A charming 1951 comedy about age, ambition, work, and the unexpected challenges of starting over. When life takes an unexpected turn, an older man discovers that experience and determination can still open new doors. Filled with classic humor, memorable characters, and a warm vintage atmosphere, this film is a delightful example of early 1950s American cinema.
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00:00:19You make me feel so young, you make me feel so spring-haired strong,
00:00:25and every time I see you grin, I'm such a happy individual.
00:00:32You make me feel so young as a bird in the springtime.
00:00:35You make me feel there are songs to be sung, hell to be run, and a wonderful thing to be
00:00:41sung.
00:00:44You make me feel so just like a kid again, like I did when spring had just begun.
00:00:52And even when I'm old and gray, I'm gonna feel the way I do today,
00:00:58cause you make me feel so gay, so gay, so young.
00:01:06Goodbye.
00:01:08Goodbye.
00:01:20The End
00:01:48Get a load of the boss, will you?
00:01:54What a patron of the arts.
00:01:55Shh!
00:02:12What a patron of the arts.
00:02:51Mr. Lois McKinley's car!
00:02:54Mr. Lois McKinley's car!
00:03:02Grandpa!
00:03:03Grandpa!
00:03:04Ah, good evening, Alice.
00:03:05Gee, Mr. Hodges, you were swell.
00:03:07Thank you, my boy.
00:03:07Why didn't you tell us you were going to play a solo?
00:03:09Boy, when you stood up at that big orchestra, it gave me goose pimples all over just knowing you.
00:03:13Really?
00:03:14Well, it's nice of you to say so.
00:03:15Oh, that applause!
00:03:16Very gratifying.
00:03:17What did the maestro think?
00:03:19He seemed impressed.
00:03:21Funny, he didn't look so happy to me the way he kept looking around.
00:03:24Oh, why should he have been happy?
00:03:25Grandpa stole the show, didn't he?
00:03:27I'll say, and with nothing but a little old piccolo, too.
00:03:30You want to drive home with us, Grandpa?
00:03:31No, thank you.
00:03:32I prefer to stretch my legs.
00:03:34Oh, come on, Grandpa.
00:03:35We won't be doing anything up front except a little necking.
00:03:37Maybe you can pick up a few pointers.
00:03:39Young man, it may interest you to know that when I retired from that field some years ago,
00:03:44necking became a lost art.
00:03:47Good night.
00:03:48Good night.
00:03:54What a guy.
00:03:56Now I understand why Grandma used to have that awfully pleased look on her face.
00:04:00Yeah, maybe, but times have changed.
00:04:03It takes more than that to make a go of marriage today.
00:04:05Like for instance?
00:04:07Like Doe, for instance, you doe.
00:04:08Yes, I know.
00:04:09You have a theory.
00:04:10It's not a theory.
00:04:11It's facts.
00:04:12I've pointed out 50 times.
00:04:13All right, Joe.
00:04:14All right.
00:04:15So we don't get married.
00:04:17Not until I'm in a financial condition to support a wife.
00:04:20How?
00:04:21In a comfortable wheelchair?
00:04:22Sure, if it takes that long.
00:04:26I could keep my job.
00:04:28Lots of girls do.
00:04:29My dear girl, as I've pointed out before, this world happens to be run on certain economic principles.
00:04:34But, Joe...
00:04:35Unless and until a man can take care of his own wife, how can he possibly succeed in the broader
00:04:39world of finance?
00:04:40World of finance.
00:04:42World of finance.
00:04:42Who cares about that?
00:04:44I want to get married.
00:04:45Can't you understand that?
00:04:47M-A-R-R-I-E-D.
00:04:50Just the same.
00:04:51We're not getting married until I'm assistant head of the personnel department.
00:04:55Oh, you...
00:04:56You economic pighead.
00:04:59Good night.
00:05:00Hey, where you going?
00:05:02Anywhere you're not.
00:05:04All right.
00:05:04Go ahead.
00:05:05Walk.
00:05:05Walk.
00:05:07Let's see if I care.
00:05:15You know I'm right about not getting married now, don't you, Grandpa?
00:05:18Young man, kindly do not address me by that loathsome word, Grandpa.
00:05:22I am not your paternal ancestor, and judging through Alice's remarks last night, I'm not likely to be any time
00:05:29soon, even by indirection.
00:05:34Hello, my boy.
00:05:35You want my candid opinion?
00:05:37I don't believe the biological urge, from which you both appear to be suffering so acutely, gives a hoot whether
00:05:43you're assistant head of personnel or not.
00:05:54Good morning, Dick, my boy.
00:05:55Good morning, John.
00:06:07Hodges, John R.
00:06:13Smolters, Robert H.
00:06:17Smolters, John R.
00:06:17Thank you, sir.
00:06:18No.
00:06:18Smolters, John R.
00:06:19Oh, no.
00:06:21By the eternal no.
00:06:34Grandpa, you're late.
00:06:36Yes.
00:06:42What kept you, Dad?
00:06:44Business.
00:06:49Well, for goodness' sake, it's about time.
00:06:51Come on, everybody.
00:06:52I don't want to be out in that kitchen all night.
00:06:58You're usually the first one home, Grandpa.
00:07:00What you been doing with yourself?
00:07:02Playing the piccolo someplace?
00:07:04I had to see the shop foreman.
00:07:06I was fired today.
00:07:08You fired?
00:07:10Retired, I think we call it.
00:07:11What for?
00:07:12What for?
00:07:12What have you done?
00:07:13Nothing, Della.
00:07:14Only, it seems, the policy of the company not to employ people over 65.
00:07:18Oh, Grandpa, I'm sorry.
00:07:20Thank you, my dear.
00:07:21How do you like that?
00:07:23Fire just because you're 65.
00:07:25Hey, you're really 65, Grandpa?
00:07:28My, how time flies.
00:07:31Boy, has this been a wonderful day.
00:07:33First, I get pains in the stomach.
00:07:34When I get home, I find my father's been fired.
00:07:37Well, eat your soup before it gets cold.
00:07:39I don't feel like soup.
00:07:41What's wrong with it?
00:07:42Not enough salt?
00:07:42Not enough salt, not enough anything.
00:07:44I tell you, if it rains tomorrow, I'll go nuts.
00:07:46Who said anything about rain?
00:07:47The weatherman?
00:07:48Yes, sir, that's all we need now, for it to rain and for me to catch pneumonia.
00:07:52Go on.
00:07:53How can you get pneumonia?
00:07:54You haven't even got a cold.
00:07:55Pneumonia happens to be an occupational disease with sign painters.
00:07:58Everybody knows that.
00:07:59You stand on a ladder painting names on store windows.
00:08:01It starts raining.
00:08:02You get wet.
00:08:03Along comes a breeze.
00:08:06There, you see what I mean?
00:08:07Pneumonia.
00:08:08Pneumonia, just because you sneezed once or...
00:08:11What's wrong with you, Krantz?
00:08:14Or don't you like my soup either?
00:08:15I assure you, my action has nothing to do with the quality of your food, Della.
00:08:20I'm just not hungry.
00:08:22So, if you'll excuse me.
00:08:24Look, if certain people around here don't like the way I cook, just let them say so.
00:08:30After all, I would like to remind you that I was not raised to be a cook.
00:08:33I happen to be a singer, in case you've forgotten.
00:08:37Before I married your son, I never even had my hands in dishwater.
00:08:41Mother, nobody's talking about your cooking.
00:08:43No, but they're thinking about it.
00:08:45The first thing you know, somebody will remind me that I came from Brooklyn.
00:08:49But first, I would like to remind them that some of the finest people in the world have come from
00:08:54Brooklyn.
00:08:55Yes, and while we're on the subject, I would like to say that there is no telling how far I
00:09:00might have gone if I hadn't thrown away my career for the...
00:09:05Oh, for goodness sake.
00:09:08Now look what's happened.
00:09:09Poor Grandpa.
00:09:12No wonder I have any appetite left.
00:09:15First Grandpa gets fired, then you sneeze, then the piccolo.
00:09:19All we need around here is a great big shiny pipe organ.
00:09:32Why?
00:09:33Born to be kissed...
00:09:35I can't resist...
00:09:39You are temptation...
00:09:42And I am yours...
00:09:46Oh, good morning, Grandpa.
00:09:47Good morning, Della.
00:09:48What are you doing up so early?
00:09:50I thought you'd sleep till 10 o'clock.
00:09:52I'm not sleepy.
00:09:53Take my advice.
00:09:55Sleep when you can.
00:09:57You want some coffee?
00:09:58Yes, thanks.
00:10:00Only do me a favor, Dancer.
00:10:02Don't sleep too late.
00:10:04Yours is the first room I clean.
00:10:06I assure you, Della, I have no intention of sleeping late.
00:10:10Thanks.
00:10:12Jay, by the way, what are you going to do with yourself all day now that you're 65?
00:10:17I don't know.
00:10:20Oh, go to the movies, I suppose.
00:10:23There's a swell double bill at the Rialto.
00:10:27Or maybe you could go up to the park and play checkers with those other old men.
00:10:33What's so bad about that?
00:10:36Personally, when I think of the drudgery I go through day by day, I can't wait to get to be
00:10:41your age.
00:10:42So I can live out my life with dignity.
00:10:45Dignity can be a very empty feeling, Della.
00:10:48Yeah, well, you can get used to it.
00:10:50Like me with the cooking.
00:10:54Hey.
00:10:56I just thought of something.
00:10:59With you not working, you won't be bringing any money in.
00:11:03I'm afraid not.
00:11:05Well, if you'll pardon my saying so, Grandpa, that's going to be quite a blow.
00:11:11Financially speaking, I mean.
00:11:13I expect so.
00:11:14Yeah, especially with the way prices are going up these days.
00:11:18Yesterday, I went in to buy a soup bone.
00:11:21Just a common, ordinary soup bone.
00:11:25Seventy-eight cents, he says.
00:11:27Seventy-eight cents, I says to him.
00:11:29You used to draw them in for nothing.
00:11:30Not no more, he says.
00:11:32Seventy-eight cents.
00:11:33I'll give you a faint idea.
00:11:36Soup bone.
00:11:37Seventy-eight cents.
00:11:40Hmm.
00:11:40Soup bone.
00:11:49Soup bone.
00:11:51Soup bone.
00:11:54bowl.
00:12:10so what happened then so what happened so she picked up my hat and threw it at me
00:12:15did you right in the mouth get out of the house she yelled i got enough to do without you
00:12:21getting
00:12:22in my way all the time twenty years ago i'd have thrown her out of the window for that
00:12:27i'm a hungarian consolidated motors consolidated motors what's consolidated motors got to do with
00:12:37it that's what i'd have to know this is a public part never mind don't answer i'll find out myself
00:12:52now this is a problem i'd like you to follow in all cases we'll put the letter on the automatic
00:12:57typewriter but leave the last paragraph please young man what does consolidated motors got to do
00:13:03with acme printing services grandpa what are you doing never mind the salutations look at this
00:13:07it says i've been fired because it's the policy of consolidated motors and its subsidiaries not to
00:13:14hire men over 65 i want to know what in thunder consolidated motors has to do with it search
00:13:21me hey erickson this is my girl's grandfather mr hodges he'd like to know what consolidated
00:13:27motors has to do with our 65 year old retirement rule why it's really very simple mr hodges if you
00:13:32just step this way for a moment pardon me now we of the acme printing services are a subsidiary of
00:13:47the
00:13:47bessemer publishing services whose stock is owned by the simpson iron foundry which recently merged with
00:13:52the mcculloch nut and bolt company whose parent organization is of course united hardware the
00:13:56directorate of which is interlocked with brotherton steel a subsidiary of consolidated motors does that
00:14:02answer your question mr hodges yes i must say it seems a little complicated uh-huh big business now if
00:14:07you'll
00:14:07excuse me just a moment young man do you suppose if i went to consolidated motors i might get them
00:14:11to
00:14:12change such an absurd policy why mr hodges you don't mean you'd seriously consider going to
00:14:17consolidated motors about such a policy i'd seriously consider going to the north pole by a dog sled in
00:14:23the heart of winter i thought i could get my job back well i certainly wouldn't advise a trip to
00:14:29consolidated motors mr hodges even if you got an appointment which is very unlikely i don't see
00:14:34how consolidated motors could change its whole employment policy involving several hundred thousand
00:14:39people just to please you now wait a minute erickson maybe you could just write a letter to the
00:14:44president of consolidated motors tell him how you feel tell him what's his name whose name the president
00:14:50of consolidated motors i don't know uh sloan stone ross do you know mr erickson no but i'll find out
00:14:59mr benson who's president of consolidated motors the president of what the president of consolidated
00:15:04motors you got me why never mind i'll call mr gallagher's office mr gallagher's vice president
00:15:11charge personnel yeah pardon me mr gallagher erickson speaking do you happen to know who's president
00:15:19of consolidated motors used to be newton no he was president anyhow listen i'm busy yes mr gallagher
00:15:25thank you sir mr gallagher doesn't know either amazing absolutely amazing here's one of the most
00:15:33important men in america a veritable giant of industry one of the powers behind the producing
00:15:38genius that is america a man whose decisions affect millions of people yet nobody even knows his name
00:15:47fearless that's it fearless he's president of u.s steel oh thank you gentlemen you've been a great help
00:15:55good day here it is i found it consolidated motors look harold p cleveland president congratulations miss
00:16:09whether you're aware of it or not you have just solved one of the great mysteries of the age
00:16:21good day here it's been a good day it's been a good day it's been a good day it's been
00:16:22a good day
00:16:22listen to him since eleven o'clock this morning it's been like this it means he's thinking
00:16:28don't have to think on the piccolo does he
00:16:56oh good morning mr mckinley good morning harriet bring in your book and the mail yes mr mckin
00:17:12well what have we got for today eleven o'clock appointment with mr gallagher of personnel
00:17:17one o'clock luncheon with the representative of the blakewell paper company i'd like some coffee
00:17:21dear yes mr mckinley then there's your taylor the barber the man about those shirts you ordered and
00:17:28don't forget your pills what the devil is this i don't know sir i didn't have time to open it
00:17:33yes mr mckinley listen gallagher i just got a letter from the executive secretary of consolidated
00:17:38motors advising me that harold p cleveland president of consolidated motors will be in town tuesday
00:17:43will i please show him every possible courtesy now what the devil is this all about i don't know
00:17:48beats me get herbert new york well if you don't mind i don't like it what the devil does the
00:17:53president of consolidated motors want to come around here for maybe he's just passing through
00:17:57okay but i wish you please tell me what the devil is this is all about we ever heard of
00:18:02this bird
00:18:03before not that i recall hello mr herbert just a moment mr mckinley calling hello herbert listen
00:18:11i just got a letter saying the president of consolidated motors is coming up here to inspect
00:18:15my plant next week i'd like to know why all of a sudden is consolidated motors fishing around my place
00:18:22well maybe it is just a goodwill tour but i don't like goodwill tours so do me a favor get
00:18:27a hold of
00:18:27whoever you can and find out if there's been a change in consolidated motors policy toward its
00:18:31subsidiaries maybe they've decided to quit printing make more cars or something okay call me back i want
00:18:38every executive in the conference room at 10 30 and cancel gallagher yes mr mckinley
00:18:45send off three copies of this as soon as you can yes listen gentlemen the president of consolidated
00:18:51motors is coming here next usually to inspect our plant personally i don't mind telling you i don't
00:18:55like a lot of big shots sticking their noses in my business how do we know they haven't decided to
00:19:00convert this place into an assembly line for automobiles or washing machines remember you fellas are in
00:19:05this just as deep as i am your very jobs may depend upon it as i see it our only
00:19:10hope is to make a good
00:19:10impression i'd like to see some drawn looks on your faces as if you've been working overtime for months
00:19:15and i'd like to see this place really humming that's all gallagher how about that trouble we've
00:19:19been having with the bookbinders local oh we've got at least a month before any decisive action will
00:19:23be taken on that mr mckinley well never mind how much time we've got i'd like to strike a note
00:19:26of a
00:19:26chord in time for the inspection give an impression of a smoothly functioning factory full of happy
00:19:30employees now what do they want another restroom on the second floor okay get it installed immediately
00:19:35i'm not letting our relations with consolidated motors be disrupted over some bookbinder's
00:19:39comfort uh harriet uh who's head of the program committee at the chamber of commerce
00:19:43arnold willoughby i want to talk to him on the phone oh but then get my wife dear
00:19:56what does he look like why he's great guns don't you know i never saw him in my life
00:20:02well of all the idiotic things a big man like mr cleveland a man who
00:20:05is the president of consolidated motors
00:20:08and what a pleasant surprise to find you here i hadn't anticipated of such a welcome your your
00:20:38Cleveland. Harold P. Cleveland.
00:20:40Well, well, how do you do, Mr. Cleveland?
00:20:42This is indeed a great honor.
00:20:43May I present my associates?
00:20:45Oh, I recognize Mr. Saltonstall and Mr. Gallagher, too.
00:20:49Delighted to see you, gentlemen.
00:20:50How did you know?
00:20:51Well, I make it a practice to familiarize myself with all my associates and employees.
00:20:56Shall we go?
00:20:57Yes, of course. My car's outside.
00:20:59Take Mr. Cleveland's briefcase.
00:21:01Oh, no, no, thank you. I can manage myself.
00:21:24Any special department you'd like to inspect, Mr. Cleveland?
00:21:27We'll start with the hand-pressed department in the composing room.
00:21:29Afterwards, I'd like a word with your executives.
00:21:31Yes, indeed. I've already issued orders for all our executives to place themselves at your disposal.
00:21:35Mr. Cleveland, may I ask, is there any special significance to your visit?
00:21:40Special significance? Not at all.
00:21:42It's only a routine inspection tour.
00:22:15That about covers it, Mr. Cleveland, unless, of course, you'd be interested in inspecting our personnel department.
00:22:19I think I've seen all this necessary.
00:22:38Here we are, Mr. Cleveland. This is our conference room.
00:22:40What's the matter?
00:22:41Come in, gentlemen.
00:22:42Well, I'll be, uh...
00:22:44Do you know who that was?
00:22:46Well, sure, the president of Consolidated Motors.
00:22:47The president of Consolidated Motors, my hind foot. That was John Hodges.
00:22:52Who?
00:22:52John Hodges of our hand-pressed department. My girl's grandfather.
00:22:56Your girl's what?
00:22:57Grandfather. Didn't you see him wink at me?
00:22:59Why, certainly not. What are you talking about?
00:23:01About John Hodges.
00:23:02You know, the old guy who came in the other day and asked us the name of the president of
00:23:05Consolidated Motors.
00:23:06Yes, but what about him?
00:23:08That's him in there.
00:23:09Only everybody thinks he's the president of Consolidated Motors.
00:23:15Really, Elliot, you ought to see a doctor or something.
00:23:17Why in the world would an important man like Mr. McKinley be wasting his time with somebody from his own
00:23:22hand-press department?
00:23:24Sometimes, Elliot, you're a very stupid man.
00:23:30Gentlemen, I'll tell you why I wanted to visit your plant.
00:23:33As a young man, I had great admiration for the art of printing.
00:23:37I still have that feeling, but in all frankness, I must tell you that I've been keenly disappointed with what
00:23:43I've seen here today.
00:23:46Well, you've got this place running like an automobile factory, and that's downright foolish.
00:23:52Not one single white-haired man did I see on the job.
00:23:56Well, I ask myself, where are those men?
00:23:59Those artisans?
00:24:00Yes, those artists whose love of their craft has been handed down from generation to generation.
00:24:06Got that, Harriet?
00:24:07Yes, sir.
00:24:09Now, I know it's the policy of Consolidated Motors not to hire people 65 years of age or over.
00:24:15Perhaps the labor technique of putting it off a wheel together requires youth rather than experience.
00:24:20But for the life of me, I don't see how such an asinine policy, and I use the word asinine
00:24:25advisedly,
00:24:27can apply it to the art of printing.
00:24:28My suggestion, Mr. McKinley, is that you forget about the age requirements of our assembly lines
00:24:34and bring back the experienced craftsmen who honor your trade immediately.
00:24:39Harriet, take a memo to all our executives.
00:24:42As of today, our employment policy is no longer governed by the 65-year age level.
00:24:47All employees who have been retired for that reason during the past year are to be notified immediately that their
00:24:53jobs are open,
00:24:54provided they wish to return to work.
00:24:56Thank you, gentlemen.
00:24:57Now, if you'll excuse me, I have a train to catch.
00:24:59But, Mr. Cleveland, you can't leave just yet.
00:25:01I've arranged a luncheon in your honor at the Chamber of Commerce.
00:25:04What?
00:25:05And I've even taken the liberty of engaging a suite for you at the Commodore.
00:25:08And my wife is expecting you for dinner tonight.
00:25:11I'd never live it down if you didn't show up.
00:25:13Well, in that case, why not?
00:25:16Thank you, Mr. Cleveland.
00:25:17This way, please.
00:25:17Pardon me, Mr. Cleveland, but wouldn't you like me to send you a copy of your speech?
00:25:20Oh, thank you, young lady.
00:25:22I don't think it's necessary.
00:25:23I'm sure my suggestions are going to be carried out.
00:25:26Oh, yes.
00:25:26Yes, indeed, Mr. Cleveland.
00:25:27Well, anyhow, Mr. Cleveland, I want you to know I think your speech was grand.
00:25:31I felt real honored just to hear it.
00:25:33Oh, no, my dear.
00:25:35It's I who've been honored.
00:25:37Good day.
00:25:42Is he still in there?
00:25:43Who?
00:25:44John, I mean Mr. Cleveland.
00:25:46Yes, he's speaking now.
00:25:47Wait a minute.
00:25:48You can't go in.
00:25:49Only members.
00:25:49But I've got to go in.
00:25:50I've got to find out if you...
00:25:51Oh, get this to me.
00:25:51But you can't.
00:25:55Today, I hear a great deal of talk in this country about the dangers of inflation, which
00:26:00may lead to another economic depression.
00:26:03In a society as complicated and delicate as ours, we must leave no stone unturned in our
00:26:09search for stability.
00:26:10And in these old and expert men of 65 and over, there is a great fund of stability.
00:26:23I confess there are moments, gentlemen, when I regard mass production and its subsequent
00:26:28benefits of a higher standard of living as a two-edged sword.
00:26:32What are we sacrificing in this frantic chase for comfort?
00:26:37Well, for one thing, we're sacrificing those simple dignities of life which have helped make
00:26:45ours the greatest productive nation on earth.
00:26:52Now, mind you, I think that security and comforts are wonderful things.
00:26:57I'm all for social security, but in all our quest for this security, let us not lose sight of
00:27:04those things which have made this a great nation.
00:27:06Let us not forget that our economic strength depends basically on one thing, individual initiative.
00:27:14We here in America have a great tradition to uphold, a tradition of hard work, a tradition of opportunity, a
00:27:24tradition
00:27:24that every man may go just as far up the ladder of success as he individually is capable of
00:27:31going. A tradition that no one, in government, in industry, anywhere, can tell him what he can
00:27:38do, and what he can't do, when he can work, and when he can't.
00:27:48In all earnestness, I tell you, gentlemen, that just so long as our workers can go to their jobs
00:27:57with the same fervor and self-respect that they go to their wives, will we be able to fight off
00:28:05the
00:28:05threats of inflation and avoid the pitfalls of depression. I thank you.
00:28:28Mr. Cleaver, may I have your autograph?
00:28:30Oh, delighted. Oh, I'm sorry. I'm not permitted to sign autographs. Company policy, you know.
00:28:36Congratulations, Mr. Cleaver. Oh, dear, I'm sorry.
00:28:56Well, it's about time. Oh, it's you.
00:28:58Where is he? Where's who? Mr. Hodges, your grandfather.
00:29:01How? Why? Look at this.
00:29:06CM Prexy says human dignity will beat inflation. What's that got to do with us?
00:29:11Look at it. Look at it good. Whose picture's that?
00:29:15Says he's Prexy as CM, whatever that means. That's what it says, but it's him, Mr. Hodges.
00:29:20Your old man. Does? Oh, you're crazy. Look, I'm not blind. My eyes are good enough for the air
00:29:26core, and I'm telling you, that's Mr. Hodges. I saw him today with my own eyes.
00:29:31Oh, for heaven's sakes, Joe. Sit down and stop being ridiculous. What in the world would Grandpa
00:29:35be doing at a Chamber of Commerce luncheon? Just look at the picture. That's all I ask. Just look at
00:29:39it.
00:29:40That could be a picture of anybody. As far as I can see, the only resemblance is they both got
00:29:45whiskers.
00:29:45Not even the same color whiskers. But I'm telling you, he winked at me.
00:29:50Joe, look at me. Look me in the eye. Have you been drinking?
00:29:55Drinking? I? I who think of nothing but success 24 hours a day drinking? Well, I like that.
00:30:02But I'll tell you one thing. I'm going to get cockeyed tonight if somebody doesn't start believing me.
00:30:06Oh, boy. What a house this is. First we get a piccolo player. Then we get a fellow who sneezes
00:30:12just once,
00:30:13and all of a sudden he's in a hospital for an occupational disease. And now we got a lunatic on
00:30:18our hands
00:30:18who starts seeing things in newspapers. By George, this Cleveland makes sense. I'm going
00:30:23to save this. I want Dad to read it. Read it? He said it. Joe, please. So you think I'm
00:30:29drunk? Well,
00:30:30what else am I to think when you come bursting in here screaming that Grandpa is president of
00:30:34Consolidated Motors? Okay. Okay, I'm a liar. I'm drunk. I don't know what I'm saying. But I'm telling
00:30:41you, I saw him today and he winked at me. Good evening, everybody. There's good news tonight.
00:30:45This afternoon, Harold P. Cleveland, president of Consolidated Motors,
00:30:49offered a confused world the best recipe to beat inflation and continue prosperity that
00:30:53this commentator has heard. Yes, sir. Winked at me.
00:31:00Have you already mixed the martinis? Yes, madam. My husband likes them very dry. I understand,
00:31:05madam. He also likes them served immediately after he comes in. Yes, madam. Well, that may be he now.
00:31:09The wife should be ringing the bell. Shall I go and see, madam? Please.
00:31:14Willie. Huh? Turn that thing off. Okay.
00:31:22Good evening. Good evening. Who shall I say is calling, sir?
00:31:27Me. Mr. McKinley. I live here. I beg your pardon, sir. You'll find Mrs. McKinley in the
00:31:31wine room. Lou Butler, I tell you the servant problem. Yes, I know. I've been having trouble
00:31:38with my cook lately, too. Lucille, this is Mr. Cleveland. Mr. Cleveland, my wife. How do you do,
00:31:46Mr. Cleveland? It was nice of you to come. Thank you. It was nice of you to have me. Come
00:31:50on,
00:31:50meet him. But listen, do me a favor just for tonight and spare us any of your political philosophy. Okay,
00:31:55okay. Mr. Cleveland, this is our son Willie. Good evening, young man. Hello, Mr. Cleveland. Hey,
00:32:02we were studying economics the other day and I saw a picture of you, but you don't look a thing
00:32:06like
00:32:06you do. Willie. Yes, sir. My husband likes martinis, Mr. Cleveland, but if you prefer something else. Not
00:32:11at all. My favorite beverage. He's dry? Yes, Lewis. Very dry. Four to one, sir. Here's to consolidated
00:32:18motors. Thank you. If you don't mind, I'd rather drink to a lovely lady. Thank you.
00:32:27I'll take the tray. Yes, sir. What class are you in, young man? Tenth. On the football team? Well,
00:32:34kind of. Kind of. Oh, so that's the way it is. I used to be a bench sitter myself. How
00:32:40about a
00:32:40little refill, Mr. Cleveland? Thank you. A wee modicum, perhaps? I thought we'd have dinner at home
00:32:45tonight. Just family style. After that, if you like, I thought we three might run out to the country
00:32:49club for a little while. The country club? I'd like you to see it. It's brand new and not half
00:32:54bad. Most of my
00:32:55executives belong. Got a great little golf course. What do you say? Well, I'll be delighted. That is,
00:32:59if Mrs. McKinley... Oh, I'd like it very much. Very much indeed.
00:33:17By Jove, I want to dance. I haven't danced in 25 years, at least, and suddenly I want to dance.
00:33:23May I have this dance? Of course. You add? Not at all. Go right ahead.
00:33:35What kind of barbaric music is this? It's the Roomba. Well, for one moment I had the wild
00:33:40illusion. It was the bunny hug.
00:33:41Good morning.
00:34:12Let's get out of here.
00:34:13Why? We just got here.
00:34:14Look, Mr. McKinley.
00:34:16Mr. McKinley.
00:34:37Well, you two must enjoy dancing.
00:34:40Your wife happens to be a very beautiful dancer, Mr. McKinley.
00:34:42Yeah? Well, for myself, I think it's a waste of time.
00:34:45Look, if you don't mind, I'll run along.
00:34:47I've got some papers to go through.
00:34:48Well, perhaps we'd all better...
00:34:49Oh, no, you two stay here and enjoy yourselves.
00:34:51I'll send the car back.
00:34:52Oh, don't bother. We'll get a taxi.
00:34:54No bother. My driver's used to waiting.
00:34:56I'd prefer a taxi, Lewis.
00:34:58Okay.
00:34:59Good night, Mr. Cleveland.
00:35:00Good night, and thank you for a wonderful evening.
00:35:02Glad you liked it.
00:35:03We'll have to do this sort of thing again.
00:35:04Yes, indeed. I'd like that very much.
00:35:06By the way, before you go,
00:35:08there's just one thought that I'd like to leave with you, Mr. McKinley.
00:35:11Just a bit of my personal philosophy.
00:35:13I like a man who works and works hard,
00:35:16but that's not enough.
00:35:17A man ought to play and play hard, too.
00:35:20I have an idea that you don't play enough, Mr. McKinley.
00:35:23That's very sound advice, Mr. Cleveland.
00:35:26I'll take care of that in the future.
00:35:27Good night.
00:35:28Good night.
00:35:29Good night.
00:36:24Do you mind if we get out here?
00:36:25It's only a little way, but I can't bear to go in yet.
00:36:29Pull up here.
00:36:30We'll walk the rest of the way.
00:36:42Just wait for me, please.
00:36:50You think I'm silly, don't you?
00:36:52On the contrary, I think it was a charming idea.
00:36:56You'll never know how much this evening is meant to me.
00:36:59You don't go dancing often, I take it?
00:37:02I never go dancing.
00:37:04Do you and your wife?
00:37:07My wife died 25 years ago.
00:37:10Oh.
00:37:11That's why you said you hadn't danced in 25 years, at least.
00:37:14I haven't done much of anything, since then, except work.
00:37:20You loved her very much, of course.
00:37:23Of course.
00:37:24People don't love each other like that anymore.
00:37:27No.
00:37:28Life's become too complicated.
00:37:31Young men these days are afraid to marry,
00:37:33until they can offer their wives all the frills of security and comfort.
00:37:40I don't think it was that way with us.
00:37:44I loved my wife.
00:37:46I loved my work.
00:37:48Life somehow just went on with a sort of simple grace.
00:37:59Are you leaving tomorrow?
00:38:01Unfortunately, very early tomorrow.
00:38:08I'm sorry.
00:38:10I don't know what's the matter with me.
00:38:12But I've been so happy tonight.
00:38:14So really happy.
00:38:16It's been so long.
00:38:18Good night.
00:38:19Good night.
00:38:21Good night.
00:38:22Good night.
00:38:37Listen, don't give me that he wanted to talk business routine.
00:38:40Funny, but every time I want to talk business, you're always too busy.
00:38:43But it's true, Mr. McKinley.
00:38:45You know, as a rule, I never mix business and pleasure.
00:38:47I only thought that Mr. Gallagher and I could take some of the office burdens off your shoulders.
00:38:51Office burdens?
00:38:51Well, that's a new one.
00:38:53And another thing.
00:38:54Since when do you have to dress up like that for a business conference?
00:38:58Okay.
00:38:59Tell Gallagher I'll take up this matter with him in the morning.
00:39:02Good night.
00:39:05You two must have closed up the joint.
00:39:14By George, you're really a good-looking woman, Lucille.
00:39:18And did he go for you?
00:39:19Couldn't take his eyes off you.
00:39:23What did you do after I left?
00:39:27Louis, I want a divorce.
00:39:31What?
00:39:33You love me, Louis.
00:39:35What the devil has that got to do with it?
00:39:37Answer me.
00:39:38Do you?
00:39:41Well, how do you like that?
00:39:43She meets a guy one night, and right away she starts yapping about, do I love her?
00:39:47What's the matter?
00:39:48Isn't my money good enough for you anymore?
00:39:51Haven't I supported you in the style to which you're accustomed?
00:39:54Yeah, and your whole family, too, for 20 years.
00:39:57You don't understand.
00:39:59You've never understood.
00:40:00Oh, yes, I do.
00:40:01I understand, all right.
00:40:02It's you that's cockeyed, but you're not going to get away with it.
00:40:04So you might as well get any tomfool ideas about divorce right out of your head.
00:40:08Please.
00:40:10Let's don't argue about it.
00:40:12We've been married 20 years.
00:40:14Sounds kind of silly to be talking this way after 20 years, doesn't it?
00:40:18I'm sorry it's turned out so badly, but I've been so miserable.
00:40:23Not so fast.
00:40:24I want to know what happened tonight.
00:40:25I told you nothing happened.
00:40:27Don't give me that.
00:40:28What happened?
00:40:31It's just that tonight, for the first time in years, I've known what it's like to be admired
00:40:37and respected, to be treated the way a woman wants to be treated.
00:40:42I know you think it's silly, but it's true.
00:40:47Just once more before I turn the corner, I want to know what love is.
00:40:53Well, that's just great.
00:40:55That's just wonderful.
00:40:56You know a man 20 minutes, and it's love and bloom.
00:41:00Oh, I realize I'll probably never see him again.
00:41:03But I can go on the rest of my life, just dreaming about tonight.
00:41:09Well, how do you like that?
00:41:10We've been married 20 years, and now you're in love.
00:41:28Oh, that looks nice.
00:41:40Only $20 down.
00:41:42Yeah, but with the present credit system in this country, controls and all that.
00:41:46Joe, we're talking about a bedroom suite.
00:41:51My, my, obsolete.
00:41:56Deprexia of CM.
00:41:57So I'm crazy, am I?
00:41:59I'm drunk.
00:42:00Look at him.
00:42:00Grandpa, your beard.
00:42:04Dad.
00:42:05Look, Mr. Hodges, before you say a word, will you do me a favor?
00:42:08Will you tell these people this?
00:42:09Dad, what have you done to yourself?
00:42:11What happened?
00:42:11You stay out of this.
00:42:12I want to get this matter settled first.
00:42:14Once and for all, are you or are you not the president of Consolidated Motors?
00:42:18My boy, you've no idea what I am.
00:42:21There.
00:42:22There.
00:42:22You see?
00:42:23I told you so, but nobody'd believe me.
00:42:24Oh, no.
00:42:25But why, Grandpa?
00:42:26Why did you do it?
00:42:27I wanted my job back.
00:42:29And just for that, you go out and pretend you're president of Consolidated Motors?
00:42:33I didn't count on it's getting so involved, Ella.
00:42:36I thought I'd just establish a new hiring policy and then come home.
00:42:39You didn't count on it's getting so involved.
00:42:42Boy, that's a good one.
00:42:43Get a load of this.
00:42:45Oh, an atrocious picture.
00:42:46You'd think with all the photographers there are in this town, at least one would have got me in focus.
00:42:51I give up.
00:42:51Honestly, I give up.
00:42:53My own father.
00:42:54Pardon me for asking, Grandpa, but what happens tomorrow when the real president of Consolidated Motors finds out he made
00:43:00a speech today?
00:43:01I'm sure I don't know, Della, but I must say it reads like a very good speech.
00:43:06I'll tell you what's going to happen.
00:43:07Well, this is what's called confidence work, like selling phony stock.
00:43:11You can get five years in jail for this sort of thing.
00:43:13Really?
00:43:14So much?
00:43:15Personally, I give them 24 hours before they put you in jail.
00:43:18Unless, of course, you'd turn yourself in.
00:43:20That way, they might be a little more lenient.
00:43:21I was in a show once where this fella pretends he's somebody else, only he ain't.
00:43:26Oh, boy, what they did to him.
00:43:28Holy smoke, I just thought of something.
00:43:30That jerk Erickson.
00:43:32I told him about it, and he's just the sort of heel that'll turn you in because he knows he'll
00:43:35probably get a promotion for it.
00:43:38Just my luck.
00:43:39He turns you in, and they make him assistant head of personnel.
00:43:42You sure about that?
00:43:43He'd turn his own mother in to get that promotion.
00:43:46He's that type.
00:43:46Well, then why don't you turn him in?
00:43:48Why should that other jerk get all the credit?
00:43:50I couldn't do a thing like that.
00:43:52Oh, don't be so noble all of a sudden.
00:43:54You want to marry Alice, don't you?
00:43:55Well, yes, but I...
00:43:56And you can't or you won't till you get that promotion.
00:43:59No, but that's...
00:44:00There's no buts about it.
00:44:01This is your big chance.
00:44:02I can't do a thing like that, Mrs. Hodges.
00:44:04Why, if it weren't for him, I'd never even have known Alice.
00:44:07Somebody's gonna turn him in.
00:44:09Not me.
00:44:10Listen, Grandpa, will you tell Rover Boy here that he ain't putting you behind the eight ball if he turns
00:44:15you in?
00:44:16Joe's of age.
00:44:17He can make his own decision.
00:44:19I've already made my decision.
00:44:21I'm not gonna do it.
00:44:22Well, for goodness sake, why not?
00:44:23You've all accused me of being just a man of facts and figures and economics, well, you're wrong.
00:44:28I'm also a man of heart and blood and soul, and I'm not gonna do it.
00:44:33I've got principles.
00:44:35Joe.
00:44:37Well, how do you like that?
00:44:39After all the time he spent hanging around this house, all of a sudden he's got principles.
00:44:44Good night, all.
00:44:46You're really a wonderful person, Joe.
00:44:48Oh, she was nuts, even if she is your mother.
00:44:50Well, in this awful world where everybody's cutting everybody else's throat, you still have some decency left.
00:44:57I'm proud of you, Joe.
00:44:59Yeah.
00:44:59You have real dignity.
00:45:02Yeah?
00:45:05I love you, Joe.
00:45:20I love you, Joe.
00:45:49Grandpa, I've just made a wonderful discovery.
00:45:51Really?
00:45:53I've just realized that you're a great man.
00:45:55Ha-ha!
00:45:56I guess I'm beginning to grow up at last, Grandpa, to understand things.
00:46:00What kind of things, my dear?
00:46:02Dignity.
00:46:03That's the word, dignity.
00:46:05All of a sudden it came to me like a flash of lightning, that there's nothing so important as a
00:46:09person's own dignity.
00:46:11It's more important than maintaining a high standard of living or even being assistant to the head of some old
00:46:17department.
00:46:18And that's what this was all about, wasn't it?
00:46:21You were fighting for your dignity.
00:46:23The dignity of your work.
00:46:24And for that, you were willing to take on the whole complex world.
00:46:29I think you're a wonderful man, Grandpa.
00:46:32Thank you, my dear.
00:46:33Good night.
00:46:37Good night.
00:47:01Good night.
00:47:04Good night.
00:47:13In our time, we have grown accustomed to the machine age and its coldness.
00:47:18Mr. Cleveland's fine speech has given us a new realization of honor and humanity,
00:47:22as well as a truer understanding of the individual's place in our American culture.
00:47:27Our hat is off to Mr. Cleveland.
00:47:29He is a great American.
00:47:31Read what that paper there has to say, Mr. Cleveland?
00:47:34Not yet.
00:47:34It says, God bless Mr. Cleveland and Consolidated Motors.
00:47:38They've restored our faltering faith.
00:47:40That sure was some speech, Mr. Cleveland.
00:47:42Kind of makes you proud to be an American.
00:47:44Yeah.
00:47:46I've never seen anything like it.
00:47:48There must be 10,000.
00:47:50This isn't even half of them.
00:47:53Listen, Clancy.
00:47:54Of course, I'm only head of public relations around here.
00:47:57I suppose it would be too much trouble for anybody to tell me when the boss is going to make
00:48:01a speech.
00:48:01Don't blame me.
00:48:02I didn't know any more about it than you did.
00:48:04He told me he was going to the ball game yesterday afternoon.
00:48:06What a speech.
00:48:07This will sell a million cars.
00:48:08And look what's happened to the market.
00:48:09Opened two points up straight across the board.
00:48:11I've seen this.
00:48:14That's cute.
00:48:15Yes, sir.
00:48:15I bet the rest of the industry's tearing their hair out right now.
00:48:18Well, there's something fishy about all this.
00:48:20Unless I'm out of my mind, I was having luncheon with Mr. Cleveland at the plaza at 1 o'clock
00:48:24yesterday.
00:48:25Oh, now take it easy, Bill.
00:48:26You better lay off that hooch.
00:48:27That's when he was making this speech.
00:48:29Well, maybe 1.15, 1.30.
00:48:31But I know it was yesterday.
00:48:32Hey, Harold, what's the big idea?
00:48:33Set up a special meeting of the executive committee in my office at 11 o'clock.
00:48:36And get my lawyer.
00:48:39To sum it up, gentlemen,
00:48:40it appears that this person's speech has not only caught the public's fancy
00:48:43and brought this company a great deal of goodwill,
00:48:46but it's had a profound effect on the whole market.
00:48:48Indeed, on the whole business structure of America.
00:48:51The question now is,
00:48:53what are we going to do about it?
00:48:55There's only one thing we can do.
00:48:57Categorically deny the whole thing.
00:48:58And categorically deny ourselves $25 million?
00:49:02Well, if we don't deny it,
00:49:03you can bet that somebody else will.
00:49:04Then where will we be?
00:49:05You're a lawyer, Joe.
00:49:06What do you think?
00:49:07Well, frankly, it looks to me
00:49:08like a carefully planned maneuver.
00:49:10Not only to create a bull market,
00:49:12but to put consolidated motors in an awkward spot.
00:49:14Maybe, though, actually,
00:49:16when you analyze it,
00:49:17the speech doesn't really say anything
00:49:18except what we've all been saying.
00:49:20About individual initiative,
00:49:22keeping our shoulders to the wheel,
00:49:23and giving a bunch of old men some jobs.
00:49:26If you ask me,
00:49:27I'd say it's the work of a crackpot.
00:49:28I disagree.
00:49:30I've read the speech a dozen times.
00:49:32I don't find any crackpot ideas in it.
00:49:34In fact, I consider it a splendid speech.
00:49:36I'm inclined to agree with everything it says.
00:49:38No, Ernest,
00:49:39the thing that worries me is,
00:49:40why didn't I make that speech?
00:49:42What?
00:49:43You're paid a handsome salary
00:49:44to handle the public relations of this company.
00:49:46Here's a fine business talk that I could have made.
00:49:49Now, why didn't you think of it for me?
00:49:50But, but, Mr. Cleveland, I, I...
00:49:52In fact, why didn't I think of it for myself?
00:49:55For that matter,
00:49:56why didn't some of you other gentlemen
00:49:57think of it for yourselves?
00:50:01Well, I think Mr. Cleveland has a point there.
00:50:03Now, my suggestion is that for the time being,
00:50:05at least until we can make an investigation...
00:50:07I've already taken steps to do that.
00:50:08Then I move we just sit tight.
00:50:10I second the motion.
00:50:11All in favor?
00:50:12Aye.
00:50:12Aye.
00:50:14Gentlemen, I know I don't have to caution anyone here
00:50:16that this is a matter of utmost secrecy.
00:50:19Good day.
00:50:31Uh, hey, Frank.
00:50:33Yeah?
00:50:34You remember my telling you yesterday
00:50:37about the president of Consolidated Motors
00:50:39and how it was really an old guy
00:50:40in our handpress department?
00:50:41So?
00:50:42You haven't told anybody yet, have you?
00:50:44Well, hardly.
00:50:46Well, do me a favor and don't.
00:50:49It's a long story I can't explain,
00:50:51but, uh, just take my word and don't.
00:50:53Sure.
00:50:53Thanks.
00:50:56Well, see you around.
00:51:44Mr. Gallagher, there's something going on around here
00:51:46that I think ought to be brought to Mr. McKinley's attention immediately.
00:51:49What sort of something?
00:51:51This whole Consolidated Motors thing, sir, it's just a gag.
00:51:55What whole Consolidated Motors thing?
00:51:57The man that was here yesterday inspecting the plant
00:51:59is not the president of Consolidated Motors.
00:52:01He's a printer in our handpress department.
00:52:04What's that you got behind your back, Erickson?
00:52:06Dirty pictures?
00:52:07Oh, no, sir.
00:52:09This is the file on him.
00:52:11The file on who?
00:52:12On this man who everybody thinks is the president of Consolidated Motors.
00:52:16The one who made that speech at the Chamber of Commerce yesterday?
00:52:19Listen, are you drunk?
00:52:20Oh, no, sir.
00:52:22Well, then what's itching you?
00:52:23What are you driving at?
00:52:24Only that the man that was here yesterday inspecting the plant was an imposter.
00:52:27He pretended to be Harold P. Cleveland, the president of Consolidated Motors,
00:52:30and he's not.
00:52:31He's John Hodge as a printer.
00:52:32Listen, Erickson, if this is a gag, I don't like it.
00:52:35I know it sounds fantastic, sir.
00:52:37You're getting to be something of a screwball.
00:52:38You know that, don't you?
00:52:40Me, sir?
00:52:41I've got to make my choice for a new assistant around here pretty soon,
00:52:44and I don't mind telling you you're not giving me a very good impression.
00:52:47But it's not a gag, sir.
00:52:48It's true.
00:52:49Honest, it is.
00:52:50What's true?
00:52:50The president of Consolidated Motors that was here yesterday
00:52:52was not the real president of Consolidated Motors.
00:52:55The real president is a man named Harold P. Cleveland.
00:52:58The man that was here yesterday is John Hodges,
00:53:00who works in our handpress department.
00:53:01All you have to do is look at his picture right here in the file, sir.
00:53:04Never mind the file.
00:53:05Now, let me get this straight.
00:53:06You say the whole world thinks the man who inspected our plant yesterday
00:53:09was the president of Consolidated Motors.
00:53:10Is that it?
00:53:11Yes, sir.
00:53:11And then he made the speech at the Chamber of Commerce.
00:53:13Mr. McKinley thinks he was the president of Consolidated Motors?
00:53:16The papers think so.
00:53:17The Chamber of Commerce thinks so.
00:53:19But you don't.
00:53:20You think he's a measly little printer on a handpress department.
00:53:22I'm sorry if you refuse to believe me, Mr. Gallagher.
00:53:24Oh, don't be silly, Erickson.
00:53:25Of course I believe you.
00:53:27And by the way, my name isn't Gallagher.
00:53:30I'm Harry Truman, president of the United States.
00:53:32And you're not Erickson.
00:53:34You're Princess Elizabeth's baby.
00:53:35Bonnie Prince Charlie, remember?
00:53:37But, Mr. Gallagher...
00:53:37Get out of here.
00:53:38And the next time you come in with one of your fool stories,
00:53:40I'll have you locked up in the padded cell.
00:53:42Now, get out!
00:53:54Mr. McKinley, in?
00:53:56Who's calling, please?
00:53:57Kleinbaum's her name.
00:53:58Mr. Regal.
00:53:59Mr. McKinley's in conference.
00:54:01Perhaps if I could help you.
00:54:02I hear you had quite a bit of excitement around here yesterday.
00:54:05Excitement?
00:54:06What kind of excitement?
00:54:07With Mr. Cleveland, I mean.
00:54:09Oh, yes, of course.
00:54:11Mr. Cleveland.
00:54:12Did you meet him, miss?
00:54:13Meet him?
00:54:14I took dictation from him.
00:54:16Yeah?
00:54:17I'll tell you whilst he sent us.
00:54:21Just a moment.
00:54:34Mr. McKinley, we'll see you now.
00:54:36Thank you, miss.
00:54:56How do you feel?
00:54:57Oh, here, take a swallow of this.
00:55:02Yeah.
00:55:04There, you'll be okay.
00:55:05You sent for the doctor.
00:55:06I don't want a doctor.
00:55:07And you keep out of here, too.
00:55:09I was only trying to help.
00:55:14Of course you understand this must be handled with absolute secrecy, Mr. McKinley.
00:55:18Don't worry.
00:55:19I'm the guy that was taken.
00:55:22Why, if this ever gets out, they'll laugh me right out of town.
00:55:26Don't excite yourself, Mr. McKinley.
00:55:27Why shouldn't I excite myself?
00:55:29My whole life's been disrupted.
00:55:31First, my wife wants a divorce.
00:55:33Now I faint.
00:55:35All on account of this phony.
00:55:37Oh, the crook.
00:55:39The dirty, low-down crook.
00:55:40I took him to my house for dinner.
00:55:42Just wait till I tell my wife.
00:55:44Oh, boy.
00:55:45Well, I laugh right in her face.
00:55:47Falling for a phony.
00:55:49Well, we take a look around.
00:55:50Yes, sir.
00:55:51If we find out anything, we'll let you know.
00:55:52Meanwhile, you get any idea of yourself, you would live in a palace.
00:55:56Oh, boy.
00:55:58Well, I laugh right in her face.
00:56:04I've got to see Mr. McKinley right away.
00:56:06It's a matter of life and death.
00:56:07What's the name?
00:56:08Mr. Erickson of the personnel department.
00:56:09Personnel.
00:56:10Mr. Gallagher's department.
00:56:11That's right.
00:56:11And please hurry.
00:56:13Mr. McKinley's very busy.
00:56:14He can't see anyone.
00:56:15I think Mr. McKinley would rather have things go right along as usual, miss.
00:56:27Mr. Erickson of the personnel department to see you, Mr. McKinley.
00:56:30Who the devil is Mr. Erickson of the personnel department?
00:56:33I assure you, I haven't the faintest idea, Mr. McKinley.
00:56:36Only he says it's extremely urgent.
00:56:37Oh, he does, does he?
00:56:39Really, Mr. McKinley, I'm only trying to...
00:56:41Okay, okay, send him in.
00:56:42Why not?
00:56:43The more, the merrier.
00:56:52Well?
00:56:53Mr. McKinley, I have reason to believe that the man who was here yesterday, posing as
00:56:56a president of Consolidated Motors, was really an imposter.
00:56:59How would you like to be fired?
00:57:01Sir?
00:57:02Listen, you halfwit.
00:57:03If you dare breathe another word of what you've just said to me to a single soul, I'll
00:57:06have you thrown out of here on those pencil-striped pants of yours.
00:57:09Mr. McKinley has a man's file right here, his picture.
00:57:11Shut up and get out of here before I brain you.
00:57:13Yes, sir.
00:57:13Wait a minute.
00:57:14Yes, sir.
00:57:14Give me that file.
00:57:15Yes, sir.
00:57:16Mr. McKinley, control yourself.
00:57:18Go fry an egg.
00:57:19Well.
00:57:21Oh.
00:57:22Well, thank you.
00:57:23Don't do anything until you hear further from me.
00:57:25Goodbye.
00:57:26Kleinbaum, he says the man works right there in the plant.
00:57:29The police been notified?
00:57:30Well, wait a minute.
00:57:31You want to break this thing wide open?
00:57:32But you can't let a low common thief, a confidence man, go around professing to be
00:57:37president of Consolidated Motors.
00:57:38Well, keep your shirt on.
00:57:40Nobody's suffered any great damages.
00:57:42In fact, when you come right down to it, it's...
00:57:43Wait till you get a load of this, straight from Union Headquarters.
00:57:46Listen.
00:57:47Since Mr. Cleveland has shown a willingness to see labor's point of view, and since the United Automobile
00:57:50workers are just as eager as Mr. Cleveland to maintain the nation's economic strength,
00:57:53we hereby pledge ourselves to arbitrate all current differences in the same spirit of
00:57:59this speech.
00:57:59How do you like that?
00:58:00Why, this is absolutely the most ridiculous position the company has ever been in.
00:58:04Looks like we're saddled with that fool's speech whether we like it or not.
00:58:07That's right.
00:58:07If we deny it now, we'll be accused of trifling with the future prosperity of America.
00:58:11As a matter of fact, in view of the sharp market rise, I'm not sure that those of us who
00:58:16have
00:58:16bought Consolidated Motor Stock recently wouldn't end up in jail.
00:58:21Gentlemen, my advice is to emulate that estimable creature of the sea, the clam, and say absolutely
00:58:28nothing.
00:58:28I still say there's something screwy about a simple little printer pulling a trick like
00:58:33this.
00:58:34That's possible, but if so, let's just hope he gets away with it.
00:58:36Fancy.
00:58:37Have my car here at six o'clock and phone my home and say I won't be there for dinner.
00:58:41That's all, gentlemen.
00:58:43Well, I still think...
00:58:46Just wait till you get a load of...
00:58:48What the devil is this?
00:58:50It's the suitcase I bought 12 years ago, when we were supposed to take that trip to Europe.
00:58:55What's it doing here?
00:58:56I'm going away.
00:58:58Listen, if you've got a fool notion like that, you better get it out of your head, because
00:59:01I got news for you.
00:59:02And you better get a good hold on the bed, because when you faint, I don't want you banging
00:59:05your head on the floor.
00:59:06What would you say if I told you we had a phony to dinner last night?
00:59:09A what?
00:59:10A phony.
00:59:11That bird's no more president of Consolidated Motors than I am.
00:59:14He's a crook, an imposter, but don't worry, I'll send him to jail if it's the last thing
00:59:19I do.
00:59:19Here, here's a whole record on him.
00:59:21Just look for yourself.
00:59:24Who is he?
00:59:25A printer.
00:59:27In my own hand press department.
00:59:29John Hodges.
00:59:30How do you like that?
00:59:31Why, I think it's wonderful.
00:59:33What?
00:59:34I said I think it's wonderful.
00:59:36Look, I'm in no mood for jokes.
00:59:37Now unpack that suitcase and come on down to dinner.
00:59:40But I won't be here for dinner.
00:59:41I'm leaving.
00:59:42Now listen, just because some measly $62 a week printer in my own factory dances the rumba...
00:59:47Last night, for the first time, he made me realize just how empty my life has been.
00:59:53And stop crying.
00:59:54You know I can't stand tears.
00:59:57Well, at least tell me, what have I done?
01:00:00You've killed my life for me.
01:00:01That's what you've done.
01:00:02You've never loved me.
01:00:03Not for one moment.
01:00:05I'm 40 years old.
01:00:0643.
01:00:07And I just can't go on being treated like a stick of furniture any longer.
01:00:11I have as much right to love as anybody.
01:00:13Even if I am 40.
01:00:15What you said.
01:00:19Have you really been so miserable, Lucille?
01:00:22I'm sorry if I've made life so unbearable for you.
01:00:25I didn't know I was doing it.
01:00:27Well, maybe it's not all your fault, Louis.
01:00:29You can't help being what you are.
01:00:31But you are what you are, and I can't stand it any longer.
01:00:36Who's going to tell Willie?
01:00:40I'll tell him.
01:00:41Lucille, this is a terrible thing that we're doing.
01:00:43I don't like divorce.
01:00:45I was brought up not to believe in divorce.
01:00:47We were married in a church, and there's something unholy about a divorce.
01:00:50I wish you'd weighed this decision carefully.
01:00:53Oh.
01:01:00Willie.
01:01:01Hello, Mom.
01:01:02I'm starved.
01:01:03Yes, dear, I know.
01:01:04Willie, I have a shock for you.
01:01:07But I think you're old enough and sensitive enough to understand.
01:01:10Sure.
01:01:10What is it?
01:01:13Your father and I, we're separating.
01:01:17We're getting a divorce.
01:01:19Divorce?
01:01:21Is it a very big shock to you, dear?
01:01:23Is it a shock?
01:01:25Boy, is that some question.
01:01:26Of course it's a shock.
01:01:27Naturally, it's a shock.
01:01:28Oh, I'm sorry, dear.
01:01:30I didn't mean to shock you.
01:01:31But I thought it would be better if I came straight out and told you.
01:01:34Here, sit down, darling, please.
01:01:36I don't want to sit down.
01:01:37I don't feel like sitting down.
01:01:39You're angry with me.
01:01:41I'm not angry.
01:01:42I'm just upset, that's all.
01:01:44What's so surprising about being upset?
01:01:46You'd be upset, too, under the circumstances.
01:01:48Oh, dear, I didn't mean to upset you.
01:01:51Actually, I'm quite upset myself.
01:01:54I feel terrible.
01:01:56Right here in my stomach.
01:01:57Willie, you're not going to be sick.
01:01:59I don't know.
01:02:01I must have some kind of psychosomatic disorder.
01:02:03It hits me right here in my stomach.
01:02:06Oh, dear.
01:02:07I don't know what to say.
01:02:10I've never felt so miserable in my whole life.
01:02:14I'm going away.
01:02:17Where?
01:02:18I don't know.
01:02:20To my family in Maryland, I suppose.
01:02:23Of course, they'll be furious with me.
01:02:25They'll want me to come straight back and apologize to your father.
01:02:27But I just couldn't do that.
01:02:31Oh.
01:02:37Goodbye, dear.
01:02:42Go take some aromatic spirits of ammonia.
01:02:44Then lie down flat.
01:02:50Where's your mother?
01:02:51Gone.
01:02:52Gone? Gone where?
01:02:53To Maryland.
01:02:53I feel sick.
01:02:55I'm sick of my stomach.
01:02:56Listen, I've got no time for you and your stomach.
01:02:57I've got to stop her.
01:02:58That's a fine thing to say, a fine thing.
01:03:00My mother comes in and says, don't get sick, but your father and I are getting a divorce.
01:03:04Then my father comes in and says...
01:03:05All right, all right.
01:03:06Take some soda water.
01:03:08I'll head her off at the railroad station.
01:03:09You stay here.
01:03:10If she comes back, don't let her out of the house again.
01:03:14I think I'm going to be sick all over the place.
01:03:17And that'll show them.
01:03:20Alice.
01:03:21Alice, I got it.
01:03:22I got it.
01:03:23Got what?
01:03:24The job, the promotion.
01:03:24Oh, Joe, that's wonderful.
01:03:27Now, can we get married?
01:03:28You said it.
01:03:29Just name the day and I'll be there with Bellsown.
01:03:30See, I knew.
01:03:31All you had to do was tell that Mr. Gallagher...
01:03:33I didn't tell him.
01:03:33I didn't tell him anything.
01:03:34He just called me in and said, Joe, that Erickson's nutty in a fruitcake.
01:03:37How'd you like to be my new assistant?
01:03:40Congratulations, my boy.
01:03:42You're on your way.
01:03:43Someday, if you're not careful, you may even be a Mr. McKinley.
01:03:46Yes, sir.
01:03:47However, don't forget one thing.
01:03:49There's more in life than mere success, young man.
01:03:52Or rather, you should make up your mind what you mean by success.
01:03:55Remember, it's not just having a job.
01:03:57It's not just making money.
01:03:59It isn't?
01:04:00In fact, it has nothing to do with those things.
01:04:02It's what a man gets out of his work that matters.
01:04:04Are you doing something you like?
01:04:06Are you aware of the essential dignity of what you're doing with your hands, with your mind?
01:04:11Well, I certainly...
01:04:11First of all, there's a stewardship of responsibility that one of your generation...
01:04:15Yeah, well, there's the beer.
01:04:17What beer?
01:04:17The beer I ordered to celebrate our engagement, you dope.
01:04:20A case, a whole case.
01:04:22Wait.
01:04:22How do you know it's the beer?
01:04:23Maybe it's the police.
01:04:24The police?
01:04:25Oh, my goodness.
01:04:26I'll go.
01:04:31Yes?
01:04:32Does a...
01:04:33a Mr. John Hodges live here?
01:04:36Who's calling, please?
01:04:38Mrs. Lewis McKinley.
01:04:40McKinley?
01:04:40Oh, I'm sorry.
01:04:41He's gone to the country.
01:04:42Oh, let Mrs. McKinley in.
01:04:44You're...
01:04:45You're...
01:04:45John Hodges.
01:04:46I dyed my whiskers.
01:04:48You must excuse my granddaughter's behavior, but you see, we were expecting the police.
01:04:51So naturally, she was suspicious.
01:04:53This is the rest of our family.
01:04:55My son, George.
01:04:56My daughter-in-law.
01:04:57Hello.
01:04:58And Mr. Elliot, the young man who thought you were a case of beer.
01:05:01How do you do?
01:05:02How do you do?
01:05:03Uh, may I see you for a moment alone, please?
01:05:06Certainly.
01:05:06Come into my bedroom.
01:05:09His bedroom.
01:05:11So what?
01:05:12After what's been going on in this house for the last 24 hours, you're going to draw the line at
01:05:16a bedroom?
01:05:17So what?
01:05:19No, please.
01:05:20Don't turn on the lights.
01:05:21Not yet.
01:05:22Well, it's a little compromising, isn't it, not having the lights on?
01:05:25Well, I...
01:05:27I'd like to feel a little compromise.
01:05:32I'm leaving my husband.
01:05:34Really?
01:05:35May I ask why?
01:05:38I...
01:05:41Well, I...
01:05:43I told him I was in love with you.
01:05:45With me?
01:05:47But that's ridiculous.
01:05:48You've only seen me once.
01:05:50That doesn't matter.
01:05:51I know you for what you are.
01:05:53A gallant and wonderful man who respects me and acts like a gentleman.
01:05:56Even if you are what my husband said you are.
01:05:59A phony.
01:06:00Did your husband say that?
01:06:02He said some terrible things about you.
01:06:04He said you're a crook and an imposter and he's going to put you in jail.
01:06:07But I don't care.
01:06:08I'll stand by you.
01:06:09I'll even go to court and testify for you.
01:06:11And you can testify for me.
01:06:13Mrs. McKinley, I'm going to turn on the lights.
01:06:15Oh, no, please.
01:06:16Not yet.
01:06:17Yes, Mrs. McKinley.
01:06:18Now, immediately.
01:06:20Mrs. McKinley, though I may be everything that your husband says I am
01:06:23and everything that you believe me to be,
01:06:25I am emphatically not a correspondent in a divorce suit.
01:06:29Do I make myself clear?
01:06:31Then last night was just last night?
01:06:35Mrs. McKinley, you're a very handsome woman.
01:06:37You dance extremely well.
01:06:39You also have a gift for summing up a situation.
01:06:43Last night was simply last night.
01:06:46I'm sorry if my bluntness offends you,
01:06:48but I assure you I have no intention of coming to treat any man and his wife,
01:06:52especially one as impulsive as you are.
01:06:56Perhaps if I were 30 years younger...
01:06:59Oh, no, please.
01:07:00Don't blame yourself.
01:07:01I understand and I deserve this.
01:07:03I guess I'm just a silly woman who's made quite a fool of herself.
01:07:08Though it pains me to say so, you are.
01:07:11My husband and I have been married for 20 years and this is my first infidelity.
01:07:16You don't say.
01:07:17He married me because I was society and I married him for his money.
01:07:21Not that I couldn't have fallen in love with him.
01:07:23He's not bad looking, you know.
01:07:24On the contrary?
01:07:25He has a certain vibrance.
01:07:27Oh, yes, I'd say he's full of vibrance.
01:07:29Sometimes there's something almost exciting about him.
01:07:33Only he's not in love with me.
01:07:35How can you be so sure?
01:07:37Well, at first I thought he might be in love with me.
01:07:39I can remember he used to kiss me with all the tenderness of a...
01:07:43of a...
01:07:44A wild stallion?
01:07:47Then after a while he never kissed me at all.
01:07:50Life was just a succession of fur coats and invitations to dinner.
01:07:55That's all I've been.
01:07:56An invitation to dinner.
01:07:58Mrs. McKinley, do you know what I think?
01:08:00I think you're in love with your husband.
01:08:02Me?
01:08:03I have an idea that if you were to kiss him once, just once,
01:08:06with all the tenderness of a...
01:08:08of a...
01:08:10Wild mare?
01:08:12Mrs. McKinley, I think we both need some coffee.
01:08:15Let's get out of here.
01:08:17I knew this would come in handy.
01:08:19Here, hang on to that.
01:08:23Serviette?
01:08:25Hey, a beer.
01:08:26I'll get it.
01:08:31Yes?
01:08:32My name is Harold P. Cleveland.
01:08:34I'm looking for Mr. John Hodges.
01:08:38They're here.
01:08:39Who?
01:08:40Some man who says he's Harold P. Cleveland.
01:08:42The one with the black beard?
01:08:43That was Grandpa.
01:08:45Here, I'll handle this.
01:08:50You got a warrant?
01:08:51No.
01:08:51Nobody gets in here without a warrant.
01:08:54Who is it now?
01:08:56Some flatfoot pretending he's Harold P. Cleveland.
01:08:58Who does he think he's fooling?
01:09:00Anybody knows that Harold P. Cleveland wouldn't be coming here personally to make the arrest.
01:09:07Good evening, sir.
01:09:08You were looking for me?
01:09:09You're John Hodges.
01:09:09I am.
01:09:10I'm Harold P. Cleveland.
01:09:12How do you do, Mr. Cleveland?
01:09:13Won't you come in?
01:09:15Mr. Cleveland, I'd like you to meet my son George, my daughter-in-law Della.
01:09:19Hello.
01:09:19Mrs. McKinley, my granddaughter Alice, and her fiancé, Mr. Elliott.
01:09:24How do you do?
01:09:24We're celebrating their betrothal.
01:09:26Oh, congratulations.
01:09:27Take Mr. Cleveland's hat, Alice.
01:09:29Oh, no, thank you.
01:09:29I can only stay a moment.
01:09:30You're not Harold P. Cleveland.
01:09:32You can't fool us.
01:09:34But I am Harold P. Cleveland.
01:09:35If you don't believe me, my chauffeur is outside.
01:09:37Ask him.
01:09:38How do we know he's your chauffeur?
01:09:40Well, I don't usually carry much in my wallet.
01:09:43But here.
01:09:45Sorry I haven't my fingerprints.
01:09:47What is it you want, Mr. Cleveland?
01:09:49I just wanted to meet Mr. Hodges, that's all.
01:09:52I'd like an explanation.
01:09:53I think I deserve an explanation.
01:09:55I agree, Mr. Cleveland.
01:09:56Would you step in here, please?
01:09:58I don't mind telling you, Mr. Hodges,
01:09:59you've put Consolidated Motors in a highly ridiculous position
01:10:02with this escapade of yours.
01:10:03And while I'm told that technically you've committed no crime,
01:10:06I'd still like to know why you did it.
01:10:08Did I hear you say that I'd committed no crime?
01:10:10Probably not.
01:10:11At least that's what our lawyers say.
01:10:13And from the fees they get, they ought to know.
01:10:15Well, well.
01:10:16This is a pleasant surprise.
01:10:18My son here was sure that I'd go to jail for five years.
01:10:22Imagine that, George.
01:10:23No crime.
01:10:24What do you know?
01:10:25He really is the president of Consolidated Motors.
01:10:27He is?
01:10:28There's no doubt about it.
01:10:29Is that so?
01:10:32My, what a crazy evening this has been.
01:10:35First my daughter gets engaged,
01:10:37and then the president of Consolidated Motors drops in.
01:10:40Uh, Joseph, get the president of Consolidated Motors the chair.
01:10:45I declare when you stop to think of it,
01:10:47you know, nobody's gonna believe me when I tell them.
01:10:50They're gonna laugh right in my face.
01:10:53Somebody give him a piece of cake.
01:10:54Oh.
01:10:57It's a Lady Anne chocolate surprise.
01:10:59Well, uh, no, thank you.
01:11:01Oh, come on.
01:11:01I made it myself.
01:11:02My doctor doesn't allow me to eat cake.
01:11:04Oh?
01:11:05Why?
01:11:06You got diabetes?
01:11:08Well, no.
01:11:09It's something entirely different.
01:11:11Oh.
01:11:12I'm sorry.
01:11:14May I shake your hand, Mr. Cleveland?
01:11:16I'd like to tell the people at the plant
01:11:18that I shook the hand of the president of Consolidated Motors.
01:11:21Not that they'd believe me,
01:11:22but I'd like to tell them so anyway.
01:11:24That'll do, Joe.
01:11:26Maybe you'd like a cup of my special coffee, Mr. President.
01:11:29Everybody says what good coffee I make,
01:11:31even though I'm not the cook type.
01:11:33I was on the stage, you know.
01:11:35Maybe you saw me.
01:11:36No, I'm afraid I never had that privilege.
01:11:39Have you any saccharine?
01:11:40Saccharine?
01:11:41No, but we can get you some in just a minute.
01:11:43Hey, Joseph, run over next door and borrow a cup of saccharine.
01:11:46Oh, well, please don't bother.
01:11:48I'll take it just as it is.
01:11:49Only half cream.
01:11:50No bother at all.
01:11:52You sure you never saw me?
01:11:54I was billed as Della Robbia, the bombshell of song.
01:11:57I never went to the theater when I was a young man.
01:12:00And now, Mr. Hodges, I'd like to hear your story.
01:12:02Well, it's really a very silly story, Mr. Cleveland.
01:12:05In fact, when I look back on it, it seems absolutely incredible.
01:12:08Here you are.
01:12:10Excuse me.
01:12:11Now, don't go away.
01:12:11I'll be back in just a minute.
01:12:22Of course, going to the Chamber of Commerce was something I hadn't counted on.
01:12:25The beer.
01:12:28Mr. McKinley.
01:12:29I thought I'd find you here.
01:12:30Yes, Lewis.
01:12:30Okay, all right.
01:12:31I love you.
01:12:32Do you hear I love you?
01:12:33Now, come on home and stop this nonsense.
01:12:35I beg your pardon?
01:12:35You keep out of this, whoever you are.
01:12:37This is between me and my wife.
01:12:38Who are you anyway?
01:12:39Harold P. Cleveland, President of Consolidated...
01:12:40Listen, I've heard all the Cleveland that I want to hear.
01:12:42It's all right with me if I never hear that name again.
01:12:44You understand?
01:12:45Now, come on home, will you?
01:12:46I apologize for whatever I did.
01:12:48I said I apologize.
01:12:50You're right, Lewis.
01:12:51Only don't shout so.
01:12:52I'm not shouting.
01:12:53I just said I apologize.
01:12:55Yes, dear.
01:12:55I heard you.
01:12:56Dear?
01:12:57Did you call me dear?
01:12:59Yes, dear.
01:13:00Well, I'll be...
01:13:04Hodges, you're fired.
01:13:10Grandpa.
01:13:12Grandpa?
01:13:13Oh, I beg your pardon.
01:13:23Well, who the devil's car is that?
01:13:25Mr. Harold P. Cleveland, President of Consolidated Motors.
01:13:28Harold P. who's?
01:13:29The man you yelled at inside, dear.
01:13:32Oh.
01:13:33And that, Mr. Cleveland, is the whole story.
01:13:36And quite a story it is, Mr. Hodges.
01:13:38Pardon me for suggesting it, but I just happened to have this album laying around.
01:13:42And only this afternoon I said to myself,
01:13:44Della, if the right party...
01:13:46Oh, Della, there's no time for that now, after what's just happened.
01:13:49After what's just happened?
01:13:51Dad's been fired.
01:13:52That's what, fired.
01:13:53Fired?
01:13:54What, again?
01:13:55It's all right, Della.
01:13:56I knew all the time it wouldn't work.
01:13:58Oh, fired.
01:13:59And after all the trouble we've gone through.
01:14:02Mother, please.
01:14:03Okay, but it's a fine time to tell.
01:14:05It's right in front of the president of Consolidated Motors.
01:14:08If you've really been fired, Grandpa, what are you going to do?
01:14:11Well, I know one thing I won't do, and that's go sit in the park and feed the pigeons.
01:14:15How would you like to work with me in New York, Mr. Hodges?
01:14:18There's a little office next to mine.
01:14:20We could have it redecorated.
01:14:21Oh, Grandpa.
01:14:22For goodness sake, imagine New York.
01:14:24Maybe you could find a little apartment.
01:14:26I'm sorry, Mr. Cleveland, but I couldn't do that.
01:14:28You know the well-known hackneyed phrase,
01:14:30New York may be all right for a visit, but...
01:14:32Maybe you could live in Brooklyn.
01:14:34No, Della.
01:14:35Not even Brooklyn.
01:14:36Oh, it's a question of money.
01:14:38No, thank you.
01:14:39I make all the money I need right here.
01:14:42All the money you need?
01:14:44Listen, you just lost your job.
01:14:46And with the price of soup bones going on...
01:14:48I'm sorry, Della.
01:14:50You'd have lots of leisure.
01:14:52I'd only want you around for advice in public relations matters.
01:14:55Maybe we could go to a ballgame together occasionally.
01:14:58Thank you, Mr. Cleveland, but no.
01:15:00This is my home.
01:15:01My family's here.
01:15:03We're happy.
01:15:04That is as happy as people need to be.
01:15:06I have my health.
01:15:07I eat what I like.
01:15:09I drink my coffee without saccharine.
01:15:11I don't have to make speeches unless I want to.
01:15:14Go to board meetings.
01:15:15Worry about stockholders, unions, income taxes.
01:15:19Come to think of it, Mr. Cleveland, why don't you move out here?
01:15:22You're still young enough to get a good job.
01:15:24Now, please, Mr. Hodges, don't tempt me.
01:15:28Well, I must be running along.
01:15:30Good night, everybody.
01:15:30Good night, sir.
01:15:35Well, don't look at me.
01:15:36He's your father.
01:15:40I'm sorry you won't come with me, Mr. Hodges, but I think I see your point.
01:15:45As to your job at Acme Printing, I wouldn't worry about that if I were you.
01:15:49You heard Mr. McKinley fire me.
01:15:51Mr. McKinley apparently has high blood pressure.
01:15:54I'll send him a note tomorrow.
01:15:56No, I'll make it a directive that you're to have your job as long as you want it.
01:16:00Well, thank you.
01:16:01You've been very understanding.
01:16:02If there's ever anything I could do for you, well, you should ever get an idea for another
01:16:06good speech.
01:16:07It would be a pleasure, Mr. Cleveland.
01:16:09A pleasure indeed.
01:16:11You're a great man, Mr. Hodges.
01:16:12A truly great man.
01:16:14Thank you, Mr. Cleveland.
01:16:16So are you.
01:16:17Good night.
01:16:18Good night.
01:16:48Good night.
01:16:48Good night.
01:16:48Good night.
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