Sit down, gentlemen, sit down. I resent this, I resent this deeply. There are 2 billion,...
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Earl Janoth:
[entering the conference room; people gathered at the table rise to greet him]
Sit down, gentlemen, sit down. I resent this, I resent this deeply. There are 2 billion, 81 million, 376 thousand seconds in the average man's life, each tick of the clock a beat of the heart. And yet you sit here uselessly ticking your lives away because certain members of our conference are not on schedule...
Earl Janoth:
[to Steve Hagen]
Have you told others what we want?
Steve Hagen:
Ideas to build circulation.
Earl Janoth:
Not just ideas, Steve, dynamic angles. We live in a dynamic age, gentlemen, with dynamic competitors - radio, newspapers, newsreels - and we must anticipate trends before they *are* trends. We are in effect, uh, clairvoyants.
Earl Janoth:
[continues]
I have provided the tools, a budget of $37 million, a staff of 3,600, bureaus from Reykjavik to Cairo, Moscow to Buenos Aires. All this is waste, sheer waste, under a leadership of chuckleheads.
Earl Janoth:
[addressing one of the board members]
Now, Mr. Roberts, you have exactly one minute to tell us how you propose to add 100,000 subscriptions to Newsways.
Seymour Roberts:
[rises to speak, a bit nervous]
Ahem, well, uh, I suggest that, uh, we offer prizes for the best letters from subscribers on, uh, how to preserve world peace. A thousand dollars each week, and a grand prize of $25,000 to be awarded to the...
Earl Janoth:
[looking at his watch, impatiently cutting him off]
General theory of the publishing business, Roberts, is to sell magazines, not to pay people to read them.
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Sit down, gentlemen.
Sit down.
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I resent this.
I resent this deeply.
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There are 2,081,376,000 seconds
in the average man's life,
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each tick of the clock
the beat of a heart,
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and yet you sit here uselessly
ticking your lives away...
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because certain members
are not on schedule.
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Where is George Stroud?
Roy's trying to find him.
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I do not propose to be held
up, not even by Mr. Stroud.
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Have you told the others
what we want?
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Ideas to build circulation.
Not just ideas. Dynamic angles.
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We live in a dynamic age with dynamic
competitors... radio, newspapers, newsreels...
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and we must anticipate trends
before they are trends.
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We are, in effect,
clairvoyants. Correct?
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Yes, Mr. Janoth.
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I have provided the tools: a budget
of $37 million, a staff of 3,600,
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bureaus from Reykjavik to
Cairo, Moscow to Buenos Aires.
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All this is waste, sheer waste
under a leadership of chuckleheads.
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Mr. Roberts, you have exactly one
minute to tell us how you propose...
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to add 100,000
subscriptions to Newsways.
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Well, uh, I suggest
that we offer prizes...
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for the best letters
from subscribers...
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on, uh, how to preserve
world peace.
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Sorry, Mr. Janoth. A
thousand dollars each week...
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and a grand prize of
$25,000 to be awarded...
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The general theory of the publishing
business is to sell magazines,
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not to pay people
to read them.
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Mr. Cordette is acting manager
during Stroud's vacation.
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You have one minute to tell us your ideas
on how to add 50,000 readers to Crimeways.
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Well, uh, I have one suggestion
that might be of value:
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a new feature to be called
"Solution of the Week. "
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Miss Perkins.
Yes, Mr. Janoth?
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I'm listening, Cordette. Hold the
Boston call. The most important...
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or the most unique solution, Steve,
remind me of the Boston business.
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highlighting the fact
that crime does not pay.
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It's educational...
Primigenous, stale,
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a hash-up of last week's news...
exactly what we don't want.
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Fleming. What was that, uh, Stroud?
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I was reminding him of Fleming.
The absconder?
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Yes. His story will sell a hundred
thousand extra copies next week.
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If you mean his personal
story, I'd agree,
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but haven't you overlooked
the necessity of finding him?
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We have. Found him. Have what?
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We have him in Salt Lake.
We're replating one and two.
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It's too late to touch
the cover, but we'll run...
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a paper band around every copy with
"Fleming Found" in block letters.
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Make them red. Steve, advertise
this in the morning papers.
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Use the 25 key cities. Young man,
you've stumbled on something...
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not exactly what I've been looking
for, but nonetheless valuable.
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You have struck 12:00.
Thank you.
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Contrary to the anticipated
nationwide trend,
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media research reports a present
level of want-to-buy at 25.6.
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Oh, hello, George.
Sit down.
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Up. 4 from last month. Nevertheless, our
circulation fails to reflect this trend.
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Uh, I'll finish this
later, Miss Blanchard.
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George, you're getting to be a
regular missing persons bureau.
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Fleming's number three this year. Four,
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if you count the man we found
hiding in his own basement.
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What are your plans for next
week? That's Cordette's problem.
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Mine shall be
in West Virginia.
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Mr. Janoth wants you to
follow through... personally.
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On my vacation?
Postponed.
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Oh, no. He can't do that.
This is my honeymoon.
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Honeymoon? With a five-year-old
child? Yes. You know why?
Clip duration: 202 seconds
Views: 254
Timestamp in movie: 00h 08m 47s
Uploaded: 07 October, 2021
Genres: crime, drama, film-noir
Summary: A magazine tycoon commits a murder and pins it on an innocent man, who then tries to solve the murder himself.
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