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Mac McDonald: Well, we were young and hungry. There wasn't a job to be had in all of New Hampshire, so we decided to pack our bags and head west, to Hollywood. I wanted to be in the movie business, and Dick, well, he wanted to be...Dick McDonald:Employed.Mac McDonald:So, we landed jobs at Columbia Pictures, driving trucks.Ray Kroc:Huh.Mac McDonald:And after a few years, we've had enough saved to buy our own little piece of show business-a beautiful little movie theatre in Glendora, which would've been swell-except for the timing: it was September of '29.Ray Kroc: Oooh.Mac McDonald:One minute, we're screening The Gold Diggers of Broadway, and the next it's "Brother, can you spare a dime?"Dick McDonald:I couldn't
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Well we were young and hungry
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There wasn't a job to be had in all of New Hampshire
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So we decided to pack our bags and head west
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To Hollywood I wanted to be in the movie business
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And dick well he wanted to be
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Employed
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So we landed jobs at Columbia pictures driving trucks
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And after a few years we had enough saved
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to buy our own little piece of showbiz
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A beautiful little movie theater in Glendora
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Which would have been swell Except for the timing
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It was September of '29
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One minute we're screening the gold diggers of Broadway
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and next it's brother can you spare a dime
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I couldn't
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Movie Summary
The story of Ray Kroc, a salesman who turned two brothers' innovative fast food eatery, McDonald's, into the biggest restaurant business in the world, with a combination of ambition, persistence, and ruthlessness.