1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:07,000 Transcript from schoolboy Subtitle made by Lucky7 2 00:01:24,334 --> 00:01:29,878 I owe everything to George Bailey... Help him, dear Father. 3 00:01:29,878 --> 00:01:36,029 Joseph, Jesus and Mary. Help my friend, Mr. Bailey. 4 00:01:36,029 --> 00:01:39,308 Help my son, George, tonight. 5 00:01:39,308 --> 00:01:43,035 He never thinks about himself, God, that's why he's in trouble. 6 00:01:43,035 --> 00:01:47,571 George is a good guy. Give him a break, God... 7 00:01:47,571 --> 00:01:51,445 I love him, dear Lord. Watch over him tonight... 8 00:01:51,445 --> 00:01:55,169 Please, God, something's the matter with Daddy... 9 00:01:55,169 --> 00:01:59,739 Please bring Daddy back. 10 00:02:08,528 --> 00:02:10,509 Hello, Joseph. Trouble? 11 00:02:10,509 --> 00:02:13,222 Looks like we'll have to send someone down. 12 00:02:13,222 --> 00:02:16,584 A lot of people asking for help for a man named George Bailey. 13 00:02:16,584 --> 00:02:20,572 George Bailey. Yes. Tonight's his crucial night. You're right. 14 00:02:20,572 --> 00:02:23,638 We'll have to send someone down immediately. Whose turn is it? 15 00:02:23,638 --> 00:02:26,345 That's why I came to see you, sir. 16 00:02:26,345 --> 00:02:28,625 It's that clock-maker's turn again. 17 00:02:28,625 --> 00:02:31,921 Oh, Clarence. Hasn't got his wings yet, has he? 18 00:02:31,921 --> 00:02:34,097 We've passed him up right along. 19 00:02:34,097 --> 00:02:37,377 Because, you know, sir, he's got the I.Q. of a rabbit. 20 00:02:37,377 --> 00:02:41,102 Yes, but he's got the faith of a child. Simple. 21 00:02:41,102 --> 00:02:43,257 Joseph, send for Clarence. 22 00:02:46,673 --> 00:02:47,721 You sent for me, sir? 23 00:02:47,721 --> 00:02:50,996 Yes, Clarence. A man down on earth needs our help. 24 00:02:50,996 --> 00:02:52,490 Splendid! Is he sick? 25 00:02:52,490 --> 00:02:54,801 No. Worse. He's discouraged. 26 00:02:54,801 --> 00:02:57,718 At exactly ten forty-five P.M., earth-time, 27 00:02:57,718 --> 00:03:01,576 that man will be thinking seriously of throwing away God's greatest gift. 28 00:03:01,576 --> 00:03:05,656 Oh, dear, dear! His life! Then I have only an hour to dress. 29 00:03:05,656 --> 00:03:06,669 What are they wearing now? 30 00:03:06,669 --> 00:03:10,037 You will spend that hour getting acquainted with George Bailey. 31 00:03:10,037 --> 00:03:16,543 Sir...If I should accomplish this mission... I mean, uh, might I perhaps win my wings? 32 00:03:16,543 --> 00:03:19,060 I've been waiting for over two hundred years now, sir... 33 00:03:19,060 --> 00:03:20,774 and people are beginniing to talk. 34 00:03:20,774 --> 00:03:22,094 What's that book you've got there? 35 00:03:22,094 --> 00:03:24,573 Oh, 'The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.' 36 00:03:24,573 --> 00:03:28,138 Clarence, you do a good job with George Bailey and you'll get your wings. 37 00:03:28,138 --> 00:03:30,245 Oh, thank you, sir. Thank you. 38 00:03:30,245 --> 00:03:32,977 Poor George. Sit down. 39 00:03:32,977 --> 00:03:34,451 Sit down?! What are we... 40 00:03:34,451 --> 00:03:38,498 If you're going to help a man, you want to know something about him, don't you? 41 00:03:38,498 --> 00:03:42,322 - Well, naturally, of course, I... - Well, keep your eyes open. 42 00:03:42,322 --> 00:03:46,179 - See the town? - Where? I...I don't see a thing. 43 00:03:46,179 --> 00:03:49,245 Oh, I forgot. You haven't got your wings yet. 44 00:03:49,245 --> 00:03:51,145 Now look, I'll help you out. 45 00:03:51,145 --> 00:03:52,996 Concentrate. 46 00:03:52,996 --> 00:03:54,675 Begin to see something? 47 00:03:54,675 --> 00:03:57,478 Why, yes! This is amazing! 48 00:03:57,478 --> 00:04:00,109 If you ever get your wings, you'll see all by yourself. 49 00:04:00,109 --> 00:04:01,940 Oh, wonderful! 50 00:04:01,940 --> 00:04:04,851 Yippee! 51 00:04:04,851 --> 00:04:07,434 Okay, boys, let's go. 52 00:04:07,434 --> 00:04:08,567 Hey, who's that? 53 00:04:08,567 --> 00:04:11,482 - That's your problem, George Bailey. - A boy?! 54 00:04:11,482 --> 00:04:14,768 That's him when he was twelve. Back in nineteen nineteen. 55 00:04:14,768 --> 00:04:18,137 Something happens here you'll have to remember later on. 56 00:04:19,342 --> 00:04:25,058 Come on, Marty. Come on, Marty. 57 00:04:26,074 --> 00:04:30,205 - Hee-haw! - Hee-haw! 58 00:04:30,205 --> 00:04:34,575 And here comes the scare-baby, my kid brother, Harry Bailey! 59 00:04:34,575 --> 00:04:36,653 I'm not scared! 60 00:04:39,680 --> 00:04:45,627 Go, Harry! C'mon, Harry! Attaboy, Harry! Come on, Harry! 61 00:04:46,402 --> 00:04:49,992 Help, George! Help! Help! 62 00:04:49,992 --> 00:04:52,757 ...Harry, I'm coming! 63 00:04:52,757 --> 00:04:55,181 - Help! - Hang on, Harry! 64 00:04:55,181 --> 00:04:57,635 I'm coming! Chain Gang! 65 00:04:57,635 --> 00:05:00,749 George saved his brother's life that day. 66 00:05:00,749 --> 00:05:04,394 But it caught him that cold which infected his left ear. 67 00:05:04,394 --> 00:05:06,813 Cost him his hearing in that ear. 68 00:05:06,813 --> 00:05:10,476 It was weeks before he was able to go back to his after-school job 69 00:05:10,476 --> 00:05:13,244 at old man Gower's Drugstore. 70 00:05:13,244 --> 00:05:14,633 Mr. Potter! 71 00:05:14,633 --> 00:05:16,822 Who's that? A king? 72 00:05:16,822 --> 00:05:19,014 That's Henry F. Potter. 73 00:05:19,014 --> 00:05:22,519 The richest and meanest man in the county. 74 00:05:26,313 --> 00:05:35,736 Hee-haw! Hee-haw! Go to work, slave... 75 00:05:35,736 --> 00:05:43,389 I wish I had a million dollars! Hot dog! 76 00:05:43,389 --> 00:05:45,393 It's me, Mr. Gower. George Bailey. 77 00:05:45,393 --> 00:05:47,559 - You're late - Yes, sir. 78 00:05:56,107 --> 00:05:59,613 Hello, George. Hello, Mary. 79 00:05:59,613 --> 00:06:00,899 Hello, Violet. 80 00:06:00,899 --> 00:06:02,390 Two-cents' worth of shoelaces? 81 00:06:02,390 --> 00:06:03,865 She was here first. 82 00:06:03,865 --> 00:06:05,821 I'm still thinking. 83 00:06:05,821 --> 00:06:06,846 Shoelaces? 84 00:06:06,846 --> 00:06:10,481 Please, Georgie. I like him. 85 00:06:10,481 --> 00:06:12,264 You like every boy. 86 00:06:12,264 --> 00:06:14,195 What's wrong with that? 87 00:06:14,195 --> 00:06:16,403 Here you are. 88 00:06:16,403 --> 00:06:19,137 - Help me down. - Help you down?! 89 00:06:26,188 --> 00:06:27,987 Made up your mind yet? 90 00:06:27,987 --> 00:06:29,837 I'll take chocolate. 91 00:06:29,837 --> 00:06:31,054 With coconuts? 92 00:06:31,054 --> 00:06:32,887 I don't like coconuts. 93 00:06:32,887 --> 00:06:34,831 You don't like coconuts? 94 00:06:34,831 --> 00:06:38,777 Say, brainless, don't you know where coconuts come from? 95 00:06:38,777 --> 00:06:43,640 Look it here... from Tahiti, Fiji Islands, the Coral Sea! 96 00:06:43,640 --> 00:06:46,749 A new magazine! I never saw it before. 97 00:06:46,749 --> 00:06:48,035 Of course you never. 98 00:06:48,035 --> 00:06:50,071 Only us explorers can get it. 99 00:06:50,071 --> 00:06:55,174 I've been nominated for membership in the National Geographic Society. 100 00:06:55,174 --> 00:06:58,012 Is this the ear you can't hear on? 101 00:06:58,012 --> 00:07:01,495 George Bailey, I'll love you till the day I die. 102 00:07:01,495 --> 00:07:04,421 I'm going out exploring some day, you watch. 103 00:07:04,421 --> 00:07:07,961 And I'm gonna have a couple of harems, and maybe three or four wives. 104 00:07:07,961 --> 00:07:09,314 Wait and see. 105 00:07:12,068 --> 00:07:15,270 - George! George! - Yes, sir. 106 00:07:15,270 --> 00:07:18,327 You're not paid to be a canary. 107 00:07:18,327 --> 00:07:19,690 No, sir... 108 00:07:46,950 --> 00:07:49,084 Mr. Gower, do you want something? 109 00:07:49,084 --> 00:07:51,670 - Anything? - No. 110 00:07:51,670 --> 00:07:54,943 - Anything I can do back here? - Nope. 111 00:07:54,943 --> 00:07:56,333 I'll get them, sir. 112 00:07:56,333 --> 00:08:00,695 ...take those capsules over to Mrs. Blaine's. 113 00:08:00,695 --> 00:08:02,822 - She's waiting for them. - Yes, sir... 114 00:08:25,601 --> 00:08:28,044 They have the diphtheria there, haven't they, sir? 115 00:08:28,044 --> 00:08:29,194 Ummm. 116 00:08:29,194 --> 00:08:31,043 Is it a charge, sir? 117 00:08:31,043 --> 00:08:33,130 Yes, charge. 118 00:08:33,130 --> 00:08:35,677 - Mr. Gower, I think... - Aw, get going! 119 00:08:35,677 --> 00:08:36,882 Yes, sir. 120 00:09:03,403 --> 00:09:05,365 Fast there, Captain Cook! Where you headin'? 121 00:09:05,365 --> 00:09:06,642 Got to see Pop, Uncle Billy. 122 00:09:06,642 --> 00:09:08,663 - Some other time, George. - It's important! 123 00:09:08,663 --> 00:09:11,353 There's a squall in there that's shapin' up into a storm. 124 00:09:11,353 --> 00:09:12,725 Uncle Billy, telephone. 125 00:09:12,725 --> 00:09:14,854 - Who is it? - The Bank examiner. 126 00:09:14,854 --> 00:09:16,352 Bank examiner? 127 00:09:16,352 --> 00:09:18,576 Oh, I should have called him yesterday. 128 00:09:18,576 --> 00:09:20,140 Switch it inside. 129 00:09:21,228 --> 00:09:21,980 andnbsp; 130 00:09:21,980 --> 00:09:23,625 I'm not crying, Mr. Potter. 131 00:09:23,625 --> 00:09:25,491 Well, you're begging and that's a whole lot worse. 132 00:09:25,491 --> 00:09:27,562 All I'm asking for is thirty days more. 133 00:09:27,562 --> 00:09:28,663 - Pop! - Just a minute, son. 134 00:09:28,663 --> 00:09:31,517 Just thirty short days. I'll dig up that five thousand somehow. 135 00:09:31,517 --> 00:09:33,210 - Shove me up. Shove me up. - Pop! 136 00:09:33,210 --> 00:09:37,480 Have you put any real pressure on these people of yours to pay those mortgages? 137 00:09:37,480 --> 00:09:39,909 Times are bad, Mr. Potter. A lot of these people are out of work. 138 00:09:39,909 --> 00:09:41,838 - Then foreclose! - I can't do that. 139 00:09:41,838 --> 00:09:43,278 - These families have children. - Pop! 140 00:09:43,278 --> 00:09:44,469 They're not my children. 141 00:09:44,469 --> 00:09:46,370 But they're somebody's children, Mr. Potter. 142 00:09:46,370 --> 00:09:49,035 Are you running a business or a charity ward? 143 00:09:49,035 --> 00:09:51,275 - Well, all right... - Not with my money. 144 00:09:51,275 --> 00:09:53,923 Mr. Potter, what makes you such a hard-skulled character? 145 00:09:53,923 --> 00:09:55,806 You have no family, no children. 146 00:09:55,806 --> 00:09:57,784 You can't begin to spend all the money you've got. 147 00:09:57,784 --> 00:10:01,646 So I suppose I should give it to miserable failures like you 148 00:10:01,646 --> 00:10:04,350 and that idiot brother of yours to spend for me. 149 00:10:04,350 --> 00:10:05,793 He's not a failure! 150 00:10:05,793 --> 00:10:08,100 - You can't say that about my father! - George, George, quiet. George, George... 151 00:10:08,100 --> 00:10:09,840 You're not! You're the biggest man in town! 152 00:10:09,840 --> 00:10:11,036 - Run along. - Bigger than him. 153 00:10:11,036 --> 00:10:12,356 - Run along! - Bigger than everybody! 154 00:10:12,356 --> 00:10:13,862 Gives you an idea of the Baileys. 155 00:10:13,862 --> 00:10:15,733 Don't let him say things like that about you, Pop. 156 00:10:15,733 --> 00:10:16,778 All right, son. All right. 157 00:10:16,778 --> 00:10:18,932 Thanks. I'll talk to you tonight. 158 00:10:26,371 --> 00:10:27,857 What! 159 00:10:27,857 --> 00:10:31,572 Why, that medicine should have been there an hour ago. 160 00:10:31,572 --> 00:10:34,369 It'll be over in five minutes, Mrs. Blaine. 161 00:10:38,043 --> 00:10:40,414 Where's Mrs. Blaine's box of capsules? 162 00:10:40,414 --> 00:10:42,202 I feel... 163 00:10:42,927 --> 00:10:45,237 - Didn't you hear what I said? - Yes, sir, I... 164 00:10:45,237 --> 00:10:47,661 What kind of tricks are you playing anyway? 165 00:10:49,444 --> 00:10:52,832 Why didn't you deliver them right away? 166 00:10:52,832 --> 00:10:54,209 Don't you know that boy's very sick? 167 00:10:54,209 --> 00:10:55,906 You're hurting my sore ear. 168 00:10:55,906 --> 00:10:57,466 You lazy loafer! 169 00:10:57,466 --> 00:10:59,781 Mr. Gower, you don't know what you're doing. 170 00:10:59,781 --> 00:11:01,579 You put something wrong in those capsules. 171 00:11:01,579 --> 00:11:02,969 I know you're unhappy. 172 00:11:02,969 --> 00:11:04,732 You got that telegram and you're upset. 173 00:11:04,732 --> 00:11:06,583 You put something bad in those capsules. 174 00:11:06,583 --> 00:11:08,461 It wasn't your fault, Mr. Gower. 175 00:11:10,192 --> 00:11:11,838 Just look and see what you did. 176 00:11:11,838 --> 00:11:13,329 Look at the bottle you took the powder from. 177 00:11:13,329 --> 00:11:16,088 It's poison! I tell you it's poison! 178 00:11:16,088 --> 00:11:18,123 I know you feel bad. 179 00:11:18,123 --> 00:11:19,125 I didn't know... 180 00:11:23,137 --> 00:11:24,893 - Oh... - Don't hurt my sore ear again. 181 00:11:24,893 --> 00:11:26,219 - Don't hurt my sore ear again. - Oh, no, no, no... 182 00:11:26,219 --> 00:11:29,290 Oh, George. George... 183 00:11:29,290 --> 00:11:32,030 Oh, Mr. Gower, I won't ever tell anyone. 184 00:11:32,030 --> 00:11:33,537 I know what you're feeling. 185 00:11:33,537 --> 00:11:35,029 I won't tell a soul. 186 00:11:35,029 --> 00:11:38,205 - Hope to die, I won't. - Oh, George, George... 187 00:11:38,205 --> 00:11:41,022 An overnight bag, genuine English cowhide, 188 00:11:41,022 --> 00:11:43,204 combination lock, fitted up with brushes, combs... 189 00:11:43,204 --> 00:11:45,753 Nope! Nope, nope, nope, nope, nope. 190 00:11:45,753 --> 00:11:48,201 Now look, Joe. Now look, 191 00:11:48,201 --> 00:11:51,054 I, I-I want a big one. 192 00:11:51,054 --> 00:11:52,273 What did you stop it for? 193 00:11:52,273 --> 00:11:55,717 I want you to take a good look at that face. 194 00:11:55,717 --> 00:11:57,752 - Who is it? - George Bailey. 195 00:11:57,752 --> 00:12:01,029 Oh, you mean the kid that had his ears slapped back by the druggist? 196 00:12:01,029 --> 00:12:02,692 That's the kid. 197 00:12:02,692 --> 00:12:05,381 Uh-huh. It's a good face. 198 00:12:05,381 --> 00:12:08,903 I like it. I like George Bailey. 199 00:12:08,903 --> 00:12:11,414 Tell me, did he ever tell anyone about the pills? 200 00:12:11,414 --> 00:12:12,940 Not a soul. 201 00:12:12,940 --> 00:12:15,759 Did he ever marry the girl? Did he ever go exploring? 202 00:12:15,759 --> 00:12:18,270 Well, wait and see. 203 00:12:18,270 --> 00:12:20,308 Big...see... I, I don't want one for one night. 204 00:12:20,308 --> 00:12:22,519 I want something for a thousand and one nights. 205 00:12:22,519 --> 00:12:27,069 With plenty of room here for labels from Italy and Baghdad, Samarkand... 206 00:12:27,069 --> 00:12:28,257 a great big one. 207 00:12:28,257 --> 00:12:30,201 - I see, a flying carpet, huh? - Yeah. 208 00:12:30,201 --> 00:12:33,043 I don't suppose you'd like this old second-hand job, would you? 209 00:12:33,043 --> 00:12:34,336 Now you're talking. 210 00:12:34,336 --> 00:12:37,302 Gee whiz, I could use that as a raft in case the boat sunk. 211 00:12:37,302 --> 00:12:40,257 - How much does this cost? - No charge. 212 00:12:40,257 --> 00:12:42,582 That's my trick ear, Joe. It sounded as if you said no charge. 213 00:12:42,582 --> 00:12:43,610 That's right. 214 00:12:44,783 --> 00:12:46,395 Well, what's my name doing on it here? 215 00:12:46,395 --> 00:12:49,206 A little present form old man Gower. Came down and picked it out himself. 216 00:12:49,206 --> 00:12:50,249 He did?! 217 00:12:50,249 --> 00:12:53,179 What do you know about that... my old boss. Isn't that nice? 218 00:12:53,179 --> 00:12:54,228 What boat you sailing on? 219 00:12:54,228 --> 00:12:55,875 I'm working across on a cattle boat. 220 00:12:55,875 --> 00:12:58,249 - A cattle boat? - Okay, I like cows. 221 00:13:00,412 --> 00:13:02,129 - Hello, Mr. Gower. - George! 222 00:13:02,129 --> 00:13:04,054 How are you? Thanks ever so much for the baggage. 223 00:13:04,054 --> 00:13:05,353 - It's just exactly what I wanted. - Aw, forget it. 224 00:13:05,353 --> 00:13:06,764 Oh, it's wonderful of you to think of it. 225 00:13:06,764 --> 00:13:08,926 - Hope you enjoy it. - Oh, oh, oh, oh. 226 00:13:08,926 --> 00:13:12,296 I wish I had a million dollars. Hot dog! 227 00:13:12,296 --> 00:13:15,150 Avast there, Captain Cook! You got your sealegs yet? 228 00:13:15,150 --> 00:13:16,640 Parlez vous Francais, Mister? 229 00:13:16,640 --> 00:13:18,667 Hey, send us some of their picture postcards, will you, George? 230 00:13:18,667 --> 00:13:20,550 Hey, George, don't take any plugged nickels. 231 00:13:20,550 --> 00:13:22,569 Hey, George, your suitcase is leaking. 232 00:13:22,569 --> 00:13:24,982 Hey, Ernie! Hi, Ernie! 233 00:13:24,982 --> 00:13:26,014 - Hiya, George. - Hi, Bert. 234 00:13:26,014 --> 00:13:28,068 - George... - Hey, hey, I, I'm a rich tourist today. 235 00:13:28,068 --> 00:13:29,809 - How about driving me home in style? - Great. 236 00:13:29,809 --> 00:13:33,128 Hop in Your Highness, hop in. And for the carriage trade. 237 00:13:33,128 --> 00:13:34,755 I put on my hat. 238 00:13:36,725 --> 00:13:39,938 - Good afternoon, Mr. Bailey. - Hello, Violet. 239 00:13:39,938 --> 00:13:42,118 Hey, you look good. That's some dress you got on there. 240 00:13:42,118 --> 00:13:43,796 What! This old thing? 241 00:13:43,796 --> 00:13:46,105 Why, I only wear it when I don't care how I look. 242 00:14:01,689 --> 00:14:03,484 - How would you like... - Yes. 243 00:14:05,553 --> 00:14:07,182 Want to come along, Bert? We'll show you the town. 244 00:14:07,182 --> 00:14:11,396 No, thanks. I, uh, I've gotta go home and see what the wife's doing. 245 00:14:13,587 --> 00:14:14,761 Family man. 246 00:14:16,384 --> 00:14:17,964 George! Harry! 247 00:14:17,964 --> 00:14:20,254 You're shaking the house down! Stop it! 248 00:14:20,254 --> 00:14:23,208 Oh, let them alone! I wish I was up there with them. 249 00:14:23,208 --> 00:14:26,027 But Harry'll tear his dinner suit! George! 250 00:14:26,027 --> 00:14:28,182 That's why all children should be girls. 251 00:14:28,182 --> 00:14:30,459 But if they were all girls, there wouldn't be any... 252 00:14:30,459 --> 00:14:32,027 Oh, never mind. 253 00:14:32,027 --> 00:14:34,522 George! Harry! Come down to dinner this minute. 254 00:14:34,522 --> 00:14:37,477 Everything's getting cold and you know, how long we've been waiting for you. 255 00:14:37,477 --> 00:14:39,233 Okay, Mom! 256 00:14:45,018 --> 00:14:52,553 - Here's a present for you, Pop. - Oh, you two idiots! 257 00:14:52,553 --> 00:14:54,602 - George, sit down and have dinner. - I've eaten. 258 00:14:54,602 --> 00:14:57,073 Well, aren't you going to finish dressing for your graduating party? 259 00:14:57,073 --> 00:14:58,278 - Look at you! - I don't care. 260 00:14:58,278 --> 00:15:00,919 It's George's tux. Annie, my sweet, have you got those pies? 261 00:15:00,919 --> 00:15:03,328 If you lay a hand on me, I'll hit you with this broom. 262 00:15:03,328 --> 00:15:05,786 Annie, I'm in love with you, there's a moon out tonight. 263 00:15:06,716 --> 00:15:10,624 Boy, oh, boy, oh, boy, my last meal in the old Bailey Boarding House. 264 00:15:10,624 --> 00:15:12,829 Oh, my lands, my blood pressure! 265 00:15:12,829 --> 00:15:15,189 Pop, can I have the car? I have to take over a lot of plates and things. 266 00:15:15,189 --> 00:15:16,455 - What plates? - Oh, Mom, 267 00:15:16,455 --> 00:15:18,940 I'm Chairman of the Eats Committee and we only need a couple of dozen. 268 00:15:18,940 --> 00:15:21,454 Oh, no, you don't. Harry, now, not my best Haviland. 269 00:15:21,454 --> 00:15:24,527 Oh, let him have the plates, Mother. 270 00:15:24,527 --> 00:15:27,348 Hope you have a good trip, George. Uncle Billy and I are gonna miss you. 271 00:15:27,348 --> 00:15:30,490 I'll miss you too, Pop. What's the matter? You look tired. 272 00:15:30,490 --> 00:15:33,050 - Oh, I had another tussle with Potter today. - Oh. 273 00:15:33,050 --> 00:15:36,002 I thought when we put him on the board of Directors, he'd ease up on us a little bit. 274 00:15:36,002 --> 00:15:38,857 Oh, what's eating that old money-grubbing buzzard anyway? 275 00:15:38,857 --> 00:15:41,451 Oh, he's a sick man. Frustrated and sick. 276 00:15:41,451 --> 00:15:44,126 And his mind's sick in his soul, if he has one. 277 00:15:44,126 --> 00:15:47,020 He hates everybody that has anything that he can't have. 278 00:15:47,020 --> 00:15:48,730 He hates us mostly, I guess. 279 00:15:48,730 --> 00:15:50,410 Gangway! Gangway! So long, Pop. 280 00:15:50,410 --> 00:15:51,666 So long! 281 00:15:51,666 --> 00:15:53,682 - Harry, you got a match? - Very funny. Very funny. 282 00:15:53,682 --> 00:15:56,097 Put those things in the car and I'll get your tie and studs ready for you. 283 00:15:56,097 --> 00:15:57,768 - Now, hurry up, hurry up. - Okay, Mom. 284 00:15:57,768 --> 00:15:58,919 - You coming later? - Don't you drop one of those. 285 00:15:58,919 --> 00:16:00,170 - You coming later, George? - What do you mean, 286 00:16:00,170 --> 00:16:02,108 - and be bored to death? - Couldn't want a better death. 287 00:16:02,108 --> 00:16:04,329 Lots of pretty girls, and we're going to use that new floor tonight, too. 288 00:16:04,329 --> 00:16:06,184 - Oh, I hope it works. - No gin tonight, son! 289 00:16:06,184 --> 00:16:08,729 - Aw, Pop, just a little. - No, son. Not one drop. 290 00:16:08,729 --> 00:16:09,946 Oh! 291 00:16:09,946 --> 00:16:14,163 Boys and girls and music... why do they need gin? 292 00:16:14,163 --> 00:16:17,255 Father, did I act like that when I graduated from high school? 293 00:16:17,255 --> 00:16:18,314 Pretty much. 294 00:16:19,113 --> 00:16:21,675 You know, George, I wish we could send Harry to college with you. 295 00:16:21,675 --> 00:16:23,235 Your mother and I talked it over half the night. 296 00:16:23,235 --> 00:16:26,542 Mmm, we have that all figured out. 297 00:16:26,542 --> 00:16:29,651 Harry'll take my job at the Building and Loan, and work there four years, 298 00:16:29,651 --> 00:16:30,930 then he'll go. 299 00:16:31,848 --> 00:16:34,907 - He's pretty young for that job. - Well, no younger than I was. 300 00:16:34,907 --> 00:16:36,989 Maybe you were born older, George. 301 00:16:38,379 --> 00:16:39,733 How's that? 302 00:16:39,733 --> 00:16:41,471 I say, you were born older. 303 00:16:41,471 --> 00:16:44,696 I suppose you've decided what you want to do when you get out of college. 304 00:16:44,696 --> 00:16:47,728 Oh well, you know what I've always talked about...build things... 305 00:16:47,728 --> 00:16:50,175 design new buildings... plan modern cities... 306 00:16:50,175 --> 00:16:53,059 - all that stuff, I was talking about. - Still after that first million before you're thirty. 307 00:16:53,059 --> 00:16:54,498 No, I'll settle for half that in cash. 308 00:16:56,365 --> 00:16:59,612 'Course it's just a hope, but uh, 309 00:16:59,612 --> 00:17:02,152 you wouldn't consider coming back to the Building and Loan, would you? 310 00:17:04,767 --> 00:17:10,727 Well, I...I... Why, Annie, why, why don't you draw up a chair? 311 00:17:10,727 --> 00:17:13,769 Then you'd be more comfortable and you could hear everything that's going on. 312 00:17:13,769 --> 00:17:16,204 I would if I thought I'd hear anything worth listening to. 313 00:17:16,204 --> 00:17:18,154 You would, eh? 314 00:17:18,154 --> 00:17:22,017 - I know it's soon to talk about it. - Oh, now, Pop. I, I, 315 00:17:22,017 --> 00:17:29,392 I couldn't. I couldn't face being cooped up for the rest of my life in a shabby little office... 316 00:17:29,392 --> 00:17:31,880 Oh, I'm sorry, Pop, I didn't mean it that way, 317 00:17:31,880 --> 00:17:36,342 but this business of nickels and dimes and spending all your life 318 00:17:36,342 --> 00:17:40,023 trying to figure out how to save three cents on a length of pipe...I'd go crazy. 319 00:17:40,023 --> 00:17:42,655 I...I wanna do something big and something important. 320 00:17:43,780 --> 00:17:47,212 You know, George, I feel that in a small way we are doing something important. 321 00:17:47,212 --> 00:17:49,555 Satisfying a fundamental urge. 322 00:17:49,555 --> 00:17:54,044 It's deep in the race for a man to want his own roof and walls and fireplace. 323 00:17:54,044 --> 00:17:57,579 And we're helping him get those things in our shabby little office. 324 00:17:57,579 --> 00:18:04,773 I know, Pop. I, uh, I, I know that I, I... I wish I felt... 325 00:18:04,773 --> 00:18:08,566 but I, I've been hoarding pennies like a miser here in order to... 326 00:18:08,566 --> 00:18:10,819 Most of my friends have already finished college. 327 00:18:10,819 --> 00:18:14,389 I, uh, I just feel like if I didn't get away, I'd bust. 328 00:18:14,389 --> 00:18:19,538 Yes, yes. You're right, son. 329 00:18:19,538 --> 00:18:21,439 You see what I mean, don't you, Pop? 330 00:18:21,439 --> 00:18:25,436 This town is no place for any man unless he's willing to crawl to Potter. 331 00:18:25,436 --> 00:18:28,739 And you've got talent, son. I've seen it. 332 00:18:28,739 --> 00:18:32,139 You get yourself an education. Then get out of here. 333 00:18:34,448 --> 00:18:37,832 Pop, you want a shock? 334 00:18:37,832 --> 00:18:39,838 I think you're a great guy. 335 00:18:43,443 --> 00:18:44,869 Oh, did you hear that, Annie? 336 00:18:44,869 --> 00:18:48,710 I heard it. About time one of you lunkheads said it. 337 00:18:50,099 --> 00:18:51,903 I'm going to miss old Annie. 338 00:18:55,541 --> 00:18:58,839 Pop, I think I'll get dressed and go over to Harry's party. 339 00:18:58,839 --> 00:19:00,259 Have a good time, son. 340 00:19:07,020 --> 00:19:08,121 Here you are. 341 00:19:08,121 --> 00:19:09,320 George! Hello! 342 00:19:09,320 --> 00:19:11,595 You know my kid brother, George? I'm going to put him through college. 343 00:19:11,595 --> 00:19:14,276 - Hello, George! - Hee-haw! 344 00:19:14,276 --> 00:19:15,876 Oh, oh, Sam Wainwright. 345 00:19:15,876 --> 00:19:17,178 How are you? When did you get here? 346 00:19:17,178 --> 00:19:19,470 Oh, this afternoon. I thought I'd give the kids a treat. 347 00:19:19,470 --> 00:19:20,931 Old college graduate now, huh? 348 00:19:20,931 --> 00:19:23,122 Yeah. Old Joe College Wainwright, they call me. 349 00:19:23,122 --> 00:19:25,688 Well, freshman, looks like you're going to make it after all. 350 00:19:25,688 --> 00:19:26,761 - Yep. - Hey, hey! 351 00:19:26,761 --> 00:19:28,974 Harry! You're the guy I want to see. 352 00:19:28,974 --> 00:19:30,622 - The Coach has heard all about you. - He has? 353 00:19:30,622 --> 00:19:32,600 Yeah. He's followed every game and his mouth's watering. 354 00:19:32,600 --> 00:19:34,397 He wants me to find out if you're going to come along with us. 355 00:19:34,397 --> 00:19:36,399 Well, I eh, I gotta make some dough first. 356 00:19:36,399 --> 00:19:38,931 Well, you'd better make it fast. We need great ends like you. 357 00:19:38,931 --> 00:19:41,053 not broken-down old guys like this one! 358 00:19:41,053 --> 00:19:42,347 - Hee-haw! - Hee-haw! 359 00:19:42,347 --> 00:19:44,775 George! Welcome back! 360 00:19:44,775 --> 00:19:46,361 Hello, Mr. Partridge, how are you? 361 00:19:46,361 --> 00:19:48,371 Putting a pool under this floor was a great idea. 362 00:19:48,371 --> 00:19:49,538 Saved us another building. 363 00:19:49,538 --> 00:19:51,591 Now, Harry, Sam, have a lot of fun. 364 00:19:51,591 --> 00:19:52,971 There's lots of stuff here to eat and drink. 365 00:19:52,971 --> 00:19:57,258 - Lots of pretty girls around. - Hey, George... 366 00:19:57,258 --> 00:19:59,907 - Hello, Violet. How are you... - Hello. What am I bid? 367 00:19:59,907 --> 00:20:02,995 - George... - Marty. Well, it's old home week. 368 00:20:02,995 --> 00:20:05,181 Marty! Glad to see you. 369 00:20:05,181 --> 00:20:07,148 - Do me a favor, will you, George? - What's that? 370 00:20:07,148 --> 00:20:09,609 - Well, you remember my kid sister, Mary? - Oh, yeah. Yeah. 371 00:20:09,609 --> 00:20:12,275 "Mamma wants you, Marty." "Mama wants you." Remember? 372 00:20:12,275 --> 00:20:13,308 Dance with her, will you? 373 00:20:13,308 --> 00:20:16,367 Oh, me? Oh, well, I feel funny enough already, with all these kids. 374 00:20:16,367 --> 00:20:17,367 Aw, come on. Be a sport. 375 00:20:17,367 --> 00:20:20,084 Just dance with her one time and you'll give her the thrill of her life. 376 00:20:20,084 --> 00:20:21,148 - Aw, go on. - Hey, sis! 377 00:20:21,148 --> 00:20:24,247 And don't be long, Marty! I don't want to be a wet nurse for... 378 00:20:24,247 --> 00:20:26,574 And the next thing I knew, some guy came up and tripped me. 379 00:20:26,574 --> 00:20:28,594 That's the reason why I came in fourth. 380 00:20:28,594 --> 00:20:31,347 If it hadn't been for that, that race would have been a cinch. 381 00:20:31,347 --> 00:20:34,465 I tried to find out who it was later but I couldn't find out. 382 00:20:34,465 --> 00:20:38,552 Nobody'd ever tell you who...whoever, whoever it was because they'd be scared. 383 00:20:38,552 --> 00:20:40,699 - They know what kind of a guy I am... - You remember George? 384 00:20:40,699 --> 00:20:44,814 - This is Mary. Well, I'll be seeing you. - Well...well...well... 385 00:20:44,814 --> 00:20:47,625 Now, to get back to my story, see... 386 00:20:50,276 --> 00:20:51,835 Hey, this is my dance. 387 00:20:51,835 --> 00:20:53,787 Oh, why don't you stop annoying people? 388 00:20:53,787 --> 00:20:55,764 Well, I'm sorry. Hey! 389 00:20:59,145 --> 00:21:02,332 - Well, hello. - Hello. 390 00:21:02,332 --> 00:21:05,768 - You look at me as if you didn't know me. - Well, I don't. 391 00:21:05,768 --> 00:21:08,110 You've passed me on the street almost every day. 392 00:21:08,110 --> 00:21:09,775 Me?! Uh-huh.Uh-uh. 393 00:21:09,775 --> 00:21:12,824 That was a little girl named Mary Hatch. That wasn't you. 394 00:21:12,824 --> 00:21:14,554 O-yes, o-yes, o-yes! 395 00:21:14,554 --> 00:21:17,120 The big Charleston contest! 396 00:21:19,055 --> 00:21:21,349 The prize? A genuine loving cup! 397 00:21:21,349 --> 00:21:25,447 Those not tapped by the judges will remain on the floor. Let's go! 398 00:21:35,702 --> 00:21:38,681 - I'm not very good at this. - Neither am I. 399 00:21:38,681 --> 00:21:40,291 Okay. What can we lose? 400 00:21:52,423 --> 00:21:53,984 Hey, you're wonderful! 401 00:22:21,709 --> 00:22:24,139 What's the matter, Othello, jealous? 402 00:22:25,733 --> 00:22:29,263 Did you know there's a swimming pool under this floor? 403 00:22:29,263 --> 00:22:34,360 And did you know that button behind you causes this floor to open up? 404 00:22:34,360 --> 00:22:41,518 And did you further know that George Bailey is dancing right over that crack? 405 00:22:41,518 --> 00:22:43,554 And I've got the key? 406 00:23:05,806 --> 00:23:08,779 Stand back, everybody! Stand back! 407 00:23:13,067 --> 00:23:15,222 They're cheering us. We must be good. 408 00:23:54,107 --> 00:23:57,439 Get out! Oh, well... 409 00:24:03,996 --> 00:24:06,192 Buffalo Gals, can't you come out tonight? 410 00:24:06,192 --> 00:24:09,013 Can't you come out tonight? Can't you come out tonight? 411 00:24:09,013 --> 00:24:11,971 Buffalo Gals, can't you come out tonight? 412 00:24:11,971 --> 00:24:15,961 And dance 413 00:24:15,961 --> 00:24:23,852 by the light of the moon. 414 00:24:23,852 --> 00:24:26,715 - Oh, Hot dog! Just like an organ. - Beautiful. 415 00:24:26,715 --> 00:24:28,788 I told Harry I thought I'd be bored to death. 416 00:24:28,788 --> 00:24:30,637 You, you should have seen the commotion in that locker room. 417 00:24:30,637 --> 00:24:33,651 I, I had to knock off three people to get this stuff we're wearing here. 418 00:24:33,651 --> 00:24:36,194 Here, let me, let me hold that old wet dress of yours. 419 00:24:36,194 --> 00:24:37,642 Do I look as funny as you do? 420 00:24:37,642 --> 00:24:39,237 I guess I'm not quite the football type. 421 00:24:39,237 --> 00:24:42,024 I... You, you look wonderful! 422 00:24:42,024 --> 00:24:45,257 You know, if it wasn't me talking I'd say you were the prettiest girl in town. 423 00:24:46,698 --> 00:24:49,110 Well, why don't you say it? 424 00:24:49,110 --> 00:24:52,145 Well, I don't know. Maybe I will say it. How old are you anyway? 425 00:24:53,622 --> 00:24:56,103 - Eighteen. - Eighteen?! 426 00:24:56,103 --> 00:24:58,842 Why, it was only last year you were seventeen. 427 00:24:58,842 --> 00:25:00,182 Too young or too old? 428 00:25:00,182 --> 00:25:03,632 Oh, no, no. Just right. Your age fits you. 429 00:25:03,632 --> 00:25:06,605 Yes, sir, you look a little older without your clothes on. 430 00:25:06,605 --> 00:25:10,228 I, I mean, without a dress. You look older. 431 00:25:10,228 --> 00:25:13,078 I, I mean, younger. You look... y-y-you just look... 432 00:25:13,078 --> 00:25:14,417 - Oh, oh! - Oh, oh! 433 00:25:14,417 --> 00:25:18,157 - Oh, no. I wanna... - Sir, my train, please! 434 00:25:18,157 --> 00:25:20,885 A pox upon me for a clumsy lout. 435 00:25:20,885 --> 00:25:24,352 Your...your caboose, me lady. 436 00:25:25,336 --> 00:25:27,989 - You may kiss my hand. - Ummm. 437 00:25:29,943 --> 00:25:31,325 Hey. 438 00:25:33,364 --> 00:25:34,581 Hey, Mary. 439 00:25:35,273 --> 00:25:38,674 As I was lumbering down the street, 440 00:25:38,674 --> 00:25:41,274 down the street, down the street... 441 00:25:41,274 --> 00:25:43,482 Okay then, I'll throw a rock at the old Granville house. 442 00:25:43,482 --> 00:25:45,812 Oh, no, don't! I-I love that old house. 443 00:25:45,812 --> 00:25:48,052 No. You see, you make a wish and then try and break some glass. 444 00:25:48,052 --> 00:25:49,669 And you got to be a pretty good shot nowadays, too. 445 00:25:49,669 --> 00:25:51,060 Oh, no, George, don't. 446 00:25:51,060 --> 00:25:53,420 It's full of romance, that old place. 447 00:25:53,420 --> 00:25:55,301 I'd like to live in it. 448 00:25:55,301 --> 00:25:56,911 - In that place?! - Uh-huh. 449 00:25:56,911 --> 00:25:58,679 I wouldn't live in it as a ghost. Now watch. 450 00:25:58,679 --> 00:26:00,571 There's a window right on the second floor there, see? 451 00:26:06,208 --> 00:26:09,890 - What did you wish, George? - Well, not just one wish. A whole hatful. 452 00:26:09,890 --> 00:26:11,857 Mary, I know what I'm gonna do tomorrow 453 00:26:11,857 --> 00:26:14,555 and the next day and the next year and the year after that. 454 00:26:14,555 --> 00:26:17,576 I'm shaking the dust of this crummy little town off my feet 455 00:26:17,576 --> 00:26:19,287 and I'm gonna see the world. 456 00:26:19,287 --> 00:26:22,741 Italy, Greece, the Parthenon... the Colesseum. 457 00:26:22,741 --> 00:26:25,204 Then I'm coming back here and go to college and see what they know 458 00:26:25,204 --> 00:26:26,909 and then I'm going to build things. 459 00:26:26,909 --> 00:26:28,469 I'm gonna build air fields. 460 00:26:28,469 --> 00:26:31,148 I'm gonna build skyscrapers a hundred stories high. 461 00:26:31,148 --> 00:26:33,715 I'm gonna build bridges a mile long. 462 00:26:33,715 --> 00:26:35,046 Well, are you gonna throw a rock? 463 00:26:40,019 --> 00:26:41,306 Hey, that's pretty good. 464 00:26:42,357 --> 00:26:43,780 What'd you wish, Mary? 465 00:26:47,287 --> 00:26:49,562 Buffalo Gals, Can't you come out tonight? 466 00:26:49,562 --> 00:26:52,504 Can't you come out tonight? Can't you come out tonight? 467 00:26:52,504 --> 00:26:55,446 Buffalo Gal, Can't you come out tonight? 468 00:26:55,446 --> 00:27:02,523 And dance by the light of the moon. 469 00:27:02,523 --> 00:27:04,375 What'd you wish when you threw that rock? 470 00:27:04,375 --> 00:27:06,204 - Oh, no. - Come on, tell me. 471 00:27:06,204 --> 00:27:08,154 If I told you, it might not come true. 472 00:27:08,154 --> 00:27:10,060 What is it you want, Mary? 473 00:27:10,060 --> 00:27:11,110 What do you want? 474 00:27:11,110 --> 00:27:12,909 You, you want the moon?! 475 00:27:12,909 --> 00:27:16,412 Just say the word and I'll throw a lasso around it and pull it down. 476 00:27:16,412 --> 00:27:18,825 Hey, that's a pretty good idea. 477 00:27:18,825 --> 00:27:23,715 - I'll give you the moon, Mary. - I'll take it. Then what? 478 00:27:23,715 --> 00:27:25,430 Well then, you could swallow it, 479 00:27:25,430 --> 00:27:27,537 and it'd all dissolve, see? 480 00:27:27,537 --> 00:27:30,920 And the moon beams'd shoot out of your fingers and your toes 481 00:27:30,920 --> 00:27:32,874 and the ends of your hair. 482 00:27:34,511 --> 00:27:35,866 Am I talking too much? 483 00:27:35,866 --> 00:27:37,149 Yes! 484 00:27:38,235 --> 00:27:40,448 Why don't you kiss her instead of talking her to death? 485 00:27:40,448 --> 00:27:41,514 How's that? 486 00:27:41,514 --> 00:27:44,551 Why don't you kiss her instead of talking her to death? 487 00:27:46,796 --> 00:27:48,031 Want me to kiss her, huh? 488 00:27:48,031 --> 00:27:52,824 Aw, youth is wasted on the wrong people! 489 00:27:52,824 --> 00:27:56,187 Hey, hey, hold on. Hey, mister, come on back out here. 490 00:27:56,187 --> 00:27:58,964 I'll show you some kissing that'll put hair back on your head. 491 00:27:58,964 --> 00:28:00,293 What are you... 492 00:28:07,960 --> 00:28:09,128 Mary? 493 00:28:20,123 --> 00:28:22,401 Okay, I give up. Where are you? 494 00:28:22,401 --> 00:28:25,611 Over here, in the hydrangea bushes. 495 00:28:26,933 --> 00:28:29,079 Here you are. Catch. 496 00:28:29,079 --> 00:28:31,769 Wait a minute. What am I doing? 497 00:28:35,734 --> 00:28:38,299 This is a very interesting situation! 498 00:28:38,299 --> 00:28:41,955 - Please give me my robe. - Hmm. 499 00:28:41,955 --> 00:28:44,697 A man doesn't get in a situation like this every day. 500 00:28:44,697 --> 00:28:46,736 I'd like to have my robe. 501 00:28:46,736 --> 00:28:48,398 Not in Bedford Falls anyway. 502 00:28:48,398 --> 00:28:51,519 - Ooooouch! Oh! - Gesundheit. 503 00:28:51,519 --> 00:28:53,505 - George Bailey! - This requires a little thought here. 504 00:28:53,505 --> 00:28:55,287 Give me my robe! 505 00:28:55,287 --> 00:28:57,633 I've read about things like this, but I never... 506 00:28:57,633 --> 00:29:00,666 Shame on you! I'm going to tell your mother on you! 507 00:29:00,666 --> 00:29:03,864 Oh, my mother's way up on the corner over there. 508 00:29:03,864 --> 00:29:05,682 I'll call the police! 509 00:29:05,682 --> 00:29:08,230 They're way downtown. They'd be on my side, too. 510 00:29:08,230 --> 00:29:11,172 Then, then, then I'm going to scream! 511 00:29:11,172 --> 00:29:13,867 Maybe I could sell tickets. 512 00:29:13,867 --> 00:29:19,061 Let's see. No, no, the point is, in order to get this robe... 513 00:29:19,061 --> 00:29:22,232 I've got it. I'll make a deal with you, Mary. 514 00:29:22,232 --> 00:29:24,037 George! George! 515 00:29:26,830 --> 00:29:29,088 George! Come on home. Quick. 516 00:29:29,088 --> 00:29:30,598 You father's had a stroke! 517 00:29:30,598 --> 00:29:31,714 What?! 518 00:29:32,145 --> 00:29:33,877 Mary! Mary, I'm sorry. I've got to go. 519 00:29:33,877 --> 00:29:34,976 Come on, George. Let's hurry! 520 00:29:34,976 --> 00:29:37,562 - Did you get a doctor? - Yes. Campbell's there now. 521 00:29:48,540 --> 00:29:51,377 I think that's all we'll need you for, George, I know you're anxious to make a train. 522 00:29:51,377 --> 00:29:53,057 I have a taxi waiting downstairs. 523 00:29:53,057 --> 00:29:56,031 I want the Board to know that George gave up his trip to Europe 524 00:29:56,031 --> 00:29:59,314 to help straighten things out here these past few months. 525 00:29:59,314 --> 00:30:00,817 Good luck to you at school, George. 526 00:30:00,817 --> 00:30:03,110 - Thanks. - Good luck! So long! 527 00:30:03,110 --> 00:30:05,680 Now we come to the real purpose of this meeting... 528 00:30:05,680 --> 00:30:08,399 to appoint a successor to our dear friend, Peter Bailey. 529 00:30:08,399 --> 00:30:10,647 Mr. Chairman, I'd like to get to my real purpose. 530 00:30:10,647 --> 00:30:12,911 - Wait just a minute now. - Wait for what? 531 00:30:12,911 --> 00:30:16,437 I claim this institution is not necessary to this town. 532 00:30:16,437 --> 00:30:20,718 Therefore, Mr. Chairman, I make a motion to dissolve this institution 533 00:30:20,718 --> 00:30:23,597 and turn its assets and liabilities over to the receiver. 534 00:30:23,597 --> 00:30:25,140 Potter, you dirty, contemptible... 535 00:30:25,140 --> 00:30:26,368 I'll wring his neck, so help me, George, 536 00:30:26,368 --> 00:30:27,979 - you hear what that buzzard... - Mr. Chairman, 537 00:30:27,979 --> 00:30:32,440 it's too soon after Peter Bailey's death to talk about chloroforming the Building and Loan. 538 00:30:32,440 --> 00:30:34,740 Peter Bailey died three months ago. 539 00:30:34,740 --> 00:30:36,624 I second Mr. Potter's motion. 540 00:30:36,624 --> 00:30:40,596 Very well. In that case, I'll ask the two executive officers to withdraw. 541 00:30:40,596 --> 00:30:42,110 But before you go, 542 00:30:42,110 --> 00:30:45,056 I'm sure the whole Board wishes to express its deep sorrow 543 00:30:45,056 --> 00:30:47,494 - at the passing of Peter Bailey. - Thank you very much. 544 00:30:47,494 --> 00:30:51,168 It was his faith and devotion that are responsible for this organization. 545 00:30:51,168 --> 00:30:53,163 I'll go further than that. 546 00:30:53,163 --> 00:30:57,774 I'll say that to the public, Peter Bailey was the Building and Loan. 547 00:30:57,774 --> 00:31:00,064 Oh, that's fine, Potter, coming from you, 548 00:31:00,064 --> 00:31:02,056 considering that you probably drove him to his grave. 549 00:31:02,056 --> 00:31:05,093 Peter Bailey was not a business man. 550 00:31:05,093 --> 00:31:09,559 That's what killed him. Oh, I don't mean any disrespect to him, God rest his soul. 551 00:31:09,559 --> 00:31:13,405 He was a man of high ideals, so-called. 552 00:31:13,405 --> 00:31:17,881 But ideals without common sense can ruin this town. 553 00:31:17,881 --> 00:31:21,351 Now, you take this loan here to Ernie Bishop... 554 00:31:21,351 --> 00:31:27,312 you know, that fellow that sits around all day on his brains in his taxi, you know. 555 00:31:27,312 --> 00:31:32,760 I happen to know the bank turned down this loan, but he comes here 556 00:31:32,760 --> 00:31:38,441 and we're building him a house worth five thousand dollars. 557 00:31:38,441 --> 00:31:40,853 - Why? - Well, I handled that, Mr. Potter. 558 00:31:40,853 --> 00:31:42,160 You have all the papers there. 559 00:31:42,160 --> 00:31:45,154 His salary, insurance. I can personally vouch for his character. 560 00:31:45,154 --> 00:31:47,820 - A friend of yours. - Yes, sir. 561 00:31:47,820 --> 00:31:51,377 You see, if you shoot pool with some employee here, 562 00:31:51,377 --> 00:31:54,036 you can come and borrow money. 563 00:31:54,036 --> 00:31:55,832 What does that get us? 564 00:31:55,832 --> 00:32:01,062 A discontented, lazy rabble instead of a thrifty working class. 565 00:32:01,062 --> 00:32:06,274 And all because a few starry-eyed dreamers like Peter Bailey 566 00:32:06,274 --> 00:32:10,477 stir them up and fill their heads with a lot of impossible ideas. 567 00:32:10,477 --> 00:32:13,015 - Now, I say... - Just a minute. Just a... 568 00:32:13,015 --> 00:32:15,446 Just a minute. Now, hold on, Mr. Potter. 569 00:32:15,446 --> 00:32:18,677 You're right when you say my father was no business man. I know that. 570 00:32:18,677 --> 00:32:21,992 Why he ever started this cheap penny-ante Building and Loan, I'll never know. 571 00:32:21,992 --> 00:32:25,381 But neither you nor anybody else can say anything against his character, 572 00:32:25,381 --> 00:32:27,367 because his whole life was... 573 00:32:27,367 --> 00:32:30,062 Why, in the twenty-five years since he and Uncle Billy started this thing, 574 00:32:30,062 --> 00:32:32,344 he never once thought of himself. Isn't that right, Uncle Billy? 575 00:32:32,344 --> 00:32:35,398 He didn't save enough money to send Harry to school, let alone me. 576 00:32:35,398 --> 00:32:38,197 But he did help a few people get out of your slums, Mr. Potter. 577 00:32:38,197 --> 00:32:39,501 And what's wrong with that? 578 00:32:39,501 --> 00:32:42,216 Why...here, you are all businessmen here. 579 00:32:42,216 --> 00:32:45,354 Doesn't it make them better citizens? Doesn't it make them better customers? 580 00:32:45,354 --> 00:32:47,423 You...you said that uh... what'd you say just a minute ago... 581 00:32:47,423 --> 00:32:51,344 They, they had to wait and save their money before they even thought of a decent home. 582 00:32:51,344 --> 00:32:53,276 Wait! Wait for what? 583 00:32:53,276 --> 00:32:54,765 Until their children grow up and leave them? 584 00:32:54,765 --> 00:32:57,215 Until they're so old and broken-down that they... 585 00:32:57,215 --> 00:32:59,946 Do you know how long it takes a working man to save five thousand dollars? 586 00:32:59,946 --> 00:33:03,408 Just remember this, Mr. Potter, that this rabble you're talking about... 587 00:33:03,408 --> 00:33:07,483 they do most of the working and paying and living and dying in this community. 588 00:33:07,483 --> 00:33:09,746 Well, it is too much to have them work and pay and live and die 589 00:33:09,746 --> 00:33:11,779 in a couple of decent rooms and a bath? 590 00:33:11,779 --> 00:33:14,645 Anyway, my father didn't think so. 591 00:33:14,645 --> 00:33:16,135 People were human beings to him, 592 00:33:16,135 --> 00:33:20,040 but to you, a warped, frustrated old man, they're cattle. 593 00:33:20,040 --> 00:33:22,547 Well, in my book, he died a much richer man than you'll ever be. 594 00:33:22,547 --> 00:33:26,911 I'm not interested in your book. I'm talking about the Building and Loan. 595 00:33:26,911 --> 00:33:28,772 I know very well what you're talking about. 596 00:33:28,772 --> 00:33:32,084 You're talking about something you can't get your fingers on, and it's galling you. 597 00:33:32,084 --> 00:33:34,542 That's what you're talking about, I know. 598 00:33:34,542 --> 00:33:36,372 Well, I, I, I've said too much. 599 00:33:36,372 --> 00:33:40,043 I... You're, you're the Board here. You do what you want with this thing. 600 00:33:40,043 --> 00:33:41,534 There's j-just one thing more though. 601 00:33:41,534 --> 00:33:44,698 This town needs this measly one-horse institution 602 00:33:44,698 --> 00:33:48,643 if only to have some place where people can come without crawling to Potter. 603 00:33:48,643 --> 00:33:49,910 Come on, Uncle Billy. 604 00:33:55,467 --> 00:34:01,002 Sentimental hogwash. I want my motion. 605 00:34:01,002 --> 00:34:03,275 Oh boy, that was telling him, George, old boy. 606 00:34:03,275 --> 00:34:05,410 You shut his big mouth. You should have heard him. 607 00:34:05,410 --> 00:34:06,613 What happened? We heard a lot of yelling. 608 00:34:06,613 --> 00:34:10,057 Well, we're being voted out of business after twenty-five years. 609 00:34:10,057 --> 00:34:11,527 Easy come, easy go. 610 00:34:11,527 --> 00:34:13,480 Here it is. "Help wanted - Female." 611 00:34:13,480 --> 00:34:15,638 You still want me hang around, George? 612 00:34:15,638 --> 00:34:16,820 Yeah, I'll be right down. 613 00:34:16,820 --> 00:34:18,083 Hey, you'll miss your train. 614 00:34:18,083 --> 00:34:19,947 You're a week late for school already. Go on. 615 00:34:19,947 --> 00:34:22,885 - What's going on in there? - Oh, never mind. Don't worry about that. 616 00:34:22,885 --> 00:34:25,014 They're putting us out of business. So what? 617 00:34:25,014 --> 00:34:27,195 I can get another job. I'm only fifty-five. 618 00:34:27,195 --> 00:34:28,893 - Fifty-six. - Go on, go on. 619 00:34:28,893 --> 00:34:32,117 Hey, look, you gave up your boat trip, now you don't want to miss college, too, do you? 620 00:34:32,117 --> 00:34:33,316 George! George! 621 00:34:33,316 --> 00:34:35,747 They voted Potter down. They want to keep it going. 622 00:34:37,200 --> 00:34:39,022 - Whoopee! - You did it, George, you did it. 623 00:34:39,022 --> 00:34:41,177 But they got one condition, only one condition. 624 00:34:41,177 --> 00:34:42,895 - What's that? - That's the best part of it. 625 00:34:42,895 --> 00:34:46,306 They've appointed George here as Executive Secretary to take his father's place. 626 00:34:46,306 --> 00:34:47,578 Oh, no! But, Uncle Billy... 627 00:34:47,578 --> 00:34:49,340 You can keep him on. That's all right. 628 00:34:49,340 --> 00:34:51,304 As Secretary you can hire anyone you like. 629 00:34:51,304 --> 00:34:53,216 Dr. Campbell, now let's get this thing straight. 630 00:34:53,216 --> 00:34:54,773 I'm leaving. I'm leaving right now. 631 00:34:54,773 --> 00:34:56,499 I'm going to school. This is my last chance. 632 00:34:56,499 --> 00:34:58,040 Uncle Billy here, he's your man. 633 00:34:58,040 --> 00:35:00,668 But, George, they'll vote with Potter otherwise. 634 00:35:03,043 --> 00:35:05,416 I know, I know, he didn't go. 635 00:35:05,416 --> 00:35:06,497 That's right. 636 00:35:06,497 --> 00:35:11,106 Not only that, but he gave his school money to his brother, Harry, and sent him to college. 637 00:35:11,106 --> 00:35:12,900 Harry became a football star. 638 00:35:12,900 --> 00:35:14,678 Made second team All-American. 639 00:35:14,678 --> 00:35:17,240 Yeah, but what happened to George? 640 00:35:17,240 --> 00:35:20,378 George got four years older, waiting for Harry to come back 641 00:35:20,378 --> 00:35:22,157 and take over the Building and Loan. 642 00:35:22,157 --> 00:35:24,853 Oh, there are plenty of jobs around for somebody that likes to travel. 643 00:35:24,853 --> 00:35:26,044 Look at this. There... 644 00:35:26,044 --> 00:35:30,511 Venezuela oil fields - Wanted. Man with construction experience. 645 00:35:30,511 --> 00:35:35,266 Here's the Yukon, oh, right here - wanted - man with engineering experience. 646 00:35:36,127 --> 00:35:37,974 There she blows. 647 00:35:37,974 --> 00:35:40,365 You know what the three most exciting sounds in the world are? 648 00:35:40,365 --> 00:35:42,781 - Uh-huh. - Breakfast is served, lunch is served, dinner... 649 00:35:42,781 --> 00:35:44,402 No, no, no, no! 650 00:35:44,402 --> 00:35:47,989 - Anchor chains, plane motors, and train whistles. - Peanut? 651 00:35:47,989 --> 00:35:49,308 There's the Professor now. 652 00:35:49,308 --> 00:35:53,220 - Old Professor Phil Beta Kappa Bailey! All-American. - Well, if it isn't old George Geographic Explorer Bailey. 653 00:35:53,220 --> 00:35:55,071 What? No husky dogs? No sled? 654 00:35:55,071 --> 00:35:56,541 Uncle Billy, you haven't changed a bit. 655 00:35:56,541 --> 00:35:59,931 - Nobody ever changes here, you know that. - Oh, am I glad to see you. 656 00:35:59,931 --> 00:36:02,204 - Say, where's mother? - She's home, cooking the fatted calf. 657 00:36:02,204 --> 00:36:04,183 - Come on. Let's go. - Oh, wait! Wait, wait, wait, wait a minute. 658 00:36:04,183 --> 00:36:07,176 George, Uncle Billy, I want you to meet Ruth. 659 00:36:07,176 --> 00:36:08,527 - Hello. - How do you do. 660 00:36:08,527 --> 00:36:11,355 - Ruth Dakin. - Ruth Dakin Bailey, if you don't mind. 661 00:36:11,355 --> 00:36:12,447 Huh? 662 00:36:12,447 --> 00:36:15,961 Well, I wired you I had a surprise. Here she is. Meet the wife. 663 00:36:15,961 --> 00:36:18,854 Well, what do you know - wife. 664 00:36:19,901 --> 00:36:22,725 Well, how do you do. Congratulations. 665 00:36:22,725 --> 00:36:24,773 What am I doing? Congratulations! 666 00:36:24,773 --> 00:36:28,659 They're married... why didn't you tell somebody? 667 00:36:28,659 --> 00:36:32,136 ...Oh, I can't wait to see Tilly's face. 668 00:36:32,136 --> 00:36:33,545 - Did you really marry him? - Why, yes... 669 00:36:33,545 --> 00:36:36,870 What's a pretty girl like you doing marrying this two-headed brother of mine? 670 00:36:36,870 --> 00:36:38,518 Well, I tell you. It's purely mercenary. 671 00:36:38,518 --> 00:36:39,804 My father offered him a job. 672 00:36:39,804 --> 00:36:44,459 Oh, he gets you and a job? Well, Harry's cup runneth over. 673 00:36:44,459 --> 00:36:47,359 Uh, George, about that job, Ruth spoke out of turn. 674 00:36:47,359 --> 00:36:49,128 I never said I'd take it. 675 00:36:49,128 --> 00:36:51,997 You've been holding the bag here for four years, and... 676 00:36:51,997 --> 00:36:53,639 well, I won't let you down, George. 677 00:36:53,639 --> 00:36:55,909 I would like to... Oh, wait a minute. I forgot the bags. 678 00:36:55,909 --> 00:36:57,004 I'll be right back. 679 00:36:57,894 --> 00:37:02,635 It was a surprise to me. This is the new Mrs. Bailey, my nephew's wife. 680 00:37:02,635 --> 00:37:08,434 Old, old friends of the family. 681 00:37:08,434 --> 00:37:11,538 - Oh, of course, I've heard him speak of you. - And I want you to tell you, 682 00:37:11,538 --> 00:37:18,102 we're going to give the biggest party this town ever saw. 683 00:37:18,102 --> 00:37:20,003 Here, have some popcorn. 684 00:37:21,358 --> 00:37:23,833 George, George, George, that's all Harry ever talks about. 685 00:37:23,833 --> 00:37:27,994 Uh, uh, uh, Ruth, uh, this, uh, what about this job? 686 00:37:27,994 --> 00:37:30,487 Oh, well, my father owns a glass factory in Buffalo. 687 00:37:30,487 --> 00:37:32,947 He wants to get Harry started in the research business. 688 00:37:32,947 --> 00:37:35,518 - Well, is it a good job? - Oh, yes, very. 689 00:37:35,518 --> 00:37:38,904 - Not much money, but, uh, good future, you know. - I know. 690 00:37:38,904 --> 00:37:40,918 Harry's a genius at research. 691 00:37:40,918 --> 00:37:44,102 - My father just fell in love with him. - And you did, too. 692 00:37:59,248 --> 00:38:02,150 Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy, oh boy. 693 00:38:02,150 --> 00:38:06,235 I feel so good. I could spit in Potter's eye. 694 00:38:06,235 --> 00:38:09,136 I think I will. I think I will. 695 00:38:09,136 --> 00:38:11,436 What did you say? Huhh? 696 00:38:11,436 --> 00:38:13,691 Oh, maybe I'd better go home. 697 00:38:13,691 --> 00:38:15,603 Where's my hat? Where's my... 698 00:38:15,603 --> 00:38:19,251 Oh! Oh, thank you, George, which is mine? 699 00:38:19,251 --> 00:38:22,590 - The middle one. - Oh, thank you, George, old boy, old boy. 700 00:38:22,590 --> 00:38:26,344 Now, look, if you'll point me in the right direction...would you do that, George? 701 00:38:26,344 --> 00:38:30,094 - Right down here. - Oh...Old Building and Loan pal, huh... 702 00:38:30,094 --> 00:38:33,171 Now you just turn this way and go right straight down there. 703 00:38:33,171 --> 00:38:34,473 That way, huh? 704 00:38:34,473 --> 00:38:39,321 My Wild Irish rose... 705 00:38:42,138 --> 00:38:45,412 I'm all right. I'm all right. 706 00:38:45,412 --> 00:38:51,153 The sweetest flower that grows... 707 00:39:27,690 --> 00:39:28,727 Hello, Mom. 708 00:39:31,238 --> 00:39:32,463 That's for nothing. 709 00:39:33,936 --> 00:39:36,696 - How do you like her? - Oh, she's swell. 710 00:39:36,696 --> 00:39:39,446 Looks like she can keep Harry on his toes. 711 00:39:39,446 --> 00:39:41,770 Keep him out of Bedford Falls anyway. 712 00:39:43,924 --> 00:39:46,670 Did you know that Mary Hatch is back from school? 713 00:39:46,670 --> 00:39:49,103 - Uh-huh. - Came back three days ago. 714 00:39:49,103 --> 00:39:50,847 Hmmm... 715 00:39:50,847 --> 00:39:54,481 - Nice girl, Mary. - Hmmm. 716 00:39:54,481 --> 00:39:57,502 Kind that will help you find the answers, George. 717 00:39:57,502 --> 00:40:00,624 - Hmmm... - Oh, stop that grunting. 718 00:40:00,624 --> 00:40:01,924 Hmmm. 719 00:40:01,924 --> 00:40:05,384 Can you give me one good reason why you shouldn't call on Mary? 720 00:40:05,384 --> 00:40:07,098 - Sure - Sam Wainwright. - Hmmm? 721 00:40:07,098 --> 00:40:10,446 - Yes, Sam's crazy about Mary. - Well, she's not crazy about him. 722 00:40:10,446 --> 00:40:11,450 Well, how do you know? 723 00:40:11,450 --> 00:40:13,006 - Well, did she discuss it with you? - No. 724 00:40:13,006 --> 00:40:15,867 - Well then, how do you know? - Well, I've got eyes, haven't I? 725 00:40:15,867 --> 00:40:19,126 Why, she lights up like a firefly whenever you're around. 726 00:40:19,126 --> 00:40:20,324 Oh... 727 00:40:20,324 --> 00:40:24,637 And besides, Sam Wainwright's away in New York and you're here in Bedford Falls. 728 00:40:24,637 --> 00:40:27,368 And all's fair in love and war. 729 00:40:27,368 --> 00:40:28,898 Well, I don't know about war. 730 00:40:32,737 --> 00:40:36,541 Mother of mine, I can see right through you, right to your back collar button... 731 00:40:36,541 --> 00:40:38,808 - trying to get rid of me, huh? - Uh-huh. 732 00:40:41,371 --> 00:40:43,419 Well, here's your hat, what's your hurry. 733 00:40:44,501 --> 00:40:47,338 All right, Mother, Old Building and Loan pal, 734 00:40:47,338 --> 00:40:50,478 I think I'll go out and find the girl and do a little passionate necking. 735 00:40:50,478 --> 00:40:52,026 Oh, George... 736 00:40:52,026 --> 00:40:55,159 Now if you'll just point me in the right direction... 737 00:40:56,835 --> 00:40:58,074 this direction? 738 00:41:05,301 --> 00:41:06,772 Good night, Mrs. Bailey. 739 00:41:18,221 --> 00:41:20,864 - Excuse me... - Now, wait a minute. 740 00:41:20,864 --> 00:41:23,194 I think I got a date. 741 00:41:23,194 --> 00:41:25,776 But uh, stick around, fellows, just in case, huh? 742 00:41:27,335 --> 00:41:28,837 We'll wait for you, baby. 743 00:41:30,990 --> 00:41:33,605 - Hello, George-Porgie! - What? 744 00:41:33,605 --> 00:41:36,863 - Hey, uh...What gives? - Nothing. 745 00:41:37,697 --> 00:41:42,101 - Where are you going? - Oh, I'm...probably end up down at the library. 746 00:41:42,101 --> 00:41:46,352 Georgie, don't you ever get tired of just reading about things? 747 00:41:47,383 --> 00:41:51,761 - Yes. What are you doing tonight? - Not a thing. 748 00:41:52,331 --> 00:41:54,155 Are you game, Violet? Let's make a night of it. 749 00:41:54,155 --> 00:41:56,411 Oh, I'd love it, Georgie. What'll we do? 750 00:41:56,411 --> 00:41:59,774 Let's go out in the fields and take off our shoes, and walk through the grass. 751 00:41:59,774 --> 00:42:00,822 Huh? 752 00:42:00,822 --> 00:42:03,876 Then we can to up to the falls. It's beautiful up there in the moonlight, 753 00:42:03,876 --> 00:42:06,112 and there's a green pool up there, 754 00:42:06,112 --> 00:42:08,692 and we can, uh, s-swim in it. 755 00:42:08,692 --> 00:42:10,706 Then we can climb Mt. Bedford, 756 00:42:10,706 --> 00:42:13,674 and smell the pines and watch the sunrise against the peaks, 757 00:42:13,674 --> 00:42:15,163 and we'll stay up there the whole night, 758 00:42:15,163 --> 00:42:17,179 and everybody'll be talking and there'll be a terrific scandal... 759 00:42:17,179 --> 00:42:19,084 Georgie, have you gone crazy? 760 00:42:19,084 --> 00:42:21,087 Walk in the grass in my bare feet? 761 00:42:22,408 --> 00:42:25,226 - Why, it's ten miles up to Mt. Bedford. - Shhh... 762 00:42:25,226 --> 00:42:28,616 - You think just because you... - O-O-Okay, just forget about the whole thing. 763 00:42:46,617 --> 00:42:49,295 What are you doing, picketing? 764 00:42:49,295 --> 00:42:51,064 Hello, Mary. 765 00:42:51,064 --> 00:42:53,303 I just happened to be passing by. 766 00:42:53,303 --> 00:42:55,642 Yes, so I noticed. 767 00:42:55,642 --> 00:42:58,025 - Have you made up your mind? - How's that? 768 00:42:58,025 --> 00:42:59,578 Have you made up your mind? 769 00:42:59,578 --> 00:43:02,800 - About what? - About coming in. 770 00:43:02,800 --> 00:43:06,520 Your mother just phoned and said you were on your way over to pay me a visit. 771 00:43:06,520 --> 00:43:09,218 My mother just called you? Well, how did she know? 772 00:43:09,218 --> 00:43:11,050 - Didn't you tell her? - I didn't tell anybody. 773 00:43:11,050 --> 00:43:14,161 I just went for a walk and happened to be passing by, idiot. 774 00:43:14,161 --> 00:43:19,742 What do you... went for a walk. That's all. 775 00:43:21,044 --> 00:43:23,407 - I'll be downstairs, mother. - All right, dear. 776 00:43:45,809 --> 00:43:48,557 Well, are you coming in or aren't you? 777 00:43:48,557 --> 00:43:54,107 Well, I'll come in for a minute. But I... 778 00:44:06,163 --> 00:44:09,094 I didn't tell anybody I was coming over here, you know. 779 00:44:11,078 --> 00:44:14,793 - When did you get back? - Tuesday. 780 00:44:14,793 --> 00:44:16,691 Where'd you get that dress? 781 00:44:16,691 --> 00:44:19,123 - Do you like it? - It's all right. 782 00:44:24,100 --> 00:44:27,847 I thought you'd go back to New York like Sam and Angie, and the rest of them. 783 00:44:29,125 --> 00:44:32,351 Oh, oh, I worked there a couple of vacations. But... 784 00:44:32,351 --> 00:44:34,402 I don't know... I-I guess I was homesick. 785 00:44:34,402 --> 00:44:37,796 Homesick? For Bedford Falls? 786 00:44:37,796 --> 00:44:44,575 Yes, and my family, and... Oh, everything. 787 00:44:44,575 --> 00:44:46,479 Would you like to sit down? 788 00:44:46,479 --> 00:44:48,053 All right, for a minute. 789 00:44:49,186 --> 00:44:53,346 I-I still can't understand it though. You know I didn't tell anybody I was coming here. 790 00:44:53,346 --> 00:44:54,560 Would you rather leave? 791 00:44:54,560 --> 00:44:56,493 No, I don't want to be rude. 792 00:44:56,493 --> 00:44:58,294 Well, then sit down. 793 00:44:58,294 --> 00:44:59,435 What's this? 794 00:45:02,559 --> 00:45:04,116 Some joke, huh? 795 00:45:09,469 --> 00:45:14,763 Well, I see it still smells like pine needles around here. 796 00:45:15,488 --> 00:45:16,823 Thank you. 797 00:45:22,738 --> 00:45:26,120 And dance by the... 798 00:45:26,120 --> 00:45:27,250 What's the matter? 799 00:45:28,489 --> 00:45:30,488 Oh, oh, yeah...yeah... 800 00:45:32,999 --> 00:45:34,311 Well, I... 801 00:45:34,311 --> 00:45:36,683 It was nice about your brother Harry, and Ruth, isn't it? 802 00:45:36,683 --> 00:45:39,175 Oh...yeah, yeah. That's all right. 803 00:45:39,175 --> 00:45:40,360 Don't you like her? 804 00:45:40,360 --> 00:45:42,641 Well, of course, I like her. She's a peach. 805 00:45:43,978 --> 00:45:48,070 Oh, it's just marriage in general you're not enthusiastic about, huh? 806 00:45:48,070 --> 00:45:52,622 No. Uh, marriage is all right for Harry and Marty and Sam and you. 807 00:45:52,622 --> 00:45:54,417 Mary! Mary! 808 00:45:54,417 --> 00:45:55,989 Who's down there with you? 809 00:45:55,989 --> 00:45:57,956 It's George Bailey, Mother. 810 00:45:57,956 --> 00:46:00,874 George Bailey?! What's he want? 811 00:46:00,874 --> 00:46:02,773 I don't know. 812 00:46:02,773 --> 00:46:03,886 What do you want? 813 00:46:05,218 --> 00:46:06,907 Me? 814 00:46:06,907 --> 00:46:09,482 Not a thing. I-I just came in to get warm. 815 00:46:12,197 --> 00:46:15,325 He's making violent love to me, Mother. 816 00:46:15,325 --> 00:46:18,565 You tell him to go right back home, and don't you leave the house, either. 817 00:46:18,565 --> 00:46:21,720 Sam Wainwright promised to call you from New York tonight. 818 00:46:21,720 --> 00:46:23,294 But your mother needn't... 819 00:46:23,294 --> 00:46:24,904 You know I - I didn't come here to... 820 00:46:24,904 --> 00:46:26,291 What did you come here for then? 821 00:46:26,291 --> 00:46:27,490 I don't know. You tell me. 822 00:46:27,490 --> 00:46:29,220 You're supposed to be the one that has all the answers. 823 00:46:29,220 --> 00:46:31,021 - You tell me. - Why don't you go home? 824 00:46:31,021 --> 00:46:33,924 That's where I'm going. I don't know why I came here in the first place. 825 00:46:33,924 --> 00:46:35,412 - Good night. - Good night! 826 00:46:35,412 --> 00:46:36,992 Mary! Mary! 827 00:46:36,992 --> 00:46:39,956 - The telephone. It's Sam! - I'll get it. 828 00:46:39,956 --> 00:46:42,257 Whatever were you doing that you couldn't hear? 829 00:46:51,719 --> 00:46:54,127 Mary, he'swaiting! 830 00:46:57,522 --> 00:46:58,779 Hello. 831 00:47:00,474 --> 00:47:01,922 I forgot my hat. 832 00:47:03,745 --> 00:47:07,289 Hee-haw! Hello, Sam, how are you? 833 00:47:07,289 --> 00:47:10,242 Aw, I'm great. Gee, it's good to hear your voice again. 834 00:47:10,242 --> 00:47:14,053 Oh, well, that's awfully sweet of you, Sam. 835 00:47:14,053 --> 00:47:17,481 There's an old friend of yours here. George Bailey. 836 00:47:17,481 --> 00:47:19,465 You mean old moss-back George? 837 00:47:19,465 --> 00:47:22,238 Yes. Old moss-back George. 838 00:47:22,238 --> 00:47:24,102 Hee-haw! Put him on. 839 00:47:24,102 --> 00:47:26,401 W-Wait just a minute. I-I'll call him. George! 840 00:47:26,401 --> 00:47:28,669 He doesn't want to speak to George, you idiot! 841 00:47:28,669 --> 00:47:29,938 He does so. He asked for him. 842 00:47:29,938 --> 00:47:34,251 Geo-George! George, Sam wants to speak to you. 843 00:47:38,686 --> 00:47:41,796 - Hi, Sam. - Well, George Bailoffski! 844 00:47:41,796 --> 00:47:43,523 Hey, a fine pal you are. 845 00:47:43,523 --> 00:47:45,493 What're you trying to do? Steal my girl? 846 00:47:45,493 --> 00:47:48,353 W-W-What do you mean? Nobody's trying to steal anybody's girl. 847 00:47:48,353 --> 00:47:50,349 H-Here...here's Mary. 848 00:47:50,349 --> 00:47:51,923 No, no, wait a minute. Wait a minute. I want to talk to both of you. 849 00:47:51,923 --> 00:47:53,967 - Here to you. - Tell Mary to get on the extension. 850 00:47:53,967 --> 00:47:56,208 - You tell him. - Mother's on the extension. We... 851 00:47:56,208 --> 00:47:57,521 I am not! 852 00:47:58,212 --> 00:48:00,799 We can both hear. Come here. 853 00:48:00,799 --> 00:48:02,917 We-We're listening, Sam. 854 00:48:02,917 --> 00:48:06,522 Well look, I have a big deal coming up that's going to make us all rich. 855 00:48:06,522 --> 00:48:09,540 George, you remember that night in Martini's Bar when, eh, 856 00:48:09,540 --> 00:48:12,639 you told me you read someplace about making plastics out of soybeans? 857 00:48:12,639 --> 00:48:13,891 Jelly beans? 858 00:48:13,891 --> 00:48:14,932 Shut up, will you? 859 00:48:14,932 --> 00:48:18,887 Do you remember out of jelly- ...out of soybeans? 860 00:48:18,887 --> 00:48:22,077 Huh? Yeah, yeah, yeah... soybeans. Yeah. 861 00:48:22,077 --> 00:48:24,692 Well, listen. Dad snapped up the idea. 862 00:48:24,692 --> 00:48:26,952 And he's going to build a factory outside of Rochester. 863 00:48:26,952 --> 00:48:28,305 How do you like that? 864 00:48:30,560 --> 00:48:33,973 Rochester? Well, why Rochester? 865 00:48:33,973 --> 00:48:36,856 Well, why not? Can you think of anything better? 866 00:48:36,856 --> 00:48:38,598 Oh, I don't know... It's just... 867 00:48:38,598 --> 00:48:40,273 Why not right here? 868 00:48:40,273 --> 00:48:43,565 Y-You remember that... that old tool and machinery works? 869 00:48:43,565 --> 00:48:45,955 W-Well, you tell your father he can get that for a song. 870 00:48:45,955 --> 00:48:47,238 And all the labor he wants, too. 871 00:48:47,238 --> 00:48:50,070 Half the town was thrown out of work when they closed down. 872 00:48:50,070 --> 00:48:52,309 Is that so? Well, I'll tell him. 873 00:48:52,309 --> 00:48:53,849 Hey, that sounds great. 874 00:48:53,849 --> 00:48:55,678 Oh, baby, I knew you'd come through. 875 00:48:55,678 --> 00:48:57,031 Now here's the point, 876 00:48:57,031 --> 00:49:01,531 Mary...Mary, you're in on this, too. Now listen, have you got any money? 877 00:49:04,043 --> 00:49:06,901 - Money? Yeah...well, a little. - Well now, listen. 878 00:49:06,901 --> 00:49:10,705 I want you to put every cent you've got into our stock, you hear? 879 00:49:10,705 --> 00:49:13,401 And George, I may have a job for you, 880 00:49:13,401 --> 00:49:16,725 that is, unless you're still married to that broken-down Building and Loan. 881 00:49:17,994 --> 00:49:21,830 Well, this is the biggest thing since radio. And I'm letting you in on the ground floor. 882 00:49:21,830 --> 00:49:24,124 Oh, Mary... Mary... 883 00:49:25,953 --> 00:49:28,396 Well, I-I'm here. 884 00:49:28,396 --> 00:49:32,231 Uh, would you tell that guy I'm giving him the chance of a lifetime, you hear? 885 00:49:32,231 --> 00:49:34,170 The chance of a lifetime. 886 00:49:37,787 --> 00:49:40,686 H-He says it's the chance of a lifetime. 887 00:49:43,681 --> 00:49:45,409 Now you listen to me. 888 00:49:45,409 --> 00:49:48,507 I don't want any plastics. I don't want any ground floors. 889 00:49:48,507 --> 00:49:52,047 And I don't want to get married ever to anyone. You understand that? 890 00:49:52,047 --> 00:49:54,266 I want to do what I want to do. 891 00:49:54,266 --> 00:49:56,586 And you're... and you're... 892 00:49:57,295 --> 00:50:01,447 - Oh, Mary...Mary... - George...George...George... 893 00:50:03,686 --> 00:50:09,899 Mary... Would you? Would you... 894 00:50:13,828 --> 00:50:16,167 Here they come! Here they come! 895 00:50:37,742 --> 00:50:38,942 Goodbye. 896 00:50:54,421 --> 00:50:56,983 First Harry. Now George. 897 00:50:56,983 --> 00:50:59,253 Annie, we're just two old maids now. 898 00:50:59,253 --> 00:51:01,395 You speak for yourself, Mrs. B. 899 00:51:04,076 --> 00:51:07,454 If either of you two see a stranger around here, it's me. 900 00:51:09,691 --> 00:51:12,166 Hey, look! There's somebody driving this cab. 901 00:51:12,166 --> 00:51:14,126 Bert the cop sent this over. 902 00:51:14,126 --> 00:51:16,393 He said to float away to Happy Land on the bubbles. 903 00:51:16,393 --> 00:51:19,009 - Oh, look at this. Old Bert. Champagne! - Good old Bert. 904 00:51:19,009 --> 00:51:22,046 By the way, where are you two going on this here now honeymoon? 905 00:51:22,046 --> 00:51:23,416 Where are we going? 906 00:51:23,416 --> 00:51:25,397 Look at this. There's the kitty, Ernie. 907 00:51:25,397 --> 00:51:27,189 Here, come on, count it, Mary. 908 00:51:27,189 --> 00:51:29,017 I feel like a bootlegger's wife. Look! 909 00:51:29,017 --> 00:51:31,270 You know what we're going to do? We're going to shoot the works. 910 00:51:31,270 --> 00:51:33,575 A whole week in New York. A whole week in Bermuda. 911 00:51:33,575 --> 00:51:36,256 The highest hotels, the oldest champagne, 912 00:51:36,256 --> 00:51:40,824 the richest caviar, the hottest music, and the prettiest wife! 913 00:51:40,824 --> 00:51:42,376 Wow! That does it! Then what? 914 00:51:42,376 --> 00:51:46,760 - Then what, honey? - After that, who cares? 915 00:51:46,760 --> 00:51:49,074 That does it, come here, come here, come here! 916 00:51:51,789 --> 00:51:55,912 Don't look now, but there's something funny going on over there at the bank, George. 917 00:51:55,912 --> 00:51:59,615 I've never really seen one, but that's got all the earmarks of being a run. 918 00:52:07,210 --> 00:52:10,368 Hey, Ernie, if you got any money in the bank, you better hurry. 919 00:52:10,368 --> 00:52:13,116 - George, let's not stop. Let's go. - Just a minute, dear. 920 00:52:15,627 --> 00:52:18,216 - Oh-oh... - Please, let's not stop, George. 921 00:52:18,216 --> 00:52:19,567 I'll be back in a minute, Mary. 922 00:52:36,779 --> 00:52:39,373 Well, hello, everybody. Mrs. Thompson, how are you? 923 00:52:39,373 --> 00:52:41,735 Charlie? What's the matter here, can't you get in? 924 00:52:59,541 --> 00:53:01,658 What is this, Uncle Billy? A holiday? 925 00:53:02,279 --> 00:53:03,342 George... 926 00:53:04,083 --> 00:53:05,535 Come on in, everybody. That's right. 927 00:53:06,566 --> 00:53:07,861 Just come on in. 928 00:53:11,715 --> 00:53:13,323 Now look, why don't you all sit down? 929 00:53:13,323 --> 00:53:15,130 There are a lot of seats over there. 930 00:53:16,570 --> 00:53:17,989 Just make yourself at home. 931 00:53:20,024 --> 00:53:22,141 George, can I see you a minute? 932 00:53:23,188 --> 00:53:25,239 - Why didn't you call me? - I just did, but they said you left. 933 00:53:25,239 --> 00:53:26,898 This is a pickle, George. This is a pickle. 934 00:53:26,898 --> 00:53:28,383 All right now, what happened? How did it start? 935 00:53:28,383 --> 00:53:30,927 Well, how does a thing like this ever start? All I know is the bank called our loan. 936 00:53:30,927 --> 00:53:32,257 - When? - About an hour ago. 937 00:53:32,257 --> 00:53:34,288 - I had to hand over all our cash. - All of it? 938 00:53:34,288 --> 00:53:35,967 Every cent of it and it still was less than we owe. 939 00:53:35,967 --> 00:53:37,798 Holy mackerel! 940 00:53:37,798 --> 00:53:41,597 And then I got scared, George, and closed the doors. I...I...I... 941 00:53:43,838 --> 00:53:45,463 The whole town's gone crazy. 942 00:53:45,463 --> 00:53:47,003 Yes, h-hello? 943 00:53:47,003 --> 00:53:49,170 George, it's Potter. 944 00:53:52,957 --> 00:53:54,513 - Hello? - George, 945 00:53:54,513 --> 00:54:00,006 there is a rumor around town that you've closed your doors. Is that true? 946 00:54:00,006 --> 00:54:04,125 Oh, well, I'm very glad to hear that. George, are you all right? 947 00:54:04,125 --> 00:54:07,242 - Do you need any police? - Police? What's for? 948 00:54:07,242 --> 00:54:11,504 Well, mobs get pretty ugly sometimes, you know. 949 00:54:11,504 --> 00:54:16,345 George, I'm going all out to help in this crisis. 950 00:54:16,345 --> 00:54:21,796 I've just guaranteed the bank sufficient funds to meet their needs. 951 00:54:21,796 --> 00:54:25,100 They'll close up for a week and then reopen. 952 00:54:25,893 --> 00:54:27,192 He just took over the bank. 953 00:54:28,035 --> 00:54:33,622 I may lose a fortune, but I'm willing to guarantee your people too. 954 00:54:33,622 --> 00:54:38,800 Just tell them to bring their shares over here, and I will pay fifty cents on the dollar. 955 00:54:38,800 --> 00:54:41,055 Aw, you never miss a trick, do you, Potter? 956 00:54:41,055 --> 00:54:42,169 Well, you're gonna miss this one. 957 00:54:42,169 --> 00:54:46,119 If you close your doors before six P.M., you will never reopen. 958 00:54:54,857 --> 00:54:58,027 George, was it a nice wedding? Gosh, I wanted to be there. 959 00:54:58,888 --> 00:55:00,001 Yeah... 960 00:55:01,865 --> 00:55:03,860 You can take this one off now. 961 00:55:12,580 --> 00:55:18,036 Now, just remember that this thing isn't as black as it appears. 962 00:55:27,589 --> 00:55:29,402 I have some news for you folks. 963 00:55:29,402 --> 00:55:32,693 I was just talking to old man Potter and he's guaranteed cash payments at the bank. 964 00:55:32,693 --> 00:55:34,316 The bank's going to reopen next week. 965 00:55:34,316 --> 00:55:36,231 But, George, I got my money here. 966 00:55:36,231 --> 00:55:38,025 Did he guarantee this place? 967 00:55:38,025 --> 00:55:39,812 Well, no, Charlie. I didn't even ask him. 968 00:55:39,812 --> 00:55:42,488 - We don't need Potter over here. - I'll take mine now. 969 00:55:43,195 --> 00:55:47,703 No, but you...you... you're thinking of this place all wrong. 970 00:55:47,703 --> 00:55:49,549 As if I had the money back in a safe. 971 00:55:49,549 --> 00:55:51,616 The, the money's not here. 972 00:55:51,616 --> 00:55:54,142 Well, your money's in Joe's house... that's right next to yours. 973 00:55:54,142 --> 00:55:58,113 And in the Kennedy House, and Mrs. Macklin's house, and, and a hundred others. 974 00:55:58,113 --> 00:55:59,953 Why, you're lending them the money to build, 975 00:55:59,953 --> 00:56:01,684 and then, they're going to pay it back to you as best they can. 976 00:56:01,684 --> 00:56:03,479 Now what are you going to do? Foreclose on them? 977 00:56:03,479 --> 00:56:06,322 I got two hundred and forty-two dollars in here 978 00:56:06,322 --> 00:56:09,782 and two hundred and forty-two dollars isn't going to break anybody. 979 00:56:10,675 --> 00:56:14,563 Okay, Tom. All right. Here you are. You sign this. 980 00:56:14,563 --> 00:56:17,191 - You'll get your money in sixty days. - Sixty days? 981 00:56:17,191 --> 00:56:19,363 Well, now that's what you agreed to when you bought you shares. 982 00:56:19,363 --> 00:56:21,488 - Tom...Tom... Did you get your money? - No. 983 00:56:21,488 --> 00:56:25,299 Well, I did. Old man Potter'll pay fifty cents on the dollar for every share you got. 984 00:56:25,299 --> 00:56:28,043 - Fifty cents on the dollar! - Yes, cash! 985 00:56:28,043 --> 00:56:30,719 - Well, what do you say? - Now, Tom, 986 00:56:30,719 --> 00:56:32,432 you have to stick to your original agreement. 987 00:56:32,432 --> 00:56:34,956 - Now give us sixty days on this. - Okay, Randall. 988 00:56:34,956 --> 00:56:37,793 - Are you going to go to Potter's? - Better get half than nothing. 989 00:56:38,200 --> 00:56:40,798 Tom! Tom! 990 00:56:40,798 --> 00:56:43,042 Randall, now wait a minute, wait... 991 00:56:43,042 --> 00:56:44,854 now listen...now listen to me. 992 00:56:44,854 --> 00:56:47,244 I-I beg of you not to do this thing. 993 00:56:47,244 --> 00:56:48,968 If Potter gets ahold of this Building and Loan, 994 00:56:48,968 --> 00:56:50,944 there'll never be another decent house built in this town. 995 00:56:50,944 --> 00:56:53,536 He's already got charge of the bank. He's got the bus line. 996 00:56:53,536 --> 00:56:55,823 He's got the department stores. And now he's after us. 997 00:56:55,823 --> 00:56:57,414 Why? Well, it's very simple. 998 00:56:57,414 --> 00:56:59,956 Because we're cutting in on his business, that's why. 999 00:56:59,956 --> 00:57:02,000 And because he wants to keep you living in his slums 1000 00:57:02,000 --> 00:57:04,080 and paying the kind of rent he decides. 1001 00:57:04,080 --> 00:57:06,894 Joe, you had one of those Potter houses, didn't you? Well, have you forgotten? 1002 00:57:06,894 --> 00:57:09,727 Have you forgotten what he charged for that broken-down shack? 1003 00:57:09,727 --> 00:57:12,730 Here, Ed. You know, you remember last year when things weren't going so well, 1004 00:57:12,730 --> 00:57:14,048 you couldn't make your payments. 1005 00:57:14,048 --> 00:57:17,151 You didn't lose your house, did you? Do you think Potter would have let you keep it? 1006 00:57:17,151 --> 00:57:20,221 Ca-Can't you understand what's happening here? 1007 00:57:20,221 --> 00:57:21,936 Don't you see what's happening? 1008 00:57:21,936 --> 00:57:24,104 Potter isn't selling. Potter's buying. 1009 00:57:24,104 --> 00:57:27,040 And why? Because we're panicky and he's not. That's why. 1010 00:57:27,040 --> 00:57:28,186 He's picking up some bargains. 1011 00:57:28,186 --> 00:57:30,815 Now, We-We can get through this thing all right. 1012 00:57:30,815 --> 00:57:34,174 We-We've got to stick together, though. We've got to have faith in each other. 1013 00:57:34,174 --> 00:57:37,381 But my husband hasn't worked in over a year and I need money. 1014 00:57:37,381 --> 00:57:40,749 - How am I going to live until the bank opens? - I got doctor bills to pay. 1015 00:57:40,749 --> 00:57:43,390 - I need cash. - I can't feed my kids on faith. 1016 00:57:43,390 --> 00:57:45,481 How much do you need? 1017 00:57:45,481 --> 00:57:48,801 Hey! I got two thousand dollars. 1018 00:57:49,697 --> 00:57:52,276 Here's two thousand dollars. This'll tide us over until the bank reopens. 1019 00:57:52,276 --> 00:57:53,356 All right, Tom, how much do you need? 1020 00:57:53,356 --> 00:57:54,981 Two hundred and forty-two dollars. 1021 00:57:54,981 --> 00:57:57,403 Aw, Tom, just enough to tide you over till the bank reopens. 1022 00:57:57,403 --> 00:58:00,125 I'll take two hundred and forty-two dollars. 1023 00:58:02,534 --> 00:58:04,345 - There you are. - That'll close my account. 1024 00:58:04,345 --> 00:58:06,795 Your account's still here. That's a loan. 1025 00:58:06,795 --> 00:58:08,540 Okay. All right, Ed? 1026 00:58:08,540 --> 00:58:10,883 - I got three hundred dollars here, George. - Alright, now, Ed... 1027 00:58:10,883 --> 00:58:13,919 wh-wh-what'll it take till the bank opens? What do you need? 1028 00:58:13,919 --> 00:58:18,174 - Well, I-I suppose twenty dollars. - Twenty dollars. Now you're talking. 1029 00:58:18,174 --> 00:58:19,372 Fine. Thanks, Ed. 1030 00:58:19,372 --> 00:58:20,996 All right now, Mrs. Thompson, how much do you want? 1031 00:58:20,996 --> 00:58:22,892 - But it's your own money, George. - Never mind about that. 1032 00:58:22,892 --> 00:58:25,299 - How much do you want? - I can get along with twenty, all right. 1033 00:58:25,299 --> 00:58:27,309 - Twenty dollars. - And I'll sign a paper. 1034 00:58:27,309 --> 00:58:28,441 You don't have to sign anything. 1035 00:58:28,441 --> 00:58:29,963 I know you-you'll pay it when you can. 1036 00:58:29,963 --> 00:58:32,199 That's okay. All right, Mrs. Davis? 1037 00:58:32,199 --> 00:58:36,324 - Could I have seventeen-fifty? - Seven... 1038 00:58:36,324 --> 00:58:39,375 Bless your heart, of course you can have it. You got fifty cents? 1039 00:58:39,375 --> 00:58:40,821 - Seven... - We're going to make it, George. 1040 00:58:40,821 --> 00:58:44,653 - They'll never close us up today! - Six, five, four, 1041 00:58:44,653 --> 00:58:47,937 three, two, one... 1042 00:58:47,937 --> 00:58:49,291 Bingo! 1043 00:58:49,291 --> 00:58:51,513 We made it. Close the door, Ernie. We made it. Look. 1044 00:58:51,513 --> 00:58:54,021 Look, we're still in business. We're still got two bucks left. 1045 00:58:54,021 --> 00:58:55,763 Well, look, let's have some of that. Let's celebrate, huh. 1046 00:58:55,763 --> 00:58:57,364 G-Get some glasses, Tilly. 1047 00:58:57,364 --> 00:58:59,226 Well, a couple of financial wizards. 1048 00:58:59,226 --> 00:59:00,880 Those Rockefellers. 1049 00:59:00,880 --> 00:59:03,286 Get a tray for these two great big important simoleans here. 1050 00:59:03,286 --> 00:59:04,945 We'll save them for seed. A toast. 1051 00:59:04,945 --> 00:59:08,366 A toast! A toast to Mama Dollar and to Papa Dollar, 1052 00:59:08,366 --> 00:59:10,622 and if you want to keep this old Building and Loan in business, 1053 00:59:10,622 --> 00:59:12,969 - you better have a family real quick. - I wish they were rabbits. 1054 00:59:12,969 --> 00:59:14,295 I wish they were, too. 1055 00:59:15,439 --> 00:59:17,801 Okay, let's put them in safe and see what happens. 1056 00:59:27,094 --> 00:59:30,604 - Folks, folks, wedding cigars! - Oh-oh...wedding! 1057 00:59:30,604 --> 00:59:34,193 Holy mackerel, I'm married! Where's Mary? Mary... 1058 00:59:34,193 --> 00:59:35,270 Well, poor Mary. 1059 00:59:35,270 --> 00:59:37,354 Look, I've got a train to catch. Well, the train's gone. 1060 00:59:37,354 --> 00:59:39,981 I wonder if Ernie's still here with his taxicab? 1061 00:59:39,981 --> 00:59:42,438 George, there's a call for you. 1062 00:59:42,438 --> 00:59:45,261 Look, will you get my wife on the phone? She's probably over at her mother's. 1063 00:59:45,261 --> 00:59:47,834 - Mrs. Bailey is on the phone. - I don't want Mrs. Bailey. 1064 00:59:47,834 --> 00:59:51,004 I want my wife. Mrs. Bailey! Mrs...oh, that's my wife. 1065 00:59:51,004 --> 00:59:53,029 Here, I'll take it in here. 1066 00:59:53,029 --> 00:59:56,558 Mary! Hello. Listen, dear. I'm sorry... 1067 00:59:56,558 --> 01:00:01,006 What? Come home? What home? 1068 01:00:01,006 --> 01:00:03,212 Three-twenty Sycamore? Well, what... 1069 01:00:03,212 --> 01:00:08,186 whose home is that? The Waldorf Hotel, huh? 1070 01:00:18,358 --> 01:00:21,188 Hey, this is the company's posters, and the company won't like this. 1071 01:00:21,188 --> 01:00:23,385 How would you like to get a ticket next week? 1072 01:00:23,385 --> 01:00:26,318 - Haven't you any romance in you? - Sure I have, but I got rid of it. 1073 01:00:26,318 --> 01:00:27,466 Liver pills! 1074 01:00:27,466 --> 01:00:30,295 Who wants to see liver pills on their honeymoon? 1075 01:00:30,295 --> 01:00:34,268 What we want is romantic places, beautiful places...places George wants to go. 1076 01:00:35,758 --> 01:00:38,868 - Hey, Bert. Here he comes. - Come on, we got to get this up. He's coming. 1077 01:00:38,868 --> 01:00:40,793 - Who? - The groom, idiot. 1078 01:00:40,793 --> 01:00:42,740 This is their honeymoon. Come on. Get that ladder. 1079 01:00:42,740 --> 01:00:44,064 What are they - ducks? 1080 01:00:47,186 --> 01:00:49,618 - Get that ladder up here. - All right, all right. 1081 01:00:49,618 --> 01:00:52,020 - Hurry up. Hurry up. Hurry up. - I'm hurrying. 1082 01:01:01,452 --> 01:01:04,080 Hiya...Geo...uh...good evening, sir. 1083 01:01:06,250 --> 01:01:08,098 Entree, Monsieur. 1084 01:01:09,673 --> 01:01:16,995 - Entree. - Islands of Hawaii, 1085 01:01:16,995 --> 01:01:26,804 Where skies of blue are calling me. 1086 01:01:26,804 --> 01:01:36,696 Where balmy air and golden moonlight 1087 01:01:36,696 --> 01:01:45,987 caress The waving palms of Waikiki. 1088 01:02:29,544 --> 01:02:31,509 Welcome home, Mr. Bailey. 1089 01:02:36,949 --> 01:02:38,965 Well, I'll be... 1090 01:02:43,855 --> 01:02:46,277 Mary, where did you... 1091 01:02:52,780 --> 01:02:58,431 I Love You Truly, 1092 01:02:58,431 --> 01:03:03,552 Truly, Dear. 1093 01:03:03,552 --> 01:03:08,093 Life with Its Shadows, 1094 01:03:08,093 --> 01:03:09,180 Oh, Mary... 1095 01:03:09,180 --> 01:03:12,015 Life with Its Tears. 1096 01:03:12,015 --> 01:03:13,770 Remember the night we broke the windows in this old house? 1097 01:03:13,770 --> 01:03:19,199 Fade into Dreams, - This is what I wished for. 1098 01:03:19,199 --> 01:03:23,227 When I Feel You Are Near, 1099 01:03:23,227 --> 01:03:32,910 - Darling, you're wonderful. I Love You Truly, 1100 01:03:32,910 --> 01:03:39,977 Truly, Dear. 1101 01:03:48,364 --> 01:03:52,563 - Martini, you rented a new house? - Rent? 1102 01:03:53,779 --> 01:03:56,307 - You hear what he say, Mr. Bailey? - What's that? 1103 01:03:56,307 --> 01:03:58,273 I own the house. 1104 01:03:58,273 --> 01:04:01,702 Me, Giuseppe Martini, I own my own house. 1105 01:04:01,702 --> 01:04:05,115 No more we live like pigs in this Potter's Field. 1106 01:04:05,115 --> 01:04:06,565 Hurry, Marie! 1107 01:04:06,565 --> 01:04:07,988 Come on... Bring the baby. 1108 01:04:08,844 --> 01:04:10,743 This is like a dream! 1109 01:04:10,743 --> 01:04:11,941 I'll take the kids in the car. 1110 01:04:11,941 --> 01:04:13,863 Oh, thank you, Mr. Bailey. 1111 01:04:13,863 --> 01:04:15,897 All right, kids. Here. 1112 01:04:15,897 --> 01:04:16,994 Get in here. 1113 01:04:16,994 --> 01:04:18,927 Now get right up on the seat there. 1114 01:04:21,170 --> 01:04:23,050 Get the...get the dog! 1115 01:04:25,103 --> 01:04:26,862 You've got a goat too! 1116 01:04:28,181 --> 01:04:33,868 - All right. Goodbye. - Goodbye, everybody! 1117 01:04:36,548 --> 01:04:37,577 All in. 1118 01:04:56,336 --> 01:04:58,452 Mr. and Mrs. Martini, welcome home. 1119 01:04:59,242 --> 01:05:01,543 Good old George. He's always making a speech. 1120 01:05:02,812 --> 01:05:04,645 Hee-haw! 1121 01:05:04,645 --> 01:05:08,642 - Sam Wainwright! - Oh, who cares! 1122 01:05:08,642 --> 01:05:11,682 Bread! That this house may never know hunger. 1123 01:05:12,459 --> 01:05:15,956 Salt! That life may always have flavor! 1124 01:05:15,956 --> 01:05:19,740 And wine!! That joy and prosperity may reign forever. 1125 01:05:19,740 --> 01:05:21,674 Enter the Martini castle! 1126 01:05:23,402 --> 01:05:25,809 Look, Mr. Potter, it's no skin off my nose. 1127 01:05:25,809 --> 01:05:27,673 I'm just your little rent collector. 1128 01:05:27,673 --> 01:05:31,502 But you can't laugh off this Bailey Park anymore. Look at it. 1129 01:05:32,806 --> 01:05:34,598 Congressman Black is here to see you. 1130 01:05:34,598 --> 01:05:37,755 Oh, tell the congressman to wait. Go on. 1131 01:05:37,755 --> 01:05:40,638 Fifteen years ago, a half-dozen houses stuck here and there. 1132 01:05:40,638 --> 01:05:42,964 There's the old cemetery, squirrels, buttercups, daisies. 1133 01:05:42,964 --> 01:05:44,770 I used to hunt rabbits there myself. 1134 01:05:46,177 --> 01:05:47,581 Look at it today. 1135 01:05:47,581 --> 01:05:50,583 Dozens of the prettiest little homes you ever saw. 1136 01:05:50,583 --> 01:05:53,856 Ninety per cent owned by suckers who used to pay rent to you! 1137 01:05:53,856 --> 01:05:57,335 Your Potter's Field, my dear Mr. Employer, is becoming just that. 1138 01:05:57,335 --> 01:06:00,879 And are the local yokels making with those David and Goliath wisecracks. 1139 01:06:00,879 --> 01:06:02,606 Oh, they are, are they? 1140 01:06:02,606 --> 01:06:05,488 Even though they know the Baileys never made a dime out of it.