Blondie's Big Deal. (1949 film)

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By accident Dagwood discovers a non-flammable paint.  Penny Singleton - Blondie Bumstead Arthur Lake - Dagwood Bumstead Larry Simms - Alexander Bumstead Marjorie Ann Mutchie - Cookie Bumstead (as Marjorie Kent) Jerome Cowan - George M. Radcliffe Collette Lyons - Norma Addison Wilton Graff - Joe Dillon Ray Walker - Harry Slack Stanley Andrews - Mr. Forsythe Mason Alan Dinehart - Rollo (as Alan Dinehart III) Eddie Acuff - Mr. Beasley Jack Rice - Ollie Chester Clute - Mayor A.K. Ramsey George Lloyd - Fire Chief Alyn Lockwood - Mary, Radcliffe's Secretary Danny Mummert - Alvin Fuddle Daisy - Daisy Sue Casey - Woman Watching Demonstration Charleen Kerr - School Girl Allen Mathews - Photographer Ronnie Ralph - Girard David Sandell - Marvin  Director - Edward Bernds

Transcript

00:00:03Blondie!

00:00:08Pretty face, funny hat

00:00:10That's what my blondie is

00:00:12Lovable feet, both flat

00:00:14That's what my Dagwood is

00:00:16Blondie's not always right

00:00:19I let her think she is

00:00:21All of my thoughts are bright

00:00:23Long as he thinks they're his

00:00:25Life of us is

00:00:27Fun and crazy

00:00:28Baby doubling, us and Daisy

00:00:30What a family

00:00:33Incredible, bumsteadable

00:00:34Hurry, you'll miss your bus

00:00:36Watch out, you'll burn your stew

00:00:39Nothing's too much for us

00:00:40As long as with me there's you

00:00:43Dagwood and Blondie

00:00:44Blondie and Dagwood always with me

00:00:46There's you

00:01:20What are you looking for?

00:01:21I want to make sure that character bumstead doesn't knock me flat on my back again

00:01:25Every day for the passer

00:01:28Oh, Mr. Bumstead

00:01:29Good morning, Mr. Beasley

00:01:31Good morning

00:01:31Yeah

00:01:32You're not going to work today?

00:01:34Oh, no

00:01:35See, I worked about half the night on a set of plans

00:01:37And my boss is so pleased he gave me the day off

00:01:39Oh, I see

00:01:40Well, as long as you're here, here's your mail

00:01:41These packages here are for you too

00:01:43There's Premier Chemical Company

00:01:44New Jersey Chemical Company

00:01:47Acme Chemical Company

00:01:48Yeah

00:01:48What are you going to do with all those chemicals?

00:01:51Hmm

00:01:51It's a secret

00:01:52Oh

00:01:53Hmm

00:01:54Another invention?

00:01:55Yeah, well, sort of, yeah

00:01:56Well, whatever it is

00:01:58If it doesn't succeed the first time, don't get discouraged

00:02:00Remember Alexander Graham Bell

00:02:02Yeah

00:02:03Huh?

00:02:04Alexander Graham Bell

00:02:05Hmm

00:02:07What did he do?

00:02:17Oh, darling, please be careful and don't get any of that smelly stuff in my steel

00:02:21Don't worry, I won't, dear

00:02:58Hi, Jay

00:02:59What you doing?

00:03:01Oh, just making some stuff

00:03:02Where's Alexander?

00:03:03He's over here in his old bar

00:03:05What's he doing over there?

00:03:06He promised to help me today

00:03:08Mr. Simmons is going to let the boys use his old barn for a gymnasium

00:03:12So they're all over there fixing it up

00:03:14Well, I told him to stay here and help me

00:03:16Do you want me to go get him for you, Daddy?

00:03:19No, it's too far

00:03:20I'll go get him

00:03:21Here

00:03:21You stay here and keep this dirt for me while I'm going, huh?

00:03:24Yeah, that's it

00:03:25Alexander can help fix that barn some other time

00:03:28What the hell?

00:03:40Oh, boy

00:03:42Hi, Mr. Vossette

00:03:43Oh, hi, Alvin

00:03:45Well, this is quite a gymnasium you boys have got here

00:03:52Well, well

00:03:59Look out, Pop

00:04:01Look out, Pop

00:04:02Look out, Pop

00:04:03What happened?

00:04:04Who's hurt?

00:04:06He hurt?

00:04:07Hey, Pop, are you okay?

00:04:08Sure

00:04:18How do you like our gymnasium?

00:04:20Oh, as well

00:04:21Oh, yeah

00:04:22Brings back fond memories

00:04:24You know, when I went to college, I practically lived in a gymnasium

00:04:27Could you afford a room?

00:04:29No

00:04:30Yes, yes, I could

00:04:32Hey, Rollo

00:04:33Alvin got the boxing gloves

00:04:37Mr. Vossette, I want you to meet my cousin Rollo

00:04:40Yeah, hi, son

00:04:41Oh, how do you do, Mr. Vossette?

00:04:43Oh, how do you do, Rollo?

00:04:46Are these okay, Rollo?

00:04:48Not a very good grade if nothing, but they'll do

00:04:52Boy, the manly art of self-defense

00:04:55You know, when I went to college, I was a pretty good boxer

00:05:00Is that so?

00:05:01Oh, yes, indeed

00:05:04In those days, Mr. Bumstead

00:05:05Were you a Bandham or a Walter?

00:05:07No, I was a sophomore

00:05:11That's good, huh?

00:05:14You want to box a few rounds, Gerard?

00:05:16Not me

00:05:18How about you, Marvin?

00:05:20I'm busy

00:05:23You open?

00:05:23No, thanks

00:05:24You know, if you were a little bigger, I might box you

00:05:27Oh, don't worry about that, Mr. Bumstead

00:05:29Oh, now, I wouldn't want to hurt you, sonny boy

00:05:32Well, I'll watch out for that

00:05:33You will, huh?

00:05:36Okay, Rollo, don't say that I didn't warn you

00:05:39Give me a hand, boys

00:05:41Mr. Bumstead, you shouldn't boxer him

00:05:43Somebody's liable to get hurt

00:05:45Yeah, well, don't worry

00:05:45I won't hit him very hard, I'll just tap him a little bit

00:05:49Okay, boys, get these mats out of the way

00:05:52Mm-hmm

00:05:55Come on, Rollo

00:05:57All right, now look

00:05:58See now, like this, I'm about the same height as you are

00:06:00Oh, no, you don't have to do that, Mr. Bumstead

00:06:03Oh, mm-hmm, okay

00:06:05Come on, come on

00:06:19How do you like the fancy footwork, Rollo?

00:06:25Look out

00:06:27Don't worry, I won't hurt you, kid

00:06:30Come on, Rollo

00:06:31Come on, get him, Mr. Bumstead

00:06:33Well, come on, fire him at me

00:06:38See, now you have to say my last

00:06:43Huh? What happened?

00:06:44He ran through a red light

00:06:46Did you get his number?

00:06:47Oh, gee, I'm sorry, Mr. Bumstead

00:06:50Hey, Rollo, how about give me a hand?

00:06:53I'll be right with you

00:06:54I warned you about Rollo, Mr. Bumstead

00:06:56Rollo?

00:06:58How can a little fella like that?

00:07:13Oh, dear

00:07:15Oh, here, keep this on your eye and maybe it won't be black tomorrow

00:07:17Thanks, Blondie

00:07:18Well, go ahead and finish your story

00:07:20Story?

00:07:21Yes, how you got the black eye

00:07:23Oh, a glove did it

00:07:25A glove?

00:07:27What kind of a glove?

00:07:29A boxing glove

00:07:30Oh, Dagwood, how could you run your eye into a boxing glove?

00:07:34There was a fist in it

00:07:36Whose fist was it?

00:07:38Well, I was over at the boys' gymnasium and I was boxing with a fella

00:07:41A great big tall fella

00:07:43Who was he?

00:07:44Oh, his name was Rollo

00:07:46Well, never mind, dear

00:07:47Just keep this piece of stick

00:07:52S-T-E-A-K on it

00:07:54Oh, yeah

00:07:55That'll make you feel better

00:07:57Darling, are you all ready to test your fireproof paint?

00:07:59Oh, it should be dry by now

00:08:02Yeah, uh-huh

00:08:03Okay, they're dry, we're all ready for the test

00:08:05Well, good

00:08:06Yeah

00:08:08I'll get it

00:08:09You just be sure and keep that st-

00:08:10Uh-

00:08:11On your eye

00:08:12Yeah

00:08:15Huh?

00:08:21Now, listen, Daisy, I gotta have this for my eye

00:08:24You wouldn't want me to have a black eye, would you?

00:08:29All right, all right

00:08:30Just one little piece and that's all

00:08:54All right, but this is the last piece positively

00:09:06Come on.

00:09:07Come on.

00:09:08Come on.

00:09:09Have a heart.

00:09:10Look at my eyes.

00:09:16All right.

00:09:17All right.

00:09:18All right.

00:09:19Yes, Mr. Fuller.

00:09:21That's right.

00:09:23Please do.

00:09:25Goodbye.

00:09:26All right.

00:09:30It was the grocer, honey.

00:09:32He wanted to dag wood.

00:09:34What happened to the steak?

00:09:37Well, it shrunk.

00:09:46Well, let's try the paint, dear.

00:09:48All right.

00:09:50Bonnie, do you think it'll work?

00:09:52I know it'll work.

00:09:53If it doesn't, you'll have to try again.

00:09:54Yeah.

00:09:55You know, dear, very few inventors were ever successful on their first attempt.

00:09:58Yeah.

00:09:59You're right, Blondie.

00:10:00Now, you take Alexander Graham Bell, for instance.

00:10:03Do you think his steamboat worked the first time he tried it?

00:10:06Dagwood.

00:10:06Yeah.

00:10:07Alexander Graham Bell didn't invent the steamship.

00:10:10He didn't?

00:10:10No, dear.

00:10:11Well, whatever he did invent, I bet it didn't work the first time.

00:10:15Well, Blondie, here goes.

00:10:17Here.

00:10:21Oh.

00:10:22Oh, boy.

00:10:23Oh, look, Dagwood.

00:10:24Huh?

00:10:24Dagwood, the fire has no effect on it.

00:10:27Look, it turns it black, but it doesn't even blister the paint underneath.

00:10:32Dagwood, your fire repellent paint is successful.

00:10:34Oh, boy.

00:10:35Hey, come on, let's try some paper.

00:10:37Okay.

00:10:38I'll try the paper.

00:10:39It's all ready.

00:10:40It's drying already.

00:10:41Oh, my goodness.

00:10:42How about it?

00:10:42What's happening?

00:10:43Missouri just turns it black.

00:10:45Oh, I'm so excited.

00:10:47Look at this.

00:10:47Here, try some Excelsior.

00:10:48If this doesn't burn, nothing will.

00:10:49Look at this.

00:10:50Dagwood, look at this.

00:10:51Huh?

00:10:52Look at this.

00:10:52Oh, Dagwood.

00:10:54No.

00:10:55Oh, just imagine how proud Mr. Radcliffe will be of you.

00:10:59Oh, you think he will, Blondie?

00:11:01I know he will.

00:11:02Tomorrow morning, you go straight to Mr. Radcliffe and tell him all about it.

00:11:05Yeah.

00:11:06You know, I know he'll want to use this paint on every construction job he gets from now

00:11:10on.

00:11:11Oh, I can't believe it.

00:11:14Oh.

00:11:15Hi, Mom.

00:11:15Hi, Pop.

00:11:16Oh, hello, son.

00:11:17Oh, hello, Mrs. Bumstead.

00:11:19Oh, you must be the new boy in the neighborhood.

00:11:20Oh, yeah.

00:11:21Say, Mom, I'd like you to...

00:11:22Say, uh, Alexander, I...

00:11:23Mr. Bumstead, uh, Alexander's asked me to teach him the fundamentals of chess.

00:11:27Oh, that's nice.

00:11:28Go ahead.

00:11:30Go ahead.

00:11:37Oh, Mrs. Bumstead.

00:11:39Yes?

00:11:40Uh, I hope you'll forgive my asking, Mrs. Bumstead, but don't you think you're, uh,

00:11:44cooking the stew just a little too fast?

00:11:46Why, I don't think so.

00:11:49To assure yourself of a truly tasty stew, you should never allow the temperature to go

00:11:54beyond 212 degrees Fahrenheit.

00:11:57I'm sure that this must be at least 250 degrees.

00:12:04Who was that?

00:12:06That was Rollo.

00:12:08Rollo?

00:12:10You mean that was the big tall who gave you...

00:12:15Dagwood, you ought to be ashamed of yourself, fighting with a little boy like that.

00:12:20Yeah.

00:12:21Huh?

00:12:25All right, fellas, let's go in.

00:12:36Oh, good morning, Mary.

00:12:40Good morning, Dagwood.

00:12:41Um, looks like I'm the first one in this morning, huh?

00:12:44Oh, no, you're the last.

00:12:45Yeah.

00:12:46So you better hurry.

00:12:46There's a big meeting going on in Mr. Radcliffe's office.

00:12:49Oh.

00:12:51Is everybody here?

00:12:53Everybody but Bumstead.

00:12:54Oh, well.

00:12:58Oh, uh, good morning, everybody.

00:13:00Good morning, Mr. Radcliffe.

00:13:04Now, I called you all in here to tell you that we are bidding on a new contract.

00:13:08A very important contract, the new school building.

00:13:11I want to impress it upon you that safety must be uppermost in your thoughts when you draw up these

00:13:16plans.

00:13:16Uh-oh.

00:13:17Yes, Dagwood?

00:13:18Oh, excuse me, Mr. Radcliffe.

00:13:21I'll keep the good news till you get through.

00:13:23Go ahead.

00:13:24Oh, thank you.

00:13:27Now, I think you should know that there is a new firm, Dillon & Slack, who is bidding on this

00:13:31project also.

00:13:32So, we must all pull together and see to it that the Radcliffe Construction Company wins out.

00:13:37Now then, are there any questions?

00:13:39Well, how soon do these plans have to be completed?

00:13:42Well, the chairman of the Board of Education wants them as quickly as possible.

00:13:45Any more questions?

00:13:46Well, that's all I have to say.

00:13:48Now then, let's hop to it.

00:13:50Because, as you know, if we land this contract, it will mean a lot to all of us.

00:13:55That's all, gentlemen.

00:14:03Ah, well.

00:14:04Now, what is this good news that I could wait for, Dagwood?

00:14:07Mr. Radcliffe, that contract is as good as ours.

00:14:10Dillon & Slack haven't got a chance.

00:14:12Oh, they haven't.

00:14:13What gave you that idea?

00:14:14You know that little invention I've been working on?

00:14:16You mean those paper mache shingles?

00:14:19Yeah.

00:14:20No, no.

00:14:21My fire repellent paint.

00:14:22Why, we tested it yesterday and everything that we painted was absolutely fireproof.

00:14:29Bumpster, you forget your fire repellent paint and concentrate on those plans.

00:14:33Oh, now, now, Mr. Radcliffe, you must realize what my paint means to the safety of the school.

00:14:38Now, look.

00:14:39Now, just imagine if the schoolhouse caught on fire and little children were running around confused

00:14:45and maybe all the children escaped except this one little girl.

00:14:48Now, she's trapped upstairs in a room on the top floor in the flames.

00:14:53They're licking at the staircase and they're burning their way right up to the top floor.

00:14:57Now, the little girl runs to the window gasping.

00:15:00How are you gasping for breath?

00:15:01She can't breathe.

00:15:02She's having an awful time.

00:15:06Smoke pours in the room.

00:15:07The little girl coughs.

00:15:09Oh!

00:15:12Oh, that poor little girl.

00:15:14She throws open the window.

00:15:17Oh!

00:15:18Oh!

00:15:19Oh!

00:15:21Oh!

00:15:23Oh!

00:15:25Oh!

00:15:27Oh!

00:15:28Oh!

00:15:29Oh!

00:15:30Oh!

00:15:33Oh!

00:15:42Oh!

00:15:54Oh!

00:15:55Let's work on those plans and forget your crackpot ideas about fire-repellent bank.

00:16:06All right, Mr. Radcliffe, you can call me a crackpot if you want to.

00:16:09But remember, that's what they called Alexander Graham Bell when he invented the, uh, the sewing machine.

00:16:37I'm going to see Mr. Radcliffe the first thing in the morning and really try to get him to listen

00:16:41to me about my paint.

00:16:42Darling, Mr. Radcliffe is just a plain businessman. He doesn't have the imagination you have.

00:16:47Cookie, will you please stop playing for a minute?

00:16:50There's no use telling a man like Mr. Radcliffe about your paint. You've got to show it to him.

00:16:54Mr. Bumpstead.

00:16:55I couldn't help overhearing your conversation. I think that Mrs. Bumpstead is absolutely correct.

00:17:00Oh, she is?

00:17:02Now, if you could take a can of paint to your office...

00:17:04And prove to Mr. Radcliffe that it is non-inflamable...

00:17:07He would have to see the value of it.

00:17:09Hmm, he would, wouldn't he?

00:17:10Of course he would, dear.

00:17:11Okay, I'll do it. I'll take that paint in tomorrow and I'll make Mr. Radcliffe believe in it.

00:17:15That's the spirit, Mr. Bumpstead.

00:17:17Thanks.

00:17:18Cookie, take it from where you left off.

00:17:19Yeah, let's do have a little music.

00:17:36Uh, Blondie, will you please get that can of paint? I don't want to forget it.

00:17:39Yes, dear.

00:17:58Now, remember, Dagwood, no matter what Mr. Radcliffe says, don't take no for an answer.

00:18:03I remember the time that...

00:18:05Oh, oh, the time!

00:18:07Oh, my goodness!

00:18:08It's going to be late for the left of the auction!

00:18:22Come on, children!

00:18:44Oh, my goodness!

00:18:45Oh, my goodness!

00:18:47Oh, my goodness!

00:18:48Oh!

00:18:49Oh, it's lucky I made up this back the same color as your uniform.

00:18:53You'd be an awful mess if I made it in white.

00:18:55Here, let me help her here.

00:18:58There.

00:18:59There you are.

00:19:00There.

00:19:01It's hardly noticeable now.

00:19:03Yeah.

00:19:04Well...

00:19:05Oh, my, I'm going to be late.

00:19:11Since I talked to you yesterday, I have received this letter from Mr. Forsythe of the Board of Education.

00:19:17He indicates that the points in the new school building to be watched most carefully are...

00:19:23Point number one, the fire exits from the right and the left...

00:19:28What is that odor?

00:19:30Oh, I'm sure I don't know, Mr. Radcliffe, unless it's, uh...

00:19:34Well, it smells sort of like, uh...

00:19:39Dagwood, have you been around a livery stable?

00:19:42Not today, Mr. Radcliffe.

00:19:43Oh.

00:19:44Well, let me see.

00:19:45Where were we?

00:19:46Oh, yes.

00:19:47The fire exits from the left and the right will have to be widened to permit the evacuation of 3

00:19:52,600...

00:19:56Huh?

00:19:58It's you!

00:19:58Huh?

00:19:59What have you got on that handkerchief?

00:20:00Oh, that's...

00:20:01That's my fire repellent paint.

00:20:03I spilled some of it this morning.

00:20:04In fact, I was going to bring a whole can of it.

00:20:06Is this the paint you were telling us about?

00:20:07The paint that won't burn?

00:20:08Uh-huh.

00:20:09Get rid of that handkerchief immediately.

00:20:10Throw it away.

00:20:11In fact, burn it.

00:20:12Oh, but Mr. Radcliffe, Dagwood said anything treated with his paint won't burn.

00:20:16Didn't you, Dagwood?

00:20:17Yes, I did.

00:20:18But I'll throw it away, Mr. Radcliffe.

00:20:20We'll see.

00:20:21Huh?

00:20:21We'll see.

00:20:22Just a minute.

00:20:23Huh?

00:20:25Huh?

00:20:26I can't believe it.

00:20:28Go ahead.

00:20:29Go ahead.

00:20:30It doesn't burn.

00:20:31Huh?

00:20:33Huh?

00:20:35Huh?

00:20:36Huh?

00:20:39Huh?

00:20:39It doesn't burn!

00:20:41It doesn't burn!

00:20:43Huh?

00:20:44Dagwood, why didn't you tell me this paint was fire repellent?

00:20:47Well, you wouldn't listen to me yesterday. I tried to.

00:20:50Fire repellent?

00:20:51Huh?

00:20:52Huh?

00:20:52Fire repellent!

00:20:54Dagwood!

00:20:54Congratulations!

00:20:55This is sensational!

00:20:56Do you realize what this will mean to my business?

00:20:58Yeah, and especially to the schoolhouse.

00:21:00Yes!

00:21:01The schoolhouse!

00:21:04Huh?

00:21:04Mr. Forsythe of the school board immediately.

00:21:07That would.

00:21:08I think we've got something.

00:21:11Buddy.

00:21:12Hello, Board of Education.

00:21:14Mr. Forsythe, please.

00:21:18Forsythe speaking.

00:21:20Oh, good morning, Radcliffe.

00:21:22What's that?

00:21:24It does.

00:21:25Why, that's fantastic.

00:21:26Mr. Forsythe, I have just seen a demonstration with my own eyes, right here in my office.

00:21:32Yes, it absolutely works.

00:21:35Radcliffe, we provide fire escapes at each end of the building, sprinkler systems in every

00:21:38room, and automatic fire doors.

00:21:40Of course, our schools must have 100% safety as our goal, but...

00:21:44You're perfectly right, Mr. Forsythe.

00:21:46You can never have too much protection, especially where children are concerned.

00:21:50But suppose something should go wrong, and a fire broke out.

00:21:52There's always a possibility, you know.

00:21:54Yeah, a little girl is trapped on the top floor.

00:21:56A little girl is trapped on the top floor.

00:21:58Smoke pours in the room.

00:21:59The little girl coughed.

00:22:02Smoke pours into the room.

00:22:03She starts to cough.

00:22:06She gasps for breath.

00:22:08She gasps for breath.

00:22:10Yeah.

00:22:12She runs to the window and she screams, Help! Help! Help!

00:22:17The fire engines are roaring down the street.

00:22:20The bells are clanging.

00:22:21Clang! Clang!

00:22:22The sirens are screaming.

00:22:29Will they be there in time to put the fire out?

00:22:31Will they be there in time to save the little girl?

00:22:34Radcliffe! Radcliffe!

00:22:35What's the matter with you?

00:22:41Oh, are you all right now?

00:22:43Well, it sounds good, of course, but before we even talk about a contract, I'd have to know a lot

00:22:47more about this.

00:22:49That's exactly what I wanted you to say, Mr. Forsythe.

00:22:51We will give you a demonstration.

00:22:54How about day after tomorrow, here in my office?

00:22:56No, no, no. I'd have to see it used on a much larger scale.

00:22:59Oh, you mean on an actual building?

00:23:04Oh, well, I don't know, Mr. Forsythe.

00:23:07How about your fishing shack up at Woods Lake?

00:23:11How about my fishing shack up at Woods Lake?

00:23:14Woods Lake?

00:23:16Why, yes.

00:23:17You must be pretty sure of this paint if you're willing to try it on your own cabin.

00:23:20Well, yes, I... Yes, I mean, yes! Yes, I am!

00:23:25Well, then, it's all set.

00:23:26Saturday afternoon at Woods Lake.

00:23:28Mr. Bumstead will go up the day before and apply the paint.

00:23:30Yeah.

00:23:31Goodbye, Mr. Forsythe.

00:23:35My fishing shack.

00:23:37Bumstead, that paint of yours had better work.

00:23:40Oh, sure it will, Mr. Radcliffe. It can't miss.

00:23:46Bumstead.

00:23:48My boy.

00:24:06Come on, eat your breakfast. You'll be late for school.

00:24:09Okay, Mom.

00:24:10Dagwood, do you think you have enough paint made up for Mr. Radcliffe's cabin?

00:24:14Oh, sure. There's two full cans under the sink. That'll be plenty.

00:24:19Oh.

00:24:20Oh, thank you, Daisy.

00:24:23Oh, excuse me, Daisy. I forgot your tip.

00:24:36Hey!

00:24:37Oh.

00:24:38What's the matter?

00:24:39Oh, look, right in the paper. It's a picture of me.

00:24:42A picture of you in the paper?

00:24:43Yeah.

00:24:44Oh, no.

00:24:45Yeah.

00:24:45Oh!

00:24:48Oh, my, my, how handsome you were.

00:24:53Oh, darling, listen to what it says about you.

00:24:56What?

00:24:57In an interview yesterday with Mr. G.M. Radcliffe, it was disclosed that Dagwood Bumstead, prominent member of the Radcliffe

00:25:03Construction Company of this city, has perfected a paint which he guarantees is absolutely fire repellent.

00:25:09Hmm?

00:25:10A public demonstration is to be given Saturday afternoon at three o'clock at Woods Lake.

00:25:15The fishing cabin of Mr. G.M. Radcliffe is to be used for the demonstration.

00:25:19Mm-hmm.

00:25:19And the public is cordially invited.

00:25:23If this demonstration proves successful, Mr. Radcliffe hints that there is a strong possibility that this paint will be used

00:25:30on a new school building to be erected shortly in our city.

00:25:33Get a load of that, Schmoe.

00:25:36Schmoe or no Schmoe, the dope may have something.

00:25:38Do you think so?

00:25:39Well, if the paint is fireproof, we stand a good chance of losing that school contract.

00:25:42Well, then let's get in touch with this Bumstead character and try and make a deal with him.

00:25:45It's ten to one, Radcliffe's got him and his paint tied up.

00:25:48And if that paint really works...

00:25:50Why, Mr. Dillon, I'm surprised at you.

00:25:52We couldn't possibly let anything like that happen.

00:25:55How could we?

00:25:56You're right, we couldn't.

00:26:19Mrs. Bumstead?

00:26:21Yes?

00:26:21My name is Levan.

00:26:22I represent the Vesuvius Fire Insurance Company.

00:26:25Oh, yes.

00:26:27What can I do for you?

00:26:28I read the account of your husband's brilliant discovery, the paint formula, that is, in the paper this morning.

00:26:34You must be very proud of him, Mrs. Bumstead.

00:26:36Oh, yes, I am. I really am.

00:26:39Oh, uh, won't you come in, Mr, uh...

00:26:41Levan. Thank you, Mrs. Bumstead.

00:26:44We of the Vesuvius Fire Insurance Company are naturally very interested.

00:26:47A fire repellent paint like Mr. Bumstead's would cut the percentage of our liabilities to practically nothing, you know.

00:26:52Why, of course, you're right. I wish I'd thought of that.

00:26:55Well, we think of everything.

00:26:57And I thought, that is, the Vesuvius Fire Insurance Company thought, we ought to do everything in our power to

00:27:02help Mr. Bumstead.

00:27:03For instance, if he's had any difficulty obtaining material to paint an entire cabin, we might help him.

00:27:08Oh, no, he has plenty.

00:27:10He has four gallons already made up. It's right out in the kitchen.

00:27:12Good.

00:27:13Mrs. Bumstead, do you suppose that I might see it?

00:27:16Why?

00:27:18Why, I guess so.

00:27:20It looks just like paint, though.

00:27:26Daisy!

00:27:27What's the matter with you?

00:27:32Daisy, stop there.

00:27:38Allow me, Mrs. Bumstead.

00:27:39Oh, thank you.

00:27:41There we are.

00:27:44You see, it does look like any other paint.

00:27:46Yes, it does.

00:27:50Is, uh, is this the color Mr. Bumstead is using on Mr. Radcliffe's cabin?

00:27:54This is the paint.

00:27:55Mrs. Bumstead, do you suppose Mr. Bumstead would mind if I went along when he applies the paint?

00:28:00My company wants me to get all the data I can.

00:28:03Oh, I'm sure he wouldn't mind at all.

00:28:05We're going out by bus first thing in the morning.

00:28:07The bus?

00:28:07I wouldn't think of letting you go by bus.

00:28:09I'll drive you.

00:28:10What time do you want to leave?

00:28:11Oh, now, I couldn't let you do that.

00:28:14Around 9.30 in the morning?

00:28:15I'll be here 9.30 sharp.

00:28:17Oh, that's awfully nice of you, Mr.

00:28:20Levan.

00:28:21Levan.

00:28:30Now, children, are you sure you'll be all right till we get back?

00:28:33Oh, sure, Mom.

00:28:34As soon as we're out of school, I'm going over to our gymnasium.

00:28:36Oh, fine.

00:28:37And what are you going to do?

00:28:38I'm going, too.

00:28:39It's ladies' day, and I'm invited.

00:28:41Oh, how wonderful.

00:28:42And don't forget your lunch.

00:28:43It's all ready for you in the icebox.

00:28:45We won't, Mommy.

00:28:46Okay.

00:28:47Don't worry about us, Mom.

00:28:48We'll be okay.

00:28:48All right, girl.

00:28:49Run along.

00:28:50Go on.

00:28:59Dagwood!

00:28:59Hurry!

00:29:00I think Mr. Levan is here.

00:29:02I'll be right there, Wendy.

00:29:06Good morning, Mr. Levan.

00:29:08Good morning, Mrs. Bumstead.

00:29:09Mr. Bumstead will be right down.

00:29:10Fine.

00:29:12While we're waiting, I might as well put the paint in the car.

00:29:15Oh, you don't have to bother.

00:29:16My husband will do it.

00:29:17It's a pleasure, I assure you.

00:29:21Hey!

00:29:22Oh, Daisy.

00:29:24Such manners.

00:29:25Now you get right on back to the kitchen.

00:29:27Go on.

00:29:41Dagwood!

00:29:42Please hurry, dear!

00:29:44Come in, Blondie!

00:29:46Come in, Blondie!

00:30:07Mr. Levan, this is my husband, Mr. Bumstead.

00:30:10It's a pleasure, Mr. Bumstead.

00:30:12Gee, it was real nice of you to go to all this trouble.

00:30:14Oh, no trouble at all, I assure you.

00:30:15Uh-huh.

00:30:16You can put your brushes in the back if you care to.

00:30:17Oh, yeah.

00:30:18Here's mine, Dagwood.

00:30:19Uh-huh.

00:30:20Here we are.

00:30:26Here's my husband!

00:30:27Hey.

00:31:12Yeah, I'll get him, Mr. Buckhead.

00:31:18Oh, there we are.

00:31:23You know, this is going to surprise a lot of people.

00:31:26It certainly is.

00:31:33Isn't this a wonderful place for our experiment, Mr. LeBan?

00:31:36Yes, indeed.

00:31:37Dagwood, are you sure you made the paint up according to your tested formula?

00:31:40Oh, I didn't forget a thing.

00:31:42Well, I'm all ready to go to work.

00:31:44You are.

00:31:45Okay, there.

00:31:47Here's the paint.

00:31:48Oh, now remember, Blondie, don't leave one tiny little spot unpainted,

00:31:53because we don't want to take any chances with Mr. Radcliffe's cabin.

00:31:55Don't worry, I'll paint everything.

00:31:58Let's see.

00:31:59Why don't you start around in back, huh?

00:32:01Oh.

00:32:02And I'll get this front part started.

00:32:04All right.

00:32:07Say, how about letting me do a little painting?

00:32:09Oh, you don't want to get paint all over that nice suit.

00:32:11I think I have a pair of coveralls in the car.

00:32:15Well, I'll do, but be sure you put it on good and thick.

00:32:18Don't worry.

00:32:19I will.

00:32:20Yeah.

00:32:25Blondie!

00:32:26Did you miss any spots?

00:32:31Are you kidding?

00:32:33Are you nearly finished?

00:32:35I am finished.

00:32:36Oh, did you cover everything, huh?

00:32:40I certainly did.

00:32:42I am finished.

00:33:12It's right here on the porch, dang.

00:33:13Oh.

00:33:14Oh, yeah, thanks.

00:33:26Rallo, all that gasoline, isn't that asking too much of the paint?

00:33:30Oh, no, Mrs. Momstead.

00:33:31I tested some of your husband's paint in my own laboratory.

00:33:34It will absolutely resist any fire.

00:33:42Oh, look, children.

00:33:43Here comes our mayor.

00:33:56Ah, this way, Mr. Mayor.

00:33:58Hold it, Your Honor.

00:34:01Thanks, Your Honor.

00:34:09Your Honor, I want you to meet the gentleman who's responsible for this marvelous paint,

00:34:13Mr. Dagwood Bumstead.

00:34:14Well, it's an honor to meet you, I'm sure.

00:34:16Oh, it is?

00:34:16Oh, well, thank you, Your Honor.

00:34:17And I want you to meet Mr. Bumstead's charming wife, Mrs. Bumstead.

00:34:20Yes.

00:34:21Charmed.

00:34:22Hello.

00:34:22And this is the chairman of the Board of Education, Mr. Forsyth, and our fire chief.

00:34:26How do you do?

00:34:27Hello, chief.

00:34:28Is everything all set, Dag?

00:34:30I mean, Mr. Bumstead?

00:34:31Oh, everything's all ready.

00:34:32Good.

00:34:33Your Honor, if you'll just take your position over there, I'll announce that the demonstration

00:34:36is about to begin.

00:34:38Mrs. Bumstead, thank you.

00:34:40Oh, Dagwood, you're sure everything's going to be all right?

00:34:42Nothing can go wrong.

00:34:43Oh, now, don't worry, Mr. Radcliffe.

00:34:45When this little experiment is over, you won't even be able to smell smoke in your little cabin.

00:34:49Oh, oh, good, good.

00:34:50Ladies and gentlemen, your attention, please.

00:34:53You are about to witness a scene that I believe you will remember for the rest of your lives.

00:34:57But before we proceed with the demonstration, I think it only fitting that we introduce our

00:35:03esteemed inventor and my business associate, Mr. Dagwood Bumstead.

00:35:12Oh, there's the inventor now.

00:35:15You can tell he's a brilliant man just by looking at him.

00:35:23Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for your kind applause.

00:35:27But there is another member of my family who should share in my triumph today.

00:35:32Just like Alexander Graham Bell's wife, she has stood with me through these many months

00:35:38of experimentations.

00:35:49And that one person, ladies and gentlemen, is my own little wife, Blondie Bumstead.

00:36:02The matches.

00:36:04And with your approval, ladies and gentlemen, I want my little wife, Blondie, to have the

00:36:10honor of applying the first match.

00:36:23Oh.

00:36:25Thank you, dear.

00:36:28I appreciate the honor you have so graciously given me, but I feel the privilege of striking

00:36:33the first match should go to our own mayor, the Honorable A.K. Ramsey.

00:36:53Mrs. Bumstead, Mr. Bumstead, Mr. Ratcliffe.

00:36:59When I was elected mayor a few years ago, one of my many promises to our good voters and

00:37:07taxpayers was that I would keep the ideal of civic improvement and progress of our fair

00:37:15city ever before me.

00:37:22And I hope that at the polls this year, you will all remember the new sewer system I have

00:37:28just installed on the south side.

00:37:32Mr. Mayor.

00:37:35Oh, yes, the paint.

00:37:39Today, I am not looking for votes nor for a personal honor, but I am here to pay tribute

00:37:46to a man, a man who is offering to the world a gift that will make our fair city famous

00:37:54the land over.

00:37:56And in accepting this honor bestowed upon me, it is with great pleasure that I apply the

00:38:03first match.

00:38:09Go ahead, Mr. Mayor.

00:38:11Yeah.

00:38:11Yeah, yeah, go ahead.

00:38:12There's plenty of gasoline on it.

00:38:13Go ahead.

00:38:20Go ahead.

00:38:47What happened?

00:38:48What's wrong?

00:38:49No, no, now.

00:38:50Now, now, don't worry, Mr. Radcliffe.

00:38:52Don't worry.

00:38:52The fire hasn't reached the paint yet.

00:38:55That's just gasoline burning.

00:38:57Yeah, I hope.

00:38:58Huh?

00:39:01What do you matter, Mommy?

00:39:02I don't know.

00:39:03Come on, get back to it.

00:39:05Forsythe, I should have had more sense than to listen to you, you, oh, you half-baked nitwit.

00:39:11Look who's calling me half-baked.

00:39:14You're the fire chief.

00:39:15Can't you do anything?

00:39:16Don't blame me, Mr. Mayor.

00:39:18I wanted to bring some equipment.

00:39:20Mr. Forsythe said I wouldn't need it.

00:39:21Oh, he did, did he?

00:39:29Would you say the flames had reached your paint yet?

00:39:32Now, now, we mustn't get impatient, Mr. Radcliffe.

00:39:36We've just got to give it a little more time.

00:39:39Oh.

00:39:52Chief, why'd the paint start working?

00:39:54It's working.

00:40:03One of the nicest fires I've ever seen.

00:40:05Not a spoonful of water.

00:40:13Would you say we've given it enough time now, Bumstead?

00:40:18Radcliffe!

00:40:24Radcliffe, I ought to sue you for everything you've got.

00:40:26Yes, and if the law didn't compel me to accept things from anyone, I'd award that contract to Dillon and

00:40:31Slack right now.

00:40:32And as for this nincompoop business associate of yours...

00:40:36Just a moment, Your Honor.

00:40:37You may be the mayor of this town, but you can't call my husband a nincompoop.

00:40:40You and your old sewer system.

00:40:43Hold it, Your Honor.

00:40:44Come on, Forsythe.

00:40:46Donald, Your Honor, Your Honor!

00:40:49Your Honor, what about me?

00:40:51How am I going to get back to town?

00:40:53You've got an inventor.

00:40:54Let him invent away.

00:41:05That's the hottest...

00:41:06Hey, wait for me!

00:41:32Oh, look, Mr. Radcliffe.

00:41:34Mickey's almost as good as new.

00:41:38Poor Moose.

00:41:43Don't you think we ought to get going, Blondie?

00:41:45There's nothing we can do here.

00:41:47You take the children to the car, Ollie.

00:41:48I'll wait for Dagwood.

00:41:50See, I wonder where Rollo is.

00:41:52I can't find Daisy, either.

00:41:54Daisy, here, Daisy.

00:42:13Daisy?

00:42:15Something smells around here, and I don't mean the paint.

00:42:22I ought to fire you for this.

00:42:24Oh, no, Mr. Radcliffe.

00:42:25Oh, don't worry.

00:42:26Don't worry.

00:42:26I'm not going to.

00:42:27No?

00:42:27Oh, you're going to work for me for the rest of your life.

00:42:30Oh, gee.

00:42:30Thanks, Mr. Radcliffe.

00:42:31Because it's going to take that long for you to pay me back for this cabin.

00:42:34Yeah.

00:42:34I'm going to deduct $10 a week from your salary for the next 20 years.

00:42:38Oh, no.

00:42:39Yes.

00:42:39No.

00:42:39Yes.

00:42:40No.

00:42:40Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes.

00:42:48I tell you, Joe, you should have been there.

00:42:49I almost died laughing.

00:42:51Here was this Bumstead yokel pouring the gasoline on the Excelsior, and when the mayor's beard

00:42:56caught on fire, you should have seen the expression on Radcliffe's face.

00:43:02Take a look at this.

00:43:05Bumstead's blunder leaves mayor boiling.

00:43:08Today at a demonstration of Dagwood Bumstead's fire-repellent paint at Woods Lake, the honorable

00:43:13mayor A.K. Ramsey did an impromptu burn when the whole experiment blew up, as it were,

00:43:19in his beard.

00:43:22Jose, did you bring some of the paint back with you?

00:43:23There are two full cans in the closet.

00:43:25Well, I guess the schoolhouse deal is as good as ours.

00:43:40Come on, darling.

00:43:42Eat your sandwich and cheer up.

00:43:44There must be an explanation to all this somewhere.

00:43:46Oh, no use, Blonnie.

00:43:48I'll bet by now everybody in town is laughing at me.

00:43:50I'm just a failure.

00:43:52You are not a failure.

00:43:53And they'd better not laugh at you.

00:43:56I think you're one of the smartest men in this town.

00:43:58I am?

00:43:59Of course you are, dear.

00:44:01And besides, that paint does work.

00:44:03I saw it with my own eyes.

00:44:05Now I know how Alexander Graham Bell felt about his first radio set.

00:44:10Dagwood.

00:44:11What?

00:44:12Alexander Graham Bell didn't invent the radio.

00:44:15He didn't?

00:44:15No, dear.

00:44:17What was it?

00:44:20Well, it's just as I suspected.

00:44:22Do what?

00:44:23I've gone over the telephone book, checked the information in the city directory.

00:44:26There is no Vesuvius fire insurance company in this town, and there never has been.

00:44:31What?

00:44:32And it is my impression that this Mr. Levan is an imposter.

00:44:36Well, even if he is, why should he want to ruin our paint?

00:44:40No reason at all.

00:44:41Unless he's in cahoots with some c***, which no doubt he is.

00:44:45Well, maybe.

00:44:46But who?

00:44:47Dullenslack, for instance.

00:44:49Oh, boy, if I thought they did a dirty trick like that, I'd go down there and I'd, I'd, I'd,

00:44:55I'd, that's what I'd do.

00:44:57No, it wouldn't be wise for you to go down there, Mr. Bumstead.

00:45:00Yeah?

00:45:00They'd know you.

00:45:01Oh.

00:45:02But if someone, say, Mrs. Bumstead could spend a few days in their office, I'll bet she could find out

00:45:08plenty.

00:45:09A few days?

00:45:10But how?

00:45:11For instance, as her secretary.

00:45:13Huh?

00:45:14Oh, but, Raul, surely they must have a secretary.

00:45:17A minor problem, Mrs. Bumstead.

00:45:20After Monday morning, they won't have.

00:45:30Might as well.

00:45:40Miss Norm Madison?

00:45:42That's me.

00:45:43Telegram.

00:45:44Oh, my goodness.

00:45:45Sign here, please.

00:45:46What could it be?

00:45:48Sign here, please.

00:45:49Oh, I just hate telegrams.

00:45:50They always bring bad news.

00:45:52Then again, it might be good news.

00:45:55I wonder if it could be...

00:45:57Sign here, please.

00:45:59No, it couldn't.

00:46:01Yes, it could.

00:46:02Do you think so?

00:46:04Well.

00:46:08It is.

00:46:15Oh, Mr. Dillon, I did it, I did it, I did it.

00:46:17You did what, Mrs. Evans?

00:46:18I won.

00:46:19And I got to leave for Chicago right away.

00:46:20You've won what?

00:46:21I won the big radio contest.

00:46:23Mr. Dillon, I'm awfully sorry I have to leave you so sudden-like.

00:46:26But I've got to get out of here.

00:46:27Well, you can't quit now without notice.

00:46:29I've got all those figures on the new school to get out.

00:46:31Oh, Mr. Dillon, I'm awfully sorry.

00:46:33But I can win a trailer, an airplane, a trip to Havana, a mink coat, a diamond ring, six sets

00:46:39of dishes, and a combined radio set that opens up into a bed.

00:46:43All right, all right, go ahead, get out.

00:46:45You weren't much help to me anyway, you and your radio contest.

00:46:48Oh, Mr. Dillon, you're such a dear.

00:46:52And just for being so sweet to me, when I come back, I'm going to give you a set of

00:46:55dishes.

00:46:58I can't wait.

00:47:06Rollo, did it work?

00:47:08Like a charm.

00:47:09Taxi!

00:47:13But, Rollo, we don't need a taxi.

00:47:16That's right.

00:47:17We don't.

00:47:19She does.

00:47:20Taxi!

00:47:22To the airport and make it snappy.

00:47:30How did you know she was in a radio contest?

00:47:33Isn't everybody?

00:47:37Well, here I go.

00:47:44Strange you should drop in on me like this, uh, Miss, uh...

00:47:48Uh, Smith.

00:47:51Abigail Smith.

00:47:52Oh, I've been making the rounds looking for work, and I...

00:47:56Very well, you can start in right away.

00:47:58My former secretary left unexpectedly, and I, uh...

00:48:01Excuse me, Miss Smith.

00:48:03May I get you a glass of water?

00:48:04Oh, thanks.

00:48:05The cooler's right out in the hall, if you don't...

00:48:07Not at all.

00:48:08Uh, use this door.

00:48:09It's right out there.

00:48:10Oh.

00:48:14Hi, Joe.

00:48:15Oh, hello.

00:48:17Hiccups.

00:48:18No.

00:48:20Say, have you got those specifications for the school building typed up yet?

00:48:23No, but they'll be ready by this afternoon.

00:48:25Our stenographer ran out on us.

00:48:27Well, look, Forsyth wants those plans by next week at the latest.

00:48:30Quit worrying.

00:48:30I just got a new stenographer.

00:48:31Everything will be okay.

00:48:34You know, Joe...

00:48:36I've been giving this fire-repellent paint idea some thought.

00:48:39That guy Bumstead has really got something.

00:48:42Uh, he had something.

00:48:43Now we've got it.

00:48:44When we made that test here in the office, you could see for yourself...

00:48:47It actually did work.

00:48:50Now, what's to prevent us from making up that paint ourselves?

00:48:53Give Forsyth a demonstration and slap a patent on it in our name.

00:48:57We might even insinuate that Bumstead stole the whole idea from us.

00:49:00It's only his word against ours.

00:49:01And since that fiasco at Woods Lake, he's the laughingstock of the town.

00:49:05Who'd believe him?

00:49:06Yeah, but wait a minute.

00:49:07We haven't got the formula.

00:49:08Look, we've got two full cans of that paint right here in this closet, haven't we?

00:49:12Yeah.

00:49:14All right.

00:49:16Now, all we've got to do is send out a sample of that to be analyzed.

00:49:20Once we get that formula, we're in business.

00:49:24I have to hand it to you, Slack.

00:49:25I wouldn't have thought of that.

00:49:26I'll send a sample to the laboratory right away.

00:49:28Tell them to get that report back as soon as possible.

00:49:45Mr. Lovett.

00:49:55Hello?

00:49:56Interstate laboratories?

00:49:58Now, this is Dylan of Dylan and Slack.

00:50:01I want you to analyze some...

00:50:03I want you to analyze some paint for me.

00:50:06Yeah, that's right.

00:50:07I'll send it over right away.

00:50:08Thanks.

00:50:11Here you are, Mr. Dylan.

00:50:12Oh, thanks.

00:50:13Hey, it took you long enough.

00:50:15Well, um, there weren't any cups I had to run upstairs.

00:50:19Well, call the messenger and have them take that can of paint over to the interstate laboratories right away.

00:50:23Oh, yes, Mr. Dylan.

00:50:25Hey!

00:50:34Hey, Mr. Lovett.

00:50:53Hello?

00:50:54Hello, messenger service. This is Dylan and Slack in the Brooker building.

00:50:59Please send a boy over right away.

00:51:01Yes, the Brooker building.

00:51:03And make it snappy.

00:51:11What detained you?

00:51:18I want you to take this can of paint over to the interstate laboratory.

00:51:23Yes, ma'am. Right away, ma'am.

00:51:25Get it out of here. Hurry.

00:51:33Burn down my cabin, Will Lee.

00:51:35Make me the laughing stock of the town.

00:51:37Yeah.

00:51:38Get me Mr. Forsyte on the phone.

00:51:40Yes, sir.

00:51:42Switch page, Will Lee.

00:51:43Yeah.

00:51:46Forsyte speaking.

00:51:48Oh, it's you, Ratcliffe.

00:51:51Now, wait a minute. Wait a minute, Ratcliffe.

00:51:53Those are pretty strong accusations.

00:51:56Dylan and Slack are a reputable firm, you know.

00:51:59I don't believe they stooped to stealing that so-called fireproof paint of yours.

00:52:04All right, Mr. Forsyte, but if you get a call from Dylan and Slack telling you that they now have

00:52:09a fire repellent paint,

00:52:11you'll change your mind about this reputable firm.

00:52:14Goodbye, Mr. Forsyte.

00:52:16He doesn't believe you, huh, Mr. Ratcliffe?

00:52:19Well, there's just one thing left to do.

00:52:21We'll have to destroy that other can of paint they have in their office.

00:52:25Say, I have a better idea.

00:52:27Huh?

00:52:28Tonight, we'll mix up another can of paint, exactly like the one they have in their office.

00:52:32Only this can will have none of Mr. Bumstead's fire repellent ingredients in it.

00:52:36Mrs. Bumstead will switch cans.

00:52:38Then, when they give their demonstration to Mr. Forsyte, we'll all sit back and watch the fireworks.

00:52:43Ha, ha, ha!

00:52:45Rollo, my boy, I'm just beginning to appreciate you.

00:52:49You come around and see me in about ten years.

00:52:52I may have a job for you.

00:52:55Huh?

00:53:09Oh, good morning, Mr. Beasley.

00:53:18I must be at the office before Mr. Dillon, children.

00:53:22Oh, my!

00:53:24Who can get my...

00:53:25He's out there!

00:53:26He's out there!

00:53:28No!

00:53:30Stop!

00:53:33Stop!

00:53:35Stop!

00:53:36Stop!

00:53:37Stop!

00:53:38Stop!

00:53:39Stop!

00:53:41Stop!

00:53:47Oh, I forgot something!

00:53:53Good-bye!

00:53:54Ha!

00:53:55Ha!

00:53:56Ha!

00:53:57Ha!

00:53:58Ha!

00:54:00Ha!

00:54:13Here, now don't forget to give me some sort of a signal as soon as you swish cans.

00:54:17Okay, I'll open the office window as soon as I've done it.

00:54:20Okay.

00:54:34Peerless Lumber Company, 420 Olive Street City.

00:54:38Gentlemen, in reply to your inquiry, please be advised that it is impossible to give you the exact amount of

00:54:45lumber we will need for the school building at this date.

00:54:48However, we will be happy to inform you as soon as you...

00:54:51Hi, Joe.

00:54:52Good morning, Harry.

00:54:53Well, it's all set. We give Forsythe the demonstration this afternoon at 2 o'clock.

00:54:57Good.

00:54:58How can we do it today? We haven't got the report back from the laboratory yet.

00:55:00We've still got two gallons of Bumstead's paint in the closet, haven't we?

00:55:04That's right. We don't need the formula until after we've got the contract.

00:55:07You're so right, Mr. Dillon.

00:55:12Say, where's the file on that contract?

00:55:14I'll get it.

00:55:15Miss Smith?

00:55:17Yes, Mr. Dillon?

00:55:19Will you come in here, please?

00:55:21Oh, I'm sorry, Mr. Dillon. I don't feel very well.

00:55:27I think I'd better go home.

00:55:32What seems to be the matter?

00:55:34Oh, I feel kind of dizzy. I think if I could get outside for a few minutes, I'd be all

00:55:39right.

00:55:39Oh, I'm sorry. Here, you'd better sit down. Let me help you.

00:55:42Oh.

00:55:42There, now. You rest a while.

00:55:43Oh, I know. If I went outside, I really would be all right.

00:55:47No wonder you feel dizzy. You haven't any air in here.

00:55:49Oh, no, Mr. Dillon. Don't open the window.

00:55:52But you said you wanted some fresh air.

00:55:54Well, yes, I know. But when the air's outside the window, it's fresh.

00:55:57When it comes inside, it's not fresh anymore.

00:55:59Nonsense. I know what's best for you.

00:56:11You ought to be sitting down.

00:56:13Oh, no, no. I really ought to go home.

00:56:16What's that?

00:56:18That?

00:56:19Oh, that's tomato juice.

00:56:22Tomato juice?

00:56:23Oh, for my lunch.

00:56:25Oh, I just love tomato juice.

00:56:27It's full of vitamins and minerals and, well, that's just about all I live on.

00:56:33Well, look who's here.

00:56:36Do you know Miss Smith?

00:56:37Oh, yes. We're old friends, aren't we, Mrs. Bumstead?

00:56:41Mrs. Bumstead?

00:56:45Tomato juice, huh?

00:56:47I put Worcestershire sauce in mine, not turpentine.

00:56:50What is all this?

00:56:51Well, this happens to be paint.

00:56:52And unless my nose deceives me, it's loaded with gasoline, too.

00:56:56What were you planning to do with this, Miss Smith?

00:56:58I mean, Mrs. Bumstead.

00:56:59Oh, well, I just...

00:57:02Oh, no.

00:57:04Oh, my God.

00:57:05You were going to switch it with that canvas in the other office, weren't you?

00:57:08Is that what you intended to do?

00:57:10You ought to know.

00:57:11You're quite an expert at switching, aren't you, Mr. Levan?

00:57:14How much does this dame know?

00:57:15Too much to turn her loose.

00:57:16Well, then we have no choice.

00:57:17Come on, sweetheart.

00:57:18No, I...

00:57:19Look, help!

00:57:20Dad, pull up!

00:57:22Ow!

00:57:23Ow!

00:57:23You!

00:57:24Oh, shit!

00:57:34Why doesn't Rollo call?

00:57:36Now, now, be patient, Mr. Radcliffe.

00:57:37You can rely on Blondie.

00:57:38If she sets out to do something, she always...

00:57:42Yes?

00:57:43Rollo's on the phone, Mr. Radcliffe.

00:57:45Well, put him on!

00:57:46Put him on!

00:57:47Hello?

00:57:48Hello?

00:57:49Hello!

00:57:50Try the other end.

00:57:51What?

00:57:52Oh.

00:57:52Yeah.

00:57:53Hello?

00:57:54Hello, Rollo.

00:57:56Blondie, did it?

00:57:57Yeah.

00:57:58Great, Rollo, great.

00:57:59Be here at 1.30, and we'll all go over to Forsyth's office together.

00:58:02Yeah.

00:58:02Okay, Rollo.

00:58:06Blondie switched the paint.

00:58:08She switched the paint.

00:58:09I told her she'd do it.

00:58:11Say, I hope Blondie knows about the demonstration.

00:58:14I wouldn't want her to miss that for the world.

00:58:16Oh, don't worry about Blondie.

00:58:17She'll be there.

00:58:18Unless she's tied up or something.

00:58:27That ought to hold her.

00:58:28At least until that contact is signed.

00:58:30Say, what are we going to demonstrate this stuff on?

00:58:31What could be better than the model of the school building itself?

00:58:34Right.

00:58:35We can pick up a spray gun on the way over.

00:58:39Goodbye, sweetheart.

00:58:40We'll bring you a box of candy when we come back with that contract.

00:58:55You see, we thought it would be most appropriate to use the model itself.

00:58:58The model is made of cardboard.

00:58:59That should prove how efficient our paint really is.

00:59:02I, uh, I've invited the fire chief, just in case.

00:59:06Glad to have him.

00:59:07But I assure you, he won't be needed.

00:59:08I also invited Mr. Ratcliffe.

00:59:10I hope you don't mind.

00:59:11Well, not at all.

00:59:12Now he can see how a real fire repellent paint works.

00:59:15Right, Joe?

00:59:16Right.

00:59:18Help!

00:59:20Yoo-hoo!

00:59:21Anybody home?

00:59:27Oh, well, I always knew those guys were slave drivers, but they never tied me down to the job like

00:59:36this.

00:59:36Oh, thank you.

00:59:38Did you hear about the big radio contest that I won?

00:59:40Oh, congratulations.

00:59:42You mean you actually won?

00:59:43Yeah, but you know, I don't think those radio contests are on the level.

00:59:47They didn't call my number until after I got there.

00:59:50Oh, please hurry.

00:59:52How do you like that for a ring?

00:59:54Oh, that's beautiful.

00:59:55And the little old me in this mink coat.

00:59:57And I get a trip to Havana.

00:59:59Oh, that's wonderful.

01:00:00But if I don't get out of here soon, something terrible is going to happen.

01:00:03Well, what's going to happen, honey?

01:00:05Dylan and Sack have stolen something from my husband.

01:00:07Well, what did they steal, honey?

01:00:08A fireproof paint he worked on day and night for months.

01:00:12What a crooks.

01:00:14Oh, thank you.

01:00:14And I hope you enjoy your trip to Havana.

01:00:17Well, I ought to.

01:00:17I won the boat.

01:00:27There.

01:00:28Everything's ready.

01:00:29Are you all set, Chief?

01:00:31Just in case?

01:00:32Yes, sir.

01:00:34There isn't a chance in the world of anything going wrong with our demonstration, Mr. Forsyte.

01:00:40Good afternoon, gentlemen.

01:00:43Radcliffe.

01:00:45Asbestos firefighter suits, huh?

01:00:47Very funny, Radcliffe.

01:00:48Very funny.

01:00:50You know the old saying, an ounce of prevention.

01:00:53It worth two in a bush.

01:00:56Take a seat, gentlemen.

01:00:58Well, if you don't mind, we'd rather kind of stay close to the door.

01:01:03All right.

01:01:04You may proceed with the demonstration.

01:01:06Just a minute.

01:01:07Ready, men?

01:01:12Aim.

01:01:13You'd better save that comedy, Radcliffe, till after the demonstration.

01:01:16Go ahead, Harry.

01:01:17Very funny.

01:01:17Yes.

01:01:19Oh.

01:01:21Oh.

01:01:33Oh.

01:01:34Oh.

01:01:42Oh, oh.

01:02:09it's a little blackened but underneath the paint is as good as new wonderful get funny now ratcliffe

01:02:15you say this model is made of cardboard plain ordinary everyday cardboard mr foresight

01:02:20i'll have to admit gentlemen that your fire repellent paint is all that you claimed it was

01:02:24thank you and if your bid is anywhere near mr ratcliffe's it's only fair that we award you

01:02:29the contract you understand my position mr ratcliffe cheer up ratcliffe i hear the city's

01:02:35asking for bids on prefabricated dog houses let the chiselers have their fun

01:02:46blondie where have you been am i too late it's all over yeah oh and it was successful wasn't it

01:02:52i'm afraid it was well that's because i didn't get a chance to switch the paint what well mrs

01:02:59bum said you gave me the signal that wasn't me raul those two men grabbed me and tied me up

01:03:03before i

01:03:04had a chance to switch the paint and what did they tied you up yes listen here now i will

01:03:10do it

01:03:10dagwood yeah oh and you two here here here here please dagwood never mind dear they'll both get

01:03:18what's coming to them will someone please tell me what this is all about i'll be glad to mr foresight

01:03:23for several days i've been acting as dylan and slack secretary yeah and she found out that they

01:03:28were the men that burned mr ratcliffe's cabin down dylan and slack yeah they worm their way into

01:03:34our confidence and replaced dagwood's fireproof paint with ordinary paint then they were going to

01:03:39have our paint analyzed steal the formula and have it manufactured in their own name what about

01:03:45this it's a pack of lies what they're so because our paint is a success yeah make them prove it

01:03:51that's just what i wanted to hear you say what excuse me

01:04:02mr foresight i realize that it's our word against theirs but if you hear the whole story in their

01:04:09own words i'm sure you'll believe us why yes of course mrs bumstead

01:04:17gentlemen in reply to your inquiry please be advised that it is impossible to give you the exact amount

01:04:23of lumber we will need for the school building however we will be happy to inform you as soon

01:04:29hi joe good morning well it's all set we give foresight the demonstration this afternoon at two

01:04:35o'clock good how can we do it today we haven't got the report back from the laboratory yet we've

01:04:39still

01:04:39got two gallons of bumpstead's paint in the closet haven't we that's right we don't need the formula

01:04:43until after we've got the contract you're so right mr dylan

01:04:50there it is in your own words

01:04:59stop those men they burned down my cabin hey they burned down his cabin don't let those men get

01:05:04away oh it's all right it's all right stop them all right they stop them they can't get away the

01:05:14police are just outside blonde you are magnificent magnificent she's even wonderful i'll go along with

01:05:21that mr bumpstead if it hadn't been for you mrs bumpstead i might have given those crooks the

01:05:26contract as it is i shall be proud to award it to mr radcliffe well thank you mr foresight

01:05:33well blondie i think we're all indebted to you and rollo a lot of the credit should go to him

01:05:39you're absolutely right and as i said before rollo if you want a job in a few years

01:05:45i'll have one for you thanks very much mr radcliffe but if my plans mature as i should

01:05:50i may be in a position to offer you a job oh

01:05:58well darling how do you feel now oh i feel just like alexander graham bell when he invented his

01:06:03his uh his uh um

01:06:10his telephone darling you made it oh

01:06:15his telephone darling you made it oh no no no no no no no no no no no no no

01:06:16no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no

01:06:19no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no

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