- Title: V-A0447
- Summary: MANHATTAN TOWER: WITH MARY BRIAN, IRENE RICH, JAMES HALL, HALE HAMILTON, NOEL FRANCIS, NYDIA WESTMAN, CLAY CLEMENT, BILLY DOOLEY, TED PROUTY, WADE BOTELER. MISH-MASH OF STORIES TAKING PLACE INSIDE A LARGE OFFICE BUILDING REPORTEDLY THE EMPIRE STATE BUILDING. STORIES RANGE FROM BANK FAILURES TO LOVE SCENES TO ECCENTRIC CLERKS. DRAMA.
- Description:01:01:41 - WINDOW WASHERS HANGING OFF SKYSCRAPER 01:02:01 - HIGH ANGLE SHOT DIRECTLY DOWN ON SIGHTSEEING CAR FILLED WITH PEOPLE LOOKING UP 01:02:12 - GREAT CLOSE-UP SHOTS AND DIFFERENT ANGLES OF THE EMPIRE STATE BUILDING. 01:02:23 - BLIMP FLIES OVER. 01:02:41 - MAN LOOKS UP WITH HIS MOUTH WIDE OPEN, MULTIPLE DIZZY IMAGES. IN AWE 01:03:06 - BUSY NEW YORK CITY SIDEWALK, BUSTLING 01:03:27 - PEOPLE FLOW INTO BUILDING, START OF THE WORK DAY 01:03:40 - BEAUTIFUL ART DECO LOBBY WITH MANY ELEVATORS, HECTIC 01:04:06 - HUGE BOILER ROOM, MANY DIALS & GAUGES, POWER ROOM MAN CHECKS THINGS OFF ON PAD, TALKS TO WORKER IN OVERALLS 01:06:05 - MAN IN LOBBY CHECKS HIS WATCH, WOMAN COMES IN LOOKS AROUND FOR SOMEONE 01:07:10 - JEALOUS BOYFRIEND, HUSBAND 01:07:55 - COUPLE ANGRY AT EACH OTHER THEY TURN THEIR BACKS. IN FRONT OF DISPLAY ABOUT OWNING YOUR OWN HOME IN KEW GARDENS FOR $1500. MINI HOUSE WITH LITTLE CHICKS AROUND IT, THEY SMILE AND STOP BEING MAD 01:08:59 - DECO CLOCK READS 5 MINUTES AFTER NINE, LATE FOR WORK 01:09:05 - GIRL GETS INTO ELEVATOR, BLOWS A KISS, BOYFRIEND BLOWS ONE BACK AND HITS A LADY IN THE HEAD THAT IS WALKING BY BY ACCIDENT 01:09:14 - INSIDE AN ELEVATOR SHAFT GOING UP 01:09:21 - OFFICE DOOR 01:09:33 - WOMAN ENTERS OFFICE, LOTS OF PEOPLE WORKING AT DESKS 01:10:09 - RICH COUPLE WALK THROUGH BUSY LOBBY 01:10:54 - RICH WOMAN IN ELEVATOR, EVERYONE LOOKS AT HER FUNNY 01:11:35 - WOMAN IN GOWN COMES INTO OFFICE, LIFTS HER SKIRT WAY UP HIGH. KEEP YOUR SHIRT ON 01:11:49 - GIRL PINS SKIRT TO STAY UP, PRICKS WOMAN SHE SCREAMS OW! 01:11:49 - LINE OF MALE WORKERS ALL IN A ROW LOOK UP IN UNISON, AT THE SAME TIME AT WOMAN, SEXY, THEY SMILE FULL OF LUST, WOMAN MAKES A PHOOEY FACE AT THEM AND THEY SULK AND GO BACK TO WORK 01:12:05 - HELLO, HELLO WOMEN GO BACK TO WORK, ONE WITH HEADSET ANSWERING PHONE 01:12:37 - WOMAN TAKES OUT HER BANK PASSBOOK TO SEE HOW MUCH MONEY IS IN HER BANK ACCOUNT 01:13:03 - BOSS IN HIS BIG OFFICE LISTENS TO RADIO AND TAKES DOWN STOCK REPORT 01:13:14 - TURNS OFF RADIO AND ANSWERS TELEPHONE 01:13:31 - STOCK BROKER WITH NUMBERS ON BLACKBOARD BEHIND HIM 01:13:35 - MAN HANGS UP PHONE CONCERNED, SECRETARY COMES IN, IS THAT ALL, SHE ASKS HIS ADVICE ABOUT STOCKS 01:15:02 - PHOTO OF WIFE SITS ON DESK 01:15:19 - MAN AT DESK WRITING, POLICEMAN COMES IN 01:15:55 - SECRETARY ALMOST BUMPS INTO HIM AS HE LEAVES 01:16:59 - MEN MEET IN OFFICE 01:17:48 - SECRETARY WATCHES WIDE-EYED AS MAN LEAVES OFFICE, GETS BUZZED BY BOSS, EARPIECE INTERCOM, GETS FILES THAT HE REQUESTED 01:20:30 - SECURITY DESK IN LOBBY, DRUNK GENTLEMAN WITH PACKAGE ASKING GUARD FOR WOMAN 01:21:01 - BOILER ROOM 01:21:36 - WOMAN ENTERS OFFICE, ASKS FOR MAN, HAS A HEADACHE DITZY WOMAN GIVES LADY SOME PILLS 01:22:48 - DRUNK MAN GETS OFF ELEVATOR, LOST, STUMBLES DOWN HALL 01:23:06 - WALKS INTO DENTIST'S OFFICE, WOMAN IN DENTIST'S CHAIR 01:23:22 - WOMAN POWDERS HER NOISE AT HER DESK, QUICKLY HIDES COMPACT 01:23:33 - GRAB PAD AND RUSHES INTO OFFICE, LOOKS AT HER SKIRT, ADJUSTS IT, MEN LEER AT HER, ONE MAN TAPS THE NEXT MAN AND HE LOOKS UP AND DOES THE SAME TO NEXT MAN ALL THE WAY DOWN THE LINE, WOMAN LETS HER SKIRT DOWN LONG, STICKS GUM ON CHAIR 01:24:53 - BOSS TAKES PAD FROM WOMAN, COMES ON TO HER, FLIRTS, SHE RESPONDS POSITIVELY, HUGS HER, NIBBLES ON HER NECK, SECRETARY TURNS DOWN HIS WIFE'S PICTURE, AFFAIR BETWEEN THE BOSS AND SECRETARY 01:26:00 - HUSBAND TALKS TO HIS WIFE AND SAY THAT THEY ARE WASTING THE BEST YEARS OF THEIR LIFE AND THAT THEY ARE NOT GETTING ANY YOUNGER 01:27:44 - WOMAN COMES BACK FROM LUNCH, PUTS MONEY INTO ENVELOPE 01:28:17 - BOSS PLAYING WITH SECRETARY IN OFFICE, SHE FIXES HER HAIR AS OTHER SECRETARY COMES IN TO ANNOUNCE VISITOR, WOMEN EACH LOOK AT EACH OTHER WITH CONTEMPT 01:29:09 - MAN TALKS WITH WIFE IN HIS OFFICE, CAUGHT RED-HANDED 01:30:53 - CU DIAMOND RING ON WOMAN'S HAND, WEDDING RING 01:31:00 - SHE WANTS A DIVORCE TO MARRY ANOTHER MAN, THEY ARGUE, SHE SLAPS HIM, AND GETS UPSET. "LET'S NOT BE COMMON". HE BRIBES HER, I'VE GOT TO HAVE MONEY "I THOUGHT I KNEW HOW LOW YOU WERE" 01:33:09 - WOMAN BOWS HER HEAD IN SHAME AND GOES QUICKLY OUT OF OFFICE 01:33:24 - LOWER CLASS RECEPTIONIST, PHONE OPERATOR CHEWS GUM, "IS SHE BURNED UP" CLICHE SOUND BYTE, ANSWERS PHONE LINES, SWITCHBOARD 01:33:43 - DRUNK WELL-DRESSED GENTLEMAN STUMBLES DOWN HALL LOST, OPENS DOORS, JANITOR TAPS HIM ON SHOULDER AND ASKS WHAT HE IS DOING, COMEDY RELIEF 01:34:28 - MAN IN OFFICE, ANOTHER MAN COMES IN AND GETS INTO TROUBLE, "GET OUT" SOUND BYTE 01:35:39 - WAITER COMES IN WITH FOOD ON TRAY AND ANNOUNCES THAT IT IS LUNCH FOR MR. BURNS, SHOWN THE WAY, SECRETARY IN GOWN SAUNTERS IN AFTER HIM, SMUG 01:36:01 - MAN ON TWO-PIECE TELEPHONE, HANGS UP, TELLS WORKER IN BOILER ROOM SOME GOOD NEWS. "GEE, THAT'S GREAT" 01:36:22 - WORKER TAKES OFF WORK JACKET, HANGS IT ON HOOK AND GETS STREET CLOTHES 01:36:29 - PAN UP SKYSCRAPER, EMPIRE STATE BUILDING 01:36:40 - OUTSIDE OBSERVATION DECK ON THE EMPIRE STATE BUILDING 01:36:42 - MAN SADLY LOOKS THROUGH HIS BROWN BAG LUNCH, LOOKS DOWN 01:36:58 - HIGH ANGLE SHOT OF BUILDINGS BELOW 01:37:02 - MAN LOOKS OVER EDGE CURIOUSLY, VIEW OF CITY BELOW, SWAYS, DIZZY EFFECT. WILL HE JUMP? 01:37:19 - CO-WORKER COMES AND TALKS TO MAN, HELPS HIM FEEL BETTER. "MAKES YOU WONDER IF IT PAYS TO DO RIGHT" 01:37:50 - CO-WORKER WALKS AWAY WHEN HIS GIRLFRIEND SHOWS UP WITH HIS LUNCH 01:38:01 - MAN LOOKS DOWN TO ROOFTOPS BELOW 01:38:10 - GETS EXCITED OVER CAKE. "OH CAKE!", HE SHOVES IT IN HIS FACE, HIS GIRL GETS UPSET BECAUSE IT IS FOR DESSERT, HE MAKES A FACE BECAUSE IT TASTES BAD, PUTS IN ON LEDGE SO THAT GIRLFRIEND DOESN'T SEE 01:38:30 - DEPRESSED MAN TURNS AROUND AND PUTS HIS BAG IN THE GARBAGE 01:38:48 - COUPLE EATING THEIR SANDWICHES, MAN TURNS AROUND AND PUSHES THE PIECE OF CAKE OFF THE EDGE 01:38:55 - POV OF CAKE FALLING, BUILDINGS SPEEDING PAST 01:38:56 - HIGH ANGLE VIEW OF PEOPLE WALKING ON SIDEWALK BELOW, MAN TAKES OFF HIS HAT, CAKE FALLS THROUGH AND BUSTS A HOLE IN THE HAT, HE PUTS IT BACK ON WITHOUT NOTICING 01:39:01 - COUPLE CONTINUE EATING AND TALKING, SHE GIVES HIM SOME OF HER CAKE. WE'VE GOT TO GET MARRIED RIGHT AWAY 01:39:49 - COUPLE HUG AT GOOD NEWS, HE WANTS TO GET MARRIED TONIGHT, SHE GETS UPSET, DOESN'T WANT TO GET MARRIED YET, THEN THEY ARGUE. LOVER'S SPAT 01:41:54 - WOMAN SITS AT DESK, UNWRAPS HER SANDWICH 01:42:02 - CU DESK DRAWER FILLED WITH MEDICINE BOTTLE, PILLS 01:42:15 - WOMAN TAKES ONE, AND BRINGS A HUGE PICKLE UP TO HER LIPS, SEXUAL INNUENDO. INTERRUPTED BY BOSS WHO SAYS HE WILL BE IN A MEETING AND DOESN'T WANT TO BE DISTURBED 01:42:30 - DIPPY SECRETARY GRABS PAD AND A QUICK BITE OF PICKLE 01:42:42 - DRUNK GENTLEMAN OPENS DOOR OF ATTORNEY'S OFFICE 01:42:47 - CU OF LUNCH, BITTEN PICKLE AND SANDWICH 01:42:50 - HE LOOKS AROUND TO MAKE SURE THAT NO ONE IS LOOKING AND GOES INTO OFFICE AND STEALS PICKLE, TAKES A BIG BITE, HEARS SOMEONE AND PUTS THE PICKLE IN HIS POCKET 01:43:14 - MAN COMES INTO OFFICE, LOOKS AT PAPERS ON DESK, SECRETARY COMES BACK. IMPORTANT MAN SOUND BYTE "I WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE TROUBLE IS" 01:43:58 - SHE LOOKS AND SEES THAT HER PICKLE IS GONE, THINKS THAT THE BUSINESS MAN STOLE IT, MAKES EXASPERATED FACE, GETS PILLS OUT OF DESK DRAWER, TAKES A PILL 01:45:19 - MAN LOOKS DEPRESSED, WORKER IN OVERALLS SOUND BYTE "WHAT'S EATING YOU?" 01:46:00 - WOMAN DISTRAUGHT, KNOCKS ON BIG DECO DOOR INTERRUPTING BOSS' LUNCHEON, SOUND BYTE "MAY I SPEAK TO YOU ALONE" 01:46:45 - ASKS HIS DATE TO TRY TO GET REPORTER IN WIRE, HE IS STERN WITH HER, SHE GIVES OTHER WOMAN A PISSED OFF LOOK, LEAVES ROOM IN A HUFF 01:47:14 - BUSINESS EXECUTIVES IN OFFICE MEETING 01:48:13 - UNHAPPY WOMAN EATS HER SANDWICH, ANSWERS TWO-PIECE TELEPHONE 01:48:37 - MEN IN POWER ROOM 01:49:07 - MAN DIALS TWO-PIECE TELEPHONE 01:49:10 - RECEPTIONIST PUTTING ON LIPSTICK PLUGS IN PHONE CABLE TO ANSWER CALL, MANY DIFFERENT PEOPLE ON DIFFERENT TELEPHONES. WOMAN TAKES PILLS WITH GLASS OF WATER 01:50:15 - WOMAN IN DOORWAY LOOKS VERY SURPRISED AT WHAT SHE HEARS 01:51:25 - GETS HER PURSE, LOOKS IN HER BANK BOOK AND RUSHES DOWN THE HALLWAY, FRANTIC. GETS INTO ELEVATOR AND TELLS ELEVATOR OPERATOR TO HURRY THAT THERE IS GOING TO BE A RUN ON THE BANK 01:51:48 - VIEW OF ELEVATOR SHAFT GOING DOWN 01:51:55 - WOMAN RUSHES OUT OF ELEVATOR, BUMPS INTO MAN IN THE LOBBY, ELEVATOR MEN TALK AND SPREAD THE RUMOUR THAT THERE IS GOING TO BE A RUN ON THE BANK 01:52:09 - MAN GOES INTO PHONE BOOTH, PUTS MONEY INTO TWO-PIECE TELEPHONE 01:52:48 - MAN FIRED, MAN YELLS AT BOSS AND SAYS HOW HE LIKES TO TORMENT THE LITTLE GUY, DISHONEST 01:53:28 - WOMAN'S SURPRISED FACE 01:53:35 - CALL HIM A THIEF, HE GRABS MAN AND TELLS HIM TO SHUT UP. THROWS HIM TO THE FLOOR, OPENS DOOR AND TELL HIM TO GET OUT 01:53:57 - MAN BUMPS INTO WOMAN IN LOBBY, SHE DROPS HER PURSE. CU OF MAN PUTTING THINGS BACK INTO PURSE, GIVES IT BACK TO WOMAN, SHE GETS ONTO ELEVATOR 01:54:13 - BANK OF TELEPHONE SWITCHBOARD OPERATORS, VERY BUSY 01:54:34 - MAN FRANTIC ON THE PHONE, DRUNK GUY COMES IN STILL LOOKING FOR HIS GIRLFRIEND, MAN ON PHONE TELLS HIM THAT HE HASN'T SEEN HIS CRAZY BIMBO, SHUT UP, HAVE YOU FOUND THE PANTS? 01:54:58 - EXECUTIVE MEETING 01:55:17 - MAN CLEANING OUT HIS DESK 01:55:55 - MAN TELLS WOMAN TO SHUT UP, HE GRABS HER, SHE TRIES TO GET AWAY 01:56:05 - MAN AT DESK GETTING ANGRY 01:56:14 - HUGE CROWD AT BANK, PEOPLE TRYING TO GET THEIR MONEY FROM BANK TELLER 01:57:23 - WOMAN COMES INTO MAN'S OFFICE WITH HEAD DOWN, SHE CRIES ON HIS SHOULDER 01:57:40 - WOMAN HOLDS HER PURSE UP TO HER CHEST WITH A SMILE, LOOKS IN IT, MONEY MISSING, LOOKS FOR IT, DUMPS OUT CONTENTS OF PURSE ON DESK, FREAKS OUT, TAKES SOME PILLS, PASSES OUT IN CHAIR 01:58:11 - PACE PICKS UP...MAN GETTING ANGRY AT DESK 01:58:20 - BOSS GRABBING WOMAN 01:58:32 - RUN ON THE BANK 01:58:36 - BOILER ROOM WORKERS ON THE PHONE 01:59:00 - SWITCHBOARD OPERATOR, GETS PISSED 01:59:32 - WOMAN CRIES TO MAN 02:00:13 - PEOPLE CROWDED AROUND DESK 02:00:25 - BOYFRIEND BREAKS INTO OFFICE TO SAVE GIRLFRIEND FROM BOSS 02:00:58 - FRANTIC OFFICE SCENES 02:01:51 - MAN WALKS INTO OFFICE TO SEE 2 MEN FIST FIGHTING 02:02:00 - MORE PEOPLE COME INTO OFFICE, BOSS GRABS GUN OUT OF DESK DRAWER. MORE FIGHTING 02:02:47 - BREAKS AWAY, GOES TO GRAB GUN, TRIPS ON SOMETHING AND FALLS OUT THE WINDOW 02:02:50 - HORRIFIED LOOKS ON PEOPLE'S FACES, MAN FALLING TO THE STREET BELOW, MONTAGE OF SCREAMING PEOPLE. WIDE-EYED 02:03:00 - MAN QUIETLY PUTS GUN BACK INTO DESK DRAWER, MAN CALLS ON THE TELEPHONE AND PRETENDS THAT MR. BURNS JUMPED OUT THE WINDOW BECAUSE OF MONEY MATTERS 02:03:50 - SOUND BYTES "I'D APPRECIATE IT IF YOU KEPT IT AS QUIET AS POSSIBLE" "TELL HIM IT'S TOO LATE" 02:04:36 - CU FANCY CLOCK READS 5 O'CLOCK, QUITTING TIME 02:04:40 - CROWDED LOBBY, EVERYBODY GOING HOME FROM WORK 02:04:49 - GENTLEMAN FINALLY FINDS WOMAN, THEY DECIDE TO GO BACK TO PARTY SINCE IT IS TOO LATE FOR WORK DRESS 02:05:27 - COUPLE LOOK AT MODEL OF HOUSE AGAIN, HE ASKS HOW MUCH MONEY SHE HAS, SHE LOOKS IN PURSE, HE PULLS CHANGE FROM HIS POCKET, THEY DECIDE TO GET MARRIED. THEY KISS 02:05:50 - STUTTERING MAN SAYS THAT THEY SHOULD RENT A ROOM 02:06:00 - EMPIRE STATE BUILDING AT DUSK, GETS DARK AND THE LIGHTS OF THE CITY GO ON
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1932
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1930s
- File Name: V-A0447