because you've always had it.
- How did you make all that..?
- Excuse me, I'm speaking.
- Okay.
- Thank you.
All right.
Some of us choose to work for a living.
Speaking of which, I have more of that
airplane guff to attend to.
Excuse me.
Well, seems a rather high-strung chap.
You're a fine bunch of bullies,
aren't you?
Have you talked to Mr. Mayer
about letting you do Jane Eyre?
The old philistine won't budge.
Too arty, don't you know.
I'm convinced the man hasn't read anything
longer than a Katzenjammer Kids in his life.
No fair, kicking.
You have to use the mallet.
Really, darling, you can't retire
from the field of battle like that...
...or they'll never respect you.
- Katie, I don't understand.
You're like a different person in there.
They just expect me to be a certain way.
There's only one real Kate,
and that's your Kate.
Over in Hollywood, aviation tycoon
Howard Hughes is cooking up something big.
Even as he edits his new picture, he's been
secretly meeting with the U.S. Air Corps.
We applaud his patriotism and look forward
to his newest marvel.
You know how many Allied ships we lost
because of U-boat attacks?
- No.
- Six hundred and eighty-one ships...
...just this year so far. The Army needs
a new airplane to fly the troops to Europe.
These ships, they're sitting ducks
for the U-boats.
- You wanna build a troop-carrier plane?
- Stop thinking like an insect.
Not just to carry troops,
a plane to carry everything.
The troops and the jeeps and the tanks
and whatnot. Here, take a look.
No. Other side.
I figure around 200 feet from nose to tail.
Wingspan, around 300.
We're gonna need
about 24,000 horsepower.
Now, this is just what Kaiser
and the Army are looking for.
- They're gonna pay for it this time.
- What are you getting us into?
Well, it's a big plane,
so I'm calling it The Hercules.
Swell name, isn't it?
- How heavy you imagine this thing is?
- Say around 200 tons.
Well, I didn't say it was gonna be easy.
All right, boys,
I want you to rig up something like this.
Should give the proper uplift ratios and
reduce need for torque support on the front.
We are not getting enough production
out of Jane Russell's breasts.
I want smooth titties, gentlemen.
Smooth titties.
- It's all in engineering, isn't it, Odie?
- Howard...
...do you really think they're gonna let you
put out a whole movie just about tits?
Sure. Who doesn't like tits?
Good afternoon, gentlemen.
Sorry I'm late.
Please record that Mr. Hughes has arrived
and this session is now called to order.
- I yield the floor to Mr. Breen.
- Mr. Hughes...
...members of the committee, I've reviewed
the photoplay entitled The Outlaw...
...and I can state that I have never seen
anything so unacceptable...
...as the shots of the mammaries
of the character named Rio.
For almost half the picture,
the girl's mammaries, which are quite large...
...and prominent,
are shockingly uncovered.
For this reason, I concluded the picture
appeals only to prurient interests...
...and should be denied the Motion Picture
Association's seal of approval.
Really, Mr. Hughes.
- Thank you, Mr. Breen. Mr. Hughes.
- Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Mr. Breen. It's good to see you again.
I haven't seen you all since that situation
with all the violence in Scarface.
The situation here revolves
around Miss Russell's mammaries.
Mr. Breen feels that they are
too prominent, yes?
More prominent than other mammaries
have been up on the screen?
Well, I hope to dispel that notion.
Jean Harlow.
Ann Sheridan.
Irene Dunne.
Claudette Colbert.
Rita Hayworth.
Betty Grable.
And the lovely Miss Jane Russell.
Now, all these shots, save for Miss Russell,
were enlarged from pictures...
...that received
Mr. Breen's seal of approval.
Now, as you've probably noticed by now,
they all contain mammaries.
I will ask my associate to join me now.
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