john, how's your wife this morning?
got a handkerchief?
wait a minute.
that makes it unanimous. i feel all right too.
you know the rules about smoking . .
listen, i told you i wasn't interested in that deal, didn't i?
you haven't got a uniform?
my goodness, you ought to have a uniform. how much does one cost?
you see sampson. tell him i sent you. you've got to have a uniform.
good morning, mrs. pembroke.
got my letter?
hello, helen.
helen, you're becoming more beautiful every day. what are we going to do about it?
guess we'll just have to sacrifice the bank. when are you and matt going to get married?
ummm. stalling, eh?
directors, eh? long faces?
ah, mrs. pembroke. i spoke to mr. schaffer at the guaranty. he's going to take care of that mortgage for you . . .
where are you? . . . sure, well, come on down right away. huh? . . . yes, of course i remember. it's tonight.
better hurry now. goodbye. good luck to you!
she's a widow. i don't like taking mortgages from widows.
if she can't pay, i'll have to foreclose, won't i?
oh, make that uniform blue.
well, it's a nice morning, gentlemen. how about two foursomes of golf?
oh, you would, eh? all right. if it's more important than golf, go ahead. what's on your mind?
i'm not interested in profits. i'm interested in the bank. in the depositors. they're my friends. they're looking to me for protection, and i'm not walking out on them.
what's the matter with my policy? how many losses has this bank taken in the last twenty-five years?
the trouble with this country today is there's too much hoarded cash. idle money is no good to industry. where is all the money today? in the banks, vaults, socks, old tin cans, buried in the ground! i tell you, we've got to get the money in circulation before you'll get this country back to prosperity.
that's a fair question, schultz. now let's see how bad a risk jones is. what's his history? he's been a successful business man for thirty-five years. two years ago business started falling off. today jones needs money, and if he doesn't get it, he goes into bankruptcy and throws nine hundred men out of work. answer - unemployment.
it's a vicious circle, my friends, and the only place to cure it is right here at the source. help jones and you help the whole circle. now, when jones comes to me, i ask myself two questions. first - is he honest? yes. second - is he as good a business man as he was before? and the answer is - he's better .
it's they who built this nation up to the richest in the world, and it's up to the banks to give them a break. disraeli said security is the prosperity of the nation
well, he should have said it. it's as true now as it was then. and let us get the right kind of security. not stocks and bonds that zig-zag up and down, not collateral on paper, but character!
not at all. that's alexander hamilton's idea - the finest banking mind this country has ever known. those are his exact words, gentlemen. character! it's the only thing you can bank on, and it's the only thing that will pull this country out of the doldrums.
most of the creditors i know personally. i've seen them grow up in the community. i knew their fathers and mothers before them.
i know what you mean by that. you want me to hang on to our cash. well, i don't believe in it. the law demands that i carry a certain legal reserve, and i'm doing it. the rest of our money is out working . . . working to help industry . . . to help build up business
you have to stand for it.
go ahead - take all the action you want!
i'm running this bank my way. get that clear!
yes! you said it, clark. that's the only thing that means anything to me.
so far, my judgement has been right one hundred per cent. one hundred per cent! when i start going wrong, you won't have to take any action. i'll turn the bank over to you. then you can
and what's more, keep up the good work and who knows - some day you'll be the fellow sitting behind that desk . .
what's the matter? you don't seem very excited about it.
aw, go on, forget it. you came through, didn't you? that's all i wanted. a lot of them didn't think you would. you don't know how much satisfaction it's been to me. it's been swell. well, when are you and helen going to get married?
i suppose you want me to fix that up for you too, eh?
well, look who's here! hello, dear.
if this isn't a red-letter day for tom dickson! first i trample on the board of directors, then i promote matt here to assistant cashier, and now to complete the day i have a visit from my sweet and lovely and gorgeous wife. what a man, what a man!
oooh! that has the earmarks!
helen, i'm going to philadelphia, just as soon as the bank closes. make all the arrangements, will you?
what's the matter dear? what have i done now?
oh, i did have a date with you tonight, didn't i?
i'm terribly sorry. i'd forgotten all about you. i'm so sorry, dear.
but i have to go, dear. it's a very important banker's meeting.
listen, it isn't so terribly important. we can go to the theatre any time.
that's what it was you planned, wasn't it?
you can take some of the girls. you can take mildred - or gwynn
ho! ho! ho!
listen, don't go around being attractive to anyone but me . . .
don't you forget that i'm still the head man around here too. now we'll get the tickets changed for tomorrow night. you and i are going out together. how's that?
yes?
yes?
all right. send him in.
well, sampson, what is it?
good. i'll take this along with me. tell clyde i'll see him tomorrow. i'm sick and tired of the delay.
that's just exactly what he has been doing. this deal should have been closed weeks ago. tell him to keep tomorrow open . . .
how about his nights? he's too busy running around. tell him to keep tomorrow night open, come in and sign this thing, or i'll call this whole deal off.
good morning, everybody. what's the matter here? open up the door. come on, open this door.
where is he now?
now don't you worry about it.
why pick on him ?
yes.
wait a minute. wait a minute.
what time did this thing happen?
all right. if the boy proves an alibi, he's all right, isn't he?
why, certainly he can.
what are you talking about? he had no more to do with it than you did.
so have you. so have i. so's everybody got a record. what difference does that make? you can't go around pinning crimes on people just because they
what? a run on the bank!
what are you talking about?
what about?
now don't worry, son. all you got to do is answer the questions they ask you, that's all.
you're protecting somebody.
yes, you are. you're protecting somebody. now listen, it doesn't make any difference who it is. it can't be as important as this. now come on, tell me. where were you last night?
did you get the case for the securities?
mine too?
the fools! if they only knew it, they're making things worse for themselves. somebody starts a silly rumor, and they lose their heads.
i'll talk to them. listen, go back and tell the boys to stall as much as possible. tell 'em not to pay any attention to what i said. tell 'em to verify every signature.
take your time, folks. don't get excited. everybody stay in line. you'll all be taken care of. don't worry about anything. plenty of time for everything.
now listen, everybody! listen to me!
i want you to know that your money is safe. this bank is in excellent condition. if you've heard any reports to the contrary, it's based on malicious rumors.
all right. you'll get your money - every penny!
listen to me now. it takes time. i've got seven paying tellers working just as fast as they can. if you'll all calm down, i'm making arrangements to keep the doors open until four o'clock this afternoon and you can be paid today.
don't you think i know it?
well, gentlemen, we've got about one more hour to go. you know what that means?
i know that among you, you have at least a million dollars in various banks throughout the city. get that money over here and i'll stop this run within five minutes.
i have everything i own in it. it's your bank as well as mine, isn't it?
aw, they've gone crazy. you can't reason with a mob.
i haven't? i'll shut the bank first.
i can't? you just wait and see. if that run doesn't stop within the next hour, i'll shut the doors. you know what that means? the bank examiner will step in tomorrow. you'll be forced to liquidate. i'll insist upon it. the depositors will be paid one hundred cents on the dollar. what's left you gentlemen can have. but i'll guarantee there won't be enough to pay your next month's garage bill.
get all the big bills in the place. take them out and get them changed. get nothing but ones and fives. distribute them among the tellers. tell them to take their time. stall as much as possible. count and recount the money.
i hate to do this, but i've got to have time to dig up some help. i think i know where i can get some real cash. snap into it, sampson. we will lick this thing yet.
come on in here, helen. bring your book. i want some numbers to try to get some action. get parker at the union-leeds - the exchange . . . winslow and old man harris at the home mortgage. snap into it, helen. just as quick as you can.
hello, parker. listen. listen, i've got to have a million dollars in cash, and i've got to have it quick.
good heavens, man, you're taking no chances. no, i'm perfectly willing to sign everything over to you. what more do you want? i need action. i've got to have it within the next half hour.
why, you must be crazy. i've known this man for years.
confessed! cluett, in heaven's name, what got into you?
what happened? you're not a thief. how'd you get mixed up with these kind of people?
what was my wife doing in your apartment last night?
you just mentioned her name. what was she doing there? what was she doing in your apartment?
helen!
get mrs. dickson on the phone.
eighty dollars? that's fine - anything you say.
were you in cluett's apartment?
come out here you pawnbrokers - take a look at this!
look at that. they're shoving their hard-earned money across the counter with a ten to one chance against them.
if you fellas want to save this bank, get some real money over here right away.
now you're talking! ames?
all right. schultz?
ives?
go ahead and say it.
well, that's too bad. mine's all right too.
carter!
well, well, well - got your uniform, eh?
looks good. how much did it cost?
good morning, helen.
say, i know what's the matter with you. matt!
i want you both to take the day off. go downtown and get a license and get married right away!
i don't want to hear any more about it. if you don't get married, i'll fire both of you.
helen, while you're downtown, you might stop in and make reservations for the bridal suite on the berengaria sailing next week.