Wolf Call (1939)
Approved | 62 min | Adventure, Romance | 22 May 1939 (USA)
Based on a story by Jack London, this film follows the adventures of young Michael Vance as he travels with his faithful dog to check out the value of a family mine. As they travel north, John meets a beautiful Indian girl and his canine companion joins up with a pack of wolves.
Director: George Waggner
Writers: Jack London (novel), George Waggner (screenplay) (as Joseph West)
Stars: John Carroll, Movita, George Lynn
Approved | 62 min | Adventure, Romance | 22 May 1939 (USA)
Based on a story by Jack London, this film follows the adventures of young Michael Vance as he travels with his faithful dog to check out the value of a family mine. As they travel north, John meets a beautiful Indian girl and his canine companion joins up with a pack of wolves.
Director: George Waggner
Writers: Jack London (novel), George Waggner (screenplay) (as Joseph West)
Stars: John Carroll, Movita, George Lynn
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00:01:21Uh, wouldn't you know it, nobody lives here.
00:01:23Oh, we've just got to get him. Mike, he's the only one in town.
00:01:26Look, folks, you got me parked on the wrong side of the street.
00:01:28Can't we come back tomorrow morning when the joint's open?
00:01:31Oh, of course not. This is a treasure hunt.
00:01:33Haven't you ever been on a treasure hunt, mister?
00:01:35All my life, but it had nothing to do with dogs and pet shop windows.
00:01:39Well, he makes light of a very serious matter, doesn't he?
00:01:43Why, do you know at this very moment eight couples are roaming the streets of New York,
00:01:46begging, borrowing, and even stealing various objects?
00:01:48It's a party!
00:01:50Look, you see this balloon?
00:01:52That was taken from a bubble dancer in the Palais Royal.
00:01:57Now, don't go away.
00:02:00You see that mask?
00:02:02It was worn by the catch in the last World Series.
00:02:09And that, my friend, is an old-fashioned bed warmer.
00:02:12Ain't it a beaut?
00:02:16And this...
00:02:19is an illustration of an old-fashioned song.
00:02:22A bird in a gilded cage. Isn't that devastating?
00:02:27Oh, lady, that ties me in knots.
00:02:29And now all we need is that Siberian police dog, and...
00:02:32And we win!
00:02:34Yeah? What?
00:02:36Huh?
00:02:37What do you win?
00:02:39Why, uh, we win.
00:02:41We take him back to the party, and, uh, we win.
00:02:46I guess I'm crazy.
00:02:52Pardon me.
00:02:57Oh, Mike, you're wonderful!
00:03:01Hey, put that rock down!
00:03:08Shall we go?
00:03:09Yes!
00:03:10Why are you leaving here?
00:03:11What's the matter?
00:03:12Forgot to leave a card.
00:03:14Come on, let's get out of here.
00:03:15Come on, boy.
00:03:16Yeah, boy.
00:03:17Come on, get in here.
00:03:19Atta boy.
00:03:20Atta boy.
00:03:21Back to the party, pal.
00:03:22And collect the prize.
00:03:27Not only was the window smashed, Mr. Vance, but my pets ran away.
00:03:31Are you sure it was my son?
00:03:33Yes, sir.
00:03:34He left his card in the door.
00:03:36Well, I'm sorry, Mr., uh, Abernathy.
00:03:39You make out a bill for the damages, and Mr. Wynton here will send you a check.
00:03:43Thank you, Mr. Vance.
00:03:44Thank you, sir.
00:03:45Good day, Mr. Abernathy.
00:03:46Good day, sir.
00:03:47Good day.
00:03:50I'll see you downtown, Mr. Vance.
00:03:52Good day.
00:03:55I'll see you downtown, Mr. Vance.
00:03:57But we ought to decide something about the mine.
00:03:59I said I'd see you downtown.
00:04:13One o'clock in the afternoon, and what are you doing?
00:04:16I was just thinking, if I live to three, I'll live forever.
00:04:20Now, isn't that nice?
00:04:21Michael Vance.
00:04:22The playboy.
00:04:23The royister.
00:04:24The gay blade.
00:04:26Well, society columnists ought to get a look at you now.
00:04:29Oh, go away, Pop.
00:04:30Didn't you ever feel like this?
00:04:32Sure I did.
00:04:34But I was up at 6.30 in the morning fighting it off.
00:04:36Breathing in the fresh air.
00:04:38What's this I hear about you stealing the dog?
00:04:40Who, me?
00:04:42Yes, you.
00:04:44A man named Abernathy was here, and he...
00:04:49What's that?
00:04:51What?
00:04:53Oh, that's Webster.
00:04:54What's the gardener doing up here?
00:04:55I don't know.
00:04:56Webster!
00:04:57Oh, I don't know, Pop.
00:04:58Hey, Webster, come out of there.
00:05:08So, you don't know anything about our dog, huh?
00:05:10I'm sorry, Pop.
00:05:11It was a little going-away party.
00:05:12Sit down, you.
00:05:13What?
00:05:14Not you, Dad.
00:05:15I was talking to the dog.
00:05:16Oh.
00:05:17You see, we figured a little celebration was in order.
00:05:18Since I was to be a son of Todd.
00:05:19Oh, yes, of course.
00:05:20Such a world-shaking event couldn't go unnoticed.
00:05:22Well, young man, your celebrations are over.
00:05:24You're heading out of here tonight for Radium City.
00:05:26Say, I want to talk to you about that.
00:05:28No, we're all through talking.
00:05:29I've got a bull by the tail in this radium deal, and you've got to get to work.
00:05:33What do I know about radium?
00:05:35Oh, what does anybody know about it?
00:05:37I thought you dug the stuff up like you do gold.
00:05:40Then I find out that you mine something called pitchblende,
00:05:43and you get a gram of radium out of a ton of it.
00:05:46Well, what do you want me to do about it?
00:05:48Well, you're supposed to be a mining engineer.
00:05:50I want you to go up there and find out what it's all about.
00:05:53Of course, I think we'd save money by closing down.
00:05:56But, however, that's up to you.
00:05:58What happened? The manager quit?
00:05:59No.
00:06:00Why?
00:06:02I just have a hunch that you and this fellow Whitten
00:06:04talked this thing over, and I'm going to take a trip.
00:06:06Oh, nothing of the kind.
00:06:07Whitten has been after me to close down.
00:06:10Now, sending you up there was entirely my idea.
00:06:13All right, Pop, I'll check my plane and be out of here tomorrow at 12 o'clock.
00:06:15Now, you'll do nothing of the kind.
00:06:17You're just looking for an excuse to spend another night in New York.
00:06:20Say, now, here are your train tickets to Seattle.
00:06:22You'll go by boat from there to St. Pierre.
00:06:24Whitten has arranged with the company plane to meet you and take you to the mine.
00:06:27After that, you're on your own.
00:06:29Pop, I've got a lot of obligations. I can't leave my friends...
00:06:31Oh, there's none of them so serious that I can't take care of them for you.
00:06:36Is there anything special?
00:06:38Yeah, Pop.
00:06:40Well, what?
00:06:42Tell my friends at the condemned day to a haughty breakfast.
00:06:47I don't know.
00:07:07Mr. Vance, can I help you?
00:07:08Hiya, Blake.
00:07:12Well, Mr. Vance, this is Father Devlin.
00:07:14Hello, Father.
00:07:15How are you, sir?
00:07:16I didn't think you'd mind another passenger.
00:07:18You see, Father Devlin is doctor, nurse, and priest of this whole north country.
00:07:22Well, it's a pleasure.
00:07:23Are you going to be with us long, Mr. Vance?
00:07:25Oh, just long enough to look the mine over, Father.
00:07:27Well, this boy looks as if he'll be at home up here, doesn't he?
00:07:30Yes, I'm afraid he's going to be all right.
00:07:33Say, this is a criminal job you have here.
00:07:35Yes, it belongs to the mine.
00:07:37We're just waiting for Mr. Carson.
00:07:39Carson?
00:07:40Well, the mine superintendent.
00:07:41Oh.
00:07:42He's over at the Miami police office now.
00:07:43Oh, yes.
00:07:47Hello?
00:07:48Just a minute.
00:07:49Here's New York, Mr. Carson.
00:07:51Oh, thank you.
00:07:53Hello, J.L.?
00:07:54This is Carson.
00:07:56Young Vance arrived okay.
00:07:58Yeah, we're leaving for the mine in a few minutes.
00:08:00Good. Good.
00:08:02The old man crossed me up by sending the boy,
00:08:04but I don't think you'll have much trouble getting rid of him.
00:08:06He didn't want to leave, and he'll be anxious to get back.
00:08:09Well, I'll let you know what happens.
00:08:11So long.
00:08:16So long.
00:08:46Well, here it is, Mr. Vance.
00:09:15Welcome to Radium City.
00:09:17Grogan, put that baggage in number 10.
00:09:19Yes, sir.
00:09:21Come on, and I'll show you where you sleep.
00:09:23Coming, Father?
00:09:24No, I'll see you later.
00:09:26What do you think, Father?
00:09:28It's too early to say, Grogan,
00:09:30but the lad has a fine name.
00:09:32He has. Michael Vance.
00:09:34You know, there was a lot of them in County Mayo.
00:09:36You take my grandmother.
00:09:38On me mother's side, that is.
00:09:39She had a nephew.
00:09:40Later, Grogan.
00:09:41You mind?
00:09:43Well, maybe it was a cousin.
00:09:45I'll never forget one morning.
00:09:47It was so cold, and we were having a lot of trouble with a pig.
00:09:54So well fixed.
00:09:55Radio, electric lights?
00:09:56Yes, we have a small generator back there.
00:09:59You see, the days get kind of long up here when we get snowed in,
00:10:02but I hope to be out of here before that happens.
00:10:05So do I.
00:10:06There's no way to treat these...
00:10:07Oh, excuse me, Mr. Vance.
00:10:09The day's coming when we won't have to stand for this.
00:10:11We'll be getting better pay and shorter working hours.
00:10:14All right, men, bring it up.
00:10:16What's the matter?
00:10:17Have we got a right to protest bad working conditions?
00:10:19Sure you have, but not now.
00:10:21Come on, get to work.
00:10:24If you have any complaints to make, see me in my office.
00:10:32Why, what was all that about?
00:10:34Oh, there's a lot of dissatisfaction up here, Mr. Vance.
00:10:37The whole thing is rather a hopeless job.
00:10:40I don't want to bother you about that on your first day.
00:10:42How about looking the mine over?
00:10:44Well, I haven't got the mining clothes on.
00:10:48Well, to tell you the truth,
00:10:49I got a brand new four and a quarter ounce rod that I'd like to try out.
00:10:52You got any fish around here?
00:10:53Fish?
00:10:54Have we got fish?
00:10:56Mr. Vance, you have to get behind a tree to bait your hook.
00:11:38Oh, well, I finally found the one I got to get behind.
00:11:52Well, Smokey, I don't know whether it's your fault or mine,
00:11:55but we didn't even get a bite.
00:11:57Look at this silly thing.
00:11:59Not even wet.
00:12:08Well, you've got to admit, Smokey,
00:12:10fish or no fish, this is mighty pretty country.
00:12:13Look at those hills.
00:12:16I bet I could bounce a head tone over those.
00:12:27What do you know, an echo.
00:12:38What'd I tell you, an echo.
00:12:41Go on, Smoke, you try it.
00:12:43Go on, boy.
00:12:53Hey, wait a minute, that's no echo.
00:12:56Hey, study fella,
00:12:58don't go getting yourself involved.
00:13:08That a boy.
00:13:10You keep out of this, understand?
00:13:13Something tells me I'd better do the howling for both of us.
00:13:38La da da
00:13:41Ah
00:13:50Ah
00:13:57I listen to the song
00:14:00Of the waterfall
00:14:03Of the wind and all
00:14:06That blows
00:14:10It's the same enthralling song
00:14:14Since the world began
00:14:17That only nature can
00:14:21Compose
00:14:28It's the call
00:14:32Never hold
00:14:35Ever knew
00:14:41It's the call
00:14:44Of this hour
00:14:47With you
00:14:52It's the voice
00:14:55Of love alone
00:14:59So rejoice
00:15:02For love is calling
00:15:06Calling
00:15:08It's home
00:15:14With a thrill
00:15:17You respond to its plea
00:15:24And will fill
00:15:27Every grommet
00:15:30With a mystery
00:15:36This is no mystery
00:15:40This dream come true
00:15:46It's the call
00:15:50Love is waiting
00:15:54For you
00:16:01Well?
00:16:02Well, um, you are real, aren't you?
00:16:05Yes, I am Tuana.
00:16:07Tuana?
00:16:09What's that?
00:16:10It's a name.
00:16:11My father works at the mine.
00:16:13Oh, your father works at the mine.
00:16:15Well, you, um,
00:16:17a little bit on the, um,
00:16:19woo side, aren't you?
00:16:21My mother was Indian.
00:16:23Oh, well, what a country you got here.
00:16:26Holy mackerel.
00:16:28No, that's trout.
00:16:30Yes, I know.
00:16:32Did you catch it?
00:16:33Yes.
00:16:36How?
00:16:37With this.
00:16:43Wait a minute.
00:16:44You caught all those fish
00:16:45with this little piece of a bent pin,
00:16:46a string and a stick?
00:16:47Yes, Indian fishing tackle.
00:16:51Oh.
00:16:56Follow me, will you?
00:17:21That was too much.
00:17:23You know, I came out here
00:17:24to catch a few fish this morning.
00:17:25I bring all the latest fishing tackle,
00:17:26a frying pan and flour.
00:17:28And I don't even get a bite.
00:17:29And here you are with a little bit
00:17:30of a pin, a string and a stick
00:17:32and you get a boatload of fish.
00:17:34Why, there ought to be a law.
00:17:35There is a law, an Indian law.
00:17:38The fisherman must share their catch.
00:17:40If you lend the frying pan and flour,
00:17:42I'll lend the fish.
00:17:43You mean here, now?
00:17:44Yes.
00:17:45We'll need a fire.
00:17:46Well, you're looking at the greatest fireman
00:17:48on Fifth Avenue.
00:17:50Watch the smoke.
00:18:07Where you been?
00:18:08Washing the dishes?
00:18:09Yes.
00:18:12Ah, today I'm filled
00:18:14with peace and contentment.
00:18:17All of nature's my friend.
00:18:19Hmm, I'm poetic.
00:18:21You're full of fish.
00:18:23You won't hold it against me, will you?
00:18:25I hope not.
00:18:26You hope not?
00:18:27You've seen the famous smile,
00:18:28the charm of personality.
00:18:29You've heard the frequent witty remarks.
00:18:31I have heard and seen the rich man's son
00:18:33who were told to expect.
00:18:35Oh, then you know me.
00:18:37I followed you, Michael Vance,
00:18:39to see what kind of a man you are.
00:18:41Well, I could have told you that.
00:18:43I'm a prince of good fellows.
00:18:44I'm a lovable character.
00:18:46That's what I'm afraid of.
00:18:56Hey, Smokey, come here!
00:19:02Smokey!
00:19:03Here, boy!
00:19:10Smokey!
00:19:12There's nothing you can do about it, Michael Vance.
00:19:15It's the call of the North Country.
00:19:17The wolf called.
00:19:19Each hears it in his own way.
00:19:24I'm beginning to see what you mean.
00:19:41Yeah.
00:20:11Bark!
00:20:12Bark!
00:20:13Bark!
00:20:14Bark!
00:20:15Bark!
00:20:17Bark!
00:20:18Bark!
00:20:19Bark!
00:20:20Bark!
00:20:21Bark!
00:20:22Bark!
00:20:23Bark!
00:20:30Bark!
00:20:31Bark!
00:20:41Bark!
00:20:47Bark!
00:21:02Bark!
00:21:11Bark!
00:21:14Bark!
00:21:26Bark!
00:21:27Bark!
00:21:38Bark!
00:21:41I can't get him to talk to Liz.
00:22:00Every time I look for him, he's with Tawana.
00:22:03Say he hasn't been talking to McTavish, has he, Bull?
00:22:06Huh?
00:22:07I say he hasn't been talking to McTavish.
00:22:08No.
00:22:09Well, maybe not.
00:22:11But he shouldn't be hanging around.
00:22:13Why do you want his word to get him out of here?
00:22:15Well, he wants to get out, doesn't he?
00:22:17Did when he got here.
00:22:19Well, then why not put the convincer on him?
00:22:23Yeah.
00:22:25How about that, Bull?
00:22:26I don't get it.
00:22:27How about proving to young Vance that this is no place for his lily-white body?
00:22:32He's inspecting the mine this afternoon.
00:22:34I'll arrange not to be with him.
00:22:37How about putting on a little show for the boys?
00:22:41Yeah, sort of carry on for Radium Products Incorporated.
00:22:44Who are they?
00:22:46Well, they're just the bold, bad trust we're working for.
00:22:50But don't you try to figure that out.
00:22:53They just pay us our money.
00:22:54Come on, let's get organized.
00:23:03Jump in.
00:23:07Here you go.
00:23:23That settles it.
00:23:24Men dropping like flies.
00:23:25It's inhuman.
00:23:26Are we going to stand for it?
00:23:28Come on, my friend.
00:23:31Don't touch him.
00:23:32He's not your friend, neither am I.
00:23:34Honest workmen never be friends with the likes of you.
00:23:37What's the matter with the likes of me?
00:23:39You're grinding this down.
00:23:40Grinding the life's blood out of us.
00:23:43You know, it seems to me I heard you say something like that the day I arrived.
00:23:46And I'll keep on saying until the working man's fight is won.
00:23:49See?
00:23:52Now, look.
00:23:53You couldn't possibly win this fight without pushing me around, could you?
00:23:56Oh, I'm not fit to touch you, huh?
00:24:05How do you like that?
00:24:08So you want to play, huh?
00:24:10Well, well, well.
00:24:34Come on.
00:25:04Give him the heel, lad.
00:25:14The heel.
00:25:25Come on.
00:25:26Break it up.
00:25:27Break it up.
00:25:28You're going to bat me around, get away with it.
00:25:30Never mind that.
00:25:31Get back to work.
00:25:32Grogan, take care of Mr. Vance.
00:25:35Come on, all you men.
00:25:36Get back to work.
00:25:39Put your arm around me.
00:25:40Lean on old Grogan.
00:25:46What's the matter?
00:25:47Forget the duck?
00:25:51Come on now, Michael.
00:25:52Lie down until I see that the bull hurts your back.
00:25:55My back's all right, Grogan.
00:25:56Thank you, Father.
00:25:57Now, that's a fine left hand you have, Michael Vance.
00:25:59I used to think so, Father.
00:26:01You ought to have that right hook in fine fashion, too.
00:26:03Yeah.
00:26:04Yeah, I know.
00:26:06I read the right books.
00:26:07Something like that.
00:26:09You know, you fight according to the rules.
00:26:10With men like Bull, everything goes.
00:26:13Yeah, I found that out.
00:26:14When he had you bent back over that rock, I was pleading with you to give him the heel on the instep.
00:26:19Yeah, you can cripple a man like that, Grogan.
00:26:21Cripple him?
00:26:22And what do you think he was doing when he was pounding your head on that boulder?
00:26:26Oh, well, that's how this happened.
00:26:28Ah, but I wouldn't feel too badly about it, sir.
00:26:30You're not knowing the rules and all.
00:26:32Sure, I remember Shane the Soccer.
00:26:34Him that was champion of County Mayo.
00:26:37Sure, the champion lost his first 13 fights.
00:26:40Well, Grogan, that's very encouraging, and I thank you.
00:26:42Believe me.
00:26:43Oh, it's all right, sir.
00:26:44But if you'd like to be learning a few of them tricks, like the heel on the instep...
00:26:47Now, run along, Grogan.
00:26:48You talk too much.
00:26:49All right, sir.
00:26:51Oh, Grogan.
00:26:52Yes, sir?
00:26:53Uh, thanks.
00:26:56It's all right, sir.
00:26:58I remember one time in Ireland, I hit a man so hard...
00:27:02that he was suspended in the air for two minutes.
00:27:04Grogan.
00:27:05Well, a minute anyway.
00:27:11He's quite a fella.
00:27:13Yeah, he's a man of few words.
00:27:16Yeah, I see that.
00:27:18Yeah, you got a good night's sleep.
00:27:19You'll be as fit as a fiddle in the morning.
00:27:21Not a lot of tune, father, but a fiddle.
00:27:23Come in.
00:27:26Come in.
00:27:34Oh, it's you.
00:27:38Well.
00:27:40Looks like we both tried to take in a little bit too much territory.
00:27:44Say, father,
00:27:47has Boo Nelson known a dog?
00:27:56Now, listen.
00:27:59I've just got a report on the McTavish process,
00:28:01and it looks pretty good.
00:28:03Which means...
00:28:05we've got to own Radium City to protect ourselves.
00:28:11Right.
00:28:12Well, I'll let you know what happens.
00:28:13So long.
00:28:43I'm sorry about Boo, Mr. Vance,
00:29:03but that should only impress on you the seriousness of the whole situation up here.
00:29:08This mine cannot be worked at a profit.
00:29:11Why, it would take a half a million dollars worth of new equipment
00:29:14to really develop this property,
00:29:16and even then we have no assurance of a reasonable return.
00:29:21Well, then you think we should close the mine?
00:29:24Definitely.
00:29:26How long would that take?
00:29:27Just a few days.
00:29:31Well, I don't see any reason why we should continue pouring money down an empty hole.
00:29:35Besides, I'll make you to get home.
00:29:37Fine.
00:29:38I'll inventory the equipment on hand.
00:29:40You drop in at the office later?
00:29:41There'll be some papers for you there.
00:29:43All right.
00:29:44I'll check with my father, though.
00:29:45I know he'll feel the same as I do.
00:29:47I'll see you there.
00:29:48Right.
00:29:49Now, get everything ready.
00:29:57Well, what do you think?
00:30:00I'm new.
00:30:03Well, boys, that makes it unanimous.
00:30:33Come in.
00:30:49Hello.
00:30:50I brought you some lunch.
00:30:52I didn't see you in the commissary for breakfast this morning,
00:30:54and I thought you might be too busy to come for lunch.
00:30:56Well, I wasn't hungry this morning.
00:30:58In fact, I'm not hungry right now.
00:30:59Didn't Father Devlin stay with you?
00:31:01No, he went down to help an eskimo with a broken leg.
00:31:03Here, have some coffee.
00:31:05No, thank you.
00:31:10Good?
00:31:11Yes, thanks.
00:31:14No fishing today?
00:31:15No, I'm too busy.
00:31:18I'm closing the mine.
00:31:19I'm going to fire everybody, and I'm going home.
00:31:21You're going to run away, Michael Vince, just because...
00:31:26That's the doctor.
00:31:27I asked him to come and see you.
00:31:29What did I want with a doctor?
00:31:30Just because I had a little fight yesterday?
00:31:31Shh, he's not that kind of a doctor.
00:31:32He's a chemist.
00:31:34Oh.
00:31:35Come in, Doctor.
00:31:42Doctor, this is Michael Vince.
00:31:44Yes, I know.
00:31:45Good morning, Vince.
00:31:46Hello, Doctor.
00:31:47You don't look so bad.
00:31:49Well, you should see my pride.
00:31:50I stayed up all night with it.
00:31:52Have no worry about that.
00:31:53Pride has amazing recuperative powers.
00:31:57I don't know exactly just how to commence this, Vance,
00:32:01but it's about the mine and the conditions at Radium City.
00:32:06Well, sit down, Doctor, and tell me about it.
00:32:11As I understand it, it is impossible to ship radium concentrate with profit,
00:32:18owing to the small yield of radium and the great bulk of concentrate.
00:32:22I believe there's one gram of radium to every ton of concentrate.
00:32:24Is that right?
00:32:25That's right.
00:32:26But if instead of shipping the tons of pitch blend, we could ship the pure radium.
00:32:33Mm-hmm.
00:32:34Wouldn't that involve a complicated process?
00:32:3835 processes, to be exact.
00:32:40Doctor, you suggest doing that here?
00:32:42Why, that would take a million dollars' worth of equipment.
00:32:45I suggest doing it here, but not in 35 processes.
00:32:48In seven.
00:32:49And not with a million dollars' worth of equipment, but with 50,000.
00:32:52You no doubt think this is a trick to keep the mine open, do you not?
00:32:56Well, I must admit you can expect to find me a bit skeptical.
00:33:01After all, why haven't you told me about this before?
00:33:04This is the first chance I've had.
00:33:06I was not supposed to talk to you.
00:33:08Bull Nelson's been my constant companion,
00:33:10and this morning he's celebrating his victory.
00:33:13Would you come over to the laboratory with me?
00:33:15Well, if you think it's worthwhile.
00:33:18I'm sure that I can convince you.
00:33:21Come along.
00:33:22All right.
00:33:34Lead is the only thing it will not penetrate.
00:33:37Consequently, this box is lead.
00:33:40My process is not infallible.
00:33:42Put down your glasses.
00:33:44But there's a bit of radium concentrate produced...
00:33:47Four times.
00:33:50Of course, the radium is so small I cannot extract the pure element.
00:33:55A little more time, Mr. Vance, and we give the world a great discovery.
00:33:59Oh, Michael, I see you're getting interested in radium.
00:34:02Hi, Father.
00:34:03Hello there.
00:34:04Hello, Mick.
00:34:05Yes, Dr. McTavish claims to have a process that will enable us to ship
00:34:08grams of radium instead of tons of concentrate.
00:34:11That wouldn't do much to the radium market, would it?
00:34:13Radium sells for $75,000 a gram.
00:34:16The announcement of this process would reduce the price to $15,000.
00:34:20And make it available to everybody.
00:34:22Did you tell Carson about this?
00:34:24Two months ago.
00:34:26But he told me to forget it.
00:34:28But you didn't.
00:34:30No.
00:34:31My experiments since then have convinced me more than ever.
00:34:38What if somebody's trying to put something over?
00:34:41Did you know about it, Father?
00:34:43Yes.
00:34:44I see.
00:34:45Then the doctor's visit to my cottage this morning wasn't just an accident.
00:34:49We thought you might be leaving us.
00:34:51We?
00:34:52Tawana is in on it, too.
00:34:54Tawana?
00:34:55My daughter.
00:34:59Well, well.
00:35:00Things are clearing up.
00:35:02That's what my grandmother said.
00:35:04Brogan.
00:35:07You see, most of the radium output of the world is controlled by a syndicate.
00:35:10Radium Products Incorporated.
00:35:12This is the only important mine not in their hands.
00:35:15So if they can make the mine appear worthless,
00:35:18that'll force the old man to sell.
00:35:21I see.
00:35:22And you want them to keep the mine open until Dr. McTavish completes his experiments, is that right?
00:35:26Something like that.
00:35:27Believe me, we're not interested in the big business end of it.
00:35:30Thousands of sufferers the world over denied the healing relief of radium
00:35:34due to its exorbitant price.
00:35:36A price dictated by a group of men not concerned with humanitarian considerations.
00:35:41Well, if it's that way, I guess there's not much else I can do.
00:35:44But I was just thinking, I mean, I get awful tired picking myself up every time I see Bull Nelson.
00:35:48Yes, Bull.
00:35:50Well, Brogan here can show you a few of the tricks.
00:35:53And as for the scientific end of it...
00:35:55Meet Sean the Sucker.
00:35:57Ex-Sergeant Devlin of the Dublin Fusiliers.
00:35:59And Corporal Brogan of the same outfit.
00:36:05Well, gentlemen.
00:36:08I guess I'm elected.
00:36:11Pardon me, will you?
00:36:30I know all about that process, the darkest dreamin' up.
00:36:33Every radium man in the world has a process.
00:36:36They're like systems to beat the races.
00:36:38Everybody has a system, but nobody ever wins.
00:36:42I think you're making a mistake, Vance.
00:36:44Maybe so, but that's the way it is.
00:36:46But of course, if you prefer to resign, why...
00:36:48No, no, no, no. Now don't get me wrong.
00:36:50I'm here to support you in anything you want to do.
00:36:53Oh, only you think I made a mistake, huh?
00:36:55Yes, I do.
00:36:56Well, I thought you were a little hasty with that closing notice.
00:36:59So that makes us even.
00:37:00But you said...
00:37:01I said I was gonna check with my father, and that's what I'm gonna do.
00:37:04Until then, I expect you to keep things going around here.
00:37:06Good day, gentlemen.
00:37:14Little boy grew some horns, huh?
00:37:17And so I decided to keep the mind open.
00:37:20I think McTavish should be allowed to continue his experiments,
00:37:23and I believe there is more than an even chance of them being a success.
00:37:27I don't have to tell you what that would mean, not only to us, but to the world.
00:37:31Check with Winton.
00:37:33Carson must have made some kind of a report on this.
00:37:35Of course.
00:37:36Carson sent me a copy of the formula for the process.
00:37:40I've had it examined by the finest chemical brains in this country,
00:37:43and they've just scoffed at it.
00:37:46But Michael says that he has seen radium being extracted by that process.
00:37:49No, you've just got to be reasonable, Mr. Vance.
00:37:52What does Michael know about radium?
00:37:54He's been fooled by smart people who want to spend the winter at your expense.
00:38:01I've got a little surprise for you.
00:38:06Here is an offer of half a million dollars from Radium Products Incorporated
00:38:12for Radium City as it stands.
00:38:14If it's worth a half a million to them, it's worth twice that much to me.
00:38:18Has it been during the past ten years?
00:38:20Haven't you just thrown money into this project?
00:38:23Want to break their backs, too?
00:38:25No.
00:38:26Want to break their backs, too?
00:38:28No.
00:38:29They won't attempt to work the mine.
00:38:32They just want title to it so that eventually when a more economical process is developed,
00:38:37they can cash in.
00:38:39But can you wait one, two, three, five, ten years?
00:38:43You know darn well I can't.
00:38:45Then as your financial advisor and the manager of your properties,
00:38:49I strongly urge you to accept this offer.
00:38:53It's a temptation.
00:38:56But I sent Michael up there to make a man of him.
00:38:59This is the first thing he's ever been excited about,
00:39:01outside of polar ponies and raising the devil.
00:39:05I'd hate to sell out from under him, even for a half a million dollars.
00:39:09It isn't just a half a million.
00:39:11Are you prepared to sink, say, another million dollars in new equipment?
00:39:16And as for Michael, now, I didn't want to tell you this,
00:39:19but Carson says he's keeping the mine open just as an excuse for running around with a native girl.
00:39:49Out of sight of your glove
00:39:52Nothing's wrong
00:39:54As long as you swing along
00:39:57And sing a song of love
00:40:02Sing a song of six hands
00:40:06Pockets full of lies
00:40:10Put yourself in tune with a bluebird
00:40:15Set your voice for winging a bird
00:40:19Swing along in rhythm
00:40:23Wear your heart outside of your glove
00:40:28Nothing's wrong
00:40:30As long as you swing along
00:40:33And sing a song of love
00:40:45Michael!
00:40:57Michael!
00:41:00Well, hello.
00:41:15Well, hello.
00:41:41Carson says you got a wire for me.
00:41:43I picked it up down in San Pierre.
00:41:45Thank you, pal.
00:41:48Humming
00:42:11Bad news?
00:42:14Oh, no, no.
00:42:16It's just a happy birthday from the old man.
00:42:19I'll never forget the birthday party in Ireland one time.
00:42:22Oh, it was terrific. There must have been a thousand of us there.
00:42:25Well, there were twenty of us anyway.
00:42:27But you never had the bagpipes.
00:42:29Now a birthday party in Scotland. You never seem to...
00:42:35Happy birthday, Michael!
00:42:37Happy birthday, Michael!
00:42:39Happy birthday, Michael!
00:42:43What's the matter, lad?
00:42:45What is it?
00:42:49Is something wrong?
00:42:51Yes, my father's selling the mine.
00:42:53But he can't do that, Michael.
00:42:54The process.
00:42:55It's a success.
00:42:56What?
00:42:57We've got the radium.
00:42:58Where?
00:42:59In the laboratory.
00:43:00Can I see it?
00:43:01Come with me.
00:43:07We came in from the laboratory just as the experiment had reached its climax.
00:43:10You'd never seen such a sight.
00:43:12The whole room was as bright as day from the radium rays.
00:43:14Where is it?
00:43:15In this lead box.
00:43:16Enough energy to light the world.
00:43:18And enough radium to convince my father.
00:43:21Brogan, wallop the plane.
00:43:23Tonight?
00:43:24Yeah.
00:43:25I'm going to lay that stuff right in the old man's lap.
00:43:27It's practically there.
00:43:31Doctor, allow me to congratulate you.
00:43:34By tomorrow night, you'll be a famous man.
00:43:36Thank you, Michael.
00:43:37But your father's selling radium city.
00:43:39Can you get to him in time?
00:43:40Can I?
00:43:41No, you can't.
00:43:45I can't what?
00:43:46You can't get word out of here for another 24 hours.
00:43:49Oh, so that's it, eh?
00:43:51What does he mean?
00:43:53He means precisely, doctor, that he's not on our side.
00:43:56That's right.
00:43:57You catch on fast.
00:43:59Your father's selling the mine tomorrow.
00:44:01After that, you can spread the joyous tidings to your heart's content.
00:44:05Well, well, well.
00:44:06Isn't that nice?
00:44:07Get the radium, Tom.
00:44:08Wait a minute.
00:44:10There's enough explosive in this vial to kill us all.
00:44:14You touch this radium, and I'll blow the whole laboratory to kingdom come.
00:44:20I'll take that gun, mister.
00:44:40I'm behind you, Michael.
00:44:52Michael, the radium.
00:44:53You all right, sucker?
00:44:54Okay, lad.
00:44:56Am I too late?
00:44:57Yeah.
00:44:58All right?
00:44:59Yes, Michael.
00:45:00Good luck.
00:45:01Come on.
00:45:10Let me go with you, champ.
00:45:11You stay with Father Devlin.
00:45:12All right.
00:45:13We'll be at the radio in Carson's office.
00:45:15Keep talking.
00:45:41All right.
00:45:42Let's go.
00:45:43Michael Vance to Radium City.
00:46:11Michael Vance to Radium City.
00:46:12Michael Vance to Radium City.
00:46:14Michael Vance to Radium City.
00:46:16Radium City to Michael Vance.
00:46:18Go ahead, champ.
00:46:20Our instruments are gone haywire.
00:46:22Course, a radium.
00:46:24He's flying blind.
00:46:26Get down low, champ, and let us know where you are.
00:46:28We'll try to guide you from here.
00:46:37We're over a lake.
00:46:39I'm over a lake.
00:46:41I ever lived in one on the shoreline.
00:46:43Moose Lake.
00:46:45You're on your course, Michael. They're to the right.
00:46:47Watch out for Spore Tooth.
00:46:53Hold your hats. Here it is.
00:47:06Michael!
00:47:08Keep punching, champ!
00:47:10Get them out of the police station in St. Pierre.
00:47:12The sergeant will put me through to New York.
00:47:14Michael's father is bound to believe me.
00:47:16Radium City to St. Pierre.
00:47:18Radium City to St. Pierre.
00:47:20Radium City to St. Pierre.
00:47:31Are you proud of yourself, Carson?
00:47:34No, not particularly so, father.
00:47:36Just doing a job.
00:47:38You and I happen to be on opposite sides of the fence.
00:47:42Someday we'll all be lined up together and ask the same question.
00:47:46And then, for the good of your mortal soul, I hope you talk fast.
00:47:51Come, Grogan, we'll find the lead.
00:48:36Radium City to St. Pierre.
00:48:38Radium City to St. Pierre.
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00:50:24There's the plane.
00:50:30There's the plane.
00:51:00There's the plane.
00:51:10The lad's alive.
00:51:12Drug him.
00:51:14Fire.
00:51:16Go on, get the blankets.
00:51:22Well, father, what's the damage?
00:51:25Well, you can forget about the bruise on your head...
00:51:27but you do have a couple of broken ribs.
00:51:29So what about the, what about the legs?
00:51:32Oh, it's pretty badly bruised,
00:51:33but nothing really to worry about.
00:51:36You know, Michael, judging from all appearances,
00:51:39you owe your life to that dog.
00:51:41Yeah.
00:51:43Nice going, brother.
00:51:54I didn't want to raise any false hopes in the lab,
00:51:56but the radio may work.
00:51:57It seems to be in one piece.
00:52:01Yeah, the battery's weak, but still alive.
00:52:03Let's string that antenna wire to a tree
00:52:04and be sure it's off the ground.
00:52:05Yes, father.
00:52:11Well, here's our cozy little group again.
00:52:15You had a narrow escape.
00:52:17Yeah, I know.
00:52:20What about the mine?
00:52:21You tried, Michael.
00:52:23You did your best.
00:52:25Here, have some more soup.
00:52:32Hey, that's the aerial wire.
00:52:47How about it, father?
00:52:48Is the radio awake?
00:52:49We'll know in a few minutes.
00:52:52Are you ready, Corporal Droogen?
00:52:54Ready, Sergeant Devlin.
00:52:55And here we go.
00:52:57Father Devlin, calling Mounted Police Station,
00:52:59San Pierre.
00:53:01Father Devlin to Mounted Police Station, San Pierre.
00:53:04Father Devlin to Mounted Police Station, San Pierre.
00:53:07Mounted Police Station, San Pierre to Father Devlin.
00:53:10Go ahead, father.
00:53:11Got him.
00:53:13How about it, father?
00:53:18Hello, sergeant.
00:53:19This is important.
00:53:22I want you to get me through to Michael Vance, Sr.,
00:53:24New York.
00:53:26If he's not at home, you'll find him at the office
00:53:27of J.L. Winton, attorney.
00:53:31Good job, Winton.
00:53:32Radium Products won't forget you on this.
00:53:36It's always a pleasure to do business
00:53:37with gentlemen of your character.
00:53:39Mr. Vance is here.
00:53:42Show him in.
00:53:47Hello, Mike.
00:53:48Hello, Winton.
00:53:49Come on right in.
00:53:50You know these gentlemen.
00:53:51Good morning, gentlemen.
00:53:52Good morning.
00:53:54Well, let's get this over with.
00:53:55Sit right down here, Mike.
00:53:57Papers are all ready for your signature.
00:53:59And here is a certified check from Radium Products
00:54:03for half a million.
00:54:05Few squeezes on this one, Vance.
00:54:07Worth every nickel.
00:54:10Now, what is this, a post office?
00:54:11I'm sorry, Mike.
00:54:12Here, here.
00:54:14Try this one.
00:54:15Hello?
00:54:17There's a long-distance phone call for Mr. Vance.
00:54:19He's very busy.
00:54:21Then let me talk to him.
00:54:22Put that call through.
00:54:25Mr. Vance, this is the sergeant in charge
00:54:27of the Mounted Police Station at St. Pierre, Northern Canada.
00:54:30Father Devlin wants to talk to you.
00:54:33It's a priest, up in Canada.
00:54:37Go ahead, Father.
00:54:42Mr. Vance, this is Father Devlin
00:54:44speaking to you from a wrecked plane
00:54:46a few miles outside of St. Pierre.
00:54:48A plane crash last night with your son.
00:54:50How is the boy?
00:54:55I know you will believe me when I say
00:54:56Michael is on his way to you with a gram of radium
00:54:59isolated by Dr. McTavish at Radium City.
00:55:01A gram of radium?
00:55:04But I was just about to sell the mine.
00:55:05I urge you not to sign anything until you talk to Michael.
00:55:08All right, Father.
00:55:10I won't.
00:55:13Uh-oh, there goes the battery.
00:55:15Hello?
00:55:15Hello?
00:55:17Well, that'll bring the old man up here, maybe.
00:55:21Maybe you're right, Grogan.
00:55:25Now, what happened to that call?
00:55:31Say, where are you going?
00:55:32St. Pierre.
00:55:34But what about these papers?
00:55:46Where are you going?
00:55:48You have to sign it.
00:55:50You're not going anywhere else.
00:55:52I'm not going anywhere else.
00:55:54I'm not going anywhere else.
00:55:56Now, where are you going?
00:55:59Where are you going?
00:56:00I'm not going anywhere else.
00:56:02I want to tell you something.
00:56:04I better be back by the time you're done signing.
00:56:07I'm sorry.
00:56:10I'm sorry.
00:56:13It's okay, I'm gonna be back in a few days.
00:56:16– This is Miss Morton, the friend of Michael's! – How do you do?
00:56:18– How do you do, Father? – Father, where is he?
00:56:20– Oh, he's in the cabin. – Well taken care of?
00:56:22Oh, yes! He's in very good hands!
00:56:28Right this way, Mr. Benz!
00:56:46This is a little awkward, but...
00:56:48...thanks for everything!
00:56:50As soon as he's able to be moved, we're taking him back home!
00:56:54I... I'm sure you understand!
00:56:57Of course!
00:57:16♪
00:57:35I'm afraid these clothes are gonna look a bit silly in New York!
00:57:38Don't you worry about clothes! You'll have a brand new wardrobe when we get there!
00:57:42And we're going to give you the finest laboratory equipment in the world!
00:57:45We're going to make Radium City a metropolis!
00:57:47Aren't we, Michael?
00:57:50Yes, Dad, sure!
00:57:51Sure!
00:57:52Well, I guess we're all ready! Come on!
00:57:55– Did you find him? – Yes! He's getting ready for a trip downriver!
00:57:59Well, isn't she going to tell her father goodbye?
00:58:01Oh, no! She told him goodbye at the cabin!
00:58:03She gave him this note to give to him!
00:58:15♪
00:58:26Goodbye, Michael!
00:58:29Goodbye?
00:58:30Yes! Goodbye, and... good luck!
00:58:32♪
00:58:45♪
00:59:02Thanks, brother!
00:59:04♪
00:59:08Good luck, Michael!
00:59:10♪
00:59:34La-la-la-hey!
00:59:37♪
00:59:40La-la-la-hey!
01:00:07♪
01:00:36♪