🍽️ Breakfast for Two (1937) – A Romantic Screwball Delight
Step back into the golden age of Hollywood with Breakfast for Two (1937), a sparkling romantic comedy featuring the ever-charming Barbara Stanwyck and the dapper Herbert Marshall. Directed by Alfred Santell, this witty tale of love, business, and breakfast in bed runs a breezy 1 hour and 19 minutes, offering a delicious serving of pre-war Hollywood charm.
In the classic tradition of screwball comedy, the film blends romance, misunderstandings, and fast-paced dialogue, perfect for fans of clever banter and vintage style. With crisp direction, sparkling chemistry, and a strong supporting cast, Breakfast for Two is a true gem of the 1930s.
🎞️ Plot Summary
Set against the backdrop of Manhattan high society, the story revolves around Valerie Iris (Barbara Stanwyck), a wealthy Texan heiress with a head for business and a heart set on romance. When she discovers that the object of her affection—Jonathan Blair (Herbert Marshall), a debonair but lazy playboy—is about to lose control of his late father's shipping business due to neglect, she decides to take charge… quite literally.
Valerie uses her wit, charm, and financial muscle to buy up Blair’s company out from under him—not to ruin him, but to inspire him. Her unconventional tactics not only help put the company back on track but also set the stage for a comic battle of wills between two strong-minded individuals who may just be perfect for each other.
Add in a meddling butler, an ex-girlfriend with motives of her own, and a web of comic misunderstandings, and you have the ingredients for a sparkling screwball comedy that never lets up.
🎭 Main Cast
Barbara Stanwyck as Valerie Iris – The bold, brilliant, and beautiful Texan heiress.
Herbert Marshall as Jonathan Blair – The suave but aimless playboy.
Glenda Farrell as Carol Wallace – Jonathan’s glamorous but scheming girlfriend.
Eric Blore as Butler Butch – The hilariously proper and protective servant.
Donald Meek as Blair's Business Manager – Caught between loyalty and logic.
Leonard Mudie as Mr. Carrington – A stakeholder with his own agenda.
Step back into the golden age of Hollywood with Breakfast for Two (1937), a sparkling romantic comedy featuring the ever-charming Barbara Stanwyck and the dapper Herbert Marshall. Directed by Alfred Santell, this witty tale of love, business, and breakfast in bed runs a breezy 1 hour and 19 minutes, offering a delicious serving of pre-war Hollywood charm.
In the classic tradition of screwball comedy, the film blends romance, misunderstandings, and fast-paced dialogue, perfect for fans of clever banter and vintage style. With crisp direction, sparkling chemistry, and a strong supporting cast, Breakfast for Two is a true gem of the 1930s.
🎞️ Plot Summary
Set against the backdrop of Manhattan high society, the story revolves around Valerie Iris (Barbara Stanwyck), a wealthy Texan heiress with a head for business and a heart set on romance. When she discovers that the object of her affection—Jonathan Blair (Herbert Marshall), a debonair but lazy playboy—is about to lose control of his late father's shipping business due to neglect, she decides to take charge… quite literally.
Valerie uses her wit, charm, and financial muscle to buy up Blair’s company out from under him—not to ruin him, but to inspire him. Her unconventional tactics not only help put the company back on track but also set the stage for a comic battle of wills between two strong-minded individuals who may just be perfect for each other.
Add in a meddling butler, an ex-girlfriend with motives of her own, and a web of comic misunderstandings, and you have the ingredients for a sparkling screwball comedy that never lets up.
🎭 Main Cast
Barbara Stanwyck as Valerie Iris – The bold, brilliant, and beautiful Texan heiress.
Herbert Marshall as Jonathan Blair – The suave but aimless playboy.
Glenda Farrell as Carol Wallace – Jonathan’s glamorous but scheming girlfriend.
Eric Blore as Butler Butch – The hilariously proper and protective servant.
Donald Meek as Blair's Business Manager – Caught between loyalty and logic.
Leonard Mudie as Mr. Carrington – A stakeholder with his own agenda.
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00:01:30Good morning. Good morning.
00:01:35Good morning, sweetheart.
00:01:36Good morning.
00:01:40Be quiet, Mathilde.
00:01:41I told you again and again, never speak to me before breakfast.
00:01:44Just for that, out you go.
00:01:49Karen, put her out in the gymnasium.
00:01:51Give her a fly around.
00:01:52Yes, sir.
00:01:52Pee-wee, will you get out of the way?
00:02:05Oh, Pee-wee, don't be so faithful.
00:02:12Never before have I seen such an unparalleled example of dogged incorrigibility.
00:02:22Good morning, sir. It's a divine morning, sir, simply divine.
00:02:28In fact, I might almost say it's a superlative morning, sir.
00:02:31The thrush is on the wing, and the robins are caroling a merry roundelay.
00:02:37Will it be the grey tweeds with the heliotrope shirt, sir?
00:02:41Or would you prefer...
00:02:42I prefer a bath towel if you can stop chattering long enough.
00:02:45I beg your pardon, sir. I, I, I, I, I mean, miss.
00:02:50I, I, I mean, I, I think, I mean, oh, I do mean miss.
00:02:53Excuse me, sir. I mean, miss.
00:02:56Thank you, sir.
00:02:57I mean, miss!
00:03:00Mr. Jonathan, sir.
00:03:03Oh, Mr. Jonathan.
00:03:08Oh, Mr. Jonathan.
00:03:15Oh, Mr. Jonathan.
00:03:45Oh, Mr. Jonathan, sir.
00:04:00More champagne.
00:04:01No, sir. Susie Seltzer.
00:04:04Hmm?
00:04:08Oh, no, sir. You need it more than that, Doug.
00:04:10Take it away.
00:04:11Oh, but, sir, I...
00:04:12I don't want it.
00:04:14Well, go on, why don't you say it?
00:04:15Good morning, sir.
00:04:16It's a divine morning, sir.
00:04:18Simply divine.
00:04:19Sir, but I have.
00:04:20I've already said that, sir.
00:04:23I wonder where I got this.
00:04:25Oh, perhaps you won it at bank night, sir.
00:04:29Well, hello, Frenchy.
00:04:30Where did I pick you up?
00:04:32I trust, sir, the same place you picked this up, sir.
00:04:35Hmm?
00:04:36Oh, nice work.
00:04:37I must have bagged that in Tony's bar.
00:04:39Uh...
00:04:40Butch.
00:04:41Yes, sir?
00:04:42Did I bring anything else home?
00:04:45You didn't bring anything home.
00:04:47I brought you home.
00:04:48Now, having done my little Girl Scout deed, may I have my coat, please?
00:04:56Well, wait a minute.
00:04:57What did you say about bringing...
00:05:00Aren't you the girl who kept paying the rent at the 13 Club?
00:05:03Uh-huh.
00:05:04Until the police arrived.
00:05:05And you said you could beat me down the fire escape.
00:05:07Oh, I was beating you, until I tripped.
00:05:09But I touched bottom first.
00:05:10Oh, I've already extended my sympathy, and so has every bartender in town.
00:05:14And I have you to thank for bringing me home and tucking me in.
00:05:16Yes, and I have that horse to thank for keeping me here.
00:05:21You see, he did that every time I tried to leave.
00:05:23I finally had to spend the night in your bed.
00:05:25Good old Pee-wee.
00:05:26That's his training.
00:05:27You know, he's fond of all my friends.
00:05:29Oh.
00:05:30Oh.
00:05:31Come here, Pee-wee.
00:05:32Oh.
00:05:33Come on, give the lady your hoof.
00:05:35Oh.
00:05:36Now, this is Pee-wee.
00:05:37Miss, uh...
00:05:38Miss, uh...
00:05:39Anyway, this is Pee-wee.
00:05:40Delighted.
00:05:41We must have met at Newport.
00:05:42Or are you one of the Southampton Pee-wees?
00:05:45Well, now that I'm out of the doghouse, I'll be on my way.
00:05:50Oh, now, I thought we were friends.
00:05:52Oh, I, um...
00:05:54How do you control this dinosaur?
00:05:56By telepathy.
00:05:57You see, we never allow our lady to leave in the morning without coffee.
00:06:00Uh, will it be breakfast for two, sir?
00:06:02No, no.
00:06:03Not unless your master is a heavy eater.
00:06:05Yes, it's breakfast for two.
00:06:06Yes, sir.
00:06:07Will you take the lady to the grand salon?
00:06:09You might introduce her to the grandpa, Butch.
00:06:11Very good, sir.
00:06:12Come, Pee-wee.
00:06:13Time for breakfast.
00:06:14Come, come.
00:06:15Ham and eggs.
00:06:16Hot biscuits.
00:06:17With melted butter and honey?
00:06:20Yes, with melted butter and honey.
00:06:23Lead me to it.
00:06:25Oh, his master's voice.
00:06:29All right, you win.
00:06:30Run along, Pee-wee.
00:06:31Keep your eye on the young lady.
00:06:32Will you excuse me?
00:06:34Pee-wee, drop that lady at once.
00:06:36Wait a minute.
00:06:37He said just keep your eye on me.
00:06:38I'm surprised you.
00:06:39Now, go and lie down with a good fellow.
00:06:40Grandpa?
00:06:41Yes, miss?
00:06:42He looks as if he took his liquor straight.
00:06:43On the contrary, miss.
00:06:44Mr. Jonathan brought liquor into the family during prohibition.
00:06:45Sort of too bad, don't you think?
00:06:46Yes, miss.
00:06:47He does become a trifle, if I may say so, impetuous.
00:06:48If that's what you call trying to buy a popcorn wagon at three in the morning.
00:06:53Oh, he didn't buy it, miss.
00:06:54Oh, no, no.
00:06:55Oh, he didn't buy it, miss.
00:06:56Oh, no, no.
00:06:57Oh, thank you, miss.
00:06:58We've quite enough trouble in the kitchen now with a trained seal, a trained monkey,
00:07:00and three puppy dogs, completely untrained.
00:07:02I had a little trouble trying to persuade the popcorn men that he didn't really want this.
00:07:06Oh, the master's ring, oh, thank you, miss.
00:07:07Oh, thank you, miss.
00:07:08Oh, thank you, miss.
00:07:09Oh, thank you.
00:07:10Oh, yes, Miss.
00:07:11Mr. Jonathan brought liquor into the family during prohibition.
00:07:13Sort of too bad, don't you think?
00:07:14Yes, miss.
00:07:15He does become a trifle, if I may say so, impetuous.
00:07:17If that's what you call trying to buy a popcorn wagon at three in the morning.
00:07:20Oh, he didn't buy it, miss.
00:07:21Oh, no, no.
00:07:23Oh, the master's ring. Oh, thank you, thank you, miss.
00:07:26It's been in the family a long time.
00:07:29I bet you have, too.
00:07:31Yes, miss.
00:07:32You're very devoted to him.
00:07:33Oh, devoutly, miss.
00:07:35Of course, he's a bit unpredictable at times, but he's a thoroughbred.
00:07:39Too bad he never had a firm hand on the reins.
00:07:42Yes, miss.
00:07:43I was hoping you'd see it that way.
00:07:48What?
00:07:49Yes, excuse me, miss.
00:07:51Hurry with the victors, butch.
00:07:53Like my little shack?
00:07:55I like Grandpa.
00:07:56Madame, breakfast is about to be thrown at us.
00:08:00I beg your pardon, sir.
00:08:01There's a telephone from the El Salome Club, sir.
00:08:03Something about $360, sir.
00:08:07Did we drink that much?
00:08:09It's not so much that, sir.
00:08:10It seems it's the bass violin.
00:08:13They say it's beyond repair, sir.
00:08:14Oh, you're in luck.
00:08:15They must have overlooked the plate glass window.
00:08:18Send them a check.
00:08:20A check, sir, yes, but we...
00:08:22Oh, yes, a check, yes.
00:08:25I want you to thank you.
00:08:26I want you to thank you, sir.
00:08:26We must have covered quite a lot of ground last night.
00:08:56Do you remember that much?
00:08:58I remember everything.
00:08:59I bet you think I don't remember your name.
00:09:02Well, I don't.
00:09:03But I remember we were up at Pierre's on the roof.
00:09:06Hmm. Dog eating.
00:09:09And I said I wanted to pull a few down and put them in your hair.
00:09:13That was sweet.
00:09:15And then we danced, and I said...
00:09:18Moonbeam?
00:09:19That's right. Moonbeam.
00:09:21I said you danced like a moonbeam.
00:09:24And your skin was a challenge to the roses you were wearing.
00:09:27They were camellias.
00:09:29Camellias, that's right. They were camellias.
00:09:31And I said they suited you because they were smooth and heady and rare.
00:09:36And I said great things can happen on a night like this.
00:09:39They do, don't they, Jonathan?
00:09:41Great things!
00:09:43Planets are born.
00:09:44Napoleons are conquered.
00:09:45Women are won.
00:09:46And I said I wanted to kiss the policeman who raided the nightclub and threw us together.
00:09:51Planets.
00:09:52Napoleons.
00:09:53Women.
00:09:54Fun are the things a man can say when he's in his cups.
00:10:01Oh.
00:10:02I've been known to propose to three women in one evening.
00:10:05And follow through with Lincoln's Gettysburg address.
00:10:08Did I, um...
00:10:09Did I propose to you?
00:10:10Oh, I...
00:10:11I don't remember.
00:10:15I'll have some coffee, please.
00:10:16Yes, miss.
00:10:17Sugar?
00:10:18One, please.
00:10:20Oh, Sugar.
00:10:21That reminds me.
00:10:22Didn't I borrow some from you last night?
00:10:23Yes.
00:10:24That's right.
00:10:25About five hundred, wasn't it?
00:10:26Six.
00:10:27I'll give you a check.
00:10:28Butch, get me my...
00:10:29What?
00:10:30What is it?
00:10:31I'm sorry, sir.
00:10:32The checkbook's gone, sir.
00:10:33It's lost.
00:10:34But I have five or six.
00:10:35They can't all have gone.
00:10:36Don't tell me it's the mice.
00:10:38No, sir.
00:10:39It's the flies, sir.
00:10:40It's, uh...
00:10:41I had to catch them, sir.
00:10:42So I smeared all the pages of the checkbooks with mucilage, sir.
00:10:45They all got stuck together, and it's most embarrassing, sir.
00:10:48Have you a blank check?
00:10:49Yes, but don't bother.
00:10:50Oh, I always take my medicine the next morning.
00:11:02What's the matter with you now?
00:11:04You trying to learn the deaf and dumb sign language or something?
00:11:07No, sir.
00:11:08It's my circulation, sir.
00:11:09It's a little bit below par.
00:11:10Well, circle it over here and let me your fountain pen.
00:11:13Oh, fountain pen, yes, sir.
00:11:14I've got a fountain pen, sir.
00:11:15I've got a fountain pen, sir.
00:11:16I've got a fountain pen, sir.
00:11:17I don't think it's much good, sir.
00:11:18It hasn't been used for years.
00:11:19I don't think there's any ink in it, sir.
00:11:21As a matter of fact, I know there's no ink in it, sir.
00:11:23It seems we're wrong, Butch.
00:11:27Yes, I beg your pardon, sir.
00:11:29Oh, that's perfectly all right.
00:11:31Yes, sir.
00:11:32Sorry.
00:11:33I don't know.
00:11:34I don't know.
00:11:35Look.
00:11:36Pay to cash.
00:11:38Six hundred and no cents.
00:11:44Flatter, huh?
00:11:45Here we are.
00:11:46Thanks.
00:11:52Pardon me.
00:11:53You always take your medicine the next morning.
00:11:56Well, I'll take it. A little later.
00:11:58Oh! The toast!
00:12:00Oh! Of all the stupid...
00:12:03Oh, that won't help it. Here, give me your hand.
00:12:05Hmm?
00:12:06Always grease or burn.
00:12:07And butter is thicker than water.
00:12:09You know, you're awfully good to me.
00:12:12Why did you go to all that trouble bringing me home last night?
00:12:17Oh, I don't know.
00:12:19Blame it on the night.
00:12:21Don't give me other nights like it.
00:12:24Nobody ever tuck me in.
00:12:26I guess I'm just the softy for strays.
00:12:29Oh, no, not so hard.
00:12:31Oh, don't be a baby.
00:12:32It's fun being a baby.
00:12:34Now.
00:12:36Oh.
00:12:38I see you've had a long infancy.
00:12:41Tell me more.
00:12:43You've had your lifeline buttered for you since the day you were born.
00:12:47I guess you're all right.
00:12:53See any hope for me?
00:12:54Mmm, maybe.
00:12:56With a few calluses.
00:13:00It'll take an awful jolt.
00:13:03You've been too lucky, mister.
00:13:06I wasn't lucky till last night.
00:13:08Now.
00:13:09Let me tell you a few things.
00:13:13Ah.
00:13:14You've met a tall, dark stranger.
00:13:15And you're going to like him very much.
00:13:16Oh, fair.
00:13:17You're reading between the lines.
00:13:18Miss Wallace, Mr. Blair is occupied.
00:13:19Oh, he must be.
00:13:20He didn't make me at the train.
00:13:21Oh, Johnny, darling.
00:13:22I'll bet you're glad I'm back home, huh?
00:13:23Oh, of course I am.
00:13:24I...
00:13:25And you bought me another fur coat.
00:13:26Oh, that's the loveliest thing I've ever seen in my life.
00:13:28Johnny, that's much too nice.
00:13:29It's much too expensive.
00:13:30Oh.
00:13:31This is Miss Wallace.
00:13:32Carol, this is, uh, Miss...
00:13:33Jones is the name.
00:13:34Jenny Jones.
00:13:35Oh.
00:13:36Oh.
00:13:37Oh.
00:13:38Oh.
00:13:39Oh.
00:13:40Oh.
00:13:41Oh.
00:13:42Oh.
00:13:43Oh.
00:13:44Oh.
00:13:45Oh.
00:13:46Oh.
00:13:47Oh.
00:13:48Oh.
00:13:49Oh.
00:13:50Oh.
00:13:51Oh.
00:13:52Oh.
00:13:53Jenny Jones.
00:13:54Four score and seven years ago, our fathers brought forth upon this continent a new nation,
00:13:58conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
00:14:03She knows the Constitution.
00:14:05Who is she?
00:14:06Excuse me, Carol, will you please?
00:14:09Oh, Miss Peter, please, I guess.
00:14:12Hey, wait a minute.
00:14:14Too late.
00:14:16She's slow.
00:14:17She's going away.
00:14:18Oh.
00:14:19You know, she's not a bad little number.
00:14:20Who is she?
00:14:21Just a friend of drunken sailors.
00:14:22She piloted me back to port last night.
00:14:23Every time I let you out of my sight, I find you playing with the neighbor's children.
00:14:24I bet you proposed to her last night and had to get out of it this morning, huh?
00:14:25Have something to eat?
00:14:26Oh.
00:14:27Oh.
00:14:28Oh.
00:14:29You know, she's not a bad little number.
00:14:30Who is she?
00:14:31Just a friend of drunken sailors.
00:14:32She piloted me back to port last night.
00:14:33Every time I let you out of my sight, I find you playing with the neighbor's children.
00:14:36I bet you proposed to her last night and had to get out of it this morning, huh?
00:14:38Have something to eat?
00:14:39Oh.
00:14:40Oh.
00:14:41I just want coffee.
00:14:42I know you're dying to hear all about Atlantic City.
00:14:43Oh.
00:14:44Yes, of course.
00:14:45Atlantic City.
00:14:46Oh, yes.
00:14:47Of course.
00:14:48Atlantic City.
00:14:49Oh, yes.
00:14:50Well, Hendricks of the evening mail was very sweet to me.
00:14:52He said, Miss Wallace gave a performance that was up to her usual standard.
00:14:55Oh, yes.
00:14:56Oh, yes.
00:14:57Oh, yes.
00:14:58Oh, yes.
00:14:59Oh, yes.
00:15:00Oh, yes.
00:15:01Oh, yes.
00:15:02Oh, yes.
00:15:03Oh, yes.
00:15:04Oh, yes.
00:15:05What's all this business?
00:15:06Quotation marks.
00:15:07Oh, I see.
00:15:08The play was successful, but the audience died.
00:15:10Oh, don't be sarcastic.
00:15:11My manager says my next play's going to break my jinx.
00:15:13Are you listening?
00:15:14I never listen to what my enemies say.
00:15:15Oh, he likes you.
00:15:16And he says he's going to see that you get back every cent of that note.
00:15:18Oh, yes.
00:15:19Oh, yes.
00:15:20Oh, yes.
00:15:21Oh, yes.
00:15:22Oh, yes.
00:15:23Oh, yes.
00:15:24Oh, yes.
00:15:25Oh, yes.
00:15:26Oh, yes.
00:15:27Oh, yes.
00:15:28Oh, yes.
00:15:29Oh, yes.
00:15:30Oh, yes.
00:15:31Oh, yes.
00:15:32Oh, yes.
00:15:33Oh, yes.
00:15:34Oh, yes.
00:15:35Oh, yes.
00:15:36Oh, yes.
00:15:37Oh, yes.
00:15:38Oh, yes.
00:15:39Oh, yes.
00:15:40Well, I was listening.
00:15:41Every cent of that note.
00:15:42What note?
00:15:43You'll remember the one you signed.
00:15:45But don't worry.
00:15:46In the next play, you're going to get back the whole 20,000.
00:15:49Twenty thousand?
00:15:50Did I...?
00:15:52Well, that seems to call for the first drink of the day.
00:15:56To my little Sarah Bernhardt.
00:15:58Oh, I want to be a famous actress.
00:16:00Excuse me.
00:16:20You're all right.
00:16:22Now, what is it, more finger exercises?
00:16:24No, sir, you see, you see, sir, before, when I went like this.
00:16:30I was trying to convey privily, sir, that the state of the Exchequer does not warrant the signing of a cheque, sir.
00:16:35You mean we're down to low ebb?
00:16:36A little below, sir.
00:16:37And then just now, sir, when I went like this.
00:16:44I was trying to convey, sir, privily, the tidest term.
00:16:47Mr. Meggs has arrived from your office, sir, with a quarterly stipend.
00:16:51Great!
00:16:52Call up the butcher, the baker, and the cocktail maker.
00:16:54They're about to be paid off.
00:16:55Ah!
00:16:58The quarterly windbulb's blown in us.
00:17:00Good.
00:17:03Woodchick?
00:17:04Yes, Miss Wallace?
00:17:06What was that girl doing here?
00:17:08She was taking a shower bath, miss.
00:17:10Taking a bath?
00:17:11Here?
00:17:12You mean she took her clothes off?
00:17:13I didn't see any soap on her gown, miss.
00:17:16No.
00:17:21Well, you're just about in the nick of time.
00:17:23The well's gone dry.
00:17:24Yes.
00:17:26Come on, boy.
00:17:27Good.
00:17:27Good.
00:17:27Good.
00:17:28Good.
00:17:30Don't even think you're afraid of him.
00:17:33I see you have your report with you.
00:17:35Let me hear the good news.
00:17:36Yes, sir.
00:17:43I shall read you the report of the board of directors.
00:17:46What's the matter?
00:17:47Fog in the throat?
00:17:50Laryngitis.
00:17:51I have just a thing for you.
00:17:52Never fails.
00:17:53Butch?
00:17:53Yes, sir.
00:17:54Bring in my painless panacea.
00:17:56Greatest thing in the world.
00:17:57Clears up anything.
00:17:58I just mixed it.
00:17:59I use it for hangovers, but it's good for hangnails, fallen arches, housemaids, knee,
00:18:03anything.
00:18:03Yes, sir.
00:18:05No, not for me.
00:18:05For Mr. Meigs.
00:18:13Swallow it down.
00:18:14It's death on frogs.
00:18:16Laryngitis?
00:18:16It'll kill that, too.
00:18:17Bring it up.
00:18:25How's that?
00:18:26Better?
00:18:28I said, is it better?
00:18:33Yeah, wait a minute.
00:18:46I think you better let Butch read that.
00:18:48Butch is a fine reader.
00:18:49Yes, indeed, sir.
00:18:50I graduated in the elocution.
00:18:52Magna cum laude.
00:18:54Let's hear you elocute the board of directors' report.
00:18:56Magna cum laude and funnier.
00:19:01Very good, sir.
00:19:01Report of the board of directors' meetings of the Blair Steamship Lines, Dash, held this
00:19:09day in the company office's 1426 Battery Place, comma, New York City, period.
00:19:14Oh, period.
00:19:15The next is underscored, sir.
00:19:17For the fourth consecutive time, comma, the meeting was presided over by the first vice
00:19:20president.
00:19:21And this is double underscored, sir.
00:19:24In the absence of the president, comma, Mr. Jonathan Blair, period.
00:19:27I consider myself bowled out, and in writing.
00:19:32You know, presidents are supposed to preside at meetings.
00:19:35Go on, Butch.
00:19:36Skip the underscoredings.
00:19:38The Blair Steamship Lines, comma, operating a fleet of vessels in the Central and South
00:19:41American Trade, comma, has shown a total gross revenue amounting to two million, comma, one
00:19:45hundred, sixty-one thousand, comma, three hundred, thirty-three, and thirty-three one-hundredth
00:19:51dollars.
00:19:52Compared with a gross revenue of three million, comma, four hundred, twenty-five thousand,
00:19:57comma, three hundred and sixty-four, and sixty-two hundred, for the same period, the
00:20:02preceding year period, this revenue is a total loss in revenue of one million, comma, two-hundredth
00:20:08and sixty-four, and thirty-one, and thirty-one, and thirty-one, and thirty-nine hundredth
00:20:12dollars, or at a twenty-six percent greater loss, and at the previous year period, in the
00:20:19face of this, that's a little girl in a white dress.
00:20:22What's her name again?
00:20:23Oh, you don't know.
00:20:26No wonder they raid your place, they ought to padlock it.
00:20:28The operating cost is enumerated in...
00:20:30Can you imagine a club that doesn't know its best?
00:20:33Sorry, Butch, go on, where were you?
00:20:36Repairs in dry dock, comma, two hundred eighty-thousand, four hundred and one dollars, dash, taxes
00:20:42and insurance, comma, one hundred twenty-six thousand, comma, two hundred forty-three, and
00:20:47an inability to meet amortization demands, totaling seven hundred fifty-six thousand, eight
00:20:52hundred eighty-eight dollars, comma, two, comma, in the major part, comma, to the loss of our
00:20:57San Salvador coffee complex, and otherwise to the drain enclosed by the salariest to
00:21:02officers amounting to three hundred and eighty-eight thousand, comma, six hundred and three dollars,
00:21:06period.
00:21:07In view of the foregoing situation, a resolution, comma, retroactive, in effect, was proposed,
00:21:14and unanimously passed by all members present, that all salaries to officers of the company
00:21:19be suspended at once.
00:21:21What?
00:21:22Read that again.
00:21:23That all salaries to officers of the company be suspended at once.
00:21:28Retroactive, in effect.
00:21:30No.
00:21:31Megs!
00:21:32Megs!
00:21:33Here.
00:21:34Let me get this straight.
00:21:36You didn't bring my cheque today.
00:21:40They can't do this to me.
00:21:42I owe a lot around town.
00:21:43I must live.
00:21:44I've got to have money.
00:21:45No money.
00:21:46Hmm.
00:21:47Nice going.
00:21:48Donaldson Blair residence.
00:21:49I beg your pardon?
00:21:50Oh, just a moment.
00:21:51Mr. Gordon Faraday of the Maritime Traders Bank.
00:21:53Ah, more good news.
00:21:55Good morning, Mr. Faraday.
00:21:56Of course, if your bank is trying to borrow money from me.
00:21:57I'm at the Yamath Hotel with a friend of mine, a Mr. Samuel Ransom.
00:22:01You were seen leaving the Thirteen Club last night with his niece.
00:22:03Wait a minute.
00:22:04No.
00:22:05No.
00:22:06No, I'm not.
00:22:07I'm not.
00:22:08No, I'm not.
00:22:09I'm not.
00:22:10No, I'm not.
00:22:11No, I'm not.
00:22:12I'm not.
00:22:13No, no.
00:22:14No, no.
00:22:15No.
00:22:16No, no.
00:22:17No, no.
00:22:18No.
00:22:19No, no.
00:22:20No, no.
00:22:21No, no.
00:22:22No.
00:22:23No.
00:22:24No, no.
00:22:25No.
00:22:27Yarmouth Hotel?
00:22:29You say the name is Ransom.
00:22:31Is that her name, too?
00:22:33Yes, yes.
00:22:34And we want to know where she is.
00:22:36So do I.
00:22:37She lived here 20 minutes ago.
00:22:38That's all I wanted to know.
00:22:40She left there 20 minutes ago.
00:22:42Well, how do you like that?
00:22:43We got 45 minutes to catch a train at...
00:22:46What was she doing in his apartment?
00:22:48I imagine Val can take care of herself.
00:22:50Yeah, but hang it, Gordon.
00:22:51This corral is just full of gangsters, con men, and fortune hunters.
00:22:55And they're laying for a girl with that much money in her own name.
00:22:57And our heroine drew out her trusty 45, and three more fortune hunters bit the dust.
00:23:02Good morning, Gordon.
00:23:03What brings you up here so bright and early?
00:23:04Bright and early?
00:23:05Do you realize that in 45 minutes we got to get on a train?
00:23:08Really?
00:23:09I thought we only had a half hour.
00:23:11Let's get going.
00:23:13I'd like to know where you were all night.
00:23:15Well, it was my last night in New York, and I did a little pub crawling.
00:23:19Pub crawling?
00:23:20Making the rounds for the night spots.
00:23:22Oh.
00:23:22That's all?
00:23:23Oh, that's all it amounted to.
00:23:26As an old friend, Val, I have to warn you that Jonathan Blair isn't the most desirable
00:23:29sort of companion.
00:23:30For pub crawling?
00:23:32Oh, that's what he's made for.
00:23:34Well, from what Gordon says, this Blair is the kind that we'd horsewhip back home.
00:23:39And I haven't told you half of it, Sam.
00:23:40Oh, you sound as if he owes you money, Gordon.
00:23:43Well, if you must know, he does.
00:23:44And I rather resent his using my money to further the career of a blonde young lady with
00:23:48more ambition than talent.
00:23:50Oh.
00:23:52Tell me about her.
00:23:52Oh, come on now, honey.
00:23:55Don't stand there, palavering.
00:23:56I'd like to hear about the ambitious young lady.
00:24:00She's a bad actress.
00:24:01On the stage and off.
00:24:03And she's only one of a dozen bad things she's mixed up in.
00:24:06You want to hear more about him?
00:24:07Don't build him up too much.
00:24:09Who is it, Sam?
00:24:11Hey.
00:24:12What is this?
00:24:14Four score and seven years ago, the blonde doesn't mean a thing.
00:24:18And Grandpa sends his love.
00:24:21Who's Grandpa?
00:24:26Oh.
00:24:27A wonderful old man I met this morning.
00:24:32Go on, Gordon.
00:24:33Tell me more about this, Mr. Blair.
00:24:36Say, are you going to get packed?
00:24:38Well, for one thing, while he floods the town with champagne and roses, his company is going
00:24:44bankrupt.
00:24:45One of the finest old steamship lines in the country.
00:24:47His people put their lives into building it up, and any real man would be proud of it.
00:24:51But he's got a joke coming to him.
00:24:53Mr. Blair will wake up one morning and find himself in the gutter.
00:24:56And within a very short time, too.
00:24:59Does he know that?
00:25:00If he had any brains, he'd know it.
00:25:03Why, a smart man could walk in there and take that business away from him.
00:25:08Don't advertise it, Gordon.
00:25:10You'll be giving people ideas.
00:25:12Well, I'll be doggone.
00:25:15A tall, dark stranger tonight on the roof at Pierre's without calluses.
00:25:20Who just remembered it wasn't roses, but camellias.
00:25:23Say, is Blair tall and dark, and with enough charm to blind most people to his faults?
00:25:32Maybe there are some things about him a bachelor wouldn't know.
00:25:34Oh, come on.
00:25:35Who cares about a crazy bronco that...
00:25:37I've seen you turn many a crazy bronco into a fine horse, Sam.
00:25:40Yeah, but human flesh hasn't got the sense of horse flesh.
00:25:43Sometimes they both need a whip to put some sense into them, but first you have to slip
00:25:48a bit in his mouth and make him like it.
00:25:51Have you got something up your sleeve, Val?
00:25:53Maybe I have.
00:25:54Well, save it for the train.
00:25:56I'm not going.
00:25:57You're not...
00:25:58I'm staying in New York.
00:26:00Oh, honey, I can't go home without you.
00:26:03Why, you'll follow...
00:26:03Well, then you'll have to stay here, too.
00:26:05I have a job to do here.
00:26:08Val, I'm your banker and your friend.
00:26:09I don't know what you've got in mind, but you're too sensible to go overboard for a man
00:26:12you met once.
00:26:13I can't stand by and see you get mixed up with Jonathan Blair.
00:26:15He isn't worth it.
00:26:17He'll squander your money.
00:26:18He'll break your heart.
00:26:19He'll wreck your life.
00:26:19Careful, Gordon.
00:26:21You're talking about the man I'm going to marry.
00:26:41That's right, you, Jonathan.
00:26:43But you went into Blairsteenship with my grandfather.
00:26:53You were part of the company, one of the men I depended on.
00:26:56With your father living, it was a company.
00:26:59But with you, it has been nothing.
00:27:02I got a price for my stock, and I'm glad to get out.
00:27:05But that stock was a controlling interest.
00:27:06This is a bank, not a nightclub where you pay up and you feel like it.
00:27:09You came in here and borrowed money on your stock.
00:27:11You were notified, and the note was due, and you paid no attention.
00:27:14You never were interested in the Blairsteenship company.
00:27:17So we sold the stock to somebody who is.
00:27:18I'm awfully sorry, Mr. Blair, but I warned you.
00:27:30We all feel terrible seeing the company in the hands of anyone but a Blair.
00:27:38Where's the smart chiseler who jockeyed me out of here?
00:27:41Anything I can do for you?
00:27:42What are you doing here?
00:27:52I asked if there was anything I could do for you.
00:27:57I don't get it.
00:27:59Yes, sir.
00:28:04Sit down, Mr. Blair.
00:28:05You look as if you'd seen a ghost.
00:28:11What's the angle?
00:28:12Why should you want my company?
00:28:13You didn't seem to want it.
00:28:14It was too good a business to go to waste.
00:28:17Well, I don't see how...
00:28:20No, sir.
00:28:21That's why you played up to me.
00:28:22You got me drunk and took me home so you could find out things.
00:28:25You wanted to know what was going on in the Blairsteenship company.
00:28:27Everybody knew what was going on.
00:28:28This is the worst frame-up that was ever pulled.
00:28:31Sorry, Mr. Blair, but it was a legitimate business deal.
00:28:34It was not.
00:28:34You connived your way into a tradition.
00:28:36You maneuvered yourself into the heart of a company based on generations of Blairs.
00:28:39You've stolen more than a company.
00:28:41You've stolen a birthright.
00:28:42Why didn't you treat it as one?
00:28:43Well, you're not going to get away with it.
00:28:46Is that a threat, Mr. Blair?
00:28:47It's war you want and you're going to get it.
00:28:49I'll smash you against the rocks and take this company back.
00:28:51Every last timber of it.
00:28:53Before I'm through with you, you'll be sorry you ever started.
00:28:55You're the type of woman who wants to wear the pants.
00:28:57All right, Mr., wear them.
00:28:58Trip over them and break your neck.
00:29:10Is it...
00:29:11Is it all right if I come in now?
00:29:16Yes, Britch.
00:29:18It's all right.
00:29:19I want to thank you all for everything you've done.
00:29:43I want to thank you all for your time and being.
00:29:47It isn't easy for a family to wake up.
00:29:52Some of you have been in the Bayer family for as long as I have.
00:29:58Too bad you have to find new birds.
00:30:00I hope they'll be under a better skipper.
00:30:05It must have been tough for you watching me at the helm.
00:30:10Knowing that I was heading for the rocks with all on board.
00:30:17I want you to know that there hasn't been very much I could solve it.
00:30:19But to be a little patient with me.
00:30:22I'll see that you'll get whatever I owe you for the last few weeks.
00:30:26Oh, but Mr. Blair, we're being...
00:30:27We're being very sorry, sir.
00:30:31Yeah.
00:30:32But we could wait.
00:30:33Oh, thank you, Joe.
00:30:35Goodbye.
00:30:35Goodbye and good luck, sir.
00:30:37Goodbye.
00:30:38And Jane, parents.
00:30:40Goodbye, sir.
00:30:40I'm sorry, sir.
00:30:42Randolph, O'Fillip.
00:30:43Good luck, sir.
00:30:45Good luck, sir.
00:30:49Manning.
00:31:00Well, Butch, you and I don't have to be sentimental with each other, do we?
00:31:05Oh, no, sir.
00:31:06On the contrary, sir.
00:31:06I was hoping you'd slap out of this mood, sir.
00:31:08As a matter of fact, I was...
00:31:09Well, then I think you're a sap for hanging on to a sinking ship.
00:31:11You may not see the cover of money for months.
00:31:13Years.
00:31:14Yes, but you see, sir, I'm being adequately...
00:31:16What I mean, sir, is I'm being adequately repaid by your confidence and trust, sir.
00:31:21Well, that's good, because...
00:31:22What's so funny?
00:31:25Oh, nothing, sir.
00:31:26I was just recalling an occasion during the panic of 1907, sir, when your father was in
00:31:30a very low mood.
00:31:32He rang for me, sir.
00:31:33He said, Cecil.
00:31:33He used to call me Cecil, you know, sir.
00:31:35He said, Cecil, I'm going out tonight to dust my head in a bucket of ale, and I rely upon
00:31:39you as a gentleman's gentleman to see me safely home.
00:31:41But I failed him, sir.
00:31:42I failed him miserably, sir.
00:31:44It was he who brought me home, slung over his shoulders like a deflated bagpipe, sir.
00:31:49But it was a wonderful evening, sir.
00:31:51Well, I don't like ale.
00:31:54Yes, sir.
00:31:56But you can't go on in a mood that it absolutely...
00:31:57I'm nagging.
00:31:58You're being feminine, and I don't like it.
00:32:00The female is the most maligned species, sir.
00:32:02She often displays a fortitude far beyond that of a male.
00:32:05Don't begin that again, either.
00:32:07Yes, sir, I was just thinking about my great-aunt Hester, sir.
00:32:10Do you know, sir, she was the first woman ever to scorn the side saddle and ride a horse
00:32:13as gentlemen do, sir.
00:32:14Of course, she was roundly stoned, but it was worth it, sir.
00:32:17She afterwards became the assistant to the master of hounds, sir, and what is more interesting
00:32:22and might amuse you to know, sir,
00:32:24that the man who threw the largest stone became the master of hounds, sir.
00:32:29Thanks, Butch.
00:32:30A very nice simile, but it's wasted.
00:32:32I've tried throwing stones.
00:32:34I've told that girl I'd smash her and get my company back.
00:32:38Oh, but you don't mean you're going to give up, sir?
00:32:40I don't want to, but it takes money to fight money, and that's what I haven't got.
00:32:43Much more, I can't get any.
00:32:44Nobody would back me for a dime.
00:32:46I don't blame them.
00:32:47Why should they?
00:32:48Oh, but, sir, you...
00:32:49Oh, it's no use, Butch.
00:32:50I guess I'm all washed out.
00:32:53Very good, sir.
00:32:55If you'll excuse me, sir, I had some more packing to do in the gymnasium.
00:33:00No.
00:33:01And it will only be a short time, I'm certain,
00:33:04before Mr. Blair will be back on his feet and will want you all again.
00:33:07In the meanwhile, I do wish you'd stay and run the house as usual.
00:33:13Do you want to see me?
00:33:14Yes.
00:33:14Thank you for cooperating so splendidly.
00:33:18What is it, Butch?
00:33:19In here, please, miss.
00:33:23Yes, Butch.
00:33:24Oh, miss, I have the most disconcerting news.
00:33:28What's wrong?
00:33:29Everything, miss.
00:33:29The whole project's undermined.
00:33:31He's not going to fight.
00:33:51Butch!
00:33:51Butch, give me those keys!
00:33:59Butch!
00:34:00Butch, what did you do with it?
00:34:04What's she doing here?
00:34:05Can't the new tenant move in?
00:34:08Oh.
00:34:10So you're the new tenant.
00:34:11Well, isn't that jolly.
00:34:13I trust you've got the place for a good figure?
00:34:15If you didn't like the terms, why didn't you do something about it?
00:34:18Oh, I'm sure it was a legitimate business deal.
00:34:20Of course, it isn't much of a house, but you know, to me, it was home.
00:34:23And such a handy place for storing popcorn wagons and trained seals.
00:34:27A softie for strays.
00:34:30That was a very neat little panda of mine, buttering my fingers so things would slip through them.
00:34:33Oh, I thought they floated through in champagne.
00:34:36I should be out of here just as soon as I can remove my personal effects.
00:34:39Unless, of course, you counted on getting them, too.
00:34:40No, thanks.
00:34:41You need your clothes in order to look like a man.
00:34:43You took the Blair company.
00:34:44And you're going to get it back every last timber.
00:34:46You've taken the Blair house.
00:34:47You're not going to let me get away with it.
00:34:49You've left me with nothing but the Blair name.
00:34:51I suppose if you could, you'd take that, too.
00:34:53Not in its present condition, thank you.
00:34:57No Blair ever played with loaded dice, Miss Jessie James.
00:35:01Are you taking advantage of the fact that you're a lady, presumably?
00:35:14Too bad you're not a man.
00:35:15Don't let that stop you.
00:35:16I can take care of myself.
00:35:18Put him on.
00:35:18Hmm?
00:35:19All right.
00:35:21You brought it on yourself.
00:35:22Now you're going to get it.
00:35:23Oh, but, sir, really?
00:35:25Oh, quite unnecessary.
00:35:25Keep out of this.
00:35:26I grew up with six brothers.
00:35:28Oh, please, sir.
00:35:29She shouldn't start things she can't finish.
00:35:30You don't understand, sir.
00:35:31She's accurate.
00:35:31She wants to learn to wear the pants now, the time of again.
00:35:34Go on, Butch.
00:35:34Call up the doctor.
00:35:35The gentleman's going to be carried out.
00:35:36Oh.
00:35:37Oh.
00:35:37Go on.
00:35:37Put him up.
00:35:41Your hat.
00:35:45Did you say you had six brothers?
00:35:50What age is the oldest one?
00:35:51Oh, please, Miss.
00:35:57Oh, sir, please, sir.
00:35:59Miss.
00:36:00Oh, please.
00:36:01Oh, I'm doing, sir.
00:36:02Get up. It isn't your head that hurts.
00:36:32Thank you, Butch.
00:36:40Yoo-hoo!
00:36:43Miss Carol Wallace.
00:36:49Yoo-hoo! Isn't anybody home?
00:36:54Oh, Johnny, I was afraid I was going to miss you. I...
00:36:58What happened?
00:37:00Hmm? Oh, I just bumped into the bed.
00:37:03Oh, you poor boy. Now, Butch, I took...
00:37:09Must have been twin beds.
00:37:12Now, Carol, if you came here to...
00:37:30Well, what's she doing here?
00:37:33Oh, Carol, forget it. I...
00:37:34Well, I only asked a simple question. I don't know why I can't have a civil answer.
00:37:37Especially when you know I have only your interest to talk.
00:37:39I know that, yes.
00:37:40Well, after all, I came all the way over here just to help you out of your trouble.
00:37:43And I figured out exactly what you're to do.
00:37:45Jonathan, you're to stay at my apartment.
00:37:47Yes, that's what you're going to do. There's room enough there for everybody.
00:37:49That's nice of you, Carol.
00:37:51Go right now.
00:37:52Oh, yes.
00:37:53You know what you need?
00:37:56Yes, that's exactly what you need.
00:37:58That's exactly what you need.
00:38:00That's exactly what you need.
00:38:01Oh, Miss.
00:38:02Miss.
00:38:03Miss Wallace has asked him to marry her.
00:38:04Oh, why not at this?
00:38:06What was that?
00:38:07Miss Wallace, Miss, has asked Mr. Jonathan to marry her.
00:38:10What did he say?
00:38:11I couldn't hear, Miss. They were leaving.
00:38:12Oh, Miss, there must be something you can do.
00:38:14Some way to keep him from going through with this ridiculous idea.
00:38:17Sit down.
00:38:20As president of Blair's steamship lines, I hereby call this board of directors meeting to order.
00:38:24I'm not on the board of directors.
00:38:25From now on, you are.
00:38:26All those in favor of making Jonathan Blair vice president of the company say aye.
00:38:29Aye.
00:38:30Aye.
00:38:37Anthony, why did she make me vice president?
00:38:40Probably she couldn't run the business without you, sir.
00:38:43Yes.
00:38:44Will you have the one with the fringe, sir, or the one without, sir?
00:38:47I recommend the one with the fringe, sir, as being more...
00:38:50What do you think, old-timer?
00:38:52Well, I, I...
00:38:53Give me your frank opinion, Grandpa.
00:38:55I've never heard of a sillier choice for vice president.
00:38:59Thanks, Grandpa.
00:39:00You took the words out of my mouth.
00:39:05Ah, Pee-wee.
00:39:06If you were president of the Blair's steamship company, would you make me vice president?
00:39:10Ha, ha.
00:39:11Don't make me laugh.
00:39:13Yes, that's just what I thought.
00:39:14Come on, you better get off there before Carol sees you.
00:39:16You won't look so hot without your tail.
00:39:18I took the liberty of selecting the one with the fringe, sir.
00:39:22Butch.
00:39:23Yes, sir?
00:39:24Did you ever have a great uncle who grew up to be a vice president?
00:39:27No, sir, but my great, great uncle Timothy became mayor of Trickenham, sir.
00:39:31And was he a bad customer to begin with?
00:39:33Oh, very recalcitrant, sir.
00:39:35He once immersed the bicker in a bat of marmsy.
00:39:38And I suppose it was a woman who made him see the light?
00:39:40Oh, yes, indeed, sir.
00:39:41My great, great aunt Sophronia, sir.
00:39:44She realized that a reformed rake makes the best citizens.
00:39:47And husbands?
00:39:48And husbands, sir, yes.
00:39:52I thought so.
00:39:55Carol?
00:39:56Are you fit to face your public?
00:40:00Oh, come in, Johnny.
00:40:03Ah, you're just in time to face.
00:40:07Yes.
00:40:08You know, I was just thinking how wonderful it would be if you owned a pearl mine.
00:40:11Don't you think I look chic?
00:40:13I should say you look very chic. How do I look?
00:40:15Oh, like the old chic himself.
00:40:17Is there anything about me you'd like to have altered?
00:40:19No, I think that funny nose gives you character.
00:40:22Oh, thank you, no, but I mean, you wouldn't care if I wore the left shoe on the right foot.
00:40:25Oh, if you want to get so thick, well, that's your business.
00:40:29In other words, you have no desire to remake me into something else.
00:40:32Oh, Johnny, no.
00:40:33Anything you are, that's all right with me.
00:40:35You know what I told all three of you.
00:40:37This is Liberty Hall, and anything goes because I...
00:40:42Get out of the piano, you big lummox!
00:40:50It's a lovely morning, isn't it, Mr. Blair?
00:40:53It's a lo...
00:40:55No.
00:40:56It's a lovely morning, isn't it, Mr. Blair?
00:41:00It's a lo...
00:41:01Oh, no.
00:41:02It's a lovely morning, isn't it, Mr. Blair?
00:41:04It's a lo...
00:41:05Oh, no.
00:41:06It's a lovely morning, isn't it, Mr.
00:41:08No.
00:41:09You mean it's a lovely afternoon.
00:41:12You mean it's a lovely afternoon.
00:41:19You mean it's a lo...
00:41:20Oh.
00:41:21You don't understand.
00:41:22You're supposed not to go in but I'm the party.
00:41:23You don't understand.
00:41:24Yes, I do understand.
00:41:25Yes, I do understand.
00:41:26Yes.
00:41:27I lose my job.
00:41:28I lose my job.
00:41:29I cannot.
00:41:30All right, sonny.
00:41:31You've done a good job.
00:41:32Take it easy.
00:41:33You'll be all right.
00:41:34Are you in the market for a little coastliner this morning?
00:41:36We have some mighty handsome twin-screw double-propeller boats that are...
00:41:39I just got a wire from your father.
00:41:40Oh, thanks.
00:41:42Well, ain't you gonna read it?
00:41:43No, I don't have to.
00:41:44Sam, stop.
00:41:45Make Valentine quit this nonsense.
00:41:46Stop and come home immediately.
00:41:47Stop.
00:41:48Regards.
00:41:49The words may be wrong, but I know the tune.
00:41:50Well, he's right.
00:41:51You can't meddle in somebody else's life.
00:41:52I always have.
00:41:53And burned your fingers.
00:41:54And liked it.
00:41:55Well, what's the idea of making him vice-president?
00:41:56When you break in a horse, you should be the one to tie on the feed bag.
00:41:58Otherwise, he might get attached to somebody else.
00:42:00Oh, honey.
00:42:01Pull out before you throw more good money after bad.
00:42:03And I thought you were a gambler.
00:42:04Well, this isn't even a gamble.
00:42:05There isn't a chance in a million dollars.
00:42:06You don't have to.
00:42:07You don't have to.
00:42:08You don't have to.
00:42:09You don't have to.
00:42:10Sam, stop.
00:42:11Make Valentine quit this nonsense.
00:42:12Stop and come home immediately.
00:42:13Stop.
00:42:14Regards.
00:42:15The words may be wrong, but I know the tune.
00:42:16Well, he's right.
00:42:17I thought you were a gambler.
00:42:18Well, this isn't even a gamble.
00:42:19There isn't a chance in a million that he won't come through.
00:42:22Doe says that you never even get him behind that desk.
00:42:25Doe says I will.
00:42:26How much?
00:42:27Twenty.
00:42:28Well, you're on such a sure thing.
00:42:30Make it forty.
00:42:31Right.
00:42:32You're on.
00:42:33Come in.
00:42:34Mr. Blair just got out of her taxi cabin.
00:42:36He's entering the building.
00:42:40Thanks, Sammy.
00:42:42Sorry I can't ask you to stay.
00:42:44Not me.
00:42:45I'm going to get out of here before I take a poke at that pub crawler.
00:42:56Good morning, Mr. Blair.
00:42:58I realize that this is your first morning, so I really wasn't expecting you any sooner,
00:43:02but from now on, of course, we'll both have to get an earlier start.
00:43:06There's a great deal of work to be done for which I need your help.
00:43:09As you know, the company has been in a rather bad way financially,
00:43:12but I feel certain that we can convince the stockholders and creditors
00:43:15that with a blare at the helm contributing as best efforts,
00:43:18it can be steered into its rightful place in the industry.
00:43:21As a matter of fact, since I may be called back home at any moment,
00:43:24you will really be assuming the act of management and time,
00:43:27even the presidency, if you show that you...
00:43:29By the way, it'd be interesting to know that I'm marrying Miss Carol Wallace at five o'clock this afternoon.
00:43:33Thank you very much.
00:43:34Good morning, sir.
00:43:35There are more than just a few moments for you.
00:43:36Thank you, sir.
00:43:38Tell us about this afternoon.
00:43:39Good afternoon, sir.
00:43:41Good afternoon.
00:43:43Good afternoon.
00:43:47Again.
00:43:53Good afternoon.
00:43:54Good afternoon.
00:43:56Good afternoon.
00:43:59Good afternoon.
00:44:01Wait a minute.
00:44:04What do you want to do? Raise the ante?
00:44:05Oh, I know what I've lost.
00:44:07I certainly love with my chin.
00:44:09I told you. You're lucky you ain't in any deeper.
00:44:12Right. I might have bet you a hundred instead of forty.
00:44:14Yeah. You might even have squandered your whole fortune.
00:44:17Yes. Miss Valentine Ransom, affectionately known as Shlemiel,
00:44:22in a spectacular spill, suffered only contusions of the bankroll
00:44:25and a fracture of the ego.
00:44:27She was carried off the field feet first amid the wild cheers of the spectators.
00:44:31Oh, God darn it, Val.
00:44:33Why, it ain't like you to talk that-a-way.
00:44:35Well, I didn't hear anybody rooting for me.
00:44:37Why, honey, I've seen you thrown off a horse ten times
00:44:40and then get right back up and get on again.
00:44:42Well, it was my horse.
00:44:44Well, he ain't married yet.
00:44:46This afternoon and that's that.
00:44:48Well, Val, you mean you ain't even got an ace up your sleeve?
00:44:51Oh, not even a doorknob.
00:44:54The race goes to the blonde lady with ambition.
00:45:00The race goes to the blonde lady with ambition.
00:45:35It is my custom to make a few remarks before the beginning of the ceremony.
00:45:55You, Carol Wallace, and you, Joe Nathan Blair.
00:46:00It's Jonathan Jardinson.
00:46:02You have duly applied for and received a license to be married in the state of New York.
00:46:09You both understand the nature of the step you are about to take.
00:46:16This step, Carol and Joe Nathan...
00:46:20Jonathan.
00:46:20This step is a serious step.
00:46:23Not to be entered into lightly.
00:46:26It means that a man and a woman have chosen each other out of all the world.
00:46:33To live together and to build together.
00:46:50The little birds...
00:46:57The little birds...
00:47:02The little birds...
00:47:11The little birds...
00:47:14All have nests.
00:47:16The little bees...
00:47:18Have hives.
00:47:20The birds sing.
00:47:22The bees buzz.
00:47:23And that...
00:47:25Makes sweet music.
00:47:26Man, not now, please.
00:47:45I can't stop.
00:47:46That's all right, dear.
00:47:58What?
00:48:08The birds in their nests.
00:48:38The birds in their nests.
00:49:08The birds in their nests.
00:49:09It's all right.
00:49:10Will someone let this me?
00:49:15Come, come, my men.
00:49:20I asked you to stop.
00:49:21I'm sorry, Troop.
00:49:22I'm a son of a surgeon.
00:49:24All right, boys.
00:49:25We're going up.
00:49:38And now, I presume I may proceed.
00:49:42Sorry, Judge.
00:49:44What makes the birds sing in their nests?
00:49:47What makes the bees hum?
00:49:50Love.
00:49:51And now that I've pointed out the beauty as well as the duty that lies before you, I will,
00:49:58if there is no one present who objects...
00:50:00Hey, object!
00:50:02That woman is the mother of my kids!
00:50:09I never saw that man before in all my life!
00:50:12Yeah, what's the idea?
00:50:14Oh, my God!
00:50:15Oh, Tommy!
00:50:16Tommy!
00:50:17Tommy!
00:50:18Tommy!
00:50:19Tommy!
00:50:20Sam!
00:50:21Oh!
00:50:22Oh!
00:50:23Oh!
00:50:24Oh!
00:50:25Oh!
00:50:26Oh!
00:50:27Oh!
00:50:28Oh!
00:50:29Oh!
00:50:30Oh!
00:50:35Oh!
00:50:37Oh!
00:50:38Oh!
00:50:39Oh!
00:50:40Oh!
00:50:41Oh, my God.
00:50:42Oh!
00:50:43Ah!
00:50:44All right, Bletch.
00:50:45What's happened?
00:50:46Where's Miss Wallace?
00:50:47She's quite hysterical, sir.
00:50:48She's quite incapable of going on.
00:50:49Who was that man?
00:50:50He said he was her husband.
00:50:51I don't believe it.
00:50:52I've got it.
00:50:53I saw him in the office asking for Miss Ransom.
00:50:54Oh, Aus.
00:50:55Well, that's settled.
00:50:56There's only one thing to do to her.
00:50:57Oh, sir, I hope, I do hope.
00:50:58What are you going to do, sir?
00:50:59Plenty.
00:51:28And it is evident that the Blair steamship line cannot be operated from the viewpoint of a feminine whim any more than it could weather my absentee management.
00:51:37To sum up your honor, and you gentlemen who are creditors and members of the board, what the Blair line needs is new trade contacts.
00:51:44I have signed agreements which will guarantee between 30 and 40,000 stem load of bananas if we reroute through Honduras.
00:51:51A 20% profit increase can be shown by eliminating our Havana stop and touching at the Indies to pick up Canal Zone Freight.
00:51:59Unless something is done immediately, this company and you stand to lose everything invested in it.
00:52:06The only hope is in the application of new ideas, carried out by a management whose interest is in the company and not in the working out of questionable personal motives.
00:52:16I admit mine was the original blame. I realize I've done little in the past to inspire your confidence, but I'm the last of the Blairs.
00:52:23And I'm not going to stand by and see the wrecking of everything my family built up.
00:52:27I can save this company, not with money, but with knowledge. Knowledge that is inborn.
00:52:33Your Honor, if you will appoint me temporary receiver and arrange that I be given proxies which will allow me a free hand, I can put Blair's steamship back on its feet.
00:52:43I ask for no additional capital. I don't want a cent of salary. I don't want any bonuses.
00:52:48I am willing to risk as collateral what interest my grandfather's trust fund still gives me in this company for the chance to prove that it takes a Blair to run the line.
00:52:57Your Honor, gentlemen, I ask you for that chance.
00:53:02Your Honor, if Mr. Blair will kindly step outside while we discuss his offer...
00:53:16You have the right to remain if you wish, Mr. Blair.
00:53:19Thank you, Your Honor. I'd rather not be present at my own funeral.
00:53:23Your Honor, gentlemen.
00:53:41Well, Pee Wee, I guess I've flopped.
00:53:44I'd give my left arm for that chance.
00:53:49Will you step in, Mr. Blair?
00:53:52Well, Pee Wee, wish me luck.
00:54:02Mr. Blair, the receivership is yours.
00:54:05I wish you the best of luck.
00:54:07Thank you, Your Honor.
00:54:08I'm so happy, Mr. Blair.
00:54:10Thank you very much.
00:54:11The very best of luck to you, Mr. Blair.
00:54:13Thank you so much.
00:54:14Your mind's very confident.
00:54:16The very best of luck.
00:54:17Who would have thought that throwing the company into receivership was the only way to save?
00:54:20The very best of luck, Mr. Blair.
00:54:21Thank you very much.
00:54:22He made a great speech, sir.
00:54:23The very best of luck, Mr. Blair.
00:54:25Much success.
00:54:26Mr. Hamilton, thank you.
00:54:27Well done, Blair.
00:54:28Well.
00:54:30That's it.
00:54:31The very best of luck, Mr. Blair.
00:54:32Now we can go on back home where we belong.
00:54:35Thank you, sir, very much.
00:54:36Not me.
00:54:37I'm not walking out on my winning streak.
00:54:41All the success in the world, Mr. Blair.
00:54:42Thank you so very much.
00:54:43Oh, you were splendid, sir.
00:54:44Wonderful.
00:54:45Like a daguerreotype of my great uncle just before he was knighted.
00:54:48Thanks, Boots.
00:54:49Thanks.
00:54:50Thank you, sir.
00:54:51Jonathan.
00:54:52I...
00:54:53I want to congratulate you.
00:54:54You made a good job of it.
00:54:55And I...
00:54:56I know this is only the beginning of great things for you.
00:54:58Thanks.
00:54:59Oh, the wedding buster-hopper.
00:55:01Well, I'm going to give you another chance.
00:55:02I'm marrying Miss Carol Wallace at 5 o'clock this afternoon.
00:55:05Why, you whey-bellish!
00:55:11Excuse me, Miss Ransom.
00:55:17You know, Sam?
00:55:20Funny thing to tell you.
00:55:23A travel agent tried to sell me the idea of going home by boat.
00:55:26And I, uh...
00:55:28I told him I never wanted to hear about another boat again as long as I live.
00:55:32Won't it be great to get on the horse again?
00:55:38Sam, do you realize we've only got 45 minutes to catch the train?
00:55:44It's gonna take longer than that before I can see through this thing.
00:55:56One orh...
00:55:57One day who's hiding with the wind.
00:55:58You turned me still to take longer than that.
00:56:00And I though his heart was parts of the wind.
00:56:03You built.
00:56:04You pushed me as long as I may've not been wanting to kill to catch theroit.
00:56:05And he said you were both in the wind.
00:56:06He was calling him a man.
00:56:07He was calling up.
00:56:08I was telling you man.
00:56:10You did a question.
00:56:11She knew that And I didn't pass him, too.
00:56:12I knew that.
00:56:13Have you ever wanted the
00:56:26It is my custom to make a few remarks before beginning the ceremony.
00:56:36You, Carol Walsh, and you, Joe Nathan Blair, have duly applied for and received a license
00:56:41to be married in the state of New York.
00:56:43You both understand the nature of this step you are about to take.
00:56:46This step, Carol and Joe Nathan, is a serious and important one, not to be entered into lightly.
00:56:51It means that a man and a woman have chosen each other out of all the world to live together
00:56:55and to build together a home.
00:56:57All little birds have nests, all little bees have hives.
00:57:00And what makes that sweet music of the birds and bees?
00:57:04What makes the birds sing in their nests?
00:57:06What makes the bees buzz?
00:57:09Love.
00:57:10And now that I've pointed out to you the beauty as well as the duty that lies before you,
00:57:15I will, if there is no one present who objects, I object!
00:57:20I found this in your pocket, sir.
00:57:26The suit you had on the night you were out with Miss Ransom.
00:57:29What?
00:57:30I'm sorry, sir, but the night you met her.
00:57:32Oh!
00:57:33Oh, you're married to that woman!
00:57:34Let me see that again.
00:57:35This is bigotry!
00:57:37But, Carol, darling, I don't know how...
00:57:39Look!
00:57:39Look in your pockets and see if you can find a few more wives you marry, too!
00:57:42Oh!
00:57:48Well?
00:57:48Next Wednesday afternoon at the same time, Mr. Blair?
00:57:56House?
00:57:57Yes, sir?
00:57:57Where's Mrs. Blair?
00:57:58Mrs. Blair, sir?
00:57:59I mean Miss Ransom.
00:58:01Oh, she's in the sitting room, sir.
00:58:08Well.
00:58:10This tops everything.
00:58:11What is it now, Mr. Blair?
00:58:13Something wrong again?
00:58:14Am I never going to get rid of you?
00:58:15Not if you keep following me around.
00:58:17If you think I'm going to stay tied to a woman I thoroughly dislike...
00:58:19Charming way to talk about your new wife.
00:58:22Anything I say is flattery.
00:58:23This marriage is a nightmare.
00:58:25What, gallantry from a bridegroom of how long?
00:58:27Don't pretend.
00:58:28I want to know.
00:58:29What are you going to do about it?
00:58:30What am I?
00:58:31Why should I do anything about it?
00:58:32Just the attitude I might have expected.
00:58:34Why should either of us do anything about it?
00:58:43You took advantage of the fact that I was swacked.
00:58:45Unless you'd like to pretend that you were swacked and I slipped it over on you.
00:58:48Oh, I don't think you could ever slip anything over on me.
00:58:51Well, I'm going into the bathroom, see if I can't fix it.
00:58:54Well, if it ain't a new bridegroom.
00:58:56Everything come off all right this time?
00:58:58And I suppose you don't know anything about anything.
00:59:01Anything about what?
00:59:02You're entirely innocent.
00:59:04Smile when you say that, mister.
00:59:06Sam, please.
00:59:06Well, honey, nobody's going to call me innocent and get away with it.
00:59:11I insist on being paid.
00:59:13I'm entitled to my fee.
00:59:15Yes, yes, of course.
00:59:15But just go in there and wait.
00:59:18Well, sir, but my fee, remember, my fee.
00:59:20All right, all right.
00:59:22I just want it understood that I'm not innocent.
00:59:24Well, that's all I want you to admit.
00:59:25All right, I'm admitting it.
00:59:27I just want it understood that I'm not innocent.
00:59:29Oh, please don't interest me.
00:59:30I had to forge your names to the marriage certificate.
00:59:32It was the only way I could start.
00:59:33Don't you worry, Gordy.
00:59:34Once and I'll do it again.
00:59:36Oh, not this time, because I'm looking.
00:59:38Stop it, Sam.
00:59:39You can't use that tone to my husband.
00:59:42Your, your, your what?
00:59:43Husband, you know marriage, romance, love.
00:59:46Well, when did you do it?
00:59:48Johnny, what a way to talk about the marriage time.
00:59:50How you like that.
00:59:51Oh, Johnny.
00:59:53Once a pub crawler, always a pain in the neck.
00:59:55Look, will you keep out of this?
00:59:56Johnny.
00:59:56You're darn to.
00:59:57Come on, Val.
00:59:58Don't waste any time with a coyote that hasn't got sense enough to keep out of a trap.
01:00:03You understand, of course, that one of us is going right down to see a lawyer.
01:00:05Whether I go or thou goest, and I goest to Texas at 545.
01:00:09Will you see a lawyer or will I?
01:00:10Oh, you love Texas.
01:00:11Such great open spaces for you to romp around.
01:00:13Answer me.
01:00:14Oh, I'm surprised at you, Jonathan.
01:00:15No court will expect me to live with a woman who tricked me into marriage.
01:00:18And the slightest provocation, you want to run home to mother.
01:00:20You stole my business.
01:00:21Have I ever raised my hand to you?
01:00:23Except once.
01:00:24You hit me with a door jam?
01:00:25No.
01:00:26Well, it felt like a jam.
01:00:27Well, if you insist, but these things are very sad for the children.
01:00:30Children?
01:00:31Yes.
01:00:32Married people still have them, you know.
01:00:33Cute little pub crawlers.
01:00:35I spit to hear from your lawyer.
01:00:37You know my address, Mrs. Blair.
01:00:39It's a Gettysburg, isn't it?
01:00:41Mr. Blair.
01:01:03Come on, Butch.
01:01:04We're waiting for a lawyer.
01:01:05Oh, sir, I hope you're not going to put me in jail.
01:01:08Come on, come on.
01:01:09I meant it for the best, sir, when I forged the certificate.
01:01:11I want the smartest lawyer.
01:01:14When you what?
01:01:15When I forged your name to the certificate, sir.
01:01:18To keep you from marrying Miss Wannerts.
01:01:22Does she know?
01:01:23Yes.
01:01:24I told her I did it, sir.
01:01:26Why, the little brat.
01:01:34I'll be with you in a minute, Sam.
01:01:46What are you doing?
01:02:03I've thought it all over.
01:02:04You were right.
01:02:05I'm not going to see any lawyer.
01:02:06Wait a minute.
01:02:06Marriage is for better or worse.
01:02:08Come on, Peter.
01:02:08You can't.
01:02:08You should at least make the best of it.
01:02:09What do you mean I can't?
01:02:10I tell you I'm going to.
01:02:11Stop taking those things.
01:02:12I'm going to give you the towel anyway.
01:02:13But you're crazy.
01:02:14Why not?
01:02:15I admit I was hot-headed and flew off the handle.
01:02:17Oh, give me that and get out.
01:02:18Will you get out?
01:02:19Yeah.
01:02:21I've got to make a train.
01:02:22I haven't got time to argue with it.
01:02:24You might be the greatest little wife in the world.
01:02:27Now what are you?
01:02:27How do I know?
01:02:28Oh, for heaven's sake.
01:02:29I have to find out and there's no time like the present.
01:02:32Listen, you idiot.
01:02:33We're not married.
01:02:34Well, in a way we're not.
01:02:35But there's nothing to get so excited about, darling.
01:02:36After all, I am your husband.
01:02:37But you're not.
01:02:38If you'd only let me...
01:02:39You're going to make me a real little wife.
01:02:40Here, let me take your coat.
01:02:41I'm not your wife.
01:02:42I never was and never will be.
01:02:43But you forged that certificate.
01:02:45Barentine, you're being childish.
01:02:46No, no.
01:02:46Your certificate, you're overwrought.
01:02:48Your nerves are unstruck.
01:02:49Let me go.
01:02:49Now sit down and relax.
01:02:50You'll be...
01:02:51Let me out of here.
01:02:54Pee-wee knows that a woman's place is in the home.
01:02:56Our home from tonight on.
01:02:57Don't you dare touch me.
01:02:59Yeah, you're behaving like a schoolgirl.
01:03:00Get away, I'll call the police.
01:03:01Ah, so like a woman.
01:03:03All crazy about a uniform.
01:03:05Darling, I just want to prove to you...
01:03:06Keep away from me or I'll scream the house down.
01:03:09Burt!
01:03:09Butch!
01:03:10Butch!
01:03:11Butch!
01:03:13Butch!
01:03:14Butch is a soul of discretion.
01:03:15He's been around brides before.
01:03:17I'm not a bride, I'm not!
01:03:19Sam!
01:03:20Sam!
01:03:20Sam!
01:03:22Sam!
01:03:23Sam!
01:03:25Sam!
01:03:26Will you let me go?
01:03:29Stay away from me!
01:03:30But darling, I can't.
01:03:31Oh, for the last time, will you let me alone?
01:03:34Whither thou goest, I goest.
01:03:36I want to take you...
01:03:37Take this!
01:03:37Now, Valentine, why all this build-up for a kiss when all you have to do...
01:03:43Cut it out!
01:03:44...is ask for it.
01:03:46All right, you ask for it now, will you stop?
01:03:48Yes, let's both stop.
01:03:49You'll wear yourself.
01:03:50I warn you, this is hot.
01:03:53You dropped something.
01:03:54You see, darling, all this is so needless.
01:03:56Quid it, I tell you, quid it!
01:03:57Never, until you crown me with your love.
01:03:59I'll crown you, and believe me, I won't miss.
01:04:02You're going to get this just as sure as my name is Valentine Ransom.
01:04:07You mean Blair.
01:04:11Now, come, darling, there comes a time to stop bantering.
01:04:13Oh, please, quid!
01:04:15But I've only just begun, and true love is eternal.
01:04:17Oh, let me go, you fool!
01:04:18You're on the slightest provocation, you want to run home to months.
01:04:20Oh, I can't stop it!
01:04:21Darling, calm yourself, it's so bad for the children!
01:04:24Oh, I can't stop them!
01:04:32Johnny!
01:04:34Oh, Johnny!
01:04:38Johnny, darling!
01:04:40Oh, I didn't mean it!
01:04:42It was the doorknob!
01:04:43I was just keeping it to remember you, boy!
01:04:46Oh, I do love you, Johnny!
01:04:48I do love you!
01:04:50Oh!
01:04:52Oh, dear, what'll I do?
01:04:54Oh, Pee-wee, he's hurt. What'll I do?
01:04:58Give him a slug of scotch.
01:05:04Why are you...
01:05:07I thought you loved me. You'll never get a first-base fight.
01:05:14You're out!
01:05:16Hey, wait a minute. You once told me I needed the two.
01:05:19Well...
01:05:20It's Valentine! Donnie, come back here!
01:05:25Valentine, you idiot, come here!
01:05:35It is my custom to make a few remarks before beginning the ceremony.
01:05:39You, Valentine Ransom, and you, Joe Nathan Blair,
01:05:43have duly applied for and received a license to be married in the state of New York.
01:05:48You both understand the nature of the step you're about taking.
01:05:52This step, Valentine and Joe Nathan, is a serious and important one,
01:05:57not to be entered into life.
01:05:59It means that a man and a woman have chosen each other out of all worlds
01:06:03who live together and to build together a whole world.
01:06:07All the new birds have nests, all the new bees have hives.
01:06:11And what makes that sweet music of Williamsport, Oleanne, Buffalo...
01:06:16No, I...
01:06:18I mean, now that I pointed out to you,
01:06:21the beauty as well as the beauty that lies before you
01:06:25in Niagara Falls, Newark, and...
01:06:28I mean, if there's no one present, look, Jack.
01:06:34I now pronounce you man and wife!
01:06:39I'm here!