The Bad and The Beautiful

Director Fred Amiel tells producer Harry Pebbel, referring to Jonathan Shields, "Eighteen years ago at the funeral..."
Funeral for Jonathan’s father Hugo Shields
Fred: ”One of the madmen who almost wrecked it.” (0:07)

One partier tells another, "The women goes crazy..." (0:12)

Kay tells Jonathan, "You’re crazy." (0:14)

Fred, referring to Jonathan: "Tell him he’s crazy, Kay."
Tell him I’m not: ”You’re crazy.” (0:17)

Costumer: "Don’t worry about it." (0:18)

Fred tells Jonathan, "Don’t worry." (0:24)

Lorrison’s actress daughter Georgia, referring to Lorrison, "He was a rat and a drunk."
Jonathan: ”A rat and a drunk...” (0:26)

Harry tells Jonathan, referring to a movie, "Make it and hang yourself." (0:30)

Fred answers Jonathan, referring to Lorrison’s daughter, "She was drunk." (0:31)

Harry’s secretary tells Fred, "Don’t worry so much."
Fred: ”I think I’ll stay out here and be a nervous character.” (0:35)

Georgia: "By then I’d memorized my one line." (0:40)

Jonathan plays a recording of Shakespeare: "It is a tale told by an idiot..."
Jonathan tells Georgia, referring to her father, ”He died over 10 years ago, and you’ve been holding your own private wake ever since...”
”Because he was a drunk, you’re a drunk.”
”How many times did you try to commit suicide?”
Georgia: ”The last time I tried to commit suicide was six months ago.” (0:46)

Jonathan: "Evelyn, will you tell me what it is that’s worrying you?"
Jonathan asks Georgia, ”Nervous?” (0:54)

Jonathan finds Georgia apparently intoxicated. (1:02)

Harry, by telephone: "Jonathan, have you gone crazy? Are you drunk?"
Jonathan: ”Don’t worry.” (1:06)

Jonathan tells Georgia, "I’d only depress you."
Georgia: ”... depressed... or in any of your moods...” (1:16)

Harry tells Georgia, "You were a drunk and a tramp..." (1:21)

Rosemary Bartlow: "... and don’t you worry, Mr. Shields..." (1:)30

Jonathan tells Rosemary author husband James Lee Bartlow, "... and don’t worry..." (1:33)

Jonathan tells James, referring to a character, "She’s too emotional to be able to speak." (1:39)

Jonathan, after Rosemary’s death: "Look, Jim, I’m not gonna let you brood about her. She’s dead." (1:42)

Fred tells Jim, referring to Jonathan, "... he’s habit forming." (1:45)

Narrator, referring to Jonathan, "He was patience personified." (1:48)

Jonathan, referring to himself: "... he should have shot himself."
Harry asks Jonathan, ”Are you crazy?” (1:49)

Jim tells Jonathan, "You told me once to never let a leading character feel sorry for himself."
Jime: ”It’s very comforting to feel sorry for yourself.”
Jonathan, referring to Rosemary: ”She killed herself.”
Jim punches Jonathan in the face. (1:51)

Reference in L.A. Confidential