Love Affair (1932) - full transcript
Heiress Carol Owen learns to fly from aeronautical engineer Jim Leonard who begins neglecting his work as their affair progresses. Things get complicated when she learns her father died penniless and that she has been being supported by her financial advisor, and now suitor, Bruce Hardy.
Ooh!
Tell me, Felice,
will it ruin my wave
if I wear a helmet
this afternoon?
A helmet?
All God's chillun got wings...
...and I'm one
of God's chillun.
Maybe I'm only a step-child,
but I'm going to get wings.
Oh, I know what you mean!
Learning to fly.
I knew you were doing this.
Who told you?
There was a
little article about
it in Town Tattle.
You read Town Tattle, Felice?
Oh no,
I write for it. Hmm?
Oh, just odds
and ends.
Little paragraphs.
They have
representatives in
most beauty salons.
Yes? I'm glad
you told me.
Have you sent in
anything about me?
Well, I...
You have.
I can tell.
It was you who
sent in that squib
about my engagement to
Bruce Hardy, wasn't it?
Well, you see...
Well, deny it.
It isn't true.
There have been
conferences, but
no papers signed.
Unless the depression
gets worse,
there's no immediate
prospect of a merger.
Will you send that in?
Oh, but
most certainly,
Miss Owen.
As a matter of fact,
Mr. Hardy has asthma
and wheezes a bit.
Oh, don't send that in.
It's confidential.
Oh, I understand, Miss Owen.
Au revoir, Felice.
Au revoir,
mademoiselle.
Oh, Miss Owen.
Don't tell me
Anatole, you're
getting literary too?
What are you writing?
Well, at the moment,
I'm making out bills.
Uh-huh. Why haven't
you sent me a bill?
Oh, well, Miss Owen,
I assure you...
Let's have it.
Give me a blank check, Anatole.
Certainly, Miss Owen.
Fill in the amount.
Oh, and add ten
dollars for Felice.
Thank you so much, Miss Owen.
Martin, you know
the Beechhurst
Flying School?
Yes, Miss Owen, over
the Queensboro Bridge.
About an hour.
Call them on
the phone. Yes, miss.
Tell them I'll be
there in 20 minutes.
Yes, miss.
Oh, Gilligan.
See that cloud up there?
Yeah.
How far up is it,
do you suppose?
Oh, a couple
thousand feet, I guess.
I'm going thru
it this afternoon.
Yeah?
Hmm-mmm.
Think you've finished
your ground study, huh? Uh-huh.
Know all about planes?
Hmm-mmm.
Well then tell me,
what makes 'em tick?
I don't want to know
what makes them tick.
It would spoil the fun.
I've been driving a car
ever since I was 12
and I've never lifted the hood.
And you feel
you're ready to go up?
Ready?
I'm dying to go up.
All right.
Hey, Eddie.
Yeah!
Yes?
Miss Owen,
Mr. Martin.
How do?
How do you do?
Miss Owen's ready
to make her first
flight this afternoon.
Swell.
Yeah.
You're going to take her up.
Oh, swell!
Now, Miss Owen,
if you'll just go
with Eddie. He...
Excuse me a minute, will you?
Gilligan...
If you don't mind,
I'd rather not
go up with him.
Why not?
Well...
You know, my father was a doctor
and before he died
he taught me a great
deal about diseases.
Diseases?
Don't look...
But sometimes, when
he's not aware of it,
watch his eyes.
What's the matter with his eyes?
Haven't you noticed?
No.
A little yellowish
in the corners.
Yeah?
Hmm-mmm.
A touch of epilepsy,
dormant perhaps,
but liable to break
out at any minute.
Ordinarily,
why I wouldn't
have minded,
but as this is my
first flight, I...
Sure! Don't
blame you a bit.
Hey, Eddie.
Yeah?
Never mind.
Oh.
Now, I've got to
find someone else.
I know. Conway.
I'll vouch for him.
I've known him for
years and he never
threw a fit, yet.
Hey, Gilligan...
Yeah?
What was the name of the chap
that lectured me the other day
on ailerons
and channels and
control tables?
Um...
You know, the man
with the dark hair
and the brown eyes.
Oh, look.
There he is.
Oh, Leonard.
We don't waste
his time on
flying any more.
He's more on the
technical staff.
Oh, you'll make
an exception in my
favor, won't you?
Well, why not, huh?
Oh, Jim.
Oh, hello,
Miss Owen.Hello.
Miss Owen's going
up today, Jim...
...with you.
With me?
Yes. By request.
I'm superstitious.
I think it's a mistake
to change instructors.
Do you mind?
Not at all.
Come along.
Thanks, Gilligan.
Look out for her, Jim.
Hey, what's the idea, skipper?
Have I got leprosy or something?
I don't know, Eddie.
You've got a
sort of yellowish
look in your eyes.
Yeah?
Yeah!
It wouldn't hurt
you to see a doctor.
Here you are.
This the best looking
helmet you've got?
Well, you're not
figuring on having your
pictures taken, are you?
You don't like
to take people
up, do you?
No, not particularly.
It makes me feel
like one of those
guys at Coney Island.
But that's where all the fun is.
Well, I'm not in this
for the fun of it.
That's the trouble
with aviation.
A lot of people
figure a plane's
like a roller coaster
or something for a thrill.
Especially women.
Well, aren't women
entitled to a thrill?
Yes, I'd suppose so.
Hop in.
Up we go.
Watch your head.Okay.
Here you are.
Thanks.
Had your lunch yet?
Why, yes.
Oh, I'm sorry,
but perhaps tomorrow
we could have some...
The reason
I asked is that
on your first flight
it's better to go
up before lunch.
You know some people
come out of here...
Maybe I'm different
from some people.
You think so?
Just forget that
I'm a woman and put
on a good show for me.
You dish it out.
I'll take it.
Switch-off.
Switch-off.
Contact.
Contact.
Okay?
Okay.
Okay?
Okay.
Okay?
Okay.
Okay?
Okay.
Good old terra firma.
Yeah.
The nearer the firma,
the less the terra.
Next time we go up
would you mind doing
a little stunting?
Huh?
Whew!
Thanks.
Say it's darned
nice of you to give
me a lift into town.
Hop in.
Okay?
Yeah.
Enjoying it?
Yeah.
Well, here we are.
The Lord knows why.
We should have been
killed half dozen times.
But we weren't.
Why do you do things like that?
Don't tell me you were scared?
I certainly was.
I still am.
There, there, there.
I didn't mean
to frighten you.
Come on.
I'll buy
you a drink.
I will, if you'll let
me do the buying. All right.
Hey, is this a good speak easy?
The best in town.
Come on.
Hello, everybody.
Look, what I've got.
I want you to
meet my friend and
teacher, Mister, er...
Leonard.
Mr. Leonard.
Mrs. Schuyler,
Miss Redman, Mr...
Oh, never mind,
you won't remember
the names anyway.
I'll tell you what, just
call all the men Ike
and the women Mike.
Oh, Kibbee!
Kibbee!
Highball for Lindberg.
Excuse me.
Now, don't run
away will you?
No, I won't.
I'll be right back.
Make yourself at home.
Oh, my kingdom for a horse.
Hey, what's open?
Number six is open.
I'll take it.
On the nose?
Right on the nose.
Come on, let's go.
I'm on six.
Please, Linda, please.
But why aren't
you going to take
me with you?
I've told you.
I can't take you here.
But why not?
In the first place
you're not invited.
There are several
hundred other reasons,
but I'm late now.
I'll itemize them for
you some other time.
All right, daddy, you know best.
You can have the car now, Linda.
I'll see you
at the apartment,
after the show.
Yes, daddy.
Fred, drive me over to
Georgie Keeler's place.
Hello, Kibbee.
Howdy do, sir.
Oh, I say I want to play.
Come on, you spark plug
get the lead out of
your hoofs.
Hello, Bruce.
I just lost my shirt.
Well, I'll get you
another one. Silk?
Better make it sack cloth.
By the way,
Town Tattleannounced
our engagement again.
I'm getting tired of denying it.
And I'm getting
tired waiting for
you to admit it.
Carol.
What?
I just came
from your bank. Did you buy it?
Well, not exactly.
They phoned me
this morning that
you were overdrawn.
So I dropped in
and took care of it. How much?
Oh, what's the difference?
You made some
money in the
market last week.
You're all right.
No, I'm not all right.
I've got to economize.
Everybody's economizing.
It's a crisis. The
newspapers say so.
Gee, I wish you'd
stop telling me
how to spend money
and tell me how to save some.
I could suggest a plan
where you wouldn't
have to economize ever.
No. I feel
like economizing.
I'll sell this house.
Oh, you'd take a terrific loss.
It's practically
all you've got left.
No, it isn't.
I still have Kibbee.
That's it. I'll
get rid of Kibbee.
Oh, Kibbee! Kibbee!
Come here.
Alley hoop.
Come on, uppetyup.
Kibbie, get up over there.
But Miss Caroline...
Come on!
Get up here!
You don't mean it...
Ladies and gentlemen!
Hooray!
My business manager
has just informed me
that I've been
forced to the wall.
I've got to liquidate my assets.
I've decided to sell Kibbee!
We've had him for 30 years.
He's a little second hand,
but sound of wind and limb
and a bargain at any price.
Look at him.
Now, you know this is
for a very worthy cause.
Who'll be the auctioneer?
Allow me.
I would.
All right, Neil,
you're elected.
Come on.
Now folks, what am
I offered for this
splendid bric-a-brac?
A rare old piece.
A real antique.
An early Tudor model.
Guaranteed non-breakable.
Non-refillable.
But honey, I just
got your message.
I was lucky to get it at all.
Well, you asked
for Miss Leonard.
You forget my
stage name is
Lee, Linda Lee.
And listen, Jim, the girls
aren't supposed to get
phone calls in the theatre.
You shouldn't call me here.
But where the devil
will I call you?
I tried your rooming
house this morning and
you weren't there.
Well, we've been
rehearsing after
the show too.
What's on your mind?
Well, listen kid,
I talked to my friend
about that job in his
office and it's okay.
He says it would be
better if you knew something
about stenography,
but you can pick that
up quick enough and...
But Jim, I don't
want a job in any office.
I'm all right where I am.
Gee, it's lots of fun
and the pay's swell.
Now be a good boy
and go fly your kite.
Oh some other time
tomorrow or...
Oh, Jim.
There goes the overture.
I've got to hang up.
Don't get struck by lightning.
G'bye, darling.
Who was that?
Bruce Hardy? Uh-uh.
Well, who was it?
Are you jealous?
Oh, don't be silly.
I'm never jealous.
There's no percentage in that.
Who was it?
My brother, stupid.
Oh, yes.
Oh, what?
Oh, I know how
goofy you are,
when I'm not looking.
And I think too
much of you, babe,
to let you go haywire.
Why you'd be a sucker
to pass up a ready-made charge
account like Bruce Hardy.
Second act.
Places please.
Don't you ever
get jealous of
Hardy, Georgie?
What for?
Business is business.
That guy can make money
in any kind of a market.
I got nothing but
respect for that guy.
He's gonna put you
up in lights and pull
me outta the red.
That is, if you're a
smart girl and take directions
from the old Maestro.
Oh, doesn't mama always
do what papa says?
Doesn't mama...
There goes the curtain.
Goodbye.
Come in.
I'm the fuller-brush-man.
Oh, I...
Hello.
Hello.
Oh, pardon me.
I wasn't expecting...
Oh, it's quite all right.
If we go out some evening,
you'll see more
of my shoulders
than I see of yours.
That'll be swell.
Well, I mean to say
that is... I hope so.
Say, how did you
find out where I live?
Gilligan told me.
Oh, he didn't want
to, but I made him.
I meant to phone
you before, but he said
you didn't have a phone.
That's right.
I haven't.
What's the idea?
Well, you see,
this is where I work
and if I had a phone
here, why, people
would be calling me up
and I'd waste a
lot of time that way.
Oh, if I'm interfering
with the wheels of
progress, why I'll...
Oh, it's quite all right.
I'm just about through
for the day anyway.
At noon?
Well, this is my day
off. I was up at 6:00.
Good heavens!
That's when
I went to bed.
I haven't even
had breakfast, yet.
A-ha.
Oh say, wait a minute.
Can't I offer you
something else?
Yes, an explanation.
What made you walk
out on me last night?
Well, I finished my drink.
You think it was
nice to leave without
saying goodbye?
I was afraid if
I called myself
to your attention,
you might ask
me to stick around.
And you didn't
want to? No.
Why?
I was bored...
It's been a good
many years since
I left college and...
Well, all that flaming
youth stuff gives me a
vast pain in the neck.
Me too.
Then, why do you go in for it?
Well, I've got
nothing else to do.
Oh, could I have
a cup of coffee?
You sure can.
Oh, fine.
Oh, where the...
Ah, here we are.
Ouch!
Oh, thanks.
Say, I feel kinda...
Will you excuse me
while I put on a shirt?
Go ahead.
Thanks.
Excuse my ignorance,
but what the...
What is it?
Take a good look at it.
That's my baby.
It's what I was born for.
What I went to school for.
What I'm living for.
For that?
You bet, for that.
That's the greatest
motor in the world.
Why say some day
everybody'll
have one of these.
You will hear them
droning in the skies like
a million bees and then...
Oh, say I'm sorry.
I'm talking like
a stock salesman.
Excuse me.
No, no.
I was never so excited
in my life. Tell me more.
Well to get back to Earth again.
I've made a motor
that ought to
do for aviation
what Ford did for automobiles.
It's cheap enough so
everybody can buy one!
Really?
Yeah.
And it's got a safety
combustion feature
that's a knockout.
The plane can't
catch fire or explode.
Look here, you
see these little...
Say do you
understand
blue prints?
Why, no...
Blue prints?
Oh yes, I understand
all about blue prints.
Fine. Come here.
Now, you've
got to quit pickin' at Hardy.
You've gotta take him over.
How, hon?
Gee, Linda, aren't you
the babe in the woods.
Didn't you ever hear of alimony?
Do you mean to
stand there
and tell me that...
Sure, I'm willin' to
make a sacrifice, as long
as it's for your benefit.
Well, Hardy's already
engaged, isn't he?
All the more
reason why you've
got to step on it.
Where's the fire escape?
Oh, that isn't Hardy.
He wouldn't ring.
Well, if it isn't Hardy,
then who is it?
Whoever it is,
you're waiting
for a streetcar.
Hello, Linda.
Why, hello, Jimmie.
Come on in.
Thanks.
Mr. Keeler, this
is my brother, Jim.
How do you do?
Glad to meet
you, Mr. Lee.
What do you mean "Lee"?
Leonard.
Oh, yeah, that's
right. I forgot.
Mr. Keeler's putting on
his own show next season.
He's been showing me the
sketch of the first act set.
Look.
Isn't it marvelous?
Mr. Keeler thinks
there might be a place
in the show for me.
Place is right.
The ace spot.
If my plans work out,
I'm going to fix it so
Linda can top the billin'.
That's where she belongs.
I don't think you
ought to put ideas
like that into her head.
That's the way with brothers.
I got a kid sister, too.
I'm always under-ratin' her,
but take it from
me, Mr. Lee... Leonard.
Mr. Leonard...
That Linda's got talent!
I'm telling you,
she's got all it takes.
How long have you
been living here?
Oh, about a week or so.
You see, I was...
This is
Sophie Tucker's
apartment.
Sophie went
to London for
a few months.
So I got her to let Linda
have the use of the place
while she was gone.
Did you ever meet
Sophie? A swell gal!
How do you like it?
It doesn't cost much more
than I've been paying.
How'd you get my address, Jim?
Got it from your landlady.
That's where I've just been.
Why didn't you let me
know you'd moved?
I wanted to surprise you.
I want you to
see the rest of it.
The view's marvelous, Jim.
Take a look from that window.
On a clear day I can
see Staten Island.
Georgie!
Georgie, we've got
to get him out of here
before Hardy comes.
Right, leave it to the Maestro.
Shh!
Well, I gotta be running along.
I gotta date
with a couple of
song writers.
You're going to be
mighty proud of that
sister of yours someday.
Glad to have
met you, Mr. Lee.
Say, where did you pick that up?
Oh, he's all right.
Well, I'm waiting
for you to rave about
my new apartment.
How do you like it?
A bit gaudy for my taste.
But I suppose it's all right.
And say, listen,
sis, the next
time you move,
I wish you'd let me
know where you go.
It's hard enough
to find you as it is.
I meant to call you up.
How's everything
at the field?
Oh, that's what
I wanted to
see you about.
I'm quitting.
I just gave Gilligan
my notice.
What for?
I'm all set to start
out for myself.
I've saved enough money
to make my first motor.
You haven't got
a lease on this
apartment have you?
No, not exactly. Why?
Because we're
likely to have to
move to Detroit.
Me?
Yeah.
You see Detroit's
a big motor
manufacturing center
and it's much cheaper
to build them there.
I figure we'll be
moving in a couple
of months or so.
You'll be moving, not me.
Well, you don't
suppose I'm going to
leave you here alone.
You heard what Georgie...
What Mr. Keeler said.
He's going to star
me in his next show.
Oh, no.
Oh, yes.
Now, listen, Linda...
Oh, excuse me, Jim.
Yes?
There's a call for
rehearsal, Miss Lee.
You're wanted at
the theater right away.
Oh, yes.
I'll be right over. Yes.
Yes, thank you.
Oh, Jim.
That was the theater.
They want me right
away for rehearsal.
Do you suppose I
could ever get an hour of
your very valuable time?
Well, sure you can, honey.
Let's have lunch soon.
Maybe I'll come up and
cook some stew for you in
that funny dump of yours.
Goodbye, Linda.
Goodbye, Jim.
I'll give you a ring.
Oh, Daddy!
It's been so lonesome
here without you.
I thought you'd never come.
Any letters?
Just bills.
Any phone calls?
No, just bills.
Well, now that
you've dragged me here.
What's the man's name again?
Let me see.
Begins with L.
Linger, longer, Leonard.
That's it.
Leonard.
Now, remember,
I'm against this. Why Bruce?
Well, I think you're silly
to spend your money on some
silly promoters pipe dream.
It isn't a pipe dream.
It's the greatest
motor in the world.
How do you know
so much about this
Leonard's motor?
Why, I got a circular
the other day.
I wish you'd quit
reading circulars...
...and listen to reason.
If I'd made
a million dollars
on this investment,
I could afford
to listen to reason
and if I went broke,
I couldn't afford not to.
Well, in that case,
I hope you go broke.
Oh, but I won't go broke.
And you'd want to
put your own money in it,
when you see the motor.
And I know you will.
Well, I'll go up
and take a look at it.
On one condition.
Hmm?
You've got to
have lunch with me.
Glad to.
All right...
12:00 sharp at the
Mayfair. It's a date.
It's a date.
Mr. Leonard?
Oh, he's out.
Well, that's funny.
My secretary made an
appointment for me.
My name's Hardy.
Oh, yes, I remember now.
Yes, we did have an appointment.
My name's Leonard.
How do you
do, Mr. Hardy?
Well, I know,
but you just said...
Yes, I said I was out.
I meant out of business.
You see, I thought
you were a collector.
Do I look like a collector?
In the last month or
so everybody looks
like a collector to me.
Say you know we
might be able to do
business at that...
...that is if you're
interested in scrap iron?
Scrap iron?
Yes, that's it.
Oh.
This must be the motor
I heard so much about.
Well, you don't
seem to think so
much of it yourself.
Mr. Hardy, that's the
best motor ever made.
It's the cheapest,
the strongest, the fastest
and the safest.
I've told a
thousand people that.
I've proved it.
I'll prove it to you and
when I'm all finished,
you'll walk out of here
and never come back.
Yeah?
What makes you think I will?
Everybody else has.
Apparently people are
too much interested in
buying wildcat oil stock
and gold mines
to put their money
into anything real.
I can't sell that motor.
I can't give it away.
I must be the world's
worst salesman.
But you're not.
You've got me
interested already.
I have?
Mr. Hardy, I'm not going
to let you out of this office,
until you've listened to me.
If you can get in on a thing
like this, you won't be
making an investment.
You'll be making history!
Why this is the king of the air.
Someday the
Leonard motor will
encircle the globe.
If we can get to
making these things,
they'll be more
popular than radio.
Why no family can
afford to be without one.
That's very funny.
Yeah, and believe it
or not I convinced him.
He put in $5,000 for
some client of his
and hinted he might get
some other people to go in
on an even larger scale.
Now, what do you think of that?
I think it's mean of you
to let everybody in, but me.
Oh, I don't want
any of your money.
Gee, I wish you didn't
have any money.
I wish you were broke.
Why?
Well, then we could start even.
Charlie.
Yes, sir.
Are you sure Miss Owen
hasn't showed up yet?
Positive, Mr. Hardy.
We're watching for her.
All right.
Now that you're
on the way toward
making your pile,
why don't you
call timeout and
have some fun?
Take up golf.
Golf?
That's my idea
of a man-sized job.
Oh, relax a little.
You ought to
learn how to play.
Play? Play.
Seems to me I've
heard that word
somewhere before.
You've forgotten what it means.
I'm going to take you in hand.
You were my
instructor for a while,
now we're going
to change places.
When do we start, teacher?
Say, what did
you want to see
me about?
Well, I had a couple of
thousand dollars saved
that I was thinking
about investing
in your company.
Say, that'll be great.
I'll be glad to let you
in on the ground floor.
Send your check
over to the office and
I'll take care of you.
You needn't bother.
I've changed my mind.
Well, how come?
It took me a long time
and I worked like
blazes for that money.
I don't feel keen
on throwing it away.
I don't get you, Gilligan.
You always believed
in that motor.
What's changed
your mind? You have.
If you don't believe
in it, how can I?
Well, who says I don't?
If you do believe in it,
why don't you work at it?
How do you ever
expect to get anywhere
if you spend all
your time running
around like a lap dog
after a silly idle wench
that's hardly worth...
Say, wait a minute.
You're a friend of mine
and an older man,
but I'm liable to forget all
about that. Yes, that's just it...
...because I am a
friend of yours
and an older man
that I have a right
to speak my mind,
and I'm going to do it too.
And when I get through,
you can give me
a sock in the nose.
It'll be worth it.
Well, you can
say anything you
want to about me,
but please leave her out of it.
Well, that's it.
If she was out of it,
you'd be all right.
That's just the trouble.
You've lost your pep.
You've been
neglecting your work.
You were on your way up
and you tripped on a skirt.
Ever since you've
been running around
with her, you've changed.
You've quit being a man.
For what?
A rag and a bone
and a hank of hair,
I suppose.
Now, you've spent enough time
around engines to know that
oil and water won't mix.
The oil dirties the water and
the water weakens the oil.
That's a bad mixture, boy.
There's no power in it.
You'll only crack up in the end.
Say, give me
a hand with this
tie, will you?
Hmm...
Here, turn around.
You know,
you're a pompous
old ass, Gilligan.
I haven't lost my pep.
I've just found my stride.
And I'm not neglecting my work.
I've just found that...
Well, there are
a lot of other things
in the world.
You know last Sunday
at Forest Hills I broke
a hundred on that fifth hole.
Ouch!
Say, I can tell you this.
You'll never make a
gentleman's gentleman.
And I can tell you this.
You'll never make
a man's man or
any kind of a man.
Then, I disown you here and now.
You had a great
job cut out for you
and you traded it
for a powder puff.
You were going to Detroit
to manufacture your motors,
and what happened?
You met this ball of
fluff and here you stay.
I'll tell you this.
She'll take you and waste
you the same as she's
wasted everything else.
Her time, her money
and her womanhood
because that's the sort she
is and everybody knows it.
And now, I'll take
that sock on the nose.
Get out of here, Gilligan.
Go on. Get out of here!
Fool.
Oh, hello.
Good evening, sir.
Oh, good evening, Kibbee.
May I have your
hat and stick, sir?
Thank you.
Pardon me, sir,
but your tie, sir.
If I may take the liberty, sir.
Well, that's very
kind of you, Kibbee.
I'm afraid that
my valet was a bit
careless this evening.
Very likely, sir.
Do you mind, sir?
Good morning, sir.
Oh, good morning, Kibbee.
Yes, well, this is, er...
...hardly the, er...
Right rig for a bright
and busy morning,
is it, Kibbee?
You see, I well
I happened to be at a party
last night and, huh...
...before you knew
it the sun was up.
You know how it
is sometimes, Kibbee.
Yes, sir.
Yes.
I thought as long
as I was passing by
that I'd like to have
breakfast with Miss Owen.
Is she up?
Well, sir, during all the
years I've ever known her,
she's never
been up at this hour.
Oh, is that so?
How long has that
been, Kibbee?
I've been with
the family 30 years.
I came here long before
Miss Carol was born.
You ought to have
seen her as a baby.
Her father called her
The Little Sportsman.
A most remarkable child, sir.
Well, what was so
remarkable about her?
She never cried.
Her father said she
didn't know how to.
Oh, stop it you fool.
Yes, sir, she's a thoroughbred.
Once when her father told her...
Well, Kibbee...
Breakfast.
For two, miss?
Yes, Kibbee.
Very well, miss.
Darling.
Make it two.
Look, Carol...
...will you marry me?
Are you asking
me because you
came last night...
...and happen to be
here this morning.
That isn't it.
I'd have asked you
long ago, only...
Only what?
Well...
You're from Cartier's
and I'm from Woolworth's.
You've got
a ton of money and
I haven't got a dime.
That's what stopped me.
That and a lot
of other things.
Such as?
Oh, what's the difference?
I know I'm doing this all wrong.
It's just because I'm new at it.
I never loved a girl before.
I never knew a girl
could make a difference
as you've made.
Why, people that knew me
don't recognize me anymore.
I don't recognize myself.
You've crowded out
everything out of
my mind, but you.
I'll never be any
good without you.
Please, marry me.
No.
You don't have to
give me any reasons
if you don't want to,
but I...
I would like to know why.
Because I like you.
You said you'd
never be any good
without me.
That isn't so.
You'd never be
any good with me.
You spoke about my money...
But I didn't finish.
I wanted to say
that I wouldn't
touch a cent of it.
That we'd have to live
on what I could make.
It wouldn't be
very much at first.
Jimmy, it wouldn't
be enough to pay
my hairdresser.
I'm terribly extravagant, Jimmy.
You don't
want shackles,
you want wings.
I'd hold you down.
I've done it already.
I've sidetracked you.
You know, you
haven't been talking
motors, lately.
You've been talking golf.
You're paying
attention to me
instead of your work.
No, Jimmie, it's no good.
You're going somewhere.
I'm just a detour.
Don't let anyone sidetrack you.
I was talking to
Kibbee about you
this morning.
He said your father
had a nickname for you,
Little Sportsman.
I can see why you
have not changed.
Oh, I'm wise to you sweetheart.
You're panning
yourself to break
the fall for me.
You're the finest
woman I've ever met.
I didn't know they
made 'em so fine.
There's only one
thing I'd like to know.
There isn't anyone
else, is there?
No. There never
was and there
never will be.
Oh, that's what
I wanted to
hear you say.
I'll never be sidetracked again.
You know all these
things I wanted to
do were for myself,
but it's different now.
I want to knock over
the world for you.
I'll show you.
Jimmy, where are you going?
To grab the world
by the tail for you!
Oh, taxi!
28 E 42nd.
Mr. Leonard's
forgotten his
walking stick, miss.
Oh, that's all right, Kibbee.
He won't need it.
Yes?
Oh, one moment please.
Mr. Hardy, miss.
I want to talk
business with you.
Oh, you do?
I've turned the matter of
Leonard Motors over to
some associates of mine.
They've investigated it fully.
Their report is
highly satisfactory.
They recommend
I go in to it.Well...
Well, for the past few weeks
you've spent most of your
time with young Leonard.
Now, what I want to know is...
Are you interested in
the motor or the man?
From the viewpoint
of a businessman,
what difference does that make?
Well, from the viewpoint
of an admirer, a suitor,
you can hardly expect
me to finance a rival.
Bruce, I can honestly say
he is no rival of yours.
In that case, I feel free
to ask you for the 57th
time to marry me.
I've promised myself that I'll
never entertain an offer of
marriage, unless I'm broke.
Carol, you are broke.
What?
You mean the money
I invested in the
Leonard Motors is lost?
That wasn't your money.
You haven't had any
money in over a year.
Then, what have
I been living on?
I've taken the liberty
of advancing you
what money you needed.
I hope you'll understand.
I pretended I was making
investments for you because
I realized that you...
Well, I didn't want you
to worry about money.
That's why I didn't
tell you before.
Then, why did you tell me now?
Because you said you wouldn't
entertain an offer of marriage
unless you were broke.
Bruce, would you
like it if I married
you for your money?
I'd like it, if
you married me for
any reason at all.
Suppose I were to
tell you that in the past
I haven't been all together...
Well, all together...
Well, then I'd be
compelled to tell
you neither have I.
But that's in the past.
Will you marry me?
You're very sweet, Bruce,
and you've been a good friend.
I must have cost you
a good deal in the past.
It was fun watching
you spend it.
I'll spend a lot
more in the future.
I suppose you will.
I look upon
you as a luxury, but
I have luxurious tastes.
Is it a bargain, Carol?
I'd rather you
wouldn't call
it a bargain.
Now take a letter
to Bruce Hardy,
44 Wall Street, New York City.
Dear, Sir...
For reasons I do not
care to discuss,
I wish to inform you that
I am no longer interested
in the syndicate you
were organizing to take
over my airplane motor.
Nor do I wish to receive any
further money from you
for investment in
my business under
any circumstances.
This is final and not
subject to further discussion.
Yours, very truly.
See that goes
out at once, will you?
Special delivery.
Hello, Jim.
Hello, Gilligan.
You're looking fine, boy!
Sit down.
Thanks.
I won't take up
much of your time.
I just dropped in to see
if you're still willing to let
me in on the ground floor?
I've brought my
check-book with me.
Oh...
I suppose you read
that item in the paper
about Hardy buying in.
Well, I just wrote him
a letter telling him I don't
want any of his money.
That's just
what I was going to
advise you to do.
He'd probably try to freeze
you out of the company,
if he ever got control.
These money guys usually do.
Well, can I buy some stock?
A few weeks ago
you didn't want to
buy any stock.
What's changed your mind?
It was an item
about Hardy all right,
but it wasn't
on the financial page.
Yeah, you're through
with stunt flying.
You've made a safe
landing and you're
all right now, boy.
With all her money
she has to marry
for more money.
Well, that's the best
thing she can do for you...
Marry Hardy.
And the next time
you see her,
you'll want to thank her.
I'm never going
to see her again.
I'm cured, Gilligan.
You can bet on that.
I am betting on it.
Yes, I've got the architects
plans for the factory
right in front of me, now.
And I want you to
come down, skipper,
and take a look at it.
We can close the deal for
that anchorage on Long Island.
We ought to have
wheels turning by
next spring.
Righto Gilligan,
I'll be seeing you.
Well, there's a
depression, Mr. Hardy.
Everything's gone down,
but I'm not quite that cheap.
You can't pay me off
like a waiter's check
and get away with it.
The rent's paid
for the balance
of the lease.
And this
is an apartment
not a stage.
The part you're playing
doesn't suit you.
You are much
more effective
as an ingenue.
And may I ask
what lawyer wrote
your lines for you?
You'll find out,
when he slaps a
summons in your face
to appear in a
Breach of Promise case.
I never promised to marry you.
I told you I had no
intention of marrying you.
Why you're pretty nearly
old enough to be my father
and if you want to see
how good an ingenue I am,
watch me do my
stuff in a courtroom.
You don't think I'm paying
you enough? Huh?
I know that you're not.
Well, get this...
Millions for defense,
but not another
cent for tribute.
Not another cent.
You poor sap.
You dumb half-wit.
What do you mean "half-wit"?
No, no, I take it back.
That's gross exaggeration?
Ten thousand bucks.
You couldn't put a
vaudeville act on for that.
Didn't I tell you
to hold out for fifty?
I did the best I could, Georgie.
Oh...
Why didn't you turn on
the weeps like I told you to?
Well...
Here, I book my neck
coachin' you and you
pull a Sadie Thompson.
And you want to get big?
How can you be a
head-liner without a hit?
I did the best I could,
Georgie! That's all
he'd go for.
Aw, don't show your ignorance.
You've pushed
over the apple cart.
Oh, all right, we'll
go for grapefruit.
But you don't know him.
He's terribly stubborn.
So am I, babe.
Remember, there're
four aces in every deck.
We've only played one of them.
Oh, Kibbee.
Yes, miss?
You can't approve of
me anymore, do you?
Oh, miss, I...
I can see it in your eyes.
I've tried not to show it.
But it shows.
Come on, Kibbie, out with it.
Why, you haven't even
wished me happiness
in my marriage.
But I do with all my heart.
Go on, old Kibbee,
You've known me
a long, long time.
Well, miss, if you'll excuse me,
you won't be happy
with Mr. Hardy!
Why no, certainly not.
One can't have everything.
And I've had my share
of happiness in the past.
No, you haven't.
You've been
very unhappy
and very lonely.
Suppose I were to tell you
that my marriage to Mr. Hardy
wasn't entirely selfish.
That it was to
help somebody else.
Would that help?
But it still wouldn't
be fair to you or to
somebody else.
It wouldn't even be
fair to Mr. Hardy.
You mid-Victorian old fossil.
Do you know that
Mr. Hardy has been
paying your salary
for the past year?
I have it in the bank.
He's welcome to it.
Do you realize that we're broke,
full of debts and all we
have left is this house?
But we could
sell the house and
pay the debts.
That's what your
father would have
done, Miss Carol.
Now, don't stand there arguin'.
Hardy gets married
day after tomorrow
and we gotta act quick.
But Georgie, don't
you think it be more,
sorta dignified to sue?
And get me dragged into it?
That'd spoil everything.
Besides sometimes those
cases take years to settle.
You wanna wait till you're
a character woman to see
your name in lights?
But I'm afraid to tell Jim.
He'll get so sore he's
liable to turn on me.
Fine. The sorer he
gets the better I like it.
I want him to get so sore
he'll go gunnin' for Hardy.
Will you do as I tell you?
Yes, Georgie.
Fine. Now remember
and go the limit.
Spoil a couple of
handkerchiefs if you have to.
Remember that scene
in The Little Mother To Be?
Well, pull that if you have to
and then gimme a ring
and we'll wait for brother
Jim to start the fireworks.
But do you think...
I guarantee.
Hardy'll reach for a fountain
pen before brother
Jim reaches for a gun.
Yes, Georgie.
Well, all right.
There's the overture.
Mr. Leonard,
please.
Yes?
Your sister to see
you, Mr. Leonard.
Oh, send her in.
Well, well, well.
What are you doing
below Broadway
and 42nd Street?
Don't tell me
you've given up the
show business.
Well, what's wrong Linda?
I come to say goodbye,
Jim. I'm going away.
Where?
Oh, I don't know, anywhere.
Don't ask me anything, Jim.
I just wanted to see
you before I left.
Oh, Jim.
What is it, Linda?
Oh, I wish I was never born.
You'll hate me, Jim.
Why didn't I
take your advice?
Come on, sis.
Who is it?
Oh, what's the difference?
He won't marry me.
He can't.
He's going to
marry somebody else.
Who is it?
Oh, I don't want to
drag your name into it.
Not when your business
is doing so well.
I don't care about myself.
It's, well, it's...
Who's the man?
You've got to tell me.
Who is it?
It's Hardy.
Bruce Hardy.
Yes?
I'm going out.
If anybody phones, I won't
be back this afternoon.
Yes, sir.
It's all right, sis.
Bryant 3-6-3-8-0.
Hello, Georgie?
Linda. It's okay.
Uh-huh.
Is Mr. Hardy in Yuma?
Yes, Miss Owen.
He's in the library.
Carol!
Hello, Bruce.
Well, this is a
surprise. Sit down.
No, I'm not staying long.
I tried to get
you on the phone.
You were going to call me.
I decided it would be cowardly
to use the phone
for what I have to tell you.
Even now Bruce, it isn't easy.
Well, that doesn't
sound as though
you have something
agreeable to
tell me, does it?
Give me a cigarette, will you?
Yes.
Thanks.
Bruce, you must believe
me, when I say...
A gentleman to see you, sir.
He says it's very urgent.
Excuse me, dear.
I'll only be a minute.
Hello, Leonard.
What brings you here?
I'm here to tell you that
your marriage to Miss Owen
is not going to take place.
What the devil are you
talking about, Leonard?
I think I can tell you.
Mr. Leonard is
a very high-minded
young man.
He's the kind of a man that
believes a wife should have
no secrets from her husband.
He's sure I haven't told you.
So he's come here
to tell you himself.
I didn't come here
to talk about you.
Then, why did you come here?
To tell Hardy
that he hasn't the
right to marry you.
He's got to marry my sister.
Your sister. I don't
know your sister.
Yes, you do. Linda Lee.
Does that name
mean anything to you?
So you're Linda Lee's brother.
Your sister?
I'm beginning to understand.
And I'm beginning to understand.
Why you're guilty of the very
thing you're accusing me of.
Not quite, Bruce.
Mr. Leonard did
ask me to marry him.
Well then, why didn't you?
Was it because you
were broke and
couldn't afford him?
Is that why you got me
to put all that money
in his company?
That's a lie. You know
that I didn't touch
a cent of your money.
You know that I turned it down.
No? Well, perhaps
you didn't know
that I own the controlling
interest in the Leonard
Motors Corporation.
I bought it through my agents.
You have Miss Owen
to thank for that.
Is that true?
I'm afraid it is.
We all seem to
be telling the truth.
All right then,
I'll get out of
the company.
I don't want any
help from either of you.
But what you've told me
doesn't change my
reason for coming here.
Now, just a moment.
I've listened
to both of you.
Now, listen to me.
There's something you
apparently don't know.
Does the name
on that check mean
anything to you?
I'm sorry, Hardy.
If it still means
anything to you...
Allow me to congratulate
you on your marriage.
We can hardly accept his
congratulations, can we?
I'm perfectly willing
to ignore your past,
principally because
I have one of my own.
But when a woman takes
a husband for the sole purpose
of furthering
the career of a lover...
Please, Bruce...
Be a good sport.
Let me make the gesture.
Thanks, old chap.
Now, get this stupid.
Here's a special number
that Harry Davis
and I cooked up for you.
It's gonna be your
first duet with a
juvenile on the job.
Get the lyrics.
? Our eyes are
like the stars dear
? Like Venus and like Mars, dear
? And that's just why
I fell in love with you
? Your kisses are emphatic
? It's so aristocratic
? Ad that's just why
I fell in love with you
? From your sweet lips
? The honey drips
? With such a honeyed sound
? Constantly just like a bee
? I always buzz around.
? You're everything I'm craving
? You've got me madly raving
? And that's just why I fell... ?
Get your hat and coat.
Why, Jim...
Come on.
Now, listen, Keeler.
Every time I see you,
I'm going to
take a sock at you.
If I ever hear of you
speaking to my sister again,
even on the telephone,
I'll kill you.
Come on.
Where are we going, Jim?
Someplace where I can beat
the daylights out of you.
But Georgie...
Shut up.
Everything on the menu, Felice.
I want to look my very
best this afternoon.
An appointment, mademoiselle?
A very special appointment.
You might even call
it a rendezvous.
Oh, hand me that pad
and pencil, will you?
Thanks.
You got her all tuned up, Ray?
You bet I have, Miss Owen.
She's all ready for you.
Okay, let's go.
Oh, Ray...
Give this to Gilligan will you?
You bet I will.
Thanks.
Hello, Jim.
Hello, Gilligan.
Glad to see you, boy.
Thank you.
If you've come
here to sell me any more
Leonard Motors stock...
I'm not selling any stock.
I'm not even
with Leonard
Motors anymore.
Here's a note for you, Mr. Gilligan.
Yeah, thank you.
I'm here looking
for my old job back.
Your girlfriend came
back today, too.
Who Miss Owen?
Yeah.
She's just taking off.
Contact.
Contact.
One, two, three!
What's this?
What's the matter?
Carol! Carol!
Carol! Carol!
Tell me, Felice,
will it ruin my wave
if I wear a helmet
this afternoon?
A helmet?
All God's chillun got wings...
...and I'm one
of God's chillun.
Maybe I'm only a step-child,
but I'm going to get wings.
Oh, I know what you mean!
Learning to fly.
I knew you were doing this.
Who told you?
There was a
little article about
it in Town Tattle.
You read Town Tattle, Felice?
Oh no,
I write for it. Hmm?
Oh, just odds
and ends.
Little paragraphs.
They have
representatives in
most beauty salons.
Yes? I'm glad
you told me.
Have you sent in
anything about me?
Well, I...
You have.
I can tell.
It was you who
sent in that squib
about my engagement to
Bruce Hardy, wasn't it?
Well, you see...
Well, deny it.
It isn't true.
There have been
conferences, but
no papers signed.
Unless the depression
gets worse,
there's no immediate
prospect of a merger.
Will you send that in?
Oh, but
most certainly,
Miss Owen.
As a matter of fact,
Mr. Hardy has asthma
and wheezes a bit.
Oh, don't send that in.
It's confidential.
Oh, I understand, Miss Owen.
Au revoir, Felice.
Au revoir,
mademoiselle.
Oh, Miss Owen.
Don't tell me
Anatole, you're
getting literary too?
What are you writing?
Well, at the moment,
I'm making out bills.
Uh-huh. Why haven't
you sent me a bill?
Oh, well, Miss Owen,
I assure you...
Let's have it.
Give me a blank check, Anatole.
Certainly, Miss Owen.
Fill in the amount.
Oh, and add ten
dollars for Felice.
Thank you so much, Miss Owen.
Martin, you know
the Beechhurst
Flying School?
Yes, Miss Owen, over
the Queensboro Bridge.
About an hour.
Call them on
the phone. Yes, miss.
Tell them I'll be
there in 20 minutes.
Yes, miss.
Oh, Gilligan.
See that cloud up there?
Yeah.
How far up is it,
do you suppose?
Oh, a couple
thousand feet, I guess.
I'm going thru
it this afternoon.
Yeah?
Hmm-mmm.
Think you've finished
your ground study, huh? Uh-huh.
Know all about planes?
Hmm-mmm.
Well then tell me,
what makes 'em tick?
I don't want to know
what makes them tick.
It would spoil the fun.
I've been driving a car
ever since I was 12
and I've never lifted the hood.
And you feel
you're ready to go up?
Ready?
I'm dying to go up.
All right.
Hey, Eddie.
Yeah!
Yes?
Miss Owen,
Mr. Martin.
How do?
How do you do?
Miss Owen's ready
to make her first
flight this afternoon.
Swell.
Yeah.
You're going to take her up.
Oh, swell!
Now, Miss Owen,
if you'll just go
with Eddie. He...
Excuse me a minute, will you?
Gilligan...
If you don't mind,
I'd rather not
go up with him.
Why not?
Well...
You know, my father was a doctor
and before he died
he taught me a great
deal about diseases.
Diseases?
Don't look...
But sometimes, when
he's not aware of it,
watch his eyes.
What's the matter with his eyes?
Haven't you noticed?
No.
A little yellowish
in the corners.
Yeah?
Hmm-mmm.
A touch of epilepsy,
dormant perhaps,
but liable to break
out at any minute.
Ordinarily,
why I wouldn't
have minded,
but as this is my
first flight, I...
Sure! Don't
blame you a bit.
Hey, Eddie.
Yeah?
Never mind.
Oh.
Now, I've got to
find someone else.
I know. Conway.
I'll vouch for him.
I've known him for
years and he never
threw a fit, yet.
Hey, Gilligan...
Yeah?
What was the name of the chap
that lectured me the other day
on ailerons
and channels and
control tables?
Um...
You know, the man
with the dark hair
and the brown eyes.
Oh, look.
There he is.
Oh, Leonard.
We don't waste
his time on
flying any more.
He's more on the
technical staff.
Oh, you'll make
an exception in my
favor, won't you?
Well, why not, huh?
Oh, Jim.
Oh, hello,
Miss Owen.Hello.
Miss Owen's going
up today, Jim...
...with you.
With me?
Yes. By request.
I'm superstitious.
I think it's a mistake
to change instructors.
Do you mind?
Not at all.
Come along.
Thanks, Gilligan.
Look out for her, Jim.
Hey, what's the idea, skipper?
Have I got leprosy or something?
I don't know, Eddie.
You've got a
sort of yellowish
look in your eyes.
Yeah?
Yeah!
It wouldn't hurt
you to see a doctor.
Here you are.
This the best looking
helmet you've got?
Well, you're not
figuring on having your
pictures taken, are you?
You don't like
to take people
up, do you?
No, not particularly.
It makes me feel
like one of those
guys at Coney Island.
But that's where all the fun is.
Well, I'm not in this
for the fun of it.
That's the trouble
with aviation.
A lot of people
figure a plane's
like a roller coaster
or something for a thrill.
Especially women.
Well, aren't women
entitled to a thrill?
Yes, I'd suppose so.
Hop in.
Up we go.
Watch your head.Okay.
Here you are.
Thanks.
Had your lunch yet?
Why, yes.
Oh, I'm sorry,
but perhaps tomorrow
we could have some...
The reason
I asked is that
on your first flight
it's better to go
up before lunch.
You know some people
come out of here...
Maybe I'm different
from some people.
You think so?
Just forget that
I'm a woman and put
on a good show for me.
You dish it out.
I'll take it.
Switch-off.
Switch-off.
Contact.
Contact.
Okay?
Okay.
Okay?
Okay.
Okay?
Okay.
Okay?
Okay.
Good old terra firma.
Yeah.
The nearer the firma,
the less the terra.
Next time we go up
would you mind doing
a little stunting?
Huh?
Whew!
Thanks.
Say it's darned
nice of you to give
me a lift into town.
Hop in.
Okay?
Yeah.
Enjoying it?
Yeah.
Well, here we are.
The Lord knows why.
We should have been
killed half dozen times.
But we weren't.
Why do you do things like that?
Don't tell me you were scared?
I certainly was.
I still am.
There, there, there.
I didn't mean
to frighten you.
Come on.
I'll buy
you a drink.
I will, if you'll let
me do the buying. All right.
Hey, is this a good speak easy?
The best in town.
Come on.
Hello, everybody.
Look, what I've got.
I want you to
meet my friend and
teacher, Mister, er...
Leonard.
Mr. Leonard.
Mrs. Schuyler,
Miss Redman, Mr...
Oh, never mind,
you won't remember
the names anyway.
I'll tell you what, just
call all the men Ike
and the women Mike.
Oh, Kibbee!
Kibbee!
Highball for Lindberg.
Excuse me.
Now, don't run
away will you?
No, I won't.
I'll be right back.
Make yourself at home.
Oh, my kingdom for a horse.
Hey, what's open?
Number six is open.
I'll take it.
On the nose?
Right on the nose.
Come on, let's go.
I'm on six.
Please, Linda, please.
But why aren't
you going to take
me with you?
I've told you.
I can't take you here.
But why not?
In the first place
you're not invited.
There are several
hundred other reasons,
but I'm late now.
I'll itemize them for
you some other time.
All right, daddy, you know best.
You can have the car now, Linda.
I'll see you
at the apartment,
after the show.
Yes, daddy.
Fred, drive me over to
Georgie Keeler's place.
Hello, Kibbee.
Howdy do, sir.
Oh, I say I want to play.
Come on, you spark plug
get the lead out of
your hoofs.
Hello, Bruce.
I just lost my shirt.
Well, I'll get you
another one. Silk?
Better make it sack cloth.
By the way,
Town Tattleannounced
our engagement again.
I'm getting tired of denying it.
And I'm getting
tired waiting for
you to admit it.
Carol.
What?
I just came
from your bank. Did you buy it?
Well, not exactly.
They phoned me
this morning that
you were overdrawn.
So I dropped in
and took care of it. How much?
Oh, what's the difference?
You made some
money in the
market last week.
You're all right.
No, I'm not all right.
I've got to economize.
Everybody's economizing.
It's a crisis. The
newspapers say so.
Gee, I wish you'd
stop telling me
how to spend money
and tell me how to save some.
I could suggest a plan
where you wouldn't
have to economize ever.
No. I feel
like economizing.
I'll sell this house.
Oh, you'd take a terrific loss.
It's practically
all you've got left.
No, it isn't.
I still have Kibbee.
That's it. I'll
get rid of Kibbee.
Oh, Kibbee! Kibbee!
Come here.
Alley hoop.
Come on, uppetyup.
Kibbie, get up over there.
But Miss Caroline...
Come on!
Get up here!
You don't mean it...
Ladies and gentlemen!
Hooray!
My business manager
has just informed me
that I've been
forced to the wall.
I've got to liquidate my assets.
I've decided to sell Kibbee!
We've had him for 30 years.
He's a little second hand,
but sound of wind and limb
and a bargain at any price.
Look at him.
Now, you know this is
for a very worthy cause.
Who'll be the auctioneer?
Allow me.
I would.
All right, Neil,
you're elected.
Come on.
Now folks, what am
I offered for this
splendid bric-a-brac?
A rare old piece.
A real antique.
An early Tudor model.
Guaranteed non-breakable.
Non-refillable.
But honey, I just
got your message.
I was lucky to get it at all.
Well, you asked
for Miss Leonard.
You forget my
stage name is
Lee, Linda Lee.
And listen, Jim, the girls
aren't supposed to get
phone calls in the theatre.
You shouldn't call me here.
But where the devil
will I call you?
I tried your rooming
house this morning and
you weren't there.
Well, we've been
rehearsing after
the show too.
What's on your mind?
Well, listen kid,
I talked to my friend
about that job in his
office and it's okay.
He says it would be
better if you knew something
about stenography,
but you can pick that
up quick enough and...
But Jim, I don't
want a job in any office.
I'm all right where I am.
Gee, it's lots of fun
and the pay's swell.
Now be a good boy
and go fly your kite.
Oh some other time
tomorrow or...
Oh, Jim.
There goes the overture.
I've got to hang up.
Don't get struck by lightning.
G'bye, darling.
Who was that?
Bruce Hardy? Uh-uh.
Well, who was it?
Are you jealous?
Oh, don't be silly.
I'm never jealous.
There's no percentage in that.
Who was it?
My brother, stupid.
Oh, yes.
Oh, what?
Oh, I know how
goofy you are,
when I'm not looking.
And I think too
much of you, babe,
to let you go haywire.
Why you'd be a sucker
to pass up a ready-made charge
account like Bruce Hardy.
Second act.
Places please.
Don't you ever
get jealous of
Hardy, Georgie?
What for?
Business is business.
That guy can make money
in any kind of a market.
I got nothing but
respect for that guy.
He's gonna put you
up in lights and pull
me outta the red.
That is, if you're a
smart girl and take directions
from the old Maestro.
Oh, doesn't mama always
do what papa says?
Doesn't mama...
There goes the curtain.
Goodbye.
Come in.
I'm the fuller-brush-man.
Oh, I...
Hello.
Hello.
Oh, pardon me.
I wasn't expecting...
Oh, it's quite all right.
If we go out some evening,
you'll see more
of my shoulders
than I see of yours.
That'll be swell.
Well, I mean to say
that is... I hope so.
Say, how did you
find out where I live?
Gilligan told me.
Oh, he didn't want
to, but I made him.
I meant to phone
you before, but he said
you didn't have a phone.
That's right.
I haven't.
What's the idea?
Well, you see,
this is where I work
and if I had a phone
here, why, people
would be calling me up
and I'd waste a
lot of time that way.
Oh, if I'm interfering
with the wheels of
progress, why I'll...
Oh, it's quite all right.
I'm just about through
for the day anyway.
At noon?
Well, this is my day
off. I was up at 6:00.
Good heavens!
That's when
I went to bed.
I haven't even
had breakfast, yet.
A-ha.
Oh say, wait a minute.
Can't I offer you
something else?
Yes, an explanation.
What made you walk
out on me last night?
Well, I finished my drink.
You think it was
nice to leave without
saying goodbye?
I was afraid if
I called myself
to your attention,
you might ask
me to stick around.
And you didn't
want to? No.
Why?
I was bored...
It's been a good
many years since
I left college and...
Well, all that flaming
youth stuff gives me a
vast pain in the neck.
Me too.
Then, why do you go in for it?
Well, I've got
nothing else to do.
Oh, could I have
a cup of coffee?
You sure can.
Oh, fine.
Oh, where the...
Ah, here we are.
Ouch!
Oh, thanks.
Say, I feel kinda...
Will you excuse me
while I put on a shirt?
Go ahead.
Thanks.
Excuse my ignorance,
but what the...
What is it?
Take a good look at it.
That's my baby.
It's what I was born for.
What I went to school for.
What I'm living for.
For that?
You bet, for that.
That's the greatest
motor in the world.
Why say some day
everybody'll
have one of these.
You will hear them
droning in the skies like
a million bees and then...
Oh, say I'm sorry.
I'm talking like
a stock salesman.
Excuse me.
No, no.
I was never so excited
in my life. Tell me more.
Well to get back to Earth again.
I've made a motor
that ought to
do for aviation
what Ford did for automobiles.
It's cheap enough so
everybody can buy one!
Really?
Yeah.
And it's got a safety
combustion feature
that's a knockout.
The plane can't
catch fire or explode.
Look here, you
see these little...
Say do you
understand
blue prints?
Why, no...
Blue prints?
Oh yes, I understand
all about blue prints.
Fine. Come here.
Now, you've
got to quit pickin' at Hardy.
You've gotta take him over.
How, hon?
Gee, Linda, aren't you
the babe in the woods.
Didn't you ever hear of alimony?
Do you mean to
stand there
and tell me that...
Sure, I'm willin' to
make a sacrifice, as long
as it's for your benefit.
Well, Hardy's already
engaged, isn't he?
All the more
reason why you've
got to step on it.
Where's the fire escape?
Oh, that isn't Hardy.
He wouldn't ring.
Well, if it isn't Hardy,
then who is it?
Whoever it is,
you're waiting
for a streetcar.
Hello, Linda.
Why, hello, Jimmie.
Come on in.
Thanks.
Mr. Keeler, this
is my brother, Jim.
How do you do?
Glad to meet
you, Mr. Lee.
What do you mean "Lee"?
Leonard.
Oh, yeah, that's
right. I forgot.
Mr. Keeler's putting on
his own show next season.
He's been showing me the
sketch of the first act set.
Look.
Isn't it marvelous?
Mr. Keeler thinks
there might be a place
in the show for me.
Place is right.
The ace spot.
If my plans work out,
I'm going to fix it so
Linda can top the billin'.
That's where she belongs.
I don't think you
ought to put ideas
like that into her head.
That's the way with brothers.
I got a kid sister, too.
I'm always under-ratin' her,
but take it from
me, Mr. Lee... Leonard.
Mr. Leonard...
That Linda's got talent!
I'm telling you,
she's got all it takes.
How long have you
been living here?
Oh, about a week or so.
You see, I was...
This is
Sophie Tucker's
apartment.
Sophie went
to London for
a few months.
So I got her to let Linda
have the use of the place
while she was gone.
Did you ever meet
Sophie? A swell gal!
How do you like it?
It doesn't cost much more
than I've been paying.
How'd you get my address, Jim?
Got it from your landlady.
That's where I've just been.
Why didn't you let me
know you'd moved?
I wanted to surprise you.
I want you to
see the rest of it.
The view's marvelous, Jim.
Take a look from that window.
On a clear day I can
see Staten Island.
Georgie!
Georgie, we've got
to get him out of here
before Hardy comes.
Right, leave it to the Maestro.
Shh!
Well, I gotta be running along.
I gotta date
with a couple of
song writers.
You're going to be
mighty proud of that
sister of yours someday.
Glad to have
met you, Mr. Lee.
Say, where did you pick that up?
Oh, he's all right.
Well, I'm waiting
for you to rave about
my new apartment.
How do you like it?
A bit gaudy for my taste.
But I suppose it's all right.
And say, listen,
sis, the next
time you move,
I wish you'd let me
know where you go.
It's hard enough
to find you as it is.
I meant to call you up.
How's everything
at the field?
Oh, that's what
I wanted to
see you about.
I'm quitting.
I just gave Gilligan
my notice.
What for?
I'm all set to start
out for myself.
I've saved enough money
to make my first motor.
You haven't got
a lease on this
apartment have you?
No, not exactly. Why?
Because we're
likely to have to
move to Detroit.
Me?
Yeah.
You see Detroit's
a big motor
manufacturing center
and it's much cheaper
to build them there.
I figure we'll be
moving in a couple
of months or so.
You'll be moving, not me.
Well, you don't
suppose I'm going to
leave you here alone.
You heard what Georgie...
What Mr. Keeler said.
He's going to star
me in his next show.
Oh, no.
Oh, yes.
Now, listen, Linda...
Oh, excuse me, Jim.
Yes?
There's a call for
rehearsal, Miss Lee.
You're wanted at
the theater right away.
Oh, yes.
I'll be right over. Yes.
Yes, thank you.
Oh, Jim.
That was the theater.
They want me right
away for rehearsal.
Do you suppose I
could ever get an hour of
your very valuable time?
Well, sure you can, honey.
Let's have lunch soon.
Maybe I'll come up and
cook some stew for you in
that funny dump of yours.
Goodbye, Linda.
Goodbye, Jim.
I'll give you a ring.
Oh, Daddy!
It's been so lonesome
here without you.
I thought you'd never come.
Any letters?
Just bills.
Any phone calls?
No, just bills.
Well, now that
you've dragged me here.
What's the man's name again?
Let me see.
Begins with L.
Linger, longer, Leonard.
That's it.
Leonard.
Now, remember,
I'm against this. Why Bruce?
Well, I think you're silly
to spend your money on some
silly promoters pipe dream.
It isn't a pipe dream.
It's the greatest
motor in the world.
How do you know
so much about this
Leonard's motor?
Why, I got a circular
the other day.
I wish you'd quit
reading circulars...
...and listen to reason.
If I'd made
a million dollars
on this investment,
I could afford
to listen to reason
and if I went broke,
I couldn't afford not to.
Well, in that case,
I hope you go broke.
Oh, but I won't go broke.
And you'd want to
put your own money in it,
when you see the motor.
And I know you will.
Well, I'll go up
and take a look at it.
On one condition.
Hmm?
You've got to
have lunch with me.
Glad to.
All right...
12:00 sharp at the
Mayfair. It's a date.
It's a date.
Mr. Leonard?
Oh, he's out.
Well, that's funny.
My secretary made an
appointment for me.
My name's Hardy.
Oh, yes, I remember now.
Yes, we did have an appointment.
My name's Leonard.
How do you
do, Mr. Hardy?
Well, I know,
but you just said...
Yes, I said I was out.
I meant out of business.
You see, I thought
you were a collector.
Do I look like a collector?
In the last month or
so everybody looks
like a collector to me.
Say you know we
might be able to do
business at that...
...that is if you're
interested in scrap iron?
Scrap iron?
Yes, that's it.
Oh.
This must be the motor
I heard so much about.
Well, you don't
seem to think so
much of it yourself.
Mr. Hardy, that's the
best motor ever made.
It's the cheapest,
the strongest, the fastest
and the safest.
I've told a
thousand people that.
I've proved it.
I'll prove it to you and
when I'm all finished,
you'll walk out of here
and never come back.
Yeah?
What makes you think I will?
Everybody else has.
Apparently people are
too much interested in
buying wildcat oil stock
and gold mines
to put their money
into anything real.
I can't sell that motor.
I can't give it away.
I must be the world's
worst salesman.
But you're not.
You've got me
interested already.
I have?
Mr. Hardy, I'm not going
to let you out of this office,
until you've listened to me.
If you can get in on a thing
like this, you won't be
making an investment.
You'll be making history!
Why this is the king of the air.
Someday the
Leonard motor will
encircle the globe.
If we can get to
making these things,
they'll be more
popular than radio.
Why no family can
afford to be without one.
That's very funny.
Yeah, and believe it
or not I convinced him.
He put in $5,000 for
some client of his
and hinted he might get
some other people to go in
on an even larger scale.
Now, what do you think of that?
I think it's mean of you
to let everybody in, but me.
Oh, I don't want
any of your money.
Gee, I wish you didn't
have any money.
I wish you were broke.
Why?
Well, then we could start even.
Charlie.
Yes, sir.
Are you sure Miss Owen
hasn't showed up yet?
Positive, Mr. Hardy.
We're watching for her.
All right.
Now that you're
on the way toward
making your pile,
why don't you
call timeout and
have some fun?
Take up golf.
Golf?
That's my idea
of a man-sized job.
Oh, relax a little.
You ought to
learn how to play.
Play? Play.
Seems to me I've
heard that word
somewhere before.
You've forgotten what it means.
I'm going to take you in hand.
You were my
instructor for a while,
now we're going
to change places.
When do we start, teacher?
Say, what did
you want to see
me about?
Well, I had a couple of
thousand dollars saved
that I was thinking
about investing
in your company.
Say, that'll be great.
I'll be glad to let you
in on the ground floor.
Send your check
over to the office and
I'll take care of you.
You needn't bother.
I've changed my mind.
Well, how come?
It took me a long time
and I worked like
blazes for that money.
I don't feel keen
on throwing it away.
I don't get you, Gilligan.
You always believed
in that motor.
What's changed
your mind? You have.
If you don't believe
in it, how can I?
Well, who says I don't?
If you do believe in it,
why don't you work at it?
How do you ever
expect to get anywhere
if you spend all
your time running
around like a lap dog
after a silly idle wench
that's hardly worth...
Say, wait a minute.
You're a friend of mine
and an older man,
but I'm liable to forget all
about that. Yes, that's just it...
...because I am a
friend of yours
and an older man
that I have a right
to speak my mind,
and I'm going to do it too.
And when I get through,
you can give me
a sock in the nose.
It'll be worth it.
Well, you can
say anything you
want to about me,
but please leave her out of it.
Well, that's it.
If she was out of it,
you'd be all right.
That's just the trouble.
You've lost your pep.
You've been
neglecting your work.
You were on your way up
and you tripped on a skirt.
Ever since you've
been running around
with her, you've changed.
You've quit being a man.
For what?
A rag and a bone
and a hank of hair,
I suppose.
Now, you've spent enough time
around engines to know that
oil and water won't mix.
The oil dirties the water and
the water weakens the oil.
That's a bad mixture, boy.
There's no power in it.
You'll only crack up in the end.
Say, give me
a hand with this
tie, will you?
Hmm...
Here, turn around.
You know,
you're a pompous
old ass, Gilligan.
I haven't lost my pep.
I've just found my stride.
And I'm not neglecting my work.
I've just found that...
Well, there are
a lot of other things
in the world.
You know last Sunday
at Forest Hills I broke
a hundred on that fifth hole.
Ouch!
Say, I can tell you this.
You'll never make a
gentleman's gentleman.
And I can tell you this.
You'll never make
a man's man or
any kind of a man.
Then, I disown you here and now.
You had a great
job cut out for you
and you traded it
for a powder puff.
You were going to Detroit
to manufacture your motors,
and what happened?
You met this ball of
fluff and here you stay.
I'll tell you this.
She'll take you and waste
you the same as she's
wasted everything else.
Her time, her money
and her womanhood
because that's the sort she
is and everybody knows it.
And now, I'll take
that sock on the nose.
Get out of here, Gilligan.
Go on. Get out of here!
Fool.
Oh, hello.
Good evening, sir.
Oh, good evening, Kibbee.
May I have your
hat and stick, sir?
Thank you.
Pardon me, sir,
but your tie, sir.
If I may take the liberty, sir.
Well, that's very
kind of you, Kibbee.
I'm afraid that
my valet was a bit
careless this evening.
Very likely, sir.
Do you mind, sir?
Good morning, sir.
Oh, good morning, Kibbee.
Yes, well, this is, er...
...hardly the, er...
Right rig for a bright
and busy morning,
is it, Kibbee?
You see, I well
I happened to be at a party
last night and, huh...
...before you knew
it the sun was up.
You know how it
is sometimes, Kibbee.
Yes, sir.
Yes.
I thought as long
as I was passing by
that I'd like to have
breakfast with Miss Owen.
Is she up?
Well, sir, during all the
years I've ever known her,
she's never
been up at this hour.
Oh, is that so?
How long has that
been, Kibbee?
I've been with
the family 30 years.
I came here long before
Miss Carol was born.
You ought to have
seen her as a baby.
Her father called her
The Little Sportsman.
A most remarkable child, sir.
Well, what was so
remarkable about her?
She never cried.
Her father said she
didn't know how to.
Oh, stop it you fool.
Yes, sir, she's a thoroughbred.
Once when her father told her...
Well, Kibbee...
Breakfast.
For two, miss?
Yes, Kibbee.
Very well, miss.
Darling.
Make it two.
Look, Carol...
...will you marry me?
Are you asking
me because you
came last night...
...and happen to be
here this morning.
That isn't it.
I'd have asked you
long ago, only...
Only what?
Well...
You're from Cartier's
and I'm from Woolworth's.
You've got
a ton of money and
I haven't got a dime.
That's what stopped me.
That and a lot
of other things.
Such as?
Oh, what's the difference?
I know I'm doing this all wrong.
It's just because I'm new at it.
I never loved a girl before.
I never knew a girl
could make a difference
as you've made.
Why, people that knew me
don't recognize me anymore.
I don't recognize myself.
You've crowded out
everything out of
my mind, but you.
I'll never be any
good without you.
Please, marry me.
No.
You don't have to
give me any reasons
if you don't want to,
but I...
I would like to know why.
Because I like you.
You said you'd
never be any good
without me.
That isn't so.
You'd never be
any good with me.
You spoke about my money...
But I didn't finish.
I wanted to say
that I wouldn't
touch a cent of it.
That we'd have to live
on what I could make.
It wouldn't be
very much at first.
Jimmy, it wouldn't
be enough to pay
my hairdresser.
I'm terribly extravagant, Jimmy.
You don't
want shackles,
you want wings.
I'd hold you down.
I've done it already.
I've sidetracked you.
You know, you
haven't been talking
motors, lately.
You've been talking golf.
You're paying
attention to me
instead of your work.
No, Jimmie, it's no good.
You're going somewhere.
I'm just a detour.
Don't let anyone sidetrack you.
I was talking to
Kibbee about you
this morning.
He said your father
had a nickname for you,
Little Sportsman.
I can see why you
have not changed.
Oh, I'm wise to you sweetheart.
You're panning
yourself to break
the fall for me.
You're the finest
woman I've ever met.
I didn't know they
made 'em so fine.
There's only one
thing I'd like to know.
There isn't anyone
else, is there?
No. There never
was and there
never will be.
Oh, that's what
I wanted to
hear you say.
I'll never be sidetracked again.
You know all these
things I wanted to
do were for myself,
but it's different now.
I want to knock over
the world for you.
I'll show you.
Jimmy, where are you going?
To grab the world
by the tail for you!
Oh, taxi!
28 E 42nd.
Mr. Leonard's
forgotten his
walking stick, miss.
Oh, that's all right, Kibbee.
He won't need it.
Yes?
Oh, one moment please.
Mr. Hardy, miss.
I want to talk
business with you.
Oh, you do?
I've turned the matter of
Leonard Motors over to
some associates of mine.
They've investigated it fully.
Their report is
highly satisfactory.
They recommend
I go in to it.Well...
Well, for the past few weeks
you've spent most of your
time with young Leonard.
Now, what I want to know is...
Are you interested in
the motor or the man?
From the viewpoint
of a businessman,
what difference does that make?
Well, from the viewpoint
of an admirer, a suitor,
you can hardly expect
me to finance a rival.
Bruce, I can honestly say
he is no rival of yours.
In that case, I feel free
to ask you for the 57th
time to marry me.
I've promised myself that I'll
never entertain an offer of
marriage, unless I'm broke.
Carol, you are broke.
What?
You mean the money
I invested in the
Leonard Motors is lost?
That wasn't your money.
You haven't had any
money in over a year.
Then, what have
I been living on?
I've taken the liberty
of advancing you
what money you needed.
I hope you'll understand.
I pretended I was making
investments for you because
I realized that you...
Well, I didn't want you
to worry about money.
That's why I didn't
tell you before.
Then, why did you tell me now?
Because you said you wouldn't
entertain an offer of marriage
unless you were broke.
Bruce, would you
like it if I married
you for your money?
I'd like it, if
you married me for
any reason at all.
Suppose I were to
tell you that in the past
I haven't been all together...
Well, all together...
Well, then I'd be
compelled to tell
you neither have I.
But that's in the past.
Will you marry me?
You're very sweet, Bruce,
and you've been a good friend.
I must have cost you
a good deal in the past.
It was fun watching
you spend it.
I'll spend a lot
more in the future.
I suppose you will.
I look upon
you as a luxury, but
I have luxurious tastes.
Is it a bargain, Carol?
I'd rather you
wouldn't call
it a bargain.
Now take a letter
to Bruce Hardy,
44 Wall Street, New York City.
Dear, Sir...
For reasons I do not
care to discuss,
I wish to inform you that
I am no longer interested
in the syndicate you
were organizing to take
over my airplane motor.
Nor do I wish to receive any
further money from you
for investment in
my business under
any circumstances.
This is final and not
subject to further discussion.
Yours, very truly.
See that goes
out at once, will you?
Special delivery.
Hello, Jim.
Hello, Gilligan.
You're looking fine, boy!
Sit down.
Thanks.
I won't take up
much of your time.
I just dropped in to see
if you're still willing to let
me in on the ground floor?
I've brought my
check-book with me.
Oh...
I suppose you read
that item in the paper
about Hardy buying in.
Well, I just wrote him
a letter telling him I don't
want any of his money.
That's just
what I was going to
advise you to do.
He'd probably try to freeze
you out of the company,
if he ever got control.
These money guys usually do.
Well, can I buy some stock?
A few weeks ago
you didn't want to
buy any stock.
What's changed your mind?
It was an item
about Hardy all right,
but it wasn't
on the financial page.
Yeah, you're through
with stunt flying.
You've made a safe
landing and you're
all right now, boy.
With all her money
she has to marry
for more money.
Well, that's the best
thing she can do for you...
Marry Hardy.
And the next time
you see her,
you'll want to thank her.
I'm never going
to see her again.
I'm cured, Gilligan.
You can bet on that.
I am betting on it.
Yes, I've got the architects
plans for the factory
right in front of me, now.
And I want you to
come down, skipper,
and take a look at it.
We can close the deal for
that anchorage on Long Island.
We ought to have
wheels turning by
next spring.
Righto Gilligan,
I'll be seeing you.
Well, there's a
depression, Mr. Hardy.
Everything's gone down,
but I'm not quite that cheap.
You can't pay me off
like a waiter's check
and get away with it.
The rent's paid
for the balance
of the lease.
And this
is an apartment
not a stage.
The part you're playing
doesn't suit you.
You are much
more effective
as an ingenue.
And may I ask
what lawyer wrote
your lines for you?
You'll find out,
when he slaps a
summons in your face
to appear in a
Breach of Promise case.
I never promised to marry you.
I told you I had no
intention of marrying you.
Why you're pretty nearly
old enough to be my father
and if you want to see
how good an ingenue I am,
watch me do my
stuff in a courtroom.
You don't think I'm paying
you enough? Huh?
I know that you're not.
Well, get this...
Millions for defense,
but not another
cent for tribute.
Not another cent.
You poor sap.
You dumb half-wit.
What do you mean "half-wit"?
No, no, I take it back.
That's gross exaggeration?
Ten thousand bucks.
You couldn't put a
vaudeville act on for that.
Didn't I tell you
to hold out for fifty?
I did the best I could, Georgie.
Oh...
Why didn't you turn on
the weeps like I told you to?
Well...
Here, I book my neck
coachin' you and you
pull a Sadie Thompson.
And you want to get big?
How can you be a
head-liner without a hit?
I did the best I could,
Georgie! That's all
he'd go for.
Aw, don't show your ignorance.
You've pushed
over the apple cart.
Oh, all right, we'll
go for grapefruit.
But you don't know him.
He's terribly stubborn.
So am I, babe.
Remember, there're
four aces in every deck.
We've only played one of them.
Oh, Kibbee.
Yes, miss?
You can't approve of
me anymore, do you?
Oh, miss, I...
I can see it in your eyes.
I've tried not to show it.
But it shows.
Come on, Kibbie, out with it.
Why, you haven't even
wished me happiness
in my marriage.
But I do with all my heart.
Go on, old Kibbee,
You've known me
a long, long time.
Well, miss, if you'll excuse me,
you won't be happy
with Mr. Hardy!
Why no, certainly not.
One can't have everything.
And I've had my share
of happiness in the past.
No, you haven't.
You've been
very unhappy
and very lonely.
Suppose I were to tell you
that my marriage to Mr. Hardy
wasn't entirely selfish.
That it was to
help somebody else.
Would that help?
But it still wouldn't
be fair to you or to
somebody else.
It wouldn't even be
fair to Mr. Hardy.
You mid-Victorian old fossil.
Do you know that
Mr. Hardy has been
paying your salary
for the past year?
I have it in the bank.
He's welcome to it.
Do you realize that we're broke,
full of debts and all we
have left is this house?
But we could
sell the house and
pay the debts.
That's what your
father would have
done, Miss Carol.
Now, don't stand there arguin'.
Hardy gets married
day after tomorrow
and we gotta act quick.
But Georgie, don't
you think it be more,
sorta dignified to sue?
And get me dragged into it?
That'd spoil everything.
Besides sometimes those
cases take years to settle.
You wanna wait till you're
a character woman to see
your name in lights?
But I'm afraid to tell Jim.
He'll get so sore he's
liable to turn on me.
Fine. The sorer he
gets the better I like it.
I want him to get so sore
he'll go gunnin' for Hardy.
Will you do as I tell you?
Yes, Georgie.
Fine. Now remember
and go the limit.
Spoil a couple of
handkerchiefs if you have to.
Remember that scene
in The Little Mother To Be?
Well, pull that if you have to
and then gimme a ring
and we'll wait for brother
Jim to start the fireworks.
But do you think...
I guarantee.
Hardy'll reach for a fountain
pen before brother
Jim reaches for a gun.
Yes, Georgie.
Well, all right.
There's the overture.
Mr. Leonard,
please.
Yes?
Your sister to see
you, Mr. Leonard.
Oh, send her in.
Well, well, well.
What are you doing
below Broadway
and 42nd Street?
Don't tell me
you've given up the
show business.
Well, what's wrong Linda?
I come to say goodbye,
Jim. I'm going away.
Where?
Oh, I don't know, anywhere.
Don't ask me anything, Jim.
I just wanted to see
you before I left.
Oh, Jim.
What is it, Linda?
Oh, I wish I was never born.
You'll hate me, Jim.
Why didn't I
take your advice?
Come on, sis.
Who is it?
Oh, what's the difference?
He won't marry me.
He can't.
He's going to
marry somebody else.
Who is it?
Oh, I don't want to
drag your name into it.
Not when your business
is doing so well.
I don't care about myself.
It's, well, it's...
Who's the man?
You've got to tell me.
Who is it?
It's Hardy.
Bruce Hardy.
Yes?
I'm going out.
If anybody phones, I won't
be back this afternoon.
Yes, sir.
It's all right, sis.
Bryant 3-6-3-8-0.
Hello, Georgie?
Linda. It's okay.
Uh-huh.
Is Mr. Hardy in Yuma?
Yes, Miss Owen.
He's in the library.
Carol!
Hello, Bruce.
Well, this is a
surprise. Sit down.
No, I'm not staying long.
I tried to get
you on the phone.
You were going to call me.
I decided it would be cowardly
to use the phone
for what I have to tell you.
Even now Bruce, it isn't easy.
Well, that doesn't
sound as though
you have something
agreeable to
tell me, does it?
Give me a cigarette, will you?
Yes.
Thanks.
Bruce, you must believe
me, when I say...
A gentleman to see you, sir.
He says it's very urgent.
Excuse me, dear.
I'll only be a minute.
Hello, Leonard.
What brings you here?
I'm here to tell you that
your marriage to Miss Owen
is not going to take place.
What the devil are you
talking about, Leonard?
I think I can tell you.
Mr. Leonard is
a very high-minded
young man.
He's the kind of a man that
believes a wife should have
no secrets from her husband.
He's sure I haven't told you.
So he's come here
to tell you himself.
I didn't come here
to talk about you.
Then, why did you come here?
To tell Hardy
that he hasn't the
right to marry you.
He's got to marry my sister.
Your sister. I don't
know your sister.
Yes, you do. Linda Lee.
Does that name
mean anything to you?
So you're Linda Lee's brother.
Your sister?
I'm beginning to understand.
And I'm beginning to understand.
Why you're guilty of the very
thing you're accusing me of.
Not quite, Bruce.
Mr. Leonard did
ask me to marry him.
Well then, why didn't you?
Was it because you
were broke and
couldn't afford him?
Is that why you got me
to put all that money
in his company?
That's a lie. You know
that I didn't touch
a cent of your money.
You know that I turned it down.
No? Well, perhaps
you didn't know
that I own the controlling
interest in the Leonard
Motors Corporation.
I bought it through my agents.
You have Miss Owen
to thank for that.
Is that true?
I'm afraid it is.
We all seem to
be telling the truth.
All right then,
I'll get out of
the company.
I don't want any
help from either of you.
But what you've told me
doesn't change my
reason for coming here.
Now, just a moment.
I've listened
to both of you.
Now, listen to me.
There's something you
apparently don't know.
Does the name
on that check mean
anything to you?
I'm sorry, Hardy.
If it still means
anything to you...
Allow me to congratulate
you on your marriage.
We can hardly accept his
congratulations, can we?
I'm perfectly willing
to ignore your past,
principally because
I have one of my own.
But when a woman takes
a husband for the sole purpose
of furthering
the career of a lover...
Please, Bruce...
Be a good sport.
Let me make the gesture.
Thanks, old chap.
Now, get this stupid.
Here's a special number
that Harry Davis
and I cooked up for you.
It's gonna be your
first duet with a
juvenile on the job.
Get the lyrics.
? Our eyes are
like the stars dear
? Like Venus and like Mars, dear
? And that's just why
I fell in love with you
? Your kisses are emphatic
? It's so aristocratic
? Ad that's just why
I fell in love with you
? From your sweet lips
? The honey drips
? With such a honeyed sound
? Constantly just like a bee
? I always buzz around.
? You're everything I'm craving
? You've got me madly raving
? And that's just why I fell... ?
Get your hat and coat.
Why, Jim...
Come on.
Now, listen, Keeler.
Every time I see you,
I'm going to
take a sock at you.
If I ever hear of you
speaking to my sister again,
even on the telephone,
I'll kill you.
Come on.
Where are we going, Jim?
Someplace where I can beat
the daylights out of you.
But Georgie...
Shut up.
Everything on the menu, Felice.
I want to look my very
best this afternoon.
An appointment, mademoiselle?
A very special appointment.
You might even call
it a rendezvous.
Oh, hand me that pad
and pencil, will you?
Thanks.
You got her all tuned up, Ray?
You bet I have, Miss Owen.
She's all ready for you.
Okay, let's go.
Oh, Ray...
Give this to Gilligan will you?
You bet I will.
Thanks.
Hello, Jim.
Hello, Gilligan.
Glad to see you, boy.
Thank you.
If you've come
here to sell me any more
Leonard Motors stock...
I'm not selling any stock.
I'm not even
with Leonard
Motors anymore.
Here's a note for you, Mr. Gilligan.
Yeah, thank you.
I'm here looking
for my old job back.
Your girlfriend came
back today, too.
Who Miss Owen?
Yeah.
She's just taking off.
Contact.
Contact.
One, two, three!
What's this?
What's the matter?
Carol! Carol!
Carol! Carol!