The people are still trying to get out, but some of them have stood still, listening to him. George has begun to make an impression on them.
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Macklin's house, and a hundred others. Why, you're lending them the money to build, and then, they're going to pay it back to you as best they can. Now what are you going to do? Foreclose on them?
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People are crowded into the rooms family, friends, neighbors. There is a din of conversation. Mary and George appear at the top of the stairs in traveling clothes, with Mrs. Hatch, red-eyed, behind them.
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He staggers out of the scene, and as George turns away, we hear Uncle Billy singing "My Wild Irish Rose." There is a CRASH of cans and bottles, then: UNCLE BILLY'S VOICE I'm all right. I'm all right. " . . . the sweetest flower that grows . . . " EXTERIOR HOUSE �� NIGHT MEDIUM CLOSE SHOT �� George is standing at the garden gate. He takes some travel folders from his pocket, looks at them and throws them away.
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He kisses Ruth. CAMERA MOVES WITH them down the platform.
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Why, in the twenty-five years since he and Uncle Billy started this thing, he never once thought of himself. Isn't that right, Uncle Billy? He didn't save enough money to send Harry to school, let alone me. But he did help a few people get out of your slums, Mr. Potter. And what's wrong with that? Why . . . Here, you're all businessmen here. Doesn't it make them better citizens? Doesn't it make them better customers? You . . . you said . . . What'd you say just a minute ago? . . . They had to wait and save their money before they even ought to think of a decent home. Wait! Wait for what? Until their children grow up and leave them? Until they're so old and broken-down that they . . . Do you know how long it takes a working man to save five thousand dollars? Just remember this, Mr. Potter, that this rabble you're talking about . . . they do most of the working and paying and living and dying in this community. Well, is it too much to have them work and pay and live and die in a couple of decent rooms and a bath? Anyway, my father didn't think so. People were human beings to him, but to you, a warped, frustrated old man, they're cattle. Well, in my book he died a much richer man than you'll ever be!
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Uncle Billy and George are seated among the directors. The Chairman of the Board is Dr. Campbell. They have folders and papers before them, on which they have been reporting. Before each of the directors there are individual reports for them to study.
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Campbell, a lawyer, an insurance agent, a real estate salesman, etc. Prominently seated among them is Henry F. Potter, his goon beside his wheelchair.
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CAMERA MOVES WITH them as they proceed down the street.
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SERIES OF SHOTS �� George and Mary still trying to dance in the water �� the crowd on the edge cheering them �� some of the crowd leap into the pool �� the principal trying to restore order, finally clasps his hands like a diver and leaps in himself.
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George and Mary are so busy dancing they don't notice the floor opening. Spotlights concentrate on them. They mistake the screams for cheers.
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Several of the boys take the plates from him. George looks at them, feeling very grown up and out of place.
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CAMERA PANS WITH them as they cross.
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CLOSE SHOT �� George and his father, eating at the table. There is a great similarity and a great understanding between them.
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Pop is smiling and poking his plate. A commotion is heard on the stairs, the boys imitating fanfare MUSIC. Down they come, holding their mother high between them on their hands. They bring her into the dining room and deposit her gracefully into Pop's lap.
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George waves up at them and continues on across the street.
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