The Barefoot Contessa

were after me night and day.</i> 796 00:42:36,304 --> 00:42:38,890 <i>How could I tell them who she was with, or when,</i> 797 00:42:38,974 --> 00:42:41,142 <i>when I didn't even know who she knew?</i> 798 00:42:41,184 --> 00:42:42,978 <i>I can tell you this,</i> 799 00:42:43,144 --> 00:42:46,731 <i>it is entirely possible that Maria Damata went to her grave</i> 800 00:42:46,815 --> 00:42:49,317 <i>without ever once being inside of The Stork,</i> 801 00:42:49,401 --> 00:42:52,612 <i>El Morocco, Ciro's, or The Mocambo.</i> 802 00:42:53,238 --> 00:42:56,825 <i>You've got to admit, this is not normal.</i> 803 00:42:58,535 --> 00:43:02,414 <i>But what was normal about this whole business from start to finish?</i> 804 00:43:02,581 --> 00:43:05,834 <i>Here's a doll who, on the opening night of her first picture,</i> 805 00:43:05,875 --> 00:43:08,253 <i>with no known interest in men, much less romance.</i> 806 00:43:08,420 --> 00:43:12,007 <i>- (PEOPLE CHEERING) - Whose private life is strictly private,</i> 807 00:43:12,048 --> 00:43:16,177 <i>but who, the people have decided, is already a star.</i> 808 00:43:17,053 --> 00:43:18,805 <i>This is the night I first began to think</i> 809 00:43:18,847 --> 00:43:21,808 <i>maybe the public has a mind of its own.</i> 810 00:43:23,143 --> 00:43:27,689 <i>Who else but Maria Damata would show up at her world premiere alone,</i> 811 00:43:27,772 --> 00:43:31,443 <i>together with a couple that everybody knew were in love with each other?</i> 812 00:43:31,526 --> 00:43:33,778 <i>It was real love with Harry and Jerry.</i> 813 00:43:33,862 --> 00:43:35,530 <i>You could tell it was for real,</i> 814 00:43:35,572 --> 00:43:39,034 <i>because they never even gave out interviews about getting married.</i> 815 00:43:39,200 --> 00:43:41,077 <i>Maria Damata.</i> 816 00:43:41,161 --> 00:43:42,662 <i>Whatever it is, you name it.</i> 817 00:43:42,704 --> 00:43:45,957 <i>Whether you're born with it or catch it from a public drinking cup,</i> 818 00:43:46,041 --> 00:43:47,584 <i>Maria had it.</i> 819 00:43:48,209 --> 00:43:50,795 <i>The people with the money in their hot little hands</i> 820 00:43:50,879 --> 00:43:52,464 <i>put her up there,</i> 821 00:43:52,547 --> 00:43:54,591 <i>and she could do no wrong.</i> 822 00:43:54,674 --> 00:43:57,052 <i>But I can remember very well the day it did look</i> 823 00:43:57,135 --> 00:43:58,887 <i>like the roof fell in on all of us.</i> 824 00:44:00,847 --> 00:44:02,182 <i>It was in London.</i> 825 00:44:02,223 --> 00:44:06,061 <i>Back in the States, the picture was a smash from coast to coast.</i> 826 00:44:06,144 --> 00:44:09,064 <i>I and Kirk Edwards had flown over to talk to S. Montague Brown,</i> 827 00:44:09,105 --> 00:44:11,399 <i>who wanted it for his theaters in England.</i> 828 00:44:12,776 --> 00:44:15,528 <i>I could tell right away something was wrong.</i> 829 00:44:15,570 --> 00:44:16,780 <i>Kirk didn't even look at me.</i> 830 00:44:17,906 --> 00:44:19,741 <i>And S. Montague Brown was eating and drinking</i> 831 00:44:19,824 --> 00:44:23,370 <i>as if the Labor Party had just been elected unanimously.</i> 832 00:44:26,331 --> 00:44:28,750 Am I allowed to know what the depression is about? 833 00:44:28,792 --> 00:44:30,001 Maria. 834 00:44:30,085 --> 00:44:32,962 - What about Maria? - Maria's mother is dead. 835 00:44:33,046 --> 00:44:35,423 Everybody's mother's got to die sometime. 836 00:44:35,465 --> 00:44:37,717 Don't let it get you down like this. 837 00:44:37,759 --> 00:44:39,928 As a matter of fact, we can milk this unfortunate departure 838 00:44:40,011 --> 00:44:41,888 for some good exploitation in Spain, 839 00:44:41,930 --> 00:44:43,181 maybe even worldwide. 840 00:44:43,264 --> 00:44:45,850 A big church funeral using boxed crusaders, remember. 841 00:44:45,934 --> 00:44:47,102 Oscar, shut up! 842 00:44:47,143 --> 00:44:49,270 Mr. Muldoon, it seems that Maria's mother 843 00:44:49,354 --> 00:44:51,606 was murdered by Maria's father. 844 00:44:52,107 --> 00:44:53,233 Murdered? 845 00:44:53,900 --> 00:44:55,985 Her father murdered her mother? When? 846 00:44:56,069 --> 00:44:57,612 Last night. 847 00:44:57,654 --> 00:44:58,697 How did you hear about this? 848 00:44:58,780 --> 00:45:00,782 The Madrid office telephoned a few minutes ago. 849 00:45:00,865 --> 00:45:02,367 The papers! Has it got to the papers yet? 850 00:45:02,450 --> 00:45:03,493 Not yet. 851 00:45:03,618 --> 00:45:07,205 As you know, over here, crime is not exploited to sell newspapers. 852 00:45:07,288 --> 00:45:08,623 I know. And without it, you could print 853 00:45:08,665 --> 00:45:11,042 the three biggest selling newspapers in England on postage stamps. 854 00:45:11,251 --> 00:45:13,545 I'm not interested in selling newspapers 855 00:45:13,628 --> 00:45:15,630 or in debat