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00:00Oh
01:00Good afternoon, Baxter Realty.
01:09Hello, Millie. This is Ted.
01:13Oh, hello.
01:15Oh, Mr. Baxter isn't in his office.
01:18How did you know?
01:19By the way, you said, hello.
01:23No, he's not here. He had to show some people a house.
01:26Well, I didn't want to come into the office unless I was sure he was gone.
01:29Why, Ted.
01:31I don't think he likes me hanging around you during business hours.
01:35But that's silly. Business hours are the only time I'm here.
01:39Well, since he's not there, I'll come in.
01:43Please do.
01:48How long will you be?
01:52Where are you? Home?
01:54Hello?
01:57Hello?
01:58Hello?
02:03Hello?
02:05Hello?
02:13What did you say, Ted?
02:16Oh, my Ted, how romantic.
02:19What makes you think I'm so beautiful?
02:22Oh, I've always thought of myself as rather plain.
02:28I see.
02:30The shimmer of my hair does that to your spine.
02:32Now, that's not true.
02:37The twinkle of my eyes couldn't possibly make your toes curl up.
02:42Well, of course, if you love me that much,
02:46I suppose it's only natural for you to shiver and shake like that.
02:49Well, if it'll make you happy,
02:55go ahead and tell me how much you love me.
02:59I'll listen.
03:00How did you get in here?
03:10How did you get in here?
03:30How did you get in here?
04:00Hazel?
04:06Hazel?
04:07Oh, what is it, sport?
04:09Mr. and Mrs. Johansson.
04:10Oh, for Pete's sake, what time is it?
04:12Thanks for reminding me.
04:14I have to get in my car and drive out to that farm.
04:18I want to get some fresh vegetables and some cream.
04:21They are on the farm.
04:22They're in the kitchen.
04:23Oh, what are they doing here in the middle of the week?
04:26Oh, they brought you some fruit and vegetables and stuff.
04:28How do they know what I want?
04:29Well, put that away for me, will you, sport?
04:35Hello, Hazel.
04:37Mr. and Mrs. Johansson.
04:39For Pete's sake, what are you doing with my mop?
04:42He tracked in dirt on your clean floor.
04:45So I said get the mop and start swinging.
04:47And I told her if you're going to do your housework, she better dig in and wash the dishes.
04:53Well, no man is going to mop my floor.
04:56Well, all right.
04:57Look what we brought you.
04:59All of this?
05:00Oh, I don't think I got enough money in the budget to pay for all this.
05:03It's a present.
05:04Yep.
05:05Oh, no.
05:06I couldn't even buy vegetables like this in the store.
05:09When you come out to the farm, you can pay.
05:11But when we come in to visit you, it's a present.
05:14Yeah.
05:14Thanks.
05:16What about a cup of coffee?
05:17Oh, yeah.
05:18I'll help you.
05:20There we are.
05:22What are you two doing in town?
05:24Oh, we got an appointment with the real estate man.
05:28We're selling the farm.
05:30Yeah.
05:31Two years now we've been waiting to retire.
05:34And we finally got a sucker.
05:36Oh, that beautiful farm.
05:38Gee, I wish I had enough money to buy it.
05:42I know.
05:43We used to say that to make ourselves feel better.
05:46Oh, it ain't easy giving up your home and moving into a trailer.
05:51You don't want to buy a trailer?
05:53You don't want to see the world?
05:55You got roots like a carrot, maybe?
05:57Did I say no, we shouldn't buy a trailer?
06:01Who was it that said we should see the Grand Canyon before we settle down?
06:05It was you.
06:06Yes, sir, we are going to go to Detroit and buy a car and a trailer.
06:12And then, by golly, look out, America.
06:15Here we come.
06:17Oh, well, you're lucky to be able to make the trip while you're still young enough to enjoy it.
06:22Yeah, well, we saved our money.
06:26Oh, we got enough to live on.
06:28And the $12,000 they are paying for the farm, it'll pay for a new car and a trailer.
06:35$12,000? Is that all you're getting?
06:38Not even that much, after we pay Mr. Ryan his commission.
06:42You don't think it's enough?
06:44Oh, well, it's...
06:45Well, only...
06:47Oh, well, never mind.
06:49Only what?
06:51You know something, Hazel? Tell us.
06:53Yeah.
06:54Well, I don't like to butt in, but it seems to me a shame you didn't ask my boss to sell the house for you,
07:00because he's the best real estate agent in the town.
07:03Well, what's done is done.
07:06Maybe we should take it over some more, Johansson.
07:10It's too late now.
07:11Well, I don't know very much about the real estate business,
07:14but just living in the same house with Mr. Baxter, I picked up a few things.
07:18And there's one thing I know, and that is you can always back out until you go into escrow.
07:25Oh?
07:26Well, do you think Mr. Baxter could get us a better price?
07:30Well, I think you could do better than $12,000.
07:33I never did like those people who are buying the place anyway.
07:38You know what she said to her, mister?
07:40We'll tear out the lilac bush.
07:42Yeah.
07:42Oh, no.
07:44You got the most beautiful lilacs in the whole county.
07:48Maybe we made a mistake, Johansson.
07:52Well, do you think Mr. Baxter would be kind enough to give us his opinion?
07:58Oh, sure he would.
07:59And he'd be the one to ask if he was making a good deal or not.
08:04Come along, missus.
08:06He better go over and tell Mr. Ryan that we are not going to sign up until we talk to Mr. Baxter.
08:11Oh, thank you, Hason.
08:13Yeah.
08:14Oh, it's nothing.
08:15It wouldn't be much of a whirl if we couldn't help people make the sea of life a little bit smoother.
08:20Yeah.
08:25What?
08:26Well, you don't need to shout, Mr. Ryan.
08:28Yes, I do have to shout, Mr. Johansson.
08:31And if I don't let off steam, I'll explode.
08:33Well, all I said was we just decided not to sign.
08:37Yes, I heard what you said.
08:40We just changed our mind.
08:43But don't worry.
08:44If we change our mind again, we'll come back.
08:46Yeah.
08:46But don't you understand the buyer is in the next room right now, with money, waiting to sign?
08:53We have expert advice.
08:55We can change our mind as many times as we want, as long as we don't sign.
09:00Yeah.
09:00For two years, I've been trying to sell that farm for you, taking prospects out to lunch, tank after tank of gas, driving them out to see the place.
09:09Week after week, you've been calling to ask if I've made any progress.
09:13And now, when I nail down a buyer who wants it so much he'll pay cash, you change your mind.
09:21Why?
09:21Well, why should we sell for $12,000 if we can get more?
09:27Somebody offered you more?
09:29No, but I think he can get us more.
09:32Who can?
09:33Mr. Baxter.
09:36Baxter?
09:39The Steve Baxter Real Estate Company?
09:43Yeah, that's the Mr. Baxter.
09:45Tell me something, Mr. Johansson.
09:47Just when did you get the idea not to sign?
09:51Oh, about 15 minutes ago.
09:54At Mr. Baxter's house.
09:56Yeah.
09:57Oh, I see.
09:58At Mr. Baxter's house.
10:00We're going over to Mr. Baxter's office now.
10:03Oh, we're very sorry to have inconvenienced you the past two years.
10:08Yeah.
10:17Seen any good movies lately?
10:22You ought to know.
10:23You took me last night.
10:25Well, let's put it another way.
10:27Had any good telephone calls recently?
10:33Don't stare.
10:35Huh?
10:36Can't you see?
10:37They're in love.
10:38My mind has been on carrots and the radishes for so long, I think I've forgotten.
10:46Why do you think I want you to get rid of the carrots and the radishes?
10:52You have a nice office here.
10:54We did have some tropical fish, but they ate each other.
10:58Mr. Baxter said, well, that's the real estate business for you.
11:01Maybe we should take a little walk around the block while we're waiting for Mr. Baxter.
11:11A walk?
11:12Come on.
11:14We'll walk around a while.
11:15You know I can't walk in my Sunday shoes.
11:18They'll pinch.
11:21Perhaps you'd like to wait in Mr. Baxter's private office.
11:24Oh, that would be just perfect.
11:27Wouldn't it, Johansson?
11:29I don't mind it right here.
11:31Johansson!
11:34It's right here.
11:37Oh, and maybe you wouldn't mind closing the door so we could talk in privacy.
11:42I don't need any privacy, but I got to say I can say in front of anybody.
11:47Johansson, you are not going to do the talking.
11:49You are going to listen in privacy.
11:53Not at all.
11:54We do everything we can to make our clients comfortable.
11:57Just make yourselves at home.
12:00Now.
12:05Now we can talk, as long as you don't accuse me of two-timing you.
12:10All right, I believe you.
12:12You were pretending that you were talking to me on the phone.
12:14It's the truth.
12:15Millie, I...
12:18Yes, dear?
12:20Any calls, Millie?
12:23Oh.
12:24Oh.
12:24Good morning, Mr. Baxter.
12:27It isn't morning.
12:28It's afternoon.
12:30Oh.
12:31Well, that's life.
12:33It's always later than we think.
12:35Why don't you watch where you're going?
12:43Millie, I think you know how I feel about your boyfriend hanging around the office.
12:47Yes, sir.
12:48But if he wasn't here, he'd be telephoning me all day long.
12:51And I wouldn't want your line tied up like that.
12:54Oh, well, forgive me.
12:55I can see you have my best interest at heart.
12:58Yes, sir.
12:59Action.
13:01Oh, hi, Joe.
13:03Don't you hide, Joe, me.
13:05Not after what you just tried to pull.
13:07Pull?
13:08Well, you are not going to get away with it.
13:10With what?
13:10I am going to take it up with the Real Estate Association.
13:13What are you talking about?
13:14You knew I had an exclusive listing on that Johansson farm.
13:19Johansson farm?
13:20Oh, yes.
13:21That little place out on highway.
13:23Exclusive means exclusive.
13:25I have a signed contract, and you can be booted out of the Real Estate Association
13:29for trying to steal it.
13:31Steal it?
13:32Joe, will you please come to the point?
13:34What are you talking about?
13:35You told the Johanssons you could get them more money if they'd let you handle the farm.
13:40You're out of your mind.
13:41Where did you ever get an idea like that?
13:43They told me.
13:45Well, then they're out of their minds.
13:47Look, Joe, in the first place, I wouldn't try to steal an exclusive listing.
13:51I'm not dishonest, and I'm not a fool.
13:52I get kicked out of the association, and I deserve it.
13:55Mr. Baxter.
13:56Millie, don't interrupt, please.
13:57And in the second place, I don't even know the Johanssons.
14:01I wouldn't know them if I saw them.
14:02Mr. Baxter.
14:03Millie, I said don't interrupt, please.
14:05And I repeat, I wouldn't know them if I saw them.
14:07Then let me introduce you to Mr. and Mrs. Johansson.
14:16And I'll see you at the Real Estate hearing.
14:22All right.
14:23All right.
14:23I made a mistake, and I'm big enough to admit it.
14:26I'll take the rap.
14:27You'll take the rap.
14:28I'm the one Joe Ryan's gunning for.
14:30Please, Steve.
14:31Hazel, stop quarreling.
14:33Honey, we're not quarreling.
14:34We're in perfect agreement.
14:35Hazel's to blame.
14:36No.
14:37Hazel is not to blame.
14:39Johansson and I are to blame.
14:41Why, of course we are.
14:42We should have told Mr. Ryan we were talking to Hazel, and not to you.
14:46You're so right, Mr. Johansson.
14:47You may not have 20-20 vision, but you certainly do have 20-20 hindsight.
14:52What do you suppose Joe Ryan will do?
14:53Well, he'll go to Mr. McComer, the president of the association, and ask for a hearing.
14:58Mr. McComer?
14:59Well, he's a very good friend of ours.
15:00That's right, honey.
15:01And he's also a good friend of Joe Ryan's.
15:03Besides, though, he won't have any choice.
15:05If Ryan requests the hearing, he'll have to arrange it.
15:08You don't, for one minute, think they'd kick you out of the association.
15:11No, of course they won't.
15:13I'll take the stand and tell the whole truth.
15:16Hazel, it won't be a trial.
15:17It'll be a hearing.
15:18Oh, well, if it isn't serious.
15:20Oh, it'll be serious, all right.
15:22Even if I'm cleared, I'll still come out of this thing with a tarnished image.
15:25Why?
15:26Because there are always those who suspect something's been hushed up.
15:30And believe me, I won't have the benefit of any doubts.
15:34I'll be right back.
15:35Where are you going?
15:36I'm going to call Mr. McComer.
15:37There's a telephone right here.
15:40Honey, I had a private conversation in mind, not a public performance.
15:43I can get the end before Ryan does.
15:47This is Steve Baxter calling.
15:49May I speak with Mr. McComer, please?
15:52Oh, I see.
15:54When do you expect him back?
15:57Oh.
15:58Well, I'll, uh, I'll try again in about 15 minutes.
16:06Is that in?
16:10I'll try again in 15 minutes.
16:12Where's Hazel?
16:13Well, she took the Johansons over to see Mr. Ryan.
16:15Oh, no.
16:17Maybe I can catch her.
16:18Steve, she's only trying to straighten things out.
16:21Honey, the way Hazel straightens things out, this hearing will end up in the United Nations.
16:25Oh, how do you do?
16:31I'm Hazel Burke, and this is Mr. and Mrs. Johansson.
16:33We've met.
16:34We come to see Mr. Ryan.
16:36Um, Mr. Ryan isn't in at the moment.
16:38Oh, where did he go?
16:39To Mr. McComer's office?
16:41Oh, well, I'm sorry, but I'm not permitted to say.
16:44But if you'd care to wait, you...
16:46Oh, no, no, this is one of those timers of the essence deal.
16:49Uh, do you know where Mr. McComer's office is?
16:52Oh, yes, it's across the street in the National Bank building.
16:54Oh, thanks very much.
16:55Come on, let's go.
17:01Oh, now, Joe, surely you don't believe that Steve Baxter...
17:04Now, look, as head of the Real Estate Association,
17:07I think you will recognize an exclusive listing contract when you see one.
17:12Now, is it or isn't it?
17:14Yes, it is.
17:15All right, well, Steve Baxter tried to get the Johanssons to let him handle the...
17:19Excuse me, Mr. McComer.
17:20There's a Miss Hazel Burke out here.
17:23Hazel Burke?
17:24Steve Baxter's maid?
17:25Yes, sir.
17:27Well, she makes the greatest brownies I ever tasted.
17:30Oh, I'm sorry.
17:31Tell her I'm tied up at the moment.
17:32Yes, sir.
17:32Hi, Mr. McComer.
17:34I won't take a second.
17:35I just wanted to bring you this basket of apples.
17:37You like sweet peppins?
17:39Well, yes, I do, but this...
17:40Well, you'll like these.
17:40They're the sweetest I ever tasted.
17:42Hazel, you know better than to come barge again to one office
17:44without permission.
17:46Oh, well, I guess I've been a maid so long
17:48I get used to barging in and out of room without thinking,
17:51even when people are talking.
17:53Well, your behavior is outrageous.
17:55Oh, you're so right.
17:56And I won't ask you to forgive me because I don't deserve it.
17:59I just offer my humblest apologies.
18:04Oh, very well.
18:04Now, get out.
18:06Yes, sir.
18:10You're Mr. Ryan, aren't you?
18:11Yes, I am.
18:13Hazel, will you please get out of here?
18:15Well, I owe him an apology, too.
18:17I offer you my humblest apologies.
18:20You was talking about the Johansson Farm, wasn't you?
18:23Hazel, that is none of your business.
18:26Well, if it's about the Johansson Farm, it's my business
18:28because I know the whole truth about it.
18:31But you couldn't...
18:32What do you mean by that?
18:34Well, I'm glad you asked that.
18:36I swear to tell the truth, the whole truth,
18:39and nothing but the truth.
18:40Now, if you don't mind, may I call in the next witness?
18:46Mr. Johansson, would you come in, please?
18:49You too, Mr. Johansson.
18:50Come on in.
18:58Oh, boy.
18:59Well.
19:02Isn't anybody going to say anything?
19:06Well, at least you all have smiles on your faces.
19:09It was a breeze.
19:10I won in the first round.
19:11Yeah.
19:12Hazel was magnificent.
19:13It's wonderful.
19:16I got there in time to hear it.
19:18She won by convincing them that she'd been a meddlesome busybody
19:22who should be confined to cooking
19:24and stay out of the real estate business.
19:26And the minute I admitted that,
19:28Mr. McComber was on my side.
19:31It seems he has a brother-in-law that lives with him
19:33that's just like me.
19:36I must say, Joe Ryan was very nice about it
19:39once he found out I wasn't responsible.
19:41Yeah.
19:41He said if he didn't want to accept the offer he got for the farm,
19:45he would tear up the exclusive.
19:47And now you've got the best real estate man in town,
19:50Mr. Baxter.
19:51Yeah.
19:52Oh, Hazel, I can't handle it for them.
19:54Not now.
19:55Why not?
19:56Well, it wouldn't be ethical.
19:59But, Mr. Baxter,
20:00Hazel told us you could get more than $12,000 for the farm.
20:07Well, I said probably you could.
20:11Well, possibly.
20:13You know, maybe you could.
20:16Mr. Johansson,
20:17I know property values.
20:19Now, I've seen your farm,
20:21and you'll have to believe me
20:23that $12,000 is the most you'd ever get.
20:27I'm not surprised at all
20:29that it took Joe Ryan two years
20:30to finally get an offer.
20:31Well, these are all right,
20:39but I think you'll have to retype this one.
20:42Come on in.
20:45Hi, Mr. Ryan.
20:47Well, hello.
20:48I won't say you remember me.
20:52Well, no hard feelings.
20:54No.
20:54Well, good.
20:56We'll come to the point, then.
20:58Mr. and Mrs. Johansson have decided
21:00to accept your $12,000 offer.
21:04I'm drawing up the escrow papers right now.
21:07I just sold that client a different farm.
21:12I'm no longer interested in the Johansson property.
21:22Maybe selling our farm just wasn't meant to be.
21:27Oh, no.
21:28I don't believe in that kind of fate.
21:29Man makes his own trouble,
21:31and there ain't a day passes
21:33that I don't prove it.
21:35Oh, well.
21:36Who wants to live in a trailer
21:38the rest of his life?
21:39Who wants to see America?
21:42We got a television set.
21:44Let America come to see us.
21:46Now, let's not all get down in the dumps.
21:49Where did these apples come from?
21:51We had some more in the truck.
21:53We brought another basket in for you.
21:56Wait a minute.
21:58Hold your hats, everyone.
21:59I just got another terrific idea.
22:02Don't anyone move till I get back.
22:07Hazel, do you have a real estate license?
22:10No.
22:10Then you have no right
22:11to try to sell me that property.
22:13Well, you were saying
22:14how you like them sweet pippins,
22:15and they got seven of those trees on the farm.
22:18And them apples only grow
22:19in a family orchard, you know.
22:21It is against the law
22:22to sell real estate without a license.
22:24Oh, who's selling?
22:25We're just talking about
22:27the Johansson farm, ain't we?
22:28In this state,
22:29it is against the law
22:30to sell real estate without a license.
22:32Well, I heard you mention
22:33when you were at the house
22:34that you were thinking of retiring.
22:36And wouldn't it be heaven on the farm,
22:38lying out there in a hammock
22:40and picking fruit with one hand
22:42and milking the cow with the other?
22:46Fat chance I'll ever have a retiring
22:48with that brother-in-law of mine in the house.
22:51Do you know he's an awful lot like you?
22:54Meddling into things
22:55that are none of his business.
22:56And there go my savings.
22:58Hmm.
23:00What?
23:01I was just thinking,
23:02that's the second time
23:03you mentioned your brother-in-law.
23:06Well, I can't get him off my mind.
23:08He's always in my hair.
23:10Well, until you retire,
23:12you know, you're going to need somebody
23:14to take care of that farm for you.
23:16There's a lot of dirty work on a farm.
23:19You know, cleaning out stables
23:21and shoveling and sweeping.
23:27Oh, what a beautiful,
23:30beautiful picture that brings to mind.
23:34My brother-in-law
23:35cleaning out stables.
23:38$12,000, you say?
23:48It's a deal.
23:54Take a letter, Millie.
23:55Mr. Steve!
24:00The Johansons have found
24:02a buyer for that farm.
24:03I'm very happy to hear that, Hazel.
24:05Yeah, and the buyer
24:05wants you to come right over
24:06to his office
24:07and handle the deal for him.
24:09No, I absolutely
24:10and positively
24:11will not have anything
24:12to do with that property,
24:13and that's final.
24:14It just so happens
24:15that the buyer
24:16is Mr. McComb,
24:17a president of the
24:18real estate association.
24:20I'm on my way!
24:22Come on!
24:22Now, where were we?
24:40We were just talking
24:41about my favorite subject.
24:44Me.
24:52I'm on my way!
25:22I'm on my way!