Would you have lunch with me?
I bring my lunch to the store.
I'd be so grateful if you'd take it out.
Are you free for lunch?
No.
That is, inferior footwear is made from them.
The crocodiles themselves don't make...
Would you have lunch with me?
I bring my lunch to the store.
My foot's grown.
Go barefoot for five years!
- Gee. CUKOR: Cut it, print. Good.
NARRATOR: On Friday, June 1, Marilyn turned 36.
A watershed year for any actress.
But especially one noted for her beauty and sexuality.
MAN: I think she realized, "I'll be 36.
Then I'll be 37, and there's a lot of new girls that could replace me."
MAN 1: 699. MAN 2: Speed.
CUKOR: Camera!
NARRATOR: Any concerns Marilyn had about her age, she kept to herself...
... and without mishap, shot this scene with Wally Cox and Dean Martin.
NARRATOR: At 9:37 a.m. They began. CUKOR: Camera!
Eve said you had some questions you wanted to ask me, Nick.
He has. Ask him, ask him anything.
Well, let me see. What kind of an island was it?
- An ordinary island, wouldn't you say? - Like the rest.
- Small island? - Not small. Not large.
Medium.
- Trees, yes. - No vines?
Yes, vines too.
- Water? - Yes, all around.
That's the nice thing about Stephen, he doesn't talk your ear off.
- I suppose you lived in tree houses? - Well...
- Huts. We lived in huts. - Separate huts.
Even for the rainy season?
When it rained, we moved to the trees.
CUKOR: Cut. How was that? Good.
Beautiful.
NARRATOR: Shooting wrapped at 5:30. Then Marilyn 's birthday party began.
I picked up the cake, and they screamed that I had to hide the cake.
It wasn't to be brought out till 6:00.
They had to get a full day's work out of that woman.
That was the expression.
We're having Marilyn's 36th birthday. The assistant director says:
"Get that goddamn cake off the set till we're done shooting at 6:00.
Then you can have her birthday party!"
They were under pressure. They had her on the set. They wanted to work.
NARRATOR: Marilyn 's simple birthday party stood in contrast...
... to the lavish 30th birthday party thrown for Liz Taylor in Rome.
Marilyn topped off her birthday with a Dodger Stadium fundraiser...
... for the Muscular Dystrophy Foundation.
The evening's chilly air caused her lingering sinus infection to flare up.
And on Monday, June 4, Marilyn telephoned Weinstein...
... to say she was too ill to work.
It was the 17th time the actress called in sick.
I said, "Look, I'll come and pick you up. We'll have a special car.
We'll have coffee ready. " I should've said, "I'd have the champagne ready."
GENE ALLEN: That whole episode irritated Cukor...
...because he had been very patient. The studio had been patient.
CHARISSE: That's the first time I saw Dean get angry. He got very angry.
He started pacing the floor...
...and George tried to calm him down, and so forth and so on.
And after a while, he said, "Okay. That's it! " And he walked off the set.
And that was it. Right there. That's when the whole picture stopped.
NARRATOR: For Fox, this was the final straw.
Marilyn had worked only 13 of 30 production days...
... and the film was now $ 1 million over budget.
Rumors flew that the actress would soon be replaced.
Acting as Marilyn 's intermediary...
... Dr. Greenson met with Fox to stop Fox from proceeding with its plan.
He assured them he could do it. And he was a pretty convincing guy.
Very, very passionate. Real New Yorker.
NARRATOR: Dr. Greenson negotiated with Fox's lawyers.
In these minutes from one meeting, Greenson conveyed that...
... he could get his patient to perform any reasonable request.
He did not want Fox to deem his relationship as a Svengali one...
... but he could persuade her to do anything reasonable that he wanted.
He convinced them, convinced her that he would be there all the time.
I think what's unusual is for the studio to say:
"I need a psychiatric nurse to get her through the film."
Why they would think he would have any more success than anyone else?
It was a mistake.
NARRATOR: Greenson 's promises didn 't stop Marilyn from calling in sick.
On June 6, Fox executives met to discuss Monroe's future.
George Cukor attended and strongly urged them to replace Marilyn.
I ran into him, and he said:
"It just wasn't running too well, was it?"
Meaning that he just wasn't able to get it together. It wasn't his fault.
NARRATOR: That day, Cukor slipped news to gossip columnist Hedda Hopper...
... that Marilyn was removed from Something's Got to Give...
... and that her career in Hollywood was over.
GENE ALLEN: He finally just felt so frustrated...
...and had done everything in the world to keep that production going...
...that he was upset.
But he absolutely agreed that there was no way to go on.
She was not responding to the scenes.
Swimming in a pool, playing with kids, that's all fun...
...but that's not gonna make a movie.
NARRATOR: On June 8, two days after the meeting...
... Marilyn Monroe was officially fired.
BARRIS: She was upset. The studio fired her and told her...
...she'll never work again in this town and her career's finished.
This was a terrible shock, a terrible shock.
GENE ALLEN: Nobody else could get away with as much as she did on this film.
Decisions would have been made long before they did this.
They said, "We've had it!
We've got Elizabeth Taylor in Rome running that show...
...and we got Marilyn running this show.
You got the inmates running the asylum."
NARRATOR: Fox hoped to save the film...
... and approached other actresses as possible replacements for Monroe.
After Kim Novak and Shirley MacLaine turned it down...
... Lee Remick was fitted for Marilyn 's costumes.
On hearing that Remick was his new costar...
... Dean Martin handed in his own resignation.
I said, "You better look at Martin's contract which you guys negotiated."
It says, if Marilyn is replaced, he needs approval of the star...
...otherwise he's not gonna do the picture.
And that's what happened.
NARRATOR: Dean insisted, "No Marilyn, no picture."
On June 11, letters went out to cast and crew...
... informing them of their suspension.
I was a little stunned that first of all...
...everything came to a stop that day when Dean walked away.
I was put on suspension immediately. The production stopped then.
They pulled the plug. They weren't shooting anymore. We were laid off.
NARRATOR: That day, 104 people lost their jobs.
Fingers were pointed at Monroe. Marilyn was humiliated.
She feared there might be some truth to the rumors that her career was over.
Determined to fight, Monroe pitted sexuality, power and fame...
... against the studio with a storm of publicity.
Between June 20 and July 15...
... Marilyn spoke candidly with high-profile journalists...
... including Life magazine editor, Richard Meryman.
She'd just been fired, there was a huge uproar.
That's why she wanted to do the article.
She jumped at it. A huge Life magazine essay...
...would absolutely confirm that, in essence, she was still alive.
She was still Marilyn Monroe.
NARRATOR: In early July, Meryman conducted two interviews at her home.
MERYMAN: The house was empty. There was almost no furniture in it.
Pat Newcomb was there. The three of us sat around...
...in the middle of this empty room on these chairs...
...and we had the interview.
There was about a three-hour conversation.
When I arrived for the next, it was about two days later...
...we had a bottle of champagne. And she drank.
And she got a little high. And suddenly, there was...
...some anger that hadn't been there before.
She was angry at the studio. There was just an undercurrent of anger.
I was seeing closer to where she really was then...
...which was a very anxious...
...angry, scared woman.
NARRATOR: As Meryman left that day, Monroe made one last request.
She begged the journalist not to make her look like a joke.
I think she finally articulated...
...her deep fear about herself...
...and about this interview.
I think she finally said it, "Don't make me a joke."
I think she felt that, on some level...
...she was being treated as a joke.
NARRATOR: In addition to waging a war of words...
... Marilyn continued her personal publicity campaign with pictures.
Monroe allowed photographer George Barris unprecedented access to her...
... in a series of revealing photo sessions.
BARRIS: She was in a good mood.
Once in a while, she'd stop and maybe think about problems that she's in.
And it would bother her, but she snapped out of it very quickly.
I think she was afraid her career could be over.
And she worked so hard.
Here's a girl that was desperately wanting to be a movie star.
Not for the money. She wanted to be famous and for the world to know her.
NARRATOR: The shoot continued at a house in the Hollywood Hills...
... where the star's sudden presence surprised the landlord's housekeeper.
She said, "Is that really Marilyn Monroe?
Would you introduce me?" I said, "Yes, if she agrees to it."
When Marilyn came up, I introduced them. Her name was Louise.
I said, "This is Louise, Marilyn."
And she stuttered, "Are you really Marilyn Monroe? I can't believe it!"
Marilyn says, "I can't believe it too."
She says, "I guess I am. Everybody says I am."
NARRATOR: Hundreds of photos were taken over a three-day shoot.
Some of the images revealed the sad, vulnerable...
... aging woman behind the actress 's platinum blond hair and makeup.
Others celebrated the playful side...
... of America 's number one sex goddess.
Marilyn was doing more to reignite her career than just playing cover girl.
Behind the scenes, Monroe was campaigning with her costars...
... to get the film back into production.
A couple of weeks later, I had a telegram...
...from Marilyn asking if I would be willing to continue with the film...
...if she could get the studio to start the film up again.
I told her, "Of course, I'd be happy to do it."
NARRATOR: Just weeks after her firing, Fox did an about-face...
... and told Marilyn that they wanted her back.
Tradeoffs were negotiated. Concessions were made on both sides.
Marilyn agreed to not have Paula Strasberg on the set.
And in return, director George Cukor would be replaced with Jean Negulesco.
Marilyn signed a $ 1 million, two-picture contract with Fox...
... and plans were made to resume shooting Something's Got to Give.
She pretty much got her way. But she was in control of...
...situations when it was one-on-one.
She didn't control the big picture, but certainly bits and pieces.
NARRATOR: Marilyn had scored a victory with Fox.
But with the pressure surrounding negotiations...
... she had more trouble than ever with insomnia.
By now, she was seeing both of her doctors every day.
ENGELBERG: I had prescribed, I think, 24 Nembutal, which is a good dose.
Of course, she was supposed to take a few every night.
Even if she took it all at once, it's unlikely to be a fatal dose.
We try to keep it down...
...and give her the Nembutal more frequently in smaller amounts.
NARRATOR: Marilyn had reasons to celebrate.
Her career was back on track. She looked healthy.
And it seemed that most of the problems facing her had been resolved.
But on August 4, she declined a dinner invitation from Peter Lawford...
... and opted instead to stay at home.
At approximately 7:30 p.m., she received a call...
... from her former stepson Joe DiMaggio Jr. And she was delighted.
There were other calls that evening.
ENGELBERG: As I happened to talk to her on the phone...
...in the evening, she was happy and in a manic phase.
So I thought her mental state was good. She sounded cheerful.
Apparently, something happened to suddenly depress her.
NARRATOR: According to her maid, she retired to her room at 9:00 p.m.
Marilyn came to her bedroom door...
...and said, "Good night, Mrs. Murray. I think I'll turn in now."
And she closed the door.
NARRATOR: Later that night, Marilyn placed a call to Peter Lawford.
She bid a cryptic goodbye to his wife and President Kennedy.
Although Lawford was concerned about Marilyn, he didn 't rush to her side.
Peter Lawford got a call from Marilyn. She was mumbling.
She was going under from the pills she took...
...and perhaps was calling as a cry for help.
He didn't run over. He was the one who then called Mickey Rudin...
...to tell him Marilyn sounded funny, and would Mickey check?
That's when Mickey called the housekeeper.
NARRATOR: Marilyn 's attorney, Mickey Rudin, called Eunice Murray.
Mrs. Murray assured him Marilyn was fine.
About five hours later, at around 3:30 a.m., Mrs. Murray awoke...
... alarmed to find the light still on in Marilyn 's bedroom.
MURRAY: I went to the front of the house, turning the curtains back.
I saw Marilyn lying on the bed, nude...
...and I was just alarmed.
ENGELBERG: Dr. Greenson got there first. She was already dead.
And I went into the bedroom, made sure she was dead.
There was some rigor mortis. It wasn't extreme.
I suspected she'd been dead at least a few hours.
NARRATOR: There are many theories about Marilyn 's death.
But on that hot summer night of August 5, one thing was certain.
Marilyn was gone.
ENGELBERG: I believe she was manic, and something depressed her...
...and she grabbed pills there. She had plenty of pills at this bedside.
I think she was suddenly depressed, and in that sense it was intentional.
Then I think she thought better of it when she felt herself going under...
...because she called Peter Lawford.
So while it was intentional at the time, I believe she changed her mind.
NARRATOR: The autopsy report showed drugs found in Marilyn 's system...
... that her doctors said they hadn 't prescribed.
ENGELBERG: At her bedside there was a lot of Seconal I'd never given her.
Also, the autopsy showed that her liver had a lot of chloral hydrate.
I never gave her that and no doctor in the U.S. Would.
She must have bought it in Tijuana.
NARRATOR: Perhaps the only undisputed fact surrounding Marilyn 's death...
... was that it shocked the world.
MERYMAN: I was floored. I had no suspicion whatsoever...
...that this woman was on the edge of anything like that.
To think of "Marilyn Monroe Attempts Suicide"...
...around the world...
...punishing those SOBs at Fox and all those who'd been mean to her...
...and treated her like a joke.
I had several phone calls from ordinary women.
The general feeling was if they had only known Marilyn was in trouble...
...they'd have done everything they could to help.
And so I realized that Marilyn didn't just have appeal for men...
...women were aware of the lost little girl inside of her...
...and they reacted to that.
NARRATOR: Marilyn 's funeral took place at 1 p.m. On August 8...
... at the Westwood Village Mortuary Chapel.
Former husband Joe DiMaggio arranged a private ceremony...
... to which none of Marilyn 's Hollywood friends were invited.
Lee Strasberg read the eulogy, and hundreds of Marilyn 's devoted fans...
... came to pay their last respects and catch one final glimpse...
... of the world's most famous, most glamorous...
... and most tragic superstar.
NARRATOR: In death, Marilyn Monroe became a legend.
An icon whose celebrity transcended her untimely end.
She is embedded in the memories of anyone who 's ever seen her photograph.
She has become a symbol defining womanhood...
... sexuality and beauty for every new generation.
[WOMEN SINGING]
In 1963, Fox recast Something's Got to Give with Doris Day...
... and James Garner and retitled the project Move Over, Darling.
Harmless? You call Adam and Eve harmless?
He broke his leg and was laid up for six months!
What happened to the other four and a half years?
NARRATOR: The footage from Something's Got to Give was lost in Fox's vaults.
Except for brief glimpses in a few documentaries...
... it would rarely be seen by the public.
In 1999, with the full cooperation of the Marilyn Monroe Estate...
... a massive restoration project was undertaken.
Using the latest digital technology, nine hours of footage was restored...
... to its original cinemascope splendor.
MAN: Cut.
NARRATOR: Using vintage scripts and notes from studio archives...
... a painstaking editing process began.
Random pieces were assembled into a coherent shape.
Thought was given to the original intention...
... of George Cukor and 20th Century Fox.
CUKOR: Start to work!
NARRATOR: Now, for the first time ever is the edited reconstruction...
... of Something's Got to Give.
It is one last look at a film that might have been...
... and a star who will live on-screen forever.
MAN: Are the parties ready in the matter of Ellen Wagstaff Arden?
- The matter of Ellen Arden! - Present.
Good morning, sir. It's...
- Wasn't I supposed to marry somebody? - Yes, sir.
Let's do it. This can wait. This Arden case looks complicated.
But, Your Honor, the Arden case...
[WHISPERS]
Yes, I know. It's a very complicated case. It can wait.
What? What? Who's dead?
[WHISPERS]
- Oh, that's very sad. - Lf Your Honor, please...
JUDGE: Are you Arden? - Yes, sir.
Just as I thought. Mr. Arden, as I understand it...
...your wife, Ellen, was aboard a yacht in a trans-Pacific yacht race...
...when it was lost in a storm. - Yes, sir.
What's she doing in a yacht race, a mother of two infants?
You'll find the circumstances set forth in my brief, Your Honor.
Why did you let her go?
She loved sailing. They signed her on as official photographer...
- You didn't go with her? - I had a case.
We felt she needed a change. She had a tough time with the kids' teething.
Never mind. You're a lawyer. Stick to the facts.
- All there in my brief. - Let me read it. Stop interrupting.
JUDGE: Proof of loss?
On page seven, I believe. You're on page four.
I know it's four! Let's see...
JUDGE: Here it is, page seven.
"When last seen five years ago, a wave 25 feet high..."
Young woman, put that mirror away! Are you trying to blind me?
You ought to wash your face, not paint it.
Such a thing as contempt of court. Don't get me started on you.
- Now where was I? - Page seven.
Don't interrupt! Just don't interrupt me.
"The survivors agreed that the said Ellen Wagstaff Arden..."
"Was swept overboard before aid could reach her. Depositions appended."
JUDGE: Quiet.
- I could explain everything. - There's nothing to explain.
The testimony is here, signed affidavits, no contrary evidence.
The law's very clear.
[BANGS GAVEL]
I hereby pronounce Ellen Arden legally dead.
- Wasn't I supposed to marry somebody? - Us.
JUDGE: What? - Yes.
- Already? - It's been five years, sir.
Five seconds in the eyes of the law.
Your wife was not dead until I said she was dead.
You don't want more time to think it over?
No, sir.
Well...
[GRUNTS]
- Rheumatism, sir? - Arthritis.
WOMAN: Sure it's not psychosomatic?
The price of carrying around those weighty decisions.
- Are you a doctor, madam? - No, but...
You want to spend 3 years in jail for practicing medicine without a license?
Sure you want to get married?
Yes, sir. We already have our plane reservations for Honolulu.
Marriage has always been an honorable estate, and under this estate...
- Bianca... - Nicholas, no need to explain.
I told you I understand.
You don't understand. Will you listen to me? It's about Ellen.
- Not really. - Really, yes.
You just think it is.
- She's your mother surrogate. - My mother's what?
What you really needed in your first marriage...
...wasn't so much a mate, as a mother figure.
Not so much a wife, as a soft, warm bosom...
...for a little boy to rest his tired head on.
- Now, isn't that what Ellen was? - Well, part of her...
So you see, there's really no need to be ashamed.
It's natural to be afraid of a relationship with a real woman.
- Oh, come on now... - Just don't lose faith in yourself.
That's all I ask. Because I won't.
[CHILDREN TALKING]
LITA: 13, 14, 15, 16, 17.
TIMMY: I'll beat you to the pool!
LITA: 21, 22, 23, 24.
TIMMY: Here's the ball.
Yahoo!
TIMMY: How was that?
Go!
Hello.
TIMMY: Hello. LITA: Hello.
[DOG BARKS]
My goodness, Tippy!
How fat! What have they been feeding you?
Silly old thing.
How does he know you?
I used to come here long ago. He remembers me.
He tries to bite everybody else.
Tip wouldn't bite me. Would you, Tip? Tip's my friend.
- Did you come here to see Mrs. Duncan? - Yes.
I'm an old friend of hers.
You don't remember me, do you?
- No. - I do.
Don't pay any attention to her. She's crazy. Are you staying long?
I don't know yet. Would you like me to?
- I don't know where you would sleep. - I don't know either. Yet.
But if it worked out, would you like me to stay?
- I would! - I wouldn't mind.
Oh! Timothy!
Come on.
- Oh, Timmy, you hurt yourself. - Let go of me!
Far away in the South Sea Islands...
...when a man doesn't want people to see him cry, know what he does?
- He has somebody cry for him. - That helps?
You'd be surprised. Can I cry for you?
- That's silly. - I'm good at it.
- I'm okay now. - Okay.
LITA: I have a splinter in my foot! - All right, let's get it out!
- Ow! - You're faking!
- I knew you were. - It hurts! It hurts!
I used to come to see your mommy too.
She drowned.
- Do you think about her? TIMMY: Once a year.
LITA: Once a year I do too. - Only once a year?
We take flowers to church on her birthday.
- You put flowers under the window? - Window?
Doesn't she have a stained-glass window?
Oh, that one. I think so. I forgot.
LITA: Daddy said we're gonna get a new mommy.
- He does, really? LITA: Bianca.
Do you like Bianca?
Can you swim?
- Timmy, come here. - Why?
I want to hug you.
- Me too! - You too! Both of you!
- You know what you two kids are? - What?
You're my two sweethearts.
My two best sweethearts in the whole world!
Hey, you little rascals!
Well, here we are! Home, sweet home!
Lita, Timmy, Daddy's home.
[HAMMERING]
Did you order any carpentry work done, darling?
Maybe they're hitting each other over the head.
BIANCA: Hello, my darlings.
TIMMY: Hi, Daddy! LITA: Hi, Daddy!
- Is that all you've got to say? - No presents?
- What are you two doing up there? - Building a tree house.
A tree house? Come down and say hello.
We can't. We have to finish before the rainy season.
Did the house spring a leak?
You don't understand. We're on the South Sea Islands.
It's probably part of their schoolwork. You know, learn by living.
Which island are you on?
Just an island. One like Mrs. Tic lived on.
- Mrs. Tic? WOMAN: Ja.
Miss Ingrid Tic.
T-l-C, Tic. Is Swedish name.
Mrs. Duncan give me position to care for children.
BIANCA: Nice meeting you. Shall we go in now?
Would you take these for me?
- Oh, no, I'll take these. - Is no trouble.
We've been waiting for you to return. Honeymoon is over?
It's just begun.
Nicholas?
- Why is she talking like that for? - Grownups.
Nicholas!
Aren't you going to carry me over the threshold?
Such a strong man. Hm.
Ow!
Darling, be careful!
Dr. Schlick? Bianca Russell.
I mean, Bianca Arden.
Yes, it is a rather interesting slip.
I do hope you don't mind my calling late...
...but I just got back from my honeymoon.
And I just wanted to tell you how marvelous everything is!
Well, Nicholas does have a few little problems...
...but I'm dealing with everything very rationally.
Yes, I am quite proud of myself.
Thanks to you, Dr. Schlick.
Oh, no! Everything's fine.
Just fine.
- Put out the light, please, darling. - Bianca...
I love to hear you say my name.
Come here.
- Now where are you going? - I forgot to turn off the light.
- Oh, it's too dark. - I like it that way.
I have to tell you something.
- Not until you come to bed. - Now!
- I won't listen. - You gotta listen.
Not like that! Go in and change!
- Nicholas, what's the matter with you? - I don't feel so good.
Well, put on your pajamas and come to bed. I'll make you feel better.
Go on.
But come right back.
- You won't fall asleep? - I won't.
Dr. Schlick? Bianca Arden again.
Oh, no. No, everything's just fine.
Well, yes. That's exactly the way he is acting.
Well, yes, I do know it happens very often.
Well, yes, I've been very understanding.
Oh, just a minute.
Now, do what?
Well, I am calm.
Well, yes, I've tried that too.
That's a very good idea, Dr. Schlick.
Thank you, Dr. Schlick.
[DOORBELL RINGS]
[ELLEN LAUGHS]
[DOORBELL]
[SPLASHING]
ELLEN: Ooh!
Ah!
Ellen! Get out of there!
[DOORBELL RINGS]
Get back in.
Ooh!
ELLEN: Come on. The water's so refreshing.
You know, after you finish doing you know.
BIANCA: Nicholas! - Coming. Be right there.
Nicholas!
Oh, no, no, no. Dear, there's a draft out there.
Sit down here. You'll catch cold.
[DOORBELL RINGS]
Put this on.
[DOORBELL RINGS]
How are you? I'm sorry to disturb you so late.
I'm from the American Insurance Company.
Come in. I need all I can get.
- Thank you. - Right up here.
I did meet you at a den father's pack night.
- We'll have a drink. - I don't drink, but you go ahead.
All right.
- Forgive me for getting you up. - I'm glad you came.
- My, you have a lovely place here. - You like it?
- I hope you've got everything covered. - Completely.
[SPLASHING]
- Swimming at this hour? - We're an outdoor family.
Listen to the splashing. Must be the breaststroke.
- I hope the pool is heated. - It's being heated right now.
Now, Mr. Arden.
Have you had any communication from your first wife, Ellen Wagstaff Arden?
- What? - Any letters, phone calls, telegrams?
No. Just as I thought.
Our district manager's a fussbudget. He wants to check everything.
Of course, it's customary when we put out so much money.
- But this is so ridiculous. - What are you talking about?
They have a report, actually a rumor...
...that a woman answering the description of your first wife...
...was picked up by an American submarine.
To tell you the truth...
As was a young man answering the description of Stephen Burkett...
...who was reported drowned when your wife was. It's absurd.
- Would you say that again? - It's not worth repeating.
A man was rescued at the same time as my wife?
No. A young man, according to this unverified rumor.
They were on this island for five years?
Ridiculous, isn't it?
- What else did he hear? - Nothing, really.
But he talked to someone who spoke to one of the sailors.
Well, I have it here.
The sailor said, "The woman called the man Adam."
- Adam? - A far cry from Stephen.
It's just too absurd.
What did he call her?
- Eve. - Eve?
Adam and Eve. A delightful fancy!
Yeah, delightful.
I guess I'll run along. Thank you so much.
I'm sorry to trouble you. But that manager gets my dander up.
He never admits he's wrong. I can't wait to see his face.
Don't bother. I know my way out. Oh, do you mind?
- No, go right ahead. - Thank you. Adam and Eve.
Ooh!
Ah!
- Enjoy your swim? - I took moonlight swims on the island.
- With Adam? - Adam?
- Did you swim with Adam, Eve? - Oh.
- Adam and Eve. - I was afraid you'd misunderstand.
Misunderstand? You spend five years on an island with a strange man...
- Would it be better if I knew him? - And it slips her mind?
I was gonna tell you, but you get upset about little things.
Little things?
You misunderstand.
He was getting the boat and broke his leg.
- He was laid up for six months. - That leaves four and a half years.
All you think about is the way I behaved with a poor little man.
Why don't you think about telling her your wife's back?
- No, that wouldn't occur to you. - I was gonna.
How long does it take a man to tell a woman that his wife's back?
Shh!
- That his wife's back! - Shh!
I just did it in two seconds. You've had two days!
- Don't change the subject. - Any excuse.
That's why you're picking on him. If you could see gentle, harmless Adam.
- I'd like to see him. I'd thank him. - I've done that.
- I want him to know how grateful I am. - I told him you'd be.
- Where is he? - The YMCA.
The YMCA?
Yes. He lives at the YMCA and he loves it at the YMCA.
What else do you want to know?
Yes?
He's not there? Thank you.
Morning.
I want you to find a Stephen Burkett. Drop everything else.
I tried the hotels. You try the clubs.
- The YMCA? - I tried the YMCA. Just find him.
- Yes, sir. - Miss Worth, come here. Sit down.
- From a woman's point of view. - Yes, sir?
I have a client who's in great distress.
You see, his wife has been unfaithful to him.
- For how long? - What's that got to do with it?
Some people look at these things one way, and some look at it another.
- Five years. - She must have been smooth.
The circumstances were highly unusual.
The wife should be forgiven.
- Always? - You bawl her out a little.
You don't want her to keep at it. But to err is human and all that.
- And if the husband... - That's different.
He has a wife waiting for him at home.
- Thank you. Just find Stephen Burkett. - Yes, sir.
- Going out with the children, Mrs. Tic? - Is my day off, madam.
Dr. Schlick, the pattern is clear now. It's practically a textbook case.
- There's one thing that bothers me. - Oh?
I could understand it if I repelled him.
- But his not being able to... - That would be more understandable.
- I know that Nicholas is mad about me. - I see.
That's why it's so maddening!
This shyness.
Well, now.
Now, you say that even though... Oh, there you are.
That won't be necessary here. Yes, just get right up.
- Even on your wedding night...? - That's right, doctor.
- Even though you...? - Naturally.
- Including...? - Of course.
Mm-hm. Amazing.
- You know, it's almost as if... - Oh, it is, indeed. Yes.
- Also... - Really?
- Even, I... - Extraordinary.
- And you tried a little of...? - Yes.
Well, then, I don't...
Yeah, uh...
- The man must be crazy. - I hope not.
I'd like to think that Nicholas is just simply insecure.
- But he's got me so upset! - Yes. I can see that, yes.
- Will you stay with me today? - Oh, well, I...
Not here. We'll go out. For lunch.
I have finished my analysis. You wouldn't have to worry about any rule.
- What rule? - Would you?
Well, I do have other appointments, but...
- Could I use your phone? - Yes, of course.
Thank you.
Stephen Burkett, please.
He's not in his room? Would you have him paged please?
MAN: Paging Mr. Burkett.
Call for Mr. Stephen Burkett.
Mr. Burkett.
Mr. Burkett?
Mr Burkett?
Mr. Burkett!
MAN: Admiral!
Mr. Burkett!
WOMAN: Someone's calling you. - Mr. Burkett?
BURKETT: Hey, right over here, boy!
Mr. Burkett, pick up the phone please!
Right!
Stephen Burkett.
Hello? Hello?
I guess they'll call back. Come on, gals, let's go for a dip.
Are you being waited on?
- Not yet. - I could wait on you.
Thank you.
Do you have this shoe in a 6 1 AAA?
We have that in all sizes.
- Lf you sit here, I'll get it. - Thank you.
We carry that model in genuine Bengal crocodile.
That's the true or saltwater crocodile.
Found also in South China, Australia, the Fiji Islands.
There is the freshwater crocodile found in Rhodesia and North America.
But they make inferior footwear.
Are you free for lunch?
That is, inferior footwear is made from them.
The crocodiles themselves don't make...
Would you have lunch with me?
I...
I bring my lunch to the store.
I'd be so grateful if you'd take it out.
I guess my foot's grown!
Go barefoot for five and a half years!
Nick.
- Nick? - Yes?
- I want you to meet Adam. - Adam?
Stephen, really. Stephen Burkett. You wanted to meet him, didn't you?
Well, here he is.
Here he is!
- Well, so this is Adam. - Pleased to meet you, Nick.
Sit down, Adam. Take a load off your feet.
Thank you. I don't have much time.
I'm reporting to a geographic society on the island's flora and fauna.
I was very excited by the island's vegetation.
I spent so much time on research, I wasn't good company for your wife.
Oh, I'm sure she understood.
Eve said you had some questions you wanted to ask me, Nick.
He has. Ask him, ask him anything.
Well, let me see. What kind of an island was it?
- An ordinary island, wouldn't you say? - Like the rest.
- Small island? - Not small. Not large.
Medium.
Jungle?
- Jungle? - Yeah, trees, vines?
- Trees, yes. - No vines?
Yes, vines too.
- Water? - Yes, all around.
That's the nicest thing about Adam. He doesn't talk your ear off.
- I suppose you lived in tree houses? - Well...
- Huts. We lived in huts. - Separate huts.
Even for the rainy season?
When it rained, we moved to the trees.
Separate trees.
Anything else?
I don't think so. I got a good, clear picture.
- Then shall I be running along? - Must you?
Well, the geographic society insists on punctuality.
Drop in again, Adam. We'll talk about flora and fauna.
Thank you. Goodbye, Eve.
Goodbye, Adam.
Watch it.
- Satisfied? - Completely.
Now, aren't you ashamed of those suspicions you had?
Terribly.
CUKOR: Cut it. Good! Thank you.