I Bury the Living
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- 1958
- 77 min
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Welcome, sir.
Welcome to the Immortal Hills.
Thank you.
It's all by way of making you feel
right at home, Bobby.
Mr. chairman.
Come along, sir.
After you.
This is your place now, you know?
Of course, it isn't as if you
was any stranger here, Bob.
Yes, but somehow this place
all looks different to me,
like I never saw it before.
It's cold as an icebox in here.
Oh, that thing hasn't
worked in years.
Cement halls, the wet,
you know...
Makes the air a wee bit crisp, you see.
Won't bother you none
once you get down to work.
Well, I'm not sworn in yet.
Oh, that's only for show, sir.
Now, let me see if I've got the list
of committee men right.
First, chairman Robert Kraft, yourself.
Now Mr. Honegger, treasurer,
your uncle George, secretary,
and, of course,
Mr. Trowbridge and Mr. Bates,
making five in all, right?
Right.
You canna find me at any time.
My dwelling's straight across the boulevard,
opposite the gate.
Makes it nice, living so close to my work.
Now, would you like to see the sights, sir,
give the roof a chance to catch the heat?
Hmm.
If you care to make a tour,
it's a bit warmer outside.
That's quite a map.
Oh, yes, sir, that's a map
of the entire cemetery
down to the wee-est speck of dust.
Here we are, and here's
my shed with the rose stone,
and there's the gate
you come in.
Certainly kept it up to date,
there's the new mausoleum
on here, already.
Aye. Oh, yes, sir.
This map's going to be
a big help to you, Bobby.
Suppose you got a customer
and you want to know
what ground we can show him,
this is where the map comes in.
One look, and quick as a wink,
you know who's where and what's what.
It's them pins that makes it so easy.
the ones that is already there,
and the white ones for them as has made
their arrangements
for the future.
Now, for example,
here's my place.
Lovely, isn't she, Bob?
There.
Sun in the morning, but, eh, gets those trees
to give shade in the afternoon heat.
McKee, you've been on
this job now, 40 years, right?
Aye.
Well, I guess
the committee's right,
it's high time we retired you.
Nothing to worry about,
full pension.
You'll draw the same
check every month.
I'm to be paid for nothing from now on?
No, you're to be paid
for 40 years of devotion,
and that's something.
Anyone in mind to replace you?
Oh, aye, uh, why I hadn't a given it
much thought, sir,
but, uh, why?
There must be plenty of young
and hard-muscled toughs
who would give
their eyeteeth for my shoes.
You're outside
near Mother Earth.
Well, let me know if, uh,
you find somebody, huh?
Oh, aye, I will.
Yes, sir, that's quite a map.
Pardon me, sir.
I just wanted to show you
where we keep this,
in case of emergencies.
No need to worry, though,
we haven't had none, yet.
Oh, you expecting visitors, sir?
No, but that sounds like Stu Drexel.
Oh, aye!
Drexel and pretty Beth Ferris.
I heard they was promised.
Looks like they're hitched.
She finally caught me, Bob.
Bethie, many happy
returns of the clay.
Stu, that's a great place
you picked for a honeymoon.
Oh, marriage has
made me conservative.
How 'bout it, Mrs. D.?
Can I carry you
over the threshold?
I still don't think it's so very funny.
I think it's positively awful,
if you really want
to know the truth.
Aw, Bethie, don't be that way.
What's the trouble?
How would you like to get a cemetery plot
for a wedding gift?
Now, Bethie, you know pop
never meant it for a present.
It's just a formal legal sort of thing.
You see, dad left part of my inheritance
in trust for when I got married.
One of the provisions was that
myself and my wife
had first-class accommodations
here at the Immortal Hills.
Doesn't cost us a cent,
but we have to buy the plots
before the bank will let me have the cash.
You know dad,
much on responsibility.
He was a very smart man.
Oh, aye, that he was.
should have her thoughts
far from doom, it's a lucky girl
whose father-in-law provides
from the beyond
for her future.
Isn't he sweet?
Thanks, Scotty.
Bob, give us a couple near the old man, will ya?
And call Owens at the bank
in the morning
so I can cash a check.
I don't think it's funny at all.
From the last administration, sir.
Folks get a wee bit rocky when
they come out here, sometimes.
Best to be prepared.
Down the hatch.
- Thank you.
- Mm.
Oh, over here, that's where the Drexel bunch is.
Ah, it'll get so you'll love it out here, Bobby.
It's a fine and green and lovely place.
A fine place to slip away
from the cares of the world.
Slip away and live a wee bit.
"As retiring chairman of the Immortal Hills
Cemetery management committee... "
- George, I haven't got...
- Sh!
"It is now my very great
pleasure to announce...
- I don't even...
- Sh!
The appointment
of Robert Kraft,
president of Kraft
Department Store... "
Now, George, don't shush me.
You railroaded me into this.
Now, wait a minute, Bob.
It's your turn.
Last year was his turn.
The year before, it was mine.
Nobody refuses to take
the chairmanship.
Pardon us, Henry.
"President of Kraft
Department Store... "
Why?
Why?
Nobody ever has.
It's just not done, son.
Well, can you give me one good reason
why I should take over
the management
of a whole big cemetery
when I'm up to my neck in my own business?
"As retiring... "
Hold it. Of course I can.
Tradition, particularly for us Krafts.
You always harp on dignity, honor, prestige.
Well, how do you
think we got it?
Because your great grandfather,
your grandfather,
every community project,
board, and committee that was ever created.
They served for free.
But they did it for business.
That's what a fine family has
to do in this town.
And you can't refuse to do it
without losing a lot of respect
from our customers.
And another thing...
It's just not done.
Well, pass me over
till next year.
I'm up to my ears.
Bob, do you realize
you're talking about
only a few hours a month,
at the most?
McKee, the caretaker, handles everything.
All you do is show up
once a week
and sign the checks.
- It's getting late, George...
- Proceed, Henry.
Raise your right hand.
Well, what about Bill Honegger?
Raise your right hand.
"Do you, Robert Kraft,
swear to discharge the duties
and responsibilities of this office
faithfully and completely,
to the utmost of your abilities?"
I do.
Congratulations, Bob.
See ya.
- So long, Henry.
- Thanks, Mr. Trowbridge.
Thank you, Uncle George.
Uh, okay, Miss Lane,
you can put through his calls now.
Thank you, Mr. Watson.
I'll ring him for you now.
Hello.
There's a guy named Watson
on the phone, says it's urgent.
- Do you know him?
- Of Olds and Watson?
Of Olds and Watson, you know.
Oh, the undertaker. Swell.
Hello.
Well, thank you very much, Mr. Watson.
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