Adventure in Manhattan (1936) Jean Arthur, Joel McCrea

[Music] [Applause] [Music] ready ready ready ready [Music] what kind of a story do you call this whole road it don't know Ptolemy oh that's fine that's fine file it but the greatest ruby in the world is stolen and all you fellows can do is stand there get me a story a feature involve a woman in it a chief has no woman in the case oh don't woman in a the Corl ruby is stolen and you stand there and tell me there's no woman in it there's got to be a woman and it got to him where's your human interest your romance you love oh what's the point of talking do you get me that crime expert I sent for he'll find me a woman he'll find me a dozen women who he said he'd be here at ten o'clock yeah what time is it now he's late doesn't he know that an appointment with me is almost sacred if I remember right nothing's sacred to novo horse that's all well he'll have to be trained see if I remember right he don't train easy uh-huh you get out when noble comes Sherman if I remember right he'll shoot himself can I do for you son tell the managing editor George Melville's here where you're looking at him the great Melville in person Oh Who am I to disagree with you this way champ gangway gents it's George Melville later brings you down to these parts me lad we're just a little thing they needed a good writer for I mean I felt that say George I read your last crime story that is I hope it's your last cephalic cor cephalic you want to watch your private vices man they don't make that oh no no tell them I'm dead wait I I'm not into him hello no no throw that tripe in the sewer well what do you want what do you want wait don't tell me you'll know though right yes what time is it you're late people who work for me keep their appointments on time well it's a very nice rule but I don't happen to be working for you yes I say quite a crime writer Roger not bad yeah you got hundreds of people reading these silly stories of yours too haven't you thousands what do you think you know about this Ruby mystery you'd be surprised my readers want to be surprised the columns of this paper or why it open to any young fool can make an ass of himself entertainingly thank you now all I want is circulation if you can involve a woman in this case and a haunted castle I'm sorry I can't give you a woman or a castle the best I can do is an international crook of 45 years of age suave educated visionary and crazy crazy crazy obsessed over beauties there you're not kidding I you really know something about this sure all right come on come on out with it what do you know that's what I'm to be paid for Oh $50 a story 75 all right all right 75 but I want covered if you can put your finger on this crazy murderer wait a minute wait a minute I didn't say I could catch him no but you knew where he was well sure but he's supposed to have been dead for four years yeah uh-huh I mean huh look here you go outside there and get yourself a typewriter and go to work here [Music] [Applause] [Music] oh please your language and your voice I see by the papers that you are making them for will do all in the day's work out oh how about a cheese sandwich trust eating your article and I was telling them that if they studied it real hard then I get to be you smart fellows like you man that made a hit thanks ro you are welcome you're a man of sound judgment I thank you very much money for acting like a lunatic in public so money but I lose brain idiot would break out all over the front page with a prediction like that did it ever occur to you boys that he might get lucky and be right about this burly crook yeah well if that happens I'm leaving town I couldn't stand it hello pals how's the playwright oh no I think there's a leakage of the feed oh I see you've had a play in rehearsal for about three months when's it coming off Oh any month now what's the delay I see producer keeps remodeling the theater spending a fortune and all I do is rewrite and rewrite it too bad George didn't see your script for you start now you know he might have given you some good suggestions yeah too bad well boys how would you like to take a little trimming in a game of pool I'll spot you 15 points it's okay you're just the guy we'd like to take all right just for that I'll spot you twice well ten cents a point this gets interesting come on baby come on you never break you boys don't live right well I'll take it easy to start with fifteen ball in the corner well now make a soft one for you Bank the nine nobodies call your shots don't you never miss you don't think you're gonna miss on this yarn you're writing for the pavement La Perla I wouldn't kid my best friends would I so I'll tell you when I write that Andrew Birley is still living I'm writing fact oh come on George the police said it was killing Vienna do they but they also say who stole that stratovarius in Rome in 1933 are the three chilly knees from the arch stupid wire Haven in 1934 long after pelea was supposed to be dead that could have been anybody no you're wrong relay is right here in America it's only just started remember Birla is no ordinary type of crook he's a rich man who steals because of a passion a love of art treasures nothing here a touch was for sale so well so right now he's the possessor of the Corl ruby five ball in that corner good shot you want to stick the pool and let the police are crying you think so what would you say if I told you the next sensational robbery was gonna be the sunburst done all lay off George the sunburst diamond is in the voice of the commercial Nashville Bay everybody knows that you're right everybody does know including Birla it's one of the most valuable collectors items in the country and Malaya won't rest until he gets it crazy all right I'm crazy I'll tell you something else within 24 hours there's going to be another sensational murder in connection with the theft of the Corl Ruby they'll be a what another murder the owners Butler Tory reports he got a look at Berlin but Leia doesn't like that one bit tell us master how do you arrive at these marvelous conclusions well I'll tell you it's very simple you merely add up the facts in any case think clearly and keep your motive straight you know I saw more than once but I took an aspirin went away of course not everyone can do it you have to be built right take ordinary men like yourselves you couldn't add up facts correctly because you'd let impulse and sentiment get in the way whereas on the other hand take a superior type of person like myself hold stony heart the first stony heart but a clear I now take this simple illustration one you boys can understand pick a case involving a beautiful woman now you'd fail because you'd see a beautiful woman whereas I would succeed because my criminologist I would see her is no more than a possible clue boy you should have seen the clue I was out with last night mr. plain just calls it for you to power over to the Gaza hideaway somebody has been murdered or murdered oh I couldn't catch the name somebody's but blood well as long as this the last shot I might as well make it a tough one put your cue down money just terrific one mark I'll look in on your rehearsals I can undoubtedly be of some assistance gentlemen how those balls drunk the cue how can you live with a guy like that boys we have Ritter prices will you help me please I'm desperate I must have him [Music] who is she taxi follow that calf yes hurry it up this meant a facial in the shampoo please Mazhar no they shot a shampoo spy please [Applause] actually yes please maxi and at all well what are you going to do get it where to drivers go through the park please yes ma'am you've managed to become quite attractive on my line I just did I don't know I didn't mean to I I followed your crowd you better not cry you'll ruin that expensive makeup oh listen to me please I've never stolen anything in my life before tonight I have to because I've waited three years for tonight oh it's so difficult to explain would you could you trust me for just just a few hours I suppose it's an awful lot to ask of a man you've just robbed I suppose it's a great deal they asked you that did you tell me what you want those few hours for an 8 o'clock I want to see someone oh I see and I'm supposed to wait on some street corner for you to come back and give yourself up oh no no if you don't believe me you can come with me that'd spoil your game wouldn't it there isn't any game come with me will you please till 8 o'clock oh and I'll give you a couple of hours so all right what do we do between now and 8:00 o'clock I take you to dinner if you have any more money left feeding the thief who robbed you that's Christian charity I believe the Biltmore well about now all would be going to police station you know that don't you yes not you find of what prison no I'm not frightened at least you're not morbid about it why do we go at 8 o'clock to 10 set a place large Mart that's a nice address what have you got to do with it it was my home oh I see well now suppose you tell me the whole story you know I don't mind a lot it's well done who lives at 210 Sutter place now my husband that is he he was my husband he divorced me some nights beginning every woman I'll bet he was cruel he was and I ran away with another man rather not realizing what happened we separated since then I've just been living in one way or another yes one does one way or another now granting that your story is true haven't you ever tried to pull yourself together oh yes many times I'm still trying because I I really have someone to live for hmm my child I beg your pardon she's four years old today this is her birthday you see that's the reason I am I stole your money you're getting yourself a little bit tangled up no no you see ever since I left my husband he's never allowed me to see her I've written to one every year begging him to let me see her for a few minutes on her birthday I wanted to bring her a toy something so she'd know her mother remembered her he's never answered me until today I'm going to be with her tonight so you celebrated by stealing I couldn't let her see me the way I was yeah you don't believe a word I said to him you mustn't mind me I was born Seneca and with no sentiment yes perhaps you're right please could we start now I don't want to be late [Music] wage a pestle would you please tell mr. Northrup that mrs. Northrup is here mr. Northrup is expecting you [Music] where is she you're looking very well I expected you to come along this is mr. Melville I couldn't give you a new child apart after all your percentage letters oh where is she the musical perhaps you've forgotten away I'll show you there's no one coming actually knows nothing [Music] it happened the day before yesterday the day I received your annual request under the circumstances I thought I could accede to it Hitler no harm now feel better yes and drink this and try to go to sleep I can't stay here why not you somewhere else to go no well then that settles it all in one go that's it there is there anything else I can do her ring he must have it could you get it for me please I'd be delighted to pay that gentleman another visit I'll be back to as soon as I can / Watchmen who did you expect Alan Butler if you don't know oh if I know in mind is it well there ain't no butter can't you tell him if your horse when you see one I was here earlier this evening the owner's daughter the owners in Europe he hadn't any daughter the man subletting he's out of town and he hadn't any daughter and the cage is out there good night young fella good night what's the number here two hundred and Tim's [Music] [Music] [Music] stay right where you are will you that should be my question it's my house are you a thief no I didn't think so not for that face in that necktie oh you like my necktie I was just admiring yours then should we why not it's beautiful pin redstone not everyone would know that of course you won't mind telling me why you broke into my house not at all I was here earlier this evening and things were quite different the stove isn't it amazing at least it served its purpose oh there was a purpose Oh quite you're here and of course we can't let you go out alive you'd have a better not if you may who looks with that time oh thank you wouldn't my death prove rather dangerous to you at all you broke into my house and I mistook you for a bird I see I also stole your tie so you did of course you know the whole thing was a trick to get you here but why the cars you know too much you're wrong mr. Gregory he thinks I was too much hi George old Stoney huh just take the impulse and sentiment out of it and look at a woman with that good old clear eyes how do you like meeting with a chin wiseguy as somebody had to trim your sails you big criminologist you Oh what what's this all about boys meet some of the members of my cat cat mr. Rupert was getting him possible live with a super moon like you so we thought we would prove you're just an ordinary human being he's human I can vouch for here's your money that for the price of a dinners and this lady in distress is she also a member of your cast yes indeed some Chloe boy she's quite an actress and this is mr. Gregory a my producer how do you do mr. Melville I took part in this little hoax because I wanted to meet you I've been reading your articles they're very interesting thank you I'm glad you like them I didn't curiously young there's a ring of authority about what you have to say mark tells me you predicted the murder of the butler holy mackerel don't bring that up again just another lucky guess see the boys are very fond of me well I'll buy the drinks I feel terribly guilty will you forgive me you know you're beautiful when you suffer yeah and in your tender moment you're irresistible maybe they'd like to be alone sounds like guns it's right next door who lives there was Sherman I don't wanna miss this opposite office what's happened the paintings been stolen painting yeah painting by a guy named van I oh sure the van Heinz painting what do you mean sure I knew that was going to be taken next you want I could have predicted it you hear that we teach them a good lesson and now he's off again hey won't anything stop you come on mr. Melville I don't think they believe you go on reporters grab yourself a story for the Gazette you know that's a funny thing I knew that was gonna happen I just neglected to say so you don't really mean it well certainly I do could they be right about you what they say but you're terrific yeah that's right find some excitement fearsome I understand him Savannah is painting pirate treasure oh yes sir priceless from the looks to be sir very successful theft no one caught or suspected no sir well well amazing it's alive the brushwork the flesh tones incredibly wonderful a work of genius gentlemen the greatest expression of the human mind you're asking yourselves whether this bit of canvas was worth the effort it required to bring it here it is to me gentlemen I've dreamed of possessing this painting for 20 years it would be difficult to explain how I feel towards it you've done a splendid bit of work yes John the Melville boy psalmist paid directly home last night sir ladies luncheon for the day after that mail he went to his newspaper office and touching by the morning Gazette he wrote a little piece about the theft of the painting yes remarkable boy very positive now that relay is live isn't he yes the theft of the painting has convinced him he seems to be slipping however he didn't predict that the painting would be stolen but I heard him say that he could have predicted it I believe he could have because he knew oh I'm not sure yet I've only a theory I believe that he's a man very much like myself with a highly developed appreciation of works of art only such a man could make such shrewd deductions about me I believe that the love of beauty that made me an accomplished thief has made him and accomplished criminologist that's merely my guest present I shall find out for certain well if you've had it's too ordinary to take steps to stop any further predictions from the young man oh no this is an unusual case for the first time I've met an antagonist I respect since such a man challenges me I should never forgive myself if I answered that challenge crudely I'd rather outwit such a man than have gained the possession of bad master P [Applause] mr. Gibbs [Music] chiming Oh hallo mr. Gregory we're going to run through Potter first act you can't watch it cause be glad to come along job lunch folks back in two hours already home I'm on food again with you I want mr. Gregory to see alright one more mr. Gregory would you mind if we did it a little later I have a luncheon engagement that's all right I see it this afternoon oh thank you and here I was counting on your lunching with me oh I'm so sorry interstate I don't know yet Ritz well it's a gamble well run along but you're spoiling a perfectly good day for me we'll make it tomorrow alright tomorrow Oh Oh remember me I'm the girl you ask to have lunch with either day yes of course miss Peyton I was gonna meet you at the theatre fairs back there oh now that's the kind of a fellow who doesn't know where he's going how do you know well he's the type that'll start across the street stop and think changes men turn back yes let's watch him [Music] there what did I do I can always tell his type how'd you guess it well that's not guesswork my dear young lady that's the study of human nature study meanwhile am i hungry yes you're hungry where should we go the Biltmore or the ribs while I tell you we will flip a coin heads it's the Biltmore Hales it's the Ritz it's the Ritz Adam Adam my how the Ritz has shrunk oh you you thought you were going to the Ritz yes remember dead therethe oh no isn't that funny you know I always call this place the Ritz until naturally I thought just a mistake the Saddam won't you you know you're going to like this much better than the other Ritz in the first place is more privacy nicer atmosphere and much better service where's the food oh the food yeah yeah will you pardon me while I dig up here Madame right this way please by that and we'll never have for lunch listen Pierre when you say lunch I hope you'll mean it because Madame is hungry oh this is wonderful man down uh what do you suggest of course sir madam knows the excellence of the Ritz cuisine everything is delish Oh perhaps something from the cold buffet Oh the buffet for one miss Pat oh man let's see yeah Jam bond Division II filet for what they're on Daniel sales month excellent and could you step on it Pierre of course my dad nothing but the best ah from a Dan after all there is no greater delight in life and fine food delicately prepared what a treat and I'm so hungry I think you get will be too good for you you know that don't you yes yes in fact I think it's darn nice of me to have you here lunch at all after what you did to me tonight well why'd you invite before then I don't know I guess it's because you've got black eyes and a pug nose and a fat round face because when you walk you waddle like a duck how'd you happen to come to lunch with me I didn't want to but then I thought it might be fun lunching with someone who's touched in the head oh so you think I'm a little touched did you hear that or did you read own conclusion [Applause] but I do it with intellect and intelligence and my own little brain would you say little go on oh no it's too long a story I'll tell you the next time we have lunch together you better tell me now because it might not be any next time you're on there lady my crystal tells me that we're going to see a lot of each other you will find the bread in the breadbox be careful the knife when you cut it's a very sharp and now about myself in the first place I was born very young I was extraordinary even as a youth the most noteworthy thing about me boy and man was a was a dynamic something a ring energy to be up and doing you know overactive mind always searching in strange channels for strange knowledge you'll find the butter in the icebox why don't you just relax mr. Melville there you have the story of my life that my dear young lady is the reason why when other men must use guesswork a Melville is able to predict [Applause] oh come in well well I thought you were lunching at the Ritz so she is there made me break up this is a luncheon or not at all what's on your mind Oh a little business matter I wanted to discuss with you we'd like to discuss your business over lunch yes do mr. Gregory thank you fine place if they're down what is joining first oh yes we're having I love beans little girl make it three you know of course you've some very fine PC oh they're mostly reproductions I have one or two originals though the practically made a pauper out of me I had to have them amazing what do you mean I mean you a young man with your tastes is a little unusual in this age he knows that he's just been telling me oh excuse me this is not an imitation try to not be crossed me 1100 bucks it's a true Empire piece as good as I've ever seen in fact is what you Americans would call the real McCoy caught me practically every penny my first book made it didn't sell quite as well as I thought it but the book was true it was the public's father himself that's right thank you delicious best beans I've ever eaten and why the cook the cook makes all the difference I are saying the same thing in fact with respect to miss paid in the least you and I seem to have identical tastes Melville gentlemen you make me proud I hope you'll fight over me I can't do that I happen to need him at the moment oh yeah yes it's very confidential may I please I brought you the manuscript of Mark's play there are two or three scenes in it that I'm not altogether satisfied with it occurred to me from reading your newspaper work and your detective stories that your judgment on these scenes would be very valuable mr. Melville agrees with you yeah that's right down my alley what would a few hours of your time - were should we say $200 I don't have to think that a little but not much now I'll accept your offer mr. Gregory hi do you think you could leave off trailing this belayer person long enough to give me those few hours um offhand I'd say you two do both with the greatest of ease you see I've been trailing Malaya for so long that I can do 50 other things at the same time and still people more I could shake a stick at I really think you're convinced that the lair live you amaze me would you please tell me how you can dispute to verify had reports of a lairs death I can and how in heaven's name can you go on and make these outlandish predictions of thefts by a man even a reason to believe is alive because I know that he is I think I know better than anyone else in the world just what sort of a man mr. lair his all his life he's had a mania to possess beautiful things you have the money to buy them but they were not for sale he turned beef because he had to have them a few years before his reported death Malaya came to this country to try and buy the coral ruby the sunburst diamond and the van Heinz painting they were not for sale two years pass first the Karl Ruby's stolen next an Heinz painting that means to me the brulee is still alive one moment do implied that the sunburst diamond will be stolen next not only implying it I'm predicting it are you telling us that mr. Belaya is going to slip into the ports of the commercial bank pick up the Sunburst diamond between thumb and forefinger and skedaddle I don't know how it'll be done but it'll be the greatest imagination of any man I've ever met and if it is an imagination you are a genius well I must be going thanks for the beam so so glad you like them you're looking over the script won't you for $200 he'd write you a new play well I've never tried but I think I could I'm coming with you mr. Gregory I'm afraid to be left alone with this crystal mean you're gonna stay right here good bye bye he's a nice fella now Georgie I'm gonna call you Georgie because I'm going to talk to you like a mother why do you make yourself ridiculous before a man of mr. Gregory's intelligence now Claire I'm gonna call you Claire because I don't want to be a father to you you know the prediction I made about the Sunburst diamond being stolen you'll take it back of course I'll do better than that oh it's gonna happen Saturday night what this Saturday night furthermore I'll write a complete description of what's going to happen and I'll get my paper to have the presses already so that there'll be a next route on the street just three minutes after it happens what do you think of that I think you're out of your mind maybe you're right I'm pretty sure what I'm talking about remember being awful idiot to put my head in the news like that but you're sure what you're talking about oh yes well I'd love to see your head in the news and I dare you to do exactly what you said you mean write that special extra yes all right what do you bet it doesn't happen just as I say name your poison if my predictions right you have to kiss me and mean it and if you're wrong you name it all right I will [Applause] now for a final checkup releasing this was our position at six o'clock this morning correct that's correct get me Dahlia I think buying our position at this minute we can determine whether we should be ready this Saturday night Oh yes sir I should say we were then foot-and-a-half the side of the bank wall that brings us to the wall of the vault in $3 proceeding exactly as you've been doing that is slowly and taking no chances drilling only when the subway parties go back to work okay all right when I step on I think with one more rehearsal tonight we'll have things perfected for Saturday night from now on you will allow no more changes in the script is that understood Ridley yes sir the cars will have to turn into a fraction of a second and the insertion an extra word or movement on the stage would naturally throw off that calculation this communication with the basement will use only to give a checkup signal or in case anything occurs to [ __ ] our movements on stage the cannon report on stage must coincide to a fraction of a second with a blasting of the bang fault our success gentlemen depends entirely on the accuracy of our words this is your position when Michael pushes up to the trapdoor to give me my signal to go down it's your job not to allow that trapdoor to open if you've the slightest suspicion that the movement is likely to be seen by keeping an eye on your watch you should be able to end second when they're trapped all open miss Peyton to see you in a moment replace it until our private rehearsal tonight the sand is damn it miss Payton well I see you came out alive did you ever see anything like him frankly I never did well after you left he rarely got started more about them everything exactly what well it's going to be stolen from the bank this Saturday night he's writing an article now telling you exactly how it's going to happen and three minutes after the robbery takes place we'll be reading a special extra about it that I should say is what you Americans call going to town he made me so mad I dared him to go through with it now I'm beginning to feel sorry for him maybe we ought to stop him not all let him go right ahead after all he's made some astounding predictions if this one comes out he'll be a famous man and you've no moral right to dissuade him from using his own excellent judgment come in you want to watch it now I was waiting for you and tomorrow you're lunching with me at the Ritz yes mark the boys have been ribbing me brutally about the delays in opening the show my nerves were all a bundle of rags for a month now they've been offering vested it never would open but to take I fixed him knowing that we would positively open this Saturday night I took every bet in sight I acted like I was an angry test prep man and put my last dollar they gret some fun ray we're not opening Saturday night we're not opening Saturday night well there you have it gentlemen according to Melville the Sunburst diamond will be stolen from the bank on Saturday night about eleven o'clock I sent for you because I was a case for the federal government how does that guy get that way I don't know any more about it than you do but remember this no matter how crazy you think that kid may be some of his predictions have come true now there's one chance in 10 that this might are you suggesting that we call out the whole department are the writings of a guy with a loser nation's chief I'm simply presenting the facts to you as I have them my only interest in this case is that if it does come off I'll hook every newspaper in this town and I don't mind telling you for the benefit of my paper that I hope the robbery happens exactly as Melville says it will I got them all planted chief all right that's fine you and Jim watch the theater in France I'll stay here okay know what certainly stick around everybody stick around don't let anybody go home keep those forms open we'll roll any minute we're ready to go chief whenever you say the word nine minutes oh heavens what some men do while some men leave to do how some men creep through skittish fortunes halt while others play the idiots in her eyes I'll no need it if this doesn't come off eight minutes oh really look at the Stars they're winking at me they know it's us too [Music] [Music] [Music] operator did that call come in well let me have that call a middle that comes in yeah [Music] what's that nothing chief just a couple of kids in the fourth backfiring you'll hear any little boys shouting extra I'm done if I do you don't suppose that diamond wasn't stolen do you well i you've got something there maybe it wasn't quarter three now see that's late isn't it it's Sunday the thing I don't have to rehearse today coffee coffee [Applause] mr. Melvin you are headed our food and that if you thought up here to sent you right over I'll have a cup of strong black coffee please you true you mean some of it yes yes yes I heard you bring me a cup of black coffee so I don't think I want any coffee wait for me will you something wrong with mr. Melville no nice boy hmm lovely smart true and if you have a smart girl you're hanging on to a fellow like that but I bet I don't have to tell you that in fact I can see in your eyes that you are calm really about him I don't need glasses my friend mm-hmm Python hey what's the excitement what see how you're dragging us down here this time of the morning anything break who kill who get a load of this boys the great Melville scooped himself what's this was this supposed to happen well don't you get it look at the date it was supposed to happen three hours ago it's another novel prediction boys and the old man fell Ferdinand the paper all set up where is this guy this is one time I'd like to see him so would the old man well here comes the conquering hero now you hear the news joy know what but you know the commercial National Bank yes what about it well it wasn't held up Oh wasn't it no but don't sit down because you're not going to stay very long have you heard the latest news in the commercial National Bank wasn't held up ain't that surprising and you predicted it was going to be held up now listen I need listen my presses are also trucks are waiting for the initiative come on the street every freshman on the gazelles been up all night hasn't slept a wink every federal agent in towns guarding that bacon you asked me to listen where I'm a laughingstock to every newspaperman in this town not to mention the cost of the paper that's to mention a libel suit with the bank not to mention that the federal department thinks I'm an idiot you asked me to listen though the white knight review now you listen to me Sherlock you're through you're fired you'll never get another job as a newspaperman as long as you live but I'll see to that now listen chief did you say listen thanks cheapest kind of sword no wonder why now why should the chief be sore at you well you see it's like this I went in told him I was gonna quit you know how I'd feel about that thrown a farewell party yeah I was just gonna suggest that yeah I don't know how we're gonna get along without you Georgie that music is that without a guy that can predict they'll slip from their predictions won't enjoy I don't see what the boys will have it's on me yeah Melvin got a raise Yeah right how does the Gazette well that's one he didn't predict how come you didn't pick that one George are you really out George Michael right but that's marvelous now you can take the job in Chicago URI is offered a Magnusson job to edit through crime stories magazine at a fortune a week and that old meanie other- wouldn't let him go so I says George why don't you make a whopper of a prediction cost the boss a lot of money and you'll have to fire you and it what oh yeah very pretty if true you don't say yeah I can't still is that one sister come on George I'll help me pack thanks for the phony story I had to do something you look so miserable why do you let them talk to you like that what could I say I was fired no no that that ought to be an easy enough situation for you to handle [Music] well things have come to a pretty pass when the great Melville has to hide in an alley George George what what's the matter me you're not going to be silly about this volume me what's the matter with you insane me why was can that's never happened to me before you're kidding no you don't understand I'm washed up through I won't be able to get another job in this town you talk like a child George what do you want an easy well-oiled existence that's no fun you'll probably lose a lot of jobs and things what are you gonna do about it sit down and hold your head and mope human dynamos don't mope Oh Georgie it's too funny me talking to you like this I'm sorry I just haven't got it not even a snicker remember our bet yeah I lost what have you been eating [Music] have the costumes here Friday for dress rehearsal we positively open Saturday night morning Claire good morning do you want to see me yes I've made an appointment with the costumers for thus often for you oh good thank you have a pleasant weekend I was taking care of an invalid invalid who mr. Melville Noel what's wrong with him Oh everything apparently I'm very side hear that did you'll have a doctor well there's nothing a doctor can do he's just completely lost all confidence in himself strange as it may seem what caused it well it all started with that horrible prediction then his editor fired him told him he'd never get another job he's really quite pitiful he won't eat he won't go out of the house he's puttering around with some clay modeling something or other he doesn't know what it is well this is serious we have a half hour before rehearsal let's run over and see why I asked you to do that all right let's go George oh hello Claire hello mr. Gregory what are you doing here oh just just sitting how long have you been here Oh half an hour now or maybe longer why the plague well what about the play it won't go it just won't go I sit at home reading and reading and reading and nothing happens so I say to myself George I stay why don't you go down and sit in no man's land read some more maybe something will happen but nothing happened you're doing your putting dirt in your pocket I never heard of such a thing all right why I did that kind of silly isn't it come on boy you'd ought to be sitting here on a pile of rock and dirt oh hello mr. Gregory I wanted to see you this is a marvelous play every lines of jam AHA but you're one of them and here's your your $200 it's it's only 190 now because I gave the boys a blowout well bye wait a minute don't go no no I've got to go I'm very busy [Music] good evening George oh is it evening wasn't that lovely yeah it's a honey what is it that's a map it's a map of New York well there's nothing more entertaining in the math of New York what are you doing with it fool me you mean this Oh that said you realize what you're sitting on rock you know what I'm sitting on rock all New York is built on a rock foundation you never knew that did you yes well there you are so what something you don't know thank you very much what have you been eating today oh I bet that's no kind of food for a great big fellow like you how's the show coming on alright we open at a dinner can't play mustn't why well well because there's the diamond George George will you please try to make sense but it's right in the vaults right next door to the theater it's taking that be shooting if that happens I'll be in the theater that's right well you can't go on anyway it's a rotten play you're sure to be a failure well what if I am failure is a terrible thing Oh George George darling I can't stand to see you like this I wouldn't care for anybody else in the whole world please want to try to pull yourself together now you mustn't be too upset about it my dear there are many things we can do for you I'm gonna make him go to a sanitarium would that be wise he's got to get well again I agree but I don't think a hospital is the place what he needs is a chain time place where it's nice and quiet what do you suggest we'll discuss that meanwhile I suppose you bring him to the office tomorrow on any pretext you could think of there's Peyton and mr. meld over here Countian come in here yeah won't you sit down what is it George well I thought I saw a light in the wall light in the wall do you see a light Clara no I'm sorry I if I must be crazy come and sit down won't you sit down no thanks I'm aligned George I've been telling mr. Gregory that you need a rest you ought to get away i perfectly agree you've been working too hard Oh shucks I I always work hard Jana I have begun to worry about you please believe us George I believe anything we think arrested some nice quiet place will do you a world and for instance the mountains you know I have a large up in the bark shows I'd be happy to place at your disposal well thanks I think I'll sit down you have all the fishing you want horses to ride my servants wrap their up we're in the mountains George the mountain oh yes the mountains I see no reason why you should start immediately should we say early tomorrow tomorrow early I know you're going to love it up there coming up Stanley to see you Joe if you want anything just save your wire [Music] [Music] another company going up yeah I guess the food you sure what's the matter kid is that Tommy's outfit yes they all gotta go up sooner or later might as well be tonight baby just drop down to the car I'll be seeing you everything snug here everything's swell Tommy did they tell you that you figure I'm just a funnel to finish up the war forum it's lasted too long I think I'll be over in a couple of hours after that's a way to talk thanks gentlemen well Joan how can you be right it's more than I can take Tommy I'm afraid I am you got the legs that you have to the front I can't make it Tommy get up maybe I'm not a man because I want to be shot full of holes maybe I'm not a man because I want to lose listen to me we're all in this and we've got a stick it's going to do some good Tommy it's going to prove that there must never be another war that's what you're fighting for you know what you mean to me if you went back now you could never face me again I couldn't bear it Tommy so I say two hours I'll have the war addition to an imminent sir wait for me kid keep looking for me you know when you have to remove this painting I know the cube backwards and forwards not long now [Music] [Music] but this is our accurately are the nerves never better [Music] [Music] [Applause] you look watch this come on maybe they've killed him by now wait a minute take your time I don't know what you're talking I want you to get in touch with a police of Hammett Ville New York that's in the books and that's where they took him Oh Cho get blackton Gregory he's Belaya he just stole a sunburst diamond Oh mark I'm happy five minutes ago but I don't care anything about that you've got to save a man's life now get on the phone and do something about it huh did you get the painting chief what are you talking about I gave you your instructions to get it yes but when I went up for it it was gone so that I thought that you were gone impossible did any of you know tie-back don't touch that stain right we were all right boys that head so he didn't know what he was talking about him let me tell you one thing if he's dead it's your fault it's my fault too but it's your fault in the first place the sunburst diamond was stolen deny just as he predicted you know who stole it blackton Gregory he'd have told you that too if you'd given him half a chance he may be dead now for all we know and let me tell you you're gonna print that story and you're gonna put his name on it you're gonna say that he predicted it he's the greatest man that ever lived well you big fool what are you just sitting there for the editions of the atma streets remember hurry so you wanted us to do something for your fine young man you've got you okay lady read that spectacular theft of sunburst diamond hey hey hey wait a minute Charlie I said read it not gargle it spectacular theft of sunburst diamond George Melville promises early apprehension of an Reber layer so he wrote that your fine young man is alive and kicking when did he write it this morning in a back room where is he I don't know any more about that than you do all I know is look promises early apprehension of pan Draper lair I don't ask me how or why he promised and I'm waiting hello oh hello George yeah mr. Melville I think your although Louis was that my little girlfriend all right George when it George Melville captures Belaya now unless that's the headline word for word you don't get the rest of the story okay okay that's the headline now give it to me will you and be quick about it Vallejo will be let out of here in about five minutes now get your cameraman right down I hate you hey hey get off there you I love you sweetheart hey who you talking to - the grandest little actress that ever lived on or off the stage George George give me some facts will you what did Blair say to you I don't know what Millea said but do you mean to tell me you were acting all this time what I wish you darling that little hoax you pulled on me was the inspiration for anything all I am our ever hope to be I owe to you and now we're even yeah now I through I say can I count on that well I predict that within five minutes you predict nothing I'll do the predicting from now on the whole world was waiting for this let him wait I'm going to make a prediction that will make Melville look like an amateur I'm going to make him suffer for the rest of his life wait a minute chief get this this will be good and what are you going to do my love I'm going to break somebody's neck what am I going to do I'm going to marry you that's what I'm going to do George what did perlier say I love you darling Oh George what did belayer say I hate you darling [Applause] Oh you

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Published: Sat Aug 25 2018