1:37:01
- Who in hell are these people?
- Is that Don? Donny!
1:37:04
How ya doin'? You mind if I stand up?
I think better when I'm movin' around.
1:37:08
Gotta tell you, Don.
1:37:10
At first, the idea of this merger
made me as nervous...
1:37:12
as a long-tailed cat
in a room full of rocking chairs.
1:37:15
But then I realized
I was wrong.
1:37:17
The combination of our products
and your distribution capabilities...
1:37:20
could vault Pemrose right
to the top of the market.
1:37:24
So glad you approve...
1:37:27
whoever you are.
1:37:28
Now if you get the hell out of here,
we'll finish the job.
1:37:31
I can't do that for you, Don.
1:37:34
See, the problem here
is management.
1:37:37
Things were bad enough when
Howard was running the company.
1:37:39
- Now we got you to deal with too.
- Get them out of here, now.
1:37:44
He can't, Don. You see,
Brantley made arrangements...
1:37:47
to buy five percent of the stock...
1:37:49
in your company,
Davenport Enterprises, this morning.
1:37:53
- We're buying you out.
- What?
1:37:55
Get in there.
1:37:58
That's right!
1:38:00
We've initiated a takeover
of Davenport Enterprises...
1:38:03
in a proxy fight for
the Pemrose Corporation.
1:38:05
- This way, Mr. McMasters.
- Gentlemen, good afternoon.
1:38:09
These are
my financial advisers.
1:38:11
They agreed to lend me the money
to finance this takeover.
1:38:14
Surely you're not going to invest
in some crackpot scheme...
1:38:17
cooked up by a kid who used
to work in our mail room.
1:38:20
Not at first, Howie,
but I had an ace in the hole:
1:38:24
A major stockholder in the company
with the clout and support I needed.
1:38:27
Don, I want you to meet...
1:38:29
the new chairperson
of the Pemrose Corporation...
1:38:32
and the daughter of the founder...
1:38:34
Vera Prescott.
1:38:38
Afternoon,
ladies and gentlemen.
1:38:41
Brantley and I
are very old friends...
1:38:43
and when he told me his wonderful
ideas for running the company...
1:38:46
I knew he was
the man for the job.
1:38:48
I think we all understand
your real motivation here, Vera.
1:38:54
I admit I felt...
1:38:56
some attraction towards Brantley
at the beginning...
1:38:59
but as you've always
told me, Howard...