Elmer Gantry
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- Fire laws.
- Nonsense.

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No, ma'am. No nonsense
at all. No, ma'am.

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"Ma'am" is a contraction for "madam".
I am not a madam,

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a calibre of woman I'm sure you
know well and do business with.

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How many have been put out
of business by fire laws?

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- Your tent holds over 1,000 people...
- Captain, this is Mr Lefferts,

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- a reporter for the Zenith Times-DisPatch
- Zenith? Welcome. This is Fire Chief...

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Isn't it a fact, Mr Lefferts, that the whisky
big shots want me closed down?

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They certainly don't think
you do their business any good.

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Know why? I'm not afraid to fight whisky
and repeal with police help or without it.

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- If you're accusing me of not...
- I am. Do you enforce Prohibition?

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I certainly do.
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How many speakeasies could you
take the captain to in his home town?

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- Without a membership card? 50.
- Fire laws!

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Do you see any of my workmen smoking?
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Do you mind? This might start a fire.
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- If they don't smoke inside...
- You're welcome to see tonight.

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A little bit of salvation
will do you both some good.

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Sister Sharon! Never did I ever see
anybody handle the cops the way you did.

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All right. What's this terrific idea
you woke up with?

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Yes, well... How would it be if I addressed
your meetin' as a saved businessman?

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I could talk on the hard,
practical dollars-and-cents value

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of Christ in commerce.
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Tom, slacken off that rope. It's too tight.
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By the way, what is
your business? Hold-ups?

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You're a card. I sell
for Central Appliances.

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- Don't you like your job?
- Why, sure. It's a great life.

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I'm their crack salesman. Only last month
they wanted to make me a junior partner.

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Would you believe that people in 14 states
call me by my first name? Elmer.

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No use kiddin' you, is there?
It's no life at all.

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Filthy, dreary hotel rooms.
Always chasin' trains.

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Always tellin' dirty stories
to keep the buyers laughin'.

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Always the pint bottle
to prove you're a sport.

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That kind of fella's no success at all.
He's just a tramp in a silk shirt.


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