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Subtitles: Lu�s Filipe Bernardes

All department heads are here.

Crane, how long have you been personnel manager...

for Drew Transportation Company?

Thirteen years, M.J., three with you and ten years before that with your father,

rest his soul.

Did you rise when he entered?

No, M.J. Oh, I'm sorry, M.J., I forgot it.

You'll have to confine your sitting up exercises to your home.

- Now, M.J. - Now, M.J.!

Which means you've done nothing about this scurrilous attack!

There's nothing libeling us in those opening chapters.

Though John Drew entered this earth as naked as a chihuahua pup,

he departed it in a silken shroud.

much to the chagrin of the Senatorial Investigating Committee...

that was showing a vulgar curiosity in his affairs.

Something wrong with your teeth?

No... no, M.J.

The laws of libel are not very definite.

Not definite?

The daughter is a chip off the old block...

if you can chip granite.

What do I have to do? Allow this Michael Holmes to beat...

my brains out with a baseball bat...

before the legal department can sue him for libel?

And you!

I told you I wanted this man Holmes in my office within 24 hours.

Well, every one of our spotters has been told.

Why do I pay you ten thousand a year?

I ought to send you back to the Police Force.

Will you stop that clucking!

A prominent figure like yourself, M.J., should learn to disregard this type of...

Do you think I care for myself?

Why do you think the Boulton Steal Corp. lost three lucrative contracts?

Because this hack wrote a book about them.

And now he's after the transportation business.

I will not allow this ferret with a poisonous pen...

to undermine the confidence of our stockholders.

He's getting his information from our employees.

Probably the truck drivers.

Crane, find out who's been talking to him.

- And fire them. - Yes, M.J.

Mahoney, I want this man Holmes found and brought into my office.

- Yes, M.J. - Crane.

Any employee found talking to him is to be discharged instantly.

Marsh, if any other publisher accepts this imbecile's writings,

I'm to be notified immediately. That's all.

Okay, Mike, you can come out now, it's dark.

Pineapples to barbed wire.

Don't you guys ever haul mattresses?

We don't haul passengers either if we want to hold our jobs.

Why don't you quit and go into a decent outfit?

M.J.'s got it fixed so no other outfit will hire us.

Blacklisting they call it. If I knew anything but driving a truck...

I'd quit this racket. Hop in.

M.J. Drew.

She's getting to be too big for her britches.

That's not a nice way to talk about a lady.

Lady, that's no lady. That's a heel.

Hey, you'd better stop, Johnny. Looks like a damsel in distress.

No, sir. It'll cost me ten bucks if I get caught.

And at those prices somebody else can play Sir Walter Raleigh.

You don't know it, but you're getting to be just like your boss.

Pretty soon you'll begin to enjoy it.

Yeah, I guess you're right.

Anything I can do for you, sister?

You've already done it, brother.

Number 458, route 92.

A spotter. There goes the wife's new shoes.

Alright, mister. Just throw your weight out of that truck.

We're knocking competiton with the taxi cabs.

A day's layoff for carrying a rider.

Oh, wait a minute, it wasn't his fault.

I'm a stowaway, he didn't know I was in the truck.

Oh, left your truck unlocked.

Mike, will you keep quiet?

Keep quiet, that's the trouble with the bunch of you.

Why don't you speak up, shout till somebody hears you?

Plotting against the good of the company.

You'd better get started before this chump lands you on relief.

Look, can't we settle this amicably?

Offering a bribe.

Goodbye!

I say, why does an attractive girl like you have to do this kind of work?

Why, Grandma, what big teeth you've got.

Look out, M.J. Drew, I'm loaded for bear!

Hurry!

Ten bucks for Susie's shoes.

Five fifty for the day's work you lose.

If it didn't mean getting dumped for being late,

- I'd stop this bus and kick you right... - Well, you can kick me on your day off.

I'll save myself for you.

Oh boy, I'll be glad we get to New York so I can get a good night's sleep.

Holy mackarel, what's that?

- To keep us drivers from falling asleep. - Well turn it off.

You can't. It goes on at 8 o'clock at night and shuts off at 6 in the morning.

It's automatic.

Who thought up that cute little gadget?

You're getting warm.

That's one more I owe that frustrated old hen.

You'll have to go around the shore road.

That's ten miles out of the way.

Listen, fella, M.J. Drew's little sister's getting married...

and this road stays closed.

- Whose little sister? - Your boss's, M.J. Drew.

- Hey, wait a minute, Mike. - What for?

I'm gonna deliver in person a piece of my mind she's got coming to her...

and, incidentally, collect the $15,50 I got coming to me.

- But I'm late already. - You go ahead.

I'm gonna bring you back M.J. Drew scalped to hang on your radiator cap.

If the old witch isn't bald.

Sure! Break my heart!

Wipe your shoes on my feelings...

but keep the family flag flying in the 5th Avenue breeze.

I'm not going through with it!

I'm not going through with it!

- That's all she keeps saying. - I'm not going through with it!

See, she's not going through with it.

Of course she can't go through with a dress like that.

Oh, dear, of course not. Here, darling,

put on this beautiful gown, you'll feel better.

I don't want to look at it!

Now don't you start to cry. Oh...

Oh, there they go. When one cries the other has to cry.

It's been going on for years!

You sound just like your father.

The Drew residence.

Which one of you is going to stop crying first?

It's for Miss Vivian.

Hello?

Oh, Joe!

My knees... It's so sweet of you to call, Joe.

Oh, but I can't! Well...

The house is all decorated and the guests are all assembled.

It wouldn't be nice, they...

They all came expecting to see a wedding.

Oh, but I do, Joe, I do!

But I can't do that.

Of course you can't do that!

- Who's Joe? - Joe Krim.

He works in a filling station.

- I had a flat tire... - You've got a flat head!

That's not true, Margaret. None of the Drews were flat-headed.

Except Uncle Everett.

When did you see this person last?

Oh, I haven't seen him for a long time.

- When? - Last night.

Well?

We parked my car in Riverside Drive and... talked.

What did you talk about, dear?

How to live on a grease monkey's pay, wasn't it?

Yes?

Hello! This is Joe Krim again!

I want to talk to Vivian!

Oh, Joe, this is Vivian's sister, Margaret.

I'm so sorry, but Vivian's getting married in a few minutes.

So don't breathe too much.

We'll send you all of our flat tire work.

You can't get away with this! You're driving her into that marriage.

A loveless marriage. She's not in love with that Pettingill guy,

she's in love with me, she told me so.

- She even wrote me, that's how I know. - What?

Did you write this person letters?

Well, only two or three.

And they weren't just friendly, lady, I mean it.

And what's more, if you don't call that wedding off,

I'm gonna come over there and do it myself.

Please do, Joe. There's a detective on each door...

every one of them over six feet. I'll tell them to expect you.

- Oh, Margaret. - Come on, I'll help you with your veil.

Every time I'd see him my head would swim and...

- my knees would get week. - Biliousness.

Nonsense, Margaret. It's a family characteristic.

All the Drew women had it. I know when I first met your father my knees...

Mother, you know you've always suffered with your liver.

Vivian, when you and Stephen return from your honeymoon...

I'll have Dr. Cassell look at your liver.

He's very good on livers, you know?

Oh, darling, I don't mean to seem harsh but...

the institution of marriage is no different from any other step you may take.

And never take a step unless it's a successful step upward.

Intelligent people don't marry for better or worse.

They marry for better and better.

- Oh, Mother! - Well, I can't...

Now stop it, both of you.

Nolan, come with me.

Come on, open up this gate.

What's going on here, what's happening?

Er... nothing.

Just a guy trying to crash the gate without an invitation.

Come on, open up this gate!

- Aren't you well, miss? - No... I'm quite all right.

It's just my liver.

Come on, open that door before I break it down.

All this noise will disturb my guests. Do something about it.

Yes, ma'am.

Listen, you, I wanna...

Anything else you wish, ma'am?

Don't call me ma'am.

Sure.

I'd much rather call you baby.

Your job is to see that nobody gets in here without an invitation.

Especially somebody called Joe.

You don't happen to be called Joe, do you?

No... No, it's Mike.

But you can call me baby, too.

How do you do, sir?

Hello.

- Looks kind of lonesome. - Everybody's inside, sir.

- Aren't you going in to the ceremony? - No, I hate weddings.

- Would you care for a drink, sir? - No, I hate licor.

Napoleon brandy. Worth its weight in gold.

Napoleon brandy for herself.

And her drivers get a fine if they even stop for a drink of water, did you know that?

No, sir. I'm just extra help here today, sir.

You're lucky. What's a bottle like that worth?

- Sixty dollars, with the tax. - Sixty dollars?

Dearly beloved, we are gathered together here in the sight of God...

and in the face of this company to join together this man and this woman...

in holy matrimony.

- Is that about thirty dollars' worth? - Yes, sir.

That would be about fifteen.

Is that about fifty cents?

Let me have a glass.

Fifteen-fifty, that's just what I've got coming to me.

Stephen, wilt thou have this woman to thy wedded wife...

- so long as ye both shall live? - I will.

Vivian, wilt thou have this man to thy wedded husband...

- so long as ye both shall live? - I will.

Who giveth this woman to be married to this man?

- He. - I... I do.

- Have I had my fifteen-fifty yet? - Almost, sir.

Keep the change.

- Miss Drew? - Yes?

I'd better run him in.

I hope you'll be very happy.

- What's your hurry? - I'm double-parked.

- I think I know who he is. - Yeah?

I'm sure you'll be very happy.

Thank you.

I beg your pardon but... Well, uh...

- I know I know who he is. - Who is he?

A hoodlum called Joe.

I'm sorry but... I beg your pardon but...

I know you're going to be very happy.

- Come along, dear. - Come with us.

- Miss Margaret... - Elaine,

- See them man kissing Miss Vivian? - Yes.

Ask him to come up to my sitting room and tell him it's to his advantage.

Yes, Miss Margaret.

Sorry, seems someone wants to see me.

Excuse me. Will you accompany me upstairs, please?

You'll find it to your own advantage.

Sure.

Don't you think it'd be better if I went ahead and you followed, sir?

Oh, sure, sure, sure, we must be discreet.

Would you excuse our friend Marsh for a few moments?

I promise to return him in good condition.

I wouldn't mind being mussed up a little, you know?

How do you mark money?

There are many ways of doing it, personally I prefer crosses.

You know, like kisses.

For heaven's sake, Marsh, let's concentrate on this.

I'll try, dear, but it's awfully hard.

My little sister's been writing things to a fortune hunter.

- Blackmail? - Hm-hmm.

You get the detective wait outside my sitting-room door...

and when I call come in, come in immediately, will you?

Yes.

You take your orders from Mr. Marsh.

I told him I wasn't the bride but he said I might be a bride someday...

and he might not be there so he was getting his licks now.

Oh, he's kissing everybody!

Fix your cap.

- Baby! - I asked you here because I...

Why, baby, I didn't know you cared.

Stay where you are.

Stay where you are.

Is it possible you feel the same way I do?

Certainly not. Why should I?

I don't even know how you feel.

I feel as if one of those M.J. Drew trucks hit me.

One of the big ones.

The Drew trucks do not hit anybody.

We have the lowest accident rate in the country.

I like loyalty in my women.

Even if it's loyalty to M.J. Drew. I'm even prepared to like her,

- after all the old bag brought us together. - The old bag?

Let's not even discuss that tired character.

Will you stop stalking me?

- Do you hear it? - Do I hear what?

Music. The room's filled with it.

The only thing the room's filled with is the noise you're making.

I feel as if I'd been lost in a desert island...

and suddenly found an oasis cool and green like your eyes.

Here's your money. And my eyes are blue.

All right, it's a blue oasis.

- Why, there's a thousand dollars here. - Yes, and that's all you're going to get.

Oh, wait a minute, baby.

- You're making a mistake. - What do you want?

What does any man want? A woman of his own.

A home, babies.

Marsh! Marsh!

Hey!

We do not wish to be disturbed.

- M.J., what's happening? - Oh, the man's gone crazy.

M.J.?

- You're M.J.? - Yes, the old bag, that tired character.

Come on, you have your money, Joe. Hand over the letters.

Oh, there must be some mistake, there must be several mistakes.

He has $1,000 in marked money. Take it as evidence.

Wait a minute, folks, let me in on the joke. I've got a sense of humor too.

We'll tell the joke to the District Attorney, come on.

Remember, no scandal. Take him down the back stairway.

Wait a minute, baby. I've got to get used to this.

M.J. Drew, baby!

- Shut up, the guests will hear you. - Oh, they will, will they?

Why don't you tell the groom's family you've got an insane uncle?

They've got a right to know there's insanity in the family.

Somebody left the radio on.

We're off on our honeymoon.

I'll see you in four weeks.

- Oh, good morning, M.J. - Good morning.

- Mr. Marsh come in yet? - No, M.J..

When he comes in tell him I want to speak to him.

- Mr. Crane is waiting in your office. - Thank you.

Any report on Michael Holmes?

- What are these? - Lovely cups.

I picked them myself. They're for you to...

Well, I have nothing against nothing, Mr. Crane, but...

I hardly think you're my type.

They're for you to choose from, for the dance contest.

Send Mahoney in. Dance contest?

Yes, at the truck drivers' annual ball. They set a committee hoping you'd attend.

You see, they've never met the head of the firm.

I pay their wages. They don't have to know me socially.

- Good morning, M.J. - What about Michael Holmes?

I gave every spotter a lecture on vigilance.

Put on a few extra men for the emergencies,

sent out circulars promising a $250 reward, contacted every waystation...

Did you find Michael Holmes?

No.

And you? Did you find out which drivers have been consorting with Holmes?

- I'm making an extensive investigation. - Do you think you can spare the time?

There must be millions of lovely cups that you haven't seen yet.

Why am I surrounded by such incompetent men?

Yes?

There's a man here who says he's Michael Holmes.

- Who did you say? - Michael Holmes.

Have him wait.

Come on, come on, get these cuspidors out of here. Hurry up!

- Yes? - Send Mr. Holmes in.

Now, Mr. Holmes,

wherever did you get the unmitigated gall to write scurrilously of this company?

I can have you prosec...

How did you get out of jail?

Your lawyer got me out.

My lawyer?

Where is he?

He was detained at the Police Station getting the evidence.

Your marked money.

Well, there must be some mistake.

Pardon the interruption, M.J.,

but there's a man outside who says it's very important.

He wants to see you.

But he didn't...

- Where is he? - Outside.

- Who are you? - Joe Krim.

- Then who are you? - I'm still Michael Holmes.

What do you mean by masquerading as Joe?

What's the matter, your liver gone bad again?

No... if you wait here, I'll be right back.

Look here, Miss Drew, you've ruined my life.

I bet, but I'm hardly ashamed of myself.

Give those sweet letters back to your sister...

and tell her I'll never love anybody but her.

How sweet, Joe, I'm touched.

Hello, M.J..

Dr. Cassell, when you examined me 10 days ago my liver was bad, wasn't it?

No, perfectly healthy, normal liver.

- Are you sure? - Of course I'm sure.

Well, something could have happened to it in the last few days, now couldn't it?

Hardly.

- Are you quite sure? - I'm quite sure, my dear.

Well I'm not, and I insist you examine me again.

Operator, this is M.J., get me my secretary, please.

Hello, Lois?

Lois, have all department heads report to my office.

Yes, and I'll also want all financial statements,

operating costs, wages, and a list of stockholders.

Yes, M.J..

Oh, Mr. Marsh, M.J. is very anxious to see you.

You'd better wait in her office. She'll be right back.

I was afraid of that.

What are you doing here?

It comes out different every time.

- Have you seen M.J. yet? - Just a glimpse. She told me to wait.

Why didn't you wait for me at the Police Station?

I told you I had a proposition I wanted to make you.

My mother told me never to accept propositions from strangers.

- Cute? - I presume so.

Miss Drew will wish to make reparation to you...

for the inconvenience you've been caused, so here's $1,000.

Just sign this paper and the money is yours. It's just a matter of form.

Uh-huh...

So I'm to absolve you of all responsibility...

for false arrest on blackmail charges...

for the sum of one dollar and other considerations, right?

- Yes. - No...

- How much do you want? - Well, I don't know, that depends.

What's the condition of this company?

You know, financially.

Not very good, Mr. Holmes, not very good.

Here's the statement of the Drew banks M.J. asked for.

I'm rather proud of it. Best year we've ever...

- Cut the losses, old man. - Losses? Look we have a surplus...

- of a million and a half. - I know, but...

Oh, naughty, naughty, you'll never go to heaven.

They... must have been mistaken. the bookkeeping department, you see?

Marsh, that's a dangerous statement to make!

That's all right, old boy, don't you bother your pretty little head about him,

- I believe you have a million and a half. - Thank you, sir.

Hm, look, money isn't everything, you know.

That's right.

Oh, isn't M.J. here?

She asked for operating costs and the profits statement on the railroad lines.

I hope she's in a good humor because there is no profit.

No profit, wonderful, wonderful!

Tell him, go ahead and tell him.

How much did we lose?

It's all right, M.J. would want you to tell him.

- A hundred thousand. - A hundred thousand.

That evens up our bank profits.

Yeah, that means you only have a million four hundred thousand left.

That's hardly enough for me to live on.

- What do you want? - I want M.J.'s shirt.

Let's keep this on a gentlemanly level.

I happen to be a congenital cad with a hangover to boot.

Which makes me twice as mean.

What's more, this waiting for the great Drew irks me.

If she wants to talk business with me, I'll be available at this address.

After nine o'clock tonight.

I wonder if I'm rugged enough to get in the marines.

What made you think you were sick?

Oh, dizzy spells, sudden weakness in the knees.

Perhaps you experienced some sort of emotional shock.

Nonsense, I never experience emotional shocks.

- Please give me something for it. - Of course, of course.

Here are some pills that will act as a sedative.

Whenever the symptoms occur, you can take a couple. However...

too many will result in drowsiness.

Consequently, if the troubles occur too often,

All right, all right, Dr. Cassell, thank you.

Oh, M.J., here's our personnel turnover, weight scale...

Bring it along.

These are the tables of the costs that you asked for, M.J.

Fine. The next time a egotistical jerk tries throwing mud at this company...

I hope you'll know enough to deal with them properly.

Are all heads of department...

- May I have a glass of water? - Yes, M.J.

Thank you.

Now...

Now, to put the affair of Michael Holmes...

All right, gentlemen, we'll show that scandal monger a few facts.

- He's gone back to er... to Brooklyn. - Brooklyn?

Yes, you know, it's that place across the bridge... that way.

And you let him go? Why didn't you hold him for me?

Do I always...

That'll be all, gentlemen, thank you.

Hm-hmm...

So he couldn't face me.

All right, Marsh.

I want you to draw up a brief prosecuting him for, uh.. for libel.

And deformation of character.

And any other charges you can think of that would bring regrets...

for that rotten, scurrilous book he's been writing.

Now, M.J., look here, you pay me $50,000 a year for my legal advice and...

- What's that? - Oh, it comes out different every time.

Well, this is my advice.

You cannot possibly prevent him from publishing that book.

- Ugh! - But he can sue you.

He can sue me?

He can sue you for assault, deformation of character,

and false arrest.

Well, pay him off then.

I tried to, but he took one look at those statements and...

And you were stupid enough to let him see them, fine thing.

Who told you to do that?

You did.

Did you do anything I asked you to? Did you get his address?

Yes, I got his address and an invitation for you for...

Oh... he'll be available after nine o'clock tonight at his home,

991, Elton Street, Brooklyn.

That's the only place where he'll discuss it,

and he'll discuss it only with you.

- Of course you're not going. - Of course I am.

Now listen, M.J., he strikes me as being a very headstrong young man.

- And after all you're only a... - I'm only the head of this company.

After all, what have I to be afraid of?

Well, he did say something about wanting your shirt.

That will be enough, Marsh.

Yes, I imagine it would be for... any man.

Johnny, maybe I can get my shoes next week.

Yeah, maybe.

- How about some jam? - I'll get it.

I wonder who that is.

- I'll answer it. - Okay.

I'd like to see Mr. Michael Holmes.

Oh, come in. He's on the second floor.

Thank you. Would you be good enough to tell him...

Go right on up. First door to your left.

What's the matter?

Nothing... nothing at all.

I think I've been working a little too hard lately.

- May I have a glass of water, please? - Sure.

Hey, Sue, bring a glass of water in here, will you?

Maybe you ain't had enough sleep.

I get feeling that way sometimes after a long stretch of work.

You see, I drive a truck.

- Here you are. - Sue, this is Mike's girlfriend.

Oh, I beg your pardon. Mr. Holmes... - That's all right.

Mike told us his girlfriend was coming around tonight.

This is my wife Sue, and I'm Johnny Johnson.

- How do you do? - Likewise.

You can guess what we think of Mike. You're lucky.

Mike's the kind of a guy that would give you the shirt off his back.

- Shirt? - Yeah.

Thank you. Did you say the second floor?

- Yeah, you think you can make it? - Yes, thank you.

Gee, you're pretty. And, gee, I'm glad for Mike.

You know, I'd given up all hope. I tried to make a match for him.

He turns his nose up at all my friends.

Says he doesn't want his kids to look like them.

But you know, if they looked like you they'd really...

Now, Sue, don't embarrass her.

Be right there.

Yeah?

Oh... come on in.

I want to know what was the idea of telling those people downstairs...

I was your girlfriend.

Well, would you want me to tell them you came here on business?

Let me take your coat, you might as well be comfortable.

Thank you, it's too cold in here.

Besides, our business won't take very long.

My attorney said if I came here to see you that you'd sign a release.

Naturally I want to apologize for doing you an injustice.

Aw, come on, there are certain transactions that shouldn't be rushed.

I'd hate to look back on this and be sorry that we settled things too quickly.

- I'm willing to go as high as... - Please, I'm not a businessman.

I'm an artist, a writer.

A creator of moods.

I can't just plunge into things like...

like you captains of industry.

There.

Isn't that better?

It's a little warm in here.

There's more air over here.

There's only one other view like this, Inspiration Point,

That's where everybody goes to at night.

- Suppose we make a start, Mr. Holmes. - That's what I'm doing.

Hey.

Hey!

Come on, take a look.

Come on.

Very pretty.

How about two thousand?

Why did you leave the window so quickly?

I said how about two thousand.

- Two thousand what? - Two thousand dollars.

- Ah, money. - Yes, money.

Listen.

You know what that is, Maggie?

The name is M.J. Drew and that's a...

whistle of a dirty old scow.

No...

That's the sob of a girl, Maggie.

A girl crying for her man who went off to the South Seas and never came back.

Until he fell for a sarong.

- Is this your business mood? - Could be.

By my long grey beard, I got it.

I've got why you always have a desk in front of you.

Why you have detectives standing outside the door,

why you torture your truck drivers in such delicate little ways.

Why you drive your staff around with a hypothetical bull whip.

You're afraid of men, oh, yes you are, Maggie.

You're afraid of them.

And you're determined to make the world an unsafe place for men to live in.

Let's stop this nonsense, you... you...

Sticks and stones, Maggie, sticks and stones.

That's why you're hiding behind the table.

I wasn't aware that I was hiding behind the table.

Did you ever go to Inspiration Point, Maggie, did you ever go necking?

When I want to be psychoanalyzed...

Answer me or I promise I'll drag out the family wash when I sue.

Did you ever go necking?

- No. - Then I was right.

I'm afraid of no man.

Put your right hand on my shoulder.

No.

The desk between us again, Maggie?

Now put the left one on the other shoulder.

That's it.

Now then, put your head on my chest.

There, take it easy, baby.

Take it easy, it's very simple.

Relax.

There's nothing to be afraid of.

# It must have been a beautiful day #

# You must have been a wonderful child # Good morning.

First call for breakfast.

I'm not hungry, thank you.

Oh, how could you be so mean as to... when I came here in perfectly good faith.

W... what...

What are you talking about?

- Well, this is today, isn't it? - Hm-hmm.

And I came here... yesterday?

- That's right. - And these are your...

These are your pajamas, aren't they?

Susie!

I know sugar's scarce, but you don't have you don't have to kill me to get it.

Well, now you look rested.

I never did see anybody so tired.

You didn't even move when I undressed you.

You wear the prettiest things.

I showed them to Johnny.

Good morning, Maggie.

Mike told us your name was Maggie.

Give us a kiss, Sue.

Marmalade.

Well, I gotta run to do or die for the good ol' Drew Company.

If I'm tardy, I'm gonna explain to Vinegar Puss,

otherwise known as the boss of the great Drew trucking lines,

that I had to sleep with a friend last night...

that not only tosses in his sleep...

but calls me baby.

Why don't you marry the guy, Maggie?

Come on, 50c now for every five minutes you're late.

When the times are better you take off with the cupid.

Oh, wait a minute.

Here's the dope on the driver's insurance you asked about.

Goodbye, Maggie. So long, Mike.

Bye.

I suppose you'll have Johnny fired.

My clothes, please. I'm due at the office.

Are you gonna have him fired?

You can call later and we'll arrange about the release.

Get your own clothes.

Why... then leave the room!

Well, this happens to be my room.

Are you forgetting I'm your guest?

No, no, I've already written Emily Post...

asking her what to do in a situation like this.

I'm waiting to hear from her.

How do you expect me to get dressed if you're in the room?

You know, really, you surprise me.

What is this silly girlish modesty?

I thought you considered yourself a sort of business deity.

Just something to keep in trim with the good old stockholders.

Come on, get up for the Drew Company.

Go on and get dressed. You're a machine, not a woman.

You have no right to assume any of the feminine graces.

Out, please.

Oh, good morning... M.J.

Morning.

Uh... your maid was here. She left a change of clothes in your office.

And also waiting in your office...

- Hello. - Hello!

That's what I was trying to tell you.

And your mother phoned. She said she was worried...

because you didn't come home last night.

Oh... er... Call her and tell her that I'm quite all right,

that I spent the night at the Sherry, er...

- A business engagement. - Yes, M.J.

Vivian, why are you here? What's happened?

Well, we started on our way South, just as you'd planned.

When got to Baltimore...

Oh, Margaret, the strangest thing happened the day we started out.

Why are you here, why did you come back?

When Stephen and I got in the car and he said...

"And now, young lady," Not only did my knees shake but I...

I just trembled all over.

Vivian, For goodness' sake, get to your reason for coming back.

Oh... well... we got to Baltimore,

and... we got up in the morning,

and... oh, Margaret, he's so... so meticulous.

He's the only person I know who puts the cap back on his toothpaste.

All right, all right. Come on, let's take it step by step.

Stephen got up in the morning, he brushed his teeth,

he put the cap back on the toothpaste, then what happened?

Well, Margaret, I don't see why I have to tell you everything about that morning.

After all, the reason we came back happened after breakfast.

All right, what happened after breakfast? What happened after breakfast?!

- I don't know. - You don't know?

Well, he just read the old financial page in the newspaper and...

- made some telephone calls... - Oh!

And he came back because of business. Come on unzip me. Good old Stephen.

He's always on his toes. Never lets an opportunity go by.

Thank you.

This came marked rush, important. I thought I'd better bring it in.

Margaret, who's sending you flowers?

Oh, it's... it's just a business note.

An eccentric from out West, he... he always sends flowers with his notes.

His wife's name's Violet. He thinks that brings him luck.

Silly, isn't it?

- Oh, I think it's touching. - I think it's rubbish.

Maggie, don't you ever have any clothes on?

Oh... how did you get in here?

The door.

You'd better keep it closed if you don't want a burlesque audience in here.

Lois, that'll be all... and close the door.

Close the door, for heaven's sake.

Vivian, you'd better run along too.

And leave you the way you are?

Excuse me.

Oh, my goodness!

What's wrong?

You know, I have the strangest feeling I've seen you someplace before.

I even feel that at some time or another you've kissed me.

Well, could be.

Nonsense, Vivian, Mr. Holmes never saw you before.

Mr. Holmes and I are barely acquainted.

We have a business deal on.

Yes, we were just about settling things last night...

and then Maggie went to sleep right in the middle of the discussion.

- Oh, at the Sherry? - Of course not.

Mr. Holmes doesn't live at the Sherry.

Here, you run along home. Tell Mother I'll be home for dinner.

- Goodbye, Mr. Holmes. - Bye.

Goodbye.

- Did you get my note? - No.

Why, that's too bad, I thought it might get here ahead of me.

By the way, did you find Johnny yet?

Suppose we discuss the price you're placing on the release.

The price is nothing.

Surprised, uh?

Surprised there's something that money and influence can't buy.

That's just why I'm giving it to you. I want you to know that.

I particularly want you to know it when you go down to fire Johnny.

Let me have that.

Oh, I'll admit there are a lot of wonderful things you can buy with money.

And the ones you can't are pretty insignificant.

Things like friendship, kindness, laughter.

A new set of tires.

Oh, Maggie, before I sign this, there's something I wish you'd promise me.

- Yes? - It isn't much.

Yes?

If I can borrow the money, will you have dinner with me tonight?

Oh, of course.

Good.

And tomorrow night?

Why, of course, I haven't a thing to do.

Swell, let's say 8 o'clock then, at your house.

We won't dress.

Oh, I just remembered. I have a very important engagement tonight.

I'm so sorry.

That's what I thought.

Board of Directors meeting at your house.

Tomorrow night, Drew Bank Trustees meeting.

I suppose in business circles that's what you call shrewd trading.

If you feel cheated, Mr. Holmes, you may drop by the cashier's.

Hoover, a Mr. Holmes will drop by.

Give him $1,000 and charge it to my personal account.

You'll find Hoover ate the end of the hall.

Now, Mr. Holmes, I'm a very busy woman.

Oh, by the way, you'd better take a look at that signature on the release.

Why, the cheat!

Um, Crane...

We have a driver working for us by the name of Johnny Johnson.

- Yes, he's on the dance committee. - Well, I want him...

I... I want...

Would you like to see him, M.J.?

- No, we'll discuss him later. - Yes, M.J..

Fire him!

Yes, M.J..

Crane, rescind that order.

- He's not to be fired. - Yes, M.J..

- She rescinded an order. - She rescinded an order?

I want to see Mr. Holmes.

- Why did you whistle? - Did I whistle?

Yes, you went like this.

Well, maybe it's the dress. You sure look elegalicious.

But I don't know it it's safe to wear to the dance.

- To the dance? - Sure, that's where Mike is.

- Why, he was supposed to take me to dinner. - Everything's all crossed up.

Mike goes ahead without you, Susie goes ahead without me,

Susie drops me a note. Just because I'm a little late.

- You tell him I was here. - Wait a minute.

None of that. You can go with me and I'll try to remember Mike is my best friend.

Here, lend a hand.

No riding subways for my gals, Maggie. Nothing but the best.

- We travel in style. - In a truck?

- Sure, climb aboard. - No, I don't think I'd better.

Come on, it's raining.

It says positively no riders, won't this get you in trouble?

No, no spotters out on a night like this.

Oh, no?

Duck! A spotter!

Hello, Johnny, didn't know you were on tonight.

Special trip.

I didn't know you went to work all dressed up like that.

Oh... I like to be neat.

Uh, you wouldn't be going to the employees' dance...

...in the company truck, would you, Johnny?

- Uh-uh. - Well, that's good...

I like you to obey all the rules.

Now, if that dame will get up off the floor of the cab you can get going.

- Do you blame me? - No, I'd do the same myself.

But rules are rules.

Come on sister, this is the end of the line.

- But it's raining. - Take that up with the weather man.

I'm sorry, sister, this cab is taken.

Taxi!

Taxi, taxi!

Taxi.

Hey, Maggie, I'm parked around the corner.

Hey, grab my hat, somebody.

Hiya, Johnny, your crowd's here!

- Hello, hi... - Nice girlfriend you got there, Johnny.

Hey, Johnny, I'll swap you for her.

Get this to the refreshment committee before we start the dance... maybe.

- Hello, Pa. - Oh, hello, Ma.

- I'm turning you in for a newer model. - Oh, hello, Maggie.

There's Mike. Mike, Mike!

Here's your ball of fluff. Don't leave her lying around loose like this...

the place is full of mooches.

You kiss her hello while we stack in a couple of red hots.

Come on, Susie, bring your dog catchers back with you.

Well, well, well, the employees of the M.J. Drew Company are highly honored.

They don't know who I am and I don't want them to.

- I came here because of you. - Oh, darling.

Why don't you do something about that glandular condition of yours?

I came here to have dinner with you. That was the deal. Dinner for the release.

I thought when I saw the dress that maybe you'd left the desk in the office.

Here you are, folks, the bicarbonate of soda will be served on the way out.

No thank you, I don't care for any.

- Well, you gotta eat it, it's paid for. - That's just good economics.

Come on, Susie, let's cut up the parquet strip by strip.

I hope this doesn't go away with the same impression of you that I have.

I don't care for frankfurters.

Hey, hey, don't call it that. It'll rear right up and bite you.

It's a hot dog. Did you ever eat them?

- Of course I have! - And you don't like them?

Oh, come on, everybody likes hot dogs, even the Queen of England.

But she takes time off from business of being a queen.

To be a woman.

Give me that hot dog.

A couple of beers.

Ladies and gentlemen,

we're about to commence a dance contest.

Now, these are the rules.

No one is to dance with his own girl or wife...

on account that he can practice at home, and that ain't fair.

So you gotta grab yourself another partner.

When I tap you on the shoulders, get off the floor.

The judges are myself...

- Callahan, the south round driver. - Hello, folks.

And Mr. Crane from the personnel.

Grab your partners and may the best set of gams win.

- Come on, I've got to get out of here. - Good night.

Well, aren't you going to buy me dinner? - Sure.

Some more hot dogs.

Really!

Me for you, Maggie.

Hey, that guy'll kill somebody. We'd better get him off the floor.

Wait a minute, boys, this is class dancing. That's why we don't understand.

Look at that rhythm. Look at that flow of motion.

Why, it's poetry. - Poetry?

It might be poetry, but it ain't dancing.

Smile, Maggie, they're watching us.

- It's getting kind of rough. - But can she take it.

Hang on to your bustle, Maggie, it's the last lap.

I've seen that before but never on a dance floor.

Boys, you must listen to me.

You don't know what's at stake if we don't pick the right couple.

I do.

Off.

Okay, but next year don't you ask me to be the judge.

Come on, Sam.

Swing it, baby, what a grand slip!

Ladies and gentlemen! The winners.

Mike, Sue!

Gotta give something to Mike, he looks a little green.

I'll bet you saw yourself a widower before you were even a husband.

All she had was a little colic.

Yeah, you should have held her over your shoulder...

and patted her on her back after feeding her.

That's what brings up the air.

I don't believe it.

You can smile!

Hey, Johnny, give her another swig, you don't know what an occasion this is.

Why, there'll be people dancing in the streets tonight,

strangers kissing strangers, the beginning of a new era.

Come on, give me another one of this.

I missed a can of floor wax when Pop was making this.

I wonder if he put it in here.

Johnny, you're a wonderful host. He's a charming fellow, isn't he?

Uh-huh.

I say that tomorrow I'll see that you get a five-dollar raise.

Did I say five dollars?

Oh, you're much too charming for five.

- We'll make that ten. - Oh, Maggie, that's great.

And just to show you my appreciation,

I'm gonna buy the Brooklyn Bridge...

and have it stretched from Mike's house to yours...

so that when you want to see each other you won't have to buck all that traffic.

Oh, how sweet!

Mike, will you write me a great speech of ac... acceptance...

Hm-hmm.

- Oh... - Oh, no!

- Oh, oh, oh.. - The expression is, "Oh, brother".

Oh, that's nice, thank you.

When they deliver the Brooklyn Bridge tomorrow...

will you please see that they don't wake me up?

- Yes... - Thank you.

By the way, is your chauffeur available?

He's off tonight, but I would be delighted to drive you myself.

That's just charming of you, old boy, it's all right.

- It's been a charming evening. - You come again, old boy.

Thank you so much. I do hope this isn't putting you to too much trouble, old boy.

- Well, it is. But what can I do about it? - Not a thing, get going.

# You must have been a beautiful baby #

Johnny, where are you?

I'm blind! I can't see anybody!

Hey, hey, hey, Susie, not so loud. You wanna wake the neighbors?

You want them to know my wife is a lush?

Come on.

# Oh, I must have been a beautiful baby #

# I must have been a... #

What's the next line, Mike?

# You must have been a wonderful child #

# I must have been a wonderful child #

# When you were... # - I was too, do you know that?

I have pictures to prove it, if you don't believe me.

I had dimples all over me.

- Of course, I can't show you those. - You're still a beautiful baby.

You're a doll.

- What did you call me? - Beautiful baby doll.

Oh, say it again.

You're a beautiful doll, baby.

Oh, Johnny... Johnny, did you hear what he called me?

- Huh? - Did you hear what he called me?

Come on, tell him what you called me. - A beautiful baby doll.

I didn't think anybody would ever call me that.

You know, I think I'm gonna cry?

Who is it? What do you want?

Where are your manners?

Oh... I'm sorry.

Somebody just called me a beautiful doll.

I suppose you don't believe it. Go on, Mike, go on, show him.

She's a beautiful doll.

There!

Oh, Mike, I'll never forget you for that.

I'll never forget you, baby.

I'll tell you what, let's none of us forget each other.

- Don't you think that's a good idea? - Wonderful idea.

- I suppose it isn't. - Wonderful.

He's really a wonderful... You're a wonderful watchman.

Thank you, ma'am.

Good night, Susie, good night, Johnny.

Good night.

Say good night to Maggie.

Good night.

Go back to sleep now.

Hey, Mike, how long you gonna be...

What is this joint, what do you say?

This is the Drew estate.

- Who was that? - That was Miss Drew.

- Who? - M.J. Drew, of the Drew trucking lines.

Oh...

You know something?

This is my favorite room.

Oh, I feel so good, Mike!

My knees are shaky, my head's dizzy, but, you know, I don't fell weak.

I feel strong and warm.

Oh, so warm.

- Do I open the door? - No, the door is too far away.

Oh, darling, don't ever go that far away from me, will you?

There's no desk between us.

There's no desk, no detective...

No nothing.

You'd better go to bed, Margaret.

The name is Maggie.

- It's been a full day, Maggie. - The name is Baby.

No, please go to bed, baby, please!

Oh, Mike, I can't just plunge into sleep, I...

I'm a creature of moods.

I want you to be the first to dance with me.

Hm?

- You know, I've never really danced before. - Oh, yeah.

Oh, well, I moved around the room with the men...

- because it was expected of me. - Sure, yeah.

- Tonight I want to dance. - No, we danced enough this evening.

Look, baby, I've had a tough day, I've got to get some sleep.

Do you know what's the matter with you?

I'm sleepy.

Do you know why you've always got a typewriter in front of you?

Because you're scared. You're scared somebody...

will find out what a puritan you are.

That's why you're always attacking conventionality and everything.

You're a prissy.

That's what you are, you're a prissy, Mike.

Prissy Mike.

All those years without you, Mike, those awful, awful years.

Oh, Mike.

It's ten-thirty.

Just as I told you, she phoned, she's on her way in.

Will you tell M.J. I'd like to see her?

She's not in yet, Mr. Crane.

First Prize awarded Margaret Johanna Drew for jit... jitterbugging?

Jitterbugging?

The only time M.J. ever jitterbugged...

was when someone gave her a hot foot at the slumming party.

Mr. Crane.

Notify all departments to practice up.

I'd like a little stiffer competition next year.

Yes, M.J..

Oh, by the way, I won't be able to see any of you gentlemen, I'm much too busy.

I can't believe it.

- I can't believe it. - What, the jitterbugging?

No, the hat.

- Did it come with the cup? - Yes... No, no!

Oh, uh... the.. the...

There's a board here that squeaks every time you step on it.

It's very disconcerting.

Very.

You sent for me, M.J.?

Oh, oh... yes...

Come in.

We have a driver working for us by the name of Johnny Johnson.

- I want you to give him a... - He's already been fired.

Twelve others were fired with him.

They all used their trucks last night.

Who gave you the authority to fire those men?

It's the rules. First time a fine, second time dismissal.

I will not tolerate this. This abuse of authority.

You'll rehire every one of those men...

and give them each a five-dollar raise for their inconvenience.

Yes, M.J.

Since you're in the firing mood, you could fire one of our spotters.

- Which one? - I don't know his name.

but he's got squinty eyes, a hawk-nose...

- Thin mouth? - Yes, that's he.

- Why, he's been with us for years. - I don't care, he's a sneak.

That's what he's supposed to be.

When I want a sneak I'll get the best of them.

Come in.

Good morning, sir.

I brought your breakfast.

Listen, tell me the worst.

- How did I get... - I put you to bed last night, sir.

- And what happened to Miss Drew? - She took one of the guest bedrooms, sir.

Where'd you dig up the sleeping bag?

My pajamas are a bit small, sir, so I borrowed that thing from the cook.

She must belong to the parachute batallion.

By the way, sir, there's a gentleman downstairs for you, sir.

His name is Johnny Johnson.

Johnny here? Send him up.

Yes, sir.

I am up. You don't have to send for me.

Hi, Johnny.

Say, listen, that stuff your old man made...

can put a guy in some pretty embarrassing positions.

Very embarrassing. Come on in, I'll give you some coffee.

You and that phony book you're supposed to be writing.

Phony book?

You didn't have to weasel your way in with us,

getting us to talk, then leading the big boss in on us.

Wait a minute, who's got a hangover, you or me?

I'm talking about the guys you were supposed to write about.

To let people know about. The little guys, the U.S.A.

The guys you ate with, drank with and laughed with last night.

The guys you sold out this morning.

The guys with the cans tied to their tails.

Cans tied to...

You mean you guys were fired this morning?

What did you get for it?

Outside of a few personal favors Miss Drew seems to be tossing you with.

- Oh, shut up. - Shut up?

Wasn't it you said we little guys were too quiet?

That we should raise our voices to be heard.

Well, I'm raising my voice.

I got a pretty low opinion of a stool pigeon...

but a guy that sells out his friends for a skirt?

You'd better stay right here where you belong.

Don't come down to us little guys again.

Because if you do we'll tear you apart and feed you to the lions.

Come on in, it's not my house.

I'm Mrs. Drew, Margaret's mother.

Well?

Really, I am. I know I don't look it, but I am.

- Aren't I, Stephen? - I can vouch for it.

Mr. Holmes, you've got a lot of money, haven't you?

- Huh? - Mother, please.

Well, he has. Margaret told Vivian...

and Vivian told me and you.

And there's no use trying to borrow money from a man who hasn't got any money.

Mr. Holmes, how would you like to make 8% on $30,000 for six months?

- I'd love it. - Then you'd let me have the money.

Come on, cut it out.

What would a guy with 2 million want with a loan of a measly 30.000?

I haven't got a nickel.

You haven't got a ni...

- He hasn't got a ni... - No.

Oh...

So you're one of those Park Avenue pirates.

You married Vivian under false pretenses, you little chisler.

Didn't it ever occur to you that I love Vivian?

So what? You're not a success, are you?

You know what M.J. does with guys like you?

She presses a little buzzer, out pop a couple of stooges,

and you pop in jail, I know.

Yes, but you won't tell. You look like a gentleman,

even if you do have your coat off.

You will lend him the 30.000, won't you?

You will lend him the money, won't you?

- Won't you? - Why don't you lend it to him yourself?

Well, you see, I get $50 a week spending money

Margaret says I don't know the value of money.

Of course I do.

My dad left a steel mill and debts.

A third of the estate are debts. I still own the mill.

With this new defense program I can get government contracts...

but I must put up 10% of my bids in cash.

Where's my hat?

Oh, Mr. Holmes, if Stephen should fail, I know he won't,

but if he should, I'll pay you back, $50 a week.

Oh!

If you do open the steel mill you'll employ truck drivers, won't you?

Yes, but you can't employ men in a closed mill.

You got a blank check handy?

Oh, we've got oodles of checks in the library.

- Any particular bank? - No, doesn't make any difference. Any bank.

Stephen isn't he wonderful? He's got money in every bank!

Oh, you are a darling.

Oh, do forgive me. Margaret says I have no control.

You're very sweet.

Are you sure when Margaret was born...

they didn't make a mistake at the hospital and give you the wrong brat?

Oh, no, that's no possi...

Stephen, do you think they could have?

Oh, my dear.

# You must have been a beautiful baby #

# You must have been a wonderful child #

Yes?

The heads of departments are waiting in the conference room.

Thank you.

Lois, you're knitting again.

Well, it's just a habit. It really takes no time.

- It... - Bring it in.

Yes, M.J..

How's it done?

- This? - Hm-hmm.

Well, it's really very simple. Here, try it.

Oh, no, I'm afraid I'd spoil it.

Oh, no, you wouldn't spoil it.

You would like to try it, wouldn't you?

Hm-hmm, I would, really.

Here. Now you put your hand here,

and the other hand over here. That's it.

Take this knot, like that...

M.J., the heads of departments are all ready for you, I...

Yes, I'll be with you in a minute, I'm busy.

Obviously.

You're married, aren't you?

Yes, M.J., three years.

You mean to say that's all you do and it comes out a sweater?

- Well, not exactly... - What's it like?

Hm?

What's being married like?

Why, I never stopped to think about it.

Why not?

Well, after a while you even stop feeling there was a time when you weren't married.

Don't you ever get bored?

Yes, and how, yes.

Some mornings I come in here very grateful for my job.

But then, around 5 o'clock,

Oh, I don't watch the clock, but you know it's 5 o'clock...

because you start feeling as if... there was something missing.

You get lonely.

I guess that's what it is.

Lonesomeness.

Then you start counting the minutes till you meet him where you always do...

in front of the subway entrance.

Don't you get dizzy and don't your knees shake?

The first year you're on a perpetual St. Vito's dance.

Only for a year?

Hm... if the light's just right on his head, sometimes with a soft music,

you do a little shaking.

Well, then all marriage really becomes is a habit.

Oh, a beautiful habit.

Often a terrifying habit.

Sometimes you wake up in the night...

and you lie there listening to him breathe in this dark,

so dark it doesn't seem as though the morning is going to come.

And you lie there and you say...

dear God, take me first.

Promise you'll take me first.

Hello, Mike.

That'll be all, Lois.

Thank you for last night, I'll never forget it.

Neither will a lot of other people.

What's the matter, you're white.

Isn't that the usual color of the Caucasian race?

- What's that? - The release.

Signed, and with my own name this time.

But you know that isn't necessary.

Hadn't you better read it first?

In consideration of the sum of $30,000...

Thirty thousand dollars?

I don't understand.

It's very clear, $30,000.

A three with four zeros after it.

You know, money, the stuff they print in Washington...

and sink in the ground at Fort Knox.

Why... you must be joking.

Come on, come on, make out a little check and I'll be on my way and out of yours.

There must be thousands of tons of stuff just waiting to be transported...

from one place to another in Drew trucks.

I don't want you to waste any time on me. Where'd you say I'd find the cashier?

- Yes? - Lois, show Mr. Holmes to the cashier's.

See that he gets a check for thirty thousand.

Gentlemen, the meeting's called to order.

Gentlemen, this meeting is called to discuss the refrigerator trucks.

This is a model of one of them.

These trucks are divided into compartments...

and each compartment...

Each, er...

Each compartment...

can... can have it's own degree of temperature...

so that...

so that each staple can...

have the degree of temperature best suited to it.

We can transport in one truck...

eggs...

milk...

butter...

fruits...

flowers and beautiful babies.

Transport babies in a refrigerator truck?

What a perfectly stupid suggestion, Marsh! Babies in a refrigerator truck!

That's what you just said.

Excuse me, gentlemen, I'll be right back.

This is the release on the Holmes matter. File it and charge it to my account.

- Thirty thousand dollars? - Yes!

Gentlemen, I don't think there's a truck company or a railroad...

equipped to carry various products in one car.

Our research department experimented for three years before we built these trucks.

They're foolproof.

In all the time we've been using them not one ounce of produce has gone bad.

And no competitor in the field can meet their record.

We were first in the field.

And yet I got nowhere.

I got... absolutely nowhere.

Marsh, will you stop interrupting me!

Why, who said anything? I didn't even hear you.

My mind was a thousand miles away.

Why? Are we boring you?

Would you prefer floor shows with these meetings?

What am I getting in to?

I didn't speak a word, I didn't even think one.

What had you jump on me, what's the matter with you, M.J.?

The meeting's adjourned.

Dr. Cassell.

I hear... hear music, and sounds, I see things.

How old are you, M.J.?

Oh, I'm old enough.

Ever been in love?

No.

Ever been out with men?

Of course I have, I work with them, don't I?

- Maybe that's your trouble. - Oh, pooh!

Oh, better women than you have tried to pooh for it.

I ought to create a lovelorn department for you.

Look here, Margaret.

I'm an old duffer and don't know much.

But I was there when you were born.

I know you better than any man alive.

You're a young, healthy woman and ready for love.

And the first presentable man that comes along...

- I know lots of presentable men. - Oh, no, no.

He will have to dominate you.

Oh, now you're becoming mordant, Dr. Cassell.

Of course I'm not. Your symptoms are classic.

Hearing music, sounds, seeing things.

A high school student in elementary biology could diagnose your case.

Well, that's nonsense.

And I'll prove it to you.

- Good evening, Nolan. - Good evening, Miss Margaret.

The Board of Directors is waiting in the library.

Thank you, Nolan.

- Margaret, may I speak to you? - Yes, Mother.

Marsh, will you call the meeting to order.

Yes?

That nice, rich young man from out West you're merging with...

He's not nice, he's not rich, and there's no merger.

There's nothing but a stupid situation that Vivian got us into.

Which incidentally cost us $30,000 in blackmail.

Thirty thousand dollars.

Mother, dear, please, we're busy, good night.

I will not cover a losing proposition with other profits.

I don't believe...

- Mother, dear, this is a Board meeting. - I now, dear.

- We're talking business. - Of course.

Then I'm afraid I'll have to ask you to leave.

You can't.

- Mother, what's the matter with you? - I'm a stockholder, a big stockholder.

I know you're trustee for the estate, Margaret,

and I can't sell any of the stock, but I can vote it.

I can sit in here and find out just how my business is being run.

Oh, I've been able to run the business to everybody's satisfaction up till now.

I don't know how capable you are, Margaret,

after all, a woman who loves a man and can't...

Mother!

Now, about that Drewville line, in order to keep things straight, I think...

What's more, he's not a blackmailer. I happen to know.

Mother, I can't prevent you as a stockholder from being here...

but I can certainly insist that you confine yourself to the business of the day.

Margaret, you can't hide behind the Drew trust.

- The franchise will cost us... - I know I'm silly and stupid,

but I know when a woman's heart is broken. This is Michael's...

I will not have his name mentioned in this house!

He's being mentioned every time your heart beats, can't you hear it, Margaret?

It's saying, Mike, Mike, Mike, Mike. Isn't it?

I've waited a long time for you to become a woman.

I knew when you did you'd be terribly hurt,

but I'm glad, glad it's over a man like Michael Holmes.

I remember when you said to Vivian, marriage is just like any other step,

not for better or worse but for better and better.

Now you're in love with a pauper and a rogue...

and you can't get him, not for better or worse.

And what's more, the money went to Stephen.

- What? - To open his mill.

Providing Stephen would employ the men you discharged, Michael's friends.

You see, your sister's husband hasn't a dime.

But how do you know all this?

I was the go-between.

But didn't he know that I had reinstated the men?

Didn't he know they were discharged against my wishes?

Didn't he know I was giving Johnny a raise, didn't he?

Go ask him, dear.

Mother, what if he won't answer?

You're a woman now, and a woman gets an answer if she sets her mind to it.

Oh... you said you were silly and stupid.

You're as wise as the age.

I'm the dope!

I always agree with the president of the firm.

Please wait for me.

# There'll be pennies from heaven # # For you and me #

Johnny, I must see Michael.

Well, look who's here. Hey, boys, look who's here.

Well, salute, fellows, and make a pretty curtsey.

I must see Michael.

So nice of you to come to our little party.

We're celebrating new jobs.

Rah, Rah, Rah! Steve Pettingill! Steve Pettingill!

Please get out of my way.

Why get out of your way? Walk right over us.

You been doing it for years.

But no more.

We got new jobs. We can hold our heads up.

Hold your head up, lug.

I know I'm on the other side of the fence.

But is love an emotion that's reserved only for the proletariate?

Look, I love Mike Holmes.

And all your ideas on class distinction aren't going to keep me from him.

Now get out of my way.

I thought you'd come here.

Marsh, clear the way for me.

- It's going to take a little time. - Are you a man or aren't you?

Well, my birth certificate says male, I hope I won't have reason to regret it.

Perhaps you'd better try calling him, hm?

Mike... Mike Holmes!

He doesn't answer.

You're putting me in a very undignified position.

Prepare to defend yourself.

- Say, what's going on here? - Susie, I must see Michael.

I must tell him that it was all a mix up at the office...

and that I did not discharge these men.

- Michael isn't here. - That's what I've been trying to tell her.

- Shut up, you hooligan. - But where is he?

I don't know.

- But Johnny does. - Please, Johnny.

You tell her or I'll cut your allowance down to 25c a day.

Okay. One of the boys was supposed to pick him up...

The way is clear, my dear.

- Why, you lily-livered... - Please, please, I'm emotionally exhausted.

- You want the lift? - Not without an explanation.

The dame bought out Steve Pettingill.

You know she's got all the money in the world.

I'll have the Secretary of the Treasury on the job. He'll take care of her.

She'll be taken care of, all right.

Hop in.

Okay, buddy. This time I saw it with my own eyes.

- So what, bud? - The passenger, the passenger.

All right, chisler, crawl out...

before I drag you out and boot you from here to the sheriff's office.

Oh, for goodness'sake, Mahoney,

must you always do your snooping at the most inopportune moments?

Johnny, stop at the first minister's house.

Yes, ma'am. Cupid Johnny, that's me.

All I need is a bow, an arrow, and a diaper.

You can report back to the office, flat foot,

and that I won't be available for two weeks.

Make that four weeks!

Make that indefinitely!

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