Thru Traffic (1935)

[Music] e [Music] D holding over two good luck G okay Bel go after him boys go on Jerry get a picture of that fell holding over there you're hero oh yeah hey Dan step on and show these fellas okay [Music] Pat hey Dan got your rapbits foot with it what for Marty this B grave will feed your friend holding plenty of dust before this race is over oh yeah well Dan gave gray a good trimming last year that was last year [Music] [Music] [Music] on [Music] [Music] I can that boy [Music] Drive it's like this fell gr's taking the lead away from hold s watch that baby ride fuse in the Le a it won't be that way [Music] long what come on [Music] then it looks like this boyfriend of yours ain't so dumb hey oh you're not telling me anything I don't [Music] know [Music] [Music] [Music] get out of here no I'm going to go [Music] a say ah ah keep on repeating ah ah ah ah what's the matter doc too much static or don't you like the program oh you're coming along all right but it'll take some time before those fractures heal young man I sure get The Brak stck but I'll be all right for the bville Derby won't I you'll be away from the track until that shoulder sits how's the other Cowboy I'm afraid he'll live too has my radiator cooled off nurse yeah much better hey nurse my radiat is cold too how about a little alcohol you know I recommend alcohol only for special radiators you can cover yours with an old blanket well how does the back feel Dan oh oh still stiff sciatica lomago and Automobiles are the three diseases that attack a person in the back the first two are curable goofy now no Martin dang's coming along fine he'll be on his feet again for long sure I'm not going to miss the Boonville Derby boy those are going to be easy Stakes then two weeks ago I'd have said that you'd be driving a wheelchair for the rest of your life you got off lucky but no more racing I hope you understand that you mean I'm I'm through you better forget it Dan well I'll see you you boys tomorrow or what knows well then looks like you and me are just a couple of pedestrians from now on yeah yeah it does you'll only have to lay off for a while heard what he said about me all buck up then gets everyone sooner or later I've been thinking of quitting myself you sure every time I get into one of them chariots I remember that it takes 90 nuts to hold it together and only one nut to drive it and someday gets in your blood though yeah but I've been thinking of changing what your underwear no I've been thinking of a gage repair work and all that sort of thing how about you and me teaming up there go ahead and spill your proposition what is it we'll go 50/50 we both got some dough and we both know plenty about automobiles say that sounds all right you know Marty I've always liked the idea of tinkering with cars me too I got a swell shaping overall oh no kidding Dan I'm not thinking of one of them tinkering garages there's too many of them now you're sure right about that I bet you there's a lot of repair men right here in this town I sit around all day with lead in their pants for you Mr Holden shall I take the time thank you hello Dad hello Pat hello there gee it's darn nice of you to call again Pat well I'm a busy woman Dan but I can always manage to get away for a minute it almost makes it worthwhile getting cracked up flowers and and de how' you boyfriend getting along who Marty why don't you ask him how you feeling Mr Gray everybody calls me Marty Miss Cory well everybody calls me Pat oh I feel terrible Pat feel my PS he he's a faker he just wants you to hold hands with him oh you're saying something about flowers Dan yeah a thank you I'm just wild about wild flowers make mine pansies oh I suppose if I brought you flowers you'd kid the ear off me oh I'm not as bad as that the trouble is I've never had a girl bring me flowers well that is not a Girl Like You Anyway is that a bid for sympathy no for flowers but what chance has a fell like me got against a Chic like Dan oh oh oh oh ask him to tell you about the big merger Oh you mean about bethle him iron and Pen steel no a regular merger Marty gray and Dan Holden wow exciting tell me more Marty and I are going in the garage business that's what great oh congratulations now you'll be able to take me for one of those businessmen's lunches I'm going to be the businessman Dan's only the office he just sore about the flowers pet office boy H well let me tell you Mr Gray you're mighty lucky to get Dan for a partner say incidentally this is going to make a swell story for the paper two local boys go to work did I say anything about work oh well maybe I did well the Harris Town times will be right behind you Dan you know he's quite a hero around here everyone has a lot of confidence in him oh I guess that'll hold me for a while well so long gentlemen remember I'm going to be your first customer bye so long Pat thanks for the flowers so long what a girl you're telling me Go On [Music] hello Mr cwell oh hello Dan funny I was trying to get you on the phone just a minute ago wanted to talk to you before going ahead on that repair job of yours now listen Dan you boys don't get me in for no big job no s I'll ride her as is well come on I want to talk to you about something oh hello gra hi Mr hey bu haven't got much time for G got to get to meeting of the city council well were them spark plugs sticking like I told you no but the valves were sticking that's what I mean that's it Valves and uh besides that Mr calwell you need wait a minute wait a minute I had that car overhaul less than a year and a half ago new paint job fenders everything I know sir but since then the car has been pretty nor Noy hasn't it well yes seems like everything makes noise but the horn and you've been feeding your plenty of oil haven't you yes I guess you'd call it plenty but at least I've been getting plenty of lubrication when she eats oil that's the time to worry about lubrication I don't get you let me explain when the piston rings don't function the hot explos of gases leap past the Rings and the protective oil film is burned furthermore these explosive gases pass down into the crank case and dilute the oil then you get poor lubrication rapid wear you get carbon ridiculous why drag carbon into it what's that got to do with it hey slow down a bit Marty Mr cwell isn't quite up on engines oh ain't I well maybe you don't know it but I've been driving the car for over 3 years why not let me fix you up with a set of Perfect Circle Rings now to save you a big expense in the end I seen them things advertised in the magazines but nope I ain't spending any money look Mr cell you'll be in as bad a fix as that guy there if you don't do this job right you'll pay for itself in no time Mr cell what oil mileage are you getting oil mileage how should I know I never pay any attention to them gadgets well you're doing about 350 to the gallon we'll run it up to over 1,200 with these new rings how much do they cost oh a set of perfect circles won't cost you much and you better put in the set of their new piston expanders that'll quiet the job right down labor and all will stand you 13 or $14 and it'll be better than the cheap Rebo job that it cost you twice that much [Music] $14 no no I know boys you're trying to sell me a whole job here but when I got a toothache and go to the dentist I don't ask him to fix all my teeth now that's where you make your mistake be true to your teeth or they'll be false to you that's my MTO and the same goes for any Tin Lizzy oh all right I'm sold let's figure [Music] it oh it's Pat you better go there come over here hello there mister little service please no Pat what can I do for you need some gas okay Al how much I'll fill her up and step on it Al I'm in an awful hurry say you're always so busy sticking your nose into other people's business I never get a chance to say more than 10 words to you well that's a newspaper woman's job Dan I have to get around and see things and one day it's a wedding the next day it's a race so forth and so on yeah that makes me one of the so forths and so on by the way I stuck my nose into a meeting of the Village Council over at Garfield the other day a whiff of some news that may interest you boys interest us maybe well that's enough did you ever fix a fire engine fire engine no but I broke a lot of them when I was a kid oh no I mean a real honest to goodness fire engine what's up well don't you be scared if the Garfield engine pulls up in front of here pretty soon it won't won't be a fire but it may mean a job for the firm of Holden and Gray g Pat you don't mean that hello dirty face dirty face that's me hello Pat how's TR great and how is the Harris town city treasurer today well I may be the city treasurer but these friends of yours think I'm the United States men I guess they know what's about all right what's the matter engine trouble again I'll say they sold me a bill of goods I don't know how they did it but they did well you must have thought it was worthwhile if you agreed to let them do it well I will say I got confidence in them boys there now Mr calwell you've hit the nail right on the head confidence Well you certainly can't get any place in this business unless people have confidence in you I always say you've got to have confidence in the people that do things for you someday I'm going to write an editorial on the subject I don't quite see what you're driving at Miss Cory well look did you ever take a trip on one of those those crack trains and have that feeling of safety because you trusted everybody in charge can't you just see that engineer giving that big locomotive the once over and the track Walkers inspecting every foot of track along the way why you know you're going to get to your destination safe and sound gosh I see what you mean Miss Cory say that'll make a darn good editorial all right I hope to tell you it would Mr calwell why do you think you were elected to City Treasurer well i p well I'll tell you Mr Caldwell it was confidence confidence of the taxpayers in your honesty now they remembered you was honest Phil Caldwell the grosser whose scales were always right it was that confidence put you in office holy snakes if I don't shake a leg I won't have any office I'm late for council meeting oh jump in Mr cwell I'm going to meeting too oh thanks luck you owe me 98 cents young lady charge it hey wait a minute dirty face how would you two boys like to wash your faces next Saturday and take me to a d geez sounds swell p is this a proposal or a proposition it's an invitation oh as a matter of fact I expect to get a couple of tickets over at the meeting you know the mayor himself is giving me aair over at the Blue Moon Inn it's a sort of a blowout for the people who helped elect him they'll be dancing and eats and everything gee thanks Pat sounds like a big night you going Mr Co I'm going I'll possibly have to pay for the whole shindig well uh is it formal or do I wear a tie a bow tie dirty face you won't call me dirty face when you see me all DED up well don't forget boys I'll be looking for you we'll be there we'll be [Music] there she's a swell girl d you're all Lucky stiff am [Music] I [Music] [Laughter] [Music] [Laughter] [Music] yeah [Music] where's Marty I haven't seen him for a while oh there he is over [Music] there oh Sam sips that pass on the night oh is it okay Sam all you want b is all on the me tonight Sam can you tie up Old Tie I sure kid Mr G step inside here Mr G while it has no [Music] privacy y leave down here [Applause] [Music] sir there a for s you're a Wonder but tell me why did I have to lie down oh that's the only way I knows how to tie a bow tie you see I don't used to work for an Undertaker and that was my [Laughter] Joby folks having a good time it's a great party Mr well sit down and have something it's all on the May there now how's that what no pickles well what do you expect for nothing all right all right run along don't bring your friends back well excuse me I'll be right back sit down Dan well holding how's business oh can't KCK Mr H this boy does all his work like he did my job you don't have to worry any about business say Dam did you get that job of fixing the Garfield fire engine yes we're working on it now I say Logan [Music] after all these complaints we've been having about our cityair workor maybe it wouldn't be such a bad idea to give these boys a crack at it yeah yeah we might be able to work out something quite sure well that b was got our eye open for business gentl that's the idea hello Miss hello and you I've for you well party huh wonderful Mr cig oh hello pet may I have the pleasure of dancing with you huh listen what are you trying to do R me you've danced with me just once tonight well I thought uh don't you like dancing sure I love dancing don't you I adore it what do you say we sit this one out sure but uh where well in the Moonlight of course that's where do you suppose one sits out a d oh I know but Pat suppos there's no moon haven't you any [Music] imagination I want to talk to you Marty Jee this sounds serious oh look there's the moon I wish they'd turn that darn thing off what why what's the matter with you haven't you got any romance in your soul Can't You Hear The Crickets cricketing and listen to the birdies silly well we got romance that's all oh come on over here Mar romance H lot you know about romance yeah did you ever see my address book oh I know my name isn't in it sit down now look here Marty gr you treat me as if I had poison ivy oh no I don't oh yes you do what's the big idea the big idea is a guy named Dan what you mean Dan and me well I don't mean Dan and Clara what's the matter with everybody why why Dan's been just a pal of mine for years I've never thought of him as anything except a pal of course I'm mly fond of him and all that sort of now wait a minute Pat I felt pretty hard for you the first day I met you as a matter of fact it's been pretty tough not letting you know about it but the way things stand we why well I I can't can't what I can't just cut in on a pal like Dan but I've told you the way I feel about him I know you have but he's nuts about you huh can you imagine how he'd feel towards me I'm in business with him Partners we've got to work together but don't you see oh I don't want to hear anymore Mr great let's drop it of course business must come [Music] first just try to forget that anything's been said oh no wait a minute Pat you see Holden with the present setup of the city council har here's chairman of the committee that has charge of all maintenance work and we might now I'm not saying that we will but we might be able ble to throw a piece of that business over to your shop how about it all why not Holden looks like he's regular say sounds very interesting I'd sure like to get together with you I'll talk to my partner about it well maybe the first thing in the morning oh incidentally I'd like to have you come over and see our shop I guess you'll agree that we're equipped to do almost any kind of work over there yeah sure sure we'll do that sure well we got to be going come along Logan so long uh good night see you later good night oh Marty listen Marty I think we might get a look in on some of that City repair work I just had a talk with one of the big shots about it I'll tell you all about it in the morning let's find Pat well there she goes I wonder what she's up to what's happened search me women are sure [Music] funny oh boy did you read Pat's article on the city hall gang this morning yeah Hot Stuff ain't it that girl will sure blow the lid off things well that reminds me you said last night that you were going to tell me about that City Hall job what do you know oh nothing definite you understand but Logan and Hart have got a lot to say about City Maintenance work and and they're sold on us why guess they've heard about the kind of work we do probably figure it'll be good business to play with us and maybe good politics yeah politics you don't get anything for nothing you've got the wrong slant on that Marty they don't want anything oh no they never do politics and business are strange bedfellas they don't mix well yeah but you usually find them in the same bunk bunk is right hey what's the matter with you this morning Marty oh nothing but look here Dan this political stuff is all very well just as soon as you get tied up with that crowd you'll find yourself shaking hands with a lot of itching pawns they'll want to be paid off and if you pay off there's no profit then you start cutting down on quality putting in cheap parts and turning out a lousy job but look here old man you don't look at this thing in the right light oh I don't eh well maybe I ain't got the Gift of Gab to make myself clear but look here's something that'll explain what I mean get a load of this now the only safe thing to sell's performance and when we're selling that we make a decent Profit just you start in with close prices and you're skating on thin ice and fight your La go right through and sink you're exaggerating I can't see that now wait a minute look at the Winds of garage that's had all this city business you know the kind of work they've been turning out I don't believe they've ever made a dime off the city they've had to put in cheap parts to break even look how many of their customers have come over to us they've lost almost all their business that's what cheap pots do to you but we won't have to do that stick around Logan and Hart will be here soon will you hear what they have to say I'm not interested in what they have to say you can talk to them if you want to I don't oh hello fellas hello now the girlfriend seems to be in a big rush this morning don't she must be I guess she's pretty busy these days see her article in this morning's paper yeah but if I were a boyfriend I'd tell that girl to go a little easy with this exposion business she's hitting the nail on the head though yeah well that's what you think brother let me tell you something this new Administration is going to change things all that baloney about pay off politics ain't going to do her nobody any good that's why we want to talk to you about the city repair work you fellas have got a pretty good rep around town and we've got plenty of work to place but we want to put it where there won't be any more belly aching about favoritism and such right log absolutely well I've talked it over with my partner and uh yeah what does he think well he doesn't feel as though we ought to taken any more of a load seeing as how we're pretty busy as it is he thinks that we are hey does he do all the thinking around here certainly not he's my pal and my partner he can see it the way I do in other words you're for it and he's again it huh something like that well if you ask me I think you're rather foolish to pass up a chance to make some real though pal or no pal I'd think it over we see you later come on log yeah so long say this isn't going to do Harris town no good why what's the average citizen of this town going going to think when he reads stuff like that the average citizen is all burned up Mr calwell that's why we printed we're going to continue to print till we get at the bottom of things bottom hell you've struck bottom here not quite how about this little meeting that the Callaway crowd is pulling off tonight Blue Moon in meeting Callaway where does he come in where doesn't he come in now you know as well as I do Mr cell that elections are no elections Callaway is still head man around here he's trying to run the new crowd just as he ran the old if you are mistaken Miss Cory our methods are different from the old crowd besid Tim Callaway don't subscribe to our opinions yeah but he subscribed to your campaign fund well we can't stop him from doing that now you can't stop him from doing anything why everybody knows in this town that if you want to open a speak see Callaway if you want to get a license for a dance hall or a pool room see Callaway see Callaway if you want to fix anything I don't mean in a repair shop hello oh hello hello oh how do you do now now go on Miss Cy what about this meeting where'd you get the dope oh little birdie whispered it in my ear whispered what that you're all getting together at the Inn tonight for a little meeting with the Callaway crowd we don't know nothing about that I ain't going to be there me neither where maybe I had the wrong tip anyhow why should I bother going over there so long gentlemen say Miss Cory my wife's given the bridge party and she'd like a little press no I think it's a week from Tuesday you please like hell she won't be there trying to throw us off the track eh yeah that Dame's Dynamite what do you suppose she found out about tonight search me I better call up the boys and have the meeting shifted to another place wait a minute what that girl needs is a good takeen down we'd better arrange to have a little meeting for her special benefit I'll give her something to write about wait a minute Lo that's risky business especially the way Dan Holden feels about it right now it uh might not be so good for us if we're going to try to get him in on a deal what do you mean Dan Holden a blind man could see that she's crazy about his partner who Grace certainly boy I've got it yeah takes a mastermind like me to figure these things out listen we can do business with Holden if it wasn't for gray right I think I see a way to kill two birds with one stone oh if we could just split up those two guys oh boy this has been one busy day go has more that lemon merang pie left over at Steve's yeah but you better Shake A Leg if you want some it it's after seven okay how much longer you going to be on that Davis job oh I'm going to put in a couple of hours yet hey what was the matter with old man Davis what was all the argument AB bought oh it's the same old story I had to sell him the idea that you can't get something for nothing I told him that most of the cost went into labor he was simply throwing his money away by trying to save a little on cheap parts Penny wise and calm foolish like most of them well he came across all right when I told him that all the race drivers use perfect sickles he'll find out the difference when he checks the mileage on his oil well I'll come back for you later we could h a Joe's for a couple of beers no thanks I'm turning in early tonight hey what's the matter with you Marty you've been off your feet all day what's eating you nothing too much party last night I guess well so long so long see you tomorrow we'll have the Cory girls here now okay okay good evening one yes please this way please good evening Miss cor right down here Sam well not many people here tonight just one of them off nights we have many of them these days Sam I I I was expecting to see Mr Callaway and some of the boys they here yet uh yes some of that crowd is here now is up in room three uh what y all going to have Miss let me see oh you order me an oyster stew but miss that'll take all a 15 or 20 minutes that's all right Sam you order me back to yes ma'am I'll be back all right oh I beg your pardon I'm looking for Mr Callaway why Miss I I don't know Mr Callaway here well he's pretty busy just now conference will you just tell him that Miss Cory of the Tim is anxious to see him well uh you better wait in here then just have a seat there miss it's in the Bag Boy that's that she won't stick her nose in on any meeting tonight hey what about that message for gray at the garage Blake will take care of that yeah this fellow blew a tire he ain't got a spare and he's in a hurry well where's the car he's up the roadways you better come to the Blue Moon in place buddy okay I'll be right over stick around I'll be back in a minute okay oh hello Dan oh hello Dan hello say Dan did you talk to your partner any more about that proposition yeah but honestly he's kind of lary of the idea doesn't think we ought to get tangled up with any political business oh he doesn't eh and he calls himself a friend of yours you now that's the trouble Dan too many folks got the wrong plan on politician this town take that girlfriend of yours for example who Pat yeah oh Pat's all right yeah sure she is but she's always trying to make out that we're mixed up with that Callaway Crown hey DN that Crown's as crooked as they come let me wouldn't stop at nothing let me tell you something you want to steer that Miss Cory straight you better tell her to lay off a Callaway he's a bad umry what do you mean well she told us today that she had a tip that Callaway and his crowd were going to meet at the Blue Moon tonight and she said she expected to be there yeah well maybe I ought to run over there no no no that's a bad crowd to get mixed up with I wouldn't do it if I were you but suppose she did go well maybe she wasn't going down there on business they got a pretty good Orchestra down there you know well we'll be seeing you later Dan yeah so long Dan think it [Applause] over say how long you going to keep this up see where's the party that wants his carix oh he was just around I guess you'll find him up there in room four just at the head of the stairs thanks hello hello hey there open this door if you know what's good for you what the Marty what's going on up here I'm locked in no no don't get excited I'm glad to see you Marty but what are you doing in here I just got a call to come over and fix a car they told me to come up and see a party in room four and knocked at the door but nobody answered so I came in well let's get out of here prond we'll talk about it later say what is this a g somebody's locked this door too why everything's closed it's as clear as daylight Marty this Callaway crowd is trying to make it hot for me but I've got them scared believe me boy from now on they're going to hear plenty just wait till I get out of here I'm going to make a beine for that phone and start things going well I can understand about you but what do they want with me here I don't know we'll find out soon soon enough y all looking for Miss Cory yes well she just went up to room three not long ago oh did she yes and I guess she'll find her up there thanks that's might all right oh there's someone at that door who is it it's me Dan are you all right Pat I'm all right but I'm locked in say who can I get to open this door for me there's a snap lock on that door they can open it up from the inside that is if they want to try the lock on the inside pat p oh I've already tried that Marty oh what's up well I can't stop to tell you about it now Dan I've got to get to a phone fast Dan I'm glad you showed up oh yeah this looks like some kind of a frame up to me when I got here I found Pat locked in you see I got a call to come over to fix a car you wouldn't double cross a pal would you oh look here D you aren't thinking that I oh ain't I now keep your shirt on I don't want any of your Alibi I believe what I see I thought there was something going on behind my back oh don't be dumb you're a dirty load down sneak and a cheat and she isn't isn't any better now Wait a minute yes boss they had it all worked out cleverly okay Pat your story checks with Barton well well maybe you had enough from now on great keep out of my way no no no I've never seen any of the men before but they must be part of the Callaway mob oh no switch the meeting with Callaway down to the old Brewery oh they knew you were snooping about and give us a slip ah but if you want to be in on some of the fun you better rush over to the old Brewery right away okay that or is stew you ought have been ready for some time ma'am I've been keeping it hot well never mind the stew Sam listen do you know any shortcuts over the old Brewery the old Brewery let me see you goes down to the fox and you takes a left turn and then you turns right you can't miss it thanks Sam thank you just a moment Miss Cory you don't want to go to the old Brewery well who says I don't well I've heard it said it isn't very safe for little girls well thanks for worrying about me I can take care of myself now listen I said that you can't go to the old Brewery and I take your hands off me I'm going to get out here let's go s you about get a fire extinguisher over here get get over here while the come on get over that come on get in [Music] there hello hello hello is this the fire when you all better come down to the Blue Moon in quick cause this whole dump is burning up and I don't [Music] [Music] mean [Music] [Music] have you SE Mr hold gra Mr hold I think Miss gone out before the conation started but I ain't see nothing Mr C but on the other hand maybe he did go with Mr holder well put that down quick come with [Music] me Mar Marty is he in there D no man he Ain in here let's go let's go back downstairs [Music] e boy this engine the shore is missing you're telling me what's the matter Gus having trouble PL anything I can do to help no not now but get your phone put in a call for the Garfield engine hel themet over to the Blue Moon in we'll never make any time okay come [Music] [Applause] on therey the go [Music] there get the back you're making too much head out there I proba we can't do very much till the engine gets here and what do you mean the engine where the hell is it we passed it down the road they're having motor trucks that's a fine state of aair we ought to put the horses back on them you bet there was no R in there you steady [Music] brother [Applause] Harris Town fire engine has taking his time all right maybe he wants to be told of I'm going sue the town for this is the coach of my new shoots up there bu is that all that's enough what's I'm going to do with them two pack pants any place we can get any water around here hey get some from that pool there you got to have an engine to pump it the Garf department is on the way the harstone engine stuck down the road what's the matter with it engine trouble allows P job that's what well the taxpayers certainly sh out enough enough another case of somebody getting a r off you're right oh danad danad I'm so glad to see you where's Marty how should I know I'm not his nurse made why Dan why tell me what's happened well we had a bit of an argument about what you want to know you didn't have to go behind my back to get you up there double Crosser you sta did it ever occur to you that this might have been a frame up frame up of course but I thought well it look as if there were something between you two well there isn't see it's all one-sided I'm crazy about him but he couldn't see me wouldn't cut in on his partner his pal see but but Pat where is he well that's what I've been trying to find out what's happened oh we had a scrap when I left him he was upstairs in that room well we looked upstairs he wasn't there he must be around there somewhere let's look help help look there's someone in that room look at that CL that must be Marty up there oh Dam you [Music] hey Marty Mary Mary Mary Mary hey Marty [Applause] Mary hey Marty Mary Mary Mary yeah party don't worry boy we get out that sh there [Applause] [Music] [Applause] I [Applause] come on get through there call [Applause] call well boys the way things are shaping up you're certainly sitting pretty that expose after the fire made the whole town realized that this cheap repair work the grafters were putting over was not only costly but criminal I'm afraid from now on you Fells are going to do pretty well well I must be going hello boys hello oh thank you good morning Dr how Sor well they're about ready to be discharged and if they ever show their faces is in this hospital again well if we ever do we want cut rat hey D right for me an apple a day keeps the doctor away I get it I was just going anyway well goodbye Sal do who are the peirs for who cars it for me well who's the orange for the oranges fan oh the Forgotten man oh no honey this is for you well if that's the way it's going to be I guess I better leave the room I can see where this is going to be a perfect triangle perfect triangle hell this is going to be a perfect [Music] circle