The Barefoot Contessa Page #3

Only your cousin?

The man with the

sweat was more pleasant

Not really. Do you know

who Mr Kirk Edwards is?

I have heard of him.

He is the owner of Wall Street

That is correct. Recently, however,

he decided to produce motion pictures

and for that purpose he's

just bought California, too.

- And now he wants to buy me?

- Not exactly

Mr Kirk Edwards is looking

for somebody... like you

to play in his first production

and he wants to talk to you about it

- Who are you?

- Oh, I'm not important

I'm writing the film and I'll

direct it. My name is Harry Dawes

Harry Dawes

Harry Dawes

Did you not once direct Jean

Harlow and Carole Lombard?

You must have seen movies

when you were very little

How did you know my name? Only

one out of 10,000 moviegoers...

Oh, I can name to you Lubitsch and

Fleming and Van Dyke and La Cava

- You didn't think I was

dead too, did you? - Maria!

My cousin, he plays in the orchestra

- He had to go back to work

- Through the window?

That's a funny way

for a cousin to leave

In Hollywood, it is not

easy to become a star

Ah, where is it easy?

In Madrid, here at

least I'm a little star

Why should I take the

chance that I lose it?

- Do you know what a screen test is?

- Yes

We could make it in

Rome. Nobody would know

If it doesn't work out,

you'll have lost nothing

It can't hurt you

to meet Kirk Edwards

Nobody could accuse you of mingling

A business conference with one

of the richest men in the world

Could you teach me to act, Mr Dawes?

If you can act, I can help you

If you can't, nobody can teach you

Why did not Mr Kirk Edwards

come to ask me himself?

I'm sure he would

have been delighted

But since I'm the director...

Do all directors come

to ask young women

to sit with their producers?

Um... Not... not all

I think a man who

can write something

and can help someone to act

is worth much more than

a man who only has money

If and when you become an actress,

don't ever say that in public

You never know who's listening. Hm?

Seorita, this is Oscar Muldoon,

whom I'm sure you recognise

Meet Kirk Edwards.

Don't get up, Mr Edwards

Sorry we got here too

late to see you dance

We certainly are, seorita, because

we understand you got a lot of talent

And that's the one

thing that could make

Mr Edwards fly all the way from Rome

All the way from California. Talent.

And where other men go for a

pretty face or a pair of legs

talent is what Mr

Kirk Edwards worships

It's his religion, you might almost say

Something to eat, seorita? Waiter!

"Mangiare? Poco di vino," seorita?

- Do you speak Spanish, seor?

- Just a couple of words

Not even that. One

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