 Later on, I can get a full wholesale, starting with Susan Hayward as Harriet and Dan Bailey as Teddy Sherman. [♪ upbeat music playing in the background.] From Gipps Avenue to Maine, the big windows of the department stores are the showcase of the dress business. But the story of the dress business is in the New York Garmin Center, half a mile square and two blocks high. The Vindian Dollar Dress Capital of America, built on a boat of cloth and a foolish question, how do I look? The lives and fortunes of hundreds of thousands hang on the answer to that question. And this is the story of a few of them. A man named Sam Cowan, who manufactures dresses, and a fellow named Teddy Sherman who sells them. And oh yes, there's a girl, Harriet. They all worked for the same company, Paul Vermocker, Kelly, and Bertini. A few hours ago, the salesman returned from four months on the road. And he finally persuaded Harriet to have dinner with him. Oh, come on, Harriet. What's the matter? What's wrong? The minute I got in the town, what did I do? Collected your expense account. Well, a minute after that. I sent you my love, didn't I? No, didn't you get the message? I refused to live for it. You sure, huh? Didn't you tell yourself? Well, how could I? You were busy all day talking to Sam or modeling a line. Hey, how come you and Sam got so much to talk over all of a sudden? Just finished the coffee, Mr. Sherman. Miss Boyd, is this a nice way to treat a fellow who's been on the road for four long months? Has it really been that long? I never knew the time to pass so quickly. Oh, so pleasant, though. Honey, I like the way you're fighting it, but, you know, somehow you've gotten a very false impression of my character. You got to open those beautiful eyes and see the real Teddy Sherman. And who would that be? Man of integrity, class charm, familiar with the arts and sciences, philanthropist. Of course. You can show it. Everything you're not. Well, yeah, but everything I'd like to be. All I need is a girl like you to hold my hand and guide me. You just don't seem to realize. I'm in love with you. What do you think? Suppose you're a little married? Oh, no, honey. In the meantime, just hold my hand. Oh, now, look, do something. Either squeeze back or honk like a horn. Why don't you just get the check? You know, I've been studying you all evening, and I got a question to ask. When do you come out of the deep freeze? You know, I've been studying you all evening, too. How much money do you have in the bank? How much money? You've got $3,300 coming to you in commission. How much more have you got in the bank? What kind of perfume do you use? Expensive. Why? Funny, I smell a rat. I keep forgetting you're a comedian. Look, Miss Boyd, I was pushing a hand truck through the Garmin Center while you were still punching for your gold pin in the diaper service. I know things about this business you'll never grow old enough to learn. But you fool me. It's nothing until now to recognize the gifts that you get. Well, sir, you tell me about me, Mr. Chairman. Fixed out all over you like a bad case of hive. Go on, you've got the blueprint. Read it. Sure. You're going to start a new dress firm and get rich, you think. You've been talking to Sam Cowan at Top Factory, man. I'm supposed to be the salesman and somewhere else is another sucker, a designer. But what may I ask? Just exactly what have you got to contribute? Would you like to see? Yes, I sure would. All right, I'll show you. Take me home. This is an album. It's filled with sketches, designs of dresses. Have a look. Quite enough. This is one of our dresses. This is our 807. That's right. They're old sketches of our dresses. Well, you've talked Batini into coming in with you two, huh? Who pulled the marker, Batini and Kelly, Incorporators? Nice smooth ending. No Sam Cowan, the inside man. No Batini, the designer. No Teddy Sherman, the staff there. You're quite a little pusher, honey. These designs happen to be mine. That's right, mine. It took me months to convince Batini to use them under his own name. He did, and you know the rest. They just happen to be our best number. You? Me. All right, ask Sam then. All right, suppose you are a designer, even a good one. While you go out into that jungle, they'll cut you up into little pieces. You think you know this business? Yes, I think I know this business. And I've learned it the hard way. I've studied night. I've muddled those 7th Avenue dogs while teeth salesmen and buyers from the west hit me all around the showroom. I've fought my way out of cabs, bars and hotel rooms, but I've learned this business. It took a strong stomach, but I've learned it. And now I've got the best inside man there is, Sam Cowan. I'm the best designer. You're supposed to be the best salesman. Tell me, Miss Boyd, what do you dream about night? Cadillacs? Duplex or Park Avenue? That's just what I dream about all the time. So now with my job, time and money, you want me to take a gamble in a racket? I thought I had breath, Miss Boyd, but I'm not in your league. Exactly what I said to Sam, not in our league. Teddy Sermon, I said, they meant that type like pennies and pigeons. They're all American slobs. You spent 10 years selling other people stuff, and there you stand. Teddy Sermon, 36 suits in the closet, these were the pinning in the pocket, all adding up to 36 suits. Come on around for jobs some day when you're broke. Oh, wait a minute. I've got something for you. Here, here's a dollar cab fare. The character analysis was for free. Good night, Mr. Sermon. Miss Boyd, you have the simple and astonishing beauty of an old-fashioned straight razor. How much cash have you got? Enough. Throw away the pipe. How much? Sam has 10,000. I can raise 7,500. How about you? The same. Is this it? Bring it around in dollar bills and we'll talk. That's a deal. You could make it a fish, you know. So I'll seal it with a kiss. Why not? If three will record this, they couldn't hold it. You offered him an apple and he lost his head. Good night, Teddy. Say hello to your ma for me. I'll be sure to. He left a few minutes ago, ma. He said to Sam, you were telling him 7,500 dollars. Well, with what I've got in the bank, bless the insurance, you will never lay your hands on it. Your father left it to me, Harriet, and I'm giving it to Marge when she gets married. So what about me? I'm a daughter, too. You don't need it the way Marge does. You've got the looks and the talent to make money. Ma, that money's no good. It'll buy Marge four rooms of cheap furniture, a washing machine and a middle-aged thread. And what about you? When your father died, I gave up hoping for myself. Once I hope for you, but you're off to an Irish bandit in the hills of Solarnay. I want to see Marge married to Ray. I want them to start out without worries. So what do you do? Live a week with her and a week with me? A woman without money? Without independence? Without pride? Taking crumbs off some son-in-law's table? Is that what you want? Ma, with that 5,000 dollars, I can miss you independent. You'll have plenty left over for Marge, and then she won't have to marry some poor, nook-like Ray who'll spend the rest of his life almost winning cases in the court of small claims. With money, Marge can marry any man she wants. A nice outlook on life. It's the outlook that men taught me. Then some man will teach you it's wrong. Ma, please, the answer's no, Harriet. I'm so glad you came home early. What are you so excited about? How would you and Ray like to go to Bermuda on your honeymoon? Oh, great. Oh, you don't understand, Ray. I'm serious. Oh, it's the most wonderful new year. Where's Ma? She went to bed. She's asleep. But you know, it's all about her. Well, hold on to your heart, sir. They came to me. To me? Sam Cowan and Teddy Sherman. They're going into business. They want you to be their designer. Our own business, Ma, and I'm going to be a partner. Oh, congratulations, Harriet. That's the rest of it. Harriet, it's just what you've always dreamed about. A lot of our dreams are going to start coming true. Things Mama's always dreamed about. Who are you? That little place you and Ray want in Queens? One good season and I'll buy it for you. Oh, no, no. Wait a minute. I couldn't let you do a thing like that. Oh, no. Stop being proud with your practically sister-in-law. You can pay me back. But this percentage will make you feel any better. Oh, oh, oh, oh. And I wasn't joking about that sister-in-law. Why don't you two just get married, buddy? Oh, the first thing I wanted to was catch my breath. When did all this happen? Now, I'll give you all the beautiful details later, only first. Let's have a drink on it. Ma's going out in the kitchen to make us some coffee, huh? Too bad we just happened to be out of Champagne. You're pretty wonderful. Don't waste your kisses on me, Ray. This is the wrong girl. Right if I give Marge a hand. Go on in there. I'll just sit down here for a minute and try to come down to Earth. Operator, I think this phone is out of order. Will you mind if I need it? What's the number, please? Skylar 47098. Will you give it now, please? Our ring's got a 47098. Thank you. I just want to lay down and die. I'm calling. The bank says we need more cash. We'll just have to get a designer who can put a piece here of the money. I'm... I'm sorry, kid. Oh, what a rotten brain. You'll excuse me once you... No, no, just leave me alone, Marge. Good night, Ray. Let's give anything in the world if I could help her. Me with less than 500 bucks in the bank. Ray, the insurance money. Oh, but that's yours, Marge. I couldn't even... You know how your mom feels about that money. It's my money, Ray. She gave it to me. Back here. You get Sam down on the phone right away. Tell him you've got your money. How do you like them? Sam, the officer, the showroom. She hasn't got a word. One word I can say. Scared. I'm scared, baby. What's the matter with you? Look at the orders I've brought in. Order the fine-setting, the flowers and plants and pots. Are we so rich we can afford to wish ourselves good luck? Sam, stop worrying. We're in. Am I any great gain in order? It'll carry us for three months. You better write two orders. Maybe then we can pay for the carpets and fancy drapes. Teddy, why did we have to have such an expensive showroom? Because it sells dresses. That's why. You know who's in the showroom right now? Artie Savage. The biggest decalcomer of this. Savage is there, and you're in here? Let him wait. He's happy. He's looking the models over. The dresses, Teddy, are the girls. Relax, partner. Our biggest order is about the fault of our left. Teddy, my boy. Congratulations. They're great. They're great. Do you like it, Artie Savage? You're good and hungry for a real great fall night? You know me, Teddy? With this half of my head, I buy dresses. With this half, I... Well, how about something out of that little black bookie that's for dinner tonight? Your arm. I'll take that little lady over there. What happens to my partner? Hey, how are you? You got a minute, honey? Well, Mr. Savage isn't it? Mr. Savage is meeting this boy. I'll design it. There's Teddy, your candy, and even for partners. And now he picks them even for customers. Well, look, Teddy, if she's your partner, he can tell me the whole line. Why shouldn't I? You're my work. I'm on every number on the line, honey. Murderer. That shouldn't be difficult. I'm sure Mr. Savage is going to like everything he's got. If I like it with Sherman, I'm going to love it with you. Oh, well, Teddy, wait a minute. Yeah? All right, the grill at eight o'clock. Mr. Shannon, I've got your table ready. My captain just gave it to me. Oh, I'm, uh, expecting Mr. Savage, selling us a grill tonight. Mr. Savage is already here. Who's in the dining room? With the young lady. Oh? Uh, look, it seems that the girls at the table get a drink yet. I'd better have a word with Mr. Savage. Say, you know, Miss Boy, don't you? Yeah, we've met. Have any trouble closing the order, Harris? No, no, very little. Greatest well-designed in the business only. I wouldn't sign untouched yet, then, would I, honey? I'd better not talk business any more. I'm hungry. You hungry, Teddy? No, I always eat before I come here. What about our date? Well, I got a date. How about you better run along, Teddy? Your girlfriend will be waiting. You run along. I'm waiting for him, too. What? You think I'd pass up Mr. Savage? I don't mind the details. Well, Teddy, I'll see you tomorrow. I ordered 1,500 pieces. She's a great salesman, your partner here. She's cute, too. Why don't you shut up? What? Don't I what? Why don't you go home? You don't have to do this to get orders. Go see this dress, that's what. I don't want you doing that. Now, just a minute, Sherman. You can't talk like this in front of a lady. Don't you take your bowels out? Wine them down, them amuse them? Of course I'm a man, and you're supposed to be a lady. How? I'll write you a letter in the meantime. Now, look here, Sherman. It's full of my friends. Now, let's go. Oh, you can't take their hand, can you, Teddy? Well, maybe you have to understand... Oh, that was great stuff, man. That was just... Be strong first, didn't he? You know how I feel about you? Sure, I'm part of the Teddy Sherman service. Do you think I'd go into this business with you and Sam just for money? Even in my mind, this is the first night we went out. I began to like it. The more I like it, the less I like to see you entertaining a buyer like a prize that comes in a box of cracker jacks. Don't you think there's lady buyers in the Southern Circuit? What kind of talk is that? You're the kind of a girl I could marry. Well, did you hear me? I'm proposing to you. What do you expect me to do? Throw my arms around you? When you marry someone, it'll be to rope her off while you go on playing the field. Can't you get her through your head? I love you. You love me. You mean you want to own me? I've worked and seen to get a business started just so I could be free of men like you, so I could belong to myself. You love me so much. If you take that crummy male eagle of yours, you're ready to take something I've worked for and dreamed about all my life and kick it right under a bar room table. That's how much you love me. All right. I'll carry it back in there and dump you in Savage's lap. But that finishes it. I want out. Get yourself another party. Oh, no. I've got a party. You, the best in the business, and you're going to help me get rich. The concept sounds to your deliberate, unbreakable, and you won't get out never. So make up your mind to like it. You're in the morning, Mr. Sherman, right now. I can get it for you, Hotel, starring Susan Hayward as Harriet and Dan Bailey as Teddy Sherman. It's been said that for every 12 who go into business in the New York Garmin Center, only one remains. Well, the new partnership seems to be that one out of 12, even though the two younger partners carelessly stick to each other. But tonight, Teddy Sherman and Harriet are making a special effort to be civil. The annual buyer's ball, strictly, is sold rest in New York's most exclusive hotel. On the dance floor, Teddy's met up with an old friend. It's been a long time, Teddy. I thought he was dead. Yeah, that's only a point of view. I'm in business with myself now. Yeah. Yeah, well, that is with two other partners. One of them's an angel. The other one's a love. And that was quite a feat your boyfriend made tonight. How could he miss? J.F. Noble is the best center for most of you here ever had. Come on, I want you to meet my partner. I want to show you all through a shirt. Well... With your look at that. J.F. Noble with another girl? That doesn't bother me, Teddy. I'm not jealous anymore. The other girl happens to be one of my partners. Oh, the angel. No, not the angel. Looks like they're leaving, doesn't it? Not without Harriet. What a sweet kid. I never suspected that a buyer's ball could be to entertain me. I must like the committee and apologize for putting you off all these years. And for running out so early in the evening. I want to drive as home. I want to talk to you. What about, Mr. Noble? Well, among other things, your gown is lovely. Thanks. Great to get it. Well, I designed it myself. You see, I'm one of those children you mentioned in your speech. One of the children in the 1095 line wants to see the mecca of gowns as at Noble. I just used that phrase, didn't I? In my position, I find that the only people who ever remember what I say are those who want something from me. But what's wrong with that? What you have is what people should want. Oh, I'm not a sketchy. I know it's too less to a partner without an excuse. Or even a good night. Right, didn't I? Well, usually, when men have useful women for partners, pleasure and business gets mixed up. Well, in our partnership, our only pleasure is business. Then you need a change. Either your point of view or your partner. Good night, Miss Boyd. Good night, Mr. Noble. What are you doing back here? I thought you had some buyers in the kill room. Take a wait for a minute. Sam's talking and buying Ponzi's. It's a smart thing. We're getting the fabric for next semester. It's a mistake. Why? Ponzi's an old-fashioned material. It won't sell. You're the salesman. Make it sell. Let's see the designs. They're not ready yet. I've got to get some special sketches out. Why special sketches? You're supposed to be finishing the spring line. Unless, of course, it's all too dull since you got your flaws into J.F. Noble. Am I seeing this? Not blood, Mr. Sherman. Justice. Very funny. But I still want to know... Harriet. Mr. Noble. Mr. Noble is here. J.F. Noble. Well, well. The mountain has come to Manhattan. Come right in, Mr. Noble. Good morning. Hello. Oh, Mr. Noble. This is my other partner, Terry Sherman. Terry. Mr. Noble. Well, if we're going to be formal, Harriet, I'm Mr. Sherman. You're Miss Boyd. You're Miss. Noble. But if we're not, I'm Terry Sherman. You're Harriet Boyd. And you're Miss. Noble. If anyone wants me, I'll be at my club. I waited for you to call me, Harriet. And when you didn't, I did. Is this your spring line? These sketches? They're part of it. Very nice. Did I bore you? Oh, no. Then why did you do that? I didn't know I had one. Well, here I am. What's this sketch? That's just reason. Would you care to have lunch with me and go to a fashion show? Oh, I'd love to do this. I'm so big and cute. That sketch isn't bad at all. You should do it more often. Well, I might if I'm encouraged. Miss Boyd, do you believe in hunters? No. Well, I do. I have a hunch that you and I should have a serious talk. Oh, I believe in that. I want you to look at some of ours sketches. My designing staff is very proud of me. I'd love to see them. Tonight? Or will you still be bidding? Oh, tonight will be fine, Jane. Yes, I thought so. Just look those sketches down for a moment. You can, uh... I've tweaked a few of these ideas around. I hope you don't mind. I expected them to be tweaked around. And I also expect them to be improved. Well, we'll know about that in minutes. You're a fabulous girl. Not the least nervous, aren't you? Maybe? Why? Could I be? Well, your work is about to be done by... if you'll forgive me. J.F. Noble. Now, uh... don't you care whether I like them or not? I care very much. Then you're sure I'm going to? No. I'm just sure that it's good. Well... Why did you change this one? I was quite pleased with that design. It was fun. But it was beautiful, but impractical. The only place a woman could wear a gown like that would be in a bikini. I still like it. Only man would. But any woman would know that you couldn't sit down in it. Uh, don't you think of what I don't do? I approve, Harry. Thank you. But the sketch is incomplete. Now, if I may have a pencil, I'm, uh, adding a signature of... Harry? Of Noble. Harry approves Noble. Do you like the way it sounds? Yes, I like it very much. Do you mind if I speak frankly? You're going to get something disagreeable? After that. I'm going to say that if you think I'm interested in you personally, you're wrong. But I know what you need and what you want. Now, with my help, you can jump from that ten-ninety-five business of yours to the top of your profession. This is exactly what I want. We offer those things. But I have two partners and an unbreakable contract for five years. You'll find a way to break it. May I use this rhyme? It's a present. Thank you. You may, Harry. If we're going to work together someday, it could be entirely frankness. Well, what, no? No. You are interested in me as well as my talent. Well, who's I am? You're right. Isn't I? Because it might complicate things for Harry as a noble. Well, I'm complicated. And I'm simple. I only know what I want. I think we both know what we want. We offer still open, Harry, but it won't be forever. I guess the next move's mine, then, isn't it? Yes, Harry. The next move is yours. Please, for heaven's sake, not so loud. There's a fire in the total room. Don't you tell me to be quiet. I'm not going to stand for it. Sam, if you people don't want me in the company, you're thinking out in nature and something's firing against me. You're sick, Harry. If you don't know what you're saying... I slaved over those bitches. What do you think I've got to work with making a dress for $10.95? And when I finally get something, this is what you do with it. Please, Harry. If something is wrong... It is not the dress I designed, and you know it. It's a nightmare. What right have you got to make changes without my permission? For Harry, I mean it. Just exactly like that. All right, everybody. Get back to work. This is my side, Joe. Okay, now what's going on? Stop yelling at Sam. I suppose they're changing my design with your ideas. What design? This! This! This! Are you crazy? What kind of a pharmacist is this? If you don't like what I'm doing, I'll just give up. I don't like how you sound. I don't like the tone of your voice. I want you to treat people around here as though they were almost as good as you are. Do you understand? It's all right, Harry. The person doesn't feel good just to fix this, to talk. It's not the person. It's all right. Sam, I'm sorry. I'm just all on it. I made the dress exactly like her dress. What exactly? It's every two minutes now. She changes her mind. I open my mouth and bang. The household's on it. I think I'll have a long talk with our friend right now. Harry, no more yelling, please. I don't yell when I'm serious. He's a high-stone girl, Harry. Hold your senses, please. So what are we, elephants? Come on, Harry. Let's get out of here. Let's take a walk in the park. No, I'm going home today. I haven't lost a thing. You're walking a fresh air of health. Nothing to say. Don't be too sure. Come on. Sometimes you forget there's such a thing as fresh air in me or other things in the world besides business. Now it's your turn. Go ahead. Three. Any time. No. I'll come. Oh, the worst. Oh, the tired. Oh, the ego. Oh, the ambitious. Oh, the worried. I'd like to forget I ever wanted to be a designer. I'd like to forget I ever wanted to be rich. Why? It's the pressure. Design is good when they sell where we go broke. I can do it on a whole business in one room. I don't sleep at night, huh? Oh, they slept in. I don't know how long. Have you seen a doctor? We're practically married. Oh, what did you say? He told me to quit. I told him I could. It looks like I'll have to. I may wish anyone was there. That's right. I used to sense my sister marred with a dope. The way I got that money out of it. What money? Never mind if you'll take that. I'm really interested in you. Marge is happy. We've got our little house in Queens. I'd like to quit, but what about you and Sam? What about me and Sam? Let's talk about me and you. No. Why not? I don't want to. Hurry up. Look, you stay here and breathe. I'm going home. There's only one suggestion I can make. Throw me out of the company? Worse than that. What could be worse than that? Can you marry me? How could you possibly want me to marry you? Sounds crazy, doesn't it? I never stopped thinking about it. Don't think I haven't tried. I can't tell if what you're doing is right or wrong. What's more, I... What are you crying for now? Because I'm crazy. That's why. Look, you go home and stay there. Forget the business. I'd burn the place out if I thought it would make you happy for one minute. I don't want to be happy. You're a fast-talker servant from 7th Avenue, honey, but you make me feel like a boy in love. So get me a cab, boy. I want to go home. I'll take you there. No. I want to go home by myself. I've got to. Well, not to think about it. Okay. This is not so easy to understand. First, you and Harry don't talk to each other, then you scream at each other. Now you tell me you asked to marry you. Well, what did she say? She didn't say no. She's all upset now. But I got an idea. I'll tell her we decided to give her a trip. Let her go to Paris. See the spring's showing. You know how she dreams of those things. No, she dreams of them. I'll pay for her, but we'll tell her at the company. As soon as I finish my sales trip, I'll fly over. Meet her? We'll have a good time. Get married. We'll be back in time for next season. They come to you to pay for it. No. I'll pay for it. You think her happiness in yours isn't my business? She's home now, man. She's kicking herself to pieces. I can go and tell her. Tell her all the partners are agreed. They'll go on, Captain Over before she wakes up and knows what a bad bargain she's got. You could come with me, you know. Get out of here and let a man go to work. Going up, Mrs. Yeah, hold it. We'll just make a lot. Miss Boyd's a problem. What's Boyd's here? Warflaw, but nobody's home. Are you sure? Mrs. Boyd just went to the hospital. A hospital? A daughter would just take him there. Well, what hospital? Midtown. He just left. Thank you. What are you doing? What happened, Mrs. Boyd? What was a bad... Oh, Petty, is it wonderful? It's a boy. Fine. Ma's is doing just wonderfully. She walked in the delivery room. Morning. Well, congratulations, Grandma. Let's hurry it. Wait. That's Ray coming out of her room down there. You can sit in our room. Just for a minute. Petty, Petty. Well, how about this, huh? If I had a cigar, I'd give you a cigar. Here, I'll give you a cigar. Can Harriet in there with her? Harriet. Her own assistant. She couldn't even wait for the baby to be born. A dinner date. That's more important. Ma, a dinner date with who? Well, who do you think? Skip it, Ma. Oh, don't skip it, Ma. A dinner date with who? With Mr. Noble. What happened to her, Petty? I used to think that maybe you and... Well, Mrs. Boyd, go on in the margin. Stay alone for a minute. I'm sorry, David. Well, that's how I feel. I decided to stay for it. Having wounded my vanity, both as a man and as a... They call me. Oh, yes, a merchant's prince. Would you mind telling me just why you changed your mind? Well, it's very simple. You're very attractive and so do you offer, but I think I can get more out of my own business. It'll take longer, but I'll have myself, for instance. And let's not plight that young partner of yours. You'll have him, won't you? Yes. And I'll have all of him. I see. Do you mind if I keep that sketch? I gave it to you. I'm going to have it trained with a motto underneath. Never underestimate the competition from 7th Avenue. Excuse me. Hello? Oh, yes? On his way up? No, no, no. Don't try to stop him. We have an uninvited guest. Or was he invited? Your partner. My partner? Mr. Sherman. Oh, I'm sorry, Harry, for it would have been stupid if he not said and come up. After all, he must know who's here. Of course. We don't have to let him in at all. Let him in, Jay. Let's get it over with. There's an act three of I Can Get It For You Wholesale, starring Dan Daly as Teddy Sherman and Susan Hayward as Harry, with Herbert Butterfield as Sam Cowan, and Herbert Dean as J.F. Noble. It's a moment later. Teddy Sherman has just entered Mr. J.F. Noble's apartment. I'm sorry to interrupt, Mr. Noble, but this will only take a minute. I'm glad to see that Dr. Noble has a cue for what ails you, Harriet. Let me follow your martini, Mr. Sherman. I'm not here for a party. Only to take back a few things I said to my partner this afternoon when we... Oh, I see that you're interested in that sketch. I'm more interested in what's written on it. Harriet of Noble. Teddy, listen to me. Listen to you. I want to tell you something, Mr. Noble, that you've never told me. You'll never get out of our deal. She's going to stick and make me rich and make our company a success. Teddy, wait! You're designed overalls, and I want you to. You're going to like it. You lie, cheat it, and double-cross your way out of a model's home into a partnership with me and Sam. And now you're lying, cheating and trying to double-cross your way into something better. But you can stop crying, honey. You're stuck. Well, stop screaming like a 7,000- I never said I'd have you stay with me. I'm nobody's pity. Not even Harriet. Harriet of Noble. Harriet of Noble. Harriet of Noble. And I won't tell Sam about your dirty little scheme. I'd break his heart. That contract he's talking about, you still think you can get me out of it? He loves you. But he wants to own you because he's a man who has nothing. I have everything. And all I want is to share my pleasure with you. Can you get me out of it? Yes. Last night, honey, he'd be on the road for maybe six weeks. You didn't even say goodbye, did you? Sam, about these sketches for a new life. I can't stand such a thing. Two partners not talking to each other. Sam. Come on. The sketches. All right, all right. But I tell you, Harriet, I... These are not dresses, Sam. These are designed for gowns. What's that? Gowns are $10.95. You're crazy. Our prices are going up, Sam. This is impossible. We're a $10.95 house. We're making a new line. Harriet Boyd Original. They'll make it a fortune. You'll do this without Teddy here, without him even knowing? I won't let you have it. No, you can't. What do you want me to do? Get down on my hands and knees and beg them to talk to me? We're in business to make a profit, aren't we? By doing a crazy thing like this? The Harriet Boyd line just been guaranteed a profit of $50,000 for the first season. $50,000? Yes. I never want to see anything for $10.95 again as long as I live. Naturally, Teddy, naturally. I'll phone you again tomorrow, Sam. I'll be in Dallas. Take care of yourself, Teddy. Thank you. More orders. It's no use, Harry. We've got to tell him. Every day, we're in worse trouble. This is great trouble. I didn't get it. Teddy keeps sending in orders and we can't kill them. Sam, listen to me. In four weeks, he's jumped from a cheap little restaurant into a downhouse. We have the nine noble stores with a client and a future as millionaire. Is that trouble? No, that's not trouble. Well, relax, Mr. Millionaire and be happy. If Teddy gets back, I'll try and be happy. Teddy Sherman is marching through the south, but believe me, the big battle will be on seventh element. Tell Mr. Sherman I'm not here. Tell him I... All right, all right, I'll talk. Hello, Teddy. Sam, how are you? How I am. I don't have to tell you long distance. Well, what goes with those orders I'm sending in? I'm getting complaints. Well, doing what we can. But I plan on delivering to Greg. She said she wired you and all she got was double cost. Teddy, uh, Teddy, no, no, wait. I can wait for Greg home. She just threatened to cancel. You better come home, Teddy. Come home? Why? Because that's why we... we have a little problem. What little problem? When you're here, it's time enough to talk. I'll catch you playing tomorrow. Send me a wire, Teddy. I'll hit you at the airport. I thought I'd better come over and tell you, Dave. Teddy Sherman is coming home tomorrow. Well, it seems to me that you could resign yourself a little more gracefully to being rich and famous. What is he is coming home? I keep wondering what he's going to say when Sam tempts him. If Mr. Sherman doesn't like what you've been doing, you can tell him that every Harriet Boyd original, as ordered by the nine noble stores, will be returned and the orders canceled. That will bankrupt your little company and you'll be free next season instead of this one. Either way, you'll be at noble. Really, Harriet, soon Mr. Sherman has no choice but to accept and grow rich. I suppose so. Just stop thinking about it. Think about this instead. Advertising layouts for the newspapers and the magazines. Martha's Bazaar, four full pages. And, and, and here's that picture of you that we're running in boats. Well, I'll say this for you, James. You certainly really keep your promises right down to the last most extravagant part of them. There's something else you might like to see. Just need you to give it. Tomorrow night, Harold. By this time next week, you'll be comfortably settled in Paris. You'll be going to Paris every season. You're going to be very happy. Am I? I've mapped out the plans for your whole life. All you've got to do is to follow them. I don't know which follower the people planned this. It's an old habit of mine. To get you out of that partnership, I'm doing a few things that violate some of my old habits. But I'm not complaining. So long as we understand each other, we do, so please. Yes, of course. We'll retire this door a little later. We could split dinner tonight if you'd rather, right? Oh, no. No, I want to go out to do that. I can rest in Paris. Rest on the brink, my dear. No one rests in Paris. The little lady's carrying a treat. She's saying that quick as we could. Thank you, Sam. I want to talk to you, Teddy. About what? Sam gave me the full report. Besides, you must have so many other things to do. Where's Nova waiting to be on the boat? Teddy, please. I've only got one thing to say. When we started this business, I told you I'd make you rich. Well, I've delivered on my promise. I always do, don't I, Sam? Oh, great. If there's one thing about Harriet Boyce, she's a girl who delivers. Anywhere, anytime, any price. I don't see you turning down any of that dirty money. Look, partner, I know when I'm going to squeeze play. There's no contract on the order. If I kick Nova off the floor, then our whole company goes down the drain, bankrupt. And you're free to go ahead with him. You get what you want anyway to play. I can't stop you, so I won't even try. I learned that lesson the first time five guys ever jumped me in a dark alley. Well, enjoy feeling sorry for yourself. You can afford it. I got a surprise for you, Harriet. We decided not to afford it. You turned this whole thing into dirt, and the salmon I don't like dirt. We don't like living in it. Sam. You heard me? We're not delivering on the Harriet Boyd original. We're stopping production. We're closing down. Roll flat, finish, get it? Every dime we own, we're ever hoped on. Out of business, bankrupt. You can't. I won't let you. You're going to deliver on those orders. The money's there. It's waiting for us. Well, it'll grow old and gray waiting for us. You wrecked our little dress business, and now we're going to wreck your big gown business. We're finished because we don't like what you've done. Sam, no. Don't let him. Don't let him toss you into these crazy things. He just wants to humiliate me. But you'll lose everything. Every penny you ever save. Sam, you have a wife. A daughter. He's got nothing. He doesn't care. He just wants to make him feel like... Like what you are. Like what you're old with him. That kid is such a fool. Always saying the wrong things. He was just bluffing. He was, wasn't it? He was just trying to scare me. He didn't say what he wanted to say. That we both love him. I, like a father, and Teddy, like Teddy. You know him, a beat-a-lo, a joke-a-last, but with his heart, with his mouth. We are going bankrupt. We're closing up, even though it means the end of all our hope, but not because we hate you. Teddy is right. Then it comes to choosing between money and someone you love. What choice can a man use? He's a half-adult, you know. Well, wait until I'll get me. After all, you're only our party. There's no time. We've got to postpone this thing. I beg your pardon. They won't deliver the gowns. You've got to go back and make them deliver. You can do it through the bank, through the mill, to enforce them too. But why should I? Why? Don't you understand what I'm saying? They deliberately decided to go bankrupt. Well, if they think they can afford the gesture, let them. I don't know. Now, shall we rejoin our guests? You won't do anything? Certainly not. I'll not make Mr. Sherman's sobbing through the basis of our relationship. If you can't be happy with me unless Mr. Sherman is happy too. That has nothing to do with it. It's so simple, my dear. If you want to prevent Mr. Sherman's bankruptcy, all you have to do is go back to him. Go back to him? But you have too much time to make up your mind. Do you want me to go back to him? No. No, I want you to stay. But I have no intention of spending the best years of my life playing psychoanalyst to a woman who won't admit she's in love with another man. Me? In love with that big baboon? That loudmouth salesman with his lady buyers in his cheap white tracks and his... Your description is a trifle cruel, perhaps. But that's the man I mean. That's ridiculous. I only want you to do this because they have every penny they own as a... Unfortunately, Harry, if you want so many things, you want to get out of a cheap dress house before a bright and shining career can open. I arrange that. Now you want luxuries and a happy conscience as well. That, I'm afraid, cannot be arranged. I was happy to help you find fulfillment, but I feel under no obligation to find fulfillment for the man who left. I don't love him. So you keep saying. Of course, I can understand your reluctance to crawl back on your hands and knees. You'll probably insist on that, you know. And with some justification. But crawling on one's hands and knees is good for the soul sometimes. So as Mr. Sherman is the one you want, I forget you start crawling. I don't want him. Very well then. Let's leave Mr. Sherman to the bank to be caught. Say goodbye to our guests. Yes. I'm sorry. I'm not failing. I'm sorry too, Harry. I'll send you a postcard from Paris. We can finish the order in the morning. In the morning I may not... Harry. I'm back soon. Why, did Noble catch you going through this park and then you're thrown off the boat? Not exactly. She told me that I was in love with you. That's why you wouldn't let me stay. Because I was in love with you, he said. What about you? What did you say? I said, me? In love with that big baboon? That cheap, 12 minutes? I forget now what I said. I don't forget the weedy. I haven't forgotten my 30-way listen to me. Maybe 7th Avenue is the jungle, but that doesn't mean that you have to live like a wild animal. Harry has found that out, so she came back. It isn't easy to walk back in after you walk out. It isn't easy to stay out in Paris. It isn't easy to say, please come back. You die falling in love with always a man. What can you expect from two strangers? Let me at least introduce you. Debbie, this is Harry. Harriet, this is Harry. Please, wait a minute. No, no! First is shaking hands. What you're doing, that comes later.