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00:01:31You'll be the laughing stock of the industry.
00:01:48You'll never be late in the Snyderly Gate.
00:01:52This is the last.
00:01:56Get me, Mr. Armstrong.
00:01:57Well, there's no use trying to stop him.
00:01:59Ballyhoo's in his blood.
00:02:02Had Mr. Armstrong come in at once?
00:02:04He has great ideas.
00:02:06Too wild, too exciting.
00:02:08His methods might have been all right in the old days of Pioneering.
00:02:11America's grown up since then.
00:02:13It's taken on dignity.
00:02:15Decorah.
00:02:16Today we have to face...
00:02:17Morning, Mr. Snyderly.
00:02:18Hello, Frank.
00:02:19Hi, Joe.
00:02:20Hello, George.
00:02:21Well, glad to see you all looking so chipper this morning.
00:02:23Oh, boy.
00:02:24Do you see this?
00:02:27I've seen.
00:02:28Don't you like it?
00:02:33Definitely.
00:02:34No.
00:02:34Well, whether you like it or not, it's a great sales stunt.
00:02:36Well, you've got half the population throwing their necks out of John just to read your name.
00:02:40It's undignified.
00:02:41Well, certainly it is.
00:02:41Well, what's dignity got to do with salesmanship?
00:02:43Everything.
00:02:46Dan, you've been our sales manager for six years now, or is it seven?
00:02:49Uh, seven, Mr. Snyderly.
00:02:51Exactly.
00:02:52We've enjoyed our association with you, Dan, and we've come to admire your sterling qualities.
00:02:56Why, even your overdeveloped imagination is charming, in a way.
00:02:59But the time has come...
00:03:01For me to resign.
00:03:02No, no, Dan, we merely wish to suggest that under the...
00:03:05Very well, let's soften the blow.
00:03:07He merely wished to suggest that in my own best interest, I should move on somewhere else.
00:03:11You're jumping to conclusions, Dan.
00:03:12Just as you jump at everything without pausing for sober second thought.
00:03:16All right, then.
00:03:17What are you getting at?
00:03:19From the looks of your faces, I can see that this is somebody's funeral.
00:03:22All I want to know is, am I the corpse?
00:03:24We're all fond of you, Dan.
00:03:26There's no one.
00:03:27Yes, I know, I know.
00:03:28My sterling qualities and all that sort of stuff.
00:03:30But what?
00:03:31This.
00:03:34Your methods of exploitation are out of date.
00:03:36They belong to the old era of Ballyhoo.
00:03:38What, you mean the blimps?
00:03:39Yes, the blimps.
00:03:41And the circus parade you staged last week in Washington.
00:03:43Right past the Supreme Court.
00:03:45That sort of thing insults the intelligence of our customers.
00:03:48Ah, but we have customers.
00:03:49And customers spell sales.
00:03:51I don't care about that.
00:03:52It was overselling that brought on the Depression and nearly ruined America.
00:03:56And I am not going to let it ruin Sniderley.
00:03:58What was the first country to come out of the Depression?
00:04:01England.
00:04:02Why?
00:04:03Dignity.
00:04:04We should learn that from England.
00:04:06And you should learn it, too.
00:04:10England.
00:04:11Dignity.
00:04:14Oh, I see.
00:04:16You want me to abandon the methods that have made the name of Sniderling a household word in every American home.
00:04:22Okay.
00:04:24Their desired resignation is tendered herewith.
00:04:26And I'm sure accepted regretfully.
00:04:28Here's the key to my office.
00:04:35Dan, why not go away for a while?
00:04:38Take a trip abroad.
00:04:40Visit England and see how they do things there.
00:04:43And you'll come back to us with a new point of view.
00:04:45We'll put it that you're going away for a well-earned holiday.
00:04:48Well, you put it any way you like, boys.
00:04:49It all adds up to the same total.
00:04:53Goodbye, Mr. Sniderling.
00:04:55Goodbye, Dan.
00:04:56And the very best of luck to you in whatever work you undertake.
00:05:00I guess I ought to take this along as a souvenir.
00:05:08Yes, Mr. Armstrong.
00:05:10I just wanted to tell you how wonderful you've been.
00:05:13Here, here, Millie.
00:05:14Now, don't you get started on the sterling qualities.
00:05:18Here.
00:05:19That contains a slight token for you.
00:05:21Oh, I really couldn't accept it, Mr. Armstrong.
00:05:23Oh, but you've got to accept it, Millie.
00:05:25And I want you to spend it all recklessly while you're still young.
00:05:27Now, here, don't go on to it.
00:05:30First thing you know, you'll have...
00:05:32Here.
00:05:35Where will you go, Mr. Armstrong?
00:05:37Well, oh, I don't know.
00:05:39Might go to Texas.
00:05:41I can always clean up an oil.
00:05:43Or I might even start an orchid plantation in California.
00:05:46Yes, or I might even go to England.
00:05:49Yes, my gosh.
00:05:52Might even go to England.
00:05:54England? Why?
00:05:55Because, Millie, today, the trend is all toward dignity.
00:06:00With a great big capital D.
00:06:01You all alone in England.
00:06:03No, no, say, I've got relations there.
00:06:05My grandfather was the black sheep of one of England's best families.
00:06:08Maybe they can teach me how to sell automatic egg beaters.
00:06:13Well, goodbye, Millie.
00:06:16Try and be a good girl.
00:06:17Oh, here's your handkerchief, Mr. Armstrong.
00:06:22No, no, keep it, Millie.
00:06:24Have it framed in memory of the last of the go-getters.
00:06:26Come on.
00:06:39Come on, get going, now.
00:06:47Pop it off, lesbian.
00:06:48Come on.
00:06:48Stop it.
00:06:49Come on.
00:06:49Come on.
00:06:50Come on, keep going.
00:06:50Come on.
00:06:51Come on.
00:06:51Come on, get going.
00:06:52Come on, get going.
00:06:52Come on, baby.
00:06:53Come on, baby.
00:06:54Come on.
00:06:55It's really tea, this.
00:06:57You've got such a morbid taste.
00:06:59Well, it's the very same tea you've been drinking all your life.
00:07:02In there it is.
00:07:03And grandmamma and grandpapa drank it, too.
00:07:05And look at them now. Oh, I say.
00:07:07Now, James, that's most indelicate.
00:07:09I can't imagine what's got into you two children.
00:07:11Bored a mother, darling.
00:07:13We're bored with this place.
00:07:14Bored with not having any money.
00:07:16Bored with you and father and bored with ourselves.
00:07:18I say, I say, look at this.
00:07:20What is it?
00:07:21Look here. He's actually in England.
00:07:22Who is?
00:07:23Daniel Armstrong.
00:07:24And who might he happen to be?
00:07:26My dear, have you forgotten of my grandmother's brother's name, Daniel Armstrong?
00:07:29Was he the fellow that stole the mummy from the British Museum?
00:07:32Yes.
00:07:33What did he do with the mummy?
00:07:35It was found next day wearing a top hat occupying the front bench in the House of Lords.
00:07:39And is this dreadful person coming here?
00:07:42No, no, no, no, no.
00:07:43This is his grandson.
00:07:44Now, the mummy-stealer went to America,
00:07:46where I imagine his sense of humor met with more approval.
00:07:49He died some years ago.
00:07:50That's too bad.
00:07:51He's the only relative I've ever wanted to meet.
00:07:54Well, need we do anything about the grandson?
00:07:56Well, I don't know, darling.
00:07:57I really think we ought to invite him for the weekend.
00:07:59Oh, no.
00:08:00The Glen Albans are coming and Mr. Manningdale.
00:08:02We can't have any Americans about.
00:08:04Yeah, but what does he do?
00:08:06Well, I've heard about him from time to time.
00:08:08You see my shot?
00:08:09Yes, sir.
00:08:10I've heard of the Snideling Company.
00:08:11Well, that's one of the biggest firms on earth.
00:08:13Snideling straight eights.
00:08:14Snideling refrigerator.
00:08:15Snideling orange squeezer.
00:08:16Snideling...
00:08:17He must be a millionaire.
00:08:18A millionaire?
00:08:19Yes.
00:08:20We might sell him Chaloner Hall at a fabulous price.
00:08:22Well, do you really think we might?
00:08:23Probably that's one of the reasons why he came to England.
00:08:25You know, the return of the prodigal and all that sort of stuff.
00:08:28Well, I say, if we could get a decent price for the old place,
00:08:31where I could afford to have that tiger hunt in India.
00:08:33And that's it all.
00:08:34I need to have one shot at the tiger before I die.
00:08:36And I could have a decent house in town
00:08:38and not have to live forever in exile on this devil's island.
00:08:42And I might be able to acquire a husband, Dolly.
00:08:47You came and then I was in that chair
00:08:51And with your kiss my heart you captured
00:08:57You have made the sun shine in my heart
00:09:08That's swell.
00:09:09That's great.
00:09:10You put that over beautifully.
00:09:11There.
00:09:14Oh, thank you, sir.
00:09:15Oh, that's all right.
00:09:16Don't mention it.
00:09:17You ought to clean up a lot of money with your talent.
00:09:18In my words, you're the first general for anything that had all day, sir.
00:09:21Is that so?
00:09:22Well, we'll do something about that right now.
00:09:24Come on, now.
00:09:25Do that over again, will you?
00:09:26Well, how about it, partner?
00:09:27Why, of course, old chap.
00:09:28Come on.
00:09:29Let's do something for these kids, huh?
00:09:30You know, they're great artists, both of them.
00:09:32And where would England be without art today?
00:09:34You know, Shakespeare would never have been able to go on
00:09:36if people hadn't paid for the entertainment he gave them.
00:09:38That's it.
00:09:39Come on, partner.
00:09:40Loosen up.
00:09:41All contributions gratefully accepted.
00:09:43Hey.
00:09:44You.
00:09:45Here, my good man.
00:09:46Thanks, lady.
00:09:47Thank you very much.
00:09:48God bless you.
00:09:49Don't mention it.
00:09:50That's very generous of you.
00:09:51Not at all.
00:09:52I enjoy being a patron of the art.
00:09:54Oh, great.
00:09:55Say, that's a nice dog you've got.
00:09:56It is a dog, isn't it?
00:09:58Here you are, sir.
00:09:59There's a dog now.
00:10:00Oh, God bless you, sir.
00:10:02Say, you two look kind of hungry to me.
00:10:04We'll soon put that right, sir.
00:10:05Thanks to you.
00:10:06What do you say you come up to my hotel and have a dish of tea?
00:10:08Oh, we couldn't do that, sir.
00:10:09It wouldn't be right, sir.
00:10:10Who says it wouldn't be right?
00:10:11Come on.
00:10:21Hey, what's this?
00:10:22That's all right, Robert.
00:10:23I'm taking the barrel organ up to the mission house to save a few souls.
00:10:26Keep going, sir.
00:10:27I'm throwing it up like this.
00:10:28I'll watch it.
00:10:33I beg your pardon, sir.
00:10:34That's all right, Commodore.
00:10:35I live here and this is part of my baggage.
00:10:37Come on.
00:10:38Come on.
00:10:43All right.
00:10:44Keto, five or seven, please.
00:10:45Yes, sir.
00:10:46Mr. Armstrong.
00:10:47Your cousin's a Peter Chandler.
00:10:48Phoned with the country to say he'd be pleased to call on you here at six o'clock.
00:10:51Six o'clock?
00:10:52Yes, sir.
00:10:53It's pretty near that now.
00:10:55Oh, come on.
00:10:58Weird.
00:10:59Actually.
00:11:05There we are.
00:11:06Come on up, baby.
00:11:07How about a little more of everything, huh?
00:11:09Oh, I've had enough.
00:11:10Thank you, sir.
00:11:11Why, you haven't had anything.
00:11:13No wine?
00:11:14No, thank you very much, sir.
00:11:15No?
00:11:17Well, you're going to finish this handsome chocolate layer cake, aren't you?
00:11:19Oh, we couldn't eat any more, sir.
00:11:20We're not accustomed to having so much at one time, sir.
00:11:23Oh, okay.
00:11:25Here.
00:11:26Have a cigar, Belle.
00:11:27Thank you very much, sir.
00:11:28Edna, what do you say we have a little song, huh?
00:11:30Oh, we'd love to.
00:11:31What would you like, sir?
00:11:32Something hot?
00:11:33Oh, no, say, I've listened to too many hot numbers.
00:11:35I'd like to hear something kind of old-fashioned.
00:11:37Restrained.
00:11:38You know, English.
00:11:39English?
00:11:40That's right.
00:11:41You can think of one.
00:11:42Come on.
00:11:43Hop to it.
00:11:44You know, the
00:12:02Hello?
00:12:03Who?
00:12:04Oh.
00:12:05Well, set them right up.
00:12:08Go ahead, Edna.
00:12:09For he found her, he went her, and she gave her love.
00:12:18Those are not the words I know.
00:12:20Oh, darn.
00:12:25Sir Peter Chesham.
00:12:26My dear cousin, I'm so delighted to see you.
00:12:29Well, how are you, cousin Pete?
00:12:31And you, I'm afraid I don't know your first name.
00:12:34Enid.
00:12:35Oh, well, I'm glad to know you, Enid.
00:12:36Yes.
00:12:37This is my daughter, Dolly.
00:12:38How do you do, cousin Daniel?
00:12:40How are you, cousin Daniel?
00:12:41Fine, thanks.
00:12:42Come in, won't you?
00:12:43We're having some first-class music in here.
00:12:46Oh, Bill and Enid, meet my cousins.
00:12:49Pete, Enid, James and Dolly.
00:12:52How do you do?
00:12:53How do you do, sir?
00:12:54My lady.
00:12:55How do you do?
00:12:56How do you do?
00:12:57How do you do?
00:12:58Sit down.
00:12:59Sit down, folks.
00:13:00Go ahead with the song, Enid.
00:13:01It's, uh, she was poor, but she was honest.
00:13:04Go ahead, now.
00:13:06Now she stands on yonder corner,
00:13:12Standing mad at night and home.
00:13:15Great, aren't they, huh?
00:13:17It's certainly nice to see you, folks.
00:13:19And the horses by our gazing,
00:13:28More with pity than we own.
00:13:36Fine, isn't it?
00:13:37Charming.
00:13:38Simply splendid.
00:13:39My favorite song.
00:13:40It's mine, too.
00:13:41Say, they're great artists for them.
00:13:42I'm gonna do what I can to get them recognized.
00:13:44If you don't mind, sir, we must be pushing off now.
00:13:46We have a baby, sir.
00:13:47He'll be waiting for his supper.
00:13:48Okay, Bill.
00:13:49Here, Enid.
00:13:50Take this to the baby with my compliments.
00:13:52Oh, thank you.
00:13:53Come on, Bill.
00:13:54Let me help.
00:13:55It's all right.
00:13:56I can handle this machine.
00:13:57I've pushed it all over London.
00:13:59You shouldn't be helping us, sir.
00:14:00Oh, that's all right.
00:14:01Say, I haven't had a workout since I've come to town.
00:14:04There you are.
00:14:06There you are.
00:14:07Did we make it all right?
00:14:08Yep.
00:14:09It was a lot of fun, wasn't it?
00:14:11Goodbye.
00:14:13Evidently wants everyone to know who he is.
00:14:15Well, folks, it's great to see you.
00:14:17We're thrilled to see you, Captain Daniel.
00:14:19Oh, are you really?
00:14:20Yes.
00:14:21Yes, indeed.
00:14:22Your grandfather and namesakes.
00:14:23Quite a hero in our family.
00:14:25A hero?
00:14:26I always heard he was the black sheep of the family.
00:14:28Oh, no.
00:14:29Well, he certainly had a great career in the USA.
00:14:31Oh, what did he do?
00:14:32He investigated jails.
00:14:34Oh.
00:14:35That is, as an inmate.
00:14:36It was his ambition to serve time in every state of the Union.
00:14:39But he died before he got to South Dakota.
00:14:41Oh, that's very amusing, yes.
00:14:44But I hear you're a great man, Cousin Daniel.
00:14:47They say you're the brains of the Snyderling Company.
00:14:49Oh, who said that?
00:14:50Oh, you're famous here in England.
00:14:52Yes.
00:14:53I'm trying to play the family to get rid of our old rolls
00:14:55and buy one of your Snyderling straight eights.
00:14:57Oh, it's a lovely car.
00:14:58Oh, don't you believe it?
00:14:59It's a phony.
00:15:00All snappy lines, but no endurance.
00:15:02You stick to your rolls.
00:15:03What can I offer you, folks?
00:15:04Scotch tea, cocktail?
00:15:05Oh, we'd love a cocktail.
00:15:06We should all stay a moment.
00:15:07Oh, don't go.
00:15:08Yes, sir?
00:15:09No, not you.
00:15:10Them.
00:15:11Well, we hope to see you again very, very soon, Cousin Daniel.
00:15:13Yes, as a matter of fact, we only dropped in
00:15:15hoping that you'd be free to spend a weekend with us
00:15:18at Challen Hall.
00:15:19Challen Hall.
00:15:20Challen Hall?
00:15:21Say, what are you?
00:15:22You know, when I was a kid, my granddad told me all about
00:15:25that place.
00:15:26Oh, he loved it.
00:15:27Gosh, you made it.
00:15:31A good 30 seconds faster than the 20th century.
00:15:34I'm here at the 206 area.
00:15:36I was picking on a certain teeth.
00:15:38People didn't know their job as well as you do
00:15:40as well as having our certain days.
00:15:41Oh, look there.
00:15:42Oh, there's Windsor Castle.
00:15:43Windsor Castle.
00:15:44Hey, that's wonderful.
00:15:46Oh, boy, this is the way to see England.
00:15:49Oh, thank you.
00:15:50This way, sir.
00:15:52Mr. Daniel Armstrong.
00:15:53Oh, say, we'd better not shake.
00:15:54I've got my hands kind of greasy on the engine.
00:15:55Oh.
00:15:56Oh.
00:15:57Yes, they gave me permission to ride in the cab.
00:15:58That's unusual.
00:15:59Did you enjoy it?
00:16:00Oh, swell trip.
00:16:21Say, I had a front seat.
00:16:24We saw Windsor Castle and we both well commencer.
00:16:28wins a castle and we beat the time of the 20th century really really it's very interesting dad
00:16:32let me introduce mr manning dale mr armstrong the mr man why of course it say i've seen you
00:16:42in the newsreel i'm very glad to meet you how do you do won't you sit down oh yes certainly thank
00:16:48you see this is magnificent why it's even grander and bigger than i imagined well we'd like it you
00:16:55know part of it was here even before william the conqueror booked his passage people are always
00:16:59begging us to sell it yes i can well understand you refuse to part with a place that's been in the
00:17:04family for 20 generations 20 generations boy that's an awful lot of time you know over in new york we
00:17:12begin to get restless after we've been in a pardon for as long as two weeks that's marvelous say do
00:17:18you mind if i look around i'd like to see every bit of this place no no no no no please do but
00:17:22wouldn't you like to see your room first yes jenkins yes i'm sure mr armstrong his room now thank
00:17:28you very much i'll be right back that's marvelous now well morning dale how does he impress you
00:17:39very favorably i think you'll dispose of this place for the price mentioned really those 20
00:17:44generations scored heavily you'll pay for them at the rate of 5 000 pounds a generation
00:17:50he's an extraordinary fellow isn't he not to us yes we're american full of boyish enthusiasm energy
00:17:56and innocence i congratulate you on the return to prosperity this is your room sir chilly isn't
00:18:04it that's because it's summer sir
00:18:06where's the bathroom at two flights of stairs sir through the armory to the west wing
00:18:16bare left and at the forest end of the long corridor sir very convenient yes sir you think i can make the
00:18:24bathroom and shave in one day why why of course sir any place i can wash right now you'll find the
00:18:30washstand in there sir oh yes say uh tell me uh did anybody famous sleep in this room no doubt queen
00:18:39elizabeth did she managed to get about to most of them oh yes very democratic wasn't she
00:18:45will there be anything else sir no not a thing jenkins thank you uh you'll ring for me when you
00:18:49wish to go down sir hey what is this fine man's buff i can find my way back all right thank you jenkins
00:18:54jenkins
00:19:08jenkins
00:19:11jenkins
00:19:14jenkins
00:19:18jenkins
00:19:50Well, that's not it.
00:20:03Well, it's not in there.
00:20:11I'm sure there wasn't request to tell me.
00:20:15There's so, so many in the door.
00:20:16Well, I've probably never seen him again.
00:20:29This must be it.
00:20:31Rotten shot.
00:20:32The object is to hit the board.
00:20:34With my skill, I could win all the prizes at the Sunbury Fair.
00:20:37Possibly, but you're not going.
00:20:38Say, that's quite a game.
00:20:39Shh.
00:20:40Oh, I'm sorry.
00:20:41Rotten shot off the board.
00:20:42Bad luck, old girl.
00:20:44There's an outer.
00:20:47There's an inner.
00:20:49And there's another inner.
00:20:51That's another ten shillings you owe me.
00:20:53Well, put it down, you rotten little book.
00:20:54Yes, I shall.
00:20:56In reply to your question, I may say, yes, it is quite a game.
00:20:59One requiring a clear eye, a steady hand, and nerves of steel.
00:21:03The Duchess fails because she's addicted to drink.
00:21:05Duchess?
00:21:05Are you a Duchess?
00:21:09I am.
00:21:10The Duchess of Glen Arden, to be precise.
00:21:12You were Mr. Armstrong?
00:21:13That's right.
00:21:15How do you do?
00:21:15I'm fine, thanks.
00:21:17This miserable creature is my husband.
00:21:19Dark-thrain champion of the home countess.
00:21:21Delighted to know you, Mr. Armstrong.
00:21:23Well, I'm delighted to know you.
00:21:24Both of you.
00:21:26You know, I had an idea that people like you were kind of, uh...
00:21:30Well, you seem so simple, so friendly.
00:21:31We've got to be friendly.
00:21:32We're invited here to meet you.
00:21:33To meet me?
00:21:34Why?
00:21:35Because you're so filthy rich.
00:21:37Yes, we're all planning to get something out of you.
00:21:39Oh, well, that's marvelous.
00:21:41I hope you all succeed.
00:21:43I suppose our hosts gave you a cordial reception.
00:21:46Oh, very cordial.
00:21:47There's no doubt they've given you the run of the house, huh?
00:21:48Yes, but what the guests around this house need is a good road map.
00:21:52What you need is a spot of fresh air.
00:21:54Come, let's show you the rest of the place.
00:21:56Oh, fine.
00:21:57Look at that girl.
00:22:04She must be crazy.
00:22:05She's our daughter.
00:22:07Oh, I beg your pardon.
00:22:08No, Eden.
00:22:09She is crazy.
00:22:11Who's that with her?
00:22:12Manningdale.
00:22:13Have you had the pleasure of meeting him?
00:22:14Oh, yes, I've had the pleasure.
00:22:16He doesn't look exactly the great financial genius that he is.
00:22:19Oh, but that's where you English generally fool us.
00:22:21You've managed to look dull and thick-witted,
00:22:23but the first thing we know is you've got the Suez Canal.
00:22:27Manningdale's a pompous bore,
00:22:29but he wants to marry Patricia,
00:22:31and heaven knows we could do with a few banks in our family.
00:22:34Oh, that's a worthy consideration.
00:22:36It is indeed.
00:22:37She writes beautifully.
00:22:39Yes, of course she does.
00:22:40One of these days she'll break your silly neck
00:22:41and serve her jolly well, right?
00:22:45Oh!
00:22:46Sophie, are you hurt?
00:22:52I shouldn't be a bit surprised.
00:22:54I told you so.
00:22:56No, not yet.
00:22:57Oh, Patricia, my darling.
00:22:59Oh, no, I'm fine, Mother.
00:23:00I'm fine.
00:23:01How are you?
00:23:02Shall I phone for a doctor?
00:23:03A doctor?
00:23:04What for?
00:23:05Are you all right, darling?
00:23:06Of course I'm all right.
00:23:09What happened to Thundercloud?
00:23:10How is he?
00:23:11He's all right, my lady.
00:23:13Do you ride Mr. Armstrong?
00:23:14Not horses.
00:23:15I ride hunches.
00:23:17Hunches?
00:23:17Mm-hmm.
00:23:18Oh.
00:23:19Are they some kind of American animal?
00:23:21Like a buffalo?
00:23:23No, you find them everywhere.
00:23:24They're guesses.
00:23:26Feelings that something improbable is going to happen.
00:23:29I see.
00:23:30And are you on one of those things now?
00:23:32Yes.
00:23:33Do hunches ever fail?
00:23:35Not more than nine times out of ten.
00:23:37That sounds exciting.
00:23:38It is.
00:23:40Well, we take that jump again.
00:23:42Nice to have met you, Mr. Armstrong.
00:23:47Well, let's go and have a drink.
00:23:52Tell me, Duke.
00:23:53Is she going to marry that fellow Manningdale?
00:23:55If she knows what's good for her, she will.
00:23:57But does she know what's good for her?
00:23:59No.
00:23:59Oh, that's fine.
00:24:00You were saying that you rode hunches, Mr. Armstrong.
00:24:06Always.
00:24:07And it certainly is exciting.
00:24:09It makes life one long rodeo.
00:24:11Have you found any good hunches in England?
00:24:13Yes, I found one.
00:24:14It's only a question of putting it over.
00:24:16Putting it over?
00:24:17What do you mean?
00:24:19Putting it across.
00:24:21You know, selling it.
00:24:22Oh, yes.
00:24:23So you came to England to sell something, cousin dear.
00:24:26Why, certainly.
00:24:27Take my advice, Armstrong.
00:24:28Go cautiously.
00:24:28Take time to observe our methods of salesmanship.
00:24:31They differ from yours in America.
00:24:32Yes, I've heard all about that.
00:24:34Dignity.
00:24:36Well, I've observed that you English don't appreciate your own ability as ballyhoo artists.
00:24:40Bally what?
00:24:41You've got something big to sell.
00:24:43I don't care what it is.
00:24:44A garter, a toothpaste.
00:24:47Challenger Hall.
00:24:49Don't keep it a secret.
00:24:49Set off a firecracker so that the whole world can hear the explosion.
00:24:54Isn't that so, James?
00:24:55Well, I hardly know what you mean.
00:24:57Well, you know what I mean, don't you?
00:24:58I do indeed, and I consider you hitting the point fairly on the button.
00:25:01Father, Mother says it's time for you and Henry to start talking about Magnolite.
00:25:06Oh, there's no hurry, Patricia?
00:25:07You say there's no hurry, but you're not the husband of my wife.
00:25:10James, you are wanted for Bridge.
00:25:12I've caught Sir Peter already.
00:25:14You play Bridge cousin, Dan?
00:25:15No, you have a four without him.
00:25:17There are no orders for me?
00:25:20Yes.
00:25:21You are going to go for a stroll with me in the moonlight.
00:25:24Well, supposing I refuse?
00:25:25You'll go anyhow.
00:25:26All right, I just wanted to know.
00:25:30Tell me, do you like this fellow, Manningdale?
00:25:33Henry, oh, he's all right, I suppose.
00:25:35Yes, but you're thinking of marrying him, aren't you?
00:25:37I hope you don't mind my getting personal.
00:25:39Not in the least.
00:25:40Well, then I repeat the question.
00:25:41The answer is yes.
00:25:43Yes, I am thinking of marrying him.
00:25:45Oh, just for his money?
00:25:46Well, can you suggest a better reason?
00:25:48Well, do you think that's a nice way to look at marriage?
00:25:50It's the only way.
00:25:52We learned that from you Americans.
00:25:54Cold-bloodedness?
00:25:55Yes.
00:25:56We used to laugh at you because you glorified money,
00:25:58but that was when we had so much we didn't need to worry about it.
00:26:02Now, we have to go out and struggle for it, just as you did.
00:26:05And so we appreciate its value.
00:26:07I see.
00:26:09Well, so maybe if you found a man who was even richer than Manningdale,
00:26:13you might change your plans about marriage.
00:26:15I might.
00:26:17You think I'm pretty contemptible, don't you?
00:26:20Yes, in a way.
00:26:21But I like you.
00:26:22That is decent of you.
00:26:24I've met many gold diggers in my life,
00:26:26but you happen to be the first one who have the courage to admit it.
00:26:28You're not very shy in expressing your opinion.
00:26:32Are all Americans like that?
00:26:33No, not all of us.
00:26:35I just happen to be peculiar.
00:26:36I happen to have kind of old-fashioned ideas about love.
00:26:41But this has nothing to do with love.
00:26:43I'm marrying the Manningdale Bank because it stands for strength, power.
00:26:47Because it understands the infinite, indescribable beauty of money.
00:26:51Well, it's most romantic.
00:27:01They're discussing a deal, aren't they?
00:27:02Yes.
00:27:03Well, your father doesn't seem very responsive.
00:27:05He'll give in sooner or later.
00:27:07Why?
00:27:08Because he has to.
00:27:10Has to?
00:27:11Well, you see, that's a long story.
00:27:13But the illustrations are very interesting.
00:27:15For instance, how do you like my gown?
00:27:18Very charming.
00:27:19I agree.
00:27:20But it hasn't been paid for yet.
00:27:23And my bracelet.
00:27:25It's dazzling.
00:27:26Yes.
00:27:27A dazzling paste duplicate of the original now in a pawn shop.
00:27:31Is it as bad as all that?
00:27:32Yes.
00:27:33But not for long.
00:27:35With the help of Manningdale and Magnilife...
00:27:37Now, look here.
00:27:38What have Manningdale and Magnilife got to do with you?
00:27:41Father happens to own the world supplier of Magnilife.
00:27:44It's in Africa somewhere.
00:27:46Oh.
00:27:46It's no credit to him.
00:27:47He inherited it.
00:27:48We didn't even know it was valuable until a short time ago.
00:27:51Well, if your father's mines are that valuable, then why do you have to...
00:27:54The mines are worth nothing without the money to develop them.
00:27:58Manningdale has the money.
00:28:00And he gets what he wants.
00:28:02Always?
00:28:04Always.
00:28:05Oh.
00:28:07It's getting kind of chilly out here.
00:28:11I'm going in.
00:28:15While these fields remain undeveloped, you're denying the incalculable benefits of Magnilife to the country.
00:28:20To the whole world.
00:28:21Say, Duke.
00:28:21How about teaching me to play dart?
00:28:23You know, you promised you'd do it.
00:28:24Oh, I hope I'm not interrupting anything.
00:28:26So I did.
00:28:27Come along.
00:28:27We must settle this matter.
00:28:28No, no, no.
00:28:29The man can wait.
00:28:30A good rousing game of dart will clear my brain.
00:28:32Yeah.
00:28:33Do you play Mr. Manningdale?
00:28:34No.
00:28:34Oh, well, you ought to learn.
00:28:35It comes in handy.
00:28:41Did you very want to play dart?
00:28:43Or was it just an excuse for rescuing me?
00:28:44It was an excuse, Duke.
00:28:45I thought it sounded a bit unconvincing.
00:28:47Now, look here.
00:28:47This afternoon, you mentioned something about a funfair at, uh, where was it?
00:28:50Uh, Sunbury.
00:28:51But my wife won't let me go.
00:28:52Well, couldn't we kind of, uh, sneak off?
00:28:55You mean unobserved?
00:28:56Certainly.
00:28:57I'm crazy to see an English funfair.
00:28:58Oh, but the old girl forbade me, she said.
00:29:00Now, look here.
00:29:01I'm your guest.
00:29:01And you told me yourself you have to be nice to me and satisfy my every whim.
00:29:05Dutchess will understand.
00:29:06Well, if, of course, you put it that way, I have no choice, have I?
00:29:09None whatever.
00:29:10Go ahead.
00:29:10You leave the way.
00:29:12Oh, no.
00:29:12You leave the way.
00:29:13Right.
00:29:27I haven't heard one of these things since the last fair.
00:29:31Why not, Judge Sir Combs at home?
00:29:33Master Fair with the beautiful fantasy car.
00:29:36Come along, me lucky.
00:29:37Let's go.
00:29:38He proves his strength to win some future full of fantasy car.
00:29:43Well, then, Judge, you're a man of muscle.
00:29:46I run young, but I'll never have been as high as Blackpool Tower.
00:29:49Tell me, who's next to test his strength?
00:29:51Come along, gentlemen.
00:29:52Come along, you gracious.
00:29:54Here, then, hold the minute.
00:29:56That's for two times.
00:29:57Thank you, you guys.
00:29:59And the best of luck.
00:30:00Master High!
00:30:02There you are.
00:30:03Now, then, for the honor of America.
00:30:04Oh, look at George, his face is red as his sunset.
00:30:08Get him back.
00:30:12Come on, sir.
00:30:14So far, we're even.
00:30:16A beautiful and very cigar for your race.
00:30:18Oh, thank you so much.
00:30:19And another one for the decorous.
00:30:21Big for a king.
00:30:24Hey, stand out.
00:30:25Here's something stronger than you.
00:30:27No need to run on you.
00:30:29Well, here's what I surprised myself.
00:30:32Five shillings on each coconut.
00:30:33Right, sir.
00:30:34There you are.
00:30:36There you are, man.
00:30:36I'm going.
00:30:45Fair luck, old boys.
00:30:46It's not so easy, as it looks.
00:30:48Here, I'll give it four, will you?
00:30:49Yes, I'll give it five shillings, gentlemen, now, Dan.
00:31:01Come on, Mr. Chairman.
00:31:02Thank you for it.
00:31:03Let's go and try some of those.
00:31:05All right.
00:31:05You win again.
00:31:28My gosh, you win again.
00:31:30Come on, well, get up.
00:31:32This is your lucky day.
00:31:33Well, you've got me convinced, Duke.
00:31:40Your arm is better than mine.
00:31:41And my eye also.
00:31:42It's the true eye that counts in this game,
00:31:44and in dance and in life.
00:31:46Oh, how true.
00:31:47Well, here's the ten pounds I owe you.
00:31:49You'll bring me cash?
00:31:50Always.
00:31:51Bless my soul.
00:31:52This is a new experience for me.
00:31:54Usually when I win, I have to put it down in a little book.
00:31:57I always pay cash,
00:31:59even if it's practically the last I've got.
00:32:03What do you say we'll cool off with a ride on the merry-go-round, hmm?
00:32:05I say yes.
00:32:06Come on.
00:32:10You've got to admit, Duke,
00:32:11this is a lot better than your English pastime,
00:32:13chasing four innocent little foxes.
00:32:14Yes, much.
00:32:17How about that Magnolite deal?
00:32:19What?
00:32:19I understand it's for sale.
00:32:21Of course it is.
00:32:22What interest is that to you, Dan?
00:32:23Well, what's your bottle price?
00:32:24Cash?
00:32:25Always.
00:32:28Let me think.
00:32:29Take your time, Duke.
00:32:30We've got a long ride ahead of us.
00:32:32Come here.
00:32:32We're going round again.
00:32:33Oh, sorry, sir.
00:32:34We've been closing up, Charlie.
00:32:35Oh, no, you're not.
00:32:36You keep a rolling until we tell you to stop.
00:32:38Here, I'll take the whole lot.
00:32:39Oh.
00:32:39There you are.
00:32:41Keep a rolling now.
00:32:42That's all right, sir.
00:32:42Yes.
00:32:43Well, how about it, Duke?
00:32:51My bottom price is half a million.
00:32:54A pound?
00:32:55Of course.
00:32:55What else could it be?
00:32:56Farbing?
00:32:56Let me see.
00:32:57That's two and a half million bucks.
00:33:00Boy, that's a lot of money.
00:33:01Fine.
00:33:02Okay, sold.
00:33:04You don't mean that?
00:33:05Sure, I mean it.
00:33:06You're not joking.
00:33:07I'm never joking when I say sold.
00:33:10I'm still some more thinking.
00:33:12Well, take your time, Duke.
00:33:13I've got a lot more tickets left.
00:33:15There.
00:33:23But Manningdale will be furious, you know.
00:33:25Well, what if he is?
00:33:26He's a businessman.
00:33:27He knows that the highest bidder wins.
00:33:30It'll be quite a treat to see his face when he hears about this.
00:33:35Okay, Dan.
00:33:37Sold.
00:33:38Hi.
00:33:39Okay, Chief.
00:33:40You can lock up for the night.
00:33:42My wife gets us.
00:33:51We're lost.
00:33:52When she hears about her deal, everything will be lovely.
00:33:54Well, would it?
00:33:55Why, certainly.
00:33:55You can let her have these trophies.
00:33:57She'll be crazy about Popeye.
00:33:58Oh, shit.
00:33:59Well, all the same, I'm not looking forward to meeting her this morning.
00:34:02Well, now, I'll tell you what we'll do.
00:34:03We'll go and present the whole problem to Lady Patricia.
00:34:05Patricia?
00:34:06But she's probably still asleep.
00:34:08Well, we'll wake her up.
00:34:09We can't go waking up at this hour in the morning.
00:34:10Why, her mother would be furious.
00:34:12Listen, Dan.
00:34:17I think I ought to knock louder.
00:34:19I shouldn't if I were you.
00:34:24Louder still.
00:34:25Steady on, will you?
00:34:25We'll wake up the household.
00:34:26Come in.
00:34:35What, you?
00:34:37And I thought it was orange juice.
00:34:39I, uh, we've just been to the fun fair.
00:34:42And I won this, and this, and this.
00:34:45And I won a ten pound note from Dan.
00:34:47Well, that's all he paid me.
00:34:48And what did you win?
00:34:50Your father will tell you.
00:34:50But first, may I use the phone?
00:34:52Of course.
00:34:52Go ahead.
00:34:53Hello.
00:34:54My God, they answered.
00:34:56I want the London Times.
00:34:58The Times in London.
00:34:59Well, why the Times?
00:35:00No, I don't know the number, but you can look it up under T's.
00:35:03Well, what do you want with the press?
00:35:04Give them the news, of course.
00:35:06What news?
00:35:07What are you talking about?
00:35:08Yes, dear, yes.
00:35:09Look, here, old boy.
00:35:10We mustn't rustling a print with us all of a sudden.
00:35:12Why not?
00:35:13Well, I mean, we must have time to think it over.
00:35:16Oh, but we have taken the time, Duke.
00:35:17Eighteen rides on the merry-go-round.
00:35:19But it isn't wise to publish it so quickly.
00:35:20It isn't even decent.
00:35:22Well, I assure you, Duke, you can leave that to me.
00:35:24Father, you've got to tell me what you've done.
00:35:26Well, I'm not really clear about the whole thing.
00:35:28The excitement of the affair rather upset me.
00:35:30And, uh, well, it seems I sold the magnetic concession to Dan.
00:35:35For how much?
00:35:36Oh, don't worry about that, dear.
00:35:38I got a top price, a half a million.
00:35:42Hey, you're a big girl now.
00:35:43You better put something on.
00:35:45What the devil's the matter with this line?
00:35:47Half a million.
00:35:48And what's more we get it in cash?
00:35:49Now, wait a minute.
00:35:50Only 10% of it.
00:35:51You know, the usual business custom.
00:35:53I'm buying an option, and I'll pay you 10% of the total sale price.
00:35:56Yes, yes, of course.
00:35:58That still makes it 50,000 pounds.
00:36:00That's right.
00:36:01Two hundred and, uh, 50,000 bucks.
00:36:04Hello, hello, managing editor.
00:36:06Uh, listen, I have some hot news for your readers.
00:36:08Yes?
00:36:09Magnumite?
00:36:10Where are these mines?
00:36:12Well, what part of Africa?
00:36:14What part of Africa?
00:36:15Rhodesia.
00:36:16Rhodesia.
00:36:16Oh, what?
00:36:18Rhodesia.
00:36:18Oh, yes, yes.
00:36:19Uh, Rhodesia.
00:36:21Yes.
00:36:23Yes, I'll be at my hotel, the Savoy, by 8 o'clock.
00:36:25And I'll be very happy to receive the gentleman of the press.
00:36:29Why, yes, certainly.
00:36:30My associate, the Duke of Glenarvan, will be very happy to confirm this deal.
00:36:34Here, Duke, they won't talk to you.
00:36:36Tell them that, uh...
00:36:37I'm instructed to inform you that...
00:36:38Everything is okay.
00:36:40Everything's what?
00:36:41Okay.
00:36:42That everything is okay.
00:36:45Right.
00:36:47And now, if you don't need me for any further business details, I...
00:36:50I've got to go out by a room and have a good sleep.
00:36:53Good morning, Dan.
00:36:54Morning, Duke.
00:37:01Hadn't you better have some sleep, too?
00:37:03No sleep for me.
00:37:04I'm leaving for London at once.
00:37:05You realize, don't you, that you've committed highway robbery?
00:37:09Oh, it wasn't on a highway.
00:37:10It was on a merry-go-round.
00:37:11You stole Magnolite from under Henry Manningdale's nose.
00:37:15He won't like that.
00:37:16Well, I didn't think it necessary to consult his wishes in the matter.
00:37:19You love a fight, don't you?
00:37:20No, but I'm kind of like you.
00:37:23I can't resist the most difficult jumps.
00:37:28Goodbye, Lady Patricia.
00:37:30I hope you are a great fighter.
00:37:33You'll need to be.
00:37:34Right.
00:37:35Hello, London?
00:37:41New York, Casey speaking.
00:37:42We just got an AP plan that an American named Armstrong has put over a big deal in England.
00:37:46Yeah.
00:37:48Well, never mind what it is.
00:37:49Get a statement from me.
00:37:50Shoot us a cable before seven.
00:37:51Your time.
00:37:52We'll run it on to the Bulldog edition.
00:37:54Okay?
00:37:55Okay.
00:37:55Go to Mr. Boyd Hotel and interview Daniel Armstrong on the Magnolite concession.
00:37:59Yes, sir.
00:37:59Yes, sir.
00:38:00At once.
00:38:01Governor, this is the boy and now interview Daniel Armstrong.
00:38:03Yes, sir.
00:38:04Sir Brown, you want to have a telephone?
00:38:06I can't be bothered.
00:38:07It's your editor.
00:38:07Sir, you want you to go to the Savoy at once to interview Dan Armstrong.
00:38:13Good morning, Mr. Armstrong.
00:38:15Delighted to have you back with us.
00:38:16You will occupy the same suite?
00:38:17Well, it's okay for today.
00:38:18But from tomorrow on, I want the biggest suite you've got.
00:38:20Mr. Armstrong?
00:38:21Yes, we're from the press, sir.
00:38:22Oh, well.
00:38:23Yeah, we'd like an interview on your purchase of Magnolite.
00:38:26You want to know your plans for the development of Magnolite?
00:38:28Well, okay, boy.
00:38:29If you give me a chance to clean up, I'll give you a swell story.
00:38:31I'll only be a few minutes.
00:38:35You can take the dinner coat and press it.
00:38:37Very good, sir.
00:38:39The report is out there?
00:38:40They're in the drawing room, sir.
00:38:42Oh, that's fine.
00:38:43Here, just a minute.
00:38:44Yes, sir.
00:38:44Come here.
00:38:46Listen, do you happen to know what Magnolite is?
00:38:51Magna?
00:38:51Yes, Magnolite.
00:38:53Well, I know, sir, but I'll try and find out, sir.
00:38:56Well, never mind.
00:38:57I'll tell you later.
00:38:58Thank you, sir.
00:39:01Okay, boys.
00:39:02Fire away.
00:39:03What do you want to know?
00:39:04Mr. Armstrong, will you start development on the mines at once?
00:39:07Why, certainly.
00:39:08We can't allow rich property like that to remain idle.
00:39:10The bulk of the product will go to America, of course.
00:39:12Not necessarily.
00:39:13This is an international project.
00:39:15All will share in the benefits of Magnolite.
00:39:17Just what are the benefits of Magnolite?
00:39:20Well, what do you think?
00:39:23It'll be used principally in the manufacture of airplanes, won't it?
00:39:26Yes.
00:39:27Well, what leads you to that conclusion?
00:39:30It says so in an article we're publishing in the Times tomorrow.
00:39:33Oh, does it?
00:39:34I've got a proof of it.
00:39:35Perhaps you'd like to correct it.
00:39:36Oh, yes, yes, sir.
00:39:37I'll look it over.
00:39:39There it is, Mr. Armstrong.
00:39:40Oh, thank you.
00:39:42Well.
00:39:42You see, it says there that Magnolite is lighter than aluminum and stronger than steel.
00:39:48Is that true?
00:39:50Well, the Times is a reliable paper, isn't it?
00:39:54Why, yes, sir.
00:39:55Well, this article seems to have all the main facts.
00:40:02Thank you very much.
00:40:03Oh, I can tell you this, gentlemen.
00:40:05The development of Magnolite is going to be an event of historic importance.
00:40:09It is the turning point in the aviation industry.
00:40:12The greatest step forward in the conquest of the air since the Wright brothers made their first epical ascension from the sands of Kitty Hawk.
00:40:19Oh, just a moment, please.
00:40:20Hello?
00:40:23Yes?
00:40:24Who?
00:40:26Mr. Manningdale.
00:40:28On his way up?
00:40:31Is that Mr. H.P. Manningdale?
00:40:33Of the Manningdale Bank?
00:40:34Yes, he's a friend of mine who likes his news before it reaches the public.
00:40:37Is he interested in Magnolite?
00:40:38Oh, very much.
00:40:40You're going into partnership with him?
00:40:41Well, I can't tell you anything about that now.
00:40:43Ah, Mr. Manningdale.
00:40:52Good morning.
00:40:53Good morning, Mr. Armstrong.
00:40:56Won't you come in?
00:40:58Oh, I, uh, I hope I'm not intruding.
00:41:00No, no, no, not at all.
00:41:01Gentleman of the press, Mr. Manningdale.
00:41:03Good morning.
00:41:04Good morning.
00:41:04Sit down.
00:41:06Just make yourself at home, any place at all.
00:41:08I'll be through in a moment.
00:41:10To conclude, gentlemen, it is more than that.
00:41:13It is the beginning of a new year of civilization, a year of peace and prosperity.
00:41:17It is as significant as a discovery of fire which first illumined the dark ages of primitive
00:41:21man.
00:41:22Think of it.
00:41:23Magnolite on land, magnolite on sea, magnolite in the air, magnolite in all the homes of humanity.
00:41:30Well, uh, I'll have something more for you in a day or two.
00:41:32That'll be all, gentlemen.
00:41:33Thank you very much, Mr. Armstrong.
00:41:34We'll be calling on you.
00:41:35Ah, well, thank you.
00:41:36I'm very sorry to have dragged you out of there so early, boys.
00:41:38Nothing time for nothing.
00:41:39Very nice meeting you all.
00:41:40Goodbye.
00:41:41Goodbye.
00:41:43Nice speech.
00:41:46Nicer still of you to receive me.
00:41:48I'm sorry to have kept you.
00:41:49Do sit down.
00:41:55Cigarette?
00:41:56No, thanks.
00:41:56I am strictly a cigar smoker.
00:41:58I keep a factory in Havana busy all by myself.
00:42:01I've discovered something very interesting about you this morning.
00:42:04Well, news travels fast.
00:42:06I've discovered that you're the world's best jockey on a wooden horse.
00:42:10Well, maybe someday you'll let me take you for a ride.
00:42:12No, I'd prefer to choose my own mounts and my own races.
00:42:16You didn't come here to discuss horses with me, wooden or otherwise.
00:42:21No, as a matter of fact, it's about the Magnolyte option.
00:42:24But it has tremendous possibilities.
00:42:26If properly developed.
00:42:27That's what I intend to do.
00:42:28I have a campaign outline now.
00:42:31When you get this Magnolyte out of the ground, what do you propose to do with it?
00:42:35Build.
00:42:36Airplanes, wristwatches, fountain pens, baby carriages.
00:42:40Magnificent vision.
00:42:41It'll take tremendous capital.
00:42:42I can raise it.
00:42:43I'm afraid you don't know the English investor.
00:42:46He's very slow to accept new ideas.
00:42:48I'm sure that he knows a good thing when he sees it.
00:42:50And I'm going to make him see Magnolyte.
00:42:51I admire your courage, but...
00:42:53But why?
00:42:54What you propose can't possibly be done.
00:42:57Now, I know what you paid for the Magnolyte option,
00:43:00and I'm prepared to offer you a handsome profit.
00:43:02Say, ten thousand pounds.
00:43:04Well, that's very generous of you, Mr. Manningdale, but I won't sell.
00:43:08You've had your chance.
00:43:10The trouble with you is you were a bit too deliberate in taking advantage.
00:43:12It's mine now.
00:43:14Twelve thousand five hundred.
00:43:15Fifteen thousand.
00:43:16Oh, save yourself the trouble, Mr. Manningdale, but I won't sell.
00:43:20You think I'm playing this game solely for money, but you're wrong.
00:43:23May I ask what stakes you are paying for?
00:43:26Excitement.
00:43:27Thrills.
00:43:28The thrill of doing something that can't possibly be done.
00:43:30Oh, I see.
00:43:32Magnolyte on land, Magnolyte on sea.
00:43:35Magnolyte in the air, Magnolyte in all the homes of humanity.
00:43:39Oh, great Scott, Dan, you've done it superbly.
00:43:44The whole world will be shrieking for Magnolyte.
00:43:46By the way, what is the miserable stuff?
00:43:48Well, it's a hitherto unknown metal which combines the likeness of aluminum with the strength of steel.
00:43:53It's possible use as a manifold, especially in the aviation industry, where...
00:43:56There's one in the know you can read all that in the Times.
00:43:59The contracts are quite ready, sir.
00:44:00We've inserted all the clauses you suggested regarding payment.
00:44:03Come along, let's sign the papers.
00:44:04And now, my dear Daniel, we shall be glad to acknowledge the receipt of 50,000 pounds.
00:44:10Cash!
00:44:12Well, I think for that part of the ceremony, we should step into another room.
00:44:17But why?
00:44:18Well, if you don't mind, I hate to pass money in the presence of strangers.
00:44:23Seems a curious whim, but come along.
00:44:27I'll wait here.
00:44:28Oh, no, I want you to come, too.
00:44:48I, uh...
00:44:50I suggested this change a venue because I have several things to talk to you about of a strictly private nature.
00:44:55In the first place, I haven't got 50,000 pounds.
00:44:59What?
00:44:59I haven't got 50 pounds.
00:45:01I haven't got enough money in the whole world to pay for my hotel bill for another week.
00:45:04Good gracious!
00:45:06Well, we're at least in possession of the facts of the case.
00:45:09But not the 50,000.
00:45:11I can only say, dear, that we're extremely grateful for the information you've given us.
00:45:15But there's more to be said.
00:45:17The publicity we're getting is worth money.
00:45:19Millions!
00:45:19But we want something we can put into a bank, not into a scrapbook.
00:45:23But I have a scheme that'll put it in the bank.
00:45:26And benefit the public, as well.
00:45:27Howdy, old man, but the whole thing sounds rather vague.
00:45:30And remote, too.
00:45:32Somehow it all seems to me in the far-off future.
00:45:35Oh, but you don't understand.
00:45:36I'm talking about the present.
00:45:38Now, you give me 30 days, and I'll put all of us on Easy Street.
00:45:40What exactly are your plans?
00:45:43We'll form a company.
00:45:44You mean you and us?
00:45:45Yes, you and me.
00:45:46We'll call the company Magna Light Limited.
00:45:48The Duke of Glenarfon, President.
00:45:50We'll start a selling campaign that'll make this country Magna Light crazy.
00:45:53What's we sell?
00:45:54Stock.
00:45:55A million pounds worth of stock.
00:45:56And in a month's time, you'll be paid in full.
00:45:58The development of the mines will be started, and we'll all get rich.
00:46:00Even including the stockholders.
00:46:02Now, what do you think?
00:46:03Don't ask me.
00:46:04I'm a darts player, not a financier.
00:46:07Frankly, I'm suspicious of the whole project.
00:46:10Well, the alternative is Manningdale.
00:46:14And when he gets hold of something, he shares with no one.
00:46:19What do you say, Lady Patricia?
00:46:20I'm probably a fool, but I'm worth you.
00:46:25Let him have his 30 days.
00:46:28I'll join the company.
00:46:29I knew you would.
00:46:30Even if we fail, we'll have a lot of fun.
00:46:33Oh, dear.
00:46:34Patricia!
00:46:34Why, it'll be immense.
00:46:35We'll put on the biggest orgy of Ballyhoo in history.
00:46:38We'll advertise Magna Light as if it were a circus.
00:46:40Why, we'll have everybody fighting for shares of the Miracle Metal.
00:46:43We'll get a fortune out of it.
00:46:44And a million laughs.
00:46:45A million laughs?
00:46:46Why, I'm beginning to chuckle already.
00:46:47We'll have everybody in town at our feet begging to be let in.
00:46:50And as for you, I can see your name right now in great big letters.
00:46:54The Duke of Glen Arden.
00:46:55President, Magna Light Limited.
00:46:56What other nonsense there advertising Magna Light as if it was some kind of breakfast food?
00:47:17Typical American loudness.
00:47:19There's nothing to back it up.
00:47:20I'm not so sure there's nothing to back it up.
00:47:22Look, that's the work of ours, pal.
00:47:26Good old Dan.
00:47:28Good old Magna Light.
00:47:31Magna...
00:47:32Like Miracle Metal.
00:47:34Ah.
00:47:35I think for years I've owned those mines and my father before me.
00:47:39I've only just begun to realise it may be worth something.
00:47:41I could have told you that long ago.
00:47:43Why didn't you?
00:47:44Because I didn't happen to think of it.
00:47:46I say, Captain, what is all this about Magna Light?
00:47:49Lest if I know.
00:47:50I can tell you, it's a metal with the lightness of aluminium combined with the strength of steel which will revolutionise the aviation industry and hope that...
00:47:55Yeah, let me do.
00:47:56Come on.
00:47:59Beautiful sight, isn't it?
00:48:02Come on, we've got to get to work.
00:48:04Oh, no, no, wait a minute.
00:48:05We've got to see how the sight works.
00:48:11Business is good, eh, mate?
00:48:13Yes, we're doing nicely.
00:48:15Cool.
00:48:15You believe the groundwork of the publicity, now we've got to sell them.
00:48:21But first we've got to have an emblem.
00:48:22You know, what the Lion is to England, what the Shamrock is to Ireland, what the number 57 is to Hines.
00:48:28I've got it.
00:48:29A torch.
00:48:30A torch made in the shape of an airplane.
00:48:32It'll be symbolic of Magna Light, illuminating the new era of civilisation.
00:48:36We'll get electric torches made and have our salesmen carry them.
00:48:39But where are our salesmen?
00:48:41I was coming to that.
00:48:42We'll have to build up our salesforce overnight.
00:48:44But we want high-class people like, well, like you.
00:48:48You know, ladies and gentlemen.
00:48:50Young and attractive preferred.
00:48:51We'll go to the opera, to the Ascot races, to the exclusive clubs and push Magna Light.
00:48:56You happen to know any ladies and gentlemen like that who'd like to make, say, five pounds a week plus commission?
00:49:00My dress book is full of them.
00:49:01Well, call them up and tell them to be here by 10 tomorrow morning.
00:49:04I'll do it at once.
00:49:10Get me me fair, double two, double nine.
00:49:12Oh, by the way, have you seen Manning Day lately?
00:49:15I saw him this morning.
00:49:17What, is he going to put up a fight?
00:49:18No, he's going to France for a rest.
00:49:21Oh, fine.
00:49:22I hope it's a long rest.
00:49:24Get out.
00:49:25Hello?
00:49:28Every one of you is expected to carry a fountain pen.
00:49:31Well filled.
00:49:32And I want you to approach your new work with the conviction that salesmanship is the most important function of the human race.
00:49:39After all, the most successful schoolboy is the one who can sell himself to his teacher.
00:49:44The politician to his voters.
00:49:46The happiest girl is the one who can sell herself to the man she loves.
00:49:49Mm, all near the knuckle, wasn't it?
00:49:51And now, Lady Patricia, we'll pass among you copies of the theme song.
00:49:55Magna Light, we need you.
00:49:58Oh, dear, ladies and gentlemen, come in here and teach you the theme song.
00:50:01There you are.
00:50:05I expect you all to be letter-perfect when I get back.
00:50:08Oh, all right, go ahead, now.
00:50:10All that.
00:50:12Oh, Willie, it does look splendid.
00:50:14Yes, sir.
00:50:15Why, if it isn't the Duke and the Duchess.
00:50:18Oh.
00:50:19Welcome to Magna Lighthouse.
00:50:20What can I do for you?
00:50:22Well, we just wanted to know if we were to join this ridiculous organization, we, I mean, to say that let's...
00:50:28What he really wants to say is, may we have offices.
00:50:31With our names on the doors.
00:50:33Why, of course you can.
00:50:35Oh.
00:50:35Oh, and the gold letters, too.
00:50:37Oh.
00:50:37Why, it'll be swell.
00:50:38Of course, you'll be chairman, Duke.
00:50:40Oh, quite so.
00:50:41And I'll be treacherous.
00:50:42Why, that'll be perfect.
00:50:43Good morning, cousin Dan.
00:50:44Well, James and Dolly say, this is getting to be a regular family reunion.
00:50:48Well, we were wondering, cousin Dan, if there was any chance of our getting a job with you.
00:50:52Why, of course you can.
00:50:54Rule for all of us.
00:50:55Now, you work hard and you'll be so rich, you won't have to sell chan and a hog.
00:50:59Come on in and learn the theme song.
00:51:00Oh, Mac and I, we need you.
00:51:04Every moment, we will be meeting you.
00:51:08Prosperity to archery.
00:51:11And the name we all can we sing.
00:51:14We will play on Gantan Sea.
00:51:18You're the host of the general team.
00:51:21Oh, Mac and I, we need you.
00:51:24I am illuminating.
00:51:54In the new era of civilization with magna life.
00:52:07This is Harry Hopper.
00:52:09The world's richest bookmaker.
00:52:11Mr. Armstrong.
00:52:12Oh, glad to know you, Mr. Hopper.
00:52:13Thank you, sir.
00:52:14Harry's as straight as a coiled rattlesnake.
00:52:17My dad, he's quite a tiddly.
00:52:18His grace is too flattering.
00:52:20I bet you he's got hundreds and thousands of ill-gotten gains in his bank.
00:52:24Oh, you don't say so.
00:52:26What the devil is that?
00:52:27Oh, well, I'll tell you.
00:52:28See, I'm illuminating the new era of civilization with magna life.
00:52:31Magna life? What's magna life?
00:52:33Yes, magna life.
00:52:34Don't tell me you haven't heard about it.
00:52:37Well, thank you, Mr. Hopper.
00:52:38You'll never regret it.
00:52:39This is the greatest investment you've ever made.
00:52:41Come on.
00:52:54Froggy wind.
00:52:56So you owns that horse?
00:52:57Lord Anton.
00:52:58How much is the race worth?
00:52:59Something like ten thousand pounds.
00:53:00Ten thousand?
00:53:01Well, come on.
00:53:02Where?
00:53:03We must find Lord Anton.
00:53:06Yes, we're giving a party for a lot of robber barons.
00:53:09Well, you know, big manufacturers, our future customers.
00:53:13Why, certainly the press will be welcome.
00:53:15We love the press.
00:53:16Yes, and that goes for the newsreels, too.
00:53:19Okay, goodbye.
00:53:22Anybody calls, I'll be at the barber's.
00:53:24Yes, sir.
00:53:28There's a gentleman to see you, sir.
00:53:29Oh, I'm sorry, but I'm leaving.
00:53:30He says he's an old friend of yours, sir.
00:53:32His name is Snyderling.
00:53:35You say Snyderling?
00:53:36That's right, sir.
00:53:37He's from the States.
00:53:40Snyderling?
00:53:44Well.
00:53:45Hello, Dan.
00:53:46It's mighty fine to see you again.
00:53:47Well, how are you, Mr. Snyderling?
00:53:49Say, what brings you to England?
00:53:50I've been attracted here by a very powerful magnet called Magdalite.
00:53:55Oh, I see.
00:53:56You could use it in your Snyderling straight aid, couldn't you?
00:53:58Ah, Dan, you always jump to the right conclusion.
00:54:00I realize you're a very busy man.
00:54:02I don't want to bother you.
00:54:03Oh, don't bother at all.
00:54:04I'm just off to the barbers.
00:54:05Come along.
00:54:06You can have an egg shampoo.
00:54:07By Jove, Dan.
00:54:08It's wonderful to see the success you've made.
00:54:11Why, Magdalite is the biggest thing in the world today.
00:54:14Why, the whole American nation wants to get in on it.
00:54:17It's a real tribute to your genius as a salesman.
00:54:20Well, I owe it all to you, Mr. Snyderling.
00:54:22Me?
00:54:23Oh, nonsense.
00:54:24Nonsense, sir.
00:54:25Oh, no.
00:54:26I'd never been able to swing this if you hadn't told me how the British love dignity.
00:54:30Well, Mr. Armstrong.
00:54:31Yeah?
00:54:32Duke of Glenarvin on the phone.
00:54:33Oh, okay.
00:54:34Oh, hello, Duke.
00:54:36Well, the party is at eight o'clock tonight.
00:54:39Yes.
00:54:40Manningdale?
00:54:41When did he get back to town?
00:54:43Why, yes.
00:54:45Of course, we'd love to have him at the party.
00:54:47Oh, I think it's mighty sporting of them to want to come.
00:54:49Well, now, look here.
00:54:50I'm going to check the plane for Paris tomorrow morning.
00:54:52Then I'm going to snap right now to Dijon and see old Prumain talk business.
00:54:56Mm-hmm.
00:54:57Give my best to the Duchess.
00:54:58Goodbye, Duke.
00:54:59And, uh, when can we have a little business talk, Dan?
00:55:03Oh, there's no hurry, Mr. Snyderling.
00:55:05When we start manufacturing Magdalite, we'll be very happy to sell it to you or anyone else on Earth.
00:55:10But, Dan, I've come all the way to England to make you an offer.
00:55:13Well, your trip to England needn't be wasted.
00:55:16It's very educational here.
00:55:17Study their methods.
00:55:19You know, when they build something here, they give it strength and endurance.
00:55:22Remember that in building your Snyderling cars.
00:55:24Notion, sir?
00:55:25Oh, yes, by all means.
00:55:26Oh, uh, listen.
00:55:27Give Mr. Snyderling some of your special salve.
00:55:30It's very good when the skin gets irritated.
00:55:33You know, this whole Magdalite affair is frankly incredible.
00:55:50It's like some amazing adventure from the Arabian Nights.
00:55:53Armstrong has done more in 30 days than we could have done with luck in 30 years.
00:55:57Your cousin's a remarkable fellow.
00:55:59Oh, he's my husband's cousin.
00:56:00Not mine.
00:56:01Oh, yes, of course.
00:56:02All the same, he's still remarkable.
00:56:05Angry man he there seems to be in an offensively jovial mood.
00:56:09Yes, too jovial.
00:56:10It worries me.
00:56:11It worries you?
00:56:12Why?
00:56:13Well, he wouldn't be so happy if he didn't have something up his sleeve.
00:56:15I wonder what it is.
00:56:17It's a big nightmare for us, Mr. Armstrong, isn't it?
00:56:19Oh, it certainly is.
00:56:20Another investor.
00:56:22Oh, uh, Duke, I think you might just as well begin.
00:56:25Oh, uh, go ahead.
00:56:29My lords, ladies and gentlemen,
00:56:31please silence your chairman, His Grace, the Duke of Clenorban.
00:56:37Say that speech exactly as I wrote it.
00:56:40We want nothing spontaneous from you.
00:56:42Yes, my sweet.
00:56:44My lords, ladies and gentlemen,
00:56:48as chairman of Magnolite Limited,
00:56:50I welcome you most cordially on this happy occasion.
00:56:54In other words, greetings.
00:56:57What have I said?
00:56:59Now that Magnolite is about to be placed on the market,
00:57:02we are prepared to do business with you
00:57:05to whom the miracle metal will come as an inestimable...
00:57:08Inestimable...
00:57:10Boon.
00:57:11Boon.
00:57:12Yes, oh, yes, it's an inestimable boon.
00:57:14In other words, a jolly good thing.
00:57:17There seems to me a great deal more for me to say,
00:57:21but it all seems rather on the dull side.
00:57:23What?
00:57:24On the dull side, eh?
00:57:26So, permit me to introduce you
00:57:28to the real hero of this great occasion,
00:57:31my friend and colleague from America,
00:57:33Mr. Daniel Armstrong.
00:57:35The Duke?
00:57:50Duchess?
00:57:52Friends?
00:57:54Well, for the first time in my life,
00:57:59words seem to be failing me.
00:58:01I'm supposed to give you a line of high-powered selling talk,
00:58:07but I can't do it.
00:58:09I just wish I could tell you how I feel about this...
00:58:14this funny country of yours.
00:58:16I've learned a lot here.
00:58:19When I first started on this job,
00:58:22I didn't know anything about Magnolite.
00:58:24I'm still pretty foggy about it.
00:58:27But my contacts with all of you
00:58:31have taught me that the human race is a...
00:58:34well, is a pretty decent club to belong to.
00:58:38And, uh...
00:58:42and, uh...
00:58:45Well, I guess that's about all.
00:58:47Thank you very much.
00:58:49Thank you very much.
00:59:07It's wonderful, Miss Armstrong.
00:59:09We're over the top.
00:59:10We should be collecting dividends soon.
00:59:12But it won't be long.
00:59:14What do you say we walk out of here for a while?
00:59:17Let's. The atmosphere of success is becoming stifling.
00:59:20You'll soon get used to it.
00:59:21I wonder.
00:59:31You know...
00:59:32I love to look at that old river.
00:59:35I like to think it was flowing along here,
00:59:37calmly, quietly, when the Romans came to Britain.
00:59:40And when the Romans left.
00:59:44You know, Pat...
00:59:45after you've been in this country for a while,
00:59:47you begin to get a queer idea,
00:59:48a queer feeling about time.
00:59:50You begin to see it all as one piece.
00:59:53Yesterday, today, and tomorrow.
00:59:57What are you thinking about, Pat?
01:00:00Maybe your river was sweeping me along, too.
01:00:04Down to the sea...
01:00:05for tomorrow.
01:00:07But we haven't come to the bridge yet.
01:00:10Have we?
01:00:13By the way, you're looking wonderful tonight.
01:00:21Oh, that's a lovely tune they're playing.
01:00:23What is it?
01:00:24It's a Viennese waltz.
01:00:26Vienna.
01:00:28That's where you live for so long, isn't it?
01:00:29Mm-hmm.
01:00:31Oh, uh...
01:00:33By the way, I haven't gone through the motions of thanking you for all that you've done for me.
01:00:38You've been a great trooper, Pat.
01:00:39There's no need for any gratitude.
01:00:42It was a business proposition.
01:00:43Was that all that it was?
01:00:44That's how you offered it.
01:00:45In cold blood.
01:00:47You were an expert salesman, and I a first-class gold digger.
01:00:50We combined our talents, and we've done very well.
01:00:53Oh.
01:00:55Well, I guess you're right.
01:00:57I'm just a salesman.
01:00:59I'd better not try and kid myself into thinking that I could ever be anything more than just that.
01:01:02Oh, you're here.
01:01:03I've been searching every nook and gold.
01:01:04I'm just a salesman.
01:01:06I'd better not try and kid myself into thinking that I could ever be anything more than just that.
01:01:10Oh, you're here.
01:01:11I've been searching every nook and cranny.
01:01:14I've been listening to Mr. Armstrong deliver a lecture on the history of London.
01:01:18Oh, really?
01:01:19Wish I'd heard it.
01:01:20May I tear you away for a dance?
01:01:22Yes.
01:01:23You don't object?
01:01:24Oh, no, not at all.
01:01:26I seem to remember that I interrupted you once.
01:01:34Your friend seems flushed with triumph this evening.
01:01:36He has reason to be.
01:01:38You're rather fond of him, aren't you?
01:01:39Yes.
01:01:40The most delightful romance.
01:01:42No, Henry, you are wrong.
01:01:43There's no romance in Daniel Armstrong.
01:01:46Except the romance of big business.
01:01:48Come and sit in the corner and tell us some funny stories.
01:01:54Well, if you'll excuse me, Duchess, I'm going to bed.
01:01:56Bed?
01:01:57I've never heard of such a thing.
01:01:58But the party's just beginning, Dan.
01:01:59Bed at this hour?
01:02:00Why, it's immoral.
01:02:01Yes, I know, Duke, but I'm tired.
01:02:02Besides, we have to make that clip to France tomorrow to see Plumet.
01:02:04Good night, Duchess.
01:02:05Good night, Duchess.
01:02:06Oh, Dan, it's unheard of.
01:02:07Oh, good night, old boy.
01:02:08Good night, old boy.
01:02:09Good night, Duke.
01:02:10Oh, thank you.
01:02:11Oh, thank you, my Lord.
01:02:12Thank you, sir.
01:02:13Lovely.
01:02:14It's a beautiful.
01:02:15Oh, thank you.
01:02:16Oh, thank you, sir.
01:02:17You're lovely.
01:02:18I'll see you in the bed.
01:02:19Dead?
01:02:20I've never heard of such a thing.
01:02:21But the party's just beginning, Dan.
01:02:22You're dead at this hour?
01:02:23Why, it's immoral.
01:02:24Yes, I know, Duke, but I'm tired.
01:02:26Oh, Dan, it's unheard of.
01:02:28Oh, good night, old boy.
01:02:30Good night, Duke.
01:02:34Oh, thank you, sir.
01:02:35Lovely.
01:02:48But it was for the whole afternoon if you don't come, Dan.
01:02:51You must come.
01:02:52Yes, old boy.
01:02:53They're running the Grand Prix this afternoon.
01:02:55I've got a white-hot tip for a horse called Matherer.
01:02:58I'm sorry, but I've got to go to Dijon to see Plumet.
01:03:01Oh, Plumet can wait.
01:03:02We'll all go and call on him tomorrow.
01:03:04Oh, I've got a hunch that I'd better go see him today.
01:03:06Oh, well, old boy.
01:03:07If you must, you must.
01:03:09Oh, dear, we ought to be off.
01:03:10So sorry, Dan.
01:03:11So am I.
01:03:12When will you be back?
01:03:14Not till late, I guess.
01:03:15It's a long trip.
01:03:17Oh, yeah.
01:03:19A couple of thousand francs.
01:03:22Put it on that horse.
01:03:23Malheureux?
01:03:24But he hasn't a ghost of a chance.
01:03:26Well, you bet on him anyway.
01:03:28Very well.
01:03:30But Malheureux means unlucky.
01:03:32Well, that's fine.
01:03:34My favorite horses are those that can't possibly win.
01:03:49Dr. Pumet, I believe.
01:03:50Oh, a moment, a moment.
01:03:56You have probably never seen a bar of Magnolet.
01:03:58Here is the sample.
01:03:59Well, that's the stuff, is it?
01:04:00Mm-hmm.
01:04:01It's beautiful.
01:04:02Beautiful.
01:04:03C'est magnifique.
01:04:04And when I have finished with it,
01:04:05it will have the strength of a girder of steel.
01:04:07Mm.
01:04:08Monsieur, will you be seated?
01:04:09Yes, thank you.
01:04:10My name is Armstrong.
01:04:11Oh, I know that already.
01:04:12Yes?
01:04:13Oh, I have read all about it.
01:04:14Why, even here in Dijon, the people on all sides are always picking me to tell them how can they buy shares in Magnolet.
01:04:18Oh, so my Ballyhoo campaign has reached even this place, has it?
01:04:20Oh, it is even more popular than the National Lottery.
01:04:21Oh, that's great.
01:04:22Now, about your process.
01:04:23Yes.
01:04:24My process is essential.
01:04:25Magnolet?
01:04:26Why, people have known about Magnolet for years, but they've never been able to do anything with it.
01:04:31Until I, Plumey, discovered how to develop the money.
01:04:34Oh, I know that already.
01:04:35Oh, I know that already.
01:04:36Yes?
01:04:37Oh, I have read all about it.
01:04:38Why, even here in Dijon, the people on all sides are always picking me to tell them how can they buy shares in Magnolet.
01:04:43Well, so my Ballyhoo campaign has reached even this place, has it?
01:04:45Oh, it is even more popular than the National Lottery.
01:04:47Oh, that's great.
01:04:49Now, about your process.
01:04:50to do anything with it, until I, Plumey, discovered how to develop it, even as Besomir discovered
01:04:56how to develop steel.
01:04:58Yes, yes, I know all about that, and that's the reason I'm here.
01:05:00Of course, I appreciate that you're a brilliant scientist, and you deserve the enormous reward
01:05:04that you're going to get, but of course, you understand that your patents aren't worth
01:05:08anything without Magnolite, and it so happens that I own that, so we have to get together,
01:05:14haven't we?
01:05:14But, my friend, we cannot get together.
01:05:16Oh, but we must.
01:05:18I need you, you need me.
01:05:19Why, we have thousands of investors who will be ruined if we don't start producing.
01:05:23I'll pay you a handsome royalty on every pound of Magnolite produced, no matter what form
01:05:28it may be in.
01:05:28But I no longer have control of the process.
01:05:31Well, who has?
01:05:32Well, only a month ago, I sold it to an Englishman.
01:05:36His name...
01:05:38You don't have to tell me.
01:05:40I know it already.
01:05:43Manningdale.
01:05:45Mais oui.
01:05:46But how did you know?
01:05:49He swore to keep it secret.
01:05:51Yes, he kept it a secret, all right.
01:05:55Manningdale.
01:05:57Why do you know?
01:05:59I was just thinking of something.
01:06:01Oh, I see.
01:06:04Well, Manningdale must thank you a great deal for all that you have done for him.
01:06:09Yes.
01:06:09You've made my patents worth a great deal more than he paid me.
01:06:16If only I had known, I would not have sold out so quickly.
01:06:22Oh, well, there's no use crying over spilled milk.
01:06:26Goodbye.
01:06:27Dr. Germain.
01:06:29Nice to have met you.
01:06:30Au revoir, my friend.
01:06:32I shall be very interested to know what happens to Magnolat.
01:06:37So will I.
01:07:02Oh, I, I expect I fell asleep.
01:07:14Yes, I expect you did.
01:07:16But how did you happen to select my bed?
01:07:17I was waiting for you.
01:07:19What about Plumé?
01:07:20Did you see him?
01:07:22Well, I can give you the answer in one word.
01:07:25Manningdale.
01:07:26During his pleasure trip to the continent a month ago,
01:07:29he went to see Plumé and laid cash on the table.
01:07:32I warned you he'd put up a big fight.
01:07:35He did.
01:07:36He's a smart man.
01:07:38But the fact remains that you own Magnolat.
01:07:41No, I don't.
01:07:43Belongs to a lot of people named Smith and Jones and the Glen Ardens.
01:07:50You remember that first night at Chattano Hall
01:07:52when we were walking in the garden
01:07:53and you told me what it was that Manningdale wanted?
01:07:56Yes, I remember.
01:07:58Well, I went charging in and kidnapped your father.
01:08:01I took him to the fun fair
01:08:02and bluffed him into giving me the Magnolite option.
01:08:05That wasn't a bluff.
01:08:06You made good on every one of your promises.
01:08:09Not on all the promises I made to myself.
01:08:13I was reaching for the moon, Pat.
01:08:16And all I've got is a handful of clouds.
01:08:18What do you mean?
01:08:19Well, that night in the garden
01:08:23I did something I've never done before.
01:08:28I fell in love.
01:08:31That was silly of me, wasn't it?
01:08:34But you see, you were the first woman that I'd ever met
01:08:35who plays the game the way I do.
01:08:37Cars on the table, nothing up your sleeve.
01:08:40Now, you told me plainly that you were in the market.
01:08:42You'd marry Manningdale because he happened to be the highest bidder.
01:08:45Well, all right, I said to myself,
01:08:48maybe I can outbid even Manningdale.
01:08:51For a while, I thought I was going to do it.
01:08:55But he kept his cards out of sight.
01:09:00Now he's struck me.
01:09:02What are you going to do about it, Dan?
01:09:05Do?
01:09:05I don't know.
01:09:12But I have an idea.
01:09:14This is the one situation I won't be able to talk my way out of.
01:09:18We'll have to go back to London first thing in the morning,
01:09:20so you'd better go get some sleep.
01:09:22Yes, I suppose you are right.
01:09:26Oh, Dan, I forgot to tell you.
01:09:30Mallory won.
01:09:31And I put about 50,000 francs on the table.
01:09:3650,000 francs?
01:09:40Well, I guess that's the consolation prize.
01:09:42I said, do you miss this morning's time?
01:10:02Shareholder's face heavy loss.
01:10:04Yes, that's what the papers say.
01:10:06I think it's serious.
01:10:07I think it's serious.
01:10:12All I want you to do is to put yourURGAS.
01:10:17All the water shortage is great.
01:10:19Let's do it, Dan.
01:10:36Right, Dan.
01:10:38farm
01:10:39i'm going to see manningdale all right go ahead but don't yield an inch fight to the last ditch
01:11:01with what with a million pounds we'll start developing the mines we'll produce magna like
01:11:06this is when we've produced it what are we going to do with it eat it we'll force manningdale to give
01:11:11in if it's a test of endurance we'll show him the stuff we're made of yes but manningdale can hold
01:11:16out longer than we can well if we've got it you know my gad we'll go down gallantly like a little
01:11:22revenge all sail set and colors flying
01:11:25those people down there and south moore they'll sink with us to the bottom the bottom of the sea
01:11:40isn't a nice place
01:11:41come in mr armstrong do sit down thank you have a cigar they're rather good ones no thanks
01:11:55don't let's waste time on preliminaries i don't like you and you have no overwhelming love for me
01:12:01you put it bluntly then we understand each other perfectly good how much will you take for your
01:12:10plume a process this time it's my turn to say not for sale but you have terms of some kind what are
01:12:19they they're simple you transfer to me your entire interest in magnolite you mean you'll be satisfied
01:12:25with a knockout of me personally well this is business not pugilism
01:12:28what of the duke of glenarton's interest in all the other investors naturally i should respect those
01:12:36just as thoroughly as you would you sure of that yes i'm sure of that well supposing i don't accept
01:12:42your terms then i sit tight and wait for your next move
01:12:46and my next move is out
01:12:50i accept your proposition manningdale
01:12:53you can drop the papers giving you the full control that i now hold
01:12:57and i hope you make a lot of money for everybody concerned
01:13:00i'm leaving england right away so
01:13:04i'll appreciate if you drop the papers as quickly as possible
01:13:06yes i will
01:13:07may i congratulate you on your victory we americans are mighty good in the short sprints
01:13:15but you english seem to be better over the distance
01:13:19thank you
01:13:20i may as well tell you that i knew this is exactly what you do
01:13:26how did you know it
01:13:27i adopted your method i played a hunch
01:13:31i guessed that in an emergency you would do the honorable thing
01:13:34you've done it
01:13:36well
01:13:37in that case i will have one of your scars they look rather good by all means
01:13:43here's a copy of the agreement with manningdale
01:13:56signed and sealed
01:13:57everything else is cleaned up
01:13:58your mills will be rolling within six months
01:14:01the whole thing depresses me unuptoply
01:14:03why
01:14:04you're going to be one of the richest men in the world
01:14:07yes but without you the whole business won't be any fun
01:14:09oh well you can hire a brass band and have a play for you every now and then
01:14:13that'll remind you of me
01:14:15what about you dan
01:14:17where will you go
01:14:18i'm going on a quick tour of europe with the 50,000 francs i won a monoreux
01:14:27i take the plane for vienna this afternoon
01:14:30well i guess uh you better say goodbye right here and now
01:14:34and we won't see you again
01:14:35oh yes i'll come back to england sometime when i've got another big idea
01:14:39well goodbye duchess
01:14:41well once the duke was right
01:14:44it won't be fun without you dan
01:14:46oh yes it will
01:14:47goodbye duke
01:14:51goodbye dan
01:14:52we've had a swell time haven't we
01:14:55good bye pat
01:15:02good bye dan
01:15:05oh i nearly forgot that
01:15:08traveled a long way
01:15:12traveled a long way
01:15:22well the uh three o'clock plane for vienna beyond time it shouldn't be more than a few minutes late sir
01:15:30well then i'm too early
01:15:32usually i'm late for a waltz
01:15:35oh well
01:15:37i probably couldn't dance it anyway
01:15:39yeah
01:15:49back
01:15:54In all the homes of humanity
01:15:57Oh, thank the lights, we need you
01:16:02Bang, bang, thank the lights away
01:16:05Oh, thank the lights, we need you
01:16:09And your bodies and we will need you
01:16:12From heaven here to our supreme
01:16:16And today we will gladly see
01:16:20It's the way of the land and sea
01:16:23Well, I see you didn't lose any time, Duke
01:16:38You went and got yourself a brass band
01:16:39Yes, old boy, but I wish you'd been for your arrival
01:16:41And not your departure
01:16:42Dear Dad, we can't bear to see you go
01:16:45Just a minute, ladies and gentlemen, just a minute
01:16:49Here with me
01:16:51Oh, thank you
01:16:51On behalf of the happy investors of MagnoLite
01:16:55Or as many of them as we could get together at such short notice
01:16:57I beg to wish you good luck
01:17:00And Godspeed, old boy
01:17:01And we wish today that your resignation from MagnoLite Limited
01:17:05Is not accepted, am I right, everybody?
01:17:09Now, Duke, friends, really
01:17:11Wait, wait, I'm not nearly finished yet
01:17:13We fully recognise your right to enjoy a well-earned vacation
01:17:17But we flatly refuse to admit
01:17:19That your association with us is ended
01:17:21Therefore, I feel
01:17:26Just a minute, I'm making you speak
01:17:28Yes, I know what it is, Duke
01:17:30And all I can say is bless you
01:17:31Bless all of you
01:17:32Goodbye, council bar
01:17:34Never mind, we're in a hurry
01:17:49The plane is leaving
01:17:50You
01:17:51You're going?
01:17:53Of course I am
01:17:54What, you mean I've reached the moon?
01:17:56Did you doubt it?
01:17:57And this time you can't talk yourself out of it
01:17:59All aboard, all aboard
01:18:02Come on
01:18:03Goodbye, everybody
01:18:06Goodbye, England
01:18:07It's a wonderful place, I love it
01:18:09It's a country with a future
01:18:33You
01:18:36Remember
01:18:38You
01:18:41Malaysia
01:18:41Yes
01:18:42Later
01:18:43Now
01:18:43We
01:18:44We
01:18:45Have
01:18:46We
01:18:47What
01:18:48Are
01:18:48We
01:18:49Hope
01:18:50We
01:18:51We
01:18:51We
01:18:53We
01:18:54We
01:18:55W
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