1 00:00:01,000 --> 00:00:04,000 Downloaded From www.AllSubs.org 2 00:01:19,712 --> 00:01:23,011 Ladies and gentlemen, in this country today... 3 00:01:23,083 --> 00:01:26,712 more people are investing in the stock market than ever before. 4 00:01:26,786 --> 00:01:30,552 I imagine some of you folks own stock in one company or another... 5 00:01:30,623 --> 00:01:34,389 but for those of you who don't, I'd better explain a couple of things. 6 00:01:34,494 --> 00:01:36,860 This building is owned by a very rich company... 7 00:01:36,930 --> 00:01:39,524 called International Projects Limited. 8 00:01:39,732 --> 00:01:41,927 This young lady is a typical stockholder... 9 00:01:42,001 --> 00:01:45,334 on her way to attend the annual stockholders' meeting. 10 00:01:45,405 --> 00:01:49,739 If the stockholders cannot attend in person, they can mail in their proxies... 11 00:01:49,809 --> 00:01:53,370 designating the management or some other person to vote for them. 12 00:01:53,446 --> 00:01:57,212 It is to the small stockholders, the backbone of American industry... 13 00:01:57,283 --> 00:01:59,478 that this story is dedicated. 14 00:01:59,619 --> 00:02:03,350 In a moment, you'll see how a typical stockholders' meeting operates. 15 00:02:03,423 --> 00:02:06,449 The officers of the company are now entering the meeting room. 16 00:02:06,526 --> 00:02:11,361 They are: Alfred Metcalfe, Vice President. I wouldn't trust him with a quarter. 17 00:02:12,832 --> 00:02:17,565 Clifford Snell, Vice President and Treasurer. Him, I wouldn't trust with a dime. 18 00:02:18,972 --> 00:02:22,408 This gentleman is the new head of the company, John T. Blessington. 19 00:02:22,475 --> 00:02:25,876 President and Chairman of the Board. Him, not a nickel. 20 00:02:27,280 --> 00:02:30,181 Warren Gillie, Vice President and Secretary. 21 00:02:30,250 --> 00:02:33,185 This crook, even the other three don't trust. 22 00:02:34,154 --> 00:02:37,817 And Edward L. McKeever, the founder of International Projects. 23 00:02:38,057 --> 00:02:39,490 He's a very honest man. 24 00:02:39,792 --> 00:02:42,693 In fact, he's so honest he doesn't even have to stop. 25 00:02:42,862 --> 00:02:44,989 And, now, the meeting is about to begin. 26 00:02:45,064 --> 00:02:47,692 Order, please. The meeting will come to order. 27 00:02:48,034 --> 00:02:51,868 The annual meeting of the stockholders is hereby declared in session. 28 00:02:52,672 --> 00:02:57,132 Friends, my first duty as your new chairman... 29 00:02:57,510 --> 00:02:58,738 is a sad one. 30 00:02:59,245 --> 00:03:02,976 I must bid goodbye to our former President and Chairman... 31 00:03:03,216 --> 00:03:05,013 Edward L. McKeever. 32 00:03:06,486 --> 00:03:09,011 As you know, the President of the United States... 33 00:03:09,088 --> 00:03:13,081 has asked him to come to Washington where his brilliant talents will be employed... 34 00:03:13,159 --> 00:03:15,286 by the Department of Defense. 35 00:03:16,062 --> 00:03:19,828 In his 19 years as head of this company... 36 00:03:19,899 --> 00:03:23,198 he has seen it grow until it now manufactures everything... 37 00:03:23,269 --> 00:03:25,533 from pins to automobiles... 38 00:03:25,605 --> 00:03:28,802 from a nail file to tractors and locomotives. 39 00:03:33,046 --> 00:03:37,380 Edward L. McKeever. Ed. 40 00:03:38,685 --> 00:03:40,653 We, of International Projects family... 41 00:03:40,720 --> 00:03:44,121 have a little gift for you as a token of our appreciation. 42 00:03:44,190 --> 00:03:48,217 It's this gold master key which opens every door... 43 00:03:48,294 --> 00:03:50,854 in the International Projects building. 44 00:03:50,930 --> 00:03:54,798 A symbol of the fact that you are always welcome to return. 45 00:04:02,408 --> 00:04:04,137 Thank you very much. 46 00:04:04,210 --> 00:04:06,405 It's we who should thank you. 47 00:04:07,880 --> 00:04:10,474 Next, we will read the minutes of the last meeting. 48 00:04:10,550 --> 00:04:12,677 I move we dispense with the reading. 49 00:04:12,752 --> 00:04:14,515 - I second. - All in favor? 50 00:04:14,587 --> 00:04:19,081 I have proxies here representing 1,400,000 shares of stock. 51 00:04:19,158 --> 00:04:22,389 Speaking for these stockholders, I say, "Aye." 52 00:04:22,462 --> 00:04:23,360 Any opposed? 53 00:04:23,429 --> 00:04:25,693 We will dispense with the reading of the minutes. 54 00:04:25,765 --> 00:04:29,257 And now the report of the man you're really waiting to hear from... 55 00:04:29,335 --> 00:04:31,803 your Treasurer, Mr. Clifford Snell. 56 00:04:32,105 --> 00:04:33,470 Thank you, Jack. 57 00:04:34,807 --> 00:04:37,742 I guess I'm the fellow you either like or dislike... 58 00:04:37,810 --> 00:04:40,540 depending upon the size of your dividend checks. 59 00:04:43,950 --> 00:04:45,747 Let's see what we did last year. 60 00:04:45,818 --> 00:04:48,582 You've all been given copies of our annual report. 61 00:04:48,655 --> 00:04:51,818 Suppose we all sort of thumb through it together? 62 00:04:52,792 --> 00:04:56,523 Now, here's Page 11 for example. Assets: 63 00:04:57,130 --> 00:05:02,124 $10,101,792,891.72. 64 00:05:02,735 --> 00:05:05,169 Now, I think that's pretty good, don't you? 65 00:05:05,505 --> 00:05:08,668 Let's take a look at Page 32. That's a good page. 66 00:05:08,741 --> 00:05:12,336 Inventory. Runs through right to Page 50. 67 00:05:12,578 --> 00:05:17,447 And we have: Gross profits, net gains, salaries, interest charges... 68 00:05:17,517 --> 00:05:21,886 dividend payments, accrued income, fixed income, amortization... 69 00:05:22,522 --> 00:05:26,151 and Page 172,173,174,175... 70 00:05:26,693 --> 00:05:29,992 all the way through to Page 190: Miscellany. 71 00:05:31,764 --> 00:05:33,925 Well, folks, that's the story. 72 00:05:34,000 --> 00:05:36,400 Thank you, Mr. Snell, for your intelligent analysis. 73 00:05:36,469 --> 00:05:39,029 Will anyone move for the adoption of Mr. Snell's report? 74 00:05:39,105 --> 00:05:40,663 - So moved. - I second. 75 00:05:40,740 --> 00:05:43,368 It has been moved and seconded that the report be adopted. 76 00:05:43,609 --> 00:05:45,975 If there are any questions, bring them up now. 77 00:05:46,045 --> 00:05:47,842 I see there aren't any, so we'll vote. 78 00:05:47,947 --> 00:05:49,938 - All in favor? - Proxies vote "Aye." 79 00:05:50,016 --> 00:05:51,005 Any opposed? 80 00:05:51,084 --> 00:05:52,517 The motion is... 81 00:05:53,686 --> 00:05:54,846 Yes, madam? 82 00:05:56,089 --> 00:05:59,786 My name isn't madam. It's miss. Miss Laura Partridge. 83 00:05:59,859 --> 00:06:02,657 - Miss Partridge, do you have a question? - Yes, I do. 84 00:06:02,995 --> 00:06:05,930 It says here that the salary for the Chairman of the Board... 85 00:06:05,998 --> 00:06:09,365 will be $175,000 next year. 86 00:06:09,635 --> 00:06:11,694 Yes. What is your question? 87 00:06:11,971 --> 00:06:13,734 My question is, "Why?" 88 00:06:16,409 --> 00:06:18,775 As Treasurer, would you like to answer that one? 89 00:06:18,845 --> 00:06:21,075 Yes, indeed. Happy to oblige. 90 00:06:22,348 --> 00:06:24,441 Could I hear the question again, please? 91 00:06:24,517 --> 00:06:26,917 I don't want anybody to think I'm nosy... 92 00:06:26,986 --> 00:06:30,820 but is it true that he's going to make $175,000 next year? 93 00:06:31,491 --> 00:06:33,721 I mean, it just seems like such a lot of money. 94 00:06:33,793 --> 00:06:34,817 I see. 95 00:06:34,894 --> 00:06:38,193 In a company of this size that is not considered a large salary. 96 00:06:38,264 --> 00:06:40,289 Not a large salary at all. 97 00:06:40,700 --> 00:06:42,668 I believe that answers the question. 98 00:06:42,735 --> 00:06:43,929 It certainly does. 99 00:06:44,003 --> 00:06:45,231 Now, there is a motion... 100 00:06:45,304 --> 00:06:49,297 I hate to be a pest, but what does the Chairman of the Board do? 101 00:06:50,676 --> 00:06:52,200 I beg your pardon? 102 00:06:52,311 --> 00:06:53,835 What do you do? 103 00:06:57,583 --> 00:07:02,543 Well, as Chairman of the Board, I preside over the Board. 104 00:07:03,022 --> 00:07:05,616 Oh, I see. Thank you very much. 105 00:07:06,259 --> 00:07:09,228 I'm glad you're satisfied. We're always happy to... 106 00:07:09,295 --> 00:07:11,195 How often do you do it? 107 00:07:13,633 --> 00:07:14,998 I beg your pardon? 108 00:07:15,134 --> 00:07:18,626 How often do you preside over the Board? 109 00:07:21,841 --> 00:07:23,900 About four times a year, isn't it, Gillie? 110 00:07:23,976 --> 00:07:27,878 Yes. Four times a year, plus the annual stockholders' meeting. 111 00:07:27,947 --> 00:07:29,972 That's about 10 hours work. 112 00:07:31,017 --> 00:07:33,679 Boy, talk about being overpaid. 113 00:07:36,789 --> 00:07:40,657 One question, Miss Partridge. Are you a stockholder? 114 00:07:41,060 --> 00:07:42,721 I certainly am. 115 00:07:42,962 --> 00:07:45,522 I own 10 shares outright. 116 00:07:45,598 --> 00:07:48,431 Certificate Number 18973635. 117 00:07:48,668 --> 00:07:51,660 I was just asking, Miss Partridge, just asking. 118 00:07:51,838 --> 00:07:53,738 - What about you? - Me? 119 00:07:54,106 --> 00:07:56,768 It says here that you're going to earn... 120 00:07:59,111 --> 00:08:01,477 $100,000. 121 00:08:05,351 --> 00:08:08,684 You don't believe that I'm worth $100,000? 122 00:08:09,021 --> 00:08:11,216 Not if we can get somebody for less. 123 00:08:12,158 --> 00:08:13,955 I hardly think that is a matter... 124 00:08:14,026 --> 00:08:15,857 Can just anybody make a motion? 125 00:08:15,928 --> 00:08:18,294 - Yes. - Oh, good. Well... 126 00:08:19,198 --> 00:08:22,031 I move that the salaries are too big. 127 00:08:24,070 --> 00:08:27,471 It's not the proper form for a motion. But, if somebody seconds it... 128 00:08:27,540 --> 00:08:30,031 Do I hear a second to Miss Partridge's motion? 129 00:08:30,109 --> 00:08:31,406 I second it. 130 00:08:31,744 --> 00:08:34,372 You cannot second your own motion. 131 00:08:34,580 --> 00:08:36,104 Why not? I'm for it. 132 00:08:37,350 --> 00:08:39,614 It's a matter of parliamentary law. 133 00:08:39,685 --> 00:08:43,917 I don't know what they do in Parliament. I just think the salaries are too big. 134 00:08:44,657 --> 00:08:48,218 - I don't think that you quite... - I'd like to say something. 135 00:08:50,963 --> 00:08:55,332 Now, it's true that I've resigned from the company, I've sold all my stock. 136 00:08:55,401 --> 00:08:57,028 I read about that in the paper. 137 00:08:57,103 --> 00:08:59,094 But for a very good reason. 138 00:08:59,171 --> 00:09:01,196 Sure. The Senate made you. 139 00:09:02,108 --> 00:09:06,374 I sold my stock because I wanted no hint of favoritism... 140 00:09:06,445 --> 00:09:08,640 connected with my work in Washington. 141 00:09:09,015 --> 00:09:11,677 What I'd like you to know, ladies and gentlemen... 142 00:09:11,751 --> 00:09:15,243 is that I have been associated with these gentlemen for many years... 143 00:09:15,321 --> 00:09:18,757 and I can assure you they are worth every cent they're getting. 144 00:09:18,824 --> 00:09:21,622 And if I may, I would like to move a vote of confidence... 145 00:09:21,694 --> 00:09:24,288 Oh, no. You're out of order! 146 00:09:24,430 --> 00:09:27,422 - I move that this move can't be moved. - Why not? 147 00:09:27,500 --> 00:09:30,492 Because you're not a stockholder, so you're unparliamentary. 148 00:09:30,570 --> 00:09:32,504 If you don't mind, I would like to... 149 00:09:32,572 --> 00:09:34,233 Anyway, you're going to Washington. 150 00:09:34,307 --> 00:09:36,537 You're not gonna be worrying about the company. 151 00:09:36,609 --> 00:09:41,012 No matter where I may be, Miss Partridge, International Projects... 152 00:09:41,080 --> 00:09:43,913 will always mean a great deal to me. 153 00:09:44,383 --> 00:09:47,318 Then why didn't you pay attention to the meeting? 154 00:09:47,553 --> 00:09:49,043 I watched you. 155 00:09:49,488 --> 00:09:52,946 You didn't pay attention to anything but that sandwich you were eating. 156 00:09:53,025 --> 00:09:55,926 You were gulping it down like an express train. 157 00:09:56,195 --> 00:09:57,492 You're out of order. 158 00:09:57,563 --> 00:10:00,430 If he keeps eating like that, he'll be out of order. 159 00:10:01,033 --> 00:10:02,557 Jack. 160 00:10:02,635 --> 00:10:05,968 Miss Partridge, we still have a lot of business to take care of. 161 00:10:06,038 --> 00:10:08,871 I haven't finished about the salaries yet. 162 00:10:11,577 --> 00:10:14,307 I don't think the directors should make so much money... 163 00:10:14,380 --> 00:10:18,282 unless they happen to be movie directors, like Cecil B. DeMille. 164 00:10:19,685 --> 00:10:21,983 And I think we all ought to get together... 165 00:10:22,054 --> 00:10:26,115 and form a kind of stockholders' committee, or something, to look into... 166 00:10:31,130 --> 00:10:32,791 This meeting is adjourned. 167 00:10:34,200 --> 00:10:38,364 Ladies and gentlemen, this was not exactly a typical stockholders' meeting. 168 00:10:39,005 --> 00:10:42,031 Well, honest Ed McKeever was off to Washington... 169 00:10:42,141 --> 00:10:45,577 completely unaware that his trusted associates were... 170 00:10:46,579 --> 00:10:48,570 Did I tell you they were crooks? 171 00:10:48,681 --> 00:10:50,273 I'd like to repeat it. 172 00:10:50,349 --> 00:10:51,680 Boy, are they crooks. 173 00:10:51,751 --> 00:10:54,549 - Don't worry about a thing. - Jack, take my advice. 174 00:10:54,620 --> 00:10:57,521 Ralph Riggs is the ideal man for that vacancy on the Board. 175 00:10:57,590 --> 00:10:59,717 - Shrewd operator. - I intend to speak to him. 176 00:10:59,792 --> 00:11:02,192 If there's anything else, you know where to find me. 177 00:11:02,261 --> 00:11:04,525 - We'll call you. - Don't worry about a thing. 178 00:11:04,597 --> 00:11:07,760 - Well, goodbye. - Goodbye. 179 00:11:07,833 --> 00:11:09,664 - Have a good trip. - Goodbye. 180 00:11:09,735 --> 00:11:11,703 Goodbye, Ed. 181 00:11:23,616 --> 00:11:25,345 I'll meet you at the car. 182 00:11:39,432 --> 00:11:40,592 Hello. 183 00:11:40,700 --> 00:11:43,032 I almost didn't recognize you with your hat on. 184 00:11:43,102 --> 00:11:45,434 - Yes. - Laura Partridge? 185 00:11:45,838 --> 00:11:48,329 - From the meeting, remember? - Vividly. 186 00:11:48,407 --> 00:11:50,534 It was a wonderful meeting, wasn't it? 187 00:11:50,609 --> 00:11:52,543 Oh, yes, wonderful. Miss! 188 00:11:52,611 --> 00:11:54,340 Oh, I hope you understand. 189 00:11:54,413 --> 00:11:58,179 I didn't mean anything personal, about you and the sandwich. 190 00:11:58,250 --> 00:12:00,184 I just thought it would be bad for you. 191 00:12:00,252 --> 00:12:01,810 - Thanks. - Yes, sir? 192 00:12:02,488 --> 00:12:04,115 Something you want? 193 00:12:05,825 --> 00:12:07,315 Bicarbonate of soda. 194 00:12:11,197 --> 00:12:14,132 I bet the government is paying you a terrific salary... 195 00:12:14,200 --> 00:12:16,395 to get you to leave International Project. 196 00:12:16,469 --> 00:12:19,768 As a matter of fact, I'm working for a dollar a year. 197 00:12:21,273 --> 00:12:23,298 It's quite a cut, isn't it? 198 00:12:24,343 --> 00:12:26,834 You know, this was my first stockholders' meeting. 199 00:12:26,912 --> 00:12:29,813 - I didn't know it could be so exciting. - They usually aren't. 200 00:12:29,882 --> 00:12:32,442 Why, what was different about this one? 201 00:12:33,119 --> 00:12:36,054 - You. - What did I do? 202 00:12:36,322 --> 00:12:37,983 I only asked a few questions. 203 00:12:38,057 --> 00:12:41,083 After all, I think more people ought to take an interest. 204 00:12:41,160 --> 00:12:43,253 - No, please don't. - It's perfectly all right. 205 00:12:43,329 --> 00:12:45,263 - Please don't pay for it. - Don't mention it. 206 00:12:45,331 --> 00:12:47,162 - Thank you. - You're welcome. 207 00:12:48,200 --> 00:12:50,828 Tell me, do you own stock in any other companies... 208 00:12:50,903 --> 00:12:53,736 or does International Projects have you all to itself? 209 00:12:53,806 --> 00:12:56,536 Oh, no. I only own International Projects. 210 00:12:57,777 --> 00:13:01,338 My landlady thought I ought to sell the stock and buy government bonds. 211 00:13:01,413 --> 00:13:04,507 But I did a little investigating and I found out... 212 00:13:09,255 --> 00:13:11,519 that International Projects refrigerators... 213 00:13:11,590 --> 00:13:15,117 cost $80 more than any other refrigerator. 214 00:13:15,394 --> 00:13:18,124 So I figured that any company that overcharged like that... 215 00:13:18,197 --> 00:13:20,188 must be making lots of money. 216 00:13:21,000 --> 00:13:24,197 Miss Partridge, you're remarkable. I've enjoyed meeting you. 217 00:13:24,270 --> 00:13:25,862 - Me, too. - Goodbye. 218 00:13:26,338 --> 00:13:28,772 I'd drop you off, only I'm on my way to the airport. 219 00:13:28,841 --> 00:13:31,002 - That's all right. I'll be fine. - Good. 220 00:13:31,076 --> 00:13:32,941 Which way are you going? 221 00:13:34,180 --> 00:13:37,240 - Which way are we going? - 59th Street Bridge, sir. 222 00:13:39,018 --> 00:13:40,508 59th Street Bridge. 223 00:13:41,020 --> 00:13:44,751 If you took the Triborough Bridge you'd go right past my house. 224 00:13:45,024 --> 00:13:48,255 - But the Triborough costs a quarter. - It does? 225 00:13:48,360 --> 00:13:51,727 - Well, I think we can swing that. Hop in. - Thank you. 226 00:13:57,236 --> 00:13:59,466 Just tell George where you want him to stop. 227 00:13:59,538 --> 00:14:01,733 549 East 86th Street, please. 228 00:14:02,074 --> 00:14:04,269 - Very good, miss. - This is very nice of you. 229 00:14:04,343 --> 00:14:08,177 It's nothing. I want to add a few things to that memo to the department heads... 230 00:14:08,247 --> 00:14:10,112 Especially after the meeting. 231 00:14:10,182 --> 00:14:13,015 That's your prerogative, you're a stockholder. 232 00:14:13,085 --> 00:14:14,416 I sure am. 233 00:14:15,221 --> 00:14:18,088 How did you happen to buy International Projects? 234 00:14:18,157 --> 00:14:20,785 I didn't buy it. I was given it in a will. 235 00:14:20,860 --> 00:14:24,387 You see, this man, Mr. Tobey, he used to live next door to me... 236 00:14:24,463 --> 00:14:27,227 and when he was sick I used to play checkers with him... 237 00:14:27,299 --> 00:14:30,166 and sometimes I'd make him a little soup or something. 238 00:14:30,236 --> 00:14:32,466 And, then, when he died... 239 00:14:32,538 --> 00:14:36,338 he left me Mirabelle, his cat, and these shares in International Projects. 240 00:14:36,408 --> 00:14:39,070 - That was nice of him. - You were saying, sir? 241 00:14:39,144 --> 00:14:42,602 Yes, I want to get immediate estimates on base installation equipment... 242 00:14:42,681 --> 00:14:46,981 from Jones Thompson, Williamson, Transcontinental Corp... 243 00:14:47,052 --> 00:14:48,542 I worked for them. 244 00:14:48,621 --> 00:14:50,612 - Who? - Transcontinental. 245 00:14:51,624 --> 00:14:54,092 I demonstrated a stove on television. 246 00:14:55,094 --> 00:14:58,655 "Try this Transcontinental gas range... 247 00:14:58,731 --> 00:15:01,393 "with the ever-loving oven." 248 00:15:01,700 --> 00:15:03,793 You're an actress. 249 00:15:03,936 --> 00:15:06,166 Well, if you want to call it acting. 250 00:15:06,272 --> 00:15:09,400 No, but I am an actress. But not just television. 251 00:15:10,242 --> 00:15:13,905 - The stage is my field. - Really? Are you in anything now? 252 00:15:14,647 --> 00:15:18,048 Well, at the moment I'm in menswear at Bloomingdale's. 253 00:15:18,417 --> 00:15:19,884 Just part-time. 254 00:15:19,985 --> 00:15:22,715 Show business is a little slow, anyway for me. 255 00:15:23,289 --> 00:15:25,689 You know, I'm a very unusual type. 256 00:15:25,858 --> 00:15:29,350 Yes. Well, aren't there a lot of little theaters off-Broadway... 257 00:15:29,428 --> 00:15:30,656 you know groups... 258 00:15:30,729 --> 00:15:34,631 Sure. I used to belong to one last year, The Young Shakespeareans. 259 00:15:35,267 --> 00:15:38,327 You know what they did? Nothing but Shakespeare. 260 00:15:40,272 --> 00:15:42,206 Do you like Shakespeare? 261 00:15:42,274 --> 00:15:46,506 - I've read a lot of it. - Take my advice, don't play it. 262 00:15:47,179 --> 00:15:48,737 It's so tiring. 263 00:15:49,114 --> 00:15:52,242 They never let you sit down unless you're a king. 264 00:16:01,727 --> 00:16:05,925 So then after that I played summer stock in Provincetown, Massachusetts. 265 00:16:06,098 --> 00:16:09,397 The whole company lived in one house. We ate nothing but fish. 266 00:16:09,468 --> 00:16:14,235 But I played some small parts, painted scenery, cleaned fish. 267 00:16:14,907 --> 00:16:18,775 But I did get to meet Josh Logan, and I went up to him one day and said: 268 00:16:18,844 --> 00:16:21,711 "Mr. Logan, I'd like to be in something of yours." 269 00:16:21,780 --> 00:16:23,975 And he said... Well, here's my house. 270 00:16:24,049 --> 00:16:26,017 - He said that? - No, I said it. 271 00:16:26,085 --> 00:16:27,814 This is where I live. 272 00:16:38,097 --> 00:16:39,997 Thanks very much for the... 273 00:16:43,502 --> 00:16:44,833 Excuse me. 274 00:16:47,072 --> 00:16:49,233 Thanks very much for the ride. 275 00:16:49,641 --> 00:16:52,769 It was a pleasure talking to you, and good luck in your career. 276 00:16:52,845 --> 00:16:55,336 Thank you. And good luck in Washington. 277 00:16:55,714 --> 00:16:58,478 - Hello, Miss Partridge. - Hello, Mrs. Ryan. 278 00:16:59,251 --> 00:17:02,277 That's my landlady. She'll be so impressed with this car. 279 00:17:02,354 --> 00:17:04,584 Yes, well, it was a real pleasure, Miss Partridge. 280 00:17:04,656 --> 00:17:08,057 It was a real pleasure for me, too. Well, goodbye. 281 00:17:13,198 --> 00:17:14,187 Bye. 282 00:17:16,769 --> 00:17:18,964 Don't worry about the company. 283 00:17:19,038 --> 00:17:21,734 I'm going to attend every single meeting. 284 00:17:21,840 --> 00:17:23,535 I'm going to look after things. 285 00:17:23,609 --> 00:17:26,703 I'm sure the Board of Directors will be most appreciative. 286 00:17:26,779 --> 00:17:28,110 I hope so. 287 00:17:29,114 --> 00:17:30,342 Bye. 288 00:17:33,018 --> 00:17:35,885 Where were you, Miss Partridge? To a funeral? 289 00:17:39,458 --> 00:17:42,518 You know, in a way, I'm almost sorry to be going to Washington. 290 00:17:42,594 --> 00:17:44,858 I think I'm going to miss all the fun. 291 00:17:46,565 --> 00:17:49,830 Well, McKeever was right. He did miss a lot of fun. 292 00:17:50,102 --> 00:17:53,503 Certainly Laura Partridge had fun attending all the meetings. 293 00:17:53,605 --> 00:17:55,903 But the directors were not amused. 294 00:17:56,008 --> 00:17:58,101 Those boys were a bad audience. 295 00:17:58,277 --> 00:18:05,677 Miss Partridge, you're out of order! 296 00:18:06,485 --> 00:18:08,680 If that girl comes to one more meeting... 297 00:18:08,821 --> 00:18:11,984 I tell you, Jack, we've got to do something about this woman. 298 00:18:12,057 --> 00:18:14,491 - Don't worry, Clifford. - Don't worry? 299 00:18:14,560 --> 00:18:17,324 She's interfering with every plan we've made. 300 00:18:17,396 --> 00:18:20,593 Did you hear her when I announced we were voting ourselves bonuses? 301 00:18:20,666 --> 00:18:22,930 She practically called us crooks. 302 00:18:23,001 --> 00:18:26,767 You know, I wouldn't put it past her to form that stockholders' committee. 303 00:18:26,839 --> 00:18:29,967 - Oh, dear, don't mention that. - She keeps threatening to. 304 00:18:30,042 --> 00:18:32,010 And at a time like this. 305 00:18:32,878 --> 00:18:35,938 Boys, I'm aware of the situation, and I have it well in hand. 306 00:18:36,014 --> 00:18:38,847 Any minute now our problems will be solved. 307 00:18:44,923 --> 00:18:48,017 - I'd like to see Mr. Blessington. - Mr. Blessington? 308 00:18:48,093 --> 00:18:51,585 - Who shall I say is calling? - You shall say Laura Partridge. 309 00:18:53,265 --> 00:18:55,563 If you have a solution, you should let us in on it. 310 00:18:55,634 --> 00:18:58,034 After all, this calls for drastic... 311 00:18:58,971 --> 00:19:02,270 - Yeah? - Miss Laura Partridge is here. 312 00:19:02,341 --> 00:19:04,332 - She's here? - Send her right in. 313 00:19:04,409 --> 00:19:05,637 - Yes, sir. - Send her in? 314 00:19:05,711 --> 00:19:07,178 What's she here for? 315 00:19:07,246 --> 00:19:08,736 I sent for her. 316 00:19:09,081 --> 00:19:10,639 You're out of your mind. 317 00:19:10,716 --> 00:19:14,345 Miss Partridge doesn't know it yet, but I'm going to hire her. 318 00:19:14,419 --> 00:19:15,818 You're what? 319 00:19:18,357 --> 00:19:21,690 There's one rule in business: If you can't crush them, join them. 320 00:19:21,760 --> 00:19:25,025 If you can't kill them, acquire them. We can't kill Miss Partridge. 321 00:19:25,097 --> 00:19:27,224 How do we know until we've tried? 322 00:19:27,866 --> 00:19:30,357 Look, boys, we won't have to keep her forever... 323 00:19:30,435 --> 00:19:32,699 just until the quarterly meeting is over. 324 00:19:32,771 --> 00:19:34,864 You don't want her around, asking questions... 325 00:19:34,940 --> 00:19:37,636 when we bring up that stock option deal, do you? 326 00:19:42,181 --> 00:19:43,705 Miss Partridge. 327 00:19:45,384 --> 00:19:48,148 Miss Partridge, how nice of you to come. 328 00:19:48,754 --> 00:19:52,246 - Gentlemen, you all know Miss Partridge. - Yes. How do you do? 329 00:19:52,357 --> 00:19:54,416 On your call to Mr. McKeever... 330 00:19:54,493 --> 00:19:57,018 - I can't reach him. - Keep trying, it's important. 331 00:19:57,095 --> 00:19:59,325 Are you going to speak to Mr. McKeever? How is he? 332 00:19:59,398 --> 00:20:02,925 - I don't know. We haven't heard from him. - He must be very busy. 333 00:20:03,001 --> 00:20:07,165 Yes, very busy indeed, passing out defense contracts to all our competitors. 334 00:20:07,239 --> 00:20:09,207 Everybody's getting business from him but us. 335 00:20:09,274 --> 00:20:11,504 We're here to talk about you, Miss Partridge. 336 00:20:11,577 --> 00:20:15,206 - I imagine you were surprised to... - Jack, there must be something I can do. 337 00:20:15,280 --> 00:20:17,043 I've been in there for... 338 00:20:17,149 --> 00:20:20,243 - I'm sorry, I didn't know you were busy. - That's all right, Harry. 339 00:20:20,319 --> 00:20:22,446 Miss Partridge, this is Mr. Harry Harkness... 340 00:20:22,521 --> 00:20:26,321 a new member of our Board of Directors. Harry, this is Miss Partridge. 341 00:20:26,391 --> 00:20:28,916 - So nice to know you. - How do you do? 342 00:20:29,261 --> 00:20:31,957 Don't stockholders elect new directors? 343 00:20:32,030 --> 00:20:34,965 We intend to present him for approval at the next meeting. 344 00:20:35,033 --> 00:20:38,662 Good. Not that I don't think you're qualified... 345 00:20:41,073 --> 00:20:43,337 What are your qualifications? 346 00:20:43,675 --> 00:20:45,734 You understand that's nothing personal. 347 00:20:45,811 --> 00:20:48,712 It's just that I don't think we should hire a pig in a poke. 348 00:20:48,780 --> 00:20:52,511 Miss Partridge, we will discuss Mr. Harkness' qualifications at the meeting. 349 00:20:52,584 --> 00:20:55,849 I'd be very happy to tell Miss Partridge my qualifications. 350 00:20:55,988 --> 00:20:57,512 For three years running... 351 00:20:57,589 --> 00:21:00,057 I've taken second place in the Bermuda Yacht Races. 352 00:21:00,125 --> 00:21:02,650 I'm on the Board of the New York Polo Association. 353 00:21:02,728 --> 00:21:05,026 Took Best of Breed at the Westminster. 354 00:21:06,164 --> 00:21:09,065 If there's anything else, just ask my brother-in-law. 355 00:21:09,134 --> 00:21:12,467 - Who's your brother-in-law? - Why, Jack Blessington. 356 00:21:14,106 --> 00:21:17,837 Now, we're wasting a lot of time, and getting away from the real business... 357 00:21:17,909 --> 00:21:19,877 of this particular meeting. 358 00:21:20,846 --> 00:21:22,609 Have a chair, Harry. 359 00:21:23,215 --> 00:21:26,184 Miss Partridge, I'll come right to the point. 360 00:21:31,356 --> 00:21:33,051 At the stockholders' meetings... 361 00:21:33,125 --> 00:21:36,390 you've been showing a lot of intelligent interest... 362 00:21:36,461 --> 00:21:37,928 in the operations of our company. 363 00:21:37,996 --> 00:21:41,625 We're so delighted with your grasp of the company's problems... 364 00:21:41,700 --> 00:21:44,863 that we'd like you to be more closely associated with us. 365 00:21:45,537 --> 00:21:47,937 How would you like to come and work here? 366 00:21:48,240 --> 00:21:49,366 Me? 367 00:21:52,577 --> 00:21:54,511 What kind of work would I do? 368 00:21:55,681 --> 00:21:59,412 Well, it would be sort of general work. 369 00:21:59,518 --> 00:22:02,851 Nothing really specific, but you would be in charge of it. 370 00:22:02,921 --> 00:22:04,786 That sounds very interesting. 371 00:22:05,190 --> 00:22:07,249 And you could also help a lot... 372 00:22:07,326 --> 00:22:11,319 in getting goodwill for the company from other small stockholders like yourself. 373 00:22:11,396 --> 00:22:13,387 I'd like that. 374 00:22:17,336 --> 00:22:19,930 I've never worked in an office before. 375 00:22:20,005 --> 00:22:21,768 I can only type with one finger. 376 00:22:21,840 --> 00:22:23,671 You'd have a secretary. 377 00:22:24,142 --> 00:22:26,133 A secretary. 378 00:22:26,978 --> 00:22:31,005 Oh, well, if you really want me. 379 00:22:31,083 --> 00:22:34,314 We're very anxious to have you. Aren't we, gentlemen? 380 00:22:34,686 --> 00:22:35,675 Yes. 381 00:22:36,955 --> 00:22:39,321 What salary would you pay for this job? 382 00:22:39,491 --> 00:22:41,618 Clifford, that's your department. 383 00:22:42,694 --> 00:22:45,754 Well, shall we say $75 a week? 384 00:22:46,098 --> 00:22:48,623 I think we could do a little better. 385 00:22:48,700 --> 00:22:51,066 Suppose we say $100, do you think that's too much? 386 00:22:51,136 --> 00:22:53,331 No, I guess it's not too much. 387 00:22:54,039 --> 00:22:58,305 Well, if that's not too much, then I'd like $125. 388 00:23:00,011 --> 00:23:01,808 $125 it is. 389 00:23:02,080 --> 00:23:05,880 And you can start tomorrow. It'll be a pleasure to have you with us. 390 00:23:05,951 --> 00:23:08,681 - Thank you. - Welcome to the firm. 391 00:23:09,321 --> 00:23:11,118 - Same here. - Thank you. 392 00:23:11,189 --> 00:23:13,851 Miss Partridge, glad to have you aboard. 393 00:23:14,493 --> 00:23:19,021 - Aye, aye, sir. - Goodbye, Miss Partridge. 394 00:23:22,601 --> 00:23:25,968 And, so, just like Cinderella, Laura went to the party. 395 00:23:26,371 --> 00:23:29,772 I know to you folks it's just another job in an office... 396 00:23:30,242 --> 00:23:33,109 but believe me, she's going to have a ball. 397 00:23:34,212 --> 00:23:37,113 Miss Shotgraven, I want to emphasize one thing. 398 00:23:37,182 --> 00:23:40,117 Even though Miss Partridge is to be employed by this company... 399 00:23:40,185 --> 00:23:43,245 we want her activity to be very, very slight. 400 00:23:43,321 --> 00:23:47,781 It will be your duty as her secretary to see to it that she does little or nothing. 401 00:23:48,260 --> 00:23:50,956 - Even that may be too much. - I understand, Mr. Snell. 402 00:23:51,029 --> 00:23:55,193 If you see or hear anything unusual, I want you to be sure to report it to me. 403 00:23:55,267 --> 00:23:57,827 Here we are, Miss Partridge. This is your office. 404 00:23:57,903 --> 00:24:00,701 - Good morning, Miss Partridge. - Good morning. 405 00:24:00,772 --> 00:24:03,900 And this is your secretary, Miss Amelia Shotgraven. 406 00:24:03,975 --> 00:24:06,535 - How do you do? - Well, how do you like it? 407 00:24:06,611 --> 00:24:09,944 It's very nice. Of course, I couldn't expect anything... 408 00:24:10,015 --> 00:24:13,849 - as big as your office, not right away. - No, not right away. 409 00:24:16,188 --> 00:24:18,179 I never got billing before. 410 00:24:21,927 --> 00:24:24,293 - Let me help you. - I'll take your coat. 411 00:24:25,797 --> 00:24:28,994 - Well, here I am. - You certainly are. 412 00:24:29,067 --> 00:24:30,056 Yes, indeed. 413 00:24:30,135 --> 00:24:32,899 - Now, make yourself right at home. - I will. 414 00:24:40,512 --> 00:24:41,774 I like coffee. 415 00:24:43,615 --> 00:24:46,607 - Well, we'd better plug it in. - Yes. 416 00:24:47,219 --> 00:24:50,313 - There's a plug under the desk on the floor. - Good. 417 00:24:50,388 --> 00:24:52,185 If I have the coffee right here... 418 00:24:52,257 --> 00:24:54,657 then I don't have to be running out all the time... 419 00:24:54,726 --> 00:24:57,092 and I can just concentrate on business. 420 00:24:57,996 --> 00:24:59,088 Sugar. 421 00:25:01,566 --> 00:25:03,158 I take it black. 422 00:25:05,837 --> 00:25:08,169 - Now I'm ready to start work. - Good. 423 00:25:08,240 --> 00:25:10,970 - Good luck, Miss Partridge. - Thank you. 424 00:25:11,309 --> 00:25:15,075 Goodbye. Wait a minute. What am I supposed to do? 425 00:25:15,714 --> 00:25:17,409 Yes. I'm sorry. 426 00:25:17,682 --> 00:25:21,379 We've decided to make you Director of Stockholder Relations. 427 00:25:21,620 --> 00:25:22,780 What's that? 428 00:25:25,023 --> 00:25:28,254 Those small stockholders we talked about, like yourself. 429 00:25:28,360 --> 00:25:32,160 It will be your job to keep them happy, make friends for the company. 430 00:25:32,964 --> 00:25:34,488 Will they be coming in here? 431 00:25:34,566 --> 00:25:38,229 No, but occasionally they write letters... 432 00:25:38,303 --> 00:25:41,363 and when they do, they'll be turned over to you to answer. 433 00:25:41,439 --> 00:25:42,929 That'll be fun. 434 00:25:43,008 --> 00:25:44,566 We thought you'd be pleased. 435 00:25:44,643 --> 00:25:46,941 Good luck. We're so happy to have you with us. 436 00:25:47,012 --> 00:25:49,503 - Thank you. Goodbye. - Goodbye. 437 00:25:50,615 --> 00:25:52,947 - Come again. - Yes. 438 00:25:57,656 --> 00:26:02,025 Well, to work. Where are the letters from the stockholders? 439 00:26:02,360 --> 00:26:06,490 Hey, I've always wanted one of these merry-go-round chairs. 440 00:26:11,236 --> 00:26:13,602 - What's that? - Your Dictaphone. 441 00:26:14,005 --> 00:26:17,668 Whenever I'm busy, instead of dictating to me personally you use that... 442 00:26:17,742 --> 00:26:19,937 - then I transcribe it later. - How do I do it? 443 00:26:20,011 --> 00:26:21,569 Well, you turn this... 444 00:26:22,514 --> 00:26:24,379 and press this. Now say something. 445 00:26:24,449 --> 00:26:25,939 - What'll I say? - Anything. 446 00:26:26,017 --> 00:26:27,109 All right. 447 00:26:27,552 --> 00:26:30,544 Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. Come in. 448 00:26:30,655 --> 00:26:32,850 If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers... 449 00:26:32,924 --> 00:26:35,688 then where's the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked? 450 00:26:35,760 --> 00:26:37,421 - Mr. Jenkins. - How do you do? 451 00:26:37,495 --> 00:26:40,658 - How do you do? - Mr. Jenkins is our office manager. 452 00:26:43,435 --> 00:26:46,768 - I hope you're comfortable. - Very comfortable. 453 00:26:47,772 --> 00:26:49,467 I have some things for you. 454 00:26:49,541 --> 00:26:53,307 This is the key to... This is your employee's identification card. 455 00:26:53,378 --> 00:26:54,367 Thank you. 456 00:26:54,446 --> 00:26:56,676 - Your group insurance card. - Thank you. 457 00:26:56,748 --> 00:26:58,943 Your membership in the dining room... 458 00:26:59,017 --> 00:27:03,147 your membership in the Welfare Club, your withholding tax form... 459 00:27:03,221 --> 00:27:06,247 your social security form... 460 00:27:06,458 --> 00:27:10,292 and your key to the washroom. 461 00:27:10,362 --> 00:27:11,556 Thank you. 462 00:27:13,064 --> 00:27:17,296 I'm sure you'll have no trouble as long as Amelia's taking care of you. 463 00:27:17,869 --> 00:27:19,097 I know. 464 00:27:19,804 --> 00:27:22,068 Amelia's the most efficient girl we have here. 465 00:27:22,140 --> 00:27:23,835 Thank you, Mr. Jenkins. 466 00:27:25,443 --> 00:27:27,035 - Goodbye. - Goodbye. 467 00:27:27,379 --> 00:27:29,939 - Goodbye, Amelia. - Good morning, Mr. Jenkins. 468 00:27:35,220 --> 00:27:37,085 You like him, don't you? 469 00:27:37,288 --> 00:27:38,687 I beg your pardon? 470 00:27:39,424 --> 00:27:41,585 You like him. 471 00:27:43,461 --> 00:27:45,019 Shall we begin? 472 00:27:45,196 --> 00:27:46,424 Okay. 473 00:27:46,698 --> 00:27:48,928 Where are the letters from the stockholders? 474 00:27:49,234 --> 00:27:51,998 - There are no letters. - Mr. Blessington... 475 00:27:52,070 --> 00:27:55,005 He said if any should come in you would get them. 476 00:27:55,073 --> 00:27:57,507 What am I supposed to do, just wait? 477 00:27:57,742 --> 00:28:01,371 Well, perhaps there are some other letters you would like to dictate? 478 00:28:01,446 --> 00:28:02,435 Well... 479 00:28:04,549 --> 00:28:07,143 - Can I ask you a question? - Of course. 480 00:28:07,419 --> 00:28:09,683 Do you always wear your hair that way? 481 00:28:10,288 --> 00:28:13,621 - Yes, I do. - Well, it's easy to fix. 482 00:28:13,825 --> 00:28:16,794 Mr. Jenkins seems like a nice man. How long have you known him? 483 00:28:16,861 --> 00:28:19,830 I don't understand why you're so interested in Mr. Jenkins. 484 00:28:20,699 --> 00:28:23,190 I'm not interested in him, you are. 485 00:28:23,868 --> 00:28:27,599 I think you're stuck on him. Why don't you tell him? 486 00:28:29,774 --> 00:28:34,006 If he knew you liked him, he'd fall apart like a soggy donut. 487 00:28:36,114 --> 00:28:39,709 Miss Partridge, I'd prefer to keep our relationship on a business level. 488 00:28:39,784 --> 00:28:41,945 I'm here purely as your secretary. 489 00:28:43,955 --> 00:28:45,047 I'm sorry. 490 00:28:45,990 --> 00:28:48,891 Now, who can I write a letter... I know. 491 00:28:50,361 --> 00:28:52,761 - Dear Jimmy. - To whom is this going? 492 00:28:52,964 --> 00:28:54,090 To Jimmy. 493 00:28:54,165 --> 00:28:55,757 May I have his full name and address? 494 00:28:55,834 --> 00:28:58,064 That's his only name, I don't know his other name. 495 00:28:58,136 --> 00:28:59,398 And I don't know his address. 496 00:28:59,471 --> 00:29:02,565 - Then how will this reach him? - Through the milk bottle. 497 00:29:02,640 --> 00:29:03,766 Dear Jimmy. 498 00:29:04,409 --> 00:29:07,936 I would like you to leave two quarts of Grade A milk tomorrow... 499 00:29:08,012 --> 00:29:10,071 and a quarter of a pound of butter... 500 00:29:10,148 --> 00:29:13,276 as I am no longer just working off and on... 501 00:29:13,551 --> 00:29:16,076 but have accepted a position as an executive. 502 00:29:17,222 --> 00:29:20,589 Thank you. Signed: Laura Partridge. 503 00:29:28,633 --> 00:29:31,830 - Mr. McKeever's coming on. - They've finally gotten hold of him. 504 00:29:31,903 --> 00:29:33,461 It's about time. 505 00:29:33,538 --> 00:29:34,835 Hello, Ed? 506 00:29:36,107 --> 00:29:37,836 - He's coming on now. - Be nice to him. 507 00:29:37,909 --> 00:29:41,743 - Nice? Nothing. Give him the facts. - Don't you worry, I will. 508 00:29:42,847 --> 00:29:45,543 - Hello, that you, Ed? - Yeah, this is me. 509 00:29:46,117 --> 00:29:48,813 Gosh, it's nice to hear your voice again. 510 00:29:49,354 --> 00:29:51,652 We're just sitting around in your old office... 511 00:29:51,723 --> 00:29:54,692 Cliff, Al, Warren, Harry. 512 00:29:55,894 --> 00:29:59,591 - Harry Harkness. - What do you want with that idiot? 513 00:29:59,731 --> 00:30:02,359 Fine, Ed, fine. I'll tell him you said hello. 514 00:30:02,534 --> 00:30:05,503 Jack, I haven't got time to play games. 515 00:30:05,570 --> 00:30:08,630 I'll be up in New York in a week or so for some hearings. 516 00:30:08,706 --> 00:30:11,470 We can talk then, unless it's something that can't wait. 517 00:30:11,543 --> 00:30:14,034 Now, look, Ed, I want to talk to you now. 518 00:30:15,613 --> 00:30:18,207 That was quite a picture of you on the cover of Newsweek. 519 00:30:18,283 --> 00:30:21,275 - Very impressive... - For heaven's sake, let me talk to him. 520 00:30:21,820 --> 00:30:25,153 Hello, McKeever, this is Cliff Snell. We can't understand... 521 00:30:25,223 --> 00:30:28,624 why we haven't been awarded any new government contracts this year. 522 00:30:28,693 --> 00:30:32,459 Naturally, we don't want you to be obvious in favoring your old firm... 523 00:30:32,530 --> 00:30:35,727 Have you ever heard of the United States Senate? 524 00:30:35,800 --> 00:30:38,598 Why should we be penalized because you go to Washington? 525 00:30:38,670 --> 00:30:41,969 It should be the other way around. And if you... Hello? 526 00:30:44,742 --> 00:30:47,302 He hung up. He wouldn't even listen. 527 00:30:48,012 --> 00:30:50,071 Old Ed can be pretty stubborn. 528 00:30:50,148 --> 00:30:54,676 I think it's disgraceful how little he cares for this company. 529 00:30:54,752 --> 00:30:58,711 It's the truth. We're the only ones that have any loyalty or integrity. 530 00:30:59,791 --> 00:31:01,190 Let's go to lunch. 531 00:31:05,730 --> 00:31:07,391 Wait a minute, chaps. 532 00:31:14,439 --> 00:31:15,997 All right, let's go. 533 00:31:22,780 --> 00:31:25,180 Well, Laura proved to be a fine employee. 534 00:31:25,250 --> 00:31:28,242 Every morning she arrived early, her pencils sharpened... 535 00:31:28,319 --> 00:31:30,617 her paper out, her secretary on tap... 536 00:31:30,688 --> 00:31:34,180 then she'd sit there for eight hours trying to think of something to do. 537 00:31:34,259 --> 00:31:38,025 Dear Mother. Well, Mother, I still like my job... 538 00:31:38,096 --> 00:31:41,827 comma, but up to now I really haven't had very much to do. 539 00:31:42,233 --> 00:31:44,861 However, I do have a plan... 540 00:31:44,936 --> 00:31:47,962 that should keep me a lot busier from now on. 541 00:31:49,040 --> 00:31:50,564 Hello, Amelia. 542 00:31:52,310 --> 00:31:54,039 Hey, you look wonderful. 543 00:31:54,846 --> 00:31:56,507 What's the matter? 544 00:31:56,714 --> 00:31:58,011 Mr. Jenkins. 545 00:31:58,416 --> 00:32:01,214 I ran in to him in the hallway. He asked me to go to lunch. 546 00:32:01,286 --> 00:32:04,119 - Did he really? - I wonder why he suddenly... 547 00:32:04,188 --> 00:32:09,057 Well, you know, these things sometimes just happen like that. 548 00:32:13,665 --> 00:32:17,601 Amelia, how can I get hold of some of the names of the stockholders? 549 00:32:18,069 --> 00:32:20,435 Well, we have a stockholders list. 550 00:32:20,605 --> 00:32:22,869 Good. Would you get it for me, please? 551 00:32:22,941 --> 00:32:25,034 I'm really not supposed to. 552 00:32:25,109 --> 00:32:29,546 Come on, Amelia. We changed your hair, we can change a lot of things around here. 553 00:32:30,281 --> 00:32:31,612 All right. 554 00:32:34,852 --> 00:32:39,448 Maine, Maryland, New York... 555 00:32:40,591 --> 00:32:43,822 Rhode Island, Texas. 556 00:32:46,331 --> 00:32:48,856 We ought to get somebody from Texas. That's a big state. 557 00:32:48,933 --> 00:32:50,730 The people there must be very lonely. 558 00:32:50,802 --> 00:32:53,134 - I don't quite... - Missis Emily Woodbury. 559 00:32:53,204 --> 00:32:55,604 That's a nice friendly-sounding name. 560 00:32:55,673 --> 00:32:57,504 Twenty five shares. That's good. 561 00:32:57,575 --> 00:32:59,975 - Amelia, take a letter. - To a stockholder? 562 00:33:00,044 --> 00:33:03,912 Why not? I'm tired of waiting for stockholders to write to me. 563 00:33:03,982 --> 00:33:06,610 - Why can't I write to them for a change? - Well... 564 00:33:06,684 --> 00:33:09,585 Anyway, Mr. Blessington said to make friends for the company. 565 00:33:09,654 --> 00:33:13,454 It's sort of irregular, but if you say so, Miss Partridge. 566 00:33:16,361 --> 00:33:18,420 Dear Mrs. Woodbury. 567 00:33:18,997 --> 00:33:21,158 My name is Laura Partridge... 568 00:33:21,566 --> 00:33:24,330 and I am a woman, just like you are... 569 00:33:24,902 --> 00:33:29,168 except that from your name being Mrs., you are probably married. 570 00:33:30,208 --> 00:33:34,611 I am not married as yet because of my job as a career woman. 571 00:33:35,747 --> 00:33:38,682 I work here at International Projects... 572 00:34:05,643 --> 00:34:09,204 Excellent. That's what I call advertising. 573 00:34:09,280 --> 00:34:13,842 - I'm glad you like it, Mr. Blessington. - Real sound advertising. 574 00:34:15,186 --> 00:34:18,553 Say, Jack, I want to talk to you. What's this? 575 00:34:18,823 --> 00:34:21,383 Part of our new advertising campaign. 576 00:34:21,526 --> 00:34:25,792 - Do we make bathing suits? - It's not for bathing suits, it's for... 577 00:34:25,863 --> 00:34:28,764 Miss L'Arriere, tell Mr. Harkness the slogan. 578 00:34:28,833 --> 00:34:33,270 I had my swimming pool dug by an International Projects steam shovel. 579 00:34:33,704 --> 00:34:35,569 It's a darling shovel. 580 00:34:35,973 --> 00:34:38,168 See? It's an ad for our steam shovels. 581 00:34:38,242 --> 00:34:40,540 Then why don't you show a steam shovel? 582 00:34:40,611 --> 00:34:43,808 Because nobody would want to look at a steam shovel. 583 00:34:43,881 --> 00:34:46,714 Thank you, Miss L'Arriere. Let's see the next one. 584 00:34:46,784 --> 00:34:49,776 I want to tell you something. I think you'll be pleased by it. 585 00:34:49,854 --> 00:34:53,847 We've been having trouble with a little outfit called the Apex Clock Company. 586 00:34:53,925 --> 00:34:55,119 It seems that they've... 587 00:34:55,193 --> 00:34:58,094 Not now, Harry. We'll talk about that later. 588 00:34:58,663 --> 00:35:01,530 - Very good. - What's the slogan for this one? 589 00:35:01,599 --> 00:35:05,365 My train is pulled by an International Projects diesel engine. 590 00:35:05,436 --> 00:35:08,030 That's why I'm such a happy engineer. 591 00:35:08,272 --> 00:35:10,706 - Excellent. - Jack, did you know... 592 00:35:14,212 --> 00:35:18,546 - I hear McKeever's in town. - That's right. He's going to drop in on us. 593 00:35:18,616 --> 00:35:21,050 Thank you. Let's see the next one. 594 00:35:22,220 --> 00:35:24,450 We're gonna have to put it to McKeever this time. 595 00:35:24,522 --> 00:35:27,320 Do you know what our corporate earnings are gonna look like? 596 00:35:27,391 --> 00:35:29,518 We've just got to get some government contracts. 597 00:35:29,594 --> 00:35:32,358 Ed will come through for us. I've known him for 20 years. 598 00:35:32,430 --> 00:35:34,193 I'm glad you have confidence in him. 599 00:35:34,265 --> 00:35:37,029 Now, what are we going to do about Laura Partridge? 600 00:35:37,101 --> 00:35:40,696 - We've taken care of Miss Partridge. - "We've taken care of Miss Partridge." 601 00:35:40,771 --> 00:35:44,229 Do you know that she cost us $300 last week in postage? 602 00:35:44,609 --> 00:35:46,099 $300 a week? 603 00:35:46,310 --> 00:35:48,972 She's writing hundreds of letters to all the stockholders. 604 00:35:49,046 --> 00:35:52,209 I didn't tell her to write to them. I said if any letters came in... 605 00:35:52,283 --> 00:35:54,251 She's not waiting for them to come in. 606 00:35:54,318 --> 00:35:56,286 Have you read the letters? What's in them? 607 00:35:56,354 --> 00:36:00,017 I've seen some of them. Things like, "How are you, how's your family... 608 00:36:00,091 --> 00:36:02,582 "do you have any suggestions?" Stuff like that. 609 00:36:02,660 --> 00:36:03,991 It sounds harmless enough. 610 00:36:04,061 --> 00:36:07,121 Harmless? We don't want suggestions from the stockholders. 611 00:36:07,198 --> 00:36:09,428 I'm afraid of all these letters. It's not safe. 612 00:36:09,500 --> 00:36:11,525 What can we do about it? We can't fire her. 613 00:36:11,602 --> 00:36:14,162 We can take her secretary away from her. We can do that. 614 00:36:14,238 --> 00:36:17,605 Let her try writing 600 letters a day by hand and see how she likes it. 615 00:36:17,675 --> 00:36:20,303 Where did she get the stockholders list? 616 00:36:20,378 --> 00:36:23,279 I don't know. I'm going to find out, though. 617 00:36:26,684 --> 00:36:30,245 This is Mr. Snell. Tell Miss Shotgraven to come to my office immediately. 618 00:36:30,321 --> 00:36:32,084 I'll meet her there. 619 00:36:33,057 --> 00:36:34,888 What's she supposed to be? 620 00:36:34,959 --> 00:36:36,859 Tell him the slogan, Miss L'Arriere. 621 00:36:36,928 --> 00:36:40,125 I am a typical International Projects stockholder. 622 00:36:40,965 --> 00:36:45,698 Typical stockholder. I wish she were. Laura Partridge. 623 00:36:47,171 --> 00:36:49,731 You let me know when McKeever gets here. 624 00:36:49,807 --> 00:36:53,174 Thank you, Miss L'Arriere. That will be all for now. 625 00:36:59,417 --> 00:37:01,851 Jack, I was telling you something. 626 00:37:03,588 --> 00:37:04,953 Yes, Harry? 627 00:37:05,223 --> 00:37:08,989 What you said last week about getting rid of competition really impressed me. 628 00:37:09,060 --> 00:37:10,118 Thank you, Harry. 629 00:37:10,194 --> 00:37:14,221 I found out we were taking a trimming from a clock manufacturer up in New England. 630 00:37:14,298 --> 00:37:17,756 Apex Electric Clock Company, Pittsfield, Massachusetts. 631 00:37:18,603 --> 00:37:19,763 What about Apex Clock? 632 00:37:19,837 --> 00:37:23,273 I felt they were hurting our Western Clock Company, so I forced them out. 633 00:37:23,341 --> 00:37:27,505 I undersold them by 50%, and I kept on doing it until they cried uncle. 634 00:37:27,778 --> 00:37:31,270 And, yesterday, they went into bankruptcy. 635 00:37:32,617 --> 00:37:36,917 Apex Clock. You forced them into bankruptcy? 636 00:37:37,255 --> 00:37:38,415 Right. 637 00:37:40,524 --> 00:37:43,755 Promise me you won't say a word about this to anyone... 638 00:37:43,828 --> 00:37:45,420 until we've straightened it out. 639 00:37:45,496 --> 00:37:47,657 Why? I'm kind of proud of it. 640 00:37:47,732 --> 00:37:51,327 Harry, you idiot. If this gets out, it'll ruin us. 641 00:37:51,402 --> 00:37:54,963 Apex Clock is one of our own companies. It belongs to us. 642 00:38:01,379 --> 00:38:03,870 For the out basket, Distribution A. 643 00:38:04,115 --> 00:38:06,447 Amelia, are you ready for lunch? 644 00:38:06,517 --> 00:38:10,749 No, I have to go to Mr. Snell's office first. He sent for me. I don't know what he... 645 00:38:10,821 --> 00:38:14,450 I've been dying to talk to you, Amelia. She wants to meet you tonight. 646 00:38:14,525 --> 00:38:17,517 She wants me to bring you over for dinner, my mother. 647 00:38:17,595 --> 00:38:18,619 Your mother? 648 00:38:18,696 --> 00:38:20,960 What's happened to the discipline around here? 649 00:38:21,732 --> 00:38:23,256 Hello. How are you, Mark? 650 00:38:23,334 --> 00:38:25,632 Good to see you, Mr. McKeever. You look well. 651 00:38:25,703 --> 00:38:28,194 You look like you're doing pretty well yourself. 652 00:38:28,272 --> 00:38:31,105 - Excuse me. I have to see Blessington. - Let me show you... 653 00:38:31,175 --> 00:38:33,643 - I know. It's my old office, remember? - Yeah. 654 00:38:33,711 --> 00:38:37,772 Amelia, would you please type this for me before you go to lunch? 655 00:38:37,848 --> 00:38:40,009 Laura, I have to see Mr. Snell. 656 00:38:40,084 --> 00:38:43,747 - What do you want to see him for? - I don't know. He just said... 657 00:38:44,121 --> 00:38:47,579 - Miss Partridge. - It's you. 658 00:38:48,492 --> 00:38:51,859 Yes, it's me, but you. 659 00:38:52,697 --> 00:38:54,562 It's me, too. 660 00:38:54,632 --> 00:38:57,260 Mr. McKeever, I'm so glad... 661 00:38:58,302 --> 00:39:00,167 Come here, I've got to show you something. 662 00:39:00,237 --> 00:39:02,205 Never mind, Amelia, I'll see you later. 663 00:39:02,273 --> 00:39:03,501 See you here at 6:00. 664 00:39:05,943 --> 00:39:07,035 Look. 665 00:39:07,244 --> 00:39:10,042 - What do... - Wait till you see the inside. 666 00:39:10,981 --> 00:39:12,312 Very nice. 667 00:39:12,917 --> 00:39:15,715 This is a happy surprise. I thought you were in Washington. 668 00:39:15,786 --> 00:39:19,244 I came for some government hearings, and I promised the boys I'd drop in. 669 00:39:19,323 --> 00:39:20,813 - Sit down. - I only have a second. 670 00:39:20,891 --> 00:39:23,052 - Sit down anyway. - All right. 671 00:39:24,562 --> 00:39:27,656 I don't understand this. I mean, what do you do? 672 00:39:28,165 --> 00:39:30,895 I am Director of Stockholder Relations. 673 00:39:30,968 --> 00:39:32,333 - Director of... - Right. 674 00:39:32,403 --> 00:39:35,668 I write letters to the stockholders telling them about the company... 675 00:39:35,740 --> 00:39:38,504 - and they write me back. - That's quite an idea. 676 00:39:39,710 --> 00:39:42,873 Who hired you and what happened to your acting career? 677 00:39:42,947 --> 00:39:46,713 - What... Would you like some coffee? - I'm due in Blessington's office. 678 00:39:46,784 --> 00:39:48,376 - How about a sandwich? - No, really. 679 00:39:48,452 --> 00:39:51,819 It's delicious. It's peanut butter and smoked salmon. 680 00:39:51,889 --> 00:39:53,516 I make it myself. 681 00:39:54,091 --> 00:39:57,549 - No, just some coffee. Black, no sugar. - All right. 682 00:39:58,396 --> 00:39:59,886 How did this all come about? 683 00:39:59,964 --> 00:40:02,899 Well, do you remember that first meeting I went to? 684 00:40:02,967 --> 00:40:04,264 I remember. 685 00:40:04,335 --> 00:40:07,600 I enjoyed that meeting so much that I went to lots of other meetings. 686 00:40:07,671 --> 00:40:08,695 I'm sure. 687 00:40:08,773 --> 00:40:11,264 And then pretty soon, they just became so impressed... 688 00:40:11,342 --> 00:40:14,607 with my intelligent grasp of the company's business... 689 00:40:14,678 --> 00:40:18,273 and by the questions that I asked, that they offered me a job. 690 00:40:18,416 --> 00:40:20,611 Smartest thing they could do. 691 00:40:21,285 --> 00:40:22,809 What do you mean by that? 692 00:40:22,887 --> 00:40:26,584 Nothing. I think it's a great idea. Very important. 693 00:40:26,690 --> 00:40:29,250 I've always felt we neglected the small stockholders. 694 00:40:29,326 --> 00:40:31,817 - Always wanted to do something for them. - You did? 695 00:40:31,896 --> 00:40:35,263 Certainly I did, and this personal touch is just what we needed. 696 00:40:35,332 --> 00:40:37,357 You know, it's fascinating work. 697 00:40:37,435 --> 00:40:39,903 You have no idea of the problems that come up. 698 00:40:39,970 --> 00:40:42,666 And the questions that I have to answer. 699 00:40:42,740 --> 00:40:44,640 Look at this letter. Listen to this: 700 00:40:44,708 --> 00:40:48,542 "Dear Miss Partridge, thanks for writing me. I have a problem. 701 00:40:48,612 --> 00:40:51,445 "I have 10 shares of International Projects stock... 702 00:40:51,515 --> 00:40:55,349 "and my sister-in-law just bought 20 shares of the same stock. 703 00:40:55,419 --> 00:40:59,412 "Would you advise me to buy some more? Yours truly, Maybelle Rogers." 704 00:40:59,490 --> 00:41:01,549 Now what would you answer her? 705 00:41:02,226 --> 00:41:03,557 - Well, I... - Go ahead. 706 00:41:03,627 --> 00:41:06,494 You were once head of the company. What would you tell her? 707 00:41:06,564 --> 00:41:11,399 I'd advise her to buy more stock because of the soundness of the corporate set-up... 708 00:41:11,469 --> 00:41:14,563 and the prospects of future earnings. It's very simple. 709 00:41:14,638 --> 00:41:16,003 It's all wrong. 710 00:41:16,073 --> 00:41:19,167 That's not right for a little lady stockholder. 711 00:41:20,010 --> 00:41:22,001 This is what I wrote her. 712 00:41:24,882 --> 00:41:27,112 "Dear Mrs. Rogers, in answer to your question... 713 00:41:27,184 --> 00:41:29,414 "I think you should buy 10 more shares of stock... 714 00:41:29,487 --> 00:41:32,388 "because if your sister-in-law has more stock than you... 715 00:41:32,456 --> 00:41:34,424 "she will be impossible. 716 00:41:35,459 --> 00:41:39,122 "Also, it's a very good investment. Yours truly, Laura Partridge." 717 00:41:39,196 --> 00:41:42,131 - See? - I think I do. 718 00:41:52,109 --> 00:41:54,703 I took care of that Shotgraven woman. 719 00:41:55,479 --> 00:41:58,710 - Miss Shotgraven, the stockholders list. - Yes, good. 720 00:41:58,782 --> 00:42:00,807 - Did you hear from McKeever yet? - Not yet. 721 00:42:00,885 --> 00:42:03,285 He should have been here by now. I can't imagine... 722 00:42:03,354 --> 00:42:05,584 I'll wait. I want to be here when you talk to him. 723 00:42:05,656 --> 00:42:07,487 You'd better get the others in here, too. 724 00:42:07,558 --> 00:42:10,288 I wish he'd hurry. I have an important luncheon engagement. 725 00:42:10,361 --> 00:42:11,760 Yes, I know. 726 00:42:12,696 --> 00:42:15,130 Even if I didn't have, I'm hungry. 727 00:42:18,836 --> 00:42:23,170 - Smoked salmon and peanut butter. Not bad. - It's a little different. 728 00:42:23,240 --> 00:42:24,673 It's a little sticky, too. 729 00:42:24,742 --> 00:42:27,506 Just a minute. Sorry, I don't have any napkins. 730 00:42:27,578 --> 00:42:31,412 - I left out the mayonnaise, too. - You know, I never noticed it. 731 00:42:31,582 --> 00:42:35,018 Do you bring your own lunch everyday? 732 00:42:41,258 --> 00:42:42,748 I'm flattered. 733 00:42:44,094 --> 00:42:47,427 You're the first cover of Newsweek I ever met personally. 734 00:42:47,498 --> 00:42:50,990 And most people have a picture of their wife and children on their desk... 735 00:42:51,068 --> 00:42:53,662 and I don't have a wife and children. 736 00:42:55,806 --> 00:42:58,798 I'm certainly flattered. Really, I am. 737 00:43:00,878 --> 00:43:03,369 It was a wonderful article they wrote about you. 738 00:43:03,447 --> 00:43:07,474 - Made you sound so important and busy. - I am busy. 739 00:43:07,885 --> 00:43:11,321 Only thing, it was hard for me to figure out what you were busy at. 740 00:43:11,388 --> 00:43:15,484 Me, too. Most of my time is spent in Senate Committee rooms answering questions. 741 00:43:15,559 --> 00:43:16,787 What kind of questions? 742 00:43:16,860 --> 00:43:20,159 Mainly they want to know why I'm not getting things done. 743 00:43:20,230 --> 00:43:22,494 Why aren't you getting things done? 744 00:43:22,566 --> 00:43:25,933 Because I'm always at the Senate answering questions. 745 00:43:27,004 --> 00:43:29,131 They giving you a hard time? 746 00:43:29,673 --> 00:43:32,870 Not really. It's just that Washington's different. 747 00:43:32,977 --> 00:43:35,309 The minute a guy tries to throw his weight around... 748 00:43:35,379 --> 00:43:37,210 there are 10 guys ready to stop him. 749 00:43:37,281 --> 00:43:40,910 You know, the big man stuff doesn't go too well down there. 750 00:43:41,285 --> 00:43:45,278 Actually, though, in a way, it's been good for me... 751 00:43:46,390 --> 00:43:47,721 really has. 752 00:43:49,426 --> 00:43:53,760 You're a nice man, McKeever, a really nice man. 753 00:43:55,165 --> 00:43:57,258 Well, thank you, Miss Partridge. 754 00:43:57,334 --> 00:44:01,327 - And you know, you're nice-looking, too. - Come, now. 755 00:44:01,405 --> 00:44:05,603 Sure you are. Listen, this could be a picture of an actor. 756 00:44:05,809 --> 00:44:09,836 It's a picture of just what I am. An ex-grease monkey who got lucky. 757 00:44:09,913 --> 00:44:11,813 No, this could be... 758 00:44:13,350 --> 00:44:14,874 William Holden. 759 00:44:15,853 --> 00:44:18,583 I think your eyes have gone back on you. 760 00:44:20,090 --> 00:44:24,026 It's funny, though, you saying that it could be a picture of an actor... 761 00:44:24,094 --> 00:44:27,188 because when I was a kid I thought I'd give it a whirl. 762 00:44:27,264 --> 00:44:29,232 - The theater, I mean. - What happened? 763 00:44:29,299 --> 00:44:32,496 I don't know. All of a sudden I was a businessman. 764 00:44:32,603 --> 00:44:35,800 - Gee, just like me. - That's right. 765 00:44:36,640 --> 00:44:39,939 People used to say I was pretty good for an amateur. 766 00:44:40,344 --> 00:44:43,507 I did recitations on Friday afternoons in school. 767 00:44:43,580 --> 00:44:47,641 There was one piece I had, they used to applaud like anything when I finished. 768 00:44:47,718 --> 00:44:49,379 Spartacus to the Gladiators. 769 00:44:49,453 --> 00:44:51,785 - What? - That's the name of the piece. 770 00:44:51,855 --> 00:44:54,847 Spartacus to the Gladiators by Elijah Kellogg. 771 00:44:58,962 --> 00:45:01,157 You know, I still remember it. 772 00:45:01,498 --> 00:45:03,227 "Ye call me chief..." 773 00:45:10,407 --> 00:45:13,308 It's funny, things that stick in your mind. 774 00:45:17,648 --> 00:45:20,947 - Would you like to hear me do it? - Sure. 775 00:45:21,185 --> 00:45:24,518 Of course, you know, if you don't like it, just say so and I'll stop. 776 00:45:24,588 --> 00:45:28,149 I haven't done it for years, you know. Not since I was a boy. 777 00:45:28,225 --> 00:45:30,921 I know, go ahead. Go on. 778 00:45:36,667 --> 00:45:39,033 Spartacus to the Gladiators. 779 00:45:42,172 --> 00:45:45,903 "Ye call me chief, and ye do well to call me chief... 780 00:45:45,976 --> 00:45:50,242 "who for twelve long years has met in the arena every shape of man... 781 00:45:50,314 --> 00:45:53,408 "and beast the broad Empire of Rome could furnish... 782 00:45:53,484 --> 00:45:56,112 "and never yet has lowered his arm. 783 00:45:57,521 --> 00:46:01,855 "But I was not always thus, the savage chief of still more savage men. 784 00:46:01,925 --> 00:46:05,986 "My early life ran quiet as the brook by which I sported... 785 00:46:06,130 --> 00:46:09,156 "and when, at noon, I had gathered the sheep beneath the shade... 786 00:46:09,233 --> 00:46:12,100 "and played upon my shepherd's flute, there was a friend... 787 00:46:12,169 --> 00:46:15,468 "the son of a neighbor, who joined me in my pastime. 788 00:46:16,573 --> 00:46:19,201 "That night the Romans landed on our coast. 789 00:46:19,276 --> 00:46:22,040 "And I saw the bleeding body of my father... 790 00:46:22,112 --> 00:46:24,945 "cast upon the burning rafters of our dwelling. 791 00:46:25,015 --> 00:46:28,109 "Today in the arena I killed a man. 792 00:46:29,853 --> 00:46:32,822 "And when I broke his helmet clasp, behold... 793 00:46:33,690 --> 00:46:35,715 "it was my boyhood friend. 794 00:46:36,059 --> 00:46:37,526 "He knew me... 795 00:46:38,162 --> 00:46:41,359 "smiled faintly, gasped, and died. 796 00:46:41,799 --> 00:46:44,563 "I told the praetor that man had been my friend. 797 00:46:44,635 --> 00:46:48,696 "I begged the body that I might bear it away and burn it on the funeral pyre... 798 00:46:48,772 --> 00:46:52,606 "and mourn over it in silence. Aye, amid the dust of the arena... 799 00:46:52,676 --> 00:46:55,110 "did I beg this poor boon. 800 00:46:56,113 --> 00:46:59,844 "The praetor drew away from me as though I were pollution... 801 00:47:00,150 --> 00:47:03,381 "and sternly said, 'Let the carrion rot. 802 00:47:03,754 --> 00:47:07,815 "'There are no noblemen but Romans."' 803 00:47:17,067 --> 00:47:18,796 What did you think? 804 00:47:19,803 --> 00:47:20,792 Well... 805 00:47:22,706 --> 00:47:26,437 - No good? - I wouldn't say that. 806 00:47:29,046 --> 00:47:30,911 You mean you liked it? 807 00:47:31,782 --> 00:47:33,875 I wouldn't say that either. 808 00:47:37,754 --> 00:47:39,779 I wanted you to be honest. 809 00:47:39,857 --> 00:47:43,452 Don't feel bad. After all, you're Edward L. McKeever. 810 00:47:43,527 --> 00:47:45,290 That's a wonderful thing to be. 811 00:47:45,362 --> 00:47:49,696 I wouldn't want you to be some actor named Rock McKeever or something. 812 00:47:52,569 --> 00:47:53,866 You know... 813 00:47:53,937 --> 00:47:57,395 all of a sudden I have a feeling I want to kiss you. 814 00:47:58,208 --> 00:47:59,402 You do? 815 00:48:07,484 --> 00:48:11,284 I'm sorry. What an idea, wanting to kiss you in your office. 816 00:48:12,289 --> 00:48:14,883 It's all right. I'm on my lunch hour. 817 00:48:16,593 --> 00:48:18,493 I have to see the boys. 818 00:48:38,048 --> 00:48:41,882 Amelia, is Mr. McKeever married? 819 00:48:42,786 --> 00:48:43,810 No. 820 00:48:48,025 --> 00:48:52,519 Amelia, what's the matter? Are you in trouble? 821 00:48:53,964 --> 00:48:55,363 Bad trouble? 822 00:48:56,967 --> 00:48:58,457 Who's the man? 823 00:48:59,836 --> 00:49:01,303 Mark Jenkins. 824 00:49:01,605 --> 00:49:04,665 It's all my fault. I made you change your hair. 825 00:49:05,309 --> 00:49:07,641 Maybe if we could make it go back the way it was... 826 00:49:07,711 --> 00:49:10,145 No, it isn't Mark Jenkins. It's Mr. Snell. 827 00:49:10,213 --> 00:49:12,408 - Mr. Snell! - Yes. 828 00:49:14,418 --> 00:49:17,080 - Did you tell him? - Tell him what? 829 00:49:17,621 --> 00:49:19,987 - About your condition. - What condition? 830 00:49:20,057 --> 00:49:23,424 What... You mean you're not... 831 00:49:25,062 --> 00:49:27,792 Laura, how could you think such a thing? 832 00:49:28,865 --> 00:49:30,833 Amelia, where I come from... 833 00:49:30,901 --> 00:49:34,200 when a girl says she's in trouble, she's in trouble. 834 00:49:34,438 --> 00:49:35,427 Oh, no. 835 00:49:36,773 --> 00:49:38,798 No, you have it all wrong. 836 00:49:39,910 --> 00:49:43,004 All right, Amelia, what did Mr. Snell do to you? 837 00:49:43,547 --> 00:49:46,607 He fired me. He fired me, and now Mark and I... 838 00:49:47,417 --> 00:49:50,215 We were going to be married. Now we can't afford it. 839 00:49:50,287 --> 00:49:52,949 - Mark has to support his mother. - Why did he fire you? 840 00:49:53,023 --> 00:49:56,424 Because... I'm so ashamed. 841 00:49:56,526 --> 00:50:00,155 Come on, Amelia. Pull your head together. Tell me about it. 842 00:50:03,233 --> 00:50:06,930 Laura, I was put in here to spy on you. 843 00:50:09,473 --> 00:50:14,069 They hired you only to keep you from upsetting these stockholders' meetings. 844 00:50:14,611 --> 00:50:17,136 You weren't supposed to do anything. 845 00:50:18,281 --> 00:50:20,306 You must have sensed that. 846 00:50:21,718 --> 00:50:22,742 No. 847 00:50:25,355 --> 00:50:28,950 I don't get suspicious of people if they're nice to me. 848 00:50:29,026 --> 00:50:32,826 I wanted to say something but you were so happy in your work. 849 00:50:35,332 --> 00:50:37,630 Smartest thing they could do. 850 00:50:44,207 --> 00:50:47,176 Amelia, I want to write one more letter. 851 00:50:47,711 --> 00:50:51,738 - Take it down, please. It's a memo. - What kind of a memo? 852 00:50:51,815 --> 00:50:54,909 It's from Laura Partridge to Mr. Clifford Snell. 853 00:50:56,686 --> 00:51:00,281 Dear Mr. Snell... Make that "Mr. Snell." 854 00:51:01,491 --> 00:51:04,426 - I'm resigning from the company... - You don't have to resign... 855 00:51:04,494 --> 00:51:06,291 Take it down, Amelia. 856 00:51:06,463 --> 00:51:09,762 I am resigning from your company as of here and now. 857 00:51:10,834 --> 00:51:12,927 My reason for doing this... 858 00:51:13,537 --> 00:51:18,440 is because I no longer wish to work with such mean, unethical people as you. 859 00:51:19,609 --> 00:51:22,203 Kindest regards, Laura Partridge. 860 00:51:23,480 --> 00:51:26,415 Laura, you don't have to resign just because they fired me. 861 00:51:26,483 --> 00:51:28,075 This is a very rich company. 862 00:51:28,151 --> 00:51:31,143 You can just sit here and collect your paycheck every week. 863 00:51:31,221 --> 00:51:32,950 Type it up, Amelia. 864 00:51:36,960 --> 00:51:39,224 I still can't understand your attitude. 865 00:51:39,296 --> 00:51:41,491 Boys, that's it. I won't discuss it anymore. 866 00:51:41,565 --> 00:51:44,159 No one can accuse you of making any personal profit. 867 00:51:44,234 --> 00:51:46,794 - You've sold your stock. - Let's not go over it again. 868 00:51:46,870 --> 00:51:50,169 I don't think it's right and I'm not going to do it. 869 00:51:50,407 --> 00:51:52,898 Now if you'll excuse me, I have an appointment. 870 00:51:52,976 --> 00:51:55,809 I don't think you're being fair, Ed, not fair at all. 871 00:51:55,879 --> 00:52:00,316 I mean, here we are working hard for the company day and night... 872 00:52:00,517 --> 00:52:03,782 For heaven's sake, Jack, when are we going to lunch? 873 00:52:10,227 --> 00:52:11,717 Day and night? 874 00:53:10,453 --> 00:53:14,116 Amelia, I got the craziest letter. Listen to this: 875 00:53:14,191 --> 00:53:17,991 "I'm writing to you again so soon because the strangest thing has happened. 876 00:53:18,061 --> 00:53:21,360 "My husband lost his job after 22 years with the same company. 877 00:53:21,431 --> 00:53:24,628 "Everyone at the factory is saying it was International Projects... 878 00:53:24,701 --> 00:53:26,168 "that forced them out of business. 879 00:53:26,236 --> 00:53:30,570 "The strange part is that only two years ago, International Projects bought..." 880 00:53:31,374 --> 00:53:34,707 Does International Projects own something called Apex Electric Clock? 881 00:53:34,778 --> 00:53:35,767 As a matter of fact... 882 00:53:35,845 --> 00:53:36,903 - Look it up. - I'll check. 883 00:53:36,980 --> 00:53:40,575 "...two years ago International Projects bought Apex Electric Clock. 884 00:53:40,650 --> 00:53:43,676 "Why would they do a thing like this to their own company... 885 00:53:43,753 --> 00:53:46,813 "is what I want to know. Please answer as soon as possible." 886 00:53:46,890 --> 00:53:49,688 It is our company, all right. Here it is in our directory. 887 00:53:49,759 --> 00:53:52,284 How could they do a thing like that? 888 00:53:53,897 --> 00:53:56,730 What am I saying? Of course they could do a thing like that. 889 00:53:56,800 --> 00:54:00,429 Boy, what I could do with this at a stockholders' meeting. 890 00:54:00,670 --> 00:54:02,001 Mr. Snell. 891 00:54:02,138 --> 00:54:04,470 - Where is my resignation? - In Mr. Snell's box. 892 00:54:04,541 --> 00:54:06,634 - Get it back. - I can't, it's locked. 893 00:54:06,710 --> 00:54:09,372 - Break it open. Get a hatchet. - Laura, you're staying. 894 00:54:09,446 --> 00:54:13,109 Of course, I'm staying. Somebody's got to keep an eye on these big geniuses. 895 00:54:13,183 --> 00:54:15,708 I want to speak to Mr. Snell, please. 896 00:54:16,353 --> 00:54:17,479 Gone for the day? 897 00:54:17,554 --> 00:54:21,012 It's pretty early for him to be waltzing out, isn't it? 898 00:54:21,491 --> 00:54:23,516 Yes, you can take a message. 899 00:54:23,593 --> 00:54:27,029 This is Laura Partridge. The message is, "Who does he think he is... 900 00:54:27,097 --> 00:54:29,395 "and where does he get off firing my secretary?" 901 00:54:29,466 --> 00:54:32,458 And you tell him I want to see him first thing in the morning! 902 00:54:32,535 --> 00:54:35,902 And he better have those four other dummies with him. Whoops. 903 00:54:42,379 --> 00:54:45,371 All right then, gentlemen, we understand each other... 904 00:54:45,448 --> 00:54:47,848 Miss Shotgraven gets her job back. 905 00:54:49,352 --> 00:54:51,616 Miss Shotgraven gets a raise. 906 00:54:53,123 --> 00:54:57,025 I get all the postage I need for writing to the stockholders... 907 00:54:58,228 --> 00:55:02,062 and you'll never put another of our companies out of business. 908 00:55:27,657 --> 00:55:31,616 Laura, how many form letters for Women No. 8's do you think we'll need? 909 00:55:31,695 --> 00:55:35,426 I think about 1,000 will do it. Amelia, take a letter, please. 910 00:55:35,498 --> 00:55:37,830 Colonel William B. Butler... 911 00:55:38,201 --> 00:55:40,965 17 Ashton Street, Natchez, Mississippi. 912 00:55:42,439 --> 00:55:46,398 My dear Colonel, I was mighty pleased to hear from you... 913 00:55:47,110 --> 00:55:47,243 It's ridiculous. She has a bigger office staff than I have. 914 00:55:47,243 --> 00:55:50,940 It's ridiculous. She has a bigger office staff than I have. 915 00:55:51,014 --> 00:55:53,778 $800 last week on postage. 916 00:55:54,284 --> 00:55:56,616 The stationery bill was just... 917 00:55:57,620 --> 00:56:01,351 No telling what awful things she's been writing in those letters. 918 00:56:01,424 --> 00:56:02,948 You and your brother-in-law. 919 00:56:03,026 --> 00:56:05,051 Clifford, don't let's start on Harry again. 920 00:56:05,128 --> 00:56:07,528 You should have thrown him out on his foolish face. 921 00:56:07,597 --> 00:56:11,727 Cliff, you know how my wife is about her darling baby brother. 922 00:56:12,335 --> 00:56:14,633 I've been having enough trouble with her as it is. 923 00:56:14,704 --> 00:56:18,401 - Why don't you try staying home nights? - No, he'd rather keep Harry. 924 00:56:18,475 --> 00:56:20,443 I just can't do anything about Harry now. 925 00:56:20,510 --> 00:56:23,240 You're going to have to do something about Laura Partridge! 926 00:56:23,313 --> 00:56:27,374 Yes. We can't have her around here any longer, snooping and prying. 927 00:56:27,450 --> 00:56:30,817 - Couldn't we send her someplace? - Say, he's got something there. 928 00:56:30,887 --> 00:56:34,687 Maybe we could send her on a tour of the plants or something. 929 00:56:35,392 --> 00:56:36,791 Hello, chaps. 930 00:56:36,860 --> 00:56:39,294 We could send her to one of our other companies. 931 00:56:39,362 --> 00:56:43,355 - We've got a cannery in Alaska. - Unless Harry decided to close it, too. 932 00:56:43,433 --> 00:56:45,367 Let's be serious for a moment, Clifford. 933 00:56:45,435 --> 00:56:48,063 Now, I do think you fellows have an interesting idea. 934 00:56:48,138 --> 00:56:51,403 Miss Partridge might enjoy working in the field for awhile. 935 00:56:51,474 --> 00:56:54,807 - The problem is where to send her. - I could use a drink. 936 00:56:55,111 --> 00:56:57,409 I wish you fellows would drink your own stuff. 937 00:56:57,480 --> 00:56:59,778 My expense account is beginning to look outrageous. 938 00:56:59,849 --> 00:57:04,013 Yes. $1,175 last month. I checked it myself. 939 00:57:04,154 --> 00:57:06,554 Who told you to stick your nose into my business? 940 00:57:06,623 --> 00:57:07,988 I'm the treasurer, remember? 941 00:57:08,057 --> 00:57:11,356 Yes. We all got to watch our expenses this coming quarter. 942 00:57:11,428 --> 00:57:15,694 If McKeever doesn't get us contracts, there'll be a lot of other cutting down here. 943 00:57:15,765 --> 00:57:17,596 You know, Jack, I was thinking. 944 00:57:17,667 --> 00:57:21,865 It seems to me that if you went down to Washington and saw him personally... 945 00:57:21,938 --> 00:57:23,371 - That's it. - You mean you'll go? 946 00:57:23,440 --> 00:57:26,273 - Not me. We'll send Laura Partridge. - What? 947 00:57:26,609 --> 00:57:29,339 We'll ask her to go to Washington and appeal to McKeever... 948 00:57:29,412 --> 00:57:31,710 for some orders on behalf of the small stockholders. 949 00:57:31,781 --> 00:57:34,750 - Just a minute, Jack. - Say, Jack, that's good. 950 00:57:34,818 --> 00:57:37,286 You know that woman's liable to talk him into it. 951 00:57:37,353 --> 00:57:40,220 He always spoke of doing something for the small stockholder. 952 00:57:40,290 --> 00:57:42,554 - Do you suppose she'll go? - Why not? 953 00:57:42,625 --> 00:57:46,584 She's beefing about how the cut in the dividend is hurting her stockholders. 954 00:57:46,663 --> 00:57:49,291 Here's her chance to do something for them. 955 00:57:49,365 --> 00:57:53,199 We'll give her an expense account, let her buy herself some clothes and things. 956 00:57:53,269 --> 00:57:54,361 She'll go. 957 00:57:54,437 --> 00:57:58,396 It's not a bad idea. I hate to admit it, Jack, but it's not a bad idea at all. 958 00:57:58,475 --> 00:58:01,376 Thank you, Clifford. Now get me Miss Partridge, please. 959 00:58:01,444 --> 00:58:04,379 There's only one flaw in sending Miss Partridge to Washington. 960 00:58:04,447 --> 00:58:06,813 - What's that? - She'll be back. 961 00:58:06,883 --> 00:58:09,943 So we'll send her someplace else, like you suggested, Warren... 962 00:58:10,019 --> 00:58:13,546 on a tour of the plants, as Ambassador of Goodwill from the home office. 963 00:58:13,623 --> 00:58:16,387 - She could tour the country. - And our foreign branches. 964 00:58:16,459 --> 00:58:18,586 She could be gone for years. 965 00:58:23,399 --> 00:58:27,130 Hello, Miss Partridge? This is Mr. Blessington. 966 00:58:27,504 --> 00:58:29,369 Hello, Mr. Blessington. 967 00:58:29,439 --> 00:58:32,499 Miss Partridge, I'd like to see you this afternoon... 968 00:58:32,575 --> 00:58:34,270 if you don't mind. 969 00:58:35,411 --> 00:58:38,278 The Board of Directors have decided to entrust you... 970 00:58:38,348 --> 00:58:41,249 with a very important and delicate mission. 971 00:58:41,351 --> 00:58:43,785 A mission? What kind of a mission? 972 00:58:44,521 --> 00:58:47,388 It would be sort of ambassador... 973 00:58:47,757 --> 00:58:51,693 like Clare Boothe Luce. 974 00:58:56,733 --> 00:59:00,499 So Laura flew to Washington to help her company and the small stockholders... 975 00:59:00,570 --> 00:59:04,097 and incidentally, to take another crack at her Prince Charming. 976 00:59:04,173 --> 00:59:06,937 He was having troubles of his own at the Pentagon. 977 00:59:07,010 --> 00:59:10,173 Not all his own, the Senate was helping a little. 978 00:59:10,580 --> 00:59:14,107 - Get me Harrington on the private line. - Yes, Mr. McKeever. 979 00:59:18,521 --> 00:59:21,251 McKeever. Joe? Oh, General. 980 00:59:22,492 --> 00:59:25,188 I'm sorry. General, I'll call you back. 981 00:59:28,298 --> 00:59:31,699 McKeever. Joe? I've been expecting to hear from you. 982 00:59:32,135 --> 00:59:34,933 What? I can't let you know on the equipment... 983 00:59:35,004 --> 00:59:38,337 until I hear from the Senate about the new appropriation. 984 00:59:38,441 --> 00:59:41,239 How do I know? If I can wait, so can you. 985 00:59:41,711 --> 00:59:44,145 - What have you got? - Maj. Gen. Beckley called... 986 00:59:44,213 --> 00:59:45,339 Tell him it's okay. 987 00:59:45,415 --> 00:59:47,349 The French Ambassador asked about Thursday. 988 00:59:47,417 --> 00:59:48,441 Tender my regrets. 989 00:59:48,518 --> 00:59:51,248 Then some personal calls. I didn't know if you'd want to talk. 990 00:59:51,321 --> 00:59:52,481 - Mr. Wilkins? - No. 991 00:59:52,555 --> 00:59:54,045 - Mr. Hanover? - No. 992 00:59:54,123 --> 00:59:55,454 - General Aldrich? - No. 993 00:59:55,525 --> 00:59:57,049 - Madame Dupont? - No. 994 00:59:57,126 --> 01:00:00,892 Miss Laura Partridge. Harry Walker, Prince Michael... 995 01:00:01,364 --> 01:00:02,797 - Agnes Wilkinson. - Wait a minute. 996 01:00:02,865 --> 01:00:04,457 - What was that name? - Agnes Wilkinson. 997 01:00:04,534 --> 01:00:05,466 No, before that. 998 01:00:05,535 --> 01:00:07,093 - Prince Michael. - No. 999 01:00:07,170 --> 01:00:08,831 - Harry Walker? - No. 1000 01:00:08,905 --> 01:00:12,068 - Miss Laura Partridge? - That's it. When did she call? 1001 01:00:12,141 --> 01:00:13,665 She's called three times. 1002 01:00:13,743 --> 01:00:16,177 - From New York? - No, she's here in Washington. 1003 01:00:16,245 --> 01:00:18,406 She's been trying to see you, didn't say why. 1004 01:00:18,481 --> 01:00:21,939 Told her it'd be at least two weeks. I knew you wouldn't want to see her. 1005 01:00:22,018 --> 01:00:25,010 What do you mean you knew I wouldn't want to see Miss Partridge? 1006 01:00:25,088 --> 01:00:26,817 Why ever would you? 1007 01:00:28,091 --> 01:00:32,755 I don't know, but see if you can find her. Never mind. McKeever. 1008 01:00:33,896 --> 01:00:37,263 What? Now wait a minute. 1009 01:00:38,167 --> 01:00:42,604 I did not say the Ambassador is a baboon. I simply stated... 1010 01:00:42,672 --> 01:00:46,574 that I thought the country would be better represented by a baboon. 1011 01:00:47,610 --> 01:00:49,703 All right, so I'm tactless! 1012 01:00:51,280 --> 01:00:52,338 Yes. 1013 01:00:56,819 --> 01:00:58,616 Williams! What is it? 1014 01:00:59,656 --> 01:01:02,887 - Sen. Simpkins is here, and... - Send him in. 1015 01:01:04,027 --> 01:01:05,551 You may go in, Senator. 1016 01:01:05,628 --> 01:01:08,825 - Hope I'm not disturbing you, Ed. - Not at all, Senator. 1017 01:01:09,198 --> 01:01:11,564 This lady's been trying to see you so I brought her. 1018 01:01:11,634 --> 01:01:13,397 Hello, Mr. McKeever. 1019 01:01:15,304 --> 01:01:18,000 Your secretary kept saying you weren't here. 1020 01:01:18,074 --> 01:01:21,271 I remembered you told me the Senate was always dragging you there. 1021 01:01:21,344 --> 01:01:23,539 So I went over there. But you weren't there. 1022 01:01:23,613 --> 01:01:26,582 Then I asked Sen. Simpkins if he could help me find you... 1023 01:01:26,649 --> 01:01:31,143 and he took me back over here and it turns out here you are, here. 1024 01:01:32,255 --> 01:01:34,052 I'm glad you're here. 1025 01:01:34,857 --> 01:01:36,586 Thank you for bringing her over. 1026 01:01:36,659 --> 01:01:39,594 No trouble at all, Ed. I was going to drop over anyway. 1027 01:01:39,662 --> 01:01:42,825 We may have good news for you on that appropriation very shortly. 1028 01:01:42,899 --> 01:01:45,595 - Yes, but when? - Don't know. You have to be a little... 1029 01:01:45,668 --> 01:01:49,126 - I know, patient. - Yeah, that's it. You're catching on. 1030 01:01:49,205 --> 01:01:51,867 - Goodbye, Miss Partridge. - Goodbye, Senator. Thank you. 1031 01:01:51,941 --> 01:01:52,965 It was my pleasure. 1032 01:01:53,042 --> 01:01:56,637 You know, Ed, this little lady certainly has a way with her. 1033 01:01:56,713 --> 01:01:57,941 Goodbye. 1034 01:02:08,091 --> 01:02:09,820 Won't you sit down? 1035 01:02:10,893 --> 01:02:12,224 Thank you. 1036 01:02:12,428 --> 01:02:15,829 He's a nice man, the Senator, but your secretary... 1037 01:02:15,898 --> 01:02:17,798 He's trying to protect me. 1038 01:02:17,867 --> 01:02:20,131 He doesn't have to protect you against me. 1039 01:02:20,203 --> 01:02:23,832 He doesn't know that. And I'm not so sure about it myself. 1040 01:02:24,574 --> 01:02:28,101 - I guess you're surprised to see me. - I certainly am. 1041 01:02:28,745 --> 01:02:31,009 Excuse me. McKeever. 1042 01:02:32,615 --> 01:02:35,345 No, I can't give you the NATO on dato... 1043 01:02:35,685 --> 01:02:39,382 the dato on NATA, the data on NATO. 1044 01:02:39,889 --> 01:02:40,913 No. 1045 01:02:41,324 --> 01:02:43,485 These phones. Where were we? 1046 01:02:44,861 --> 01:02:46,089 You said... 1047 01:02:46,162 --> 01:02:49,222 No, I said, were you surprised to see me... 1048 01:02:49,298 --> 01:02:51,630 and you said you certainly am. 1049 01:02:53,169 --> 01:02:55,694 I was hoping to talk to you again... 1050 01:02:55,772 --> 01:02:58,263 because the last time I saw you, I... 1051 01:02:58,674 --> 01:03:03,543 - It was an abrupt departure. - It was abrupt. You ran like a thief. 1052 01:03:05,014 --> 01:03:07,642 Miss Partridge, you see, I'm a businessman... 1053 01:03:07,717 --> 01:03:10,277 and all my life I've concentrated on business. 1054 01:03:10,353 --> 01:03:12,378 Now, this has necessarily forced me... 1055 01:03:12,455 --> 01:03:15,856 to devote more of my time to some things and less to others. 1056 01:03:15,925 --> 01:03:18,985 - You understand? - Sure. You're scared of girls. 1057 01:03:21,898 --> 01:03:23,763 Miss Partridge, I'm a very busy man. 1058 01:03:23,833 --> 01:03:26,631 If you're here on business, state your business. 1059 01:03:26,702 --> 01:03:30,968 All right, I'll state my business. The Board of Directors of International... 1060 01:03:32,208 --> 01:03:35,769 - What's "aha"? - The Board of Directors. That explains it. 1061 01:03:35,845 --> 01:03:37,813 They sent you down here, didn't they? 1062 01:03:37,880 --> 01:03:40,075 Sent you to get business for the company. 1063 01:03:40,149 --> 01:03:43,710 That's a nasty thing. A young girl comes to Washington... 1064 01:03:43,786 --> 01:03:47,381 to try and get an innocent, honest businessman to do something unethical... 1065 01:03:47,456 --> 01:03:49,390 to entice him with her wiles. 1066 01:03:49,458 --> 01:03:54,191 My wiles. I didn't try to use one single, solitary wile on you. 1067 01:03:54,263 --> 01:03:56,857 Then what are you all dressed up for? 1068 01:03:57,667 --> 01:04:02,331 - I'm not dressed up. It's just an old rag. - It's brand-new and expensive, too. 1069 01:04:02,405 --> 01:04:05,772 - You came here as a temptress to tempt me. - I did not. 1070 01:04:05,842 --> 01:04:09,141 And that's a new perfume, too. What's the name of it? 1071 01:04:12,448 --> 01:04:14,439 - Temptation. - I thought so. 1072 01:04:14,517 --> 01:04:17,577 - New hat, shoes. Where'd they come from? - Okay, the company... 1073 01:04:17,653 --> 01:04:21,851 The company. They outfitted you in silks and perfumes to break down my morale. 1074 01:04:21,924 --> 01:04:25,917 They sent Delilah to call on Samson. You're here to give me a haircut! 1075 01:04:25,995 --> 01:04:27,519 - You're crazy! - Go ahead. 1076 01:04:27,597 --> 01:04:28,586 Go ahead what? 1077 01:04:28,664 --> 01:04:30,825 Why are you afraid? You said I'm scared of girls. 1078 01:04:30,900 --> 01:04:32,595 You want business? So go ahead. 1079 01:04:32,668 --> 01:04:35,466 Break down my morale! Tamper with my ethics! 1080 01:04:35,538 --> 01:04:36,869 All right! 1081 01:04:38,507 --> 01:04:41,305 There. I tampered with your ethics, okay? 1082 01:04:50,253 --> 01:04:53,745 Miss Partridge, I just can't give you any business. 1083 01:04:54,590 --> 01:04:56,615 I don't want any business. 1084 01:04:57,426 --> 01:05:01,829 - You don't want any? - I do, but the way things are, I don't. 1085 01:05:02,431 --> 01:05:04,160 I don't follow you. 1086 01:05:06,702 --> 01:05:10,160 The Board of Directors said they sent me down here to get business... 1087 01:05:10,239 --> 01:05:13,538 but the real reason was to get me out of the office. 1088 01:05:13,910 --> 01:05:16,743 But the really real reason that I came down... 1089 01:05:16,812 --> 01:05:18,871 was to get you to do something. 1090 01:05:19,448 --> 01:05:20,540 What? 1091 01:05:22,752 --> 01:05:26,188 I want you to come back and take over International Projects again. 1092 01:05:26,255 --> 01:05:29,622 - You what? - We really need you. 1093 01:05:30,092 --> 01:05:32,117 The little stockholders... 1094 01:05:33,930 --> 01:05:35,192 McKeever. 1095 01:05:35,998 --> 01:05:39,058 What? Say that again. 1096 01:05:41,037 --> 01:05:44,302 Yes, Senator, you were right. Yeah, you were right. 1097 01:05:44,740 --> 01:05:46,071 Thank you. 1098 01:05:57,053 --> 01:05:58,315 Yes, sir. 1099 01:05:59,055 --> 01:06:00,716 Our appropriation came through. 1100 01:06:00,790 --> 01:06:03,452 Release all those contracts we've been holding. 1101 01:06:03,526 --> 01:06:05,858 - Laura, you brought me luck. - I did? 1102 01:06:05,928 --> 01:06:09,261 If you knew what I've been going through trying to get this finalized. 1103 01:06:09,332 --> 01:06:11,994 - You mean it's done? - Done? It calls for a celebration. 1104 01:06:12,068 --> 01:06:14,332 - It certainly does. - I'll show you the town. 1105 01:06:14,403 --> 01:06:17,167 I'd like to see it, too. All I've seen so far is the Senate. 1106 01:06:17,239 --> 01:06:19,434 - If your job here is finished, then... - Let's leave. 1107 01:06:19,508 --> 01:06:22,739 That means there's no reason why you can't come back to the company. 1108 01:06:22,812 --> 01:06:25,474 I don't want to talk about the company. Let's do the town. 1109 01:06:25,548 --> 01:06:28,210 Now, what's the first thing you'd like to see? 1110 01:06:28,284 --> 01:06:30,377 I'd like to see the Senate. 1111 01:06:39,862 --> 01:06:42,422 - Sure you want to see the Senate? - Yes, I want to... 1112 01:06:42,498 --> 01:06:45,365 - But all those steps? - Come on. 1113 01:06:47,136 --> 01:06:51,129 And so, gentlemen, this project, as I have outlined it to you here today... 1114 01:06:51,207 --> 01:06:53,903 should prove a boon to my state and to the nation. 1115 01:06:53,976 --> 01:06:57,412 And within 10 years it will have begun to pay for itself... 1116 01:06:57,480 --> 01:06:59,675 at a saving to the Department of Agriculture... 1117 01:06:59,749 --> 01:07:02,616 of some $12 million a year. 1118 01:07:02,685 --> 01:07:04,778 And now if there are any questions... 1119 01:07:04,854 --> 01:07:07,880 - Mr. Congressman, I'd like to know why... - No. 1120 01:07:16,899 --> 01:07:19,129 - I hate to say this... - Then don't say it. 1121 01:07:19,201 --> 01:07:21,533 But I really have to catch that last plane. 1122 01:07:21,604 --> 01:07:23,663 Stay over. You can go back in the morning. 1123 01:07:23,739 --> 01:07:25,331 Where'll I stay? 1124 01:07:26,008 --> 01:07:28,408 I can get you a room in my hotel. 1125 01:07:29,378 --> 01:07:31,209 I didn't even bring a toothbrush. 1126 01:07:31,280 --> 01:07:35,046 I just bought 3 million toothbrushes for the United States Army. 1127 01:07:35,117 --> 01:07:37,210 I think we could spare one. 1128 01:07:41,257 --> 01:07:44,249 I'm very glad to be staying at your hotel. 1129 01:07:46,028 --> 01:07:48,394 - You are? - Yes. 1130 01:07:52,802 --> 01:07:54,633 This is beautiful. 1131 01:07:55,071 --> 01:07:57,699 It looks like something in the movies. 1132 01:07:59,542 --> 01:08:00,770 Stuffed? 1133 01:08:01,243 --> 01:08:05,145 You must have an awful lot of pull to get something like this. 1134 01:08:05,214 --> 01:08:07,648 I think you'll be comfortable here for tonight. 1135 01:08:07,716 --> 01:08:10,412 Will I? And how did you ever dig this up? 1136 01:08:10,486 --> 01:08:14,286 One of my military aides got it. Probably requisitioned it from his wife. 1137 01:08:14,356 --> 01:08:16,688 This never belonged to any wife. 1138 01:08:19,395 --> 01:08:20,987 Sleep well, Laura. Good night. 1139 01:08:21,063 --> 01:08:23,964 Don't go yet. Please stay a little bit longer. 1140 01:08:24,033 --> 01:08:25,864 - Please. - If you... 1141 01:08:25,935 --> 01:08:28,927 I really haven't had a chance to talk to you. 1142 01:08:29,038 --> 01:08:31,006 You've got to listen to me. 1143 01:08:31,440 --> 01:08:33,340 All right, don't listen to me! 1144 01:08:33,409 --> 01:08:35,036 You listen to me! 1145 01:08:38,614 --> 01:08:40,445 Laura, you've got to understand. 1146 01:08:40,516 --> 01:08:45,317 I was appointed to this job by the President of the United States. It's a great honor. 1147 01:08:46,288 --> 01:08:47,448 What do you mean "aha?" 1148 01:08:47,523 --> 01:08:49,252 So that's it. You're all blown up... 1149 01:08:49,325 --> 01:08:51,657 with your own importance, just like a ham actor. 1150 01:08:51,727 --> 01:08:53,854 You've done what you set out to do. 1151 01:08:53,929 --> 01:08:57,831 Now you want to stick around Washington and bask in your glory. 1152 01:08:59,268 --> 01:09:03,500 That wasn't a very nice thing to say, and it's not true. 1153 01:09:03,572 --> 01:09:07,064 All right, then let me ask you this. 1154 01:09:07,143 --> 01:09:08,610 If you do stay in Washington... 1155 01:09:08,677 --> 01:09:11,305 will you give International Projects government contracts? 1156 01:09:11,380 --> 01:09:13,871 If I feel the Government needs International's output... 1157 01:09:13,949 --> 01:09:16,213 I'll give them all the business they can handle. 1158 01:09:16,285 --> 01:09:18,549 - Don't you dare. - What? 1159 01:09:18,621 --> 01:09:21,249 As a United States citizen, I protest. 1160 01:09:21,590 --> 01:09:23,785 Now you've got me thoroughly confused. 1161 01:09:23,859 --> 01:09:26,794 If you let those dopey directors do business with Washington... 1162 01:09:26,862 --> 01:09:29,922 they'll close down the government like they did Apex Clock. 1163 01:09:30,032 --> 01:09:32,023 Like they did Apex Clock? 1164 01:09:32,268 --> 01:09:36,261 Now, don't be ridiculous. Apex Clock is one of our own companies. 1165 01:09:37,706 --> 01:09:39,435 Sit down, McKeever. 1166 01:09:40,543 --> 01:09:44,240 I've got something to tell you. And if this doesn't do it, nothing will. 1167 01:09:44,313 --> 01:09:47,874 Once upon a time, there was a little lady stockholder... 1168 01:10:48,510 --> 01:10:50,478 - Who is it? - McKeever. 1169 01:10:59,154 --> 01:11:00,815 What's the matter? 1170 01:11:01,557 --> 01:11:02,922 What is it? 1171 01:11:04,059 --> 01:11:07,790 What are you prowling around in the middle of the night for? Are you all right? 1172 01:11:07,863 --> 01:11:11,026 Are you sick or something? Answer me, what is it? 1173 01:11:11,100 --> 01:11:13,227 Laura, I've made a decision. 1174 01:11:14,536 --> 01:11:16,766 I'm going back to the company. 1175 01:11:17,373 --> 01:11:20,206 You're going to resign from the Government? 1176 01:11:20,376 --> 01:11:21,434 What's the matter? 1177 01:11:21,510 --> 01:11:23,842 You just can't keep anything secret in this town. 1178 01:11:23,912 --> 01:11:26,278 But it's wonderful. Why should it be a secret? 1179 01:11:26,348 --> 01:11:27,872 It's the smartest thing you've done. 1180 01:11:27,950 --> 01:11:29,611 But it can't come out in the papers... 1181 01:11:29,685 --> 01:11:31,516 until after I've spoken to the President. 1182 01:11:31,587 --> 01:11:34,522 And also, I don't want Blessington and the boys to know... 1183 01:11:34,590 --> 01:11:38,287 I'm coming back until I'm right on the scene, ready to move in. 1184 01:11:38,360 --> 01:11:41,261 We'll slip out of the hotel quietly first thing in the morning. 1185 01:11:41,330 --> 01:11:42,729 Okay! 1186 01:11:44,099 --> 01:11:47,296 - Thanks for coming to Washington. - You're welcome. 1187 01:11:48,937 --> 01:11:49,995 Good night, McKeever. 1188 01:11:50,072 --> 01:11:53,564 - But I'm not running this time. - No, I am. 1189 01:11:55,411 --> 01:11:58,244 Thanks, anyway. Good night, Laura, and get some sleep. 1190 01:11:58,314 --> 01:11:59,804 Who can sleep? 1191 01:12:03,986 --> 01:12:06,181 You know, plane reservations are very hard to get. 1192 01:12:06,255 --> 01:12:09,622 Look, not a word until we're out of the hotel, you know how... 1193 01:12:14,229 --> 01:12:17,494 How long will it take you to clean out your... 1194 01:12:21,904 --> 01:12:23,496 There he is now! 1195 01:12:25,174 --> 01:12:26,766 Close the doors! 1196 01:12:27,776 --> 01:12:29,505 No, open the doors! 1197 01:12:32,348 --> 01:12:33,940 Close the doors. 1198 01:12:36,618 --> 01:12:38,711 - Now what? - The basement. 1199 01:12:38,787 --> 01:12:40,448 - Yes, sir. - How do you think they knew? 1200 01:12:40,522 --> 01:12:41,887 Who knows? 1201 01:12:49,798 --> 01:12:53,598 - How do you get out of here? - Why, there's a door over there. 1202 01:12:55,070 --> 01:12:55,170 And now, the 8:00 news roundup, Bill Parker reporting. 1203 01:12:55,170 --> 01:12:58,503 And now, the 8:00 news roundup, Bill Parker reporting. 1204 01:12:58,574 --> 01:13:01,566 And a very good evening to you, ladies and gentlemen. 1205 01:13:01,643 --> 01:13:04,476 And now let's have a look at the top story of the day. 1206 01:13:04,546 --> 01:13:08,346 This afternoon, in the nation's capital, one of the Government's key figures... 1207 01:13:08,417 --> 01:13:12,148 Edward L. McKeever, handed in his resignation. 1208 01:13:12,221 --> 01:13:16,317 Members of both parties were stunned by the suddenness of McKeever's decision... 1209 01:13:16,392 --> 01:13:18,451 to return to private industry. 1210 01:13:18,527 --> 01:13:20,620 And now here are the first films of McKeever... 1211 01:13:20,696 --> 01:13:23,631 as he left his Washington hotel this morning. 1212 01:13:34,576 --> 01:13:36,339 - Come on! - There's McKeever! 1213 01:13:36,412 --> 01:13:39,040 We want to ask you a couple of questions. 1214 01:13:39,381 --> 01:13:41,781 - Wait a minute! - Give us a story! 1215 01:13:41,850 --> 01:13:45,581 All right! Now, one at a time, boys. 1216 01:13:45,654 --> 01:13:47,053 Do you have anything to add... 1217 01:13:47,122 --> 01:13:49,454 to Drew Pearson's report of your resignation? 1218 01:13:49,525 --> 01:13:51,254 I haven't exactly resigned yet. 1219 01:13:51,326 --> 01:13:53,351 I'm on my way to the President to do that now. 1220 01:13:53,429 --> 01:13:55,659 And I don't think I should say anything beforehand. 1221 01:13:55,731 --> 01:13:57,699 - But you are resigning? - What are your plans? 1222 01:13:57,766 --> 01:14:01,964 I think I can serve my country best by going back to International Projects. 1223 01:14:02,037 --> 01:14:05,302 - Who's this lady, Mr. McKeever? - Just a business associate. 1224 01:14:24,593 --> 01:14:24,893 Anyway, ladies, this is the part of the story that will fascinate you. 1225 01:14:24,893 --> 01:14:29,227 Anyway, ladies, this is the part of the story that will fascinate you. 1226 01:14:29,498 --> 01:14:31,329 Late yesterday afternoon... 1227 01:14:31,400 --> 01:14:35,234 Mr. McKeever arrived at La Guardia Airport from Washington. 1228 01:14:35,604 --> 01:14:39,438 And still accompanying him was, that's right... 1229 01:14:39,541 --> 01:14:42,999 the mystery woman who left Washington with him... 1230 01:14:43,245 --> 01:14:46,976 after having, by a strange coincidence... 1231 01:14:47,049 --> 01:14:50,450 spent the night at the same hotel in Washington. 1232 01:14:51,186 --> 01:14:53,882 She even went to the Pentagon with him. 1233 01:14:54,556 --> 01:14:57,286 And here we see a picture of Mr. McKeever... 1234 01:14:57,359 --> 01:15:00,886 leaving the Pentagon after closing up his office. 1235 01:15:02,164 --> 01:15:03,961 There she is, ladies. 1236 01:15:06,068 --> 01:15:07,467 This whole story has... 1237 01:15:07,536 --> 01:15:11,131 such a wonderfully exciting romantic flavor. 1238 01:15:12,407 --> 01:15:14,932 And now, ladies, let me tell you about Double Tint... 1239 01:15:15,010 --> 01:15:19,447 the new hair dye that can turn you into a mystery woman. 1240 01:15:20,682 --> 01:15:24,345 Real smart. Very smart, sending her to Washington. 1241 01:15:24,419 --> 01:15:27,013 How did I know she was going to bring him back? 1242 01:15:27,189 --> 01:15:28,816 You chaps seen the papers? 1243 01:15:28,891 --> 01:15:30,882 No, Harry, we haven't seen the papers. 1244 01:15:30,959 --> 01:15:33,894 For the past 24 hours, we've been living in a tree. 1245 01:15:34,162 --> 01:15:38,155 Mother landed a record-breaking bluefin tuna off Florida. 1246 01:15:38,433 --> 01:15:40,424 - It weighed over... - Harry! 1247 01:15:41,303 --> 01:15:44,397 I would suggest you look at the front page. 1248 01:15:44,573 --> 01:15:46,507 Then turn to the want ads. 1249 01:15:47,175 --> 01:15:50,076 McKeever's here. He's in the building. 1250 01:15:50,445 --> 01:15:51,776 He's losing no time. 1251 01:15:51,847 --> 01:15:54,008 He'll want to be chairman of the board again. 1252 01:15:54,082 --> 01:15:55,515 And president of the company. 1253 01:15:55,584 --> 01:15:56,846 And I shall be vice president. 1254 01:15:56,919 --> 01:15:58,511 We'll all be moved back. 1255 01:15:58,587 --> 01:16:00,885 - What about me? - He'll fire you. 1256 01:16:01,290 --> 01:16:03,383 That cheers me up a little. 1257 01:16:03,625 --> 01:16:06,287 Look, we chaps aren't going to take this lying down. 1258 01:16:06,361 --> 01:16:08,886 After all, we've got the votes, haven't we? 1259 01:16:09,565 --> 01:16:10,759 Well, you do. 1260 01:16:13,302 --> 01:16:16,271 For once in his life, your brother-in-law may have something. 1261 01:16:16,338 --> 01:16:18,670 - How do you mean? - What are we scared of? 1262 01:16:18,740 --> 01:16:21,573 McKeever was boss for so long, we're shaking in our boots... 1263 01:16:21,643 --> 01:16:25,170 but now we're in the driver's seat. He's got no stock. 1264 01:16:26,748 --> 01:16:28,079 That's true. 1265 01:16:28,150 --> 01:16:30,914 - How will we handle this? - We don't pull any punches. 1266 01:16:30,986 --> 01:16:32,783 - We get right... - I'll handle it. 1267 01:16:32,854 --> 01:16:35,846 All right, you do the talking. Be as diplomatic as you want. 1268 01:16:35,924 --> 01:16:37,050 Just don't weaken! 1269 01:16:37,125 --> 01:16:40,492 Very well, boys. Now this isn't going to be pleasant. 1270 01:16:41,496 --> 01:16:43,191 - Yeah. - Mr. McKeever's here. 1271 01:16:43,265 --> 01:16:45,290 Send him right in, please. 1272 01:16:45,567 --> 01:16:47,592 Now let me do the talking. 1273 01:16:48,036 --> 01:16:50,436 Boys, McKeever is back. 1274 01:16:50,973 --> 01:16:53,203 Would you care to make a small wager on that? 1275 01:16:53,275 --> 01:16:55,539 Please, Harry, I'm doing the talking. 1276 01:16:59,047 --> 01:17:00,776 It's been so exciting, Laura. 1277 01:17:00,849 --> 01:17:03,511 All those pictures of you in the paper and on television. 1278 01:17:03,585 --> 01:17:06,679 And those terrible headlines, weren't they wonderful? 1279 01:17:06,755 --> 01:17:10,384 The phone hasn't stopped ringing. LIFE magazine called up, and LOOK... 1280 01:17:10,459 --> 01:17:14,054 and several television producers called, and a lot of theatrical agents. 1281 01:17:14,129 --> 01:17:16,757 - Agents called me? - Sure, lots of them. 1282 01:17:17,399 --> 01:17:20,994 Tell me, Laura, is it true that Mr. McKeever is coming back to the company? 1283 01:17:21,069 --> 01:17:23,060 Sure. Hello. 1284 01:17:30,612 --> 01:17:32,273 What's the matter? 1285 01:17:34,549 --> 01:17:37,279 - Frozen out of my own company. - What? 1286 01:17:40,555 --> 01:17:41,783 What happened? 1287 01:17:41,857 --> 01:17:43,882 I'm out and they're in. That's what happened. 1288 01:17:43,959 --> 01:17:46,894 Jack Blessington telling me I was all washed up. 1289 01:17:46,962 --> 01:17:49,658 And that Snell, throwing in his two cents. 1290 01:17:49,798 --> 01:17:51,322 Clifford Snell. 1291 01:17:51,400 --> 01:17:55,393 I should have fired him 15 years ago, when I caught him taking home paper clips. 1292 01:17:55,470 --> 01:17:58,598 - I don't understand what happened. - It's very simple to understand. 1293 01:17:58,674 --> 01:18:02,371 I spent half my life building this company, and now I'm out. 1294 01:18:05,480 --> 01:18:07,778 Didn't you bring up Apex Clock? 1295 01:18:07,849 --> 01:18:09,510 The way Snell has juggled the books... 1296 01:18:09,584 --> 01:18:12,644 the Apex Clock deal looks like a stroke of financial genius. 1297 01:18:12,721 --> 01:18:16,122 Brother, did I underestimate those guys. 1298 01:18:16,625 --> 01:18:19,992 They're more crooked than even you thought they were. 1299 01:18:20,262 --> 01:18:21,957 - It's my fault. - Nonsense. 1300 01:18:22,030 --> 01:18:24,430 Yes, it is. I made you come back from Washington. 1301 01:18:24,499 --> 01:18:28,128 You were right. I had to come back to find out for myself. 1302 01:18:28,804 --> 01:18:31,932 - Isn't there anything you can do? - Like what? 1303 01:19:00,469 --> 01:19:02,437 What are you doing? 1304 01:19:02,704 --> 01:19:05,798 Packing. If you're through, so am I. 1305 01:19:06,842 --> 01:19:10,835 Look, I'm not going to roll over and play dead for these guys. I'll get them. 1306 01:19:10,912 --> 01:19:13,437 Sure you will. They're not so smart. 1307 01:19:16,885 --> 01:19:20,651 I'm sorry, Laura. I know how much you love this job. 1308 01:19:20,722 --> 01:19:23,657 Don't be silly. Here, unplug the coffee pot. 1309 01:19:49,918 --> 01:19:52,853 Laura, look at this. I'm fired again. 1310 01:19:52,921 --> 01:19:54,855 They're closing down the whole department. 1311 01:19:57,159 --> 01:19:58,956 Why did they do this? 1312 01:20:01,229 --> 01:20:02,890 You see, Amelia... 1313 01:20:03,231 --> 01:20:06,758 when the directors sent me to Washington to see Mr. McKeever... 1314 01:20:06,835 --> 01:20:10,168 Wait a minute. Repeat what you just said. 1315 01:20:10,238 --> 01:20:12,763 - You see, Amelia... - No, to me. 1316 01:20:12,908 --> 01:20:14,739 You see, Amelia... 1317 01:20:14,810 --> 01:20:18,302 when the directors sent me to Washington to see Mr. McKeever... 1318 01:20:18,380 --> 01:20:20,280 - That's it! - That's what? 1319 01:20:20,348 --> 01:20:23,146 We can get them out for committing a criminal act. 1320 01:20:23,218 --> 01:20:25,118 - They did send you to Washington. - Yes. 1321 01:20:25,187 --> 01:20:27,553 They bought you clothes, gave you an airplane ticket. 1322 01:20:27,622 --> 01:20:30,455 Sent you to pressure me into giving them government contracts. 1323 01:20:30,525 --> 01:20:32,755 - That's right. - Will you testify to that in court? 1324 01:20:32,828 --> 01:20:34,591 - Of course. - Then we've got them! 1325 01:20:34,663 --> 01:20:38,531 There happens to be a law against that, Laura, a federal law. 1326 01:20:39,034 --> 01:20:41,559 I know, the Mann Act! 1327 01:20:55,650 --> 01:20:57,845 Please, ladies and gentlemen. 1328 01:20:58,520 --> 01:20:59,748 Proceed. 1329 01:20:59,888 --> 01:21:03,483 Miss Partridge, it seems to me that you're being very evasive. 1330 01:21:03,558 --> 01:21:05,856 It doesn't seem that way to me. 1331 01:21:06,127 --> 01:21:07,719 Let's try again. 1332 01:21:08,463 --> 01:21:11,864 Mr. Snell's testimony, corroborated by his colleagues... 1333 01:21:11,933 --> 01:21:15,198 states that the decision to go to Washington was entirely your own. 1334 01:21:15,270 --> 01:21:17,329 That the company would not dream of sending... 1335 01:21:17,405 --> 01:21:19,396 an unregistered lobbyist to Washington. 1336 01:21:19,474 --> 01:21:22,238 He says the directors of the corporation did not even know... 1337 01:21:22,310 --> 01:21:25,711 you had gone to Washington till they read about it in the papers. 1338 01:21:25,847 --> 01:21:27,075 Oh, brother! 1339 01:21:28,250 --> 01:21:29,774 Do you mean to tell the court... 1340 01:21:29,851 --> 01:21:33,309 that men of my client's prestige and integrity... 1341 01:21:33,388 --> 01:21:35,982 would deliberately falsify the facts? 1342 01:21:36,524 --> 01:21:39,891 I think they'd deliberately falsify their own mother. 1343 01:21:45,333 --> 01:21:49,201 Miss Partridge, is it not true that you went to Washington... 1344 01:21:49,271 --> 01:21:52,104 because you were anxious to see Mr. McKeever again? 1345 01:21:52,807 --> 01:21:56,368 Miss Partridge, I am saying that you and Mr. McKeever were lovers. 1346 01:21:56,444 --> 01:21:58,139 - Now, wait a minute! - Mr. McKeever. 1347 01:21:58,213 --> 01:22:01,182 - I object to this line of questioning. - I do, too. 1348 01:22:01,249 --> 01:22:04,878 Your Honor, I'm simply attempting to establish Miss Partridge's motive... 1349 01:22:04,953 --> 01:22:09,083 in taking this so-called lobbying trip. 1350 01:22:09,324 --> 01:22:10,848 Objection overruled. 1351 01:22:11,026 --> 01:22:12,653 Thank you, Your Honor. 1352 01:22:12,727 --> 01:22:14,490 I ruled against you. 1353 01:22:15,096 --> 01:22:16,791 You're making a big mistake. 1354 01:22:16,865 --> 01:22:19,959 Miss Partridge, it's perfectly obvious why you went to Washington. 1355 01:22:20,035 --> 01:22:21,696 Your mad passion grew so strong... 1356 01:22:21,770 --> 01:22:24,102 you couldn't bear the separation from your lover. 1357 01:22:24,172 --> 01:22:27,232 And so, wildly, impatiently, you flew into his arms. 1358 01:22:27,309 --> 01:22:29,004 You're crazy. 1359 01:22:29,244 --> 01:22:31,940 It took me hours to get in to see him. 1360 01:22:32,881 --> 01:22:34,940 The reason I went to Washington... 1361 01:22:35,016 --> 01:22:38,008 was because they sent me to get government orders. 1362 01:22:38,086 --> 01:22:41,886 Your Honor, I would like to present to the court at this time... 1363 01:22:41,957 --> 01:22:45,950 a sworn statement by the night watchman in the Washington Hotel. 1364 01:22:47,062 --> 01:22:49,360 Here is one by the elevator operator... 1365 01:22:50,098 --> 01:22:52,464 one by the headwaiter of a Washington restaurant... 1366 01:22:52,534 --> 01:22:54,263 one by the busboy. 1367 01:22:54,803 --> 01:22:56,600 And here is the last one. 1368 01:22:57,138 --> 01:23:00,630 A statement and a bill from a well-known lingerie shop... 1369 01:23:00,709 --> 01:23:03,371 for one sheer black nightgown. 1370 01:23:03,945 --> 01:23:05,572 $225. 1371 01:23:05,647 --> 01:23:07,842 That's not true. 1372 01:23:07,916 --> 01:23:10,976 That was just a regular requisitioned GI nightgown... 1373 01:23:11,052 --> 01:23:13,680 that Mr. McKeever's military aid... 1374 01:23:19,894 --> 01:23:22,761 Miss Partridge, I'm going to ask you one more question... 1375 01:23:22,831 --> 01:23:25,766 and I want you to remember you're under oath. 1376 01:23:28,203 --> 01:23:30,637 Are you in love with Mr. McKeever? 1377 01:23:35,310 --> 01:23:36,675 - Your Honor? - Yes? 1378 01:23:36,745 --> 01:23:38,975 How much can I get for perjury? 1379 01:23:39,047 --> 01:23:42,744 Miss Partridge, I think you had better answer the question. 1380 01:23:44,019 --> 01:23:47,113 Are you in love with Edward L. McKeever? 1381 01:23:50,558 --> 01:23:51,616 Yes, I am. 1382 01:23:51,693 --> 01:23:53,627 - I didn't hear you. - Yes! 1383 01:23:55,797 --> 01:23:58,630 - I rest my case. - Now he quits. 1384 01:23:58,700 --> 01:24:02,431 I'd like to see him get up here and let me ask him a few sneaky questions. 1385 01:24:02,504 --> 01:24:04,165 You may be excused, Miss Partridge. 1386 01:24:04,239 --> 01:24:06,400 There's nothing you guys wouldn't stoop to. 1387 01:24:06,474 --> 01:24:09,637 Please, ladies and gentlemen, we must have quiet. 1388 01:24:12,447 --> 01:24:14,415 If it please the court... 1389 01:24:15,083 --> 01:24:17,108 we don't want to rush things, Your Honor... 1390 01:24:17,185 --> 01:24:20,951 but my clients' annual stockholders' meeting takes place at 2:00 this afternoon. 1391 01:24:21,022 --> 01:24:23,320 Not only is it necessary for them to be there... 1392 01:24:23,391 --> 01:24:26,918 but they feel it'd be most gratifying to the stockholders of their firm... 1393 01:24:26,995 --> 01:24:29,156 if they'd bring back a decision in this matter... 1394 01:24:29,230 --> 01:24:30,663 and announce it at the meeting. 1395 01:24:30,732 --> 01:24:34,133 If Mr. McKeever has no objection. 1396 01:24:42,710 --> 01:24:45,645 - Have you a word for our viewers? - Yes, I have. 1397 01:24:45,713 --> 01:24:48,807 I would like to say that justice has been done. 1398 01:24:49,184 --> 01:24:50,811 I thought we won. 1399 01:24:52,353 --> 01:24:54,583 The judge threw the entire case out of court. 1400 01:24:54,656 --> 01:24:57,147 We have been vindicated completely. 1401 01:24:57,525 --> 01:25:01,655 I doubt if Edward L. McKeever will ever trouble us again. 1402 01:25:10,305 --> 01:25:12,205 Got to get away from those newspapermen. 1403 01:25:12,273 --> 01:25:14,867 Probably be a million of them waiting for me at my house. 1404 01:25:14,943 --> 01:25:17,605 Let's go to my place. Nobody'll bother us there. 1405 01:25:17,712 --> 01:25:21,273 - Take us to my place, will you, please? - Very good, miss. 1406 01:25:22,117 --> 01:25:25,314 You can be alone there and have a chance to think. 1407 01:25:32,694 --> 01:25:34,286 Did you mean it? 1408 01:25:36,698 --> 01:25:38,029 Mean what? 1409 01:25:38,833 --> 01:25:41,233 You know, what you said in court. 1410 01:25:42,704 --> 01:25:45,969 Of course, I meant it. I was under oath of perjury. 1411 01:25:46,641 --> 01:25:48,541 Then let's get married. 1412 01:25:50,411 --> 01:25:52,072 Just because I... 1413 01:25:52,213 --> 01:25:54,647 I mean, that doesn't mean you have to marry me. 1414 01:25:54,716 --> 01:25:56,240 - Of course, it does. - Why? 1415 01:25:56,317 --> 01:25:57,978 Because I want to. 1416 01:25:59,487 --> 01:26:01,478 It doesn't sound like it. 1417 01:26:04,159 --> 01:26:06,627 I'm trying to tell you I love you. 1418 01:26:07,529 --> 01:26:11,329 - McKeever, I know how you feel. - Certainly, I just told you. 1419 01:26:11,399 --> 01:26:13,492 No, not about me, about the company. 1420 01:26:13,568 --> 01:26:15,559 What company? I don't have a company. 1421 01:26:15,637 --> 01:26:17,264 That's what I mean. 1422 01:26:17,338 --> 01:26:21,138 How can you know how you feel when you're so upset like this? 1423 01:26:21,543 --> 01:26:24,444 Laura, I know how I feel. 1424 01:26:29,617 --> 01:26:30,948 Thank you. 1425 01:26:33,454 --> 01:26:34,978 You're welcome. 1426 01:26:37,025 --> 01:26:40,290 This is it. It's a mess, isn't it? 1427 01:26:40,695 --> 01:26:43,289 I'm sorry. Excuse me. 1428 01:26:44,232 --> 01:26:46,223 There isn't much I can do about it. 1429 01:26:46,301 --> 01:26:49,134 Being a businesswoman and a housekeeper isn't easy. 1430 01:26:49,204 --> 01:26:51,798 I'll be right back. Hello, Mirabelle. 1431 01:26:53,675 --> 01:26:55,575 Why don't you sit down? 1432 01:26:57,145 --> 01:26:58,476 I'm sorry. 1433 01:26:59,881 --> 01:27:02,975 Just a minute. Mail. 1434 01:27:03,685 --> 01:27:06,677 Mr. Jenkins forwards it to me from the office. 1435 01:27:06,788 --> 01:27:10,918 I haven't had a chance to catch up with it since this court business and... 1436 01:27:14,195 --> 01:27:16,720 I'd take it down, but it's still wet. 1437 01:27:17,732 --> 01:27:19,495 How about some lunch? 1438 01:27:19,567 --> 01:27:22,934 - I've got tuna fish and... - Nothing for me, thanks. 1439 01:27:23,004 --> 01:27:24,528 I'm very tired. 1440 01:27:24,706 --> 01:27:26,173 Yeah, I know. 1441 01:27:28,243 --> 01:27:32,111 I guess in business it doesn't matter how much time a man has given to a company. 1442 01:27:32,180 --> 01:27:33,169 What? 1443 01:27:33,381 --> 01:27:36,646 My gold key to the International Projects building. 1444 01:27:36,718 --> 01:27:38,811 Open any door in the place. 1445 01:27:39,320 --> 01:27:43,381 A symbol that I am always welcome to return. 1446 01:27:47,795 --> 01:27:49,660 "To Ed from the boys." 1447 01:27:50,531 --> 01:27:52,863 Laura, let's go away. Marry me. 1448 01:27:53,034 --> 01:27:54,524 - I can't. - Why not? 1449 01:27:54,602 --> 01:27:56,069 You're out of work. 1450 01:27:56,137 --> 01:27:58,230 Makes no difference. I've got plenty of money. 1451 01:27:58,306 --> 01:28:02,003 What's money got to do with it? Not that I'm against it. 1452 01:28:02,477 --> 01:28:04,877 A man needs more than money. 1453 01:28:05,280 --> 01:28:08,306 A man needs a job to go to, a job he loves. 1454 01:28:08,650 --> 01:28:11,847 And he needs a home to come home to, a happy home. 1455 01:28:12,420 --> 01:28:15,981 But if he has no job to go to, how can he come home to a happy home... 1456 01:28:16,057 --> 01:28:18,218 if he's been sitting home all day to begin with? 1457 01:28:18,293 --> 01:28:19,590 I don't understand you. 1458 01:28:19,661 --> 01:28:21,856 Look, you'd hate yourself... 1459 01:28:22,130 --> 01:28:24,291 If you don't think very much of yourself... 1460 01:28:24,365 --> 01:28:26,663 then you'll think I don't think very much of you. 1461 01:28:26,734 --> 01:28:28,793 Then you begin to hate me. Oh, no. 1462 01:28:29,037 --> 01:28:32,165 - Suppose I start a new company? - That's no good. 1463 01:28:32,507 --> 01:28:35,169 International Projects is like your baby. 1464 01:28:35,243 --> 01:28:39,441 If you let those... take it away from you... 1465 01:28:39,514 --> 01:28:41,539 you would hate yourself... 1466 01:28:41,783 --> 01:28:43,808 and you'd be absolutely right. 1467 01:28:43,885 --> 01:28:45,375 What can I do? 1468 01:28:45,553 --> 01:28:47,214 How should I know? 1469 01:28:47,422 --> 01:28:49,720 - Think of something. - Like what? 1470 01:28:50,024 --> 01:28:52,424 The stockholders are having a meeting this afternoon. 1471 01:28:52,493 --> 01:28:53,926 Go down there and fight. 1472 01:28:53,995 --> 01:28:57,226 That's the most idiotic suggestion I ever heard. 1473 01:28:57,498 --> 01:29:00,433 See, already you're impossible to live with. 1474 01:29:02,637 --> 01:29:03,934 I'm sorry. 1475 01:29:05,540 --> 01:29:07,770 I know you must be very tired. 1476 01:29:07,842 --> 01:29:11,005 All right, Laura. Just forget it. 1477 01:29:11,679 --> 01:29:16,173 Maybe you can forget it, but I can't. It's not just a business to me. 1478 01:29:16,417 --> 01:29:19,215 All these people that write me letters... 1479 01:29:19,420 --> 01:29:21,786 they're my friends, all these stockholders... 1480 01:29:21,856 --> 01:29:25,189 - they trust me. You've seen these letters... - Yes. 1481 01:29:26,094 --> 01:29:29,962 Look, now here's a letter from Mrs. Weaver, here. 1482 01:29:31,232 --> 01:29:34,633 "Dear Miss Partridge, how are you? I am fine. 1483 01:29:35,336 --> 01:29:38,999 "My arthritis is feeling much better ever since I changed doctors. 1484 01:29:39,073 --> 01:29:41,735 "I have been taking some very expensive pills... 1485 01:29:41,809 --> 01:29:44,141 "but I think good health is more important. 1486 01:29:44,212 --> 01:29:48,911 "I am enclosing my proxy for the next stockholders' meeting. 1487 01:29:49,150 --> 01:29:52,551 "I don't usually bother sending these proxies, Miss Partridge... 1488 01:29:52,620 --> 01:29:54,918 "but since you and I have been corresponding... 1489 01:29:54,989 --> 01:29:57,355 "I feel much closer to the company." 1490 01:29:58,025 --> 01:29:59,458 Thirty shares. 1491 01:29:59,594 --> 01:30:03,826 They're all like that. Here's another one from Mrs. Howard in Biloxi. 1492 01:30:05,199 --> 01:30:06,826 It's the same thing. 1493 01:30:06,901 --> 01:30:09,199 "Dear Miss Partridge, I am glad to tell you... 1494 01:30:09,270 --> 01:30:11,329 "that my husband is feeling much better. 1495 01:30:11,406 --> 01:30:13,966 "I am enclosing my proxy with your name on it. 1496 01:30:14,041 --> 01:30:17,340 "I know you will cast my vote for the best man there." 1497 01:30:17,412 --> 01:30:21,348 Seventy-five shares, 40 shares. This is very interesting. 1498 01:30:21,416 --> 01:30:24,544 Yes, it is. I kept telling them what a great man you were... 1499 01:30:24,619 --> 01:30:27,110 and how you wouldn't let them down. 1500 01:30:31,993 --> 01:30:34,257 - Hello. - Laura, this is Amelia. 1501 01:30:34,328 --> 01:30:35,352 Hello, Amelia. 1502 01:30:35,430 --> 01:30:37,295 Something's happened you should know about. 1503 01:30:37,365 --> 01:30:39,492 - What? - Mr. Snell fired Mark. 1504 01:30:39,600 --> 01:30:41,033 - When? - Just a few minutes ago. 1505 01:30:41,102 --> 01:30:42,262 Just a minute. 1506 01:30:42,503 --> 01:30:44,733 Snell just fired Mark Jenkins. 1507 01:30:45,239 --> 01:30:48,402 That makes four of us out of work and you still sit there. 1508 01:30:48,476 --> 01:30:51,411 Hello, Amelia. What did he fire him for? 1509 01:30:51,479 --> 01:30:54,573 - It was about your mail. Mark... - My mail? 1510 01:30:54,916 --> 01:30:56,884 Why would they fight about my mail? 1511 01:30:56,951 --> 01:30:58,646 Wait a minute. Let me have that. 1512 01:30:58,719 --> 01:31:00,880 Miss Shotgraven? McKeever. Is Jenkins with you? 1513 01:31:00,955 --> 01:31:02,923 - Yes, he is. - Put him on. 1514 01:31:03,324 --> 01:31:06,293 Jenkins, this is McKeever. Give it to me fast. What happened? 1515 01:31:06,360 --> 01:31:09,625 I tried to get Laura's mail out of the mailroom and Snell caught me. 1516 01:31:09,697 --> 01:31:13,133 There's an awful lot of mail and he had it moved to his private office. 1517 01:31:13,201 --> 01:31:16,102 - I got it. Meet me at the office in 20 minutes. - What'll we do? 1518 01:31:16,170 --> 01:31:18,138 Get something to throw mail into. 1519 01:31:18,206 --> 01:31:19,434 - Get what? - Anything. 1520 01:31:19,507 --> 01:31:21,304 How do I know? Make it snappy. 1521 01:31:21,375 --> 01:31:23,843 - Is this all right? - Yeah, that's fine. Hold it. 1522 01:31:23,911 --> 01:31:25,401 What are we going to do? 1523 01:31:25,480 --> 01:31:28,813 Never mind. Do what I tell you, and be quick about it. 1524 01:31:28,883 --> 01:31:31,818 Now, McKeever, that's what I call love talk. 1525 01:31:34,422 --> 01:31:36,856 - Mark, where's the stuff? - In Mr. Snell's office. 1526 01:31:36,924 --> 01:31:39,051 - Where's Snell? - Down in the auditorium... 1527 01:31:39,126 --> 01:31:41,651 at the meeting. It must be due to start any minute. 1528 01:31:41,729 --> 01:31:43,629 - You can't go in there. - It's locked. 1529 01:31:43,698 --> 01:31:46,462 - Mr. Snell's not in. - That's the best time to be here. 1530 01:31:46,534 --> 01:31:49,697 - The key, I left it at your place. - No, I've got it. 1531 01:31:49,770 --> 01:31:52,705 I wouldn't leave it lying around. It's gold. 1532 01:31:53,975 --> 01:31:57,138 You see, it's been piling up like this for days. 1533 01:31:57,211 --> 01:32:00,044 - I should've told you about this sooner. - These are all mine? 1534 01:32:00,114 --> 01:32:02,309 Sure, when I saw what happened in that courtroom... 1535 01:32:02,383 --> 01:32:03,714 Proxies. Fifty shares. 1536 01:32:03,784 --> 01:32:05,877 - Here's one for 100 shares. - Forty shares. 1537 01:32:05,953 --> 01:32:08,387 - Mrs. Johnson had twins. - Two hundred. 1538 01:32:08,456 --> 01:32:10,287 Get down to that stockholders' meeting... 1539 01:32:10,358 --> 01:32:11,882 - as quick as you can. - What'll I do? 1540 01:32:11,959 --> 01:32:14,655 Stall till we open them all. Talk, sing, dance, anything... 1541 01:32:14,729 --> 01:32:16,924 but don't let the meeting end till we get there! 1542 01:32:16,998 --> 01:32:19,296 Yes, sir! Mr. Chairman! 1543 01:32:24,005 --> 01:32:26,473 Order, please. The meeting will come to order. 1544 01:32:26,541 --> 01:32:29,908 The annual meeting of the stockholders is hereby declared in session. 1545 01:32:29,977 --> 01:32:33,003 The next order of business is reading the last meeting's minutes. 1546 01:32:33,080 --> 01:32:35,014 I move we dispense with the reading. 1547 01:32:35,082 --> 01:32:36,310 - I second. - All in favor? 1548 01:32:36,384 --> 01:32:38,716 Proxies vote "Aye." Any opposed? 1549 01:32:38,920 --> 01:32:40,820 We will dispense with reading of the minutes. 1550 01:32:40,888 --> 01:32:44,449 And now with the report of your Treasurer, Mr. Clifford Snell. 1551 01:32:44,525 --> 01:32:46,015 Thank you, Jack. 1552 01:32:46,093 --> 01:32:48,527 I guess I'm the fellow you either like or dislike... 1553 01:32:48,596 --> 01:32:51,656 depending upon the size of the dividend checks. 1554 01:32:54,101 --> 01:32:55,466 I will admit that, of late... 1555 01:32:55,536 --> 01:32:58,027 the dividends have not been as high as we would like. 1556 01:32:58,105 --> 01:33:01,632 However, as you all know, that is the fault of Mr. Edward L. McKeever. 1557 01:33:01,709 --> 01:33:03,802 Now that Mr. McKeever is no longer connected... 1558 01:33:03,878 --> 01:33:06,676 with International Projects, nor is he in Washington... 1559 01:33:06,747 --> 01:33:09,375 I feel that we will find that things are looking up. 1560 01:33:09,450 --> 01:33:12,044 Now let's see exactly what we did do last year. 1561 01:33:12,119 --> 01:33:14,417 You've all been given a copy of our annual report. 1562 01:33:14,488 --> 01:33:18,322 Suppose we all start to thumb through it together. Now I'm... 1563 01:33:19,160 --> 01:33:21,219 Just a moment, ladies and gentlemen. Yes? 1564 01:33:21,295 --> 01:33:24,162 Mr. McKeever and Miss Partridge are in your office. 1565 01:33:32,473 --> 01:33:35,465 We feel we've already taken up too much of your time... 1566 01:33:35,543 --> 01:33:37,636 so we'd like to end this as fast as possible... 1567 01:33:37,712 --> 01:33:40,112 so you can all go home. It's a very simple report. 1568 01:33:40,181 --> 01:33:42,308 On Page 11, you will find that we have assets... 1569 01:33:42,383 --> 01:33:46,547 of $9,001,842,960.74. 1570 01:33:46,621 --> 01:33:49,488 The inventory runs from Page 32 through Page 58. 1571 01:33:49,557 --> 01:33:52,583 Then we have gross profits, etc. 1572 01:33:52,660 --> 01:33:55,254 That's all there is to it. Now that this is completed... 1573 01:33:55,329 --> 01:33:57,661 - I'd like to hear a motion on its adoption... - So moved. 1574 01:33:57,732 --> 01:33:58,926 - Seconded. - Proxies vote "Aye." 1575 01:33:59,000 --> 01:34:02,197 On approval of the treasurer's report, let's re-elect the directors. 1576 01:34:02,269 --> 01:34:03,793 - Mr. Chairman, I move. - Second. 1577 01:34:03,871 --> 01:34:06,203 I move the entire slate be returned to office. 1578 01:34:06,273 --> 01:34:08,935 - Second. - You've heard the motion. Any opposed? 1579 01:34:09,010 --> 01:34:10,500 Mr. Chairman! 1580 01:34:12,046 --> 01:34:13,673 I got a question. 1581 01:34:13,848 --> 01:34:15,816 We haven't asked for questions. 1582 01:34:15,883 --> 01:34:18,579 - I have a question anyway. - There's a motion on the floor. 1583 01:34:18,653 --> 01:34:21,622 - I've got a question about the motion. - What's the question? 1584 01:34:21,689 --> 01:34:23,350 What's the motion? 1585 01:34:24,725 --> 01:34:26,317 Miss Partridge, you're out of order. 1586 01:34:26,394 --> 01:34:29,090 Miss Partridge, are you Miss Partridge? 1587 01:34:31,432 --> 01:34:34,765 - Hello, how's your daughter? - She's fine. 1588 01:34:37,705 --> 01:34:40,799 Let's have order. There's a motion on the floor. 1589 01:34:48,416 --> 01:34:50,179 Order! 1590 01:34:51,352 --> 01:34:54,048 Will you all please sit down? 1591 01:34:57,091 --> 01:34:59,184 Mr. Snell will be furious. 1592 01:34:59,260 --> 01:35:01,592 - You tell Mr. Snell to go... - Twenty-five! 1593 01:35:01,862 --> 01:35:05,889 Don't just stand there trembling, open those envelopes as fast as you can. 1594 01:35:05,966 --> 01:35:08,230 - Sixty. - One hundred. 1595 01:35:08,569 --> 01:35:08,969 Order! Let's have order. There's a motion on the floor. 1596 01:35:08,969 --> 01:35:12,268 Order! Let's have order. There's a motion on the floor. 1597 01:35:12,673 --> 01:35:14,265 - I have a question. - No. 1598 01:35:14,341 --> 01:35:16,969 - Let her ask a question. - Yeah. 1599 01:35:17,912 --> 01:35:21,541 The Chairman rules that Miss Partridge's question is out of order. 1600 01:35:23,517 --> 01:35:27,578 We will now vote on the motion to re-elect the Board of Directors. 1601 01:35:29,590 --> 01:35:30,614 All in favor? 1602 01:35:30,691 --> 01:35:33,660 One million, six hundred thousand proxies vote "Aye." 1603 01:35:33,728 --> 01:35:35,753 - Any opposed? - I'm opposed! 1604 01:35:37,898 --> 01:35:41,732 Mr. Chairman, we try to run these meetings democratically... 1605 01:35:41,802 --> 01:35:44,270 but I scarcely believe there are enough votes... 1606 01:35:44,338 --> 01:35:47,068 among these nice people here... 1607 01:35:47,141 --> 01:35:50,804 to override our total of 1,600,000. 1608 01:35:50,878 --> 01:35:54,575 Count the votes! We have a right to have the votes counted. 1609 01:35:59,186 --> 01:36:02,087 Very well. If you will all please fill in your ballots... 1610 01:36:02,156 --> 01:36:05,455 and pass them up here, your secretary and I will count them. 1611 01:36:17,071 --> 01:36:18,504 - Forty-five. - Two hundred. 1612 01:36:18,572 --> 01:36:20,802 - Two hundred. This is Mr. Jenkins. - Fifteen. 1613 01:36:21,208 --> 01:36:22,232 Fifty. 1614 01:36:22,309 --> 01:36:24,470 Send a service cart to Mr. Snell's office. 1615 01:36:24,545 --> 01:36:26,342 - Forty. Right away. - Fifty. 1616 01:36:26,413 --> 01:36:27,778 - Fifty, you said? - Yes. 1617 01:36:27,848 --> 01:36:30,248 You heard me, right away! What'd you say, Amelia? 1618 01:36:30,317 --> 01:36:32,182 - Seventy-five! - One hundred. 1619 01:36:32,253 --> 01:36:35,654 - Laura sure has a lot of friends. - And some strange ones. 1620 01:36:36,190 --> 01:36:37,987 - Five shares. - Five shares. 1621 01:36:38,058 --> 01:36:40,856 Mr. Bill Moran, 50 shares, opposed. 1622 01:36:41,695 --> 01:36:45,426 Mrs. Arnold Weatherby, 100 shares, opposed. 1623 01:36:45,833 --> 01:36:49,633 Mr. John Deery, 200 shares, opposed. 1624 01:36:50,371 --> 01:36:54,102 Mrs. Margaret Donna, 50 shares, opposed. 1625 01:36:54,875 --> 01:36:58,811 Miss Laura Partridge, 10 shares, opposed. 1626 01:37:07,755 --> 01:37:10,553 Mrs. Thomas Smith, 15 shares, opposed. 1627 01:37:10,624 --> 01:37:12,114 And that's it. 1628 01:37:14,895 --> 01:37:18,194 Ladies and gentlemen, I've been keeping the totals as we've gone along. 1629 01:37:18,265 --> 01:37:20,392 The total of those opposed comes to exactly... 1630 01:37:20,467 --> 01:37:23,436 Fourteen thousand, one hundred and sixty-five shares... 1631 01:37:23,504 --> 01:37:25,904 certainly not enough to win out over our total of... 1632 01:37:25,973 --> 01:37:28,237 one million, six hundred thousand. 1633 01:37:28,309 --> 01:37:31,904 I want the figures checked. I demand a re-count. 1634 01:37:31,979 --> 01:37:33,708 Miss Partridge, you're... 1635 01:37:33,781 --> 01:37:38,184 Ladies and gentlemen, the vote on the motion is as follows. 1636 01:37:38,352 --> 01:37:42,049 One million, six hundred thousand vote "Aye" and... 1637 01:37:42,122 --> 01:37:46,024 Three million, six hundred and fifty thousand proxies vote "no"! 1638 01:37:46,894 --> 01:37:49,055 All votes from the little stockholders... 1639 01:37:49,129 --> 01:37:52,656 all giving Miss Partridge the right to vote their stock! 1640 01:37:52,766 --> 01:37:57,203 Miss Partridge, you are in control of the entire company. 1641 01:38:00,407 --> 01:38:01,465 I am? 1642 01:38:02,643 --> 01:38:04,611 That's really wonderful. 1643 01:38:07,815 --> 01:38:10,682 In that case, I'd like to make a motion. 1644 01:38:11,185 --> 01:38:14,552 You heard Miss Partridge, she wants to make a motion! 1645 01:38:15,589 --> 01:38:17,250 What's the motion? 1646 01:38:17,358 --> 01:38:19,986 The motion is, you're all fired! 1647 01:38:20,060 --> 01:38:22,255 Second the motion! And I want to make a motion. 1648 01:38:22,329 --> 01:38:24,320 - What's the motion? - This! 1649 01:38:28,002 --> 01:38:29,603 And when the next stockholders' meeting rolled around... 1650 01:38:29,603 --> 01:38:30,763 And when the next stockholders' meeting rolled around... 1651 01:38:30,838 --> 01:38:32,829 This substantial increase in the dividend... 1652 01:38:32,907 --> 01:38:36,638 is due to the expansion of International Projects' operation. 1653 01:38:36,844 --> 01:38:39,972 Respectfully submitted, Laura Partridge McKeever... 1654 01:38:40,047 --> 01:38:42,948 Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer. 1655 01:38:43,017 --> 01:38:46,111 And so our Cinderella and her Prince Charming went home... 1656 01:38:46,186 --> 01:38:48,620 to their palatial estate on Long Island. 1657 01:38:48,689 --> 01:38:52,090 But they didn't go in a coach drawn by six white horses. 1658 01:38:52,159 --> 01:38:56,118 They went in the little stockholders' wedding gift to the bride: 1659 01:38:56,196 --> 01:38:58,858 A solid gold Cadillac. 1660 01:39:01,068 --> 01:39:04,231 What else can you give a girl who has everything? 1661 01:39:05,231 --> 01:39:15,231 Downloaded From www.AllSubs.org