🕴️💼 Behind Office Doors (1931) | Pre-Code Romance & Ambition | Classic Drama 🎬💔 #fullmovie - video Dailymotion

Just-Trending

✨📈 In Behind Office Doors, the line between love and ambition blurs in this sharp and scandalous Pre-Code romantic drama. Set in a high-powered business world, a secretary uses her intelligence and charm to shape the future of the man she secretly loves.   📽️ Plot Summary:  Mary Linden (Mary Astor), a highly competent and loyal secretary, secretly pulls the strings to help her boss rise through the ranks of a paper company. But as his success grows, so does the distance between them. Will ambition overshadow affection?   🕰️ Year Released: 1931  🎭 Genre: Romance, Drama, Pre-Code Cinema  🎬 Directed by: Melville W. Brown  🎞️ Starring: Mary Astor, Robert Ames, Ricardo Cortez   🎯 Why Watch It?  ✔️ Glimpse into early 1930s workplace dynamics  ✔️ Strong female lead before the Hollywood Code  ✔️ Stylish sets and Pre-Code romantic tension  ✔️ Mary Astor's powerful, nuanced performance   🔔 Don’t forget to LIKE 👍 | COMMENT 💬 | SUBSCRIBE 🔔 for more vintage romance, Pre-Code gems, and forgotten film classics!   👇 Watch more Pre-Code and Early Hollywood films here:  📺 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYSxyPafGbnT7hNTlq29mZQJKn7wrNglY  ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━  🎞️ #BehindOfficeDoors #MaryAstor #PreCodeHollywood #1930sCinema #ClassicMovies #VintageDrama #PublicDomainFilm #OldHollywoodRomance #OfficePolitics  ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━  💼📠 Love, power, and ambition collide in Behind Office Doors (1931) — a bold Pre-Code tale of loyalty and desire.  ________________________________________

Transcript

00:00:00The

00:00:30Oh, my God.

00:01:00Oh, my God.

00:01:30Oh, my God.

00:02:00You've got to pay me first.

00:02:03Always it's the woman who pays and pays and pays.

00:02:06You think not?

00:02:08Hey, quit.

00:02:09That's it.

00:02:10Go on.

00:02:10Leave her alone.

00:02:11Go out of it.

00:02:12Give me a break.

00:02:13I'll give you a break.

00:02:14I'll break.

00:02:14Hey, Cobra.

00:02:16Pipe down them flaming youths or find yourself another fact.

00:02:20This ain't no speakeasy.

00:02:22I know it's the Biltmore, but who moved it over here to Third Avenue?

00:02:26She's funny that way.

00:02:32Let's pipe down.

00:02:33Come on, Mary.

00:02:34Give me a cut.

00:02:35Hello, Mary.

00:02:36How are you?

00:02:37Hello, Mary.

00:02:37What kept you so long?

00:02:39Listen.

00:02:39I know a good, quiet game if you boys won't dirty it up.

00:02:43Oh, we won't.

00:02:44Let's play truth.

00:02:45What's truth?

00:02:46It's a big moment for the boys.

00:02:47They can ask you any question they like, and you have to tell the truth.

00:02:51I'm going to be dumb and not learn how.

00:03:03Come on, Mary.

00:03:04You take a chance.

00:03:04Not me.

00:03:05I'm not here.

00:03:06Oh, you...

00:03:07Come on, Mary.

00:03:09This is going to be good if you know what I mean.

00:03:13Come on, now.

00:03:17Well, who are you?

00:03:19The name is Mary.

00:03:21And who is Mary?

00:03:23A Viking girl.

00:03:25The kind that heaven protects?

00:03:28Up to now.

00:03:32In love?

00:03:34Sure.

00:03:35Who, if?

00:03:37A man.

00:03:39What's his name?

00:03:41Even the census taker wouldn't ask a question like that.

00:03:44Guess that'll hold you for a couple.

00:03:49Pass her by, handsome.

00:03:50I'm a grass widow.

00:03:53You can go as far as you like.

00:03:58Pardon me.

00:03:59The villain still pursues her.

00:04:12So that's a swell way to get acquainted with that game.

00:04:15Let's go a step further.

00:04:19I'll buy you, Violet.

00:04:20Who's the lucky man?

00:04:39The one you're in love with?

00:04:41He's a big paper man.

00:04:43All wrapped up on your boss, I know.

00:04:46You should see my boss.

00:04:48He's so old that Shorts Kurtz came in 20 years too late for him to appreciate legs.

00:04:52Even yours?

00:04:58My turn now.

00:05:00Shoot.

00:05:02Name, color, present condition of servitude.

00:05:06Robert Wales.

00:05:08White, poor, honest.

00:05:11Ambition?

00:05:11Not to have to work for a living.

00:05:14So I could go to the south of France and write a book.

00:05:18What do you do for a living besides kissing strange girls in hallways?

00:05:22I work in a broker's office.

00:05:25In love?

00:05:27I am not.

00:05:29Married then.

00:05:31I don't believe in marriage.

00:05:33That's not a new line.

00:05:34Well, now it's my turn.

00:05:45Would you like my kissing you?

00:05:49We're playing truth, you know.

00:05:54Yes.

00:05:57And yet you say you're in love with another man.

00:06:00A man who called you Miss Landy when your name is Lyndon.

00:06:04Obviously isn't on kissing terms.

00:06:07And I'm human, believe it or not.

00:06:11I believe it so completely that I'm going to stake you to another little kiss.

00:06:16Do I have to?

00:06:17You do.

00:06:20Well, far be it from me, dearie.

00:06:24But Faye's established illegal relations with the drugstore and the gin awaits without.

00:06:29Without us.

00:06:30He can finish telling you the story of his life in the kitchen.

00:06:36I'd be just as safe right here in the bedroom.

00:06:39Yes, but with you two in the kitchen, a girl can powder her nose.

00:06:43Come on.

00:06:44Good night, Ronnie.

00:06:45You must come to the races with us again sometime.

00:06:46Oh, I'd love to.

00:06:47You must come to the races with us again sometime.

00:06:49Oh, I'd love to.

00:06:50Good night, Miss, uh, Landy.

00:06:52You must come to the races with us again sometime.

00:06:57Oh, I'd love to.

00:06:58Good night, Miss, uh, Landy.

00:07:02Lindon, you fool.

00:07:03Her name is Lindon.

00:07:05I know.

00:07:05But Mary likes men who forget her name.

00:07:06Good night, Loris.

00:07:07Good night, Mary.

00:07:08Oh, Scray.

00:07:09Oh, Scray.

00:07:10Oh, Scray.

00:07:11Oh, Scray.

00:07:12Oh, Scray.

00:07:12too. Good night, Miss Landy. Lyndon, you fool. Her name is Lyndon. I know, but Mary likes

00:07:24men who forget her name. Good night, Laurie. Good night, Mary. Oh, scray. You certainly

00:07:40fell for Ronnie like the breaking up of a hard winter. In the first place, I didn't. In the second

00:07:47place, what's it matter when he's just a handsome young Romeo with literary ambitions that make

00:07:51him practically no use to a girl? Say that again. He's just a poor, harmless, charming young

00:07:58idiot who thinks that marriage would ruin him as an author. Ronnie Wales is worth two million

00:08:04dollars. What? Nice, isn't it? But call your shots, Mary. I hear his wife's nice, too. His

00:08:13wife? I hear the kids are grand. Twins. Boys. What a man. Well, what a sap I've been. But

00:08:24why did he want to give me a song and dance like that? Oh, some say their wives are invalid.

00:08:28Some say their wives don't understand them. And some just say they're not married.

00:08:58though? Oh, I'm sorry. Reder and Company. Oh, Mary, I forgot to send that wire to the Wisconsin

00:09:07mill. Oh, I sent it after lunch. Oh, that's fine. Say, you know I forgot all about that sales

00:09:12meeting tomorrow? The sales department's been notified. Reder and Company. Yes, sir.

00:09:19You know, I forgot all about that sales meeting tomorrow.

00:09:22The sales department must be notified.

00:09:24Veteran Company.

00:09:25Yes, sir.

00:09:26Thank goodness.

00:09:27You never forget anything, do you?

00:09:28You do, though.

00:09:29Well, what now, Mary?

00:09:32Oh, my medicine.

00:09:34Well, I forgot that purposely.

00:09:35You take it when you get home.

00:09:36Yeah, yeah, all right.

00:09:37Good night, Mr. Elizondo.

00:09:49Give along, Gloria.

00:09:52I'll speak on the board.

00:09:53I have a few minutes anyway.

00:09:54Thanks, Mary.

00:09:55Good night, Alar.

00:09:56Now, there's only one child busy.

00:09:58That cheek in the sales department is trying to talk another blonde out of a date.

00:10:08Veteran Company.

00:10:09Hey, listen, Ed.

00:10:10She's got one of the swellest figures you ever looked at.

00:10:13I don't care anything about her swell figure.

00:10:15What I want to know is, has she got a friend?

00:10:18Do you pack a gun, girly?

00:10:31Oh, Mr. Donneen.

00:10:34Well, well, well, it's Miss, uh...

00:10:37Linden.

00:10:38Sure, Linden.

00:10:39Would you mind waiting a few moments in the sales department?

00:10:41Always glad to oblige.

00:10:48Well, how are the old man's arteries?

00:10:49And when's the old duck gonna pass out and give us young fellows a chance?

00:11:01Mr. Ritter's going to be on hand longer than some of the rest of us, perhaps.

00:11:02There's a dirty crack in that somewheres, but Deneen passes it by.

00:11:03The name is Mary, isn't it?

00:11:04Why don't we get the Crown Publishing Company's account?

00:11:06Office hours are from 9 to 5.30.

00:11:07Did you ever try wearing your hair a little fluffier?

00:11:10How close have you come to getting together with the Crown people?

00:11:12Well, the old man's arteries, and when's the old duck going to pass out and give us young fellows a chance?

00:11:16Mr. Ritter's going to be on hand longer than some of the rest of us, perhaps.

00:11:19The name is Mary, isn't it?

00:11:23Why don't we get the Crown Publishing Company's account?

00:11:25Office hours are from 9 to 5.30.

00:11:27Did you ever try wearing your hair a little fluffier?

00:11:31How close have you come to getting together with the Crown people?

00:11:35Say, listen, if I can't sell them, they can't be sold.

00:11:37Run your handsome blue eyes down there.

00:11:42Hmm.

00:11:43This seems to be a confidential memorandum of the Crown's yearly requirements.

00:11:47They'll take that order at 3.5% off list.

00:11:51Yeah, and I'll buy $20 gold pieces for 19 bucks.

00:11:55Mr. Ritter's going to offer the Crown people 3.5% off for that order tomorrow.

00:11:59Say, listen, Ritter wouldn't offer 3.5% off, sir.

00:12:06You know, that's a remarkable coincidence.

00:12:09That's my idea exactly.

00:12:11In fact, I was going to sound them out on a discount basis the first thing in the morning and see if Ritter would approve it.

00:12:16When I've just been wasting your time.

00:12:18Not at all, girlie, not at all.

00:12:21You meant well.

00:12:23I was just ahead of you, that's all.

00:12:26Mr. Bronson lives at 478 Park Avenue.

00:12:29He left his office about 10 minutes ago.

00:12:31You can catch him if you go right after him.

00:12:33Consider that Deneen is on his way.

00:12:35But why the night work, girlie?

00:12:38Well, Mr. Ritter, not being in your confidence, is going to personally telephone Mr. Bronson that discount at 8.30 a.m.

00:12:45And you won't get credit for the order.

00:12:48Hey!

00:12:49Let me know what I can do you a favor sometime.

00:12:54You can do me one right now.

00:12:56Name it, girlie.

00:12:58Try and remember that my name is Lyndon.

00:13:01Well, of course it's Lyndon.

00:13:03Hey, plug me in on the switchboard, will you?

00:13:05I want to break a blonde's heart.

00:13:07You big businessmen are so brutal.

00:13:09I know I shouldn't have listened, but at the same time, little girls shouldn't give away confidential tips to cheap salesmen.

00:13:33Why not give an ambitious youngster a break?

00:13:35Jim Deneen is no good.

00:13:37Hold your job long enough and you'll see Jim Deneen, the head of this company.

00:13:42Out of a city of six million people, why do you have to pick him?

00:13:48You weren't here when I first started, two years ago.

00:13:51It was my first job.

00:13:54I was scared to death.

00:13:56I'd have run away if it hadn't been for Jim Deneen.

00:13:59What'd he do?

00:14:00Offer to show you the pictures in his flat?

00:14:04He found me crying in the hall.

00:14:07Kidded me along.

00:14:09Told me to keep up a bluff.

00:14:11But everybody in the world was bluffing.

00:14:16Oh, he don't look like no big brother to me.

00:14:19Well, I've just tried to pay him back for the way he helped me.

00:14:22You're goofy about him.

00:14:24Maybe.

00:14:26He don't even know you wear silk stockings.

00:14:28I'm protecting my job, too.

00:14:30Someday Jim will be the boss here.

00:14:37Good night, Chubby.

00:14:38Good night, Chubby.

00:14:42Good night, Chubby.

00:14:43I'm sorry.

00:14:52Ronnie called you five times today.

00:14:55Didn't he?

00:14:57When a girl gets a sweet opening like Ronnie, she ought to cut herself a piece of cake.

00:15:01How do you go about that sort of thing?

00:15:03Call him up and tell him you've picked out a swell apartment?

00:15:05You don't do anything. You just drift, smilingly.

00:15:10I'm no drifter. I swim. Upstream if necessary.

00:15:15You darn fool.

00:15:30Well, John, you need to take a trip to Europe now.

00:15:34Or in about a year from now, you'll take a ride on a hearse.

00:15:39All right. Bad as that?

00:15:41Mm-hmm.

00:15:42Yes. That's Matt. It's Mr. Robinson.

00:15:45Tell him to come in, Mary.

00:15:47No, I care, John. You can't see anybody else today.

00:15:50Oh, this is my banker. He won't get me excited.

00:15:53Well, all right. Now, remember, you give up business immediately.

00:15:57Yeah, yeah.

00:16:00Goodbye.

00:16:01Goodbye, John.

00:16:03Hello, John. How are you?

00:16:05Won't you sit down?

00:16:07Well, they tell me you haven't been downtown for a whole week.

00:16:10No.

00:16:11The doctor tells me I've got to retire.

00:16:15Oh, terribly sorry.

00:16:16Sell out my business and go away for a long rest.

00:16:20Oh, I'm very sorry indeed.

00:16:22Yeah.

00:16:23Well, find someone to buy the business.

00:16:27Well, that's not so easy.

00:16:29Times are hard.

00:16:30Thanks.

00:16:31I read about a man who, uh, retired and, uh, sold his business to his employees.

00:16:35That's the modern method.

00:16:37Our banks might finance a deal like that if we were sold on the set up.

00:16:41And you could keep your name on the firm where it has been for 40 years.

00:16:44Well, who's the man to head it?

00:16:48Well, uh, Spalding, your Chicago man.

00:16:51Yes, or Galt.

00:16:53Say, he's done very well with the timber and the mills.

00:16:56Well, there's that, uh, new sales manager, Mr. Dunneen.

00:16:59Oh, he's too young.

00:17:01Too fresh.

00:17:02Youngblood's not a bad idea in old business.

00:17:06Right you are.

00:17:09Oh, well.

00:17:10Suit yourself.

00:17:12If it's a lady, show her in.

00:17:33And you certainly weren't anxious.

00:17:35They broke that innocent dress jet.

00:17:36But come on in, honey.

00:17:37Well, well, well, if it isn't little old Mary Linden herself.

00:17:45I thought it was two other fellas from Detroit.

00:17:47Two other fellas named Honey.

00:17:48Yeah, sure, the famous Honey twins.

00:17:50Make yourself at home.

00:17:52Donene will grab himself a shirt.

00:17:53Okay.

00:18:07Well, it's a pleasure, girlie, it's a pleasure.

00:18:22Like it?

00:18:23Yes, all right.

00:18:24How do you like my new apartment?

00:18:26I suppose it's much smarter than your old one.

00:18:28Hmm.

00:18:29New contract, new salary, new flat.

00:18:31It's got a progress, you know.

00:18:33I think it's pretty swell myself.

00:18:35Stunning.

00:18:37Oh, I forgot.

00:18:39You're the prudish type who likes women old fashioned.

00:18:42You're pretty regular at that.

00:18:44I think you're swell.

00:18:45You don't know me.

00:18:47You only know my job.

00:18:49I smoke sometimes and wear an evening dress with absolutely no back to it.

00:18:53No.

00:18:54And have been known to, uh, drink a cocktail.

00:18:57That is, when urged.

00:18:59I urge you.

00:19:01I beseech you.

00:19:02Well, rather than have my clothes torn in a struggle, I will.

00:19:05That is, unless it has orange juice in it.

00:19:07I'm sorry.

00:19:08It has.

00:19:09No, thanks.

00:19:10Well, I'm glad to know you, Mrs. Letts.

00:19:13And, uh, the next time you come, you'll have that sauerkraut you crave.

00:19:16All kidding aside.

00:19:17Let's you and her get together sometime, huh?

00:19:19Let's.

00:19:20Sometimes.

00:19:21Well, knowing that you don't love me for my body alone, I suppose you've come to make me president of the company, huh?

00:19:27Well, maybe vice president.

00:19:28Mr. Ritter's got to retire.

00:19:29He can't fire me.

00:19:30I've got a contract.

00:19:31Iron clad, air tight, and tied up with pink string.

00:19:34Robinson of the city trust could be sold on a proposition to buy Ritter's stock for you, and pay for it out of the profits.

00:19:46No, it isn't hashish.

00:19:47Listen to me, Jim Dunnean.

00:19:48I know what I'm talking about.

00:19:49Robinson wants to keep the firm's business.

00:19:50I know.

00:19:51Oh, don't worry.

00:19:52He'd make me want to do it.

00:19:53You can't fire me.

00:19:54I've got a contract.

00:19:55Iron clad, air tight, and tied up with pink string.

00:19:58Robinson of the city trust could be sold on a proposition to buy Ritter's stock for you, and pay for it out of the profits.

00:20:09No, it isn't hashish.

00:20:12Listen to me, Jim Dunnean.

00:20:14I know what I'm talking about.

00:20:16Robinson wants to keep the firm's business.

00:20:17I know.

00:20:18Oh, don't worry.

00:20:19He'd make something out of the deal himself.

00:20:21You have a fine record.

00:20:22Robinson's wide open for young blood.

00:20:25I'm not having any pipe dream if you've got the stuff to sell the proposition to Robinson.

00:20:29No, I suppose you think I haven't, huh?

00:20:32What did you think I came here for?

00:20:35Find out there's more than one cough in a carload?

00:20:39Give me the lowdown.

00:20:48Okay.

00:20:51Now, here's the way I'd approach him.

00:20:55Mr. Robinson, you're a businessman.

00:20:57I'm a businessman.

00:20:59I feel sure that I can double the firm's business in the next three years.

00:21:03Naturally, my efforts would be increased if I were working for myself.

00:21:08My plan guarantees the continuance of the relations and profits you have made with us.

00:21:16It is not only a bank's privilege, but its duty to foster the development of the concern with whom its past, present, and future is allied.

00:21:25That's the feat that will get Robinson.

00:21:27Mr. Robinson, you're a businessman.

00:21:34I'm a businessman.

00:21:36I feel sure that I can double the firm's business in the next...

00:21:42Oh, I'm terribly sorry.

00:21:44Hey, what's the idea?

00:21:46Oh, here, uh, blot it off.

00:21:48I'll, I'll see if I can find you another one.

00:21:50Fifteen bucks for that shirt, woman!

00:21:52Hm.

00:21:54Here, where's this one?

00:21:57Well, sir, I ain't going to a funeral.

00:22:00Would you take a spot of color, try to brighten up the spirits, and show off the Dunning personality?

00:22:05Bankers are very conservative.

00:22:07Well, maybe you're right.

00:22:10Hm.

00:22:11Well, I guess I'll be going now.

00:22:13Well, here, I didn't thank you yet.

00:22:15You're a swell tip.

00:22:16But then I'm the only one that could carry out the scheme.

00:22:18Well, I guess I'll be going now.

00:22:19Well, here, I didn't thank you yet.

00:22:20You're a swell tip.

00:22:21But then I'm the only one that could carry out the scheme.

00:22:23You better change your shirt.

00:22:25Remember, you've got to be there at 9.15.

00:22:26I'll be on time.

00:22:27Don't worry.

00:22:28And thanks again!

00:22:29Oh, uh, Mr. Robinson's address is on that slip of paper.

00:22:33Leave it on the table.

00:22:37I'll put my own number here, too.

00:22:39Will you call me up as soon as you leave, Mr. Robinson, and tell me how it came out?

00:22:43From the nearest drug store, baby!

00:22:53I'll do it.

00:22:54Girl whooped.

00:22:55I'll do it.

00:22:56I'll do it.

00:22:57I'll do it.

00:22:58Let's go.

00:22:59The next step.

00:23:01Bye, guys.

00:23:02Bye.

00:23:03Bye.

00:23:04Bye.

00:23:05Bye.

00:23:07Bye.

00:23:08Bye.

00:23:09Bye.

00:23:10Bye.

00:23:11Bye.

00:23:13Bye.

00:23:14Bye.

00:23:15Bye.

00:23:16Bye.

00:23:18Bye.

00:23:19Hello? Who is this?

00:23:21Mr. Dineen.

00:23:23Mr. Dineen?

00:23:25Oh, I'll come right up.

00:23:31Hello? Who is this?

00:23:33Mr. Dineen.

00:23:35Mr. Dineen?

00:23:37Oh, I'll come right up.

00:23:49Come on in. I'll be right up.

00:24:01I can hardly wait to hear the good news.

00:24:13Oh, I thought it was someone else.

00:24:15I intended you to.

00:24:17Why did you say you were Mr. Dineen?

00:24:19What do you know about Mr. Dineen?

00:24:23Oh, he's the one that calls you Landy

00:24:25when your name is Lyndon.

00:24:29How did you find out where I live?

00:24:31Oh, Dolores.

00:24:33If Mohammed won't come to the mountain,

00:24:35then the mountain must come to Mohammed.

00:24:37But this is the first time the mountain had to wear a false beard.

00:24:41You sit down.

00:24:43Oh, thanks.

00:24:45And I was just going to bed.

00:24:49For Mr. Whale, she is just going to bed.

00:24:51For Mr. Dineen.

00:24:53Oh, come right up. Come right up.

00:24:55I don't care to discuss Mr. Dineen.

00:24:57But I want to talk about Mr. Dineen.

00:24:59I want to talk about you.

00:25:01And I want to talk about me.

00:25:03Oh, I know all about you.

00:25:05Oh, I know all about you.

00:25:07Raleigh Wales.

00:25:09Poor, white, honest.

00:25:11Ambition?

00:25:13Not to have to work for a living

00:25:15so that I could go to the south of France

00:25:17and write a book.

00:25:19And I don't believe in marriage.

00:25:21And I don't believe in marriage.

00:25:23I don't believe in marriage.

00:25:25I don't believe in marriage.

00:25:27I don't believe in marriage.

00:25:29I don't believe in marriage.

00:25:31I don't believe in marriage.

00:25:33I don't believe in marriage.

00:25:37But I am married.

00:25:39You know that.

00:25:41We haven't lived together for three years.

00:25:43As a matter of fact, I haven't seen it for two.

00:25:45Where's your cane and your tin mug?

00:25:47And the little dog you lead to?

00:25:49And how are lead pencils selling these days?

00:25:55Hello? Yes.

00:25:57Hello, Mary.

00:25:59I pulled over, knocked him for a loop.

00:26:01And listen.

00:26:03I'm to be vice president.

00:26:05Oh, I'm so glad for you, Mr. Duneen.

00:26:07The bank retains 20%.

00:26:09The balance for me.

00:26:11And dividends credited on purchase.

00:26:13I'm to have 10 years to pay it off.

00:26:15But I'll knock that for a law of asking.

00:26:17Hey, shut off that music.

00:26:19All right, darling.

00:26:21Don't yell at me.

00:26:23Nice drug store you're phoning from.

00:26:25Well, I, uh...

00:26:27I'm home.

00:26:29Some people dropped in.

00:26:31Then don't let me keep you.

00:26:33I'm meditating myself.

00:26:35Go away, darling.

00:26:37How can I talk business with you mauling me so?

00:26:39Oh, but darling, I can't keep my hands off you.

00:26:45Excuse me.

00:26:47I'll see you at the office tomorrow.

00:26:53Can I place some cab now?

00:26:55No, I got business to attend to.

00:26:57Finish your drink and I'll call you a cab.

00:26:59All right.

00:27:01All right.

00:27:31All right.

00:27:53Next time.

00:27:54Don't make me laugh.

00:27:57Good night, Mary.

00:27:58Good night.

00:28:01Good night, Mary.

00:28:29Thank you for coming to me.

00:28:31I see.

00:28:32Well, we'll take care of it.

00:28:33Hello, well, good morning, Dolores.

00:28:35Good morning, Mr. Dene.

00:28:40Good morning, Mary.

00:28:42Good morning.

00:28:43All right.

00:28:44Bring your notebook.

00:28:46Good night.

00:28:49Good morning.

00:28:51Good morning, Mary.

00:28:52Good morning.

00:28:53All right.

00:28:54Bring your notebook.

00:28:55Good night.

00:28:58Take a cable to Erickson.

00:29:11I have gone to great lengths to convince you that it would be unwise to open an agency

00:29:20in this country.

00:29:23Use your signature.

00:29:24How about sound?

00:29:26Why don't you say something about our overhead being so distributed that it cuts down costs?

00:29:31Oh.

00:29:32Now, put that in.

00:29:33Make it short.

00:29:34You'll know.

00:29:35Anything else?

00:29:36Oh, let me see.

00:29:37Ah.

00:29:38Excuse me.

00:29:39Went to a party at Mr. Robinson's last night.

00:29:41Right.

00:29:42Oh, by the way, his daughter's name is Helen, isn't it?

00:29:44Ellen, I believe.

00:29:46Oh.

00:29:47Oh.

00:29:48Oh.

00:29:49Oh.

00:29:50Oh.

00:29:51Oh.

00:29:52Don't you think we ought to make one more try for Raymaker's business?

00:30:05I closed in the last night at Mr. Robinson's house.

00:30:07For five years at 239.

00:30:08Oh, Jim, that's splendid.

00:30:09Not bad.

00:30:10What?

00:30:11It's more than splendid.

00:30:12It's the biggest thing you've done.

00:30:13I'm proud of you.

00:30:14Yeah.

00:30:15I'd be proud of myself if I didn't have this awful head.

00:30:20It took a lot of champagne to warm up on Raymaker.

00:30:26If my old man used to say, I have from the dog that bit you.

00:30:35Gee, what a tough time my folks had.

00:30:38I wish I'd had my luck while they were still living.

00:30:45Were you very poor when you were a kid?

00:30:48The greatest tragedy of my life was graduating from high school with a patch on the seat of

00:30:51my trousers.

00:30:52And all the other young squirts and tuxedos.

00:30:54You've done remarkably.

00:30:55From a handicapped start.

00:30:56Thanks, Mary.

00:31:07Thanks, Mary.

00:31:08That's nice of you to say that.

00:31:10Hmm.

00:31:19Yes?

00:31:20Just a minute.

00:31:21The Miss Daisy Presby says she has an appointment.

00:31:25Shall I get rid of her?

00:31:28Oh, no.

00:31:30No, wait a minute.

00:31:31How'd Miss Presby wait?

00:31:33Uh, I've, uh, I've hired an assistant for you.

00:31:38You've been working too many nights.

00:31:40This girl can take some of the dictation.

00:31:43But I haven't complained.

00:31:45I don't want you to wear yourself out, you know.

00:31:49I thought it was my job to engage the new girls.

00:31:50This is, uh, this is different.

00:31:51I see.

00:31:52Jim, I'd rather not have an assistant.

00:31:54I can attend to everything.

00:31:55I'm not a bit overworked.

00:31:56I know, but I've hired the girl.

00:31:57She's to start in the morning.

00:31:58I'm afraid I must decide on the advisability of these things.

00:32:02Very well.

00:32:03Well, what else?

00:32:04By the way, uh, I was right about tails and a white tie for the Robinson dinners, wasn't

00:32:09I?

00:32:10If there's one thing I flatter myself on, it's knowing how to dress.

00:32:13Of course.

00:32:14Of course.

00:32:15I'm not a bit overworked.

00:32:16I'm not a bit overworked.

00:32:17I know, but I've hired the girl.

00:32:18She's to start in the morning.

00:32:19I'm afraid I must decide on the advisability of these things.

00:32:21Very well.

00:32:22Well, what else?

00:32:23By the way, uh, I was right about tails and a white tie for the Robinson dinners, wasn't

00:32:26I?

00:32:27If there's one thing I flatter myself on, it's knowing how to dress.

00:32:30Of course.

00:32:33I can't understand why this florist bill should be a hundred dollars higher than last month.

00:32:38We haven't ordered more than usual.

00:32:41Well, I'll check it over.

00:32:43Uh, by the way, uh, send a dozen American Beauty roses to Miss Ellen Robinson.

00:32:48Very well.

00:32:53Oh, by the way, how much does Miss Daisy Presby go on the payroll for?

00:33:04Uh, put her down for fifty a week.

00:33:07And see if no one disturbs me.

00:33:10This is James Deneen's secretary speaking.

00:33:23I want you to send two dozen of your nicest roses to Miss Ellen Robinson.

00:33:27Yes.

00:33:28Hold the phone a moment.

00:33:29I'll give you her address.

00:33:30What?

00:33:31Oh, you have her address.

00:33:34Yes, it's the same, Miss Robinson.

00:33:37All right, thank you.

00:33:40Miss Presby?

00:33:45Mm-hmm.

00:33:47Fill out this card, please.

00:33:50You ought to start in the morning.

00:33:51You may have a small desk over there.

00:33:53Oh, darn these chairs.

00:34:14There goes my stocking.

00:34:17Six bucks a pair.

00:34:22Oh, I picked up a swell combination at Wimble's.

00:34:26I'm saving it for my hope chest.

00:34:31Look.

00:34:35I asked you.

00:34:38Isn't that the thing you love to touch?

00:34:41Lovely.

00:34:47But they robbed you.

00:34:49I got the same thing for 14.

00:34:51Oh, don't tell me you wear French lingerie beneath that flower sack.

00:34:57What I wear next to my lily white body is, strange as it may seem, nobody's business.

00:35:04Sock goes Dempsey in shock.

00:35:07He takes it on the chin.

00:35:09Well, I think I'll just pop in and say hello to Jim.

00:35:14Wait just a minute.

00:35:15He doesn't wish to be disturbed.

00:35:16You can't go in when the red light's burning.

00:35:18Listen, sugar.

00:35:19I go past all red lights without even slowing down.

00:35:24I'll just walk with you.

00:35:40How do you do, Prentiss?

00:35:41How do you do, Prentice?

00:35:42Miss Linden.

00:35:43Mr. Dunnean, ready for me?

00:35:44Expecting you.

00:35:45Oh, by the way, hereafter, I don't want Mr. Dunnean bothered with any of the household details.

00:35:49I'll do the buying myself.

00:35:50Yes, Miss Linden.

00:35:51Fresh flowers in there for you, Prentice.

00:35:53Yes, Miss Linden.

00:35:56Good morning, Martin.

00:35:57Good morning, Miss Linden.

00:35:59Hello?

00:36:02Good morning.

00:36:04Good morning.

00:36:06How do you feel?

00:36:08Terrible.

00:36:09And that Clydem business has got to be settled today.

00:36:15I got another inside tip.

00:36:17Just a mail for you.

00:36:18Oh.

00:36:23Anything else, Mr. Dunnean?

00:36:25That's all, thanks, Martin.

00:36:29I know that a price of $2.32 was discussed.

00:36:32If we get the order, Mary, you'll get a swell new fitted bag.

00:36:37I'd rather have a raise.

00:36:41You're jealous because Miss Presby got one?

00:36:45Hardly.

00:36:46It's not the same situation.

00:36:48You're different.

00:36:50To your sorrows?

00:36:52She's just a diversion.

00:36:54She got her salary raised.

00:36:56I'll say she's diverting.

00:36:57You hate her, don't you?

00:36:58Certainly not.

00:36:59But she ruins the morale of the office.

00:37:01And from the things she says, you think she was one of the board of directors.

00:37:04You'll get a swell fitted bag nevertheless.

00:37:07You look tired, Mary.

00:37:08You'll get a swell-fitted bag nevertheless.

00:37:33You look tired Mary.

00:37:35Why don't you take a day off?

00:37:38I have an invitation to spend the weekend at Atlantic City.

00:37:42Fine, take the weekend off.

00:37:45You think Daisy can do my work too?

00:37:48She's a little inexperienced, but...

00:37:51Yeah, I think she can.

00:37:54I don't think so.

00:37:56I can postpone my Atlantic City trip.

00:37:59I don't think so.

00:38:01I can postpone my Atlantic City trip.

00:38:04It's a standing invitation.

00:38:06Hope you feel better.

00:38:07Thanks Mary.

00:38:08Boo!

00:38:10Don't do that.

00:38:12I thought the black killer of Bayswater had got me.

00:38:15Theater, eh?

00:38:16Started for the theater.

00:38:17Ended up by driving on the post road.

00:38:18Oh, sounds romantic.

00:38:20Who is he?

00:38:21Kim Dineen.

00:38:22Kim Dineen.

00:38:23How long has this been going on?

00:38:24It hasn't gone on.

00:38:25I've been out with him once or twice.

00:38:26He sends me flowers.

00:38:27Well, you've a lot in common.

00:38:29Uh, his neckties for instance.

00:38:30That's not fair.

00:38:31I'm not sure.

00:38:32But I don't know.

00:38:33But you have a lot in common.

00:38:34Well, the black killer of Bayswater had got me.

00:38:35I know the black killer of Bayswater had got me.

00:38:37Theater, eh?

00:38:38Started for the theater.

00:38:39Ended up by driving on the post road.

00:38:40Oh, sounds romantic.

00:38:41Who is he?

00:38:42Kim Dineen.

00:38:43How long has this been going on?

00:38:44It hasn't gone on.

00:38:46I've been out with him once or twice.

00:38:48He sends me flowers.

00:38:50Well...

00:38:51You've a lot in common.

00:38:54His neckties for instance.

00:38:55That's not fair. He's improved unbelievably. He's a very remarkable young man.

00:39:01Oh, like him pretty much?

00:39:05Very much.

00:39:08Then in the morning, you'll see a doctor.

00:39:10Oh, don't be silly. I'm all right.

00:39:13No, you're not. No girl's healthy who prefers a good sound businessman to a dancing fool.

00:39:20Well, when I really start siddling, even Jim Deneen will dance.

00:39:25Well, now, don't you look forward to an existence of all afternoon at the horse show and all evening at contract with him.

00:39:32He's not the type.

00:39:34No. Just wait till I get him in my clutches.

00:39:38Oh.

00:39:45I'm afraid there's another woman in his life.

00:39:48What?

00:39:51Lip rouge on his handkerchief.

00:39:54They never learn, do they?

00:40:09Positively, no nonsense.

00:40:11Unless a contract is lived up to, it is not a contract.

00:40:15There is no reason why we cannot cooperate on an issue involving so much of our mutual welfare.

00:40:24Yours truly.

00:40:28Oh, what's the matter?

00:40:31The letter's too strong, Jim.

00:40:33You've got to be tough with Bueller.

00:40:35Write it as I dictated it.

00:40:37Very well.

00:40:38Well, now what have you got for me?

00:40:46Oh, uh, Martin says you need shirts. Any particular choice of color?

00:40:51Do I ever wear anything but white shirts?

00:40:55What do you think I am, a shipping clerk?

00:40:57I beg your pardon.

00:40:58Oh, and Mary, uh, Martin had a new sort of evening tie for me last night.

00:41:08Narrow. Very smart.

00:41:10Tell him to order a dozen more.

00:41:12Tell him to order a dozen more.

00:41:15I bought it for you.

00:41:24Oh, and Mary, uh, chase another Bueller.

00:41:28Tone it down.

00:41:29That part about, uh, positively no nonsense.

00:41:32Leave that out entirely.

00:41:42And Mary.

00:41:45I don't want Miss Presby to take any more of my dictation.

00:41:49What's the matter?

00:41:50Is she beginning to get breach of prophecy?

00:42:02Yeah?

00:42:06The Burden brothers are here.

00:42:08The Burden brothers?

00:42:10Oh, I have to take them out tonight and make hoopie with them.

00:42:12Do you want to come along?

00:42:14Do you think it's decent of me to take the place of the dear departed so soon?

00:42:18Huh?

00:42:20Are you sure you wouldn't rather have Miss Presby?

00:42:23I asked you, didn't I?

00:42:25I'd love to go.

00:42:27Shall I show the Burdens in?

00:42:29Yeah, show them in.

00:42:32And then Father lost money.

00:42:35Of course, the managers were very glad to have a society girl to go on the stage, but sometimes I feel it's very degrading for a girl from an old Virginia family.

00:42:57And you had to give up that big white colonial mansion.

00:43:03Oh, no.

00:43:05Mama lives there.

00:43:07I send her part of my salary every week.

00:43:10But, of course, that doesn't leave me very much for myself.

00:43:14There, there, Sybil.

00:43:15Oh, Mr. Burden, but I only just met you tonight.

00:43:20Oh, well, let's have another drink and then you'll know me better.

00:43:24This little girl, Sybil, has had a heap of trouble, Jim.

00:43:27I think she needs something to brush her up.

00:43:32Trouble?

00:43:33Trouble?

00:43:35Oh, I remember that word.

00:43:36That's what poor people have when the rents do.

00:43:39Ha, ha, that's a good joke.

00:43:42Trouble's only something poor people have when the rents do.

00:43:46Oh, Mr. Burden, are you really going to pay my rent?

00:43:57Oh, Mr. Dunneen, who's going to pay my rent?

00:44:00What'd you do?

00:44:01Blow the rent on that frock?

00:44:03What's the matter with this frock?

00:44:04Absolutely nothing.

00:44:06Looks as if you've been poured in it and forgot to say when.

00:44:09I suppose you'd like me to wear this around the paper and pulp business.

00:44:11Well, you don't have to dress the way you do.

00:44:13The other girls don't.

00:44:15Oh, you notice that, do you?

00:44:16They make you notice it.

00:44:18And they can't all crave me.

00:44:20No, they just crave raises in salaries.

00:44:23How much do you get?

00:44:25Seventy.

00:44:29You should have more.

00:44:31That's sweet.

00:44:35Do you dance?

00:44:36Even better than I take dictation.

00:44:38Let's go!

00:44:43Let's go!

00:44:44Let's go!

00:44:48Let's go!

00:44:50Let's go!

00:44:52We have a good dinner.

00:45:07We are in the dressing room, Mary.

00:45:08We have a good dinner.

00:45:09We have a good dinner!

00:45:10I never knew you had a place like this, Mary.

00:45:13Won't you come in a minute?

00:45:15I'd love to.

00:45:31Sit down, won't you?

00:45:32Thanks.

00:45:33You know, it's funny.

00:45:36I never figured out what your private life must be.

00:45:39I just thought of you as a perfect machine in an office.

00:45:42I gathered that.

00:45:45Mary.

00:45:48I'm sorry.

00:45:50I'm sorry.

00:45:51I'm sorry.

00:45:52I'm sorry.

00:45:53I'm sorry.

00:45:54I'm sorry.

00:45:55I'm sorry.

00:45:56I'm sorry.

00:45:57I'm sorry.

00:45:58I'm sorry.

00:45:59I'm sorry.

00:46:00I'm sorry.

00:46:01You know, Mary, I'm very happy that you and I got together tonight the way we did.

00:46:14Are you?

00:46:16I'm terribly fond of you.

00:46:19But how could I help it?

00:46:21Eight, ten, twelve hours a day together?

00:46:24Mostly behind closed doors?

00:46:27Well, uh, I always figured that business and pleasure don't mix.

00:46:29That's not it.

00:46:30You've looked at me a thousand times.

00:46:31And never saw me until tonight.

00:46:32I see you now.

00:46:34And you look pretty good to me.

00:46:36I wonder if it isn't the dress.

00:46:37Or perhaps the liquor.

00:46:38Have another drink.

00:46:39Oh, would you have liked it if I'd kissed you in the old house?

00:46:40I think you don't mix.

00:46:41I think you don't mix.

00:46:42That's not it.

00:46:43You've looked at me a thousand times.

00:46:44And never saw me until tonight.

00:46:45I see you now.

00:46:46And you look pretty good to me.

00:46:49I wonder if it isn't the dress.

00:46:50Or perhaps the liquor.

00:46:51Have another drink.

00:46:52Oh, would you have liked it if I'd kissed you in the office when you first came to work for me?

00:47:07A kiss depends upon who's doing it.

00:47:09And how it's done.

00:47:11How's this?

00:47:16You don't need that drink.

00:47:37I know all you've done for me.

00:47:41I wouldn't be where I am today if it weren't for you.

00:47:45I've been blinded by my own success.

00:47:49But from now on, things are going to be different.

00:48:06Wait.

00:48:08Jimmy, I've got to be a machine again.

00:48:12It's past three o'clock.

00:48:15One of us has to be on hand at ten in the morning.

00:48:18Weiler will be there.

00:48:20Hang Weiler.

00:48:22Hang all the pulp and paper in the world.

00:48:26Hmm.

00:48:27Jimmy.

00:48:28Jimmy.

00:48:29Jimmy.

00:48:30All right.

00:48:31Give me a drink and I'll run along.

00:48:33You're drinking a lot lately.

00:48:34Foolish.

00:48:35Let me be foolish tonight.

00:48:36It's a night of nights, isn't it?

00:48:39No.

00:48:40No.

00:48:41Oh.

00:48:42No.

00:48:43No.

00:48:44No.

00:48:46No.

00:48:47No.

00:48:48No.

00:48:49No.

00:48:50No.

00:48:51No.

00:48:52More?

00:49:11Ah, straight.

00:49:13Thanks, dear.

00:49:21Well, here's how.

00:49:45Good night, Mary.

00:49:47Good night, Jim.

00:49:51Good night.

00:50:26Bring your notebook.

00:50:56Good morning, Jim.

00:51:05Well, good morning.

00:51:08Take a letter to Berman.

00:51:09Dear Jake.

00:51:18I cannot understand the change in your attitude.

00:51:23I guess I had a little too much to drink last night, didn't I?

00:51:31Did you?

00:51:32Didn't you notice it?

00:51:34No.

00:51:35That's good.

00:51:36I was afraid I might have...

00:51:38Well, I mean, did I get fresh or make a pass at you or anything like that?

00:51:43Why, no.

00:51:45That's a relief.

00:51:46You know, Mary, I don't remember a darn thing that happened after about 10 o'clock last night.

00:51:50I can't understand the change in your attitude.

00:52:10Huh?

00:52:12You were dictating?

00:52:13Oh, yes, yes.

00:52:17I cannot understand the change in your attitude.

00:52:22I cannot understand the change in your attitude.

00:52:26As the weeks roll by...

00:52:27Good evening, Miss Linden.

00:52:43Good evening, President.

00:52:44Good evening, Miss.

00:52:59Did the bar come?

00:53:00Ready and waiting, Miss.

00:53:05Oh, there they are.

00:53:09Oh, that'd be lovely.

00:53:11I'll start with these, Fred.

00:53:13For those?

00:53:14Yes.

00:53:20Are the monthly bills all right?

00:53:22Yes, they were nicely checked and everything's under control.

00:53:26Does that mean home?

00:53:27Not since this morning.

00:53:29He hasn't been at the office all day, either.

00:53:31Well, that's understandable.

00:53:37I hope you don't mind my stepping into your province fixing these flowers.

00:53:41Not at all, Miss Linden.

00:53:42Oh, Miss Linden.

00:53:44What's the party for?

00:54:00Prentiss, I asked, who's the party for?

00:54:03I thought perhaps you'd like to arrange these also.

00:54:06Why, what's that?

00:54:36You finished the flowers, Prentice?

00:54:57Yes, Miss Lyndon.

00:55:06Yes, Miss Lyndon.

00:55:16Yes, Miss Lyndon.

00:55:22Yes, Miss Lyndon.

00:55:29Yes, Miss Lyndon.

00:55:41Hello, Mary.

00:55:42That lump Freddy stood me up, so I came over here.

00:55:47Ain't men the swine, though.

00:55:54What's the matter?

00:55:59What are you crying for?

00:56:12Society girl wins big paper man.

00:56:18What?

00:56:21Robinson's hook, Jim.

00:56:26Well, cut my throat.

00:56:31Wait a minute.

00:56:34Here, Mary.

00:56:51Take a drink of this.

00:56:53Time for the speeches.

00:57:05A toast to the bride.

00:57:08Long may she wave.

00:57:23You're right, Mary.

00:57:24Oh.

00:57:25Gee, I tried to help you, Mary, but I guess it's better to get it out of your system.

00:57:36If it hadn't been for me.

00:57:41I know I know don't let anybody in I don't care who it is

00:58:11what's the matter Mary come on now tell Ronnie everything

00:58:41all right I'll tell you I haven't got any pride left the engagement is announced

00:58:54of Miss Ellen Robinson to Mr. James Dunnean I'm sort of licked Ronnie

00:59:03I made him look like a gentleman I've taught him to speak the King's English

00:59:12I've shared his troubles and worries I've lifted him above the president

00:59:20I've stood between him and a dozen cheap designing women

00:59:25but when it comes to a girl with beauty and money and a glamour of position

00:59:36I can't do a thing

00:59:39a girl of his own class the class I gave him

00:59:46now now Mary take it away it isn't that bad

00:59:49come on all right let's have a drink please don't Mary that isn't going to help you

00:59:59well Ronnie the next time the next time do you get me

01:00:19we won't talk about that now oh so you're going to burn me too are you

01:00:25after a while we'll talk about that

01:00:34yes

01:00:42miss Ellen Robinson to see you yes I will

01:00:54I'm Ellen Robinson yes I know you came to see Mr. Dunnean

01:01:10no you oh won't you sit down

01:01:14thank you

01:01:20Miss Linden when I first decided I wanted to marry Jim Dunnean

01:01:26my father and I naturally talked it over

01:01:28I'm sure your father approved

01:01:30my father has known you for a long time

01:01:34only in a business way

01:01:36so that's how I happen to know you're in love with Jim Dunnean

01:01:39that's not true

01:01:43that proves it

01:01:45could I work alongside of Jim Dunnean for years without falling in love with him

01:01:52certainly not

01:01:53get to the point

01:01:55your admission that you're in love with him hardly qualifies you from a fiance's viewpoint for further employment

01:02:02you want me to quit

01:02:05at once

01:02:07and if I refuse

01:02:08I should tell him you're desperately in love with him

01:02:11and that it would be charitable to ask you to leave

01:02:14you wouldn't do that

01:02:17oh wouldn't I

01:02:20when Greek meets Greek

01:02:35what do you mean calling me a Greek

01:02:39pardon my intrusion

01:02:48well what do you want

01:02:51Mr. Dunnean

01:02:54I think I've been here long enough

01:02:56why Mary what are you talking about

01:02:58I've got a better job

01:03:00shorter hours more money

01:03:02now Mary don't do anything foolish

01:03:03we'll talk this over later

01:03:05there's nothing to talk over

01:03:06I've had it in mind for some time

01:03:08and it was just settled today

01:03:10I'm leaving immediately

01:03:12it won't inconvenience you any

01:03:14remember you still have Daisy

01:03:17good bye

01:03:18Mary

01:03:19here

01:03:20what are you doing

01:03:37gonna quit

01:03:38get out of here

01:03:39I want to be alone

01:03:39what's this Presby tells me

01:03:53you've quit

01:03:53you know what I've done for Jim Dunnean don't you

01:03:57sure but Mary

01:03:58and you know that because I've loved him

01:04:00I've played straight as a string

01:04:01but you've known for some time

01:04:03that he was going to

01:04:03you know that I've met a dozen men

01:04:05nice men

01:04:06that wanted me

01:04:07and what did I tell them

01:04:09like a fool

01:04:10I'd say to them

01:04:11no no no

01:04:12you can't have Mary Linden

01:04:13she's a good girl

01:04:14and what did I say to myself

01:04:16like a fool

01:04:17I said Mary

01:04:18you just keep yourself

01:04:19a nice fine little girl

01:04:21and one of these days

01:04:22Jim Dunnean will realize

01:04:23how good and worthy you are

01:04:24baloney

01:04:25but I thought that was all over

01:04:27last night Ronnie told me

01:04:28yes there's Ronnie

01:04:29and I like Ronnie

01:04:30and we've had a lot of good times together

01:04:32but when Ronnie offered me

01:04:34everything in the world

01:04:35a girl could wish for

01:04:36what do I do

01:04:37I turn him down

01:04:39like the nice fat-headed

01:04:40virtuous little moron that I am

01:04:42well that's all over

01:04:43my fine girl

01:04:44Mary quiet

01:04:45somebody will hear you

01:04:46let him hear me

01:04:47where are you going

01:04:49I'm going to Atlantic City

01:05:02I'm going to Atlantic City

01:05:04and I'm going to Atlantic City

01:05:05and I'm going to Atlantic City

01:05:06and I'm going to Atlantic City

01:05:07and I'm going to Atlantic City

01:05:08and I'm going to Atlantic City

01:05:09and I'm going to Atlantic City

01:05:10and I'm going to Atlantic City

01:05:11and I'm going to Atlantic City

01:05:12and I'm going to Atlantic City

01:05:13and I'm going to Atlantic City

01:05:14and I'm going to Atlantic City

01:05:15and I'm going to Atlantic City

01:05:16and I'm going to Atlantic City

01:05:17and I'm going to Atlantic City

01:05:18and I'm going to Atlantic City

01:05:19and I'm going to Atlantic City

01:05:20and I'm going to Atlantic City

01:05:21and I'm going to Atlantic City

01:05:22and I'm going to Atlantic City

01:05:23and I'm going to Atlantic City

01:05:24and I'm going to Atlantic City

01:05:25and I'm going to Atlantic City

01:05:26and I'm going to Atlantic City

01:05:27I'll see you later.

01:07:57I can't make the grade, Ronnie.

01:08:21Why don't you just ask him for a lot of trouble and unhappiness?

01:08:28Can't you put him out of your mind?

01:08:29He's out of my life.

01:08:32I'm reconciled to that.

01:08:36But see this.

01:08:38Price tag off my nightgown.

01:08:39I found one of these on the floor of Jim's bedroom once.

01:08:45I knew the girl, and I despised her for being cheap and trivial.

01:08:48I just don't want to be that cheap myself.

01:08:57The funny part about it is that I'm priced at exactly $8 less than one of the most obvious young women I've ever met.

01:09:05Mary dear, if my wife didn't have all the money in the family, I swear I'd get a divorce and marry you.

01:09:19I didn't ask you to buy my violets.

01:09:26I don't know.

01:09:27I don't know.

01:09:28I don't know.

01:09:31I don't know.

01:09:32No. No. Well, now, Ms. Robinson, the Chicago train arrived a half hour ago, and I'm sure he'll come direct to the office. I'll tell him.

01:09:53Did you have a nice trip?

01:09:55Horrible.

01:10:02Well, I can still take off my own coat. The last 14 nights, I spent nine of them in Poland's. Well, how are things running?

01:10:13Oh, everything's perfect.

01:10:15That, uh, did an order go out I wired in Saturday?

01:10:18Oh, well, no.

01:10:20Well, why wasn't it shipped?

01:10:22Well, it wasn't Mark Reich.

01:10:25The other orders I wired in, have they been sent?

01:10:28No, I thought I'd better hold them till you got back.

01:10:30Go out and get all that stuff. We'll get it off right away.

01:10:34Well, I can't.

01:10:36You can't? Why not?

01:10:38Well, I put them all in a folder and took them up to your house.

01:10:42Telephone my house and have Mark and my valer bring the folder down here right away.

01:10:46Well, I'm afraid they got lost last night in the confusion.

01:10:50Confusion? What confusion?

01:10:53In the fire.

01:10:55Fire?

01:10:56Well, what fire?

01:10:57Well, the fire in your library.

01:11:03Fire in my library?

01:11:06And in your bedroom, too.

01:11:08But, uh, some of your clothes can be salvaged.

01:11:11So what are you talking about?

01:11:14Well, uh, Martin thinks he can fix some of your clothes as soon as he gets out of the hospital.

01:11:18Hospital?

01:11:18How did this fire start?

01:11:28Well, the firemen were very nasty.

01:11:31They said it started from my cigarette.

01:11:33Your cigarette?

01:11:34What were you doing smoking in my house?

01:11:36Oh, I just sat down to smoke a cigarette.

01:11:38And don't you believe it, Jim.

01:11:41I didn't fall asleep.

01:11:42I was just thinking with my eyes closed.

01:11:45Are you sure you've told me everything?

01:11:53Think carefully now.

01:11:54Has the firm been in a bankruptcy?

01:11:56Or is my fiancé dead?

01:11:58Oh, no.

01:11:58Miss Robinson's not dead.

01:12:00She's been calling you for the last week, wondering why she hasn't heard from you.

01:12:04Now, isn't that a coincidence?

01:12:15Speak of the devil, and here she is.

01:12:20Get out.

01:12:29Hello, darling.

01:12:31Well, what's the matter?

01:12:32You look a bit wild-eyed.

01:12:34Nothing, nothing at all, dear.

01:12:36You must have been busy.

01:12:38I had no letters from you.

01:12:40Only three little telegrams.

01:12:42And not a word for the past five days.

01:12:45Look, Ellen, for the past 14 days, I've been leaping in and out of Pullman's and living in lumber camps.

01:12:49And I simply didn't have the time.

01:12:51Well, I'm glad you don't have to travel often.

01:12:53I don't fancy myself as a neglected wife.

01:12:55I've got to do a lot of traveling.

01:12:57The paper business is in a critical state.

01:12:59Newspapers are buying up their own mills.

01:13:00Syndicates are being formed.

01:13:01For the next year, I'm going to be a leaping tuner all over these United States.

01:13:05But you don't have to do all the dirty work.

01:13:07But I do.

01:13:08No one else can do it as well.

01:13:10I'm not blowing my own horn.

01:13:11It's simply the truth.

01:13:12And we might as well face it.

01:13:14It's much better to face things in advance.

01:13:16Isn't it?

01:13:18Yes, dear.

01:13:20And now on the desk, please run along.

01:13:22I'm up to my neck in trouble.

01:13:23Why I ever let Mary Linden get away from me?

01:13:30I'll have my head examined, that's all.

01:13:33If I could find her now, I'd give her half the company to come back.

01:13:35I think not.

01:13:41Huh?

01:13:41Do you think I want a woman around here who's madly in love with you?

01:13:45Mary?

01:13:46In love with me?

01:13:47Right.

01:13:48You did a lot of night work together, you two.

01:13:51Say, listen, darling.

01:13:52You're a little mad.

01:13:52I'm no saint.

01:13:55I have my moments.

01:13:57But Mary Linden simply isn't that kind of a girl, that's all.

01:14:01Jim!

01:14:04There's a cop out here and he wants to arrest me.

01:14:07The arson squad wants her headquarters for a statement

01:14:09about the connection between her cigarette and the fire in your home last night.

01:14:14I have no suspicions of you, Daisy.

01:14:16Run along.

01:14:17You see, nobody has any suspicion of me.

01:14:21Come on.

01:14:22Oh, no.

01:14:29Nobody has any suspicions of you.

01:14:36I'm disgusted and humiliated.

01:14:40All the time it's been that cheap little cop

01:14:42and I thought it was Mary Linden.

01:14:50Did you do anything to get Mary Linden to leave here?

01:14:52Certainly.

01:14:53But how dare you interfere in my business affairs?

01:14:55Business?

01:14:55That's good.

01:14:56A woman like Mary Linden.

01:14:58With Mary Linden the woman,

01:14:59you may have had a feminine right to be involved.

01:15:01But with Mary Linden my private secretary,

01:15:03you've had absolutely no right to interfere.

01:15:05I believe you're in love with her.

01:15:07Listen, I fall madly in love with any woman

01:15:09who displayed the least bit of common sense.

01:15:12And I'll forgive you if I'm rude, but I'm terribly busy.

01:15:15Too busy, I'm afraid.

01:15:16Well, suppose we let it go with that.

01:15:23Get me Mary Linden's apartment on the wire.

01:15:26Why, Mr. Deneen, Mary Linden has moved.

01:15:29I'm sorry, I haven't the slightest idea where to reach her.

01:15:39I'm sorry, I haven't the slightest idea where to reach her.

01:15:39Why, Mr. Deneen, Mary Linden has moved.

01:16:09Oh, wait, you idiot.

01:16:10Come on up.

01:16:34Hi.

01:16:35How's she?

01:16:35Oh, she's by me.

01:16:37What gets you up so early?

01:16:39Oh, Freddie got jealous last night

01:16:41and broke all my Rudy Valley records.

01:16:44So I threw him out and went to bed early.

01:16:50Got a job yet?

01:16:51Nope.

01:16:54Well, ain't it about time you went to work?

01:16:56Don't hurry.

01:16:57I don't care if I don't work for a month yet.

01:17:01Jim Deneen tried to get in touch with you last week.

01:17:04He did?

01:17:05What did you tell him?

01:17:08Exactly what you told me to.

01:17:16I wonder what he wanted.

01:17:19How should I know?

01:17:22Say, did I tell you Daisy got canned?

01:17:25No.

01:17:25Oh, uh-huh.

01:17:32Nope.

01:17:33Nothing there.

01:17:35The Marines have landed and the situation is well in hand.

01:17:38Well, listen to this.

01:17:44The forthcoming marriage of Miss Ellen Robinson to Mr. James Deneen

01:17:49has been called off by mutual consent.

01:17:53Where, Delores?

01:17:54Let me see.

01:17:55Where?

01:17:56Oh, it isn't in the paper.

01:17:58But it's liable to be any minute now.

01:18:00Well, I've been listening in over that switchboard in vain.

01:18:03Delores!

01:18:03Mary!

01:18:05Ain't that something old, huh?

01:18:15Mr. Deneen, are we going to work again tonight?

01:18:18These late hours are just ruining my boyfriend's evening.

01:18:21Yes, tonight and every night until I find the secretary who is satisfactory.

01:18:26Do you got the answers to those want ads?

01:18:27Yes, here they are.

01:18:28Oh.

01:18:29Ah, this sounds possible.

01:18:36The three years, secretary to the president of the pulp and paper concern.

01:18:40Best of references.

01:18:43Hi, this was Helen Clark.

01:18:44I'm going to see you this afternoon.

01:18:45Yes, sir.

01:18:45Helen Clark, my appointment.

01:19:07Send her in.

01:19:07Yes, sir.

01:19:08Yes, sir.

01:19:15Mr. Deneen?

01:19:27I'm Helen Clark.

01:19:30Oh, yes, Miss Clark.

01:19:32Won't you sit down?

01:19:45I see you've had office experience.

01:19:55Yes, I left my last employer because he got engaged.

01:20:02Mary, you need to take off those clothes and be yourself.

01:20:04Oh, Mr. Deneen, do you always ask girls to disrobe in your office?

01:20:07Oh, I didn't mean that.

01:20:08You know I didn't.

01:20:09I mean, take off your coat.

01:20:09We've got work to do.

01:20:10But I get $100 a week now.

01:20:12All right, Mary.

01:20:13Of course, $100 is all right.

01:20:14Stop joking.

01:20:16I've got just three days to get affairs in shape so I can beat it up north and cover next year's

01:20:19supply.

01:20:21What?

01:20:21Well, what are you standing there like that for?

01:20:25Oh, Mary, please.

01:20:26I need you.

01:20:26Don't turn me down now.

01:20:28Grab a notebook and get to work.

01:20:29Okay.

01:20:37Colvin, don't ring me, no matter who it is.

01:20:41You stay at that switchboard where you take any calls that come in till I tell you you

01:20:43can go.

01:20:44I'm going to do a day's work.

01:20:50Come on, Jim.

01:20:52Take a letter to the Stockholm crowd.

01:20:57After due consideration of your proposition, I have decided to...

01:21:07I've been waiting for hours for that big sit to let me go home.

01:21:23He's still dictating.

01:21:27Shut up, Freddy.

01:21:29Freddy, will you please shut up?

01:21:32Shut up till I get my heart beating properly.

01:21:38Why do you think?

01:21:40He ain't dictating.

01:21:42He's through dictating.

01:21:43He's gone over to Jersey City to marry Mary Lyndon.

01:21:47Oh, ain't that grand?

01:21:48He's by Lee.

01:22:01Wait.

01:22:02propre.

01:22:02That part is great.

01:22:03That's great.

01:22:04John.

01:22:05Like me.

01:22:05You want to go over to sew?

🕴️💼 Behind Office Doors (1931) | Pre-Code Romance & Ambition | Classic Drama 🎬💔 #fullmovie

Category

Transcript

Recommended