Blondie's Anniversary. (1947 film)

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After Blondie mistakes a gold watch Dagwood brings home as her anniversary gift, it leads Dagwood into trouble with his boss, a loan shark and crooked building contractors.  Penny Singleton - Blondie Arthur Lake - Dagwood Larry Simms -  Alexander Marjorie Ann Mutchie -Cookie (as Marjorie Kent) Daisy - Daisy Adele Jergens - Gloria Stafford Jerome Cowan - George M. Radcliffe Grant Mitchell - Samuel Breckenbridge William Frawley - Sharkey, the Loan Shark Edmund MacDonald - Bob Burley Fred F. Sears - Bert Dalton (as Fred Sears) Jack Rice - Ollie Shaw Alyn Lockwood - Mary Frank Wilcox - Carter Eddie Acuff - Mailman Paul E. Burns - Man in Park Rodney Hildebrand - Co-worker Carl Knowles - Co-worker Cosmo Sardo - Man Looking at Book Larry Steers - Parker Al Thompson - Acme Loan Company Owner Al Zeidman - Man  Director - Abby Berlin

Transcript

00:00:19Pretty face, funny hat, that's what my blondie is.

00:00:24Lovable feet, both flat, that's what my dagwood is.

00:00:28Blondie's not always right, I let her think she is.

00:00:32All of my thoughts are bright, long as he thinks they're his.

00:00:37Life of us is fun and crazy, baby doubling, us and daisy, what a family.

00:00:44Incredible, bumsteadable, hurry you'll miss your bus.

00:00:48Watch out, you'll burn your stew, nothing's too much for us.

00:00:52As long as with me there's you, Dagwood and Blondie.

00:00:56Blondie and Dagwood, always with me there's you.

00:01:01Blondie and Dagwood!cymine,

00:01:02ah, ha,

00:01:03ha, ha, ha, yeah, a-ha,

00:01:07ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha! Ah, ha,

00:01:27ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!

00:01:31hello children hello mommy hello mom why'd you pay two cake well you see darling i didn't make

00:01:38the cake large enough for the word anniversary so i had to bake another one can we have the

00:01:44small one and not until after daddy's seen it can we clean the bowl for you mom all right dear

00:01:49but don't spoil your dinner mommy when i grow up will i have anniversaries too if you get married

00:01:54dear gee do i have to now look both of you hurry up and run along and wrap up the

00:02:02presents you have

00:02:02for daddy yeah and the ones we got for you too what are you getting for pop mom i'm not

00:02:08telling

00:02:08but you'll see it as soon as daddy gets home what's pop giving you i don't know daddy was so

00:02:14cute when

00:02:14he left this morning he never even mentioned the word anniversary he wanted me to think he'd forgotten

00:02:19all about it but i know daddy he never forgets i wonder if mr radcliffe will let him come home

00:02:24any earlier today seeing it's your anniversary i'm not sure alexander daddy had an appointment

00:02:31with mr breckenbridge at the bank to talk about building the new hospital when daddy starts

00:02:35talking about buildings nothing can stop him now remember dagwood don't talk keep your mouth closed

00:02:44i'll say all is to be said okay mr radcliffe and remember that mr breckenbridge has charge of the

00:02:48hospital finances he will award all the contracts and we have to make a good impression on him

00:02:55how do you do oh oh how do you do what can i do for you

00:03:07well right now i'd like to see mr breckenbridge i am george radcliffe of the radcliffe construction

00:03:11company oh yes oh and i'm mr breckenbridge is busy at the moment with the chairman of the hospital

00:03:19charity drive i hope you won't mind waiting oh no indeed it'd be a pleasure

00:03:29good day

00:03:33uh is that the chairman of the charity drive i hope he turned into bumsteads two dollars

00:03:40oh i'm sure he did

00:03:44yeah but you never can tell about those fellas i know but i bought a lottery ticket once

00:03:47and it turned out to be a fake see the fella nip

00:03:51you may go in now mr radcliffe oh thank you

00:04:05good afternoon redcliffe good afternoon mr breckenbridge uh you know my uh head draftsman

00:04:10uh dagwood bumpstead yeah oh yes i remember him

00:04:15sit down redcliffe thank you and uh you oh yes thank you

00:04:21you've uh read my letter about the exact size of the hospital oh yes mr breckenbridge

00:04:26uh dagwood huh read the notes

00:04:31read the notes

00:04:38you told me to keep my mouth closed read the notes

00:04:41yes for heaven's sake bumpstead read the notes

00:04:44oh yes the notes here you are now uh mr breckenbridge you uh specify 80 private rooms 40 semi-private

00:04:53rooms two operating rooms and one anathis anathis anathis

00:05:01the place where you put him to sleep

00:05:06one emergency clinic and of course we have diet kitchens and a solarium and three wards

00:05:11but only one fraternity ward maternity ward

00:05:15yes we only have one

00:05:17well for a town of this size i thought one maternity ward would be sufficient

00:05:21oh no no mr breckenbridge i i i i checked the birth rate on this town

00:05:26and there are more young babies born in this town than any other town in this state

00:05:32dagwood one maternity ward will be sufficient

00:05:35of course right if you know that new firm in town burley and dalton

00:05:39is uh bidding on this job with you

00:05:42of course personally i'd like to award the contract to your firm

00:05:45especially after the fine job you did in building this bank for me

00:05:48but uh as it isn't my money alone

00:05:51i think it's only fair that there should be a competitive bidding

00:05:54with the firm submitting the best plans at the best price

00:05:57getting the contract

00:05:58that's perfectly fair mr breckenbridge

00:06:00well that's about all i had to say good day

00:06:02well i i oh

00:06:05good day

00:06:12my you weren't in there very long

00:06:13well if i do say so myself i'm quite a fast worker

00:06:18this thing only runs when it feels like it

00:06:22oh well maybe you got a little dust in it or something

00:06:24let me look at it

00:06:25oh no

00:06:30hey a little stubborn but i'll fix it

00:06:32dagwood you'd better not

00:06:33let him try to fix it it's not worth anything

00:06:50i understand there's only one other firm after the hospital contract

00:06:53oh yes those newcomers uh burleigh and dalton

00:06:55they saw mr breckenbridge this morning

00:06:57oh

00:06:59confidentially i hope you get the contract mr radcliffe

00:07:02oh no

00:07:03you do

00:07:05i don't want you to think that i'm forward

00:07:07but are you really miss stafford

00:07:10i'm not married

00:07:12neither am i

00:07:19wait a minute

00:07:23oh

00:07:25the wrong end came off

00:07:27now look what you've done

00:07:28oh it really doesn't matter i've had the watch ten years

00:07:30it's time i got a new one

00:07:32i shall have this crystal replaced immediately

00:07:34and i should deliver it to you personally

00:07:36uh should i bring it to the office or to your apartment

00:07:39whichever you like

00:07:40if i'm not at home you can leave it with my mother

00:07:43oh

00:07:44oh

00:07:45i'll bring it here

00:07:47come on dagwood

00:07:48well

00:07:49give me that

00:07:50yeah

00:07:51oh

00:07:51well i uh

00:07:53bumps it

00:07:53hi

00:07:54oh

00:07:56you're gonna pay for this crystal i'll take it out of your salary

00:07:59oh now we don't have to get a new crystal

00:08:00just have the old one glued back in

00:08:02there's no sense getting a new one for an old watch

00:08:04you heard her say herself that it wasn't worth anything and she needs a new one

00:08:09now if she's gonna get a new one

00:08:11just a minute

00:08:12just a minute

00:08:12a new watch

00:08:13oh dagwood what an idea

00:08:15oh now wait a minute mr radcliffe i can't afford a new watch

00:08:18you can't but i can

00:08:20huh

00:08:20do you understand

00:08:22no

00:08:25if i get miss stafford a new watch

00:08:27it'll put me i mean it'll put the radcliffe construction company in good with her

00:08:30she in turn will put us in good with breckenbridge

00:08:32now do you get it

00:08:33i think so

00:08:34you run along with the office i'll see you later

00:08:39and this hospital will be the biggest job i have ever handled

00:08:42i

00:08:42well i and mr radcliffe if it hadn't been for me and my notes

00:08:46radcliffe

00:08:52dagwood come into my office will you

00:08:53oh certainly sir

00:09:02yes mr radcliffe

00:09:09wait till you see what i have

00:09:12oh

00:09:15is it solid gold

00:09:16well if it isn't i've been chipped for three hundred dollars

00:09:19you sure like miss stafford

00:09:21oh i do

00:09:21i mean

00:09:22well it isn't that i like miss stafford so much

00:09:24it's uh it's for the good of the radcliffe construction company

00:09:27now it's too late to deliver the watch this afternoon

00:09:29the bank is closed

00:09:30i want you to do me a favor

00:09:31why certainly mr radcliffe

00:09:33i'm going to be very busy tomorrow morning

00:09:35and i want you to deliver the watch to miss stafford

00:09:37before you come to the office

00:09:38now there must be no slip up in the staggered

00:09:39this is very important to me

00:09:40i mean to the radcliffe construction company

00:09:43that miss stafford gets this watch the first thing in the morning

00:09:45you understand

00:09:47yes you want me to come to the office

00:09:48and pick up miss stafford

00:09:50i mean the watch

00:09:51no no no listen carefully

00:09:53before you come to the office

00:10:09oh my you both look so nice

00:10:20come on let's hide

00:10:22we'll pretend we've forgotten all about the anniversary

00:10:26come on

00:10:31blondie

00:10:32huh

00:10:46shh

00:10:47quiet daisy

00:10:52shh

00:10:53blondie

00:10:54where are you

00:11:02i'm down here dear

00:11:04hello i'll be right now

00:11:06mom

00:11:08look

00:11:12look

00:11:13what what

00:11:13what

00:11:17oh

00:11:19oh

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00:11:28oh

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00:12:10oh

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00:13:24bonnie i was just thinking out loud well you'd better be thinking about getting to the office

00:13:29or you're going to be late yeah

00:13:39bonnie dear why couldn't i take the watch downtown and have it engraved oh no dang good

00:13:46i'd rather wear it a day or two first yep but

00:13:53goodbye dears bye daddy goodbye everybody

00:14:30mr bubstead

00:14:37it's a pleasure to see you come out of your front door like a human being

00:14:40and not like a cyclone knocking me flat on my back every time i deliver the mail

00:14:44yes sir

00:14:45so

00:14:48so

00:14:53so

00:15:03so

00:15:06so

00:15:10so

00:15:19so

00:15:30so

00:15:39hello dag

00:15:41oh hello

00:15:42ollie uh thinking of hawking something hey no boy but am i glad to see you

00:15:47well you better get on up the office we're both late now look ollie yeah i'm in trouble

00:15:51again

00:15:51what is it this time yeah look ollie i gotta have twenty seven dollars and fifty cents right

00:15:57away can you lend it to me oh i'd like to but you caught me a little short this week

00:16:02dag why don't

00:16:02you get an advance from radcliffe oh no i couldn't do that i'm sorry dag

00:16:07huh

00:16:11are you willing to pay a little interest on this loan oh sure i'll pay you interest ollie

00:16:16not me it's somebody else he'll loan you the money that's his business where will i find him

00:16:21i've got his phone number up the office you stay here and i'll have him meet you right away

00:16:24yeah well ollie how will he know it's me when he meets me oh here

00:16:30i'll tell him you're wearing a white carnation you stay right here yeah

00:16:43good morning mr bumpstead oh good good oh good morning mr breckenbridge

00:16:52have you started on the plans for the hospital yet mr bumpstead oh yes uh i'm starting on them

00:16:57right away um now uh don't let me keep you from going from wherever you're going i have plenty

00:17:04of time i'm just taking my morning constitutional

00:17:10uh mr bumpstead there was something you didn't make quite clear yesterday in reference

00:17:14yeah both wearing poses which one of you guys is dagwood bumpstead this mr bumpstead oh well i'm

00:17:22glad to meet you bumpstead duke me duke me my name is sharky now how much do you need kids

00:17:27in here oh oh yes well i'll need about 40 carload of sand and about three carload of cement wait

00:17:34a

00:17:34minute who knows from sand and cement how much lettuce do you need lettuce yeah oh yes lettuce

00:17:41oh yes you see my wife is giving a big party and we're going to have hundreds of sandwiches and

00:17:45i'll

00:17:46need about a ton of lettuce wait a minute wait a minute what's all this double talk for

00:17:51oh well you see that's mr breckenbridge the president of the bank and i don't want him to

00:17:55know that i need money well being broke ain't nothing to be ashamed of you know that why even

00:18:00even bankers need a little touch every once in a while you heard of a run on a bank ain't

00:18:04you

00:18:04uh-huh well what do you think they're running for first the bank's broke that's why

00:18:09now come on let's get down to business how much do you need kid well i did need about 27

00:18:13and 50 cents but

00:18:14i only need 27 now because i had the 50 cents 27 and 50 cents that's chicken feed that's all

00:18:21chicken

00:18:21feed here there's 30 bucks i never carry singles yes but i only need 27 keep the 30 kid keep

00:18:29the 30.

00:18:30you know it makes the book even easier for me with the round figures oh well gee thanks now when

00:18:35do i

00:18:35have to pay you back you just take all the time you want palsy all the time you want swell

00:18:39uh oh yes uh how much interest do i have to pay on this loan only 10 cents a day

00:18:47okay

00:18:50on the dollar

00:19:14on the dollar

00:19:17on the dollar

00:19:38oh mr radcliffe shouldn't have done this yeah

00:19:45uh

00:19:50well we meet again did you want to see me about something yeah well i i uh he forgot his

00:19:54fountain

00:19:55pen yesterday huh oh i see

00:20:01did you get all that lettuce you needed lettuce oh yes yes i did

00:20:14get all that lettuce

00:20:15oh uh well goodbye miss stafford oh just a minute

00:20:19that's the way i got it yeah well hello

00:21:28Hello, Carters. Who's speaking, please? Oh, Mr. Carter. Well, this is Miss Stafford, Mr. Breckenbridge, the secretary at the bank.

00:21:36Yes, Mr. Radcliffe purchased a watch here. Well, it's not very ethical to tell you just how much he paid

00:21:43for it, but I assure you it was quite expensive.

00:21:46Well, if you don't believe me, Mr. Carter, I'll bring the watch over and show it to you.

00:21:49Oh, do that, Miss Stafford. There must be some mistake. Carters stand behind every piece of merchandise they sell.

00:21:57We have the dance floor, and here we have the orchestra.

00:22:00Did Sharky show up? Yeah.

00:22:02Did he loan you the money you needed?

00:22:03Shh.

00:22:04Huh?

00:22:04Shh.

00:22:07Is Mr. Radcliffe in?

00:22:10And he's been looking for you since 9.30.

00:22:13Yeah.

00:22:23Ah, there you are, Dagwood.

00:22:26Well, what did Miss Stafford think of the switch?

00:22:28It's a switch?

00:22:29Yes, giving her a new watch instead of the old one.

00:22:32Oh, that's fine, I guess.

00:22:34You guess? Well, how did she act?

00:22:35Oh, she seemed very pleased.

00:22:38Oh, that's fine, that's fine.

00:22:40All that money I spent for that watch wasn't wasted.

00:22:42Am I in good with Miss Stafford now?

00:22:44I mean, with Mr. Breckenbridge.

00:22:46And you too, Dagwood.

00:22:48Yes?

00:22:49Miss Stafford is on the phone, Mr. Radcliffe.

00:22:51Put her on immediately.

00:22:54Dagwood!

00:22:54Oh.

00:22:55Don't you go.

00:22:56You're in on this too, you know.

00:22:58Yes, I know.

00:23:03Good morning, Miss Stafford, and how are you this wonderful morning?

00:23:06By the way, I didn't bring my watch with me.

00:23:10Could you tell me what time it is by your watch?

00:23:14You what?

00:23:18Carter said that?

00:23:20You're over there now.

00:23:22Put him on the phone.

00:23:25You say the watch wasn't purchased in your store?

00:23:27That it's only a second-hand cheap imitation?

00:23:30That it didn't cost more than $10 when it was new?

00:23:33It's absolutely true, Mr. Radcliffe.

00:23:36Yes.

00:23:37There, uh, there must be a mistake.

00:23:40Somewhere.

00:23:43Put Miss Stafford back on the phone, will you please?

00:23:46Oh.

00:23:48She just left.

00:23:52Huh?

00:23:53Oh, I, uh, have to get to work on the hospital.

00:23:56If what I just heard is true, you're going to be the first customer in that hospital.

00:24:01Huh?

00:24:01What happened to that watch?

00:24:03The watch?

00:24:04Yes.

00:24:04Oh, oh, oh, yes, the watch.

00:24:06Well, I, I gave it to Blondie.

00:24:08You gave it to Blondie?

00:24:09Yes, for our anniversary.

00:24:12You gave my watch to Blondie?

00:24:14Well.

00:24:16Do you know that you're nothing more than a common thief?

00:24:19If you don't bring that watch back, I can have you thrown in jail?

00:24:22Yes.

00:24:23Bagwood.

00:24:23Huh?

00:24:24I'm not going to have you thrown in jail.

00:24:26No.

00:24:27I'm going to throw you out of here.

00:24:28You're fired.

00:24:29No, no.

00:24:29Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes.

00:24:42Good afternoon, young man.

00:24:43Oh, hello.

00:24:45It looks like my little friends are getting to know you.

00:24:48You must be a very nice young man.

00:24:51It took me longer than a week to win them over.

00:24:54A week and a day.

00:24:58You know, young man, I've been studying you the last few days,

00:25:03and something seems to be troubling you.

00:25:05Yeah.

00:25:06Now, you know, when I have troubles,

00:25:08I always feel better if I tell them to someone.

00:25:11I am in trouble.

00:25:12Then tell me, son.

00:25:15Well, I was fired from my job a little over a week ago.

00:25:19And every day I've been leaving my house early,

00:25:21pretending I was going to work.

00:25:23And I didn't want to tell my wife.

00:25:25Well, I haven't been able to get another job.

00:25:27I don't know what to do.

00:25:29Why, that's no problem, son.

00:25:31Yeah, but today would have been my payday,

00:25:33and I haven't a pay envelope to take home.

00:25:36I even spent my last nickel for peanuts.

00:25:38Then go home and tell your wife the truth.

00:25:41I'm sure she's an understanding woman.

00:25:43Oh, Blondie, I mean, my wife is.

00:25:46She's a very wonderful woman.

00:25:49Well, then go home, son.

00:25:51Make a clean breast of everything.

00:25:54Do you really think she'll understand me?

00:25:57I'm sure she will.

00:26:00Then I'll do it.

00:26:01Good.

00:26:03You know, young man,

00:26:04I always told my wife everything.

00:26:08That's why she left me 20 years ago.

00:26:27Oh, Blondie.

00:26:35Dagwood.

00:26:37Huh?

00:26:38Oh, hello, Blondie.

00:26:40Dagwood, why are you home from the office so early?

00:26:43Is something the matter?

00:26:44Well, there's something I want to talk to you about.

00:26:51You'd better come over here and sit down.

00:26:58Well, what was it you wanted to talk to me about?

00:27:01Well, that watch, Blondie.

00:27:03Oh, my watch.

00:27:04Oh, I wanted to tell you about that, dear.

00:27:06Everybody I've shown it to thinks

00:27:07it's the loveliest thing they've ever seen.

00:27:10Blondie, the watch cost $300.

00:27:14Well, didn't you wonder how I got the money

00:27:16to buy you a watch that expensive?

00:27:18No.

00:27:19I know how you got it.

00:27:20You do?

00:27:23Last year, on our anniversary,

00:27:24you said that this year you were going to get me

00:27:26something that I could really be proud of.

00:27:29So for one year, you've been shining your own shoes,

00:27:32skipping dessert at lunch,

00:27:33and sometimes skipping lunch.

00:27:36You've been hitching rides home from work

00:27:38to save bus fare,

00:27:39and you haven't read a detective magazine

00:27:41for months and months.

00:27:42No.

00:27:42Now, going without all those little luxuries

00:27:45for a year,

00:27:46you must have saved at least $400.

00:27:49I could have, couldn't I?

00:27:52If the watch cost $300,

00:27:55what did you do with the other $100, Dagwood?

00:27:58Oh, well, I...

00:28:02I didn't save $400, Blondie.

00:28:04No?

00:28:05No, I didn't even save $200.

00:28:09Not even $100.

00:28:11Well, how much did you save, Dagwood?

00:28:12I didn't save anything.

00:28:14Then how could you buy me this watch?

00:28:16I didn't buy you the watch, Blondie.

00:28:18That's the reason I got fired.

00:28:20Fired?

00:28:21Yeah.

00:28:21Why?

00:28:23That's what I want to talk to you about.

00:28:25How are the plans for that hospital coming along?

00:28:27I'll have them all finished in a few days.

00:28:29Well, I don't have to tell you

00:28:29how important it is

00:28:30that we get the contract

00:28:31to build that hospital.

00:28:32We have to underbid Burley and Dalton.

00:28:34Well, I can assure you, Mr. Radcliffe,

00:28:35the plans will be satisfactory.

00:28:38Yes?

00:28:39Mrs. Bumstead to see you, Mr. Radcliffe.

00:28:41Mrs. Bumstead?

00:28:43Well, uh, ask her to wait a minute.

00:28:46She's probably here to ask

00:28:47for Dagwood's job back.

00:28:48If you take my advice...

00:28:49You take my advice

00:28:50and get those plans finished.

00:28:51Yes, sir.

00:28:52Yes.

00:28:57Oh, hello, Blondie.

00:28:59Hello, Ollie.

00:29:00Psst.

00:29:15Is Bumstead around?

00:29:17Shh.

00:29:17He was fired last week.

00:29:18Fired?

00:29:19That's a fine client to recommend.

00:29:21Where can I get a hold of him?

00:29:26Yes, sir?

00:29:28You can go in now, Mrs. Bumstead.

00:29:43Well, Blondie, this, this is a surprise.

00:29:45Here's your watch, Mr. Radcliffe.

00:29:47Oh.

00:29:48Oh, I'm sorry this had to happen, Blondie,

00:29:50but Dagwood should have had more sense

00:29:51than to give you a watch

00:29:52that didn't belong to him.

00:29:53Dagwood didn't give me the watch.

00:29:55He didn't give you the watch?

00:29:56No, I took it.

00:29:57You took it?

00:29:59By mistake.

00:30:00I saw the watch and thought it was my anniversary present.

00:30:02Well, why didn't Dagwood explain to you?

00:30:04Because he's too much of a gentleman

00:30:06to embarrass me in front of my children.

00:30:08But you, being a confirmed bachelor,

00:30:10wouldn't understand about those things.

00:30:13My Dagwood never did a dishonest thing in his life,

00:30:15and if you hadn't worked him day and night,

00:30:16he would have had time to buy me a present,

00:30:17if you had paid him enough to buy me that present.

00:30:19Well, if Dagwood had explained all those things to me,

00:30:22I wouldn't have fired him.

00:30:23But you did fire him, and I'm glad you did.

00:30:26You have Dagwood come down to see me tomorrow morning,

00:30:28and perhaps...

00:30:28I won't allow Dagwood to come down here tomorrow morning

00:30:30or any other morning.

00:30:31There are plenty of jobs open for a man

00:30:33as capable as my Dagwood.

00:30:35Yes, I know, but...

00:30:35Good day, Mr. Radcliffe.

00:30:40And another thing.

00:30:41I have my suspicions about a man

00:30:43who spends $300 for a watch for some...

00:30:45some girl he's just met.

00:30:52Excuse me.

00:31:19Mr. Breckenbridge's office.

00:31:21Oh, it's you, Mr. Radcliffe.

00:31:24That little watch matter is all straightened out.

00:31:26I have it right here in front of me.

00:31:28You know, nothing would give me greater pleasure

00:31:30than to present it to you personally.

00:31:32Possibly over a delicious dinner in some cozy spot.

00:31:37Well, I did have an appointment with someone else,

00:31:40but I'd be glad to cancel it for you.

00:31:44You decide the, uh, cozy spot you'd like to go to.

00:31:48Be sure it's one with soft lights and sweet music.

00:31:57Oh, how do you do, Mr. Burley, and you, Mr. Dalton?

00:32:00Yes, hello, Miss Stafford.

00:32:00Do you mind waiting a moment?

00:32:02No, go right ahead.

00:32:05That's fine, Mother.

00:32:07I'll be there at 7.30, Mother.

00:32:11All right, Mother.

00:32:14Mother.

00:32:19That was my mother.

00:32:21Here's a little something we thought you might like.

00:32:23For me?

00:32:24Mm-hmm.

00:32:29Don't tell me these are real diamonds.

00:32:34Why, this must have cost a small fortune.

00:32:36It did.

00:32:39I wouldn't think of taking such an expensive gift.

00:32:44I really shouldn't accept this.

00:32:51Oh, Mr. Burley and Mr. Dalton,

00:32:53do you want to see me about something?

00:32:54Well, uh, that is...

00:32:55Mr. Burley forgot his fountain pen when he was here yesterday.

00:32:58Yes, thank you so much.

00:32:59Oh, I see.

00:33:02More people lose fountain pens in this office.

00:33:07Oh, thank you for your quick thinking, Miss Stafford.

00:33:09Oh, and thank you for this wonderful present.

00:33:12But I still can't understand why you gave me such an expensive one.

00:33:16Well, you've been very nice to us.

00:33:18The least we can do is be nice to you.

00:33:21Nice?

00:33:21Well, yes.

00:33:22Whenever we wanted an appointment with Mr. Breckenbridge, you very kindly arranged it.

00:33:27In other words, you've been very cooperative.

00:33:30And we hope you'll continue to be cooperative.

00:33:32Oh, I will.

00:33:34And I sincerely hope that your firm underbids the Radcliffe Construction Company.

00:33:38Oh, I'm so glad you feel that way about it.

00:33:43Confidentially, if we should get this contract through, uh...

00:33:49Well, there's lots more diamonds where they came from.

00:33:53Oh.

00:33:55Now, how about having dinner with me tonight?

00:33:57Oh, I'd love to.

00:33:58But you heard me make an appointment with my, uh, mother for tonight.

00:34:01And you wouldn't want me to disappoint my mother, would you?

00:34:05Of course not.

00:34:06There's no rush.

00:34:08I can wait.

00:34:09How about tomorrow night?

00:34:10I'd be delighted.

00:34:11I'll see you tomorrow.

00:34:13Goodbye, Miss Stafford.

00:34:14Goodbye.

00:34:15Goodbye.

00:34:22Goodbye, Miss Stafford.

00:34:47I'll see you in your life drying dishes, but not me.

00:34:49I use my head.

00:34:52Dagwood!

00:34:55I'm in the kitchen, Blondie!

00:34:58Where are you going, Blondie?

00:35:00Run along, Cookie, darling.

00:35:01Dagwood, I'm going to the bank.

00:35:03I've got to draw a little money out of my savings account.

00:35:04Yeah, how little?

00:35:06Only $20.

00:35:08Oh, but I figure you'll be working by the time that's gone.

00:35:11Gee, I hate to see you using your savings, Blondie.

00:35:14And besides...

00:35:15Well, Dagwood, you've only been out of work for a little over a week.

00:35:19Now, stop worrying.

00:35:21After all, a man of your capabilities can't be unemployed for very long.

00:35:24I hope you're right, Blondie, but things sure look gloomy right now, don't they?

00:35:29Well, no wonder things look gloomy.

00:35:31If you'd just let in a little bit of sunlight, you'd be supposed to get out right thing.

00:35:59Mr. Breckenbridge's office.

00:36:02Oh, good morning, Mr. Radcliffe.

00:36:06I hope your mother's not angry with me for keeping you out so late last night.

00:36:10I sort of lose all sense of time when I'm under soft lights and with such charming company as you,

00:36:16Gloria.

00:36:18Oh, we must do it again.

00:36:20Soon, I hope.

00:36:21Oh, yes, he's in.

00:36:23Just one moment.

00:36:26Mr. Radcliffe on the phone, Mr. Breckenbridge.

00:36:34Yes, Radcliffe.

00:36:35I received your plans and the estimate.

00:36:38I like the plans immensely.

00:36:40Well, thanks, Mr. Breckenbridge.

00:36:41How did my bid strike you?

00:36:42I was pleasantly surprised.

00:36:44I bought a hospital that size but cost much more.

00:36:46Well, we expect to stay in business a long time, Mr. Breckenbridge.

00:36:48We don't believe in making enough on one job to retire.

00:36:51I think you have a very good chance of getting the contract, Radcliffe.

00:36:53And as soon as I receive Burley and Dalton's bid, I'll let you know.

00:36:57Goodbye, Mr. Breckenbridge.

00:37:06Yes, Mr. Breckenbridge.

00:37:08Will you come in a moment, please, Mr. Stapley?

00:37:10Yes, sir.

00:37:18Here's the Radcliffe Construction Company's bid.

00:37:20Take care of it, please.

00:37:21Yes, Mr. Breckenbridge.

00:37:22You'd better call Burley and Dalton and remind them that I must have their plans and bid by next week.

00:37:26Yes, Mr. Breckenbridge.

00:37:27Yes, Mr. Breckenbridge.

00:38:03A super, super duper for me, a super duper for you, and a duper for you.

00:38:15Oh, thank you.

00:38:28We'll wait for you, Pop.

00:38:30Yeah.

00:38:36Oh, excuse me.

00:38:39How about my dough, Bumstead?

00:38:41What if you can't pay the principal?

00:38:43How about the 10 days interest?

00:38:44Interest?

00:38:45Yeah.

00:38:45Oh, yes.

00:38:46Well, that's only a dollar.

00:38:47A dollar?

00:38:48Uh-huh.

00:38:49How did you get to that figure?

00:38:50Well, let's see.

00:38:52That's, well, I've had the loan for 10 days.

00:38:54And that's 10 cents a day.

00:38:56That's exactly one dollar.

00:38:57Your arithmetic and my arithmetic don't add up, bub.

00:39:00It's 10 cents a day on the dollar.

00:39:03So, you know, this is libelous shock, you, Bumstead.

00:39:07Yeah.

00:39:08On the first day, the interest was three bucks, making you owe me $33.

00:39:14Huh?

00:39:14Huh.

00:39:15And on the second day, the interest was $3.30, bringing a loan up to $36.30.

00:39:23Huh?

00:39:24Huh.

00:39:24Now, on the third day, the...

00:39:26Wait a minute, wait a minute.

00:39:27What does it amount to today?

00:39:29Well, today being the 10th day, you owe me a little over 75 bucks.

00:39:35Huh?

00:39:36Huh?

00:39:37Oh, I can't understand that interest.

00:39:40Oh, you can't, huh?

00:39:42Well, this is known as compound interest.

00:39:45Compound?

00:39:46Yeah.

00:39:46Compound fracture interest.

00:39:48Compound fracture?

00:39:49Yeah.

00:39:50If you don't get that dough up in 24 hours, I'd calm and pound a fracture in your skull.

00:39:57Uh-oh.

00:39:58See how it works out?

00:39:59Uh-uh.

00:40:00Yeah, but...

00:40:17Aren't you going to eat your sandwich, Pop?

00:40:19No, thanks, Alexander.

00:40:21I just lost my appetite.

00:40:24Oh, hello, Blondie.

00:40:26Who is that man who just left your Dagwood?

00:40:28Oh, well, just someone who has an interest in me.

00:40:32Is it about a job?

00:40:34No, not exactly.

00:40:35He just came here to tell me that if I don't go to work in 24 hours, he'd lose all

00:40:40of his interest in me.

00:40:45When we find out how much Radcliffe's bid is, do you think we can beat it?

00:40:48It's a cinch.

00:40:49On the concrete alone, we can make a few grand.

00:40:51Oh, I'm a little leery, Bob, about using six parts of sand or one part cement.

00:40:55I tell you, it's all right.

00:40:57Okay, come on.

00:40:58Take a look.

00:41:04Well, this is a little over six parts of sand.

00:41:06Matter of fact, it's almost seven.

00:41:07Let's see how tough it is.

00:41:14Oh, I don't think that stuff will hold.

00:41:17It'll hold long enough for us to get out of town.

00:41:21Oh.

00:41:23Oh, how do you do, Miss Danman?

00:41:25How do you do?

00:41:26Oh, how are you, Gloria?

00:41:28I didn't see anyone in the other office, so I, uh...

00:41:31Well, come right in.

00:41:42I must say, this doesn't look like a place from whence tall buildings will grow.

00:41:48Well, this is only temporary.

00:41:50We expect a move right after we build the hospital.

00:41:53That is, if we, uh, get the contract.

00:41:55The old man told me to phone you that he must have the plans and the estimate by next week.

00:42:00I thought it best to tell you in person.

00:42:03Next week?

00:42:04At the latest.

00:42:05Incidentally, I thought you might be interested in this.

00:42:10The figure on the Radcliffe bit.

00:42:14Gloria, I don't know how to thank you for this.

00:42:16You don't?

00:42:18Don't be so naive.

00:42:28I don't see any of your help bumping into each other around here.

00:42:32How are your plans coming along?

00:42:33Oh, well, you see, we've been held up because, uh...

00:42:36Because, uh...

00:42:37I haven't been able to find a draftsman.

00:42:39That is the kind that will, uh...

00:42:41Well, that is, uh...

00:42:42Play ball with you?

00:42:44If you want to put it that way, yes.

00:42:46Why don't you hire the fellow the Radcliffe Construction Company fired?

00:42:49I understand he's a good man.

00:42:50And if you're looking for someone to, uh...

00:42:53Play ball with you,

00:42:54He looks like he'd be a sucker for a curveball.

00:42:56Where could we get hold of him?

00:42:58Well, I suggest looking under the bees in the phone book.

00:43:00When you come to Bumstead, that's him.

00:43:03What's his initial?

00:43:04Do you need an initial when your name's Bumstead?

00:43:11Hello, Alexander.

00:43:12Hello.

00:43:13Say, what's come over your pop lately?

00:43:16He comes out of the house as though he was going to a funeral.

00:43:18Not once in over a week has he knocked me down.

00:43:20He lost his job.

00:43:22Oh, he did, huh?

00:43:25Oh, well.

00:43:26It's an ill wind that doesn't blow someone some good.

00:43:29Yep.

00:43:35Hello?

00:43:37Yes, this is Mr. Bumstead.

00:43:40Who?

00:43:41Mr. Burley?

00:43:42Huh?

00:43:44Oh, yes.

00:43:45That's right.

00:43:46I resigned from the Radcliffe Construction Company.

00:43:51Yeah.

00:43:52How would you like to go to work for us, Mr. Bumstead?

00:43:55You would?

00:43:58I'll give you $50 a week more than Radcliffe did.

00:44:02Hello?

00:44:04Sounds like he fell down or something.

00:44:06Hello?

00:44:07Hello?

00:44:08Oh, there you are.

00:44:10We have to have a set of plans made up within a week.

00:44:12If you can do this, we'll take very good care of you.

00:44:16You think you can?

00:44:18Then rush right down here.

00:44:19We're at 422 South Main.

00:44:22Goodbye.

00:44:23You'll be right down.

00:44:31Dad, what's the matter?

00:44:32What's the matter?

00:44:35What's in here?

00:44:36I got a job.

00:44:37I got a job.

00:44:38I got a job.

00:44:38It's early in Baltham.

00:44:39Pull in.

00:44:40It's early in Baltham.

00:44:40I'm going to get a $50 a week race.

00:44:42I got to get down there right at once.

00:44:44Where's my head?

00:44:45No, they're in the kitchen.

00:44:46They're in the kitchen here.

00:44:47I'll get the door open for you.

00:44:49Goodbye.

00:44:50Goodbye.

00:44:51Goodbye.

00:44:52Goodbye.

00:45:15What's the hurry, Bumstead?

00:45:16You're running to get to dough, you owe me?

00:45:18Oh, no.

00:45:18But I got another job with Burleigh and Dalton.

00:45:21And a $50 a week race.

00:45:22Well, in that case, I'll extend your loan to one week from today.

00:45:25Okay.

00:45:26But that's final.

00:45:27Well, let's go.

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00:51:20Monster.

00:51:21What are you doing here so early?

00:51:24Well...

00:51:24You've had a pretty tough week's work.

00:51:25Well, I, uh, I...

00:51:27We're taking your plants over to Mr. Breckenbridge this morning.

00:51:30There won't be anything for you to do here.

00:51:33Why don't you take the day off and catch up on some rest?

00:51:35Well, thanks, Mr. Burley, but...

00:51:37But what, Bumpster?

00:51:38Well, I...

00:51:41Mr. Burley, I quit.

00:51:44You quit?

00:51:45Yeah.

00:51:45But you can't quit.

00:51:47Mr. Breckenbridge may want some changes made.

00:51:49Well, Mr. Breckenbridge will want a lot of changes

00:51:52when I tell him what you intend to do to that hospital.

00:51:54What I intend to do to that...

00:51:55Yeah, inferior cement.

00:51:58That thin roofing and cheap lumber and inadequate fire blocks.

00:52:03Who told you that?

00:52:04Hey, nobody told me that.

00:52:05I was under your desk last night and I heard you and Dalton plan the whole thing.

00:52:09And I'm going over and see Mr. Breckenbridge and I'm going to tell him everything.

00:52:12And I'm going over right now.

00:52:14You're going to tell Mr. Breckenbridge what, Bumpster?

00:52:16It's all right, Burley.

00:52:18Getting those plans up in a week is tired out, Bumpster.

00:52:21Huh?

00:52:22He's suffering from what you might say, hallucinations.

00:52:25Oh.

00:52:25He's imagining all sorts of things.

00:52:27For instance.

00:52:29Well, he thinks we're going to use inferior material in the hospital.

00:52:32Well, now, who gave him that crazy idea?

00:52:34Who knows?

00:52:36Overworked, I guess.

00:52:37Huh?

00:52:37Come on now, Bumpster.

00:52:38You sit down and we'll tell you all about it.

00:52:40Yeah, but I don't want to sit down.

00:52:41I want to go and see Mr. Breckenbridge.

00:52:42Now, now, now, now.

00:52:43Don't get yourself all excited.

00:52:48Bumpster.

00:52:50How would you like a nice vacation?

00:52:52Huh?

00:52:52Two weeks and pay.

00:52:54All expenses paid.

00:52:55That goes for your family, too, of course.

00:52:57Oh.

00:52:58Well, Mr. Brecken.

00:52:59And $1,000 spending money.

00:53:01$1,000?

00:53:03Well, no.

00:53:15Couldn't you use $1,000, Bumpstead?

00:53:19Yes, I guess I could.

00:53:21Well, then, accept our offer, Bumpstead.

00:53:23Your job will be here waiting for you when you get back.

00:53:26No.

00:53:28No.

00:53:30Look, I've got children of my own, Mr. Burley,

00:53:32and I can't stand by and watch a lot of little kids crush to death.

00:53:35Well, what makes you think they will be?

00:53:37Why, that hospital will collapse with the kind of concrete that you're going to use under it.

00:53:43Now, look, suppose I prove to you that there's absolutely nothing wrong with the concrete we're using.

00:53:48Well, then, I'll admit I'm wrong and forget the whole thing.

00:53:51Well, now, that sounds more like it.

00:53:53We'll mix some up and let you decide whether it's good or not.

00:53:56Well, all I ask is that it will hold up that hospital.

00:53:59Oh, our concrete will hold up lots more than that.

00:54:01I promise you.

00:54:09Careful.

00:54:31Mr. Breckenbridge's office.

00:54:33Who?

00:54:34Mrs. Bumpstead.

00:54:35Why, no, Mr. Bumpstead hasn't been here.

00:54:38Isn't he at Burley and Dalton's?

00:54:39I've tried to get him there, but I don't get an answer.

00:54:43Will you please connect me with Mr. Breckenbridge?

00:54:46It is. It's very important.

00:54:49I'm sorry, Mrs. Bumpstead.

00:54:50I can't disturb Mr. Breckenbridge right now.

00:54:59Good morning, Gloria.

00:55:00Good morning, Miss Stafford.

00:55:02Everything ready?

00:55:03Everything's fine.

00:55:04Well, you'd better go right in.

00:55:05Radcliffe's already here.

00:55:10Hello?

00:55:12Hello?

00:55:13Hello?

00:55:14Hello?

00:55:15Hello?

00:55:16Operator?

00:55:17Operator?

00:55:18Hello?

00:55:19I got that phone.

00:55:30I'm trying to answer.

00:55:32Hello?

00:55:32I got that phone.

00:55:34My hands are tired.

00:55:36I'm trying.

00:55:43Oh, my God.

00:56:15Oh, my God.

00:56:38Oh, Sharky, for the first time since I met you, I'm glad to see you.

00:56:42What are you soaking your dogs in that concrete for?

00:56:45Oh, come on, get me out of here.

00:56:46I got to get to the bank and see Mr. Breckenbridge before he signs that contract.

00:56:49What about our little contract?

00:56:50Where's my dough?

00:56:52Well, just get me out of here, Sharky, and I'll pay you.

00:56:54You mean you got the dough on you?

00:56:56Well...

00:56:56You know, by now, you owe me quite a sockful.

00:56:59Yeah, well, sockful?

00:57:00Yeah, sockful.

00:57:02So, come on, get it up, and I'll get you out of there, all right.

00:57:04Yeah, well, I can't get it up while I'm stuck in here.

00:57:08Then why not?

00:57:09Well, uh, the money's in my shoe.

00:57:12Oh, it is, huh?

00:57:14Uh-huh.

00:57:15Well, it better be.

00:57:16Huh?

00:57:17Of course, if it ain't.

00:57:18Look out.

00:57:20All right, now, off with the shoes.

00:57:28Oh, say, it's not in there.

00:57:30It's in this one here.

00:57:33Wait a minute.

00:57:35Yes.

00:57:38There.

00:57:39Oh, I dropped it.

00:57:44Why, you...

00:57:45Come here, Bumstead.

00:58:05Come here, Bumstead.

00:58:21Oh, my favorite shoe.

00:58:23Hey, Bumstead.

00:58:25Come back here, Bumstead.

00:58:46Both yours and Mr. Radcliffe's specifications seem to be in order.

00:58:50Now, Mr. Burley, may I have your bid?

00:59:18I have the Radcliffe's bid right here.

00:59:27Well, Radcliffe, yes?

00:59:29You lost.

00:59:31Oh.

00:59:32Oh!

00:59:33And by quite a few thousand dollars.

00:59:36Oh, well, I don't know how they did it.

00:59:38You said yourself that my figure was surprisingly low.

00:59:40Well, you see, Mr. Breckenbridge, building a hospital is different from building a bridge or a dam.

00:59:45Any firm with any amount of decency wouldn't try to make a big profit on a building of mercy.

00:59:52I understand.

00:59:54I'm sorry, Radcliffe.

00:59:57Oh, Miss Stafford, bring in the contract, please.

01:00:05I'm Mrs. Bumstead.

01:00:07Has my husband been here since I phoned?

01:00:09No, he hasn't.

01:00:11Then I must see Mr. Breckenbridge right away.

01:00:13Mr. Breckenbridge should not see anyone right now.

01:00:15But this is very important.

01:00:17I'm sorry.

01:00:21Please.

01:00:29Mr. Radcliffe, you mustn't let them sign that contract.

01:00:31What can I do?

01:00:32Well, I'll tell you what you can do.

01:00:34Last night, Dagwood was hiding under the desk in their office.

01:00:36All they have to do is fill in your firm's name and the price you submitted.

01:00:44They intend doing that?

01:00:46Why, then, Gloria, I mean, Miss Stafford, tip them off about my bid.

01:00:50Come on.

01:00:52Oh, just a moment.

01:00:57What?

01:00:58What are you?

01:01:00What the?

01:01:00You little chiseler.

01:01:04And they're going to use cheap lumber, cheap cement, and cheap everything.

01:01:08These are serious accusations, Mrs. Bumstead.

01:01:10Can you prove them?

01:01:11Dagwood can prove them.

01:01:12He was under their desk last night and heard everything they planned.

01:01:15Oh, why, this is ridiculous.

01:01:17Dagwood may be a little stupid about certain things, but he's honest.

01:01:21Honest?

01:01:22He's so honest, he dreamed up this little fairy tale so you could get the contract

01:01:25and he could get it back in your good graces.

01:01:27Gentlemen, Mrs. Bumstead, if your husband has proof of this attempted fraud,

01:01:31why isn't he here?

01:01:32He was coming to tell you, but I, uh, I don't know what's happened to him.

01:01:36A likely story.

01:01:37He hasn't got nerve enough to face us to make those charges.

01:01:40Where do I sign?

01:01:42Mr. Breckenbridge, please don't let him sign that contract.

01:01:45Wait till Dagwood gets here.

01:01:46He'll never get here.

01:01:48Mr. Breckenbridge, where do I sign?

01:01:53You can't!

01:01:57Am I too late?

01:01:58Oh, Dagwood, I'm so glad you're here.

01:02:00I've already told Mr. Breckenbridge about all the things you heard.

01:02:03Now, you tell him it's true.

01:02:04Yeah.

01:02:05It's true, Mr. Breckenbridge.

01:02:07They're going to use all inferior material.

01:02:09Can you prove that, Mr. Bumstead?

01:02:11Yeah, go on, prove it.

01:02:12Well, it's only my word against theirs.

01:02:14But I was under the desk and I heard the whole thing.

01:02:17But Dagwood!

01:02:18Huh?

01:02:18The paper!

01:02:19The paper?

01:02:20The paper!

01:02:20Oh, yes, the paper.

01:02:22Wait a minute.

01:02:22Paper.

01:02:23Yeah.

01:02:24Let's see.

01:02:25There was two pairs of socks, two shirts, three under...

01:02:27Oh, no, no, that's a new paper.

01:02:29Wait a minute.

01:02:30I got it.

01:02:32Huh?

01:02:32Oh.

01:02:34Yeah.

01:02:35There it is.

01:02:35Thank you, Grace.

01:02:42This is written on your letterhead and it doesn't take a handwriting expert to see that these

01:02:46are both in the same person's handwriting.

01:02:49Mr. Burley, I have my opinion of a man who would try to cheat on a...

01:02:54A building of mercy?

01:02:56Yes.

01:02:57And if you're not out of this town immediately, I'll see that you'll put where you belong.

01:03:11Dagwood, where are your shoes?

01:03:14What?

01:03:15Oh.

01:03:17Wait a minute.

01:03:26What?

01:03:33Well, Radcliffe, it looks like you're the winner after all.

01:03:35Oh, I'll start excavating immediately.

01:03:37And I assure you, Mr. Burrecker Bridge, that if you leave everything in my hands, you'll

01:03:40be more than satisfied.

01:03:41There's just one thing.

01:03:42Yes?

01:03:42I must say, I like Burley and Dalton's plans a little better than yours.

01:03:47You mean Dagwood's plans?

01:03:50Yes.

01:03:50Their layout is a little better.

01:03:52Well, I'd be very glad to follow those plans.

01:03:54Just a minute, Mr. Radcliffe.

01:03:56Dagwood doesn't work for you anymore.

01:03:59I'm willing to let bygones be bygones.

01:04:01Oh, me too.

01:04:03Just a minute, dear.

01:04:04Huh?

01:04:05Mr. Radcliffe, I'll allow Dagwood to go back to work for you if you'll pay him the same

01:04:09salary Burley and Dalton did.

01:04:11Well, how much was that?

01:04:13Fifty dollars a week more than you paid him.

01:04:18Oh.

01:04:19Well, all right.

01:04:20Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.

01:04:28That dough you owe me or I'll break every bone.

01:04:29What money does Dagwood owe you?

01:04:31A hundred and thirty-seven dollars and eighty-three cents.

01:04:33That's what he owes me, but I'll knock off the eighty-three cents for cash.

01:04:36Dagwood, is this true?

01:04:37Yes, I borrowed it, Blondie.

01:04:39A hundred and thirty-seven dollars?

01:04:41Yeah.

01:04:42Well, I only borrowed thirty.

01:04:43The rest is interest.

01:04:45Interest?

01:04:46Yes.

01:04:47Compound fractured interest.

01:04:49Never heard of such a thing.

01:04:50How long have you had this loan?

01:04:52Oh, about sixteen days.

01:04:54Sixteen days?

01:04:55Give him his thirty dollars back.

01:04:57And a dollar for interest.

01:04:59Now, just a minute, Bob.

01:05:01Loaning money is my business.

01:05:02It's my business, too.

01:05:03And there's a law prohibiting your kind of business.

01:05:05Give him thirty-one dollars, Dagwood, and no more.

01:05:08Oh.

01:05:09Well, uh.

01:05:13I, uh.

01:05:16I, uh.

01:05:17Oh, uh, Mr. Radcliffe.

01:05:21Oh.

01:05:22Oh.

01:05:23Well.

01:05:25Uh.

01:05:26Oh, no, you don't.

01:05:27I ain't gonna sell for no thirty-one dollars.

01:05:29I'm losing money on a deal like this.

01:05:30Shall I call the police now?

01:05:33Now, don't bother, Buster.

01:05:34But this has taught me a lesson.

01:05:36Never to do business with a bunch of Sharpies.

01:05:44Can you tell me how to get to the bus station, sister?

01:05:47Follow me, brother.

01:05:48That's where I'm going.

01:05:53That should be a lesson to you, Dagwood.

01:05:55Never do business with a loan shark.

01:05:57If you need money, come to a reliable bank.

01:05:59Thanks, Mr. Breckenbridge.

01:06:00I'll never forget that.

01:06:02And you'll never forget our anniversary again.

01:06:04I promise, dear.

01:06:05Well, he didn't really forget the last one.

01:06:08Blondie, I want you to have this.

01:06:10Oh, no, thank you, Mr. Radcliffe.

01:06:12I couldn't accept that from you.

01:06:14Well, you're not accepting it from me.

01:06:15Dagwood has earned it.

01:06:16Dagwood, you give it to Blondie.

01:06:18Oh, gee, thanks, Mr. Radcliffe.

01:06:20Now I can really have it engraved.

01:06:22What are you going to put on it, dear?

01:06:23Oh, something like to Blondie, the most wonderful wife a man ever had on our 15th wedding anniversary.

01:06:30No wife could be sweeter, truer, more loyal, or as faithful as mine is to a wife that would stick

01:06:37to you for richer or poorer, in sickness and in health, through sunshine and rain, for better or for worse.

01:06:46Dagwood.

01:06:47What are you having engraved, that bracelet or a belt?

01:06:51Oh.

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