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| Character | Mr. Morrow???? | |
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| Gender | Male | |
| Age Range(s) | Adult (36-50), Senior (>50) | |
| Type of monologue / Character is | Gives orders, Afraid, Delusional, Mocking, Speech, Introduction to story, Story conclusion, Apologetic, Talking to the audience, Rejoicing/Excited, Reminiscing life story/Telling a story, Malicious/scheming, Praising, Pondering/Pensive, Flirting, Drunk, To somebody who is dying, Confessing, Comforting somebody, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | |
| Type | Comic | |
| Year | 1936 | |
| Period | 20th Century | |
| Genre | Romance, Comedy | |
| Description | Drunk Mr. Morrow is impressed by Mr. Deeds | |
| Details | 36 minutes into the film | |
Summary
When Martin W. Semple, a wealthy civic leader, dies in a car accident, everybody awaits to know who will be named the heir to his fortune. The closest relative turns out to be Longfellow Deeds (Gary Cooper), a young man from a small town who likes to write poetry and play the tuba in his town's band. As he moves to the big city to get his inheritance, he becomes the target of a lot of people interested in his money. They also think he is simple minded and that they can make fun of him, but it turns out he is not easily outwitted or manipulated.
In this scene Longfellow is in a restaurant with Babe Bennet (Jean Arthur), a good looking reporter who poses as a damsel in distress to get close to him and write a story about him. As Deeds finds out there are some famous writers in the restaurant, he approaches them and he is invited to their table. However, he soon finds out the reason he was invited to the table is because they wanted to make fun of him. He gets angry and beats up two of them to the amusement of Mr. Morrow (walter Catlett), a successful writer who is also a drunk. As Deeds leaves, Mr. Morrow approaches him and tells him he asks him to hit him as well and that he has become his hero for beating up his friends....
In this scene Longfellow is in a restaurant with Babe Bennet (Jean Arthur), a good looking reporter who poses as a damsel in distress to get close to him and write a story about him. As Deeds finds out there are some famous writers in the restaurant, he approaches them and he is invited to their table. However, he soon finds out the reason he was invited to the table is because they wanted to make fun of him. He gets angry and beats up two of them to the amusement of Mr. Morrow (walter Catlett), a successful writer who is also a drunk. As Deeds leaves, Mr. Morrow approaches him and tells him he asks him to hit him as well and that he has become his hero for beating up his friends....
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| MR. MORROW: "Say, fella, you neglected me and I feel very put out. Look, sock it right there, will ya? Sock it hard. Oh, listed, the difference between them and me is, I know when I've been a skunk. You take me to the nearest newsstand and I'll eat a pack of your postcards raw. Raw! Oh, what a magnificent deflation of smugness! Pal, you've added ten years to my life. A poet with a straight left and a right hook? Delicious. Delicious. You're my guest from now on, forever and a day, even unto eternity...You want to go sightseeing? Fine. Fine. Swell. You've just shown me a sight lovely to behold, and I'd like to reciprocate. Listen, you hop aboard my magic carpet---(loses balance) and I'll show you sights that you've never seen before....Wanna see Grant's tomb and the Statue of Liberty? Well, you'll not only see those, but before the evening's half through you'll be leaning against the Leaning Tower of Pisa...you'll mount Mount Everest. I'll show you the pyramids and all the little pyramidees leaping from sphinx to sphinx. Pal, how would you like to go on a real old-fashioned binge? Yeah, I mean the real McCoy. Listen, you play saloon with me...and I'll introduce you to every wit, nitwit and half-wit in New York. We'll go on a twister that'll make Omar the soused philosopher of Persia...look like an anemic on a goat's milk diet. Listen, I'll take you on a bender that will live in your memory as a thing of beauty and joy forever. Boy? Boy, my headpiece. Oh, Tempora! O Mores! O Bacchus! Oh I'm drunk....(he leaves) |
