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0:06[music]
0:11[music]
1:09[music]
1:15[music]
1:23[music]
1:39[music]
1:46[music]
1:48Get a load of the boss, will you?
1:52[music]
1:54What a patron of the arch.
1:57[music]
2:02[music]
2:11[music]
2:18[music]
2:27[music]
2:31[whistles]
2:45[music]
2:50[music]
2:51Mr. Lord McCartney's car.
2:54Mr. Lord McCartney's car.
3:02Grandpa, Grandpa.
3:04Ah, good evening, Alice.
3:05Gee, Mr. Hodges, you were swell.
3:07Thank you, my boy.
3:08Why didn't you tell us you were going to
3:09play a solo? Boy, when you stood up with
3:10that big orchestra, it gave me
3:11goosebumps all over just knowing you.
3:13Really? Well, it's nice of you to say
3:15so.
3:15And all that applause.
3:16Very gratifying.
3:17What did the maestro think?
3:19He seemed impressed.
3:21Funny, he didn't look so happy to me the
3:23way he kept looking around.
3:24Oh, why should he have been happy?
3:25Grandpa stole the show, didn't he?
3:27I'll say, and with nothing but a little
3:28old piccolo, too.
3:30You want to drive home with us, Grandpa?
3:31No, thank you. I prefer to stretch my
3:33legs.
3:33Oh, come on, Grandpa. We won't be doing
3:35anything up front except a little
3:37necking. Maybe you could pick up a few
3:38pointers.
3:39Young man, you paid this you to know
3:41that when I retired from that field some
3:43years ago, necking became a lost art.
3:47Good night.
3:48Good night.
3:54What got?
3:56Now I understand why grandma used to
3:57have that awfully pleased look on her
3:59face.
4:00Yeah, maybe, but times have changed.
4:03Takes more than that to make a go of
4:04marriage today.
4:05Like for instance?
4:07Like dough for instance, you dough.
4:08Yes, I know. You have a theory.
4:10It's not a theory, it's facts. I've
4:12pointed out 50 times
4:14All right. So we don't get married.
4:17Not until I'm in a financial condition
4:19to support a wife.
4:20How? In a comfortable wheelchair?
4:22Yeah, sure, if it takes that long.
4:27Could keep my job. Lots of girls do.
4:29My dear girl, as I pointed out before,
4:31this world happens to be run on certain
4:33economic principles.
4:35But Joe
4:35Unless and until a man can take care of
4:37his own wife, how can he possibly
4:38succeed in the broader world of finance?
4:40World of finance. World of finance. Who
4:42cares about that? I want to get married.
4:45Can't you understand that?
4:47M A R R I E D.
4:50Just the same, we're not getting married
4:52until I'm assistant head of the
4:54personnel department.
4:55Oh, you.
4:57You economic pighead. Good night.
5:01Hey, where you going?
5:02Anywhere you're not.
5:04All right, go ahead. Walk.
5:08See if I care.
5:15You know I'm right about not getting
5:17married now, don't you, grandpa?
5:19Young man, kindly not address me by that
5:21loathsome word, grandpa. I am not your
5:23fertile ancestor, and judging from
5:25Alice's remarks last night, I'm not
5:27likely to be anytime soon, even by
5:30indirection.
5:34Hello, my boy. If you want my candid
5:37opinion, I don't believe the biological
5:38urge, which you both appear to be
5:40suffering so acutely, gives a hoot
5:43whether you're assistant head of
5:44personnel or not.
5:54Morning, Dick, my boy.
5:55Good morning, John.
6:07How do you do, John R?
6:13How do you do, Gladys?
6:18No.
6:18Marino, Joe.
6:19Oh, no.
6:21By the eternal, no.
6:34Grandpa, you're late.
6:36Yeah.
6:42What kept you, Dad?
6:44Gladys.
6:49Well, for goodness' sake, it's about
6:51time. Come on, everybody. I don't want
6:52to be out in that kitchen all night.
6:58You're usually the first one home,
6:59Grandpa. What you been doing with
7:01yourself? Playing the piccolo someplace?
7:04I had to see the shop foreman.
7:06I was fired today.
7:08You fired?
7:09Retired, I think they call it.
7:12What for? What have you done?
7:13Nothing, Della. Only it seems the policy
7:15of the company not to employ people over
7:1765.
7:18Oh, Grandpa, I'm sorry.
7:20Thank you, my dear.
7:22How do you like that? Fired just because
7:24you're 65.
7:25Hey, you really 65, Grandpa?
7:28My, how time flies.
7:31Boy, has this been a wonderful day.
7:33First, I get pains in the stomach. When
7:34I get home, I find my father's been
7:36fired.
7:37Well, eat your soup before it gets cold.
7:39I don't feel like soup.
7:41What's wrong with it? Not enough salt?
7:42Not enough salt, not enough anything. I
7:44tell you if it rains tomorrow, I'll go
7:45nuts.
7:46Who said anything about rain? The
7:47weatherman?
7:48Yes, sir. That's all we need now. For it
7:50to rain and for me to catch pneumonia.
7:52Go on. How can you get pneumonia? You
7:54haven't even got a cold.
7:55Pneumonia happens to be an occupational
7:57disease with sign painters. Everybody
7:58knows that. You stand on a ladder
8:00painting names on store windows. It
8:02starts raining. You get wet. Along comes
8:04a breeze.
8:06There, you see what I mean? Pneumonia.
8:08Pneumonia, just because you sneezed
8:10once. What's wrong with you? Cramps?
8:14Or don't you like my soup, either?
8:16I assure you, my action has nothing to
8:18do with the quality of your food, Della.
8:20I'm just not hungry.
8:22So, if you'll excuse me.
8:24Look, if certain people around here
8:26don't like the way I cook, just let them
8:29say so. After all, I would like to
8:31remind you that I was not raised to be a
8:33cook. I happen to be a singer, in case
8:36you forgotten. Before I married your
8:38son, I never even had my hands in
8:40dishwater.
8:41Mother, nobody's talking about your
8:42cooking.
8:43No, but they're thinking about it. The
8:45first thing you know, somebody will
8:46remind me that I came from Brooklyn.
8:49But first, I would like to remind them
8:51that some of the finest people in the
8:53world have come from Brooklyn.
8:55Yes, and while we're on the subject, I
8:57would like to say that there is no
8:59telling how far I might have gone if I
9:01hadn't thrown away my CAREER FOR THE
9:04[music]
9:05OH, FOR GOODNESS' SAKE.
9:08NOW, look what's happened.
9:09Poor Grandpa.
9:13I wonder I have any appetite left.
9:16First, Grandpa gets fired, then you
9:17sneeze, then the piccolo.
9:20All we need around here is a great big
9:21shiny pipe organ.
9:32Want to be kissed.
9:36I can't resist.
9:39You are temptation
9:42and I am yours.
9:46Oh, good morning, Grandpa.
9:47Good morning, Della.
9:48What you doing up so early? I thought
9:50you'd sleep till 10:00.
9:52I'm not sleepy.
9:54Take my advice. Sleep when you can.
9:57You want some coffee?
9:58Yes, thanks.
10:00Only do me a favor, Grandpa. Don't sleep
10:03too late.
10:04Yours is the first room I clean.
10:06I assure you, Della, I have no intention
10:08of sleeping late.
10:10Thanks.
10:12Say, by the way, what are you going to
10:14do with yourself all day now that you're
10:1665?
10:18I don't know.
10:20I'll go to the movies, I suppose.
10:23There's a swell double bill at the
10:25Rialto.
10:28Or maybe you could go up to the park and
10:29play checkers with those other old men.
10:31Oh.
10:33What's so bad about that?
10:36Personally, when I think of the drudgery
10:38I go through day by day, I can't wait to
10:41get to be your age
10:43so I can live out my life with dignity.
10:46Dignity can be a very empty feeling,
10:48Della.
10:49Yeah, well, you can get used to it. Like
10:51me with the cooking.
10:54Hey.
10:56I just thought of something.
10:59With you not working, you won't be
11:01bringing any money in.
11:03I'm afraid not.
11:05Well, if you'll pardon my saying so,
11:07Grandpa, that's
11:09going to be quite a blow.
11:11Financially speaking, I mean.
11:13I expect so.
11:14Yeah, especially with the way prices are
11:16going up these days.
11:18Yesterday, I went in to buy a soup bone.
11:22Just a common, ordinary soup bone.
11:25"78 cents," he says.
11:27"78 cents," I says to him, "You used to
11:29throw them in for nothing." "Not no
11:31more," he says. 78 cents.
11:34That'll give you faint idea.
11:36Soup bones.
11:3778 cents.
11:41[music]
11:51[music]
12:01[music]
12:06[music]
12:10So, what happened then?
12:12So, what happened? So, she picked up my
12:14hat and [music] threw it at me.
12:15Hit you?
12:16Right in the mouth. "Get out of the
12:18house!" she yelled. "I got enough to do
12:21without you getting in my way all the
12:23time."
12:24[music]
12:2420 years ago, I'd have thrown her out of
12:26the window for that.
12:28I'm a Hungarian.
12:30Consolidated Motors.
12:32Consolidated Motors?
12:35What's Consolidated Motors got to do
12:37with it? That's what I'd like to know.
12:38Yes, in the public park and in regards
12:40Never mind. Don't answer. I'll find out
12:43myself.
12:45[music]
12:53Now, this is the procedure I'd like you
12:54to follow in all cases. We'll put the
12:56letter on the automatic [music]
12:57typewriter, but leave the last paragraph
13:00Young man, what has Consolidated Motors
13:03got to do with Acme Printing Services?
13:04Grandpa, what are you doing here?
13:06Never mind the salutations. Look at
13:07this. It says I've been fired because
13:10it's the policy of Consolidated Motors
13:12and its subsidiaries not to hire men
13:14over 65.
13:16I want to know what in thunder
13:18Consolidated Motors has to do with it.
13:20Search me.
13:22Hey Erickson.
13:24This is my girl's grandfather, uh Mr.
13:25Hodges. He'd like to know what
13:27Consolidated Motors has to do with our
13:2865-year-old retirement rule.
13:30Why, it's really very simple, Mr.
13:31Hodges. If you'll just step this way for
13:33a moment. Pardon me, Mr.
13:36[music]
13:43Now, we of the Acme Printing Services
13:46are a subsidiary of the Bessemer
13:47Publishing Services, whose stock is
13:49owned by the Simpson Iron Foundry, which
13:51recently merged with the McCullough Nut
13:52and Bolt Company, whose parent
13:54organization is, of course, United
13:56Hardware. The director of which is
13:57interlocked with Brotherton Steel, a
13:59subsidiary of Consolidated Motors. Does
14:01that answer your question, Mr. Hodges?
14:03Yes, but I must say it seems a little
14:05complicated.
14:05Uh big business. Now, if you'll excuse
14:07me
14:07Just a moment, young man.
14:09You suppose if I went to Consolidated
14:10Motors, I might get them to change such
14:12an absurd policy?
14:14Why, Mr. Hodges, you don't mean you'd
14:16seriously consider going to Consolidated
14:18Motors about such a policy?
14:19I'd seriously consider going to the
14:21North Pole by a dog sled in the heart of
14:23winter if I thought I could get my job
14:25back.
14:27I certainly wouldn't advise a trip to
14:29Consolidated Motors, Mr. Hodges. Even if
14:31you got an appointment, which is very
14:32unlikely, I don't see how Consolidated
14:35Motors could change its whole employment
14:36policy involving several hundred
14:39thousand people just to please you.
14:40Now, wait a minute, Erickson. Maybe you
14:43could just write a letter to the
14:44president of Consolidated Motors. Tell
14:46him how you feel. Tell him that
14:47What's his name?
14:48Whose name?
14:49The president of Consolidated Motors.
14:52I don't know. Sloan, Stone, uh Ross
14:55Do you know, Mr. Erickson?
14:57No, but I'll find out.
14:59Uh Mr. Benson, who's president of
15:00Consolidated Motors?
15:02The president of what?
15:03The president of Consolidated Motors.
15:05You got me. Why?
15:06Never mind. I'll call Mr. Gallagher's
15:08office.
15:10Mr. Gallagher is vice president in
15:11charge of personnel.
15:13Yeah?
15:15Uh pardon me, Mr. Gallagher. Erickson
15:17speaking. Uh do you happen to know who's
15:18president of Consolidated Motors?
15:20Uh used to be Newton. No, he was
15:22president of
15:23Anyhow, listen, I'm busy.
15:24Yes, Mr. Gallagher. I thank you, sir.
15:27Mr. Gallagher doesn't know, either.
15:29Amazing. Absolutely amazing.
15:32Here's one of the most important men in
15:33America. A veritable giant of industry.
15:36One of the powers behind the producing
15:38genius that is America.
15:41A man whose decisions affect millions of
15:43people.
15:44Yet, nobody even knows his name.
15:47Fairless. That's it. Fairless. He's
15:49president of US Steel.
15:51Oh.
15:52Thank you, gentlemen. You've been a
15:54great help.
15:56Good day.
16:02Here it is. I found it. Consolidated
16:05Motors. Look. Harold P. Cleveland,
16:07president.
16:08Congratulations, miss. Whether you're
16:10aware of it or not, you have just solved
16:12one of the great mysteries of the age.
16:21Listen to him. Since 11:00 this morning,
16:24it's been like this.
16:26That means he's thinking.
16:28Don't have to think on the piccolo, does
16:30he?
16:57Oh, good morning, Mr. McKinley.
16:58Good morning, Harriet. Bring in your
17:00book and the mail.
17:01Yes, Mr. McKinley.
17:12Well, what have we got for today?
17:1411:00 appointment with Mr. Gallagher,
17:16personnel. 1:00 luncheon with a
17:18representative of the Blake Bell Paper
17:20Company.
17:20I'd like some coffee, dear.
17:22Yes, Mr. McKinley.
17:24Then there's your tailor, the barber,
17:26the man about those shirts you ordered,
17:27and don't forget your pills.
17:29What the devil is this?
17:31I don't know, sir. I didn't have time to
17:32open it.
17:33Yes, Mr. McKinley.
17:34Listen, Gallagher. I just got a letter
17:36from the executive secretary of
17:37Consolidated Motors advising me that
17:39Harold P. Cleveland, president of
17:41Consolidated Motors, will be in town
17:42Tuesday. Will I please show him every
17:44possible courtesy? Now, what the devil
17:46is this all about?
17:47I don't know. Beats me.
17:49Get Herbert in New York.
17:51Well, if you don't mind, I don't like
17:52it. What the devil does the president of
17:54Consolidated Motors want to come around
17:55here for?
17:56Maybe he's just passing through.
17:58Okay, but will you please tell me what
17:59the devil this is all about?
18:02Have you ever heard of this bird before?
18:04Not that I recall. Hello, Mr. Herbert.
18:06Just a moment. Mr. McKinley calling.
18:09Hello, Herbert.
18:10Listen.
18:11I just got a letter saying the president
18:13of Consolidated Motors is coming up here
18:15to inspect my plant next week. I'd like
18:17to know why all of a sudden is
18:19Consolidated Motors fishing around my
18:20place.
18:23Well, maybe it is just a goodwill tour,
18:24but I don't like goodwill tours. So, do
18:26me a favor. Get a hold of whoever you
18:27can and find out if there's been a
18:28change in Consolidated Motors policy
18:30toward its subsidiaries. Maybe they've
18:32decided to quit printing. Make more cars
18:34or something.
18:36Okay. Call me back.
18:38I want every executive in the conference
18:40room at 10:30. And cancel Gallagher.
18:42Yes, Mr. McKinley.
18:46I want three copies of this as soon as
18:47you can.
18:48Yes, Mr. McKinley.
18:49Listen, gentlemen. The president of
18:50Consolidated Motors is coming here next
18:52Tuesday to inspect our plant personally.
18:54I don't mind telling you I don't like a
18:55lot of big shots sticking their noses in
18:57my business.
18:58How do we know they haven't decided to
19:00convert this place into an assembly line
19:01for automobiles or washing machines? And
19:04remember, you fellows are in this just
19:06as deep as I am. Your very jobs may
19:08depend upon it. As I see it, our only
19:10hope is to make a good impression. I'd
19:11like to see some drawn looks on your
19:13faces as if you've been working overtime
19:14for months and I'd like to see this
19:15place really humming. That's all.
19:17Gallagher. How about that trouble we've
19:19been having with the bookbinders local?
19:21Oh, we've got at least a month before
19:22any decisive action will be taken on
19:23that, Mr. McKinley.
19:24Well, never mind how much time we've
19:25got. I'd like to strike a note of accord
19:26in time for the inspection. Give an
19:28impression of a smoothly functioning
19:29factory full of happy employees. Now,
19:31what do they want?
19:32Another restroom on the second floor.
19:33Okay, get it installed immediately. I'm
19:35not letting our relations with
19:36Consolidated Motors be disrupted over
19:38some bookbinders comfort. Uh Harriet,
19:41uh who's head of the program committee
19:42at the Chamber of Commerce?
19:43Arnold Willoughby.
19:44I want to talk to him on the phone.
19:46Hello.
19:47And then
19:48get my wife, dear.
19:57What does he look like?
19:58Why, he's Great Guns, don't you know?
20:00I never saw him in my life.
20:02Well, of all the idiotic things. A big
20:04man like Mr. Cleveland, a man who
20:06the president of Consolidated Motors.
20:13[music]
20:22[music]
20:24Hold me.
20:28[music]
20:32Ah, Mr. McKinley, what a pleasant
20:34surprise to find you here. I hadn't
20:35anticipated such a welcome.
20:37You're you're Cleveland.
20:39Harold P.
20:40Cleveland.
20:40Well, well, how do you do, Mr.
20:41Cleveland? This is indeed a great honor.
20:43Thank you.
20:43May I present my associate?
20:45Oh, I recognize Mr. Saltonstall and Mr.
20:47Gallagher, too.
20:49I'm glad to see you, gentlemen.
20:50How did you know?
20:51Well, I make it a practice to
20:53familiarize myself with all my
20:54associates and employees.
20:57Shall we go?
20:57Yes, of course. My car's outside. Take
20:59Mr. Cleveland's briefcase.
21:00Oh, no, no, thank you. I can manage
21:02myself.
21:24Any special department you'd like to
21:26inspect, Mr. Cleveland?
21:27We'll start with the hand press
21:28department and the composing room.
21:29Afterwards, I'd like a word with your
21:30executive.
21:31Yes, indeed. I've already issued orders
21:33for all our executives to place
21:34themselves at your disposal.
21:35Splendid.
21:36Mr. Cleveland, may I ask, is there any
21:38special significance to your visit?
21:40Special significance? Not at all. It's
21:42only a routine inspection tour.
21:52[music]
22:04[music]
22:12[music]
22:15That about cover them, Mr. Cleveland?
22:17Unless, of course, you'd be interested
22:18in inspecting our personnel department.
22:19I think I've seen all that's necessary.
22:24[music]
22:29[music]
22:36[music]
22:38Here we are, Mr. Cleveland. This is our
22:39conference room.
22:40What's the matter?
22:41Come in, gentlemen.
22:42Well, I'll be a
22:45Do you know who that was?
22:45Why, sure. The president of Consolidated
22:47Motors.
22:47The president of Consolidated Motors? My
22:49hind foot. That was John Hodges.
22:52Who?
22:52John Hodges of our hand press
22:54department. My girl's grandfather.
22:56Your girl's what?
22:57Grandfather. Didn't you see him wink at
22:59me?
22:59I certainly not. What are you talking
23:00about?
23:01About John Hodges. You know, the old guy
23:03who came in the other day and asked us
23:04the name of the president of
23:05Consolidated Motors.
23:06Yes, but what about him?
23:08That's him in there. Only everybody
23:10thinks he's the president of
23:11Consolidated Motors.
23:15Really, Elliot, you ought to see a
23:16doctor or something. Why in the world
23:18would an important man like Mr. McKinley
23:20be wasting his time with somebody from
23:21his own hand press department?
23:24Sometimes, Elliot, you're a very stupid
23:26man.
23:30Gentlemen, I'll tell you why I wanted to
23:32visit your plant. As a young man, I had
23:35great admiration for the art of
23:37printing.
23:38I still have that feeling.
23:40But in all frankness, I must tell you
23:41that I've been keenly disappointed with
23:43what I have seen here today.
23:46Well,
23:47you've got this place running like an
23:48automobile factory, and that's downright
23:51foolish.
23:52Not one single white-haired man did I
23:55see on the job. Where, I ask myself,
23:58where are those men? Those artisans.
24:01Yes. Those artists whose love of their
24:04craft has been handed down from
24:05generation to generation.
24:07Got that, Harriet?
24:07Yes, sir.
24:09Now, I know it's the policy of
24:10Consolidated Motors not to hire people
24:1265 years of age or over.
24:15Perhaps the labor technique of putting
24:17an automobile together requires youth
24:18rather than experience, but for the life
24:20of me, I don't see how such an asinine
24:23policy,
24:24and I use the word asinine advisedly,
24:27can apply to the art of printing.
24:29My suggestion, Mr. McKinley,
24:31is that you forget about the age
24:32requirements of our assembly lines and
24:35bring back the experienced craftsmen who
24:37honor your trade immediately.
24:40Harriet, take a memo to all our
24:41executives.
24:42As of today, our employment policy is no
24:44longer governed by the 65-year age
24:46level.
24:48All employees who have been retired for
24:50that reason during the past year are to
24:51be notified immediately that their jobs
24:53are open, provided they wish to return
24:55to work.
24:56Uh thank you, gentlemen. Now, if excuse
24:57me, I have a train to catch.
24:59But, Mr. Cleveland, you you you can't
25:00leave just yet. I've arranged a luncheon
25:02in your honor at the Chamber of
25:04Commerce.
25:04What?
25:05And I've even taken the liberty of
25:06engaging a suite for you at the
25:08Commodore. And my wife is expecting you
25:10for dinner tonight. I I'd never live it
25:12down if you didn't show up.
25:13Well, in that case, why not?
25:16Thank you, Mr. Cleveland. This way,
25:17please.
25:18Pardon me, Mr. Cleveland, but wouldn't
25:19you like me to send you a copy of your
25:20speech?
25:21Oh, thank you, young lady. I don't think
25:22it's necessary. I'm sure my suggestions
25:24are going to be carried out.
25:26Oh, yes. Yes, indeed, Mr. Cleveland.
25:27Well, anyhow, Mr. Cleveland, I want you
25:29to know I think your speech was grand. I
25:31felt real honored just to hear it.
25:34Oh, no, my dear. It's I who've been
25:36honored.
25:37Good day.
25:39for men of mature experience.
25:42Is he Is he still in there?
25:43Who?
25:44John I mean, Mr. Cleveland.
25:46Yes, he's speaking now. Wait a minute,
25:48you can't go in. Only members
25:50But, I got to go in. I got to find out
25:51if
25:52But, YOU CAN'T!
25:53[applause]
25:56TODAY, I HEAR A GREAT DEAL OF TALK IN
25:57THIS country about the dangers of
25:59inflation, which may lead to another
26:01economic depression.
26:03In a society as complicated and delicate
26:05as ours, we must leave no stone unturned
26:08in our search for stability. And in
26:11these old and expert men of 65 and over,
26:15there is a great fund of stability.
26:23I can best illustrate this, gentlemen,
26:26when I regard mass production and its
26:28subsequent benefits to our higher
26:29standard of living as a two-edged sword.
26:33What are we sacrificing in this frantic
26:36chase for comfort? Well, for one thing,
26:39we're sacrificing
26:41those simple dignities of life
26:44which have helped make ours the greatest
26:46productive nation on Earth.
26:52[applause]
26:53Then I ask you, I think that security
26:55and comforts are wonderful things.
26:57I'm all for social security.
27:00But in all our quest for this security,
27:02let us not lose sight of those things
27:04which have made this a great nation.
27:06Let us not forget that our economic
27:09strength depends basically on one thing,
27:13individual initiative. We here in
27:16America have a great tradition to
27:18uphold.
27:19A tradition of hard work.
27:21A tradition of opportunity.
27:23A tradition that every man may go just
27:26as far up the ladder of success as he
27:29individually is capable of going.
27:32A tradition that no in government, in
27:34industry, anywhere
27:37can tell him what he can do and what he
27:39can't do.
27:41When he can work
27:42and when he can't.
27:48[applause]
27:49And all earnest, I tell you, gentlemen,
27:52that just so long as our workers can go
27:55to their jobs with the same fervor and
27:59self-respect that they go to their
28:02wives,
28:03will we be able to fight off the threats
28:06of inflation and avoid the pitfalls of
28:09depression.
28:11I thank you.
28:28Mr. Cleaver, may I have your autograph?
28:30Oh, would you like it?
28:32Oh, I'm sorry. I'm not permitted to sign
28:34autographs. Company policy, you know.
28:36Congratulations, Mr. Cleaver.
28:56Well, it's about time. Oh, it's you.
28:58Where is he?
28:59Where is who?
29:00Mr. Hodges, your grandfather.
29:01Oh, [music] why?
29:02Look at this.
29:06See, I'm Prexy. Says human dignity will
29:08beat inflation.
29:10What's that got to do with us?
29:11Look at it.
29:13Look at it good.
29:14Who's picture is that?
29:15Says he's Prexy as CM, whatever that
29:17means.
29:18That's what it says, but it's him, Mr.
29:20Hodges, your old man.
29:21Dad, are you crazy?
29:24Look, I'm not blind. My eyes are good
29:26enough for the Air Corps, and I'm
29:27telling you that's Mr. Hodges. I saw him
29:29today with my own eyes.
29:31Oh, for heaven's sake, Joe, sit [music]
29:32down and stop being ridiculous. What in
29:34the world would Grandpa be doing at a
29:35Chamber of Commerce luncheon?
29:37Just look at the picture. That's all I
29:38ask, just look at it.
29:40That could be a picture of anybody.
29:42Far as I can see, the only resemblance
29:44is they both got whiskers, [music] not
29:46even the same color whiskers.
29:47But I'm telling you he winked at me.
29:50Joe, look at me. Look me in the eye.
29:52[music]
29:53Have you been drinking?
29:55Drinking?
29:56I
29:57[music]
29:57I who think of nothing but success 24
29:59hours a day drinking? Well, I like that.
30:02But I'll tell you one thing, I'm going
30:03to get cockeyed tonight if somebody
30:05doesn't start believing me.
30:06Oh boy, what a house this is. First, we
30:09get a piccolo player. [music]
30:11Then we get a fellow who sneezes just
30:12once, and all of a sudden he's in a
30:14hospital for an occupational disease.
30:16[music] And now we got a lunatic on our
30:18hands who starts seeing things in
30:19newspapers.
30:21By George, this Cleveland makes sense.
30:22I'm going to save this. I want Dad to
30:25read it.
30:25Read it? He said it.
30:27Joe, please.
30:29So, you think I'm drunk?
30:30Well, what else am I to think when you
30:31come bursting in here screaming that
30:33Grandpa's president of Consolidated
30:35Motors?
30:35Okay. Okay, I'm I'm a liar. I'm drunk. I
30:38don't know what I'm saying.
30:40But I'm telling you I saw him today and
30:42he winked at me.
30:44Good evening everybody. There's good
30:45news tonight. This afternoon Harold P.
30:47Cleveland, president of Consolidated
30:48Motors, offered a confused world the
30:50best recipe to beat inflation and
30:51continue prosperity that this
30:53commentator has heard.
30:54Yes, sir.
30:56winked at me
30:57[music]
31:00Have you already mixed the martinis?
31:02Yes, madam.
31:03My husband likes them very dry.
31:05I understand that, madam.
31:05He also likes them served immediately
31:07after he comes in.
31:08Yes, madam.
31:08Well, that may be he now. Why should he
31:10ring in the bell?
31:11Shall I go and see, madam?
31:12Please.
31:13[music]
31:14Willie
31:15Huh?
31:15Turn that thing off.
31:17Okay.
31:22Good evening.
31:23Good evening.
31:24Who shall I say is calling, sir?
31:26Me.
31:27Mr. McKinley. I live here.
31:29I beg your pardon, sir. You'll find Mrs.
31:31McKinley in the drawing room.
31:34New butler. I tell you the servant
31:36problem today
31:36Yes, I know. I've been having trouble
31:38with my cook lately, too.
31:41Lucille, this is Mr. Cleveland. Mr.
31:44Cleveland, my wife.
31:45How do you do, Mr. Cleveland? It was
31:46nice of you to come.
31:47Thank you. It was nice of you to have
31:49me.
31:50Come on, meet him. But listen, do me a
31:51favor just for tonight and spare us any
31:54of your political philosophy.
31:55Okay. Okay.
31:57Mr. Cleveland, this is our son, Willie.
31:59Good evening, young man.
32:00Hello, Mr. Cleveland. Hey, we were
32:02studying economics the other day and I
32:04saw a picture of you, but you don't look
32:05a thing like you
32:06Willie.
32:07Yes, sir.
32:08My husband likes martinis, Mr.
32:10Cleveland, but if you prefer something
32:11else
32:12Not at all. My favorite beverage.
32:13Is dry?
32:14Yes, Louis. Very dry.
32:15A four to one, sir.
32:17Here's to Consolidated Motors.
32:18Well, thank you. But if you don't mind,
32:20I'd rather drink to a lovely lady.
32:23Thank you.
32:28I'll take the tray.
32:29Yes, sir.
32:29What class are you in, young man?
32:3110th.
32:32On the football team?
32:33Well, kind of.
32:35A kind of.
32:36Oh, so that's the way it is. I used to
32:38be a bench sitter myself. How about a
32:40little refill, Mr. Clifton?
32:42Thank you. A wee modicum, perhaps?
32:43I thought we'd have dinner at home
32:45tonight, just family style. After that,
32:47if you like, I thought we three might
32:49run out to the country club for a little
32:50while.
32:50The country club?
32:51I'd like you to see it. It's brand new
32:53and not half bad. Most of my executives
32:55belong. Got a great little golf course.
32:57What do you say?
32:58Well, I'd be delighted. That is, if Mrs.
32:59McKinley
33:00Oh, I'd like it very much. Very much
33:02indeed.
33:04[music]
33:12[music]
33:17By Joe, I want to dance. I haven't
33:19danced in 25 years, at least. Suddenly,
33:22I want to dance.
33:23May I have this dance?
33:25Of course.
33:26You mind?
33:26Not at all. Go right ahead.
33:29[music]
33:35What kind of barbaric music is this?
33:37It's the rumba.
33:38Well, for one moment, I had the wild
33:40illusion it was the bunny hug.
33:42[music]
33:47[music]
33:54[music]
34:03[music]
34:11[music]
34:12Let's get out of here.
34:13Why? We just got here.
34:14Look, it's to McKinley.
34:16Mr. McKinley?
34:20[music]
34:25[music]
34:38Well, you two must enjoy dancing.
34:40Your wife happens to be a very beautiful
34:41dancer, Mr. McKinley.
34:42Yeah. Well, for myself, I think it's a
34:44waste of time. Look, if you don't mind,
34:46I'll run along. I've got some papers to
34:48go through.
34:48Well, perhaps we'd all be
34:49Oh, no. You two stay here and enjoy
34:51yourselves. I'll send the car back.
34:52Oh, don't bother. We'll get a taxi.
34:54No bother. My driver's used to waiting.
34:56I'd prefer a taxi, Lewis.
34:58Okay.
34:59Good night, Mr. Cleveland.
35:00Good night and thank you for a wonderful
35:01evening.
35:02Glad you liked it. We'll have to do this
35:03sort of thing again.
35:04Yes, indeed. I'd like that very much. By
35:06the way, before you go, there's just one
35:08thought that I'd like to leave with you,
35:10Mr. McKinley. Just a bit of my personal
35:12philosophy. I like a man who works and
35:15works hard. But that's not enough. A man
35:17ought to play and play hard, too.
35:20I have an idea that you don't play
35:22enough, Mr. McKinley.
35:24That's very sound advice, Mr. Cleveland.
35:26I'll take care of that in the future.
35:27Good night.
35:28Good night.
35:34[music]
35:43[music]
35:53[music]
35:58[music]
36:05[music]
36:14[music]
36:21[music]
36:24Do you mind if we get out here? It's
36:26only a little way, but I can't bear to
36:27go in yet.
36:29Pull up here. We'll walk the rest of the
36:30way.
36:32[music]
36:42Just wait for me, please.
36:47[music]
36:50You think I'm silly, don't you?
36:52On the contrary, I think it was a
36:53charming idea.
36:56You'll never know how much this evening
36:58has meant to me.
36:59[music]
36:59You don't go dancing often, I take it.
37:02I never go dancing.
37:05Do you and your wife?
37:07[music]
37:07My wife died 25 years ago.
37:10Oh.
37:11That's why you said you hadn't danced in
37:1325 years at least.
37:15I haven't done much of anything
37:17since then except work. [music]
37:19You
37:21loved her very much, of course.
37:23Of course.
37:25People don't love each other like that
37:26anymore.
37:27No. [music] Life's become too
37:29complicated.
37:30Young men these days are afraid to marry
37:33until they can offer their wives all the
37:35frills of security [music]
37:36and comfort.
37:41I don't think it was that way with us.
37:44I loved my wife.
37:46I loved my work.
37:49Life somehow just went on with a sort of
37:51simple grace.
37:54[music]
38:00Are you leaving tomorrow?
38:01Unfortunately, very early tomorrow.
38:05[music]
38:09Sorry. I
38:10I don't know what's the [music] matter
38:11with me.
38:12I've been so happy tonight.
38:14So really happy.
38:16It's been so long.
38:19Goodnight.
38:20Goodnight. [music]
38:27[music]
38:34[music]
38:37Listen, don't give me that he wanted to
38:39talk business routine. Funny, but every
38:41time I want to talk business, you're
38:42always too busy.
38:43But it's true, Mr. McKinley. You know,
38:45as a rule, I never mix business and
38:46pleasure. I only thought that Mr.
38:48Gallagher and I could take some of the
38:49office burdens off your shoulders.
38:51Office burdens? Well, well, that that's
38:53a new one. And another thing, since when
38:55do you have to dress up like that for a
38:56business conference?
38:58Okay.
38:59Tell Gallagher I'll take up this matter
39:01with him in the [music] morning.
39:02Good night.
39:06You two must have closed up the joint.
39:13By George, you're really a good-looking
39:15woman, Lucille.
39:17[music]
39:18And did he go for you?
39:19Couldn't take his eyes off you.
39:23What did you do after I [music] left?
39:25Louis,
39:28I want a divorce.
39:31What?
39:33Do you love me, Louis?
39:36What the devil has that got to do with
39:37it?
39:37Answer me. Do you?
39:41Well, how do you like that?
39:43She meets a guy one night, and right
39:45away she starts yapping about do I love
39:47her?
39:47What's the matter? Isn't my money good
39:49enough for you anymore?
39:51[music]
39:51Haven't I supported you in the style to
39:53which you're accustomed? Yeah, and your
39:54whole family, too, for 20 years.
39:57You don't understand. [music]
39:59You've never understood.
40:00Oh, yes, I do. I understand, all right.
40:02It's you that's cockeyed, but you're not
40:03going to get away with it. So, you might
40:05as well get any tomfool ideas about
40:06divorce right out of your head.
40:08Please,
40:10let's not argue about it.
40:12We've been married 20 [music] years.
40:15Sounds kind of silly to be talking this
40:16way after 20 years, doesn't it?
40:18I'm sorry it's turned out so badly,
40:21but I've been so miserable.
40:23Not so fast. I want to know what
40:24happened tonight.
40:25I told you nothing happened.
40:27Don't give me that. What happened?
40:30It's
40:32It's just that [music] tonight for the
40:33first time in years
40:35I've known what it's like to be admired
40:37and respected, to be treated the way a
40:39woman wants to be treated.
40:42I know you think it's silly,
40:44but it's true.
40:46Just
40:47once more before I turn the corner,
40:51I want to know what love is.
40:53Well, that's just great.
40:55That's just wonderful. You know a man 20
40:57minutes and it's love in bloom.
41:00Oh, I realize I'll probably [music]
41:01never see him again,
41:04but I can go on the rest of my life
41:06just dreaming about tonight. [music]
41:09Well, how do you like that?
41:11We've been married 20 years
41:14and now you're in love.
41:17[music]
41:23[music]
41:35[music]
41:39You know, that looks nice.
41:41Only $20 down?
41:43Yeah, but with the present credit system
41:44in this country, controls [music] and
41:46all that.
41:46Joe,
41:47we're talking about a bedroom suite.
41:51[music]
41:52My my, Absolom.
41:55The proxy of CM.
41:58So, I'm crazy, am I? I'm drunk. Look at
42:00him.
42:00Grandpa, your beard.
42:04Dad.
42:05Look, Mr. [music] Hodges, before you say
42:06a word, will you do me a favor? Will you
42:08tell these people who this
42:09Dad, what have you done to yourself?
42:11What happened?
42:11You stay out of this. I want to get this
42:13matter settled first, once and for all.
42:15Are you or are you not the president of
42:17Consolidated Motors?
42:18My boy, you've no idea what I am.
42:21There. There, you see? I told you so,
42:23but nobody believed me. Oh, no.
42:25But why, Grandpa? Why did you do it?
42:27I wanted my job back.
42:29And just for that, you go out and
42:31pretend you're president of Consolidated
42:33Motors?
42:33I didn't count on it getting so
42:35involved, Ella. I thought I'd just
42:37establish a new hiring policy and then
42:39come home.
42:39You didn't count on it getting so
42:41involved. Boy, that's a good one. Get a
42:44load of this.
42:45Oh, an atrocious picture. You'd think
42:47with all the photographers there are in
42:48this town, at least one would have got
42:50me in focus.
42:51I give up. Honestly, I give up. My own
42:53father.
42:54Uh pardon me for asking, Grandpa, but
42:56what happens tomorrow when the real
42:58president of Consolidated Motors finds
43:00out he made a speech today?
43:01I'm sure I don't know, Della, but I must
43:03say it reads like a very good speech.
43:06I'll tell you what's going to happen.
43:07This is what's called confidence work,
43:09like selling phony stock. You can get 5
43:11years in jail for this sort of thing.
43:13Really so much?
43:15Personally, I give them 24 hours before
43:17they put you in jail. Unless, of course,
43:19you turn yourself in. That way, they
43:20might be a little more lenient.
43:21I was in a show once where this fellow
43:23pretends he's somebody else, only he
43:25ain't.
43:26Oh boy, what they did to him.
43:28Holy smoke, I just thought of something.
43:30That jerk Harrison. I told him about it,
43:33and he's just the sort of heel that'll
43:34turn you in because he knows he'll
43:35probably get a promotion for it.
43:38Just my luck. He turns you in, and they
43:40make him assistant head of personnel.
43:42You hear about that?
43:44He'd turn his own mother in to get that
43:45promotion. He's that type.
43:46Well then, why don't you turn him in?
43:48Why should that other jerk get all the
43:50credit?
43:51I couldn't do a thing like that.
43:52Oh, don't be so noble all of a sudden.
43:54You want to marry Alice, don't you?
43:55Well, yes, but
43:56Yeah, and you can't or you won't till
43:57you get that promotion.
43:59No, but that's
43:59There's no buts about it. This is your
44:01big chance.
44:02I can't do a thing like that, Mrs.
44:04Hodges. Why, if it weren't for him, I'd
44:05never even have known Alice.
44:07Somebody's going to turn him in.
44:09Not me.
44:10Listen, Grandpa, will you tell Rover boy
44:13here that he ain't putting you behind
44:14the eight ball if he turns you in?
44:16Joseph age, he can make his own
44:18decisions.
44:19I've already made my decisions. I'm not
44:21going to do it.
44:22Well, for goodness sake, why not?
44:24You've all accused me of being just a
44:25man of facts and figures and economics.
44:27Well, you're wrong. I'm also a man of
44:29heart and blood and soul, and I'm not
44:32going to do it.
44:33I've got principles.
44:35Joe.
44:37Well, how do you like that?
44:39After all the time he spent hanging
44:41around this house, all of a sudden he's
44:43got principles.
44:44Goodnight, all.
44:46You're really a wonderful person,
44:47[music] Joe.
44:48Oh, she was nuts even if she is your
44:49mother.
44:52In this awful world where
44:53[music]
44:53everybody's cutting everybody else's
44:55throat,
44:56you still have some decency left. I'm
44:58proud of [music] you, Joe.
44:59Yeah.
44:59You have real dignity.
45:02Yeah.
45:05I love you, Joe.
45:08[music]
45:13[music]
45:46Come in.
45:49Grandpa, I just made a wonderful
45:51discovery.
45:51Really?
45:53I just realized that you are a great
45:55man.
45:55Haha.
45:57I guess I'm beginning to grow up at
45:58last, Grandpa. To understand things.
46:00What kind of things, my dear?
46:02Dignity. That's the word, dignity. All
46:05of a sudden it came to me like a flash
46:06of lightning that there's nothing so
46:09important as a person's own dignity.
46:11It's more important than maintaining a
46:13high standard of living or or even being
46:15assistant to the head of some old
46:17department.
46:18And that's what this was all about,
46:20wasn't it?
46:21You were fighting for your dignity.
46:23The dignity of your work.
46:25And for that you were willing to take on
46:27the whole complex world.
46:29I think you're a wonderful man, Grandpa.
46:32Thank you, my dear. Good night.
46:37Good night.
47:03He got
47:14In our time we have grown accustomed to
47:16the machine age and its coldness. Mr.
47:18Cleveland's fine speech has given us a
47:20new realization of honor and humanity as
47:23well as a truer understanding of the
47:24individual's place in our American
47:26culture. Our hat is off to Mr.
47:28Cleveland. He is a great American.
47:31Read what that paper there has to say,
47:33Mr. Cleveland.
47:34Not yet.
47:34It says, "God bless Mr. Cleveland and
47:36Consolidated Motors. They restored our
47:39faltering faith."
47:40That sure was some speech, Mr.
47:41Cleveland. Kind of makes you proud to be
47:43an American.
47:44Yeah.
47:46I I've never seen anything like it.
47:48There must be 10,000.
47:50This isn't even half of them.
47:53Listen, Clancy. Of course time head of
47:55public relations around here. I suppose
47:58it'd be too much trouble for anybody to
47:59tell me when the boss is going to make a
48:01speech.
48:01Don't blame me. I didn't know any more
48:03about it than you did. He told me he was
48:05going to the ball game yesterday
48:06afternoon.
48:06What a speech. This will sell a million
48:08cars. And look what's happened to the
48:09market. Open two points up straight
48:10across the board.
48:11I've seen this.
48:14That's cute.
48:15Yes, sir. I bet the rest of the industry
48:16is tearing their hair out right now.
48:18Well, there's something fishy about all
48:19this. Unless I'm out of my mind, I was
48:22having luncheon with Mr. Cleveland at
48:23the Plaza at 1:00 yesterday.
48:25Well, now, take it easy, Bill. You
48:26better lay off that hooch.
48:27That's when he was making the speech.
48:29Well, maybe 1:15, 1:30, but I know it
48:31was yesterday.
48:32Hey, Harold, what's the big idea?
48:33Set up a special meeting of the
48:34executive committee in my office at
48:3611:00 and get my lawyer.
48:39To sum it up, gentlemen, it appears this
48:41person's speech has not only caught the
48:42public's fancy and brought this company
48:44a great deal of goodwill, but it's had a
48:46profound effect on the whole market,
48:48indeed, on the whole business structure
48:50of America.
48:52The question now is
48:53what are we going to do about it?
48:55There's only one thing we can do.
48:56Categorically deny the whole thing.
48:58And categorically deny ourselves $25
49:01million?
49:02Well, if we don't deny it, you can bet
49:03that somebody else will. Then where will
49:05we be?
49:06You're our lawyer, Joe. What do you
49:07think?
49:07Well, frankly, it looks to me like a
49:09carefully planned maneuver, not only to
49:11create a bull market, but to put
49:12Consolidated Motors in an awkward spot.
49:14Maybe. Though, actually, when you
49:16analyze it, the speech doesn't really
49:17say anything except what we've all been
49:19saying about individual initiative,
49:22keeping our shoulders to the wheel, and
49:24giving a bunch of old men some jobs.
49:26If you ask me, I'd say it's the work of
49:27a crackpot.
49:29I disagree.
49:30I read the speech a dozen times. I don't
49:32find any crackpot ideas in it.
49:34In fact, I consider it a splendid
49:35speech. I'm inclined to agree with
49:37everything it says.
49:39No, Ernest, the thing that worries me is
49:40why didn't I make that speech?
49:42What?
49:43You're paid a handsome salary to handle
49:44the public relations of this company.
49:46Here's a fine business talk that I could
49:48have made. Now, why didn't you think of
49:50it for me?
49:50But, but, Mr. Cleveland, I I
49:52In fact, why didn't I think of it for
49:54myself?
49:55For that matter, why didn't some of you
49:56other gentlemen think of it for
49:58yourselves?
50:01Well, I think Mr. Cleveland has a point
50:02there. Now, my suggestion is that for
50:04the time being, at least until we can
50:06make an investigation
50:07I've already taken steps to do that.
50:08Then I move we just sit tight.
50:10I second the motion.
50:11All in favor?
50:12Aye.
50:12Aye.
50:14Gentlemen, I know I don't have to
50:15caution anyone here that this is a
50:16matter of utmost secrecy.
50:19Good day.
50:31Uh hey, Frank.
50:33Yeah.
50:35You remember my telling you yesterday
50:37about the president of Consolidated
50:39Motors and how it was really an old guy
50:40in our hand press department?
50:41So?
50:43You haven't told anybody yet, have you?
50:44Well, hardly.
50:46Well,
50:47do me a favor and don't.
50:49It's a long story. I can't explain, but
50:51uh just take my word and don't.
50:53Sure.
50:55Thanks.
50:56Well,
50:58see you around.
51:29Hold this basket.
51:31Thank you.
51:36Come here.
51:43Well, Mr. Gallagher, there's something
51:45going on around here that I think ought
51:47to be brought to Mr. McKinley's
51:48attention immediately.
51:50What sort of something?
51:51This whole Consolidated Motors thing,
51:53sir. It's just a gag.
51:55What whole Consolidated Motors thing?
51:57The man that was here yesterday
51:58inspecting the plant is not the
52:00president of Consolidated Motors. He's a
52:02printer in our hand press department.
52:04What's that you got behind your back,
52:05Erickson? Dirty pictures?
52:07Oh, no, sir.
52:09This is the file on him.
52:11The file on who?
52:12On this man who everybody thinks is the
52:14president of Consolidated Motors. The
52:16one who made that speech at the Chamber
52:17of Commerce yesterday.
52:19Listen, are you drunk?
52:20Oh, no, sir.
52:22Well, then what's itching you? What are
52:23you driving at?
52:24Only that the man that was here
52:25yesterday inspecting the plant was an
52:26impostor. He pretended to be Harold P.
52:28Cleveland, the president of Consolidated
52:30Motors, and he's not. He's John Hodges,
52:32a printer.
52:33Listen, Erickson, if this is a gag, I
52:34don't like it.
52:35I know it sounds fantastic, sir.
52:37You're getting to be something of a
52:38screwball. You know that, don't you?
52:40Me, sir?
52:41I've got to make my choice for a new
52:42assistant around here pretty soon, and I
52:44don't mind I'm telling you, you're not
52:46giving me a very good impression.
52:47not a gag, sir. It's true. Honest it is.
52:49What's true?
52:50The president of Consolidated Motors
52:52that was here yesterday was not the real
52:53president of Consolidated Motors. The
52:55real president is a man named Harold P.
52:57Cleveland. The man that was here
52:58yesterday is John Hodges, who works in
53:00our hand press department. All you have
53:02to do is look at his picture right here
53:03in the file, sir.
53:04Never mind the file. Now, let me get
53:05this straight. You say the whole world
53:07thinks the man who inspected our plant
53:08yesterday was the president of
53:09Consolidated Motors. Is that it?
53:11Yes, sir. And then he made the speech at
53:12the Chamber of Commerce.
53:13Mr. McKinley thinks he was the president
53:15of Consolidated Motors. The papers think
53:17so. The Chamber of Commerce thinks so,
53:19but you don't. You think he's a measly
53:21little printer in our hand press
53:22department.
53:22I'm sorry. If you refuse to believe me,
53:23Mr. Gallagher, I'm
53:24Don't be silly, Erickson. Of course I
53:26believe you. And by the way, my name
53:29isn't Gallagher. I'm Harry Truman,
53:31president of the United States. And you
53:33are not Erickson. You're Princess
53:34Elizabeth's baby, Bonnie Prince Charlie.
53:36Remember?
53:37Gallagher
53:38Get out of here. And the next time you
53:39come in with one OF YOUR FOOL STORIES,
53:40I'LL HAVE YOU LOCKED UP IN A PADDED
53:42CELL. NOW, GET OUT.
53:54MR. MCKINLEY IN?
53:56WHO'S CALLING, PLEASE?
53:57Frank Bombs the name. Mr. Ragel.
53:59Mr. McKinley's in conference. Perhaps if
54:01I could help you.
54:02I uh hear you had quite a bit of
54:04excitement around here yesterday.
54:05Excitement? What kind of excitement?
54:07With Mr. Cleveland, I mean.
54:10Oh, yes. Of course.
54:11Mr. Cleveland.
54:12Did you meet him, miss?
54:14Meet him? I took dictation
54:15[clears throat] from him.
54:16Yeah?
54:17What did your boss say he sent us?
54:21Just a moment.
54:35Mr. McKinley will see you now.
54:36Thank you, miss.
54:56How do you feel? Ugh. Now, take a
54:58swallow of this.
55:03Yeah.
55:04There, you'll be okay. I've sent for the
55:06doctor.
55:06I don't want a doctor. And you keep out
55:08of here, too.
55:10I was only trying to help.
55:14Of course, you understand this must be
55:15handled with absolute secrecy, Mr.
55:17McKinley.
55:18Don't worry. I'm the guy that was taken.
55:22Why, if this ever gets out, they'll
55:24laugh me right out of town.
55:26Don't excite yourself, Mr. McKinley.
55:28Why shouldn't I excite myself? My whole
55:30life's been disrupted. First, my wife
55:32wants a divorce.
55:34Now, I faint.
55:35All on account of this
55:38Oh, the crook, the dirty low-down crook.
55:40I took him to my house for dinner. Just
55:42wait until I tell my wife.
55:44Oh boy, will I laugh right in her face.
55:47Falling for a phony.
55:49Well, we'll take a look around.
55:51If we find out anything, we'll let you
55:52know.
55:52Meanwhile, you get any ideas yourself,
55:54you let
55:55living in a palace. Oh boy, will I laugh
55:58right in her face.
56:04I want to see Mr. McKinley right away.
56:06It's a matter of life and death.
56:07What's the name?
56:08Mr. Erickson of the Personnel
56:09Department.
56:09Personnel? Mr. Gallagher's Department?
56:11That's right, and please hurry.
56:13Mr. McKinley is very busy. He can't see
56:14anyone.
56:15I think Mr. McKinley would rather have
56:16things go right along as usual, miss.
56:27Mr. Erickson of the Personnel Department
56:29to see you, Mr. McKinley.
56:30Who the devil is Mr. Erickson of the
56:32Personnel Department?
56:33I assure you I haven't the faintest
56:34idea, Mr. McKinley. Only he says it's
56:36extremely urgent.
56:38Oh, he does, does he?
56:39Really, Mr. McKinley, I'm only trying
56:40Okay, okay, send him in. Why not? The
56:43more the merrier.
56:52Well?
56:53Uh Mr. McKinley, I have reason to
56:54believe that the man who was here
56:55yesterday posing as a president of
56:57Consolidated Motors was really an
56:58impostor.
56:59How would you like TO BE FIRED?
57:01SIR?
57:02LISTEN, you half-wit. If you dare
57:03breathe another word of what you've just
57:05said to me to a single soul, I'll have
57:06you thrown out of here in those
57:07pencil-stripe pants of yours.
57:09Mr. McKinley, I have the man's file
57:10right here, his picture.
57:11Shut up AND GET OUT OF HERE BEFORE I
57:12BRAIN YOU.
57:13YES, SIR.
57:13WAIT A MINUTE.
57:14YES, SIR.
57:14GIVE ME THAT FILE.
57:15YES, SIR.
57:16MR. MCKINLEY, control yourself.
57:18Go fry AN EGG.
57:19WELL!
57:21OH. WELL, THANK YOU. DON'T DO anything
57:24until you hear further from me. Goodbye.
57:26Kleinbaum, he says the man works right
57:28there in the plant.
57:29Have the police been notified?
57:30Well, wait a minute. You want to break
57:31this thing wide open? But you can't let
57:33a low common thief, a confidence man, go
57:35around professing to be president of
57:37Consolidated Motors.
57:38Oh, keep your shirt on. Nobody's
57:40suffered any great damages. In fact,
57:42when you come right down to it, it's
57:43Wait till you get a load of this,
57:44straight from Union headquarters.
57:46Listen. Since Mr. Cleveland has shown a
57:48willingness to see labor's point of
57:49view, and since the United Automobile
57:50Workers are just as eager as Mr.
57:51Cleveland to maintain the nation's
57:53economic strength, we hereby pledge
57:55ourselves to arbitrate all current
57:57differences in the same spirit as his
57:59speech.
57:59How do you like that?
58:00I, this is absolutely the most
58:02ridiculous position the company's ever
58:03been in. Looks like we're saddled with
58:05that fool's speech, whether we like it
58:07or not.
58:07That's right. If we deny it now, we'll
58:08be accused of trifling with the future
58:10prosperity of America.
58:12As a matter of fact, in view of the
58:13sharp market rise, I'm not sure that
58:15those of us who have bought Consolidated
58:17Motors stock recently wouldn't end up in
58:19jail.
58:21Gentlemen, my advice is to emulate that
58:24estimable creature of the sea, the clam,
58:27and say absolutely nothing.
58:29I still say there's something screwy
58:30about a simple little printer pulling a
58:33trick like this.
58:34That's possible, but if so, let's just
58:35hope he gets away with it.
58:37Fancy, have my car here at 6:00 and
58:38phone my home and say I won't be there
58:40for dinner.
58:41That's all, gentlemen.
58:43Well, I still say
58:46Just wait till you get a load of
58:48What the devil is this?
58:50It's the suitcase I bought 12 years ago
58:53when we were supposed to take that trip
58:54to Europe.
58:55What's it doing here?
58:56I'm going away.
58:58Listen, if you've got a fool notion like
59:00that, you better get it out of your head
59:01because I got news for you, and you
59:02better get a good hold on the bed
59:04because when you faint, I don't want you
59:05banging your head on the floor. What
59:07would you say if I told you we had a
59:08phony to dinner last night?
59:09A what?
59:10A phony. That bird's no more president
59:13of Consolidated Motors than I am. He's a
59:15crook, an impostor, but don't worry,
59:17I'll send him to jail if it's the last
59:18thing I do. Here is a whole record on
59:20him.
59:21Just look for yourself.
59:24Who What he?
59:25A printer.
59:27In my own hand press department. John
59:29Hodges. How do you like that?
59:31Why, I think it's wonderful.
59:33What?
59:34I said I think it's wonderful.
59:36Look, I'm in no mood for jokes. Now,
59:37unpack that suitcase and come on down to
59:39dinner.
59:40But I won't be here for dinner. I'm
59:41leaving.
59:42Now, listen, just because some measly
59:44$62 a week printer in my own factory
59:46dances the rumba.
59:47Last night for the first time he made me
59:49realize just how empty my life has been.
59:53And stop crying. You know I can't stand
59:55tears.
59:57Well, at least tell me, what have I
59:58done?
1:00:00You've killed my life, Homie. That's
1:00:01what you've done. You've never loved me,
1:00:03not for one moment. I'm 40 years old.
1:00:0643.
1:00:07And I just can't go on being treated
1:00:09like a stick of furniture any longer.
1:00:11I've as much right to love as anybody.
1:00:13Even if I am 40.
1:00:15What you said?
1:00:19Have you really been so miserable,
1:00:21Lucille?
1:00:22Well, I'm sorry if I've made life so
1:00:24unbearable for you. I didn't know I was
1:00:26doing it.
1:00:27Maybe it's not all your fault, Louis.
1:00:29You can't help being what you are.
1:00:32But you are what you are, and I can't
1:00:33stand it any longer.
1:00:36Who's going to tell Willie?
1:00:40I'll tell him.
1:00:41Lucille, this is a terrible thing that
1:00:43we're doing. I don't like divorce. I was
1:00:45brought up not to believe in divorce. We
1:00:47were married in the church, and there's
1:00:48something unholy about a divorce. I wish
1:00:51you'd weigh this decision carefully.
1:00:53[laughter]
1:01:00Willie.
1:01:01Hello, Mom. I'm starving.
1:01:03Yes, dear. I know.
1:01:05Willie, I have a shock for you.
1:01:07But I think you're old enough and
1:01:08sensitive enough to understand.
1:01:10Sure, what is it?
1:01:13Your father and I, we're
1:01:15we're separating.
1:01:17We're getting a divorce.
1:01:19Divorce?
1:01:21Is it a very big shock to you, dear?
1:01:23Is it a shock?
1:01:25Boy, is that some question? Of course
1:01:26it's a shock. Naturally it's a shock.
1:01:29Oh, I'm sorry, dear. I didn't mean to
1:01:30shock you. But I thought it would be
1:01:32better if I came straight out and told
1:01:34you.
1:01:34Here, sit down, darling, please.
1:01:36want to sit down. I don't feel like
1:01:38sitting down.
1:01:39You're angry with me.
1:01:41I'm not angry. I'm just upset, that's
1:01:43all. What's so surprising about being
1:01:45upset? You'd be upset, too, under the
1:01:47circumstances.
1:01:48Oh, dear, I didn't mean to upset you.
1:01:51Actually, I'm quite upset myself.
1:01:54I feel terrible.
1:01:56Right here in my stomach.
1:01:58Willie, you're not going to be sick?
1:01:59I don't know.
1:02:01I must have some kind of psychosomatic
1:02:02disorder. It hits me right here in my
1:02:04stomach.
1:02:06Oh, dear.
1:02:07I don't know what to say.
1:02:10I've never felt so miserable in my whole
1:02:12life.
1:02:15I'm going away.
1:02:17Where?
1:02:19I don't know.
1:02:20To my family in Maryland, I suppose.
1:02:24Of course they'll be furious with me.
1:02:25They'll want me to come straight back
1:02:26and apologize to your father, but I
1:02:28I just couldn't do that.
1:02:31Oh.
1:02:37Goodbye, dear.
1:02:41Oh,
1:02:42go take some aromatic spirits of
1:02:44ammonia, then lie down flat.
1:02:50Where's your mother?
1:02:51Gone.
1:02:52Gone? Gone where?
1:02:53To Maryland. I feel sick. I'm sick in my
1:02:55stomach.
1:02:56Listen, I got no time for you and your
1:02:57stomach. I got to stop her.
1:02:58That's a fine thing to say, a fine
1:03:00thing. My mother comes in and says,
1:03:01"Don't get sick, but your father and I
1:03:03are getting a divorce." Then my father
1:03:04comes in and says,
1:03:05All right, all right. Take some soda
1:03:07water. I'll head her off at the railroad
1:03:09station. You stay here. If she comes
1:03:10back, don't let her out of the house
1:03:11again.
1:03:14I think I'm going to be sick all over
1:03:15the place.
1:03:17That'll show them.
1:03:20Alice.
1:03:21Alice, I got it. I got it.
1:03:23Got what?
1:03:24The job, the promotion.
1:03:25Oh, Joe, that's wonderful.
1:03:27Now, can we get married?
1:03:28You said it. Just name the day and I'll
1:03:29be there with bells on.
1:03:30See, I knew. All you had to do was tell
1:03:32that Mr. Gallagher
1:03:33him. I didn't tell him anything. He just
1:03:35called me in and said, "Joe, that
1:03:36Erickson's nutty as a fruitcake. How'd
1:03:37you like to be my new assistant?"
1:03:39Oh.
1:03:40Congratulations, my boy.
1:03:41Thank you.
1:03:42You're on your way. Someday, if you're
1:03:44not careful, you may even be a Mr.
1:03:45McKinley.
1:03:46Yes, sir.
1:03:47However, don't forget one thing.
1:03:49There's more in life than mere success,
1:03:51young man. Or rather, you should make up
1:03:53your mind what you mean by success.
1:03:55Remember, it's not just having a job.
1:03:57It's not just making money.
1:03:59It isn't?
1:04:00In fact, it has nothing to do with those
1:04:01things. It's what a man gets out of his
1:04:03work that matters. Are you doing
1:04:05something you like? Are you aware of the
1:04:07essential dignity of what you're doing
1:04:09with your hands, with your mind?
1:04:11Well, I certainly
1:04:11First of all, there's a stewardship of
1:04:13responsibility that one of your
1:04:14generation
1:04:15Yeah, well, uh there's the beer.
1:04:17What beer?
1:04:17The beer I ordered to celebrate our
1:04:19engagement, you dope.
1:04:20A case, a whole case.
1:04:22Wait. How do you know it's the beer?
1:04:23Maybe it's the police.
1:04:24The police? Oh my goodness. I'll go.
1:04:31Yes?
1:04:32Does a
1:04:34a Mr. John Hodges live here?
1:04:37Who's calling, please?
1:04:38Mrs. Lewis McKinley. McKinley? Oh, I'm
1:04:40sorry. He's gone to the country.
1:04:42Let Mrs. McKinley in.
1:04:44You're You're
1:04:45John Hodges. I dyed my whiskers. You
1:04:48will have to excuse my granddaughter's
1:04:49behavior, but you see, we were expecting
1:04:51the police, so naturally she was
1:04:52suspicious. This is the rest of our
1:04:54family. My son, George. My
1:04:56daughter-in-law.
1:04:57Hello.
1:04:58And Mr. Elliott, the young man who
1:04:59thought you were a case of beer.
1:05:01How do you do? How do you do? Uh
1:05:04may I see you for a moment alone,
1:05:05please?
1:05:06Certainly. Come into my bedroom.
1:05:07Thanks.
1:05:09His bedroom.
1:05:11So what? After what's been going in this
1:05:13house for the last 24 hours, you're
1:05:15going to draw the line at a bedroom? So,
1:05:17what?
1:05:20No, please. Don't turn on the lights.
1:05:21Not yet.
1:05:22Well, this is a little compromising,
1:05:23isn't it, not having the lights on?
1:05:26No.
1:05:27I'd like to feel a little compromised.
1:05:32I'm leaving my husband.
1:05:34Really? May I ask why?
1:05:37I
1:05:41Well, I
1:05:43I told him I was in love with you.
1:05:45With me?
1:05:47But, that's ridiculous. You've only seen
1:05:49me once.
1:05:50That doesn't matter. I know you for what
1:05:52you are, a gallant and wonderful man who
1:05:54respects me and acts like a gentleman,
1:05:56[music]
1:05:56even if you are what my husband said you
1:05:58are, a a phony.
1:06:01Did your husband say that?
1:06:02Well, he said some terrible things about
1:06:03you. He said you're a crook and an
1:06:05impostor, and he's going to put you in
1:06:06jail. But, I don't care. I'll stand by
1:06:09you. I'll even go to court and testify
1:06:10for you, and you can testify for me.
1:06:13Mrs. McKinley, I'm going to turn on the
1:06:14light.
1:06:15Oh, no, please. Not yet.
1:06:17Yes, Mrs. McKinley. Now, immediately.
1:06:20Mrs. McKinley, though I may be
1:06:22everything that your husband says I am,
1:06:24and everything that you believe me to
1:06:25be, I am emphatically not a
1:06:27correspondent in a divorce suit. [music]
1:06:29Do I make myself clear?
1:06:31Then, last night was just
1:06:34last night? [music]
1:06:35Mrs. McKinley, you're a very handsome
1:06:37woman. You dance extremely well.
1:06:40You also have a gift for summing up a
1:06:41situation.
1:06:43Last night was [music] simply last
1:06:45night.
1:06:46I'm sorry if my bluntness offends you,
1:06:49but I assure you I have no intention of
1:06:50coming to treat any man and his wife,
1:06:53especially one as impulsive as you are.
1:06:57Perhaps if I were [music] 30 years
1:06:58younger
1:06:58please.
1:07:00Don't blame yourself. I understand, and
1:07:02and I deserve this. I
1:07:03I guess I'm just a silly woman who's
1:07:06made quite a fool of herself.
1:07:08Although it pains me to say so, you are.
1:07:11My husband and I have been married for
1:07:1320 years and this is my [music] first
1:07:15infidelity.
1:07:16You don't say.
1:07:18He married me because I was society and
1:07:20I married him for his money. Not that I
1:07:22couldn't have fallen in love with him.
1:07:23He's not bad looking, [music] you know.
1:07:24On the contrary.
1:07:25He has a certain vibrancy.
1:07:27Oh, yes. I'd say he's full of vibrancy.
1:07:29Sometimes there's something almost
1:07:30exciting about him.
1:07:32Only
1:07:33he's not in love with me.
1:07:35How can you be so sure?
1:07:37Well, at first I thought he might be in
1:07:38love [music] with me. I can remember he
1:07:40used to kiss me with all the tenderness
1:07:41of a
1:07:43of a
1:07:44a wild stallion.
1:07:47Then after a while he never kissed me at
1:07:49all.
1:07:50Life was just a succession of fur coats
1:07:53and [music] invitations to dinner.
1:07:55That's all life been, an invitation to
1:07:57dinner.
1:07:58Mrs. McGillicuddy, do you know what I
1:07:59think? I think you're in love with your
1:08:01husband.
1:08:02Me?
1:08:03I have an idea that if you were to kiss
1:08:05him once,
1:08:05[music]
1:08:06just once, with all the tenderness of a
1:08:09of a
1:08:10wild mare?
1:08:11[music]
1:08:13Mrs. McGillicuddy, I think we both need
1:08:14some coffee. Let's get out of here.
1:08:17I knew this would come in handy.
1:08:19Here.
1:08:20Hang on to that.
1:08:23Serviette?
1:08:25Hey, the beer.
1:08:26I'll get it.
1:08:31Yes?
1:08:32My name is Harold P. Cleveland. I'm
1:08:34looking for Mr. John Hodges.
1:08:38They're here.
1:08:39Who?
1:08:40Some man who says he's Harold P.
1:08:41Cleveland.
1:08:42The one with the black beard?
1:08:43That was Grandpa.
1:08:44Here, I'll handle this.
1:08:50You got a warrant?
1:08:51No.
1:08:51Nobody gets in here without a warrant.
1:08:54Who is it now?
1:08:56Some flatfoot pretending he's Harold P.
1:08:58Cleveland.
1:08:58Who does he think he's fooling? Anybody
1:09:00knows that Harold P. Cleveland wouldn't
1:09:02be coming here personally to make the
1:09:03arrest.
1:09:07Good evening, sir. You were looking for
1:09:08me?
1:09:09You're John Hodges?
1:09:09I am.
1:09:10I'm Harold P. Cleveland.
1:09:12How do you do, Mr. Cleveland? Won't you
1:09:13come in?
1:09:13Thank you.
1:09:15Uh Mr. Cleveland, I'd like you to meet
1:09:17my son, George, my daughter-in-law,
1:09:19Della,
1:09:19Hello.
1:09:20Mrs. McKinley, my granddaughter, Alice,
1:09:23and her fiance, Mr. Elliott.
1:09:24How do you do?
1:09:24We're celebrating their betrothal.
1:09:26Oh, congratulations.
1:09:27Take Mr. Cleveland's hat, Alice.
1:09:29Oh, no, thank you. I can only stay a
1:09:30moment.
1:09:30You're not Harold P. Cleveland. You
1:09:32can't fool us.
1:09:34But I am Harold P. Cleveland. If you
1:09:35don't believe me, my chauffeur is
1:09:37outside. Ask him.
1:09:38How do we know he's your chauffeur?
1:09:40Well, I don't usually carry much in my
1:09:42wallet,
1:09:43but here.
1:09:45Sorry I haven't my fingerprints.
1:09:47What is it you want, Mr. Cleveland?
1:09:49I just wanted to meet Mr. Hodges, that's
1:09:51all. I'd like an explanation. I think I
1:09:54deserve an explanation.
1:09:55I agree, Mr. Cleveland. Would you step
1:09:57in here, please?
1:09:58I don't mind telling you, Mr. Hodges,
1:09:59you put Consolidated Motors in a highly
1:10:01ridiculous position with this escapade
1:10:02of yours, and while I'm told that
1:10:04technically you've committed no crime,
1:10:06I'd still like to know why you did it.
1:10:08Did I hear you say that I'd committed no
1:10:10crime?
1:10:10Probably not. At least that's what our
1:10:12lawyers say, and from the fees they get,
1:10:14they ought to know.
1:10:15Well, well, this is a pleasant surprise.
1:10:19My son here was sure that I'd go to jail
1:10:20for 5 years. Imagine that, George. No
1:10:23crime.
1:10:24What do you know? He really is the
1:10:25president of Consolidated Motors.
1:10:27He is?
1:10:28There's no doubt about it.
1:10:29Is that so?
1:10:32[laughter]
1:10:32My, what a crazy evening this has been.
1:10:35First, my daughter gets engaged, and
1:10:37then the president of Consolidated
1:10:39Motors drops in. Uh Joseph, get the
1:10:42president of Consolidated Motors a
1:10:44chair.
1:10:45I declare, when you stop to think of it,
1:10:47you know, nobody's going to believe me
1:10:49when I tell them. They're going to laugh
1:10:51right in my face.
1:10:53Somebody give him a piece of cake. Oh,
1:10:57it's a Lady Anne chocolate surprise.
1:10:59Well, uh no, thank you.
1:11:01Oh, come on. I made it myself.
1:11:02My doctor doesn't allow me to eat cake.
1:11:04Oh, why? You got diabetes?
1:11:07Well, no, it's something entirely
1:11:10different.
1:11:11Oh.
1:11:12I'm sorry.
1:11:14May I shake your hand, Mr. Cleveland?
1:11:16I'd like to tell the people at the plant
1:11:18that I shook the hand of the president
1:11:19of Consolidated Motors.
1:11:21Not that they'd believe me, but I I'd
1:11:23like to tell them so anyway.
1:11:24I'll do something.
1:11:26Maybe you'd like a cup of my special
1:11:28coffee, Mr. President. Everybody says
1:11:30what good coffee I make, even though I'm
1:11:32not the cook type. I was on the stage,
1:11:34you know. Maybe you saw me.
1:11:36No, I'm afraid I never had that
1:11:38privilege. Have you any saccharin?
1:11:40Saccharin? No, but we can get you some
1:11:42in just a minute. Hey, Joseph, run over
1:11:44next door and borrow a cup of saccharin.
1:11:47Oh, well, please don't bother. I'll take
1:11:48it just as it is. Only half cream.
1:11:50No bother at all.
1:11:52You sure you never saw me? I was known
1:11:55as Della Robia, the bombshell of song.
1:11:57I never went to the theater when I was a
1:11:59young man. And now, Mr. Hodges, I'd like
1:12:01to hear your story.
1:12:02Well, it's really a very silly story,
1:12:04Mr. Cleveland. In fact, when I look back
1:12:06on it, it seems absolutely incredible.
1:12:08Here you are.
1:12:10Excuse me. Now, don't go away. I'll be
1:12:12back in just a minute.
1:12:22Of course, going to the Chamber of
1:12:23Commerce was something I hadn't called
1:12:24in.
1:12:25The beer.
1:12:28Mr. McKinley.
1:12:29I thought I'd find you here.
1:12:30Yes, Louis.
1:12:31Okay, all right, I love you. Do you
1:12:32hear? I love you. Now, come on home and
1:12:34stop this nonsense.
1:12:34your pardon.
1:12:35You keep out of this, whoever you are.
1:12:37This is between me and my wife. Who are
1:12:38you, anyway?
1:12:39Harold P. Cleveland, president of
1:12:40Consolidated
1:12:41Listen, I've heard all the Cleveland
1:12:42that I want to hear. It's all right with
1:12:43me if I never hear that name again. You
1:12:44understand? Now, come on home, will you?
1:12:47I apologize for whatever I did. I said I
1:12:49apologize.
1:12:50Louis, only Only shout so.
1:12:52I'M NOT SHOUTING. I JUST SAID I
1:12:54APOLOGIZE.
1:12:55YES, DEAR. I heard you.
1:12:56Dear? Did Did you call me dear?
1:12:59Yes, dear.
1:13:00Well, I'll be
1:13:04Hodges, you're fired.
1:13:10Grandpa.
1:13:12Grandpa?
1:13:13Oh, I beg your pardon.
1:13:23Well, who the devil's car is that?
1:13:25Mr. Harold P. Cleveland's, president of
1:13:27Consolidated Motors.
1:13:28Harold P. Who's?
1:13:29The man you yelled at inside, dear.
1:13:34And that, Mr. Cleveland, is the whole
1:13:35story.
1:13:36And quite a story it is, Mr. Hodges.
1:13:38If you'll pardon me for suggesting it,
1:13:39but I just happen to have this album
1:13:41laying around, and only this afternoon I
1:13:43said to myself, "Della, if the right
1:13:46party
1:13:46Della, there's no time for that now,
1:13:48after what's just happened.
1:13:49After what's just happened?
1:13:51Dad's been fired, that's what. Fired.
1:13:53Fired? What, again?
1:13:55It's all right, Della. I knew all the
1:13:57time it wouldn't work.
1:13:58Oh, fired, and after all the trouble
1:14:00we've gone through.
1:14:02Mother, please.
1:14:03Okay, but it's a fine time to tell us,
1:14:06right in front of the president of
1:14:07Consolidated Motors.
1:14:09If you've really been fired, Grandpa,
1:14:10what are you going to do?
1:14:11Well, I know one thing I won't do, and
1:14:13that's go sit in the park and feed the
1:14:14pigeons.
1:14:15How would you like to work with me in
1:14:16New York, Mr. Hodges? There's a little
1:14:18office next to mine. We could have it
1:14:20redecorated.
1:14:21Oh, Grandpa.
1:14:22For goodness sake, imagine New York.
1:14:24Maybe you could find a little apartment.
1:14:26I'm sorry, Mr. Cleveland, but I couldn't
1:14:27do that.
1:14:28You know the well-known hackneyed
1:14:30phrase, "New York may be all right for a
1:14:32visit."
1:14:32Maybe you could live in Brooklyn.
1:14:34No, Della. Not even Brooklyn.
1:14:37Oh, is it a question of money?
1:14:38No, thank you. I make all the money I
1:14:41need right here.
1:14:42All the money you need? Listen, you just
1:14:45lost your job. And with the price of
1:14:47soup bones going up
1:14:48I'm sorry, Della. You'd have lots of
1:14:51leisure. I'd only want you around for
1:14:53advice in public relations matters.
1:14:56Maybe we could go to a ball game
1:14:57together occasionally.
1:14:58Thank you, Mr. Clevelin, but no.
1:15:00This is my home. My family is here.
1:15:03We're happy, that is as happy as people
1:15:05need to be. I have my health. I eat what
1:15:08I like.
1:15:09I drink my coffee without saccharin.
1:15:11I don't have to make speeches unless I
1:15:13want to, go to board meetings, worry
1:15:16about stockholders, unions, income
1:15:18taxes.
1:15:19Come to think of it, Mr. Clevelin, why
1:15:21don't you move out here? You're still
1:15:23young enough to get a good job.
1:15:24Oh, please, Mr. Hodges.
1:15:26Don't tempt me.
1:15:28Well, I must be running along. Good
1:15:30night, everybody.
1:15:30Good night, sir.
1:15:35Well, don't look at me. He's your
1:15:37father.
1:15:40I'm sorry you won't come with me, Mr.
1:15:41Hodges, but I think I see your point.
1:15:44Thank you.
1:15:45As to your job at Acme Printing, I
1:15:47wouldn't worry about that if I were you.
1:15:49You heard Mr. McKinley fire me?
1:15:51Mr. McKinley apparently has high blood
1:15:53pressure. I'll send him a note tomorrow.
1:15:56No, I'll make it a directive that you're
1:15:58to have your job as long as you want it.
1:16:00Oh, thank you. You've been very
1:16:01understanding. If there's ever anything
1:16:03I can do for you
1:16:04Well, if you should ever get an idea for
1:16:06another good speech
1:16:08It would be a pleasure, Mr. Clevelin. A
1:16:10pleasure, indeed.
1:16:11You're a great man, Mr. Hodges. A truly
1:16:13great man.
1:16:14Thank you, Mr. Clevelin.
1:16:16So are you.
1:16:17Good night.
1:16:18Good night.
1:16:21[sighs]
1:16:36[music]
1:16:40Hallelujah.
1:16:41[music]

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