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Burrows:
Good morning, sir. Burrows:
I don't like it at all, sir. Fancy dress, I take it? John L. Sullivan:
What's the matter with it? Burrows:
I have never been sympathetic to the caricaturing of The poor and needy, sir. John L. Sullivan:
Who's caricaturing? John L. Sullivan:
I'm going out on the road to find out what it's like to be poor and needy and then I'm going to make a picture about it. Burrows:
If you'll permit me to say so, sir, the subject is not an interesting one. The poor know all about poverty and only the morbid rich would find the topic glamorous. John L. Sullivan:
But I'm doing it for The poor. Don't you understand? Burrows:
I doubt if they would appreciate it, sir. They rather resent the invasion of their privacy, I believe quite properly, sir. Also, such excursions can be extremely dangerous, sir. I worked for a gentleman once who likewise, with two friends, accoutered themselves as you have, sir, and then went out for a lark. They have not been heard from since
Good morning, sir. Burrows:
I don't like it at all, sir. Fancy dress, I take it? John L. Sullivan:
What's the matter with it? Burrows:
I have never been sympathetic to the caricaturing of The poor and needy, sir. John L. Sullivan:
Who's caricaturing? John L. Sullivan:
I'm going out on the road to find out what it's like to be poor and needy and then I'm going to make a picture about it. Burrows:
If you'll permit me to say so, sir, the subject is not an interesting one. The poor know all about poverty and only the morbid rich would find the topic glamorous. John L. Sullivan:
But I'm doing it for The poor. Don't you understand? Burrows:
I doubt if they would appreciate it, sir. They rather resent the invasion of their privacy, I believe quite properly, sir. Also, such excursions can be extremely dangerous, sir. I worked for a gentleman once who likewise, with two friends, accoutered themselves as you have, sir, and then went out for a lark. They have not been heard from since
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Good morning, Burrows.
How do you like it?
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I don't like it at all, sir.
Fancy dress, I take it?
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- What's the matter with it?
- I have never been sympathetic...
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to the caricaturing of
the poor and needy, sir.
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Who's
caricaturing?
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Burrows doesn't know
about the expedition, sir.
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I'm going out on the road to find out
what it's like to be poor and needy,
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and then I'm going
to make a picture about it.
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If you'll permit me to say so, sir,
the subject is not an interesting one.
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The poor know all about poverty...
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and only the morbid rich
would find the topic glamorous.
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But I'm doing it for the poor.
Don't you understand?
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I doubt if they would
appreciate it, sir.
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They rather resent the invasion of their
privacy, I believe quite properly, sir.
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Also, such excursions can be
extremely dangerous, sir.
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I worked for a gentleman once
who likewise, with two friends,
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accoutered themselves as you have,
sir, and then went out for a lark.
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They have not been
heard from since.
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- That was some time ago?
- 1912, sir.
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- Huh.
- You see, sir, rich people...
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and theorists...
who are usually rich people...
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think of poverty in the negative,
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as the lack of riches...
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as disease might be called
the lack of health.
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But it isn't, sir.
Poverty is not the lack of anything,
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but a positive plague,
virulent in itself,
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contagious as cholera,
with filth, criminality,
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vice and despair as only
a few of its symptoms.
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It is to be stayed away from,
even for purposes of study.
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It is to be shunned.
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You seem to have made
quite a study of it.
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Quite unwillingly, sir.
Will that be all, sir?
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- Thanks.
- Very good, sir.
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He gets a little bit gruesome
every once in a while.
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Yeah.
Always reading books, sir.
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- Oh.
- As a matter of fact, sir,
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I don't like the idea of a gentleman
of your inexperience...
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leaving with only ten cents
in his pockets,
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so I took
the extreme liberty, sir,
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of having a studio
identification card...
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sewed into the sole
of each of your boots.
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You'd think I was a child.
The whole purpose of this expedition...
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All right, all right, all right.
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Before you all get started,
I just want to tell you one thing...
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- My mind is made up.
- Nobody's here to argue, Sully.
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- I know.
- You know that your slightest wish...
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We talked it all over,
and there's something to the idea.
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- There's a great deal to it.
- Stupendous.
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Cassy has it all worked out. It's safe
as a church, big as a cathedral.
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Bigger!
It's the story of the year.
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It'll make the front page
of every newspaper in the country.
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- I'm sending five of my boys...
- With me in charge.
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An advance agent in front
and a follow-up behind.
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- A cook and a still man.
- I want lots of 8x10's.
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- Now, listen...
- I'm revamping that lovely land yacht...
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that Demille used
in Northwest Mounted.
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- It follows at a discreet dis...
- Hot coffee, sandwiches, and a bar in back.
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It's connected to the studio
by shortwave, and it also carries...
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- A hot shower and a secretary.
- And a physician.
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Look, I'm trying
to find trouble,
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but I won't find it with six acts
of vaudeville on my tail...
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at least, not the kind
I'm looking for.
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- Be reasonable, Sully.
- I'm reupholstering it from stem to stern.
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- Wait till you see.
- I tell you, I've made up my mind.
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- Definitely?
- Definitely.
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In that case, there's
nothing else to do...
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You said it.
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Movie Summary
Hollywood director John L Sullivan sets out to experience life as a homeless person in order to gain relevant life experience for his next movie.
Actors
John L. Sullivan
Truck Driver
