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- Twenty-seven - Twenty-seven out, please

She's through now

Mr Simon's brother calling

- Alrighty, go ahead - Mail

Simon and Tedesco

Who's calling, please?

Mr McGee?

Mr McKee?

K like in kitty?

One moment please Mr McKee

Mr McKee of Barton and Barnard

McKee calling Mr Simon

Alrighty, go ahead

Mail, Henry!

Can't you even sort it?

Say, listen, how many people's work

do you think I'm gonna do around here?

Oh, you're not doing nothing

Look at all these notices of trial I gotta get out

All right, but you know what Mr Tedesco said yesterday

about letting the mail lay around

Simon and Tedesco, who's calling please?

One moment please

Mr Hawthorne of the Chase National Bank calling Mr Simon

Alrighty, go ahead

Yes?

Is Mr Tedesco in?

Have you an appointment?

Yes, I'm Mr. Moretti

Just a moment please I'll tell him you're here

Hello Mr Moretti to see Mr Tedesco

Oh, Mr Moretti!

Just a moment, Mr Moretti

Thank you very much

Okay

Simon and Tedesco

Who's calling, please?

One moment, please

Mail, Mr Weinberg

Put it on that desk, please

Here's your mail

Well, it's about time

Mr Tedesco's been asking for it

Well, you got it, ain't you?

Don't be impudent to me, please

Oh, veramente, campagno

Cha-cha!

Goldie, take a letter to

the Itello Trading Company, attention Mr Verdi

In receipt of yours of the 11th,

we've come to the conclusion that further litigation

is unnecessary

Simon and Tedesco

Oh, it's you, is it?

Gee, I thought you was dead and buried

Well, sure I missed you,

like Booth missed Lincoln

Well, what do you think I've been doing,

sitting home embroidering doilies?

All right, now I'll tell one!

Is that Louie or Jack?

Mind your own business, you!

Aw, just a fresh kid in the office here

Hey, listen, call me back!

Good morning, Bessie!

Good morning, Mrs Chapman

Well, how does it feel to be walking around again?

It feels wonderful, Bessie

It's just as though I suddenly

woke up from a bad dream

You can't imagine what I went through

last night while that jury was out

Gee, I could never have lived through it

You sure must be feeling good this morning

I feel just like a new woman,

that's how I feel

Gee, I bet you do after all

you've been through

Good morning, Mrs Chapman, congratulations

Thanks, Goldie I'm so glad it's over

Of course after Mr Simon

talked to the jury,

I had a feeling everything was

going to be all right

Why, Hello, Mrs Chapman

Hello, Henry!

I've got a bunch of mail for you

Oh, thanks, Henry

You should have seen the stack

that came this morning

Proposals of marriage and goodness

knows what all

Well, all's well that ends well

I think I'll just sit down and read my letters

Mr Simon will be here soon

Thanks, Bessie

Hello?

What number?

I'll get it right away

Oh, don't get up, please

There's plenty of room

Simon and Tedesco

Oh, hello, Gracie, I was just

going to call you

Oh, not feeling so good today, Gracie

I don't know, my stomach don't feel so good

Must be something I ate

Say, listen, Fred just called me up

Yeah, sure you do, the one we met

on the Iron Steamboat

Yeah, that's the one, wait a minute?

Simon and Tedesco

Mr Weinberg? One moment, please

Hello, Gracie, this is what I started to tell you

Hello? Oh, hello, Bob

Yes For tonight?

Yes, thanks very much

All right, good bye

Well, he wants me to go out with him tonight

Wait a minute, Gracie

Simon and Tedesco

Mr Simon hasn't come in yet, I'll connect

you with his secretary

Oh, good morning, Senator Wells

Mr Simon's still in court

I'll tell him just as soon as he comes in

Come in

Good morning, Miss Gordon

Good morning, Mr Weinberg

A friend just offered me two tickets

to the Boston Symphony Orchestra tonight

Would you care to go with me?

No, thank you very much, Mr Weinberg

Did you get out that stipulation?

I'll get it out right away

It's a very fine program

I thought perhaps you might have dinner with me somewhere-

- No, thank you, I really can't tonight

Well, if you decide later in the day-

- I'll let you know, Mr Weinberg

Excuse me, please

Oh, I'll see you in a minute

Come in, Moretti

Subito

Oh, Bessie, where's Goldie?

Just stepped outside, Mr Tedesco

Well, tell her I want her, let me know

when she does come in

Yes, sir

Simon and Tedesco

Who's calling, please?

One moment, please

He's not in yet, come back later

Okay

This is Mr Simon's secretary

Good morning, Mrs Chapman

Good morning, Mr McFadden

I've got a bunch of mail here for you

One of the keepers of the Tombs gave me

Goodness, more letters?

Did you ever hear anything more heartbreaking

than that speech of Mr Simon's to the jury?

He was simply wonderful

I tell you there's nobody can come within a mile of him

Yeah, that's sure Wait a minute

Hey, Charlie!

What is it?

Get me some lunch on the way back, will you?

Alright, what do you want, make it quick

Tuna on rye and a chocolate malted

And tell him I want a lot of Russian dressing

Alright

Hello, I was just ordering my lunch

No, I don't think I'll go out today

on account of my stomach

Yeah, I know, wait a minute

Goldie, Mr Tedesco wants you

He's been asking for you two or three times

Did you have a nice weekend?

Oh, shut your mouth, you!

Listen, I'm busy Call me back

Yes?

I'm Miss Lillian La Rue

I've got an appointment to see Mr Simon

But he hasn't come in yet

Take a seat, won't you?

Certainly

Miss Lillian La Rue to see Mr Simon

Listen, I told you about Fred calling me up, didn't I?

- Mr Simon - Yeah Here, Henry

Well, listen If you see Jack and he asks

you about tonight, I was out with you, see?

Yeah, I know, but in case you do

All right, Henry, go on, go on,

- there's Mr Simon - Yes, ma'am

G. S. is in

I have to work, dear, I'll call you back

G. S. is in

G. S. is in

May I take a message?

Excuse me, lady, is he here now?

Yes, but I'm afraid he-

- Please, lady, my boy they take him in the Police Station

Yes, I know, Mr Simon will see you soon now

Bessie, will you please get Senator Wells

at the Hotel Shoreham in Washington

and then get those other numbers

Miss La Rue, Mr Simon will see you

in just a moment

Oh, Miss Gordon

I'm afraid you'll have to wait, Mrs Chapman

Long distance, I want Washington D C,

Hotel Shoreham

No, Shoreham, S like in Sammy,

H like on Henry, O like in Oscar,

R like in Robert, E like in Edward,

H like in Henry, A as in Adam, M as in Max,

that's right

Yes, no, I tell you my client won't accept a penny less

I'm sorry too, good bye

Mr. Crayfield

Hello, Mr. Crayfield, how are you?

Yes, I'll be here all day Come in whenever you like

Are you getting Senator Wells, Rexy?

Yes, sir

I want to talk to Mrs Simon

- Hello John - Hello, George

Well, I see you put over the Chapman case

Didn't I tell you I'd get an acquittal?

Yes, but it looked

pretty tough last night

Not after the bunch of buttonhole-makers

on the jury got a good peek at it

I know how they felt about it,

and I wouldn't mind having a little

Uh-huh, maybe I can fix it up for you

Oh, John! Hey, listen

I've decided to take a little trip abroad with Cora

We've been married 5 years on the 18th

I think I'll break away for once and make

a real celebration of it

You bet-

- Lillian La Rue

I bet she wasn't born Lillian La Rue

- Let her come in - Alrighty

Miss La Rue, Mr Simon will see you now

Thank you

Senator Wells on the wire

Take this down, Rexy!

Good morning, Senator

Yeah, fine, fine

Thanks very much

That's the way with those murder cases

A lot of publicity and no money

Yes, yes, I did

As I explained to you, a decrease of

2 cents a pound will put my clients out of business

Don't get so excited, Senator, there's

nothing illegal about lobbying, you know

If there were, you'd have to lock up

half the people in Washington

No, I'm not trying to block up

the entire bill, I'm merely acting in the interest

of my clients as you're acting in the interest

of the people of Montana

Come in, Miss La Rue, sit down

Listen, Senator, why don't you have a good

night's sleep and I'll write to you tomorrow

12:30 the lawyers Club, fine

And give my regards to that charming daughter of yours

Make a transcript of that and send it right

out to Col Widhammer

Good morning, Miss La Rue

Oh, Rexy, you'd better cut out that stuff

about the murder cases, you know

And get Mr. Vanderbogart on the phone right away

Have a chocolate cream

Uh-uh, I'm on a diet

But if you've got a cigarette

Sure, there they are, help yourself

- Thanks - Mrs Simon on the phone

- Oh, give me a minute - Sure

Hello, darling

Yes, I just got in

How are you, sweetheart?

That's good

That's Mrs Simon

She's one of the 400s, you know

Yes, I've seen her picture in the Sunday section

Oh, he worships the ground she walks on

She's got two children too

You know, from her first marriage

And talk about spoiled kids

And let me tell you something else

She goes

Simon and Tedesco

Why don't you come in and have lunch with me?

Any time

That'll be fine

All right, darling

Good bye, sweetheart

What a wonderful woman that is

Here she is, my wife

Yeah, you showed it to me the last time

Hm

Mr. Vanderbogart on number 2

There's Schyler's lawyer now!

Good morning, Mr. Vanderbogart

Any word for me about the little lady

in the breech-of-promise case?

I don't think 10,000 would be

acceptable to my client-

- I should say not!

Frankly, I don't think I could

conscientiously advise her to take it

As a matter of fact, she's sitting here in

my office and I don't mind telling you

She's taking this thing very much to heart

Well, Schyler met her at a nightclub not in a convent

Well, it might be rather embarrassing to

the Schyler family if those letters were

Two days? Yes, I can wait two days

Thank you

Good bye, Mr. Vanderbogart

Give my regards to Mr. Woodrich

Ten thousand, so that's what they expect me to take?

Well, they seem to think you'd been a little indiscreet

before you met Schyler

What did they expect for $10,000?

I think they'll pay twenty

Call me up in two or three days

All right, I'll give you a ring

That's my idea of a nice, sweet little girl

Is that Chapman woman waiting?

Yes, and Mrs Becker

Well, let me get rid of Chapman first

Mrs Richter on the phone

Hmmm

Hello, Mrs Richter

How's the baby's cough?

Oh, that's fine

Well, I've got some good news for you

How much do you think I got?

Better than that

A thousand a week

Say, kid, that's some run you've got in your stocking

Where?

Oh, gee

Now, wouldn't that give you a pain?

And I just put them on clean this morning

I'll buy a new pair if you let me put them on for you

Say, listen, one more crack like that

out of you and you'll get a good smack in the face

Get hot, get hot

Well, just remember, that's all

Yes, Miss Gordon?

Alrighty Mr Simon will see you now, Mrs Chapman

All right, Mrs Richter

No, no, no, no, no

Don't mention it

How much of a retainer did we get

from Mrs Richter?

Twenty-five hundred

Yes?

As soon as the agreement is signed,

send her a bill for five thousand

I want her to get it while she's still grateful

Come in

That's all right, ma'am

I was delighted to be able to get it for you

Good bye

Have Weinberg get busy on that agreement

Come in, Isadora, sit down

Hello, George, darling

I thought you were never going to see me

I've been pretty busy

What's on your mind, anything special?

No, nothing special

I just came to tell you how wonderful

it is to be a free woman again and to have a little chat

Well, I have a lot of clients waiting-

- Oh, let them wait

Hm

Please, lady

Just a little while now, Mrs Becker

Thanks, Henry

Mr Weinberg, Mr Simon wants you to get

that Richter separation agreement out right away

All right, I'll dictate it this afternoon

Thank you I - Miss Gordon

Well?

Won't you change your mind about going to

the concert tonight?

I've already told you I don't care to go, Mr Weinberg

Why is my society so distasteful to you?

It isn't that, I just don't care to go, that's all

I suppose if the great G. S. asked you,

you wouldn't refuse

Please keep your remarks to yourself

Don't forget about that agreement, Mr Weinberg

Oh, George, after all those wonderful things

you said about me to the jury

It made me feel that you were the only man

who ever really understood me

Well, anyway, I understand juries

Why are you so cold to me?

Oh, George, dear, I've grown so terribly fond of you

Say, what the

What's the idea of this anyway?

I was engaged to defend you on the charge of

murdering your husband

There's nothing in the retainer requires me to

make love to you

Shut your mouth, you

That's the way out Good morning

Why do you leave me alone with that woman?

I thought it might be something personal

Personal? Phooey!

That's the last one of those female murder cases

I'll ever handle

All right, I'll see Mrs Becker now

Hello, John, are you alone?

Hey, listen, I just got a hot tip from Washington

The Supreme Court's reversing the Lower Court

in the Golf Coast Utilities case

No, neither did I

Say, let's take a little flyer on the stock

Five thousand shares?

Fifty-fifty All right, keep it under your hat

I'll telephone Joe Fisherman right away

Hello, get me Joe Fisherman, please

All right, Mrs Becker, Mr Simon will see you now

Thank you

Mr Fisherman, please

Hello, Mr Fisherman, one moment, please,

Mr Simon calling

Mr Fisherman, Mr Simon

Alrighty, go ahead

Yes?

Would you please tell Mr Simon that

Mr Roy Darwin would like to see him?

Have you an appointment?

Why, no, I haven't

Well, just a moment, please, I'll tell

his secretary you're here Thanks

Yeah, that's right

No, no information, just a hunch, that's all

I know it's a rotten stock

Well, if I lose, I only got myself to blame

All right, Joe

And listen, don't buy it all in one block

Okay, so long

Hello, Mrs Becker, glad to see you,

come right in

Good morning, Counsellor

Sit down, sit down Gee, you look fine

How's your husband?

You mean Troy?

He's already dead six years

Oh, that's terrible

Who's looking after you now?

When my boy Harry is working, everything is alright

Is Harry old enough to work?

The last time I saw him, he was in a baby carriage

How is he, a good boy?

Yes, he's a good boy

Only all the time he's getting into trouble

What kind of trouble, with girls?

No, no, Counsellor

Only all the time he's making speeches

There should be in America a revolution

What do you mean?

Harry goes around making communist speeches?

All the time

And yesterday he's making in the Union Square

a speech, a policeman comes, and hits him

with such a club in the head and then they put him

in the Police Station

- Is he arrested? - Yes

Counsellor, you wouldn't let them send

my boy to prison

Oh, now, don't worry, don't worry

We won't let them take him to prison

You just leave everything to me

Oh, Counsellor, every night I'm going to say

for you a prayer

Oh, here, here, Mama Becker

Why, we're old friends

Don't you remember we used to live

in the same house together?

Here, here, take this

No, no, I couldn't take it

Take it, take it

Buy yourself some groceries

Thanks, Counsellor, thanks

Just this way, Mrs Becker

Thank you, Lady

Oh, no, thank you, really

Please Please, you take

Well, thank you very much

Good bye

That's a fine joke, that is

The cops beat up a kid for making

a speech then they arrest him

Say, listen, Rexy, this is what I want you to do

Have somebody go bail for him and find out

the name of the assistant district attorney in charge

Yes, sir

Here's your tuna on rye and chocolate malted

Thanks, Charlie, did you tell him to put

a lot of Russian dressing on it?

Yeah, he smeared it on plenty

Going up

No, down

Yeah

Yeah, I understand that, but

I don't see how I can handle it

You can't expect me to represent

the principal creditor in a proceeding

in which my partner's the receiver

Sit down

I don't have to think it over

Why?

Because that isn't the way I practice law, Mr. Littlefield

It's absolutely final

I can have nothing to do with it

So am I, good bye, sir

Sorry to keep you waiting, Mr Darwin

Oh, I'm in no great hurry

Excuse me, Mr. Crayfield is here to see you

I'll see him in a few minutes

Pardon me, but was that Rigsby Crayfield?

Yes, it is

Well, I don't mean to be impertinent,

but I understand that you've

been retained for the purpose of breaking

Edward Crayfield's will

I'm sorry, but afraid I can't discuss-

- Of course not

You see, this will contest would involve

Edward's widow in rather a painful scandal

She's a first cousin if mine and a friend of Cora's too

My wife would be the last person in the world, Mr Darwin,

to expect me to give up an important case

because she happens to be a friend of one of

the interested parties

I'm sorry I can't oblige you

Well, if you can't, you can't

Oh, by the way, I wonder if you could help

me out of a temporary embarrassment

You see, I happen to be rather

a heavy holder of Amalgamated Zinc,

and I've just learned that the miserable beggars

have gone out past their quarterly dividend

So for the moment, you see, I

How much do you need?

Oh, a couple of thousand or so

I guess we can manage that

Well, thanks very much

Come in tomorrow morning

My secretary will have a check for you

Oh, well, so long, old man

- Good bye - Thanks very much

Not at all

Shall I tell Mr. Crayfield to come in now?

Yeah

Make out a check for $2,000 to the order of Roy Darwin

And a promissory note payable in three months

Yes, sir

How much, of a bill did I tell you to send Mrs Richter?

$5,000

No, you'd better make it $7,500

Yes, sir

Hello, Cora!

Why, hello, Roy, what are you doing here?

Why, there was something I wanted to

talk over with George

You know, the Crayfield matter

Oh, yes, Wilma called me up this morning,

she's in a terrible state

Yes, I know, but George is absolutely firm

Think how awful it would be for poor Wilma

Tell me, Cora, is George really going to Europe with you?

Yes

Well, when am I going to see you?

Why, I don't know exactly

Can't we have tea some time?

- Yes - Today

Oh, not today, I'm having tea with Wilma

Oh, can't I join you?

Well, all right

Four at the Plaza?

All right

- Au revoir then - Au revoir

Down, please

Good morning, Miss Gordon

Good morning, Mrs Simon

Mr Simon is busy with a client,

but I'll tell him you're here

No, never mind, I have several phone calls to make

Hello, Arthur

Will you take the board now, I want to get my lunch

Aw, come on!

Is Mr Simon busy, please?

Yes, he is Would anyone else do?

I'll wait for him

He may be busy for quite a while

Oh, that's all right, I can wait

I got plenty time

All right, take a seat

Thank you

Hello, Mr. Morell of the French Line?

Just a minute, please

Mr. Morell?

This is Mrs George Simon

I want to inquire if our suite on the

lie-de-France has a serving pantry

It has? Well, thank you

And I wish you to arrange to have

a steward named Marcel LeBon

LeBon, that's right

He served me several times before

and I prefer to have someone who's

familiar with my requirements

Thank you

Excuse me, madam, ain't you Mr Simon's mother?

Yes

I'm Charlie McFadden

I used to be the help at the bar or the plumber

over on 3rd Ave

Oh, yes, of course

Well, what do you think of that?

Sit down, Mr McFadden

Say, you don't look a day older

than the last time I saw you

Oh, you're a darling

Well, I got my health, thank God,

and my boy gives me every comfort

He's a prince among men, that's what he is

Yes, that's what he is, Mr McFadden

I guess you know what he done for me, don't you?

Oh, I know how to mind my own business, Mr McFadden

You know, I was nothing but a jailbird

- Tsk tsk tsk - Yes, sure!

I met him on the street one day, and he says to me:

"Charlie, if you go straight,

I'll give you a job in the office "

So, I took him at his word and here

I've been for four years now

- Yes? - Process server

And now and again I do a little

private detective work

You see, I've got ways of finding things out

Well, what do you think of that?

Wherefore, said contestants pray that said document

purporting to be the last will and testament

of Edward Crayfield, be not admitted to probate

That's all

Leave everything else, go and get those papers back to me

for correction just as soon as you can

Yes, sir

Now, Mr. Crayfield, I've got to

I've got to ask you some rather intimate questions

Certainly

County clerk Peter J. Malone to see Mr. Simon

Yes, sir, just take a seat, Mr Malone

All right

County Court Malone to see Mr Simon

Just a few minutes, Mr Malone

Okay

What's the matter, Mr Malone,

don't you remember your old friend?

Well, will you look who's sitting there

Why, I didn't see you at all

What's the matter, did I shrink

too much you couldn't see me?

No, I thought it was a young girl sitting there

You're not one of them expensive Park Avenue

divorce cases of George's?

Yes, you're a fine one, you are

Why, I ain't seen you since the Dewey Parade

How are you anyhow?

Oh, I'm fine

And about you I don't have to ask

Yeah, quite a bay window

Well, we're all a little better off today

than in the old days in Yonkers

I'll say we are, me driving a truck

and you running a little bakery

and George selling papers

Say, you ought to be mighty proud

of your son, Mrs Simon

Excuse me, madam, are you Mr Simon's mother?

Yes

Oh, I'll tell him you're here

I didn't know who you were

That's alright, I can wait, I got plenty time

Looks like an absolutely tight case

She'll have those papers out in about half an hour

I'll send them right over to your office

Thank you

Good bye, Mr Simon

Good bye, Mr Richter

Hello, George!

Hello, Pete, how

Hello, Mama!

I didn't know you were here

Why didn't you tell me my mother was waiting?

Very sorry, Mr Simon, I didn't know

the lady was your mother

Going out for his bar examination,

can't even announce a caller

Go ahead, Mama

Come in, Pete

No, I got a call to make

Where's a phone I can use?

Right there in the library

See Mr Malone gets his number

Yes, sir What number is it you want, Mr Malone?

I want the Capitol in Albany

Yes, sir

Ma, you coming down to the boat to see us off?

Fine All right, see you then

Hello, darling

Hello, George

Come right in

Well, I still have one or two phone calls to make

All right, sweetheart, come in whenever you're through

Gee, you smell good

You know, Georgie, that's a nice girl that Miss Gordon

Uh-huh

How is it a fine girl like that doesn't find

herself a husband?

I don't know, Mama

Have a piece of candy

No, thanks, Georgie

They're good

Georgie, you'll spoil your lunch gnashing like that

How can one piece of candy spoil my lunch?

Now, Georgie!

Say, Mama, remember Sarah Becker from 2nd Avenue?

Becker, Becker?

Sure, her husband had a pushcart

on the corner of Houston Street

Oh, yes, of course, of course

They had a little baby with the red curls

Little Harry

Little Harry That's the one, little Harry

Well, little Harry's been getting himself into trouble

going around making communist speeches

What, that little baby?

I can't believe it

What a nar you are, Mama

He wouldn't stay a little baby all these years

Yes Yes

Excuse me a moment, Miss Gordon, do you mind?

Certainly

Now what did you say, Helen?

No No, no, tell me all about it now

Listen, Georgie, I got to talk to you something

What's the matter, Mama, anything wrong?

Don't you feel all right?

Of course I'm feeling alright, Georgie,

you mustn't worry about me

Listen, Georgie, you promise you won't be angry?

I wouldn't be angry, Mama

What is it?

Listen, Georgie

Davy called me up this morning

Well?

Well, you said you wouldn't be angry

I'm not angry

Sure, you're not angry, you're not angry!

What is it?

Well, he's in trouble, he needs a little help

I bet he does

What does he need it for this time?

A check came back from the bank

You mean he slipped someone a bum check

No, no, he just made a little mistake with his balance

Yes, he did

He's just a dirty crook that's what he is

Georgie, is that a way to talk about your brother?

A fine brother he is

All he does is one rotten crooked thing after the other,

the gonner I'm through with him!

Georgie, please, be a good boy, it's the last time-

- Oh, how many times have I heard that?

That louse boob gives me more headaches than

all the rest of my practice put together

I'm supposed to be an important lawyer around here

People from all families come and think

I'm doing them a favor if I accept their retainers

It's a fine thing for me, isn't it,

to have a brother that gets pinched in gambling raids,

annoying women in the subways,

passing out rubber checks

It won't happen again

No, I've done all I'm going to do

Georgie, for me!

No, I'm through!

Georgie, you know I wouldn't ask-

- No, no-

- Now, Georgie, please- - No!

Sorry, I didn't know you were busy

That's all right, darling, come right in

How do you do, Mrs Simon?

I'm very well, thank you, and you?

I'm well, thanks

Will you excuse me a minute, I'll be right back

Say, Rexy, write down that Mrs Becker's

address for my mother

How are you getting along?

Is that all you've done?

What's been holding you up?

Come on, come on, we can't keep

Crayfield waiting all day

We promised him this stuff in half an hour

And your children, are they well too?

Yes, quite well, thanks

Well, I'm glad that Georgie is going to have

a little vacation

He works so hard

Yes, too hard, in fact

He always worked hard, since he was a little boy

Always working and studying and trying to better himself

Well, I think I'll go home now

But maybe I'll see you again before you go to Europe

Well, I hope so

But in case I don't,

I hope you have a wonderful trip, in peace

Take good care of my Georgie

I'll do my best

- Good bye - Good bye

How do you do, Mrs Simon

Oh, hello, Miss Gordon

Going, Mama?

Yes, Georgie

Give my mother that address, Rexy

Good bye, Mama

Good bye, Georgie

Take a taxi uptown

Oh, the bus is good enough

- Georgie! - Huh?

Please, don't forget what I asked you

Okay

Here's the address

Thanks

My but you're looking well

Oh, I can't complain

I'm not getting any younger,

but otherwise I'm fine

I'm coming up to pay you a little visit real soon

Oh, that's going to be very, very nice

Come any time

I don't go out so very often

Good bye

- Good bye - Good bye

George, you're not thinking seriously

of trying to break that Crayfield will, are you?

Yes, darling, very seriously

But George, I can't understand why you want to

have anything to do with such a scandalous case

Because there's a hundred-thousand dollar fee in it

But you don't need the money

And think of what it would do to poor Wilma Crayfield

She's been a friend of mine for years

Why, she's even dined at our house

Well, so have hundreds of other people

Does that mean I can't take any case

that involves their interest?

That's a pretty high price to pay

for having people to dinner

Well, at least you would have made

a magnanimous gesture

I should say so

A hundred thousand dollars

That's not the way law is practiced, darling

Well, I don't see why it isn't possible

to practice law like a gentleman

Hm, I never laid any claims to being a gentleman

The last time I crossed the Atlantic was in a steerage

I didn't mean it that way

Heavens, George, nobody admires you more than I do

for all the handicaps you've overcome

I guess I gave a good demonstration

of that, didn't I, when I made that runaway

marriage with you

Remember I told you from the start

I wasn't good enough for you

You see, it's a little embarrassing for me

having your name always associated with

these sensational cases

Darling, the last thing in the world I want

to do is to cause you any embarrassment

Listen, sweetheart, would it make you any happier

if I dropped the Crayfield case entirely?

Take this letter to Rigsby Crayfield, Rexy

My dear Mr Crayfield, I regret to inform you

it will be impossible for me to represent you

in the matter of the probate of the will

of Edward Crayfield

My reasons for withdrawing from the case

have nothing to do with the merits of your claim

but are of a purely personal nature,

the, um details of which I shall not burden you with

I'm enclosing herewith all the papers

of the matter of which kindly acknowledge receipt

Regretting any inconvenience I may

have caused you, I am, etc, etc

Get that right out and send it

over by a messenger

Thank you, George

Well, darling, you'll make a gentleman of me yet

Do I rate a kiss?

No, no, I can't

What?

Well, just a minute, I'll ask the mayor

if it's alright with him

Is it alright with you, Your Honor?

Yeah, the mayor says it's okay with him

Alright

I'm going to lunch

Alright, beautiful, can you be reached

at the automat?

You're very funny, I don't think

Oh, Miss Gordon, please phone to the Margrey

and say that I'm on my way

and that I want a table for two?

Certainly

Hello, Pete, what's on your mind?

Wipe the paint off your mouth

What?

I've just been kissing my wife

Well, I'm glad there's some that still do

Pete, I'm glad you came in, there's something

I want to talk to you about

You know, I think John Tedesco has a Supreme Court

nomination coming to him

What?

Why not, he's worked mighty hard

for the organization John has

I know, but there's been a lot of bellyaching lately

about keeping the bench out of politics

We gotta get A-1 men

Now, if it was you, George

Nothing doing, Pete, what would I want to be a judge for?

I'd get corns sitting up there all day on my bottom

John ain't so hot on the legal end, is he?

Neither am I

But I got a young Harvard boy

in the office named Weinberg,

he can be John's secretary

And believe me, he'll hand down opinions

that'll give the court of appeals

an inferiority complex

Well, I'll think it over

Maybe we can work it

Tell you why I came in, George

You know my brother Ed,

the warden up at Auburn

Sure

Well, he tipped me off to something

that I think you ought to know

Do you remember handling a case for

a fellow named Breitstein?

Sure I remember

Johan Breitstein, a German boy

I defended him on a larceny charge,

got him an acquittal

Was there something about an alibi?

Yeah, he had an airtight alibi

Well, it seems there was a fellow

named Whitey Kushman

who was mixed up in the case,

is that right?

Yeah, he established the alibi

for Breitstein

Well, this Kushman is doing a stretch up at Auburn

And according to my brother Ed,

he's been giving one of the members

of the parole board, a lawyer by the name of

Francis Clark Baird, some song and dance about the alibi

in the Breitstein case being framed up

What do you mean framed up?

I'm just telling you what Ed told me

over the phone last night

He says he's got a hunch that Baird

would like to get something on you

Sure he would, I've licked him to a failure

over half a dozen cases

What's Baird got to do with this?

Ain't he on the grievance committee

of the Bar Association too?

Yeah, I think he is

Well, that's what Ed said

Baird thinks he can cook up some

kind of a disbarment proceeding against you

out of this Breitstein case

Oh, he does, does he, well let him try it,

what do I care, he's got nothing on me

Well, that's what I told Ed

George is too smart a boy, I says,

to let himself get mixed up with anything like that

Francis Clark Baird

He and the rest of those silk-stocking babies

in the Bar Association have been gunning for me for years,

but they haven't got anything on me yet

No, and they never will

Disbar me on a crook's deposition eh?

That's a hot one, that is

Well, it's just like I told Ed

Those guys that came over on the Mayflower

don't like to see the boys from 2nd Avenue

sitting in the high places

They've had their knives out for me

for a long time too

Ha, but it's me that has the laugh

when the votes are counted

Well, George, I just wanted

to give you the lowdown

Thanks for tipping me off

Keep the change

So long, Pete

Salaam Alaikum

Rexy, I want you to get a hold of a fellow

named Johan Breitstein

I defended him eight or nine years ago on a larceny charge

The last I heard of him he was an usher

at the Capital Theater

See if you can trace him

Get him in here as soon as possible

Let everything else go till you locate him, understand?

Yes, sir

I'm going to lunch with Mrs Simon

Have McFadden help you

Yes, sir

Hello, give me the Capital Theater, please

Twenty-seven out

Good morning

Good morning

Simon and Tedesco

Bessie ain't here

She's taking a rest

No, she's laying down

I don't know

She ain't feeling so good today

What?

Well, how should I know?

Here, Bessie, something to quiet your nerves

Does it taste bad?

No, drink it, it'll make you feel better

Oh, I hate taking stuff

You'd better go home, Bessie

No, I'm alright

Good morning

What's the matter, something wrong?

Bessie had a little shock and it upset her

Better jump into a taxi, Bessie, and go home

No, I'm alright, Mr Simon, I'm going back

to the board now

Listen, if you're not alright, I want you to go home

No, I'm alright, honest I am

Thanks, Miss Gordon

Get me Francis Clark Baird

What's the matter with her?

She saw someone jump out the window of an office building

Gee, that's awful

Imagine anyone doing a thing like that

Well, if you're tired of living, I guess it's

as good a way out as any

Hey, what's the matter with you?

Why are you so morbid all of a sudden,

don't you feel well or something?

Yes, of course, I'm just talking nonsense, that's all

Is Breitstein here?

Yes, sir, he's waiting outside

Have him come in

I'll take this Hello!

Hello, Mr Baird?

When do you expect him?

Well, aren't you likely to hear from him

some time during the day?

Mr. Breitstein, Mr. Simon will see you now

Thanks

It's all very indefinite, isn't it?

Yeah, good bye

You'd think he could afford a more

convincing liar than that

Well, where's Breitstein, isn't he coming in?

Yes, sir

Hello, Mr Simon

Hello, Breitstein, how are you?

Glad to see you, sit down, how've you been?

I'm fine, Mr Simon, I've got a good job now

I'll tell you why I asked you to come in

Have a cigarette, or a cigar?

Thanks, I'll take a cigarette

Breitstein, has anybody been talking to you lately

about that case of yours?

Why, no, Mr Simon, they haven't

Nobody approached you, asked you any questions?

No, sir, why, is anything wrong?

The reason I sent for you is to put you on your guard

I hear this fellow Kushman's been doing some talking

Kushman?

Yeah, you know, your old pal, Whitey Kushman,

who established the alibi for you

Why, he's up at Auburn doing 20 years for manslaughter

I know it, but he's been telling people

we cooked up that alibi

Gee-whiz

Does that mean they're going to come after me again?

Yeah, they're likely to

Holy smoke, Mr Simon, what am I going to do?

Don't get excited, Breitstein, baby

Everything will be all right if you do

just as I tell you to do

Sure, I will, Mr Simon

Gee-whiz, I've got a wife and family now, Mr Simon

I don't know what I'd do-

- What you've got to do is to stick by that alibi story

- Understand? - Yes, sure

Whatever you say

And, um

I'll do the best I can for you, but we've

got to stick together, Breitstein

It may just happen that somebody'd try

and make trouble for me too

For you, Mr Simon?

Yeah, I took an awful chance getting you out

of that jam you were in

Gosh, Mr Simon, I don't want you

to get in any trouble on account of me

Everything I've got I owe to you

If it weren't for you, I'd be in for life

I'd go through fire and water for you

All right, Breitstein, thanks

I knew I could count on you

If anyone questions you, just stick

to your story and act dumb

You betcha

And do you think everything's going to be alright?

Well, I hope it is

Why, don't you?

Oh, yes, sure

- Only I was just thinking - What?

I was thinking in case they looked up

the hospital records

What hospital records

The hospital records of Whitey Kushman

What hospital records of Whi

What are you talking about?

Well, you know, the day it happened,

the day he said I was in his house?

Yeah?

Well, he was in the hospital

You mean the day you robbed the bathhouse,

Whitey Kushman was in the hospital?

Yes, Mr Simon

Are you sure of this, Breitstein?

Yes, sir, I thought you knew all about it

- I never even heard of it! - Holy!

Wow!

Hm, I gotta think about this

What hospital was it, do you know?

I think it was the Polyclinic, Mr Simon

Well, I may have to ask you to come in again

- Good bye - Good bye, Mr Simon

I hope everything's going to be alright

Yeah, so do I

Come in

Here's that list of your

separation agreement, Miss Gordon

Thank you

Aren't you feeling well today?

Yes, of course

You don't look very well

I wish you wouldn't worry so much about me, Mr Weinberg

You might as well be civil to me

Everywhere else I go people

treat me with civility

I try to be civil to everybody, Mr Weinberg,

but I can't sit here all day talking about nothing,

Excuse me, I'm sorry

Hello?

Oh, just a moment, Mrs Simon

Mrs Simon on the wire

Listen, dear, I've got a little bad news for you

I'm afraid I'll have to postpone the trip to Europe

I can't tell you exactly over the telephone

Why don't you come in?

Well, that's all right, bring them along

That's fine

All right, good bye, sweetheart

Yes, George?

Hey, John, I want to talk to you about something,

can I come right over?

Certainly, George.

Rexy

Yes, sir.

I'm going across town for a few minutes

When Mrs Simon comes, tell her I'll be right back

All right, sir.

Good morning, Counsellor

Can't see you now, you'll have to wait

Yeah, all right, I'll call you back later

Well, George?

Listen, John, I'm in a bad spot

You know Francis Clark Baird, don't you?

Yeah

A cornerstone of the Union League

and they're going to break me

What do you mean he's got something on you?

Well, I once helped a kid out of a jam

by putting over a fake alibi

You what?

I'll tell you how it happened

A fellow named Breitstein had stolen

some money from a bathhouse locker

I'd known the kid and his family for years

I advised him to plead guilty

and get off with a couple of months

Then I discovered that Breitstein

was the fourth offender under conviction

and a life sentence

I didn't know what to do

Finally he said he could get a fellow

named Whitey Kushman to swear he was with him

at his house in Jamaica the day of the robbery

I couldn't refuse, John

I knew he'd go straight if I got him off, and he has too

I just couldn't see that kid get a life sentence

Just like a sucker I went into it

Breitstein was just in here

They can't do anything to him, of course

But they got me sewed up good and proper

This fellow Breitstein been squealing?

No, Kushman

He's doing a stretch up at Auburn

and he spilled the whole story to Baird

To Baird?

And Baird's promised to help him get a parole

And to top it off Breitstein just told me that

Whitey Kushman was in the hospital the day of the robbery

Gee!

Can you see what that does to me?

When Baird puts this thing before

the grievance committee,

I can kiss my career good bye,

they'll disbar me as sure as-

Disbarment, I don't think I could face it

No, George, I've got to get you out of it

Now give me some time to think about it, will you?

That's what I want you to do, John

Now I'll go over to the hospital and dig up those records

Who's calling, please?

Wilson and DeBurr?

One moment, please, I'll connect you

with Mr Weinberg

Hello, Bank of America?

Mr Grover, please

Simon and Tedesco calling

Mr Wilson?

One moment, please

Simon and Tedesco calling

Mr Wilson on the line

Come in

- Yes? - Excuse me, Mr Tedesco

What is it, Rexy?

I don't want to be inquisitive,

but I have this feeling that Mr Simon

is in some kind of trouble

Is he?

Trouble, no, he's not in any trouble

I know it's none of my business

and I shouldn't have asked

But I just wanted to tell you

if there's anything I can do

I guess Mr Simon knows that, Rexy

There's really nothing to worry about

Yes?

Thank you

Miss Gordon, will you have lunch with me today?

I can't, I have some shopping to do

You don't think up some clever excuses

Well, we can't all be clever, Mr Weinberg

It isn't necessary to be sarcastic, Miss Gordon

Really, Mr Weinberg!

I know what your opinion of me is

Oh, what's the use

I'll have to ask you to excuse me, I'm very busy

Oh, Bessie, get me the County Lawyers Association,

will you, please?

I'll get you a wire

How are you, Duchess?

How do you do, Mrs Simon?

How do you do, Bessie?

Hello, Dorothy, hello Richard

Mr Simon isn't in just now, Mrs Simon,

but I think he'll be back soon

But I can't understand his not being here

I'll tell Miss Gordon you're here

Good morning, Mrs Simon, good morning,

miss, good morning, young man

Good morning

Well, you sure are grown up the two of you

The last time I saw them, ma'am,

they were little bits of sugarplums

People always make such original remarks

about how big you're getting

What do they expect you to do, get smaller?

Oh, how do you do, Mrs Simon?

How do you do, Mr Tedesco?

Richard, Dorothy, this is Mr Tedesco

Hello, Dorothy, hello, Richard

How do you do?

Well, I didn't expect them to be so grown up

Alrighty

Mrs Simon, Miss Gordon said would you

kindly wait in Mr Simon's office?

Thank you

Do you mind if we wait out here, Mother?

Yes!

If you like, I shan't be long

Have a little patience, Harry,

he's coming soon

Goldie, Mr Tedesco wants you,

he's in the library

Goodness, are these the little Simon children?

I'm Richard Dwight Junior

And I'm Dorothy Dwight

Oh, I guess they still keep their father's name

But haven't they grown, though?

Well, you're both very nice-looking children

Good bye

Well, I suppose you'll be having lunch

with your father today

Our father lives in Washington

I mean Mr Simon

He's not our father

Good morning, Mr Darwin, I have those papers for you

Thank you

Thank you

Hello, Roy

Hello, Cora

I always seem to be running into you here

Well, I had a tiresome little business

matter to dispose of

How are you today?

You look a little disturbed

Oh, I am

Now George tells me he can't go to Europe

Oh, really?

Oh, some business matter or something has come up

But that's George for you

So impulsive and impetuous, but

Heavens, I don't know why I should

bore you with my troubles

But you know I'm interested

Funny, you know, I've been thinking

of going to Europe myself

- Have you, Roy? - Hm-hmm

Chiefly in the hope of running

into you somewhere, I confess

That would have been very nice

When would you be going if you did go?

Oh, in a week or ten days,

there's nothing to keep me here

Well, if you go to La Bodinais, be sure

and motor over to Dinard and St. Malo

Oh, um, would you mind getting me that magazine, please?

- This? - Yes, please

Thank you

Who's that?

Oh, some errand boy, or office boy, I guess

Would you like to be an errand boy?

Of course not, don't ask such silly questions!

Harry, what's the matter, Harry?

Be a good boy, sit down, he's coming soon

Will you have tea with me?

Oh, I can't today

Tomorrow

Well, I wasn't coming in

Why don't you drive out to the country

and have lunch with me?

Oh, I'd love to Is it all right?

Yes, I think so

Oh, hello, darling

I saw the car downstairs

Hello, Mr Darwin

Hello, George

I was just keeping Cora company

until you got back

I'm sorry to keep you waiting, darling

It doesn't matter

Roy, I wonder if you'd mind taking

the children to lunch

I don't like to have them sitting

out there so long

I don't think it's a very good atmosphere for them

Yes, I'd be delighted

Are the children here?

Wait, I'll have them come in

Don't bother, Roy will pick them up outside

I thought I'd like to say hello to them

Have my son and daughter come in

I don't have as much time to spend

with the children as I'd like to

Shall I take them to the Biltmore?

Yes, and I'll charge you there

Hello, strangers, I haven't seen you

for a month of Sundays

Hello

How's my young lady today?

Oh, I'm all right

Roy's going to take you to the Biltmore for lunch

Oh, why not the Ritz?

I like the Ritz much better

So do I

We can make it the Ritz just as well

All right, old dears, come along

Good bye

Good bye

Good bye

They get along pretty well with Mr Darwin, don't they?

I don't want to be disturbed now, Rexy

Put Charlie on a clad and leash

for the day, I want to see to him

Yes, sir

Well, darling, I'm afraid the European trip's off

But you were so certain only yesterday

that nothing could keep you from going

I know it, but

Darling, I'm in trouble

The worst trouble I've ever been in in my whole life

Why, what is it, George?

I'm threatened with disbarment

How perfectly awful

No, I don't think I'll go out to lunch today

Yeah, I know, but I think I'd better

give my stomach a rest

Oh, I'll just send out for a chocolate malted or something

Wait a minute

Hello? Yes, Miss Gordon, I'll tell him

just as soon as he comes in

I'm on my way to the Surrogate's Court and lunch

Did you hear what I said, Greta Garbo?

Yeah, I heard you, I heard you, go ahead

I can hardly bear to tear myself

away from you

Here's a little present for you

Say, quit it, will you, huh?

Aw, just a fresh mug in the office here,

putting things down my back

Yeah, I know, they never can keep their hands to themselves

Why, darling, I never would have had a night's sleep

if I'd let that boy go up the river for life

Of course I'm perfectly willing

to accept your explanation, but

Frankly there's something extremely distasteful to me

about the atmosphere of the whole thing

This association with thieves and perjurors,

and now this scandal

There will be a scandal, I'm sure

I'll try and spare you all I can, darling

How am I going to face my friends,

what are they going to say?

Do they mean more to you than I do?

Oh, that isn't the point

It's something deeply vital to you

Your career, your reputation and all the rest of it

But what am I to do?

Flutter about pathetically in the background

in an atmosphere of scandal and recrimination?

No No, I can't

The best thing for me to do is to go to Europe as I planned

If this thing blows over, and let's hope it will,

you can join me abroad later

You mean you're going to walk out on me?

That's very unfair of you, George

That implies I'm deserting you when you

need me and you know that isn't so

Well it was just at a time like this that I thought

I'd like to have you around, that's all

Well, isn't that a little bit selfish, George?

I assure you that if I could see how giving up my trip

could possibly help you out of your difficulty,

I'd do it in a minute

But you know it couldn't

Yes, sure, forget about it, darling,

it was just a foolish idea of mine,

you're perfectly right

I'll have to fight this thing

out by myself

Well, if you think of any way in which I can be helpful-

- I'll let you know, thanks, darling

Well, I really must run now

Dorothy and I are due at the hairdresser's at two

Au revoir, George

And I do hope everything's going to be all right

We'll see

Good bye, darling

Well, the first thing you know it all ended

up in a terrible fight

Wait a minute, Gracie

Say, Charlie, Mr Simon wants you right away

Hello, Gracie

Yeah, that's the whole trouble

As soon as he gets a couple

of drinks in him, he gets nasty

Come in

Excuse me, chief Bessie says you was asking for me

Yeah, say, listen, Charlie

Come in, come in

Listen, there's a lawyer by the name of Francis Clark Baird

Sure, I know him

Well, I want you to see what you can find out about him

You want him shadowed, is that it?

I want to know just how he spends his time,

who his friends are and where he goes nights

I get you, chief

All right, get right on the job, Charlie

Spend whatever's necessary and keep it under your hat

Leave it to me, chief, mum's the word

Shine 'em up, boss?

- Not now, Joe - After lunch?

Oh, wait a minute, come on in

You might as well do it now

Sure, boss

Do you want to see Mrs Becker

and her son now?

Are they still here?

Tell them to come back tomorrow

They've been waiting a long time

All right, I'll see them

Oh, wait a minute!

Just have the boy come in

I can talk to him better if he hasn't got

his mother here to sympathize with him

Hey, boss, I hear you're going to take a nice little trip

Yeah, sure

And you're going to take the missus along too, huh?

Oh, I guess, come on, Joe,

make it snappy, will you?

Yes, boss

Sit down, Becker

And listen to what I got to say

Hm, they did beat you up, didn't they?

Are you badly hurt?

I'm alright

Well, maybe this will be a lesson to you

The only reason I'm helping you is not

because I have any sympathy for you,

I think you're just a silly kid

But I've known your mother ever since

you were wearing diapers

She's a good, honest, hard-working woman,

that's why I'm doing this, understand?

Well, what's the matter, can't you talk?

You can talk plenty in Union Square

I can talk when there's need to talk

I'm glad to hear it

Now listen

I spoke with the assistant district attorney

He's agreed to accept a plea of guilty

and ask the court to give you a suspended sentence

That means you're all right as long

as you keep your mouth shut

I won't plead guilty and I won't keep my mouth shut!

Oh, you won't, won't you?

As long as I'm representing you, you'll

be guided by my advice, understand?

I never asked you to represent me

That's a fine way to talk to me, isn't it?

You know that I put up bail for you out of my own pocket?

Oh, I care Keep your charity for your parasites

Here, what the

Come on, Joe, get out of here

Good bye, boss

All right, now that you haven't got an audience,

let's cut off the soap-box stuff,

I know just how you feel about it

I'm used to making grandstand

plays for my juries myself

Now, you gotta promise me to keep

quiet with this communistic talk

Listen, Simon, you can't make me keep quiet

If the cossacks wanna beat me up, let them do it

What do you mean cossacks, this is America, not Russia

It's worse than Russia ever was under the czar

What do you know about Russia under the czar,

were you ever there?

I was born in a steerage

Yeah?

Well, you got better meals coming over than I did

You know what's the matter with you,

you're very young and you got a lot of crazy ideas

Now, I'm gonna give you some good, practical advice

I don't want your advice, your help, or your friendship

You and I have nothing in common

I'm on one side of the class war

and you're on the other

Oh, stop talking like an idiot

Do you think I was born with a silver spoon in my mouth?

I began life in the same gutter that you did

Why, you wouldn't have the guts to go through one tenth

of what I went through to get where I am

You and your cossacks and your class wars

Do you think I don't know what it means

to sweat and freeze and go hungry?

Don't come around me with any of that

half-baked communistic bull and expect me to fall for it

Oh, shut up, Simon!

How did you get where you are?

I'll tell you

By betraying your own class, that's how

By climbing on the backs of the working class, that's how

Getting in right with bourgeois politicians

and crooked corporations that feed on

the blood and the sweat of the workers!

That's enough!

No, it's not enough!

I'm going to tell you what you are, Counsellor Simon,

sitting here in your Fifth Avenue office

with a bootblack at your feet and a lot of

white-collar slaves running your errands for you

You're a renegade and a cheap prostitute,

that's what you are!

You and your cars, and your country estate,

and your kept parasite of a wife!

Shut up!

No, I won't shut up!

I'll say it again!

Your kept parasite of a wife

and her two pampered brats!

That's enough!

Go on, hit me!

Beat me up I'm used to it

I like it

I'd like to be beaten up by comrade Simon

of the working class, who sits rolling in wealth and luxury

while millions of us brothers starve!

You dirty traitor, you!

- Mr Simon - Yeah?

It's time to leave

Your luncheon appointment with Senator Wells

Oh, yeah

Time to leave

Excuse me, Mr Simon

What is it?

Is there anything wrong?

Of course not, why should there

be anything wrong?

Because if there were anything I could do

You can mind your own business,

that's what you could do

Simon and Tedesco

Who's calling, please?

Oh, yes, Mrs Simon

No, ma'am, he hasn't come back

from Washington yet, I'll connect you with Miss Gordon

Mrs Simon calling Miss Gordon

Alrighty, go ahead

Bessie, is Mr Simon busy?

He's been out of town, Charlie,

but Miss Gordon's expecting him soon

Well, let me know the minute he gets here

Okay

Well, he may have gone right from

Pennsylvania Station to the pier

No, I haven't heard from him all day,

but I know he's planning to see you off

How soon will you be at

the pier, Mrs Simon?

And you sail at six

All right, I'll tell him

Good bye Oh, I hope you have

a pleasant trip

I hope you fall overboard

Come in

Simon and Tedesco

Mr Simon is out of town

I don't know, but do you want

to talk to Miss Gordon?

Alrighty, go ahead

Hello?

Hello, one moment, please

May be reached Monday

Hello, George

Run along, Goldie,

I'll give you the rest later

Well?

Well, Pete Malone and I just got back from Washington

Did you see his nibs?

Sure, we saw him

He's not going to do anything about it, John

He's not? Yellow mutt

Did you tell him if it hadn't been for you,

he wouldn't be where he is today?

Don't you know whenever you give

anybody a helping hand,

he always turns around and kicks

you in the pants?

Yeah? Oh, just a minute

Rexy wants to talk to you, George

Yeah?

Oh, she's on her way to the steamer,

but I don't think she'll be there for a half hour yet

Have a taxi ready for me in about 15 minutes

Oh, did you arrange about

the books and flowers?

Fresh flowers every day,

did they understand that?

Yeah, that's all

No, John, there's not a chance-

- You're not licked yet, George

You've got to-

- I don't believe in kidding myself

Between us we've done we've tried

everything that could be tried

And now I'm licked, I'm finished,

through, kaput

I'm about ready to quit anyway

Why shouldn't I?

Why shouldn't I thumb my nose at the whole

lot of them and walk right out of here?

You're crazy!

Why am I crazy?

Let them disbar me, what do I care?

I'll spend the rest of my life enjoying myself

You'd be sick of it in a year

Why would I?

The world's a big place

When I get tired of sightseeing,

I could settle down somewhere

Get out in the sun a lot

I could take up golf maybe

Probably be the best thing in the

Aw, you're right, John, a year?

I'd go nuts in six months

Forget all about that, will you, George?

What am I going to do, John?

How am I going to spend the rest of my life?

I'm no golf player, and I don't know

an ace from a king

I don't even know how to get drunk

All I know is work

Take work away from me and what am I?

A car without a motor

A living corpse

Now listen, take my advice and get some sleep tonight

Why don't you lie down and take a nap now?

No, I gotta go down to the boat say good bye to Cora

It's pretty hard on her, John

A woman with her background

married to a lawyer who gets himself kicked out

of his profession

- George - What?

I know, old man, thanks

Who is calling, please?

Good afternoon

Mr Weinberg, Surrogate Court calling you

All right, I'll take it in the library

One moment, please, I'll connect you with Mr Weinberg

Time for me to leave?

No, you still have a few minutes

Do you want to go over your mail?

- No, let it wait - Yes?

Charlie McFadden wants to see you about something

I don't want to see him now

- Not now, Bessie - Alrighty

No, Charlie, you can't see him now

But I got to see him

I'm just telling you what Miss Gordon said

But, I

Mr Fisherman called up and said he sold

your Golf Coast Utilities at 28 and a quarter

Twenty-eight and a quarter?

That's 12 points profit

Tell Mr Tedesco he's made $10,000

Anything else?

No, I put off everything else

Oh, Mr Simon

Well?

I called up the Bellevue Hospital to inquire

about that young communist, Harry Becker

Oh, how's he getting along?

He died early this morning of a cerebral hemorrhage

He died?

It's awful, isn't it?

That's terrible

Listen, Rexy, I'll tell you what I want you to do

Arrange to have me pay for the funeral

Oh, and send his mother a check for $500

What do you know about that?

Dead

A young boy like that

Well, maybe he's better off

In his own eyes he died a hero

and a martyr to a cause

That's better than living to be old

and ending your days in disgrace

What are you crying about

Nothing

He's better offwhere he is

I'm not crying about him

What are you crying about?

What's the matter with you lately?

There's nothing the matter with me

Don't you feel well?

Yes, of course I do

Perhaps you've been working to hard

Maybe you need a little vacation

No, no, I don't need a vacation

I'll be going away soon myself

You got a good, long rest

I don't want to rest

I'll get a cab for you now

Wait a minute

Hello?

Alrighty

Hello, doorman, hold a cab for Mr Simon

Say, that was nothing

Can you imagine what happened to me the other day?

Well, I was on the way to the office, see,

and a man jumped out of about the 12th-story window

almost right in front of my eyes

Yeah

Mr Bellini, please, Mr Tedesco calling

Mr Bellini? One moment, please,

Mr Tedesco calling

Mr Bellini, Mr Tedesco, alrighty,

go ahead

Now, Charlie

Excuse me, chief, can I see you for a minute?

Not now, I told you

I've got some news for you

What kind of news

About our friend down the street

What do you mean, Baird?

That's him

Found out something about him?

I'll say I have

What is it, Charlie, what is it?

He's leading a double life

What do you mean he's leading a double life?

Wait till I tell you, chief

You remember me telling you the other day

how I found out he was always making

business trips to Philadelphia?

Well?

Yesterday, off he goes to Pennsylvania Station

and boards a train for Philly with me right behind him

But he gets out there at the station, he hops a taxi,

I hears him tell the driver Germantown

So I grabs another hack and tells the driver to follow him

Well, we're going along great

But all of a sudden we get into a traffic jam

and by the time they get it straightened out, we loses him

Is that all?

My, no, that's just the beginning

Well, go ahead, go ahead

Well, I goes back to the station,

hangs around, waiting to see when the other cab's

going to come back again

After waiting about three hours,

sure enough, back it comes

Was Baird in it?

No, sir, he wasn't

Well, go on!

Well, I gets talking to the driver of the cab,

I asks him if he remembers taking a party out to Germantown,

he says he does and he thinks the address

was Sycamore Drive

But he can't remember the number

Well?

Excuse me, Mr Simon, the taxi is waiting

Tell him to wait

Go ahead, Charlie

Well, he takes me off to Sycamore Drive,

but he can't remember just which house it is

So I starts getting acquainted and asking

a few questions around

It's kind of a quiet family neighborhood

with mostly one- or two-family hou-

- What did you find out, Charlie,

what did you find out?

Well, I asked them if there was any gentleman

came around calling answering to the description

of our friend Mr Baird

Why, yes, says a fellow that runs

a little cigar store there

That sounds like the uncle of little

Mrs Allen over at 1217

She's a poor little widow woman,

and all the kindred kin she has

in the whole world is an old uncle from Pittsburgh

that comes to see her

Pittsburgh?

According to this fellow

Go ahead, go ahead

So I strolls over to 1217, and it's dark by now

And I looks into the window

And there sits the little widow, sitting,

having supper with a kid

A pretty little youngster he is, too

Was Baird there?

No, sir, he wasn't

Well, what the

What is all this?

Wait a minute, chief

I ain't done yet

Go on, go on!

So I says to meself, that little lady

don't look like no niece to me

And as for the kid, he's the spitting

image of old man Baird

Do you call that evidence?

No, sir

Go on, Charlie

Well, I hangs around

But there's nothing to be done until everybody's in bed

So I goes away and I has a feeling

And I takes in a movie

And along about 2 o'clock in the morning,

I go back to 1217 and take a look inside the house

What do you mean, you broke into the house?

I wouldn't want to admit that, chief

What did you do a thing like that for?

Don't worry about it, chief, it was an easy job

I ain't as much out of practice as I thought I'd be

Well, what did you find out?

Well, I figured there'd be letters from him

And there was

You mean

You mean you found letters from Baird to this woman?

Yes, sir, a whole stack of them

Where are they, what did they say?

They're right here

And they're all about how much he loves her,

and about how she don't have to worry about her future

or the kid's future if you just keep mum

Holy

Why, this is a clear admission of the paternity

of the child!

And here's his picture and the kid's picture

taken together

It was in a frame on her dresser

I didn't think you'd want the frame

It was sort of a big fancy leather-

- Young Frankie!

So that's what the old bird's been up to, eh?

Is that what you wanted, chief?

Sure, this is worth a million dollars to me!

Only you were a darn fool to go

break into that house

Oh, it was the least I could do for you, chief,

after all you've done for me

Young Frankie!

So that's how the Pilgrim Fathers signed their love letters!

Mr Simon, you really should go now

No, I can't go now

Get me Francis Clark Baird on the phone right away

If you don't need me now, chief,

I'll be going on home

I didn't get much sleep last night

All right, Charlie, go ahead

Come in and see me in the morning

What was that address, Sycamore Drive?

1217

Keep it under your hat

Oh, I've given my word

Mr Baird is busy and can't be disturbed

- Is that his secretary? - Yes, sir

Hold her there, I want to talk to her

Hello, Mr Baird's secretary?

This Mr Simon speaking, Mr George Simon

Mr Baird's busy, he can't be disturbed?

I see

Well, will you take a message for him, please?

Thanks

Tell him a client of mine is very much interested

in the property at 1217 Sycamore Drive, Germantown

No, Germantown

Yes, Germantown, Pennsylvania

Yes, that's right

I'll be here for half an hour if he wants

to call back, thank you!

Rexy, if he calls up, put him right on

John!

Come right in, I got some hot news!

But Mrs Simon's boat sails at six

Listen, Rexy, call up the French Line pier

and tell them to connect you with the steamer

Get a hold of Mrs Simon and tell her

Forget all about that

Take this note

"Darling, don't sail "

I may be able to sail with you myself

in three or four days

Phone me the instant you get this and

have your luggage taken off the boat

"Hastily, and happily" Get that right out

and send it by a messenger in a taxi cab

Wait a minute!

Get Charlie McFadden to take it

He can help Mrs Simon off the boat

and with her luggage

Young Frankie!

John! I got him, I got him just where I want him,

the old son of a

Look at that! Look at Papa!

Come in

Was you asking for me, Miss Gordon?

Yes, yes, take this down to the French Line pier,

give this to Mrs Simon personally and help her

off the boat with her baggage

You don't have a minute to spare

Oh, don't worry yourself about me,

I'll make it to the boat All right

Simon and Tedesco

For Mr Weinberg, right

I'd like to see Mr Simon, please

Look at this

Look at this one

Excuse me, Mr Baird, Mr Simon

Oh, I'll talk to him

No, he's outside

What do you mean, he's there in the office?

Yes, sir

Hello? Alrighty

Mr Simon's busy just now, Mr Baird,

but if you'd care to sit down and wait,

he'll see you in just a little while

Well, is he likely to be busy long?

He didn't say, but I don't think he'll be long

Well, I'll wait

I'm going for the day

Good night Good night, Goldie

Hello, Henry?

Say, listen, Henry, will you take

the board like a nice boy?

I've got some shopping to do

before the stores close

Aw, come on, I'll do something

nice for you some day

Thanks, Henry, you're a nice kid

Oh, how do you do, Mr Baird?

How do you do?

I guess you don't remember me,

I'm Mr Simon's partner, John Tedesco

Oh, yes, yes, of course

Tell me, do you think Mr Simon will be free soon?

Why, I really couldn't say

Does he know you're here?

Yes, he does

That is, I assume he does

Oh, yes he does, Mr Tedesco

Oh, he does?

Well, then I'm sure he'll see you soon

Well, glad to have seen you again,

Mr Baird, good bye

Oh, Henry, come ahead, will you,

I gotta go!

Yes, what about me, when do I get home?

Oh, they'll all be going home

in a few minutes

Oh, there's some chocolate there

if you want to

I don't want no chocolate

Mr Baird, Mr Simon will see you now

Thank you

It's the first door to the right

Thank you!

Come in

Henry, when Mrs Simon calls, put her on my wire

- Yes, ma'am - Miss Gordon

Are you going up on the el tonight?

No, I'm not

Well, good night

Going for the day, Mr Weinberg?

- Yes - Good night

Wait a minute, Cleopatra

I can't, I'm in a hurry

Well, can't my chauffeur drop

you somewhere?

Say, quit it, will ya?

Can't you keep your hands to yourself?

Good night, Oswald

Oh, if Peggy Joyce calls me, I can

be reached in my box at the opera

Good evening, Mrs Simon

Good evening, is my son still here?

I think there's somebody in there with him

Oh, that's alright, I can wait,

I got plenty time

But I'll tell Miss Gordon you're here

All right

Hello, Miss Gordon, Mr Simon's mother is here

Thank you

Are you going to be a lawyer too?

Oh, I don't know

My son began just like you

When he was 13 years old he was

office boy for $4 a week

Four dollars?

Gee, I started with 12 and I'm getting 15 now

Yes, $4 he started with, and today

he's the biggest lawyer in New York

- Gee - Hello, Mrs Simon

Hello, Miss Gordon

I can't disturb Mr Simon now,

but I don't think he'll be very long

That's alright Miss Gordon,

he's feeling alright, is he?

Yes, as far as I know

Over the telephone he sounded so blue,

I was worried about him

Well, if there's anything wrong,

he hasn't told me

After you, Mr Baird

Thank you

Not at all

Hello, Mama, what are you doing here?

Hi, Georgie

Oh, Mr Baird, I want you to meet my mother

How do you do, Mrs Simon?

She's a regular old shrew, Mr Baird,

if I don't behave myself,

she comes after me with a rolling pin

Now, Georgie, how can you talk such foolishness?

Will you pardon me, I really must be going

All right, Mr Baird, thanks for coming

Why don't you drop in some time

and have lunch with me?

Thank you, good day, Mrs Simon

- Good bye - Good day

There's my pal

Francis Clark Baird!

One of the finest, handsomest,

blue-blooded stuffed-shirts I ever met in my life

What's the matter with you, Georgie?

I'm just feeling good, Mama,

I never felt so good in my life!

How about a little dance

Come on, lady, give me a dance

Now, Georgie, Georgie, are you verklempt?

Fine dancer you are

Geo-

- Go on, kid, I don't want you anymore

But you're expecting a call from Mrs Simon

That's all right, I'll take the call myself

Go on, beat it

Yes, sir

And here!

Blow yourself to the ballgame Sunday

Gee, thanks, Mr Simon

Good night, Mr Simon

Good night Go on home

Oh, I'm in no hurry

Go on home, I said!

Oh, good night, Mrs Simon

Good night, Miss Gordon

Georgie, why do you act crazy?

I just feel good, I tell

Can't I feel good if I want to?

Yes, I'm, glad you're feeling good, but

Gee, that's a swell hat, is that a new hat?

Yes, of course, two years ago it was new

I never saw

Wait a minute!

That must be Cora now

Hello, hello, darling

Listen, darling, I've got some wonderful news

You know, the Baird matter, it's over and fixed up

I knew you would be

You're off the boat all right?

You only got ten minutes?

Didn't you get my note?

I know, I told you I could sail with you

in three or four days

I know, but you can get off

the boat in time

We'll have a little celebration tonight,

just the two of us

What do you mean, you don't want to?

Oh, I see

Oh, sure, I wouldn't want you to do anything unreasonable

No, it's all right

No, no, it's all right

Well, have a wonderful trip

Good bye

Georgie

What is it, Mama, what do you want?

Something is wrong, Georgie, tell me

I told you, there's nothing wrong!

Maybe I can help you

You can help me by going home,

that's how you can help

All right, if you want me to go, I'll go

Good bye, Georgie

And please, take care of yourself

Good bye, Mama, stop worrying about me,

will you, I'm all right

What are you doing here,

I told you to go home

I just wanted to make sure there was

nothing else you wanted

No, there isn't

I want you to go home

Yes, sir

- Good night - Good night

Hello, 9246?

I want to speak to Mr Roy Darwin, please

Oh, is that so?

When did he sail?

At six o'clock this evening, you mean?

I see

Hello, just a minute

Do you happen to know what boat he's sailing on?

Thank you

Oh, hello, George

Well, is everything all right?

What's the matter?

I thought everybody had gone

Sure, everything's all right

Well, I'm happy about it

You must be like a new man

Yeah, I do I feel fine

Well, I'm sure glad it's all over

Did you get Cora?

No, I couldn't get her

Then she sailed That's too bad

Yeah, she sailed, I couldn't get her

Well, you can send her a radiogram

That's what I'm going to do,

send her a radiogram

You look all in, George

Come on, let me take you home

No, thanks old man, I got a couple of things

to do before I leave

Well, I'll see you in the morning

- Yeah - Good night

Good night

What do you want?

Didn't I tell you to go home?

You've been spying on me,

that's what you've been doing!

I have not

Stop lying, what do you mean by spying on me?

I met Mr Tedesco in the hall, he said you

were still here, I was so worried

Oh, my God!

Oh, shut up!

Get out or I'll break your g...

Answer that thing Can't you even

answer that phone?

Hello?

Yes

Yes, I'll see if he's still here

Who's calling, please?

It's Mr Theodore Wingdale, the president

of the American Steel Company

Tell him to go to the devil

Shall I say you're not in?

I don't care what you say

I'm afraid he's gone, Mr. Wingdale

Well, just a moment

He says it's a matter of life and death

Oh, tell him

Is that Wingdale himself?

Yes, sir

Well, tell him

Oh I'll talk to him myself

Hello, Mr. Wingdale?

George Simon speaking

Yes, she just got me as I was

walking in the elevator

What's the trouble?

Huh?

Is that so?

Yes

Have the police been there?

Don't make any statement and don't

let the boy do any talking either

I'll be up there in about an hour

Wait a minute

Wait till I get that address

Turn on the lights, Rexy

All right, go ahead, Mr. Wingdale

Positive?

Yeah I got it

I'll be up there before eight

Oh, wait a minute!

You haven't consulted any other

lawyer about this, have you?

All right, don't mention it

Good bye

That was Wingdale!

President of the American Steel Company

His son had a quarrel with his wife

this afternoon and shot her dead!

Can you imagine what a case that's

gonna be? It's gonna knock

Come on! We gotta get on the job

Are you ready?

Yes, sir!

We'll grab a sandwich on the way up now!

Hey, wait a minute, going down!

I forgot my hat, never mind

Come on, listen!

As soon as we get to the house

this is what you got to remember