Joining Beatty at the private premiere screening Thursday night were Dustin Hoffman, who plays the character Mumbles, and Glenne Headley, who plays Tess Truehart.
"I play Tess Hammersmith, and she's a survivor, like some of my favorite people in the world," says Arnaz. "She's trying to make ends meet.
Tess Taft unfurled the Stars and Stripes, which was held by a tearful Linda Tokish.
Griffith was nominated for an Academy Award for her role as Tess McGill, the character Bullock plays.
Floods and mudslides caused by Tropical Storm Tess swamped Palawan last weekend, and Typhoon Skip worsened the situation with more rain early this week, said Lourdes Masing, Red Cross supervisor for relief.
She was to play Tess McGill, the role that brought Melanie Griffith an Academy Award nomination.
The Social Welfare Department reported at least eight people killed Saturday near Cebu, 350 miles south of Manila, during flooding caused by Tess.
Tess's father, Bing, had a traveling job and was never home.
So why do audiences cheer for her masterful connivings? Because Griffith's Tess McGill is quite the most endearing movie character in years.
Her boss is the smarmy Katharine Parker (Siguorney Weaver), who professes to be democratic but steals Tess' ideas and demeans her as much as the male superiors.
The Philippine Red Cross said about 600 people were missing on Palawan alone, after widespread flooding and landslides caused by heavy rain generated by Tess, the second of three storms to hit the country between Oct. 24 and Nov. 7.
Actress Melanie Griffith, who plays a corporate Cinderella in "Working Girl," said she quickly identified with her movie character, struggling secretary Tess McGill.
Tess is a young secretary from Staten Island who becomes a junior executive in Manhattan, and the series draws on contrasts between her home life and life in the corporate world.