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As he comes off stage, George gets soundly told off by

Constance, but, still grinning, he motions towards the

audience who are still asking for more. The producer,

although delighted by the successful reception, makes a weak

attempt to calm the actress down. As for George, he returns

to the stage, the audience roars. He pretends to want to

leave the stage, and mimes bumping into an invisible wall

just as he's leaving the stage. George holds his nose, the

audience goes wild, Constance gets even madder, and while

George carries on clowning about, the producer too breaks

into a beaming smile. He's probably realized that George has

the audience on his side… Constance, furious, storms off. She

is followed by the producer who is trying to placate her,

although it looks like he's got his work cut out for him.

11 EXT. MOVIE THEATER LOS ANGELES - NIGHT 11

Outside, we are in front of a typically American movie theater

decked out with all the accessories of a grand premi.re. The

entrance is lit up, there are crowds gathered on the sidewalk,

cops are guarding the red carpet with a cordon of bodies, etc.

George comes out, causing the crowds, mainly young women, to

press forwards - and the photographers' flashes to spark into

life. The cops are struggling to maintain control of the

situation as George poses for the photographers and waves at

his many fans.

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In the crowd, a young woman right at the front is staring at

him in rapture. She drops her bag and, as she bends to pick it

up, a swell in the crowd pushes her underneath the arms of the

policeman in front of her, out of the crowd and into George.

She stares at him, more in love than ever, delighted to be

there. The police wait for someone to give orders. George

doesn't quite know what to do. Nobody moves. The young woman

finally bursts out laughing, which, after a moment of shock,

causes George to laugh too, thus placating the cops and tacitly

signaling to the photographers that they can take pictures of

the scene. The flashes seem to lend the woman self-confidence

who, in a very carefree manner, begins to clown about in front

of them. George is delighted at the sight, by the whole scene

and, realizing this, the young woman steals a kiss. Flash. The

image becomes static, then dissolves into the printed picture

on the front page of "The Hollywood Reporter" newspaper, along

with three other pictures of the scene and the headline WHO’S

THAT GIRL?

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