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Christmas in July

Bring me that contest check

Dr. Maxford:

[to Hartman]
Of all the confounded... [knock] Dr. Maxford:
[shouts]
Come in! Jimmy MacDonald:
How da you do, sir? I suppose I have the honor of addressing Dr. Maxford, I presume? Dr. Maxford:
That's right. And this is my announcer Don Hartman. Jimmy MacDonald:
Well, Mr. Hartman. It certainly is a pleasure to meet you. I've certainly enjoyed your personality on the air. Don Hartman:
[pleased]
Eh, congratulations to you! Jimmy MacDonald:
Thank you. Here's the telegram, Mr. Maxford... uh, Dr. Maxford. Dr. Maxford:
Yes, yes, yes. [reading] Dr. Maxford:
Oh, yes... "great pleasure... informing you..." "$25,000!" "Kindly call and pick up your check." [to Hartman] Dr. Maxford:
Bildocker has a great sense of the dramatic. You aren't by any chance a *coffee* drinker, are you, Mr. MacDonald? Jimmy MacDonald:
Yes, sir, I certainly am. Dr. Maxford:
Well, that's surprising. You don't by any chance drink *my* coffee, do you? Jimmy MacDonald:
Well, no, sir, you see I... eh... Dr. Maxford:
Oh, yesss . That sounds more natural. Jimmy MacDonald:
But I could easily change. Dr. Maxford:
That won't be necessary, Mr. MacDonald. I wouldn't want anybody to think that I had any *base commercial* motives in all this. I just *give* money away, because I can't *sleep* at night. I have a guilty conscience. Jimmy MacDonald:
That's my slogan! The one I *won* with. Well... I guess you know all about that. Dr. Maxford:
A guilty conscience, eh? I can see that my money is well spent. [staring blankly at Jimmy] Dr. Maxford:
That's a *great* slogan. Jimmy MacDonald:
No - no, sir. If ya can't sleep at night, it isn't the coffee, it's the bunk. Dr. Maxford:
I beg your pardon? Jimmy MacDonald:
It's a pun. Dr. Maxford:
It certainly is. [staring blankly again] Dr. Maxford:
It's *great*. Jimmy MacDonald:
Thank you. Dr. Maxford:
I can hardly wait to give you my money. [to intercom] Dr. Maxford:
Bring me that contest check

Full Transcript

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Well...
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Of all the confounded...
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Come in!
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How do you do? I suppose I have the honour of addressing Dr Maxford, I presume?
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Right. And this is Don Hartman, my announcer.
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Well, Mr Hartman, it certainly is a pleasure to meet you.
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I've enjoyed your personality on the air.
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- Congratulations to you. - Thank you.
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Here's the telegram, Mr Maxford... Dr Maxford.
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Yes, yes, yes.
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Oh, yes. "Great pleasure in informing you... $25,000.
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"Kindly call and pick up your cheque."
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Bildocker has a great sense of the dramatic.
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You aren't by any chance a coffee drinker, are you?
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- Yes, I certainly am. - That's surprising.
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Do you, by any chance, drink my coffee?
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- No, sir, you see, I... - Yes, that sounds more natural.
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- But I could easily change. - That won't be necessary.
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I wouldn't want anybody to think I had any base commercial motives.
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I just give money away because I can't sleep at night.
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- I have a guilty conscience. - That's my slogan. The one I won with.
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- I guess you know all about that. - A guilty conscience, eh?
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I can see that my money is well spent. That's a great slogan.
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No, sir. "If you can't sleep at night, it isn't the coffee, it's the bunk."
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- I beg your pardon? - It's a pun.
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- It certainly is. It's great. - Thank you.
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I can hardly wait to give you my money.
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Bring me that contest cheque.
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I don't know if you've ever had anything like this happen to you,
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but to be poor and unknown one minute and on top of the worid the next,
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that's a feeling nobody can take from me.
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- Well, I... - To know I won this contest
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because I thought up the best slogan means more to me that anything on earth.
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- I'll tell you why. - If you...
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I used to think maybe I had good ideas and was gonna get somewhere,
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but now I know it, and that's what I want to thank you for, more than the money.
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- Did you want the $25,000 one? - That's right.
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- When they choose a winner? - They didn't bother to inform me.
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James MacDonald. Is that Mac or Mc?
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It's Mac, sir.
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My, uh... My grandmother was Scottish.
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Mine was Lithuanian.
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Here you are, young man.
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It is customary under these circumstances to have photographers present,
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a couple of reporters and even newsreels and broadcasting machinery.
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But since we do everything here on a very high, non-commercial plain,
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I merely take pleasure in giving you this small cheque, Mr MacDonald.
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- That's all there is to it. - Thank you, Dr Maxford.
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- I don't know how I can find words... - Never mind about them.
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Just goodbye and good luck.
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Oh, boy.
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- Now get me Bildocker! - Yes, sir.
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Oh, gee!
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- She's a little bit excited. - Yes.
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He's as cool as ice.
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- Well, goodbye. - Goodbye.
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- Goodbye. - Goodbye.
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Goodbye.
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- Yes? - Mr Bildocker isn't in his office.
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Well, why not? Where is he? Down in the lobby playing marble games?
Duration
209 seconds
Views
1,427
Timestamp in Movie
00:32:17
Uploaded
Oct 04, 2021
Genres
Production
Paramount Pictures

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Movie Summary

When the co-workers of an ambitious clerk trick him into thinking he has won $25,000 in a slogan contest, he begins to use the money to fulfill his dreams. What will happen when the ruse is discovered?

Actors

Raymond Walburn
Dr. Maxford
Dick Powell
Jimmy Macdonald