That Girl (1966–1971): Season 2, Episode 10 - When in Rome - full transcript
While working at a car show, Ann is spotted by famed Italian director Vittorio Barrini, whose next movie is reported to be his first English language movie but that will still be filmed in Italy. Barrini immediately feels that Ann would be perfect for the key role of Angelica. Ann, who knows and admires Barrini's work, is excited at the prospect, and even more excited on getting the part after doing her cold reading for him. As a celebration, Donald takes Ann out for a special Italian dinner, the restaurant staff who are as interested and excited for Ann about the movie as Ann. But as Ann continues to read the script aloud to Donald and the restaurant staff, she comes across a surprising revelation: Angelica is nude in one scene. Although Ann asks for advice from her friends about what she should do, she knows that only she can make the decision if being nude on screen is worth the advance in her career.
We're very flattered
to have you visit
the show, Mr. Barrini.
It's a pleasure.
I'm sure you're familiar
with all these cars?
Yes, of course.
However, I must say
I like our Italian cars
better than your American cars.
What's that?
I don't like foreign cars.
Uh, how long will
you be in New York?
Oh, long enough to
make arrangements
for the distribution of
my next motion picture.
Then home to start filming.
Ricci...
Look at that gold Ferrari
and tell me what you see.
I see a beautifully
constructed work of art.
And a gold Ferrari.
Right, Ricci.
Now... imagine the road
between Naples and Venice.
A stalled car.
Alfredo drives up and stops.
Angelica!
Right, Ricci.
Angelica is that girl.
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Well, Ricci?
Marvelous.
It is Angelica.
Oh, no. I'm... Allow
me to present myself.
I am Vittorio Barrini.
My associate... Antonio Ricci.
How do you do?
Vittorio Barrini?
The Vittorio Barrini?
Well... are there others?
The Italian director?
Uh, turn around, please.
Well, yes.
Oh, Mr. Barrini, I've seen
every single one
of your pictures.
Have you ever acted, young lady?
Oh, yes. I am an
actress, Mr. Barrini.
Ah, ah. You may have acted,
my dear, but Barrini will judge
if you are an actress.
Oh, of course.
That's what I meant.
He will. I mean you will.
Will you?
What is your name?
Ann Marie.
Uh, that's your whole name?
I'll get more.
That's just fine.
Ann Marie.
Anna Maria.
How does it sound to you?
I love it!
It's a little usual.
Right. It's usual.
I think still... for her look...
Although a lot of
people do call me Anna.
No. It's nothing.
And I tell them my
name is Ann, not Anna.
It is not bad.
Though it does
have a nice sound.
Are you free to read
for me tomorrow?
Oh! Me? Me, r-read?
Oh, Mr. Barrini!
Of course I'm...
I'm free to read!
Fine. Then come at 3:30
in the afternoon to
the East Park Hotel
and ask for me.
The Park East Hotel.
At 3:30, and ask for you.
Yes, sir, I certainly will,
and thank you very
much, Mr. Barrini.
Can I drop you anywhere?
Hello. Hello
My name is Ann
Marie, and Mr. Barrini...
I know. We were expecting you.
Oh. Won't you please come in?
Thank you.
I am Rosanna Barrini.
And Vittorio will be
with you in a moment.
Gracias.
Oh, you're Spanish.
No. I thought that was Italian.
Grazie.
Oh.
They are very similar.
Won't you please sit down?
Thank you.
Vitti has spoken
to me about you.
Oh, my.
You have charmed him.
And I can certainly
understand why.
They want me to
go there right now.
Fine. You take
care of everything.
Oh... Ciao.
Ciao, Rosanna. Ciao.
Well.
So you would like to
be an actress, huh?
Oh, I am, I am.
Uh-uh. Uh, dying
to be an actress.
What have you appeared in?
Tell me your credits.
Well, uh, last season, I
appeared with Ethel Merman
for a whole weekend.
Oh? And... how did you do?
Well, the director said that...
No. No, no, no.
How did you think you did?
Were you good?
I loved me.
Good.
Have you done
any... motion pictures?
Well, only one, but I
was in every scene.
Is that right? Uh-huh.
I played this
distraught housewife
who was on the verge of suicide
all through the picture.
Oh. A mad scene.
Well, not exactly. It was more
that she couldn't get
this stain out of the sink.
It was, "Rust, rust, rust!
Rust!"
Oh. A commercial.
Yeah, well...
that's my one-minute
film career.
Well, we'll see if
we can lengthen it.
Now, do you know
anything about this picture?
Well, I found out
that it's your very first
all-English speaking film
and that you're gonna
be doing it in Italy.
Very good.
Now, page, uh... 87.
Thank you.
Angelica?
Ah.
That name fits you perfectly.
You are from New York City?
Well, no. Actually,
I'm from a small town.
So am I! Forenza!
112 people, mostly my cousins.
You know, I find that
people from a small place,
there's a certain kind
of a... rapport. No?
Sì.
That's Spanish, isn't it?
That's also Italian.
Grazie.
Prego.
So, Angelica, too, is
from a small village.
Uh, but in this scene,
she is living in Rome,
and she is lonely
and out of place.
I know how that can feel.
Uh, she's young. 17.
And, uh, the man she loves
has come to take
her back to her people.
Pietro. A fisherman.
She walks in, and he's waiting.
Now read.
Yes, sir.
"Pietro!"
"I... startled you."
"No. The light.
At First I could not see."
No, this... this is in English.
Oh. Oh, I'm sorry.
All right. Start again.
"Pietro."
"I... startled you."
"No. No, it was the light.
At... at first, I
could not see."
"They embrace and kiss."
And, uh... "Oh, Pietro...
"I had a dream last night
that you were gone forever."
"My Angelica.
You must come back with me."
"It is too late, Pietro.
"I cannot leave this place.
"I can never be with you.
"For me, there is nothing...
"nothing but... but tears
"and... and waiting
for a... A blessed end...
to the pain of your..."
It's only the first
time I... I read it.
Maybe it's the
last time I read it.
No answer.
It's 5:00. How long
does an audition take?
I don't know.
I don't like it.
Relax. What could happen?
Are you kidding?
These foreign guys
have a different set
of rules than we do.
To them, a pretty young girl
is a pretty young girl.
You know what I mean?
We're not that different.
Oh, Jerry, look, Barrini is
an internationally
known personality.
Besides, he's married.
So was Henry VIII. Fine.
Ann?
Ha ha! Ha ha!
Honey, what is it,
sweetheart? What's the matter?
I told you what he might
do! What did he do?
Ann, now, take it easy.
If he laid a finger on
you, Donald'll kill him!
Ann, are you all right?
Ha ha!
Let's call a lawyer. Jerry!
Honey, for heaven
sakes, what happened?
I got it.
You got it?
Donald, I got the part!
Oh, honey, that's terrific!
Thank you. And then I read it.
And I must've been really good
because I picked it up
in the middle of the scene
without even knowing
what it was about!
And I read it just like that.
Honey, I think that's wonderful.
Oh, I'll have a steak
and wine, please.
Yeah. The same for me.
It's about this
fellow... Pietro...
Who comes from this little
village outside of Naples.
Here, listen to this.
"It's early morning.
The Capella farmhouse
"is just beginning to wake up.
"The trees and the grass
are soaking in the back
in the morning peace."
That's a-beautiful!
That's my home.
Really?
Just like you read it!
Are you from Italy?
What's the matter,
I don't look Italian?
Well, she's a little excited.
She just got a part
in an Italian movie.
Yeah, I just got it!
Oh, that's nice! That's...
How about a little nice
bottle of Chianti wine
to make a nice celebration?
Sure! Sure, why not?
"Why... "He said, "Why not?"
"Fade in scene three."
"Pietro:
"Wherever she is, I'll find her.
Theodoro... "That's my mother.
I... I mean Angelica's.
"Go, Pietro. You love her.
You must do whatever
your heart tells you."
Oh, my, my.
A most nice lady she is.
And she's right.
This is a beautiful story!
And what... what happens next?
Next, you go get the food!
Now, you... you
two sit here, huh?
You have a little wine.
You have a little talk.
But no reading before
I come back, huh?
How about that, Donald?
So far, all the
reviews are great.
"Pietro enters the building
where Angelica is staying."
But their food is
gonna be ice-cold!
So what? We make it hot!
Please. Uh, Pietro
enters the... the building.
"He slowly checks
"for the right apartment number.
He finds it and starts
climbing the stairs."
Waiter!
Ehh!
Come on!
"Pietro walks into
Angelica's room
"without knocking.
"The room is empty,
"darkened by closed blinds.
"He feels strange in
these surroundings.
"Angelica enters slowly,
"unaware that
Pietro has arrived.
"She appears at the door,
carrying a white candle.
It is lit, and she is..."
Uh, she is what, honey, what?
"And... And she is..."
Well, w-what is she?
She's sick!
She's not sick. She
was just healthy!
She is drunk.
She's not drunk.
She's a nice girl.
H-Here, honey, let
me... Let me see.
What is... What
is it? Um... uh...
"She appears
carrying..." Here it is.
"It is lit, and she is naked."
Naked?
Naked?
Naked naked?
There is no other kind of naked!
You had no idea?
Of course not!
Why didn't you ask,
"Please, am I gonna be naked?"
I read it.
I never thought of
looking at the directions.
Hey, where's the naked lady?
Uh, uh, would you mind?
We'd like to talk about
this alone, please.
Sì, signore. Sì, signore.
Honey, why didn't you ask
if you were gonna be naked?
Donald!
Well, I... I mean,
why didn't you ask
what the part was?
It never occurred to me!
Oh, this is so embarrassing.
Well, honey, I'm sure
Barrini didn't mean
for it to embarrass you.
I couldn't do that
picture, Donald!
Could I?
Well, honey, I...
I don't see how.
I just can't believe I
could lose a part like this.
Of course... honey,
to be perfectly honest,
some of the greatest
actresses in the world
are doin' it.
You mean you
wouldn't mind if I did it?
I didn't say that.
But you would, wouldn't you?
Well, honey, of course I'd mind,
but that shouldn't
be the deciding factor.
I mean... honey,
it's not up to me.
It's your career. You're the one
that has to decide what's best.
Anyway, I can't be objective.
Maybe you don't have to
play the scene that way.
Here, what does the script say?
It says "naked," Donald.
I know it does, honey.
I just want to see how...
definite it is.
Maybe if he really
wants me badly,
he'll let me play
it in a bathing suit.
Well, it wouldn't
do any harm to ask.
Why don't you call him
first thing in the morning
and then go up and see him?
You really think I should?
Sure. Absolutely.
Oh, thank you, Donald.
I feel better already.
Good. Come on, let's
eat. You want a salad?
With dressing.
But suppose he says no,
he won't change the script.
Well, then I just can't do it.
Can I?
I don't know. I guess
you gotta look
at it like it's art.
It isn't Ann Marie who's naked,
it's Angelica somebody.
You're an actress
playing a part.
Are you trying to
talk me into this thing?
Me? Listen, you
want to be in a movie,
this is a movie.
Yeah, well, let's just pray
that Barrini says I
can do that scene...
without... You mean "with."
You know what I
mean. I... I mean... Well,
I'm gonna talk to him
and tell him how I feel.
I mean, he's understanding
and intelligent.
And a great director.
Not many girls get a
chance to work with him.
Yeah. Anybody'd
jump at the chance.
You know... it isn't
like you're being nude
just to be nude.
It must be important to
the character you're playing.
It could even be beautiful.
Yeah. I'm sure that's
exactly what was in his mind.
This scene... Where
does it take place?
In my bedroom.
So, who's gonna see you?
My father, for one.
Well, what does Don say?
He says he can't give
me an objective opinion.
What would Jerry say?
I don't think he'd mind.
If you did a nude scene?
No, if you did.
He always says he wouldn't care
if the whole world were naked
as long... long
as I was dressed.
That makes a lot of sense.
It does to him. He says
if the whole world were naked,
then being naked
wouldn't be sexy
and being dressed would be,
and I would be the
sexiest woman in the world.
He's a good provider, Ann.
Yeah. I gotta go. Wish me luck.
Good luck!
Ruthie... give me
a straight answer.
Do you really think I
should do the part naked?
Well, as an average housewife...
I feel unqualified
to give an opinion.
Thanks.
However...
There's a lot to be said
for being a movie star.
How did you like the play?
Oh, I think it's
just magnificent.
Really, I do. It... It's so soft
and... and so beautiful.
But... but I was
just wondering...
if we can capture that
feeling on the screen?
Well, we must work very hard
with our mind, with our body.
Yes.
Well, uh, in the scene
that I read yesterday,
my scene with Pietro?
Oh, beautiful.
Yes.
Uh, does it, uh... concern you?
Uh, well, uh... in a way.
In what way?
Don't Italian girls
ever wear pajamas?
What for?
Well, uh... the
weather, for one thing.
I... I don't understand.
Well, you see...
in that scene...
Angelica is...
Nude. Of course.
However, in the beginning,
it was not planned
to be played nude.
But then I realized
that at this point of the film,
we... we, uh, must
reveal everything.
That comes across.
Angelica must be as pure
as the moment of her birth.
Well, then actually,
she could be
wrapped in a blanket.
No, no. She must be nude.
The innocent
figure of a young girl
still untouched.
Forgive me, Mr. Barrini.
I shouldn't be telling you.
No, I like that!
The blanket?
Yes, that you thought about it,
that you contribute.
I'd contribute the blanket, too.
Angelica's not going
to be totally naked.
Oh! Oh, oh, she's not?
Not entirely!
Madame Barrini has
bought a gift for you.
Bona fortuna.
You may wear
this in the picture.
Oh! Oh, Mr. Barrini!
Thank you. Thank you so much.
And thank Mrs. Barrini, too.
I just can't tell you
how happy I am!
Oh... I was so worried
I wasn't gonna
be able to do the...
the movie or anything.
A locket?
And a chain.
It's stark.
You told him how
you felt, didn't you?
Sure. We... we
spoke about the scene.
Well, honey, the way
you described him,
I... I knew he'd be
a reasonable guy.
Yes, and... and
he explained to me
how important the scene is
and how it has to be done
exactly the way it's written.
Well, I don't understand that.
I understand it
perfectly. He said no dice.
He said no clothes.
Well... I think I'll
see you all later.
I gotta call Jerry or something.
You awfully disappointed?
Not exactly.
Well, did he understand
when you told him
you couldn't do the part?
Not exactly.
Did you tell him you
couldn't do the part?
Well, not exactly. You see,
I just didn't have a chance.
Honey, you've got
to say something.
Well, I tried to hint
to him how I felt,
and I thought he
might pick it up
and suggest changing
the scene. But he didn't.
So now I've just gotta
decide about doing it
or not doing it, and...
I need you to help me.
You mean you haven't
made up your mind yet?
Well, almost. Donald, I want you
to honestly tell me how you feel
about me doing it.
All right. All right. Now, look,
I'm gonna be perfectly honest.
A-As a completely
objective observer
who feels there is
beauty in the human form,
and under the guidance
of a director like Barrini,
there's a chance for you
to do something important...
Oh, Donald! But...
on the other hand,
I don't want to sit
in a theater with a bunch
of weirdos staring at you
and winkin' at each other and
makin' a lot of stupid remarks.
Maybe I'm old-fashioned,
but I don't want you to do it.
Thank you, Donald.
Well, on... on the
other hand, honey... Uh.
You're only entitled
to two "ands."
Donald... say "I love you."
I love you.
See how important
it is to take direction?
Yeah. Where are you goin'?
I'll call you at the office.
Better yet, we'll have
lunch together later.
Yeah, yeah. We'll
need a place to talk. Bye.
Bye. Bye.
Did she make up her mind?
Yes. Yes. She's definitely
eating lunch today.
All right, Ann,
what is this crisis
that you have to
discuss with me?
Don't let the bear frighten you.
Come sit down, Ann.
See, Ricci, now I'm a bear.
I know I'm interrupting
something very important.
Nothing is more important
than what you have to ask me.
Well, Mr. Barrini,
it... it isn't actually
something that I
have to ask you.
It's something that
I have to tell you.
You see, I, um... I
can't be in your movie.
My, uh, credits do
not impress you?
No, of course not, Mr. Barrini.
It has nothing to do with you.
It... it's just that
when I read for you,
I... I had my clothes on.
Costumes?
At this hour, you want
to discuss costumes?
Oh, Vitti.
It is being nude
that disturbs you.
I just don't think
I could do it.
I couldn't appear
in a film like that.
Ricci... do you hear?
Come, come. There must
be some other reason.
No. Honestly.
That's it.
I'm sorry.
Well, I thought you
were an actress.
You're an infant!
Do you believe what
you are hearing?
There is no need to be cruel.
Oh, Mr. Barrini...
it's a beautiful picture.
And that scene is
gonna be beautiful
just the way it is.
But I couldn't do it.
I'd be self-conscious
and inhibited.
I'd be terrible.
Then you are telling me
that you are not an actress.
W-Well, no. I am
an actress, but...
If you cannot control
your personal problems
long enough to
give a performance,
then you cannot act.
Is that not correct?
Well... not exactly.
Oh, Mr. Barrini, please
try and understand.
I come from a small town.
Maybe we're not as sophisticated
as we should be,
but... I can't change that.
Please try and understand.
I understand that
you are a fool!
However...
You know, it's funny.
I've wanted to be the
star of a motion picture
ever since I can remember.
And now a Barrini film.
Well, if just for the
chance of working with you.
Well, all I can say is,
there's really nothing
you can say to me
that can make me feel
any worse than I do.
All right.
All right.
But let me just tell you
one thing, Mr. Barrini.
In all those fantasies...
in all those dreams...
whether they were
daydreams or night dreams...
in cinemascope or
stereophonic sound...
in color or in
black and white...
in every single one of them...
I had my clothes on.
Miss Marie. Yes?
I'm going to ask
you one question,
and I want an honest answer.
Yes?
Is your decision at all
influenced by your fear
that you might not look
good without your clothes on?
You have got to be kidding.
"Vittorio Barrini
announced today
"that he has signed Italian star
"Christina Del Vecchio
to play Angelica
in his latest film."
Well, that would
seem to be that.
Were you still hopin' that
Barrini would change his mind
and the script?
Yeah, I guess, a little.
I know I was hoping
against hope...
and Barrini.
You know, I don't
think I've ever seen
Christina Del
Vecchio in a picture.
But I'm sure you
would've done the part
much better than she.
Thank you, Donald.
And when the picture comes out,
we'll go to see it to prove it.
When the picture comes out,
I'll go to see it to prove it.
Why?
You said you've
never seen a picture
with Christina Del Vecchio.
Why spoil your record?
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to have you visit
the show, Mr. Barrini.
It's a pleasure.
I'm sure you're familiar
with all these cars?
Yes, of course.
However, I must say
I like our Italian cars
better than your American cars.
What's that?
I don't like foreign cars.
Uh, how long will
you be in New York?
Oh, long enough to
make arrangements
for the distribution of
my next motion picture.
Then home to start filming.
Ricci...
Look at that gold Ferrari
and tell me what you see.
I see a beautifully
constructed work of art.
And a gold Ferrari.
Right, Ricci.
Now... imagine the road
between Naples and Venice.
A stalled car.
Alfredo drives up and stops.
Angelica!
Right, Ricci.
Angelica is that girl.
♪♪
Well, Ricci?
Marvelous.
It is Angelica.
Oh, no. I'm... Allow
me to present myself.
I am Vittorio Barrini.
My associate... Antonio Ricci.
How do you do?
Vittorio Barrini?
The Vittorio Barrini?
Well... are there others?
The Italian director?
Uh, turn around, please.
Well, yes.
Oh, Mr. Barrini, I've seen
every single one
of your pictures.
Have you ever acted, young lady?
Oh, yes. I am an
actress, Mr. Barrini.
Ah, ah. You may have acted,
my dear, but Barrini will judge
if you are an actress.
Oh, of course.
That's what I meant.
He will. I mean you will.
Will you?
What is your name?
Ann Marie.
Uh, that's your whole name?
I'll get more.
That's just fine.
Ann Marie.
Anna Maria.
How does it sound to you?
I love it!
It's a little usual.
Right. It's usual.
I think still... for her look...
Although a lot of
people do call me Anna.
No. It's nothing.
And I tell them my
name is Ann, not Anna.
It is not bad.
Though it does
have a nice sound.
Are you free to read
for me tomorrow?
Oh! Me? Me, r-read?
Oh, Mr. Barrini!
Of course I'm...
I'm free to read!
Fine. Then come at 3:30
in the afternoon to
the East Park Hotel
and ask for me.
The Park East Hotel.
At 3:30, and ask for you.
Yes, sir, I certainly will,
and thank you very
much, Mr. Barrini.
Can I drop you anywhere?
Hello. Hello
My name is Ann
Marie, and Mr. Barrini...
I know. We were expecting you.
Oh. Won't you please come in?
Thank you.
I am Rosanna Barrini.
And Vittorio will be
with you in a moment.
Gracias.
Oh, you're Spanish.
No. I thought that was Italian.
Grazie.
Oh.
They are very similar.
Won't you please sit down?
Thank you.
Vitti has spoken
to me about you.
Oh, my.
You have charmed him.
And I can certainly
understand why.
They want me to
go there right now.
Fine. You take
care of everything.
Oh... Ciao.
Ciao, Rosanna. Ciao.
Well.
So you would like to
be an actress, huh?
Oh, I am, I am.
Uh-uh. Uh, dying
to be an actress.
What have you appeared in?
Tell me your credits.
Well, uh, last season, I
appeared with Ethel Merman
for a whole weekend.
Oh? And... how did you do?
Well, the director said that...
No. No, no, no.
How did you think you did?
Were you good?
I loved me.
Good.
Have you done
any... motion pictures?
Well, only one, but I
was in every scene.
Is that right? Uh-huh.
I played this
distraught housewife
who was on the verge of suicide
all through the picture.
Oh. A mad scene.
Well, not exactly. It was more
that she couldn't get
this stain out of the sink.
It was, "Rust, rust, rust!
Rust!"
Oh. A commercial.
Yeah, well...
that's my one-minute
film career.
Well, we'll see if
we can lengthen it.
Now, do you know
anything about this picture?
Well, I found out
that it's your very first
all-English speaking film
and that you're gonna
be doing it in Italy.
Very good.
Now, page, uh... 87.
Thank you.
Angelica?
Ah.
That name fits you perfectly.
You are from New York City?
Well, no. Actually,
I'm from a small town.
So am I! Forenza!
112 people, mostly my cousins.
You know, I find that
people from a small place,
there's a certain kind
of a... rapport. No?
Sì.
That's Spanish, isn't it?
That's also Italian.
Grazie.
Prego.
So, Angelica, too, is
from a small village.
Uh, but in this scene,
she is living in Rome,
and she is lonely
and out of place.
I know how that can feel.
Uh, she's young. 17.
And, uh, the man she loves
has come to take
her back to her people.
Pietro. A fisherman.
She walks in, and he's waiting.
Now read.
Yes, sir.
"Pietro!"
"I... startled you."
"No. The light.
At First I could not see."
No, this... this is in English.
Oh. Oh, I'm sorry.
All right. Start again.
"Pietro."
"I... startled you."
"No. No, it was the light.
At... at first, I
could not see."
"They embrace and kiss."
And, uh... "Oh, Pietro...
"I had a dream last night
that you were gone forever."
"My Angelica.
You must come back with me."
"It is too late, Pietro.
"I cannot leave this place.
"I can never be with you.
"For me, there is nothing...
"nothing but... but tears
"and... and waiting
for a... A blessed end...
to the pain of your..."
It's only the first
time I... I read it.
Maybe it's the
last time I read it.
No answer.
It's 5:00. How long
does an audition take?
I don't know.
I don't like it.
Relax. What could happen?
Are you kidding?
These foreign guys
have a different set
of rules than we do.
To them, a pretty young girl
is a pretty young girl.
You know what I mean?
We're not that different.
Oh, Jerry, look, Barrini is
an internationally
known personality.
Besides, he's married.
So was Henry VIII. Fine.
Ann?
Ha ha! Ha ha!
Honey, what is it,
sweetheart? What's the matter?
I told you what he might
do! What did he do?
Ann, now, take it easy.
If he laid a finger on
you, Donald'll kill him!
Ann, are you all right?
Ha ha!
Let's call a lawyer. Jerry!
Honey, for heaven
sakes, what happened?
I got it.
You got it?
Donald, I got the part!
Oh, honey, that's terrific!
Thank you. And then I read it.
And I must've been really good
because I picked it up
in the middle of the scene
without even knowing
what it was about!
And I read it just like that.
Honey, I think that's wonderful.
Oh, I'll have a steak
and wine, please.
Yeah. The same for me.
It's about this
fellow... Pietro...
Who comes from this little
village outside of Naples.
Here, listen to this.
"It's early morning.
The Capella farmhouse
"is just beginning to wake up.
"The trees and the grass
are soaking in the back
in the morning peace."
That's a-beautiful!
That's my home.
Really?
Just like you read it!
Are you from Italy?
What's the matter,
I don't look Italian?
Well, she's a little excited.
She just got a part
in an Italian movie.
Yeah, I just got it!
Oh, that's nice! That's...
How about a little nice
bottle of Chianti wine
to make a nice celebration?
Sure! Sure, why not?
"Why... "He said, "Why not?"
"Fade in scene three."
"Pietro:
"Wherever she is, I'll find her.
Theodoro... "That's my mother.
I... I mean Angelica's.
"Go, Pietro. You love her.
You must do whatever
your heart tells you."
Oh, my, my.
A most nice lady she is.
And she's right.
This is a beautiful story!
And what... what happens next?
Next, you go get the food!
Now, you... you
two sit here, huh?
You have a little wine.
You have a little talk.
But no reading before
I come back, huh?
How about that, Donald?
So far, all the
reviews are great.
"Pietro enters the building
where Angelica is staying."
But their food is
gonna be ice-cold!
So what? We make it hot!
Please. Uh, Pietro
enters the... the building.
"He slowly checks
"for the right apartment number.
He finds it and starts
climbing the stairs."
Waiter!
Ehh!
Come on!
"Pietro walks into
Angelica's room
"without knocking.
"The room is empty,
"darkened by closed blinds.
"He feels strange in
these surroundings.
"Angelica enters slowly,
"unaware that
Pietro has arrived.
"She appears at the door,
carrying a white candle.
It is lit, and she is..."
Uh, she is what, honey, what?
"And... And she is..."
Well, w-what is she?
She's sick!
She's not sick. She
was just healthy!
She is drunk.
She's not drunk.
She's a nice girl.
H-Here, honey, let
me... Let me see.
What is... What
is it? Um... uh...
"She appears
carrying..." Here it is.
"It is lit, and she is naked."
Naked?
Naked?
Naked naked?
There is no other kind of naked!
You had no idea?
Of course not!
Why didn't you ask,
"Please, am I gonna be naked?"
I read it.
I never thought of
looking at the directions.
Hey, where's the naked lady?
Uh, uh, would you mind?
We'd like to talk about
this alone, please.
Sì, signore. Sì, signore.
Honey, why didn't you ask
if you were gonna be naked?
Donald!
Well, I... I mean,
why didn't you ask
what the part was?
It never occurred to me!
Oh, this is so embarrassing.
Well, honey, I'm sure
Barrini didn't mean
for it to embarrass you.
I couldn't do that
picture, Donald!
Could I?
Well, honey, I...
I don't see how.
I just can't believe I
could lose a part like this.
Of course... honey,
to be perfectly honest,
some of the greatest
actresses in the world
are doin' it.
You mean you
wouldn't mind if I did it?
I didn't say that.
But you would, wouldn't you?
Well, honey, of course I'd mind,
but that shouldn't
be the deciding factor.
I mean... honey,
it's not up to me.
It's your career. You're the one
that has to decide what's best.
Anyway, I can't be objective.
Maybe you don't have to
play the scene that way.
Here, what does the script say?
It says "naked," Donald.
I know it does, honey.
I just want to see how...
definite it is.
Maybe if he really
wants me badly,
he'll let me play
it in a bathing suit.
Well, it wouldn't
do any harm to ask.
Why don't you call him
first thing in the morning
and then go up and see him?
You really think I should?
Sure. Absolutely.
Oh, thank you, Donald.
I feel better already.
Good. Come on, let's
eat. You want a salad?
With dressing.
But suppose he says no,
he won't change the script.
Well, then I just can't do it.
Can I?
I don't know. I guess
you gotta look
at it like it's art.
It isn't Ann Marie who's naked,
it's Angelica somebody.
You're an actress
playing a part.
Are you trying to
talk me into this thing?
Me? Listen, you
want to be in a movie,
this is a movie.
Yeah, well, let's just pray
that Barrini says I
can do that scene...
without... You mean "with."
You know what I
mean. I... I mean... Well,
I'm gonna talk to him
and tell him how I feel.
I mean, he's understanding
and intelligent.
And a great director.
Not many girls get a
chance to work with him.
Yeah. Anybody'd
jump at the chance.
You know... it isn't
like you're being nude
just to be nude.
It must be important to
the character you're playing.
It could even be beautiful.
Yeah. I'm sure that's
exactly what was in his mind.
This scene... Where
does it take place?
In my bedroom.
So, who's gonna see you?
My father, for one.
Well, what does Don say?
He says he can't give
me an objective opinion.
What would Jerry say?
I don't think he'd mind.
If you did a nude scene?
No, if you did.
He always says he wouldn't care
if the whole world were naked
as long... long
as I was dressed.
That makes a lot of sense.
It does to him. He says
if the whole world were naked,
then being naked
wouldn't be sexy
and being dressed would be,
and I would be the
sexiest woman in the world.
He's a good provider, Ann.
Yeah. I gotta go. Wish me luck.
Good luck!
Ruthie... give me
a straight answer.
Do you really think I
should do the part naked?
Well, as an average housewife...
I feel unqualified
to give an opinion.
Thanks.
However...
There's a lot to be said
for being a movie star.
How did you like the play?
Oh, I think it's
just magnificent.
Really, I do. It... It's so soft
and... and so beautiful.
But... but I was
just wondering...
if we can capture that
feeling on the screen?
Well, we must work very hard
with our mind, with our body.
Yes.
Well, uh, in the scene
that I read yesterday,
my scene with Pietro?
Oh, beautiful.
Yes.
Uh, does it, uh... concern you?
Uh, well, uh... in a way.
In what way?
Don't Italian girls
ever wear pajamas?
What for?
Well, uh... the
weather, for one thing.
I... I don't understand.
Well, you see...
in that scene...
Angelica is...
Nude. Of course.
However, in the beginning,
it was not planned
to be played nude.
But then I realized
that at this point of the film,
we... we, uh, must
reveal everything.
That comes across.
Angelica must be as pure
as the moment of her birth.
Well, then actually,
she could be
wrapped in a blanket.
No, no. She must be nude.
The innocent
figure of a young girl
still untouched.
Forgive me, Mr. Barrini.
I shouldn't be telling you.
No, I like that!
The blanket?
Yes, that you thought about it,
that you contribute.
I'd contribute the blanket, too.
Angelica's not going
to be totally naked.
Oh! Oh, oh, she's not?
Not entirely!
Madame Barrini has
bought a gift for you.
Bona fortuna.
You may wear
this in the picture.
Oh! Oh, Mr. Barrini!
Thank you. Thank you so much.
And thank Mrs. Barrini, too.
I just can't tell you
how happy I am!
Oh... I was so worried
I wasn't gonna
be able to do the...
the movie or anything.
A locket?
And a chain.
It's stark.
You told him how
you felt, didn't you?
Sure. We... we
spoke about the scene.
Well, honey, the way
you described him,
I... I knew he'd be
a reasonable guy.
Yes, and... and
he explained to me
how important the scene is
and how it has to be done
exactly the way it's written.
Well, I don't understand that.
I understand it
perfectly. He said no dice.
He said no clothes.
Well... I think I'll
see you all later.
I gotta call Jerry or something.
You awfully disappointed?
Not exactly.
Well, did he understand
when you told him
you couldn't do the part?
Not exactly.
Did you tell him you
couldn't do the part?
Well, not exactly. You see,
I just didn't have a chance.
Honey, you've got
to say something.
Well, I tried to hint
to him how I felt,
and I thought he
might pick it up
and suggest changing
the scene. But he didn't.
So now I've just gotta
decide about doing it
or not doing it, and...
I need you to help me.
You mean you haven't
made up your mind yet?
Well, almost. Donald, I want you
to honestly tell me how you feel
about me doing it.
All right. All right. Now, look,
I'm gonna be perfectly honest.
A-As a completely
objective observer
who feels there is
beauty in the human form,
and under the guidance
of a director like Barrini,
there's a chance for you
to do something important...
Oh, Donald! But...
on the other hand,
I don't want to sit
in a theater with a bunch
of weirdos staring at you
and winkin' at each other and
makin' a lot of stupid remarks.
Maybe I'm old-fashioned,
but I don't want you to do it.
Thank you, Donald.
Well, on... on the
other hand, honey... Uh.
You're only entitled
to two "ands."
Donald... say "I love you."
I love you.
See how important
it is to take direction?
Yeah. Where are you goin'?
I'll call you at the office.
Better yet, we'll have
lunch together later.
Yeah, yeah. We'll
need a place to talk. Bye.
Bye. Bye.
Did she make up her mind?
Yes. Yes. She's definitely
eating lunch today.
All right, Ann,
what is this crisis
that you have to
discuss with me?
Don't let the bear frighten you.
Come sit down, Ann.
See, Ricci, now I'm a bear.
I know I'm interrupting
something very important.
Nothing is more important
than what you have to ask me.
Well, Mr. Barrini,
it... it isn't actually
something that I
have to ask you.
It's something that
I have to tell you.
You see, I, um... I
can't be in your movie.
My, uh, credits do
not impress you?
No, of course not, Mr. Barrini.
It has nothing to do with you.
It... it's just that
when I read for you,
I... I had my clothes on.
Costumes?
At this hour, you want
to discuss costumes?
Oh, Vitti.
It is being nude
that disturbs you.
I just don't think
I could do it.
I couldn't appear
in a film like that.
Ricci... do you hear?
Come, come. There must
be some other reason.
No. Honestly.
That's it.
I'm sorry.
Well, I thought you
were an actress.
You're an infant!
Do you believe what
you are hearing?
There is no need to be cruel.
Oh, Mr. Barrini...
it's a beautiful picture.
And that scene is
gonna be beautiful
just the way it is.
But I couldn't do it.
I'd be self-conscious
and inhibited.
I'd be terrible.
Then you are telling me
that you are not an actress.
W-Well, no. I am
an actress, but...
If you cannot control
your personal problems
long enough to
give a performance,
then you cannot act.
Is that not correct?
Well... not exactly.
Oh, Mr. Barrini, please
try and understand.
I come from a small town.
Maybe we're not as sophisticated
as we should be,
but... I can't change that.
Please try and understand.
I understand that
you are a fool!
However...
You know, it's funny.
I've wanted to be the
star of a motion picture
ever since I can remember.
And now a Barrini film.
Well, if just for the
chance of working with you.
Well, all I can say is,
there's really nothing
you can say to me
that can make me feel
any worse than I do.
All right.
All right.
But let me just tell you
one thing, Mr. Barrini.
In all those fantasies...
in all those dreams...
whether they were
daydreams or night dreams...
in cinemascope or
stereophonic sound...
in color or in
black and white...
in every single one of them...
I had my clothes on.
Miss Marie. Yes?
I'm going to ask
you one question,
and I want an honest answer.
Yes?
Is your decision at all
influenced by your fear
that you might not look
good without your clothes on?
You have got to be kidding.
"Vittorio Barrini
announced today
"that he has signed Italian star
"Christina Del Vecchio
to play Angelica
in his latest film."
Well, that would
seem to be that.
Were you still hopin' that
Barrini would change his mind
and the script?
Yeah, I guess, a little.
I know I was hoping
against hope...
and Barrini.
You know, I don't
think I've ever seen
Christina Del
Vecchio in a picture.
But I'm sure you
would've done the part
much better than she.
Thank you, Donald.
And when the picture comes out,
we'll go to see it to prove it.
When the picture comes out,
I'll go to see it to prove it.
Why?
You said you've
never seen a picture
with Christina Del Vecchio.
Why spoil your record?
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