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Step into the golden age of cinema with "Hollywood Hopeful – The Beginning of a Star," a charming classic that follows a young woman's journey as she arrives in Hollywood, chasing dreams of fame and fortune. Will her innocence survive the spotlight, or will Hollywood change her forever?  This film is part of the public domain collection, restored for historical and entertainment purposes.   Visuals sourced from original archival content.  #ClassicCinema #HollywoodGoldenAge #PublicDomainFilm #VintageMovie #OldHollywood #ClassicFilmRestoration #FilmHistory #HollywoodStory #StarletJourney #BlackAndWhiteCinema #GoldenEraMovie

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00:30This is a true story of a small-town girl who came to the big city.

00:57Let's start with her speeding along toward her dates with fate, wide-eyed with excitement.

01:06Ah, yes, I remember well this girl, then so naive and innocent, because this girl was me.

01:17Little did I suspect that bright day, the startling adventure just waiting to happen to me in the city ahead.

02:30I was so fascinated and frightened me.

02:39Mr. Hanson?

02:42Yes?

02:44You sent for me?

02:45Oh, yes, I did, Miss Sloan.

02:49I wanted to have a little talk with you.

02:53Very confidential.

02:55You see, for some time now, I've been thinking about you.

02:59Why, what would you be thinking about me?

03:01You'd be surprised.

03:03Oh.

03:04Why, Miss Sloan, you're not afraid of me, are you?

03:07Well, I guess I do have a kind of a reputation that frightens most girls in this town, but tell me, Miss Sloan, do you think I'm a big, bad wolf?

03:17Well, Miss Sloan, as I was saying, I've been thinking about you, and do you know what people in Hollywood do?

03:26I mean, do you know what actually goes on out there?

03:29Well, why?

03:30You don't know, Miss Sloan, because everything you read or hear about the movie city contradicts everything else you read or hear about it.

03:37Like this, for instance, today's paper.

03:40It's here on page one.

03:42There.

03:43It's here on page one.

03:44Hollywood investigator claims belly dancers perform nearly naked in swank strip spot.

03:50For this juicy item, screen star spits in critics' eye, scores bullseye.

03:55Now, these are the news headlines, but listen to what film fan reporter writes in her column.

04:00There.

04:02I've always found screen stars to be innately kind and polite.

04:06Now, I always thought anyone that spit in your eye was downright impolite.

04:10And this, no matter what scandalous tales you hear about our city, the truth is nothing unusual ever happens here.

04:19But take a look at this.

04:22Naked woman on motorcycle outraces police through streets near Hollywood.

04:27A naked dame racing bareback and bare everything else through the streets.

04:31I suppose that's not unusual for Hollywood.

04:34And listen to this sugar broadcast by Prunella Skipper.

04:45The movie actress Donna Sterling is just the sweetest girl I know.

04:52All her troubles have been due to her being just too generous to people, especially men.

04:59She just can't say no to anyone.

05:03Especially men.

05:04The poor, misunderstood child is rushing to the arms of her only true love in Las Vegas.

05:12Just as soon as she gets a divorce from her fifth husband in Reno.

05:17See what I mean?

05:19Here's a city that everybody wants to read about, hear about.

05:22But everything you hear about it is contradictory.

05:24What kind of place actually is Hollywood?

05:27That's what everybody in Greenfield and everywhere else would really like to know.

05:32So give them the answer.

05:33The real lowdown with no punches pulled and I'll bet we'd double the star time circulation.

05:38That's why I've decided to send someone out there to write a series of articles for us.

05:42The facts, you understand.

05:44And whatever that is, good or bad, we're going to print it.

05:49It should be sensational.

05:50Yes, go to Hollywood and find out.

05:56Actually, do yourself everything they do out there.

06:00You know what I mean?

06:02Me?

06:03Why not?

06:04You have all the equipment necessary for the job.

06:08But I wouldn't know how.

06:12I'm confident there'll be plenty of applicants to teach you how.

06:17But I haven't had any experience.

06:19I'll bet you won't say that when you come back.

06:24Well, Mr. Hanson's words had made me curious.

06:28I turned and raced back to the car, anxious to get down to the city below and discover just what might happen there.

06:39Hmm.

06:40If I'd have only known.

06:46Thirty-six hours later, I was typing my first article.

06:50For I felt sure what had already happened to me would surprise readers of the Greenfield Star Times.

06:56I headed it, my first day in the land of make-believe.

07:09Like most people who come to Hollywood, my first thought upon arrival was,

07:14Where could I see the movie stars?

07:21The simplest way might be to get one of the movie maps advertised along Sunset Boulevard.

07:26From a quaint old character, I purchased one.

07:29Guaranteed to list the home addresses of 300 movie celebrities.

07:34And so, I set out to see the stars.

07:41You think all these glamour boys and girls live on vast estates?

07:49Ha!

07:56According to my map, most of their homes were on out-of-the-way streets.

08:02And nobody I asked had the slightest idea just where.

08:05The houses listed were hardly the type I had anticipated.

08:16And anyway, even people in Greenfield weren't going to get too excited

08:21By hearing I'd seen the spot where Joe Starr hung his hat.

08:29But I decided, then and there,

08:32Whatever I had to do to thrill my readers,

08:37I would do.

08:43My first adventure, however, happened by accident.

08:51Somehow, I got lost in the Hollywood Hill.

08:55Looking for someone to give me directions,

08:57I saw a strange figure.

08:59I waved.

09:00Whoever, whatever it was,

09:04Disappeared behind a high stone wall.

09:08Curious, I got out of my car.

09:11The place had a foreboding look.

09:15But I was lost.

09:17Anyway, I was seeking strange experiences.

09:20This looked like a place where you would certainly find them.

09:23My woman's curiosity urged me to go on.

09:35My feet kept wanting to turn back.

09:38Somehow, the place was weird.

09:50A perfect setting for ghouls and ghosts and horrible happenings.

09:58And I had a strong premonition that something awful was about to happen to me.

10:12Wherever I looked, I could find no one.

10:14But I could feel hidden eyes fastened on my every movement.

10:20It was a creepy place.

10:31Also, not one for high-heeled shoes.

10:34I tried to act calmly,

10:42But inside, my nerves were whipping up a small-sized panic.

10:51Suddenly, something jumped up in the bushes behind me.

10:54I screamed.

10:55Now, I was frightened.

11:01It seemed I had stumbled into the ruins of an old castle.

11:06A haunted castle.

11:10I ran until I lost my breath.

11:12And then I saw a thing.

11:18Where was the gate?

11:25I was running around wildly, trying to find it.

11:29When I stumbled and fell flat.

11:34I lay there, afraid to look up,

11:37Because I heard the sound of feet closing in on me.

11:41When I did look up,

11:43A fence of legs encircled me.

11:46And the tallest man I had ever seen,

11:54Towered over me.

11:59The man motioned for me to get up.

12:07I saw now that the legs

12:09Belonged to some very pretty girls.

12:11Even the hideous head that had scared me

12:14Was only a mask for a beautiful girl.

12:19A few words made me understand everything.

12:23I had happened onto a studio ranch

12:25Used by photographers and cameramen

12:28Who make the artistic type of photos and films.

12:38These girls were a group of models

12:40Who posed for them.

12:41They had hidden at my approach

12:44Because onlookers were usually a nuisance.

12:54Since they had not been able to scare me away, however,

12:57Everyone went back to work.

12:59There were several groups of professional photographers around.

13:11But, as one of the models pointed out,

13:16Some of the photographers

13:17Used the picture making gag

13:20Just as an excuse to get acquainted with

13:23And ogle girls.

13:24Sometimes they had film in their camera.

13:37Sometimes not.

13:38Later, promising to stay out of camera range,

13:50I wondered about

13:51Looking at different groups at work.

13:54In one secluded spot,

14:02An artist was dobbing at a canvas.

14:04After a while, the artist had an idea.

14:15And his idea,

14:17He should paint less

14:20Of the model's costume

14:22And more

14:23Of the model's.

14:25And then the artist began to get the same idea again.

14:27And then the artist began to get the same idea again.

14:29And then the artist began to get the same idea again.

14:50And then the artist began to get the same idea again.

14:54He should take less of the model's costume and even more of her.

15:24Well, that same idea just kept coming back to the artist.

15:44But at last the model said, wait a minute, just what kind of a painting is this masterpiece

16:00of yours?

16:05And then she saw what she had been posing for.

16:09Well, this artist would either have to improve his art or find a model with less temper.

16:22Between posing scenes, the model sought out hideaway corners in which to sunday.

16:30And even all over tan was particularly desirable for color shots, they told me.

16:38I made notes of what I saw, but the startling beauty of one flame-haired model had me fumbling

16:56for adjectives.

16:57Innumerable young peacocks roamed all over the ranch.

17:16And this girl threw breadcrumbs to them.

17:17But the peacocks refused to come near enough for her to pet them.

17:34As one photographer exclaimed, silly bird.

17:37This model, I learned later, was Linnell, top favorite among the lens men who do covers

17:57the magazine.

17:58Her fiery golden hair, falling down over her cream white body, resulted in the most sensational

18:11color shots.

18:16Rays of the sun were beaming down now.

18:26And when I saw one of the girls doing a scene for a movie, well, I had spent a very interesting

18:33afternoon, watching the production of artistic photos and films.

18:38The gorgeous girl type of pictures that feature and star and immortalized glamour, winging their

18:45way out from the cinema city to thrill and delight the whole world.

18:51As I was leaving, the tall photographer handed me his card.

19:03He said he could use me as a model.

19:06But I was still a little afraid of him.

19:09The third day I was in Hollywood, I received an envelope marked very personal.

19:16The letter inside invited me to some very special entertainment.

19:20To a show you could see only in Paris, or at this French Follies theater.

19:25To insure admittance, I took the letter and two dollars, and found on arrival, the show

19:31had already started.

19:50When she went there with the

19:53night and two dollars, and she comes here.

19:57And she goes here like tequila.

19:59Then it's me that ay-ay-ay-ay-ay-ay.

20:05Caballeros y de sombreros

20:08When she goes dancing by

20:11And she goes to her like tequila

20:14Venezmila, ay, ay, ay, ay, ay

20:17She can't dance, she can't dance, she can't dance

20:20She can't dance, she can't dance

20:23She's a dream, she can't dance

20:26She's a dream, she's a young girl

20:27She's a señorita, maracusa, caraca

20:30Me invita margarita, tambonita, muñequita

20:34Saca, put maraca, vino, amo, pataracá

20:39She won't, caraca?

20:41See me.

20:43I think...

21:00After the opening production number, there followed a number of alleged comics and comedy acts,

21:07most of which were about as funny as a contagious disease.

21:20And then, several dancers.

21:23This was dancing.

21:30But there was one number quite different.

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26:36all types of photos. He showed me photos of what he called girls in costume. They

26:43looked to me more like girls out of costume. Then tall Tom wondered how my

26:52legs would photograph. My way of showing them proved unsatisfactory. Higher, he

27:00said, I want to see your legs, not just your feet.

27:09To change into a costume, he sent me behind a small screen.

27:18While I was changing, I kept thinking back to the day at the ranch, when I had

27:24looked up and first seen this tall Tom towering over me. I began to wonder just

27:34what he had in mind now. I had heard stories about photographers.

27:45There was something sinister about this fellow.

27:48We, too, were here in his studio, alone.

28:05I peeked out again. His back was toward me, and then he turned and saw me.

28:11He started coming toward me. He came nearer. Nearer. Nearer. Oh. And then he said, here,

28:26where are these stockings?

28:34My behavior must have been as strange to him as his actions were to me.

28:41The outfit for the first photos actually wasn't too brief. But for some reason, I felt as if I

28:50were trying to hide behind three postage stamps.

29:02Tall Tom finally pulled out a pair of dark glasses and assured me that wearing them, he was practically

29:09blind.

29:23After getting me into a pose, he wanted me to smile. I looked about as pleasant as if I were making a date

29:30with the dentist.

29:36Finally, he promoted a fairy expression by having me say cheese.

29:43Maybe this is how they started calling this kind of photography cheesecake.

29:48When he said he wanted an Indian pose, I had one idea. But his was entirely different.

30:05Well, if Minnie Ha-Ha ever posed this way, it must have been when she was loaded with fire water.

30:15But even after he snapped it, Tall Tom still called this an Indian pose. And the photographer and two male customers

30:29are all that asked me for a date.

30:34Well, after reading this, I'd say that when you went back to Greenfield, all the women will hate you, but all the men will want to date you.

30:42I wonder what Mr. Hanson, he's our editor, I wonder what he'll think of me.

30:54Hmm? I wonder what you think of Mr. Hanson.

30:58He's the type of man that makes you not know what to think.

31:01He's handsome, but not too.

31:04There's something about the way he says things to you and the way he looks at you that makes you feel so funny.

31:14Did you ever feel as if you'd swallowed an electric vibrator?

31:18Hmm.

31:20No, but I wouldn't mind to meet this Mr. Hanson.

31:24As the slang saying goes, he must be quite at charge.

31:29Well, yes.

31:30I guess you could say that.

31:34Hmm.

31:38Hey, who's the lassie with a cute chancy?

31:42Use this in a four-column spread over a Dollar Sloan's article.

31:45Here.

31:47Yeah, oh.

31:49So that's how Dollar Sloan looks.

31:52No wonder so many interesting things happen for her to write about.

31:55Yes, I guess she's getting plenty of experience.

31:58I read all of her articles.

32:00You know, here in Greenfield, you've got to get your excitement secondhand.

32:04Believe me, boss.

32:06If what she writes actually happens, in Hollywood, she's good.

32:11She was good here, too.

32:13I wonder what she'll do next.

32:19I wonder.

32:21Well, Mr. Hanson might have been surprised to know I was thinking of answering a lonely heart ad.

32:27Not the one who wanted a perfect mate.

32:32And I couldn't help the handsome man who needed a wealthy wife.

32:37But Mr. Sophisticate, who wanted to show some girl a wonderful evening.

32:42He might be just the escort to show me around some unusual night spots.

32:49Somehow, his voice was not quite what I expected.

33:00But he was eager.

33:05One thing I never learned to do.

33:07Smoke.

33:08For this day, though, I wanted to appear worldly wise.

33:12But, as usual, one drag and I felt as if I were drowning.

33:19Oh, well, I would just have to act as if I'd been around.

33:22The bell buzzed.

33:24I primped myself.

33:27Went to the door.

33:29Opened it.

33:30And there was Mr. Sophisticate.

33:47With a snoot full of water, I asked this character if he wanted me to take his hat.

33:52So...

33:53It seems in his hat, he brought his own lunch.

34:09Oh, this boy was a card.

34:14I bet he'd have been the life of a party somewhere back in the gay 90s.

34:19And that's where he should have been.

34:21He was full of tricks.

34:26And he punctuated each one with a jab in the ribs.

34:33Did I know he made big money?

34:36He showed me.

34:38Big money.

34:39Rib jab.

34:45I made the mistake of being coaxed to look at his lapel flower.

34:48But I was ready for his next rib jab.

34:56This literally had him rolling on the floor.

34:59Next, had I ever seen the three stooges.

35:07You know, one butted the other with his head.

35:09The second kicked the first in the pants.

35:13Foolishly, I asked what the third did.

35:17Mr. Sophisticate showed me.

35:19By now, I figured out a little game myself.

35:32It started out sort of simple-like.

35:35Maybe that's why my newfound pal immediately took to it.

35:39But as my game progressed, it became a little more complicated.

35:55Old rib jabber told me he had never tried this blind man's waltz before.

36:05But it was nothing but fun.

36:09I told him I knew he'd get a kick out of it.

36:12And he was Mr. Sophisticate?

36:23I crossed Mr. Sophisticate definitely off my list.

36:29But another ad caught my eye.

36:32Well, wonder how it would be to have a date with a Hollywood actor.

36:38The next evening, though, when the buzzer sounded,

36:46I had almost decided not to answer it.

36:52But I knew he was completely different from Mr. Sophisticate

36:56the moment he stepped inside the door and said...

37:01I am Sir Reginald Reginald.

37:03Uh, Mr. Sir Reginald, uh, won't you sit down?

37:10You may call me by my first name.

37:33Uh, Mr. Uh, Sir Reginald, uh, your advertisement states

37:42that you're in the theatrical profession.

37:44Sir, yes.

37:46I'm a thespian, an actor, you understand.

37:50From the theater.

37:51Oh, the cinema theater.

37:53Ah, you should have seen me in Shakespeare.

37:55To be, or not to be, that is the question.

38:05Whether it is nobler in the mind who...

38:08But now you're in pictures.

38:09Dad, yes.

38:11All day I've been performing in some show drama.

38:15Oh, uh, a western.

38:17Uh, what part did you play?

38:19The line was, uh, they went that-a-way.

38:21There's five different characters in five different make-ups.

38:25I said,

38:26Oh, they went that way!

38:29I think that they went that way.

38:33Oh, I don't find it though, but, uh,

38:35I think they went that way.

38:39I don't know, but, uh,

38:41they went that way, I think.

38:47The one of my voice is losing its resonance.

38:49Uh, you, uh,

38:52don't happen to have something to drink, have you?

38:54Would you like a drink of water?

38:57My dear, I want a drink, not bathed.

39:02A previous tenant had generously left behind

39:05two bottles of wine in the refrigerator.

39:07I proudly brought forth one for Sir Reginald.

39:11He looked at the label,

39:13muttered something about domestic.

39:14Maybe it was because the wine wasn't imported.

39:22Anyway, that boy had a way of drinking without tasting.

39:26Well, I gulped one, too.

39:41But I soon found,

39:42no matter how I did it,

39:44I couldn't empty glasses

39:45as fast as my noble friend.

39:47Sir Reginald finished the first bottle in a breeze.

39:56The second bottle about finished Sir Reginald.

40:05And worst of all,

40:07old demon Rum began to bring forth

40:09in Ye Olde Thespian

40:11all the different characters he had ever played.

40:17And then Chico falls to the floor

40:19and he disappears for a second.

40:22And then I come up into my amazing scene.

40:25Oh, my dear,

40:30if you could see me now.

40:32I plead everything,

40:37even animals.

40:47Perhaps you saw me

40:48as the Avenger

40:50through the Sun's Fury.

40:53Oh, what a scene.

40:56The sort of thing

40:57the audiences love.

40:59I beat the heroine

41:02for two reals.

41:04What a romantic scene.

41:12I really beat her,

41:14you understand,

41:16for two full reals.

41:21How did those lines go?

41:24Die.

41:25But last,

41:26me proud beauty.

41:28Die, the Avengers.

41:29Come uncovered,

41:32your treachery.

41:34With a hundred lashes

41:36of the whip,

41:38I'll wipe out

41:39your disgrace.

41:45Die, yes.

41:46She ran from me,

41:48but I was after her.

41:52And now,

41:53in punishment

41:54for your perfidiousness.

41:55Die, you foxy wench.

42:07This what makes me duty

42:09more exciting.

42:16Stop, Cinderella.

42:19Stop.

42:20Eat her.

42:21But who,

42:22who,

42:23reals.

42:24Stop twisting and turning

42:26and ruining the scene.

42:29Fear.

42:30Who,

42:31who,

42:31reals.

42:33Until I was completely

42:34done in.

42:39Very exhausting

42:40scene on me.

42:42You understand?

42:43I finally went to a nightclub

42:54with a gentleman

42:55who advertised himself

42:56as safe and sound.

42:59Well, anyway,

43:00he was safe.

43:00His hearing wasn't so good,

43:06but when they introduced

43:08the exotic dancer,

43:09Naomi,

43:10you could see Pop's eyesight

43:12was still sharp.

43:13кроссy,

43:14I spy.

43:16Where's going?

43:16Go.

43:17Who,

43:17who,

43:18who,

43:19who,

43:20have went down?

43:23Who stood here?

43:26How high?

43:27Was he?

43:28What the heck?

43:28How high?

43:29What the heck?

43:30How high?

43:31Even if he was a man

43:31After Miss Naomi's artistic effort, I noticed a couple near our table, having a difference

43:54of opinion about a subject most popular in Hollywood, legs.

44:04They moved away and I forgot them.

44:08Another act was being introduced on the stage.

44:15When Pops found the next act was not an exotic dancer, he lost all interest in the show.

44:25Well, with my escort falling asleep in my face, maybe this was the time to be nonchalant

44:31and light up a cigarette.

44:35I did. Usual results.

44:49But if a lady couldn't act nonchalant, she could at least always go powder her nose.

44:59Approaching the nose powdering department, I saw the couple which had been arguing near

45:03our table.

45:11One of them asked me for a cigarette.

45:14I might as well give them away.

45:16I couldn't enjoy them myself.

45:27Before explaining, the two of them were arguing about whether his friend, Janae, had better

45:32than average legs.

45:36To decide the argument, he wanted me to match legs.

45:48By now, I had gotten used to the gag, let's see your legs, or higher, I want to see your

45:53legs, not your feet.

45:56Anyway, the fellow voted mine better.

45:59Janae assured him he'd lost his eyesight, and I thought I had lost mine when I saw what

46:04Janae used for an ashtray.

46:07And then Janae explained what I should have known from the start.

46:11He was an impersonator, working in the show.

46:17No wonder I choked on my cigarette this time.

46:30You know something?

46:31He made a better looking woman than I did.

46:34Here's today's edition, Chief.

46:37Hot off the press.

46:39You'll find Ms. Sloan's article on the fourth page.

46:43Oh yes, here it is.

46:45We're running her picture heading the article now, just like you ordered.

46:49She certainly is a delectable looking dish.

46:52Out there in the wild, in Wooly West, she must be having a wonderful time.

46:57Yes, but I'm not so sure that she should be out there all by herself.

47:02From what she writes, I don't think she's ever all by herself.

47:06Well, I mean nobody from here went with her, is out there to watch her, watch over her.

47:11I'm beginning to wonder if I should have sent her out there all along.

47:16In fact, why should I have sent her out, period?

47:22Pierre Martine was a nervous little man who had a wholesale lingerie house.

47:27He brought buyers here to view his showings of new styles.

47:31Modeling for him, I thought I might find some rare experiences.

47:37I did.

47:44It was nothing unusual for the excitable Pierre to stick two cigarettes in the customer's mouth

47:52and light both of them.

47:54One reason for Pierre's fluster was that we girls in the dressing room

48:01were never ready to start the shows on time.

48:05Girl!

48:06Girl!

48:07Hurry, please!

48:08The men are here waiting!

48:09Girl!

48:12Say, isn't it funny the buyers are always men?

48:16Oh, it's not so strange the stores send men buyers here.

48:20After all, the kind of lingerie men go for.

48:23That's the kind women should buy.

48:33Girls!

48:34Let's go with the first number!

48:36How long will you be?

48:37Five or four minutes.

48:38Oh, no!

48:40I wonder what makes me feel excitable all the time.

48:43Probably working around all this lingerie.

48:45Make way.

48:48For the body is beautiful.

48:52You should have been parading around out there five minutes ago.

48:56You mean, for something so wonderful, they can't wait five minutes?

49:00The way she's always claiming what a shape she has.

49:04You'd think she had my body.

49:07You'd better hurry, Jean, you follow me.

49:10I've always found that easy.

49:11Dreamer.

49:13Poor girl.

49:14Here I go.

49:18No matter how impatient the buyers had become,

49:21the sight of Francine displaying Pierre's creations

49:26always had a soothing effect on him.

49:38This girl was good.

49:39have a good.

49:41Good.

49:43We'll just go ahead.

49:44Good.

49:45Good.

49:49Good.

49:51Good.

49:52Good.

49:56Good.

50:06Good.

50:07Jean may or may not have been joking about being able to follow Francine in anything,

50:19but her appearance in the sweetheart lingerie set certainly sustained interest in the show.

50:37As the girls modeled, the Byers discussed figures, both kinds.

50:56Wanda had an original way of modeling.

50:59She just went into a dance routine, upon which the Byers' eyes would usually spin around like pinwheels.

51:09A short-length nightie was my first contribution to the showing.

51:39After saying goodnight, I blew off the candle, and this closed the first half of our little show.

52:09I wonder if most of the Byers come in to buy, or just to look.

52:18Why, dearie, don't tell me you're the type of mind's men looking at you.

52:23Why, the two days that you've been here, you must have had a dozen men ask for your phone number.

52:31Or maybe the shrinking virus routine is what gets them.

52:35Yes, I'll have to try.

52:36I'll have to convince men that I'm so very, very nice.

52:41I've got news for you.

52:43You're not that good an actress.

52:51The curtains opened up on Wanda for the second half of our little offering.

53:00Beautiful and black, wafting fragrance about.

53:03She could dance, too.

53:07Wanda would finish by looking at the customers like this, and they always wanted this number, and hers.

53:33Francine was our number one stocking sales girl.

53:50Yes, when Francine modeled hosiery, the buyers quickly saw two good reasons why they should buy them.

53:57An original creation by Pierre was his bridal night lingerie.

54:23I felt flattered that he chose me to model it.

54:36Just wearing an outfit like this could give a girl ideas.

54:40Such as weddings, and honeymoons, and Mr. Hanson.

54:49Strange this should make me think of him.

54:52Or was it?

54:53Judas had been with Pierre longer than any other model.

55:23and she broke all the rules.

55:32I saw her giving her telephone number

55:35to one of the buyers.

55:42This girl was jealous of me

55:44and I wondered if we'd have trouble

55:47and I didn't have to wait long to find out.

55:54Say, I always wear that outfit.

55:56Well, Pierre has my name on it,

55:58so evidently you're not wearing it today.

56:00Today, too.

56:02You may need Pierre's new pet,

56:04but I'm wearing that outfit.

56:06That's silly.

56:07I already have it on.

56:09That's easily changed.

56:12Ah!

56:13Ah!

56:14Ah!

56:15Ah!

56:16Ah!

56:23What's happening in there?

56:32Stop it, you hear?

56:34Ah!

56:34I'm coming in!

56:37Break it up!

56:39Don't, girl!

56:40Be at him a minute!

56:42Don't, darling!

56:42Please, don't be barging in.

56:45Please, put it in there.

56:47Here, here!

56:48What's going on here?

56:50Your pet's model.

56:51I'm going to remodel.

56:52Are you crazy?

56:53Who started this?

56:55She started the whole thing.

56:57I didn't start it,

56:58but I'm going to finish it.

57:00Give me room.

57:02Oh, well...

57:03Ah!

57:05What?

57:06Be careful now, girl.

57:07Girl.

57:08Oh, stop it!

57:09Stop it!

57:09Oh!

57:10Oh, my goodness!

57:11Stop it!

57:12Stop it!

57:13Stop it!

57:15Stop it!

57:16Oh, my goodness!

57:16Please, stop it!

57:17Please, stop it!

57:17Go!

57:18Stop it!

57:18Go!

57:18No!

57:19Oh, my goodness!

57:20Stop it!

57:21Oh, my goodness!

57:21Oh, stop it!

57:22Stop it!

57:23Stop it!

57:23This was from there!

57:23What's going on here?

57:24Stop!

57:24Stop it!

57:25What did you get from there?

57:27No, no, no, no.

57:29Oh!

57:31Oh!

57:32Just...

57:33Oh!

57:39Phew!

57:42Why, Mr. Hansen,

57:44what are you doing here?

57:45Oh, I was...

57:46worried about you and I came to Hollywood and I went to your apartment and they said

57:50you were working here. Well, I'm not exactly dressed to give you a formal reception. Still

57:55afraid of the big bad wolf, huh? Listen, after what I've seen and done out here, you just

58:01think you're a wolf. Watch me. You. Oh, what? Wow, you certainly have learned a few things

58:14in Hollywood. And that's only the beginning of what I've learned out here. Yes, Hollywood

58:29is no doubt just about like any other city of similar size. I understand that now. But

58:36here in Hollywood, the film capital, everything seems more glamorous, more exciting, more

58:44wonderful. And if you don't believe me, come on out and let me show you.

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