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00:00:00You make me feel so young, you make me feel so spring has sprung,
00:00:25and every time I see you grin, I'm stuck, a happy individual.
00:00:32You make me feel so young as a bird in a springtime,
00:00:35you make me feel there are songs to be sung,
00:00:38bells to be rung, and a wonderful thing to be sung.
00:00:44You make me feel so just like a kid again,
00:00:48like I did when spring has just begun,
00:00:51and even when I'm old and gray,
00:00:56I'm gonna feel the way I do today,
00:00:59cause you make me feel so gay,
00:01:03so gay, so young.
00:01:06You make me feel so young as a tomb,
00:01:09you make me feel so young.
00:01:11You make me feel so young,
00:01:14and you make me feel so liberal.
00:01:15Come on.
00:01:18What's interesting?
00:01:22You make me feel so dips wasted,
00:01:23so trick
00:01:30Get a load of the boss, will you?
00:01:54What a patron of the arts.
00:02:00What a patron of the arts.
00:02:30What a patron of the arts.
00:02:34What a patron of the arts.
00:02:39What a patron of the arts.
00:02:44What a patron of the arts.
00:02:53What a patron of the arts.
00:03:00What a patron of the arts.
00:03:02Grandpa.
00:03:03Grandpa.
00:03:04Ah, good evening, Alice.
00:03:05Gee, Mr. Hodges, you were swell.
00:03:06Thank you, my boy.
00:03:07Why didn't you tell us you were going to play a solo?
00:03:09Boy, when you stood up at that big orchestra and gave me goose pimples all over just knowing
00:03:12you.
00:03:13Really?
00:03:14Well, it's nice of you to say so.
00:03:15Oh, that applause.
00:03:16Very gratifying.
00:03:17What did the maestro think?
00:03:18He seemed impressed.
00:03:20Funny, he didn't look so happy to me the way he kept looking around.
00:03:23Oh, why should he have been happy?
00:03:25Grandpa stole the show, didn't he?
00:03:26I'll say.
00:03:27And with nothing but a little old piccolo, too.
00:03:29You want to drive home with us, Grandpa?
00:03:30No, thank you.
00:03:31I prefer to stretch my legs.
00:03:33Oh, come on, Grandpa.
00:03:34We won't be doing anything up front except a little necking.
00:03:36Maybe you could pick up a few pointers.
00:03:38Young man, it may interest you to know that when I retired from that field some years ago,
00:03:43necking became a lost art.
00:03:46Good night.
00:03:47Good night.
00:03:53What I got.
00:03:55Now I understand why Grandma used to have that awfully pleased look on her face.
00:03:59Yeah, maybe, but times have changed.
00:04:02It takes more than that to make a go of marriage today.
00:04:05Like, for instance?
00:04:06Like dough, for instance, you dough.
00:04:08Yes, I know.
00:04:09You have a theory.
00:04:10It's not a theory.
00:04:11It's facts.
00:04:12I've pointed out 50 times.
00:04:13All right, Joe.
00:04:14All right.
00:04:15So we don't get married.
00:04:17Not until I'm in a financial condition to support a wife.
00:04:20How?
00:04:21In a comfortable wheelchair?
00:04:22Sure, if it takes that long.
00:04:26I could keep my job.
00:04:28Lots of girls do.
00:04:29My dear girl, as I've pointed out before, this world happens to be run on certain economic principles.
00:04:34But, Joe.
00:04:35There's no lesson until a man can take care of his own wife.
00:04:37How can he possibly succeed in the broader world of finance?
00:04:40World of finance.
00:04:41World of finance.
00:04:42World of finance.
00:04:43Who cares about that?
00:04:44I want to get married.
00:04:45Can't you understand that?
00:04:47M-A-R-R-I-E-D.
00:04:50Just the same.
00:04:51We're not getting married until I'm assistant head of the personnel department.
00:04:55Oh, you.
00:04:56You economic pig head.
00:04:59Good night.
00:05:00Hey, where are you going?
00:05:01Anywhere you're not.
00:05:03All right.
00:05:04Go ahead.
00:05:05Walk.
00:05:06Let's see if I care.
00:05:15You know I'm right about not getting married now, don't you, Grandpa?
00:05:18Young man, kindly do not address me by that loathsome word, Grandpa.
00:05:22I am not your paternal ancestor, and judging through Alice's remarks last night, I am not
00:05:27likely to be any time soon, even by indirection.
00:05:31Hello, my boy.
00:05:35You want my candid opinion.
00:05:36I don't believe the biological urge, from which you both appear to be suffering so acutely,
00:05:41gives a hoot whether you're assistant head of personnel or not.
00:05:53Morning, Dick, my boy.
00:05:55Good morning, John.
00:06:01Sheldon.
00:06:08Hodges, John Arr.
00:06:13Smolters, Robert H.
00:06:18No.
00:06:19Marino, Joe.
00:06:20Oh, no.
00:06:21By the eternal no!
00:06:31Grandpa, you're late.
00:06:36Yes.
00:06:42What kept you, Dad?
00:06:44Business.
00:06:49Well, for goodness sake, it's about time.
00:06:51Come on, everybody.
00:06:52I don't want to be out in that kitchen all night.
00:06:58You're usually the first one home, Grandpa.
00:07:00Grandpa, what you been doing with yourself?
00:07:02Playing the piccolo someplace?
00:07:04I had to see the shop foreman.
00:07:06I was fired today.
00:07:08You fired?
00:07:10Retired, I think we call it.
00:07:12What for? What have you done?
00:07:13Nothing, Della.
00:07:14Only it seems it's a policy of the company not to employ people over 65.
00:07:19Oh, Grandpa, I'm sorry.
00:07:20Thank you, my dear.
00:07:22How do you like that?
00:07:23Fired just because you're 65.
00:07:25Hey, you're really 65, Grandpa?
00:07:28My, how time flies.
00:07:31Boy, has this been a wonderful day.
00:07:33First, I get pains in the stomach.
00:07:34When I get home, I find my father's been fired.
00:07:37Well, eat your soup before it gets cold.
00:07:39I don't feel like soup.
00:07:41What's wrong with it?
00:07:42Not enough salt?
00:07:42Not enough salt, not enough anything.
00:07:44I tell you, if it rains tomorrow, I'll go nuts.
00:07:46Who said anything about rain?
00:07:47The weatherman?
00:07:48Yes, sir, that's all we need now.
00:07:50For it to rain and for me to catch pneumonia.
00:07:52Go on.
00:07:53How can you get pneumonia?
00:07:54You haven't even got a cold.
00:07:55Pneumonia happens to be an occupational disease with sign painters.
00:07:58Everybody knows that.
00:07:59You stand on a ladder painting names on store windows.
00:08:02It starts raining.
00:08:03You get wet.
00:08:03Along comes a breezy...
00:08:05There, you see what I mean?
00:08:08Pneumonia.
00:08:08Pneumonia, just because you sneezed once or...
00:08:11What's wrong with you?
00:08:13Cramps?
00:08:14Or don't you like my soup either?
00:08:16I assure you, my action has nothing to do with the quality of your food, Della.
00:08:20I'm just not hungry.
00:08:22So, if you'll excuse me.
00:08:24Look, if certain people around here don't like the way I cook, just let them say so.
00:08:30After all, I would like to remind you that I was not raised to be a cook.
00:08:34I happen to be a singer, in case you've forgotten.
00:08:37Before I married your son, I never even had my hands in dishwater.
00:08:41Mother, nobody's talking about your cooking.
00:08:43No, but they're thinking about it.
00:08:45The first thing you know, somebody will remind me that I came from Brooklyn.
00:08:49But first, I would like to remind them that some of the finest people in the world have come from Brooklyn.
00:08:55Yes, and while we're on the subject, I would like to say that there is no telling how far I might have gone
00:09:01if I hadn't thrown away my career for the...
00:09:04Oh, for goodness sake.
00:09:08Now look what's happened.
00:09:09Poor Grandpa.
00:09:12It's no wonder I have any appetite left.
00:09:16First Grandpa gets fired, then you sneeze, then the piccolo.
00:09:20All we need around here is a great big shiny pipe organ.
00:09:23Wanting to be kissed, I can't resist.
00:09:39You are temptation, and I am yours.
00:09:45Oh, good morning, Grandpa.
00:09:47Good morning, Della.
00:09:49What are you doing up so early?
00:09:50I thought you'd sleep till 10 o'clock.
00:09:52I'm not sleepy.
00:09:53Take my advice.
00:09:55Sleep when you can.
00:09:57You want some coffee?
00:09:58Yes, thanks.
00:10:00Only do me a favor, Grandpa.
00:10:02Don't sleep too late.
00:10:04Yours is the first rule I clean.
00:10:06I assure you, Della, I have no intention of sleeping late.
00:10:10Thanks.
00:10:12Jay, by the way, what are you going to do with yourself all day now that you're 65?
00:10:18I don't know.
00:10:20Oh, go to the movies, I suppose.
00:10:23There's a swell double bill at the Rialto.
00:10:25Or maybe you could go up to the park and play checkers with those other old men.
00:10:33What's so bad about that?
00:10:36Personally, when I think of the drudgery I go through day by day, I can't wait to get to be your age.
00:10:42So I can live out my life with dignity.
00:10:46Dignity can be a very empty feeling, Della.
00:10:49Yeah, well, you can get used to it.
00:10:50Like me with the cooking.
00:10:54Hey.
00:10:56I just thought of something.
00:10:59With you not working, you won't be bringing any money in.
00:11:03I'm afraid not.
00:11:05Well, if you'll pardon my saying so, Grandpa, that's going to be quite a blow.
00:11:11Financially speaking, I mean.
00:11:13I expect so.
00:11:14Yeah, especially with the way prices are going up these days.
00:11:18Yesterday, I went in to buy a soup bone.
00:11:21Just a common, ordinary soup bone.
00:11:24Seventy-eight cents, he says.
00:11:27Seventy-eight cents, I says to him.
00:11:29You used to draw them in for nothing.
00:11:31Not no more, he says.
00:11:32Seventy-eight cents.
00:11:34I'll give you a faint idea.
00:11:36Soup bone.
00:11:38Seventy-eight cents.
00:11:38Hmm.
00:11:40Mm.
00:11:42Mm.
00:11:52Mm.
00:12:00Mm.
00:12:01Mm.
00:12:02Mm.
00:12:03so what happened then so what happened so she picked up my hat and threw it at me
00:12:15hit you right in the mouth get out of the house she yelled i got enough to do without
00:12:21you getting in my way all the time 20 years ago i'd have thrown her out of the window
00:12:27for that i'm a hungarian consolidated motors consolidated motor what's consolidated motors
00:12:37got to do with it that's what i'd have to know listen there's a public part never mind don't
00:12:41answer i'll find out myself
00:12:43now this is a point i'd like you to follow in all cases we'll put the letter on the automatic
00:12:57typewriter but leave the last paragraph please young man what has consolidated motors got to
00:13:03do with acme printing services grandpa what are you doing never mind the salutations look
00:13:07at this it says i've been fired because it's the policy of consolidated motors and it's
00:13:13subsidiaries not to hire men over 65 i want to know what in thunder consolidated motors has
00:13:19to do with it search me hey erickson this is my girl's grandfather mr hodges he'd like to
00:13:27know what consolidated motors has to do with our 65 year old retirement rule why it's really
00:13:31very simple mr hodges if you just step this way for a moment pardon me now we of the acme printing
00:13:45services are a subsidiary of the bessemer publishing services whose stock is owned by the simpson iron
00:13:50foundry which recently merged with the mccullough nut and bolt company whose parent organization is of
00:13:55course united hardware the directorate of which is interlocked with brotherton steel
00:13:59a subsidiary of consolidated motors does that answer your question mr hodges yes but i must say
00:14:04it seems a little complicated uh-huh big business now if you'll excuse me just a moment young man
00:14:08do you suppose if i went to consolidated motors i might get them to change such an absurd policy
00:14:14why mr hodges you don't mean you'd seriously consider going to consolidated motors about such
00:14:19a policy i'd seriously consider going to the north pole by a dog sled in the heart of winter
00:14:24i thought i could get my job back well i certainly wouldn't advise a trip to consolidated motors mr hodges
00:14:30even if you got an appointment which is very unlikely i don't see how consolidated motors could change its
00:14:36whole employment policy involving several hundred thousand people just to please you now wait a minute
00:14:41erickson maybe you could just write a letter to the president of consolidated motors tell him how you
00:14:46feel tell him what's his name whose name the president of consolidated motors i don't know uh
00:14:52sloan stone ross do you know mr hodges no but i'll find out mr benson who's president of consolidated
00:15:01motors the president of what the president of consolidated motors you got me why never mind
00:15:07i'll call mr gallagher's office mr gallagher's vice president charge personnel yeah pardon me mr
00:15:16gallagher erickson speaking do you happen to know who's president of consolidated motors used to be
00:15:21newton no he was president anyhow listen i'm busy yes mr gallagher thank you sir mr gallagher doesn't
00:15:28know either amazing absolutely amazing here's one of the most important men in america a veritable
00:15:35giant of industry one of the powers behind the producing genius that is america a man whose
00:15:41decisions affect millions of people yet nobody even knows his name fearless that's it fearless he's
00:15:49president of u.s steel oh thank you gentlemen you've been a great help good day
00:15:57here it is i found it consolidated motors look harold p cleveland president congratulations miss whether
00:16:10you're aware of it or not you have just solved one of the great mysteries of the age
00:16:14listen to him since 11 o'clock this morning it's been like this it means he's thinking don't have to
00:16:29think on the piccolo does he
00:16:31oh good morning mr mckinley good morning harry
00:16:59it bring in your book and the mail yes mr mckinley well what have we got for today
00:17:1411 o'clock appointment with mr gallagher personnel one o'clock luncheon with a representative of the
00:17:19blakewell paper company i'd like some coffee dear yes mr mckinley then there's your taylor the
00:17:25barber the man about those shirts you ordered and don't forget your pills what the devil is
00:17:30this i don't know sir i didn't have time to open it yes mr mckinley listen gallagher i just got a
00:17:36letter from the executive secretary of consolidated motors advising me that harold p cleveland
00:17:40president of consolidated motors will be in town tuesday will i please show him every possible
00:17:45courtesy now what the devil is this all about i don't know beats me get herbert new york
00:17:51well if you don't mind i don't like it what the devil does the president of consolidated motors
00:17:55want to come around here for maybe he's just passing through okay but i wish you please tell
00:17:59me what the devil this is all about we ever heard of this bird before not that i recall hello mr harvard
00:18:06just a moment mr mckinley calling hello herbert listen i just got a letter saying the president of
00:18:13consolidated motors is coming up here to inspect my plant next week i'd like to know why all of a
00:18:18sudden is consolidated motors fishing around my place well maybe it is just a goodwill tour but i
00:18:24don't like goodwill tours so do me a favor get a hold of whoever you can and find out if there's been
00:18:29a change in consolidated motors policy toward its subsidiaries maybe they've decided to quit printing
00:18:34make more cars or something okay call me back i want every executive in the conference room at
00:18:4010 30 and cancel gallagher yes mr mckinley
00:18:46send off three copies of this as soon as you can listen gentlemen the president of consolidated
00:18:51motors is coming here next tuesday to inspect our plant personally i don't mind telling you i don't
00:18:55like a lot of big shots sticking their noses in my business how do we know they haven't decided to
00:19:00convert this place into an assembly line for automobiles or washing machines remember you
00:19:05fellows are in this just as deep as i am your very jobs may depend upon it as i see it our only hope is
00:19:10to make a good impression i'd like to see some drawn looks on your faces as if you've been working
00:19:14overtime for months and i'd like to see this place really humming that's all gallagher how about that
00:19:19trouble we've been having with the book binders local oh we've got at least a month before any
00:19:22decisive action will be taken on that mr mckinley well never mind how much time we've got i'd like to
00:19:26strike a note of accord in time for the inspection give an impression of a smoothly functioning factory
00:19:30full of happy employees now what do they want another restroom on the second floor okay get it
00:19:34installed immediately i'm not letting our relations with consolidated motors be disrupted over some
00:19:38bookbinder's comfort uh harriet uh who's head of the program committee at the chamber of commerce
00:19:43arnold willoughby and i want to talk to him on the phone oh but then get my wife dear
00:19:57what does he look like why he's great guns don't you know i never saw him in my life well of all the
00:20:03idiotic things a big man like mr cleveland a man who the president of consolidated motors
00:20:13uh
00:20:32ah mr kinley what a pleasant surprise to find you here i hadn't anticipated such a welcome you're
00:20:37you're cleveland harold p cleveland well well how do you do mr cleveland this is indeed a great honor thank
00:20:43you may i present my associates oh i recognize mr salton stall and mr gallagher too uh delighted to see
00:20:50you gentlemen how did you know well i make it a practice to familiarize myself with all my associates
00:20:55and employees shall we go yes of course my car's outside take mr cleveland's briefcase oh no no thank you
00:21:02i can manage myself
00:21:12any special department you'd like to inspect mr cleveland we'll start with the hand press department
00:21:28in the composing room afterwards i'd like a word with your executives yes indeed i've already issued
00:21:32orders for all our executives to place themselves at your disposal mr cleveland may i ask is there any
00:21:38um uh special significance to your visit special significance not at all it's only a routine inspection tour
00:22:08that about covers it mr cleveland unless of course you'd be interested in inspecting our personnel
00:22:19department i think i've seen all this necessary
00:22:34here we are mr cleveland this is our conference room what's the matter come in gentlemen well i'll be
00:22:43uh did you know who that was we're sure the president of consolidated motors the president
00:22:48of consolidated motors my hind foot that was john hodges who john hodges of our hand press department
00:22:54my girl's grandfather your girl's what grandfather didn't you see him wink at me why certainly not what
00:23:00are you talking about about john hodges you know the old guy who came in the other day and asked
00:23:04us the name of the president of consolidated motors yes but what about him that's him in there
00:23:10only everybody thinks he's the president of consolidated motors
00:23:15really elliot you ought to see a doctor or something why in the world would an important
00:23:19man like mr mckinley be wasting his time with somebody from his own hand press department
00:23:24sometimes elliot you're a very stupid man
00:23:30gentlemen i'll tell you why i wanted to visit your plant as a young man i had great admiration
00:23:36for the art of printing i still have that feeling but in all frankness i must tell you that i've been
00:23:42keenly disappointed with what i've seen here today well you've got this place running like an automobile
00:23:49factory and that's downright foolish not one single white-haired man did i see on the job
00:23:56where i asked myself where are those men those artisans yes those artists whose love of their
00:24:04craft has been handed down from generation to generation got that harriet yes sir now i know
00:24:10it's the policy of consolidated motors not to hire people 65 years of age or over perhaps the labor
00:24:16technique of putting it off a wheel together requires youth rather than experience but for
00:24:20the life of me i don't see how such an asinine policy and i use the word asinine advisedly can
00:24:27apply it to the art of printing my suggestion mr mckinley is that you forget about the age requirements
00:24:33of our assembly lines and bring back the experienced craftsmen who honor your trade immediately harriet
00:24:40take a memo to all our executives as of today our employment policy is no longer governed by the
00:24:46five-year age level all employees who have been retired for that reason during the past year are
00:24:51to be notified immediately that their jobs are open provided they wish to return to work thank you
00:24:56gentlemen now if you excuse me i have a train to catch but mr cleveland you you can't leave just yet
00:25:01i've arranged a luncheon in your honor at the chamber of commerce what and i've even taken the liberty of
00:25:07engaging a suite for you at the commodore and my wife is expecting you for dinner tonight i i'd never
00:25:11live it down if you didn't show up well in that case why not thank you mr cleveland this way please
00:25:17pardon me mr cleveland but wouldn't you like me to send you a copy of your speech oh thank you young
00:25:22lady i don't think it's necessary i'm sure my suggestions are going to be carried out oh yes yes
00:25:26indeed mr cleveland well anyhow mr cleveland i want you to know i think your speech was grand
00:25:30i felt real honored just to hear it oh no idea it's i who've been honored good day
00:25:43is he still in there who john i mean mr cleveland yes he's speaking now wait a minute you can't go in
00:25:49only members but i gotta go and i gotta find out i'll get this but you can't
00:25:53thank you mr cleveland today i hear a great deal of talk in this country about the dangers of inflation
00:26:00which may lead to another economic depression in a society as complicated and delicate as ours
00:26:06we must leave no stone unturned in our search for stability and in these old and expert men of 65 and
00:26:14over there is a great fund of stability i confess there are moments gentlemen when i regard mass
00:26:27production and its subsequent benefits of a higher standard of living as a two-edged sword what are we
00:26:34sacrificing in this frantic chase for comfort well for one thing we're sacrificing those simple
00:26:42dignities of life which have helped make ours the greatest productive nation on earth
00:26:53now mind you i think the security and comforts are wonderful things
00:26:57i'm all for social security but in all our quest for this security let us not lose sight of those
00:27:04things which have made this a great nation let us not forget that our economic strength depends
00:27:10basically on one thing individual initiative we here in america have a great tradition to uphold
00:27:19a tradition of hard work a tradition of opportunity a tradition that every man may go just as far up
00:27:27the ladder of success as he individually is capable of going a tradition that no in government in
00:27:35industry anywhere can tell him what he can do and what he can't do when he can work and when he can't
00:27:49in all earnestness i tell you gentlemen that just so long as our workers can go to their jobs
00:27:57with the same fervor and self-respect that they go to their wives will we be able to fight off the threats
00:28:06of inflation and avoid the pitfalls of depression i thank you
00:28:23mr cleaver may i have your autograph oh delighted oh i'm sorry i'm not permitted to sign autographs
00:28:35company policy you know congratulations
00:28:53well it's about time oh it's you where is he where's who mr hodges your grandfather oh why look at this
00:29:06c.m prexy says human dignity will beat inflation what's that got to do with us look at it look at
00:29:13it good whose picture's that says he's prexy as cm whatever that means that's what it says but it's
00:29:19him mr hodges your old man does oh you're crazy look i'm not blind my eyes are good enough for the
00:29:26air corps and i'm telling you that's mr hodges i saw him today with my own eyes oh for heaven's
00:29:31sakes joe sit down stop being ridiculous what in the world would grandpa be doing at a chamber of
00:29:36commerce luncheon just look at the picture that's all i ask just look at it that could be a picture of
00:29:41anybody as far as i can see the only resemblance is they both got whiskers not even the same color
00:29:47whiskers but i'm telling you he winked at me joe look at me look me in the eye have you been drinking
00:29:55drinking i i who think of nothing but success 24 hours a day drinking well i like that but i'll
00:30:02tell you one thing i'm gonna get cockeyed tonight if somebody doesn't start believing me oh boy what a
00:30:07house this is first we get a piccolo player then we get a fellow who sneezes just once and all of a
00:30:13a sudden he's in a hospital for an occupational disease and now we got a lunatic on our hands
00:30:18who starts seeing things in newspapers by george this cleveland makes sense i'm going to save this
00:30:24i want dad to read it read it he said it joe please so you think i'm drunk well what else am
00:30:31i to think when you come bursting in here screaming that grandpa is president of consolidated motors
00:30:35okay okay i'm i'm a liar i'm drunk i don't know what i'm saying but i'm telling you i saw him
00:30:42today and he winked at me good evening everybody there's good news tonight this afternoon harold p
00:30:47cleveland president of consolidated motors offered a confused world the best recipe to beat inflation
00:30:51and continue prosperity that this commentator has heard yes sir winked at me
00:31:01have you already mixed the martinis yes madam my husband likes them very dry i understand madam he
00:31:06also likes them served immediately after he comes in yes madam well that may be he now though why
00:31:10he should be ringing the bed shall i go and see madam please willie turn that thing off okay
00:31:22good evening good evening who shall i say is calling sir me mr mckinley i live here i beg your
00:31:29pardon sir you'll find mrs mckinley in the drawing room new butler i tell you the servant problem yes i know
00:31:37i've been having trouble with my cook lately too lucille this is mr cleveland mr cleveland my wife
00:31:45how do you do mr cleveland it was nice of you to come thank you it was nice of you to have me
00:31:50come on meet him but listen do me a favor just for tonight and spare us any of your political philosophy
00:31:55okay okay mr cleveland this is our son willie good evening young man hello mr cleveland
00:32:02hey we were studying economics the other day and i saw a picture of you but you don't look a thing
00:32:06like you willie yes sir my husband likes martinis mr cleveland but if you prefer something else not at
00:32:12all my favorite beverage he's dry yes louis very dry four to one sir here's to consolidated motors
00:32:18thank you if you don't mind i'd rather drink to a lovely lady thank you
00:32:23i'll take the tray yes what class are you in young man 10 on the football team well kind of a kind of
00:32:36oh so that's the way it is i used to be a bench sitter myself how about a little refill mr cleveland
00:32:42thank you a wee modicum perhaps i thought we'd have dinner at home tonight just family style after that
00:32:47if you like i thought we three might run out to the country club for a little while the country club i'd
00:32:52like you to see it it's brand new and not half bad most of my executives belong got a great little
00:32:56golf course what do you say well i'll be delighted that is if mrs mckinley oh i'd like it very much
00:33:01very much indeed
00:33:17by joe i want to dance i haven't danced in 25 years at least suddenly i want to dance
00:33:24may i have this dance of course you add not at all go right ahead
00:33:31what kind of barbaric music is this this is the rumba well for one moment i had the wild
00:33:40illusion it was the bunny hug
00:33:52let's get out of here why we just got here look mr mckinley mr mckinley
00:34:17well you two must enjoy dancing your wife happens to be a very beautiful dancer mr mckinley yeah
00:34:43well for myself i think it's a waste of time look if you don't mind i'll run along i've got some
00:34:47papers to go through well perhaps we'd all better oh no you two stay here and enjoy yourselves i'll
00:34:52send the car back oh don't bother we'll get a taxi no bother my driver's used to waiting i'd prefer a
00:34:57taxi lewis okay good night mr cleveland good night and thank you for a wonderful evening glad you liked
00:35:03it we'll have to do this sort of thing again yes indeed i'd like that very much by the way before you go
00:35:08there's just one thought that i'd like to leave with you mr mckinley just a bit of my personal
00:35:12philosophy i like a man who works and works hard but that's not enough a man ought to play and play
00:35:19hard too i have an idea that you don't play enough mr mckinley that's very sound advice mr cleveland
00:35:26i'll take care of that in the future good night good night
00:35:38you
00:36:08Do you mind if we get out here?
00:36:26It's only a little way, but I can't bear to go in yet.
00:36:29Pull up here. We'll walk the rest of the way.
00:36:38Just wait for me, please.
00:36:50You think I'm silly, don't you?
00:36:52On the contrary, I think it was a charming idea.
00:36:56You'll never know how much this evening is meant to me.
00:36:59You don't go dancing often, I take it?
00:37:02I never go dancing.
00:37:05Do you and your wife?
00:37:07My wife died 25 years ago.
00:37:10Oh.
00:37:11That's why you said you hadn't danced in 25 years, at least.
00:37:15I haven't done much of anything since then, except work.
00:37:19You loved her very much, of course.
00:37:23Of course.
00:37:25People don't love each other like that anymore.
00:37:27No.
00:37:28Life's become too complicated.
00:37:31Young men these days are afraid to marry
00:37:33until they can offer their wives all the frills of security and comfort.
00:37:37I don't think it was that way with us.
00:37:44I loved my wife.
00:37:46I loved my work.
00:37:49Life somehow just went on with a sort of simple grace.
00:37:53Are you leaving tomorrow?
00:38:01Unfortunately, very early tomorrow.
00:38:08I'm sorry.
00:38:10I don't know what's the matter with me.
00:38:12But I've been so happy tonight.
00:38:14So really happy.
00:38:17It's been so long.
00:38:19Good night.
00:38:20Good night.
00:38:37Listen, don't give me that he wanted to talk business routine.
00:38:40Funny, but every time I want to talk business, you're always too busy.
00:38:43But it's true, Mr. McKinley.
00:38:45You know, as a rule, I never mix business and pleasure.
00:38:47I only thought that Mr. Gallagher and I could take some of the office burdens off your shoulders.
00:38:51Office burdens?
00:38:52Well, that's a new one.
00:38:53And another thing.
00:38:54Since when do you have to dress up like that for a business conference?
00:38:58Okay.
00:39:00Tell Gallagher I'll take up this matter with him in the morning.
00:39:02Good night.
00:39:05You two must have closed up the joint.
00:39:14By George, you're really a good-looking woman, Lucille.
00:39:16And did he go for you?
00:39:19Couldn't take his eyes off you?
00:39:23What did you do after I left?
00:39:26Louis.
00:39:28I want a divorce.
00:39:31What?
00:39:33You love me, Louis.
00:39:35What the devil has that got to do with it?
00:39:37Answer me.
00:39:39Do you?
00:39:39Well, how do you like that?
00:39:43She meets a guy one night.
00:39:45And right away she starts yapping about do I love her.
00:39:48What's the matter?
00:39:48Isn't my money good enough for you anymore?
00:39:51Haven't I supported you in the style to which you're accustomed?
00:39:54Yeah, and your whole family, too.
00:39:55For 20 years.
00:39:57You don't understand.
00:39:59You've never understood.
00:40:00Oh, yes, I do.
00:40:01I understand, all right.
00:40:02It's you that's cockeyed.
00:40:03But you're not going to get away with it.
00:40:05So you might as well get any tomfool ideas about divorce right out of your head.
00:40:08Please.
00:40:10Let's don't argue about it.
00:40:12We've been married 20 years.
00:40:15Sounds kind of silly to be talking this way after 20 years, doesn't it?
00:40:18I'm sorry it's turned out so badly.
00:40:21But I've been so miserable.
00:40:23Not so fast.
00:40:24I want to know what happened tonight.
00:40:25I told you nothing happened.
00:40:27Don't give me that.
00:40:28What happened?
00:40:30It's just that tonight, for the first time in years, I've known what it's like to be admired
00:40:37and respected, to be treated the way a woman wants to be treated.
00:40:42I know you think it's silly, but it's true.
00:40:45Well, just once more before I turn the corner, I want to know what love is.
00:40:53Well, that's just great.
00:40:55That's just wonderful.
00:40:57You know a man 20 minutes, and it's love in bloom.
00:41:00Oh, I realize I'll probably never see him again.
00:41:03But I can go on the rest of my life, just dreaming about tonight.
00:41:09Well, how do you like that?
00:41:11We've been married 20 years.
00:41:13And now you're in love.
00:41:15Oh, that looks nice.
00:41:41It's only $20 down.
00:41:42Yeah, but with the present credit system in this country, controls and all that.
00:41:46Joe, we're talking about a bedroom suite.
00:41:52My, my, obsolete.
00:41:55The prexy of CM.
00:41:58So I'm crazy, am I?
00:41:59I'm drunk.
00:42:00Look at him.
00:42:00Grandpa, your beard.
00:42:04Dad.
00:42:05Look, Mr. Hodges, before you say a word, will you do me a favor?
00:42:08Will you tell these people...
00:42:08I'll handle this.
00:42:09Dad, what have you done to yourself?
00:42:11What happened?
00:42:12You stay out of this.
00:42:13I want to get this matter settled first.
00:42:14Once and for all, are you or are you not the president of Consolidated Motors?
00:42:18My boy, you've no idea what I am.
00:42:21There.
00:42:22There.
00:42:22You see?
00:42:23I told you so, but nobody believed me.
00:42:24Oh, no.
00:42:26But why, Grandpa?
00:42:26Why did you do it?
00:42:27I wanted my job back.
00:42:29And just for that, you go out and pretend you're president of Consolidated Motors?
00:42:33I didn't count on it's getting so involved, Ella.
00:42:36I thought I'd just establish a new hiring policy and then come home.
00:42:39You didn't count on it's getting so involved.
00:42:42Boy, that's a good one.
00:42:43Get a load of this.
00:42:45Oh, an atrocious picture.
00:42:46You'd think with all the photographers there are in this town, at least one would have got me in focus.
00:42:51I give up.
00:42:51Honestly, I give up.
00:42:53My own father.
00:42:54Pardon me for asking, Grandpa, but what happens tomorrow when the real president of Consolidated Motors finds out he made a speech today?
00:43:01I'm sure I don't know, Della, but I must say it reads like a very good speech.
00:43:06I'll tell you what's going to happen.
00:43:08This is what's called confidence work, like selling phony stock.
00:43:11You can get five years in jail for this sort of thing.
00:43:13Really?
00:43:14So much?
00:43:15Personally, I give them 24 hours before they put you in jail.
00:43:18Unless, of course, you'd turn yourself in.
00:43:20That way, they might be a little more lenient.
00:43:21I was in a show once where this fellow pretends he's somebody else, only he ain't.
00:43:26Oh, boy, what they did to him.
00:43:28Holy smoke, I just thought of something.
00:43:31That jerk Erickson.
00:43:32I told him about it, and he's just the sort of heel that'll turn you in because he knows he'll probably get a promotion for it.
00:43:38Just my luck.
00:43:39He turns you in, and they make him assistant head of personnel.
00:43:42You sure about that?
00:43:44He'd turn his own mother in to get that promotion.
00:43:46He's that type.
00:43:47Well, then why don't you turn him in?
00:43:48Why should that other jerk get all the credit?
00:43:51I couldn't do a thing like that.
00:43:52Oh, don't be so noble all of a sudden.
00:43:54You want to marry Alice, don't you?
00:43:55Well, yes, but...
00:43:56Yeah, and you can't or you won't till you get that promotion.
00:43:59No, but that's...
00:44:00There's no buts about it.
00:44:01This is your big chance.
00:44:02I can't do a thing like that, Mrs. Hodges.
00:44:05Why, if it weren't for him, I'd never even have known Alice.
00:44:07Somebody's going to turn him in.
00:44:09Not me.
00:44:10Listen, Grandpa, will you tell Rover Boy here that he ain't putting you behind the eight ball if he turns you in?
00:44:16Joe's of age.
00:44:17He can make his own decision.
00:44:19I've already made my decision.
00:44:21I'm not going to do it.
00:44:22Well, for goodness sake, why not?
00:44:24You've all accused me of being just a man of facts and figures in economics.
00:44:27Well, you're wrong.
00:44:28I'm also a man of heart and blood and soul, and I'm not going to do it.
00:44:33I've got principles.
00:44:35Joe!
00:44:37Well, how do you like that?
00:44:39After all the time he spent hanging around this house, all of a sudden he's got principles.
00:44:44Good night, all.
00:44:46You're really a wonderful person, Joe.
00:44:48Oh, she was nuts, even if she is your mother.
00:44:51In this awful world where everybody's cutting everybody else's throat, you still have some decency left.
00:44:58I'm proud of you, Joe.
00:44:59Yeah.
00:44:59You have real dignity.
00:45:01I love you, Joe.
00:45:06I love you, Joe.
00:45:07I love you, Joe.
00:45:08I love you, Joe.
00:45:09I love you, Joe.
00:45:10I love you, Joe.
00:45:11I love you, Joe.
00:45:12I love you, Joe.
00:45:13I love you, Joe.
00:45:14I love you, Joe.
00:45:15I love you, Joe.
00:45:16I love you, Joe.
00:45:17I love you, Joe.
00:45:18I love you, Joe.
00:45:19I love you, Joe.
00:45:20I love you, Joe.
00:45:21I love you, Joe.
00:45:22I love you, Joe.
00:45:23I love you, Joe.
00:45:24I love you, Joe.
00:45:25I love you, Joe.
00:45:26I love you, Joe.
00:45:27I love you, Joe.
00:45:28I love you, Joe.
00:45:29I love you, Joe.
00:45:30I love you, Joe.
00:45:31I love you, Joe.
00:45:32I love you, Joe.
00:45:33Come in.
00:45:49Grandpa, I just made a wonderful discovery.
00:45:52Really?
00:45:53I just realized that you're a great man.
00:45:56Ha-ha!
00:45:57I guess I'm beginning to grow up at last, Grandpa.
00:45:59To understand things.
00:46:00What kind of things, my dear?
00:46:02Dignity.
00:46:03That's the word. Dignity.
00:46:05All of a sudden it came to me like a flash of lightning.
00:46:07That there's nothing so important as a person's own dignity.
00:46:11It's more important than maintaining a high standard of living or...
00:46:15Or even being assistant to the head of some old department.
00:46:18And that's what this was all about, wasn't it?
00:46:21You were fighting for your dignity.
00:46:23The dignity of your work.
00:46:25And for that you were willing to take on the whole complex world.
00:46:29I think you're a wonderful man, Grandpa.
00:46:32Thank you, my dear.
00:46:34Good night.
00:46:37Good night.
00:46:38Good night.
00:46:38He can't.
00:47:08in our time we have grown accustomed to the machine age and its coldness mr cleveland's
00:47:19fine speech has given us a new realization of honor and humanity as well as a truer
00:47:23understanding of the individual's place in our american culture our hat is off to mr cleveland
00:47:29he is a great american read what that paper there has to say mr cleveland not yet it says
00:47:35god bless mr cleveland and consolidated motors they've restored our faltering faith that sure
00:47:41was some speech mr cleveland kind of makes you proud to be an american i've never seen anything
00:47:47like it there must be ten thousand this isn't even half of them listen clancy of course i'm only head
00:47:56of public relations around here i suppose it'd be too much trouble for anybody to tell me when the
00:48:00boss is going to make a speech don't blame me i didn't know any more about it than you did he told
00:48:04me he was going to the ball game yesterday afternoon what a speech this'll sell a million
00:48:08cars and look what's happened to the market opened two points up straight across the board i've seen
00:48:12this but that's cute yes sir i bet the rest of the industry's tearing their hair out right now
00:48:18well there's something fishy about all this unless i'm out of my mind i was having luncheon with mr
00:48:23cleveland at the plaza at one o'clock yesterday oh now take it easy bill you better lay off that hooch
00:48:27that's when he was making this speech well maybe 1 15 1 30 but i know it was yesterday hey harold
00:48:33what's the big idea set up a special meeting of the executive committee in my office at 11 o'clock
00:48:36and get my lawyer to sum it up gentlemen it appears that this person's speech has not only caught the
00:48:43public's fancy and brought this company a great deal of goodwill but it's had a profound effect
00:48:47on the whole market indeed on the whole business structure of america the question now is what are
00:48:54we going to do about it there's only one thing we can do categorically deny the whole thing and
00:48:59categorically deny ourselves 25 million dollars well if we don't deny it you can bet that somebody
00:49:04else will then where will we be your lawyer joe what do you think well frankly it looks to me like
00:49:09a carefully planned maneuver not only to create a bull market but to put consolidated motors in an
00:49:14awkward spot maybe though actually when you analyze it the speech doesn't really say anything except what
00:49:19we've all been saying about individual initiative keeping our shoulders to the wheel and giving a bunch
00:49:25of old men some jobs if you ask me i'd say it's the work of a crackpot i disagree i've read the
00:49:31speech a dozen times i don't find any crackpot ideas in it in fact i consider it a splendid speech i'm
00:49:36inclined to agree with everything it says no ernest the thing that worries me is why didn't i make that
00:49:42speech what you're paid a handsome salary to handle the public relations of this company
00:49:46here's a fine business talk that i could have made now why didn't you think of it for me but but mr
00:49:51cleveland i i in fact why didn't i think of it for myself for that matter why didn't some of you
00:49:57other gentlemen think of it for yourselves well i think mr cleveland has a point there now my suggestion
00:50:04is that for the time being at least until we can make an investigation i've already taken steps to do
00:50:08that then i move we just sit tight i second the motion all in favor aye all right gentlemen i know i
00:50:15don't have to caution anyone here that this is a matter of utmost secrecy good day
00:50:19uh say frank yeah you remember my he telling you yesterday about the president of consolidated
00:50:39motors and how it was really an old guy in our hand press department so haven't told anybody yet
00:50:44have you well hardly well do me a favor and don't it's a long story i can't explain but uh just take
00:50:52my word and don't sure thanks well see you around
00:50:59uh
00:51:14uh
00:51:16uh
00:51:18uh
00:51:20uh
00:51:22uh
00:51:24uh
00:51:26uh
00:51:28Hold his best.
00:51:36Come in.
00:51:43Well?
00:51:44Mr. Gallagher, there's something going on around here
00:51:46that I think ought to be brought to Mr. McKinley's attention immediately.
00:51:50What sort of something?
00:51:51This whole consolidated motors thing, sir, it's just a gag.
00:51:55What whole consolidated motors thing?
00:51:57The man that was here yesterday inspecting the plant
00:51:59is not the president of consolidated motors.
00:52:01He's a printer in our hand press department.
00:52:04What's that you've got behind your back, Erickson?
00:52:06Dirty pictures?
00:52:07Oh, no, sir.
00:52:09This is the file on him.
00:52:11The file on who?
00:52:12On this man who everybody thinks is the president of consolidated motors.
00:52:16The one who made that speech at the Chamber of Commerce yesterday.
00:52:19Listen, are you drunk?
00:52:20Oh, no, sir.
00:52:22Well, then what's itching you? What are you driving at?
00:52:24Only that the man that was here yesterday inspecting the plant was an imposter.
00:52:27He pretended to be Harold P. Cleveland, the president of consolidated motors, and he's not.
00:52:31He's John Hodge as a printer.
00:52:33Listen, Erickson, if this is a gag, I don't like it.
00:52:35I know it sounds fantastic, sir.
00:52:37You're getting to be something of a screwball.
00:52:39You know that, don't you?
00:52:40Me, sir?
00:52:41I've got to make my choice for a new assistant around here pretty soon, and I don't mind telling you you're not giving me a very good impression.
00:52:47But it's not a gag, sir.
00:52:48It's true.
00:52:49Honest, it is.
00:52:50What's true?
00:52:50The president of consolidated motors that was here yesterday was not the real president of consolidated motors.
00:52:55The real president is a man named Harold P. Cleveland.
00:52:58The man that was here yesterday is John Hodges, who works in our hand press department.
00:53:01All you have to do is look at his picture right here in the file, sir.
00:53:04Never mind the file.
00:53:05Now, let me get this straight.
00:53:06You say the whole world thinks the man who inspected our plant yesterday was the president of consolidated motors.
00:53:11Is that it?
00:53:11Yes, sir.
00:53:11And then he made the speech at the Chamber of Commerce.
00:53:13Mr. McKinley thinks he was the president of consolidated motors?
00:53:16The papers think so.
00:53:18The Chamber of Commerce thinks so.
00:53:19But you don't.
00:53:20You think he's a measly little printer in our hand press department.
00:53:22I'm sorry if you refuse to believe me, Mr. Gallagher.
00:53:24Oh, don't be silly, Erickson.
00:53:26Of course I believe you.
00:53:27And by the way, my name isn't Gallagher.
00:53:30I'm Harry Truman, president of the United States.
00:53:33And you're not Erickson.
00:53:34Your princess Elizabeth's baby, Bonnie Prince Charlie, remember?
00:53:37But, Mr. Gallagher...
00:53:37Shut up!
00:53:38Get out of here!
00:53:38And the next time you come in with one of your fool's stories, I'll have you locked up in the padded cell.
00:53:42Now, get out!
00:53:54Mr. McKinley in?
00:53:56Who's calling, please?
00:53:57Klanbaum's the name.
00:53:58Mr. Regal.
00:53:59Mr. McKinley's in conference.
00:54:01Perhaps if I could help you.
00:54:02I hear you had quite a bit of excitement around here yesterday.
00:54:06Excitement?
00:54:06What kind of excitement?
00:54:07With Mr. Cleveland, I mean.
00:54:10Oh, yes.
00:54:11Of course.
00:54:12Mr. Cleveland.
00:54:13Did you meet him, miss?
00:54:14Meet him?
00:54:14I took dictation from him.
00:54:16Yeah?
00:54:17I'll tell you whilst he sent us.
00:54:21Just a moment.
00:54:22Mr. McKinley, we'll see you now.
00:54:36Thank you, miss.
00:54:37How do you feel?
00:54:57Oh, here, take a swallow of this.
00:54:59There, you'll be okay.
00:55:05You sent for the doctor.
00:55:07I don't want a doctor.
00:55:08And you keep out of here, too.
00:55:10I was only trying to help.
00:55:14Of course you understand this must be handled with absolute secrecy, Mr. McKinley.
00:55:18Don't worry.
00:55:19I'm the guy that was taken.
00:55:20Why, if this ever gets out, they'll laugh me right out of town.
00:55:26Don't excite yourself, Mr. McKinley.
00:55:28Why shouldn't I excite myself?
00:55:30My whole life's been disrupted.
00:55:32First my wife wants a divorce.
00:55:34Now I faint.
00:55:35All on account of this phony.
00:55:38Oh, the crook.
00:55:39The dirty, low-down crook.
00:55:40I took him to my house for dinner.
00:55:42Just wait till I tell my wife.
00:55:44Oh, boy.
00:55:45Well, I laugh right in her face.
00:55:47Falling for a phony.
00:55:49Well, we'll take a look around.
00:55:50Yes, sir.
00:55:51If we find out anything, we'll let you know.
00:55:52Meanwhile, you get any idea of yourself, you would live in a palace.
00:55:56Oh, boy.
00:55:58Well, I laugh right in her face.
00:56:04I've got to see Mr. McKinley right away.
00:56:06It's a matter of life and death.
00:56:07What's the name?
00:56:08Mr. Erickson of the personnel department.
00:56:09Personnel.
00:56:10Mr. Gallagher's department.
00:56:11That's right.
00:56:12And please hurry.
00:56:13Mr. McKinley's very busy.
00:56:14He can't see anyone.
00:56:15I think Mr. McKinley would rather have things go right along as usual, miss.
00:56:20Mr. Erickson of the personnel department to see you, Mr. McKinley.
00:56:30Who the devil is Mr. Erickson of the personnel department?
00:56:33I assure you I haven't the faintest idea, Mr. McKinley.
00:56:36Only he says it's extremely urgent.
00:56:38Oh, he does, does he?
00:56:39Really, Mr. McKinley, I'm only trying to...
00:56:40Okay, okay, send him in.
00:56:43Why not?
00:56:43The more, the merrier.
00:56:53Well?
00:56:53Mr. McKinley, I have reason to believe that the man who was here yesterday posing as a
00:56:56president of Consolidated Motors was really an imposter.
00:56:59How would you like to be fired?
00:57:01Sir?
00:57:02Listen, you half-wit.
00:57:03If you dare breathe another word of what you've just said to me to a single soul,
00:57:06I'll have you thrown out of here on those pencil-striped pants of yours.
00:57:09Mr. McKinley has a man's file right here.
00:57:10His picture.
00:57:11Shut up and get out of here before I brain you.
00:57:13Yes, sir.
00:57:13Wait a minute.
00:57:14Yes, sir.
00:57:14Give me that file.
00:57:15Yes, sir.
00:57:16Mr. McKinley, control yourself.
00:57:18Go fry an egg.
00:57:19Well.
00:57:21Oh.
00:57:22Well, thank you.
00:57:23Don't do anything until you hear further from me.
00:57:25Goodbye.
00:57:27Kleinbaum, he says the man works right there in the plant.
00:57:29The police been notified?
00:57:30Well, wait a minute.
00:57:31You want to break this thing wide open?
00:57:32But you can't let a low common thief, a confidence man,
00:57:35go around professing to be president of Consolidated Motors.
00:57:38Well, keep your shirt on.
00:57:40And nobody suffered any great damages.
00:57:42In fact, when you come right down to it...
00:57:43Wait till you get a load of this.
00:57:44Straight from union headquarters.
00:57:46Listen.
00:57:47Since Mr. Cleveland has shown a willingness to see labor's point of view,
00:57:49and since the United Automobile Workers are just as eager as Mr. Cleveland
00:57:52to maintain the nation's economic strength,
00:57:54we hereby pledge ourselves to arbitrate all current differences
00:57:58in the same spirit as his speech.
00:58:00How do you like that?
00:58:00Why, this is absolutely the most ridiculous position the company has ever been in.
00:58:04Looks like we're saddled with that fool's speech whether we like it or not.
00:58:07That's right. If we deny it now, we'll be accused of trifling with the future prosperity of America.
00:58:12As a matter of fact, in view of the sharp market rise,
00:58:15I'm not sure that those of us who have bought consolidated motor stock recently
00:58:18wouldn't end up in jail.
00:58:21Gentlemen, my advice is to emulate that estimable creature of the sea,
00:58:26the clam, and say absolutely nothing.
00:58:29I still say there's something screwy about a simple little printer pulling a trick like this.
00:58:34That's possible, but if so, let's just hope he gets away with it.
00:58:37Fancy. Have my car here at six o'clock and phone my home and say I won't be there for dinner.
00:58:41That's all, gentlemen.
00:58:43Well, I still...
00:58:44Just wait till you get unloaded.
00:58:48What the devil is this?
00:58:50It's the suitcase I bought twelve years ago,
00:58:53when we were supposed to take that trip to Europe.
00:58:55What's it doing here?
00:58:56I'm going away.
00:58:58Listen, if you've got a fool notion like that, you better get it out of your head,
00:59:01because I got news for you, and you better get a good hold on the bed,
00:59:04because when you faint, I don't want you banging your head on the floor.
00:59:07What would you say if I told you we had a phony to dinner last night?
00:59:10A what?
00:59:10A phony.
00:59:11That bird's no more president of consolidated motors than I am.
00:59:15He's a crook, an imposter, but don't worry,
00:59:17I'll send him to jail if it's the last thing I do.
00:59:20Here's a whole record on him.
00:59:21Just look for yourself.
00:59:24Who is he?
00:59:25A printer.
00:59:27In my own hand press department.
00:59:29John Hodges.
00:59:30How do you like that?
00:59:31Why, I think it's wonderful.
00:59:33What?
00:59:34I said I think it's wonderful.
00:59:36Look, I'm in no mood for jokes.
00:59:38Now unpack that suitcase and come on down to dinner.
00:59:40But I won't be here for dinner.
00:59:41I'm leaving.
00:59:42Now listen, just because some measly $62 a week printer in my own factory dances the rumba.
00:59:47Last night, for the first time, he made me realize just how empty my life has been.
00:59:53And stop crying.
00:59:54You know I can't stand tears.
00:59:57Well, at least tell me, what have I done?
01:00:00You've killed my life, homie.
01:00:01That's what you've done.
01:00:02You've never loved me.
01:00:04Not for one moment.
01:00:05I'm 40 years old.
01:00:0643.
01:00:07And I just can't go on being treated like a stick of furniture any longer.
01:00:11I have as much right to love as anybody.
01:00:13Even if I am 40.
01:00:16What you said.
01:00:17Have you really been so miserable, Lucille?
01:00:22I'm sorry if I've made life so unbearable for you.
01:00:25I didn't know I was doing it.
01:00:27Well, maybe it's not all your fault, Louis.
01:00:29You can't help being what you are.
01:00:32But you are what you are and I can't stand it any longer.
01:00:36Who's going to tell Willie?
01:00:37I'll tell him.
01:00:41Lucille, this is a terrible thing that we're doing.
01:00:44I don't like divorce.
01:00:45I was brought up not to believe in divorce.
01:00:47We were married in a church and there's something unholy about a divorce.
01:00:51I wish you'd weighed this decision carefully.
01:01:00Willie.
01:01:01Oh, Mom.
01:01:02I'm starving.
01:01:03Yes, dear.
01:01:03Here I know.
01:01:05Willie, I have a shock for you.
01:01:07But I think you're old enough and sensitive enough to understand.
01:01:10Sure.
01:01:11What is it?
01:01:13Your father and I, we're...
01:01:15We're separating.
01:01:17We're getting a divorce.
01:01:19Divorce?
01:01:21Is it a very big shock to you, dear?
01:01:23Is it a shock?
01:01:25Boy, is that some question.
01:01:26Of course it's a shock.
01:01:27Naturally, it's a shock.
01:01:29Oh, I'm sorry, dear.
01:01:30I didn't mean to shock you.
01:01:31But I thought it would be better if I came straight out
01:01:33and told you.
01:01:35Here, sit down, darling, please.
01:01:36I don't want to sit down.
01:01:37I don't feel like sitting down.
01:01:39You're angry with me.
01:01:41I'm not angry.
01:01:42I'm just upset, that's all.
01:01:44What's so surprising about being upset?
01:01:46You'd be upset, too, under the circumstances.
01:01:48Oh, dear, I didn't mean to upset you.
01:01:51Actually, I'm quite upset myself.
01:01:54I feel terrible.
01:01:56Right here in my stomach.
01:01:58Willie, you're not going to be sick.
01:01:59I don't know.
01:02:01I must have some kind of psychosomatic disorder.
01:02:04It hits me right here in my stomach.
01:02:06Oh, dear.
01:02:07I don't know what to say.
01:02:10I've never felt so miserable in my whole life.
01:02:15I'm going away.
01:02:17Where?
01:02:19I don't know.
01:02:20To my family in Maryland, I suppose.
01:02:24Of course, they'll be furious with me.
01:02:25They'll want me to come straight back and apologize to your father.
01:02:27But I just couldn't do that.
01:02:31Oh.
01:02:38Goodbye, dear.
01:02:42Go take some aromatic spirits of ammonia.
01:02:45Then lie down flat.
01:02:50Where's your mother?
01:02:51Gone.
01:02:52Gone? Gone where?
01:02:53To Maryland.
01:02:53I feel sick.
01:02:55I'm sick of my stomach.
01:02:56Listen, I've got no time for you and your stomach.
01:02:58I've got to stop her.
01:02:58That's a fine thing to say, a fine thing.
01:03:00My mother comes in and says,
01:03:01Don't get sick, but your father and I are getting a divorce.
01:03:04Then my father comes in and says...
01:03:05All right, all right.
01:03:07Take some soda water.
01:03:08I'll head her off at the railroad station.
01:03:09You stay here.
01:03:10If she comes back, don't let her out of the house again.
01:03:14I think I'm going to be sick all over the place.
01:03:17And that'll show them.
01:03:20Alice.
01:03:21Alice, I got it.
01:03:22I got it.
01:03:23Got what?
01:03:24The job, the promotion.
01:03:25Oh, Joe, that's wonderful.
01:03:27Now can we get married?
01:03:28You said it.
01:03:29Just name the day and I'll be there with Bells on.
01:03:30See, I knew.
01:03:31All you had to do was tell that Mr. Gallagher...
01:03:33I didn't tell him.
01:03:33I didn't tell him anything.
01:03:34He just called me in and said,
01:03:36Joe, that Erickson's nutty in a fruitcake.
01:03:37How'd you like to be my new assistant?
01:03:40Congratulations, my boy.
01:03:42You're on your way.
01:03:43Someday, if you're not careful,
01:03:44you may even be a Mr. McKinley.
01:03:46Yes, sir.
01:03:47However, don't forget one thing.
01:03:49There's more in life than mere success, young man.
01:03:51Or rather, you should make up your mind what you mean by success.
01:03:55Remember, it's not just having a job.
01:03:58It's not just making money.
01:03:59It isn't?
01:04:00In fact, it has nothing to do with those things.
01:04:02It's what a man gets out of his work that matters.
01:04:05Are you doing something you like?
01:04:06Are you aware of the essential dignity of what you're doing with your hands,
01:04:10with your mind?
01:04:11Well, I certainly...
01:04:11First of all, there's a stewardship of responsibility that one of your generation...
01:04:15Yeah, well, there's the beer.
01:04:17What beer?
01:04:17The beer I ordered to celebrate our engagement, you dope.
01:04:20A case, a whole case.
01:04:22Wait.
01:04:22How do you know it's the beer?
01:04:23Maybe it's the police.
01:04:24The police?
01:04:25Oh, my goodness.
01:04:26I'll go.
01:04:31Yes?
01:04:31Does a...
01:04:34A Mr. John Hodges live here?
01:04:37Who's calling, please?
01:04:38Mrs. Lewis McKinley.
01:04:40McKinley?
01:04:40Oh, I'm sorry.
01:04:41He's gone to the country.
01:04:42Oh, no, Alice.
01:04:42Let Mrs. McKinley in.
01:04:44You're...
01:04:45You're...
01:04:45John Hodges.
01:04:46I dyed my whiskers.
01:04:48You must excuse my granddaughter's behavior,
01:04:50but you see, we were expecting the police,
01:04:52so naturally she was suspicious.
01:04:53This is the rest of my family.
01:04:55My son George,
01:04:56my daughter-in-law...
01:04:57Hello.
01:04:58And Mr. Elliot,
01:04:59the young man who thought you were a case of beer.
01:05:01How do you do?
01:05:02How do you do?
01:05:03May I see you for a moment alone, please?
01:05:06Certainly.
01:05:06Come into my bedroom.
01:05:10His bedroom?
01:05:11So what?
01:05:12After what's been going on in this house
01:05:14for the last 24 hours,
01:05:15you're going to draw the line at a bedroom?
01:05:17So what?
01:05:20No, please.
01:05:21Don't turn on the lights.
01:05:22Not yet.
01:05:22Well, it's a little compromising, isn't it,
01:05:24not having the lights on?
01:05:26Well, I...
01:05:28I'd like to feel a little compromise.
01:05:32I'm leaving my husband.
01:05:34Really?
01:05:35May I ask why?
01:05:39I...
01:05:39Well, I...
01:05:42I told him I was in love with you.
01:05:45With me?
01:05:47But that's ridiculous.
01:05:49You've only seen me once.
01:05:50That doesn't matter.
01:05:51I know you for what you are.
01:05:53A gallant and wonderful man
01:05:54who respects me and acts like a gentleman.
01:05:56Even if you are what my husband said you are.
01:05:59A phony.
01:06:01Did your husband say that?
01:06:02He said some terrible things about you.
01:06:04He said you're a crook and an imposter
01:06:06and he's going to put you in jail.
01:06:07But I don't care.
01:06:08I'll stand by you.
01:06:09I'll even go to court and testify for you.
01:06:11And you can testify for me.
01:06:13Mrs. McKinley,
01:06:14I'm going to turn on the lights.
01:06:15Oh, no, please.
01:06:16Not yet.
01:06:17Yes, Mrs. McKinley.
01:06:18Now.
01:06:19Immediately.
01:06:20Mrs. McKinley,
01:06:21though I may be everything that your husband says I am
01:06:24and everything that you believe me to be,
01:06:25I am emphatically not a correspondent in a divorce suit.
01:06:29Do I make myself clear?
01:06:31Then last night was just last night?
01:06:36Mrs. McKinley,
01:06:36you're a very handsome woman.
01:06:38You dance extremely well.
01:06:40You also have a gift for summing up a situation.
01:06:43Last night was simply last night.
01:06:46I'm sorry if my bluntness offends you,
01:06:49but I assure you I have no intention of coming to treat any man and his wife,
01:06:53especially one as impulsive as you are.
01:06:57Perhaps if I were 30 years younger...
01:06:59Oh, no, please.
01:07:00Don't blame yourself.
01:07:01I understand, and I deserve this.
01:07:03I guess I'm just a silly woman who's made quite a fool of herself.
01:07:08Though it pains me to say so, you are.
01:07:11My husband and I have been married for 20 years,
01:07:13and this is my first infidelity.
01:07:16You don't say.
01:07:18He married me because I was society,
01:07:20and I married him for his money.
01:07:21Not that I couldn't have fallen in love with him.
01:07:23He's not bad looking, you know.
01:07:24On the contrary?
01:07:25He has a certain vibrance.
01:07:27Oh, yes, I'd say he's full of vibrance.
01:07:29Sometimes there's something almost exciting about him.
01:07:32Only he's not in love with me.
01:07:35How can you be so sure?
01:07:37Well, at first I thought he might be in love with me.
01:07:39I can remember he used to kiss me with all the tenderness of a...
01:07:43of a...
01:07:44A wild stallion?
01:07:47Then after a while, he never kissed me at all.
01:07:50Life was just a succession of fur coats and invitations to dinner.
01:07:55That's all I've been.
01:07:57An invitation to dinner.
01:07:58Mrs. McKinley, do you know what I think?
01:08:00I think you're in love with your husband.
01:08:03Me?
01:08:03I have an idea that if you were to kiss him once, just once,
01:08:07with all the tenderness of a...
01:08:09of a...
01:08:10Wild mare?
01:08:12Mrs. McKinley, I think we both need some coffee.
01:08:15Let's get out of here.
01:08:17I knew this would come in handy.
01:08:20Here.
01:08:21Hang on to that.
01:08:24Serviette?
01:08:25Hey, a beer.
01:08:26I'll get it.
01:08:31Yes?
01:08:32My name is Harold P. Cleveland.
01:08:34I'm looking for Mr. John Hodges.
01:08:38They're here.
01:08:39Who?
01:08:40Some man who says he's Harold P. Cleveland.
01:08:42The one with the black beard?
01:08:43That was Grandpa.
01:08:45Here, I'll handle this.
01:08:50You got a warrant?
01:08:51No.
01:08:52Nobody gets in here without a warrant.
01:08:54Who is it now?
01:08:56Some flatfoot pretending he's Harold P. Cleveland.
01:08:58Who does he think he's fooling?
01:09:00Anybody knows that Harold P. Cleveland wouldn't be coming here personally to make the arrest.
01:09:07Good evening, sir.
01:09:08You were looking for me?
01:09:09You're John Hodges.
01:09:10I am.
01:09:10I'm Harold P. Cleveland.
01:09:12How do you do, Mr. Cleveland?
01:09:13Won't you come in?
01:09:16Mr. Cleveland, I'd like you to meet my son, George,
01:09:18my daughter-in-law, Della.
01:09:19Hello.
01:09:20Mrs. McKinley, my granddaughter Alice, and her fiancé, Mr. Elliott.
01:09:24Hi, dear.
01:09:25We're celebrating their betrothal.
01:09:26Oh, congratulations.
01:09:27Take Mr. Cleveland's hat, Alice.
01:09:29Oh, no, thank you.
01:09:29I can only stay a moment.
01:09:30You're not Harold P. Cleveland.
01:09:32You can't fool us.
01:09:34But I am Harold P. Cleveland.
01:09:35If you don't believe me, my chauffeur is outside.
01:09:37Ask him.
01:09:38How do we know he's your chauffeur?
01:09:40Well, I don't usually carry much in my wallet.
01:09:43But here.
01:09:45Sorry I haven't my fingerprints.
01:09:47What is it you want, Mr. Cleveland?
01:09:49I just wanted to meet Mr. Hodges, that's all.
01:09:52I'd like an explanation.
01:09:53I think I deserve an explanation.
01:09:55I agree, Mr. Cleveland.
01:09:57Would you step in here, please?
01:09:58I don't mind telling you, Mr. Hodges,
01:09:59you've put Consolidated Motors in a highly ridiculous position
01:10:02with this escapade of yours.
01:10:03And while I'm told that technically you've committed no crime,
01:10:06I'd still like to know why you did it.
01:10:08Did I hear you say that I'd committed no crime?
01:10:10Probably not.
01:10:11At least that's what our lawyers say.
01:10:13And from the fees they get, they ought to know.
01:10:15Well, well.
01:10:17This is a pleasant surprise.
01:10:19My son here was sure that I'd go to jail for five years.
01:10:22Imagine that, George.
01:10:23No crime.
01:10:24What do you know?
01:10:25He really is the president of Consolidated Motors.
01:10:27He is?
01:10:28There's no doubt about it.
01:10:29Is that so?
01:10:32My, what a crazy evening this has been.
01:10:35First, my daughter gets engaged,
01:10:37and then the president of Consolidated Motors drops in.
01:10:41Joseph, get the president of Consolidated Motors a chair.
01:10:45I declare when you stop to think of it.
01:10:48You know, nobody's going to believe me when I tell them.
01:10:50They're going to laugh right in my face.
01:10:53Somebody give them a piece of cake.
01:10:55Oh.
01:10:57It's a Lady Anne chocolate surprise.
01:11:00Well, no, thank you.
01:11:01Oh, come on.
01:11:02I made it myself.
01:11:02My doctor doesn't allow me to eat cake.
01:11:05Oh?
01:11:05Why?
01:11:06You got diabetes?
01:11:08Well, no.
01:11:09It's something entirely different.
01:11:11Oh.
01:11:12I'm sorry.
01:11:14May I shake your hand, Mr. Cleveland?
01:11:16I'd like to tell the people at the plant
01:11:18that I shook the hand of the president of Consolidated Motors.
01:11:21Not that they'd believe me,
01:11:22but I'd like to tell them so anyway.
01:11:24That'll do, Joe.
01:11:26Maybe you'd like a cup of my special coffee, Mr. President.
01:11:29And everybody says what good coffee I make,
01:11:32even though I'm not the cook type.
01:11:34I was on the stage, you know.
01:11:35Maybe you saw me.
01:11:37No, I'm afraid I never had that privilege.
01:11:39Have you any saccharine?
01:11:40Saccharine?
01:11:41No, but we can get you some in just a minute.
01:11:43Hey, Joseph, run over next door and borrow a cup of saccharine.
01:11:47Oh, well, please don't bother.
01:11:48I'll take it just as it is.
01:11:49Only half cream.
01:11:51No bother at all.
01:11:53You sure you never saw me?
01:11:54I was billed as Della Robbia, the bombshell of song.
01:11:58I never went to the theater when I was a young man.
01:12:00And now, Mr. Hodges, I'd like to hear your story.
01:12:02Well, it's really a very silly story, Mr. Cleveland.
01:12:05In fact, when I look back on it, it seems absolutely incredible.
01:12:08Here you are.
01:12:10Excuse me.
01:12:11Now, don't go away.
01:12:12I'll be back in just a minute.
01:12:13Of course, going to the chamber of commerce was something I hadn't counted on.
01:12:25The beer.
01:12:28Mr. McKinley.
01:12:29I thought I'd find you here.
01:12:30Yes, Lewis.
01:12:31Okay, all right.
01:12:32I love you.
01:12:32Do you hear?
01:12:33I love you.
01:12:33Now, come on home and stop this nonsense.
01:12:34I beg your pardon.
01:12:35You keep out of this, whoever you are.
01:12:37This is between me and my wife.
01:12:38Who are you anyway?
01:12:39Harold P. Cleveland, president of Consolidation.
01:12:41Listen, I've heard all the Cleveland that I want to hear.
01:12:43It's all right with me if I never hear that name again.
01:12:44You understand?
01:12:45Now, come on home, will you?
01:12:47I apologize for whatever I did.
01:12:49I said I apologize.
01:12:50You're right, Lewis.
01:12:51Only don't shout so.
01:12:52I'm not shouting.
01:12:53I just said I apologize.
01:12:55Yes, dear.
01:12:55I heard you.
01:12:56Dear?
01:12:57Did you call me dear?
01:12:59Yes, dear.
01:13:00Well, I'll be...
01:13:01Hodges, you're fired.
01:13:10Grandpa.
01:13:12Grandpa?
01:13:13Oh, I beg your pardon.
01:13:23Well, who the devil's car is that?
01:13:25Mr. Harold P. Cleveland, president of Consolidated Motors.
01:13:28Harold P. who's?
01:13:29The man you yelled at inside, dear.
01:13:32And that, Mr. Cleveland, is the whole story.
01:13:36And quite a story it is, Mr. Hodges.
01:13:38Pardon me for suggesting it, but I just happened to have this album laying around, and only
01:13:43this afternoon I said to myself, Della, if the right party...
01:13:46Della, there's no time for that now, after what's just happened.
01:13:49After what's just happened?
01:13:51Dad's been fired.
01:13:52That's what, fired.
01:13:53Fired?
01:13:54What, again?
01:13:55It's all right, Della.
01:13:56I knew all the time it wouldn't work.
01:13:58Oh, fired.
01:13:59And after all the trouble we've gone through.
01:14:02Mother, please.
01:14:03Okay, but it's a fine time to tell.
01:14:05It's right in front of the president of Consolidated Motors.
01:14:09If you've really been fired, Grandpa, what are you going to do?
01:14:11Well, I know one thing I won't do, and that's go sit in the park and feed the pigeons.
01:14:15How would you like to work with me in New York, Mr. Hodges?
01:14:18There's a little office next to mine.
01:14:20We could have it redecorated.
01:14:21Oh, Grandpa.
01:14:22For goodness sake, imagine New York.
01:14:24Maybe you could find a little apartment.
01:14:26I'm sorry, Mr. Cleveland, but I couldn't do that.
01:14:29You know the well-known hackneyed phrase, New York may be all right for a visit, but...
01:14:32Maybe you could live in Brooklyn.
01:14:34No, Della.
01:14:35Not even Brooklyn.
01:14:37Oh, it's a question of money.
01:14:38No, thank you.
01:14:40I make all the money I need right here.
01:14:42All the money you need?
01:14:44Listen, you just lost your job.
01:14:46And with the price of soup bones going up...
01:14:48I'm sorry, Della.
01:14:50You'd have lots of leisure.
01:14:52I'd only want you around for advice in public relations matters.
01:14:56Maybe we could go to a ball game together occasionally.
01:14:58Thank you, Mr. Cleveland, but no.
01:15:00This is my home.
01:15:01My family's here.
01:15:03We're happy.
01:15:04That is, as happy as people need to be.
01:15:06I have my health.
01:15:07I eat what I like.
01:15:09I drink my coffee without saccharine.
01:15:11I don't have to make speeches unless I want to.
01:15:14Go to board meetings.
01:15:16Worry about stockholders.
01:15:17Unions.
01:15:18Income taxes.
01:15:20Come to think of it, Mr. Cleveland.
01:15:21Why don't you move out here?
01:15:22You're still young enough to get a good job.
01:15:24Now, please, Mr. Hodges.
01:15:26Don't tempt me.
01:15:28Well, I must be running along.
01:15:30Good night, everybody.
01:15:31Good night, sir.
01:15:35Well, don't look at me.
01:15:36He's your father.
01:15:40I'm sorry you won't come with me, Mr. Hodges, but I think I see your point.
01:15:45As to your job at Acme Printing, I wouldn't worry about that if I were you.
01:15:49You heard Mr. McKinley fire me?
01:15:51Mr. McKinley apparently has high blood pressure.
01:15:54I'll send him a note tomorrow.
01:15:56No, I'll make it a directive that you're to have your job as long as you want it.
01:16:00Well, thank you.
01:16:01You've been very understanding.
01:16:02If there's ever anything I could do for you...
01:16:04Well, you should ever get an idea for another good speech.
01:16:07It would be a pleasure, Mr. Cleveland.
01:16:10A pleasure indeed.
01:16:11You're a great man, Mr. Hodges.
01:16:13A truly great man.
01:16:14Thank you, Mr. Cleveland.
01:16:16So are you.
01:16:17Good night.
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