You Can't Take It with You Page #3

Hello, Mr. Hammond.

I'm just going in to see my son, Tony.

He's a very busy man nowadays.

I doubt if you can see him.

Dinner? Wait a minute, Rheba.

Wants to know if I will be home for dinner.

- No.

- The man says no, Rheba.

Tell Grandpa that I love him

just as much as ever...

...but a terrible, young vice president

has me in his power.

Of course I'm struggling, Rheba.

It would do your heart good

to see me struggle, Rheba.

Hello, Mother.

If you'll excuse me,

I think I'll visit with your father for a while.

- Busy, wasn't he?

- Definitely.

Goodbye, Rheba. The ceiling just fell in.

Would you be so kind as to give me

the want ad section of the newspaper?

I'm sorry, Alice.

Checks to be countersigned, Mr. Kirby.

I wouldn't mind his carrying on in the office,

but he's getting serious about her.

Miriam, it'll be bigger

than steel and can together.

Talked to me for hours about her last night.

Answer those.

- Who?

- Tony.

Talked to me for hours about his secretary.

Told me he was...

- Yes?

- Mr. Ramsey to see you. {y

I'm too busy.

- Says he's in trouble.

- I don't care.

Anthony.

Yes, about Tony. I'll speak to him.

That was Ramsey.

Just found out what's up,

and is he screaming for help!

- But in the meantime, what about this girl?

- No.

What sort of a family is she from?

- Who? The secretary?

- Yes. Not steel or can, or Ramsey, or...

All right. Don't get so excited about it.

The girl is a stenographer.

Boys like Tony don't marry stenographers.

- Anthony, we must do something about her.

- All right, I'll fire her.

This isn't a business deal.

You can't settle anything by firing the girl.

All right, then. I won't fire her.

Hello. What?

No. I didn't mean you.

- You weren't going out, were you?

- Yes. I thought l...

We had a date, don't you remember?

I'm sorry. I forgot.

Yeah, we ought to discuss where to go,

don't you think?

We can't just pop out

of the building with no place to go.

That's a very bad idea.

I knew two people that did that once.

They went out of the building.

They were uncertain, so they just walked

and walked, and finally they died...

...of hunger.

You wouldn't want anything like that

to happen. Because if that happened...

You're so beautiful.

Sometimes you're so beautiful

it just gags me.

Maybe you're not real.

Maybe you're a phantom.

I keep expecting you to vanish.

Look, you better sit down over here

for a while.

Phantoms don't vanish very often

in a sitting position.

There. Now, wait a minute.

Here.

Here.

Now, let's see.

- That's a very lovely picture.

- Tony, l...

Now, wait a minute. Don't say anything.

Now look, phantom.

Last night I informed that irate lady

who was just in your office...

...that I was going to marry you.

I don't remember you telling it to me.

Well, you didn't ask me.

- That's right, I didn't.

- No, but she did.

I talked about you so much

that she finally said:

"Next thing I expect to hear

is that you'll marry the girl."

And I said, "Yeah, that's it exactly."

- What did she say?

- Nothing.

- Just fainted dead away.

- No, she took it standing up.

You know, if you scratch

under the surface here...

...you'll find a proposal lying around.

I admit it's kind of left-handed.

I can't help that.

I'm sort of a left-handed guy, you know.

Oh, Tony.

What about them?

Mother and Dad?

Did you see the way she looked at me?

I know what she was thinking.

There seems to be the impression

that the Kirbys are ogres or something.

If they are,

that doesn't make any difference to me.

They're just putty in my hands, Alice.

I never wanted anything that I couldn't get

if I just yelled loud enough.

Worked like a charm when I was a baby,

and since then...

...l've had so much practice that I'm terrific.

Here, I'll give you an idea.

Oh, Tony.

One little detail I forgot to mention.

I love you, Alice.

- Hello, Grandpa.

- Hey, Grandpa.

Yes, I have some of Essie's Love Dreams.

There he is. The man on the crutches.

You've got to get something on him.

What do you want us to do?

I don't care,

just make him sell that property.

- Hello, Grandpa, how's the foot?

- Hello, Mac. Oh, fine, thanks.

Say, what's the meeting

over at Jensen's bakery?

They're excited about having to move out

or something.

- Move out?

- Yes, that's what I heard.

They're coming over to see you now,

I guess.

Did you hear about it, Grandpa?

We maybe all have to move.

Who said so?

Everyone's talking about it.

Somebody's buying up everything here.

They've been trying to buy it up

for a factory.

My landlord told me

that they offered him a lot of money.

Nobody wants to move. You know that.

- Emil put up some new shelves. Cost $60.

- I've been here for 20 years.

- I think we ought to see somebody about it.

- Wait a minute. Don't get excited.

We've all been neighbors for a long time.

I know that.

But if they're buying this property up

for a factory...

...they'll need every foot of ground,

won't they?

I guess so.

Well, now, suppose I won't sell my place.

What are they going to do?

- That's right, you own your place.

- Sure, I do.

They're going to need it, too.

You bet they will, and it'll take more

than money to make me sell my property.

Go on, get back to work and stop cluttering

up the street, or we'll all be arrested.

We sure need more displays this year.

We've got nothing exciting enough.

Mr. Sycamore, if I may suggest,

why not the "Russian Revolution"?

There's plenty of fireworks there.

The "Russian Revolution,"

clash of the colors, the reds and whites.

You've hit on something brilliant.

I don't understand.

A letter for me? Must be some mistake.

It had your name on it.

Where is it?

- I don't know. Where's Grandpa's letter?

- What, dear?

I said, where's that letter

that came for Grandpa last week?

Last week?

I don't know.

I remember seeing the kittens with it.

- Who was it from? Did you notice?

- The United States Government.

Really? I wonder what they want.

There was one before that

that came from the same people.

I can't imagine

what they'd be writing to me for.

You could put your printing

to some practical use.

Wait a minute.

I've got another idea.

- That wasn't very loud, was it?

- We can get it louder than that.

What is your idea, Mr. Poppins?

- Well, may I tell it?

- Yes.

Go back to work, Jim. Go back to work.

Why shouldn't Ed print about fireworks

and put it in the candy boxes?

That would advertise the Revolution,

wouldn't it?

Say, "Watch for the Revolution.

It's coming soon." How's that?

"Watch for the Revolution.

It's coming soon." I can use my big type.

We've got plenty of these Red Flags.

You can write about them.

The Red Flag will sweep the country.

"Get your Red Flag from Sycamore."

Ed made up a beautiful song today

by Chopin.

Hello, Miss Alice.

Anybody get hurt when the ceiling fell in?

"Forks on the left, forks on the left, Rheba"

"Get your Red Flag from Sycamore."

How does it sound, Alice?

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