Betty's Office At Paramount

BETTY spoken：

T H E E N D I can't believe it

I've finished my first script

JOE spoken：

Stop it you're making me feel old

BETTY spoken：

It's exciting though isn't it

JOE spoken：

How old are you anyway

BETTY spoken：

Twenty two

JOE spoken：

Smart girl

BETTY spoken：

Shouldn't we open some champagne

JOE spoken：

Best I can offer is a stroll to the water cooler at the end of the lot

BETTY spoken：

Sounds good to me I love the back lot here

All cardboard all hollow all phony

All done with mirrors

I think I love it better than any street in the world

I spent my childhood here

JOE spoken：

What were you a child actress

BETTY spoken：

No but my family always expected me to become a great star

I had ten years of dramatic lessons diction dancing

Everything you can think of then the studio made a test

JOE spoken：

That's the saddest story I ever heard

BETTY spoken：

Not at all Come on I was born two blocks from here

My father was head electrician at the studio until he died

And Mother still works in wardrobe

JOE spoken：

Second generation huh

BETTY spoken：

Third Grandma did stunt work for Pearl White

As THEY walk down the Manhattan street the stage begins to revolve slowly

So that THEY end up walking Downstage

And the flimsy struts holding up the substantial sets are gradually revealed

JOE and BETTY walk in silence for a while

BETTY's expression is deeply preoccupied

They come to a halt in front of the water cooler

JOE spoken：

I guess it is kind of exciting at that finishing a script

HE fixes a couple of paper cups of water and hands one to BETTY

Who's miles away and comes to with a start when he touches her arm

BETTY spoken：

What

JOE spoken：

Are you all right

BETTY spoken：

Sure

JOE spoken：

Something's the matter isn't it

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