♪♪♪ >>> YOU'RE WATCHING CINEMA
CLASSICS ON PBS. >> GOOD EVENING.
AND WELCOME TO "CINEMA CLASSICS."
I AM REESE DEWHAT. [ LAUGHTER ]
AND DEWHAT'S UP, EVERYBODY? TONIGHT WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE
1953 CLASSIC "ALWAYS BE SISTERS," STARRING LONG-TIME
HOLLYWOOD RIVALS ANNA MAXINE-FLINT AND
HATTY SMIRS. "ALWAYS BE SISTERS" WAS HAILED
AS A TRIUMPH OF CINEMA BY THE MARKETING TEAM AND A PIECE OF
REAL-TIME STINKO BY EVERYBODY ELSE.
[ LAUGHTER ] PERHAPS BECAUSE BOTH
ACTRESSES HAD IT WRITTEN INTO THEIR CONTRACT THAT THEY WOULD
HAVE THE LAST WORD IN EVERY SCENE.
BUT THAT WOULD ONLY BE A GUESS, AND AS HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED, I
AM A TERRIBLE GUESSER. JUST ASK MY WIFE, WHO ASKED ME
TO GUESS WHAT SHE MADE FOR DINNER, TO WHICH I REPLIED,
"MISTAKES"? [ LAUGHTER ]
WORST MOTHER'S DAY EVER. [ LAUGHTER ]
LET'S WATCH A SCENE NOW AND SEE IF YOU CAN SPOT THE ACTRESSES
TRYING TO CLEVERLY GET THE LAST WORD IN.
[ KNOCKING ON DOOR ] >> COME IN.
>> HELLO, BARBARA. >> MIDGE.
I'M SURPRISED TO SEE YOU HERE. OPENING NIGHT, NO LESS.
>> WELL, I WANTED TO SEE THE DAMN THING BEFORE IT CLOSED.
>> WELL, THANKS FOR WISHING ME GOOD LUCK.
>> I DIDN'T. >> OOH.
MEAN. WELL, SEEMS LIKE THERE'S NOTHING
MORE TO BE SAID BUT GOOD-BYE. >> INDEED.
>> AGREED. >> SURE.
>> OKEY-DOKEY. >> YES.
AND ONCE I LEAVE, IT'S THE END. >> IF I DIDN'T KNOW BETTER I
WOULD SAY YOU WERE TRYING TO GET THE LAST WORD IN.
WHICH IS KIND OF MY THING. >> GUILTY.
>> GUILTY AS THEY COME. >> THEN I BETTER CALL MY LAWYER.
>> AND YOUR LAWYER BETTER CALL HIS LAWYER.
>> TOO MANY LAWYERS. THAT MAKES LAWYER SOUP.
>> LAWYER, LAWYER PANTS ON FAWYER.
[ LAUGHTER ] >> I GUESS ALL THAT CAN FOLLOW
THAT IS SILENCE. GOOD-BYE, OLD FRIEND.
♪ LOVE CONQUERS ALL ♪ >> I FORGOT MY PURSE.
>> YOU WEREN'T CARRYING A PURSE. >> I FORGOT MY LAMP.
AND CUT. >> YOU CAN'T CALL CUT.
WHAT ARE YOU, A DIRECTOR? >> WHY, DO YOU WANT TO SLEEP
WITH ME? >> WHY, ARE YOU A --
>> ALL RIGHT, YOU SAY THE LAST LINE AND BE DONE WITH IT.
I DON'T CARE. I NEVER CARED.
>> FINE. >> GOOD.
>> JOB. >> HEY.
>> SAID. >> TO.
>> MUD HOUND STORE. >> NO.
THAT MAKES NO SENSE. >> THAT MAKES ABOUT AS MUCH
SENSE AS YOU SAYING THE LAST LINE.
I'M RUNNING. >> I'M RUNNING.
I'M RUNNING. >> ME.
>> ME. >> ME.
>> ME, ME, ME, ME, ME. >> I'M TALKING, I'M TALKING.
FORESKIN. TARANTULA.
TARANTULA -- >> THAT'S IT.
OKAY. FADE TO BLACK.
CREDITS ROLL. MGM LION.
ROAR. >> THE END, THE END.
>> PLACES. TIME FOR PLACES.
WHAT IN THE -- >> OH.
>> LOOK, BARBARA. I DON'T WANT TO FIGHT ANYMORE.
THERE'S ENOUGH SKY IN THE SKY FOR BOTH OF OUR STARS TO SHINE.
BESIDES -- >> Both: WE'LL ALWAYS BE
SISTERS. BYE.
>> BYE. >> BYE.
>> BYE. [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
>> AND THEY WERE NEVER HEARD FROM AGAIN.
WHAT? THAT'S NOT RIGHT?
WELL, WHO WROTE THESE NOTES? TONY?
WHAT HAPPENED TO MITCH? ARRESTED?
FOR WHAT? WELL, WHO DID HE EXPOSE?
OH, HIS OWN SELF. [ LAUGHTER ]
WHERE? MY DRESSING ROOM?
WELL, THEN I NEED TO SWITCH. WHY NOT?
WELL SHE CAN MOVE. FOR "CINEMA CLASSICS," I HAVE
BEEN REESE DE'WHAT! ♪♪♪
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]