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A powerful 1934 drama film Beggars in Ermine tells the story of resilience, betrayal, and redemption. Dive into this vintage classic that showcases the spirit of overcoming adversity.
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00:02:57down here from New York to put this mill into a steel combine.
00:03:02It'll make Flint a millionaire, Joe says.
00:03:05A millionaire?
00:03:06Then you'll do that.
00:03:07Flint ain't interested in nothing but his wife and that baby and this mill.
00:03:13A million is a lot of money.
00:03:15This combine will be a hundred million dollar corporation,
00:03:19and we hope Mr. Dawson will accept the office of General Manager.
00:03:23Personally, I'll be guided by what Mr. Dawson thinks should be done.
00:03:27You've been rather quiet, Flint.
00:03:29What do you think of this merger?
00:03:33Well, as I listened to Enright, I kept thinking the whistle has blown for lunch.
00:03:40Get this done in the minutes, Joe.
00:03:43If this merger goes through, the bankers and promoters whom Enright represents
00:03:48will pocket between 15 and 20 million dollars.
00:03:52Gentlemen, my clients will not pocket this.
00:03:54Just a moment, Enright.
00:03:57I'm particularly interested in the large block of stock
00:04:00which is being bought on the 20-year plan by the employees of this mill.
00:04:04All stock will be traded in for stock in the new corporation.
00:04:07Yes, and when the water is squeezed out of the stock of this new corporation,
00:04:11it will shrink like a bag of cottage cheese.
00:04:15Well, I'm late for lunch, gentlemen.
00:04:18I move we adjourn.
00:04:19Second of motion.
00:04:20Second of motion.
00:04:25Wilson, have several copies of the minutes made for Mr. Enright.
00:04:29Yes, Mr. Marley.
00:04:38Well, I told you what Dawson would do.
00:04:40Yes, but you didn't tell me that you were going to flop over to his side.
00:04:44I agree with Flint absolutely.
00:04:46Hmm?
00:04:47On the record.
00:04:48Oh.
00:04:49I want it to appear in the minutes that way.
00:04:52I have a check for the amount I mentioned two weeks ago.
00:04:56But remember, before I close this deal, I want the rest of the money and a written agreement as to the stock.
00:05:08All right.
00:05:09You'll hear from me shortly.
00:05:10Yes.
00:05:11That's what I want.
00:05:12Yes, sir.
00:05:13What got this a late plan?
00:05:14I had one of these up in the director's room.
00:05:15Hard boiled.
00:05:16I bet you swallowed him whole.
00:05:17Bad egg.
00:05:18Yes?
00:05:19Yes?
00:05:20Yes?
00:05:21Yes?
00:05:22What got this a late plan?
00:05:23I had one of these up in the director's room.
00:05:25Hard boiled.
00:05:26I bet you swallowed him whole.
00:05:27Bad egg.
00:05:28Bad egg.
00:05:29Yes?
00:05:30Vivian.
00:05:31Oh, this is Jim.
00:05:32Did you talk to Flint?
00:05:33Yes.
00:05:34I told him I couldn't stay here any longer.
00:05:35This gloomy house and those terrible mills and the city of Flint.
00:05:39The city with Jim.
00:05:40I'll go mad.
00:05:41It's Flint's chance to make a fortune.
00:05:42You can have everything.
00:05:43Live where you like, travel.
00:05:46Steel, Steel is in his blood.
00:06:00Flint is steel.
00:06:03My God.
00:06:07Flint is steel, but I'm not.
00:06:11Talk to him again this afternoon.
00:06:13Put it to him squarely.
00:06:15It's all so hopeless, Jim.
00:06:17But drop in tonight and we'll talk things over.
00:06:19All right.
00:06:21Goodbye.
00:06:29Have Joe Swan report on my office at once.
00:06:31What did you want?
00:06:32The Swanson, one of the crane men on the night shift.
00:06:34Terry offered you a million to sell out.
00:06:37You oughta taken it.
00:06:38Now, I have plans of my own.
00:06:40The time you boys are paying for the stock you're buying,
00:06:43is it gonna be the biggest steel mill in the country.
00:06:46In the meantime, these dinner trails are gonna remain full.
00:06:51Come on, boys.
00:06:52Time to get back to work.
00:06:57You were drunk again last night.
00:06:59Who said I was drunk?
00:07:00Ben?
00:07:01I had a drink, but I wasn't drunk.
00:07:05I handled the crane all right, didn't I?
00:07:08Yes, but supposing you were to pull the wrong lever.
00:07:11You might drop a ladle of metal onto some man walking on the floor below.
00:07:16Flint himself is on the floor a lot of the time.
00:07:19Maybe it'd give me another chance.
00:07:22Flint?
00:07:23Flint?
00:07:24And he's against a man as that man's finish.
00:07:29I'm running that crane tonight, ain't I?
00:07:33Then it's your last night.
00:07:53It's the one that you need to, anyway,
00:07:54but when you leave it, it's the one you touch the balloon out on the floor now.
00:07:55It's too tight so that comes out of the pack!
00:07:57Enough!
00:07:58And we do a right-mark!
00:07:59No!
00:08:00I got nothing!
00:08:05You, man!
00:08:06So, let's go.
00:10:05I've got it.
00:10:06Leg.
00:10:35The contract should have come in for six 48-ton girders.
00:10:59Yes, it came to the office yesterday.
00:11:01Oh.
00:11:03Good.
00:11:06These government contracts, Jim, give them precedence over everything.
00:11:12I use the finest steel.
00:11:15It may mean the lives of men.
00:11:16Yes, John, I understand.
00:11:17I must get back to the middle.
00:11:22The quickest way for you to get well is to stop thinking about these things.
00:11:26Yes.
00:11:27It's good advice, but hard to follow.
00:11:29Well, you can rely upon the men at the mill.
00:11:32You yourself trained them.
00:11:34And Vivian, she's proving quite a businesswoman.
00:11:38Well, you and Joe Wilson take care of her.
00:11:41She's more capable than you think.
00:11:45I've had power of attorney drawn up so that she can sign papers that require your signature.
00:11:51Oh, well.
00:11:53It would be excellent training for her.
00:11:54Good, yes.
00:11:56Oh, it would help to distract her mind and give her a deeper interest in my affairs.
00:12:06Mr. Morris, this won't do at all.
00:12:08The hospital isn't the place for iron and steel any more than the steel mill is the place for rest and quiet.
00:12:14You're quite right, Doctor.
00:12:14I'm sorry.
00:12:15I'll not be responsible for his condition if this keeps up.
00:12:19Save these tentacles, please.
00:12:24Goodbye, John.
00:12:27One of them.
00:12:33Well, Doctor.
00:12:38I suggest you give orders that he's to attend to no business whatsoever and seize no one, with the possible exception of Mrs. Dawson.
00:12:45Yes, yes.
00:12:52When will I be out of here?
00:12:53If you obey orders and forget all business worries, we'll have you back in your own home before the new year.
00:12:59So you're beginning to face facts.
00:13:22Flint thinks more of his mills than he does of you.
00:13:25I'd like to take you away from here.
00:13:28You don't know what you're saying, Jim.
00:13:30But I love you.
00:13:31If he doesn't love you enough to take you away, then...
00:13:34Will you come with me?
00:13:39To go away with you?
00:13:43No.
00:13:44No, it's impossible, Jim.
00:13:46If Flint were the only reason, Jim.
00:13:56But there's another.
00:13:58It's all so hopeless.
00:13:59But I love you.
00:14:00Please.
00:14:00I love you.
00:14:22Thank you, Mr. Dawson.
00:14:22So there's a letter to take me home.
00:14:24Mrs. Dawson has called to take me home?
00:14:28I'm sure she'll be here a little later.
00:14:31But remember, another month in bed after you go home, the doctor's ordered.
00:14:36Oh, I suppose so, I suppose so, usually.
00:14:39Oh, Mr. Enright has gotten permission from the doctor to see you.
00:14:42Huh? Enright?
00:14:44Oh, yes, yes, yes. Show him in, please, nurse.
00:14:54Now, how are you, Enright?
00:14:57Oh, I am.
00:14:58Sit down.
00:14:59Oh, thank you.
00:15:00The last time I saw you was the day this happened.
00:15:03Today I'm being moved to my home, and in a month's time I'll be at my desk.
00:15:08Well, the matter I've come to see you about is urgent.
00:15:11Well, it's about that merger.
00:15:13My answer's the same today as it was three months ago.
00:15:15The merger was put through six days ago.
00:15:18What?
00:15:19It's possible.
00:15:21My proxies, my own stock.
00:15:23Your proxies were revoked a week ago, and your stock purchased by my client.
00:15:28In October you executed a general power of attorney.
00:15:31Yes, to my wife.
00:15:32Well, no doubt she acted for your best interests in selling your stock.
00:15:36That is, I assume you will never again be able to attend the business.
00:15:40Your assumption is wrong.
00:15:41Well, I'm not here to argue.
00:15:44The check paid for your stock was endorsed by your wife and deposited in her account.
00:15:49If there's any irregularity connected with this, I shall, of course, at once take steps to protect my client.
00:15:54What steps?
00:15:55If necessary, the detention of Mrs. Dorff.
00:15:57Detention?
00:15:58Ridiculous.
00:15:59Why, she's calling for me here today.
00:16:01Well, I've been informed she's sailing for England today.
00:16:05Good day.
00:16:06Good day.
00:16:21Oh, nurse.
00:16:22Please telephone my home to see if Mrs. Dorff has left to the hospital.
00:16:26Yes, sir.
00:16:27For the protection of my client, I've prepared a general release.
00:16:34If you care to sign it.
00:16:36Otherwise, I shall be forced to take steps against Mrs. Dorff.
00:16:41Well, can you tell me where we can locate Mrs. Dorff?
00:16:53Goodbye.
00:16:54Goodbye.
00:17:10Has Mrs. Dorff left for the hospital?
00:17:15Mrs. Dorff left the city last night with your daughter.
00:17:18For England.
00:17:24My wife has been tricked into this.
00:17:50I'll settle with whoever is responsible.
00:17:52Oh, yes, of course.
00:17:53Of course.
00:17:56It may interest you to know that we propose following James Marley's plan for a gradual expansion of the Dawson Mill.
00:18:08Sorry the industry has lost you.
00:18:11Good day.
00:18:17She couldn't have known what she was doing.
00:18:23She was very young.
00:18:26Younger than I by...
00:18:2915 years.
00:18:30Come in, Joe.
00:18:31Glad you're here.
00:18:32Why haven't I seen you in the past two months, hmm?
00:18:33Mr. Marley said that no one was to see you, sir.
00:18:35Doctor's orders.
00:18:36Huh.
00:18:37You know about the merger?
00:18:38We just heard about it this morning.
00:18:42Last week, we gave our proxies to Mr. Marley.
00:18:43We thought, or he made it appear, there was to be a fight.
00:18:44We just heard about it this morning.
00:18:45Last week, we gave our proxies to Mr. Marley.
00:18:47We thought, or he made it appear, there was to be a fight.
00:18:53his orders you know about the merger we just heard about it this morning last
00:19:04week we gave our proxies to mr. Martin we thought he made it appear there was to
00:19:10be a fight he was going to act as you would have acted
00:19:14Jim Marley did Marley at the mill I understand he's saving for England as
00:19:22soon as I heard this I went to the bank I took the liberty of checking things up
00:19:26sir yes there isn't much left
00:19:37see that everything's paid yes of course we had a meeting this morning
00:19:43all the men at the mill we want you to know that you will always be provided
00:19:53for only part of his crippled Joe pretty left so I could take care of myself yes
00:20:05sir of course
00:20:13oh yes would you have the authority come in here please I'm giving up this
00:20:24rule but mr. Dawson you can't some years ago I endowed a ward I want to be moved in
00:20:32there you see here I want people to talk to the boys won't let you do that move my bed a little
00:20:47go so I could see out that window
00:20:50yes sir
00:21:09now you remember the plans we talked over together
00:21:13the gradual expansion of the mill
00:21:16Marley stole them to the new corporation to carry them out
00:21:23look out there I I can't see the mill for the snow I can I could see it not as it is now but as it will be ten or fifteen years from now
00:21:40but as it will be ten or fifteen years from now
00:21:44when my plans are carried out
00:21:47its capacity will be doubled
00:21:49you're mistaken my friend
00:21:55soliciting armed is one of the oldest and most honorable professions
00:21:58I live well I save money
00:22:01I get more out of life than most men
00:22:03well you seem to have something which people with eyes seldom find
00:22:08happiness
00:22:10people with eyes see very little
00:22:13I know all that goes on around me
00:22:16through my other senses
00:22:18I offer you a partnership
00:22:20I'll furnish the locomotion
00:22:22and you furnish the vision
00:22:24interesting
00:22:26but for me impossible
00:22:29I have two serious purposes in life Marshall
00:22:34one is to find a woman and the child
00:22:37to see they never want for anything
00:22:39the other
00:22:41has to do with a man
00:22:44ah but how will you accomplish these things
00:22:47to take time
00:22:49exactly
00:22:50throw in your lot with mine
00:22:52and we'll wander
00:22:53until we find this woman and child
00:22:55and the man
00:22:56is it a pardon
00:22:58I assure you my friend
00:23:00you'll never have a dull day
00:23:02young print Dawson
00:23:05a beggar
00:23:07a beggar
00:23:31thank you madam
00:23:34if you are blind how did you know I was a woman
00:23:36by the sound of your footsteps
00:23:38also a faint fragrance
00:23:40if we lose one sense
00:23:42nature generously
00:23:44sharpens the other four
00:23:45oh I see
00:23:47steel
00:24:05copper
00:24:06iron
00:24:07coal
00:24:08you carry quite a list
00:24:10who publishes these little volumes
00:24:12I write them have them printed
00:24:14how interesting
00:24:16how interesting
00:24:17I just
00:24:18I just
00:24:44What do these crowds remind you of, Josh?
00:25:02Oh, yes.
00:25:14There we are.
00:25:32Sure, and what kind of beggars are you, refusing a reward?
00:25:50Well, I have something else in mind.
00:25:53During the past two years, Martian and I have come in contact with nearly 2,000 beggars.
00:25:59We have a plan of organization that will give them self-respect, do away with fakers, and be of some service to the public.
00:26:07Oh, how far have you got along with this organization?
00:26:10We have several hundred members.
00:26:12Selected members.
00:26:13Ah, wait a minute, wait a minute.
00:26:15Began's against the law.
00:26:17But our members operate under peddler's licenses.
00:26:20I sell sheep music.
00:26:23The point is that someday this organization will have 5,000 pairs of eyes.
00:26:28Ears, or both.
00:26:32In every city, we're in direct contact with the underworld.
00:26:35People could be of great service in apprehending criminals.
00:26:39Hmm, sounds interesting.
00:26:42I'd better take you under the chief.
00:26:44Come on.
00:26:46Things have worked out well, Gus.
00:26:56We now have 680 members.
00:26:59And we want you to join us.
00:27:01An organization in every city, a comfortable place to live.
00:27:05How much do you take in each day, Milken?
00:27:14I average pretty well.
00:27:16Three, four dollars.
00:27:18How much do you save?
00:27:20Never saved a penny in my life.
00:27:22That's the point.
00:27:24Now this is the proposition.
00:27:26Our organization is actually firm.
00:27:28It didn't be.
00:27:29This is what we hope to do.
00:27:36You have a good business here, Sam.
00:27:38I'd like to have you on our finance committee.
00:27:40I'll take it over, John.
00:27:42How many members have you got lined up?
00:27:45Oh, over 1,100 in two years.
00:27:47With savings averaging around 270 a day each.
00:27:50That's $3,000 a day to be invested.
00:27:53More than a million dollars a year.
00:27:56It's getting into big business.
00:27:59You bet.
00:28:00The men who join us will someday live in comfort.
00:28:05They'll share in big enterprises.
00:28:08Gentlemen, are there any questions you wish to ask?
00:28:12Yeah.
00:28:13Say, what's the catch anyway?
00:28:16Sounds phony to me.
00:28:19What does this John Daniels get out of it?
00:28:22None of the money that you put in.
00:28:24No?
00:28:25But for organizing and overhead expenses,
00:28:27he will receive 10% of the profits he will make for you
00:28:31by investing your money.
00:28:32Oh.
00:28:34Gentlemen,
00:28:36I think Mr. Daniels can explain this better than I.
00:28:39All right.
00:28:40Now in the first place,
00:28:42I want you to understand
00:28:45that not all of you will be allowed to join this organization.
00:28:48No.
00:28:49Those of you who are physically fit to earn their living in other ways
00:28:54won't even be considered.
00:28:57There are now 2,000 members
00:29:01who are saving about $3 a day each.
00:29:04Last year, these savings amounted to more than $2 million.
00:29:09Within 10 years, I estimate there will be about 5,000 members.
00:29:16And, well, you can figure it out for yourselves.
00:29:19That will mean a total investment of between $40 and $50 million.
00:29:24He can at any time draw up both principal and profits.
00:29:30The benefits include club rooms,
00:29:34a decent place to sleep in,
00:29:36food at cost,
00:29:37medical care,
00:29:38legal services,
00:29:40the purchase of wholesale prices of the wares you peddle,
00:29:43the license fees, etc, etc.
00:29:46Now, to you other men,
00:29:49I've time to say very little.
00:29:52Except that we have an employment agency.
00:29:55If you want to work.
00:29:56Oh, I see.
00:29:57How do we know our money?
00:29:58I'm always coming here.
00:29:59I'm going to bring everything to you.
00:30:00It's really on the principle of the...
00:30:02Don't worry.
00:30:32New director's meeting.
00:30:42Big doings.
00:30:44With Jim Marley in control, this mill will soon be going full blast.
00:30:48Say, who is this Jim Marley?
00:30:50Uncle Joe, ain't Jim Marley the man that put this mill in the steel combined about 10 or 12 years ago?
00:30:5715 years ago.
00:30:59I thought so.
00:30:59He saved it from the scrapheap, didn't he?
00:31:02Young fella, this was the best independent steel mill in America.
00:31:06And that was when Flint Dawson was general manager.
00:31:10Something for you, Uncle Joe.
00:31:16Whatever happened to this Flint Dawson?
00:31:19He got hurt in a bad accident at the mill.
00:31:22After that, I heard he was killed somewhere in a train wreck.
00:31:29Well, looks like all us old timers have been thrown on the scrap pile.
00:31:55You can't put new wine into old bottles.
00:32:04Those old employees were trained by Flint Dawson.
00:32:07They know how to make steel.
00:32:08He's right.
00:32:09But this is not a charitable institution.
00:32:13And if any of the directors are not in sympathy with my policies,
00:32:16they have, of course, the privilege of tendering their resignations.
00:32:23Gentlemen, I move we adjourn for the day.
00:32:25Second the motion.
00:32:25Second the motion.
00:32:26We're with you, Jim.
00:32:32All the way.
00:32:33Thanks.
00:32:35Good work, Jim.
00:32:38Wilson, my nephew Lee Marley is arriving today from New York.
00:32:41Should be here now.
00:32:42Have him showing up to my office.
00:32:43Yes, Mr. Marley.
00:32:49Marley, you're skating on thin ice.
00:32:52How so?
00:32:53Davis tells me that you and the crowd are unloading the stock
00:32:56that gave you control of this corporation.
00:32:57We'll buy it back at a lower figure.
00:33:00Thin ice.
00:33:01Another point.
00:33:03There are still three or four hundred old employees
00:33:05who through the years have been buying stock.
00:33:08Boating stock.
00:33:10Dynamite.
00:33:10When combined stock has been sufficiently depreciated,
00:33:13we'll form a syndicate and buy them out.
00:33:15They'd rather sell their right arm.
00:33:18If they're out of work, they won't be able to make the payments.
00:33:21They'll have to sell out.
00:33:31Come in.
00:33:39Well?
00:33:41Mr. Marley,
00:33:42I hope you're out this policy of discharging the older men.
00:33:47My own notice came as somewhat of a surprise.
00:33:50Personally, I'm well fixed.
00:33:54I'm thinking of the old laborers.
00:33:56That policy's already gone into effect.
00:34:00Before you leave,
00:34:01check up on the stock being purchased by the employees.
00:34:04Where'd you keep the certificate?
00:34:05In the company safe.
00:34:06Well, bring me the stock books.
00:34:07I'll go through them with you.
00:34:10Very well.
00:34:10Come on.
00:34:25I want you to be my uncle.
00:34:27A bachelor woman hit her, but wait till he sees you.
00:34:30Not now.
00:34:30I'm going to steal your car.
00:34:32All right.
00:34:32I'll come and get you after I've seen my attending.
00:34:35This is going to be the most exciting day of my life.
00:34:37You know, Lee, what I'd like?
00:34:38What if?
00:34:39I'd like one of those little cottages you just passed.
00:34:41I could put up your lunch every day.
00:34:43Cottage cheese and cottage pudding.
00:34:46And you cook?
00:34:47Certainly.
00:34:48Are you sure?
00:34:49Well, not too sure.
00:34:50I never tried.
00:34:51Are you willing to try?
00:34:52Of course.
00:34:52That's a promise to marry me.
00:34:55You want to marry me just for my opinion?
00:35:01Well, a dispensate old man at 25.
00:35:06Now, listen, don't you forget to call for me.
00:35:08I won't.
00:35:09All right.
00:35:09Bye, dear.
00:35:11I'm going to make you secretary of this corporation.
00:35:15You don't mean secretary of combined steel.
00:35:17In fact, what I do mean, I'm putting in young, vigorous men.
00:35:20Wait, I'll work day and night.
00:35:24Secretary of combined steel.
00:35:28There's a certain party that'll be mighty glad when she hears this.
00:35:31Yeah?
00:35:32Mm-hmm.
00:35:33Well, this position, Lee, is one of great responsibility.
00:35:36You'll have to forget about women.
00:35:40But you see, Uncle Lizzie, this is different.
00:35:43Why, we're going to settle down even if it's in a workman's cottage.
00:35:47That is, if she'll marry me.
00:35:50Pull up a chair and I'll tell you about your new duties as secretary of combined steel.
00:36:02I don't know.
00:36:03That's the only answer I can make to your questions, Joyce.
00:36:06But you do know, Scotty.
00:36:07You're the wisest man in the world.
00:36:10Joyce, darling.
00:36:11I'm your father and your mother and your brother.
00:36:13I raised you.
00:36:14And there isn't anything I wouldn't tell you.
00:36:16All right, then just answer me one question.
00:36:19Who is John Daniels?
00:36:23John Daniels is as much of a mystery to me as he is to you.
00:36:27More so.
00:36:27I hear from him three or four times a year.
00:36:30I receive sums of money for your support.
00:36:32I keep detailed accounts.
00:36:34Yet you've never seen the man?
00:36:36Twelve years ago, a man came into my office with a letter from John Daniels.
00:36:41I was to go abroad to an institution in Liverpool
00:36:43and arrange for the adoption of a six-year-old child.
00:36:46Her name was Joy McLaughlin.
00:36:49Since that time...
00:36:49Yes, I know.
00:36:50Well, that's all I know.
00:37:06All right.
00:37:06If you can't tell me anything, I'm going to tell you something.
00:37:09I'm in love.
00:37:11This time it's the real thing.
00:37:13You're sure it's the real thing?
00:37:14Mm-hmm.
00:37:15We met on the boat just before it sailed from Buenos Aires.
00:37:18We were together every evening.
00:37:21Well, who is he?
00:37:22And when am I going to meet him?
00:37:26A letter, Mr. Taggart.
00:37:28It's marked important for immediate delivery.
00:37:31Will you see her, Grant?
00:37:32Sure.
00:37:32Well, for the first time after all these years,
00:37:48I'm going to meet John Daniels.
00:37:50What?
00:37:51Good night.
00:37:51Good night.
00:38:02My name is Marsant.
00:38:23Mr. Taggart?
00:38:24How do you do?
00:38:25Mr. Daniels is waiting to see you.
00:38:27Mr. Taggart is here, John.
00:38:43Mr. Dawson.
00:38:44Coming, Scott.
00:38:45Glad to see you.
00:38:46Lots of things to talk about.
00:38:50How are you?
00:38:52How do you do?
00:38:53I read in the papers you were killed in a railroad accident 15 years ago.
00:38:57Oh, I had some baggage on that train.
00:39:00The incident served a purpose.
00:39:01Helped to conceal my identity.
00:39:03Sit down.
00:39:06The last time I talked to you was the time I advised you to take up the study of law.
00:39:10The time you made it possible for me to study law.
00:39:12Well, I figured that an honest office boy would make an honest lawyer.
00:39:15You proved I was right.
00:39:16Also, I liked your lack of inquisitiveness.
00:39:19Hadn't been from a lack of curiosity.
00:39:20A strange story, Scott.
00:39:25Possibly you remember a man named Jim Marley.
00:39:27Yes.
00:39:28Yes, he was secretary and treasurer of the old Dawson company at the time of your accident.
00:39:33It wasn't an accident.
00:39:37On the day I learned what Marley had done,
00:39:39I insisted for me move her to the hospital wound down for the destitute.
00:39:43There I came to know a blind man named Martha.
00:39:45It was an amazing story I've ever heard.
00:39:48Well, my estimate.
00:39:50Through fortunate investments, we've almost doubled their savings for it.
00:39:53Financially, this must be one of the strongest paternal organizations in the world.
00:39:57It is.
00:39:59You...
00:40:00You haven't mentioned your daughter.
00:40:03Do you mind telling me how you found her?
00:40:07Marchant and I found Joyce in England.
00:40:09Just 12 years ago.
00:40:32We also found Joyce's mother.
00:40:35On the morning of that day.
00:40:36According to this letter from Gypsy Jones,
00:40:47this is the street.
00:40:50We turn at this corner.
00:40:52Was there a little girl with her?
00:40:54Yes, they were together.
00:40:55She followed them.
00:40:57Gives a number of the house.
00:41:00Why don't we go there?
00:41:03Well, this is not the kind of street she'd live in.
00:41:05Officers have been in and out all day.
00:41:17Miss Berger found a body she did early this morning.
00:41:19Suicide.
00:41:20That's what they say.
00:41:21But how do they know?
00:41:23A man came up to see her last night.
00:41:25Didn't anybody hear the shot?
00:41:26Woke me up.
00:41:27Then a truck went rumbling by.
00:41:29And I said to Miss Jones,
00:41:30I said to...
00:41:30Here they come.
00:41:31That night we found Joyce in a small institution where her mother had placed her.
00:41:56You haven't seen Joyce since then?
00:42:00I've seen her at least twice a year.
00:42:03In order not to humiliate her,
00:42:05I've always remained in the shadows.
00:42:08As to Marley,
00:42:09I've bided my time.
00:42:13Now that time has come.
00:42:16These are your instructions, Scott.
00:42:18Preliminary to the time when I shall confront Marley personally.
00:42:21He's exceeded in placing himself as the head of Combine Steel.
00:42:25Then he'll depress the stock by selling it short.
00:42:27With the idea of buying it back at a lower figure for personal crooked profit.
00:42:31My idea and plan is to buy that stock quickly.
00:42:36I'll go over these instructions tonight.
00:42:38Use E.J. Curry and Company for your brokers.
00:42:41Marley tried to ruin Curry.
00:42:42And I want you to buy 10,000 shares outright.
00:42:46Give them to Joyce.
00:42:48So that if I'm beaten,
00:42:49she won't have to suffer.
00:42:51Stop buying tomorrow at noon.
00:42:53I'll follow your orders to the left.
00:42:56Good night, Scott.
00:42:56Good night, sir.
00:42:57Good night, sir.
00:42:57Good night, sir.
00:43:27Good night, sir.
00:43:28Good night, sir.
00:43:29Good night, sir.
00:43:30Good night, sir.
00:43:31Good night, sir.
00:43:36Marley, your old enemy E.J. Curry is buying Combine in 5,000 share lots.
00:43:43Curry's back in the market, Mr. Marley.
00:43:47Here it is.
00:43:49Curley must have learned your shot on Combine Steel.
00:43:52He's out to get you.
00:43:53Splendid.
00:43:54Sell from my account 5,000 shares each time the stock is gone.
00:43:57The stock is up half a point.
00:43:58But you're already short 15,000 shares.
00:44:01I'm going 40,000 shares short.
00:44:04I'll bring in the security before the market opens tomorrow morning.
00:44:08All right.
00:44:08Goodbye.
00:44:12I'll leave.
00:44:13Yes, sir.
00:44:13Call a special meeting of directors tomorrow morning.
00:44:16You'll only have to notify these men.
00:44:19Anything wrong?
00:44:19Oh, no.
00:44:20An old enemy of mine named Curry has apparently secured considerable backing and he's trying
00:44:25to get stock control of Combine.
00:44:27Any chance of his succeeding?
00:44:29I'll have my heel on his neck within 24 hours.
00:44:32Oh, another matter.
00:44:33There are 400 stock certificates representing 40,000 shares of Combine that Wilson fails to
00:44:40prepare for issues.
00:44:41This evening, I'll help you go through them.
00:44:43You'll have to sign each certificate as secretary of the corporation.
00:44:47Yes, sir.
00:44:48I did have an appointment this evening, but I can break it.
00:44:51Oh, that's all right.
00:44:52Be back here at 9.30.
00:44:53That'll be time enough.
00:44:54Well, what now?
00:45:06Well, now I'll tell you why we're here.
00:45:08Scott Taggart lives in that apartment house over there.
00:45:10And this afternoon, he told me I must never see you again.
00:45:13Oh, yeah?
00:45:14Well, I'll talk to him about that.
00:45:16Now, listen, Lee.
00:45:16I have an idea.
00:45:17It had something to do with my guardian.
00:45:20All my life, I felt a force.
00:45:22It sounds silly, but it's there.
00:45:23It's invisible, but it has a name.
00:45:27John Daniel.
00:45:28Oh, is that your guardian's name?
00:45:29Yes.
00:45:30And tonight, I'm going to see him, and you're going with me.
00:45:32That's why we're here.
00:45:34Scotty made an appointment to see him.
00:45:35I found that out.
00:45:36And we're going to follow him.
00:45:37Oh, now, listen.
00:45:38I'm no good as a detective.
00:45:40Shh.
00:45:40There's Scotty now.
00:45:50Hurry, before he gets out of sight.
00:45:53Did you see that?
00:46:09The man that let Scotty in locked the gate.
00:46:12Well, what's our next move, Miss Sherlock Holmes?
00:46:15Have you got the nerve to go through with it?
00:46:17Bet I have.
00:46:17Well, we can't go in the front way.
00:46:20Well, how about the back?
00:46:23I could put on a long, gray beard.
00:46:24Have you got one with you?
00:46:26I'll grow one.
00:46:28Let's go over the top.
00:46:30Of what?
00:46:31Of that wall.
00:46:32And through the garden.
00:46:33Oh, I can just see myself dangling by the seat of the pants from one of those spikes.
00:46:38Yeah, and you laugh.
00:46:39I promise not to laugh if you won't look when I climb.
00:46:42Hold everything.
00:46:43I've got an idea.
00:46:44Hold on.
00:46:45I'll go first.
00:46:57Catch it if you fall.
00:47:06Come on.
00:47:08Oh, no.
00:47:09Careful now.
00:47:12Oh, hey.
00:47:13Oh.
00:47:14There you are.
00:47:21Well, here goes nothing.
00:47:24Look in the eye.
00:47:44Which eye?
00:47:45Do you think you'll bite?
00:47:50I'll see.
00:47:51Nice doggy.
00:47:52Now, say, here's a watchdog.
00:47:55He's a committee of welcome.
00:47:57Oh, nice boy.
00:47:59Come on.
00:47:59Come on.
00:48:00I'll catch him.
00:48:01Yeah, and if I miss, he'll catch you.
00:48:03You hold him.
00:48:03I'll get down there by myself.
00:48:05I'll get down there by myself.
00:48:06I'll get down there by myself.
00:48:07I'll get down there by myself.
00:48:08I'll get down there by myself.
00:48:09I'll get down there by myself.
00:48:10I'll get down there by myself.
00:48:11I'll get down there by myself.
00:48:12I'll get down there by myself.
00:48:13I'll get down there by myself.
00:48:14I'll get down there by myself.
00:48:15I'll get down there by myself.
00:48:16I'll get down there by myself.
00:48:17I'll get down there by myself.
00:48:18I'll get down there by myself.
00:48:19I'll get down there by myself.
00:48:20I'll get down there by myself.
00:48:21I'll get down there by myself.
00:48:22I'll get down there by myself.
00:48:23I'll get down there by myself.
00:48:24I'll get down there by myself.
00:48:25I'll get down there by myself.
00:48:26I'll get down there by myself.
00:48:27Marley is in over his head, 40,000 shares short.
00:48:42But tomorrow night I'll make a pauper of him.
00:48:45A beggar in a street corner.
00:48:48That's where the beginning.
00:48:50I've several accounts to settle.
00:48:52This is but one of them.
00:48:57He hasn't any legs.
00:49:03Oh, did you see the hate in his face?
00:49:05It frightens me.
00:49:06I'm not going to do any more of this eavesdropping.
00:49:08I'm going in there right now.
00:49:09No, you're not.
00:49:10I want to hear what they're saying.
00:49:14What I'm doing is in no way connected with this organization.
00:49:17I waited all these years to be able to handle it personally.
00:49:21Tonight I'm resigning as head of this union.
00:49:23There's one thing to consider, Mr. Dawson.
00:49:24Not only are you going to crush James Marley.
00:49:27But others who are connected.
00:49:28Oh, they're all over the same stripe.
00:49:31I didn't mind Marley's nephew.
00:49:33Lee Marley.
00:49:34Your daughter Joyce is in love with you.
00:49:37What?
00:49:42Lee.
00:49:44That man's my father.
00:49:45Listen, promise me something.
00:49:48Anything, dear.
00:49:49Promise you won't say anything to your uncle to laugh.
00:49:51I've had a chance to talk to Scott.
00:49:53I've seen him the first thing in the morning.
00:49:55I've had a chance to think things out.
00:50:04You'll see how to pass him in now, Liz.
00:50:05Who are these men?
00:50:29Well, some have retired.
00:50:31But all either are or have been beggars.
00:50:48Marshal.
00:50:53This is Scott Taggart.
00:50:54I met Mr. Taggart when he came last night.
00:50:58We welcome you.
00:50:59The first outsider to enter this room.
00:51:03I have an announcement to make.
00:51:05I want you and Taggart by my side on the platform.
00:51:14How are you?
00:51:15How are you?
00:51:16How are you?
00:51:17How are you?
00:51:18There you go.
00:51:20You want to do that?
00:51:21Okay.
00:51:24My friends, 15 years ago, I spoke to some of you on street corners and in the rooming houses of different cities.
00:51:42All that we planned at that time has come to pass.
00:51:50Three years ago, against some opposition, your finance committee wisely invested all funds in government and state.
00:51:58There you go.
00:51:59On which you can draw to the full amount of your savings and profits.
00:52:04That's fine.
00:52:06That's fine.
00:52:06My own fortune has come through you.
00:52:10And what is left at my death will be returned as an endowment to this institution.
00:52:16I have fulfilled my part of the bargain but now it has come necessary for me to
00:52:22devote my time to personal matters. Tonight I am resigning as head of this
00:52:32organization. We won't let you resign. Don't walk out now, John. But you can't do that, John.
00:52:37I wouldn't leave you if there was not a man to take my place. He has been with me
00:52:46from the beginning and I know no man of greater foresight. I suggest as my
00:52:52successor not the blind Martian, but Martian the man of superhuman vision.
00:52:59But we need both you and Martian.
00:53:01We need you very much, John.
00:53:11Say a word to the Martian.
00:53:16I can't. I can't make a speech, but I can play something lively.
00:53:22That's right. Anything will be great.
00:53:28You're a playboy.
00:53:46Come on, more.
00:53:47Come on, more!
00:54:17Come on, more!
00:54:47Oh, Wilson, what are we going to do?
00:55:13I advise you to appoint a committee to see James Martin.
00:55:15A next on the committee.
00:55:17Let's all go in and see him.
00:55:18That's it!
00:55:21I don't believe I do that.
00:55:23All you want to know is that your stock is safe.
00:55:25It has been taken from the company's vaults.
00:55:28But perhaps Marley has transferred it for some good reason.
00:55:31Now get this straight.
00:55:32I left those stock certificates at your office merely as collateral security.
00:55:35There won't be any necessity for selling a single share.
00:55:38Before noon, there'll be a break in the market.
00:55:41Yes, yes, the directors are meeting now.
00:55:44No.
00:55:46Well, gentlemen, unless a miracle happens, Combine will be up several more points at the opening.
00:55:51That's what they said, eh?
00:55:52That's what my broker said.
00:55:53Uh-huh.
00:56:08Good morning, gentlemen.
00:56:09Good morning.
00:56:09I'm buying open four points up from yesterday's closing.
00:56:13Well, that about wipes me out.
00:56:15I can't hold out much longer.
00:56:17We're all in the same boat.
00:56:18We're licked.
00:56:19Currie and his crowd have outsmarted you.
00:56:21Well, what are we going to do?
00:56:23What do you suggest?
00:56:23Cover as quickly as we can.
00:56:25You turn tail.
00:56:25I see you take plenty of medicine.
00:56:26But, Jim, we can't hold out much longer.
00:56:28You can hold out for a couple of hours, can't you?
00:56:30Then what?
00:56:30Combined, we'll then break five, ten, possibly fifteen points.
00:56:33Currie and his crowd will run to cover.
00:56:34How are you going to break the market?
00:56:35There's a quartum of director's presence.
00:56:39Several have failed to show up.
00:56:41We can proceed without them.
00:56:43Everything will be regular on the minutes.
00:56:45And after that?
00:56:48For the first time since Combined Steel was organized sixteen years ago,
00:56:52it has become necessary to pass the quarterly dividend.
00:56:55Oh!
00:56:58Fine!
00:56:59I have to hand it to you, Jim.
00:57:01You certainly have outsmarted Currie.
00:57:04You certainly have.
00:57:05Gentlemen, let's get busy.
00:57:06Gentlemen, let's get busy.
00:57:35All right, good-bye.
00:57:41Combined has dropped two more points.
00:57:42I think it's fifty-seven and an eighth.
00:57:50Well, John, as I pointed out some fifteen years ago,
00:57:54soliciting arms is both an ancient and honorable profession.
00:57:58Well, I'm glad I'm alone in this.
00:58:03But you're not.
00:58:05Huh?
00:58:07We are together, as we've been in everything else.
00:58:10What do you mean, Marshal?
00:58:11For the first time in my life,
00:58:13I bought stock, Combined Steel, on margin.
00:58:18Marshal and I are in the same position.
00:58:20Everything we have.
00:58:21Mr. Dawson came through you.
00:58:23You too, Tandiff?
00:58:24I bought Combined yesterday at sixty-three.
00:58:27Well, you'd better both sell out quickly.
00:58:28Put in your orders.
00:58:29We'll put in our orders to sell when you put in yours.
00:58:31Well, they'll wipe you out.
00:58:33Marley and this crowd are selling short the stock of a corporation they themselves control.
00:58:37Now they've passed a quarterly dividend for no other reason but to still further depress that stock.
00:58:42Marley personally has gone further.
00:58:44Last night, he stole a lot of other stocks from the company's vaults.
00:58:48This morning before the market opened, he put it up as security.
00:58:51That stock didn't belong to him.
00:58:53It's being purchased by the employees of the corporation.
00:58:55Marley can be sent to the penitentiary for that.
00:58:58I have another thought in mind.
00:59:00I'm going out to Marley's office.
00:59:04What is it, Mike?
00:59:06I'm going to go to Marley's office.
00:59:10Joyce!
00:59:12Joyce!
00:59:13I just heard what happened.
00:59:15Me, Marley, telephoned me that his uncle's gotten the best of you.
00:59:18I came to tell you that I helped him.
00:59:20I didn't tell Scarley, but I sent the stock that you gave me to Mr. Marley this morning before I understood it all.
00:59:26You mustn't worry.
00:59:27I'll see that you never want for anything.
00:59:30But that isn't what I came here for.
00:59:33I'm sorry.
00:59:34I've been so ungrateful.
00:59:35After all you've done for me, I'm so sorry.
00:59:38Now, now, now, come, come, now.
00:59:40I don't mind being poor.
00:59:41I don't mind anything now.
00:59:43Why is this?
00:59:56Why is this?
01:00:00Why?
01:00:02hello what are you sure a miracle is happening combined is going up orders are coming in from
01:00:17all parts of the United States what does this mean Marsha haven't any idea have you been using the
01:00:24funds of the organization to help me in a personal fight no John certainly not what did you do after
01:00:30I left the club room last night I telegraphed the local headquarters in every city that you had
01:00:36resigned yes and what else did you say if you were going to be the head of combined steel
01:00:44corporation what you old box you old we've got to get down to headquarters what doing
01:00:52that John Daniels has been made ahead of combined steel everybody's buying it come on
01:00:57here kid let me see that paper keep the change I'll be rich before the day is over thanks
01:01:07hey Joe come here
01:01:12what's the trouble come on down to headquarters John Daniels been made head of combined steel chance to
01:01:19clean up if we buy the stock quick George sad Sam yeah yeah I just heard buy me a thousand shares at the
01:01:29market get up all you John Daniels is resigned he's head of a steel company get down to headquarters
01:01:36it's incredible we cut all quarterly dividends and people all over the country flood the brokerage
01:01:49houses with buying orders
01:01:51oh boy
01:01:53oh boy
01:01:55oh
01:02:11what do you want there's a committee of workmen waiting downstairs I haven't time for any workmen but it's about some stock being held for them by the corporation huh
01:02:17oh
01:02:19oh
01:02:20oh
01:02:21yes I
01:02:24I have to see about that
01:02:26I have to see about that
01:02:28you
01:02:41that's how about that
01:02:42Clem Dawson
01:02:43Dawson
01:02:45Dawson
01:02:46Dawson
01:02:47Dawson
01:02:48Dawson
01:02:49sit down
01:02:50Marley
01:02:51You may tell the committee of Werthmann your uncle has stolen the stock they were buying.
01:02:58Oh, that's a lie.
01:03:00You can tell the committee that the stock will be issued when the Werthmann finish paying for it.
01:03:05Mr. Wilson offered to pay the amount owing on his stock, but the head bookkeeper couldn't find the certificates in the safe.
01:03:11Gentlemen, that's all you need to know.
01:03:14Except that before the market closes today, the control of combined steam will have changed hands.
01:03:20The dividends will be paid as usual.
01:03:23Now you may go.
01:03:24But, uh...
01:03:47Your nephew may stay.
01:03:50If you want him.
01:03:51Wait outside for me.
01:03:58Sit down.
01:03:59I know.
01:04:00You bought it in Liverpool three days before Vivian was killed.
01:04:01It was found on the floor beside her.
01:04:02I know.
01:04:03You bought it in Liverpool three days before Vivian was killed.
01:04:04It was found on the floor beside her.
01:04:06I sailed two days before she killed herself.
01:04:07You sailed several days after her death.
01:04:11You sailed several days after her death.
01:04:12But the records of the steamship company.
01:04:13The records of the company show that you've booked passage.
01:04:14It was found on the floor beside her.
01:04:16It was found on the floor beside her.
01:04:17I sailed two days before she killed herself.
01:04:18You sailed several days after her death.
01:04:23But the records of the steamship company.
01:04:24The records of the company show that you've booked passage.
01:04:25But the person's report shows you did not sail on that boat.
01:04:26You killed her.
01:04:27I didn't.
01:04:28I didn't.
01:04:29I didn't.
01:04:30I didn't kill her.
01:04:31She took her own life.
01:04:32I had no idea.
01:04:33John, I swear.
01:04:34That's what we were going to find out.
01:04:35Did you even still be bound to be here?
01:04:36I helped you off for one day to go?
01:04:37Not to be afraid of your day.
01:04:38I went to the bank!
01:04:39It was found on the floor beside her.
01:04:40I sailed two days before she killed herself.
01:04:41You sailed several days after her death.
01:04:42But the records of the steamship company.
01:04:43The records of the company show that you put passage.
01:04:44But the person's report showed you did not sail on that boat.
01:04:45You killed her.
01:04:46I didn't.
01:04:47I didn't kill her.
01:04:49She took her own life.
01:04:50I had no idea.
01:04:52John, I swear!
01:04:55That's what we're going to find out.
01:05:05If I turned you over to them, you'd be buried with a lot of metal into which they could throw you.
01:05:12Perhaps you'd rather die that way.
01:05:16The way you tried to kill me.
01:05:19Or, I'll see if you leave here safely and go to England to be tried for murder.
01:05:25I'll give you five minutes to think things over.
01:05:32The point is, Marley, that you have nothing to fear from a trial if you didn't kill Vivian.
01:05:55You can't go in there, buddy.
01:05:58You can't go in there, buddy.
01:06:00You can't go in there, buddy.
01:06:01You can't go in there, buddy.
01:06:06Is my uncle still in there?
01:06:07The stock we issued to the workmen was stolen.
01:06:08You can't go in there, buddy.
01:06:09You can't go in there, buddy.
01:06:13The stock we issued to the workmen was stolen.
01:06:14I'm as guilty as he is.
01:06:15I signed the certificates.
01:06:16Your crime is one of ignorance.
01:06:17You can't go in there, buddy.
01:06:18You can't go in there, buddy.
01:06:19You can't go in there, buddy.
01:06:20You can't go in there, buddy.
01:06:24You can't go in there, buddy.
01:06:26You can't go in there, buddy.
01:06:28My uncle still in there?
01:06:30The stock we issued to the workmen was stolen.
01:06:31When the stock we issued to the workmen was stolen, I'm as guilty as he is.
01:06:37I signed the certificates.
01:06:38Your crime is one of ignorance.
01:06:40To have learned the steel business, young man, you should have started at the bottom, not at the top.
01:06:49Hey, man, man, listen.
01:07:08What's ever happened to your stock?
01:07:09It's my fault, and I'm going to see that you don't lose a dime of your money.
01:07:12We don't care what you got to say.
01:07:14We want Jim Molly.
01:07:15Yeah, we want to see Molly.
01:07:16No way.
01:07:19What are you doing here?
01:07:32What's happening?
01:07:33It's all right here.
01:07:34Don't worry.
01:07:34We're not making him.
01:07:37We're not making him.
01:07:46We're not making him.
01:07:48We're not making him.
01:07:52It's some of the things that we're done here today.
01:08:00Quiet, Sam.
01:08:27Quiet, Sam.
01:08:27Quiet, Sam.
01:08:28Quiet, Sam.
01:08:30It's Flint! Flint Dawson has come back. It's him, all right. Old Flint Dawson himself.
01:08:52The mill will be closed until next Monday. All former employees will then return to work.
01:08:57Your stock will be issued to you, paid for in full.
01:09:27Now you're starting right at the bottom. That's the way to learn the steel business, young man.
01:09:37Here comes the chief!
01:09:41My first day and no dinner failed.
01:09:48I have lunch all ready for you at our cottage. Cottage cheese and cottage pudding.
01:09:53Come on. Great!
01:09:56Well, Steve, that's a nice piece of pie.
01:10:03That's a nice piece of pie.
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