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00:00Mr. McAllister has written. He's coming to my tea today.
00:13McAllister is playing a complicated game. I'd like to be there when Mrs. Astor finds out.
00:17It's about to get more complicated than he knows.
00:20Why do you say that?
00:21You'll find out. By the way, he's bringing Mrs. Winterton with him.
00:25You mean Turner?
00:25Yes.
00:26Into our home. You'll allow that?
00:28McAllister thinks some people will take a box at the Met, even if they already have one at the Academy.
00:33Wouldn't they be punished? Isn't lending status to the new house a serious crime?
00:37The point is, we need the old crowd, and Joshua Winterton is a charter member.
00:41If they take a box, any number may follow.
00:43And you don't object to courting your former servant?
00:46I can't afford to object, even if it sticks in my craw.
00:50But can she be trusted?
00:51She won't want anyone to know she was once a lady's maid.
00:54I have the upper hand where that's concerned.
00:56Flowers are ready for your inspection, madam.
01:03Church, I should explain that one of my guests today may surprise you, but please don't show it.
01:09Of course, ma'am.
01:10What are they up to today?
01:18I'm not sure, but there is quite a bustle of arrivals.
01:22You mean of people?
01:24Yes, people.
01:25Well, with the Russells, one cannot be certain.
01:27I wouldn't be surprised if they hired Barnum and Bailey's circus to perform in the hall.
01:32It looks like it's mostly women, so probably not the circus.
01:36I'd like to see the guest list before I reach any conclusions.
01:39Oh, Agnes, don't you miss parties?
01:45Are you planning something?
01:47I'd like to invite the new rector for luncheon.
01:50We have to listen to him drone on all Sunday morning.
01:53Can the Lord really want more from us than that?
01:56Although.
01:59What?
01:59Your newfound piety may be put to good use after all.
02:03My faith is not new.
02:05Yes, yes, but Dashiell Montgomery has written to me.
02:09And?
02:10I'm glad to say he's taken a real interest in Marion, and he wants me to promote his cause.
02:16Have you spoken to Marion about it?
02:18No.
02:19He may be a bit older, but he's a good match.
02:22And she ought to be grateful, but she's stubborn.
02:25She may dig in her heels.
02:27We must manage her carefully.
02:28I don't want to manage her at all.
02:30We'll invite him to luncheon with your reverend.
02:33He's not mine!
02:34Let's hope he finishes the sermon before it's time for the cheese.
02:40Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Howard.
02:54Mrs. Joshua Winterton.
02:59Are you all right?
03:01I'm not sure, sir.
03:02I thought I saw...
03:03You did.
03:04So that was Miss Turner?
03:05I'll manage here to go back downstairs to the kitchens.
03:10What's the hurry?
03:23She's here!
03:24She's here!
03:25I just saw her upstairs!
03:27Who is?
03:28Adelhide, you're shaking.
03:30Calm down.
03:31No, I must tell you.
03:32Miss Turner, the mistress's lady's maid, is here, upstairs.
03:36Why?
03:37Does she want her job back?
03:38No!
03:39She's here for Mrs. Russell's opera tea!
03:41As a guest!
03:42What?
03:43She came in and handed me her coat, and Mr. Church announced her as Mrs. Winterton!
03:48I don't understand.
03:49Neither do I!
03:50Wake up!
03:51This is America!
03:51You can be anything you want!
03:52I should know!
03:53I see you've all heard the news.
03:55Is it really true?
03:56That Miss Turner is here?
03:57Yes.
03:58Mrs. Russell warned me, but not of the specifics.
04:01I'm as shocked as anyone, but we've all got a job to do.
04:04Joshua Winterton is a very rich man.
04:06He has a fortune in property.
04:07How do you know?
04:08I read the papers.
04:09It's not for servants to discuss the guests of their employer.
04:13But Miss Turner is hardly just another guest.
04:16Her name is now Mrs. Winterton, and she is a friend of the mistress.
04:20But she...
04:21Listen to Mr. Church, and there are some linens that need to be put away unless you're still
04:25wanted upstairs.
04:27Might be best if she stayed down here.
04:28Yes.
04:30Yes.
04:32I'll talk to her now.
04:34Thank you, Mrs.
04:34Oh, Mrs. Russell.
04:36Huh?
04:36Excuse me.
04:37Mrs. Fish calls.
04:38Well, then you better answer.
04:40Mr. Russell, how kind of you to open your house.
04:43For a good cause?
04:45A cause that is disrupting New York society.
04:48I don't know if that's good or not.
04:50Any cause of my wife's is good.
04:52I'd like to thank you all for coming.
04:58For some of you, I know this took courage.
05:00But for all of us, our passion for the arts has been curtailed by the narrow limits of the
05:03Academy of Music.
05:05Until now.
05:06We need the Metropolitan, not only for ourselves, but so a great city like New York can have
05:10the opera house it deserves.
05:12Oh, and I thought you would be interested to hear.
05:15We have decided to open our season on the 22nd of October.
05:19But that's the same date as the Academy of Music.
05:23I believe it is.
05:24So the two opera houses are to go head to head?
05:27That's it.
05:27Head to head, and one will be the winner.
05:29Now, I've invited Mr. Gilbert to join us today.
05:32He can answer any questions about the task facing us.
05:34I echo Mrs. Russell's welcome, and I thought you might like to know that she's accepted a
05:39place on the board of the Metropolitan Opera.
05:44And now for those of you who have questions.
05:46What is our program, how you can secure a box?
05:50Come and find me.
05:55Ah, Mrs. Winterton.
06:01Of course.
06:04Yes, I do agree with you.
06:06I'm sorry I'm late.
06:07I stayed to help rearrange a classroom.
06:10So you're moving furniture now.
06:11Has your meeting started yet?
06:14As you can see, we're waiting for Mrs. Astor and Mr. McAllister.
06:18I've asked Miss Scott to take notes.
06:20I'm glad you're here.
06:22I want to ask you to the opening of a new play by Oscar Wilde.
06:25Oh.
06:26And there's a reception afterwards.
06:28It's next Tuesday.
06:29Will your employer allow you time for such frivolities?
06:32Yes, and I'd love to.
06:34Maude Beaton will be there.
06:35She wants to know you better.
06:36Maude Beaton from Newport?
06:38Why?
06:39Well, it might have something to do with Oscar.
06:42You mean my Oscar?
06:43Not the playwright?
06:44Yes, yours.
06:46Maude Beaton.
06:47What do we know about her?
06:48Her mother was a Stuyvesant.
06:50You should ask Mrs. Fish's husband.
06:52His grandmother was a Stuyvesant.
06:54Is there any money?
06:55Really, Agnes?
06:57Isn't it a little soon for that?
06:58Well, we're all family here, and I think we know Oscar's priorities.
07:02I believe there's a great deal.
07:03Well, then she meets the requirements.
07:05I should leave it to Oscar to decide.
07:07Have you ever known me to do that?
07:10Mrs. Astor.
07:14Lena, how nice to see you.
07:18Mr. McAllister?
07:19Miss Deelbrus.
07:20Well done.
07:23I can't stay.
07:24I'm meeting Mrs. Astor.
07:26Thank you for bringing Mrs. Winterton.
07:28Are you sure it's wise to open on the same night as the Academy?
07:33Aren't you asking for trouble?
07:35I'm asking for something.
07:37I was hoping to go to both.
07:39And now you'll have to choose.
07:43I should leave.
07:45Goodbye, my dear.
07:50Do you have a carriage waiting, sir?
07:52No.
07:53It's so lovely.
07:55I think I'll just walk.
07:56I confess that Mrs. Russell is even more of a fighter than I had realized.
08:18You mean you thought she would not fight against you?
08:20Well, not so bitterly at any rate.
08:23After all, didn't I make her what she is today?
08:26Gratitude is not a natural instinct in that class.
08:28Agnes.
08:29Mr. Ward McAllister.
08:30Ah.
08:31How kind you were to let me summon you.
08:35Did you have to come far, Mr. McAllister?
08:38Eh, not very.
08:40No.
08:41Good.
08:42I want to talk about Mrs. Russell and how to handle her.
08:46And you, well, you know her better than any of us.
08:48Well, I've just heard some news that may be of interest.
08:52Don't keep us in suspense.
08:53I'm told she has persuaded Henry Abbey and the others at the Metropolitan to open on the same night as the Academy of Music.
09:02What?
09:02Are you serious?
09:03Oh, my.
09:04How dare they try to steal the Academy's thunder?
09:07Our date is sacred.
09:08I suppose, in a way, this makes it a cleaner fight.
09:11How?
09:11Well, everyone will have to choose which side they're on.
09:14Why was that necessary?
09:15Thank heavens we are all united in this house.
09:18There must be room for two opera houses in a city like New York.
09:22Nonsense.
09:22Now, what can we do?
09:23Give us orders.
09:24In your letter, you said you were at a task for me.
09:26Yes.
09:27Agnes, I would like you to write to the order members, say that you've heard a rumor that if any of them are thinking of taking a box at the Metropolitan, their box at the Academy will be removed.
09:37Goodness.
09:38I can't do it, as I would make the threat official, but you can.
09:42Have you got all that, Miss Scott?
09:44Every word.
09:44We'll begin the letters at once, won't we, Miss Scott?
09:47Of course.
09:49I think I'll take my leave before you start handing out weapons.
09:53If only it were that simple.
09:58Well, Mrs. Astor's really looking for a fight.
10:00I heard her.
10:01I wouldn't say Mrs. Russell has a chance.
10:04I knew Mrs. Van Ryn was right.
10:06Things must be heating up if Mrs. Astor's paying calls to get people on her side.
10:09Miss Marion supports the Met.
10:11So do I.
10:12And where will that get you?
10:13That's what I think, that's all.
10:14You only think that because Miss Adelheid Weber does.
10:17The mistress has got Miss Scott writing to all the Academy members to make sure they hold firm.
10:23What?
10:24She can't write letters to that sort of people.
10:26Why not?
10:27When a fight is big enough, everyone gets sucked in.
10:31So Henderson is traveling today?
10:33He is.
10:34And we have reserved a suite at the Brunswick.
10:36And a carriage for tomorrow?
10:38Yes.
10:39I hope it doesn't make him think he has power over us.
10:42He's not the first man I've dealt with who has exaggerated ideas of his own importance.
10:45I humor him to get him to reveal his price.
10:48I suppose he hasn't got one.
10:50Oh, he has.
10:52He may tease us a little so we raise our offer.
10:55But every man living has a price.
11:01The first tier will be played.
11:04However, there are a few boxes...
11:06Where's Mr. Russell?
11:07At his office.
11:08Please lift away.
11:09Is he enjoying the opera war?
11:10Well, he'd like to know if you're going to take a box.
11:13So would I.
11:13You need more of the old crowd in your audience.
11:16Recruit a few of them and I'll see.
11:18Now, where do the Wintertons stand?
11:21She may be new.
11:23But her husband's money is not.
11:24And her social standing is gathering pace.
11:26Oh?
11:27They spent their wedding journey in England courting the aristocracy.
11:31Thank you for having me today.
11:33I wish we could sign you up.
11:34I'm afraid we're very happy at the Academy.
11:37At one time I knew a woman who was really desperate to get on their list.
11:41So I feel it would be most ungrateful for me not to enjoy it.
11:44Did your friend ever get their box at last?
11:47No.
11:48But like so many others who failed, she now supports the Met.
11:51Oh, I was just telling Mrs. Russell of all your friends you've made in Europe, not least the Duke of Buckingham.
11:57Mr. Winterton has many friends in England, the Duke of Buckingham among them.
12:01He entertained us while we were there at his place in Devon.
12:04How interesting.
12:05And now he's coming to America.
12:07Yes, we're to receive him in Newport.
12:10Would you excuse me?
12:11I want a word with Mrs. Wilson before she leaves.
12:13But when I get back, can I please see your ballroom?
12:16Of course.
12:19Oh, Alice, I'll join you in the hall.
12:23I heard you were able to fill that ballroom after all.
12:25It was a special night, as you'd have seen if you'd stayed.
12:29Though you would have been there in a different capacity, of course.
12:34Well, I hope you'll think of joining our ranks.
12:38Would you, if you were in my place?
12:40I understood the earlier reference.
12:43But you could have a box in both houses.
12:45Why?
12:46When it will take them at years even to begin to compete.
12:49It's a second-rate project, and it will be second-rate for both our lifetimes.
12:55Or are you threatening me with exposure?
12:57I have no wish to make trouble.
12:59Good.
13:00Because if you make trouble for me, I will respond in kind.
13:03I don't understand.
13:04If I were you, I would discuss it with George before you decide to stir things up.
13:07George?
13:08You mean Mr. Russell.
13:09So he never told you about us?
13:13Funny, I thought that was why I was sacked.
13:15Because you were jealous.
13:16Jealous of what?
13:17You should ask your husband.
13:18Oh, Mrs. Russell.
13:27I'm ready for my tour.
13:29I still can't believe it.
13:30I had to see her for myself.
13:32So, Miss Turner is now a great lady in New York.
13:36It makes you think.
13:37If she can do it, anyone can.
13:39I wonder how she managed it.
13:41How do you think?
13:42She saw what she wanted and she went for it.
13:45Peter, how do you know that?
13:47She told me.
13:48Have you kept up with her since she left here?
13:51From time to time.
13:53So, Mr. Winterton was a marked man.
13:55Why do you think she chose him?
13:57Hmm.
13:57I can answer that.
13:59He's been in the newspaper a lot lately as one of the greatest donors to the new Museum
14:03of Art.
14:04He gave millions.
14:06That's what she was looking for.
14:08I wonder how she pulled it off.
14:09She wrote, praising his taste and his philanthropy, his culture and his wisdom, and she hoped
14:16that one day they might meet.
14:17And that's all it took?
14:18One letter?
14:20That's not quite all it took.
14:26Oh, Miss Scott.
14:28I may be away for a while, so I've written down some ideas for you to work on while I'm
14:32gone.
14:33Where are you off to?
14:34Booker T. Washington is opening a dormitory at the Tuskegee State Normal School, and he's
14:38invited me to cover the event.
14:39Well, you know everyone.
14:41Well, I met Mr. Washington when he was here last year raising money.
14:44Tell me about it.
14:45Well, he's intelligent and driven and quite adept at getting large donations.
14:49Alfred Haynes Porter funded this dormitory, so our angle will be how white Brooklyn money
14:53is building a colored institution at Tuskegee.
14:55No one would ever know that.
14:57Which is why we're doing the story.
14:59Well, good to Mr. Washington.
15:02Oh, I suppose now they can take students from anywhere with the new dormitory.
15:06Well, that's the idea, but I don't know why a colored student from New York would go all
15:11the way to Alabama just to learn how to be a farm laborer.
15:15Well, I read that Mr. Washington also trains the students in teaching.
15:18I know they promise to be teachers for two years when they finish, but after that's done,
15:22it seems they only get offered the kind of jobs white people want to give them.
15:25Perhaps Mr. Washington sees what he's doing as the first step.
15:28Well, that's what I need to ask him.
15:30I envy you.
15:32I'd love to write a story like that.
15:35Where will you stay?
15:36With Mr. Washington and his wife.
15:38He wants publicity for the school, so he's excited for me to come there.
15:41When were you last in the South?
15:43Not for many years.
15:45And when I lived there, I was a slave.
15:47Oh, I see.
15:50No, you don't.
15:52Because you can't.
15:54But somehow I have to put that behind me.
15:58When Booker T. Washington calls, I must go.
16:02Well, I hope you'll consider his point of view.
16:04So you like the idea of our highest ambition being to milk a cow.
16:09I'll tell you what I do like.
16:11When colored people open doors,
16:12when they help others to earn a living,
16:15I like independence and self-reliance.
16:18And even if it's not perfect,
16:20this Tuskegee school seems like a step in the right direction.
16:24I'll tell Mr. Washington you said so.
16:26I wish I could tell him myself.
16:30You know it would be highly unusual for us to travel together.
16:33Because I'm a woman?
16:34We must live in the real world.
16:36But I became a journalist to cover stories exactly like this.
16:42I think about it.
16:44Is that a yes?
16:45Not quite.
16:50All right.
16:54I should get back to work.
16:56Why?
16:57Do you have a cruel mistress who never allows you time off?
17:00She's an absolute tyrant.
17:01Take it from me.
17:02Well, then kiss me again.
17:05I command her.
17:06As you wish.
17:07This will only delay the completion of the work.
17:10Good.
17:10Then you'll be around longer.
17:13And when it is done,
17:15I'll find something else.
17:16You alone are a full-time job, Mrs. Blaine.
17:19The one I'd gladly undertake.
17:26How are your parents enjoying their first Newport summer?
17:29Actually, they're in New York.
17:30They left after Mr. McAllister's party.
17:33You didn't tell me they were leaving.
17:34She hadn't planned to.
17:35But things changed,
17:36and she stayed on in the city
17:37to give a tea party for the new opera house.
17:39But they'll be back.
17:41Mother will be.
17:42She means to spend most of the summer here.
17:44Then we must learn to be careful.
17:46I saw the way she was looking at me.
17:48I don't care what she thinks.
17:50I don't care what anyone thinks.
17:52I do.
17:52I mean to have a lot of fun this summer
17:54and to pay no price for it.
17:56My motto has always been
17:57to have my cake and eat it.
18:00What about the servants?
18:02Well, Trent has them under control.
18:03But who keeps Trent under control?
18:05Don't worry about that.
18:06My butler and I have been together a long time.
18:09I won't worry at all.
18:11Because I'm mad about you,
18:13and I want to shout it from the housetops.
18:15Then you must learn to restrain yourself
18:17in the sure and certain knowledge
18:20that I will reward you.
18:21And now, I should really go and check
18:29what the workers are up to.
18:31Yes, you should.
18:34I have to pack anyway for my own trip to New York.
18:36You're abandoning me as well.
18:38Not for long.
18:39I have to settle some property of my late husband's.
18:42Well, perhaps I should travel with you.
18:44I'm due in New York next week.
18:45Well, would that be wise?
18:47Well, anyway, we should get together while we're there.
18:50You know, I'm always ready to get together with you.
19:02Leave us.
19:04Of course, madam.
19:05Is something wrong?
19:16You tell me.
19:18I'm not in the mood for riddles.
19:19I've had some bad news from Pittsburgh, and I...
19:21Well, I had some bad news, too.
19:23What about?
19:25It's to do with Turner.
19:27The new Mrs. Winterton.
19:29Did you persuade her to change sides?
19:31No.
19:32She has no intention of giving her support to the Metropolitan.
19:35She only came here to taunt me.
19:38Taunt you?
19:39With what?
19:40What happened between you and Turner?
19:42What did she tell you?
19:44Just answer the question.
19:48Nothing happened.
19:50Except?
19:52Except what?
19:53She came into my room one night.
19:55At first, I thought it was you.
19:57But the lamp revealed that I was wrong.
19:59Was it just your room?
20:00Or your bed?
20:02My bed.
20:04Was she clothed?
20:07Answer me!
20:09No.
20:10But I would never betray you.
20:12You already have.
20:13Nothing happened.
20:14As soon as I knew it wasn't you, I got out of bed.
20:17Did she?
20:18Not immediately.
20:19So I ordered her to leave.
20:21But you never told me.
20:23Because there was nothing to tell.
20:24It seems to me there was a great deal to tell.
20:26She didn't matter to me in the least.
20:28And there was no chance anything was going to happen.
20:30But I knew you depended on her.
20:32It didn't make sense to blow up the house because of her stupid mistake.
20:36So you allowed me to be waited on?
20:39To have my hair arranged?
20:41My clothes chosen?
20:42My bath run by a woman who'd been naked with my husband?
20:45It's disgusting!
20:47I'm sorry if it was a bad decision.
20:49Decision!
20:49I call that betrayal!
21:06Start at the beginning.
21:08Yes, sir.
21:09I was easily told.
21:10I came to New York as a banker with some success.
21:13I got married and Flora was born.
21:14Then things started to go wrong.
21:18My wife's father wanted her to get rid of me before she inherited his fortune.
21:22He arranged that I should suffer the indignities of a divorce.
21:25And you let him?
21:27They were stronger than I was.
21:30Anyway, I gave my wife a large settlement and retired to lick my wounds.
21:34And what happened next?
21:35I proved her father's instincts had been correct when I lost everything soon after in the panic of 57.
21:41And you never contacted them again?
21:42My former wife was not keen to maintain a connection.
21:46I can imagine.
21:49I kept track of Flora's school and where they lived and so on.
21:56I saw the marriage announcement in the Times.
21:59Was there no possible return to banking business at any rate?
22:02I'd been declared bankrupt, so no.
22:06I was a failure and it was official.
22:09I had no money, no home.
22:13For a time I was almost on the streets.
22:17But the one job I understood was a valet.
22:20I had my own valet.
22:21I knew what the work consisted of, so I found a place and learned the rest.
22:26Flora said she saw you in the street.
22:30I kept an eye on her for years.
22:33I shouldn't have revealed myself.
22:35She called me over, but I should have resisted.
22:38I was not aware that you knew the Russells.
22:40Why would you be?
22:42I ought to have kept silent.
22:44But you didn't, Mr. Collier.
22:46And there we have it.
22:48I am a banker, my wife is a hostess, and her father is a valet.
22:52It seems to me that we are in a pretty kettle of fish.
22:55Can I remind you that Henderson, the man who works at my steel mill, is coming to luncheon?
23:20Have you warned Church?
23:22Yes, we're rolling out the red carpet for him.
23:25Isn't he your enemy?
23:26If he is, I'll be ready for him.
23:29But I need your help with him, and you did promise me.
23:32That was before.
23:33Bertha, my business doesn't stop when we fall out.
23:37You're being jejuned.
23:39You know nothing happened.
23:42Am I really to be held responsible for Turner's actions?
23:45You're responsible for your own inaction.
23:48What is it?
23:49Yes?
23:53I can come back later.
23:55No, say it now or never.
23:58Larry and I have been invited to a play by Mr. Oscar Wilde.
24:01There's to be a reception afterwards.
24:03Who has invited you?
24:04Aurora Fame, though I'll be escorted by John Adams.
24:07May I go?
24:08If you wish.
24:10So I can go?
24:12Just like that?
24:12Yes.
24:13Is there anything else?
24:14I suppose not.
24:16I'll be down in a few minutes.
24:20What's the matter?
24:21Your mother's very tired.
24:30If it interests you, I do know that I made a mistake.
24:37A misjudgment.
24:39An error.
24:40But I do not know what else I can say on the subject.
24:44Mr. Church, may I ask your advice?
25:01Of course.
25:02It's about Mr. McNeil.
25:04Your son-in-law.
25:05He has made me an offer.
25:15How was the luncheon?
25:17Was he rude?
25:17No, he was very polite.
25:19You surprised me.
25:20If his tone was friendly, his offer is not.
25:23What did it consist of?
25:25Well, to start with, a generous pension.
25:28I believe he's a rich man.
25:29He's certainly a successful one.
25:31He wants me to move to the West Coast, to San Francisco.
25:36San Francisco's a long way away.
25:38I would consider it, but I am also to swear I will make no effort to see my daughter or
25:43her children for the rest of my life.
25:47Goodness me.
25:49McNeil will inform me of their news.
25:51I'm not to answer his letters or seek to correspond with Flora.
25:54But you would be taken care of.
25:56An apartment will be purchased.
25:59A bank account will be opened.
26:01I'll have a man-servant and a cook.
26:04So, yes, I will be taken care of.
26:07I suppose that's not unreasonable, given their position in New York.
26:11No, it's not exactly unreasonable.
26:13Could even be called generous.
26:17But it is heartless.
26:21All the same.
26:26Mr. Henderson, I believe.
26:34Will you come this way?
26:45Mr. Henderson.
26:47Hello, Mr. Russell.
26:49Mr. Henderson.
26:50Thank you for coming.
26:51Yeah.
26:52My dear, may I present Mr. Henderson, who has traveled all the way from Pittsburgh to
26:59see me?
27:00Happy to know you, ma'am.
27:01I want to welcome you to the house.
27:02It's good of you to come.
27:03It's good of Mr. Russell to ask me.
27:05I've never visited a house like this before, and I don't suppose I ever will again.
27:09Then I hope you enjoy yourself.
27:11Was your hotel comfortable?
27:12I've never been so comfortable before.
27:15Ah.
27:16Our luncheon is ready.
27:17So let us go in and eat it.
27:19Come on.
27:21I might be going away for a few days.
27:25Oh?
27:26Where are you going?
27:27Tuskegee, Alabama.
27:29Mr. Fortune and I are doing a story on a school down there.
27:32I've already asked Mrs. Van Ryn's permission.
27:34You said might be, so it's not definite.
27:36Mr. Fortune hasn't officially decided, but I've made a good case for myself.
27:41I don't believe he'll refuse.
27:42Who else is going?
27:44Well, he didn't mention anyone.
27:45Well, you can't go all the way to Alabama alone with a man.
27:48I've told you, it is a professional trip, and Mr. Fortune is my employer.
27:53He's also a man.
27:55And a married one.
27:57Be careful, that's all.
28:01Have you always lived in Pittsburgh?
28:03No.
28:03I was born in New Jersey, but I moved there for the work.
28:06But my wife's from Pittsburgh.
28:07How long have you been married?
28:0923 years.
28:11Six children to show for it.
28:12Six?
28:13Heavens.
28:13We have all we can handle with two.
28:15Susie works as well.
28:17She's a dressmaker.
28:18I admire her.
28:19Well, we have to make ends meet.
28:21Why not take Mr. Henderson through to the library?
28:26You can speak more freely there.
28:29It's true.
28:30And the worst thing is that Marion has shown up Francis' other teachers.
28:35In her opinion, they are wrong.
28:38Only Miss Brooke can do right.
28:40Francis is an adorable child, but I must ask her to be more tolerant.
28:44I wish you success, as she may insist you take all her lessons and not just watercolors.
28:49Painted watercolors?
28:50She does.
28:51And very well.
28:53How pleasing.
28:54The showy oil paintings of the masters normally get all the attention.
28:59But watercolors have a champion in me.
29:01Oh, me too.
29:02I just love them.
29:03Really, Ada?
29:04I'd never heard you say that.
29:06Which watercolorist do you especially favor?
29:10I know you mean to catch me out.
29:12But it happens that I admire the German painter Adolf Menzel.
29:16A marvelous fellow.
29:18He works in such a range of styles.
29:21Are they mounting a Menzel exhibition here?
29:23What is this?
29:25Soup.
29:27Soup?
29:27At luncheon?
29:29Wasn't it George IV who decreed that no gentleman drinks soup in the middle of the day?
29:34This is New England clam chowder.
29:37I thought it would be a surprise.
29:39And so it is.
29:39How did it get on my table?
29:41I conspired with Mrs. Bauer.
29:43Why was that, Aunt Ada?
29:45The Reverend mentioned that he was in search of an authentic bowl of chowder here in New York.
29:50I believe I did.
29:52So I sent our cook to the task.
29:54We went through quite a few receipts.
29:57I hope you agree with her choice.
29:59It smells delicious.
30:00Well, if we discuss the soup any longer, it won't be fit to drink.
30:05Quite right, Mrs. Van Ryn.
30:10I'm looking forward to the evening, Lose Gawile.
30:12I've read nothing about the play, but we know him a little from one of our visits to England.
30:17He's such an entertaining man.
30:19And Miss Beaton will be in the party.
30:22I'm glad.
30:22I like her.
30:24And I think she likes you.
30:25But she must promise me not to break her heart.
30:27You have a very poor opinion of me.
30:29Are there more New England treats waiting in the wings?
30:32No.
30:33Just the soup.
30:34How kind of you, Aunt Ada.
30:35I agree.
30:37And it is kindness that does the most good in the world.
30:40Well said, Reverend.
30:42More wine, though.
30:43Definitely.
30:47Where shall we start?
30:48Why not begin with the simple facts?
30:51Your average steel man works 12 hours a day, six days a week, and all for a pittance.
30:56When the bell sounds, they're released.
30:57They're too broken for anything more than a mouthful of food.
31:01And sleep.
31:02It's an existence.
31:04It's not a life.
31:04You know I cannot pay my workers more than the normal rate.
31:08Why not?
31:08It would have set the markets, which would not benefit anyone.
31:11I dare say in time, wages will rise.
31:14But you must let these things evolve.
31:16And working conditions?
31:18Huh?
31:19Must they evolve, too, while men are maimed and killed through bad practice?
31:23Life is a dangerous business, Mr. Henderson.
31:26I'm a patron of the Brooklyn Bridge.
31:28And more than 20 men have died in its construction.
31:30Would you rather it had not been built and New York was forever a divided city?
31:34No.
31:34No.
31:36We cannot make the world a padded cell, even for the comfort of your workers.
31:40Things are changing, Mr. Russell.
31:42Unions are stronger now.
31:44They will grow stronger still, and you will have to deal with them.
31:46I am a man of business.
31:48And I have jobs to offer in my mills, in my factories, and on my railroads.
31:53And I pay the going rate.
31:55If your men don't want to work for me, then I suggest they step aside and make way for the many who do.
32:00Is that all you have to say?
32:01Did I come to New York to hear that?
32:02Not quite.
32:05What if I offered you a job in management?
32:08Is there any chance that you might take it?
32:11Why would I?
32:12To see your children healthy, well-fed, and in the best schools?
32:15To let your wife give up her sewing if she so wishes.
32:19To be a figure in the community, valued and admired.
32:23So it would be to my own advantage.
32:25Indeed it would.
32:26And how would that help the workforce?
32:27Oh, I see how it is.
32:29You are St. Michael with a flaming sword, and I am just a greedy robber baron.
32:35You use the phrase, not I.
32:42You're very good, you know.
32:43They were right to send you as their spokesman.
32:48All we're asking is for you to do the right thing, Mr. Russell.
32:51I pay you the compliment of being sure that you know what the right thing would be.
32:55I hope you believe me.
32:56I believe in your sincerity, Mr. Henderson.
33:00I do.
33:01But do you believe workers can win against capital?
33:03Of which I blush to say, I have a great deal.
33:10Now I understand why you brought me here.
33:13But you're wrong, Mr. Russell.
33:15You have miscalculated.
33:18The future is on our side.
33:21And now it should go.
33:26Well, I've never been west of the Mississippi.
33:31I'd like to see the Pacific Ocean.
33:34I read that the California winter is like our fall, except the leaves don't change their color.
33:39I think I'd miss that.
33:41You'll go to San Francisco, then?
33:44I'm still undecided.
33:47It's a strange thing to be forced out of your child's life twice.
33:52Of course, when I first left, she was just a little girl.
33:55It wasn't her fault.
33:56So you think she had a hand in this proposition, then?
33:58No, I can't imagine that he would banish her own father to the other side of the country without consulting her.
34:04I suppose.
34:05Maybe it was her idea.
34:07He just served as the executioner.
34:10I don't have children, so I can't speak to how it must feel that you are still and will always be her father.
34:17No one can change that.
34:19Maybe.
34:20Maybe.
34:20But they are certainly trying to erase any reminder of it.
34:25How did it go, Mr. Church?
34:26Well, I'm not used to serving horny-handed sons of toil, but it seemed to go fairly well.
34:31Did the mistress turn up in the end?
34:32Oh, yes.
34:34Cool as a cucumber.
34:35Butter wouldn't melt in her mouth.
34:36What's the argument about it?
34:37I don't know, but she hasn't forgiven him.
34:39Not yet.
34:40She will.
34:40Has the union man gone?
34:42Yes, and good riddance.
34:43All unions do is make everything worse than it was before.
34:45I'm not sure that's quite the whole picture, Mr. Church.
34:49What if they started a servants' union?
34:52Would you join it?
34:53I'd rather be struck dead by lightning.
34:56I take it that's a no.
35:02Thank you for today.
35:06He hasn't backed down.
35:08I can only hope I've given him something to think about.
35:10Good.
35:13Are you going up to dress?
35:15No.
35:15I'll have a tray in my room.
35:19Will the children dine with me, or have you made other plans?
35:22This is our quarrel, not theirs.
35:25But they're both going to the theater tonight, so you'll eat on your own.
35:31How long will it be like this?
35:33I don't know, George.
35:35Betrayal is not like a case of influenza.
35:37No, it feels more like a death sentence.
35:40Won't you allow me to make things up to you?
35:42Open in the name of the emperor.
35:56Brothers, be masked, all of you.
36:00Have you not noticed the proclamation, fellows?
36:04Nay, sir.
36:05Let me see who you are.
36:07Take off those players' masks.
36:10Stand back, I say.
36:11General Kotelkin.
36:12General Kotelkin.
36:14His imperial highness, the Tsarvich.
36:18Is this the most boring play in the world, or just in New York?
36:22You'd better think of something to praise when we meet the playwright later.
36:25That's rather testy.
36:26I wonder why he thinks he can write.
36:28He does know how to talk.
36:29I met him at a dinner when he was here last year, and I was in stitches.
36:33He may be witty, but clearly he hasn't learned how to harness it.
36:37I'm not sure that's the compliment we're looking for.
36:41I've met a lot to get.
36:44Well, good night, your highness.
36:49Good night.
36:51Good night, general.
36:53Good night.
37:24Unless I take you back to your house, no one would know.
37:28Or is that a wicked suggestion?
37:31That's certainly a tempting one.
37:34I don't think too much of this play.
37:36Do you?
37:40What on earth are we going to say to Mr. Wilde?
37:42Would you mind terribly if I didn't come to the party, I mean?
37:46We don't have to stay for the second act.
37:49You'd rather not.
37:51But is everything all right?
37:53Well, Frances had a difficult day.
37:55Well, she seemed fine in class.
37:57Yes, but as you know, the school is putting on a mother-daughter tea.
38:01And as her mother is...
38:02I understand.
38:03My own mother died when I was very young.
38:07I fool myself that we're doing so well, Frances and I, and all of a sudden, life catches us out.
38:15Yes, I'm sorry to burden you.
38:17May I propose something?
38:19Of course.
38:20I'm hardly a substitute, but I'd be glad to accompany Frances to the tea if it would help.
38:26It would help a great deal.
38:31And Frances would be delighted.
38:36Now I am twice in your debt.
38:39What do you mean?
38:40A tennis wager.
38:41I haven't forgotten.
38:46Of course.
38:48Where is young Mr. Russell?
38:49Has he gone?
38:50He's taken Mrs. Blaine home.
38:52She had a headache.
38:53How convenient.
38:55And what fun.
38:56No, no.
38:56It's nothing like that.
38:58Mr. Oscar Wilde.
39:06How very kind you are, Mrs. Fain, to let me throw off the chains of the theatre so that
39:10I may step into society as if I were not damaged goods.
39:13Oh, nonsense, Mr. Wilde.
39:15You honor us with your presence.
39:17We are delighted to celebrate you.
39:19And how I love being celebrated.
39:21Now let me introduce you to some of our guests.
39:23This is Miss Maude Beaton.
39:25Pleasure.
39:26And your namesake, my cousin, Oscar Van Ryn.
39:29We Oscars must stick together.
39:31How do you find America?
39:33Well, I can manage almost everything but the food and the wallpaper.
39:39Were you pleased with how the play went?
39:42An audience is seldom pleasing.
39:44It's a bonus if they don't disappoint.
39:45But what's your verdict?
39:47It was interesting.
39:49Interesting is a weasel word.
39:51And generally used to avoid giving a real opinion.
39:55I liked Marie Prescott.
39:57Yes, she's glamorous enough to take our minds off the text.
40:01But I don't think it'll run.
40:02Well, you will run, Mr. Wilde, as long and as far as you care to.
40:06And you are?
40:06John Adams.
40:07How do you do?
40:09And this is our new friend, Miss Gladys Russell.
40:12Oh, I hope you enjoyed the play, Miss Russell.
40:15Is enjoy the right word when a czar is murdered and the evening ends with the heroine stabbing
40:20herself?
40:20Oh, so young and already a critic.
40:26So, you've met the charming Miss Beaton.
40:28I suppose it was only a matter of time.
40:31I like her very much.
40:33Are you here with Gladys Russell?
40:35As a friend.
40:36What if she wants more from you?
40:38She'll be disappointed, as I'm already spoken for.
40:41Have you and I met?
40:45No.
40:46But I'll introduce you soon.
40:49Are you happy with him?
40:53Oscar, I'm happy with me.
40:55That's as much as I need or hope for.
40:59I'd rather envy you.
41:02Who is Miss Russell?
41:03One of your famous heiresses, I suppose.
41:05How clever you are, Mr. Wilde.
41:08Yes, one of the greatest of her year.
41:10Well, it seems we're in a room full of young heiresses.
41:14Which is your cousin, Southerner?
41:16I shouldn't admit it, but of course you're right.
41:19He has his eye on Miss Beaton now.
41:21And the young man with him?
41:24Don Adams.
41:25He's an old friend of Oscar's.
41:27Yes, indeed, yes.
41:27Is that getting rather complicated?
41:30I don't know what you mean.
41:32Or should you?
41:32You're far too well brought up.
41:34Have you not heard of the opera battle that's being waged at the moment?
41:43Oh, indeed I have.
41:44Though it seems strange to me to wage a war over that yellow brick brewery on Broadway and 39th Street.
41:50Is that fair?
41:51No, you're quite right.
41:52If it were actually a brewery, someone might hope to get some pleasure from it.
41:56We're proud of our opera, Mr. Wilde.
41:58It has been my experience that you are proud of many things that would not translate to the old world.
42:05But is the old world better?
42:07Not better, exactly.
42:08It's just more tested by time.
42:10You're back so soon.
42:17I thought you were in Newport all summer.
42:18I went with Mr. Church and Mr. Watson for the master's ballet.
42:21But we all came back much sooner than Mr. Church expected.
42:24What's the Newport house like?
42:26Gracious and grand.
42:28They call it a cottage.
42:29It's not like a cottage to be.
42:31I like the town, though.
42:33We'll go back soon.
42:34We're only here for the mistress's tea party.
42:36How'd it go?
42:37Do you know about Miss Turner?
42:38The lady's maid?
42:39She turned up at the party.
42:41As a guest.
42:42What?
42:43It's true.
42:44She's married a rich, old property man, and now she's the talk of the town.
42:48What does Mrs. Russell say to that?
42:50There's not much she can say, but I don't think she likes it.
42:53Not one bit.
42:54Mrs. Van Ryn wouldn't like it much if Miss Armstrong left and came back as Mrs. Rockefeller.
43:00Anyway...
43:01I'd better get back.
43:02Hurry now.
43:03Let that melt.
43:06I have some contributions for the rummage sale.
43:13Thank you so much.
43:15I understand.
43:19Miss Brooke.
43:21Is everything all right?
43:23Oh.
43:23Mr. Dawson had a low opinion of how we give out communion.
43:27What part of it was he criticizing?
43:29The part where I offer communion to those he deems undeserving.
43:33What you must have to put up with.
43:35Let's just say some of God's children can be very tiresome.
43:39Oh.
43:40Are you allowed to say that?
43:42Can't I?
43:43To you?
43:43Of course you can.
43:45We're friends.
43:47Good.
43:50I enjoyed luncheon.
43:52And I was truly touched that you had your cook prepare the chowder.
43:56Oh.
43:56I'm happy if you enjoyed it.
43:59I think everyone did.
44:00Except possibly Mrs. Van Ryn.
44:02Oh.
44:02My sister.
44:04Pleasing her can be little short of a miracle.
44:06Well, I'm in the miracle business.
44:09Do you remember when we talked about watercolors you mentioned Adolf Menzel?
44:12I do.
44:14I found the exhibition of his work that I mentioned.
44:16It's at the Ross Gallery on West 42nd.
44:19I thought maybe we might go together.
44:23Oh.
44:24I'll be there on Saturday at 4 o'clock.
44:28In case you can join me.
44:40Because I believe I can make the story better.
44:44Better for your paper.
44:45Better for your readers.
44:49That's all I have to say.
44:50I won't bother you any more about it.
44:54A train ticket.
44:57We leave on Monday.
44:59Pack light.
45:01It's humid in Alabama.
45:18I've been waiting for you to get back.
45:21Why particularly?
45:22I need an excuse to leave the house for a couple of hours on Saturday.
45:26Are there any errands I could run?
45:30None that I can think of.
45:31Well, I might just go anyway.
45:34By myself.
45:35If Agnes wonders where I am, you could say...
45:38Bloomingdale's.
45:39Well, this all sounds very cloak and dagger, Aunt Heda.
45:44What's going on?
45:48You mustn't say a word to Agnes or even Miss Scott.
45:52But the Reverend Mr. Forte has invited me to meet him at an art gallery on 42nd Street.
45:56How intriguing.
45:59Then again, there may be nothing to it.
46:03Perhaps I shouldn't go.
46:04Nonsense.
46:05Of course you must go.
46:06I want to.
46:07But Agnes will ask and then I'll stumble all over myself.
46:11Why don't I go with you?
46:14Would you?
46:15I won't stay.
46:17I'll just accompany you to the gallery to throw Aunt Agnes off the scent.
46:20And if she asks where we're going, let me speak.
46:22You would do that for me?
46:24Look who's scheming now, Aunt Heda.
46:26Oh, stop.
46:27I didn't know you were coming home.
46:35I need more of my summer clothes.
46:37I suppose that means you'll be staying on 61st Street through the end of the summer.
46:42Maybe.
46:43But I need the clothes to visit the new colored school in Tuskegee,
46:47headed by Mr. Booker T. Washington.
46:50Tuskegee in Alabama?
46:52Is there another one?
46:54Why do you have to go there?
46:55Mr. Fortune gave me an assignment.
46:58We're covering the opening of a new dormitory.
47:01It's a real opportunity.
47:03I understand that.
47:05Then what's the matter?
47:07The matter is that you have never been south of the Mason and Dixon line.
47:12We're staying with Mr. Washington and his wife.
47:14They have a big house and some of the teachers from the school live there too.
47:18It'll be all right.
47:20It's dangerous.
47:21Mother.
47:21We came to New York for a different kind of life.
47:26A life that colored people can't have down there.
47:30Does your father know where you're going?
47:32No, ma'am.
47:32It all just happened.
47:34But you don't seem to understand that once you cross that line,
47:37you are no longer human.
47:45You must promise me to always stay with your group.
47:49Never go out alone.
47:50I can promise that.
47:52Do not make eye contact with any white folks.
47:55And don't speak to them.
47:57Even the slightest gesture or look can be misconstrued.
48:00You're telling me to be subservient?
48:02I'm telling you how to stay alive.
48:05And if it were up to me, you would not be going at all.
48:08Well, I have to go.
48:10I need this.
48:13I need to show the world that there are young, colored people
48:16really making something of their lives.
48:19It gives me a purpose.
48:20And if I can put my whole self into my work,
48:23then I won't have a spare second to think about my poor boy.
48:26Oh, my darling girl, I know.
48:32I know.
48:33I know.
48:34I am so sorry you are going through this,
48:37but listen to me.
48:39The South is no place to find refuge.
48:43And I wish you'd reconsider.
48:51Apparently, this Duke is arriving in two weeks' time
48:54aboard the RMS Servia, one of the Cunard ships.
48:57You have contacts at Cunard?
48:59A couple.
49:01This is the Duke of Buckingham?
49:02Yes.
49:04Can you find out where he'll be staying when he gets you?
49:07What reason would I give?
49:09Can't you say it's business?
49:10But it's not business, is it?
49:12If word got back to him, and I couldn't justify it,
49:14how would that make me look?
49:16What do we know about him, anyway?
49:18We know he's a real Duke,
49:20and Turner means to use him to dazzle Newport.
49:22What else do we need to know?
49:24I still don't understand.
49:26I want to put Turner's nose out of joint.
49:29You have to trust me.
49:30I do trust you.
49:32More than you trust me, I think.
49:34Then prove it.
49:35There must be someone at Cunard who could help.
49:38And if I succeed,
49:40will I be forgiven for my failings?
49:44Find the Duke,
49:46get me an introduction,
49:48and then we'll talk.
49:49Very well.
49:51I'll do my best.
49:52I told him he was wrong about us.
49:58I told him we're united,
50:00and that we'll stand together no matter what.
50:02Hear, hear.
50:03But did he listen to you?
50:05He thought I could be bought off,
50:06but I think he knows now that won't happen.
50:08So, what's next?
50:10His first objective will be to divide us.
50:12So he'll offer some of us money.
50:13Exactly.
50:14No doubt Mr. Clay will come up with more money
50:15for the catchers and roughers,
50:17and more for the American-born over the immigrants.
50:19They'll do anything they can to split us into factions.
50:22They'll use that to destroy us.
50:24No, they won't.
50:25Because we won't let him succeed.
50:27Does Mr. Russell know we're prepared to strike?
50:29Is he ready for that?
50:30He knows we could strike.
50:32But he won't be gentle in his arguments,
50:33I can promise you that.
50:35Mr. Russell's not a weak man,
50:37and there's no point pretending otherwise.
50:38Then we should prepare.
50:40And when the time comes,
50:42we must be ready to strike.
50:44Ready to fight.
50:45Exactly.
50:47And if it comes,
50:48we have to be ready to die.
50:50That's right.
50:51Yeah.
50:52That's right.
50:52Bye.
51:02He's here.
51:03I'll go for a walk outside
51:05while you enjoy the exhibition.
51:24Miss Brooke,
51:25how lovely to see you.
51:27I'm sorry I'm late.
51:28But you're not.
51:29You're right on time.
51:30I just started to look at the pictures
51:31because I wasn't certain you'd come.
51:35Oh, I like this one.
51:37Don't you?
51:39He's so vibrant and busy.
51:46Anzell is quite a solitary man, you know.
51:49Very short.
51:51Literally four foot six.
51:53With a large head.
51:55Which may have made him shy.
51:59He certainly never married.
52:01But we mustn't hold that against him.
52:05You make me wish I'd known him.
52:06He's still alive.
52:08But quite old now.
52:10Maybe too old to make new friends.
52:13Especially single ladies from Fifth Avenue.
52:15His hero is Frederick the Great,
52:20that military genius.
52:21Which seems odd, really,
52:23but Frederick figures in many of his pictures.
52:26I so enjoy your knowledge.
52:29If that doesn't sound too forward.
52:31I take it as a great compliment.
52:32What did your sister make of your agreeing to meet me here?
52:38Oh, well, you've met Agnes.
52:42She always has an opinion at the ready.
52:45Hope she has a good opinion of me.
52:49Of course.
52:51We're both so grateful you were appointed.
52:54Really, we couldn't be more pleased.
52:56I, I'm grateful too, Miss Brooke.
53:00For several reasons.
53:07Oh, look at this one.
53:09Isn't it nice to me?
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