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00:02:29Oh, hello, Ronnie. What'll you have?
00:02:37Try a martini, please. Haven't those girls arrived yet?
00:02:40Not yet. Who cares?
00:02:41Come on, let's sit down over here.
00:02:44Look, Ronnie.
00:02:45I got your note, but I'm blown if I'll lend you a thousand pounds.
00:02:48Oh, never mind about that.
00:02:49I shouldn't have asked you, really, but you know how broke I am and you're rolling.
00:02:52No, it's not a question of whether or not I can afford it.
00:02:54The point is, it's too easy to lose one's friend, that way.
00:02:57No, well, let's forget it, shall we?
00:02:58I shouldn't like anything to spoil our friendship.
00:03:00Oh, don't let's talk about money anyway, Ronnie. I'm an ill man.
00:03:02Oh!
00:03:03No, I'm not kidding. It's on the level. There's something wrong with me.
00:03:07Oh, well, if you're really feeling ill, why don't you let Sir James Allroyd have a look at you?
00:03:10Oh, sir James Allroyd.
00:03:12He's a bit of a crank. He'll charge you 20 guineas. He's the best diagnostician there is.
00:03:15Oh, no, no, no. He's what?
00:03:17Don't ask me to repeat that. Anyway, he'll tell you what's the matter with you.
00:03:21He's the best doctor in London.
00:03:34Oh, snap out of it, public misery number one.
00:03:37Come on, let's go and eat.
00:03:38Yes, I'm hungry.
00:03:40All right. Here you are.
00:03:43Thank you, Mr. Fitzgerald.
00:03:44Well, if everyone's been admiring my braces, please help me.
00:04:14Be a ritz. That won't do it any good.
00:04:27All that woman needs is to sack five of her seven servants and do six hours housework a day for three months.
00:04:32I'm afraid you'll break out some day and tell one of them the truth.
00:04:53Lord Roberts, please.
00:04:54Just a moment.
00:05:02What is the matter here? My name is Bliss, Ernest Bliss. I had an appointment before 11 o'clock.
00:05:06I'm sorry, Mr. Bliss, but you were half an hour late.
00:05:16Sir James will see you now, Mr. Bliss.
00:05:18Rather difficult man to see, aren't you, Sir James?
00:05:32Not for those who are punctual.
00:05:36Any other complaints?
00:05:37Do you think I'd have waited an hour and a half if I hadn't?
00:05:40No, forget about that.
00:05:42What do you think's the matter with you?
00:05:43I don't know. That's why I came to see you.
00:05:45I can't eat. I can't sleep. I'm nervous.
00:05:50I never do anything and I'm always tired.
00:05:52Yeah.
00:05:53Well, just take off your shirt and lie down on that couch.
00:05:56There's nothing wrong with your blood pressure.
00:05:59Your muscles are a bit flabby, but your heart's quite sound.
00:06:03Well, then what's the matter with me?
00:06:05Money.
00:06:06Money? That's not an illness.
00:06:08Hmm.
00:06:12In your case, it's a disease.
00:06:13Most people break down through overwork.
00:06:17Yours is caused by self-indulgence.
00:06:20Really?
00:06:21Is that so?
00:06:24You know, your father was a clever man.
00:06:26What are you looking for?
00:06:27My tie.
00:06:27You've got it on.
00:06:29Oh.
00:06:30But he made a big mistake when he left you two million pounds to play the fool with.
00:06:35Believe it or not, Sir James, I'm paying you 20 guineas to give me medical advice, not a lecture.
00:06:39My advice should be worth 50,000 pounds to you.
00:06:45I suppose I'm getting a bargain for 20, eh?
00:06:47Certainly, if you take it.
00:06:49What makes you think I wouldn't?
00:06:50No patient of mine in Harley Street ever has.
00:06:55Hmm.
00:06:56Sounds interesting.
00:06:57What is it?
00:07:01Well.
00:07:04Disappear for a time.
00:07:07Earn your own living.
00:07:08Live on a few pounds a week if you can make them.
00:07:11If not, go hungry.
00:07:13Do that for a year and I guarantee it'll make you fit.
00:07:17That's rather a tall order.
00:07:19Of course, a certain amount of moral stamina would be needed.
00:07:23Now, you think I've no stamina, eh?
00:07:27Well, no heart, Phil.
00:07:29Good morning.
00:07:29Good morning, Mr. Bliss.
00:07:37You don't seem to like me.
00:07:38A medical man's time is limited.
00:07:40Besides, there's so much genuine suffering in the world that money would alleviate.
00:07:44If you'd visit my clinic in the East End, if you can spare the time.
00:07:48I'm being unprofessionally rude, perhaps, because of the fifth patient I've had here this morning,
00:07:53suffering from the same complaint.
00:07:54Too much money.
00:07:56Look here, Sir James.
00:07:57You just refuse to shake hands with me.
00:08:00All right, I'll make you an offer.
00:08:01Your clinic needs money.
00:08:03I'll bet you that 50,000 pounds you say your advice is worth against an apology and an honest handshake
00:08:09that I can take your advice and follow it to the letter.
00:08:13That should be quite a simple matter for you.
00:08:15Your bookmaker, your gunsmith, even your tobogganist might find you a job of a few pounds a week.
00:08:21Not at all.
00:08:22I'll set out with only five pounds.
00:08:24And without driving the slightest benefit from my name, money, or present position,
00:08:28I'll earn my living for a year.
00:08:31And if I do touch my own money, for my own use,
00:08:34you get 50,000 pounds.
00:08:36Big words, Mr. Bliss.
00:08:38Big promises.
00:08:40But I'm afraid I can't take them seriously.
00:08:43From you.
00:08:47Before you gave me that look, there was a sporting chance you'd win.
00:08:50Now you're having a hope.
00:08:54Then the bet is off.
00:08:56No, the bet's on and I'm going through.
00:08:58Which is it?
00:08:59Left.
00:09:00Oh.
00:09:20Here we are, Claude.
00:09:25Better take those heavy shoes along.
00:09:26Might have to do a lot of walking.
00:09:28Yes.
00:09:29I think it's about all now.
00:09:30I won't need these.
00:09:32No, sir.
00:09:35Tell me something, Claude.
00:09:36Is it true that the hardest job in the world is doing nothing?
00:09:39Yes, sir.
00:09:41Well, I'm afraid that's going to be your job for the next 12 months.
00:09:44Yes, sir.
00:09:4512 months?
00:09:46Then where do I send your trunks?
00:09:48Trunks?
00:09:48No, all I need is in their bag.
00:09:51Yes.
00:09:52For 12 months?
00:09:53Yes, sir.
00:09:54Yes.
00:09:57But of course, your dress clothes.
00:09:58No, I won't have any use for them.
00:10:00Oh.
00:10:02I'd better take a look around, see if I've forgotten anything.
00:10:04Yes.
00:10:09Oh, Claude.
00:10:10Sir?
00:10:11These Lyon-Yager cigars, keep them in condition, will you?
00:10:13They're the last of their crop.
00:10:15Yes, sir.
00:10:15Oh, and the wine.
00:10:17Especially the 84 port.
00:10:18I don't want that touched.
00:10:19Yes, sir.
00:10:25Your pocketbook, sir.
00:10:26Oh, yeah.
00:10:27Wait a minute.
00:10:30Now, look, Claude.
00:10:30What is this?
00:10:32I found notes, sir.
00:10:33Right.
00:10:34Now, you're a witness that this is all the money I'm taking with me, aren't you?
00:10:37Yes, sir.
00:10:38Fine.
00:10:38And your chickens.
00:10:40Oh, no.
00:10:41No, I won't need that for a year.
00:10:42At least, I hope not.
00:10:43Now, put it in the desk drawer.
00:10:45No, no.
00:10:45Don't bother now.
00:10:46If the bag's ready, take it downstairs and fetch me.
00:10:48No, no.
00:10:49Don't worry.
00:10:50I'll do it myself.
00:10:51I'd better start now.
00:10:53Oh, and, Claude, refer all letters and inquiries to Mr. Crawling.
00:10:57And I'll see you back here a year from now.
00:10:59And I hope you won't be as bored doing nothing as I've been.
00:11:02What exactly are you going to do, sir?
00:11:05Oh, that's exactly what I don't know.
00:11:09Well, goodbye, Claude.
00:12:40You've been out of work, and you know in me a bit.
00:12:47Well, we pay some rent, Mrs. East.
00:12:50And if we can't get Bliss's room, we lose.
00:12:53You can't turn round in here.
00:12:55I can't turn him out into the street, Mrs. Matthews.
00:13:05Oh, hello, Mrs. East.
00:13:17Oh, hello, Mrs. East.
00:13:31You're feeling very tired, my dear.
00:13:34Like a cup of tea.
00:13:36Haven't you anything else to say to me, Mrs. East?
00:13:38Oh, I'm afraid you overheard.
00:13:39Oh, I'm afraid you overheard.
00:13:42But don't let it worry you.
00:13:45Well, uh...
00:13:46Well, thanks for the mending.
00:13:48It's absolutely professional.
00:13:52They're good tenants, aren't they?
00:13:54Best I've got.
00:13:55Yes.
00:13:56Yes, I haven't paid my rent for two weeks.
00:13:58Not another word.
00:14:00If they go, they go.
00:14:03Well, that's all right, but you need the money.
00:14:06Never mind that.
00:14:08There's them that can pay, and them that can't.
00:14:11And I knows one thing's other.
00:14:14That's right, I know.
00:14:15Come on.
00:14:16Come on.
00:14:19Come on.
00:14:20Good.
00:14:21Good.
00:14:22You're welcome.
00:14:23Come on.
00:14:24Welcome.
00:14:25Good.
00:14:27Good.
00:14:28Good.
00:14:29Good.
00:14:31Good.
00:14:32Good.
00:14:33Good.
00:14:35Good.
00:14:36So, young man, do you want to sell my alpha stones?
00:14:39That's right, sir?
00:14:40Ms. Clayton, bring me that pile of applications for this job, please.
00:14:46Yes, Mr. Masters.
00:14:50Oh, Mr. Masters, why bother going through all those?
00:14:52After all, I'm here on the spot.
00:14:55And believe me, Mr. Masters, this is the first time in my life I've been without a job.
00:15:00You've been very lucky.
00:15:02But have you ever had one?
00:15:04Now, young man, 27 applications from travelers of experience.
00:15:13Why should I chuck all these and engage you?
00:15:15Well, look, Mr. Masters, let me tell you the truth.
00:15:21I've been walking around for weeks trying to get a job.
00:15:23If I don't get one soon, I'll starve.
00:15:25I've got to get this one.
00:15:31Oh, say, I got the job.
00:15:32I was afraid you would.
00:15:34Mr. Masters can't say no to anyone.
00:15:36Afraid I would.
00:15:37Say, I can sell stoves.
00:15:40What's your name?
00:15:42Oh, Ernest Bliss.
00:15:44What's yours?
00:15:46Clayton.
00:15:48Start tomorrow, April 21st.
00:15:535% on all sales and 2 pounds a week salary, Mr. Bliss.
00:16:01Bring any orders to me and come to me before you await you.
00:16:03Thanks.
00:16:04Now, here's some catalogs and full details of the office store.
00:16:07Fine.
00:16:07Some price lists.
00:16:09And here's your order book.
00:16:11My what?
00:16:12Your order book.
00:16:14Oh, order book, yes.
00:16:16Oh, you don't think much of me now, but you'll be surprised when I get started.
00:16:21Goodbye, Miss Clayton.
00:16:22Goodbye, Miss Clayton.
00:16:23Goodbye, Miss Clayton.
00:16:23Goodbye, Miss Clayton.
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00:16:41THE END
00:17:11Still empty.
00:17:25So you haven't got started yet.
00:17:29Oh, I know, Miss Clayton.
00:17:31But in the past three weeks, I've tried dozens of firms.
00:17:36And there's always some reason for not buying it.
00:17:37Either the stove is too large or it's too small, or the price is too high or it isn't advertised enough.
00:17:43Or, oh, well, maybe I'm just a rotten salesman.
00:17:48I believe in the stove.
00:17:50It's a good stove.
00:17:51My luck will change.
00:17:52You look very tired.
00:17:54Let me make you a cup of tea.
00:17:58That's awfully kind of you.
00:18:00I thought you didn't like me.
00:18:01Business has nothing to do with personal feelings.
00:18:06May I help you?
00:18:14I'm worried about Mr. Masters.
00:18:16His life savings are in the stove.
00:18:19Oh, bad as all that, huh?
00:18:20Yes, we'll have to close down shortly.
00:18:22Oh, I'm sorry.
00:18:24I feel sort of partly to blame, you know.
00:18:26Oh, you mustn't say that.
00:18:28You did your best.
00:18:31What do you do now?
00:18:32Do you live with your parents?
00:18:34No, my mother and sister live up north.
00:18:36I stay at a girls' club.
00:18:38Pretty rotten life for you, isn't it, being cooped up in an office like this?
00:18:41Oh, it hasn't been so bad.
00:18:43At least I've had my job.
00:18:45So you have it to hold on to.
00:18:47Well, if I don't get another quickly, I'll have to start hinting to my friends that I need free meals.
00:18:53Well, that isn't so good, isn't it?
00:18:57Free meals?
00:18:58Yes, if I can get any.
00:18:59Wait, that gives me an idea.
00:19:02500 pounds.
00:19:04Right.
00:19:05So this means that Aldroyd gets his 50,000 pounds.
00:19:09What?
00:19:10Because you've lost your bet.
00:19:11Oh, after all I've been through for the past four weeks, do you think I'm going to quit now?
00:19:14Well, the bet was that you'd live on what you could earn yourself without using your own money.
00:19:19Yes.
00:19:21For my own benefit.
00:19:22That was the bet.
00:19:23I'm not touching this.
00:19:25It's for someone else.
00:19:27Look.
00:19:28Here's what I have left from my last week's wages.
00:19:31And here's what I'm living on.
00:19:32Good heavens.
00:19:34Yes, it's just about enough for one meal, too.
00:20:14Excuse me.
00:20:18You can't come to the sweater.
00:20:20You should get behind the queue.
00:20:21I'm here on business.
00:20:22I want to see the manager.
00:20:23Where is he?
00:20:23Oh, he's at the desk, sir.
00:20:25All right.
00:20:28Good morning.
00:20:30Oh, good morning.
00:20:31I'm the buyer from Elements Limited.
00:20:33Oh, well, well, uh, you want to sit down?
00:20:37Uh, oh, miss.
00:20:40Will you tell the chef I tasted this?
00:20:42Yes, I find it excellent.
00:20:43And to serve it out to the people.
00:20:44Yes, sir.
00:20:45Pretty enterprising, all this.
00:20:47Oh, yes.
00:20:47Well, it's just a little idea to straighten our retail trade, you see.
00:20:53Oh, oh, you're wholesale.
00:20:55Well, of course, that's, uh, that's hardly in our line.
00:20:59If you'll excuse me a moment, I have a couple of other buyers waiting for me.
00:21:02Oh, wait a moment.
00:21:03Surely you can spare me just a couple of moments to show me the stoves.
00:21:07Well, uh, yes, yes.
00:21:09I suppose it could be done.
00:21:09Come this way, will you?
00:21:20Hiya.
00:21:21This little ventilator.
00:21:22It's patented, of course.
00:21:23Yes, yes, the, uh, master's patent.
00:21:25Uh-huh.
00:21:26Oh, uh, miss.
00:21:27Would you mind telling the two gentlemen that are waiting for me, the, uh, two buyers,
00:21:31and I'll join them in just a moment.
00:21:35Now, there's, there's no reason to divide the business between a dozen firms.
00:21:39Well, of course, uh.
00:21:40We might be able to manage your entire output.
00:21:43Oh.
00:21:44In the meantime, uh, I'll order a hundred.
00:21:47A hundred?
00:21:48Well, I'm, I'm sorry, but that's all I can at the moment.
00:21:50Oh, uh, no, uh, yes.
00:21:52The usual trade terms.
00:21:54Uh, well, uh, look, look, look, old man, I, I wish you'd wait and see Mr. Masters himself.
00:21:59He'll be along in just a minute.
00:22:00All right, while we're waiting, I'll write the order.
00:22:02The, uh, the order.
00:22:05Oh, yes, the order.
00:22:06Well, you know, it's so noisy around here.
00:22:08Uh, my, uh, order book.
00:22:10Yes, oh, yes, I'll get it.
00:22:18Oh, look at that, look at that.
00:22:20My first order.
00:22:22What?
00:22:23Uh, in, in the new book.
00:22:25Ha, ha, ha.
00:22:26Here we are, sir.
00:22:28Thanks.
00:22:28Oh, there's Mr. Masters now.
00:22:30Mr. Masters, I want you to know the cheap varied elements.
00:22:32Mr. Masters.
00:22:33Good morning, Mr. Masters.
00:22:34What's the meaning of all this and bliss?
00:22:35Well, elements have just placed a little order for one hundred stones.
00:22:38One hundred?
00:22:39Oh, it's only a trial order, of course.
00:22:41Don't we?
00:22:42Well, I've already explained that we're really not interested in wholesale business.
00:22:45You must appreciate, Mr. Masters, that if we can get together, we can take at least forty thousand a year.
00:22:51Certainly, yes.
00:22:51Mm-hmm.
00:22:54But now, we have...
00:22:55Oh, no, no, Mr. Masters, we can at least consider the matter.
00:22:58Well, think it over.
00:23:00I know you're busy at the moment, so I'll call at your office tomorrow.
00:23:03Good morning.
00:23:04Good morning.
00:23:06Look at that.
00:23:08But where'd you get all the money to run this place?
00:23:11Well, I'm coming to that.
00:23:13You see, I borrowed five hundred pounds on your behalf from a young fool I know who has more money than is good for him.
00:23:20So here's what's left of it, and his solicitor will send you a bill.
00:23:24Oh, by the way, may I?
00:23:27I'm a trifle short.
00:23:28I had to hire this suit.
00:23:29But I owe you a commission on the hundred stoves.
00:23:32Yes, well, Mr. Masters, I'm afraid I can't take that.
00:23:35You see, I have to leave your employees.
00:23:38What do you take me for?
00:23:40You save me from going under.
00:23:41No, no, you stay on here as a partner.
00:23:45Bless you.
00:23:45Can't leave now.
00:23:47Please don't.
00:23:49Well, I'm afraid I must.
00:23:53These are my own clothes in here.
00:23:55Goodbye, Mr. Masters.
00:23:55Don't be silly.
00:23:56There's big money in this.
00:23:57I'm offering you a partnership.
00:24:00I won't take no for an answer.
00:24:02I've got to have a look around this place.
00:24:05Miss Clayton, this isn't goodbye for us.
00:24:08It's all too insane.
00:24:10Yes, I suppose it seems so, but look, when I'm settling my next job, can I call you up and take you to dinner or a show or something?
00:24:21Well, there's no use prolonging the agony, isn't there?
00:24:24Goodbye.
00:24:25Goodbye.
00:24:47Yes, women.
00:24:47Here we are.
00:24:48How's the chicken?
00:24:51Oh, it's very nice.
00:24:53Oh, you can say that anyway.
00:24:54Two chickens, huh?
00:24:56All right.
00:24:56And, uh, spumoni?
00:24:58Oh, spumoni.
00:24:59Cheers, spumoni.
00:25:00And, uh, two coffees.
00:25:01Two spumoni and two coffees.
00:25:03That's right.
00:25:04How do you like yours?
00:25:04Black?
00:25:05Black.
00:25:05Oh, two coffees.
00:25:07Let's try this.
00:25:09Mmm.
00:25:09It's a marvelous wine.
00:25:11I hope you're all right.
00:25:14You should have phoned me sooner.
00:25:16Even if you hadn't found work,
00:25:17I could have paid for the dinner.
00:25:21Do girls pay for dinners?
00:25:23I hadn't thought about it.
00:25:24Well, I might not have bought you the wine.
00:25:26Yes, but this is a celebration.
00:25:29To your entrance into the cabbage business?
00:25:31Oh, no, no.
00:25:31To our first dinner together.
00:25:32Here's to us.
00:25:36Ah, but it's good.
00:25:37It's lovely.
00:25:38So cheap.
00:25:39My goodness, I thought it would taste like red ink.
00:25:41Oh, Francis, it's magic.
00:25:42Yes, it's your magic, too.
00:25:44It's you who turn this cheap wine,
00:25:45this cheap food,
00:25:46into a feast for the gods.
00:25:47I have an idea.
00:25:58He's done that for us.
00:25:59For you?
00:26:00If the signorina and the signorin
00:26:02would like to dance,
00:26:03would you give Joseph the greatest pleasure?
00:26:05Oh, thanks.
00:26:07It's funny.
00:26:08That's my favorite dance tune.
00:26:09Best tune I ever heard.
00:26:10Come on, let's do something about it.
00:26:11I'm leaving, Mr. Martin.
00:26:28Really?
00:26:28Why?
00:26:29The same reason you did.
00:26:31What do you mean?
00:26:32Well, you turned him down,
00:26:33so he wants to make me a partner.
00:26:35Partner?
00:26:36Oh, the old scoundrel.
00:26:38Oh, I don't think so.
00:26:39Rather fond of him.
00:26:41Well, he wants to marry you, eh?
00:26:43Well, it makes it rather awkward.
00:26:45Two of us in the same office.
00:26:47Yeah.
00:26:48But look, Frances.
00:26:49What can a fellow like that
00:26:50offer a young girl like yourself?
00:26:53Security.
00:26:53Well, what are you going to do?
00:27:00Same thing you've been doing.
00:27:01Look for something else.
00:27:03Good girl.
00:27:05It's not too easy, you know.
00:27:23Well, your driving test was satisfactory.
00:27:36But driving isn't everything.
00:27:39What we want is punctuality and service.
00:27:41Yes, sir.
00:27:43Oh, uh, uh, what about my livery, sir?
00:27:45The uniform will cost ten pounds.
00:27:48Oh.
00:27:48We supply it, you pay for it out of your wages.
00:27:52Found a week, to me.
00:27:55Very good, sir.
00:27:58Reported seven in the morning.
00:27:59Yes, sir.
00:28:10Hello.
00:28:11Did you get the job?
00:28:13Oh, sure, sure.
00:28:14I thought you would.
00:28:14Of course, old Mike's uniform will just about fit you.
00:28:16Here, can't smoke here, you know.
00:28:18Thanks.
00:28:19Against the rules.
00:28:20Wait a minute.
00:28:21What was that about Mike in the uniform?
00:28:22Oh, he got in the sack after six weeks.
00:28:24They always do.
00:28:26The boss never lets them stay here.
00:28:27I thought there was something wrong.
00:28:28I mean, wrong course there is.
00:28:29You don't think I've got the thing to bits for nothing, do you?
00:28:32No, no, I don't suppose you have.
00:28:40What the places do you think you're doing?
00:28:42I'm terribly sorry, sir, but I didn't know she'd backed into this space.
00:28:44Why don't you look where you're going?
00:28:45What kind of driving do you call that, anyway?
00:28:47Ernest.
00:28:50Ronnie.
00:28:50Well out.
00:28:51How are you?
00:28:52Okay, what do you mean by giving us a slip like that?
00:28:54Yes, well, I thought I'd better drop out of sight for a while.
00:28:57I say, oh, man, don't misunderstand me, but if a five is any use to you, for old times' sake...
00:29:01You know, Ronnie, that's funny.
00:29:03Because the last time we met, I refused to help you.
00:29:06Yes.
00:29:07You should make me feel pretty ashamed about that.
00:29:08Honestly, I thought you were Rowley.
00:29:10No, Ronnie.
00:29:12Nice of you, but put it back in your pocket.
00:29:16And thanks.
00:29:17Okay.
00:29:18Hey, Ronnie.
00:29:20Oh, excuse me, Melbourne.
00:29:23Don't stand there arguing with that chauffeur.
00:29:26It's Ernest Bliss.
00:29:27He's working as a chauffeur.
00:29:29I am.
00:29:31I'd like to speak to him.
00:29:35No, wait for me.
00:29:36I'd like to speak below.
00:29:38Oh, very well.
00:29:38Ernest.
00:29:45Claire.
00:29:48Oh, you're with Ronnie, huh?
00:29:51Yes.
00:29:54Well, perhaps you'd like to engage a good chauffeur at your service.
00:29:59It wasn't very nice of you to chuck us all just because you had bad luck.
00:30:03Yes, well, Claire, a chauffeur's wages, you know, hardly...
00:30:06I know.
00:30:07A chauffeur's wages for the whole year wouldn't buy one of the things you gave me.
00:30:12No, I'm afraid you're right.
00:30:14Of course, there's always the tips.
00:30:15You mustn't forget the tips.
00:30:17You haven't changed.
00:30:21Goodbye, Ernest.
00:30:22Bye-bye.
00:30:23I can't understand it.
00:30:42They both came after lunch from Bortier.
00:30:44The one I left in his car last night and this one.
00:30:47Twin brothers.
00:30:48Now, I've got one to tell you.
00:30:50When I was dressing this evening, a bank messenger came to the door of my flat and left a package with ten £100 notes in it.
00:30:57You know, it's a funny thing.
00:31:01When I offered to Ernest a fiver yesterday, he reminded me that he once refused to lend me £1,000.
00:31:08Doesn't make sense.
00:31:09It certainly doesn't.
00:31:21I knew you couldn't resist a call like that.
00:31:24But it's 20 miles out.
00:31:27Do you need the gloves?
00:31:28No, thank you.
00:31:29Oh, I don't know.
00:31:30Perhaps you'd better pop them in.
00:31:31I'll telephone your chauffeur.
00:31:33No, no, no.
00:31:34Don't wake him up.
00:31:35Bring up the garage.
00:31:36We hired a car from last time.
00:31:42Hello.
00:31:44Yes.
00:31:46Pick up who?
00:31:48Oh, Dr. Aldroy.
00:31:49Yes.
00:31:5019 Dock Road.
00:31:53Poplar.
00:31:54Very good.
00:31:56Smith.
00:31:57Sir.
00:31:58Take this and go to...
00:31:59But it's my night off, Mr. Edwards.
00:32:01Very well.
00:32:02Send Bliss for the Dagnar.
00:32:03Yes, sir.
00:32:09You'd better get home as soon as you've cleared up, Miss Mills.
00:32:11Good night.
00:32:12Good night, Sir James.
00:32:16My secretary told you where to go.
00:32:17Yes, sir.
00:32:18Make the best time you can.
00:32:21It's a very urgent case.
00:32:23Yes, sir.
00:32:24Yes, sir.
00:32:25Yes, sir.
00:32:25Yes, sir.
00:32:26crisis definitely passed nothing you to worry about now mr dankham thanks to you dr
00:32:56she said you'd come if i sent you a wire i i didn't believe you would i don't know what to say
00:33:03and as for the fee oh there's no fee i will just get back and have some sleep seven hollissey
00:33:26you're a good driver sorry to capture up so late i uh i'd rather have a handshake than this tip sir
00:33:34james why not both oh no no i haven't won that bet yet what the devil do you mean by that well
00:33:44it'll be uh seven months next tuesday and believe me the first seven months are the hardest
00:33:49good night sir well i'll be
00:34:00allo eh chef ma per l'amore ma santa catarino ho ordinato due ravioli di sugo e due frittato
00:34:12frances look supposing you had a lot of money well supposing you won a sweepstake what would you do
00:34:41huh i'd never win a sweepstake you might well if i did
00:34:48my clothes rooms full of clothes
00:34:54and i'd have a big car and chauffeur
00:34:58if you want all these things so badly masters is doing all right now isn't it
00:35:07yes
00:35:08my friends from the theater play for the signorina you're a darling
00:35:17seppi you know you want to own this place not just be head waiter here
00:35:19oh what i could do
00:35:21frances
00:35:24tell me
00:35:26you wouldn't marry a fellow without a bean just because you liked him would you
00:35:32be fine if you could
00:35:47i won't need you any longer very good sir but uh
00:35:51i want to see you can you make it thursday morning ten o'clock yes sir no my flat eleven regions park gate
00:36:01eleven regions park gate yes flat six
00:36:09did uh did you say flat six yes
00:36:17i don't want to make yourself comfortable mr
00:36:34what's your name brown brown edward brown brown brown
00:36:40say that's a very nice cigar you're smoking there
00:36:43yes tip-top condition
00:36:47not many of them left i'm sorry to hear that you should worry
00:36:52um
00:36:55have a glass of port thanks
00:37:00you do yourself pretty well don't you mr dorrington that's a b4 port too isn't it
00:37:04yes
00:37:07so good it's a pity to drink it oh yes i agree with you there
00:37:13how do you like this place oh it should be fine belongs to a young fellow who is traveling
00:37:21around the continent for a bit left his man in charge poor fellow having nothing to do
00:37:26not betting on the dogs so he lets it to me for a five or a week tell me where is this man now in
00:37:35his room drinking whiskey oh i see you fellas drink the port and he drinks the whiskey
00:37:40well that's right but we all smoke his cigars oh that's fine just one big happy family
00:37:47yeah
00:37:48you have a cigarette
00:37:50don't you have a look around yes i've learned it might be very interesting
00:37:54yeah of course since i took possession i've improved this place a bit oh yeah yeah look at
00:38:01this
00:38:10it's sure for thousands this butler tells me oh well the silly fellow kept it in the hall
00:38:16well it's the chef dover of his collection i moved it in here right away yes well look mr
00:38:21dorrington i don't mean to appear inquisitive or anything after all why did you ask me to come here
00:38:25i'll show you
00:38:38anything strike you about that what do you mean that's ernest bliss the fool who owns this place
00:38:47notice any resemblance to yourself well uh yes now that you mention it i suppose there is
00:38:56what did a man like you do for ten thousand pounds ten thousand pounds
00:39:03well uh practically anything short of murder good boy then we understand one another quite now let's
00:39:10get together i've been practicing ernest bliss's signature for months found his bank books in that drawer
00:39:17how much do you think he's got on current account oh i haven't the slightest idea a hundred and sixty
00:39:22thousand odd a hundred and sixty thousand dollars isn't it sinful to think of all that money lying
00:39:29idle no one to use it well uh what are we going to do about it this pay cash thirty thousand pounds ernest bliss
00:39:43you going to catch that no you are oh that's the big idea huh well what makes you think i can get
00:39:54away with it when once you're dressed up in one of bliss's suits the bank will pay out all right
00:40:00simple isn't it yes it's so simple what's to prevent me walking away with the whole lot i am
00:40:05am now go and get dressed i'm coming with you
00:40:13good morning haven't seen you in a long time nice to see you again mr blitz
00:40:30what is the meaning no time for explanation now i'll tell you what to do get some old papers
00:40:58shut them into an envelope and pass them out to me quickly i'm blocked
00:41:05well everything all right have you got the money hey relax say take it easy everything's fine
00:41:11perfect say this far is grand it was so easy say it was just like taking candy from a kid
00:41:17you couldn't have found anyone better hey keep your hands off that gun
00:41:21you're trying to double cross us no i'm not trying to double cross you you fellas made a mistake
00:41:29that's all you're very lucky different reasons of my own i'm not calling in the police now get out of
00:41:33here what do you mean what's the game brown i'm not brown i'm bliss you know the fool that owns this
00:41:41place how do you like that and why did you cash that check well as you seem to have found out i kept
00:41:49quite a lot of money in that account i just wanted to know whether the bank would recognize the forward
00:41:54signature or not come off it think of something better all right you don't believe i'm bliss if i can
00:42:01get clouds away from that bottle he'll prove it to you what do we care who he is i tell you he's got
00:42:06that money come on kill it to us yes that's right hand it over brown all right
00:42:36that's right
00:43:06Look! Look out! That barge!
00:43:20Look out! That barge!
00:43:36Look out!
00:43:42Look out!
00:44:06Look out!
00:44:29Klaus, did you hit him with that bottle?
00:44:31Yes, sir.
00:44:32Oh, Klaus, it was the 84 part.
00:44:37No, no, don't worry any more about it, Klaus. I quite understand.
00:44:40Believe me, sir, it was having no work making me go wrong.
00:44:43It was too hard a job having nothing to do at all.
00:44:46Of course it was. That used to be the trouble with me.
00:44:49Sir?
00:44:50By the way, you'd better keep the rest of that port locked up.
00:44:53I might need it for a celebration.
00:44:55Yes, I'm hoping to get married in about four months.
00:44:59Oh, sir, whatever will you be doing next?
00:45:06Miss Clayton, I want more than just a tightness.
00:45:10I don't quite understand.
00:45:12All my most confidential papers will go through your hands.
00:45:15A relationship of trust, of friendship.
00:45:18I might almost say intimacy is called.
00:45:20Well, I think I can be trusted, Mr Montague.
00:45:22Won't you?
00:45:23Won't you sit down?
00:45:26Are you ready to start work at once?
00:45:29Of course, the figure I mentioned could be raised possibly if we get on together.
00:45:34I hope we shall, Mr Montague.
00:45:38Mr Montague said he needs me to take notes for some very important deal.
00:45:42Yes, but dear, I know something about that place he's taking you to.
00:45:45Oh, but Ernest dear, I can't afford to lose my job.
00:45:48Besides, I can take care of myself.
00:45:51You know, I've got a funny feeling that your employer's car is going to develop engine trouble.
00:45:55Oh, so that's why you wanted to know where he kept his car.
00:45:58Uh-huh.
00:45:59Well, he can always hire a car.
00:46:01Yes.
00:46:02And he'll tell his secretary to hire one for him, see?
00:46:05Stupid.
00:46:06Come on.
00:46:12Come on.
00:46:29Good evening, Mr Montague.
00:46:30Everything's ready.
00:46:31Oh, good.
00:46:32First, I'll put the type out of it, Miss.
00:46:33Oh, well, leave it on the table there and get yourself a drink.
00:46:37Will you go ahead, Miss Clayton?
00:46:42Capable fellow, that chauffeur you've got for me.
00:46:50Ah, yeah.
00:46:52It's warm in here, isn't it?
00:46:54Won't you sit down, Clayton?
00:46:57Make yourself comfortable.
00:47:01And I'll order you a cocktail.
00:47:07Shall I serve the caviar, sir?
00:47:09Oh, put it on the table.
00:47:11Thank you, sir.
00:47:12Now, if you'll excuse me for a moment, my dear.
00:47:15I'll just go and see if my business plans have come.
00:47:18Certainly, Mr Montaguey.
00:47:28Chauffeur.
00:47:29Yes, sir.
00:47:30How would you like to earn a fiver?
00:47:33Very much indeed, sir.
00:47:35And tinker about with your engine.
00:47:38And after dinner, come and report to me.
00:47:42Report what, sir?
00:47:43Well, that your car's broken down.
00:47:46And there's no train back.
00:47:48And you've just heard there's a big belt of fog between here and London.
00:47:52And there's no chance of getting back to town tonight.
00:47:55You won't forget, will you?
00:47:57Leave it to me.
00:47:58I won't forget.
00:47:59Smart fellow.
00:48:05Oh, dear, dear, dear.
00:48:06Most annoying.
00:48:08My friends have been held up with the fog.
00:48:11Don't matter, my dear.
00:48:13We'll have a little dinner here together.
00:48:16See?
00:48:17Just the two of us.
00:48:18Before returning to town.
00:48:20I don't want to be late, Mr Montaguey.
00:48:23I have to be early at the office.
00:48:25Oh, that's all right, my dear.
00:48:27Come along.
00:48:28Come along.
00:48:29Tonight, we'll forget the office.
00:48:32Here.
00:48:33Sit here.
00:48:34That's right.
00:48:38Now then.
00:48:39Leave that.
00:48:40I'll see to it.
00:48:41Very good, sir.
00:48:42Ah, that's beautiful, Caviar.
00:48:47Now the fun's going to start.
00:48:49How right you are.
00:48:58Come along, Francis.
00:48:59We're leaving.
00:49:00I'm taking you back to London.
00:49:01How dare you, you insolent.
00:49:02Shut up.
00:49:03Come on, dear.
00:49:04I shall report you to your manager.
00:49:06Shut up.
00:49:07Wait for me in the car, dear.
00:49:08Carry out of here at once.
00:49:12Eat your caviar.
00:49:22You have the cheek to want your wages up to last night, eh?
00:49:25You can consider yourself lucky Mr Montaguey didn't have you up for assault.
00:49:29Oh.
00:49:30I suppose my last four days' pay goes into your pocket, huh?
00:49:33No, it does not.
00:49:34And that uniform's not paid for.
00:49:35Return it.
00:49:36There.
00:49:37And the poor fellow that gets my job inherits this uniform and pays you a pound a week for it.
00:49:41If you don't return it, I'll summons it.
00:49:42Get out.
00:49:43Look, Mr Edwards.
00:49:44If this Montaguey was treating that girl that way, Blister's the only thing a decent man could do.
00:49:49Mind your own business.
00:49:50Oh, thanks, Bill.
00:49:51Keep out of it.
00:49:52It's my funeral.
00:49:53As a matter of fact, Bronson, your work's been slacking off lately.
00:49:56You can take a week's notice yourself.
00:49:58Oh, now, look here.
00:49:59I'll go.
00:50:00He's got nothing to do with this.
00:50:01Besides, he's got a wife and two kids.
00:50:02You can't sack him.
00:50:03Oh, can't I?
00:50:04Look here.
00:50:05When this garage belongs to you, my lord, I'll accept orders from you.
00:50:10But not before.
00:50:11Wait.
00:50:13That's the first sensible thing I've heard you say.
00:50:18So long, Bill.
00:50:23No, no, Crawley.
00:50:24Don't argue about the price.
00:50:26I'll take the Sun Motor Hire place at that figure.
00:50:28And look, when you close the deal, fire Edwards.
00:50:32Edwards, he's the manager in charge now.
00:50:34And give his job to a mechanic named Bill Bronson.
00:50:38No, Bronson.
00:50:39No, no, no.
00:50:40B-R-O-N-S-O-N.
00:50:43Right.
00:50:50I'm going to get that bus driving job in the morning.
00:50:52He promised it to me.
00:50:54Besides, everything's going to be changed in a few weeks.
00:50:58I, uh, I had a dream the other night.
00:51:00Yes, I dreamt about, uh, Cinderella.
00:51:04I was the fairy godmother and the prince all rolled into one.
00:51:08And you're absolutely good for nothing.
00:51:12I let my family down.
00:51:13I give up everything I ever wanted.
00:51:15If I marry you?
00:51:19What are you going to do, dear?
00:51:22I think I must be crazy.
00:51:25You know, Frances, I only made two serious bets in my whole life.
00:51:29I'm going to win them both.
00:51:31What are they?
00:51:32Well, the first one doesn't matter, but the second one I made after I met you.
00:51:35Yeah?
00:51:36Mm-hmm.
00:51:37I bet myself I'd make you marry the stove salesman, the green gloves assistant, the chauffeur.
00:51:44Ben.
00:51:46You win your best.
00:51:50Oh, what a fool I am.
00:51:52The money and all those things don't matter.
00:51:57They don't exist.
00:52:02Because I love you.
00:52:03I love you.
00:52:09Telegram for Miss Clayton. Any reply?
00:52:11Just a moment, please.
00:52:24It wasn't fair to let me tell you this before I knew you were out of work, Frances.
00:52:34If the doctor says Helen can't live,
00:52:37unless she's taken to a winter resort,
00:52:40you did quite right to come to London and tell me.
00:52:43After all,
00:52:46I'm her sister.
00:52:48You can't do any more about it than I can.
00:52:50It was only a crazy dream.
00:53:03Dreams don't come true.
00:53:06Not for people like us.
00:53:07It'll be all right about Helen.
00:53:21I'll send her to Switzerland.
00:53:23Would you say, Julia?
00:53:24But I know where I can get a job.
00:53:26From a man who's very fond of me.
00:53:29Good man, Mother.
00:53:32Fine man.
00:53:34We want to marry you.
00:53:59No, Miss Clayton is left here.
00:54:07A new address.
00:54:09I'm afraid I don't know it.
00:54:10it's been two weeks not a word they don't even know it's the place she lived where she's gone
00:54:29she took her things with her if you spend all your time looking for this young lady
00:54:33i presume you've left your employment on that bus of course of course i have but if you draw
00:54:38money from me and buy her jewels dresses and things like that what about your bet only a few more days
00:54:44this is a matter of 50 000 pounds well all right then pay i'll draw this 50 000 pounds don't you
00:54:50see if i go through with this bet it may lose me francis can't you understand that i'm afraid i
00:54:54can't well i wanted her to take me the way she thought i was poor and that wasn't fair to her
00:55:02was it so you're going to lose 50 000 pounds just to satisfy this girl oh what's the use of talking
00:55:10to you about love very little no doubt but would a young lady disappear like this if there weren't
00:55:15some other interest nonsense she loves me she said so i know she does there's never been anybody else
00:55:20she wouldn't do that she couldn't do that whatever that may be i rather fancy that is just what she has
00:55:32i think it's a pretty good night hey does miss clayton work here yes but she usually doesn't come
00:55:53in until about 10 now she's back to mr masters yeah okay yeah what are you after when you see miss
00:55:59clayton hang this sign up now don't worry about it it's a little joke of mine i'll be the outside
00:56:03door and don't you love to see you do it hello francis
00:56:18i was afraid you'd find me what's the matter why won't you look at me
00:56:22i'm going to marry mr masters
00:56:29goodbye ernest
00:56:33oh dear me not working oh that is tough luck isn't it oh it's like the stairs too same old office
00:56:43francis really i've hunted everywhere for you i even gave out my job to look for you
00:56:50probably the last one i'll ever have
00:56:57won't you go please you're only making it harder for both of us
00:57:01well remember browning's poem the last ride together why can't we have a last walk together
00:57:07but francis let me get this clear why do you say it'll only make it harder for us
00:57:12i don't know if you saw me you couldn't uh couldn't go back to masters oh please don't
00:57:23mind two people like us having an earthly challenge that together we end tell me are you in love with this
00:57:31stove king
00:57:37no answer so you're marrying him for his money eh
00:57:44yes now will you go no what made you change your mind francis we found something together worth more than money
00:57:50i can't let you go thinking that about me
00:57:57this man it isn't for myself my sister's seriously ill
00:58:02and this is the only possible way i can help her oh darling why didn't you tell me so before
00:58:09well you had your own worries and there wasn't anything you could do
00:58:16yes but don't you see i thought you were doing it for furs and jewels and cars and all that kind of
00:58:20started well they wouldn't have mattered you do see why i have to do it don't you
00:58:27goodbye
00:58:37let me go now we're only making it worse no francis i've got to talk to you
00:58:43one diamond bracelet three vanity bags two rings one pair of diamond earrings one diamond brooch
00:58:54one diamond hair strip one jewel case twelve sets of lingerie
00:58:59now that you own that restaurant don't forget never charge more than the usual one and six for
00:59:18dinner if ever you see a young fellow with a young girl and they sing hard up throw in the wine and
00:59:23charge it to me with him si si signore your word is my lord dear old early fish never knew the
00:59:34difference between a commentator and a deprivation hello hello hello hello thanks so much for what
00:59:40you did make it a couple of thousand next time will you i think there is a santa claus uh yes okay
00:59:45i uh i wouldn't mention that if i were you there's somebody coming along who might not like it
00:59:49you know it was you who sent the money oh sir i i can't say no words oh no no you were very kind
01:00:11to me you taught me much look you've worked very hard i just want to know that you didn't care
01:00:17for the rest of the rest of your life oh come on she's happy come on over here
01:00:23sit with mrs heath but look out for her she has a way of stealing into people's hearts
01:00:37and my apologies although i lost my bet only by three days you win you carried out my prescription
01:00:45to the letter and i can't accept the check well sir jane that's an academic point you see you'd have
01:00:53had your fifty thousand pounds anyway i decided that the night i drove you out of the country
01:01:02now that you're all here my friends you have been so kind to me during the past i want you to meet my
01:01:07my wife
01:01:11princess you ready they're all waiting for you
01:01:20darling you're crying
01:01:27what's the matter baby
01:01:30cinderella didn't cry miss darling
01:01:32but she would have been in real life i'm too happy not to cry too happy
01:01:52you
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