1 00:01:20,412 --> 00:01:24,037 Q-U-A-R- 2 00:01:27,495 --> 00:01:28,787 A-N-T- 3 00:01:31,995 --> 00:01:33,829 I-N-E. 4 00:01:37,870 --> 00:01:39,329 Quarantine. 5 00:01:40,870 --> 00:01:42,995 Q-U-A-R- 6 00:01:46,995 --> 00:01:48,746 A-N-T- 7 00:01:50,162 --> 00:01:51,828 I-N-E. 8 00:01:53,329 --> 00:01:54,662 Quarantine. 9 00:01:54,995 --> 00:01:57,704 - You know the cholera? - Yes, Mother. 10 00:01:58,495 --> 00:02:01,579 You've seen the signs on the houses where the coloreds live? 11 00:02:01,662 --> 00:02:02,995 Yes, Mother. 12 00:02:03,329 --> 00:02:05,911 - You know the typhus? - I do, Mother. 13 00:02:09,662 --> 00:02:11,704 You know what they can do to you? 14 00:02:12,621 --> 00:02:14,120 Yes, Mother. 15 00:02:17,995 --> 00:02:19,704 You are not safe. 16 00:02:27,537 --> 00:02:29,287 You may be directing this movie, Howard, 17 00:02:29,370 --> 00:02:31,203 but what you are asking, we can't do it. 18 00:02:31,287 --> 00:02:34,203 Don't tell me I can't do it. Don't tell me it can't be done. 19 00:02:34,287 --> 00:02:36,078 The gyro forces are too much here. 20 00:02:36,162 --> 00:02:37,804 You send these planes into simultaneous barrel rolls 21 00:02:37,828 --> 00:02:39,305 - and they won't make it. - It's the goddamn climax 22 00:02:39,329 --> 00:02:41,662 of the picture, Frank. All right? You make it work. 23 00:02:41,746 --> 00:02:44,287 Look, decrease the vertical trajectory if you have to. 24 00:02:44,370 --> 00:02:47,120 A Le Rhone rotary won't stall at 60 degrees. I've done it. 25 00:02:47,203 --> 00:02:50,495 Howard, we're still short two cameras. We need to cut that sequence 26 00:02:50,579 --> 00:02:51,971 - down to... - We're not cutting anything, all right? 27 00:02:51,995 --> 00:02:54,346 I'll get those extra cameras. Set up for rehearsals in five. 28 00:02:54,370 --> 00:02:57,128 Mr. Hughes. I'm Noah Dietrich. Your office said I might find you here. 29 00:02:57,203 --> 00:02:59,786 Dietrich. You're a man on the come. 30 00:02:59,870 --> 00:03:02,120 I read your résumé and talked to your references. 31 00:03:02,203 --> 00:03:03,745 You know what I'm looking for? 32 00:03:03,828 --> 00:03:07,037 As I understand it, you're looking for a second-in-command at Hughes Tools, 33 00:03:07,120 --> 00:03:09,953 someone to oversee the financial aspects of the business. 34 00:03:10,037 --> 00:03:12,870 Yeah. I'm looking for somebody to run it and do a damn good job. 35 00:03:12,953 --> 00:03:15,120 Look, there's only one thing you've got to know. 36 00:03:15,203 --> 00:03:18,203 My folks, they're gone now. So it's my money. 37 00:03:18,287 --> 00:03:20,537 Now, what I choose to do with that money may seem crazy 38 00:03:20,621 --> 00:03:23,412 to those sons of bitches in Houston, and I'm sure as hell it does. 39 00:03:23,495 --> 00:03:25,911 But it all makes good sense to me. You got that? 40 00:03:25,995 --> 00:03:27,537 - Got it. - Good. 41 00:03:27,704 --> 00:03:31,078 Now you made what, $5,200 a year on your last job? 42 00:03:31,162 --> 00:03:33,037 I'll pay you $10,000. 43 00:03:33,662 --> 00:03:35,179 I guess I'll be working twice as hard. 44 00:03:35,203 --> 00:03:38,911 You'll be working four times as hard. I just got you at half price, Mr. Dietrich. 45 00:03:38,995 --> 00:03:40,370 - Welcome aboard. - Thank you. 46 00:03:40,454 --> 00:03:42,370 You're my voice now. Make them understand that. 47 00:03:42,454 --> 00:03:45,011 Look, some of those fine folks down there still call me "Junior." 48 00:03:45,078 --> 00:03:48,162 - You tell them it's "Mr. Hughes" now. - You bet. 49 00:03:48,287 --> 00:03:52,162 - So when do we go to Houston? - We don't. Cholera epidemic in 1913. 50 00:03:52,245 --> 00:03:54,995 Two thousand dead. Whole place is nothing but pestilential swamp. 51 00:03:55,078 --> 00:03:59,078 Typhus, malaria, cholera, yellow fever. You name it, they got it. 52 00:03:59,245 --> 00:04:01,412 Do you see that, Mr. Dietrich? 53 00:04:01,995 --> 00:04:06,120 You are looking at the largest private air force in the entire world. 54 00:04:06,203 --> 00:04:08,370 What do you think of that now? 55 00:04:09,454 --> 00:04:10,495 It's your money. 56 00:04:11,287 --> 00:04:13,287 Start them up! 57 00:05:39,537 --> 00:05:42,245 I just saw the rough cut of the new Tod Browning movie, 58 00:05:42,329 --> 00:05:43,537 London After Midnight. 59 00:05:43,620 --> 00:05:47,745 Lon Chaney is incredible. It's his best performance in a long time. 60 00:05:47,828 --> 00:05:50,454 And it's going to be a big hit. The cards are great. 61 00:05:52,162 --> 00:05:53,870 Hello, Mr. Mayer. 62 00:05:54,786 --> 00:05:57,911 I don't know if you remember me. My name is Howard Hughes. 63 00:05:57,995 --> 00:06:00,096 I was wondering if I could have a moment of your time. 64 00:06:00,120 --> 00:06:01,953 - Yeah, Howard Hughes. - Yeah. 65 00:06:02,037 --> 00:06:03,596 - The airplane picture, right? - Exactly. 66 00:06:03,620 --> 00:06:06,329 - Yeah, I remember. - Hell's Angels. You heard of it. Good. 67 00:06:06,412 --> 00:06:07,495 Yes. 68 00:06:07,578 --> 00:06:10,162 Listen, I was wondering if I could have a moment of your time. 69 00:06:10,245 --> 00:06:11,745 I need a few cameras. 70 00:06:12,661 --> 00:06:13,661 Yeah? 71 00:06:13,745 --> 00:06:16,454 Yeah. Two to be exact. 72 00:06:16,536 --> 00:06:18,138 I already bought every camera I could find, 73 00:06:18,162 --> 00:06:20,412 but we're shooting our big dogfight sequence this week, 74 00:06:20,494 --> 00:06:22,661 and I need two more, desperately. 75 00:06:22,745 --> 00:06:24,536 Do you think MGM could help me out? 76 00:06:24,620 --> 00:06:26,703 - With what? - Cameras. 77 00:06:27,037 --> 00:06:28,454 With the actual camera... 78 00:06:28,536 --> 00:06:32,287 Well, we're not usually in the practice of helping out the competition. 79 00:06:32,828 --> 00:06:35,329 So how many cameras do you have now? 80 00:06:35,661 --> 00:06:36,870 Twenty-four. 81 00:06:39,620 --> 00:06:41,454 You... Wait a minute. 82 00:06:44,370 --> 00:06:46,037 - You have 24 cameras? - That's right. 83 00:06:46,120 --> 00:06:48,454 - And you need two more? - Yeah. 84 00:06:49,120 --> 00:06:52,329 - You don't think you got it with 24? - No. No, sir. 85 00:06:52,745 --> 00:06:55,453 You know, I think we've got them all... 86 00:06:55,536 --> 00:06:58,120 Don't we have them all... They're all used, right? 87 00:06:58,203 --> 00:07:00,578 - All 26 of them. - I only need two, sir. 88 00:07:00,661 --> 00:07:02,786 - Jesus Christ, sonny. - Howard. 89 00:07:02,870 --> 00:07:05,745 Howard, let me give you a little advice. 90 00:07:05,828 --> 00:07:07,846 - Why don't you take your oil money... - Drill bits. 91 00:07:07,870 --> 00:07:11,287 All right, take your drill-bit money, and why don't you put it in the bank? 92 00:07:11,370 --> 00:07:14,037 Because if you continue making the movie the way that you are, 93 00:07:14,120 --> 00:07:16,221 there isn't gonna be a distributor who'll want to distribute it, 94 00:07:16,245 --> 00:07:19,203 you're not going to find anybody who wants to see the movie, 95 00:07:19,287 --> 00:07:22,203 and you're not going to have any more oil money. 96 00:07:22,287 --> 00:07:24,703 So, welcome to Hollywood. 97 00:07:25,412 --> 00:07:28,870 Yeah, well, I'll be sure to remember that, Mr. Mayer. 98 00:07:28,995 --> 00:07:30,661 - Good luck. - All right. 99 00:07:31,203 --> 00:07:33,120 He needs 26 to make it work? 100 00:07:33,203 --> 00:07:34,245 He's out of his mind. 101 00:07:41,329 --> 00:07:44,245 I looked down at my pants. It was a strange situation. 102 00:07:46,287 --> 00:07:47,287 Boss. 103 00:07:47,370 --> 00:07:49,494 Scram, loveboat. Let's go. 104 00:07:49,995 --> 00:07:51,536 Another soda. You know what I mean. 105 00:07:51,620 --> 00:07:54,494 Milk, please, in the bottle. With the cap still on. 106 00:07:54,578 --> 00:07:56,245 Okay, Howard, what did His Highness say? 107 00:07:56,329 --> 00:07:59,120 The son of a bitch won't part with a single goddamn camera. 108 00:07:59,203 --> 00:08:00,387 - Can you believe it? - Howard, 109 00:08:00,411 --> 00:08:02,995 why don't you try and make do with what you have? 110 00:08:03,078 --> 00:08:06,037 What I have isn't enough, John. Not for how I see it. 111 00:08:07,203 --> 00:08:09,078 My name depends on this picture. 112 00:08:09,162 --> 00:08:11,804 If it doesn't work, I'm back to Houston with my tail between my legs, 113 00:08:11,828 --> 00:08:14,661 making goddamn drill bits for the rest of my life. 114 00:08:14,745 --> 00:08:16,846 Couldn't you find a way to do with the cameras you have? 115 00:08:16,870 --> 00:08:18,346 I mean, jeez, you ought to hear about what's going on 116 00:08:18,369 --> 00:08:20,120 with DeMille over at Paramount. 117 00:08:20,203 --> 00:08:21,637 He's shooting this Bible picture, right? 118 00:08:21,661 --> 00:08:24,411 He's got to do a crucifixion, but he's doing it in Fresno. 119 00:08:24,494 --> 00:08:25,762 - So all of a sudden there's... - Johnny! Johnny! 120 00:08:25,786 --> 00:08:27,554 - a bunch of goddamn tractors... - Johnny! 121 00:08:27,578 --> 00:08:30,287 - You're a press agent. Are you not? - Yeah. Yeah. 122 00:08:30,369 --> 00:08:32,387 And you're supposed to know all little ins and outs of Hollywood? 123 00:08:32,411 --> 00:08:33,494 Yeah, absolutely. 124 00:08:33,578 --> 00:08:35,037 - Do you? - Yeah, absolutely. 125 00:08:35,120 --> 00:08:37,536 Then you leave the big ideas 126 00:08:38,162 --> 00:08:40,245 - to me. - Well, yeah, of course, boss. 127 00:08:40,328 --> 00:08:42,037 Cigar, cigarettes, Sen-Sen? 128 00:08:43,245 --> 00:08:46,661 Thelma, I thought you were over at the Brown Derby with Trixie. 129 00:08:46,745 --> 00:08:48,203 - No, Theresa. - Margaret. Yeah. 130 00:08:48,287 --> 00:08:50,536 Margaret, exactly. What happened to Margaret? 131 00:08:50,620 --> 00:08:53,245 - She lost her shoes... - Thank God that's settled. 132 00:08:53,328 --> 00:08:54,661 I'm sorry. 133 00:08:54,828 --> 00:08:56,369 Thelma, this is Howard Hughes. 134 00:08:56,453 --> 00:08:58,037 Howard and I were just discussing 135 00:08:58,120 --> 00:09:01,245 how he wants me to pull a camera out of my ass. 136 00:09:01,328 --> 00:09:02,536 Cigarette? 137 00:09:02,620 --> 00:09:04,786 No, thanks. I don't smoke. 138 00:09:07,870 --> 00:09:11,369 Boy, you are just hitting on all six cylinders, aren't you? 139 00:09:11,453 --> 00:09:12,703 My God. 140 00:09:14,037 --> 00:09:16,120 Would you do me a favour? 141 00:09:16,411 --> 00:09:19,245 Would you just smile for me one time, just once? 142 00:09:22,286 --> 00:09:25,203 Yeah, yeah. You see, you got a short upper lip. 143 00:09:25,286 --> 00:09:27,620 Makes for a much nicer smile. 144 00:09:32,162 --> 00:09:35,995 See, I wonder what gives a beautiful woman like you pleasure. 145 00:09:36,078 --> 00:09:37,786 Say you're just standing there, right? 146 00:09:37,870 --> 00:09:41,120 And I just touch you, just like this, 147 00:09:42,245 --> 00:09:45,661 through my fingertips. Do you like that? 148 00:09:47,286 --> 00:09:48,536 Do you? 149 00:09:53,870 --> 00:09:56,745 See, I want to learn what pleases you. 150 00:09:58,120 --> 00:10:00,870 I want to learn everything about you. 151 00:10:01,369 --> 00:10:03,203 Would you let me do that? 152 00:10:03,703 --> 00:10:05,870 Would you give me that job? 153 00:10:10,828 --> 00:10:12,995 I'm off in a half an hour. 154 00:10:14,620 --> 00:10:17,037 - Well, I'm in room... - 217. 155 00:10:17,494 --> 00:10:18,494 217. 156 00:10:21,286 --> 00:10:22,828 See you there. 157 00:10:27,661 --> 00:10:30,037 Johnny, get on the horn to Universal and Warners. 158 00:10:30,120 --> 00:10:31,953 I need two more cameras by Saturday. 159 00:10:32,037 --> 00:10:34,870 Rent them if you can. Steal them if you have to. 160 00:10:35,953 --> 00:10:39,369 Absotively, boss. Absotively. 161 00:10:41,286 --> 00:10:44,162 Rumors coming from a lonely airstrip out in Van Nuys. 162 00:10:44,244 --> 00:10:47,745 Sources whisper that young Texas industrialist Howard Hughes 163 00:10:47,828 --> 00:10:50,162 just won't stop pouring money into his war epic. 164 00:10:50,244 --> 00:10:54,703 And do we mean epic! 137 pilots, 87 aeroplanes, 165 00:10:54,786 --> 00:10:57,286 35 cameramen, 2, 000 extras. 166 00:10:57,369 --> 00:10:58,494 How long will it be 167 00:10:58,578 --> 00:11:01,286 before this picture ends up costing as much as the real war? 168 00:11:01,369 --> 00:11:02,369 God damn it. 169 00:11:02,661 --> 00:11:05,745 Why the hell do they look so slow? This isn't what it was like up there. 170 00:11:05,828 --> 00:11:07,703 They look like a bunch of goddamn models! 171 00:11:15,995 --> 00:11:17,578 Son of a bitch. 172 00:11:18,828 --> 00:11:20,078 Howard? 173 00:11:22,870 --> 00:11:26,369 Without something standing still behind the planes, 174 00:11:26,870 --> 00:11:29,411 we've got no idea of how fast we're moving. 175 00:11:29,494 --> 00:11:32,119 We got no sense of relative motion. 176 00:11:33,578 --> 00:11:36,078 Call over to UCLA. Get me the best meteorologist they got. 177 00:11:36,161 --> 00:11:38,620 You get him here in an hour, all right? 178 00:11:42,078 --> 00:11:44,786 Hey. You want the good news or the bad news? 179 00:11:44,870 --> 00:11:46,494 - The bad news, always. - All right. 180 00:11:46,578 --> 00:11:49,661 We installed the 450 radial, but the struts won't take the vibration. 181 00:11:49,745 --> 00:11:54,037 The minute we fire her up, the struts start cracking at the attach points. 182 00:11:54,119 --> 00:11:56,828 - What's the good news? - There isn't any. 183 00:11:57,286 --> 00:12:00,995 God damn it, Odie. If the 450's too big, we just gotta figure something else out. 184 00:12:01,077 --> 00:12:03,953 We've done everything. We've rebuilt her from top to toe. 185 00:12:04,037 --> 00:12:06,119 Now, if we drain the fuel tank for a couple of runs, 186 00:12:06,202 --> 00:12:07,745 she might make 180 miles per hour. 187 00:12:07,828 --> 00:12:09,661 I want minimum 200, all right? 188 00:12:09,745 --> 00:12:11,383 Yeah, well, I want a date with Theda Bara, 189 00:12:11,411 --> 00:12:12,554 but that ain't gonna happen either. 190 00:12:12,578 --> 00:12:13,786 Now, don't be so sure. 191 00:12:13,870 --> 00:12:17,119 So, if the struts won't sustain the engine we need, 192 00:12:17,202 --> 00:12:18,911 we gotta get rid of the struts. 193 00:12:18,995 --> 00:12:21,453 No, then the top wing falls off. 194 00:12:23,995 --> 00:12:25,494 Then let it. 195 00:12:25,995 --> 00:12:27,161 What? 196 00:12:28,453 --> 00:12:32,745 Who says we need a top wing? Who says we need anything? 197 00:12:35,286 --> 00:12:38,161 - A monoplane. - A cantilevered monoplane, right? 198 00:12:38,244 --> 00:12:41,013 I mean, they're doing it in France. To hell with the top wing and the struts. 199 00:12:41,036 --> 00:12:43,953 - Put in a 550 Wasp engine. - 100 octane fuel. 200 00:12:44,036 --> 00:12:45,661 That'd give us a top horsepower of what? 201 00:12:45,745 --> 00:12:47,286 Seven hundred. 202 00:12:48,620 --> 00:12:52,953 We squeeze that to 1,000 and we've got the fastest plane ever built. 203 00:12:55,578 --> 00:12:57,077 You know, I've just got to say, 204 00:12:57,161 --> 00:13:00,870 we've already spent over $200,000 rebuilding this plane. 205 00:13:02,328 --> 00:13:03,786 To hell with it. 206 00:13:05,077 --> 00:13:07,369 Tear it up, Odie. Go on. 207 00:13:11,453 --> 00:13:12,536 Well, 208 00:13:14,536 --> 00:13:18,870 the cumulonimbus formations about which you speak, 209 00:13:21,036 --> 00:13:22,453 that look like... 210 00:13:22,994 --> 00:13:25,161 Giant breasts full of milk. 211 00:13:25,411 --> 00:13:27,453 I want clouds, damn it. 212 00:13:27,536 --> 00:13:32,286 Yes, clouds that look like "giant breasts full of milk" 213 00:13:33,286 --> 00:13:36,828 cannot exactly be guaranteed for any particular location. 214 00:13:36,911 --> 00:13:38,786 So you might have 215 00:13:40,202 --> 00:13:41,494 to wait. 216 00:13:43,828 --> 00:13:45,494 Then we'll wait. 217 00:13:46,745 --> 00:13:50,161 Look, whatever they pay you at UCLA, I'm doubling it, all right? 218 00:13:50,244 --> 00:13:53,036 You work for me now. Find some clouds. 219 00:13:54,244 --> 00:13:56,036 Find some clouds. 220 00:13:56,119 --> 00:13:57,994 Find me some clouds. 221 00:13:58,202 --> 00:14:00,286 Welcome to Hell's Angels. 222 00:14:03,536 --> 00:14:04,703 Thank you. 223 00:14:13,703 --> 00:14:17,244 We have been to Chatsworth, Santa Cruz, Encino, San Diego, 224 00:14:17,328 --> 00:14:19,411 Riverside, Van Nuys, and Bakersfield. 225 00:14:19,494 --> 00:14:23,119 It has been eight months! Where are my goddamn clouds? 226 00:14:23,202 --> 00:14:25,453 They move, Mr. Hughes! 227 00:14:25,536 --> 00:14:29,161 Clouds move! That's what they do! They move! 228 00:14:29,244 --> 00:14:33,536 You see that? It is costing me $5,271 a day 229 00:14:33,620 --> 00:14:35,119 to keep those planes on the ground! 230 00:14:35,202 --> 00:14:37,661 You find me some goddamn clouds. 231 00:14:45,536 --> 00:14:46,870 Nice day. 232 00:14:47,453 --> 00:14:48,786 Yeah, very funny. 233 00:14:49,453 --> 00:14:50,910 Listen, I got a call from Houston. 234 00:14:50,994 --> 00:14:52,470 They're getting real nervous about all this. 235 00:14:52,494 --> 00:14:54,578 Stop showing them the damn bills, Noah. 236 00:14:54,661 --> 00:14:56,077 That would be illegal, Howard. 237 00:14:56,161 --> 00:14:58,494 Shit, no. Maybe it's a little bit naughty. 238 00:14:58,578 --> 00:15:02,786 Hughes Tool is incorporated in Texas. They have to see the bills. 239 00:15:03,994 --> 00:15:07,494 Incorporate a new division out here. All right? We'll call it Hughes Aircraft. 240 00:15:07,578 --> 00:15:10,119 Odie, do we need these rivets on the cowling? 241 00:15:10,202 --> 00:15:12,119 Yeah, or the reverse thrust would rip it off. 242 00:15:12,202 --> 00:15:14,786 They're gonna give me drag. Do something about that, okay? 243 00:15:14,869 --> 00:15:17,286 - Wind resistance on the rivets? - Yeah, I want her slippery. 244 00:15:17,369 --> 00:15:19,077 Howard, there are serious tax consequences 245 00:15:19,161 --> 00:15:20,400 to incorporating in California. 246 00:15:20,453 --> 00:15:23,411 - Just take care of it, would you? - Mr. Hughes! Mr. Hughes! 247 00:15:23,494 --> 00:15:25,453 Oakland! 248 00:15:25,536 --> 00:15:27,869 We have clouds in Oakland! 249 00:15:27,952 --> 00:15:30,161 - You mean it this time? - Yes. 250 00:15:30,369 --> 00:15:33,411 God damn it, yes. I can promise you. 251 00:15:33,578 --> 00:15:35,411 - Clouds in Oakland. - All right, all right. 252 00:15:35,494 --> 00:15:37,119 Don't get all jittery now. 253 00:15:37,202 --> 00:15:38,536 Oakland! 254 00:15:39,536 --> 00:15:40,703 Oakland! 255 00:15:41,328 --> 00:15:43,786 We're going to Oakland! 256 00:15:43,952 --> 00:15:45,161 Oakland! 257 00:16:20,745 --> 00:16:22,620 Down and to the left! 258 00:16:46,411 --> 00:16:48,202 That was perfect! 259 00:16:56,910 --> 00:16:59,453 Yes, young Howard Hughes has pulled it off. 260 00:16:59,536 --> 00:17:03,119 After two years, Hell's Angels has finally finished filming. 261 00:17:03,202 --> 00:17:06,244 There's gonna be one heck of a wrap party in Hollywood tonight. 262 00:17:06,328 --> 00:17:09,286 The price tag, a staggering $2 million. 263 00:17:09,369 --> 00:17:11,869 So if every human being in America buys a ticket, 264 00:17:11,952 --> 00:17:14,369 heck, he might even make a profit. 265 00:17:18,910 --> 00:17:21,702 First the clouds don't come, then the planes break down, 266 00:17:21,785 --> 00:17:23,744 then the planes crash. 267 00:17:24,369 --> 00:17:27,494 We've had everything but a damn plague of locusts on this thing. 268 00:17:27,578 --> 00:17:28,994 I mean, you have to admit it. 269 00:17:29,077 --> 00:17:33,578 Now, honestly, did you ever think you'd actually finish the damn thing? 270 00:17:35,369 --> 00:17:36,869 Come with me. 271 00:17:38,620 --> 00:17:41,869 Momma, darling, if I'm a success in this show, 272 00:17:42,328 --> 00:17:43,994 well, we're gonna move from here. 273 00:17:44,369 --> 00:17:46,411 Yes, we're gonna move up in the Bronx. 274 00:17:46,494 --> 00:17:49,012 A lot of nice green grass up there and a whole lot of people you know. 275 00:17:49,036 --> 00:17:51,453 There's the Ginsbergs, the Guttenbergs, and the Goldbergs. 276 00:17:51,536 --> 00:17:54,119 A whole lot of Bergs. I don't know them all. 277 00:17:54,869 --> 00:17:58,910 You see, this is what the people want. Silent pictures are yesterday's news. 278 00:17:58,994 --> 00:18:02,578 So I figure we gotta re-shoot Hell's Angels for sound. 279 00:18:04,202 --> 00:18:06,869 - How much of it? - All of it. 280 00:18:07,036 --> 00:18:08,595 But before you even ask, I'll tell you. 281 00:18:08,660 --> 00:18:11,578 An additional $1.7 million. We got that much? 282 00:18:12,369 --> 00:18:13,494 No. 283 00:18:13,578 --> 00:18:15,453 Well, we'll make it. 284 00:18:15,827 --> 00:18:17,536 Take care of that, would you? 285 00:18:17,827 --> 00:18:19,119 Now get this. 286 00:18:29,286 --> 00:18:31,202 In the halls of 7000 Romaine, 287 00:18:31,286 --> 00:18:33,619 it goes on day after day, month after month. 288 00:18:33,702 --> 00:18:37,536 Howard Hughes is now editing some 25 miles of film. 289 00:18:39,244 --> 00:18:43,869 Heck, I say, release it now and give the world its first 560-hour movie. 290 00:18:43,952 --> 00:18:48,119 Pat, Mr. Hughes needs this reel in the projection room right now. 291 00:18:49,036 --> 00:18:50,827 Enough is enough, Mr. Hughes. 292 00:18:50,910 --> 00:18:53,994 Are you ever gonna let us actually see this little epic of yours? 293 00:18:54,077 --> 00:18:55,453 Hurry up! 294 00:19:16,702 --> 00:19:17,952 - Who is it? - Noah. 295 00:19:18,036 --> 00:19:19,453 Come on in. 296 00:19:21,577 --> 00:19:23,869 I've been on the phone to Houston for three solid hours. 297 00:19:23,952 --> 00:19:25,827 We're fixing every goddamn book we have. 298 00:19:25,910 --> 00:19:27,619 Wait, wait, wait. 299 00:19:28,202 --> 00:19:31,702 Yeah. Run Reel 10 again. I think we're duplicating a shot here. 300 00:19:31,785 --> 00:19:35,577 And tell Jimmy I want 10 chocolate chip cookies, all right? 301 00:19:35,660 --> 00:19:38,702 Medium chips, none too close to the outside. 302 00:19:38,785 --> 00:19:40,036 Got it? 303 00:19:40,453 --> 00:19:42,952 Do you remember that goddamn shot from Reel 10? 304 00:19:43,036 --> 00:19:45,660 No. I don't remember anything from Reel 10. 305 00:19:45,744 --> 00:19:47,994 I don't know what Reel 10 is. 306 00:19:48,077 --> 00:19:51,036 I'm a businessman, Howard, and so are you. 307 00:19:51,535 --> 00:19:54,702 Now, look, this has been a great ride. 308 00:19:55,036 --> 00:19:57,286 We've had a hell of a lot of fun. 309 00:19:57,369 --> 00:20:00,744 But you're losing $25,000 a day doing this. 310 00:20:01,453 --> 00:20:02,869 Every day. 311 00:20:09,036 --> 00:20:11,702 So, what are my options? 312 00:20:13,244 --> 00:20:16,202 Well, this time, I don't know that you have any. 313 00:20:16,286 --> 00:20:18,827 I'm afraid you got to close it down. 314 00:20:19,202 --> 00:20:20,785 Dig your way out. 315 00:20:27,660 --> 00:20:29,411 I'm sorry, Howard. 316 00:20:30,119 --> 00:20:31,577 I truly am. 317 00:20:39,286 --> 00:20:41,036 Reel 10, Mr. Hughes. 318 00:20:47,036 --> 00:20:48,702 Mortgage Toolco. 319 00:20:49,952 --> 00:20:51,411 Every asset. 320 00:20:52,244 --> 00:20:53,286 You heard me. 321 00:20:53,369 --> 00:20:54,886 If you do that, you could lose everything. 322 00:20:54,910 --> 00:20:56,411 Well, I won't. 323 00:20:59,952 --> 00:21:01,286 I won't. 324 00:21:02,869 --> 00:21:04,286 All right. 325 00:21:05,785 --> 00:21:07,452 I'll get into it. 326 00:21:08,910 --> 00:21:10,410 Thanks, Noah. 327 00:21:45,410 --> 00:21:46,952 More than half a million good souls 328 00:21:47,036 --> 00:21:49,202 lining the curb of Hollywood Boulevard. 329 00:21:49,286 --> 00:21:51,119 Look at the automobiles, ladies and gentlemen. 330 00:21:51,202 --> 00:21:53,368 There are at least 45, 000 cars here, 331 00:21:53,452 --> 00:21:55,095 making it the greatest traffic jam ever seen. 332 00:21:55,119 --> 00:21:57,619 Howard Hughes must have quite a lump in his throat tonight. 333 00:21:57,702 --> 00:21:59,744 Six months after the stock market crashes 334 00:21:59,827 --> 00:22:01,785 and after the death of three of his pilots, 335 00:22:01,869 --> 00:22:04,827 he's finally unveiling his $4 million baby doll. 336 00:22:04,910 --> 00:22:07,119 It's the most expensive movie ever made. 337 00:22:07,202 --> 00:22:09,577 Nothing five-and-dime for our Mr. Hughes. 338 00:22:09,660 --> 00:22:11,660 Nothing like tonight has ever been seen before, 339 00:22:11,744 --> 00:22:14,827 and I can certainly say it will never be seen again. 340 00:22:14,910 --> 00:22:16,994 Five-hundred thousand people are crowding the streets 341 00:22:17,077 --> 00:22:19,161 to get a glimpse of the stars and celebrities. 342 00:22:19,244 --> 00:22:21,410 Three companies of Marines were called 343 00:22:21,493 --> 00:22:23,744 to assist the 250 special police 344 00:22:23,827 --> 00:22:25,286 who are handling this enormous crowd. 345 00:22:25,368 --> 00:22:27,077 This is an industry town, my friends, 346 00:22:27,202 --> 00:22:30,368 and nobody but nobody makes a movie outside a studio. 347 00:22:30,452 --> 00:22:33,290 Sure, some Hollywood insiders over at the Brown Derby may be laughing... 348 00:22:33,368 --> 00:22:35,368 And now, ladies and gentlemen, I think... 349 00:22:35,452 --> 00:22:38,493 Yes. Yes, I can just see Mr. Hughes' car arriving now. 350 00:22:38,577 --> 00:22:42,244 Mr. Hughes escorts the lovely starlet Jean Harlow tonight. 351 00:22:42,452 --> 00:22:43,910 He discovered her for this picture, 352 00:22:43,994 --> 00:22:47,785 and we think her platinum-blond locks and hot-jazz-baby-doll style 353 00:22:47,869 --> 00:22:50,410 are going to make her a big star. 354 00:23:15,660 --> 00:23:17,119 - Mr. Hughes! - This way, boss. 355 00:23:17,202 --> 00:23:19,493 Mr. Hughes, how about a word? 356 00:23:20,869 --> 00:23:23,202 Big night for you, Mr. Hughes. 357 00:23:25,202 --> 00:23:27,368 Big night for you tonight. 358 00:23:28,285 --> 00:23:30,243 Very big. Very big. 359 00:23:30,327 --> 00:23:33,869 Tell us what it was like making this fabulous picture. 360 00:23:36,036 --> 00:23:37,202 Yes. 361 00:23:38,452 --> 00:23:39,452 Yeah... 362 00:23:39,535 --> 00:23:42,285 So, four million clams from your own pocket. 363 00:23:42,368 --> 00:23:44,702 Nervous how the flick will fly? 364 00:23:47,452 --> 00:23:50,119 Big night. You enjoy the show. 365 00:23:51,368 --> 00:23:53,702 Yes, well, let me present 366 00:23:53,785 --> 00:23:56,869 the feminine star of this spectacle, Hell's Angels, 367 00:23:56,952 --> 00:23:59,327 - Miss Jean Harlow. - Thank you. 368 00:23:59,410 --> 00:24:02,660 I would like to use this occasion to publicly thank Mr. Hughes 369 00:24:02,744 --> 00:24:05,702 for the opportunity he gave me. Thank you. 370 00:24:06,452 --> 00:24:07,827 - Thank you. - Thank you. 371 00:24:07,910 --> 00:24:12,869 Now I'd like to ask Roscoe Arbuckle to introduce his pet lion cub, Gilmore. 372 00:24:12,952 --> 00:24:15,619 What the hell's the matter with you? Can't you remember my name? 373 00:24:15,702 --> 00:24:19,535 I'm sorry. Roscoe Turner. And this would be Gilmore. 374 00:24:49,201 --> 00:24:50,368 Fire! 375 00:25:02,744 --> 00:25:04,285 - We've got him! - We've got him! 376 00:25:06,036 --> 00:25:09,243 Murder! That's what this dirty rotten politician war is! 377 00:25:09,368 --> 00:25:11,160 Murder! You know as well as I do! 378 00:25:48,952 --> 00:25:51,201 Stand up, slim, take a bow. 379 00:26:04,036 --> 00:26:06,285 And reel 4 played way too long. Too many coughs. 380 00:26:06,368 --> 00:26:07,845 Get Harry and the team out of the party. 381 00:26:07,869 --> 00:26:10,785 Get them over to the office. I wanna cut a few shots tonight. 382 00:26:10,869 --> 00:26:11,952 Find Glenn Odekirk. 383 00:26:12,035 --> 00:26:14,493 Somebody write this down. Flush rivets. You got that? 384 00:26:14,577 --> 00:26:15,827 - Flush rivets. - Flush rivets. 385 00:26:15,910 --> 00:26:17,702 Lickety split, boss. 386 00:26:17,869 --> 00:26:19,201 There he is. There he is. 387 00:26:21,535 --> 00:26:23,160 Variety says, "This one won't miss." 388 00:26:23,243 --> 00:26:25,761 - New York Herald Tribune, "Thrilling." - "Magnificently photographed." 389 00:26:25,785 --> 00:26:26,845 "Awesome beyond description." 390 00:26:26,869 --> 00:26:28,094 "Scenes that have never been approached." 391 00:26:28,118 --> 00:26:29,177 "The most extraordinary output" 392 00:26:29,201 --> 00:26:30,678 "ever to emerge from the motion picture studios." 393 00:26:30,702 --> 00:26:32,595 "Not for a long time have I seen anything as enthralling." 394 00:26:32,619 --> 00:26:33,744 "A sensational success." 395 00:26:33,869 --> 00:26:36,619 "It cost $4 million and it has four million thrills." 396 00:26:36,702 --> 00:26:38,201 "Majestically produced." 397 00:27:41,702 --> 00:27:45,535 I read in the magazines that you play golf. 398 00:27:45,951 --> 00:27:47,452 On occasion. 399 00:27:47,619 --> 00:27:49,785 Well, how about nine holes? 400 00:27:52,035 --> 00:27:53,702 Now, Mr. Hughes? 401 00:27:54,744 --> 00:27:57,619 If it would be convenient, Miss Hepburn. 402 00:28:20,035 --> 00:28:23,619 You're not extending enough on your follow-through. 403 00:28:23,702 --> 00:28:26,827 Follow-through is everything in golf, just like life. 404 00:28:26,909 --> 00:28:28,201 Don't you find? 405 00:28:28,285 --> 00:28:30,368 Saw your Scarface picture. 406 00:28:30,452 --> 00:28:31,785 - Violent. - Realistic. 407 00:28:31,868 --> 00:28:34,452 Movies are movies, Howard, not life. 408 00:28:34,535 --> 00:28:37,660 Now, the stage... The stage is real. 409 00:28:37,744 --> 00:28:41,660 Real flesh-and-blood human beings right out there in front of you, buster. 410 00:28:41,744 --> 00:28:44,993 Can't look away. Can't munch popcorn. That would be rude. 411 00:28:45,076 --> 00:28:47,410 - Do you like the theater? - No. 412 00:28:47,535 --> 00:28:50,660 I adore the theater. Only alive onstage. 413 00:28:50,744 --> 00:28:52,785 I'll teach you. We'll see some Ibsen 414 00:28:52,868 --> 00:28:55,660 if the Republicans haven't outlawed him by now. 415 00:28:55,744 --> 00:28:57,720 You're not a Republican, are you? Couldn't abide that. 416 00:28:57,744 --> 00:28:59,386 - How did you vote in '32? - Well, I didn't. 417 00:28:59,410 --> 00:29:02,118 You must. It's your sacred franchise. 418 00:29:06,035 --> 00:29:09,118 Heard you were wooing Ginger Rogers. What about that? 419 00:29:09,201 --> 00:29:11,035 She's just a friend. 420 00:29:11,702 --> 00:29:13,619 Men can't be friends with women, Howard. 421 00:29:13,702 --> 00:29:15,452 They must possess them or leave them be. 422 00:29:15,535 --> 00:29:17,785 It's a primitive urge from the caveman days. 423 00:29:17,868 --> 00:29:21,035 It's all in Darwin. Hunt the flesh, kill the flesh, eat the flesh. 424 00:29:21,118 --> 00:29:24,201 That's the male sex all over. 425 00:29:25,035 --> 00:29:26,368 Excuse me? 426 00:29:27,285 --> 00:29:30,410 Well, if you're deaf, you must own up to it. 427 00:29:30,702 --> 00:29:32,785 Get a hearing aid, or see my father. 428 00:29:32,868 --> 00:29:36,493 He's a urologist but it's all tied up inside the body, don't you find? 429 00:29:36,577 --> 00:29:38,035 Me, I keep healthy. 430 00:29:38,118 --> 00:29:40,410 I take seven showers a day to keep clean. 431 00:29:40,535 --> 00:29:43,909 Also because I am what's so vulgarly referred to as outdoorsy. 432 00:29:43,993 --> 00:29:47,744 Well, I'm not outdoorsy. I'm athletic. I sweat. 433 00:29:48,076 --> 00:29:50,993 There it is. Now we both know the sordid truth. 434 00:29:51,076 --> 00:29:53,201 I sweat and you're deaf. 435 00:29:53,702 --> 00:29:56,243 Aren't we a fine pair of misfits? 436 00:30:00,327 --> 00:30:01,493 Three. 437 00:30:09,577 --> 00:30:11,076 Noble effort. 438 00:30:13,743 --> 00:30:16,327 So I suppose you're wooing me now? 439 00:30:17,035 --> 00:30:18,410 Oh, well. 440 00:30:37,993 --> 00:30:39,368 Not enough. 441 00:30:40,410 --> 00:30:43,327 Not enough. These rivets have to be completely flush. 442 00:30:43,410 --> 00:30:46,327 I want every screw and joint countersunk. 443 00:30:46,701 --> 00:30:49,452 I want no wind resistance on the fuselage. 444 00:30:49,535 --> 00:30:51,701 She has got to be clean, Odie. 445 00:30:52,035 --> 00:30:53,743 - Clean. Understand? - Okay, Howard. 446 00:30:53,826 --> 00:30:55,993 I don't know what else to tell you. 447 00:30:56,701 --> 00:30:57,784 What have you got for me? 448 00:30:57,868 --> 00:31:01,410 The thing is, TWA needs a new plane, a modern plane. 449 00:31:01,493 --> 00:31:03,118 Yeah? What kind of plane? 450 00:31:03,201 --> 00:31:07,327 Okay. The DC-3 has 21 daytime seats and 14 overnight berths. 451 00:31:07,410 --> 00:31:08,452 Something bigger. 452 00:31:08,535 --> 00:31:11,701 Try 50 seats with a ceiling of 12,000 feet. 453 00:31:11,784 --> 00:31:12,784 No. 454 00:31:12,868 --> 00:31:17,035 No, 20,000. Think about it, Jack. What does 20,000 feet give you? 455 00:31:17,118 --> 00:31:19,452 - Less turbulence. - Right, because it's above the weather. 456 00:31:19,535 --> 00:31:21,868 Jack, we wanna fly above the weather. 457 00:31:21,951 --> 00:31:23,701 Only 1% of the American population 458 00:31:23,784 --> 00:31:25,743 has ever set foot on a commercial airliner. 459 00:31:25,826 --> 00:31:28,784 Why? Because they're scared to death, Jack. And they should be. 460 00:31:28,868 --> 00:31:31,659 I mean, 7,000 feet is bumpy as shit. You know that. 461 00:31:31,743 --> 00:31:34,160 We build a plane that flies above the weather, 462 00:31:34,243 --> 00:31:36,619 we could get every man, woman, and child in this country 463 00:31:36,701 --> 00:31:38,285 to feel safe up there. 464 00:31:38,368 --> 00:31:41,452 An airplane with the ability to fly into the substratosphere 465 00:31:41,535 --> 00:31:44,285 across the country, across the world. 466 00:31:44,868 --> 00:31:46,701 Now that is the future. 467 00:31:47,243 --> 00:31:48,619 - You with me? - Yeah. 468 00:31:48,701 --> 00:31:50,844 Shoot straight with me now, 'cause I don't wanna get into all this 469 00:31:50,868 --> 00:31:52,826 if your board doesn't have the balls for it. 470 00:31:52,909 --> 00:31:55,577 - Would they support us? - I don't know. They're tight bastards. 471 00:31:55,659 --> 00:31:57,635 - Well, what's your financial picture? - Not great. 472 00:31:57,659 --> 00:31:59,826 - Last year's deficit? - $770,000. 473 00:31:59,909 --> 00:32:02,618 - What's it selling at? - About $8 a share. 474 00:32:02,701 --> 00:32:05,035 That's the lowest it's been, huh? 475 00:32:06,701 --> 00:32:08,285 I could do that. 476 00:32:08,493 --> 00:32:10,118 - Do what? - Buy it. 477 00:32:10,201 --> 00:32:11,410 You wanna buy the airline? 478 00:32:11,493 --> 00:32:14,452 For crying out loud, Jack, we don't want a bunch of damn pencil-pushers 479 00:32:14,535 --> 00:32:16,868 getting in the way of us making our plane, do we? 480 00:32:16,951 --> 00:32:18,452 Give me brass tacks now. 481 00:32:18,535 --> 00:32:21,577 What does controlling interest in TWA cost me? 482 00:32:21,868 --> 00:32:23,201 Call it $15 million. 483 00:32:25,576 --> 00:32:27,993 That is a chunk of change, huh? 484 00:32:31,368 --> 00:32:34,826 You call Noah Dietrich. You have him start buying. 485 00:32:35,535 --> 00:32:37,951 Howard, hold on. Are you sure? 486 00:32:38,410 --> 00:32:39,844 You want to think about it for five minutes? 487 00:32:39,868 --> 00:32:43,576 Hell, Jack, I got a tiger by the tail here. I ain't gonna let it go. 488 00:32:52,701 --> 00:32:54,410 Good evening, Mr. Hughes. 489 00:32:54,493 --> 00:32:56,743 Welcome. Your table is ready. 490 00:32:58,035 --> 00:32:59,659 How goes the aviation, Mr. Hughes? 491 00:32:59,743 --> 00:33:02,160 - Just fine, Pete. - I'm so glad. 492 00:33:05,076 --> 00:33:06,285 Good evening, Mr. Hughes. 493 00:33:06,368 --> 00:33:07,701 - Madame. - It's Miss. 494 00:33:07,784 --> 00:33:08,784 Miss. 495 00:33:08,868 --> 00:33:11,243 - The usual, Mr. Hughes? - Please, yeah. 496 00:33:11,327 --> 00:33:12,826 And may I recommend for the lady 497 00:33:12,909 --> 00:33:16,327 our Clementine soup followed by roast wild duck with currant glaze 498 00:33:16,410 --> 00:33:19,576 and poached pears in rose sauce. It's truly divine. 499 00:33:19,659 --> 00:33:21,659 Yeah. That sounds fine. 500 00:33:23,368 --> 00:33:25,493 Your kind of joint, is it? 501 00:33:27,201 --> 00:33:28,452 Wouldn't have thought. 502 00:33:28,534 --> 00:33:29,719 Yeah, well, they're open late. 503 00:33:29,743 --> 00:33:31,951 You know, I go to a hot dog stand on La Cienega, too. 504 00:33:32,035 --> 00:33:33,951 They're open till about 4:00. 505 00:33:34,035 --> 00:33:35,368 Are they? 506 00:33:36,701 --> 00:33:38,534 How marvelous. 507 00:33:54,368 --> 00:33:55,951 Howard! Howard! 508 00:33:57,327 --> 00:33:58,452 Hi. 509 00:33:58,534 --> 00:34:00,035 Son of a gun. 510 00:34:00,118 --> 00:34:01,784 Kate, this is Johnny Meyer. 511 00:34:01,868 --> 00:34:03,951 I suppose you could call him my press agent. 512 00:34:04,035 --> 00:34:05,386 Pleased to meet you. Loved you in Alice Adams. 513 00:34:05,410 --> 00:34:06,451 You're too kind. 514 00:34:06,534 --> 00:34:07,677 I'm sure you know Errol, right? 515 00:34:07,701 --> 00:34:09,618 - Mr. Flynn. Yes. - Kate. 516 00:34:10,035 --> 00:34:14,743 Kate of the clenched-jawed Hepburns. Enchanting as always. 517 00:34:14,826 --> 00:34:17,327 You should use Lux on your hands, by the way. I do. 518 00:34:17,410 --> 00:34:19,510 Katie, sweetie, you and Howard ought to cook up a picture. 519 00:34:19,534 --> 00:34:21,243 - Co-star with Errol. - Hey, my chair! 520 00:34:21,327 --> 00:34:23,605 - I could sell that in spades. - That would be marvelous. 521 00:34:23,951 --> 00:34:24,951 Howard? 522 00:34:25,243 --> 00:34:26,743 I think not. 523 00:34:26,868 --> 00:34:30,951 Don't you read Variety, Mr. Meyer? Why, I'm box-office poison. 524 00:34:31,035 --> 00:34:33,492 I'm on the outs, the skids, the doldrums, washed up, 525 00:34:33,576 --> 00:34:36,659 day-old fish not worth the eating, so they tell me. 526 00:34:36,743 --> 00:34:40,285 Hell with them. Hell with them, my dear. Soulless pricks to a man, right? 527 00:34:40,368 --> 00:34:44,201 Johnny tells me you're thinking about doing a Western of all goddamn things. 528 00:34:48,659 --> 00:34:51,160 Are you making a Western, Howard? 529 00:34:51,576 --> 00:34:54,451 Yeah, making a Western. I'm gonna call it The Outlaw. 530 00:34:54,534 --> 00:34:58,951 And you know what it's about? S-E-X. It's all about S-E-X. 531 00:34:59,035 --> 00:35:00,118 It's a Western. 532 00:35:00,201 --> 00:35:02,844 Oh, no. You can't have fornication in a Western. It isn't done, old boy. 533 00:35:02,868 --> 00:35:04,784 It's not real sex, skinny. It's movie sex. 534 00:35:04,868 --> 00:35:06,701 What Scarface did for the gangster picture, 535 00:35:06,784 --> 00:35:08,303 The Outlaw's gonna do for the Western. 536 00:35:08,368 --> 00:35:11,243 Put the sex and guts and blood right up there on the screen. 537 00:35:11,659 --> 00:35:13,497 - Have any cigarettes, Johnny? - Don't mind us. 538 00:35:13,534 --> 00:35:16,868 New York cut steak, 12 peas, bottle of milk with the cap on. 539 00:35:16,951 --> 00:35:18,011 You're the only star I know 540 00:35:18,035 --> 00:35:19,344 who can't afford his own goddamn cigarettes. 541 00:35:19,367 --> 00:35:21,177 - Jack has all my money. - I trust you gentlemen have ordered. 542 00:35:21,201 --> 00:35:25,160 I hope your food isn't getting cold at your table somewhere or something. 543 00:35:25,243 --> 00:35:27,243 No, no, no. We're here all night. Don't worry. 544 00:35:28,201 --> 00:35:31,076 - Thank you. - Now, Howard, Howard, 545 00:35:31,201 --> 00:35:34,659 if you're seriously talking about putting carnality back on the silver screen, 546 00:35:34,743 --> 00:35:38,118 you must swear to let me in on the casting sessions. 547 00:35:41,243 --> 00:35:42,618 I have somewhat of an eye. 548 00:35:42,701 --> 00:35:44,618 An eye for talent. Isn't that right, Johnny? 549 00:35:44,701 --> 00:35:47,094 You ought to give up that prancing in tights and be a talent scout. 550 00:35:47,118 --> 00:35:49,784 Yeah, that prancing in tights paid for my new yacht. 551 00:35:49,868 --> 00:35:51,409 You must all come sailing with me. 552 00:35:51,492 --> 00:35:53,326 Catalina, this weekend. What do you say? 553 00:35:53,409 --> 00:35:55,527 - Catalina. Sounds grand. Yeah. - Let's have some fun. 554 00:35:55,576 --> 00:35:58,285 I've even managed to coax the luscious Miss de Havilland 555 00:35:58,367 --> 00:36:00,576 and her equally luscious sister to accompany me, 556 00:36:00,659 --> 00:36:02,951 though I fear their mother will insist on coming along 557 00:36:03,035 --> 00:36:05,576 to preserve their questionable virtue. 558 00:36:05,659 --> 00:36:07,285 We shall assault these twin monuments 559 00:36:07,367 --> 00:36:10,243 of pristine Britannic beauty nonetheless. 560 00:36:10,326 --> 00:36:11,826 What do you say, Howard? 561 00:36:11,909 --> 00:36:13,618 - Yeah? - Yeah. 562 00:36:13,701 --> 00:36:15,035 - Yeah? - Yeah. 563 00:36:19,451 --> 00:36:20,951 I gotta go. 564 00:36:21,409 --> 00:36:24,993 If you'll excuse us, we have to be somewhere. 565 00:36:25,451 --> 00:36:27,909 You are somewhere, Howard, you madman. 566 00:36:27,993 --> 00:36:30,868 - Somewhere else. Excuse us. - Charmed, gentlemen. 567 00:36:30,993 --> 00:36:34,534 Do help yourself to the poached pears. I hear they're divine. 568 00:36:36,409 --> 00:36:38,909 Howard Hughes, ladies and gentlemen. 569 00:36:38,993 --> 00:36:39,993 Was that meant for me? 570 00:36:40,076 --> 00:36:44,076 My hero. God, all that Hollywood talk bores me silly. 571 00:36:44,160 --> 00:36:47,243 As if there aren't more important things in the world. Mussolini, for one. 572 00:36:47,326 --> 00:36:49,284 Where are we going, by the way? 573 00:36:49,367 --> 00:36:51,160 Do you feel like a little adventure? 574 00:36:51,243 --> 00:36:53,201 Do your worst, Mr. Hughes. 575 00:36:53,284 --> 00:36:54,844 You think you own this place, you limey bastard? 576 00:36:54,868 --> 00:36:57,451 I'm a Tasmanian bastard, you ignorant prick. 577 00:36:57,534 --> 00:36:59,492 Out of the way, Errol. 578 00:37:33,618 --> 00:37:36,367 That's Mr. Mayer's house, right there. 579 00:37:36,576 --> 00:37:39,200 Do you know where Jack Warner lives? 580 00:37:47,826 --> 00:37:50,451 What's that on the steering wheel? 581 00:37:50,534 --> 00:37:51,701 Cellophane. 582 00:37:51,784 --> 00:37:56,200 If you had any idea of the crap that people carry around on their hands. 583 00:37:56,284 --> 00:37:58,035 What kind of crap? 584 00:37:58,659 --> 00:38:00,534 You don't wanna know. 585 00:38:05,284 --> 00:38:07,200 Hold on to the wheel for a bit. 586 00:38:15,409 --> 00:38:17,993 That's too hard. Relax your hand. Relax your hand. 587 00:38:24,326 --> 00:38:28,868 See, you gotta feel the vibration of the engine through your fingertips. 588 00:38:29,367 --> 00:38:30,826 Feel that? 589 00:38:31,076 --> 00:38:32,242 Yes. 590 00:38:34,993 --> 00:38:36,367 That's good. 591 00:38:37,326 --> 00:38:38,534 Golly. 592 00:38:43,534 --> 00:38:45,367 Well, she's all yours. 593 00:38:45,576 --> 00:38:49,409 - Where are you going? - I think there's some milk back here. 594 00:38:50,159 --> 00:38:52,784 - Just keep us steady now. - All right. 595 00:39:12,075 --> 00:39:13,826 - Howard. - Yeah? 596 00:39:13,909 --> 00:39:16,492 There's a rather alarming mountain heading our way. 597 00:39:16,576 --> 00:39:19,367 Pull back on the wheel a smidge. Go on. 598 00:39:24,159 --> 00:39:25,826 Golly! 599 00:39:32,367 --> 00:39:34,367 You know, I don't think I've ever met someone 600 00:39:34,451 --> 00:39:37,035 who actually uses the word "golly." 601 00:39:44,618 --> 00:39:47,117 You all right? Do you want me to take over? 602 00:39:47,200 --> 00:39:49,868 Just when I'm getting the hang of it? 603 00:39:55,993 --> 00:39:58,242 - You want some milk? - Please. 604 00:40:20,242 --> 00:40:21,492 Utterly smashing. 605 00:40:21,576 --> 00:40:23,951 We'll do it again. I'm free Wednesday. 606 00:40:24,034 --> 00:40:25,844 It's a little early for golf though, don't you think? 607 00:40:25,868 --> 00:40:28,034 No, no. I live right there. 608 00:40:28,784 --> 00:40:31,284 - Feel like a drink? - Lead on. 609 00:40:32,534 --> 00:40:35,868 Now that makes for a challenging par four. 610 00:40:36,159 --> 00:40:39,576 My decorator picked out the wallpaper and such. 611 00:40:40,326 --> 00:40:42,326 He's queer as a bed bug 612 00:40:42,409 --> 00:40:44,826 but I just hate this room. 613 00:40:45,618 --> 00:40:47,784 Gives me the willies. 614 00:40:47,868 --> 00:40:52,367 Like I'm about to be swallowed up by the latest issue of Town and Country. 615 00:41:00,534 --> 00:41:02,451 What room do you like? 616 00:41:03,743 --> 00:41:05,075 My study. 617 00:41:07,576 --> 00:41:09,200 Take me there. 618 00:41:25,409 --> 00:41:28,576 You are the tallest woman I know. 619 00:41:29,492 --> 00:41:31,868 And all sharp elbows and knees. 620 00:41:32,200 --> 00:41:33,451 Beware. 621 00:41:56,117 --> 00:41:59,034 Will you fly me to work tomorrow? 622 00:42:01,743 --> 00:42:03,534 It is tomorrow. 623 00:42:56,743 --> 00:42:58,117 Keep your eye on the fuel gauge. 624 00:42:58,200 --> 00:43:00,451 She's got a minimum of fuel to keep her weight down. 625 00:43:00,534 --> 00:43:01,950 Two runs. That's it. 626 00:43:02,034 --> 00:43:05,117 After that, you're flying on vapors, and then you crash and then you die. 627 00:43:05,200 --> 00:43:06,639 - Right. - Just give her easy flying. 628 00:43:06,701 --> 00:43:09,825 Don't worry about speed and don't think about the record today. 629 00:43:09,908 --> 00:43:11,677 I wish to God you'd let someone else take her up. 630 00:43:11,701 --> 00:43:13,343 You've got 20 damn test pilots working for you. 631 00:43:13,367 --> 00:43:16,284 Hell, why should I let someone else have all the fun? 632 00:43:16,367 --> 00:43:18,117 See you in a bit. 633 00:43:39,034 --> 00:43:40,367 Contact! 634 00:45:10,492 --> 00:45:11,618 339. 635 00:45:13,783 --> 00:45:15,034 Goddamn! 636 00:45:37,159 --> 00:45:38,284 347. 637 00:45:40,200 --> 00:45:41,825 Son of a bitch. 638 00:46:14,034 --> 00:46:15,992 - 352. - 352! 639 00:46:17,700 --> 00:46:19,117 Good girl. 640 00:46:28,742 --> 00:46:30,034 Damn it! 641 00:46:34,159 --> 00:46:35,867 God damn it! 642 00:46:36,700 --> 00:46:39,034 - Oh, God! - There goes our meal ticket. 643 00:46:39,159 --> 00:46:40,451 Come on! 644 00:47:20,867 --> 00:47:22,908 Howard! Howard! 645 00:47:23,200 --> 00:47:24,742 How did we do? 646 00:47:25,700 --> 00:47:27,533 352 on the last run. 647 00:47:29,658 --> 00:47:31,034 She'll go faster. 648 00:47:32,034 --> 00:47:33,617 Country Mouse! 649 00:47:34,409 --> 00:47:35,783 Kate! Katie! 650 00:47:35,867 --> 00:47:37,825 Upstairs, City Mouse. 651 00:47:40,867 --> 00:47:42,034 Hello. 652 00:47:42,117 --> 00:47:44,575 - Good Lord, what happened to you? - Nothing. 653 00:47:44,825 --> 00:47:47,950 - A hard landing. I cut my foot. - Sit down. I'll take care of it. 654 00:47:48,034 --> 00:47:49,367 Now you tell me everything. 655 00:47:49,491 --> 00:47:51,409 You cannot imagine what it was like, Katie. 656 00:47:51,491 --> 00:47:53,200 You cannot imagine the speed. 657 00:47:53,326 --> 00:47:56,617 - She was like a winged bullet up there. - What did she make? 658 00:47:56,742 --> 00:47:58,284 Around 659 00:47:59,533 --> 00:48:00,700 352. 660 00:48:07,867 --> 00:48:09,367 You did it. 661 00:48:10,867 --> 00:48:12,450 Fastest man on the planet. 662 00:48:12,533 --> 00:48:16,034 Hot dog! I'm so proud of you. 663 00:48:16,284 --> 00:48:18,200 - She did it, baby. - You knew she would. 664 00:48:18,284 --> 00:48:20,700 She was fine. She was just fine. 665 00:48:22,533 --> 00:48:24,450 Now let me see your foot. 666 00:48:26,450 --> 00:48:28,284 Good God, you're covered in blood. 667 00:48:28,367 --> 00:48:31,242 No, no, that's just beet juice. I crashed into a beet field. 668 00:48:31,326 --> 00:48:34,367 - What? - Yeah, I crashed in a beet field. 669 00:48:37,908 --> 00:48:40,034 Let me get you cleaned up. 670 00:48:40,908 --> 00:48:43,117 Heavens, what is this? Electrical tape? 671 00:48:43,200 --> 00:48:46,075 Yeah. Odie just sort of slammed it on there. 672 00:48:46,491 --> 00:48:48,783 But all I could think about was 673 00:48:49,617 --> 00:48:51,700 getting home to see you. 674 00:48:56,284 --> 00:48:58,783 I am so proud of you. 675 00:49:03,742 --> 00:49:05,992 Now this is going to sting a little bit. 676 00:49:06,533 --> 00:49:08,200 This is useless. 677 00:49:08,533 --> 00:49:09,825 Come to the bathroom. 678 00:49:11,242 --> 00:49:14,200 - Don't get beet juice on the carpet. - Yeah, I won't, I won't. 679 00:49:14,575 --> 00:49:16,742 - Too hot. - Don't be a baby. 680 00:49:18,533 --> 00:49:21,117 Was the press there? 681 00:49:22,284 --> 00:49:23,450 Some. 682 00:49:25,617 --> 00:49:29,284 But they're calling everyone. Should be on the wires by now. 683 00:49:37,533 --> 00:49:38,950 What is it? 684 00:49:41,908 --> 00:49:43,075 Kate? 685 00:49:46,700 --> 00:49:49,533 I've been famous, for better or worse, 686 00:49:50,242 --> 00:49:52,742 for a long time now. 687 00:49:54,617 --> 00:49:58,533 I wonder if you know what it really means. 688 00:50:00,366 --> 00:50:03,658 Yeah, I had my fair share of press on Hell's Angels. 689 00:50:04,159 --> 00:50:05,700 I'm used to it. 690 00:50:07,992 --> 00:50:09,242 Are you? 691 00:50:13,450 --> 00:50:15,075 Howard, we're... 692 00:50:17,867 --> 00:50:20,200 We're not like everyone else. 693 00:50:22,491 --> 00:50:27,283 Too many acute angles. Too many eccentricities. 694 00:50:28,034 --> 00:50:30,366 We have to be very careful 695 00:50:32,325 --> 00:50:35,825 not to let people in, or they'll make us into freaks. 696 00:50:37,450 --> 00:50:38,533 Kate. 697 00:50:39,366 --> 00:50:41,700 They can't get in here. We're safe. 698 00:50:43,700 --> 00:50:45,408 They can always get in. 699 00:50:47,700 --> 00:50:50,658 When my brother killed himself, 700 00:50:52,200 --> 00:50:55,034 there were photographers at the funeral. 701 00:50:56,034 --> 00:50:58,117 There's no decency to it. 702 00:51:10,700 --> 00:51:12,783 You know, sometimes I... 703 00:51:16,533 --> 00:51:18,658 I get these feelings, Katie. 704 00:51:23,617 --> 00:51:25,450 I get these ideas, 705 00:51:28,992 --> 00:51:31,117 these crazy ideas about 706 00:51:34,159 --> 00:51:36,034 things that may not... 707 00:51:37,742 --> 00:51:40,366 Things that may not really be there. 708 00:51:40,950 --> 00:51:42,034 Yeah. 709 00:51:49,325 --> 00:51:51,908 Sometimes I truly fear that 710 00:51:54,199 --> 00:51:55,950 I'm losing my mind. 711 00:52:03,742 --> 00:52:05,825 And if I did, it would... 712 00:52:08,867 --> 00:52:10,992 It'd be like flying blind. 713 00:52:19,158 --> 00:52:20,700 You understand? 714 00:52:25,034 --> 00:52:27,325 You taught me to fly, Howard. 715 00:52:30,908 --> 00:52:32,742 I'll take the wheel. 716 00:52:48,658 --> 00:52:53,034 Smashing all records, Howard Hughes outdoes Jules Verne's wildest dreams. 717 00:52:53,116 --> 00:52:56,366 Around the world from New York to New York in four days, 718 00:52:56,450 --> 00:52:59,366 even beating Wiley Post's mark by over three days. 719 00:52:59,450 --> 00:53:01,325 New aviation history is written 720 00:53:01,408 --> 00:53:04,950 when his Lockheed monoplane returns swiftly and safely. 721 00:53:05,034 --> 00:53:09,074 A daring aviator, a true pioneer of the world's airways. 722 00:53:09,158 --> 00:53:12,074 From New York to Paris, he cuts Lindbergh's time in half. 723 00:53:12,158 --> 00:53:13,450 Then on to Moscow. 724 00:53:13,533 --> 00:53:18,116 35 hours out of New York, he roars across Siberia's trackless wastes. 725 00:53:18,199 --> 00:53:19,575 60 hours out of New York, 726 00:53:19,658 --> 00:53:22,700 he heads for Alaska, most hazardous hop of all. 727 00:53:22,783 --> 00:53:25,325 Continuing the terrific pace, he comes home, 728 00:53:25,408 --> 00:53:28,116 bringing new laurels to American aviation. 729 00:53:28,199 --> 00:53:30,742 Howard Hughes and his crew may find more worlds to... 730 00:53:39,325 --> 00:53:41,426 You're not gonna believe this. It just came across the wires. 731 00:53:41,450 --> 00:53:43,700 Howard Hughes has bought control of TWA. 732 00:53:46,533 --> 00:53:49,658 I thought Mr. Hughes was flying around the world. 733 00:53:49,742 --> 00:53:53,450 Apparently, he did it while he was flying. Over the radio. 734 00:54:00,366 --> 00:54:03,908 I have heard some disquieting rumors about Mr. Hughes. 735 00:54:05,033 --> 00:54:08,783 I'd like to know everything there is to know about Mr. Hughes. 736 00:54:10,991 --> 00:54:13,325 I'd like you to attend to that for me. 737 00:54:14,241 --> 00:54:15,617 Thoroughly. 738 00:54:16,450 --> 00:54:18,575 The Pantages is glittering tonight. 739 00:54:18,658 --> 00:54:21,116 Right over here, Mr. Hughes. This way, over to the left. 740 00:54:21,199 --> 00:54:23,366 Mr. Hughes, Mr. Hughes, how was your flight? 741 00:54:23,450 --> 00:54:25,676 Miss Hepburn, Miss Hepburn, when are you gonna name the day? 742 00:54:25,700 --> 00:54:27,801 Right over here, Mr. Hughes. Could you raise your head a little? 743 00:54:27,825 --> 00:54:30,142 What's your next movie, Howard? Come on. Give us the scoop. 744 00:54:30,199 --> 00:54:33,199 How many more records are you gonna set? 745 00:54:33,283 --> 00:54:35,617 Come on, Howard, give us a smile. It won't kill you. 746 00:54:35,700 --> 00:54:37,491 - This way. - Beautiful. 747 00:54:37,575 --> 00:54:39,742 - Raise your head a little. - Over here, Mr. Hughes. 748 00:54:39,825 --> 00:54:41,325 Don't forget this side. To the left. 749 00:54:41,408 --> 00:54:43,551 Mr. Hughes, when are you gonna fly around the world again? 750 00:54:43,575 --> 00:54:45,926 You going to fly with Kate next time? Did you get lonely without her? 751 00:54:45,949 --> 00:54:47,009 What about flying with Amelia Earhart, huh? 752 00:54:47,033 --> 00:54:49,843 Hey, Howard, did you talk to Lindbergh about your round-the-world flight yet? 753 00:54:49,867 --> 00:54:51,658 Mr. Hughes, where is Linda Darnell tonight? 754 00:54:51,742 --> 00:54:52,843 Another shot, please, Mr. Hughes. 755 00:54:52,867 --> 00:54:55,283 - Howard, right here. - Right here, Mr. Hughes. That's it. 756 00:54:55,366 --> 00:54:57,366 Are you trying to be more famous than Lindbergh? 757 00:54:58,742 --> 00:55:02,241 You know, fame is supposed to be my turf. 758 00:55:04,700 --> 00:55:05,907 LB 759 00:55:08,949 --> 00:55:12,199 If you don't get more distinguished every time I see you. 760 00:55:12,283 --> 00:55:14,199 You look so beautiful. 761 00:55:32,783 --> 00:55:36,575 Don't worry about it, Howard. She's just working the room. 762 00:55:36,658 --> 00:55:38,450 It's her job, baby. 763 00:55:40,825 --> 00:55:45,074 Sultry southern tigress Ava Gardner dazzles the room tonight. 764 00:55:45,158 --> 00:55:48,991 She's the newest star in the MGM galaxy, and believe you me... 765 00:55:53,700 --> 00:55:58,907 Well, Jane Eyre has been selling popcorn for over 100 years, LB 766 00:56:39,907 --> 00:56:41,158 Hello. 767 00:56:49,700 --> 00:56:51,907 Could you reach me a towel? 768 00:57:00,158 --> 00:57:01,158 I... 769 00:57:02,866 --> 00:57:05,742 I really can't do that. 770 00:57:07,824 --> 00:57:09,199 I'm sorry. 771 00:57:34,158 --> 00:57:38,158 I'm an idiot. I'm a complete idiot, and I'm sorry. 772 00:57:38,782 --> 00:57:39,824 - Forget it. - No, no. 773 00:57:39,907 --> 00:57:44,158 I'm a vain, preening ass without a single redeeming feature. 774 00:57:44,241 --> 00:57:47,158 That's not true. You have very good teeth. 775 00:57:48,116 --> 00:57:49,408 Come on. 776 00:57:50,408 --> 00:57:54,699 I've got a better idea. Take me flying. Or better yet, I'll take you flying. 777 00:57:54,782 --> 00:57:56,533 Do your worst, Miss Hepburn. 778 00:58:05,158 --> 00:58:07,450 Don't be so squirmy, Howard. 779 00:58:07,533 --> 00:58:09,571 You're gonna get on famously with Father and Mother. 780 00:58:09,617 --> 00:58:13,366 And I'm sure they'll like you, too, once they get to know you. 781 00:58:21,408 --> 00:58:23,158 Hello! Hello! 782 00:58:23,241 --> 00:58:25,450 - Hi, pinup. - Kathy! 783 00:58:29,325 --> 00:58:31,175 Sweetheart, who's that with the camera right there? 784 00:58:31,199 --> 00:58:32,824 That's my ex-husband, Ludlow. 785 00:58:32,907 --> 00:58:35,366 Father and Mother are just mad about Luddie. 786 00:58:35,450 --> 00:58:37,699 What the hell is he doing here? 787 00:58:37,907 --> 00:58:39,949 He's here all the time. 788 00:58:40,491 --> 00:58:41,699 Hello! 789 00:58:43,866 --> 00:58:44,949 Sorry we're late. 790 00:58:45,033 --> 00:58:46,199 - Hello, darling. - Mom. 791 00:58:47,782 --> 00:58:49,450 - Dad. - Darling. 792 00:58:49,617 --> 00:58:51,158 Uncle Willy. 793 00:58:51,533 --> 00:58:54,408 Who've we got here? Don't feel self-conscious. 794 00:58:54,491 --> 00:58:57,408 Hepburns. Hepburns, attention, please. 795 00:58:57,741 --> 00:58:59,575 This is Howard. 796 00:59:00,158 --> 00:59:02,241 Howard, welcome. 797 00:59:03,325 --> 00:59:05,699 Don't worry, he's had his lunch. 798 00:59:06,907 --> 00:59:08,991 He likes you. That's unusual. 799 00:59:09,074 --> 00:59:12,450 We pay our devotion to the arts here, a colony we created. 800 00:59:12,533 --> 00:59:15,158 Julian's a painter. Abstract, of course. 801 00:59:15,241 --> 00:59:17,134 What the hell's the point of painting something real 802 00:59:17,158 --> 00:59:20,158 when you can take a picture nowadays. Don't you agree? 803 00:59:20,241 --> 00:59:23,074 Where do you stand on politics, Mr. Hughes? 804 00:59:23,158 --> 00:59:25,325 - Excuse me? - We're all socialists here. 805 00:59:25,408 --> 00:59:26,824 We are not. 806 00:59:28,199 --> 00:59:31,199 You've met Mr. Roosevelt. What make you of him? 807 00:59:34,325 --> 00:59:36,241 What are you sniggering at? 808 00:59:36,325 --> 00:59:37,824 What? What was that? 809 00:59:37,907 --> 00:59:39,491 You just sniggered. 810 00:59:39,574 --> 00:59:42,616 No, no. The dog, it seems to be crushing my feet. 811 00:59:42,699 --> 00:59:44,616 - Oh, my God. - Buster! 812 00:59:47,533 --> 00:59:48,907 Don't you like dogs? 813 00:59:48,991 --> 00:59:50,657 Young man, I will not have you sniggering 814 00:59:50,741 --> 00:59:52,574 at Mr. Roosevelt at my table. Please leave. 815 00:59:52,657 --> 00:59:54,883 - No, no, no. I wasn't. - I thought everybody liked dogs. 816 00:59:54,907 --> 00:59:56,825 Well, perhaps he had a bad experience as a child. 817 00:59:56,866 --> 00:59:58,259 So, Kathy, does it stick in your craw 818 00:59:58,283 --> 00:59:59,717 that Howard here gets more press than you do? 819 00:59:59,741 --> 01:00:02,824 - A bad experience? With a dog? - No. No. 820 01:00:02,907 --> 01:00:04,699 You are such a shy creature, aren't you? 821 01:00:04,782 --> 01:00:07,175 - Perhaps it was a very large dog. - All very well for you to make fun, 822 01:00:07,199 --> 01:00:09,074 but the press can be a damned nuisance 823 01:00:09,158 --> 01:00:10,592 - when all you wanna do is your job. - Was it a Doberman? 824 01:00:10,616 --> 01:00:11,616 It burns my goat! 825 01:00:11,699 --> 01:00:13,866 A Doberman, Mr. Hughes, or a dachshund? 826 01:00:13,949 --> 01:00:16,741 - Neither, sir. - Dachshunds are little dogs, Hep dear. 827 01:00:16,824 --> 01:00:19,408 They should all be lined up against the wall and shot. 828 01:00:19,491 --> 01:00:22,574 - What's that Spanish painting... - The Goya. 829 01:00:22,657 --> 01:00:25,033 Goya. Of course, yes. 830 01:00:26,241 --> 01:00:28,949 - Mexicans. Poor lambs. - What was that called? 831 01:00:29,033 --> 01:00:31,199 Anyway, that's the vulgar press, I'm sure. 832 01:00:31,283 --> 01:00:33,408 Do you read much, Mr. Hughes? 833 01:00:35,158 --> 01:00:37,782 I try to stay up to snuff on the trade journals. 834 01:00:37,866 --> 01:00:39,116 Snuff? 835 01:00:39,199 --> 01:00:41,616 These would be flying magazines? 836 01:00:43,450 --> 01:00:44,949 What? What was that? 837 01:00:45,033 --> 01:00:47,408 - He's a little deaf. - Pass the goddamn butter, I beg you. 838 01:00:47,490 --> 01:00:49,217 - You read flying magazines? - Take the butter. 839 01:00:49,241 --> 01:00:52,490 Trade journals. On engineering, aviation. 840 01:00:52,574 --> 01:00:54,116 We read books. 841 01:00:55,033 --> 01:00:57,116 Well, Howard has to read the trade pieces, Mom, 842 01:00:57,199 --> 01:00:59,074 because he's designing a new airplane. 843 01:00:59,158 --> 01:01:00,824 Really? Do tell. 844 01:01:04,532 --> 01:01:05,699 Well... 845 01:01:07,782 --> 01:01:12,074 It's quite exciting, actually. It's a spy plane for the Air Corps. 846 01:01:12,325 --> 01:01:14,657 A twin-engine plane with some... 847 01:01:14,907 --> 01:01:17,866 I must admit, some rather unique design features. 848 01:01:17,949 --> 01:01:20,782 You see, it has these two booms at the back... 849 01:01:20,866 --> 01:01:24,449 Luddie built a birdhouse once. You remember that, dear? 850 01:01:24,532 --> 01:01:27,283 - Yes, well, a mere trifle, darling. - I remember the painting. 851 01:01:27,366 --> 01:01:30,116 The painting, it's called May Eighteen-O-Something. 852 01:01:30,199 --> 01:01:31,782 Anyway, Goya's vastly overrated. 853 01:01:31,866 --> 01:01:34,449 - All the Spaniards are. - Nonsense. Picasso is sacred. 854 01:01:34,532 --> 01:01:36,116 I'm a urologist. 855 01:01:36,199 --> 01:01:37,616 It was quite aesthetic, really. 856 01:01:37,699 --> 01:01:39,741 A sacred monster, that's what Picasso is. 857 01:01:39,866 --> 01:01:42,241 The birds didn't care for it much, but the bats do. 858 01:01:42,366 --> 01:01:44,158 - I'll bet. - That's such bum! 859 01:01:44,241 --> 01:01:45,532 Do speak up, dear. 860 01:01:45,616 --> 01:01:47,699 Nothing. Nothing, Mrs. Hepburn. Nothing. 861 01:01:47,782 --> 01:01:49,199 Then why did you speak? 862 01:01:49,283 --> 01:01:51,949 I can't abide people who speak but have nothing to say. 863 01:01:52,033 --> 01:01:55,616 Did you go to mechanic school to learn all this, you know, airplane guff? 864 01:01:55,699 --> 01:01:57,116 No, no, I didn't, Luddie. No. 865 01:01:57,199 --> 01:01:59,949 Well, Howard just flew around the world in three days. 866 01:02:00,033 --> 01:02:01,949 I think we've heard enough about aeroplanes. 867 01:02:02,033 --> 01:02:03,283 And dogs, apparently... 868 01:02:03,366 --> 01:02:05,199 Then how did you make all that money? 869 01:02:05,283 --> 01:02:07,033 We don't care about money here, Mr. Hughes. 870 01:02:07,116 --> 01:02:09,241 That's because you have it. 871 01:02:13,407 --> 01:02:15,283 Would you repeat that? 872 01:02:16,199 --> 01:02:19,116 You don't care about money because you've always had it. 873 01:02:19,199 --> 01:02:22,158 - But then how did you make... - Excuse me, I'm speaking. 874 01:02:22,241 --> 01:02:24,532 - Okay. All right. - Thank you. 875 01:02:25,699 --> 01:02:28,116 Some of us choose to work for a living. 876 01:02:28,199 --> 01:02:33,074 Speaking of which, I have more of that "airplane guff" to attend to. 877 01:02:34,365 --> 01:02:35,699 Excuse me. 878 01:02:43,490 --> 01:02:46,199 Well, seems a rather high-strung chap. 879 01:02:46,532 --> 01:02:49,616 You're a fine bunch of bullies, aren't you? 880 01:02:49,782 --> 01:02:53,116 Have you talked to Mr. Mayer about letting you do Jane Eyre? 881 01:02:53,199 --> 01:02:56,741 The old philistine won't budge. Too arty, don't you know. 882 01:02:56,824 --> 01:02:58,842 Daddy, I'm convinced the man hasn't read anything longer 883 01:02:58,866 --> 01:03:00,991 than the Sunday Katzenjammer Kids in his life. 884 01:03:03,158 --> 01:03:06,158 No fair kicking. You have to use the mallet. 885 01:03:08,490 --> 01:03:11,991 Really, though, darling, you can't retire from the field of battle like that, 886 01:03:12,074 --> 01:03:15,741 - or they'll never respect you. - Katie, I don't understand. 887 01:03:16,074 --> 01:03:18,866 You were like a different person in there. 888 01:03:19,365 --> 01:03:22,033 They just expect me to be a certain way. 889 01:03:23,991 --> 01:03:26,033 There's only one real Kate, 890 01:03:26,532 --> 01:03:28,449 and that's your Kate. 891 01:03:31,782 --> 01:03:32,782 And over in Hollywood, 892 01:03:32,866 --> 01:03:36,449 aviation tycoon Howard Hughes seems to be cooking up something big. 893 01:03:36,532 --> 01:03:38,782 Even as he edits his newest motion picture, 894 01:03:38,866 --> 01:03:41,158 he's been secretly meeting with the US Air Corps. 895 01:03:41,241 --> 01:03:42,782 We applaud his patriotism 896 01:03:42,866 --> 01:03:44,866 and look forward to his newest mechanical marvel. 897 01:03:44,949 --> 01:03:46,675 Do you know how many Allied ships we lost this year 898 01:03:46,699 --> 01:03:48,616 - because of U-boat attacks? - No. 899 01:03:48,699 --> 01:03:52,158 Six hundred and eighty-one ships, just this year so far. 900 01:03:52,241 --> 01:03:55,449 Now, the Army needs a new airplane to fly the troops over to Europe. 901 01:03:55,532 --> 01:03:59,241 These ships, they're sitting ducks. They're sitting ducks for the U-boats. 902 01:03:59,324 --> 01:04:01,116 You want to build a troop-carrier plane. 903 01:04:01,199 --> 01:04:02,699 Stop thinking like an insect, Odie. 904 01:04:02,782 --> 01:04:06,116 Not just a plane to carry the troops. A plane to carry everything. 905 01:04:06,199 --> 01:04:10,365 The troops and the jeeps and the tanks and whatnot. Here, take a look. 906 01:04:11,991 --> 01:04:13,532 No, other side. 907 01:04:16,365 --> 01:04:18,532 I figure around 200 feet from nose to tail. 908 01:04:18,616 --> 01:04:20,282 Wing span around 300. 909 01:04:20,365 --> 01:04:23,116 We're gonna need about 24,000 horsepower. 910 01:04:24,240 --> 01:04:27,282 Now this, this is just what Kaiser and the army are looking for. 911 01:04:27,365 --> 01:04:28,800 And don't worry, they're gonna pay for it this time. 912 01:04:28,824 --> 01:04:32,116 - Christ! What are you getting us into? - It's a big plane. 913 01:04:32,199 --> 01:04:34,449 So I'm calling it the Hercules. 914 01:04:34,532 --> 01:04:36,199 Swell name, isn't it? 915 01:04:36,282 --> 01:04:38,116 How heavy do you imagine this thing is? 916 01:04:38,199 --> 01:04:40,033 Say around 200 tons. 917 01:04:42,782 --> 01:04:45,490 What? I didn't say it was going to be easy. 918 01:04:45,574 --> 01:04:48,991 All right, boys, I want you to rig up something like this. 919 01:04:49,074 --> 01:04:50,991 Should give the proper uplift ratios, 920 01:04:51,074 --> 01:04:53,907 while reducing the need for additional torque support on the front. 921 01:04:53,991 --> 01:04:57,116 We are not getting enough production out of Jane Russell's breasts, all right. 922 01:04:57,198 --> 01:05:00,365 I want smooth titties, gentlemen. Smooth titties. 923 01:05:02,866 --> 01:05:04,991 It's all in engineering, isn't it, Odie? 924 01:05:05,074 --> 01:05:07,782 Howard, do you really think they're gonna let you 925 01:05:07,866 --> 01:05:09,824 put out a whole movie just about tits? 926 01:05:11,365 --> 01:05:13,699 Sure. Who doesn't like tits? 927 01:05:24,782 --> 01:05:27,949 Good afternoon, gentlemen. Sorry I'm late. 928 01:05:28,033 --> 01:05:30,949 Will the secretary please record that Mr. Hughes has arrived, 929 01:05:31,033 --> 01:05:33,033 and that this session is now called to order? 930 01:05:33,157 --> 01:05:34,383 I yield the floor to Mr. Breen. 931 01:05:34,407 --> 01:05:36,616 Mr. Hughes, members of the committee, 932 01:05:36,699 --> 01:05:39,782 I have reviewed Mr. Hughes' photoplay entitled The Outlaw, 933 01:05:39,866 --> 01:05:43,699 and I can state categorically that I have never seen anything so unacceptable 934 01:05:43,782 --> 01:05:47,449 as the shots of the mammaries of the character named Rio. 935 01:05:48,116 --> 01:05:49,574 For almost half the picture, 936 01:05:49,657 --> 01:05:53,991 the girl's mammaries, which are quite large and prominent, 937 01:05:54,074 --> 01:05:56,198 are shockingly uncovered. 938 01:05:56,365 --> 01:05:58,115 For this reason, I have concluded, 939 01:05:58,198 --> 01:06:02,324 the picture appeals only to prurient interests, and should be denied 940 01:06:02,407 --> 01:06:05,699 the Motion Picture Association's seal of approval. 941 01:06:05,866 --> 01:06:07,699 Really, Mr. Hughes. 942 01:06:08,157 --> 01:06:10,407 Thank you, Mr. Breen. Mr. Hughes. 943 01:06:10,490 --> 01:06:12,449 Thank you, Mr. Chairman. 944 01:06:12,532 --> 01:06:14,324 Mr. Breen, it's good to see you again. 945 01:06:14,407 --> 01:06:16,782 I haven't seen you all since that situation 946 01:06:16,866 --> 01:06:19,115 with all the violence in Scarface. 947 01:06:19,198 --> 01:06:22,115 The situation here seems to revolve around Miss Russell's mammaries. 948 01:06:22,198 --> 01:06:24,866 Mr. Breen feels that they are too prominent, yes? 949 01:06:24,949 --> 01:06:28,490 More prominent than other mammaries have been, up on the screen? 950 01:06:28,574 --> 01:06:31,407 Well, I hope to dispel that notion. 951 01:06:34,824 --> 01:06:36,282 Jean Harlow. 952 01:06:38,157 --> 01:06:39,699 Ann Sheridan. 953 01:06:41,240 --> 01:06:42,657 Irene Dunne. 954 01:06:42,741 --> 01:06:44,532 Claudette Colbert. 955 01:06:45,115 --> 01:06:46,657 Rita Hayworth. 956 01:06:47,198 --> 01:06:48,240 Betty Grable. 957 01:06:48,324 --> 01:06:51,616 And the lovely Miss Jane Russell. 958 01:06:51,699 --> 01:06:54,782 Now, all these shots, save for Miss Russell, 959 01:06:54,866 --> 01:06:59,115 were enlarged from pictures that received Mr. Breen's seal of approval. 960 01:07:00,032 --> 01:07:04,365 As you have probably noticed by now, they all contain mammaries. 961 01:07:06,157 --> 01:07:07,991 I will ask my associate to join me now. 962 01:07:08,073 --> 01:07:11,866 May I introduce Dr. Ludlow Branson of Columbia University? 963 01:07:14,198 --> 01:07:19,324 Dr. Branson is a mathematician of some note. 964 01:07:20,449 --> 01:07:21,490 Yes. 965 01:07:21,574 --> 01:07:26,532 And he will now demonstrate that, in fact, Miss Russell's mammaries 966 01:07:27,198 --> 01:07:31,032 are no more prominent than any of these other fine ladies'. 967 01:07:34,157 --> 01:07:35,365 Doctor. 968 01:07:36,866 --> 01:07:38,032 Doctor. 969 01:07:39,407 --> 01:07:41,532 You forgot your calipers. 970 01:07:48,407 --> 01:07:51,032 Gentlemen. Mr. Hughes. 971 01:07:54,198 --> 01:07:57,198 Let us commence by calling this 972 01:07:57,741 --> 01:07:59,907 Mammary Exhibit Number One. 973 01:08:00,157 --> 01:08:05,157 Now you'll see that the length of the actual cleavage, 974 01:08:06,699 --> 01:08:08,907 if I may, is 975 01:08:10,907 --> 01:08:12,948 five inches and a quarter. 976 01:08:13,282 --> 01:08:14,990 Now, if we move to... 977 01:08:15,073 --> 01:08:16,574 Dateline Hollywoodland. 978 01:08:16,657 --> 01:08:20,282 Movie tycoon Howard Hughes must have the greatest job in the land. 979 01:08:20,365 --> 01:08:22,741 Each and every night, the lucky guy has to escort 980 01:08:22,824 --> 01:08:25,657 a different beautiful woman to a different dazzling event. 981 01:08:25,741 --> 01:08:28,240 The TWA king always talks up his airline 982 01:08:28,324 --> 01:08:31,866 as he escorts a succession of eye-catching women in the world. 983 01:08:33,157 --> 01:08:36,866 The Hercules, ladies and gentlemen, the Hercules. 984 01:08:36,948 --> 01:08:40,824 A plane, a boat, a flying city. 985 01:08:41,073 --> 01:08:42,990 Now, don't forget. Every bill comes to me. 986 01:08:43,073 --> 01:08:44,449 They don't pay for anything. 987 01:08:44,532 --> 01:08:46,730 Look, those men decide whether or not to fund the plane. 988 01:08:46,782 --> 01:08:48,449 So I need them real happy. 989 01:08:48,532 --> 01:08:51,115 - You do what it takes. - You betcha, boss. 990 01:08:51,198 --> 01:08:53,574 What about the girls? How are they in the bomb department? 991 01:08:53,657 --> 01:08:57,032 Well, let's put it this way. It'll be a regular boob buffet. 992 01:08:57,532 --> 01:08:59,330 I don't think the gentlemen from the Air Corps 993 01:08:59,407 --> 01:09:00,925 will have any trouble scoring tonight. 994 01:09:00,990 --> 01:09:06,782 Inside, 700 brave American soldiers, a dozen Sherman tanks, 995 01:09:06,866 --> 01:09:09,198 all winging their way over the Atlantic, 996 01:09:09,282 --> 01:09:11,948 free from the threats of the U-boats below. 997 01:09:12,032 --> 01:09:16,449 Could Jules Verne himself have ever imagined anything so magnificent? 998 01:09:16,532 --> 01:09:18,948 Could he have imagined her mammoth wingspan 999 01:09:19,032 --> 01:09:20,191 longer than a football field? 1000 01:09:20,365 --> 01:09:20,407 Don't you see how this demeans me? 1001 01:09:20,408 --> 01:09:22,282 Don't you see how this demeans me? 1002 01:09:22,365 --> 01:09:24,616 Since when do you care about the scandal rags, huh? 1003 01:09:24,699 --> 01:09:26,842 Every time there's a picture of you with another woman, 1004 01:09:26,865 --> 01:09:29,657 it's like a slap in the face. Don't you understand that? 1005 01:09:29,741 --> 01:09:31,782 That's overstating it just a bit. 1006 01:09:31,865 --> 01:09:35,115 Joan Crawford, Ginger Rogers, Linda Darnell, Joan Fontaine, 1007 01:09:35,198 --> 01:09:37,824 and now Bette Davis, for God's sake! 1008 01:09:39,990 --> 01:09:43,157 Look, they're Cracker Jack candy, honey. 1009 01:09:43,240 --> 01:09:45,574 They don't mean anything to me. 1010 01:09:46,032 --> 01:09:47,490 Very nice. 1011 01:09:49,823 --> 01:09:52,865 Well, you're the one that said that all men are predators, right? 1012 01:09:52,948 --> 01:09:56,073 I mean, it's all in Darwin. Remember? 1013 01:09:56,157 --> 01:09:59,948 And am I to expect this behaviour to continue after the wedding? 1014 01:10:00,032 --> 01:10:04,616 What is really bothering you, Kate? Is it the women? Or the publicity, huh? 1015 01:10:10,699 --> 01:10:14,865 Can't you eat ice cream from a bowl like everyone else in the world? 1016 01:10:22,115 --> 01:10:24,781 Don't you dare. 1017 01:10:37,282 --> 01:10:38,365 Yeah. 1018 01:10:39,699 --> 01:10:42,865 No. Odie, this is not a good time. 1019 01:10:43,532 --> 01:10:45,407 For Christ's sake, we can't make the Hercules 1020 01:10:45,490 --> 01:10:47,699 if we don't have any aluminium. 1021 01:10:47,781 --> 01:10:48,948 Wait. 1022 01:10:49,365 --> 01:10:50,948 No, no. I can hear you better now. 1023 01:10:51,032 --> 01:10:52,781 Look, you tell the War Production Board 1024 01:10:52,865 --> 01:10:55,990 that this is an essential strategic operation. 1025 01:10:56,073 --> 01:10:58,633 Odie, if they're giving aluminium to Douglas, Northrop, and Boeing, 1026 01:10:58,657 --> 01:11:00,865 they sure as hell can give some to Hughes Aircraft. 1027 01:11:00,948 --> 01:11:04,157 Don't set the ice cream... 1028 01:11:04,240 --> 01:11:05,924 Meantime we've got to think of something else. 1029 01:11:05,948 --> 01:11:08,865 If we can't get any aluminium, we'll have to find another way. 1030 01:11:08,990 --> 01:11:10,258 Christ, I don't know. You tell me. 1031 01:11:10,282 --> 01:11:13,032 We'll find some alloy that works just as well. Right. 1032 01:11:13,823 --> 01:11:15,157 Look... 1033 01:11:15,240 --> 01:11:17,425 If we can't get any aluminium, we'll just have to use wood. 1034 01:11:17,449 --> 01:11:19,532 You can't make a 200-ton plane out of wood. 1035 01:11:19,616 --> 01:11:22,282 Why the hell not? The damn thing is a flying boat, right? 1036 01:11:22,365 --> 01:11:23,675 What do they use to make boats out of? 1037 01:11:23,699 --> 01:11:25,449 - Oak. - Think of the Hercules 1038 01:11:25,532 --> 01:11:27,449 like a flying Spanish galleon. 1039 01:11:27,532 --> 01:11:30,032 Spanish galleons weigh 1,200 tons. 1040 01:11:31,032 --> 01:11:32,865 Good luck today, huh? 1041 01:11:33,449 --> 01:11:35,240 We just have to find the right kind of wood. 1042 01:11:35,324 --> 01:11:36,823 Something light but strong. 1043 01:11:36,906 --> 01:11:39,032 - Morning, Kate. - Pine, cedar, maybe birch. 1044 01:11:50,365 --> 01:11:51,532 Catch. 1045 01:11:55,823 --> 01:11:57,324 From my farm. 1046 01:11:58,198 --> 01:12:00,698 If you like it, I can get you a bushel. 1047 01:12:13,574 --> 01:12:15,656 Trouble with Mr. Hughes? 1048 01:12:21,365 --> 01:12:25,198 There's too much Howard Hughes in Howard Hughes. 1049 01:12:27,698 --> 01:12:29,449 That's the trouble. 1050 01:12:42,948 --> 01:12:44,324 Beautiful. 1051 01:12:46,823 --> 01:12:48,182 Don't you even take Christmas off? 1052 01:12:49,407 --> 01:12:52,282 Nice to see you, Bob. Sorry, I got grease on my hands. 1053 01:12:52,365 --> 01:12:54,823 Have we got something to show you. 1054 01:12:59,032 --> 01:13:00,198 Take a look. 1055 01:13:00,282 --> 01:13:04,282 She's the XF-11 reconnaissance flyer. Spy plane, really. 1056 01:13:05,032 --> 01:13:07,532 Designed every inch of her myself. 1057 01:13:07,656 --> 01:13:09,781 She's got a top speed of 450, 1058 01:13:09,865 --> 01:13:12,698 which means she can outrun anything they throw against her. 1059 01:13:12,781 --> 01:13:16,032 After the Japs stole my H-1 design for their goddamn Zeros, 1060 01:13:16,115 --> 01:13:18,532 I figured I needed to do them one better, right? 1061 01:13:19,449 --> 01:13:22,698 Yeah. She's my Buck Rogers ship. 1062 01:13:22,781 --> 01:13:24,365 She's a looker. 1063 01:13:25,032 --> 01:13:27,032 Okay, what have you got for me? 1064 01:13:34,365 --> 01:13:35,948 Jiminy Cricket! 1065 01:13:36,865 --> 01:13:40,365 Seating capacity for 60, wingspan 123 feet. 1066 01:13:40,449 --> 01:13:44,032 Four double Cyclone engines. Her ceiling's 25,000 feet. 1067 01:13:44,198 --> 01:13:47,698 - Gross weight? - 86,000, wing loading of 41 pounds. 1068 01:13:47,823 --> 01:13:50,449 So less drag on the plane in thinner air. 1069 01:13:50,531 --> 01:13:53,990 So at high cruise power, you're looking at a top speed of around 340. 1070 01:13:55,115 --> 01:13:57,906 Giving her a range of about 3,000 miles. 1071 01:13:59,865 --> 01:14:01,948 - Cross-country. - Nonstop. 1072 01:14:03,698 --> 01:14:07,449 Bob, you know something? You are a son of a bitch. 1073 01:14:19,531 --> 01:14:20,531 Yeah. 1074 01:14:20,615 --> 01:14:23,032 Bob, you got something on your suit. 1075 01:14:24,615 --> 01:14:25,698 Yeah. 1076 01:14:26,365 --> 01:14:29,865 On your lapel there. You got something on your lapel. 1077 01:14:31,906 --> 01:14:33,615 Right there, Bob. 1078 01:14:35,698 --> 01:14:37,865 You missed it. Right there. 1079 01:14:39,573 --> 01:14:41,032 Clean it off, would you? 1080 01:14:41,531 --> 01:14:43,698 Here. Thanks. 1081 01:14:47,240 --> 01:14:48,865 Now throw it away. 1082 01:14:52,865 --> 01:14:54,448 No, over there. 1083 01:15:00,698 --> 01:15:01,990 Thanks. 1084 01:15:03,157 --> 01:15:04,781 So what do you call her? 1085 01:15:04,865 --> 01:15:06,948 The Constellation. But we can change that. 1086 01:15:07,032 --> 01:15:08,407 No, no, no. 1087 01:15:08,906 --> 01:15:10,990 It's pretty. I like her. 1088 01:15:12,781 --> 01:15:16,865 So what kind of deal can you give me? What kind of deal can you give me? 1089 01:15:16,948 --> 01:15:19,324 We'll give you the first 40 planes off the assembly line. 1090 01:15:19,407 --> 01:15:22,115 That should give us about two years exclusivity with her. 1091 01:15:22,198 --> 01:15:23,573 Hell, more than that. 1092 01:15:23,656 --> 01:15:27,781 United and American don't have the imagination for a plane like this. 1093 01:15:27,865 --> 01:15:30,531 Two years ahead of Juan Trippe then. 1094 01:15:35,531 --> 01:15:36,823 How much? 1095 01:15:36,906 --> 01:15:38,573 $450,000 each. 1096 01:15:39,865 --> 01:15:42,448 That's $18 million for the first 40. 1097 01:15:43,656 --> 01:15:47,489 Hell, TWA can't afford that. The damn airline's flat broke. 1098 01:15:50,948 --> 01:15:53,448 Guess I'll just have to pay for them myself. 1099 01:15:54,324 --> 01:15:57,489 Build them, Bob. Send the bill to Noah Dietrich. 1100 01:15:57,573 --> 01:15:58,823 And thank you. 1101 01:16:02,865 --> 01:16:04,406 Merry Christmas. 1102 01:16:05,032 --> 01:16:07,489 You have just placed the largest order for aeroplanes 1103 01:16:07,573 --> 01:16:09,364 in the history of the damn planet, Howard. 1104 01:16:09,448 --> 01:16:11,282 Lockheed just sent us a bill for $18 million! 1105 01:16:11,364 --> 01:16:13,865 Now, now, don't you get all hysterical on me, Noah. 1106 01:16:13,948 --> 01:16:15,073 It isn't good for you. 1107 01:16:15,157 --> 01:16:16,966 This is a lot of money for some planes, Howard. 1108 01:16:16,990 --> 01:16:18,615 Yes. Yes, I know it's a lot of money. 1109 01:16:18,698 --> 01:16:21,615 It's too damn much. You think I've just got $18 million in petty cash? 1110 01:16:21,698 --> 01:16:24,698 Look, I should have told you earlier. It slipped my mind. 1111 01:16:24,781 --> 01:16:26,781 - Slipped your mind? For God's sake! - Right. 1112 01:16:26,865 --> 01:16:28,091 But look, I'll get back to you then. 1113 01:16:28,115 --> 01:16:31,115 - How could $18 million slip your mind? - Goodbye now. 1114 01:16:31,198 --> 01:16:33,781 Hi, honey. What are you doing home? 1115 01:16:38,865 --> 01:16:41,781 You're not one for tears, and, well, 1116 01:16:41,865 --> 01:16:46,073 neither am I. So it's best to come out with it. 1117 01:16:49,240 --> 01:16:52,990 I've met someone. I've fallen in love and I'm moving out. 1118 01:16:56,032 --> 01:17:00,282 If I could make it any more gentle, I would. 1119 01:17:00,906 --> 01:17:03,489 But I can't. 1120 01:17:06,032 --> 01:17:07,948 So, there we both are. 1121 01:17:11,531 --> 01:17:13,198 Let's be honest. 1122 01:17:13,531 --> 01:17:17,615 It's all been a grand adventure, but it couldn't possibly last. 1123 01:17:18,198 --> 01:17:20,364 We're too alike, you and I. 1124 01:17:24,198 --> 01:17:25,656 You met someone? 1125 01:17:25,740 --> 01:17:28,948 Someone more appropriate. To me, I mean. 1126 01:17:32,323 --> 01:17:35,073 What does that mean? "More appropriate." 1127 01:17:35,781 --> 01:17:39,115 Someone more attuned to my needs. 1128 01:17:40,406 --> 01:17:42,198 Look at me, Katie. 1129 01:17:42,531 --> 01:17:43,906 Stop acting. 1130 01:17:45,364 --> 01:17:46,990 I'm not acting. 1131 01:17:52,198 --> 01:17:54,781 I wonder if you even know any more. 1132 01:17:59,698 --> 01:18:01,364 Don't be unkind. 1133 01:18:04,615 --> 01:18:05,781 You... 1134 01:18:07,656 --> 01:18:09,239 You want to go? 1135 01:18:12,698 --> 01:18:13,865 Go on. 1136 01:18:14,865 --> 01:18:17,865 Actresses are cheap in this town, darling. 1137 01:18:18,157 --> 01:18:19,573 - I got a lot of money. - Howard. 1138 01:18:19,656 --> 01:18:23,448 - Please, this is beneath you. - No, no. This is exactly me. 1139 01:18:23,531 --> 01:18:26,257 You come in here out of the blue and tell me you're leaving me just like that, 1140 01:18:26,281 --> 01:18:29,073 and you have the nerve to expect graciousness? 1141 01:18:29,157 --> 01:18:31,239 I expect a little maturity. 1142 01:18:31,323 --> 01:18:34,197 I expect you to face the situation like an adult... 1143 01:18:34,281 --> 01:18:38,239 Don't talk down to me! Don't you ever talk down to me. 1144 01:18:38,323 --> 01:18:40,948 You are a movie star, nothing more. 1145 01:19:53,531 --> 01:19:55,156 Don't answer it. 1146 01:19:58,364 --> 01:20:00,156 What is it, Howard? 1147 01:20:00,239 --> 01:20:01,615 Hey, Noah. 1148 01:20:02,615 --> 01:20:05,740 I need you to get over to Penney's and buy me some new clothes. 1149 01:20:05,823 --> 01:20:07,906 - Penney's isn't open. - Oh, shit! 1150 01:20:07,990 --> 01:20:11,032 - It's 2:00 in the morning. - Yeah, that's right. 1151 01:20:12,239 --> 01:20:13,823 First thing tomorrow then, all right? 1152 01:20:13,906 --> 01:20:16,990 I need two new suits off the rack. One light and one dark. 1153 01:20:17,072 --> 01:20:20,406 Three white shirts and three pairs of white tennis shoes. You got that? 1154 01:20:20,489 --> 01:20:22,032 - Yeah. - No. No. 1155 01:20:22,531 --> 01:20:24,448 - Make it Woolworth's. - Woolworth's. 1156 01:20:24,531 --> 01:20:27,197 No, no. Penney's. Penney's. 1157 01:20:27,281 --> 01:20:28,698 All right, then. 1158 01:20:29,573 --> 01:20:32,531 I'll get into it as soon as I can, Howard. 1159 01:20:32,865 --> 01:20:35,197 Noah, do you have a recorder? 1160 01:20:36,156 --> 01:20:38,906 - No. - Are you recording this conversation? 1161 01:20:39,531 --> 01:20:40,865 - No. - Okay. 1162 01:20:42,114 --> 01:20:43,573 I trust you. 1163 01:20:44,906 --> 01:20:46,544 - Howard... - Listen, I need those suits 1164 01:20:46,615 --> 01:20:48,364 first thing tomorrow, all right? 1165 01:20:48,448 --> 01:20:49,615 - All right. - Wait, wait. 1166 01:20:49,698 --> 01:20:52,072 Did I say Penney's or Woolworth's? 1167 01:20:52,156 --> 01:20:54,573 - Penney's. - Better make it Sears. 1168 01:20:54,865 --> 01:20:56,906 All right, then. Sears. 1169 01:21:00,281 --> 01:21:02,031 I'm sorry, honey. 1170 01:21:03,615 --> 01:21:06,072 If I don't answer, he'll just call back. 1171 01:21:27,615 --> 01:21:30,323 Stop there, if you please, Miss Domergue. 1172 01:21:36,656 --> 01:21:39,323 Have you had surgery, Miss Domergue? 1173 01:21:40,406 --> 01:21:41,489 No. 1174 01:21:42,615 --> 01:21:45,281 Do you have scars of any kind? 1175 01:21:47,281 --> 01:21:48,364 No. 1176 01:21:50,364 --> 01:21:52,406 Wipe off your lipstick. 1177 01:21:57,114 --> 01:21:58,947 That's much better. 1178 01:21:59,947 --> 01:22:03,531 Now, you understand that you'd be under contract to me? 1179 01:22:03,781 --> 01:22:05,197 Personally. 1180 01:22:05,823 --> 01:22:08,072 Do you know what that means? 1181 01:22:16,364 --> 01:22:18,072 Turn around for me. 1182 01:22:26,156 --> 01:22:27,531 Very nice. 1183 01:22:28,865 --> 01:22:30,448 You move well. 1184 01:22:33,531 --> 01:22:35,489 You live with your family, do you? 1185 01:22:37,740 --> 01:22:39,573 Yes. Yes. 1186 01:22:39,656 --> 01:22:41,114 That's nice. 1187 01:22:42,615 --> 01:22:44,364 Tell me something. 1188 01:22:45,781 --> 01:22:48,156 How old are you, Miss Domergue? 1189 01:22:51,156 --> 01:22:52,406 Fifteen. 1190 01:22:56,197 --> 01:22:58,031 Holy Mother of God. 1191 01:23:16,864 --> 01:23:20,781 Well, a car picks me up every morning at 8:00 and off I go. 1192 01:23:20,864 --> 01:23:23,364 I'm getting my high-school diploma. 1193 01:23:23,905 --> 01:23:26,281 Howard thinks that education is important. 1194 01:23:26,364 --> 01:23:27,489 That's right. 1195 01:23:27,573 --> 01:23:29,364 And then after classes, 1196 01:23:29,448 --> 01:23:33,239 I'm off for elocution, and grooming, and fittings. 1197 01:23:33,323 --> 01:23:34,864 Blow me down. 1198 01:23:36,281 --> 01:23:38,591 Don't tell me Pan Am's working out of the Cocoanut Grove now? 1199 01:23:38,615 --> 01:23:40,615 - Hello, Jack. - Hello, Juan. 1200 01:23:40,698 --> 01:23:42,573 Helen, good to see you. 1201 01:23:42,656 --> 01:23:45,197 - How are you, Howard? - Good. Thanks. 1202 01:23:45,281 --> 01:23:47,114 - This is Miss Faith Domergue. - Sit down. 1203 01:23:47,197 --> 01:23:49,090 - Pleasure. - What the hell are you doing out here? 1204 01:23:49,114 --> 01:23:52,072 Well, I'm out this way to meet with Douglas about the DC-4. 1205 01:23:52,197 --> 01:23:56,156 That's our new plane and it is going to be a pip, let me tell you. 1206 01:23:56,239 --> 01:23:57,905 How's the Constellation coming? 1207 01:23:57,989 --> 01:23:59,197 Good. 1208 01:23:59,947 --> 01:24:01,156 Great. 1209 01:24:02,406 --> 01:24:04,489 So how about letting me steal a peek? 1210 01:24:06,780 --> 01:24:08,531 I don't think so. 1211 01:24:09,031 --> 01:24:12,531 You know, I should be cross with you. You stole Ray Loewy from us. 1212 01:24:12,615 --> 01:24:14,698 He's doing our interior design. That's right. 1213 01:24:14,780 --> 01:24:16,406 He was doing ours. 1214 01:24:18,905 --> 01:24:22,864 - So, what are your colours? - Stop fishing. 1215 01:24:25,364 --> 01:24:27,364 So, you have buttons 1216 01:24:28,031 --> 01:24:29,323 or zippers? 1217 01:24:30,031 --> 01:24:31,489 I'm sorry? 1218 01:24:33,114 --> 01:24:36,905 Buttons or zippers? For the drapes on the sleeping berths. 1219 01:24:40,531 --> 01:24:41,739 Zippers. 1220 01:24:51,114 --> 01:24:52,364 Buttons? 1221 01:25:02,364 --> 01:25:05,615 So, I suppose you'll be expanding on down to Mexico? 1222 01:25:05,697 --> 01:25:09,281 - Why do you say that? - Well, your range is 3,000 miles. 1223 01:25:09,364 --> 01:25:11,656 I would imagine you'd expand from Los Angeles to Mexico, 1224 01:25:11,739 --> 01:25:13,697 or maybe on down to South America. 1225 01:25:13,780 --> 01:25:16,031 That's a good idea. Anyone got a pen? 1226 01:25:16,114 --> 01:25:18,114 Or across the Atlantic. 1227 01:25:20,531 --> 01:25:23,364 Now, honey, you've had enough of this ice cream. 1228 01:25:23,448 --> 01:25:24,489 You give me that spoon. 1229 01:25:24,573 --> 01:25:27,573 You don't want to get your gloves all sticky. 1230 01:25:28,780 --> 01:25:30,573 Isn't that too far? 1231 01:25:35,822 --> 01:25:39,031 New York to Newfoundland 1232 01:25:40,615 --> 01:25:42,114 to Ireland 1233 01:25:46,905 --> 01:25:48,281 to Paris. 1234 01:25:55,864 --> 01:25:58,947 Well, Pan Am welcomes you. 1235 01:26:00,281 --> 01:26:02,239 We're overbooked as it is. 1236 01:26:02,323 --> 01:26:05,989 It's such a burden doing it all on your own, let me tell you. 1237 01:26:06,072 --> 01:26:08,156 So when's the Connie gonna be ready? 1238 01:26:08,239 --> 01:26:10,072 Next year, maybe. DC-4? 1239 01:26:10,156 --> 01:26:11,156 Next year. 1240 01:26:11,239 --> 01:26:13,905 Well, we look forward to her then. 1241 01:26:14,697 --> 01:26:16,406 And I to the Connie. 1242 01:26:18,364 --> 01:26:21,281 I've ordered the next 40 after you. 1243 01:26:22,197 --> 01:26:23,448 It's Miss... 1244 01:26:23,531 --> 01:26:25,197 - Domergue. - Domergue, yes, of course. 1245 01:26:25,281 --> 01:26:27,718 Was that a rumba or a samba you were doing out there, my dear? 1246 01:26:27,780 --> 01:26:30,489 - It was a samba. - A samba, yes. 1247 01:26:30,905 --> 01:26:33,864 Howard, I never knew you were such a good dancer. 1248 01:26:35,197 --> 01:26:36,531 Helen. Jack. 1249 01:26:38,573 --> 01:26:39,655 Good going, boss. 1250 01:26:39,739 --> 01:26:41,822 You just gave away our entire post-war strategy. 1251 01:26:41,905 --> 01:26:43,323 He can't stop us. 1252 01:26:43,406 --> 01:26:46,197 He's Pan Am, Howard. He can stop anything! 1253 01:26:48,197 --> 01:26:50,197 Waiter, give me the largest Scotch you've got. 1254 01:26:50,281 --> 01:26:53,864 I don't know what in the hell you're so goddamn giddy about. Excuse me. 1255 01:28:45,780 --> 01:28:47,947 Jack. All right. 1256 01:28:48,031 --> 01:28:50,007 I want you to get in touch with Mr. Joyce and Mr. Berg. 1257 01:28:50,031 --> 01:28:51,257 Those are my boys in Washington. 1258 01:28:51,281 --> 01:28:52,631 Set up a meeting with Jesse Jones. 1259 01:28:52,655 --> 01:28:54,864 He's the Secretary of Commerce, old golfing buddy. 1260 01:28:54,947 --> 01:28:55,989 Slow down. Slow down. 1261 01:28:56,072 --> 01:28:57,840 We're gonna need terminals in both Ireland and France. 1262 01:28:57,864 --> 01:28:59,340 And I want to get some tax breaks from them. 1263 01:28:59,364 --> 01:29:02,572 If that shitass thinks he owns the entire goddamn world, 1264 01:29:02,655 --> 01:29:04,965 - he's got another thing coming. - Pan Am owns Europe. He's smart. 1265 01:29:04,989 --> 01:29:07,423 - We ought to think about Mexico. - To hell with Mexico, Jack! 1266 01:29:07,447 --> 01:29:10,447 No one airline should have a monopoly on flying the Atlantic. 1267 01:29:10,530 --> 01:29:12,257 For Christ's sake, it just isn't fair. Look. 1268 01:29:12,281 --> 01:29:15,364 He owns Pan Am, he owns Congress, he owns the Civil Aeronautics Board. 1269 01:29:15,447 --> 01:29:18,031 But he does not own the sky. 1270 01:29:18,114 --> 01:29:20,090 We're are in a street fight with that son of a bitch now, 1271 01:29:20,114 --> 01:29:21,506 and I'm not gonna lose. I've been fighting 1272 01:29:21,530 --> 01:29:24,655 high-hat Ivy League pricks like him my whole goddamn life. 1273 01:29:24,739 --> 01:29:26,447 And listen, fire Ray Loewy. 1274 01:29:26,530 --> 01:29:28,405 You goddamn heard me? Fire Ray Loewy. 1275 01:29:28,488 --> 01:29:31,989 He's spying for Trippe. That shitheel knew all about the goddamn buttons. 1276 01:29:32,072 --> 01:29:34,114 Spies in my midst, Jack. 1277 01:29:34,364 --> 01:29:36,197 Spies in my midst. 1278 01:29:50,989 --> 01:29:53,156 - Hello, Howard. - Roland. 1279 01:29:55,864 --> 01:29:58,530 So, what can I do for you? 1280 01:30:02,323 --> 01:30:06,363 I want all the pictures you have of Kate Hepburn and Spencer Tracy. 1281 01:30:06,447 --> 01:30:07,739 All the negatives. 1282 01:30:07,822 --> 01:30:09,864 And I want you to kill the story. 1283 01:30:10,197 --> 01:30:13,239 Howard, he's a married man. He's a Catholic. 1284 01:30:13,655 --> 01:30:16,031 They're both movie stars. Fair game all around. 1285 01:30:24,363 --> 01:30:26,864 My office knows where I am, Howard. 1286 01:30:27,572 --> 01:30:30,031 I'm not gonna to kill you, Roland. 1287 01:30:30,614 --> 01:30:32,281 I don't do that. 1288 01:30:37,281 --> 01:30:38,655 How much? 1289 01:30:38,822 --> 01:30:39,864 Not for sale. 1290 01:30:43,197 --> 01:30:44,530 How much? 1291 01:30:45,405 --> 01:30:47,864 Not for sale. 1292 01:30:52,072 --> 01:30:54,322 You ever cheat on your wife, Roland? 1293 01:30:55,905 --> 01:30:58,322 You ever screw a colored girl? 1294 01:30:59,156 --> 01:31:02,114 You ever steal anything? You ever hurt anyone? 1295 01:31:04,322 --> 01:31:06,072 Good night, Howard. 1296 01:31:06,697 --> 01:31:09,488 You ever go to a Communist Party meeting, Roland? 1297 01:31:19,363 --> 01:31:20,739 TWA stock. 1298 01:31:22,739 --> 01:31:24,072 How much? 1299 01:31:25,363 --> 01:31:26,989 50,000 shares. 1300 01:31:27,614 --> 01:31:28,739 Ten. 1301 01:31:32,031 --> 01:31:33,363 All right. 1302 01:31:36,614 --> 01:31:38,572 This isn't going to be that easy. 1303 01:31:38,739 --> 01:31:42,156 He's been making big contributions on both sides of the aisle. 1304 01:31:42,238 --> 01:31:45,572 And Jack Frye is out there lobbying everybody in town. 1305 01:31:45,989 --> 01:31:48,989 The French and British ambassadors are all lined up on his side now. 1306 01:31:50,114 --> 01:31:53,655 I'm telling you, TWA is serious about going international. 1307 01:31:53,739 --> 01:31:54,739 Okay. 1308 01:31:55,530 --> 01:31:57,238 Point, Mr. Hughes. 1309 01:31:57,822 --> 01:31:59,048 Very well. You know what I think? 1310 01:31:59,072 --> 01:32:01,780 I think it's time for you to introduce the Community Airline Bill 1311 01:32:01,864 --> 01:32:04,114 on the floor of the Senate. 1312 01:32:04,196 --> 01:32:07,114 - Is it done? - My people are finishing it right now. 1313 01:32:07,196 --> 01:32:11,114 I also have to get you on the committee investigating the national defense. 1314 01:32:14,196 --> 01:32:16,530 On the committee, or chairman? 1315 01:32:17,530 --> 01:32:20,322 You know, I think I'd be much more effective as chairman. 1316 01:32:20,405 --> 01:32:24,114 It's a great public platform. You know, it generates a lot of press. 1317 01:32:24,196 --> 01:32:25,864 Wasn't Truman chairman of that committee? 1318 01:32:25,947 --> 01:32:27,405 Yeah, right. Look, 1319 01:32:27,989 --> 01:32:30,238 now he's Vice President. Look what he did with it. 1320 01:32:30,322 --> 01:32:31,905 No, I think... 1321 01:32:33,238 --> 01:32:34,989 I think chairman. 1322 01:32:35,864 --> 01:32:37,031 What do you think? 1323 01:32:39,322 --> 01:32:41,572 - Chairman. That is interesting. - Yeah. 1324 01:32:41,655 --> 01:32:45,405 Let me show you these specs for the DC-4. 1325 01:32:45,739 --> 01:32:49,280 Ava, what do you think about Trans World Airlines? 1326 01:32:49,530 --> 01:32:51,947 Transcontinental and Western just doesn't fit any more. 1327 01:32:52,031 --> 01:32:54,947 Now that we're going international, we need a name that reflects that. 1328 01:32:55,031 --> 01:32:57,655 Trans World is good. Kind of peppy. 1329 01:32:58,114 --> 01:33:00,739 TWA, right? 1330 01:33:00,822 --> 01:33:02,423 Keep the same initials. That way, you don't need to 1331 01:33:02,447 --> 01:33:03,590 repaint the any of the planes. 1332 01:33:03,614 --> 01:33:06,238 That's you. Always pinching pennies. 1333 01:33:07,031 --> 01:33:08,697 Hand me my wrap. 1334 01:33:23,113 --> 01:33:24,614 Knock it off. 1335 01:33:31,488 --> 01:33:33,530 I have something for you. 1336 01:33:35,031 --> 01:33:36,405 Stay here. 1337 01:33:42,405 --> 01:33:43,947 What the hell is this? 1338 01:33:44,031 --> 01:33:46,363 It's a present. Go on, open it. 1339 01:33:49,614 --> 01:33:51,739 A box of trash. You shouldn't have. 1340 01:33:51,822 --> 01:33:53,989 Keep looking. Keep looking. 1341 01:33:58,530 --> 01:34:00,739 It's a Kashmiri sapphire. 1342 01:34:00,822 --> 01:34:03,989 Best in the world. I had my boys all over the damn globe looking for this. 1343 01:34:04,071 --> 01:34:05,196 Why? 1344 01:34:05,405 --> 01:34:07,905 Because, look, 1345 01:34:08,697 --> 01:34:10,530 it matches your eyes. 1346 01:34:11,030 --> 01:34:13,280 I am not for sale. 1347 01:34:13,363 --> 01:34:15,655 For Christ's sake, Ava, it's just a present. 1348 01:34:15,739 --> 01:34:18,697 You can't buy me, Howard. So stop trying. 1349 01:34:19,113 --> 01:34:21,405 Don't buy me any more diamonds or sapphires 1350 01:34:21,488 --> 01:34:22,780 or any other goddamn thing. 1351 01:34:22,864 --> 01:34:25,488 You can buy me dinner. How about that? 1352 01:34:25,864 --> 01:34:27,071 Jesus, Ava. 1353 01:34:28,196 --> 01:34:31,447 It's bad enough I have to endure those filthy gym shoes of yours, 1354 01:34:31,530 --> 01:34:35,822 but then I get all dolled up and we have to go in this old jalopy without a hood. 1355 01:34:36,655 --> 01:34:41,030 - Ava, will you marry me? - No, Howard. 1356 01:34:41,363 --> 01:34:42,780 Well, why not, for heaven's sake? 1357 01:34:42,864 --> 01:34:45,363 In the first place, I don't love you. 1358 01:34:45,447 --> 01:34:47,780 In the second place, I'm still married. 1359 01:34:47,864 --> 01:34:50,322 Look, you got girls stashed all over town. 1360 01:34:50,405 --> 01:34:52,780 You got a damn harem just at the Bel-Air. 1361 01:34:52,864 --> 01:34:54,702 Why don't you marry one of your bungalow girls? 1362 01:34:54,780 --> 01:34:57,196 Those are employees. I'm not gonna marry an employee. 1363 01:34:57,322 --> 01:34:58,697 Jesus Christ, how would that look? 1364 01:35:07,196 --> 01:35:08,822 What's going on? 1365 01:35:11,530 --> 01:35:12,864 Oh, my God! 1366 01:35:12,988 --> 01:35:14,488 God damn it! 1367 01:35:15,739 --> 01:35:16,905 Faith! 1368 01:35:17,864 --> 01:35:19,946 - Faith! What the hell? - Look out! 1369 01:35:20,030 --> 01:35:22,739 Goddamn, what the hell are you doing? 1370 01:35:25,238 --> 01:35:26,280 Are you okay, lady? 1371 01:35:26,363 --> 01:35:28,447 What are you doing with her? 1372 01:35:28,530 --> 01:35:31,280 We are going to dinner, that's all. Now get out of there. 1373 01:35:31,363 --> 01:35:33,697 Get that crazy bitch away from me! 1374 01:35:33,780 --> 01:35:35,196 Don't you love me any more? 1375 01:35:35,280 --> 01:35:36,697 Of course I love you, pork chop. 1376 01:35:36,822 --> 01:35:38,196 Ava, look over here. Howard. 1377 01:35:44,405 --> 01:35:47,030 Juan Trippe is working with that goddamn Senator Brewster now. 1378 01:35:47,113 --> 01:35:48,363 They're after you, Howard. 1379 01:35:48,447 --> 01:35:51,530 If the Community Airline Bill becomes law, we are finished, my friend. 1380 01:35:51,614 --> 01:35:54,113 Pan Am will have a legal monopoly on international travel. 1381 01:35:54,196 --> 01:35:56,614 How can they justify it, Jack? It's un-American. 1382 01:35:56,697 --> 01:35:58,964 Senator Brewster's saying that nationalized foreign carriers 1383 01:35:58,988 --> 01:36:01,739 like Air France and Lufthansa can offer lower rates, 1384 01:36:01,822 --> 01:36:03,420 'cause they don't have to compete, right? 1385 01:36:03,447 --> 01:36:05,614 So, hey, let's get rid of all that messy competition 1386 01:36:05,697 --> 01:36:07,464 and have our own nationalized airline of our own. 1387 01:36:07,488 --> 01:36:08,715 And why don't we make it Pan Am? 1388 01:36:08,739 --> 01:36:10,780 I'm not kowtowing to Washington or anyone else. 1389 01:36:10,864 --> 01:36:12,946 - Howard, I need you up here. - One sec, Odie. 1390 01:36:13,030 --> 01:36:15,697 Look, we are Trans World Airlines, all right. 1391 01:36:15,780 --> 01:36:17,780 Get me something with a circle or a globe 1392 01:36:17,864 --> 01:36:19,946 or something round, for God's sake. 1393 01:36:20,030 --> 01:36:21,196 Speak up. 1394 01:36:21,280 --> 01:36:24,530 I don't give a rat's ass what he says. I'm not making a single cut. 1395 01:36:24,614 --> 01:36:26,131 Tell him I'll release it without a seal. 1396 01:36:26,155 --> 01:36:27,715 All right. We got to go public with this. 1397 01:36:27,739 --> 01:36:29,756 I'm gonna talk to Hearst, see what kind of press he can give me. 1398 01:36:29,780 --> 01:36:31,922 But sooner or later, it's gonna come down to a vote in the Senate. 1399 01:36:31,946 --> 01:36:33,425 So we gotta get senators on our side. 1400 01:36:33,488 --> 01:36:35,798 - What do you want me to do? - Do what Trippe does, for Christ's sake. 1401 01:36:35,822 --> 01:36:37,363 Set up off-shore operations. 1402 01:36:37,447 --> 01:36:39,780 See who's up for re-election. Let's start making donations. 1403 01:36:39,863 --> 01:36:41,614 So you want me to bribe senators? 1404 01:36:41,697 --> 01:36:43,280 I don't want them bribed, Jack. 1405 01:36:43,363 --> 01:36:45,904 I want it done legally. I want them bought. 1406 01:36:45,988 --> 01:36:48,113 And put a team of investigators on Senator Brewster. 1407 01:36:48,196 --> 01:36:50,631 I need to know everything there is to know about that shitbag. 1408 01:36:50,655 --> 01:36:53,614 Where he goes, what he says, and who he screws. 1409 01:36:53,697 --> 01:36:56,363 - Get into it right now, Jack. - You got it. 1410 01:37:03,447 --> 01:37:05,030 Just give me a second. 1411 01:37:06,988 --> 01:37:10,238 - All right, what do you need? - Rudder and elevators. 1412 01:37:10,697 --> 01:37:12,739 No. These are fine. 1413 01:37:12,821 --> 01:37:15,614 But have Simon and Pete get back to me on the hydraulic assemblies. 1414 01:37:15,697 --> 01:37:18,113 - We need a secondary system here. - Okay. 1415 01:37:19,530 --> 01:37:22,280 And listen, we need to take another look at the wheel. 1416 01:37:22,363 --> 01:37:24,780 - Jesus, the damn wheel? - Yeah. 1417 01:37:25,363 --> 01:37:26,863 It just doesn't feel right. 1418 01:37:26,988 --> 01:37:29,614 Christ almighty, you've seen 8,000 goddamn wheels. 1419 01:37:29,697 --> 01:37:32,530 Choose one. Please, just one of them. 1420 01:37:32,614 --> 01:37:34,113 - I know. I know. - This one? 1421 01:37:34,196 --> 01:37:35,196 This one... 1422 01:37:35,655 --> 01:37:38,405 This one's pretty close. Pretty close. 1423 01:38:15,614 --> 01:38:16,779 Odie. 1424 01:38:17,988 --> 01:38:20,405 That man sweeping up over there. 1425 01:38:20,614 --> 01:38:22,363 Does he work for me? 1426 01:38:22,488 --> 01:38:26,779 - I mean, have you seen him before? - Name's Nick. Something like that. 1427 01:38:28,738 --> 01:38:30,779 Why is he looking at me? 1428 01:38:32,697 --> 01:38:34,196 I don't know. 1429 01:38:36,238 --> 01:38:37,614 Fire him. 1430 01:38:37,697 --> 01:38:39,614 And make sure they use damp brooms from now on. 1431 01:38:39,697 --> 01:38:41,089 Respiratory diseases are expensive, 1432 01:38:41,113 --> 01:38:43,071 and I don't want a bunch of damn lawsuits. 1433 01:38:43,155 --> 01:38:46,071 Okay, but can we at least proceed with the instrument panel we discussed? 1434 01:38:46,155 --> 01:38:48,797 - The tool shop's ready... - No, I wanna see the blueprints again. 1435 01:38:48,821 --> 01:38:51,779 Howard, the deadline is now completely unrealistic. 1436 01:38:51,863 --> 01:38:54,572 At this rate, the war is gonna be over by the time she's done. 1437 01:38:54,655 --> 01:38:57,196 Now, I need you here to help consult on vital decisions, 1438 01:38:57,280 --> 01:38:58,863 and you're off dealing with movies. 1439 01:38:58,988 --> 01:39:00,614 You got a thousand goddamn workers 1440 01:39:00,696 --> 01:39:02,214 waiting for you to make a decision here. 1441 01:39:02,238 --> 01:39:03,738 Hey, Odie! 1442 01:39:03,821 --> 01:39:05,946 Take it easy, all right? 1443 01:39:06,030 --> 01:39:07,506 I understand you're under a lot of pressure. 1444 01:39:07,530 --> 01:39:11,447 But it's gonna do me no good if you crack up on me like that, all right? 1445 01:39:11,530 --> 01:39:14,946 Look, take a couple of hours off, all right? 1446 01:39:15,030 --> 01:39:17,280 - You just relax a little. - Okay. 1447 01:39:17,363 --> 01:39:19,113 - See your wife. - Okay. 1448 01:39:22,196 --> 01:39:25,196 - Be sure to show me all the blueprints. - All right. 1449 01:39:26,696 --> 01:39:28,863 Show me all the blueprints. 1450 01:39:31,821 --> 01:39:34,821 I'm serious now. Show me all the blueprints. 1451 01:39:37,113 --> 01:39:38,922 Show me all the blue... Show me all the blueprints. 1452 01:39:38,946 --> 01:39:41,654 - Howard... - Show me all the blueprints. 1453 01:39:41,946 --> 01:39:45,405 Show me all the blueprints. Show me all the blueprints. 1454 01:39:45,779 --> 01:39:47,779 Show me all the blueprints. 1455 01:39:47,863 --> 01:39:50,863 I want to get this done right, so show me all the blueprints. 1456 01:39:50,946 --> 01:39:52,405 Show me all the blueprints. 1457 01:39:52,488 --> 01:39:54,339 Show me all the blueprints. Show me all the blueprints. 1458 01:39:54,363 --> 01:39:55,779 Show me all the blueprints. 1459 01:39:55,863 --> 01:39:58,488 Show me all the blueprints. Show me all the blueprints. 1460 01:39:58,572 --> 01:39:59,672 - Show me all the blueprints. - Howard. 1461 01:39:59,696 --> 01:40:03,196 Show me all the blueprints. Show me all the blueprints. 1462 01:40:31,571 --> 01:40:32,988 Quarantine. 1463 01:40:34,988 --> 01:40:40,280 Q-U-A- 1464 01:40:41,904 --> 01:40:47,322 R-A-N- 1465 01:40:48,654 --> 01:40:53,530 T-I-N- 1466 01:40:59,322 --> 01:41:00,363 E. 1467 01:41:03,988 --> 01:41:05,405 Quarantine. 1468 01:41:44,071 --> 01:41:45,238 General McEwan. 1469 01:41:45,322 --> 01:41:47,363 Colonel Bertrang, thanks for coming down. 1470 01:41:47,447 --> 01:41:49,405 Odie, you reading me okay? 1471 01:41:49,696 --> 01:41:51,613 Yeah, Howard, you're A-okay. 1472 01:41:56,571 --> 01:42:00,071 All right, flight controls are active. She's all yours. 1473 01:42:08,405 --> 01:42:10,946 She's spotless, Odie. No wiggle on the wheel or throttle. 1474 01:42:11,030 --> 01:42:12,529 Take it easy. 1475 01:42:29,988 --> 01:42:31,071 How does she sound, Howard? 1476 01:42:31,821 --> 01:42:33,322 She's whispering to me, buddy. 1477 01:42:33,405 --> 01:42:34,529 All right, make her sing. 1478 01:42:56,654 --> 01:42:59,738 Well, Odie, she can fly. Congratulations. 1479 01:42:59,988 --> 01:43:00,988 I'm glad to hear it. 1480 01:43:01,071 --> 01:43:05,238 Retract landing gear and climb to 5,000 feet on a heading of 2-7-0. 1481 01:43:05,322 --> 01:43:07,946 Retracting landing gear and climbing to 5,000 feet 1482 01:43:08,030 --> 01:43:10,571 on a heading 2-7-0. 1483 01:43:15,487 --> 01:43:16,821 Jesus, she's fast! 1484 01:43:16,904 --> 01:43:19,404 - What's your air speed, Howard? - 292. 1485 01:43:19,904 --> 01:43:21,654 All right, take her back to 200. 1486 01:43:21,738 --> 01:43:23,196 No damn way. 1487 01:43:49,155 --> 01:43:50,946 All right, Howard. We gotta bring her home. 1488 01:43:51,030 --> 01:43:53,280 Scheduled time of 1 hour and 45 minutes has elapsed. 1489 01:43:53,362 --> 01:43:54,821 So set course for 0-9-0... 1490 01:43:54,904 --> 01:43:56,696 Give me 10 more minutes. Roger that. 1491 01:43:56,779 --> 01:43:59,613 Negative, Howard. Bring her home. 1492 01:43:59,821 --> 01:44:02,113 Okay, okay. Setting course for 1493 01:44:02,904 --> 01:44:05,280 0-9-0. 1494 01:44:06,071 --> 01:44:07,946 Preparing to descend. 1495 01:44:11,904 --> 01:44:13,071 Jesus! 1496 01:44:13,196 --> 01:44:14,946 What is it, Howard? 1497 01:44:16,196 --> 01:44:19,863 The right wing just dipped. I'm losing starboard engine. 1498 01:44:20,196 --> 01:44:22,696 Increasing power to 2,800 rpm. 1499 01:44:23,279 --> 01:44:24,654 Cutting back. 1500 01:44:24,738 --> 01:44:27,238 Increasing starboard engine only. 1501 01:44:27,904 --> 01:44:30,779 Cutting back. I'm losing altitude. 1502 01:44:30,863 --> 01:44:32,821 Howard, check starboard engine manifold pressure. 1503 01:44:34,529 --> 01:44:36,071 It's good, but rpm's are low. 1504 01:44:36,155 --> 01:44:38,030 Are both starboard props turning? 1505 01:44:38,113 --> 01:44:39,404 Hold on. 1506 01:44:40,030 --> 01:44:42,988 It looks like they are, but she's pulling me back and starboard, Odie. 1507 01:44:43,071 --> 01:44:44,529 How bad is your cross control? 1508 01:44:44,613 --> 01:44:49,238 I'm at full left rudder and full left aileron, but she won't stay level! God damn it! 1509 01:44:49,321 --> 01:44:50,779 Howard, give us your position. 1510 01:44:50,863 --> 01:44:54,654 2,000 feet over... Christ, I don't know. Beverly Hills. 1511 01:44:54,738 --> 01:44:58,613 1,500 feet! We're going down! 1512 01:44:59,529 --> 01:45:01,446 I'm gonna try for the Wilshire Country Club. 1513 01:45:01,529 --> 01:45:03,071 Ninth hole. You reading me? 1514 01:45:03,155 --> 01:45:07,321 Wilshire Country Club. Copy that. Howard, reduce engines to 1, 000. 1515 01:45:08,904 --> 01:45:12,696 I'm going down! I'm not going to make it, buddy! 1516 01:45:19,196 --> 01:45:20,654 God damn it! 1517 01:47:23,279 --> 01:47:25,321 Is there anyone else inside? 1518 01:47:25,404 --> 01:47:28,070 - Is there anyone else? - No. 1519 01:47:32,404 --> 01:47:35,404 I'm Howard Hughes, the aviator. 1520 01:47:48,112 --> 01:47:50,529 He has burns to 78% of his body. 1521 01:47:50,988 --> 01:47:53,863 Nine ribs are shattered. Not broken, shattered. 1522 01:47:54,112 --> 01:47:56,195 As are his nose, his chin, his cheek, 1523 01:47:56,279 --> 01:47:58,654 his left knee, his left elbow. 1524 01:47:58,738 --> 01:48:01,821 There are 60 lacerations on his face to the bone. 1525 01:48:01,904 --> 01:48:04,654 His chest was crushed, so his left lung has collapsed, 1526 01:48:04,738 --> 01:48:09,154 and his heart has shifted entirely to the right side of his chest cavity. 1527 01:48:09,529 --> 01:48:11,029 Jesus, God. 1528 01:48:11,696 --> 01:48:14,654 He's getting blood transfusions now, but... 1529 01:48:14,946 --> 01:48:16,446 Whose blood? 1530 01:48:16,946 --> 01:48:18,154 I'm sorry? 1531 01:48:18,237 --> 01:48:20,529 - Whose blood? - From our stock. 1532 01:48:22,029 --> 01:48:23,654 He's not going to like that. 1533 01:48:23,738 --> 01:48:28,362 Mr. Dietrich, I doubt he is ever going to like or dislike anything again. 1534 01:48:29,738 --> 01:48:31,529 I'm terribly sorry. 1535 01:49:00,321 --> 01:49:01,696 Orange juice. 1536 01:49:05,321 --> 01:49:08,154 It's not fresh from the kitchen, 1537 01:49:09,404 --> 01:49:13,738 so I have them make it here, so I can see. 1538 01:49:18,654 --> 01:49:20,070 Look at me. 1539 01:49:23,154 --> 01:49:24,696 I'm a monster. 1540 01:49:25,696 --> 01:49:26,863 Yeah. 1541 01:49:27,029 --> 01:49:29,654 Orange juice has nutritional value. 1542 01:49:32,903 --> 01:49:35,779 There's some flies outside my window though. 1543 01:49:40,987 --> 01:49:42,903 So, little Howard likes 1544 01:49:44,987 --> 01:49:46,237 citrus. 1545 01:49:52,903 --> 01:49:54,237 Tell me. 1546 01:49:56,487 --> 01:49:59,945 An oil seal ripped off the starboard rear propeller. 1547 01:50:00,404 --> 01:50:03,862 When the pressure dropped, the prop reversed pitch. 1548 01:50:04,362 --> 01:50:06,237 Do you understand me? 1549 01:50:06,696 --> 01:50:10,029 Howard, I'm sorry to have to tell you this now, 1550 01:50:10,487 --> 01:50:11,987 but there's something else. 1551 01:50:12,070 --> 01:50:14,154 - You following me? - Yeah. 1552 01:50:16,029 --> 01:50:19,529 The Air Force canceled the contract on the Hercules. 1553 01:50:21,903 --> 01:50:26,487 The war's over now and they say they don't need it any more. 1554 01:50:27,862 --> 01:50:32,070 I have to know what you want me to do. Should I release the staff? 1555 01:50:32,529 --> 01:50:33,862 How far 1556 01:50:36,362 --> 01:50:37,987 from finishing? 1557 01:50:39,029 --> 01:50:40,903 - About six months. - No. 1558 01:50:41,862 --> 01:50:43,195 In money. 1559 01:50:47,070 --> 01:50:48,654 $7 million. 1560 01:50:49,738 --> 01:50:51,070 Maybe more. 1561 01:50:56,571 --> 01:50:57,903 Build it. 1562 01:50:59,903 --> 01:51:01,529 Build it, Odie. 1563 01:51:03,696 --> 01:51:04,862 Howard. 1564 01:51:05,862 --> 01:51:09,404 A Constellation crashed outside Reading, Pennsylvania. 1565 01:51:10,362 --> 01:51:13,613 The Civil Aeronautics Board has grounded the whole fleet. 1566 01:51:23,696 --> 01:51:25,070 You know, 1567 01:51:26,529 --> 01:51:28,738 Juan Trippe sent me flowers. 1568 01:51:31,613 --> 01:51:33,112 Take a look. 1569 01:51:37,571 --> 01:51:41,696 - What did you do with all the others? - I had them taken out. 1570 01:51:42,446 --> 01:51:45,070 They... They attract aphids. 1571 01:51:46,737 --> 01:51:50,237 Aphids are... They're just awful little creatures. 1572 01:51:56,362 --> 01:51:58,070 But these ones, 1573 01:51:59,487 --> 01:52:02,195 I wanted to see these ones every day. 1574 01:52:10,529 --> 01:52:13,862 Can white elephants really fly? That's everybody's question. 1575 01:52:13,945 --> 01:52:16,404 It's the hull of the world's mightiest airplane. 1576 01:52:16,529 --> 01:52:19,154 A flying boat built by Howard Hughes. 1577 01:52:19,237 --> 01:52:23,362 220 feet long, it towers higher than a five-story building. 1578 01:52:23,487 --> 01:52:25,945 Power lines have to be cut as it starts the trip 1579 01:52:26,029 --> 01:52:29,654 from Culver City, California to the Pacific 30 miles away. 1580 01:52:29,737 --> 01:52:33,195 Moving the 60-ton load is quite an engineering problem. 1581 01:52:33,321 --> 01:52:37,279 But you gotta ask, was anything this big ever supposed to fly? 1582 01:52:37,362 --> 01:52:41,695 There goes one wing section, 160 feet long with four engine housings. 1583 01:52:42,029 --> 01:52:44,903 Double that, and you've got some idea of the wing spread. 1584 01:52:45,029 --> 01:52:48,571 An airplane that challenges a mountain for sheer size. 1585 01:52:56,237 --> 01:52:58,653 How long can they keep us grounded? 1586 01:52:58,737 --> 01:53:01,070 Until they finish investigating the Reading crash. 1587 01:53:01,154 --> 01:53:02,321 Could be months. 1588 01:53:02,404 --> 01:53:05,903 Jesus. You're already running a $14 million deficit. 1589 01:53:05,987 --> 01:53:08,005 How you gonna afford to keep them out of service a week... 1590 01:53:08,029 --> 01:53:09,380 When we go international, we'll make it up. 1591 01:53:09,404 --> 01:53:12,112 Look, Brewster's CAB bill just isn't going away. 1592 01:53:12,195 --> 01:53:14,796 That bill passes and you've bought these goddamn planes for nothing. 1593 01:53:14,820 --> 01:53:15,921 We're fighting the CAB bill. 1594 01:53:15,945 --> 01:53:18,653 Yeah. Meanwhile, how do you suggest we keep TWA flying? 1595 01:53:18,737 --> 01:53:20,496 And don't say, "Just go to Toolco" this time. 1596 01:53:20,529 --> 01:53:22,987 As it is we're pumping every cent we have into the Hercules, 1597 01:53:23,070 --> 01:53:26,195 which I might add, the Air Force doesn't even want any more. 1598 01:53:26,279 --> 01:53:28,612 Now, look, Howard, I'm glad Jack here is feeling so sunny 1599 01:53:28,695 --> 01:53:30,487 about things, but I've seen the books. 1600 01:53:30,571 --> 01:53:33,046 I'm telling it to you straight. I'm not just crying wolf this time. 1601 01:53:33,070 --> 01:53:36,362 We're in serious trouble. You've got to make a choice. 1602 01:53:36,446 --> 01:53:39,446 You want to be bankrupted by the big plane 1603 01:53:39,529 --> 01:53:41,404 or by the big airline? 1604 01:53:48,862 --> 01:53:52,362 Go see Thomas Parkinson at the Equitable in New York. 1605 01:53:52,571 --> 01:53:56,070 Get a loan against all the TWA equipment and capital. 1606 01:53:56,362 --> 01:53:58,154 Use the planes as collateral. 1607 01:53:58,237 --> 01:54:02,029 Hell, use the desks, use the pens, use everything we got. 1608 01:54:02,195 --> 01:54:03,737 Try to get me $40 million. 1609 01:54:03,862 --> 01:54:06,237 And if TWA defaults on the loan? 1610 01:54:07,070 --> 01:54:09,487 Then Juan Trippe buys us cheap. 1611 01:54:12,362 --> 01:54:13,570 Under my bed! 1612 01:54:13,653 --> 01:54:15,778 You put a goddamn microphone under my bed! 1613 01:54:15,862 --> 01:54:17,945 Listen to me. I am concerned about you, baby. 1614 01:54:18,029 --> 01:54:19,838 I just want to make sure you're okay. That's all. 1615 01:54:19,862 --> 01:54:21,612 And who is in that car? 1616 01:54:21,695 --> 01:54:23,987 That goddamn car has been with me 24 hours a day! 1617 01:54:24,070 --> 01:54:26,112 That car is there for your protection! 1618 01:54:26,195 --> 01:54:29,653 The only one I need protection from is you, you sick bastard. 1619 01:54:29,737 --> 01:54:31,279 You don't own me, Howard. 1620 01:54:31,362 --> 01:54:34,570 I'm not one of your teenage whores, and I'm not some damn airplane! 1621 01:54:34,653 --> 01:54:36,671 Now, look, honey, I'll have them take all the bugs out. 1622 01:54:36,695 --> 01:54:39,133 You just have to understand that I need to know where you are. 1623 01:54:39,195 --> 01:54:41,653 - Why? - Because I worry about you, that's why! 1624 01:54:41,737 --> 01:54:43,154 Bullshit! 1625 01:54:46,528 --> 01:54:49,029 What do you mean, "all the bugs"? 1626 01:54:54,695 --> 01:54:57,279 What do you mean, "all the bugs"? 1627 01:54:59,695 --> 01:55:01,195 There's more. 1628 01:55:01,737 --> 01:55:03,070 How many? 1629 01:55:03,903 --> 01:55:06,820 I don't know. Twelve. Twelve, maybe. 1630 01:55:07,862 --> 01:55:09,695 And on the telephones. 1631 01:55:10,737 --> 01:55:13,404 Christ, Howard, on the telephone? 1632 01:55:14,404 --> 01:55:15,903 You listen to my phone calls? 1633 01:55:16,029 --> 01:55:19,820 No, no, no, honey. I would never do that. I'd never do that. 1634 01:55:20,195 --> 01:55:23,029 I just read the transcripts, that's all. 1635 01:55:27,862 --> 01:55:29,778 What do you want to know, Howard? 1636 01:55:29,862 --> 01:55:32,362 Was I screwing Artie Shaw last night? 1637 01:55:32,486 --> 01:55:35,195 Was I screwing Sinatra the night before? You bet! 1638 01:55:35,279 --> 01:55:37,945 Everyone told me you were a goddamn lunatic, but I didn't listen. 1639 01:55:38,029 --> 01:55:40,903 It's no wonder Kate Hepburn dumped your demented ass! 1640 01:55:40,987 --> 01:55:42,862 Shut your goddamn mouth! 1641 01:55:47,862 --> 01:55:50,528 Get out, you pathetic freak! 1642 01:55:58,528 --> 01:55:59,862 Get out! 1643 01:56:00,695 --> 01:56:02,695 Is everything all right, sir? 1644 01:56:02,820 --> 01:56:04,695 Take out all the bugs. 1645 01:56:07,154 --> 01:56:09,404 Except for the one on the bedroom phone. 1646 01:56:09,528 --> 01:56:11,862 Sir, the FBI are at the house. 1647 01:56:13,029 --> 01:56:15,112 This is outrageous! Everything in these offices 1648 01:56:15,195 --> 01:56:17,778 is the private property of Hughes Productions. 1649 01:56:17,862 --> 01:56:19,570 My legal counsel is on the way. 1650 01:56:19,653 --> 01:56:22,362 Federal warrant. Don't interfere with this search, sir. 1651 01:56:42,737 --> 01:56:46,070 Dateline Los Angeles. Howard Hughes has a new house guest. 1652 01:56:46,195 --> 01:56:49,778 No, it's not another beautiful starlet, this time it's the FBI. 1653 01:56:49,862 --> 01:56:51,612 Noah, you have got to help, all right? 1654 01:56:51,695 --> 01:56:54,154 This is the tenth goddamn time they have been here. 1655 01:56:54,237 --> 01:56:55,612 Rumor has it that federal agents 1656 01:56:55,695 --> 01:56:57,653 working for Senator Ralph Owen Brewster 1657 01:56:57,737 --> 01:57:01,820 have practically taken up residence in the aviation mogul's Hollywood home. 1658 01:57:01,903 --> 01:57:04,154 Look, I mean, they are touching things. 1659 01:57:04,237 --> 01:57:06,528 Noah, Noah, they are touching things. 1660 01:57:06,653 --> 01:57:10,237 Just keep yourself calm and I'll be down there as soon as I can, Howard. 1661 01:57:10,612 --> 01:57:11,778 Howard? 1662 01:57:12,612 --> 01:57:13,778 Howard? 1663 01:57:38,862 --> 01:57:40,403 Howard. Hello. 1664 01:57:40,903 --> 01:57:43,061 - Owen, nice to see you again. - Good to see you again. 1665 01:57:43,112 --> 01:57:44,279 Come on inside. 1666 01:57:44,361 --> 01:57:47,528 - Emma, you can start up the lunch now. - Yes, sir. 1667 01:57:48,528 --> 01:57:51,695 Really lovely room. It's nicely decorated. 1668 01:57:51,820 --> 01:57:53,862 Thank you. Here, have a seat. 1669 01:57:54,112 --> 01:57:55,237 Thanks for coming by. 1670 01:57:55,320 --> 01:57:58,361 I just thought you and I should have a chance to talk privately. 1671 01:57:58,486 --> 01:58:00,361 You know, outside the office. 1672 01:58:04,237 --> 01:58:05,903 I appreciate that, Owen. 1673 01:58:13,570 --> 01:58:17,320 So, you're coming out pretty strong against the CAB bill. 1674 01:58:19,320 --> 01:58:21,154 You're coming on pretty strong for it. 1675 01:58:21,237 --> 01:58:23,903 Well, it's my bill, Howard, you know. 1676 01:58:24,570 --> 01:58:27,112 Look, I believe sincerely 1677 01:58:27,195 --> 01:58:31,112 that America cannot afford to have more than one international carrier. 1678 01:58:33,403 --> 01:58:37,445 So, I mean, do you think it's fair that one airline should have 1679 01:58:37,528 --> 01:58:41,528 - a monopoly on international travel? - A monopoly? No. No, no, no. 1680 01:58:42,236 --> 01:58:46,737 No, I think one airline could do it better, see, without competition. 1681 01:58:47,862 --> 01:58:49,546 All I'm thinking about are the interests, you know, 1682 01:58:49,570 --> 01:58:52,154 the needs of the American passenger. 1683 01:58:52,695 --> 01:58:55,361 That's just beautiful. What is that? 1684 01:58:59,903 --> 01:59:01,737 What is that? Is that a... 1685 01:59:02,361 --> 01:59:03,903 Is that a yak? 1686 01:59:04,236 --> 01:59:07,194 - Some kind of a yak? - No, that's a llama. 1687 01:59:07,278 --> 01:59:09,570 My wife picked that up when we were in Peru a year ago. 1688 01:59:09,653 --> 01:59:11,154 Son of a gun. 1689 01:59:12,029 --> 01:59:13,528 A real llama. 1690 01:59:15,570 --> 01:59:16,987 From Peru? 1691 01:59:17,236 --> 01:59:20,528 Yeah, a year ago. It was about a year ago. 1692 01:59:21,029 --> 01:59:22,612 Lunch is served, Senator. 1693 01:59:22,695 --> 01:59:25,862 Good. Okay, come on, let's go have some lunch. 1694 01:59:26,945 --> 01:59:28,445 Now, did you... 1695 01:59:28,737 --> 01:59:31,070 Did you actually get to see any llamas? 1696 01:59:31,194 --> 01:59:33,612 No. No. My wife just liked the painting. 1697 01:59:33,695 --> 01:59:35,945 It's a hell of an interesting animal. 1698 01:59:36,029 --> 01:59:38,987 I'll have to read up on those. How do you spell that? 1699 01:59:39,070 --> 01:59:40,987 Like Fernando Lamas? 1700 01:59:41,820 --> 01:59:43,320 No, no. It's... 1701 01:59:44,361 --> 01:59:47,486 It's the animal, it's got two "L's." Come on, have a seat. 1702 01:59:57,528 --> 01:59:59,862 It's brook trout. Hope you like fish. 1703 02:00:02,528 --> 02:00:03,862 I love it. 1704 02:00:04,361 --> 02:00:05,653 Thanks. 1705 02:00:21,236 --> 02:00:25,236 I know you're not a drinking man, so I hope water is okay. 1706 02:00:38,236 --> 02:00:39,528 Thanks. 1707 02:00:45,903 --> 02:00:49,361 All right, let's get down to business. Let's talk turkey. 1708 02:00:53,069 --> 02:00:56,153 My investigators have turned up a lot of dirt. 1709 02:00:56,403 --> 02:00:59,903 It could be really embarrassing if this stuff got out. 1710 02:01:00,403 --> 02:01:02,820 I'd like to save you from that embarrassment. 1711 02:01:04,361 --> 02:01:06,278 That's very kind of you, Owen. 1712 02:01:09,403 --> 02:01:12,862 My committee has the power to hold public hearings. 1713 02:01:14,862 --> 02:01:17,029 I'd like to spare you that. 1714 02:01:17,403 --> 02:01:19,029 Would you now? 1715 02:01:20,028 --> 02:01:25,820 Look, do you wanna go down in history as a war profiteer, Howard? 1716 02:01:26,403 --> 02:01:27,820 Is that what you want? 1717 02:01:30,236 --> 02:01:32,236 What do you want, Owen? 1718 02:01:34,069 --> 02:01:37,486 You agree to support my CAB bill 1719 02:01:38,153 --> 02:01:40,403 and I won't hold public hearings. 1720 02:01:40,528 --> 02:01:42,153 - I can't do that. - Why not? 1721 02:01:42,236 --> 02:01:45,528 I can't do that, Owen. The CAB would kill TWA. 1722 02:01:46,028 --> 02:01:48,194 Sell TWA to Pan Am. 1723 02:01:49,820 --> 02:01:53,986 You'll get a good price. You'll get a fair price, I'm telling you. 1724 02:01:54,069 --> 02:01:57,320 - And then you won't go public? - Right. That's right. 1725 02:01:57,403 --> 02:02:00,528 The investigation's closed. Nobody knows a thing. 1726 02:02:01,320 --> 02:02:03,570 It's better for everybody. 1727 02:02:08,820 --> 02:02:10,361 You know, Owen, 1728 02:02:11,194 --> 02:02:13,153 - I'm still wondering one thing. - What's that? 1729 02:02:13,236 --> 02:02:16,069 You know the picture of the llama you got last year? 1730 02:02:16,612 --> 02:02:17,778 Yeah. 1731 02:02:17,862 --> 02:02:19,820 Where'd you sail from? 1732 02:02:20,028 --> 02:02:22,028 We didn't sail. We flew. 1733 02:02:23,361 --> 02:02:25,028 - You flew? - Yeah. 1734 02:02:33,361 --> 02:02:36,153 Are you sure you want to do this, Owen? 1735 02:02:37,403 --> 02:02:39,278 You want to go to war with me? 1736 02:02:44,653 --> 02:02:48,236 It isn't me, Howard. It's the United States government. 1737 02:02:49,903 --> 02:02:52,194 We just beat Germany and Japan. 1738 02:02:53,028 --> 02:02:54,820 Who the hell are you? 1739 02:03:01,737 --> 02:03:04,653 You tell Juan Trippe something for me, all right? 1740 02:03:05,570 --> 02:03:08,028 Tell him thanks for the flowers. 1741 02:03:08,737 --> 02:03:13,361 And he can kiss both sides of my ass. 1742 02:03:38,028 --> 02:03:42,111 Well, we have a long list of particulars. Chief among them 1743 02:03:42,194 --> 02:03:46,528 is that he defrauded the American government of $56 million 1744 02:03:46,612 --> 02:03:48,650 while we were at war, when we could least afford it. 1745 02:03:48,695 --> 02:03:51,778 While brave men were dying on the beaches of Normandy, 1746 02:03:51,861 --> 02:03:54,695 Mr. Hughes was picking the pocket of the American taxpayer. 1747 02:03:55,361 --> 02:03:56,695 I sleep 1748 02:03:57,653 --> 02:03:59,236 in this room 1749 02:04:01,570 --> 02:04:02,986 in the dark. 1750 02:04:03,069 --> 02:04:06,236 I'll have him dragged here to Washington, if I have to. 1751 02:04:06,361 --> 02:04:08,361 I want to see the whites of his lies. 1752 02:04:08,737 --> 02:04:10,486 I have a place 1753 02:04:11,528 --> 02:04:12,861 to sleep. 1754 02:04:12,944 --> 02:04:15,320 He has a lot of questions to answer, son. 1755 02:04:15,403 --> 02:04:16,528 I have a chair. 1756 02:04:16,612 --> 02:04:19,944 Particularly about that monstrous boondoggle of his. 1757 02:04:21,445 --> 02:04:25,528 That model airplane he's building, that flying lumberyard, 1758 02:04:26,194 --> 02:04:27,653 that Spruce Goose. 1759 02:04:29,445 --> 02:04:30,695 No, we will get him here. 1760 02:04:35,445 --> 02:04:37,361 That's just beautiful. 1761 02:04:39,445 --> 02:04:41,194 I like the desert. 1762 02:04:43,320 --> 02:04:46,486 It's hot there in the desert, but it's clean. 1763 02:04:47,695 --> 02:04:49,153 It's clean. 1764 02:04:50,861 --> 02:04:52,528 I need to sleep. 1765 02:04:55,944 --> 02:04:58,320 I should drink something first. 1766 02:05:02,777 --> 02:05:04,528 I should drink something first. 1767 02:05:08,819 --> 02:05:10,361 Wait a minute. 1768 02:05:12,194 --> 02:05:14,361 What if that milk is sour? 1769 02:05:14,986 --> 02:05:16,861 If that milk is bad, 1770 02:05:17,612 --> 02:05:22,194 I shouldn't pick up the bottle of milk with my right hand. 1771 02:05:22,819 --> 02:05:24,528 I shouldn't take 1772 02:05:25,278 --> 02:05:28,612 the top off with my left hand, 1773 02:05:29,944 --> 02:05:32,861 put it in my pocket, 1774 02:05:33,361 --> 02:05:34,986 my left pocket. 1775 02:05:52,694 --> 02:05:56,361 Howard, it's Kate. I need to talk to you. 1776 02:05:58,153 --> 02:05:59,819 Can you hear me? 1777 02:06:02,653 --> 02:06:04,194 I'm coming in. 1778 02:06:09,445 --> 02:06:11,944 Howard, unlock this door immediately. 1779 02:06:20,694 --> 02:06:22,445 I can't, sweetie. 1780 02:06:26,111 --> 02:06:27,861 You mean you won't. 1781 02:06:29,777 --> 02:06:32,944 Howard, please let me see you. 1782 02:06:33,612 --> 02:06:35,320 I haven't shaved. 1783 02:06:35,694 --> 02:06:37,612 Well, neither have I. 1784 02:06:41,819 --> 02:06:43,111 Come on. 1785 02:06:45,694 --> 02:06:47,194 You let me in. 1786 02:06:53,819 --> 02:06:55,694 I can hear you, Katie. 1787 02:06:57,694 --> 02:07:02,361 I could always hear you. Even in the cockpit with the engines on. 1788 02:07:03,861 --> 02:07:06,445 That's because I'm so goddamn loud. 1789 02:07:11,944 --> 02:07:13,528 Howard, I... 1790 02:07:16,028 --> 02:07:17,861 I came to thank you. 1791 02:07:19,194 --> 02:07:22,194 I found out what you did for Spence and me. 1792 02:07:22,652 --> 02:07:24,861 Buying those awful pictures. 1793 02:07:30,528 --> 02:07:32,028 You love him. 1794 02:07:38,944 --> 02:07:40,944 He's everything I have. 1795 02:07:49,569 --> 02:07:50,736 Howard. 1796 02:07:52,528 --> 02:07:54,528 I'm glad for you, Kate. 1797 02:07:56,320 --> 02:07:58,694 Go away now. Would you do that? 1798 02:08:00,153 --> 02:08:01,611 Howard, please. 1799 02:08:01,694 --> 02:08:03,028 Go away. 1800 02:08:03,694 --> 02:08:06,320 Just for now. I'll see you soon. 1801 02:08:07,278 --> 02:08:09,569 - We'll go flying together. - Yes. 1802 02:08:09,652 --> 02:08:12,361 Yes, please. You take me flying again. 1803 02:08:12,736 --> 02:08:15,069 Howard, I can take the wheel. 1804 02:08:21,445 --> 02:08:22,611 Howard? 1805 02:08:29,527 --> 02:08:31,486 Howard, are you there? 1806 02:08:37,320 --> 02:08:38,486 Howard? 1807 02:08:40,652 --> 02:08:42,527 Howard, are you there? 1808 02:08:45,153 --> 02:08:46,819 Come on, Howard. 1809 02:09:18,028 --> 02:09:20,361 Come in with the milk. Come in with the milk. 1810 02:09:20,444 --> 02:09:22,777 Come in with the milk. Come in with the milk. 1811 02:09:22,861 --> 02:09:25,278 Come in with the milk. Come in with the milk. 1812 02:09:25,361 --> 02:09:28,527 He is to open the bag with his right hand 1813 02:09:28,611 --> 02:09:31,861 and hold the bag out to me at a 45-degree angle 1814 02:09:31,986 --> 02:09:34,694 so I may reach into the bag 1815 02:09:37,194 --> 02:09:39,361 without touching the paper. 1816 02:09:44,485 --> 02:09:48,320 Repeated from the beginning. Repeated from the beginning. 1817 02:09:50,028 --> 02:09:52,194 Repeated from the beginning. 1818 02:10:02,527 --> 02:10:06,361 If there is any variation of these instructions, 1819 02:10:07,194 --> 02:10:09,527 even to the smallest degree, 1820 02:10:10,153 --> 02:10:12,028 the entire process 1821 02:10:12,819 --> 02:10:16,028 must be repeated from the beginning. 1822 02:10:16,194 --> 02:10:18,194 - Come in with the milk. - Repeated... 1823 02:10:18,278 --> 02:10:20,819 - Come in with the milk. - from the beginning. 1824 02:10:28,028 --> 02:10:29,278 Q- 1825 02:10:31,861 --> 02:10:33,111 R- 1826 02:10:33,652 --> 02:10:34,861 N- 1827 02:10:37,111 --> 02:10:38,320 T... 1828 02:10:39,360 --> 02:10:40,611 Q- 1829 02:10:42,611 --> 02:10:43,819 U... 1830 02:10:46,320 --> 02:10:47,527 E... 1831 02:10:49,444 --> 02:10:50,694 I... 1832 02:10:51,944 --> 02:10:53,194 T... 1833 02:10:54,944 --> 02:10:56,153 I... 1834 02:10:56,944 --> 02:10:58,153 N... 1835 02:10:59,777 --> 02:11:00,986 E... 1836 02:11:02,360 --> 02:11:03,527 N... 1837 02:11:05,278 --> 02:11:07,527 E-E... 1838 02:11:09,194 --> 02:11:10,360 I. 1839 02:11:21,777 --> 02:11:22,944 Howard. 1840 02:11:25,777 --> 02:11:26,986 Hello? 1841 02:11:29,652 --> 02:11:31,028 Who is it? 1842 02:11:31,194 --> 02:11:32,944 Howard, it's Juan. 1843 02:11:41,527 --> 02:11:42,652 Juan. 1844 02:11:44,194 --> 02:11:45,652 Juan, right. 1845 02:11:46,652 --> 02:11:49,194 We had an appointment, right? Yeah. 1846 02:11:49,986 --> 02:11:51,694 I remember that. Look. 1847 02:11:52,527 --> 02:11:54,360 I've got a hell of a cold in here. 1848 02:11:54,485 --> 02:11:57,602 A hell of a cold. So why don't you just take a seat out there 'cause, you know, 1849 02:11:57,652 --> 02:11:59,277 I don't want to get you sick. 1850 02:11:59,360 --> 02:12:01,277 I'd never forgive myself if I got you sick. 1851 02:12:01,360 --> 02:12:04,527 You know, I don't want to get you sick. I don't want to... 1852 02:12:11,527 --> 02:12:12,861 Thank you. 1853 02:12:16,153 --> 02:12:17,819 Okay, Howard, I'm sitting. 1854 02:12:18,444 --> 02:12:20,652 I've brought along our accountings. 1855 02:12:21,777 --> 02:12:24,944 Now, Pan Am is trading at thirteen and five-eighths 1856 02:12:25,028 --> 02:12:29,028 - TWA at four and a quarter... - Come on! 1857 02:12:29,402 --> 02:12:32,028 Come on, come on, come on, come on. 1858 02:12:32,111 --> 02:12:34,861 We both know I'm not going to sell TWA! 1859 02:12:34,944 --> 02:12:37,111 Besides, you couldn't afford her anyway! 1860 02:12:37,194 --> 02:12:41,028 Our domestic routes alone are worth more than twice Pan Am! 1861 02:12:41,944 --> 02:12:44,569 Considering our stock is trading at three times yours, 1862 02:12:44,652 --> 02:12:47,694 I find that a dubious claim, Howard. 1863 02:12:51,777 --> 02:12:56,360 What I mean is, you have no domestic routes, all right? 1864 02:12:56,444 --> 02:12:58,694 I mean, you get TWA, you span the globe. 1865 02:12:58,819 --> 02:13:01,861 Now I'm not gonna sell, and you know I'm not gonna sell. 1866 02:13:01,944 --> 02:13:03,527 Here's the point. 1867 02:13:03,652 --> 02:13:06,153 Owen Brewster works for you! 1868 02:13:06,694 --> 02:13:08,819 Howard, I didn't elect Senator Brewster. 1869 02:13:08,902 --> 02:13:11,694 We can thank the voters of Maine for that. 1870 02:13:21,777 --> 02:13:25,277 If I appear at his hearings, Juan, it could get nasty. 1871 02:13:25,360 --> 02:13:27,485 Real nasty for all of us. 1872 02:13:28,028 --> 02:13:31,736 Well, I think considerably more so for you. 1873 02:13:32,777 --> 02:13:35,861 While the good people of America were losing sons at Anzio, 1874 02:13:35,986 --> 02:13:39,944 you produced a dirty movie and built aeroplanes that don't fly. 1875 02:13:40,028 --> 02:13:42,444 Well, that's just not fair, is it? 1876 02:13:42,527 --> 02:13:46,569 I mean, the XF-11 flew quite well for an hour and 45 minutes! 1877 02:13:46,652 --> 02:13:50,777 I mean, I wish you were up there with me, Juan. It was exhilarating! 1878 02:13:51,861 --> 02:13:55,527 Be that as it may, you still have to answer for the Spruce Goose. 1879 02:13:56,152 --> 02:13:58,277 It's called the Hercules! 1880 02:13:58,694 --> 02:14:01,028 And it will fly, god damn it! 1881 02:14:01,527 --> 02:14:02,611 I certainly hope so. 1882 02:14:02,694 --> 02:14:05,944 The American people deserve something for their $13 million. 1883 02:14:06,028 --> 02:14:09,152 I won't sell TWA! 1884 02:14:09,485 --> 02:14:10,777 I won't! 1885 02:14:15,652 --> 02:14:17,485 I know that, Howard. 1886 02:14:18,485 --> 02:14:19,986 I know that. 1887 02:14:21,944 --> 02:14:24,193 But I'm going to get it anyway. 1888 02:14:25,569 --> 02:14:27,694 You're going to default on your loan from Equitable 1889 02:14:27,777 --> 02:14:30,360 after Senator Brewster destroys your reputation, 1890 02:14:30,444 --> 02:14:33,902 and you can't find additional capital for the airline. 1891 02:14:33,986 --> 02:14:36,402 The hearings will also show Hughes Aircraft 1892 02:14:36,485 --> 02:14:39,277 to be mismanaged and incompetent 1893 02:14:39,360 --> 02:14:41,527 and it will go bankrupt, too. 1894 02:14:41,611 --> 02:14:45,028 But you won't be insolvent. You'll still have Toolco. 1895 02:14:45,360 --> 02:14:49,277 Perhaps you'll head back to Houston to rebuild your empire. 1896 02:14:49,444 --> 02:14:51,319 I rather hope you do. 1897 02:14:52,028 --> 02:14:55,028 By that time, Pan Am will have bought TWA 1898 02:14:55,444 --> 02:14:59,193 and painted all those magnificent Connies blue and white. 1899 02:14:59,694 --> 02:15:03,527 So when you do return, it will be on a Pan Am plane. 1900 02:15:08,193 --> 02:15:09,360 Well... 1901 02:15:11,694 --> 02:15:14,694 You seem to have me in a corner here, buddy. 1902 02:15:15,777 --> 02:15:18,861 Not a position in which I'm very comfortable. 1903 02:15:20,360 --> 02:15:21,670 I think you're going to be less comfortable 1904 02:15:21,694 --> 02:15:24,027 at Senator Brewster's hearings. 1905 02:15:25,485 --> 02:15:26,944 Very public, Howard. 1906 02:15:29,777 --> 02:15:32,360 Lots of cameras and newsmen. 1907 02:15:33,527 --> 02:15:36,985 I understand you're not particularly fond of crowds. 1908 02:15:39,152 --> 02:15:41,652 Perhaps we should spare you that. 1909 02:15:44,193 --> 02:15:48,485 Well, thank you for your concern, Juan. 1910 02:15:49,193 --> 02:15:50,777 I find that 1911 02:15:52,360 --> 02:15:53,861 very moving. 1912 02:15:55,193 --> 02:15:57,319 It's been a real pleasure. 1913 02:15:58,985 --> 02:16:01,861 Noah will see you back to the airport now. 1914 02:16:03,193 --> 02:16:04,777 You fly safe. 1915 02:16:08,360 --> 02:16:09,861 You fly safe. 1916 02:16:15,360 --> 02:16:18,110 Thank you, Howard, and you take care of that cold. 1917 02:16:18,193 --> 02:16:19,861 Don't you worry. 1918 02:16:20,360 --> 02:16:22,027 I certainly will. 1919 02:16:23,485 --> 02:16:24,819 Bye-bye. 1920 02:16:29,777 --> 02:16:31,694 If you let him appear at those hearings, 1921 02:16:31,819 --> 02:16:34,694 the whole world will see what he's become. 1922 02:16:34,819 --> 02:16:37,527 People should remember him as he was. 1923 02:16:42,943 --> 02:16:46,444 He'll have a subpoena in three days to appear in Washington. 1924 02:16:47,694 --> 02:16:50,527 If you can get him out of there by then. 1925 02:17:39,860 --> 02:17:41,360 Mr. Hughes? 1926 02:17:47,777 --> 02:17:49,777 I don't have any shoes. 1927 02:17:52,027 --> 02:17:54,277 Could you get me some shoes? 1928 02:17:54,360 --> 02:17:56,277 - Shoes. - Yeah. 1929 02:18:22,694 --> 02:18:24,985 How nice of you to dress for me. 1930 02:18:28,360 --> 02:18:29,943 Can I come in? 1931 02:18:31,402 --> 02:18:34,694 Yeah, you can come in. 1932 02:18:42,652 --> 02:18:44,527 Thank you for coming. 1933 02:18:56,776 --> 02:18:59,027 Now, let's get a drink. 1934 02:18:59,277 --> 02:19:03,360 Wait, wait, wait. Honey, you can't move. You're safe here. 1935 02:19:03,485 --> 02:19:06,611 You're in the germ-free zone now. You understand? 1936 02:19:06,694 --> 02:19:08,527 I'll take my chances. 1937 02:19:08,860 --> 02:19:11,277 No, no, honey. Wait, wait, wait. 1938 02:19:25,360 --> 02:19:28,027 Love what you've done with the place. 1939 02:19:34,569 --> 02:19:38,027 Now, let me look at you. 1940 02:19:43,360 --> 02:19:45,652 When do you go to Washington? 1941 02:19:46,152 --> 02:19:47,444 A week. 1942 02:19:48,319 --> 02:19:51,193 No, just under a week. 1943 02:19:51,277 --> 02:19:54,611 I don't know the date today, but I have to be... 1944 02:19:55,693 --> 02:19:57,693 All right, take it easy. 1945 02:20:11,319 --> 02:20:13,651 There's nothing there, Howard. 1946 02:20:22,943 --> 02:20:24,444 I see things. 1947 02:20:25,319 --> 02:20:26,860 I know, baby. 1948 02:20:28,444 --> 02:20:30,485 Rinse your face off now. 1949 02:20:39,610 --> 02:20:42,110 Put your hands in the water and wash off the soap. 1950 02:20:42,193 --> 02:20:44,985 I'm right here. I'm not going anywhere. 1951 02:20:50,027 --> 02:20:53,444 - Does that look clean to you? - Nothing's clean, Howard. 1952 02:20:53,527 --> 02:20:55,651 But we do our best, right? 1953 02:20:57,444 --> 02:20:58,444 Yeah. 1954 02:21:18,444 --> 02:21:20,193 What do you think? 1955 02:21:20,277 --> 02:21:22,860 - I look all right. - You look great. 1956 02:21:23,776 --> 02:21:25,527 Will you marry me? 1957 02:21:25,735 --> 02:21:27,818 You're too crazy for me. 1958 02:21:29,943 --> 02:21:31,693 I got to go, baby. 1959 02:21:33,235 --> 02:21:34,402 Okay. 1960 02:21:35,568 --> 02:21:36,818 Thanks. 1961 02:21:43,319 --> 02:21:45,152 You'd do it for me. 1962 02:21:51,776 --> 02:21:53,860 Hi, Howard. How you doing? 1963 02:22:34,610 --> 02:22:37,110 The Committee will come to order. 1964 02:22:37,610 --> 02:22:38,693 Ladies and gentlemen, 1965 02:22:38,776 --> 02:22:42,319 I must insist that we maintain quiet during the proceedings. 1966 02:22:42,526 --> 02:22:45,860 All right, Mr. Hughes, will you stand and be sworn? 1967 02:22:47,818 --> 02:22:49,110 Do you solemnly swear 1968 02:22:49,193 --> 02:22:51,484 that in the matter now pending before this committee, 1969 02:22:51,568 --> 02:22:54,568 you will tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, 1970 02:22:54,651 --> 02:22:57,193 - so help you God? - I do. 1971 02:22:57,277 --> 02:22:58,568 Pardon me for speaking loudly. 1972 02:22:58,651 --> 02:23:01,027 But I understand you have some difficulty hearing. 1973 02:23:01,110 --> 02:23:03,110 That's quite all right. 1974 02:23:03,193 --> 02:23:07,027 I mean, everybody knows I'm deaf. I'm not gonna try to hide it. 1975 02:23:09,110 --> 02:23:11,943 Mr. Hughes, it is the intention of this committee... 1976 02:23:12,027 --> 02:23:14,193 Mr. Hughes has a statement. 1977 02:23:14,985 --> 02:23:19,985 All right, you may proceed with this statement, Mr. Hughes. 1978 02:23:27,110 --> 02:23:29,735 Mr. Hughes, do you have a statement? 1979 02:23:36,693 --> 02:23:40,735 I'm going to attempt to be honest here. 1980 02:23:41,776 --> 02:23:43,443 I mean, my reputation's being destroyed, 1981 02:23:43,526 --> 02:23:46,277 so I may as well lay the cards on the table. 1982 02:23:47,401 --> 02:23:51,776 Senator Brewster, if you hadn't gone too far overboard, 1983 02:23:51,860 --> 02:23:54,319 if you hadn't put the red hot iron in my side, 1984 02:23:54,401 --> 02:23:56,735 I might've been willing to take a shellacking 1985 02:23:56,860 --> 02:23:59,277 in this publicity spree of yours. 1986 02:23:59,360 --> 02:24:02,651 I might've been willing to sit back and take a certain amount of abuse 1987 02:24:02,735 --> 02:24:04,735 simply because, well, 1988 02:24:05,610 --> 02:24:07,943 I am only a private citizen, 1989 02:24:08,359 --> 02:24:12,860 whereas you are a senator, with all sorts of powers. 1990 02:24:14,359 --> 02:24:17,651 But I think this goddamn circus has gone on long enough! 1991 02:24:17,735 --> 02:24:18,776 That's quite sufficient... 1992 02:24:18,860 --> 02:24:21,484 You have called me a liar, sir, in the press. 1993 02:24:21,568 --> 02:24:24,610 You have called me a liar and a thief and a war profiteer! 1994 02:24:24,693 --> 02:24:26,359 The witness will restrain his comments... 1995 02:24:26,443 --> 02:24:28,693 Why not tell the truth for once, Senator? 1996 02:24:28,776 --> 02:24:32,193 Why not tell the truth that this investigation was really born 1997 02:24:32,277 --> 02:24:35,277 on the day that TWA first decided to fly to Europe? 1998 02:24:35,359 --> 02:24:38,610 On the day that TWA first invaded Juan Trippe's territory. 1999 02:24:38,693 --> 02:24:39,943 Sit down, Mr. Hughes. 2000 02:24:40,027 --> 02:24:43,693 On the day that TWA first challenged the generally accepted theory 2001 02:24:43,776 --> 02:24:46,526 that only Juan Trippe's great Pan American Airways 2002 02:24:46,610 --> 02:24:48,526 had the sacred right to fly the Atlantic! 2003 02:24:48,610 --> 02:24:51,152 You are not here to make a speech. 2004 02:24:51,443 --> 02:24:53,277 I asked for silence! 2005 02:24:53,359 --> 02:24:56,401 I asked for quiet in this room, and we're going to have quiet. 2006 02:24:56,484 --> 02:25:00,484 We have in our possession receipts in the amount of $170,000 2007 02:25:00,568 --> 02:25:02,401 acquired from Mr. John Meyer. 2008 02:25:02,484 --> 02:25:04,943 Mr. Meyer works for you, does he not? 2009 02:25:05,027 --> 02:25:06,318 He does. 2010 02:25:06,651 --> 02:25:08,818 And what is his official title? 2011 02:25:11,152 --> 02:25:14,152 I don't exactly know, Senator. A lot of people work for me. 2012 02:25:14,235 --> 02:25:17,484 Can you explain why your press agent would pay out 2013 02:25:17,568 --> 02:25:21,985 more than $170,000 to representatives of the United States Air Force? 2014 02:25:22,068 --> 02:25:25,027 Well, I don't know. I suppose you'd have to ask him, Senator. 2015 02:25:25,110 --> 02:25:27,276 Well, would you produce him? 2016 02:25:27,526 --> 02:25:30,651 - Produce him? - Will you cause him to appear? 2017 02:25:30,735 --> 02:25:34,110 Senator, you had John Meyer on the stand for three days last week. 2018 02:25:34,193 --> 02:25:37,235 Well, be that as it may, we would like him to reappear here. 2019 02:25:37,359 --> 02:25:40,484 Would you ask him to return? 2020 02:25:46,693 --> 02:25:48,526 No, I don't think I will. 2021 02:25:50,484 --> 02:25:52,860 Will you try to have him return? 2022 02:25:55,818 --> 02:25:57,484 No, I don't think I'll try. 2023 02:25:57,568 --> 02:25:59,610 You don't think you'll try? 2024 02:26:01,234 --> 02:26:03,568 No. I don't think so. 2025 02:26:04,651 --> 02:26:09,193 The $170,000 paid out to the Air Force, in the form of hotel suites, 2026 02:26:09,318 --> 02:26:13,193 TWA stock, female companionship. 2027 02:26:14,526 --> 02:26:18,693 Now is it possible that these could be considered bribes? 2028 02:26:19,401 --> 02:26:22,318 I suppose you could call them that, yes. 2029 02:26:23,152 --> 02:26:25,027 Would you repeat that? 2030 02:26:25,359 --> 02:26:29,027 I said I suppose you could consider them bribes, yes. 2031 02:26:31,776 --> 02:26:34,693 Would you like to explain that, Mr. Hughes? 2032 02:26:36,443 --> 02:26:40,693 I'm afraid you don't know how the aviation business works, Senator. 2033 02:26:40,818 --> 02:26:45,276 See, wining and dining Air Force dignitaries is common in our business. 2034 02:26:45,359 --> 02:26:47,234 It's because we all want the big contracts. 2035 02:26:47,318 --> 02:26:50,443 All the major aircraft companies do it. 2036 02:26:50,526 --> 02:26:52,419 Now, I don't know whether it's a good system or not. 2037 02:26:52,443 --> 02:26:53,901 I just know it is not illegal. 2038 02:26:53,985 --> 02:26:56,526 You, Senator, you are the lawmaker. 2039 02:26:57,151 --> 02:27:01,943 If you pass a law that states no one can entertain Air Force officers, well, hell, 2040 02:27:02,027 --> 02:27:04,318 I'd be happy to abide by it. 2041 02:27:05,860 --> 02:27:08,234 Senator Brewster, your story is a pack of lies, 2042 02:27:08,318 --> 02:27:10,252 and I can tear it apart if allowed to cross examine you. 2043 02:27:10,276 --> 02:27:12,860 We're not going to have this bickering back and forth. 2044 02:27:12,985 --> 02:27:16,192 Somewhere between 200 and 500, if you'll just let me get started... 2045 02:27:16,318 --> 02:27:19,359 If you believe that because of your great wealth and power 2046 02:27:19,484 --> 02:27:21,776 you can intimidate any member of this committee, 2047 02:27:21,860 --> 02:27:25,027 I want to advise you that you're mistaken. Now, submit your questions. 2048 02:27:25,151 --> 02:27:27,943 Now, I'll put this very simply. On February 12, 2049 02:27:28,027 --> 02:27:32,526 at the Mayflower Hotel, did you or did you not tell me 2050 02:27:32,610 --> 02:27:35,526 that if I were to sell TWA to Pan Am 2051 02:27:35,610 --> 02:27:38,109 that this entire investigation would be called off? 2052 02:27:38,192 --> 02:27:39,276 No, I did not. 2053 02:27:39,359 --> 02:27:42,443 And I have asked you repeatedly to submit your questions in writing. 2054 02:27:42,526 --> 02:27:43,877 How long have you known Juan Trippe, Senator? 2055 02:27:43,901 --> 02:27:47,610 I've known Mr. Trippe for some time now and... 2056 02:27:47,693 --> 02:27:52,610 Is it not true that Juan Trippe donated $20,000 to your last campaign? 2057 02:27:52,693 --> 02:27:55,526 I mean, he spoke to me as if you worked for him. 2058 02:27:59,776 --> 02:28:01,776 I have a personal friendship with Mr. Trippe... 2059 02:28:01,860 --> 02:28:04,067 Is it not true that you accept free tickets from Pan Am 2060 02:28:04,151 --> 02:28:06,860 so you can circle the globe in support of your CAB bill? 2061 02:28:06,943 --> 02:28:09,401 - No, it is not true. - Who wrote that bill? 2062 02:28:09,484 --> 02:28:12,776 - We're asking the questions... - Who actually wrote the CAB bill? 2063 02:28:12,860 --> 02:28:15,109 The actual words in the bill. Did you write them? 2064 02:28:15,192 --> 02:28:17,943 This is not how these hearings are going to be conducted, Mr. Hughes. 2065 02:28:18,027 --> 02:28:21,109 I have it right here. Maybe it'll refresh your memory. 2066 02:28:21,192 --> 02:28:25,027 "Bill S987 to amend the Civil Aeronautics Act." 2067 02:28:25,985 --> 02:28:28,776 Now, you introduced this bill to the Senate. 2068 02:28:31,276 --> 02:28:33,109 A lot of words. 2069 02:28:33,693 --> 02:28:35,651 You write all of them? 2070 02:28:36,276 --> 02:28:39,318 - Did you write any of them, Senator? - Now look, Mr. Hughes... 2071 02:28:39,401 --> 02:28:42,443 Now this entire bill was written by Pan Am executives 2072 02:28:42,526 --> 02:28:46,901 and designed to give that airline a monopoly on international travel. 2073 02:28:46,985 --> 02:28:50,109 And you've been flogging this bill all around the world on their behalf, 2074 02:28:50,192 --> 02:28:51,568 have you not? 2075 02:28:51,651 --> 02:28:55,443 I have duties that take me all over the world, Mr. Hughes. 2076 02:28:55,526 --> 02:28:59,985 Well, what the hell does a Senator from Maine need to visit Peru for? 2077 02:29:01,276 --> 02:29:05,443 I was seeking outlets for our trade goods. 2078 02:29:06,984 --> 02:29:09,943 Buy a lot of lobsters down there, do they? 2079 02:29:12,443 --> 02:29:15,568 Senator Brewster, how many times have you visited Juan Trippe's office 2080 02:29:15,651 --> 02:29:18,359 in New York in the last three months? 2081 02:29:21,526 --> 02:29:24,318 Would you like me to tell you, Senator? 2082 02:29:24,901 --> 02:29:28,443 All right, this has gone on long enough. Juan Trippe is a great American. 2083 02:29:28,526 --> 02:29:30,359 His airline has advanced the cause 2084 02:29:30,443 --> 02:29:32,943 of commercial aviation in this country for decades. 2085 02:29:33,026 --> 02:29:34,651 Juan Trippe is a patriot. 2086 02:29:34,735 --> 02:29:38,568 Juan Trippe is not a man who is interested in making money. 2087 02:29:39,568 --> 02:29:43,234 Well, I'm sure his stockholders will be happy to hear that. 2088 02:29:44,818 --> 02:29:46,576 I'm telling you, we're gonna clear this room. 2089 02:29:46,942 --> 02:29:48,359 This is James McNamara, 2090 02:29:48,443 --> 02:29:51,735 speaking to you from aboard the Howard Hughes 200-ton flying boat, 2091 02:29:51,818 --> 02:29:53,735 the world's largest aircraft. 2092 02:29:53,818 --> 02:29:56,443 This is the sky giant which has prompted Congress 2093 02:29:56,526 --> 02:29:58,984 to investigate the war contracts with Mr. Hughes. 2094 02:29:59,067 --> 02:30:01,984 Today, before boarding the craft, Mr. Hughes told newsmen 2095 02:30:02,067 --> 02:30:04,860 that this test would be solely a taxi experiment. 2096 02:30:04,942 --> 02:30:06,942 He said he didn't know what might happen. 2097 02:30:07,026 --> 02:30:09,776 He pointed out that the mammoth flying plywood shell 2098 02:30:09,860 --> 02:30:12,776 might ship some water under high-speed taxi pressure. 2099 02:30:12,860 --> 02:30:14,276 He said definitely, however, 2100 02:30:14,359 --> 02:30:17,443 that he would not take the craft into the air until next spring. 2101 02:30:17,526 --> 02:30:18,860 The thin man from Culver City 2102 02:30:18,942 --> 02:30:20,942 pronounced the craft an unknown quantity. 2103 02:30:21,026 --> 02:30:22,025 Hi, boys. 2104 02:30:22,067 --> 02:30:23,377 He has an idea what the plane can do... 2105 02:30:23,401 --> 02:30:25,276 None of that now. None of that. 2106 02:30:25,359 --> 02:30:28,526 As we speak to you, we are about five feet in back of Mr. Hughes. 2107 02:30:28,610 --> 02:30:31,984 And we are looking through one of the side windows in the cockpit. 2108 02:30:32,318 --> 02:30:35,276 Professor, why don't you come on up front here? 2109 02:30:35,359 --> 02:30:38,359 In other words, we are 30 feet high in this aircraft. 2110 02:30:38,443 --> 02:30:41,900 Strap yourself in right there. You ought to be able to see just great. 2111 02:30:41,984 --> 02:30:44,359 visualize just how gigantic this ship is. 2112 02:30:44,443 --> 02:30:47,693 Huge crowds jammed the surrounding shoreline this morning... 2113 02:30:47,776 --> 02:30:49,443 All right, boys. 2114 02:30:49,984 --> 02:30:51,693 Let's fire it up. 2115 02:30:54,942 --> 02:30:56,359 One's good. 2116 02:30:57,443 --> 02:30:58,859 Two's good. 2117 02:30:59,776 --> 02:31:01,318 Three's good. 2118 02:31:01,610 --> 02:31:03,067 Four's good. 2119 02:31:03,900 --> 02:31:05,401 Five's good. 2120 02:31:05,651 --> 02:31:07,109 Six is good. 2121 02:31:07,526 --> 02:31:08,900 Seven's good. 2122 02:31:08,984 --> 02:31:10,484 Eight's good. 2123 02:31:11,776 --> 02:31:14,735 - Advancing master throttles. - Advancing master throttles. 2124 02:31:16,859 --> 02:31:18,526 As you probably know by now, 2125 02:31:18,610 --> 02:31:22,109 I have to do a great deal of screaming here into our microphone. 2126 02:31:22,192 --> 02:31:23,192 Understood. 2127 02:31:23,318 --> 02:31:26,859 - Lowering 15 degrees of flaps. - Lowering 15 degrees of flaps. 2128 02:31:27,526 --> 02:31:31,109 Howard, she's got to hit 70 to have any kind of chance. 2129 02:31:31,484 --> 02:31:33,318 Yeah, I know. I know. 2130 02:31:33,401 --> 02:31:34,879 I might add that it's a beautiful day 2131 02:31:34,942 --> 02:31:37,067 over here off the coast of Southern California. 2132 02:31:37,151 --> 02:31:39,859 Crystal blue skies, warm sun... 2133 02:31:39,942 --> 02:31:42,067 25 miles per hour. 2134 02:31:42,151 --> 02:31:43,735 and a relatively calm sea. 2135 02:31:43,817 --> 02:31:44,942 30. 2136 02:31:45,693 --> 02:31:46,817 35. 2137 02:31:46,900 --> 02:31:49,234 One would think that these eight power plants 2138 02:31:49,359 --> 02:31:51,443 might shake the mighty craft to pieces. 2139 02:31:51,526 --> 02:31:53,401 Take it easy, Howard. 2140 02:31:53,484 --> 02:31:55,568 it certainly is holding up... 2141 02:31:55,651 --> 02:31:58,775 - Forty. - Throttling back for starboard turn 180. 2142 02:31:59,401 --> 02:32:02,192 Throttling back for starboard turn 180. 2143 02:32:07,067 --> 02:32:09,651 The flight crew itself consists of four men. 2144 02:32:09,735 --> 02:32:12,109 Mr. Hughes, however, has added 11 maintenance men 2145 02:32:12,192 --> 02:32:13,859 to this maiden taxi test, 2146 02:32:13,942 --> 02:32:16,401 stationed at various places throughout the ship, 2147 02:32:16,484 --> 02:32:19,276 checking points of stress and strain. 2148 02:32:22,026 --> 02:32:24,109 How does she sound, Odie? 2149 02:32:24,568 --> 02:32:26,443 Sounds good, Howard. 2150 02:32:29,817 --> 02:32:32,026 - Professor. - Yes? 2151 02:32:32,109 --> 02:32:34,151 Do me a favour? 2152 02:32:34,610 --> 02:32:35,918 Would you take a look out that window there 2153 02:32:35,942 --> 02:32:38,568 and tell me what the wind is doing? 2154 02:32:43,651 --> 02:32:46,775 I would say that we have a 15-knot wind. 2155 02:32:47,734 --> 02:32:51,484 Would you call that a headwind, Professor? 2156 02:32:52,151 --> 02:32:53,859 I would, Mr. Hughes. 2157 02:32:53,942 --> 02:32:55,859 Must insist that we maintain silence. 2158 02:32:55,942 --> 02:32:58,026 We must have quiet during these proceedings. 2159 02:32:58,318 --> 02:33:00,942 All right, Mr. Hughes, will you stand and be sworn? 2160 02:33:01,026 --> 02:33:04,610 Mr. Hughes, did you receive $43 million 2161 02:33:04,692 --> 02:33:09,984 to manufacture 100 XF-11 spy planes for the United States Air Force? 2162 02:33:11,109 --> 02:33:12,359 I did. 2163 02:33:12,610 --> 02:33:16,775 How many functional planes did you deliver to the United States Air Force? 2164 02:33:16,859 --> 02:33:18,026 None. 2165 02:33:18,109 --> 02:33:21,359 Would you lean a little closer to the microphones, sir? 2166 02:33:21,859 --> 02:33:23,026 None. 2167 02:33:23,192 --> 02:33:25,692 Did you receive $13 million 2168 02:33:25,775 --> 02:33:30,026 to manufacture a prototype of a flying boat 2169 02:33:30,109 --> 02:33:32,067 known as the Hercules? 2170 02:33:33,692 --> 02:33:34,859 I did. 2171 02:33:35,067 --> 02:33:37,443 And did you deliver that plane? 2172 02:33:38,067 --> 02:33:39,443 I did not. 2173 02:33:40,401 --> 02:33:43,859 So by your admission in this chamber, Mr. Hughes, 2174 02:33:43,942 --> 02:33:48,610 you have received $56 million from the United States government 2175 02:33:49,359 --> 02:33:51,692 for planes you never delivered. 2176 02:33:52,192 --> 02:33:53,859 That is correct. 2177 02:33:56,401 --> 02:33:59,484 Well, excuse me for asking, Mr. Hughes, 2178 02:33:59,568 --> 02:34:01,734 but where did all that money go? 2179 02:34:01,859 --> 02:34:05,526 Well, it went into the planes, Senator. And a lot more. 2180 02:34:06,443 --> 02:34:07,610 More? 2181 02:34:07,692 --> 02:34:11,276 Do tell, Mr. Hughes, what other larcenies did you commit? 2182 02:34:11,359 --> 02:34:15,026 I mean, I put my money into the planes, Senator. 2183 02:34:15,568 --> 02:34:16,900 My money. 2184 02:34:19,234 --> 02:34:21,318 See, the thing is, that I care... 2185 02:34:21,401 --> 02:34:23,984 Mr. Hughes, your personal finances are not... 2186 02:34:24,067 --> 02:34:25,609 Let him speak. 2187 02:34:30,067 --> 02:34:31,526 Proceed, Mr. Hughes. 2188 02:34:33,609 --> 02:34:37,859 See, the thing is, I care very much about aviation. 2189 02:34:39,067 --> 02:34:40,900 It has been the great joy of my life. 2190 02:34:41,026 --> 02:34:43,526 That's why I put my own money into these planes. 2191 02:34:43,609 --> 02:34:45,401 And I've lost millions, Senator Brewster, 2192 02:34:45,484 --> 02:34:47,192 and I'll go on losing millions. 2193 02:34:47,276 --> 02:34:49,567 It's just what I do. 2194 02:34:50,859 --> 02:34:54,443 Now if I've lost a lot of the government's money during the war, 2195 02:34:54,526 --> 02:34:57,192 I hope folks will put that into perspective. 2196 02:34:57,900 --> 02:35:00,026 You see, more than 60 other aeroplanes 2197 02:35:00,109 --> 02:35:03,567 ordered from such firms as Lockheed, Douglas, Northrop, and Boeing 2198 02:35:03,692 --> 02:35:05,526 never saw action, either. 2199 02:35:05,609 --> 02:35:08,984 In all, more than $800 million 2200 02:35:09,067 --> 02:35:12,234 was spent during the war on planes that never flew. 2201 02:35:12,359 --> 02:35:16,650 Over $6 billion on other weapons that were never delivered. 2202 02:35:16,734 --> 02:35:21,401 Yet, Hughes Aircraft with her $56 million 2203 02:35:22,192 --> 02:35:24,734 is the only firm under investigation here today. 2204 02:35:24,859 --> 02:35:28,109 Now, I cannot help but think that has a little more to do with TWA 2205 02:35:28,192 --> 02:35:30,109 than planes that did not fly. 2206 02:35:30,192 --> 02:35:32,109 I think you've made your point, Mr. Hughes. 2207 02:35:32,192 --> 02:35:34,900 One second. Senator Brewster I have one more thing 2208 02:35:34,984 --> 02:35:37,234 to say here to this committee. 2209 02:35:37,401 --> 02:35:40,151 And that has to do with the Hercules. 2210 02:35:40,567 --> 02:35:44,900 Now I am supposed to be many things which are not complimentary. 2211 02:35:46,026 --> 02:35:48,109 I am supposed to be capricious. 2212 02:35:48,192 --> 02:35:52,318 I have been called a playboy. I've even been called an eccentric. 2213 02:35:52,401 --> 02:35:56,151 But I do not believe that I have the reputation of being a liar. 2214 02:35:57,525 --> 02:36:00,984 Needless to say, the Hercules was a monumental undertaking. 2215 02:36:01,067 --> 02:36:03,859 It is the largest plane ever built. 2216 02:36:03,942 --> 02:36:05,276 It is over five stories tall, 2217 02:36:05,359 --> 02:36:07,567 with a wingspan longer than a football field. 2218 02:36:07,650 --> 02:36:09,942 That's more than a city block. 2219 02:36:10,026 --> 02:36:11,942 Now, I put the sweat of my life into this thing. 2220 02:36:12,026 --> 02:36:14,483 I got my reputation all rolled up in it. 2221 02:36:14,567 --> 02:36:18,109 And I have stated several times that if the Hercules failed to fly, 2222 02:36:18,192 --> 02:36:20,817 I will leave this country and never come back. 2223 02:36:20,900 --> 02:36:22,483 And I mean it. 2224 02:36:23,817 --> 02:36:25,900 Now, Senator Brewster, 2225 02:36:25,984 --> 02:36:28,567 you can subpoena me, you can arrest me, 2226 02:36:28,692 --> 02:36:32,734 you can even claim that I've folded up and taken a run-out powder, 2227 02:36:32,817 --> 02:36:37,276 but, well, I've had just about enough of this nonsense. Good afternoon. 2228 02:36:39,859 --> 02:36:41,692 - Mr. Hughes. - Mr. Hughes. 2229 02:36:43,734 --> 02:36:45,900 I'd love to see the Hercules in the air. 2230 02:36:46,567 --> 02:36:48,026 Thank you. 2231 02:36:50,859 --> 02:36:53,192 Excuse us. Excuse us please. Thank you. 2232 02:36:57,859 --> 02:36:59,026 Switch it off. 2233 02:36:59,151 --> 02:37:02,234 - The hearings aren't over yet. - The hearings are over. 2234 02:37:04,859 --> 02:37:07,692 The airline bill will be defeated in the Senate. 2235 02:37:07,817 --> 02:37:10,900 TWA will begin flights from New York to Paris 2236 02:37:11,026 --> 02:37:14,151 then on to Moscow, to Japan, to Hawaii, 2237 02:37:14,650 --> 02:37:16,359 to Los Angeles, 2238 02:37:19,026 --> 02:37:20,400 to New York. 2239 02:37:24,859 --> 02:37:26,026 Fuck. 2240 02:37:30,359 --> 02:37:33,276 - Power coming up! - Power coming up! 2241 02:37:37,650 --> 02:37:41,859 Howard Hughes has just alerted us. He's asked everyone to hold on. 2242 02:37:41,984 --> 02:37:44,192 Tremendous horsepower picking up. 2243 02:37:46,192 --> 02:37:49,318 - Let me hear it, Odie! - Twenty-five miles per hour. 2244 02:37:49,984 --> 02:37:51,026 Thirty. 2245 02:37:51,692 --> 02:37:53,151 Here we go. 2246 02:37:53,859 --> 02:37:55,026 35. 2247 02:37:55,151 --> 02:37:59,775 The airspeed indicator has moved up to 25. 30. 2248 02:38:00,358 --> 02:38:01,859 - 35. - 40. 2249 02:38:01,984 --> 02:38:04,525 And he pushes the throttle. It's 40. 2250 02:38:04,650 --> 02:38:06,109 - 45. - 45. 2251 02:38:06,192 --> 02:38:07,942 More throttle. 2252 02:38:08,026 --> 02:38:09,692 - 45. 50. - 50. 2253 02:38:10,859 --> 02:38:13,317 - It's 50 over a choppy sea. - 55. 2254 02:38:13,400 --> 02:38:16,026 It's 55. 55. 2255 02:38:16,109 --> 02:38:17,192 - 60. - More throttle. 2256 02:38:19,026 --> 02:38:20,192 65. 2257 02:38:25,026 --> 02:38:26,775 - 70. - It's 70. 2258 02:38:26,859 --> 02:38:28,692 - 75. - It's 75. 2259 02:38:37,317 --> 02:38:40,358 And something momentarily cut out, 2260 02:38:40,483 --> 02:38:42,525 but at least we are airborne. 2261 02:38:42,609 --> 02:38:44,859 We are airborne, ladies and gentlemen. 2262 02:38:44,942 --> 02:38:48,151 And I don't believe that Howard Hughes meant this to be. 2263 02:38:51,109 --> 02:38:53,609 And we were really up in the air. 2264 02:38:53,692 --> 02:38:56,026 We were really up in the air. 2265 02:39:01,109 --> 02:39:04,442 Ladies and gentlemen, the Hughes mammoth aircraft 2266 02:39:04,525 --> 02:39:08,650 has flown this afternoon in Los Angeles Harbor. 2267 02:39:09,358 --> 02:39:11,358 It certainly looks, at this moment 2268 02:39:11,442 --> 02:39:14,692 that Howard Hughes will be around the United States 2269 02:39:14,817 --> 02:39:17,026 for quite some time to come. 2270 02:39:29,192 --> 02:39:32,609 You must understand, technologies like these are the way of the future. 2271 02:39:32,692 --> 02:39:33,859 That's enough questions. 2272 02:39:33,984 --> 02:39:35,942 TWA and Hughes Aircraft are delighted 2273 02:39:36,026 --> 02:39:38,692 to have you come here and witness this wonderful sight. 2274 02:39:39,859 --> 02:39:42,109 - Excuse us for just a second. - Sorry. 2275 02:39:42,192 --> 02:39:44,525 - So you feel like going to Paris? - Now? 2276 02:39:44,650 --> 02:39:46,609 TWA is starting up flights to Europe. 2277 02:39:46,692 --> 02:39:50,151 Thought I might pilot the first one myself. Ought to be some fun. 2278 02:39:50,233 --> 02:39:53,111 - Lots of good shopping in Paris. - Hell, I'll buy you anything you want. 2279 02:39:53,191 --> 02:39:55,984 You can buy me dinner. How about that? 2280 02:39:58,400 --> 02:40:00,817 Dinner then. We got a date? 2281 02:40:00,900 --> 02:40:03,067 Okay, baby, you got a date. 2282 02:40:05,067 --> 02:40:08,859 I'll be back in a second. Don't you go anywhere now. I mean it. 2283 02:40:08,942 --> 02:40:11,026 All right, listen, boys. Something new. 2284 02:40:11,109 --> 02:40:13,109 Jet airplanes. You know anything about jets? 2285 02:40:13,191 --> 02:40:14,567 No, but it sounds expensive. 2286 02:40:14,650 --> 02:40:16,859 It will be. But we gotta get started. 2287 02:40:18,817 --> 02:40:20,734 Come on, walk with me. 2288 02:40:21,734 --> 02:40:24,026 Whoever can start utilizing jet technology 2289 02:40:24,109 --> 02:40:26,710 on commercial airliners is gonna win all the marbles. You understand? 2290 02:40:26,734 --> 02:40:28,209 Odie, what do you know about the science? 2291 02:40:28,233 --> 02:40:29,358 I know a little. 2292 02:40:29,442 --> 02:40:32,609 I can work something to show you. Basic turbine stuff. 2293 02:40:37,109 --> 02:40:40,609 Noah, who are those fellows? 2294 02:40:42,150 --> 02:40:43,984 Do they work for me? 2295 02:40:45,275 --> 02:40:47,692 Everybody works for you, Howard. 2296 02:40:54,317 --> 02:40:55,775 Lockheed worked on the F-80. 2297 02:40:55,859 --> 02:40:58,126 So let's get Bob Gross on the phone and see if he can help us out. 2298 02:40:58,150 --> 02:40:59,150 Okay. 2299 02:40:59,233 --> 02:41:01,483 - What, now? - Of course now. 2300 02:41:01,567 --> 02:41:04,775 We got to get into it. Jets are going to be the way of the future. 2301 02:41:04,859 --> 02:41:07,358 - It's 4:30. - I talked to Bob last week. 2302 02:41:07,442 --> 02:41:10,483 - He's in New York, so it's 7:30. - He won't be in the office. 2303 02:41:10,567 --> 02:41:12,334 We'll get Nancy to figure out what hotel he's at. 2304 02:41:12,358 --> 02:41:14,150 Question is, do you want a telephone call 2305 02:41:14,233 --> 02:41:16,108 or you want some kind of meeting right away? 2306 02:41:16,191 --> 02:41:17,859 We want a meeting, don't we, Howard? 2307 02:41:17,942 --> 02:41:20,233 Want me to bring him here tomorrow then, Howard? 2308 02:41:22,233 --> 02:41:24,734 - The way of the future. - Howard? 2309 02:41:24,817 --> 02:41:26,859 - Howard? - The way of the future. 2310 02:41:27,984 --> 02:41:30,942 - The way of the future. - Let's take a walk, Howard. 2311 02:41:31,026 --> 02:41:34,108 - The way of the future. - Give me a hand here, will you, Glenn? 2312 02:41:34,191 --> 02:41:37,358 The way of the future. The way of the future. 2313 02:41:49,859 --> 02:41:54,026 All right, stay here. I'll be right back. You understand, Howard? 2314 02:41:55,859 --> 02:41:58,817 Guard the door. I'll get a doctor. No one sees him like this. 2315 02:42:04,400 --> 02:42:07,859 The way of the future. The way of the future. 2316 02:42:19,859 --> 02:42:21,567 You are not safe. 2317 02:42:30,650 --> 02:42:32,317 When I grow up 2318 02:42:32,525 --> 02:42:35,483 I'm going to fly the fastest planes ever built, 2319 02:42:35,567 --> 02:42:37,984 make the biggest movies ever, 2320 02:42:38,233 --> 02:42:40,859 and be the richest man in the world. 2321 02:42:54,567 --> 02:42:56,525 The way of the future. 2322 02:43:04,567 --> 02:43:06,400 The way of the future. 2323 02:43:14,817 --> 02:43:16,650 The way of the future. 2324 02:43:20,108 --> 02:43:21,941 The way of the future. 2325 02:43:24,025 --> 02:43:25,859 The way of the future. 2326 02:43:27,567 --> 02:43:29,108 The way of the future.