When The Big Steal came along, Robert Mitchum had been arrested for possessing marijuana and his leading lady Lizabeth Scott already had her wardrobe. But when she found out he had to go to jail, she said, “I don’t want to do it.” So they were trying to find someone to work with him, because they wanted to go down to Mexico the next Tuesday. Well, the phone rang, and it was Howard.
“Bettejane” – he always called me Bettejane – “Bettejane, are you interested in doing this picture with Bob Mitchum?”
I said, “I’d love to, Howard. I love Bob, you know that, I worked with him and I’d love to work with him again.”
He said, “Well then, all right, but you’d have to wear Lizbeth Scott’s wardrobe. You leave next Tuesday.”
“All right.”
“You have anything else to tell me?”
I said, “No, I don’t think so.”
“You liar, you’re pregnant! You’re knocked up!”
I said, “Am I?”
“Yes!”
I said, “I didn’t know, they haven’t called me yet. I did take a test, but I haven’t gotten the result of the test yet.”
“Well, I got it, and you’re knocked up.”
from Movies Were Also Magical by Leo Verswijver
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