Millionaire Merry-Go-Round (aka The Playboy)
78 min | Comedy, Musical | 30 March 1938 (UK)
A millionaire in London falls for a poor girl with a great singing voice, but his gold-digging past girlfriend tries her best to ruin the relationship.
Director: Walter Forde
Writers: Thomas J. Geraghty (story), Michael Hogan
Stars: Bert Ambrose, Evelyn Dall, Harry Richman
78 min | Comedy, Musical | 30 March 1938 (UK)
A millionaire in London falls for a poor girl with a great singing voice, but his gold-digging past girlfriend tries her best to ruin the relationship.
Director: Walter Forde
Writers: Thomas J. Geraghty (story), Michael Hogan
Stars: Bert Ambrose, Evelyn Dall, Harry Richman
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Short filmTranscript
00:00You know, it's a bit of luck, that girl screaming at the right moment.
00:03Yes, the intervention was one of those singular strokes of fate.
00:07Ah, there you are, my dear.
00:10I thought I'd find you here.
00:13Yes, here I am.
00:15If I hadn't done some quick thinking in the park, you'd be in a very different place.
00:18How many times have I asked you not to do that?
00:21Humble I may be, but pride insists I should not be a millstone round your neck.
00:25I'd sooner have a millstone than spend all my money bailing you out.
00:29This is Mr...
00:31Perkins, Bobby Perkins.
00:33Miss Pepper Martin, my poor deceased brother's child.
00:36In short, my niece.
00:37How do you do?
00:38Hello.
00:39Mr. Perkins, having a great appreciation for my discourse,
00:42handsomely volunteered to pass round the hat.
00:45You'll be a marked man for that.
00:47The police are like elephants, they never forget.
00:50Three milks, please.
00:52After all, your part in the business wasn't any too stainless,
00:55aiding and abetting criminals to escape justice.
00:58Do you know that you could get a lifer for that?
01:00You sound like an American, are you?
01:02Not actually, though I did live in New York for about four or five years.
01:07Down on your luck?
01:08Well, you might call it that.
01:11I expect you could do with a sandwich.
01:13Oh, no, no, I...
01:14I bet you could, I know what it's like.
01:16Bring me a large ham sandwich.
01:18No, make it a double decker.
01:24Uncle.
01:26Nearly a precautionary measure, my dear.
01:28There's a nip in the air outside.
01:30Cheerio.
01:34For what portion of the metropolis are you bound, Mr. Perkins?
01:37Nowhere in particular.
01:39Don't you mean to say you have no fixed abode?
01:41No locus tende?
01:43Well, I...
01:44My poor young friend.
01:46For me to offer you the shelter of our humble dwelling.
01:49But, but, Uncle...
01:50No, I couldn't...
01:51Nonsense, my boy.
01:53A pleasure to have you.
01:54Consider it settled.
01:56Oh.
01:57That's fine, but where's he going to sleep?
01:59In the plate rack?
02:00He shall have my bed, my dear.
02:02I will occupy the guest room.
02:04You're not prepared?
02:05Oh, no matter.
02:06I will attend to it myself.
02:08You can keep the change, my man.
02:10Change?
02:11Why, it's four pence short.
02:13Bless my soul.
02:14Ten thousand pounds.
02:17Won't I be in Euston?
02:19I shall be asleep, so I won't know.
02:21Well, shall we swing a leg, Mr. Perkins?
02:23Wherever you say.