Capiche. THELMA TODD: Capiche.
1421 01:08:49,252 01:08:50,618 [bell] [bell]
1422 01:08:55,591 01:08:57,524 God, you're quick. God, you're quick.
1423 01:08:57,593 01:08:58,759 Where were you? Where were you?
1424 01:08:58,828 01:09:03,330 Right outside the door, where he belongs. Right outside the door, where he belongs.
1425 01:09:03,432 01:09:04,098 All night? All night?
1426 01:09:12,808 01:09:17,244 Well, I don't think I've ever seen two men work quite this Well, I don't think I've ever seen two men work quite this
1427 01:09:17,313 01:09:19,847 closely before. closely before.
1428 01:09:19,915 01:09:23,283 Just out of curiosity, Mousey, did the earth Just out of curiosity, Mousey, did the earth
1429 01:09:23,352 01:09:24,218 move for you, too? move for you, too?
1430 01:09:28,591 01:09:29,890 Shall we? Shall we?
1431 01:09:34,363 01:09:36,597 Is Thelma Todd the reason that Luciano started Is Thelma Todd the reason that Luciano started
1432 01:09:36,665 01:09:38,632 making regular trips out to LA? making regular trips out to LA?
1433 01:09:38,701 01:09:42,736 She was part of it, sure, but all of it, come on. She was part of it, sure, but all of it, come on.
1434 01:09:42,838 01:09:46,173 Lucky wanted a whole lot more than Thelma Todd. Lucky wanted a whole lot more than Thelma Todd.
1435 01:09:46,242 01:09:48,775 He wanted Hollywood, the whole time. He wanted Hollywood, the whole time.
1436 01:09:48,844 01:09:51,678 He wanted to own it, sewed up in his hip pocket. He wanted to own it, sewed up in his hip pocket.
1437 01:09:51,747 01:09:52,779 How? How?
1438 01:09:52,848 01:09:54,715 According to the DA files, Frank Nitty and According to the DA files, Frank Nitty and
1439 01:09:54,817 01:09:55,983 what's left of the Capone organization what's left of the Capone organization
1440 01:09:56,085 01:09:58,018 have already moved in out here. have already moved in out here.
1441 01:09:58,120 01:09:59,386 That's the point. That's the point.
1442 01:09:59,488 01:10:02,489 What was left of Capone was easy to take care of. What was left of Capone was easy to take care of.
1443 01:10:02,558 01:10:05,159 Then Lucky focused his attention on Nitty. Then Lucky focused his attention on Nitty.
1444 01:10:05,227 01:10:08,228 He was willing to do anything to muscle him out, He was willing to do anything to muscle him out,
1445 01:10:08,297 01:10:10,897 even if it meant putting a hit on him. even if it meant putting a hit on him.
1446 01:10:10,965 01:10:13,366 Needless to say, Nitty knew it, and he didn't Needless to say, Nitty knew it, and he didn't
1447 01:10:13,468 01:10:16,068 take too kindly to it either. take too kindly to it either.
1448 01:10:16,137 01:10:17,336 Lucky paid me real well. Lucky paid me real well.
1449 01:10:17,405 01:10:19,038 Sometimes it was enough. Sometimes it was enough.
1450 01:10:19,140 01:10:22,508 Sometimes I thought I deserved a bonus, like that time we were Sometimes I thought I deserved a bonus, like that time we were
1451 01:10:22,577 01:10:24,377 leaving the Coconut Grove by the back entrance. leaving the Coconut Grove by the back entrance.
1452 01:10:35,156 01:10:36,556 Look out, get down! Look out, get down!
1453 01:10:36,624 01:10:39,959 [gun shots] [gun shots]
1454 01:10:54,309 01:10:55,708 Are you OK? Are you OK?
1455 01:10:55,777 01:10:56,676 I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry.
1456 01:10:59,914 01:11:01,280 I can't do this. I can't do this.
1457 01:11:01,349 01:11:03,316 I can't put you in danger like this. I can't put you in danger like this.
1458 01:11:03,384 01:11:05,885 We've got to stop seeing each other until this blows over. We've got to stop seeing each other until this blows over.
1459 01:11:05,954 01:11:07,486 I love you, Toddy. I love you, Toddy.
1460 01:11:07,555 01:11:09,322 I love you. I love you.
1461 01:11:09,390 01:11:10,089 What? What?
1462 01:11:16,931 01:11:17,597 Come on. Come on.
1463 01:11:20,702 01:11:21,968 I'll have Mousey drive you home. I'll have Mousey drive you home.
1464 01:11:22,036 01:11:22,835 No. No.
1465 01:11:22,937 01:11:24,170 No. No.
1466 01:11:24,239 01:11:25,204 I want to go with you. I want to go with you.
1467 01:11:25,273 01:11:26,137 Please? Please?
1468 01:11:26,206 01:11:26,938 Are you sure? Are you sure?
1469 01:11:30,844 01:11:33,678 Did you mean what you said? Did you mean what you said?
1470 01:11:33,747 01:11:36,648 That you love me? That you love me?
1471 01:11:36,717 01:11:39,351 I meant that. I meant that.
1472 01:11:39,419 01:11:40,085 Then yes, I'm sure. Then yes, I'm sure.
1473 01:11:49,429 01:11:52,731 You know, Marsden, I'm glad you're here. You know, Marsden, I'm glad you're here.
1474 01:11:52,799 01:11:54,933 I'm glad you're checking this out. I'm glad you're checking this out.
1475 01:11:55,002 01:11:56,835 It's not my place to have opinions, It's not my place to have opinions,
1476 01:11:56,937 01:11:59,871 but I got to tell you, compared to the bimbos Lucky usually but I got to tell you, compared to the bimbos Lucky usually
1477 01:11:59,973 01:12:05,176 dragged around, Ms. Todd, she was OK. dragged around, Ms. Todd, she was OK.
1478 01:12:05,245 01:12:08,913 She's the only one never treated me like a piece of furniture. She's the only one never treated me like a piece of furniture.
1479 01:12:09,016 01:12:12,083 I really appreciated that. I really appreciated that.
1480 01:12:12,152 01:12:15,387 Anyways, things didn't heat up between them Anyways, things didn't heat up between them
1481 01:12:15,455 01:12:18,757 until after her divorce from DeCicco was final. until after her divorce from DeCicco was final.
1482 01:12:18,825 01:12:21,726 So do you think Luciano was planning to marry her? So do you think Luciano was planning to marry her?
1483 01:12:21,795 01:12:23,695 If that's what it took. If that's what it took.
1484 01:12:23,764 01:12:25,363 The boss wasn't stupid. The boss wasn't stupid.
1485 01:12:25,432 01:12:28,233 He waited until she trusted him before he went to the cafe He waited until she trusted him before he went to the cafe
1486 01:12:28,302 01:12:29,301 for the first time. for the first time.
1487 01:12:29,369 01:12:31,536 Welcome to Thelma Todd's Sidewalk Cafe. Welcome to Thelma Todd's Sidewalk Cafe.
1488 01:12:31,638 01:12:34,005 This being a Monday, I have the rare pleasure This being a Monday, I have the rare pleasure
1489 01:12:34,074 01:12:36,708 of offering you the table of your choice with no food of offering you the table of your choice with no food
1490 01:12:36,777 01:12:38,176 whatsoever. whatsoever.
1491 01:12:38,278 01:12:41,145 But I'm sure you'll find the ambiance chic, and yet at But I'm sure you'll find the ambiance chic, and yet at
1492 01:12:41,247 01:12:44,281 the same time, eerily uncrowded. the same time, eerily uncrowded.
1493 01:12:44,350 01:12:46,984 It's nice. It's nice.
1494 01:12:47,053 01:12:49,153 Very nice. Very nice.
1495 01:12:49,255 01:12:53,157 May I offer you an amusing glass of wine perhaps, May I offer you an amusing glass of wine perhaps,
1496 01:12:53,259 01:12:58,562 compliments of our hostess, the very glamorous movie star. compliments of our hostess, the very glamorous movie star.
1497 01:12:58,664 01:13:00,297 What's up there? What's up there?
1498 01:13:00,366 01:13:03,300 A storeroom in the office. A storeroom in the office.
1499 01:13:03,369 01:13:04,068 Mousey. Mousey.
1500 01:13:29,562 01:13:31,028 It's perfect. It's perfect.
1501 01:13:31,097 01:13:31,929 Really? Really?
1502 01:13:32,031 01:13:33,130 You think so? You think so?
1503 01:13:33,199 01:13:34,998 You know, actually, I think it would look better You know, actually, I think it would look better
1504 01:13:35,067 01:13:37,668 with the paint cans over there and the cases of beets with the paint cans over there and the cases of beets
1505 01:13:37,737 01:13:39,503 kind of centered. kind of centered.
1506 01:13:39,572 01:13:43,941 Toddy, I could make you a fortune with this room. Toddy, I could make you a fortune with this room.
1507 01:13:44,043 01:13:45,876 What are you talking about? What are you talking about?
1508 01:13:45,911 01:13:47,845 This restaurant is packed every night. This restaurant is packed every night.
1509 01:13:47,913 01:13:51,915 And you're still losing money, am I right? And you're still losing money, am I right?
1510 01:13:51,984 01:13:53,050 How do you know that? How do you know that?
1511 01:13:53,119 01:13:55,319 I make it my business to know that. I make it my business to know that.
1512 01:13:55,388 01:13:59,255 Now you turn this room over to me, Now you turn this room over to me,
1513 01:13:59,357 01:14:04,427 and I'll have you in the black within a month. and I'll have you in the black within a month.
1514 01:14:04,496 01:14:05,361 Would you like to know how? Would you like to know how?
1515 01:14:10,101 01:14:13,803 I want to make this into a casino. I want to make this into a casino.
1516 01:14:13,872 01:14:15,204 What? What?
1517 01:14:15,273 01:14:22,578 Strictly first class, strictly private, everything Strictly first class, strictly private, everything
1518 01:14:22,647 01:14:27,650 done, taste and discretion. done, taste and discretion.
1519 01:14:27,752 01:14:33,689 A kind of casino with Thalbergs, Zanucks, Cagneys, and Gables A kind of casino with Thalbergs, Zanucks, Cagneys, and Gables
1520 01:14:33,758 01:14:37,593 of the world are going to feel comfortable and protected of the world are going to feel comfortable and protected
1521 01:14:37,662 01:14:41,497 while they drop all that nice money into our pockets. while they drop all that nice money into our pockets.
1522 01:14:41,566 01:14:44,934 Lucky, I hate to break this to you, but this is California. Lucky, I hate to break this to you, but this is California.
1523 01:14:45,003 01:14:46,903 Gambling is illegal here. Gambling is illegal here.
1524 01:14:46,971 01:14:47,737 The police would have-- The police would have--
1525 01:14:47,806 01:14:52,542 The police will be no problem. The police will be no problem.
1526 01:14:52,610 01:14:54,744 You have my word. You have my word.
1527 01:14:54,813 01:14:57,113 And you have my word. And you have my word.
1528 01:14:57,182 01:14:58,681 Forget it. Forget it.
1529 01:14:58,783 01:15:01,517 I will not let you put a casino in here not in a month, I will not let you put a casino in here not in a month,
1530 01:15:01,586 01:15:03,753 not in a year, not in my lifetime. not in a year, not in my lifetime.
1531 01:15:03,855 01:15:05,488 You don't understand. You don't understand.
1532 01:15:05,557 01:15:08,324 Oh, I think I understand perfectly. Oh, I think I understand perfectly.
1533 01:15:08,426 01:15:10,293 Don't forget I know how you work. Don't forget I know how you work.
1534 01:15:10,395 01:15:13,261 The minute I say yes to a casino, you've got me. The minute I say yes to a casino, you've got me.
1535 01:15:13,330 01:15:15,330 And from that moment on, either I And from that moment on, either I
1536 01:15:15,432 01:15:18,033 go along with any kind of felony you care to commit here-- go along with any kind of felony you care to commit here--
1537 01:15:18,135 01:15:19,835 drugs, prostitution, gun running, drugs, prostitution, gun running,
1538 01:15:19,903 01:15:22,571 whatever-- or you have me busted. whatever-- or you have me busted.
1539 01:15:22,639 01:15:24,639 And then one day, I look up and all my life And then one day, I look up and all my life
1540 01:15:24,708 01:15:27,676 has come down to is a choice between one kind of prison has come down to is a choice between one kind of prison
1541 01:15:27,778 01:15:28,743 or another. or another.
1542 01:15:28,812 01:15:30,812 Well, thank you very much, but no thank you. Well, thank you very much, but no thank you.
1543 01:15:30,881 01:15:34,950 That's-- Toddy. That's-- Toddy.
1544 01:15:39,289 01:15:40,789 Toddy. Toddy.
1545 01:15:40,858 01:15:41,923 Toddy, it'll stop at the casino. Toddy, it'll stop at the casino.
1546 01:15:41,992 01:15:42,791 I swear. I swear.
1547 01:15:42,860 01:15:43,792 It stops now, Lucky. It stops now, Lucky.
1548 01:15:43,861 01:15:45,126 The answer is no. The answer is no.
1549 01:15:45,195 01:15:48,263 Let's drink to the success of your restaurant, Ms. Todd. Let's drink to the success of your restaurant, Ms. Todd.
1550 01:15:48,332 01:15:49,064 Get out. Get out.
1551 01:15:49,166 01:15:49,931 You believe that? You believe that?
1552 01:15:50,000 01:15:50,765 Get out. Get out.
1553 01:15:50,834 01:15:51,967 Let's go somewhere and talk. Let's go somewhere and talk.
1554 01:15:52,035 01:15:52,734 Get out! Get out!
1555 01:16:02,246 01:16:05,080 You need to think. You need to think.
1556 01:16:05,182 01:16:06,515 I understand that. I understand that.
1557 01:16:30,873 01:16:33,307 We'll talk tomorrow. We'll talk tomorrow.
1558 01:16:33,376 01:16:34,241 You call me. You call me.
1559 01:16:50,259 01:16:51,292 MOUSEY (VOICEOVER): Lucky waited. MOUSEY (VOICEOVER): Lucky waited.
1560 01:16:51,360 01:16:54,662 But Ms. Todd, she never called. But Ms. Todd, she never called.
1561 01:16:54,730 01:16:58,132 You know, Marsden, I was kind of proud of her for that. You know, Marsden, I was kind of proud of her for that.
1562 01:16:58,234 01:17:00,467 But I also know what a bad sport the boss But I also know what a bad sport the boss
1563 01:17:00,536 01:17:02,836 was about being ignored. was about being ignored.
1564 01:17:02,905 01:17:05,906 Now that didn't hurt, did it, Mister-- Now that didn't hurt, did it, Mister--
1565 01:17:05,975 01:17:07,308 what the hell is his damn name? what the hell is his damn name?
1566 01:17:07,376 01:17:08,809 Lochenspiel Toddy. Lochenspiel Toddy.
1567 01:17:08,911 01:17:09,944 Lochenspiel? Lochenspiel?
1568 01:17:10,012 01:17:11,812 I mean, Lochenspiel-- this is the eighth take. I mean, Lochenspiel-- this is the eighth take.
1569 01:17:11,914 01:17:12,813 I'm sick of this. I'm sick of this.
1570 01:17:12,915 01:17:14,281 Why can't his name be Smith or Domes? Why can't his name be Smith or Domes?
1571 01:17:14,350 01:17:15,616 Lochenspiel is funnier. Lochenspiel is funnier.
1572 01:17:15,685 01:17:17,451 Not if I can't remember it, it's not. Not if I can't remember it, it's not.
1573 01:17:17,553 01:17:19,820 And I'll be in my dressing room until you're ready. And I'll be in my dressing room until you're ready.
1574 01:17:19,922 01:17:21,755 What's going on with you lately? What's going on with you lately?
1575 01:17:21,824 01:17:23,290 Oh, give me a break, Vincent. Oh, give me a break, Vincent.
1576 01:17:34,570 01:17:36,904 Don't you stand there, Mousey. Don't you stand there, Mousey.
1577 01:17:36,973 01:17:38,806 Ms. Todd needs a glass of water. Ms. Todd needs a glass of water.
1578 01:17:38,908 01:17:41,075 How the hell did you get in here? How the hell did you get in here?
1579 01:17:41,143 01:17:42,776 Lock the door on your way out. Lock the door on your way out.
1580 01:17:42,845 01:17:46,279 Please, Mousey, don't do this. Please, Mousey, don't do this.
1581 01:17:46,348 01:17:47,046 I'm sorry, Ms. Todd. I'm sorry, Ms. Todd.
1582 01:17:51,720 01:17:53,519 All right, say what you have to say, and then get out. All right, say what you have to say, and then get out.
1583 01:17:53,588 01:17:54,887 I'm at work, for God's sake. I'm at work, for God's sake.
1584 01:17:54,956 01:17:56,623 You didn't leave me any choice. You didn't leave me any choice.
1585 01:17:56,691 01:17:59,425 You've been avoiding me for a week. You've been avoiding me for a week.
1586 01:17:59,494 01:18:00,627 A man not known for his patience-- A man not known for his patience--
1587 01:18:00,695 01:18:01,828 What do you want? What do you want?
1588 01:18:01,930 01:18:03,596 Your decision on the casino. Your decision on the casino.
1589 01:18:03,665 01:18:04,998 I think when you hear what I have to say-- I think when you hear what I have to say--
1590 01:18:05,066 01:18:06,199 I gave you my decision. I gave you my decision.
1591 01:18:06,301 01:18:08,635 Whatever you have to tell me won't change my mind. Whatever you have to tell me won't change my mind.
1592 01:18:08,703 01:18:10,403 Your restaurant is losing money. Your restaurant is losing money.
1593 01:18:10,472 01:18:12,238 It's going to continue to lose money. It's going to continue to lose money.
1594 01:18:12,340 01:18:15,008 The more you pour into it, the more you're going to lose. The more you pour into it, the more you're going to lose.
1595 01:18:15,076 01:18:17,677 Reason for that is very simple. Reason for that is very simple.
1596 01:18:17,746 01:18:18,878 Name is Frank Nitty. Name is Frank Nitty.
1597 01:18:18,980 01:18:20,179 Who? Who?
1598 01:18:20,248 01:18:21,814 Frank Nitty. Frank Nitty.
1599 01:18:21,850 01:18:24,517 Controls every union your restaurant deals with. Controls every union your restaurant deals with.
1600 01:18:24,619 01:18:27,520 Between kickbacks and payoffs, every dime of profit you turn Between kickbacks and payoffs, every dime of profit you turn
1601 01:18:27,622 01:18:29,022 goes straight into the Nitty's pocket. goes straight into the Nitty's pocket.
1602 01:18:29,090 01:18:29,856 OK, fine. OK, fine.
1603 01:18:29,958 01:18:31,758 I'll find some way to stop him. I'll find some way to stop him.
1604 01:18:31,826 01:18:35,061 [laughs] You? [laughs] You?
1605 01:18:35,130 01:18:36,629 I see. I see.
1606 01:18:36,665 01:18:37,463 You're going to stop him. You're going to stop him.
1607 01:18:40,201 01:18:42,001 Grow up, Toddy. Grow up, Toddy.
1608 01:18:42,070 01:18:44,270 No one can stop him but me. No one can stop him but me.
1609 01:18:44,372 01:18:45,071 He's too big. He's too big.
1610 01:18:45,140 01:18:46,606 He's everywhere. He's everywhere.
1611 01:18:46,675 01:18:48,141 He's even branching into the movie business He's even branching into the movie business
1612 01:18:48,209 01:18:50,710 now, working his way in through the unions, from the bottom up. now, working his way in through the unions, from the bottom up.
1613 01:18:53,381 01:18:56,482 Fortunately, that's a mistake. Fortunately, that's a mistake.
1614 01:18:56,551 01:18:59,117 What I know that he doesn't, the way What I know that he doesn't, the way
1615 01:18:59,186 01:19:02,988 to own this industry, and therefore this town, is you to own this industry, and therefore this town, is you
1616 01:19:03,057 01:19:04,990 start at the top-- start at the top--
1617 01:19:05,059 01:19:09,294 stars, producers, studio heads, everyone who frequents stars, producers, studio heads, everyone who frequents
1618 01:19:09,396 01:19:12,864 Thelma Todd's Sidewalk Cafe. Thelma Todd's Sidewalk Cafe.
1619 01:19:12,933 01:19:13,699 Oh my God. Oh my God.
1620 01:19:18,005 01:19:20,639 All of whom would only be too happy to finish off a fine All of whom would only be too happy to finish off a fine
1621 01:19:20,708 01:19:24,876 meal, a nice bottle of wine, step across the hall, meal, a nice bottle of wine, step across the hall,
1622 01:19:24,945 01:19:28,046 and drop a bundle in an elegant, highly discreet, and drop a bundle in an elegant, highly discreet,
1623 01:19:28,115 01:19:30,749 well-protected casino. well-protected casino.
1624 01:19:30,818 01:19:33,752 You don't really believe that Jack Warner and Louie B. Mayor You don't really believe that Jack Warner and Louie B. Mayor
1625 01:19:33,821 01:19:37,622 would be stupid enough to gamble away their studios? would be stupid enough to gamble away their studios?
1626 01:19:37,691 01:19:39,825 Of course not. Of course not.
1627 01:19:39,893 01:19:42,627 But we'll extend them generous credit, But we'll extend them generous credit,
1628 01:19:42,696 01:19:46,031 which they will be stupid enough to gratefully accept. which they will be stupid enough to gratefully accept.
1629 01:19:46,100 01:19:50,268 Before long, I'll hold the markers of the most powerful Before long, I'll hold the markers of the most powerful
1630 01:19:50,337 01:19:51,903 people in this town. people in this town.
1631 01:19:51,972 01:19:55,774 And believe me, when I own a man's marker, I own the man. And believe me, when I own a man's marker, I own the man.
1632 01:19:55,876 01:19:59,411 And when I own the right men, I'll own Hollywood. And when I own the right men, I'll own Hollywood.
1633 01:19:59,480 01:20:01,079 And Frank Nitty will be nothing but an ugly memory. And Frank Nitty will be nothing but an ugly memory.
1634 01:20:06,186 01:20:10,355 You and I will be wealthier and more respected than either You and I will be wealthier and more respected than either
1635 01:20:10,457 01:20:11,757 of us ever dreamed possible. of us ever dreamed possible.
1636 01:20:19,999 01:20:21,065 Or look at it this way. Or look at it this way.
1637 01:20:25,171 01:20:28,239 It would be a lovely way to thank me for your freedom. It would be a lovely way to thank me for your freedom.
1638 01:20:28,307 01:20:29,940 What? What?
1639 01:20:30,042 01:20:32,676 You think Pat DeCicco suddenly went off by himself You think Pat DeCicco suddenly went off by himself
1640 01:20:32,745 01:20:35,179 and decided to grant you divorce? and decided to grant you divorce?
1641 01:20:35,248 01:20:38,716 Or the courts pushed it through so quickly out of the kindness Or the courts pushed it through so quickly out of the kindness
1642 01:20:38,785 01:20:39,483 of their hearts? of their hearts?
1643 01:20:46,759 01:20:51,362 Now armed with more information than is even safe for you Now armed with more information than is even safe for you
1644 01:20:51,464 01:20:54,865 to know, would you care to reconsider your decision? to know, would you care to reconsider your decision?
1645 01:21:28,267 01:21:29,499 I was afraid of that. I was afraid of that.
1646 01:21:29,568 01:21:30,767 MAN (ON PHONE): Yeah, well, she's told me everything. MAN (ON PHONE): Yeah, well, she's told me everything.
1647 01:21:30,836 01:21:32,068 Tell them you don't want trouble. Tell them you don't want trouble.
1648 01:21:32,170 01:21:33,870 OK. OK.
1649 01:21:33,939 01:21:36,606 No, I don't know yet. No, I don't know yet.
1650 01:21:36,675 01:21:37,841 MAN (ON PHONE): Well, you better know. MAN (ON PHONE): Well, you better know.
1651 01:21:37,909 01:21:39,676 I need to think. I need to think.
1652 01:21:39,778 01:21:40,910 MAN (ON PHONE): All right, all right. MAN (ON PHONE): All right, all right.
1653 01:21:40,979 01:21:41,911 Now I'll go back to you. Now I'll go back to you.
1654 01:21:41,980 01:21:42,979 MAN (ON PHONE): OK, I'll be here. MAN (ON PHONE): OK, I'll be here.
1655 01:21:48,286 01:21:51,087 [mutters] [mutters]
1656 01:21:53,191 01:21:59,729 She called the-- she called the DA's office. She called the-- she called the DA's office.
1657 01:21:59,831 01:22:01,965 Made an appointment. Made an appointment.
1658 01:22:02,033 01:22:03,833 How much does she know? How much does she know?
1659 01:22:03,935 01:22:06,302 Too much, thanks to me. Too much, thanks to me.
1660 01:22:06,371 01:22:08,271 Much too much. Much too much.
1661 01:22:08,340 01:22:11,074 Well, that's not necessarily a problem, is it? Well, that's not necessarily a problem, is it?
1662 01:22:11,176 01:22:13,776 Who's the appointment with? Who's the appointment with?
1663 01:22:13,845 01:22:15,979 Fitts. Fitts.
1664 01:22:16,047 01:22:16,813 Did she do it? Did she do it?
1665 01:22:16,882 01:22:18,248 Did she keep that appointment? Did she keep that appointment?
1666 01:22:18,316 01:22:19,048 What? What?
1667 01:22:19,117 01:22:20,350 You don't know? You don't know?
1668 01:22:20,418 01:22:22,252 The day after that phone call, the Feds The day after that phone call, the Feds
1669 01:22:22,320 01:22:24,153 clamped the murder charge on me. clamped the murder charge on me.
1670 01:22:24,222 01:22:27,790 And my goombah Lucky cut me loose. And my goombah Lucky cut me loose.
1671 01:22:27,859 01:22:30,660 11 years I laid my life on the line for that rat bastard. 11 years I laid my life on the line for that rat bastard.
1672 01:22:30,729 01:22:32,128 All of a sudden, he never heard of me. All of a sudden, he never heard of me.
1673 01:22:35,333 01:22:40,703 Anyways, what I just told you, I don't know a damn thing. Anyways, what I just told you, I don't know a damn thing.
1674 01:22:40,772 01:22:43,873 No, she never kept that appointment. No, she never kept that appointment.
1675 01:22:46,944 01:22:49,378 I never thought these words would come out of my mouth, I never thought these words would come out of my mouth,
1676 01:22:49,413 01:22:50,913 but I mean this. but I mean this.
1677 01:22:50,981 01:22:52,481 I'm real sad for that lady. I'm real sad for that lady.
1678 01:22:55,252 01:22:56,084 Yeah. Yeah.
1679 01:22:56,153 01:22:56,885 Aren't we all? Aren't we all?
1680 01:23:09,466 01:23:11,967 BURON FITTS: OK, let's hear it. BURON FITTS: OK, let's hear it.
1681 01:23:12,036 01:23:13,402 What have you got? What have you got?
1682 01:23:13,470 01:23:14,169 Murder, Mr. Fitts. Murder, Mr. Fitts.
1683 01:23:16,907 01:23:18,273 You're sure? You're sure?
1684 01:23:18,342 01:23:20,509 Yes, sir. Yes, sir.
1685 01:23:20,611 01:23:23,946 And am I safe in assuming you haven't discussed your findings And am I safe in assuming you haven't discussed your findings
1686 01:23:24,014 01:23:26,415 with anyone, the press, the police? with anyone, the press, the police?
1687 01:23:26,450 01:23:27,516 No, sir, just you. No, sir, just you.
1688 01:23:27,618 01:23:28,650 Good. Good.
1689 01:23:28,719 01:23:31,186 It would be a huge mistake to leak something It would be a huge mistake to leak something
1690 01:23:31,288 01:23:33,188 this big until we have a solid case. this big until we have a solid case.
1691 01:23:33,290 01:23:38,894 We don't want to give anyone time to cover their tracks. We don't want to give anyone time to cover their tracks.
1692 01:23:38,963 01:23:41,129 And you better be damn convincing, Marsden. And you better be damn convincing, Marsden.
1693 01:23:41,198 01:23:43,665 I'm not turning this over to the grand jury on nothing I'm not turning this over to the grand jury on nothing
1694 01:23:43,734 01:23:46,068 more than a bunch of half-baked theories. more than a bunch of half-baked theories.
1695 01:23:46,136 01:23:47,869 I've got a lot more than that, sir. I've got a lot more than that, sir.
1696 01:23:47,938 01:23:51,306 I've got everything we need, including a list of witnesses I've got everything we need, including a list of witnesses
1697 01:23:51,375 01:23:54,376 whose testimony will prove that Thelma Todd probably didn't die whose testimony will prove that Thelma Todd probably didn't die
1698 01:23:54,445 01:23:56,244 until early Monday morning, 36 hours until early Monday morning, 36 hours
1699 01:23:56,313 01:23:58,680 after the medical examiner's estimate. after the medical examiner's estimate.
1700 01:23:58,749 01:24:00,781 And I can reconstruct most of those 36 hours. And I can reconstruct most of those 36 hours.
1701 01:24:04,354 01:24:05,786 I'm listening. I'm listening.
1702 01:24:05,855 01:24:08,789 The chauffeur said he picked her up at 7:45 on Saturday The chauffeur said he picked her up at 7:45 on Saturday
1703 01:24:08,858 01:24:11,625 night to take her to a party. night to take her to a party.
1704 01:24:11,694 01:24:14,895 One more time, I'm locking this door at 2 o'clock. One more time, I'm locking this door at 2 o'clock.
1705 01:24:14,964 01:24:16,931 If you don't have your key, be home by then If you don't have your key, be home by then
1706 01:24:17,000 01:24:19,100 or sleep on the damn stairs for all I care. or sleep on the damn stairs for all I care.
1707 01:24:19,168 01:24:21,535 Because I'm not getting up to let you in. Because I'm not getting up to let you in.
1708 01:24:21,604 01:24:22,770 Do you hear me? Do you hear me?
1709 01:24:22,839 01:24:25,639 Roland, everyone within a 50 mile radius hears you. Roland, everyone within a 50 mile radius hears you.
1710 01:24:25,708 01:24:26,707 Now shut up about it. Now shut up about it.
1711 01:24:41,991 01:24:44,425 LOUIS MARSDEN (VOICEOVER): She arrived shortly before 9:00. LOUIS MARSDEN (VOICEOVER): She arrived shortly before 9:00.
1712 01:24:44,494 01:24:45,726 According to the others at the party, According to the others at the party,
1713 01:24:45,795 01:24:47,561 she wasn't drinking much that night. she wasn't drinking much that night.
1714 01:24:47,630 01:24:49,730 And she seemed to be having a good time, And she seemed to be having a good time,
1715 01:24:49,799 01:24:51,499 until an unexpected guest showed up. until an unexpected guest showed up.
1716 01:25:00,843 01:25:03,077 Toddy, this is a surprise. Toddy, this is a surprise.
1717 01:25:03,146 01:25:04,545 What are you doing here? What are you doing here?
1718 01:25:04,614 01:25:06,013 Well, I convinced Ida that it wasn't Well, I convinced Ida that it wasn't
1719 01:25:06,082 01:25:08,516 going to be a problem inviting us to the same party. going to be a problem inviting us to the same party.
1720 01:25:08,584 01:25:10,084 Well, you were wrong. Well, you were wrong.
1721 01:25:10,153 01:25:11,719 Would you excuse us for a minute please? Would you excuse us for a minute please?
1722 01:25:11,788 01:25:13,788 Forget it. Forget it.
1723 01:25:13,856 01:25:16,356 Anything you have to say to me, you can say in front of her. Anything you have to say to me, you can say in front of her.
1724 01:25:16,425 01:25:17,757 Fine. Fine.
1725 01:25:17,826 01:25:20,260 You set me up, you bastard. You set me up, you bastard.
1726 01:25:20,362 01:25:22,362 You knew exactly why your little friend wanted to meet me, You knew exactly why your little friend wanted to meet me,
1727 01:25:22,431 01:25:24,431 and you went right along with it anyway. and you went right along with it anyway.
1728 01:25:24,499 01:25:25,799 And I'm going to make you pay for this. And I'm going to make you pay for this.
1729 01:25:25,867 01:25:26,599 Why don't you grab-- Why don't you grab--
1730 01:25:26,668 01:25:27,400 Oh, yeah, good idea. Oh, yeah, good idea.
1731 01:25:27,469 01:25:29,202 Oh, that's-- Oh, that's--
1732 01:25:29,271 01:25:30,570 LOUIS MARSDEN (VOICEOVER): DeCicco's date LOUIS MARSDEN (VOICEOVER): DeCicco's date
1733 01:25:30,639 01:25:32,972 said that's all she heard, and he said that's all she heard, and he
1734 01:25:33,041 01:25:35,308 refused to talk about it later. refused to talk about it later.
1735 01:25:35,410 01:25:37,877 But she said Thelma was very shaken when she and DeCicco's But she said Thelma was very shaken when she and DeCicco's
1736 01:25:37,946 01:25:39,279 came back inside. came back inside.
1737 01:25:39,381 01:25:41,848 DeCicco's and the girl left shortly after that, DeCicco's and the girl left shortly after that,
1738 01:25:41,917 01:25:44,150 but we know that Thelma stayed until much later. but we know that Thelma stayed until much later.
1739 01:25:47,089 01:25:50,857 At 1:30, she asked Sid Grommin, a friend of Roland West's, At 1:30, she asked Sid Grommin, a friend of Roland West's,
1740 01:25:50,926 01:25:52,859 to call and tell West she was on her way home to call and tell West she was on her way home
1741 01:25:52,928 01:25:55,261 and to wait up to let her in. and to wait up to let her in.
1742 01:25:55,330 01:25:57,464 But as she was leaving, one of the waiters But as she was leaving, one of the waiters
1743 01:25:57,532 01:25:59,899 told her someone wanted to see her. told her someone wanted to see her.
1744 01:25:59,968 01:26:03,403 From the waiter's description and from what he overheard, From the waiter's description and from what he overheard,
1745 01:26:03,472 01:26:06,840 I'm sure it was Vinny Corelli, one of Luciano's lieutenants. I'm sure it was Vinny Corelli, one of Luciano's lieutenants.
1746 01:26:30,198 01:26:31,663 Put the car in the garage and go home. Put the car in the garage and go home.
1747 01:26:31,732 01:26:32,598 I don't want to leave you, Ms. Todd. I don't want to leave you, Ms. Todd.
1748 01:26:32,666 01:26:33,398 Peters, just go. Peters, just go.
1749 01:26:33,467 01:26:34,433 Get out of here. Get out of here.
1750 01:26:34,535 01:26:35,200 Yes, ma'am. Yes, ma'am.
1751 01:26:47,314 01:26:48,046 Let's take a drive. Let's take a drive.
1752 01:26:48,115 01:26:48,847 We need to talk. We need to talk.
1753 01:27:08,536 01:27:10,569 LOUIS MARSDEN (VOICEOVER): Early Sunday afternoon, Mrs. Wallace LOUIS MARSDEN (VOICEOVER): Early Sunday afternoon, Mrs. Wallace
1754 01:27:10,638 01:27:13,939 Ford received a phone call. Ford received a phone call.
1755 01:27:14,008 01:27:14,907 Hello? Hello?
1756 01:27:14,975 01:27:16,041 THELMA TODD (ON PHONE): It's Toddy. THELMA TODD (ON PHONE): It's Toddy.
1757 01:27:16,143 01:27:17,543 I'm sorry, what? I'm sorry, what?
1758 01:27:17,578 01:27:18,877 THELMA TODD (ON PHONE): I said it's Toddy. THELMA TODD (ON PHONE): I said it's Toddy.
1759 01:27:18,946 01:27:20,946 Oh, hi, darling. Oh, hi, darling.
1760 01:27:21,015 01:27:22,281 What's wrong with your voice? What's wrong with your voice?
1761 01:27:22,349 01:27:23,882 THELMA TODD (ON PHONE): Nothing. THELMA TODD (ON PHONE): Nothing.
1762 01:27:23,951 01:27:25,350 You're not sick, are you? You're not sick, are you?
1763 01:27:25,386 01:27:26,418 THELMA TODD (ON PHONE): No, no. THELMA TODD (ON PHONE): No, no.
1764 01:27:26,453 01:27:27,819 I mean, you're still coming to the party tonight? I mean, you're still coming to the party tonight?
1765 01:27:27,888 01:27:29,321 THELMA TODD (ON PHONE): Yes, I just-- THELMA TODD (ON PHONE): Yes, I just--
1766 01:27:29,390 01:27:30,522 I'll be there. I'll be there.
1767 01:27:30,591 01:27:32,124 I just wanted you to know I'll be a little late. I just wanted you to know I'll be a little late.
1768 01:27:32,193 01:27:33,425 I don't know. I don't know.
1769 01:27:33,527 01:27:35,561 Toddy? Toddy?
1770 01:27:35,629 01:27:36,595 Hello? Hello?
1771 01:27:36,664 01:27:37,362 Toddy? Toddy?
1772 01:27:40,568 01:27:42,734 LOUIS MARSDEN (VOICEOVER): She never made it to the party. LOUIS MARSDEN (VOICEOVER): She never made it to the party.
1773 01:27:42,803 01:27:45,304 And none of her friends ever heard from her again. And none of her friends ever heard from her again.
1774 01:27:45,372 01:27:48,406 Late Sunday evening at approximately 11 o'clock, Late Sunday evening at approximately 11 o'clock,
1775 01:27:48,508 01:27:51,242 Mr. and Mrs. George Brill, a couple from Ohio, Mr. and Mrs. George Brill, a couple from Ohio,
1776 01:27:51,311 01:27:53,444 happened across a Phaeton matching the description happened across a Phaeton matching the description
1777 01:27:53,546 01:27:56,047 of Luciano's, with a man and a woman inside of Luciano's, with a man and a woman inside
1778 01:27:56,149 01:27:58,649 in a cul-de-sac south of Wilshire. in a cul-de-sac south of Wilshire.
1779 01:27:58,718 01:28:00,051 They were lost, so-- They were lost, so--
1780 01:28:00,153 01:28:01,452 You want me to interrupt that? You want me to interrupt that?
1781 01:28:01,554 01:28:02,386 I don't care. I don't care.
1782 01:28:02,455 01:28:03,588 Ask them. Ask them.
1783 01:28:03,656 01:28:05,289 We've been driving around here for over an hour, We've been driving around here for over an hour,
1784 01:28:05,358 01:28:06,190 and I'm tired of it. and I'm tired of it.
1785 01:28:15,368 01:28:17,335 LOUIS MARSDEN (VOICEOVER): The Brills thought the woman looked LOUIS MARSDEN (VOICEOVER): The Brills thought the woman looked
1786 01:28:17,403 01:28:21,505 familiar from a distance, but they couldn't place her. familiar from a distance, but they couldn't place her.
1787 01:28:21,541 01:28:22,006 Admit it. Admit it.
1788 01:28:22,075 01:28:23,407 OK, I admit it. OK, I admit it.
1789 01:28:23,443 01:28:24,875 But it's not going to change anything, Toddy, But it's not going to change anything, Toddy,
1790 01:28:24,944 01:28:26,077 can't you understand that? can't you understand that?
1791 01:28:26,179 01:28:27,812 No, you can change it if you want to. No, you can change it if you want to.
1792 01:28:27,914 01:28:28,913 I've got no choice! I've got no choice!
1793 01:28:28,982 01:28:30,181 GEORGE BRILL: Forgive me, folks, but-- GEORGE BRILL: Forgive me, folks, but--
1794 01:28:30,250 01:28:31,482 Beat it! Beat it!
1795 01:28:31,584 01:28:32,917 My wife and I are lost. My wife and I are lost.
1796 01:28:32,952 01:28:34,418 I wonder if you could tell me how to get to Holly Ridge. I wonder if you could tell me how to get to Holly Ridge.
1797 01:28:34,554 01:28:35,453 No. No.
1798 01:28:35,488 01:28:36,854 Three blocks south and to the left. Three blocks south and to the left.
1799 01:28:51,104 01:28:53,404 Wait a minute. Wait a minute.
1800 01:28:53,473 01:28:54,472 That was Thelma Todd. That was Thelma Todd.
1801 01:28:57,410 01:28:58,709 Will he testify? Will he testify?
1802 01:28:58,778 01:29:00,244 LOUIS MARSDEN: I'm working on it. LOUIS MARSDEN: I'm working on it.
1803 01:29:00,313 01:29:02,445 But I think Luciano got to him before I did. But I think Luciano got to him before I did.
1804 01:29:02,514 01:29:05,248 I showed him Lucky's mugshot and asked if he could identify him I showed him Lucky's mugshot and asked if he could identify him
1805 01:29:05,317 01:29:07,817 as the man in the car, but he said no without even glancing as the man in the car, but he said no without even glancing
1806 01:29:07,886 01:29:09,452 at the photo. at the photo.
1807 01:29:09,521 01:29:12,422 But before his amnesia set in, he But before his amnesia set in, he
1808 01:29:12,457 01:29:16,826 swore he saw Thelma Todd alive in Luciano's car in Beverly swore he saw Thelma Todd alive in Luciano's car in Beverly
1809 01:29:16,862 01:29:19,296 Hills as late as 11 o'clock Sunday night. Hills as late as 11 o'clock Sunday night.
1810 01:29:19,364 01:29:22,032 Now, I can't prove what happened after that, Now, I can't prove what happened after that,
1811 01:29:22,100 01:29:24,768 but I can make a very educated guess. but I can make a very educated guess.
1812 01:29:24,836 01:29:26,603 Sometime after the Brills saw them, Sometime after the Brills saw them,
1813 01:29:26,672 01:29:28,972 Luciano must have driven Thelma back Luciano must have driven Thelma back
1814 01:29:29,041 01:29:30,740 to the duplex above the restaurant. to the duplex above the restaurant.
1815 01:29:34,713 01:29:36,313 Toddy, I'm begging you, change your mind. Toddy, I'm begging you, change your mind.
1816 01:29:39,484 01:29:40,183 I can't. I can't.
1817 01:29:46,858 01:29:47,891 Then there's nothing more I can do. Then there's nothing more I can do.
1818 01:29:53,298 01:29:54,030 Goodbye, Toddy. Goodbye, Toddy.
1819 01:30:07,779 01:30:09,646 LOUIS MARSDEN (VOICEOVER): She wasn't driving that night, LOUIS MARSDEN (VOICEOVER): She wasn't driving that night,
1820 01:30:09,681 01:30:10,980 we know that. we know that.
1821 01:30:11,049 01:30:12,949 So there was no reason on earth for her to be in the car So there was no reason on earth for her to be in the car
1822 01:30:13,051 01:30:14,217 when she was found. when she was found.
1823 01:30:14,319 01:30:16,052 We also know she didn't go to the duplex We also know she didn't go to the duplex
1824 01:30:16,121 01:30:17,786 and come back to her car again. and come back to her car again.
1825 01:30:17,855 01:30:19,955 For one thing, she would have had to wake up Roland West For one thing, she would have had to wake up Roland West
1826 01:30:20,057 01:30:21,256 to let her in. to let her in.
1827 01:30:21,325 01:30:23,592 And why wouldn't she have changed her clothes? And why wouldn't she have changed her clothes?
1828 01:30:23,694 01:30:25,094 Why did she die in the same clothes Why did she die in the same clothes
1829 01:30:25,162 01:30:28,163 she'd worn to that party some 36 hours earlier? she'd worn to that party some 36 hours earlier?
1830 01:30:28,232 01:30:31,333 There's only one possible reason she never made it to her door. There's only one possible reason she never made it to her door.
1831 01:30:31,402 01:30:33,969 Luciano was too smart to stop her himself, Luciano was too smart to stop her himself,
1832 01:30:34,071 01:30:35,904 so he just paid someone to do it for him. so he just paid someone to do it for him.
1833 01:30:48,819 01:30:51,520 Luciano wanted it all. Luciano wanted it all.
1834 01:30:51,589 01:30:52,321 And she got in his way. And she got in his way.
1835 01:30:55,359 01:30:58,193 All Thelma Todd ever wanted was someone to kiss her good night. All Thelma Todd ever wanted was someone to kiss her good night.
1836 01:31:01,031 01:31:06,335 Well, you've done a fine job, Lou. Well, you've done a fine job, Lou.
1837 01:31:06,370 01:31:07,269 Damn fine job. Damn fine job.
1838 01:31:10,908 01:31:13,175 I'll tell you what. I'll tell you what.
1839 01:31:13,210 01:31:14,977 Your family lives up near San Francisco, right? Your family lives up near San Francisco, right?
1840 01:31:15,012 01:31:17,012 Why don't you take a few days off and spend the holidays Why don't you take a few days off and spend the holidays
1841 01:31:17,081 01:31:18,113 with them? with them?
1842 01:31:18,149 01:31:19,715 You've more than earned a little vacation. You've more than earned a little vacation.
1843 01:31:19,750 01:31:20,582 Thank you, sir. Thank you, sir.
1844 01:31:20,618 01:31:22,384 But I don't think so. But I don't think so.
1845 01:31:22,420 01:31:23,652 I've come to care a lot about this case. I've come to care a lot about this case.
1846 01:31:23,754 01:31:24,553 And I really-- And I really--
1847 01:31:24,588 01:31:25,888 And so have I, thanks to you. And so have I, thanks to you.
1848 01:31:25,923 01:31:29,792 That's why I want to handle it personally from here on in. That's why I want to handle it personally from here on in.
1849 01:31:29,827 01:31:31,260 We're going to the grand jury, Lou. We're going to the grand jury, Lou.
1850 01:31:31,362 01:31:33,561 I'm going to make that phone call right now. I'm going to make that phone call right now.
1851 01:31:33,596 01:31:36,330 So you better take a break while you've got a chance. So you better take a break while you've got a chance.
1852 01:31:36,399 01:31:39,400 You're going to be my star witness. You're going to be my star witness.
1853 01:31:39,469 01:31:41,269 Well, that's great news, sir. Well, that's great news, sir.
1854 01:31:41,304 01:31:42,937 I can't tell you how glad I am to hear that. I can't tell you how glad I am to hear that.
1855 01:31:42,972 01:31:46,174 And I'm really looking forward to it. And I'm really looking forward to it.
1856 01:31:46,276 01:31:47,108 Thank you. Thank you.
1857 01:31:47,177 01:31:47,842 Thank you very much. Thank you very much.
1858 01:31:58,221 01:32:00,421 LOUIS MARSDEN (VOICEOVER): I was about 200 miles south LOUIS MARSDEN (VOICEOVER): I was about 200 miles south
1859 01:32:00,457 01:32:02,857 of San Francisco when the accident happened. of San Francisco when the accident happened.
1860 01:32:02,892 01:32:05,193 I don't remember much about it, but the highway patrol report I don't remember much about it, but the highway patrol report
1861 01:32:05,228 01:32:08,796 listed the cause as defective brakes. listed the cause as defective brakes.
1862 01:32:08,832 01:32:10,331 By the time I regained consciousness, By the time I regained consciousness,
1863 01:32:10,366 01:32:13,201 my file on the Thelma Todd case had vanished, my file on the Thelma Todd case had vanished,
1864 01:32:13,269 01:32:15,937 and the grand jury hearing was over. and the grand jury hearing was over.
1865 01:32:16,172 01:32:18,072 Pat DeCicco was never called to testify, Pat DeCicco was never called to testify,
1866 01:32:18,107 01:32:21,375 and Lucky Luciano's name was never even mentioned. and Lucky Luciano's name was never even mentioned.
1867 01:32:21,411 01:32:24,979 The grand jury handed down a verdict of accidental death. The grand jury handed down a verdict of accidental death.
1868 01:32:25,014 01:32:28,916 With Thelma's death, the cafe died, too. With Thelma's death, the cafe died, too.
1869 01:32:28,952 01:32:32,153 Alice Todd told the press she was relieved that the truth Alice Todd told the press she was relieved that the truth
1870 01:32:32,222 01:32:35,189 finally come out. finally come out.
1871 01:32:35,225 01:32:38,626 Roland West went into seclusion, where his failing health Roland West went into seclusion, where his failing health
1872 01:32:38,828 01:32:40,528 led to a nervous breakdown. led to a nervous breakdown.
1873 01:32:40,563 01:32:42,897 On his death bed, he said he killed Thelma Todd, On his death bed, he said he killed Thelma Todd,
1874 01:32:42,966 01:32:44,999 a confession only he believed. a confession only he believed.
1875 01:32:45,034 01:32:48,169 Pat DeCicco went on to become a vice president of United Pat DeCicco went on to become a vice president of United
1876 01:32:48,204 01:32:49,703 Artists Theaters. Artists Theaters.
1877 01:32:49,805 01:32:52,506 Lucky Luciano never returned to Los Angeles Lucky Luciano never returned to Los Angeles
1878 01:32:52,541 01:32:54,474 after the day Thelma died. after the day Thelma died.
1879 01:32:54,510 01:32:57,010 And my former boss, Buron Fitts came And my former boss, Buron Fitts came
1880 01:32:57,045 01:32:58,745 to be known as the head of one of the most corrupt to be known as the head of one of the most corrupt
1881 01:32:58,780 01:33:01,147 administrations in the history of the Los Angeles District administrations in the history of the Los Angeles District
1882 01:33:01,216 01:33:05,819 Attorney's Office and ultimately took his own life. Attorney's Office and ultimately took his own life.
1883 01:33:05,988 01:33:09,789 No one ever paid for the death of Thelma Todd, No one ever paid for the death of Thelma Todd,
1884 01:33:09,858 01:33:12,292 so I guess in the end, just like everyone else, so I guess in the end, just like everyone else,
1885 01:33:12,327 01:33:14,528 I failed her, too. I failed her, too.
1886 01:33:14,563 01:33:17,631 I'm sorry, Thelma. I'm sorry, Thelma.
1887 01:33:17,699 01:33:18,365 I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
1888 01:33:29,411 01:33:32,979 [music playing] [music playing]