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 I--
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, I--
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