All language subtitles for The Meanest Man in the World (1943) - Colorizeden.en

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foreign

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is

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no thank you tommy

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wait a minute shuffle you got your

prepositions mixed that's not

attorney-in-law that should be attorney

at law you sure boss sure i'm sure at

law

all right but it must be something new

i never heard of it

i suppose when i get married i'll get me

a mother applause that's different

chufron in-laws are relatives and

outlaws are lawyers well daisy bill's

uncle's a lawyer won't that make him my

uncle no it won't and besides we'll

cross that bridge when we get to it and

the wages i'm paying you won't be able

to get married for a long time

see

how about a terry bylaw

my law what's that i don't know what the

constitution of my lodge is full of

bylaws

look

when i join your lodge we'll make that

attorney bylaw in the meantime would you

mind having that sign read attorney

atlaw okay

anyhow you couldn't get into my lodge

you'd be white bald

you know sweetie miss carter to send me

this petunia sure was after all you did

for her was to work night and day for

six months to keep her husband out of

jail well i couldn't charge her anything

she's a poor old lady all i know is she

pays the dentist she pays the grosser

she pays the butcher what do you get one

smelly petunia well if i send her a bill

i wouldn't have been able to sleep

nights this way my conscience is free

and clear be better if you could say the

same for your automobile

you handle a broom around here shuffle

i'll handle the business

i suppose being kind hearted gives you a

lot of pleasure but don't forget eating

can be a lot of fun too we lead

eventually rome wasn't built in a day

you know it wasn't what delayed it union

trouble no they just didn't have henry

kaiser around

now sufro i want you to put my name in

big

hey it's janie and her father

do i look all right uh-oh what that's

important i'm going to ask mr brown if i

can marry janey does he know about your

financial situation what's the

difference money isn't everything

is that the ambulance

you need a school bill

hey wait a minute here's my card get

going right boom

dad don't be such a sour puss all i'm

asking you to do is look at his office

and wish him luck why are you wasting

time on a man like that when there are

fellas like bill potts around because he

owns everything else in town and i don't

believe in monopolies now come on i

suppose it'd be too much to ask you to

smile

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jamie hello dick hello mr brown hello

nice office good luck thanks that makes

me feel very good goodbye jenny pick me

up about four

you know janie i may be sensitive but i

have a feeling your father doesn't like

me oh he likes you all right but not as

a son-in-law of course if you ever get

to be successful he may change his mind

say if i ever get to be successful i may

change my mind do you ever think of that

listen mister if you ever change

what was that

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look what you've done you idiot

i'm awful sorry mister

dad what happened what happened he was

just driving on the wrong side of the

street without breaks that's all that's

a direct violation of paragraph 67 our

car was standing right here he should

have seen it a block away what's the

matter are you blind oh no

it's always kind of fuzzy but if i

squint i can see pretty good let me see

your driver's license oh well i i

haven't got one yet but as soon as i do

i'll send it to you well you can't get

away with this i'll sue you for

everything you've got dad why don't you

let richard handle this case for you all

the witnesses are right here why yes

that's my specialty sir accident cases

why that man is so guilty all right all

right i'll give you a chance

this is such an open and shut case i

guess even you could win it thank you mr

brown thank you in his wild race down

the main thoroughfare of our glorious

city

this man deliberately violated not one

not two

but 14 of our traffic regulations

and yet he has the unmitigated gall

to appear in this chamber of justice and

beg for mercy

was he merciful when he sent his truck

careening madly down the street

was he merciful when he completely

demolished the property of my client

gentleman of the jury

i asked you to look once again at

exhibit f

this photograph taken immediately after

the collision

study it closely gentlemen and then ask

yourselves how lenient you should be

with a man who is so cruel and vicious

mr clark

you sure make a good speech

thank you

i have a feeling you're gonna win

how much do you think it'll cost me

oh about five hundred dollars

five hundred to here

well

i guess i'll just have to sell them a

farm

well i i don't think that'll be

necessary i'm sure that my client will

make some arrangement whereby we'll say

you can pay 50 a month

that's all i make a month

besides i've got to feed my family

seems a shame they gotta suffer

just because the garage man wouldn't

trust me for new breaks

yes yes it does

but i suppose the law is the law

i i don't know where we'll go or what

we'll do

but after all that's not your concern no

no no it isn't the council for the

plaintiff please continue

yes your honor

now that you've seen the photograph

again gentlemen

i'm sure you will agree that

that this

this

this unfortunate man

was partially to blame

and furthermore

your honor we withdraw the case case

dismissed next case

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well you've done it now i couldn't help

it you pro

it was a case of no bless oblige as the

french would say i don't care what the

prince would say it was dumb it's never

dumb to do the right thing what's the

right thing got to do with it name me

three lawyers who become successful

doing the right thing as the french

would say oh contrary mr clark oh

controller

sufro

as the french would say if they could

speak english i'll thank you to keep

your big mouth shut and your nose out of

my business sibu play

hour of war supreme

hello hello

hello richard

hello mr brown i just wanted to

congratulate you on the way you handled

the case

it was masterful

and you're

you're not sore sure why should i be

sore

the object of the law is to temper

justice with mercy isn't it well that's

that's the way i've always looked at it

but i didn't think you'd see it that way

well all i know is that all the great

lawyers have seen it that way

abraham lincoln would have seen it that

way

well lincoln i'll go even further

wendell wilkie would have seen it that

way

and i'm glad my future son-in-law sees

it that way

oh then you know about jamie and me and

you you approve

well to tell you the truth i hadn't made

up my mind until today

but the way you handled that case

decided me

it was the straw that broke the camel's

back as you might say

father

yes but

we mustn't be too hasty

i i must make sure after all that my

confidence is justified well naturally

and i i want to prove that i can take

care of jamie and i know you can

but you need a bigger field

pottsville is too small for a man of

your caliber

what you ought to do is to go to new

york and make a name for yourself

new york say that's where wilkie went

exactly hey that's an idea

yeah

lincoln wilkie and clark

not a bad combination marvelous

oh darling i hate to see you go

but i know you're gonna make good new

york well

pottsville's gain will be new york's

loss i mean pottsville's loss will be

new york's game

new york

i'll bet in about six months i'll be

paying income tax the same as everybody

else

and then we can get married and you

won't have to pay so much income tax

oh boy

and maybe someday we'll have a couple of

400 exemptions running around the house

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all right break it up

oh well i'd better be going anyway i'll

take it oh no you don't you've got a lot

of packing to do i'll be down at the

station tomorrow morning to see you all

good night darling

that's all right officer we were all

through anyway

good night darling good night

i heard what you said about those 400

exemptions oh yeah well what about it

well you got it all wrong fella under

the new tax bill the government's going

to charge you 400 for each kid

and don't say i didn't warn you

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i beg your pardon

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i'm sorry that's okay mr clark oh hello

shufro well i did what you told me to i

moved all those law books out of our

ex-office into my room i hope it isn't

crowding you oh little but i don't mind

i've slept eight books in a bed before

but it won't be for long so we're

leaving for new york in the morning new

york you mean that place right outside

of harlem

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it's nine o'clock mr clyde

ouch

all right miss crockett i'm getting up

mr clark's office

oh no he hasn't come in yet

yes yes sir i'll tell him the moment he

comes in

don't worry he'll take care of it

that man want to rent again uh-huh he

must live in the dream world i think

it's absurd after all we're only three

months behind did you explain to him

that going to a lack of class mr clark

hasn't finished paying for the office

where he is he's very unreasonable he

just won't take no for an answer he'll

win

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yes

here's for stoves

that heats up the stuff

see

it's for the coffee

we ain't got enough

mr clark's office

the taylor

he's out of town and he won't be back

for a month or so

oh

you get by but barely

wrong number

ah good morning souffrol good morning

boys coffee ready not quiet that crop is

so weak it can't even jump through the

puddle either

when you hear the tone the time will be

9 11.

well good morning boys

how are you this morning

look at them shoe frog thank you

they sure

with our food supply going the way it

has been they'll even look better on

toast oh you're always complaining

who's got a better ride too here i was

sitting pretty in pottsville and you

come along with a lot of sweet talk and

lured me to the big city tell me about

the bright lights and the people i'd

meet who did i meet you

i met you in pottsville by the way did

ms crockett say with any clients call

this morning we don't discuss that

subject anymore a man can hope for just

so long now don't be a pessimist you fro

i'm not a pessimist but i think four

months without a paying customer gives

me the right to be just a wee bit

doubtful but what about paxton he was a

paying customer what about him he hasn't

paid you yet has he well i've been

sending him a bill every month next

month i'm gonna put please remit on it

should throw an ambulance sounds close

too hey super car the car that's right

hurry highway

take the express not the local

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here's a telegram mr clark did it paid

for how do you think i got it

thanks

what's the matter this is the answer fro

this is the end give me the details

gently janie's father's coming to new

york on business and janie's coming with

him you'll be glad to see him won't you

yes yes of course but what about my

beautiful park avenue apartment you know

what they think i live on park avenue

where'd they ever get that idea

something you wrote no doubt i couldn't

tell my things were really going could i

i'll tell you shoe fro it's all over

when janie finds out i've been lying

maybe you could scrape together enough

to rent a place for a week no no you

can't rent by the week of park avenue

the least i could get would be a a

sublet for a month how much is that

gonna cost a lot more than the three

dollars i've got in my pocket

hey i just happened to think of

something

what about my life insurance i could

borrow on that that's it boys you're in

the clear now

breathtaking isn't it

oh it's all right

only 450

now it's breathtaking it's a sacrifice

and another advantage and being up so

high is that you have absolute peace and

quiet it's so restful of an evening

and this time i mean it i'm going to

leave you so flight you're going to look

like a blown-out tire you're leaving me

what do you think this is i'm packing a

picnic lunch

of all the suspicious distrustful just

because a girl is manicuring my nails

but she didn't have to sit in your lap

to do it did she

the neighbors in the next apartment seem

to be having a little spat oh so that's

what they call it on park avenue look

who's talking you're no little red

riding hood yourself sister little red

riding hood had nothing on me i married

the wolf 450 eh yes how much down 450

oh

and uh when would you want it now

hmm

you see mr clark my client has had

unfortunate experiences subletting so he

insists on complete payment before

occupancy well of course i'm not in the

habit of carrying 450 worth of change

around with me no oh well when i said

now i didn't mean just this moment mr

clark if you can assure me that your

tech will be in my office this afternoon

i feel perfectly free to give the key

right now

thank you

sorry if i offended you mr clark but we

agents have to be awfully careful

28b you'd be surprised the number of

people who rent apartments like these

and then can't pay for them really

i don't know why you went to a hotel i

have plenty of room that's what i told

dad well we're only going to be here for

a day or so there's no sense putting you

to a lot of trouble i know but i think

it's silly to throw money away

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well you see the apartment you'll love

it beautiful antiques gorgeous viewers

hello bro good to see you again thanks

don't you come in

i told you 28b you've got the wrong

apartment

come here

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richard yes here

i'm telling you you got the wrong

apartment you wouldn't think so if you

looked in the other one the real estate

agent's in there it seems you promised

him some money that didn't materialize

but i couldn't get the money from the

insurance company until five o'clock

didn't you tell him the check was in the

mail yes sir that's when he laughed at

me it seems he looked up your credit

rating and it was marked or if well it's

a good thing we didn't go in there one

word from him the cat would have been

out of the bag that's what i figured so

i talked it over with the elevator man

and he told me the people who lived in

he had a fight today and left oh then

you sublet this place uh well sorta i

subletted myself into the kitchen window

and here we are richard coming there

well do you like it oh it's beautiful

but uh

but i thought you said it was filled

with antiques oh oh well these these are

what you call futuristic aunties after

all about 500 years from now they they

will be antiques and there's nothing

like getting in on the ground floor yes

sir you've got a mighty nice place

richard well if it wasn't for that pep

talk you gave me i might still be in

pottsville living in a back room

someplace so i guess i owe it all to you

anyway i i owe it all

well i flatter myself i can always spot

a man with talent

champagne yes i thought it'd be nice to

sip some wine have a bit of caviar much

better than going to a noisy nightclub

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richard

why what's the matter

oh uh

oh i was just going to show you the view

from the balcony

look look there

isn't isn't it lovely oh it's beautiful

this is where i want to spend our

honeymoon

when does it start dick well i uh

i can't get married for at least a month

for richard

richard yes what is it you want it on

the phone

just a minute he's coming right away

who is it mr rockefeller mr rockefeller

yes mr rockefeller find time a night to

be calling me who does he think he is

anyway

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hello

which rockefeller is this nelson or

winthrop

ah

shoe flow rockefeller of the sun bridge

the family

just call me junior for sure yeah well

look i'll take care of it first thing in

the morning junior

yeah

rockefeller can't make a move without me

what do you do before i came to new york

what's mr rockefeller like yes what's he

like well he's quite a card now you may

not believe this but the first

hello

oh hello sam sam goldwyn

sam goldwyn i don't know if i can do sam

going he and i don't speak the same

language now look sam if i told you once

i told you a thousand times i told you

last month i told you last week i told

you yesterday and i'm telling you again

today now

goodbye what did you tell him huh what

difference does it make he won't believe

me

yeah bud keep the change

and i didn't mean all those nasty things

i said dude oh that's all right honey

we're back together again and that's all

that matters

uh they're back

oh the people are on the apartment

upstairs oh uh what do we do now you

gonna phone the sad titles and i

wouldn't give them out

let a ring

but it might be someone important

what do you mean it might be it is

someone important that's the trouble of

being a famous new york lawyer no

privacy

now that's enough

that's overdoing it

who's ringing the phone i think you

better answer it

hello mr clark

the couple that split up have made up

and now they're coming up what

well stop him

i don't care how you stop him well

well i'll see what i can do about it

anything that matter dick is something

wrong no no why should there be anything

wrong

i feel wonderful you know i just put

over the biggest deal i ever made in my

life i think we ought to celebrate how

about going to a nightclub swell how

about the copacabana i hear they have a

wonderful rumor yes yes have a wonderful

rumble band there and a mighty nice

cover charge too what's the difference

as long as we get away from all this

i'll get my hat yeah yeah come on let's

get going

you two children go ahead and i'll wait

for you but no no no i wouldn't think of

it why half the fun is having you with

us father well that's awfully nice of

you richard but with my arthritis i'm

afraid my rumble days are over what are

you talking about the rump is marvelous

for arthritis

i see that movement takes the greeks out

of the joints

and that takes the joints out of the

crease no i don't think my doctor would

subscribe to that fear and father father

believe me your arthritis is as close to

my heart as it is to your bones well i

appreciate your feelings richard but i'd

rather stay here if you don't mind well

i do mine

now look mr brown i've taken just about

enough from you when i was in pottsville

you wanted your daughter to marry bill

potts but do i hold a grudge no i

invited you to new york i whined you i

fed your caviar for mr vanderbilt's

private sturgeon and when i asked you to

go to the copa cabana with me what do

you do you stab me in the back well i'm

not going to stand for it i don't care

if your joints creek or your crease

joint

you're going with us now come on

yes sir

come on janie

why richard you're just like a tiger am

i

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wouldn't you like to go through the

kitchen yes yes let's go through the

kitchen why should we go through the

kitchen now wait a minute first you stab

me in the back and now you don't want to

go through my kitchen yes why shouldn't

we go through the kitchen well then

let's go through the kitchen

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foreign now the girl in this book

doesn't get paid either but she doesn't

mind because at least the boss gets

fresh with her every now and then what

have i got to look forward to being

dispossessed most likely

good morning good morning

good morning

confessions of a private secretary

or biography

sort of

i was sitting there reading my book when

the boys came in

leaned down and lightly kiss the back of

my neck

kissed her

on the back of the neck sounds

interesting

yes

when you get through with it land it to

me will you

did you get miss jenny and he'll follow

up on the train all right yes and i'm

certainly glad they've gone now i can

get back to business back to work

hell no he's opening these they're all

bills

any news this morning don't tell me

you've run through all that money aboard

yeah after i took them to the copacabana

they wanted to go every place 21 rainbow

room store club

i tried to tell them the store club was

a maternity hospital but they wouldn't

believe me

what's going to happen now

what's gonna be coming that park avenue

apartment we got oh things don't get me

better i'm gonna open up a bingo game

there in the afternoons hey what about

paxton any word about that 250 he owes

me word not even a syllable

i'm gonna get him on the phone right now

there they are shuffle look at them

always on time never miss a meal

hope for the life of a bird

hello hello mr paxton

who

telephone company commercial department

i don't want to talk to you

oh oh you want to talk to me

yes

yes i see from now on i can only get

incoming calls

all right goodbye

how do you like that

over a measly telephone bill it cut off

my outgoing calls

you mean i can't hear that beautiful

time signal anymore

take this note to mr paxton yes

joel loosely about this

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of course it's not that i need the money

it's just that i have so many chains i

know i got a lot of them too

i'll give you four dollars for it

four dollars

listen when my father gave this to me

told me it was worth 25. just goes to

show you you can't even trust your own

father

well

i'll take it

here we are

one two three four

oh mr clark do you mind if i take some

time off this afternoon i want to get my

hair done no no of course not go right

ahead

what are you doing we had a piece of

sugar around here someplace

oh say boy long distance operator 82

wants you to call it back long distance

operator 82 please

oh richard clark endicott 84731

the call from pottsville

must be janie about the wedding i don't

know what to say to her

yes yeah i'll hold it

oh say boys i got a letter this morning

from a cousin of mine down in georgia he

says they threw him in jail for fortune

telling they can't do that can they no

no of course there's no law against

fortune telling how'd it happen

well it seems he predicted the death of

a man who was messing around with his

girlfriend and the man died

well that was obviously a case

janie

how's the famous new york lawyer today

fine things were never better the

clients are just pouring in well i'm

very busy too good good keeps your mind

off things

i'm very busy planning on winning not so

good you know darling the 15th isn't so

far away no

no it isn't it comes right after the

14th doesn't it oh sweetheart i'm so

happy about it

yeah me too me too i'm jumping for joy

now look richard i'm planning to come to

new york on the 12th we'll get married

on the 15th and spend our honeymoon in

your apartment in in my apartment

well i do know

i'm still on the phone jd i'm just

thinking something lovely

number three routine busy office we did

that i'm still thinking there number six

bad connection good

well darling yes sweetheart

hello

hi

hello

hello hello

can you hear me yes certainly genie

hello hello hello hello hello hello

janie

janie hello hello hello hello hello

hello

this is a bad connection what did you

say

uh look janie can you hear me

oh richard i can hear you as clearly as

though you were in the next room i'm

going insane

you're going where i'm going insane i

didn't get the name oh forget it what i

want to know is is everything set for

the wedding

look look darling i love you dearly you

know i love you

i love you too

i said i love you yes i understand you

love me

hello

hello

hello

oh i'll send you a telegram hello

goodbye

that's the most contemptible thing i

ever did treating the girl i love like a

creditor i never thought i could sink

that low how can i have any respect for

myself how can i look myself in the face

i'm a skunk that's what i am

yes a skunk

oh what's the use shoe fro i'm a failure

but why

why

well

i could give you a little hint if it

wouldn't make you mad go ahead shoe fro

don't spare me well you could have had

mr mason's business but you wouldn't

take it well i couldn't serve a

dispossessed notice on a sick man well

that's a fine trade boss but what good

did it do they just got themselves

another man to do the servant

and the sick man was dispossessed just

the same

you're right shufro

what good does it do to be a nice guy

it seems that the only way to get ahead

is to be mean and contemptible

all right if that's what i have to do

i'm gonna do it

i'll be a second dracula i'll be so mean

that

i couldn't do it

yes you good boss if you just work hard

and put your mind to it i wouldn't even

know how to start oh it's like learning

anything else it takes a little practice

after you do a lot of little mean things

the big ones come natural

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you know what these are

these are peanuts

nice fresh peanuts you'd like them

wouldn't you well you're not going to

get it

watch

my souproll there's nothing to it all

you gotta do is make up your mind

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oh pigeons can be mean too can't they

come on let's go i'm going to learn this

mean business from the ground up now

you're talking boys

oh mr clark i called the beauty parlor

and made that appointment for quarter to

five yeah well the office hours here

from nine to five and i expect you to

stay until five

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well you pass the first test with flying

colors

now if you can just plant

oh

well done boys

and that's not all

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take a picture take your picture take a

picture mister out of my way or i'll

slap you down

how am i doing oh man it's just taking

up the game your improvement is

remarkable why there's nothing to it

it's just like taking candy

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from go ahead then

not that chopra oh no

oh yes this was just small test this is

your final examination you pass this you

graduate

well hello sonny hello do you believe in

santa claus yes sir well i ain't no

santa

claus give me this

all right

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i'm sorry lady this is my cab oh no it

isn't it's mine go on take a walk scram

come on shoo bro

new york athletic club

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seventeen

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good morning mr clark

oh oh good morning miss crockett

oh oh that uh

you see i i know you were hungry yes

sure frog

shuffle

chopra why

come up out of there

did you see this

yes i did you sure take a good picture

mr clark

you know what you've done don't you

you've ruined me you were slightly

behind the egg ball before i might have

sort of bench in the side pocket

imagine offering a hundred dollars

reward for them

a hundred dollars reward

save

ms crockett get me the city desk of the

daily star

a hundred dollars reward

well it's an ill wind that blows

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hello hello daily star

i understand you're offering a hundred

dollars reward for the name of the

meanest man and

what

oh you've

you've paid the reward

oh

to a colored gentleman

a color gentleman

i wonder who that could be shuffle how

could you do this to me i was going to

split it with you boss honestly i was oh

you were were you

what do you want miss crockett

who's there

a mr leggett i don't know any mr leggett

oh frederick p leggett

the millionaire

well send them in we can't keep a man

like that waiting around

i don't want a man like you waiting

around either get out of here i'll tend

to you later

yes

uh yes mr beaverbrook

well of course we won't argue about ten

thousand dollars one way or the other

no

no you'll find that i don't quibble

about petty cash mr beaver brooke

very well mr bieber brooke goodbye

i'm mr leggett what can i do for you sir

are you the fella who did this

well

well i can explain never mind the

explaining are you the man

i found the paper and they said you were

well well yes well i'm certainly glad to

meet you mr clark you're the sort of

lawyer i've been looking for all my life

well

well sit right down mr leggett right

there have a chat thank you

thank you

now i'm a man of few words let's get

down to business you want to handle my

legal affairs as a retainer of 5 000 a

year

well i well

i i don't know

after all a mere five thousand dollars

after weighing the matter thoroughly

i'll take it right here's a certified

chick for a thousand to clinch the deal

i want to tell you about your first

assignment i hope it's a hard one a

little nasty maybe but it won't be

anything for a man like you no

i want to dispossess an old lady from a

place i need gotta put up some new

apartment houses well what's nasty about

that they don't pay their rent take them

out i'm going to kick her out and put up

a new building after all they've got

institutions for people like that of

course they have how old is she oh let's

see can't be more than 70

well i'm sure i can get her on the wpa

or or the night shift at lockheed

mr leggett if all your cases are that

easy i'm afraid i won't be earning my 5

000 a year oh well of course in this one

i'm entirely within my legal rights

but there are some other cases

when i'm not so sure of my legal rights

well i wouldn't worry about that

now what's this old lady's name mrs

simon liggett mrs leggett

leggett any relation just by marriage my

brother's wife

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oh

now now now don't you worry you're gonna

be more comfortable than you've been in

years i know

but i'm so used to it it's just like

leaving home well i'm gonna give you a

place you like much better now you wait

and see

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look mrs leggett i told you everything

would be all right

hey you

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my my

ah good morning mr leggett you sleep

well

have you seen this

well

imagine them saying you're mean why i

think you're the kindest man in the

world don't say that too loud you'll

ruin me ruin you yes you see i have a

reputation to uphold

mrs crockett boys

hello is he coming down or not you

better come right down

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you want a lawyer

why

i'm a fine lawyer do you ever see a

meaner face

well that's not bad but i want clark and

the superintendent says if it keeps up

he'll have to charge your rent for the

hall well that just goes to show you if

you build a better mousetrap i'll be

down soon as crockett goodbye and did

you see this

more

suicide feared late hour last night the

daily star was unable to trace the

whereabouts of mrs francis h leggetts

they suspected that the old lady driven

from her home committed suicide and the

stars asked the authorities to drag the

east river for the body what are you

doing

i'm going to call that newspaper and

tell them it's nothing but a lie oh now

mrs leggett please

but they say i'm missing and here i am

living comfortably in this beautiful

apartment now look mrs leggett i haven't

time to explain i've got to get down to

the office but please remember nobody

must know you're here do you understand

nobody

nobody no you see everybody thinks i'm a

first-class heel and it makes me very

happy in fact the blacker my character

is painted the better it is for me

and if you could say anything nasty

about me mrs leggett i'll appreciate it

very much

well i'll be glad to do anything i can

because you've been so nice to me forget

that if anybody asks you about me just

tell them i'm

a snake

yes a snake that's it i knew i could

depend on you

well i gotta run i'll see you tonight

bye bye bye bye bye bye bye

this crockett says the line is way out

in the hall

with business like that i'll have to get

myself a junior partner sure some

promising young man who beats his mother

i tell you that's the guy

sure

give me that bag

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that star certainly got a big

circulation even the kids know your face

we've got to do something we they don't

demand all me

pretty soon

come on amos

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who's that

friend of mine mr crockett

good morning miss crockett how is you

all

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i assure you to see you take that black

over your face i was gonna ask you do a

dance and harm tonight i got another

proposition you take off your makeup and

i'll take you to a dance

i still think i made the best offer

to the telegram boys thanks jupro clean

up around here will ya yes

holy smoke it's 10 after 10.

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hello

no look i haven't got time to talk

who

oh hello mr leggett

mr leggett can i call you back

yes

yeah yes i mail the contract today

yeah

oh that well that was nothing

yes yes that's right i threw her out

oh she cried a little but who cares

yes you can forget the whole thing now

no no i don't know whether she's dead or

not

anyhow they haven't found the body

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well we've all got to go sometime how

right you are

janie i'm sorry i didn't meet you dear i

just got your telegram i didn't expect

you to meet me any man who'd do a thing

like this would keep a girl waiting all

day in a station don't tell me you

believe that so that's how you make your

money just a minute mr leggett now jane

here i come to new york to buy a truso

for what to marry a man who throws old

ladies into the street and then laughs

about it but i didn't do it this whole

thing is a typographical error oh it is

is it no it's not now don't worry mr

leggett i threw her out so you admit it

janey believe me i didn't do it you mean

to say you didn't sell her out i just

told you i threw her out

i called you back whistle i get the the

office just caught on fire

janie will you please listen to me if

you think i'd have you for the father of

my children you're sadly mistaken you'd

probably starve them and kick them

around the house and laugh about that

too i can explain the whole thing and

you're going to listen so for all

come here

yes sir go get mrs leggett and smuggle

her over here quick yes sir you're going

to wait right here

i do miss jenny

and every man is innocent until he's

proven guilty that's the foundation of

our democracy

ah there she is come here mr leggett

now do you still think she's missing

no but janey i'm surprised at you how

could you think i do a thing like that

but this picture it shows you

dispossessing her mrs leggett maybe you

can convince her

well you see dear

i was living all alone in my little room

it wasn't much but i was happy

then he came and threw me into the

street and then he laughed at me mrs

leggett he's the meanest man i ever knew

he he's a beast and and a brute oh and a

snake

jamie don't believe a word she says

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did i make it nasty enough

from now on his character and my

complexion can walk hand in hand

i don't care what he says and please

don't let him come upstairs yes ma'am

it seems she doesn't care to see you sir

she's gotta see me

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8 23.

janey let me in

jamie

jd please

come on mark why don't you get an axe

wait wait a minute wait a minute you

can't do this to me

room service this is 8 23 send me up a

champagne cocktail right away please

wait a minute make that two champagne

cocktails i'm on my honeymoon

and stay out

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thank you hey you i've had enough of you

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well chief you were right they did find

a body in the east river swell yeah the

only trouble is the body is only 35

years old not 70. and it's a man not a

woman outside of that you're a great

detective chief maybe clark killed both

of them get him on the phone see what he

has to say what do you think he's going

to do confess whatever he says it'll

sell papers wouldn't get him on the

phone all right all right

give me that clark residence

hello

hello

i'm sorry but mr clark is out

i don't know when he'll be back

who is this talking

this is uh

oh this is just a lady who lives with

him

i'd rather not give my name

oh you live with him do you how long has

this been going on

oh you'd rather not say huh oh sure i

understand

sure

goodbye

cheat

hey chief

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i beg your pardon

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two champagne cocktails please

here have one of mine

i get them wholesale

thank you

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you want to know something

i've been drinking so much because you

remind me of a girl i know

who doesn't drink

you've got the wrong girl mister cause

i'm a drinking fool

it's funny

you remind me of somebody too

you remind me of a man i never want to

be reminded of again and i wish you'd

stop it

and you mind if i slide over a little

closer

he must have had one too many

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don't you think you've had enough

that's just why i'm drinking because

i've had enough

was

was it a man

yes

i thought it was sweet and kind

he wasn't very bright

but i didn't care i loved him and i was

gonna marry him so i came to new york

and i found out he throws old ladies

into the street and laughs

oh you mean that fell in the newspapers

oh he didn't do that richard clark isn't

that sort of a person oh yeah how do you

know

well he

he belongs to the same club i do the the

bronx skating and mahjong club splendid

fella he he couldn't do a thing like

that but there was a picture about it in

the paper

cut that out i'm sorry

the paper paper said it was gonna rain

today too

you know

come to think about it maybe you're

right you know he's miserable just

because you won't see him

i don't know where to find him he was

outside a little while ago maybe he's

still there i'll go and see

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would you mind sliding over a bit please

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are you ready did you hurt yourself

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hello richard

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stop bobby feller's winning streak at

11.

richard clock the attorney who's been

getting himself some bad publicity the

last few days has a love nest on park

avenue the young lady who shares the

nest is said to be an ex-follys girl

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my nerves my nerves supra look at me i'm

trembling like a leaf don't worry boss

on you it looks good good morning

casanova

good morning mr leggett here yet no he

phoned and called it off in fact he

called the whole deal off what he says

he can't afford to be associated with a

man who has a loveness i haven't gotta

love this all i know is what i read in

the papers what's this

vladimir pulaski

346-pound stripped because i just took

his word for that what does he want he

wants to be your bodyguard i don't need

a bodyguard i heard different

stick him up

i said stick him up

how's that mr brown luring my daughter

to new york to get married and putting

her up in a love ness day but don't try

to lie out of it

i have a good mind

mr brown i'll get his hands up you get

over there and stay there don't worry

about me mr brown i'm paralyzed

come on judge get his feet

no mr clark is out

yes he's really out

pulaski pulaski pulaski where are you

pulaski

wait a minute mr brown could i just say

a few words shut up i've told you dad

i'll never marry him everybody in

pottsville knows you ran away to marry

him and everybody in pottsville would

know you didn't marry him what are they

going to think when they see that love

this story i don't care what they think

well i do well you yourself said you

didn't like richard dad and you didn't

want me to marry i don't like him but

he's not going to do this to my daughter

i didn't do anything to your daughter

i've told you a hundred times janie's

not the girl in the love ness well who

is the girl in the love nest she's no

girl she's a very it's no use dick we

might as well confess i was the girl dad

so

jamie how can you say i needed you to

try to protect me dick but i can't lie

anymore then i was right

why are you miserable mr brown i'm a

very nervous man either marry me or

shoot me but let's get it over with well

now

may i suggest something either well what

is it just well these two people have

made a mistake but i don't think it's

entirely their fault you can't expect a

fella from a small town to come to new

york without getting into some kind of

trouble how true that is well you told

me yourself arthur when you were a young

man and came to new york judge i thank

you to keep your big mouth shut exactly

but when you return to the little town

you settle down and since then have led

a most exemplary life now what you ought

to do is to let me marry them that will

stop all gossip then richard can return

to pottsville as lawyer for the bank you

mean give up my new york career why

leggett is paying me 15 000 a year alone

well we don't need fifteen thousand a

year in pottsville we'll take seventy

five hundred oh all right judge go ahead

hitch him up

don't you think it might be better if

you are on tious before you tie us i'm

taking no chances until this is over go

ahead

oh just a minute judge all right you fro

hi boss

this is nice i haven't been to a wedding

in

years mrs leggett explained everything

oh and you wouldn't believe me who's

this technically she'd be known as the

correspondent proceed judge

if any man can show just cause why they

should not lawfully be joined together

let him now speak or else hereafter

forever hold his peace just a minute

judge

there's the kidnapper

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how am i doing boss

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