 From Hollywood the screen directors play house Directors play house star Edward G. Robinson production all my sons director Irving Reese The Hollywood screen directors present a human tragedy the motion picture drama all my sons Starring Edward G. Robinson and his original role of Joe with Jeff Chandler as Chris This is the tragedy of a man who sought to fashion his family into a universe But lived to see the universe become his family What do you think Joe the transmission will never hold I'll work it over in the morning Yeah, that's what they say if you want to know as Joe Well, it's quitting time. You better run along. I'll worry about it. That's the boss's job in this machine shop Okay, thanks. Good night. Yeah, here. I am Chris Can't you take yourself away from this place? It's not a place Chris. It's me This isn't the color machine works. It's your old man Every machine every blueprint every nail I made it for the family For you Chris dad. Can we go back to the office? I want to talk to you sure sure There all dressed up Chris for Annie, huh? That's right for Annie I've got a few minutes before I meet her at the station. Well, it's a good thing. They're coming back like this shows There's no grudge between our families Sit down Sit down Chris Now what's the problem? Dad I'm gonna ask Andy for to marry me No No, you can't do that Chris. We're in love dad Annie is Larry's girl. She's engaged to your brother Larry's dead. He crashed in the war. Well, there's no proof Nobody no grave. It's been years. He can't still be alive. Well your mother will never believe that Mother's built Larry's memory into a shrine. Now look here Chris Look you you've hardly seen Anne since she moved away since since that you went to war. I saw in Chicago last year Yes, but after what's happened me the trial and her father being I was brought up to next door to her I know her best when I think of someone for my wife I think of an well Chris you'll be pronouncing your brother dead Dad if you and mother won't let us be happy here if we're shadowed over with Larry's memory with the memory of the trial and her father's guilt and Then I'll have to get out. Are you crazy? You've got a business here the factory. It's a business. I'm talking about living. Yes, but this is all I know about living The business and the family. That's all Chris and help me to stay here. Well, all right, but don't think like that Only for you the whole shooting match. It's for you Chris having a towel kid Yeah Why did you build a house with two bathrooms if you must wash your hands in my kitchen sink? I wonder how Andy ever feels about escape her father hates us. I don't know about her All I know is that it isn't right her and Chris. She's Larry's girl Kate Larry isn't dead Joe. He can't be dead. Well, perhaps he is Kate me maybe he is and her beaver in prison Annie's father They all say it's because he was your partner. Well, they know I was acquitted They know I was home sick that they her ship those faulty cylinders to the army 21 planes crash in Australia Joe 21. Well, all right, it's forgotten now. Why do you have to talk about it? Well, Anne is his daughter Joe there might be trouble. Well, there won't be any trouble now You'll be nice to her now. That's all be nice to her Kate. Well, you're dead. We're home I'll be nice to Larry's girl in here Chris Say, Andy Andy, you're beautiful Okay, okay I'm so glad you could come It's so wonderful to be here again I'll show you to your room don't take forever. I want it back All that Chris is so happy you're here He feels just like a brother to you and in a way, I suppose he is brother Well, I hadn't thought of it and how is your brother and is Georgia lawyer now Oh, yes with an office in Chicago and no clients This is your room, Anne It's Larry's room But Kate It's just the same His clothes his books is dear for when he gets back But Larry is dead sometimes It's better to let things stay the way they are Annie and not disturb them Not disturb them. How is it being home again, huh sitting on the front steps after a good dinner Joe Have they stopped talking yet about my father? Oh garlic forgotten Things are just the way they used to be at the plant dad. It's different with you. You were exonerated And his father is still in prison. She might as well be prepared people who talk. Well, let him talk To bother me Before the trial they called me a murderer and some even afterwards There's nothing on my conscience and I got a court order to prove it. You don't have to prove it dad But my father is a murderer. Oh, no No herb is a fool but but don't make a killer out of him He sent out a shipment of defective cylinders 21 There's no word bad enough for a crime like that Chris. Let's forget it now both of you listen to me I sure have us in jail, but Just try to see it human Just see it human all of a sudden the batch of cylinders comes out bad a mistake But it's why you but it ain't murder but he shipped them to guys who wore the same uniform that Larry and I did It his own son George did well, so my partner ship them You thought they'd hold up the army screaming for the liveries me home sick I couldn't stop them lying on my back with a flu. I don't say he was right, but it wasn't murder That's the way I feel and you can tell him that Annie when you write to him. I don't write to him What? He's your father neither does George Why? Because 21 pilots died Because Larry died But that had nothing to do with Larry besides we don't know for sure that and tired Yeah Yeah, sure. I'm sorry. It's the crazy old man. That's me. I'll leave you two kids alone. That's what you want Anyway, good night. Good night, Joe. Night dad Chris I'm sorry. I've come. No, you mustn't say that. I know your mother doesn't want me here. She's afraid of me Right now if you why? Afraid I'm gonna break up the safe little world. She's built around you and Joe and Larry Come into that world any No Chris Any I love you. I want you to marry me if you want me Chris if you want me It's your brother George long-distance from Springfield Springfield the prisons I thought you said George and your father weren't in touch. I don't understand. Well, there's a phone. Hello George Yes What are you so excited about? No, I don't want you to come here No, Georgia You have But please I can't leave George Chris has asked me to marry him Georgia George What is it? He went to see father He's found out something new about the trial He's coming tomorrow He says he's coming to take me away from here Chris here on the porch and Chris I might as well warn you George isn't friendly. He'll talk while talk my father's innocent. I'm George. He's here George You're not going to marry him Why not? Because his father destroyed your family now. Look here George. You know Chris and I've been thinking We turned our backs on our father. We did a terrible thing, but now I've talked to him again And it wasn't all dad's fault George Joe knew about those cylinders. He knew that's a lie. My father was home sick Joe gave himself an alibi. That's all Our father told you that from his own mouth and it's different than reading it in the court record and You have to believe him It's been so long let me look at you But you look so oh you look fine Kate and I still cook fine, too Wait till you see the dinner I've made. No, I'm not staying Kate. Of course you're staying I know you George trying to make us believe you hate us, but you can't George. He's not in your heart I don't know. Please stay George. Nobody can resist Kate. Well All right, I am kind of hungry George. I'm glad come we'll go in Joe will be home any minute now Come on George eat. Come on eat. I can't you're not another bite Oh my Joe. He's always hungry. Sure. I'm a hard-working man Too much to do with the plant the plant's going very well George. Well, what does he care about factories? He's a lawyer I'll tell you what George you come back here to live and I'll talk to Judge Collins. I haven't taken you in And I'll find you a girl and we'll make you laugh again. I Really came here trying to hate you, but I can't you're you're all so wonderful Just like I remembered you and you all looks are fine and well our dad's still strong as an ox No, sure too busy to find time to be safe Joe hasn't been to a doctor as long as I can remember Faster potatoes Kate, you know, I've never been sick a day in my whole life Is that a fact Joe Sure Except for that time. Oh, yes. Yes. Yes, sir Except for that time that I had the flu never sick a day. You said not a day George But you forget the day your partnership defective airplane parts to the army now. That's enough out of you That's the court. What happened that day if you're so curious ask that you and you almost had me fooled with your talk You'll find family talk Come on and let's get out of here Chris well, I'm going with him Chris Your mother's right It's better sometimes to let things stay the way they are What are you staring at me like that for? Never sick a day in your life You said well, I forgot if it ever turned out that you were lying. I'd kill you What kind of a thing is that to say? What can I kill you? Well, listen, I don't have to defend myself to your anybody. Do you understand how to you or nobody? I'm clear see But you're a set so nothing can touch me nothing We're listening to the screen directors playhouse presentation of all my son starring Edward G. Robinson as Joe with Jeff Chandler is Chris You can have five minutes with the prisoner I Had to see it's about Anne and me. I know George told me he convinced her my father's guilty What do you want of me the truth, mr. Diva freers? Let us be happy. I want you to tell me he's not guilty If you want the truth, I'll tell it to you. That's all I want the truth And we were in the midst of all that war business Chris it was the day before the Cylinders were shipped No, all right. All right herb. So about you some of this came out back. Well, that's all we're finished Joe through We can't ship them can't meet the contract. We lose the business. All right, so we take the wrap Or ship them ship them How can we Joe that's smart enough nobody makes a perfect product But the cylinders will it be all right? Well, they'll have to be or or we broke broke Joe I got every scent in the world tied up here. I've got more than money tied up in it my flesh and blood My heart my brain 40 years of it 40 years from a junk shop to this The main thing now is to survive herb. That's it to survive. It's a crime to ship those cylinders Or it's a crime when we get caught. I say ship them out of here. I say they're okay The next day Joe was at home chris sick I didn't ship the cylinders and not from any high moral purpose, but Because I was frightened and then the army officers came I had to phone your father It's herb. Yeah, they want the cylinders now. I'm scared Joe. I can't take the responsibility. Can't you come in? I don't know Joe, I don't know Full responsibility so ship them ship them I said You said all that in court mr. D They didn't believe you you can take responsibility on the telephone In court you can always deny it. I don't believe your father is guilty chris We both are That's why you must take annie and go away Forget us. No No, he's my father. I know him. He couldn't do that You've brooded over this until you believe it yourself chris Till the minute the plants still say If you want to know Ask Joe Yes, Kate Can I come in? If you wish You have nothing to say to me annie You're not welcome here. Kate listen to me, please I've thought it all over and i'm sure now it isn't better to leave things the way they are kate Sometimes they've got to be disturbed. What do you want of us? Why do you come back into our lives? I want to marry chris. That's impossible Not while larry is still alive. We love each other And larry isn't coming back kate He crashed off the coast of china on february 9th 1944. There's no proof. You say that but not even the army has proof I have proof kate. No A letter from larry to me Written the day he died A letter from larry Read it kate I wanted to keep it from you. I mustn't see this letter. You're back. What's the matter with you? Dad is it really true what they say? If you want to know ask joe Sure, it's true. I know every nail on the joint When I want you to tell me something. Well, sure anything Those cylinders, how did they get shipped out without you knowing about it? Oh, so you're on there too Why don't you go ahead and say I'm guilty say I did it go ahead I don't want you to be guilty. I want you to be innocent I saw her diva dad Oh So you will listen to his lies My own son dad you owe it to me to explain what happened. I've got a right to know. I'm tired of explaining I don't have to explain Not to you. Do you hear you're my son You're in it with me You eat my food wear my clothes live in my home. I don't have to explain to you All right, if I'm guilty you're guilty too understand you're guilty too You knew you knew all the time Well, I'm in business I had to keep the shop open now. What could I do? Was 40 years down the drain let him take my life away because I made a mistake in the cylinders They had to be shipped. Why why did they have to be sure chris Chris I did it for you to to give you something for me me what kind of man I don't you have a heart I I had to hold on to the business. Don't you live in the world for the family? Don't you think about people family? I hate you chris. It was for you. I hate you chris. I hate you chris Joe Maybe you should go upstairs and lie down I thought I had a family What happened to my family kate? Joe, I I've been thinking If chris comes back, oh, he'll come back. He'll come back. All right then Joe If you sit down with him You're so mean yourself my son My own son You ought to make it clear to him that you know what a terrible thing you've done Then maybe Maybe maybe he'll forgive me Well, what have I done to be forgiven for Provided for my family made money Forgive me, huh I could live on a quarter a day myself But I've got a family so I did what I could I there's something bigger than the family joe No, I'm his father and he's my son Nothing is bigger than that understand Joe it's chris. He's come home Hello, mom I want to talk to you dad Well, that's fine because I want to talk to you. I've just been with annie. She's outside now. She gave me something any Ranny you turn you back on your father If he's a murderer So what do you want me to do? Tell me chris. I'll do it Throw away my money All right, you take it throw it down the sewer. I'm an old man a dead man Nothing is mine Well, what do you want? It's not what I want. Well, shall I go to the police tell them to put me in jail? Will that make you happy will that do it? Well, come on talk. Tell me. Oh, that's not enough. That wouldn't make you suffer enough Because you still don't understand what you've done. Yeah, I know what I've done I'm sorry. I'm sorry because my son isn't worth it And he gave me this letter chris. Chris. Don't do it. It was written by larry his last letter. Come on, read it Read it and then tell yourself what you must do Letter from larry Read it dad. Read it. It was written during the trial My dear ann It's impossible to put down the things I feel But I've got to tell you something The papers have told us all about the plant about our fathers I'm ashamed because now I'm alone Because our fathers have betrayed us all I can't face the other man. I don't know how to tell you any but Somehow I must atone for what my father has done The day I'm going out on a mission and I shall see to it That I don't come back. I want you to forgive me annie, but It's the only way I know how to pay for the his crime dad. Do you understand what this letter means? Yeah, yeah, I understand I had to show it to you You know, oh sure sure kid. I know It's with you now I'm leaving with annie chris my chris. I'm sorry. You don't know how sorry Goodbye chris now larry Was our son gait Our son you paid for it larry paid for it. What more can you do? No Now it's no use gait Sure, he was my son, but I think to him They were all my sons I guess they were all My sons I think I'll go upstairs Chris We better go in a minute annie I want to look once more at the house The house my father built You still love him, don't you? It's my father. Come on in Your father said to take you away to forget the past we will chris. Oh, no No, I'll always remember Dad the hurt in his eyes because the universe poked its fingers through his picket fence What he learned we'll all have to learn all of us everybody Shot heard a backfire. No no shot. It was Sound of the universe. He was my father in he was my father. We better go back. No. No, we can't go back not now or ever Walk in just walk And pray Edward g robinson and jeff chandler will return in just a moment Next week as always another great star recreates one of his most fascinating roles on screen directors playhouse Our story is called north side seven seven seven And our star is jimmy steward with green director henry hathaway Now here again are edward g robinson and jeff chandler Okay, jeff the heart part is over relax I feel as if I just stepped out of an emotional straight jacket. What do we do now eddie? I'll bring on the director Ladies and gentlemen, we'd like you to meet the man who brought all my sons to the screen The director of such splendid films as the bachelor in the bobby soxer and enchantment Irving grease. Thanks eddie. Hello, jeff. Oh, it's been a little tense Irving It's just my reaction to your fine performance eddie and the microphone And uh, what do you have to be nervous about microphones? You know, uh, jeff Irving grease is one of the real pioneers of radio. Oh, what field mr. Reese writer producer engineer Well, as you can see practically everything but acting Oh, well, I wouldn't say that you know Irving wrote for me when I used to do the big town show What a tough boss I was, huh every that's right scared me right into motion pictures Ha ha ha ha ha Jeff is a rising young screen star. What do you think about radio? Well, may I I think I've been around microphones ever since I left school Well, what do you know three old radio hands? Well, what are we also nervous about television? Good night jeff Irving. Good night everyone. Good night And good night to you edward g robinson jeff tanler and irving grease Remember next week jimmy steward and screen director henry halfway All my sons was presented through the courtesy of universal international studios Who soon will release bagdad a technicolor production starring morino hara and paul christian edward g robinson will soon be seen in the london films production my daughter joy jeff tanler can now be seen with dana andrew's marta toran and steven mcmalley and sword in the desert a universal international picture Irving grease latest production is the 20th century fox technicolor musical dancing in the dark starring william powell Included in tonight's cast were helen andrew's Irene tedrow norman field jack edwards clark gordon and dan riss All my sons based on the play by artha miller was adapted for radio by richard alan simmonds and original music was composed and conducted by henry russell screen directors playhouse is produced by howard wiley with dramatic direction by bill karn This is jimmy wallington speaking and inviting you to listen again next week when we present screen directors playhouse star jimmy stewart Production call north side seven seven seven director henry hathaway What's on nbc sunday? 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