The seven deadly sins of Hollywood (1957)

THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS OF HOLLYWOOD "I suppose you must be pretty rich," I said. "No. I'm not rich. Not in money. But in other ways I am now." "In what ways?" "In gaining wisdom, learning not to make the same mistakes again." "What sort of mistakes?" "I won't answer that." Apart from being rich in unspecified wisdom, a little investigation reveals that Miss Hayward also has nine savings accounts and investments amounting to 250,000 dollars. When she married Jess Barker a somewhat coldblooded agreement was drawn up separating her income and property from his. It has stood up in court. Miss Hayward keeps her 47,000-dollar house and all her other possessions. She is a pretty rich girl. I said: "One hears you are a very temperamental person?" "Not in my work. But I guess I'm a schizophrenic: I'm temperamental in other ways. But I'm not playing king of the hill any more. I don't fight for parts in films as I used to. I don't have to now. But I fight for people who can't speak up for themselves." In her own early days Miss Hayward always spoke up for herself. A story is told about the time she was being tested for Scarlett O'Hara in Gone with the Wind. She was seventeen and inexperienced. At one stage Director George Cukor interrupted her reading to give her some advice. At which, young Miss Hayward snapped at the famous director: "Listen, who is doing this part, you or me?" Another director of another film who kept changing his mind was once told, "You interrupt me once more and I'll brain you." There is no doubt that she is a girl with a will of stainless steel. But even steel is subject to metal fatigue. 48