- Title: SC-89
- Summary: THE MIDAS TOUCH: Used car salemen
- Description:01:00:15 - SOUND OF CLAPPING HANDS. FAREWELL CHRIS POSTER. WOMAN IN A WAITRESS UNIFORM COMES OVER TO TABLE & POURS COFFEE. CHRIS, IN A BUSINESS SUIT IS STANDING GIVING A FAREWELL SPEECH. SHOWS APPRECIATION OF THOUGHTFULNESS. RETIRING FROM CAR DEALERSHIP. 01:00:52 - PICKS UP FISHING POLE WITH A HUGE RED BOW ON IT. PATS MAN NEXT TO HIM ON SHOULDER ENTHUSIASTICALLY. PASSING THE REIGNS TO NEPHEW. 01:01:17 - DOOR OPENS. DARKENED ROOM. TWO MEN ENTER. MAN TURNS ON 1950s LAMP. INTERIOR OF OFFICE. MEN SIT DOWN, TALKING. NEPHEW DISCUSSING HOW HARD TO FILL UNCLE'S SHOES. TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT MAKES SOMEONE HAVE THE MIDAS TOUCH. ATTITUDE. APPROACH TO LIFE. 01:02:12 - MAN GETS UP FROM DESK, PACING. 01:02:24 - MAN BEING CHEWED OUT BY BOSS. GOOD SHOT OF A BOSS SHOWING POWER NON VERBALLY. STANDING OVER SITTING MAN. CROSSES ARMS. LOOKS DOWN AT MAN.NEPHEW TRYING TO EXPLAIN HIMSELF. BOSS HAS ARMS AKIMBO. UNCLE GIVES A PEP TALK. SELLING TRICKS. PULLS OUT WHAT HE BELIEVES IS A CHUNK OF JUNK. TURNS OUT TO BE AN UNCUT DIAMOND. RELATES STORY OF RICH UNCLE WHO LEFT IT TO HIM. STRUGGLED FOR YEARS. NEPHEW PICKS IT UP. WAY WE LOOK AT THINGS. RELATES IT TO THE WAY NEPHEW LOOKS AT HIS JOB. 01:04:59 - BACK TO THE PRESENT. TWO MEN IN OFFICE. TALK ABOUT DIAMOND AS SYMBOL. LOOKS UP PONDERING. 01:05:23 - MAN IN FRONT OF DEALERSHIP. WALKS AWAY FROM WINDOW SHOT OF EARLY 1960s CAR IN WINDOW. WALKS TO USED CAR LOT FILLED WITH CARS. FLAGS HANGING. 01:05:59 - SHOT OF BEL AIR CHEVROLET CAR IN FRONT OF OFFICE. MAN GOES OVER TO IT, LOOKING IT OVER. MAN IN BACKGROUND WASHES CAR. MAN OPENS CAR DOOR, GETS IN. GETS BACK OUT. 01:06:30 - COUPLE WALKS OVER TO HIM. THEY SHAKE HANDS. 01:06:54 - MAN WALKS OVER TO AN IMPALA ?. TAKING NOTES. SALESMAN WALKS OVER. MAN OPENS UP HOOD. CAR APPRAISER. SALESMAN MOTIONS OVER MECHANIC. THE APPRAISER & MECHANIC LOOKING OVER ENGINE. 01:07:48 - CAR ROLLS INTO LOT AS MAN POLISHES CAR. MAN MOTIONS WHERE TO STOP CAR. 01:08:20 - ELDER MAN WALKS OVER, INSPECTS CAR. SALESMAN APPROACHES HIM. MEN WALK AROUND CAR. MEN SHAKE HANDS. BOSS WALKS AWAY SMILING. DONE DEAL. CAR SOLD. LOOK OF CONTENT. LOOKS UP AT GROOVY OK USED CARS CARTER CHEVROLET SIGN. LOOKS AROUND LOT. OPENS BOOK, LOOKS AT IT. 01:09:01 - CU PAGES IN BOOK. DIFFERENT CHAPTERS. 01:09:32 - MAN CLOSES BOOK, WALKS AROUND CAR LOT. FLAG BANNERS HANGING. WALKS INTO OFFICE. 01:09:55 - BACK IN OFFICE. MAN AT DESK, OTHER MAN SITTING ON DESK, ARMS FOLDED. THEY GET UP. SWITCH THEIR POSITIONS. 01:10:14 - MAN GETS UP, LIFTS BLINDS. THEY LOOK OUT AT CAR LOT. NIGHT TIME. LIT UP.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1960
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1960s
- File Name: SC-89