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00:03:29Good night, Mrs. Grant
00:03:45Good night, my dear
00:03:46Good night, Judge
00:03:49Good night, Ralph
00:03:49Good night
00:03:49Good night, Ellen
00:03:54Good night, Ralph
00:03:56I had a lovely time
00:03:57Oh, Ralph, are you leaving?
00:04:00Leaving? Don't be silly, I haven't even been here yet
00:04:03Well, I'm sorry, but I have to graduate tomorrow
00:04:06That is, maybe I do
00:04:08Yes, well, I hope you do
00:04:09As soon as you graduate, you can forget all the stuff
00:04:11I'll see you at the door, Ralphie
00:04:14Good night
00:04:15Good night
00:04:16Good night
00:04:17Now, really, Ellen, that's no way to treat a boyfriend
00:04:20Friend, I just don't understand all this fuss about becoming a secretary
00:04:24Well, I just gotta get a job
00:04:26I can't go on living off you and Uncle Ben forever
00:04:29Besides, becoming a secretary may be the first rung on the ladder
00:04:32Yeah, there's no telling where I might lead
00:04:34Why the President of the United States started in a haberdashery
00:04:37Do you think he's any better off now?
00:04:41Not that your uncle and I are trying to get rid of you, dear
00:04:44You know that we're not
00:04:45But did you ever hear about girls getting married?
00:04:50Well, if I don't get a job, maybe I will marry him
00:04:53Good night, dear
00:04:54Good night, Aunt May
00:04:55Of course, well, it's not the kind of a boy that a girl dreams about
00:04:58But after all, he is assistant district attorney
00:05:01And he can provide you with a home, security, and children
00:05:04That's more than a typewriter can do
00:05:06Yeah, I suppose so
00:05:09Oh
00:05:12Attention, ladies
00:05:29This is Mr. Richmond
00:05:31Of the Richmond Reality Company
00:05:32Who's here to hire a new secretary
00:05:34I invited him to look over the entire class
00:05:37It goes without saying that your work will be the deciding factor
00:05:40So to the victor, long spoils
00:05:44The first test will be a straight business letter
00:05:49Take my dictation, please
00:05:51Notebooks
00:05:52Pencils
00:05:53Ready
00:05:54Go
00:05:55P. Winston Franklin
00:05:58Mid-Western Grain Company
00:05:59Allenville, Idaho
00:06:01Dear sir
00:06:02As per our telephone conversation of June 4th
00:06:06We are expecting by express prepaid 40 bushels of wheat at your earliest convenience
00:06:12It is agreed that the price of said wheat shall be the closing quotation of wheat
00:06:17What did he say?
00:06:18On the Chicago exchange of that date
00:06:21Thanking you in advance for your prompt attention to this order
00:06:24I remain sincerely yours
00:06:26Consolidated Products Company
00:06:28By Jasper T. Witherspoon
00:06:31Purchasing agent
00:06:32Now, ladies
00:06:36You have exactly 45 seconds to transcribe your notes
00:06:40I want three copies, please
00:06:42Are we ready?
00:06:51Ready
00:06:51Go
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00:07:23Go
00:07:53Miss Grant, Miss Grant, Miss Grant, I'll pick up the papers for your personal inspection,
00:08:19Mr. Richmond.
00:08:45Well, have you decided on anyone?
00:08:48Yes, that girl. Have her report right away.
00:08:51Splendid, splendid.
00:08:54Which girl?
00:08:55That girl.
00:08:58But that's Miss Grant.
00:09:01Well, Richmond takes Miss Grant.
00:09:05I know just what you're going to tell me, Mr. Woodruff. You don't think I'll ever become a secretary. So I guess I'll have to become a wife.
00:09:15You don't understand, Miss Grant. You've just been hired.
00:09:18Hired?
00:09:19I can't believe it.
00:09:21I can't believe it.
00:09:22Neither can I.
00:09:23Try not to disgrace the Woodruff school too much.
00:09:24Hmm?
00:09:25Oh, don't worry, Mr. Woodruff. I tied up my last nickel in becoming a secretary. I'll make good if it kills me.
00:09:29I'll send flowers.
00:09:30Huh?
00:09:31Huh?
00:09:32We'll take anything. We've got to find a place to live.
00:09:33My husband's a vet. We're due some consideration.
00:09:34We've been living in a garage.
00:09:35Please, folks. I told you I'd give you a call if an apartment comes up.
00:09:36Well, don't worry, Mr. Woodruff. I can't believe it. I can't believe it.
00:09:37Neither can I.
00:09:38Try not to disgrace the Woodruff school too much.
00:09:39Hmm?
00:09:40Oh, don't worry, Mr. Woodruff. I tied up my last nickel in becoming a secretary. I'll make good if it kills me.
00:09:46I'll send flowers.
00:09:48Huh?
00:09:53We'll take anything. We've got to find a place to live.
00:09:56My husband's a vet. We're due some consideration.
00:09:58We've been living in a garage.
00:09:59Please, folks. I told you I'd give you a call if an apartment comes up.
00:10:02You got my number there. I know you have.
00:10:04Now, wait a minute, folks. I got all your names on file.
00:10:07You've got to help me. The doctor says my wife's going to have triplets.
00:10:10And you and me to help you.
00:10:13I told you we haven't.
00:10:15Repeat that.
00:10:18You've got an apartment for rent.
00:10:21Two bedrooms and bath, kitchen, dining room, breakfast nook.
00:10:26720 Donegal Avenue.
00:10:28Wait a minute till I take that down.
00:10:30720 Donegal Avenue.
00:10:33Yeah, well, thank you very...
00:10:35You got the wrong number.
00:10:37I'm the new secretary.
00:10:39Oh, yeah?
00:10:40Mr. Richmond just hired me.
00:10:42Oh, pardon me.
00:10:43Yeah?
00:10:44Mr. Richmond, your new secretary is here.
00:10:45We'll see what she needs in the way of equipment.
00:10:47Looks like she's got all the equipment she needs.
00:10:49Hello.
00:10:50Hello, Miss Grant.
00:10:51Sit down.
00:10:55I suppose you're wondering why I picked you.
00:10:56Well, frankly, I like your looks.
00:10:58This job calls for personality and nice appearance.
00:11:00More of a receptionist than a stenographer.
00:11:01Oh, that's good.
00:11:02But whom do I receive?
00:11:03People who merely come in looking for home and apartment listings.
00:11:04Oh.
00:11:05Oh.
00:11:06I'm far too busy myself, so all you have to do is sit out there and listen to them.
00:11:07Oh.
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00:11:33Oh, you fique long off, so all you have to do is sit out there and listen to their trouble.
00:11:37Just sit there?
00:11:38That's all.
00:11:39Uh, you think you can do it?
00:11:41Oh, yes, sir.
00:11:42I'm sure I can do that, Mr. Richmond.
00:11:44Oh, fine.
00:11:45And, uh...
00:11:46Now, I want you to meet my staff.
00:11:48This is Mr. Gleeson.
00:11:49Yes.
00:11:50Likewise.
00:11:51Ms. Grant, this is Mr. Kilcoyne.
00:11:54Our statistician.
00:11:55Oh, how do you do?
00:11:56How do you do?
00:11:58you do these gentlemen and i are at work on an important project of uh promotional type taking
00:12:03up all our time now there's uh one important thing that room is our conference room and we're never
00:12:10to be disturbed no one aside from mr gleason mr kilcoyne and myself is permitted to enter
00:12:15and that goes for you too is that clear miss grant yes yes perfectly clear all right fine you can go
00:12:22to work now thank you very much for the opportunity i'll try very hard to please you
00:12:26mr richmond oh i'll try awfully hard oh i'm very pleased to have met you gentlemen
00:12:34and i won't forget what you told me about that room mr richmond
00:12:40and what is that that's just what i was after see nothing hear nothing and know nothing
00:12:49hello yeah herb 200 win morning star 8 the pinnacle you're on hello yeah jack battle station
00:13:04belmont and the seven right gutter hello now it's too late for rundown
00:13:10what we need around here like an epidemic is a dame she's perfect nice eyes nice hair and nothing
00:13:17under it all i can see it's another month to keep padlocked how can she talk she won't see anything
00:13:22and if she did see anything she wouldn't understand it and if she understood it who'd believe a dame
00:13:26like that it's a perfect setup we got beauty in the front office and brains in the back office
00:13:31now relax let's see how we're doing start figuring 226 50 151 90 83 30 57 106 20 68 47 70 less 135 50 56 10
00:13:41509 dollars and 30 cents want me to check it with the ad machine that's an insult at the bank i used
00:13:49to check the adding machine the way you juggle figures i wonder how that bank ever spotted that
00:13:54money that you uh borrowed it was a dame that gave me away well you guys forget about this dame she was
00:14:00the dumbest one in the whole school so was my wife but i'm still paying her alimony look fellas
00:14:06just leave things to me we'll never get caught that's what the fish said when he took the hook
00:14:11order in the court were you served with an eviction notice served with it our kind-hearted landlord
00:14:22nailed it on the door we lived there for eight years your honor he can't just throw us out your
00:14:27honor i'm completely within my rights i'm afraid he is eviction granted next case
00:14:33johnson versus charles and genie mars well you're having a busy day today mr johnson
00:14:41i'm sorry but these tenants have to vacate to make room for an apartment house i'm building
00:14:47it's gonna be fine big and and modern and expensive why don't you make this rent gouge your bill some
00:14:53low-cost housing where people can live without pawning your children for the rent your honor the
00:14:57law is perfectly clear in these matters the law is clear in these matters eviction granted that's
00:15:05terrible order in the court i'm sorry your honor one hour recess
00:15:12i'm so sorry well you heard your uncle and he's gonna hear from me young lady i'll see you in my
00:15:21chambers
00:15:21young lady if i weren't so hungry i'd find you for contempt contempt is just what i feel about those
00:15:34poor people being kicked out of their homes listen the housing situation in this town is no more my
00:15:39business than it is yours well it so happens that it is my business huh and when the right moment
00:15:43presents itself don't think i'm not going to talk about it to my boss your boss what you done bribe
00:15:49somebody or something who is he mr richard richmond of the richmond realty company huh and all i have to
00:15:55do is sit and wait for people to come in and discuss their housing problems you mean wait a minute
00:16:01you mean that people are going to discuss their problems with you exactly well i can see a lot more
00:16:09new business coming into my court meatloaf again
00:16:13what are all the flags for i don't know maybe he's already picked the winner so maybe that daniel
00:16:27i had a brainstorm how can you have a brainstorm when you haven't got a brain let's see what gives
00:16:32oh good morning miss grant where did all those signs come from mr richmond you don't realize how
00:16:56many people are looking for cheap places to live well i appreciate your efforts but there's no sense
00:17:00in wearing yourself out oh i like to keep busy and well there doesn't seem to be much to do around here
00:17:05oh uh well there there's going to be as a matter of fact mr gleason has several letters to dictate
00:17:10right now i have yeah yeah you remember oh yeah oh well they can wait you can't run in office
00:17:16sufficiently by letting things pile up mr gleason that was one of the first things they taught us at
00:17:20school miss grant's absolutely right you'd better get going mr gleason yes mr bitchman
00:17:26pardon me
00:17:30everything okay okay
00:17:38there sir
00:17:59there sir
00:18:06where was i dear sir oh yeah excuse me be right back
00:18:15hey i can't take a nothing to dictate
00:18:21here answer this circular what do i say say anything tell them we'll buy the property
00:18:28why what what what what difference does it make as long as we don't mail a letter
00:18:33okay mr richman okay mr richman you are the boss mr richman
00:18:39uh what was i dear sir excuse me a minute i'll be right back
00:18:50oh well forget that take a letter to the uh vincent land and development company
00:18:561254 ozone avenue uh
00:19:01uh
00:19:02gentlemen
00:19:03uh
00:19:05am i going too fast
00:19:12no sir i'm not very good at shorthand but when i get stuck i just use a doofer
00:19:13use a what
00:19:14a doofer
00:19:15see when i can't remember the right sign i make something else do for it
00:19:20oh yeah do for do for it oh that's real genius thank you
00:19:26thank you yeah
00:19:28and regard to your robert to sell 20 choice acres of vincent knows estate
00:19:34for 60 g or 60 thousand dollars i would like to say that we thought the whole thing over and decided to accept your offer
00:19:43why don't you
00:19:44we don't know what
00:19:45except their offer
00:19:46i just did
00:19:47well you said i'd like to
00:19:49oh
00:19:50well why can i accept
00:19:52all right
00:19:52money will follow shortly
00:19:54yours truly
00:19:56timothy pake gleason vice president
00:19:57you know i know that vincent noel section very well mr gleason
00:20:01it's a wonderful location for a housing project
00:20:03just what we had in mind
00:20:05a low cost housing project
00:20:08chronically speaking no cost at all
00:20:09well planned and compact
00:20:12it is so compact
00:20:13that it's uh
00:20:14well it's gonna be called a richmond dream house
00:20:17it's all
00:20:18i think it ain't gonna do you
00:20:29pretty good
00:20:29dick ain't around no place
00:20:30see
00:20:30still carry a grudge against the english language don't you
00:20:33mmm
00:20:37dick's around here somewhere
00:20:39i don't carry no
00:20:47who is she
00:20:49she acts like she owns a place
00:20:50might be
00:20:51any time now
00:20:52the surroundings seem a bit dowdy for a man of your talents and a girl of my taste
00:20:56mr richmond
00:20:57just three rooms and a scratch sheet but we call it home
00:21:00of course it doesn't compare to the business your husband left you mrs donato
00:21:03left it to you rather suddenly didn't he
00:21:06a scotch here is second right too
00:21:10you've changed peggy
00:21:12you used to get to the point a lot faster
00:21:15all right
00:21:17at the risk of sounding old-fashioned
00:21:20why don't you let me take you out of all this
00:21:23back into your organization
00:21:25back into the big time
00:21:26back to a big city
00:21:27i like it down here with the smaller betters
00:21:29got a long lifeline want to keep it that way
00:21:32no one gets hurt when i'm on their side
00:21:35think it over
00:21:36you can run the entire syndicate for me
00:21:39no thanks i've got all i can handle here
00:21:41meaning no doubt little miss wide eyes in the front office
00:21:47that's strictly business
00:21:49like it was with us dick
00:21:53like it should have been with us
00:21:57well
00:21:59this was a wasted morning
00:22:01could have had my nails done
00:22:03your nails are doing all right peggy
00:22:05goodbye my sweet
00:22:08goodbye
00:22:11the lifeline looks a bit shorter to me now
00:22:15relax dear
00:22:22you're not fooling anyone
00:22:24what's the matter with her
00:22:27oh that's a sadie woman
00:22:29i'm sorry
00:22:36oh
00:22:40oh
00:22:48Here's a letter on the Vincent Knowles property.
00:23:12If you'll sign it, I'll send it off.
00:23:13Just a minute, let me take a look at it.
00:23:22$60,000?
00:23:23Did you offer $60,000?
00:23:25Well, it was a nice round figure, the roundest figure I could think of.
00:23:30Well, it's not worth that much.
00:23:31Oh, it's a very good piece of property, Mr. Richmond.
00:23:33Just about the only place in town you could build a real housing project.
00:23:37Well, who wants a housing project?
00:23:39Outside of me.
00:23:40You know, like we talked about.
00:23:42Yeah, yeah.
00:23:44Well, $55,000 is the most I pay, and I know they won't accept that, so we might as well forget about it.
00:23:54But, Mr. Richmond...
00:23:55That's all, Miss Grant.
00:23:58Yes, sir.
00:24:00And you can go to lunch, Miss Grant.
00:24:03Yes, sir.
00:24:04Yes, sir.
00:24:12You want the whole thing parlayed on Sir Tom?
00:24:21Yes, sir.
00:24:22You gotta bet.
00:24:23Hey, the whole place out there was crawling with house hunters.
00:24:26They think we're running a scratch sheave for rentals.
00:24:28Isn't that dame back from lunch yet?
00:24:30No, no, no, no.
00:24:31Mr. Richmond, maybe she's out eating brain food.
00:24:34She's been gone two and a half hours.
00:24:35Well, then she ain't eating brain food.
00:24:37She couldn't eat that much on what we're paying her.
00:24:38Look, you better watch the front.
00:24:40We don't want any strangers busting in here.
00:24:41The first stranger I would like to brush off is Kid Doofer.
00:24:44Kid who?
00:24:44Doofer.
00:24:45You give her a word she can't spell, it comes back Doofer.
00:24:48Oh.
00:24:49Have you got something in the court?
00:24:50Court?
00:24:51I ain't interested in courts.
00:24:52Well, do you have anything about $8,000?
00:24:54Well, yeah, it's 50 miles from here, though.
00:24:55No, it's too far.
00:24:56Now, look, folks, I told you, Tom and again, we ain't got nothing to rent, not even a phone
00:24:59boot.
00:25:00But Ellen Collins said you might have something very soon.
00:25:03Well, if we do, Dee, she's got to build it herself.
00:25:05I think she intends to.
00:25:06What?
00:25:08Uh-oh.
00:25:12Look, why don't you all go down the street, that other fella?
00:25:14He's got a lot of race down there, I know.
00:25:16The second time I've been here.
00:25:18Yeah.
00:25:19Yeah.
00:25:20Call you back.
00:25:22Hey, she's here with a couple of suspicious-looking characters.
00:25:25What do they look like?
00:25:26You know, keep our fair city clean type boys.
00:25:28Ah, you worry too much.
00:25:29With a day like that, you can't worry too much.
00:25:32Okay, stash the phone.
00:25:33Right.
00:25:33Oh, hello, Mr. Richman.
00:25:37We were just out to the property.
00:25:39Property?
00:25:40Vincent Knowles, and guess what?
00:25:41What?
00:25:42You don't have to pay 55,000.
00:25:43You can have the property for 50.
00:25:46I can?
00:25:47Yes.
00:25:47Mr. Hopkins here is a sales agent, and I offered him that figure, and he accepted it.
00:25:51Miss Grant drives a hard bargain, Mr. Richman, but I brought all necessary papers.
00:25:55Well, now, just a minute.
00:25:56I don't get this.
00:25:57Miss Grant's merely my secretary.
00:25:59She has no authority to go around making deals for me.
00:26:02But, Mr. Richman, I thought you said if you could get it for 55,000...
00:26:06Never mind what I said.
00:26:07I've got a half a mind to...
00:26:10Anything wrong?
00:26:11Oh, excuse me.
00:26:12Mr. Richman, Mr. Ralph Winton.
00:26:14Oh, how do you do?
00:26:14How do you do?
00:26:15How do you do?
00:26:15I was just looking around for your license.
00:26:17I didn't notice it in the front office either.
00:26:19Oh, that reminds me.
00:26:20I guess I should hang it up, but I didn't think it'd go with the wallpaper.
00:26:24You know, the law requires that your license be displayed very prominently.
00:26:28See, city ordinance number 14,563, section B.
00:26:32Ralph likes to remind people that he's the new assistant district attorney.
00:26:39Assistant district attorney.
00:26:41Mm-hmm.
00:26:42Yeah, well, that must be interesting work.
00:26:44Very?
00:26:44Much more interesting than mine.
00:26:47Well, let's sit down.
00:26:49You sit right here, Mr. Hopkins.
00:26:54Now, uh, what were we talking about?
00:26:57The property.
00:26:58Property.
00:26:58Oh, yes.
00:26:59Fine piece of property.
00:27:01Couldn't find anything better for the price.
00:27:03And all we require is $5,000 down payment to get it into escrow.
00:27:07Mr. Hopkins says that escrow usually takes about three weeks, but I talked him into squeezing it through in one.
00:27:12Well, that's nice squeezing.
00:27:14Well, shall we settle a deal on those terms?
00:27:16Well, there are a couple of questions I'd like to ask first.
00:27:19About, uh...
00:27:20About what?
00:27:21About, uh...
00:27:23Zoning.
00:27:23Yeah, zoning.
00:27:24Oh, there's a few restrictions, but that shouldn't bother you.
00:27:26I'm sure my uncle can straighten them out.
00:27:28Oh, I told him about the project on the way to the Knowles, and he's very much interested in it.
00:27:32And Mr. Richmond, he wants to meet you personally.
00:27:35Your uncle?
00:27:36Judge Grant.
00:27:37Judge Grant.
00:27:38A real operator wouldn't delay a minute on a deal of this kind, Mr. Richmond.
00:27:46I don't think he would either, not if he's going to save himself $5,000.
00:27:50Well, who's delaying?
00:27:51Oh.
00:27:54Miss Grant, there...
00:27:55There must be some way I can reward you for this wonderful achievement.
00:28:00Oh, Mr. Richmond, the only reward I want is the privilege of doing more.
00:28:04That's what I thought.
00:28:17Vick, you're going to fire that day.
00:28:19All right.
00:28:20But at the rate she's going, she's costing us $2,500 a day.
00:28:23That's $104 an hour.
00:28:25$1.75 a minute.
00:28:27And $2.9 a second.
00:28:30And Lightning's figures never lie.
00:28:31That speech just cost us an extra five and seven tenths cents.
00:28:36Okay, fire her.
00:28:38Now you're talking.
00:28:39Fire her.
00:28:42Wait a minute.
00:28:44Who's the boss around here?
00:28:46Whose idea was it to hire a dame with a DA boyfriend and a judge uncle?
00:28:50If she's got a brother, he's a warden.
00:28:54Okay, I'll handle it.
00:28:58Wait a minute.
00:28:58We can't make her suspicious.
00:29:00What am I going to tell her?
00:29:01We're firing her because she saved us $5,000.
00:29:03That doesn't make sense.
00:29:04And let's own them 20 acres of land.
00:29:07That makes sense.
00:29:08Suppose somebody gets a three-horse parley.
00:29:10What are we going to pay them off in?
00:29:11Dirk.
00:29:13I got it.
00:29:14We'll make her quit.
00:29:15You'll have to kill her.
00:29:16That's the idea.
00:29:17Over work.
00:29:18We'll pile it on her.
00:29:19Eight, ten, sixteen hours at a stretch.
00:29:21Nothing but work, work, work.
00:29:22And in three days, you know what'll happen?
00:29:24We'll own a hundred thousand acres.
00:29:25While we're not prepared at this moment to give you full particulars regarding this housing project,
00:29:31we can assure you it's a modern development with the most up-to-date conveniences and improvements,
00:29:35and well within the price range of the average wage earner of this community.
00:29:38We therefore wish to advise you to make no commitments regarding your housing situation until you've heard from us,
00:29:42which should be in the very near future.
00:29:43Further inquiries will be unnecessary,
00:29:46as we shall furnish you with full data at our very earliest convenience.
00:29:49The Richmond Realty Company desires nothing more than the privilege of assisting you in making a sound investment
00:29:53and finding a good, comfortable home.
00:29:55Yours for bigger and better housing, we remain the Richmond Realty Company Dick Richmond President.
00:29:59Got it?
00:29:59No, sir.
00:30:00What?
00:30:01I missed a little.
00:30:02Starting from where?
00:30:04Where did you start?
00:30:07You get the general drip.
00:30:09Just throw in a few doofers and fill it out in your own words.
00:30:12Yes, sir.
00:30:12Now, look, Miss Grant, you know the people in this town.
00:30:14I want you to get the telephone book and pick out three or four hundred of the likeless prospects
00:30:17and send them each a copy.
00:30:18Yes, sir.
00:30:19Oh, I'll have the letter mimeographed.
00:30:21Oh, no, no, I think we ought to type it.
00:30:23We do want to be a little more personal, don't we?
00:30:26Do we?
00:30:27Of course.
00:30:28And, Miss Grant, I want you to check all the doctors, lawyers, dentists, and professional men
00:30:31and make a special file on them.
00:30:33Yes, sir.
00:30:34Better make a special file on the businessmen, workers, and civil servants, too.
00:30:38Yes, sir.
00:30:40And, Miss Grant.
00:30:41Yes, sir?
00:30:41Make a file on the file.
00:30:44A file on the files?
00:30:47Yes, sir.
00:30:47And I'll need it all in a couple of days.
00:30:51A couple of days?
00:30:53Well, if you have it done sooner, that's all right, too.
00:31:00Yes, sir.
00:31:00Well, if you have it done sooner, that's all right.
00:31:16Oh, I'm going to have to steam my mouth open in the morning.
00:31:35If I don't get some rest pretty soon, I won't be able to lift the gavel.
00:31:38Got to keep going, Judge.
00:31:40After all, this project may mean homes for us.
00:31:43Well, I don't know anything about projects, but I know that this job is too strenuous for you, Ellen, and you ought to quit.
00:31:50Quit? With all this work to be done, why they'd never forgive me?
00:32:03Well, there's no sign of life.
00:32:05I just hope she's got enough strength to say I quit.
00:32:12Good morning. All done.
00:32:19She thought I'd given her some money to do, too.
00:32:24It was a big job. The postage alone came to $83.
00:32:27Miss Grant, I don't know how we'll ever be able to thank you, but we'll find a way.
00:32:33Oh, that's all right.
00:32:34A conference room, gentlemen.
00:32:36We'll need a crowbar to pry her loose.
00:32:43I'll just keep piling on the work.
00:32:44Oh, it ain't any use.
00:32:46If I loved horse racing like that dame loves work, I'd be a horse.
00:32:51Maybe we're being too nice to her.
00:32:53Lightning, I think you got something there.
00:32:55I'll go winning, boy!
00:32:56Wait a minute, wait a minute.
00:32:58There are things that girls like her resent much more than bawling out.
00:33:01It's all yours, Mr. Richmond.
00:33:09In regard to our telephone conversation of the 10th,
00:33:13to wit that you would like to include me in your proposition,
00:33:17I would like to say here and now...
00:33:21I'd like to say here and now
00:33:25that as far as the Richmond Realty Company is concerned,
00:33:30the deal is off.
00:33:36It's not a question of money.
00:33:40A hundred thousand less mortgage and interest
00:33:42seems like a very reasonable figure.
00:33:45Very reasonable figure.
00:33:49However, considering the market
00:33:52plus the zoning laws involved,
00:33:55we have decided that this is not a good time
00:33:58to enter into a venture of this size.
00:34:02Regards to the board of directors,
00:34:04do for, do for, do for,
00:34:06we remain the Richmond Realty Company,
00:34:10the Richmond president.
00:34:13Miss Grant.
00:34:15Wasn't that all?
00:34:16Not quite.
00:34:18Miss Grant, you've been doing a swell job.
00:34:20Oh, thank you.
00:34:21And I have a special way of rewarding efficient secretaries.
00:34:25Do you?
00:34:26Uh-huh.
00:34:29Well,
00:34:30he's kissing her off.
00:34:36Mr. Richmond,
00:34:37you shouldn't have done that.
00:34:39But I'm glad you did.
00:34:41How many secretaries have you had?
00:34:46Oh, dozens.
00:34:48Mr. Richmond,
00:34:49you ought to be ashamed of yourself.
00:34:50They all said that.
00:34:52You know what I'd do then?
00:34:54What?
00:35:05Did he get rid of her?
00:35:06Rid of her.
00:35:07He ain't even come up for a hair.
00:35:09Oh, Dick.
00:35:21Did you do that to all your secretaries?
00:35:24No.
00:35:29Some of them were men.
00:35:32Mr. Richmond,
00:35:33I'm not used to this kind of treatment.
00:35:35Oh, that'll come with the experience.
00:35:36I've had all of the experience I want.
00:35:38Relax, baby.
00:35:43A new track record.
00:35:45Either that or they died standing up.
00:35:49I'm getting out of here.
00:35:51You're not quitting.
00:35:52I have news for you, Mr. Richmond.
00:35:53You are in the market for a new secretary.
00:35:55Young, pretty, and delinquent.
00:35:57Hey, Ellen.
00:36:12Hey, Ellen.
00:36:19Kids.
00:36:20Hi, Ellen.
00:36:22Where are you going?
00:36:22Dylan, what's the hurry?
00:36:24Don't you speak to your friends anymore?
00:36:26Sorry.
00:36:27I got something in my eye, I guess.
00:36:30We came down to talk to you about the housing project.
00:36:33Yeah, we're in, aren't we?
00:36:34I don't know.
00:36:35I'm out.
00:36:36Oh, no.
00:36:38Well, we've been talking to the Shaws and the Coopers and the Millers and dozens of others,
00:36:42and they all want to get in on it.
00:36:44Well, I just didn't have enough experience along certain lines.
00:36:48Pop goes a beautiful daydream.
00:36:49Well, you can still talk to Mr. Richmond about it.
00:36:51Oh, no.
00:36:52If you quit, you must have discovered some funny business going on in there.
00:36:56It wasn't so funny.
00:36:58People get burned trusting guys they don't know.
00:37:00They take your money and nothing happens.
00:37:02We heard you and Judge Grant were interested in it.
00:37:04We figured it would have to be on the level.
00:37:06On with the search.
00:37:08Oh, I'm sure you can find something.
00:37:10Oh, we can find a lot of things.
00:37:12All they want, your eye teeth.
00:37:14Are you serious about all this depending on me?
00:37:17Well, when you have as little money as we have, Ellen, you've got to be sure it's safe.
00:37:21That's right.
00:37:23Then I'm in.
00:37:25Driver, stop the bus.
00:37:27Lady, if you're going back to do something about this low-cost housing, I'll take you back personally.
00:37:43Well, with that $5,000 gone, the bank balance should read exactly $1,266.85.
00:37:49$0.95.
00:37:50Oh, I'm sorry.
00:37:52Every time I think about that bubble-headed day.
00:37:54Okay, okay, I made a mistake.
00:37:56She's gone now, and we'll have our heads above water again.
00:37:58I'll go down for the third time.
00:38:00Miss Grant.
00:38:26You didn't have to finish the day out.
00:38:29I'm not finishing anything, Mr. Richmond.
00:38:31I'm staying.
00:38:32I'm seeing the housing project through to completion.
00:38:34But...
00:38:34Now, here is a list of just some of the people who are desirous of purchasing homes.
00:38:38I've arranged for them to meet you and go over the details tomorrow.
00:38:41But you were right in quitting after the way I acted.
00:38:43And you never can tell when he'll get the gleam again?
00:38:45I wouldn't advise it.
00:38:47But you're a pretty girl.
00:38:49I'm not going to get the urge and make a passage.
00:38:51Even him.
00:38:53Yeah, even me.
00:38:54Let us understand each other, gentlemen.
00:38:57Any further display of passion, and I will have my uncle, the judge, install a policeman at my desk.
00:39:05Gentlemen, the conference room.
00:39:11What are we looking for here, our five G's?
00:39:34It's not in there.
00:39:36You know, I think little Miss Fix-It fixed it so we can get our money back.
00:39:43Oh, sure.
00:39:44With interest.
00:39:45Those jokers of hers are coming over tomorrow with down payments, and we'll unload this quaint little Vista.
00:39:49What do you mean?
00:39:50She got us into it.
00:39:51She can get us out of it.
00:39:52You don't want to trim a lot of poor yokels out of their life savings, do you?
00:39:55Oh, Mr. Kilcoyne, now don't be so crude.
00:39:57That's the way it smells.
00:39:59Look, it smells nice and legal.
00:40:01We're in the real estate business.
00:40:02They put up the dough, and we give them each a lot in his own name.
00:40:06Our commission is five grand.
00:40:07Now, that's legitimate, isn't it?
00:40:09Sure.
00:40:09But they expect houses to be built here.
00:40:12Can we help it if we suffer reverses and can't finish the project?
00:40:16That's business.
00:40:17Yeah, and we're giving it to them plenty.
00:40:23Richmond Realty Company.
00:40:26Oh, Mrs. Donato.
00:40:28No, Mr. Richmond never gets in this early.
00:40:30I should have known.
00:40:32He always did like to spend his mornings in bed.
00:40:36Mr. Richmond is out looking over some of his investments.
00:40:39Well, take a message for him, will you?
00:40:41You'd better write it down.
00:40:43You do write, don't you?
00:40:45Any word you can pronounce, I can write, Mrs. Donato.
00:40:48Tell Mr. Richmond I have 5,000 to invest on the Flywell property at Belmont.
00:40:545,000, Flywell property, Belmont.
00:40:56I have it.
00:40:57Congratulations.
00:40:58Congratulations.
00:40:58I knew you'd make it.
00:41:03I had such a wonderful comeback.
00:41:09Hello?
00:41:11Oh, hello, Uncle Ben.
00:41:12Yes, Mr. Richmond said that he could meet with all of you at 3 o'clock this afternoon.
00:41:17Yes, I'll see you then.
00:41:19Goodbye.
00:41:22Mr. Richmond, this is my uncle, Judge Ben Grant.
00:41:25How do you do?
00:41:26Mr. Willicombe, our architect.
00:41:28Hello.
00:41:28How do you do?
00:41:29Councilman Reed.
00:41:30How do you do, Councilman?
00:41:31And these are just some of the people who are interested in our houses.
00:41:34This is Mr. Dick Richmond, president of the Richmond Realty Company, and Mr. Gleason, our vice president.
00:41:40I'm sure.
00:41:41You have excellent taste, Mr. Richmond.
00:41:43That's one of my favorites.
00:41:44Do you mind if I straighten it?
00:41:46Oh, no, no, no, I'll straighten it.
00:41:50Well, shall we sit down?
00:41:52I'm afraid it's going to be a little crowded.
00:41:54Well, why don't we use the front office?
00:41:56Oh, no, Mr. Richmond, no privacy in there.
00:41:58How about the conference room?
00:41:59The what?
00:42:00Uh, in there.
00:42:01Oh, no, no, no, no.
00:42:01We've got a lot of important business going on in there.
00:42:03Yeah, I see.
00:42:04Well, there's nothing more important than the housing project.
00:42:08Yeah, well, uh, you'd better give Mr. Gleason a chance to tidy up in there.
00:42:12Yeah, we're cleaning it up, but it's still kind of dusty.
00:42:14So if you'll excuse me, duck everything.
00:42:17A pinch?
00:42:18Worse.
00:42:18We'll call you back.
00:42:41Oh, I'm sure the folks don't mind the little mess.
00:42:44This way, please.
00:42:45Wait a minute, Miss Grant.
00:42:46Oh, Mr. Gleason, it's ridiculous for us to wait while you tidy up a bit.
00:42:49There's something my mama drove into me.
00:42:51Yeah, me too.
00:42:52Oh, uh, this is Mr. Kilcoyne.
00:42:53He's our, uh, well, he's the vice president, too.
00:42:56Well, how do you do?
00:42:57Oh, how do you do?
00:42:58Hi.
00:42:58Uh, Mr. Willicombe, right here, please.
00:43:00Councilman Reed, will you sit over there, please?
00:43:02Come on, everybody.
00:43:03Come on in.
00:43:04Just go right around in here.
00:43:05Just make yourselves comfortable.
00:43:07Hope you don't mind standing.
00:43:08That's right.
00:43:11Well, I guess now we can start the meeting.
00:43:13Mr. Richman, Uncle Ben has offered to help us with our legal problems.
00:43:16Oh, well, thank you, Judge.
00:43:18Uh, we were hoping there wouldn't be any.
00:43:19Very interested in your project, Mr. Richman.
00:43:21Not as an investor, of course.
00:43:23No, no, not as an investor.
00:43:26Investor.
00:43:26Oh, Mr. Richman, that reminds me.
00:43:28Mrs. Donato called this morning and said to be sure...
00:43:30Miss Grant, would you mind stepping out in the other office?
00:43:32Excuse us.
00:43:33Sir.
00:43:36You're not having another one of your attacks, are you?
00:43:38Oh, no, no.
00:43:39What did Mrs. Donato want?
00:43:40Oh, Mrs. Donato.
00:43:42Uh, she said she wanted to invest 5,000 on the Flywell property at Belmont.
00:43:48Yeah, well, that's, uh, one of our largest lots.
00:43:50Uh, we got a lot of property in Belmont, and, uh, Mrs. Donato's been dabbling quite a bit.
00:43:54Yeah, well, I'm sure she's quite a dabbler.
00:43:56Uh, you get back in there.
00:43:58I'll be in a minute.
00:44:03With 1,000 off on Solidarity, we're just about balanced.
00:44:07But it's a good thing you dumped that 5 G's in Dick's lap.
00:44:10I don't like the looks of this race.
00:44:12As they say in my set, something is rotten in the state of Denmark.
00:44:15Yeah?
00:44:16I gotta remember never to bet in Denmark.
00:44:22Hello?
00:44:24Just a minute.
00:44:25Dick, are you in?
00:44:27I'm always in for Dick.
00:44:32Hello, Lammy.
00:44:33How are things on your side of the railroad tracks?
00:44:36That's what I'm trying to find out.
00:44:38What's all this about 5 G's on Flywell?
00:44:40It's a wager, Dick.
00:44:42You weren't in, so I placed it with your office.
00:44:44Thought you'd appreciate my throwing some business your way.
00:44:46You know I can't take a $5,000 bet.
00:44:48I'm not in your league.
00:44:50Well, then lay it off.
00:44:51Well, someone placed it with me and I'm laying it off with you.
00:44:53Anything wrong with that?
00:44:54Only this.
00:44:55I'm not taking the bet.
00:44:57Don't do anything rash, Dickie boy.
00:44:59I placed that bet five hours ago.
00:45:02It isn't good business ethics to call up a half an hour before the race and say you weren't playing for keeps.
00:45:07If I win, I want my marbles.
00:45:13What gives?
00:45:14Check the odds on Flywell quick.
00:45:16We got a 5 G bet and we got to lay it off.
00:45:175 G's?
00:45:18Please, Mr. Richman, they're waiting for you.
00:45:21Get going.
00:45:23Miss Grant, I appreciate your giving me an important message five hours after you received it.
00:45:28Well, I'm sorry, Mr. Richman, but I didn't think anything for Mrs. Donato could be too important.
00:45:32I was just telling Councilman Reed that what interests me the most of this project is that you're breaking the stranglehold that Johnson has on building in this town.
00:45:43Once you get one of these low-cost housing projects over, you can follow up with more.
00:45:47Oh, yeah.
00:45:48Oh, sure.
00:45:49Yes.
00:45:49Well, Mr. Richman, now about that Belmont deal, there's kind of one that there's something going on down there.
00:45:57Yeah, it certainly looks that way.
00:45:58Well, I don't like that proposition.
00:46:00Unload it.
00:46:01Yes, sir.
00:46:01I'll unload as much as I can.
00:46:03You better help him, Mr. Kilcoyne.
00:46:04Okay, sir.
00:46:06Hello.
00:46:09Oh, yeah.
00:46:09Hello, Mr. Dugan.
00:46:13Yeah, that's a very fine choice.
00:46:14I'll put it right down in a ledger.
00:46:17Of course I'm all right.
00:46:20That was Mr. Dugan.
00:46:21He wants a place in the second lot, Pimlico Street.
00:46:25That's over on the west side.
00:46:27How big a place does he want?
00:46:28200 by 200.
00:46:30We may have to subdivide that one, too.
00:46:33Yeah, well, if you'll excuse us, we'll go and subdivide.
00:46:48Hello, Mike.
00:46:49Kilcoyne here.
00:46:50Second.
00:46:52Nothing, Mike.
00:46:53Nothing at all.
00:46:54I'll call you back.
00:46:56We're looking for something inexpensive.
00:46:58Oh, wait.
00:47:03Hey, wait a minute.
00:47:04Where were you to call from?
00:47:05We haven't got much time.
00:47:07Well, look, you go to the coffee shop and I'll use the drugstore.
00:47:09That dame certainly may like pleasant around here.
00:47:11Pleasant's like living in a mix, mister.
00:47:13And for every thousand dollar advance, I'll turn over immediately a deed to one-fiftieth of the land.
00:47:19If that meets with your approval, Judge.
00:47:21Oh, it certainly does, yes.
00:47:22I'll get it.
00:47:23I'll get it.
00:47:24I'll get it.
00:47:25Hello?
00:47:27Price on what?
00:47:29Well, it's, uh...
00:47:31Uh, I haven't got it with me.
00:47:34Look, you heard me.
00:47:36I'll get it, Miss Grant.
00:47:37Hello.
00:47:38They just won't let me do any work around here.
00:47:41Yeah, okay, you're on.
00:47:44Quickest deal I ever made.
00:47:46Mr. Richmond, the next phone that rings, you're just going to have to let me take a message.
00:47:50I have to prove that I'm of some use around here.
00:47:53Well, Miss Grant, if you want to show how useful you are around here, why don't you run out and get us some nice cold drinks?
00:47:58Cokes or something.
00:47:59It's getting warm here.
00:48:00It may get warmer.
00:48:01Yes, it certainly is.
00:48:02I believe I can stand a nice cold drink.
00:48:03That's a good idea.
00:48:04Well, if you're sure that you can manage without me...
00:48:08Oh, we'll try.
00:48:10Okay, I'll be back in a jiffy.
00:48:11Don't rush.
00:48:12I'll hurry.
00:48:13Now, Mr. Richmond, I take it we agree on the general blueprint?
00:48:17Oh, definitely.
00:48:19Oh, can I help you?
00:48:22You sure can.
00:48:22You're just about our last hope.
00:48:24Is there really any point in waiting?
00:48:25Indeed there is.
00:48:27Now, don't any of you leave this room until I get back.
00:48:29Just sit down.
00:48:32Pardon me?
00:48:34Pull that red against purchase price plans.
00:48:38Pardon me, Mr. Reed.
00:48:40Now, Mr. Richmond, concerning that Belmont deal, we just can't get rid of that 5,000 acres.
00:48:46Why not?
00:48:47Well, it seems there's a little smell from the West.
00:48:50Nobody wants to touch it.
00:48:51Well, did you try the Chicago real estate syndicate?
00:48:54Oh, I can smell it clear out there.
00:48:56They don't want any part of it.
00:48:57Nobody does.
00:48:59Mr. Richmond, couldn't that wait till after the meeting?
00:49:01Oh, no, no, no.
00:49:01It's very important.
00:49:02Can't wait at all.
00:49:03Try Fenton Miller.
00:49:04There are some of the others.
00:49:04We only got 15 minutes.
00:49:05Yes, Mr. Richmond.
00:49:06Well, not red against cost question.
00:49:08I don't want to quibble.
00:49:09Anything you say.
00:49:09Well, splendid.
00:49:10Splendid.
00:49:11You see, Mr. Richmond isn't interested in ordering money.
00:49:13He wants to do some good.
00:49:14Don't you, Mr. Richmond?
00:49:15Oh, that's right.
00:49:16I sure do.
00:49:17That's fine.
00:49:17I own that matter of landscaping.
00:49:19I'd say we need about 15 feet of parkway for every tree.
00:49:22Exactly.
00:49:22I don't know.
00:49:23It depends upon the tree.
00:49:24Some roots grow up to the surface and break the paving.
00:49:26They do?
00:49:27I think he's got you there.
00:49:28Now, I would recommend that you wait until you get the...
00:49:30Mr. Richmond, Fenton Miller, Corbini, and Schultz say no sell.
00:49:33Uh, dies.
00:49:34A deal.
00:49:35Well, keep trying.
00:49:36Look, the phone service is awful slow, and we only get 15 minutes until the wreck's through.
00:49:39If contract runs out, use the phone in the front office.
00:49:42Do to your secretary the phone in the front office is temporarily out of order.
00:49:45Well, find another one.
00:49:46Hop to it.
00:49:46Yes, sir.
00:49:47Uh, try Jablo in Las Vegas.
00:49:48Jablo in Las Vegas, right.
00:49:50I'll take a message for you.
00:49:51No, no, no.
00:49:53Hello.
00:49:54Just a bundle of energy.
00:49:56What?
00:49:57No, thanks.
00:49:59Better luck next time.
00:50:01Jablo from Las Vegas wants to sell us 5,000 acres.
00:50:05Well, I guess the wind has reached Las Vegas.
00:50:07How about trying Harry in Los Angeles?
00:50:08That's a good idea.
00:50:09Richmond Realty never gives up.
00:50:12You can't carry all of these, Ellen.
00:50:14No, I guess you're right.
00:50:15I'd better get someone from the office to help me.
00:50:28What are we going to do?
00:50:29Well, you can't be in there all day.
00:50:31We haven't got much time.
00:50:32Come on.
00:50:40Give me a couple of nickels, will you, Bill?
00:50:41Be with you in a minute, Ellen.
00:50:45Long distance.
00:50:52I'm in Los Angeles.
00:50:53Trinity, 1, 8, 6, 2, 5.
00:50:55And hurry it, will you?
00:50:57Hurry it.
00:50:58Hurry it.
00:50:59Deposit $1.50, please.
00:51:01Hello, Harrigan.
00:51:11This is Gleason.
00:51:13Thanks.
00:51:14Stop!
00:51:16Hang on, Harrigan.
00:51:17Hello, Harrigan.
00:51:33Hey, will you take five G's and fly well at Belmont?
00:51:37Well, hurry up and check it, will you?
00:51:39Bill, the door is stuck.
00:51:41Well, I don't see how it can be.
00:51:43Well, it is.
00:51:44She's bringing reinforcements.
00:51:45Hello?
00:51:46Well, duck!
00:51:48Hang on, Harrigan.
00:51:55What's the matter with this?
00:51:57Let me do it.
00:51:58Let me do it.
00:52:00Well, what are you two doing in there, playing hide-and-seek?
00:52:14We're trying to make a very important business call.
00:52:17And we'd like a little privacy.
00:52:20Well, all right.
00:52:21Well, won't you help me carry the Cokes back to the office?
00:52:24Okay.
00:52:24Okay.
00:52:25I'll help you.
00:52:26Hello, Harrigan.
00:52:30Hello, Harrigan.
00:52:33Harrigan!
00:52:34I'm sorry.
00:52:35Your party has been disconnected.
00:52:36We'll get them back again.
00:52:38Well, that takes care of everything.
00:52:40Miss Grant, would you show the folks out?
00:52:41I got them in.
00:52:42I guess I can get them out.
00:52:43I'm glad you like the plans, Mr. Richmond.
00:52:45Well, goodbye, Mr. Richmond.
00:52:46I'm glad to see this is an outfit that gets things done.
00:52:49I hope so, Judge.
00:52:50Goodbye, Mr. Richmond.
00:52:51Goodbye.
00:52:52Goodbye, Mr. Richmond.
00:52:53Goodbye, Councilman.
00:52:53Goodbye, Mr. Richmond.
00:52:55Goodbye.
00:52:55Goodbye.
00:52:56Listen, if Harrigan said he'd take the bet off our hands, what's holding Gleeson up?
00:53:01I hope it's only an accident.
00:53:06Did he take the bet?
00:53:07He wanted it, but it was post-time and too late.
00:53:10Well, hurry up.
00:53:10Get the call.
00:53:11As soon as I figure the odds against getting caught, I'm gonna strangle a dame.
00:53:15Quiet, quiet.
00:53:19Let me have it.
00:53:22They're away.
00:53:24Round a far turn.
00:53:26It's Prince Hal, war song, and tumbleweed.
00:53:34Into the stretch.
00:53:36It's Prince Hal, war song, and tumbleweed.
00:53:41And coming up fast on the outside is fly well.
00:53:50It's Prince Hal, war song, and fly well.
00:53:54We still got a chance.
00:53:55Fly well may break a leg.
00:53:56It's war song and fly well.
00:54:00War song and fly well.
00:54:02He's gonna have to break two legs.
00:54:03And the winner.
00:54:04Fly well by your nose.
00:54:09Oh, my back.
00:54:14Oh, my achy back.
00:54:17It's broke in 50,000 places.
00:54:20Everything's going along just fine.
00:54:26They were very impressed with all that activity around here.
00:54:29Oh, and Mr. Reed is gonna have the city council alter the restrictions.
00:54:33And they're gonna give us an extra five feet of ground in the front.
00:54:35Make it six feet and I'll crawl into it.
00:54:38Don't mind him.
00:54:39And we just had a big disappointment on that Belmont deal.
00:54:42Oh, well, I'm glad I had nothing to do with that deal.
00:54:47I'll get it, Miss Grant.
00:54:50Hello, Mrs. Donato.
00:54:53You're getting psychic, Dick.
00:54:55Nice race, wasn't it?
00:54:57Yeah, great performance.
00:54:59How many rehearsals did it take?
00:55:01Don't let it make you bitter, Dick.
00:55:03Why don't you take me to dinner?
00:55:04We might be able to pick up where we left off.
00:55:07Fifty thousand dollars ago.
00:55:10I'll pick you up at eight.
00:55:12What are we gonna do about the fifty thousand dollars?
00:55:16I'm gonna take her to dinner.
00:55:18That's enough. I'll have to eat.
00:55:22Miss Grant, call the Riviera Club.
00:55:24Reserve a table for two at nine o'clock.
00:55:26Yes, sir.
00:55:26So I turned to the judge and I said,
00:55:41Your Honor, I think you've made a mistake.
00:55:42I think you've forgotten all about section 5863 of the criminal code.
00:55:47You can imagine what kind of a spot that put him in, can't you?
00:55:49Can't you?
00:55:51Hmm?
00:55:52Oh, yes, yes.
00:55:54You're not even listening.
00:55:56Well, I don't know as I blame you.
00:55:58After all, I've done nothing except talk about myself all night.
00:56:01All right, I'll talk about you.
00:56:03You look especially beautiful tonight, Ellen.
00:56:05Guess it's a dress.
00:56:07I always liked it.
00:56:08It's my favorite.
00:56:10It's brand new.
00:56:12Well, uh, what I mean is it's my favorite now.
00:56:16Did you wear it just for me?
00:56:17Hmm?
00:56:18I said, did you wear it just for me?
00:56:21Oh, yes, yes.
00:56:22Good evening.
00:56:23Table for two, Richmond.
00:56:24Right this way, Mr. Smith.
00:56:25Champagne cocktails.
00:56:43Just like old times, eh, Dickie?
00:56:46Not exactly.
00:56:47Close enough for a starter.
00:56:50Too bad about the race.
00:56:52Don't ruin your mascara over it.
00:56:55I'll have that 50,000 for you if you don't mind waiting.
00:57:00You know I'm patient.
00:57:03That's good, because it's going to take about six months.
00:57:06I can't afford to be that patient.
00:57:09It'll take that long to get it together.
00:57:11I don't know any horses that can do tricks for me.
00:57:14I may be able to let you have a couple of weeks.
00:57:17After that, I'll turn it over to my collection agency.
00:57:21See what you mean?
00:57:21However, I might be able to forget the whole thing.
00:57:26That is, if you react to this the way that I do.
00:57:37Oh, Mr. Richmond.
00:57:39Oh, hello, Miss Grant.
00:57:40Wynton.
00:57:41Imagine meeting you here.
00:57:42What a coincidence.
00:57:43Mr. Wynton, Miss Grant, uh, Mrs. Donato.
00:57:46How do you do?
00:57:46We've met.
00:57:48Well, you certainly look different tonight.
00:57:49Oh, thank you.
00:57:50Yes, I'd hardly recognize you without that typewriter in your lap.
00:57:53Oh, I'd know your lap anywhere, Mrs. Donato.
00:57:56I understand you're doing big things down at the office, Richmond.
00:57:59We're just trying to make both ends meet.
00:58:00And succeeding, no doubt.
00:58:02Well, good night.
00:58:04Good night.
00:58:04See you in the morning.
00:58:05Oh, I may be a little late in the morning.
00:58:06I have to deposit those checks in the bank, you know.
00:58:09Checks?
00:58:09The down payments, they're just pouring in.
00:58:12You're so efficient, Miss Grant.
00:58:14Must entail a lot of night work.
00:58:16Oh, I don't mind if Mr. Richmond doesn't.
00:58:19Good night.
00:58:19Good night.
00:58:23I think you need a new secretary, Dickie Boyd.
00:58:28I'm afraid I'm going to have to keep her peg.
00:58:31That is, if you want your money back in a couple of weeks.
00:58:34Well, Dick, you ain't got a chance of raising 50 G's in a couple of weeks.
00:58:37We're not going to build those houses for nothing.
00:58:39Build those houses?
00:58:40Sure, why not?
00:58:41There'll be a lot of dough passing through our hands.
00:58:43Down payments, bank loans.
00:58:45It won't take long to cream 50 grand off the top.
00:58:48Sure, we'll share the cream with you.
00:58:50Every visitor's day.
00:58:51From past experience, I know that's embezzlement.
00:58:54Dick, you can't get away with that much dough.
00:58:56With lightning taking care of the books.
00:58:57Oh, the books?
00:58:58The books will be fine.
00:59:00But you'll have to build a couple of houses just to make it look real.
00:59:03And I left my erector set at home.
00:59:05Besides, we ain't got much time.
00:59:07And if we get somebody else to handle it first, they'll get wise.
00:59:09And all we have to do is find someone who never gets wise.
00:59:13And the first place to look is in our own organization.
00:59:17Well, the point is, Miss Grant, the housing project is off.
00:59:22Not again.
00:59:23I'm sorry, but our time is going to be completely involved with some operations in Florida.
00:59:27Oh, but Mr. Richmond, those people are counting on it.
00:59:30I realize that.
00:59:32Of course, if we had someone we could trust, we could turn the whole thing over to them.
00:59:36Couldn't we?
00:59:37An operation like this needs a head.
00:59:40Someone with brains, initiative, energy, leadership.
00:59:44And also, someone that those homebuyers would have faith in.
00:59:50And I just don't know of anyone to fit that bill.
00:59:54Do you, Miss Grant?
00:59:54How about me?
01:00:01You, Miss Grant?
01:00:02You said yourself that Mr. Willicom would take care of the actual building and Mr. Kilcoyne the books.
01:00:06Oh, I know I could do it.
01:00:07I'm sure I could, Mr. Richmond.
01:00:09Please, just give me a chance.
01:00:11Yes.
01:00:12Yes, it is.
01:00:14Well, I'll talk it over with my partners.
01:00:16All right.
01:00:17The way she'll foul up that project, we won't need any phony books.
01:00:25Call her back.
01:00:26Just a minute, just a minute.
01:00:28This is supposed to be an important decision regarding a big operation.
01:00:32Operation Alcatraz.
01:00:33Good luck on the project.
01:01:01What?
01:01:01Good luck on the project.
01:01:03Oh, thank you.
01:01:04Good luck on the project.
01:01:05Good luck on the project.
01:01:06Good luck on the project.
01:01:07Good luck on the project.
01:01:08Good luck on the project.
01:01:09Good luck on the project.
01:01:10Good luck on the project.
01:01:11Good luck on the project.
01:01:12Good luck on the project.
01:01:13Good luck on the project.
01:01:14Good luck on the project.
01:01:15Good luck on the project.
01:01:16Good luck on the project.
01:01:17Good luck on the project.
01:01:18Good luck on the project.
01:01:19Good luck on the project.
01:01:20Good luck on the project.
01:01:21Good luck on the project.
01:01:22Good luck on the project.
01:01:23Good luck on the project.
01:01:24Good luck on the project.
01:01:25Good luck on the project.
01:01:26Good luck on the project.
01:01:27Good luck on the project.
01:01:28Good luck on the project.
01:01:29Good luck on the project.
01:01:30Good luck on the project.
01:01:31Oh, my God.
01:02:01Hey, that's right, son, dig it.
01:02:11That's it, we're getting the dirt out.
01:02:12Hey, come on.
01:02:13Ben, don't go to sleep on the job.
01:02:15Dig in there.
01:02:22Come on, you get those shovels in here.
01:02:24Hurry up.
01:02:25Dig it out of there.
01:02:31Hold it, boys.
01:02:34Don't hit them with the shovel.
01:02:44Get a doctor.
01:02:45Get an ambulance.
01:02:46Get a pole motor.
01:02:47Hurry up, men.
01:02:48She'll suffocate.
01:02:49Oh, you found my boot.
01:02:50Would you throw up the other one, please?
01:03:02You really didn't have to go to all this trouble.
01:03:04I got another pair in the office.
01:03:06Oh, that's all right, Miss Grant.
01:03:11Right this way.
01:03:12Oh, good morning, Mr. Roberts.
01:03:16He's the foreman.
01:03:16He's so busy, he doesn't have time to say good morning.
01:03:19Well, here we are.
01:03:20There's yours, Jeannie.
01:03:21And that's yours, Ruth, back there.
01:03:22And this is Helen.
01:03:23Isn't it exciting?
01:03:24Oh, I can't wait till it's finished.
01:03:26Home, sweet home.
01:03:28Come here, Ruthie.
01:03:29I didn't think it would be so small.
01:03:34Oh, just look small.
01:03:35When the walls get up, you'd be surprised.
01:03:37This is a bedroom.
01:03:38It's a bedroom?
01:03:38Uh-huh.
01:03:41I couldn't begin to get all my things in here.
01:03:44You couldn't?
01:03:45I thought it'd be much larger than this.
01:03:48Well, how big did you want it?
01:03:50Well, let me see.
01:03:52My kitchen is awfully small, Ellen.
01:03:56Ellen, my bathroom's so tiny.
01:03:59Charlie won't like that a bit.
01:04:02Well, it's a good thing you came over
01:04:04before the foundations are in.
01:04:05Then it would have been too late.
01:04:07How big do you want the bedroom?
01:04:08Well, about out to, uh...
01:04:12About out to here.
01:04:15Okay, stay right there.
01:04:16We got plenty of string.
01:04:22Hold on to that.
01:04:28Right here?
01:04:29Yeah.
01:04:34How's that?
01:04:34Oh, that's fine.
01:04:36Is that all you have to do?
01:04:38Sure, they put the foundations in wherever the string is.
01:04:41But I'll ask Mr. Willilcomb in the morning just to make sure.
01:04:44How big do you want your bathroom?
01:04:45Isn't it wonderful?
01:04:47You can design your own house.
01:04:49We're lucky.
01:04:50If the houses were already up, we couldn't change our minds.
01:04:54Change them any way you like.
01:04:55Our motto's going to be,
01:04:56We aim to please the wife.
01:04:58But there must be some mistake.
01:05:02You can say that again.
01:05:04Hi, how's it going?
01:05:05It isn't.
01:05:06I don't know what can be wrong.
01:05:07Well, come on, I'll show you.
01:05:08I can't figure it out.
01:05:12Well, you've got some figuring to figure out.
01:05:14This is one of the scurriest jobs I ever had.
01:05:17You're in for a big headache.
01:05:18I don't know what could be wrong.
01:05:20In all my experience, I've never seen anything like this.
01:05:25I can't figure it out.
01:05:26I can't figure it out.
01:05:27I give up.
01:05:28What are we building?
01:05:29I wish I knew.
01:05:31Of course, you're the architect.
01:05:32You can do whatever you want.
01:05:33Like having the living room with a Smith house
01:05:35overlapping the Larkin bathroom.
01:05:39I sure hope they're all good friends
01:05:40because Mr. Larkin will be shaving in Mr. Meyer's living room.
01:05:44And the Meyer's kitchen, that's disappeared completely.
01:05:47What they can probably cook in their bedroom,
01:05:49it's big enough, it blocks the whole street.
01:05:51Whatever I did, drive-in bedroom.
01:05:53This is absurd.
01:05:54Why didn't you follow my plans?
01:05:55Your men laid out the lines.
01:05:57We followed them.
01:05:58Oh, hello, Mr. Richmond.
01:06:00How am I doing?
01:06:01Looks like you're running true to form, Miss Grant.
01:06:04Mr. Willicombe, I want to talk to you about some chain...
01:06:07Oh.
01:06:09I should have known.
01:06:11Miss Grant, you didn't move those lines.
01:06:15Those little strings?
01:06:16Well, yes, but I was going to get your okay.
01:06:21I didn't expect the cement to be poured so fast.
01:06:24Fast and hard, Miss Grant.
01:06:26Well, you gotta get some men and tear this out.
01:06:28That's three days' work.
01:06:29I can't spare any men.
01:06:30I haven't got enough as it is.
01:06:32I'll do it.
01:06:32It's my mistake.
01:06:33I'll tear it out.
01:06:34You just show me how.
01:06:36Well, you can start gnawing on it with your teeth, Miss Grant.
01:07:08Weehan?
01:07:26Yeah.
01:07:27By exactly 50 lengths.
01:07:30Who's gonna tell this gal she was just playing house?
01:07:34She'll find out.
01:07:38But you gotta send us the lumber.
01:07:40I got 60 carpenters sitting here doing nothing but waiting for it.
01:07:44Next week?
01:07:45That's what you told me last week.
01:07:46Can't you...
01:07:47Hello?
01:07:49Hello?
01:07:50Mr. Roscoe Johnson's brought up every brick and piece of lumber in town.
01:07:54It's just spiked.
01:07:55Sure, he always makes it tough on competition.
01:07:57What are we gonna do with our carpenters?
01:07:58Let them go.
01:07:59And the bricklayers?
01:08:00Let them go.
01:08:01Okay, but you won't be able to get them back when you want them.
01:08:03Then let them stay.
01:08:04You can't pay them when they're not working, Ellen.
01:08:06Then let them go.
01:08:07Please, make up your mind.
01:08:08I can't.
01:08:09Miss Grant, what about these rear units?
01:08:11What about them?
01:08:12We've gotta level off the incline.
01:08:14Well, level it off.
01:08:15We can't level off the incline without a retaining wall.
01:08:18Well, buy one.
01:08:19Miss Grant, you don't buy retaining walls.
01:08:21We build them with cement.
01:08:22Oh, I know.
01:08:23We got no cement.
01:08:24We're loaded with cement.
01:08:25We just don't have any mixers.
01:08:26Johnson's got them all over on his apartment house job.
01:08:29Look, if we have cement and no mixers, carpenters but no lumber, why don't we let the carpenters
01:08:34mix the cement?
01:08:35Miss Grant, I wouldn't suggest that.
01:08:37Oh, speaking.
01:08:42What?
01:08:44I'll call you back.
01:08:46That was the bank.
01:08:47We're overdrawn.
01:08:48Overdrawn?
01:08:49We'll just have to stop work.
01:08:50But we can't stop work.
01:08:52Ellen, the men have to be paid.
01:08:53But you said we'd have the framework up with the money we have.
01:08:55I expected to.
01:08:56I can't understand it myself.
01:08:58It doesn't seem possible we could have spent that much.
01:08:59We did have some bad breaks, delays of materials, Johnson.
01:09:03But I figured on things like that in my estimate.
01:09:05You just didn't figure on me in your estimate.
01:09:09I figured on everything.
01:09:10I can't be that far off.
01:09:12There must be something wrong with the books.
01:09:13Let's go over to the office and check them.
01:09:14All right.
01:09:15I'll change my clothes.
01:09:16I'll wait outside.
01:09:21Well, the books balance all right.
01:09:23What'll we do?
01:09:25I don't know.
01:09:26The banks won't advance another penny till those frameworks are up.
01:09:33What's going on, Miss Grant?
01:09:34We were just going over the books.
01:09:36Oh, I saw the lights.
01:09:38I wondered.
01:09:42Anything wrong?
01:09:43Not with the books.
01:09:44With the project.
01:09:46We've run out of money.
01:09:48Well, the way things were going, I figured that would happen.
01:09:51But all those people, they've got their life savings tied up in those homes.
01:09:55Perhaps you can get them to put up some more money.
01:09:57They haven't got any more money.
01:09:59Yeah, it's a tough break.
01:10:02Isn't there anything you can do about it?
01:10:05I wish there were.
01:10:07I'd better take you home.
01:10:08We'll drop you off when I come.
01:10:10Hold it.
01:10:10I'm sorry, Mr. Richmond.
01:10:23I kind of let you down, too.
01:10:24Oh, don't worry about me.
01:10:26I guess I just wasn't cut out to be an executive.
01:10:31I'm glad.
01:10:33We tried to do a good thing and it just didn't work out.
01:10:36It's going to be tough breaking the news to all those people.
01:10:40We'll just have to face it.
01:10:42Doesn't sound nearly so tough when you say we.
01:10:44You'd better get some sleep.
01:10:49Good night.
01:10:50Good night.
01:11:08Let's write the drawing.
01:11:10Ellen should never have gone to work.
01:11:11There's nothing on a dirty truck.
01:11:12We ought to drag him out here by the neck.
01:11:14You'd carry him out cold.
01:11:15Wait a minute.
01:11:15I'll take this by myself.
01:11:16I'll back you up.
01:11:18Isn't that dame out there?
01:11:19Of course not.
01:11:20Surely works.
01:11:21Well, go see what the commotion is.
01:11:23Say, listen, get this money to Peggy, will you?
01:11:25I promised it to her today.
01:11:26Oh, no.
01:11:26This is your deal.
01:11:28You handle it.
01:11:29Anytime.
01:11:32What is it?
01:11:32Is lynching legal in this state?
01:11:34You mean we ain't popular here anymore?
01:11:37I ain't kidding.
01:11:37We'd better get out the bike.
01:11:38Wait.
01:11:38No, no, no, no.
01:11:39Wait a minute.
01:11:39Better to face him.
01:11:42There he is.
01:11:44There he is.
01:11:44We ought to be one out of the car.
01:11:45Quiet.
01:11:46Quiet.
01:11:46Let him talk.
01:11:47Quiet.
01:11:48Let him talk.
01:11:50I, uh, I know how you people must feel, but there's nothing that can be done.
01:11:54You can give us our money back.
01:11:57Wait a minute.
01:11:58The money's all been spent.
01:11:59What?
01:12:01Excuse me, please.
01:12:01Let me in here with you, please.
01:12:02Look out, folks.
01:12:03Let the judge through.
01:12:04Stop it.
01:12:04For your information, Mr. Richmond, I'm a lawyer.
01:12:08And let me tell you, I'm gonna do my best to see that you and your crooked friends are
01:12:12put in jail.
01:12:12That's too good for you.
01:12:14Let the judge through.
01:12:15Stop it.
01:12:16Wait a minute.
01:12:16Stop it.
01:12:17Please.
01:12:17You're blaming the wrong person.
01:12:19It isn't Mr. Richmond's fault.
01:12:20It's mine.
01:12:21Every bit of it.
01:12:22He didn't even want to go on with the project, but I begged him to, and I begged him to put
01:12:26me in charge.
01:12:26I thought I could help my friends, but with the mess I've made of everything, I guess
01:12:31I did nothing but hurt them.
01:12:33We couldn't help some of the things that happened, but any mistakes that were made were made by
01:12:36me.
01:12:37Shifting the blame's not gonna get our houses built.
01:12:39Or get our money back.
01:12:40We relied on you, Ellen, and you too.
01:12:42He's right, Ellen.
01:12:43I'm well aware of that.
01:12:45And Mrs. Grant and I have decided to put our home up for sale.
01:12:48That will at least pay back part of your losses.
01:12:50You see, when I mess things up, I mess them up for everybody.
01:12:57That's not what I'm saying.
01:13:13Well, I guess I'll get back to court.
01:13:20If you'll excuse me, I'm going out and buy a good drunk.
01:13:29Drink or drunk?
01:13:32Drunk.
01:13:33I'll buy a good drunk with you.
01:13:39I thought we were going to take the blame.
01:13:42I couldn't let you get involved, Dick.
01:13:44You're just starting in this town.
01:13:46We have to think of the future.
01:13:50We do, don't we, Dick?
01:13:54Yeah.
01:14:03Relax, Dick.
01:14:04You wear yourself out.
01:14:06I suppose I'd be nervous, too, if I were about to part with $50,000.
01:14:10You are about to part with it, aren't you?
01:14:16Yeah.
01:14:17You never were one to crawl on a deal, Dick.
01:14:19Peggy, you said you'd forget about this dough if I were willing to come back into your organization.
01:14:25Does that offer still hold?
01:14:29Of course, I wouldn't be able to come in with you right now.
01:14:32I have some business to finish, but as soon as it's washed up...
01:14:35How does this affect Little Miss Busyfingers?
01:14:37You can forget about her.
01:14:39But can you?
01:14:41There's nothing to forget.
01:14:43Good.
01:14:43You and I are alike, Dick.
01:14:46I never crawl out on a deal, either.
01:14:56$7,48, $39, $50,000.
01:14:59Okay, Miss G, go to work.
01:15:01I won't take it.
01:15:02You won't take it?
01:15:03What's wrong with it?
01:15:04Dick, I just know you didn't get this money easily.
01:15:07And even if I were to manage things better,
01:15:10with the work lagging and Johnson purposely tying up all the material in town,
01:15:15well, I just think you're throwing good money after bad, that's all.
01:15:18Johnson's doing that, huh?
01:15:19Well, I guess all's fair in love and business.
01:15:22How do you like that?
01:15:23He's sticking the bricks against it.
01:15:24That's as bad as fixing a horse with it.
01:15:26We've dealt with situations like this before,
01:15:28and I think it'll be a pleasure to deal with another one.
01:15:29Come on.
01:15:30You too, Miss Grant.
01:15:40Well, it's your move.
01:15:42Do you think it'll work?
01:15:44If you remember your lines.
01:16:00Mr. Johnson?
01:16:02Well, well.
01:16:04The low-cost housing expert.
01:16:06Mr. Johnson, I'd like to talk to you.
01:16:08Well, that doesn't cost anything.
01:16:15There's your gimmick.
01:16:17Here, use this.
01:16:24But, Mr. Johnson, you couldn't possibly use all the materials you bought up.
01:16:28Perhaps.
01:16:30But I'd rather let the termites take over than sell to you.
01:17:00You okay?
01:17:20Proof.
01:17:20Help!
01:17:23Help!
01:17:24Help somebody!
01:17:25Help!
01:17:27What's going on?
01:17:28Why, this cement mixer almost killed this man.
01:17:30Who's in charge here?
01:17:31I am.
01:17:32Well, you'll pay for this.
01:17:33This is criminal negligence.
01:17:34Oh, now, now.
01:17:35It's just an accident.
01:17:37Whoa!
01:17:40Accident, nothing.
01:17:41I saw it happen.
01:17:42I'm the only one that did.
01:17:43Give me a hand.
01:17:45I'll take him to the dock.
01:17:46Wait a minute.
01:17:46Wait a minute.
01:17:47I'm going to take him to a hospital.
01:17:48I'll help you, mister.
01:17:49Thanks.
01:17:51Whoa!
01:17:51Whoa!
01:17:51Whoa!
01:17:55Whoa!
01:18:00All right.
01:18:01Back to work, man.
01:18:01Back to work.
01:18:02You'll be all right.
01:18:03Don't worry, Mr. Johnson.
01:18:13I happen to have seen it, too.
01:18:16It was an accident, wasn't it?
01:18:18Well, now, I was standing right at that window
01:18:19telling you about the things that I needed.
01:18:21The lumber and the brick and the plumbing supplies.
01:18:24Never mind that.
01:18:25There wasn't any criminal negligence, was there?
01:18:28Well, if I were to testify to that,
01:18:29it would be his word against the word of Judge Grant's niece.
01:18:33Oh, I believe you in a minute.
01:18:34And you will tell him there was no negligence, won't you?
01:18:38Well, now, let me see.
01:18:39After I told you what I needed, you said, um...
01:18:43Just what was it you said, Mr. Johnson?
01:18:45Miss Grant.
01:18:46What?
01:18:47If you think you can blackmail me...
01:18:49Say, I wonder who that poor man was.
01:19:03What a judge's niece will do.
01:19:09You think the work is still lagging?
01:19:12Lagging?
01:19:12I don't understand it.
01:19:13I never saw him work this hard on a job before.
01:19:15It's no longer a job.
01:19:16It's a race.
01:19:17A race?
01:19:18What do you mean?
01:19:19Look, when you get a worker to put 20 bucks in a pool,
01:19:22just try to hold him back.
01:19:23I don't understand it.
01:19:53Yes. Yes, this is Dick Richman's.
01:20:0420 across from who? Jingle Bells?
01:20:07Oh, there's no one here by that name. You must have the wrong number.
01:20:14Yes. You'd like to put $50 on Blue Meadow?
01:20:18Well, that doesn't seem like very much for a whole meadow, but I'll tell Mr. Richman.
01:20:24Oh, a bet.
01:20:30Yes. Yes, I certainly do understand.
01:20:39All right, how much do you want to bet?
01:20:42Yeah, I got it.
01:20:47Any messages, Miss Grant?
01:20:48Sam wants 20 across on Mumbly Peg and the 5th at Belmont.
01:20:59Sam's a bad picker.
01:21:00I'd get along great with him.
01:21:06I'm sorry, Adam.
01:21:07What for? Everything worked out, didn't it?
01:21:10You wanted someone with brains, initiative, energy, leadership.
01:21:15I was just right for the job.
01:21:17Why, until a minute ago, I thought Mumbly Peg was a kid's game.
01:21:21What are you going to do, call a DA?
01:21:30No.
01:21:32Why not?
01:21:32Because of what it would do to my uncle, Judge Grant, being taken in by a bookie.
01:21:43Well, you don't have to worry about the bookie part of it anymore.
01:21:46I'm leaving town.
01:21:47Where are you going?
01:21:52Florida.
01:21:54But why?
01:21:56I won't tell anyone about your business.
01:22:02I'm going with Peggy Donato.
01:22:07Peggy.
01:22:07That's right.
01:22:09We're opening up a new office down there.
01:22:14Then everything you said to me, that was all part of the front.
01:22:19Like the real estate business.
01:22:22Not exactly.
01:22:24I was playing out of my league.
01:22:27I made a mistake, so I'm getting out of it.
01:22:30I see.
01:22:33I've got some business down at the bank.
01:22:35Goodbye, Mr. Richmond.
01:22:39It's been a great experience knowing you.
01:22:41When you pick your next secretary, give her my regards.
01:22:55Hey, what's the rush?
01:22:57Miss Grant finally got to answer the inside phones.
01:22:59Is she going to spill to the law?
01:23:01Doesn't want to embarrass her uncle.
01:23:04A thing called loyalty.
01:23:05Do you feel all right?
01:23:16Sure.
01:23:16I just breezed six furlongs.
01:23:20Now look, Miss Grant, don't get Dick wrong.
01:23:21He kicked this whole thing over in a minute for you.
01:23:23Even at least none of me is thinking about going legit.
01:23:26Real estate, oi.
01:23:27A little hustle, and it makes bookmaking look like playing penny ante.
01:23:31And it's legal.
01:23:32Oh, look, Miss Grant.
01:23:33Dick is leveling with you when he got jammed up with Peggy Donato and her craft.
01:23:36I know all about that.
01:23:37Horses, Peggy, Florida, everything.
01:23:40Well, it ain't as if he was going willingly.
01:23:43Getting you out of that housing jam, put him in hot to her for 50 G's.
01:23:46Is that how he got the money?
01:23:51He owed it to her on account of that fly well message you forgot to give him.
01:23:55Yeah.
01:23:56This is the only way he could pay off without getting the business.
01:23:58The business?
01:24:00Yeah, strong-arm stuff.
01:24:01That's the only business Peggy and the boys know.
01:24:03Always pays off.
01:24:04Well, looks like I went to the wrong business school.
01:24:16Might as well have one for the road.
01:24:18I thought you were in a hurry to get to Florida.
01:24:20Have to wait for the boys the west side take.
01:24:21Kim!
01:24:26Louie!
01:24:27Finger!
01:24:29Muscling in on my organization, huh?
01:24:33Hijacking my key man.
01:24:36You're in a jam, sister.
01:24:38Listen, Ellen, I made a deal.
01:24:39Shut up, you rat!
01:24:44So you tried to shake me for this tomato, huh?
01:24:47What is this?
01:24:47You said she was only a front.
01:24:49Just a front.
01:24:50So that's the pitch.
01:24:53Please, Ellen, you'll only get hurt if this...
01:24:54Are you trying to threaten me?
01:24:58Look, sister.
01:24:59You're leaving here without this lug or you ain't leaving at all.
01:25:03Now, what's it gonna be?
01:25:05I paid 50 grand for him.
01:25:08Okay, boys.
01:25:09Reason with her.
01:25:11Wait a minute.
01:25:12That stuff went out years ago.
01:25:14Well, I'm bringing it back.
01:25:16Ellen, for heaven's sake!
01:25:20Okay, boys, what are we waiting for?
01:25:23No, no, don't shoot.
01:25:24That's not the way to settle things.
01:25:25We'll have every cop in town after us.
01:25:30After all, he's not the only key man in the business.
01:25:32There are lots of good operators.
01:25:34I thought you'd come around.
01:25:37They always do when the chips are down.
01:25:39Ellen, you haven't got any chips.
01:25:40I'll get to you later.
01:25:41And if you ever try to cross me again, you're gonna wind up with a lead girdle.
01:25:48Light me up, Gimp.
01:25:57The rod, bright eyes.
01:26:04Thanks, Ellen.
01:26:05I was trying to tell you it's no good.
01:26:07Throw him out!
01:26:07Hello, everybody.
01:26:10What's the beef?
01:26:11No beef.
01:26:12Mr. Richmond and I are just settling our accounts.
01:26:14Oh, that.
01:26:15That's been taken care of.
01:26:16Mr. Richmond is all clear on your books, Mrs. Donato.
01:26:18He's what?
01:26:20Sure.
01:26:20Lightning here picked a ten-to-one shot, and we put five Gs on his nose.
01:26:24That's $50,000.
01:26:26Five Gs?
01:26:27You?
01:26:28I don't believe it.
01:26:29Sure, it was your book we hit.
01:26:31Air Sigi.
01:26:32That's right, Peg.
01:26:34How would you crumbs have paid off if you'd lost?
01:26:36Crumbs?
01:26:37Now, Peg, we didn't question you when you hit us.
01:26:40It's the same thing.
01:26:41The boys thought you'd appreciate our throwing a little business your way.
01:26:44And you know the ethics of our business, Peg.
01:26:46Yeah.
01:26:47My rod, please.
01:26:51Charming tomato.
01:26:52Let's get out of this place.
01:26:58All my dignity.
01:27:02Hillcoyne, how'd you know that horse would win?
01:27:04Oh, any Einstein could have figured it out.
01:27:06Besides, a guy told me the race was in the bag.
01:27:09So, I say, Gleason, put five on number four and the sixth.
01:27:13Number four and the sixth.
01:27:15But I bet on number six and the fourth.
01:27:18We won, but it was on Katie, girl.
01:27:20Not Prince Hal?
01:27:21Prince Hal ran dead last.
01:27:25Oh, give him air.
01:27:28Give him air.
01:27:28He'll be all right.
01:27:30Prince Hal.
01:27:31We all know Lucille Ball.
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