"[Water running] [Indistinct conversations]" "[Clicking]" "[Creaking]" "[Bird chirping]" "[Fanfare playing]" "[Orchestra playing]" "[Barrel organ playing keep the home fires burning]" "Good morning." "Good morning." "Could I speak to Mrs. friese-Greene, please?" "Was it about a room?" "Well, no." "If she's not too busy, I'd like to see her." "Well, I'll find out." "What name is it?" "I'm her husband." "Oh." "Well, I'm sure she'll..." "I'll go and see." "Um, would you wait there, please?" "Thank you." "[Clock chiming]" "Hello, Willie." "Hello, Edith." "Are you feeling better?" "I hope you don't mind my coming to see you here." "No, of course not, Willie." "You see, there's a reason." "Let's sit down." "The children were asking after you, Willie." "Well, bless them." "How's Vincent's cold?" "It's better now." "I must send him something..." "Oh, there's a nice letter from Claude." "He is doing well, isn't he?" "Yes." "Are you sure you're well enough to be up?" "Well, you know what the doctor said." "I'm perfectly all right." "Never felt better." "[Sighs]" "Edith, I've got some news for you." "News?" "Color... there's no doubt about it this time." "I've got it at last." "The colors are better than" "They've ever been able to get them before." "That's wonderful, Willie." "It's true, Edith." "You'll see." "I'm glad you're happy about it." "I knew you would be." "That's why I came." "I wanted you to be the first to hear it." "You know what it'll mean, my dear, don't you?" "We can be together again..." "A home of our own." "Willie..." "It wouldn't work." "Oh, we shall have all the money we need this time." "Well, this is the real thing." "It's practically perfect." "I mean," "There's a fortune in this." "I know that." "Neither of us will ever have to work again." "We shall be the idle rich." "Heh." "[Chuckles] You idle, Willie?" "You're very beautiful, my dear." "Receptionist:" "Sorry to interrupt you, Edith," "But would you check the luncheon menu?" "Chef's waiting." "Oh, yes." "Sorry, Willie." "Oh, that's all right, my dear." "As a matter of fact, I've got rather a lot to do today myself." "There's a big film industry meeting on this afternoon." "I must be there." "Oughtn't you to rest instead of..." "oh, no." "No." "This is something I must go to." "You know, the film industry's grown so quickly." "The people in it just don't realize how important it is." "If they're not careful, they're going to spoil it all." "Yes, of course." "[Clears throat]" "Well, good-bye, Willie." "Good-bye..." "Give my love to the children." "Yes." "I will." "Good morning." "Thank you very much." "Well, not at all." "What a charming man." "I know." "You're still very fond of him, aren't you?" "Yes." "Why don't you go back to him?" "Things are better left as they are." "And I should learn to mind my own business." "Oh, there's nothing secret about it." "It's just that..." "Well, Willie's not the sort of person" "Who should have other people to worry about." "He must have been very handsome." "Yes, he was." "Successful..." "The time when I met him, I was working in a glove shop" "At 15 shillings a week." "Heh." "I wanted security." "[Whooshing]" "[Crowd exclaiming]" "[Crowd cheering]" "Come on." "There's something I want to show you." "[Cheering] [Fairground organ playing]" "[Indistinct chattering]" "[Men speaking indistinctly]" "Man:" "Walk up!" "Walk up!" "Walk up!" "Look." "This is it." "Come and see the thrill of the century... pictures that move!" "Come inside and have the thrill of your lifetime!" "One copper coin..." "A demonstration so real that it'll terrify you!" "[Piano playing waltz]" "[Piano playing march]" "[Crowd screams]" "[Indistinct chattering and laughter]" "It's wonderful." "Did your Mr. friese-Greene really invent it?" "Yeah, of course he did..." "Lots of other things, too." "You'd be amazed at all the patents he's got." "He's a grand chap." "Is he married?" "Yeah, he was." "She died 2 years ago." "It must be very exciting to work for someone like that." "Yeah, it is." "Say, would you like to see the laboratory?" "I've got a key." "It's too late." "No, it isn't." "I can show you around." "Come on." "We'll get a bus." "Are you sure it's all right?" "Oh, yes." "Of course it is." "[Whispering] Only don't talk too loud." "This way." "We have electric light in the lab." "We need the current for our experiments." "Mind the steps." "I'll put on the light." "Willie:" "Turn that light out!" "No..." "Turn it on again." "Ah." "Hello, Jack." "Oh." "I'm..." "I'm terribly sorry, sir." "I had no idea you were still here." "I just wanted to show someone the laboratory." "Oh, that's all right." "Uh, "someone"?" "Oh." "I beg your pardon, sir..." "My fiancée miss Jones and miss Harrison." "How do you do?" "How do you do?" "Willie:" "How do you do?" "Please come in." "We're very sorry to intrude upon you like this." "Oh..." "heh." "We thought you'd be in bed." "Oh." "Ahem." "No, no, you're not intruding I'm very glad" "Of an excuse to stop." "Besides..." "This is Jack's laboratory just as much as" "It is mine, isn't it, Jack?" "Uh, well..." "Yes, of course it is." "We work together very closely, Jack and I." "What were you doing in the dark?" "I've been trying to design something to produce x-rays" "That doctors can use." "X-rays?" "Mmm." "Tell them about it, Jack." "He's so much better at explaining things than I am." "Well, sir..." "And there's the press." "Don't forget the press." "Show them everything, Jack." "Yes, sir." "Well, uh..." "The press..." "Well, that's it." "What's it do?" "Uh, it prints without using ink..." "Oh." "Electrochemically." "What's this box?" "[Clicking] Don't touch that, please." "Oh, no, you mustn't touch that." "Uh, may, may, come look at the x-rays." "Oh, I'm sorry, I'm sure." "What is it?" "It's a souvenir." "Doesn't look much, does it?" "Wouldn't part with this for nothing in the world." "It's my first moving picture camera." "You've done so many things, haven't you?" "When I was making it, I was single-minded." "It was the only thing in the world that mattered." "Isn't it anymore?" "You see, I wanted to capture movement, because movement..." "It's part of the beauty of things, isn't it?" "Didn't it come right?" "Yes." "It came all right, in a way." "But you see, I lost someone." "And I suppose I lost interest." "In the beauty of things?" "Possibly." "No, it wasn't that." "Of course it wasn't that." "I think that's something no one quite loses." "Don't you?" "Edith:" "The following day, he came into the shop where I worked" "To buy some gloves." "And he came in the day after that," "And yet again 2 days later." "3 pairs in 4 days?" "He's fond of gloves, isn't he, dear?" "[Orchestra playing waltz]" "Glass of port?" "No, thank you." "That was a lovely dinner." "Good." "Will you dine with me again?" "Yes, Mr. friese-Greene." "I'd like to." "People call me Willie." "Funny sound, isn't it? "Willie"?" ""Mr. William friese-Greene" is very imposing." "Oh, that was the idea." "When I was a photographer, you had to impress the sitters." ""Willie Greene" wasn't enough." "So, I just tacked my wife's name onto it." "Then I put an "e" on the green, just to make it balance, of course." "Heh heh heh." "Do you know, when you came into the laboratory the other night," "I had the most discourteous idea about you." "I can imagine." "We interrupted your work." "Oh, no." "Not that." "I thought you were lonely." "That isn't discourteous." "Of someone young and attractive?" "Of course it is." "It was clever of you to see it." "That must be because you know about loneliness yourself." "Yes." "That must be it." "Heh." "Your bill, sir." "Thank you." "Edith: 3 months later, we were married." "And at first, everything was perfect." "You couldn't have found a happier married couple anywhere in the world." "Willie's inventions were bringing in money." "And everything seemed secure." "[Bang bang]" "We bought a new house at dovercourt." "[Bang]" "And it was there that Claude, our first son, was born." "Soon after, Willie began working on color film." "He spent all his time on those color experiments." "They became an obsession with him." "Everything we had went into those experiments..." "And a great deal we didn't have." "As the family increased, we began to have money troubles." "But Willie was single-minded." "He had this..." "Mission in life." "He lived in a world of fences and arc lights and filters." "And those, I found out, are very expensive things." "We went bankrupt twice and had to take a smaller house in Brighton." "But it was the same story there..." "debts all the time." "We seemed to owe money to everyone." "But Willie's color experiments still went on..." "Not that I really minded." "You see, we loved one another." "And I believed in what he was trying to do." "In fact, I think I would have gone on with Willie forever." "Only one day... it was soon after king Edward died." "One day, something happened." "Edith:" "Tea, Willie." "Shall I turn on the other lights, mum?" "No, thank you, Kenneth." "We can manage with these." "Hello, boys." "Boys:" "Good afternoon, father." "God bless this food which now we take" "And make us good for Jesus' sake." "Amen." "Uh..." "Maurice..." "Amen." "Amen." "Amen." "Amen." "There you are, Maurice..." "All alive and kicking." "Ants' eggs..." "Fit as fleas now." "Now, put them on the floor, Maurice," "Until you've had your tea." "Mother, our christening mugs have gone again." "Yes, Kenneth." "Have we lent them to father's friend again?" "Have we, dear?" "Hmm?" "Oh, yes." "Um, yes." "An Uncle of mine is very kindly looking after them for us." "Oh, I nearly forgot." "Look." "What do you think of this?" "What about that?" "I say." "Now, look at that sage green." "That's a difficult color to get." "This one's pink." "Let me see." "So it is." "Look at this." "Oh, mine's a beauty!" "Lovely." "It's those new filters." "I must buy some more." "Now, get on with your tea, boys." "Yes come along, boys." "Give them back." "Now, mother..." "Oh, father, when can we have the money for our new railway season tickets?" "You said to remind you." "So I did." "Yes..." "Let me think." "When do they run out, Claude?" "Oh, they have run out." "They ran out 2 weeks ago." "Then how have you been going?" "Well, at this end," "They never look at our tickets." "And at the other end," "We just get out before the train gets into the station" "And cut across the fields." "You get out while the train is moving?" "It's quite safe, dear." "I..." "Walked along there" "And had a good look myself." "You see, the train slows down" "Almost to a standstill on the bend," "Just before it gets into the station." "There's practically no risk at all." "I did it myself." "You did what?" "!" "I don't see why we need tickets at all." "No, Claude." "Now, that would be cheating the railway company." "No." "As soon as I get a check," "The tickets will be renewed and backdated." "Yes." "Where's Graham?" "He's not in yet." "Now, Willie..." "Perhaps the ticket collectors caught him." "Quiet, Kenneth." "Until they get their new tickets, I think they ought to walk to school" "For a few days." "Oh, do you?" "Well, perhaps..." "Boys:" "Oh, father..." "[Bell rings] Ah, that's Graham now." "Go along, Kenneth." "Open the door." "He's very late..." "Very late." "I must talk to that young man." "Is that you, Graham?" "Kenneth:" "Hello." "You're late." "I say, what's up?" "What's the matter?" "[Door closes]" "Good lord, man, look at your face." "Look at your clothes." "Graham..." "What's happened?" "No, no, dear." "Let me." "Go back to your tea, Kenneth." "Back to your tea, boys." "[Snorting]" "Was it a fight?" "Yes, father." "Did you win?" "No, father." "I expect you will next time." "Now, what about coming downstairs" "And having some tea?" "I'm not really hungry." "Th-thank you, father." "Willie:" "Well, what was it all about?" "[Sobbing]" "Graham, there..." "Well, well." "There, now." "Now, they have knocked you about." "Here." "There." "Come over here and sit down." "You're tired out." "It's not as bad as all that, is it?" "Tell me all about it." "He..." "He said you were a liar and a thief." "Oh, did he?" "Y-yes." "Did he give any reason?" "Y-yesterday, we were talking about the moving pictures, and..." "I said you invented them." "Yes." "Well, this morning," "He said he looked it up at home in an encyclopedia." "And it said that Edison invented them." "You weren't mentioned in it at all." "And then..." "He said that..." "His father said that you owed everybody money" "And never paid." "And that made you a thief as well." "Oh..." "But you did invent the moving pictures, didn't you, father?" "Yes." "I think I did." "I wasn't the only one." "But I think I was the first." "Mine was the first patent, anyway." "There was a frenchman called le prince a year or so before me" "Who produced a camera working on a different principle than mine." "But it's not like the one they use today." "And the one I invented is." "And in that sense, I was the first." "But the encyclopedia..." "He said it didn't even mention your name." "Well..." "Perhaps it isn't a very good encyclopedia." "That's what I said." "We do owe people money..." "Don't we, father?" "Yes." "I'm afraid we do." "But owing money isn't the same as being a thief." "Is it?" "No..." "Not really." "Eh..." "Your face needs washing again, old chap." "You better tidy up a bit" "And come down and have your tea." "I'll ask mother if..." "There's a piece of cake." "[Sniffling] All right, father." "Father?" "Yes?" "He was much bigger than I am," "Or I would have beaten him." "I know you would." "Thank you, Graham." "Did you hear?" "Yes, darling." "But you mustn't take any notice." "I think I'll go for a walk." "[Laughter] Kenneth:" "Oh, give me that back, Claude." "Claude, laughing:" "No." "I'm keeping it." "They could have mentioned my name, couldn't they?" "They could just have mentioned my name." "It wouldn't have hurt anybody." "Edith:" "That night, I realized something that perhaps I'd known" "For quite a long time..." "That although Willie might work as usual" "And make plans for the day when everything is going to be successful," "That day was never going to come." "We weren't going to be successful." "We weren't going to be rich." "As a family, we'd be lucky if we survived." "It wasn't until 1915 that the inevitable happened." "[Men whistling tipperary]" "[Children shouting]" "Mr. friese-Greene?" "I'm Mrs. friese-Greene." "Good morning, ma'am." "Can I help you?" "Yes, I'm the broker's man." "The landlord is distraining for the rent." "My husband is in London today, but he'll be back later." "You're new, aren't you?" "Yes, just helping out, ma'am, you know?" "[Sniffs]" "Your regular man has got the Spanish influenza that's going about..." "Very nasty thing, I'm told." "Well, now, I like to save all the fuss I can." "Makes things pleasanter all around, eh?" "You know the legal position, don't you?" "The landlord is entitled to seize goods to the value of the rent owing." "Naturally, the law projects you, too." "Certain goods can't be seized..." "Wedding apparel, bedding," "Fixtures..." "Ordinary fixtures, that is." "If you had any crops growing in the garden ripe for picking, they wouldn't count." "[Door closes] I say," "What a nice, big sunny room this is." "If you had any property belonging to the ambassador of a foreign power," "That's exempt." "We'll put it to the vote." "Those in favor?" "Against?" "Right." "Carried unanimously." "We'll do it right away." "Oh, not you, Maurice." "You're not old enough." "But I want to." "So do I." "Well, you can't." "You two stop here and look after mother." "Now let's take a peep upstairs, shall we?" "Pure formality, of course." "These are 3 of my sons." "Oh, really?" "Heh heh." "Well-behaved, I hope, ma'am..." "No practical jokes or funny business." "No, there's no need to worry." "[Chuckling]" "I'm glad of that." "I, uh," "I've some unpleasant experiences in my time." "Age?" "17." "I didn't get it, son." "18." "18." "And you?" "18." "18." "And you're 18?" "Yes, sir." "All right." "Left turn." "Next!" "Age?" "That's your lot." "Don't we get uniforms?" "All in good time." "Report at the barracks tomorrow, 10:30 sharp." "Bring your shaving kit, soap, towel, spare pair of socks." "Call me sergeant." "Got it?" "Boys:" "Yes, sergeant." "16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22 pounds..." "And I have to give you 5 shillings for your fee." "That's, right, isn't it?" "I see you know your way about, sir." "There's your receipt." "Thank you." "I thank you for your courtesy." "Good afternoon to you, sir." "Good-bye." "Good day, sir." "Good day, ma'am." "I won't say au revoir." "Heh heh heh!" "2 pounds..." "And 8 shillings." "That's all that's left." "You better keep it, dear." "Willie, where did you get this money?" "You didn't borrow again?" "My dear, I know nobody will lend me money anymore." "Willie, please tell me." "I sold something." "It's not important." "What did you sell?" "All right." "It was the old camera." "Oh, Willie." "It's done now." "Anyhow, all my stuff's color nowadays." "I'm finished with black and white." "There... 2 pounds and 8 shillings." "Claude:" "Right, halt." "There you are, my dear." "You call me sergeant, got it?" "Those boys... they're always playing soldiers nowadays." "Left, right." "Left, right." "Left, right." "Halt." "Left turn." "Not now, boys." "Squad, present boots." "Oh, no." "Claude!" "Oh, no..." "Oh, no." "[March playing]" "[Indistinct chattering]" "[Band playing pack up your troubles]" "[Indistinct cheering]" "They'll send them back, won't they?" "[Voice quavering] They'll send them back when they know they're underage." "I must find their birth certificates." "They're up here somewhere." "They had to grow up sometime, dearest." "It's what they wanted to do." "That's not true!" "Darling..." "It's not true." "I made Kenneth tell me, but I knew it already." "They went because they didn't want" "To be a burden to us any longer..." "ohh." "So that we wouldn't have to feed and clothe them." "Oh, Edith." "It's the truth, Willie!" "And you'd have known it was the truth if you weren't so blind." "But you don't see other people." "You see colors, filters, little bits of machinery." "And that's the world for you." "What happens outside it is nothing." "Children to ask to be clothed and fed, greengrocers," "Landlords who want their money, they're..." "They're all the same to you." "They're all creditors." "And all that matters is to keep them quiet" "So that you can go on with your work." "That's not fair, Edith." "I don't care whether it's fair or not, Willie." "I'm done with being fair." "[Sobbing] I'm done!" "[Barrel organ playing in background]" "Edith:" "So, after that, I got a job," "And I took a place for the children and myself." "I knew that I had to leave him," "Because he couldn't take the responsibility of us any longer." "Would you ever go back to him?" "You see, I know the truth about Willie and me now." "The truth?" "Look at the paper." "There on the city page, this big film meeting that he talked about..." "You what he said, he has to be there..." "He doesn't have to be there." "Doesn't matter whether he's there or not." "Nobody knows him anymore..." "At least, nobody that matters." "Nobody cares for his opinion." "What Willie Greene thinks hasn't mattered for years." "But he doesn't know that..." "Thinks he still belongs." "I think the truth is that when I first met him," "His real life was already over." "I never knew the real Willie." "He was before my time." "[Gavel bangs] Man:" "I, um..." "I wish to impress upon you strongly" "That there has been no behind-the-scenes attempts" "To prejudice the results of our deliberations here today." "Now, the, um, the reason that we're met here today" "Is so that the..." "Cinema owners" "And the people who rent and produce films" "Can work out and agree a common policy for the film industry as a whole." "The truth is, lord beaverbrook," "We're in the hands of foreigners." "And British screens should be used for British film..." "[Crowd shouting] Mr. chairman, nobody is" "More patriotic than I am, but our cinema is confound without foreign films." "[Indistinct shouting]" "Sit down." "Mr. chairman, we're in this business to make money," "Not lose it." "And don't you forget it!" "[Gavel banging]" "This is going to end in a riot." "You'll see." "Order!" "Gentlemen, i... i propose that we forget the past." "So, if we forget the past, we shall perhaps be able to persuade" "Willie:" "The past..." "Some of these angry gentlemen" "Forget the past..." "That the committee is not..." "Forget the past..." "[Continues indistinctly]" "Forget the past..." "Forget the past..." "Forget the past..." "Forget the past..." "Forget the past..." "Forget the past..." "Forget the past..." "Forget the past..." "Forget the past..." "Forget the past..." "Forget the past..." "Forget the past..." "Forget the past..." "Forget the past..." "Forget the past..." "Man, German accent:" "1... 2... 3... 4..." "Good... 6..." "Perfectly..." "Still..." "Please... 10... 11... 12... 13... 14... 15... 16..." "Steady... 18... 19... 20..." "Steady... 22." "Thank you, ladies and gentlemen!" "Man, knocking:" "Hurry up!" "Hurry up!" "Oh, just a moment, sir." "Well, is it finished?" "Well, I've only just put it in." "All right." "All right." "Mmm..." "Mm-hmm." "Yes, I'm a good photographer..." "the best in Bristol." "They all look terribly stiff, though, don't they, sir?" "I read the other day that in Germany," "They're working on a photographic plate" "With an exposure of less than one second." "Think of it... one second." "What would fox-Talbot think of it?" "Ah, fox-Talbot?" "Ha ha!" "But why not send for some of this stuff, Mr. guttenberg," "And see if it works?" "If it does," "People wouldn't have to keep so still while they're being photographed." "They could move." "Move?" "But if they move, they blur." "What is this nonsense that you speak?" "Well, I didn't quite mean that they..." "Don't waste my time." "There's the broom." "Sweep up the dark room floor." "Yes, Mr. guttenberg." "[Rings]" "Ah!" "Good morning, milady." "Mr. guttenberg, did you take that photograph?" "Milady?" "Well, look at it, man." "Look at it!" "Now, this is your own work." "Now, then..." "No, no, no, milady." "What's that?" "That is not my work, milady." "What nonsense." "My daughter told me distinctly..." "This is her friend, miss Helena friese." "And this is where the photograph was taken." "It's an excellent one, and I want my own daughter" "Photographed in exactly the same way." "My lady, I would with great pleasure take the photograph" "Of your daughter, but this photograph is not by me." "I would have my name on the mount." "Miss friese told my daughter distinctly." "The composition is not such as I use." "Miss friese told my daughter distinctly that she came here." "I am not accustomed to having my word..." "I assure you, milady..." "Mr. guttenberg, what is this nonsense?" "Look!" "That is the very background." "Mr. guttenberg:" "Ah, yes." "I think I understand." "Willie!" "Willie!" "Willie!" "Yes, Mr. guttenberg?" "Um..." "Your permit, milady?" "What is the matter with you?" "You took this?" "Y-yes, Mr. guttenberg." "I think I did." "I see." "Milady, I apologize." "This photograph was taken" "In my studios." "Well, that's what I said." "Sometimes, my assistant is allowed" "To take the unimportant sitters..." "Children, domestic servants." "Heh heh heh." "Miss friese is neither a child nor a domestic servant." "She is a friend of my daughter's from Switzerland." "Milady, I did not mean..." "I'm not interested in what you meant." "If this young man took this portrait," "Then he is the person to photograph my daughter." "She will be here for a sitting on Tuesday at 3:00." "Kindly see that everything is ready for her." "Allow me." "Thank you." "If you make a good likeness, young man, I shall require you" "To photograph me." "Good morning." "Come here!" "Well?" "Well, Mr. guttenberg..." "Silence!" "Yes, Mr. guttenberg." "Hmm." "This young Swiss lady..." "She's a friend of yours, eh?" "Yes." "Hmm." "That's very nice." "She is pretty, you think?" "Oh, yes." "She is." "She's very delicate..." "Very delicate." "She's been ill a lot." "And then her mother died." "And, of course, she's living over here with relatives just now." "You hope, perhaps some day, to marry her?" "Well, i..." "Unh!" "If you do not wish to beg your bread in the gutter," "You will obey me when I speak." "You'll take no more photos in these studios that I do not order you to take." "I am the photographer here!" "And if you will not obey me, you will go!" "You understand?" "Speak!" "Yes, Mr. guttenberg." "Helena..." "Willie..." "Hello." "Hello." "Mrs. josty says you're better today." "Oh, yes." "I'll soon be very strong." "Good." "What have you got there?" "You look absolutely perfect like that... perfect." "I'd like to photograph you just as you are now," "In that white dress on this wicker couch." "[Chuckling] Oh, Willie, you can't take the couch to the studio." "Oh, no, and I won't be able to take you anymore, either." "Lady poole came to see Mr. guttenberg today." "She brought that photograph I took of you and showed it to him." "Oh, Willie, I am sorry." "Was he very angry?" "Heh." "Well, he was a bit upset." "Do you know, Helena, sometimes, I almost think" "He must be jealous." "[Chuckling]" "Why do you smile?" "Oh, Willie, it's so like you." "It's obvious to everyone." "What do you mean?" "That you are the better photographer than Mr. guttenberg and that he knows it." "Do you really think that?" "Oh." "Oh, this is for you." "Thank you, Willie." "And the other one?" "Oh, that's just a German book on lenses." "I wondered if you weren't too tired, if you'd translate" "Some of it for me." "Oh, yes, of course I would." "But Willie, I have got something for you, too." "Oh, thank you very..." "Look." "The englishwoman's domestic magazine?" "That must be very interesting." "Thank you." "[Chuckling] No, no, not to read." "No, someone has made little drawings in it." "Look." "By jove!" "Do that again." "Isn't that wonderful?" "I thought it might interest you." "Oh, this is much more than interesting." "This demonstrates the most amazing principle." "Persistence of vision..." "that's what this is..." "persistence of vision." "Is it new?" "Good gracious, no." "It's as old as the hills." "The ancient romans knew about this." "Now, what is really happening when you see those pictures apparently moving" "Is that the nerves at the back of the eye, the retina," "Are flashing each picture separately to the brain." "See?" "But the brain retains each picture a fraction of a second" "After it's flicked past the eye," "So that if you suddenly remove one picture," "The brain still has an image of it a fraction of a second later." "And if you immediately replace it" "With another but slightly different picture," "It won't seem like 2 pictures at all, but like the same one moving." "Simple, isn't it?" "Heh." "Yes." "Do you know, Helena, if it's ever possible" "To make a camera that will photograph movement," "This is the principle that will be used." "Willie..." "Hmm?" "Why do you work for Mr. guttenberg?" "Why?" "Yes, why?" "You are..." "An experimenter..." "Somebody who tries out new things." "Yes, but I got to earn my living, haven't I?" "Well, then why don't you open a studio yourself?" "Ho ho." "Oh, no, Willie, no." "I'm serious." "And annoy old guttenberg?" "Oh, that would be wonderful." "Then why not?" "Money." "I haven't got a farthing." "Well, there's the money your grandfather left." "I don't think that would be enough." "Are you sure?" "I don't..." "I don't know." "I must think about that." "Oh, Willie, you are a wonderful photographer." "All you need is a little courage." "And you'd give me that, wouldn't you?" "You know, I believe you're right." "I shall have to choose the right moment." "Moments of importance choose themselves." "The sun's just touching your hair." "It's perfect." "Girl:" "I don't want my photograph taken." "Woman:" "Oh, now, come along, Victoria." "Do be a good girl." "Boy:" "Don't be such a baby." "Girl:" "I don't want my photograph taken." "Woman:" "Oh, now, come along, Victoria." "Do turn round." "But she'll be so disappointed, you know." "She wants to see" "The dickey bird." "Yes." "Show her the dickey bird." "That's the idea." "Now, you hold her there," "Gently but firmly, a little lower." "That's the idea." "Quite comfy?" "Now, nanny, you comfy, too?" "There." "Now, nanny, look at Victoria." "Harry, look at me." "Now, where's the dickey bird?" "Let me see... oh, he's fine." "He's already going to pop out." "Dickey bird is very quick, of course, so you much watch very carefully..." "Ooh, very carefully, indeed." "Hey, what?" "Now, then," "Quite happy, quite still." "One moment." "Now." "I said "one moment."" "That rag..." "that little girl holds a rag." "I cannot have that rubbish in the picture." "But most of it's not in the picture." "If it is, I can paint it out." "What is this nonsense?" "[Whispering] She won't pose without it." "With children, one has to be firm..." "gentle but firm." "See?" "Oh, no, no, please, Mr. gutten..." "Now, little girl, give that to me." "Give that to me!" "No, don't." "[Screaming and sobbing] You beast!" "Aah!" "Oh!" "Oh!" "Harry!" "Harry, you come here!" "[All shouting at once]" "[Screaming and sobbing]" "I don't know what's come over them." "They're so good as a rule." "Now, just you behave yourself, Harry." "You need to be quiet." "Oh, Victoria, do stop crying, dear." "It's all right." "Oh, I think I'll have to take them home." "[Indistinct]" "Oh, oh, but the photograph..." "The photograph..." "We'll come back another day." "Come along, both of you!" "[Screaming and sobbing continues]" "[Sighs] Such children..." "They should be beaten soundly..." "[Door closes]" "Wasting the time." "[Sighs]" "You are a clumsy fool, now, aren't you?" "You're stupid, too... stupid." "You're always talking about your experience." "But you haven't even realized yet that some people don't like being photographed!" "I will not be spoken to like this." "I am the photographer here!" "No, you're a clumsy fool, Mr. guttenberg." "And you're no photographer." "How dare you speak to me like this!" "You are finished!" "I'm telling you the truth, Mr. guttenberg!" "You're finished!" "Finished!" "You're wrong, Mr. guttenberg!" "I'm only just beginning!" "[All shouting "bye"]" "[Crowd cheering]" "Well, your wife has a list of the things she needs." "If the child is to be born here, you must call the midwife for tomorrow." "You must get in touch with me this evening, anyway, to say what you're decided," "So that I may make the necessary arrangements." "I will, doctor." "And young man," "You look after yourself, too." "Are there no relations or friends who might help?" "No, not here." "Well, let me know what you've decided." "Yes, of course." "Thank you, doctor." "[Bell rings] Good-bye." "Good-bye." "Oh, it's cold enough to snow!" "Not a very cheerful man, the doctor." "No." "When the shop bell went, I thought it might be a..." "Customer." "There hasn't been a customer for 2 days." "I don't mind going in to the infirmary." "No, no." "But if it's better for the baby..." "No." "I've seen inside that place." "Is this the doctor's list?" "Yes." "Darling, I've got to go out now for a little." "I shan't be long." "Will you be all right?" "Yes." "Sure?" "Yes." "Good-bye." "[Door closes]" "[Bell rings]" "Good afternoon." "Hello, Mr. friese-Greene." "How's the rheumatism?" "Darling..." "Helena..." "Hmm?" "Look..." "What?" "All the things the doctor ordered." "But Willie, how?" "Well, I went to see the bank manager," "And he said he thought I was a very steady young fellow," "And he gave me the key to the safe." "Oh!" "Willie..." "I'm going to make you some hot milk right away." "[Bell rings]" "Good afternoon, madam." "Good afternoon." "I wish to have a photograph taken." "Certainly, madam." "Now, let me see." "What day would you care to make an appointment?" "Oh, I rather want it done today." "Today?" "Yes." "You see, I must have the finished portraits by tomorrow." "I'm leaving for India to join my husband the day after," "And my sister wants a likeness of me as a keepsake." "I see." "Of course, if you're not able to do it, I shall have to go elsewhere." "No, no, no." "That's quite all right, madam." "I quite understand." "Will you kindly step into the studio?" "Thank you." "Would you care to sit down and tidy your hair?" "May I take your cape?" "Would you like me to remove my hat?" "I don't think so, no." "It makes the most charming frame for the face." "Excuse me one moment, please." "Darling, a customer!" "Willie, how wonderful." "But I've got no plates." "What do you mean?" "Nothing... nothing at all." "Don't worry." "Ah, thank you, Mr. friese-Greene." "Now, can I collect those photographs first thing tomorrow morning?" "Certainly madam." "Eh, madam, I wonder" "If I might have your name and address..." "Oh." "Just for the books, of course." "Oh, of course." "Yes." "Mrs. stukely..." "Mrs. stukely..." "Yes." "The copse..." "Copse..." "Wells road." "Wells road?" "Oh, and I see that it's..." "Usual to leave a deposit." "Oh, well, it's just a professional custom..." "a Guinea or something like that." "A Guinea?" "I never charge for the sitting, of course." "Oh, no." "Of course." "Well..." "Thank you." "Thank you very much, Mrs. stukely." "And first thing tomorrow morning?" "Hmm?" "Oh, yes, yes." "Good afternoon, madam." "Good afternoon." "[Bell rings]" "[Sighs]" "[Clock chiming]" "[Bell rings]" "[Knocking]" "Hello." "I was just closing up." "Those plates..." "i want to redeem one box." "But you've only just put them in." "I know, but I've just had a customer." "She paid." "I've got enough for one box." "Now, now, I can't split up the pledge like that." "It means altering my book." "Besides... i thought you said those were all the plates you had." "What did you use to do the job?" "I didn't do the job at all." "I just pretended to." "When she comes back tomorrow, I'll tell the lady" "I had an accident with the plates, and then I'll take her properly." "She'll get her photographs all right... that is, if you'll let me have one box." "Please, you must..." "Just one box." "Mr. friese-Greene, if you're half as good at getting customers" "As you are at getting around me, you wouldn't be in here at all." "All right, give us the ticket." "Thank you." "[Bell rings]" "It's all right, darling, it's all right!" "I've got the plates back." "Darling..." "Quick..." "Get the doctor." "Anything I can do?" "No..." "[Bell rings]" "[Neighing]" "[Clicking]" "[Baby crying]" "Well, Mr. friese-Greene, you're a father." "I know." "Is Helena all right?" "She's had a bad time." "You'll have to look after her." "It's a girl." "Heh heh." "That's wonderful!" "Some people always seem to want the first one to be a boy," "But I always say that girls bring good fortune." "Congratulations, Mr. friese-Greene." "Thank you." "Thank you, doctor, very much." "And I hope I'm right about the good fortune." "[Bell rings]" "Doctor, I think you are!" "Good morning." "Yes, sir." "Mr. friese-Greene?" "I want my family photographed." "Certainly, sir." "All together?" "Well, all together and separately..." "8 photographs in all." "We've decided to start a family Bible." "Splendid, sir." "I know exactly how you feel, sir." "I'm a family man myself." "Will you step this way?" "Hold it..." "White still, all of you." "Helena:" "You have a very charming daughter, Mr. friese-Greene." "And I have a very clever husband." "[Piano playing] * he's gone, the great old man * he's gone, the great old man * he's gone, the great old man * oh, where is he, oh, where is he?" "*" "[Singing continues] * oh, where is he?" "* oh, where?" "* oh, where is he?" "[Indistinct] * where can he be, where can he be?" "* oh, where can he be?" "* tell us, tell us * where, oh, where is he?" "* I know not, I know not, do... *" "[Baton tapping]" "Early, Mr. friese-Greene, you came in a little too soon." "Only just a little, but it makes all the difference." "* ba-room ba-room ba-room, ba-room ba-room *" "* I know not..." "Hmm?" "Simple." "Ha ha." "Couldn't be simpler." "Let's try it again, shall we?" "Letter..." "Ahem..." "Letter f." "[Piano plays] * tell us, tell us * where, oh, where is he?" "* I know not, I know not * * do not ask of me * sorry, but we hear him speaking * * high and low we have been seeking * * sorry, but we hear him speaking *" "* high and low we have been seeking *" "[Singing continues] * sorry, but... * high and low... * we have been seeking * high and low..." "[Whispering]" "* I'm sorry, but..." "Ahem." "Ladies and gentlemen," "I've just received a most important piece of news." "I have to tell you that for our performance of this great work," "No less a person than sir Arthur Sullivan himself" "Has consented to come down to bath to conduct us." "[Tapping Baton]" "Ladies and gentlemen, I'm sure you are aware that a signal honor" "Is being conferred upon us." "We must see that bath does its best" "To rise to this momentous occasion." "Ahem." "As time is very short," "I suggest that Mrs. Claire and Mrs. friese-Greene" "Of the ladies committee" "Go at once into the question" "Of special dresses for this concert." "Is that agreeable?" "Then, the general committee will notify you in due course" "Of the other arrangements." "Mr. friese-Greene," "Our only male soloist," "Watch sir Arthur's Baton..." "[Laughter and chatter]" "That will be all." "[All chattering]" "Well, well, well, Helena, so it's up to the pair of us." "We shall need your help Mr. friese-Greene." "Oh, yes, yes, of course." "We must talk about it right away, this evening." "Oh, well, in that case, you'll have to excuse me, my dear." "I promised to look in on rudge." "Do you think you and Mrs. Claire could..." "Oh, Willie, not tonight, surely." "Yes, I did say I'd look in." "You see, we've got the new machine assembled." "If I were you, Helena, I should be quite jealous of Mr. rudge." "Oh, I am." "But don't be too late, will you?" "We really have quite a lot to settle." "No, no." "I'll be home almost as soon as you are." "Good-bye, now." "Good-bye." "Oh, it's so exciting, isn't it?" "You're right about that condenser lens, Willie." "It does make a difference." "In fact, I think we might redesign the optical system completely, don't you?" "Isn't it going to be rather expensive, Mr. rudge?" "Yes, I daresay, but I think we ought to try it." "A glass of port, Willie?" "Yes, please." "Oh, by the way, I saw fox-Talbot today." "He wants to meet you." "Fox-Talbot?" "[Bell over door jangles]" "Helena!" "Helena!" "Helena." "Oh, Willie." "You just came in at the right time." "Mrs. Claire must go now," "And we just can't decide what color we want to use for the sashes." "For the concert." "What color are the dresses?" "White." "Well, darling, should they be red or should they be blue?" "Or do you think this is rather nice?" "Now let me... well..." "Forgive me." "You could hardly do better than that with white, could you?" "Wine." "Of course." "Helena, you have the most brilliant husband," "And so artistic, too." "The wine it shall be." "Now, look, I must get back to Mr. Claire." "Good-bye, my dear." "Good night." "Allow me." "I'll see you tomorrow." "Yes, tomorrow." "I'm so glad" "We have you here to guide us, Mr. friese-Greene." "It's a tremendous responsibility on your wife and me." "Yes, yes, indeed..." "No, sir, I'll see myself out." "Yes, quite sure." "Are you quite sure?" "Good night, Mrs. Claire." "Wonderful news." "Wonderful news." "Oh, no, not the concert." "It is, isn't it?" "Rudge." "Rudge has some really big news." "He's going to stay with fox-Talbot" "And I'm invited over on the 20th." "Darling." "Fox-Talbot." "That's the man that actually invented photography." "Isn't it wonderful?" "But, Willie, the concert is on the 20th." "Oh." "Oh, is it?" "Oh, uh..." "That'll be all right." "Fox-Talbot's place isn't very far out." "I'll hire a carriage to take me there and bring me back." "I'll be there in plenty of time for the concert." "I'll go straight to the assembly rooms." "Plenty of time." "Just imagine..." "I'm actually going to meet fox-Talbot." "I can't believe it." "[Indistinct conversation]" "Mr. friese-Greene, sir." "[Indistinct conversation continues]" "Yes, yes, yes, indeed." "Ah, Willie." "Uh, this is Mr. friese-Greene," "Whom I spoke to you about, fox-Talbot." "Ah?" "Oh, yes, yes, how do you do?" "I was just telling rudge here how interesting I find this phantascope." "He tells me that quite a lot of the work on it was yours." "It's very interesting." "As I see it, your problem is" "That the images, although presented in succession," "Are not presented separately in succession," "That it's only a blur." "Yes." "Yes." "Yes." "Well, that is, of course," "Because the divisions between the pictures" "Pass at the same speed as the pictures themselves." "What you want is some sort of intermittent action, huh?" "That's exactly what friese-Greene's been onto me about." "I'm going to the concert now, Maggie." "I've looked at Ethel." "She's sound asleep." "I don't think she will wake." "Thank you, ma'am." "Will the master be returning before the concert tonight?" "No, no, he will be dressing at the assembly rooms." "Oh, my, you do look lovely." "Oh, I hope everything goes all right." "Yes, yes, it will." "Good night, Maggie." "You see, what I've been thinking of is something" "That could pass in front of the lens, stop, be exposed," "Then go on to make way for another piece to be exposed." "Paper, perhaps." "That's possible." "There are people in London" "Who could help him about that." "That's what I tell Willie." "For this kind of work, he ought to be in London." "[Chatter]" "Now, she's wearing..." "[Playing]" "[Singing indistinctly]" "I see a face and it is alive." "I photograph it and I have a likeness," "But something is gone." "Human beings are not still." "Their movements are part of them." "[Singing solo]" "* oh, my love... * how cruel was this day... * * how cruel was this day... *" "[Soloist and chorus singing]" "* how cruel was this day... * * he's gone, oh, where is he?" "* he's gone, oh, where is he?" "* he's gone, oh, where is he?" "* oh, where is he, oh, where is he?" "*" "[Whispering] * no sign of him that I can see * * no sign of him * oh, where is he?" "* oh, where * oh, where is he?" "Your husband hasn't come." "Who's going to do the solo?" "* my true love has forsaken me * * where can he be, where can he be?" "* * oh, where can he be?" "* tell us, tell us * tell us, tell us * where, oh, where can he be?" "Helena:" "* I know not, I know not * do not ask of me" "[Whispered murmuring]" "[Piano plays]" "Soloist:" "* watching, waiting * where can he be?" "* high and low we have been seeking... *" "I want to make a camera that will photograph movement." "And I..." "Oh." "I'm so sorry." "I've been talking too much." "No, no, no, no." "Most interesting, Mr. friese-Greene." "You won't, I hope, mind me giving you a word of advice?" "No, indeed, sir." "The original thinker, the innovator," "Mustn't mind seeming a little foolish" "To his contemporaries." "He must always look to his star." "I understand." "In the end he may still fail." "That's unimportant." "If he's true to himself," "He won't be too unhappy or embittered," "Even in failure," "And will still speak for what's good." "You will remember that, young man." "Yes, sir." "[Carriage approaching]" "[Carriage door closes]" "[Bell jangles]" "Helena." "Darling..." "Willie..." "Don't speak for a moment." "I've go so much to tell you I don't know where to begin." "Now sit down, keep calm, and I'll try and tell you all about it." "Now, where to begin?" "Where?" "Where?" "The laboratory..." "Absolutely amazing." "As big as all these rooms in one," "With everything you could possibly wish for." "Must have cost thousands, thousands." "And fox-Talbot, the man himself..." "Willie..." "Darling, I can't tell you how exciting he was." "We talked and talked and talked." "And he was really interested in my ideas." "The man who invented photography." "I can tell you, I felt proud." "But one thing sticks out a mile..." "Making pictures move is going to be a bigger job than ever I dreamed of." "There are difficulties, problems I hadn't even thought of." "Well, glass... we've got to get rid of glass." "Glass plates are no good." "They're no good at all." "We must find something entirely different." "And, Helena, we've got to go to London." "Yes, London." "They said so as well, you see." "The instrument makers alone... the finest on earth." "And do you realize, I've never even been to the photographic society?" "Willie..." "No, no, darling, now please let me finish" "And I'll tell you exactly how it can be done." "I thought it all over in the cab coming home." "You remember that north country chap Arthur collings" "Who was here, the one who wanted me to go into partnership in London?" "Remember?" "Well, only yesterday," "Isn't it strange..." "he wrote me again." "Collings." "Friese-Greene  collings, London." "Wouldn't it be wonderful?" "I'm going to put everything into this." "Everything..." "What's the time?" "Oh, my dear." "Oh, my darling." "Oh, Willie." "You are detestable." "You promised to be there." "Faithfully, you promised." "I was so ashamed." "You think of nobody, nobody but yourself." "The whole world can wait if you have other things to do." "As long as Willie Greene is happy, nothing matters." "You are a child," "A stupid, clumsy child..." "[Sobbing]" "Darling..." "Dearest, I know it's no use apologizing," "But I would like to try to explain." "You see, I just didn't think." "That sounds horribly selfish, I know," "But it's the truth." "I know how it happened, all right." "You see, I'd never met men like that before, and..." "Talking to them," "All the problems in my mind" "That had seemed like blurred images before, they..." "They suddenly stood out in sharp focus." "It was like coming out of a fog into the sunlight." "I suppose I just got carried away" "And I forgot everything else." "I forgot the concert." "That's how it was." "I forgot your new dress." "I may even..." "Have forgot you." "It will seem strange in London after here." "Good morning, miss tagg, good morning." "Good morning, Mr. friese-Greene." "Where's Mr. collings?" "He's at piccadilly." "Harold is taking colonel Parker now." "Good." "Good." "Oh..." "Mr. friese-Greene." "Good morning, Harold." "Oh, good morning, Mr. friese-Greene." "Good morning, colonel." "What?" "What's that?" "Oh, Mr. friese-Greene." "Mr. collings said to be sure and remind you" "Not to forget about tonight for you and Mrs. friese-Greene." "8:00, evening dress." "Isn't that a lovely piece of work?" "You know, these instrument makers," "They really are..." "they're artists, craftsmen..." "You see, the idea behind this machine, miss tagg," "Is that in this camera I'm going to build," "Instead of pulling the paper through," "I can perforate the edges with these sprocket punches" "And roll it through." "Then it shouldn't tear so easily." "I think it'll work, don't you?" "Yes, it's very clever." "Mr. collings said to be sure to remind you" "Not to forget about tonight." "Tonight?" "Oh, no, I won't forget." "Isn't it a lovely piece of work?" "Isn't it, miss tagg?" "Yes, it's wonderful." "The toast is to messrs." "Friese-Greene and collings" "And the second year of our partnership." "May it continue to prosper." "That's right." "Well, ladies, I've got a little surprise here." "And what is it?" "We're going to open two new studios." "Hey, that's grand." "Oh, Willie, you didn't tell me." "We wanted to keep it a surprise, Mrs. Willie." "We only completed today, my love." "Oh, how wonderful." "And where are they going to be?" "Grosvenor street and sloane street." "And why?" "Well, I'll tell you." "Because, Mrs. Willie, your husband is a very clever chap." "Just think, he comes up from the provinces to London" "Hardly able to find his way from Leicester square to Hyde park court." "In a few years, he's well on the way" "To being the most fashionable photographer in London." "Well, I'm more the businessman and I think to myself," "If it's going to be the thing to have the name of friese-Greene" "Be on your pictures, we'll make it easy." "Expensive, of course, but easy." "We'll make our fortune, eh, Nell?" "That's right." "But Willie can't be in 4 studios at once." "Oh, he'll just do the important sitters." "The titled ones." "The rest he'll just supervise." "But not all the time, Arthur." "And don't forget my experimental work." "That's part of the agreement, too." "Of course, of course." "But let me tell you, Willie," "We'll soon be making so much money," "You won't want to be bothered with experiments." "That's right, isn't it, Mrs. Willie?" "Aye, that's right." "Waiter, fill up the glasses again, will you?" "Then we'll order some dinner." "Well, celluloid, Mr. friese-Greene." "I want this, in very thin strips about 1/64 of an inch." "Oh, no, we can't get it that thin." "Can't you?" "If you can't, I will." "Let me have some of this stuff." "Mr. collings, I have an appointment" "With Mr. friese-Greene at 3:00." "I've been waiting half an hour." "This is most aggravating." "Where is Mr. friese-Greene?" "I haven't seen him, Mr. collings." "He must be at one of the other studios." "Where's Mr. friese-Greene?" "I'm sorry, Mr. collings, I don't know." "Where is Mr. friese-Greene?" "I haven't seen him, Mr. collings." "Then where is he?" "You were told to find out" "Where he was going when he went out." "But when I ask him, Mr. collings, he only smiles." "The viscountess have been waiting for 25 minutes." "Try piccadilly." "But I have, Mr. collings." "They told me he was here." "What's that?" "What's that?" "They're trying to find out" "Where Mr. friese-Greene is, milady." "Where is this fellow?" "Miss tagg!" "It's absolutely disgusting." "I agree with you, milord." "Miss, tagg, find out what's happened to Mr. friese-Greene." "But I have been trying to find out, sir." "Nobody knows." "Nearly right, Bob." "Put plenty in this time." "Ha ha." "It smells just like..." "Yes, yes." "Stir it up." "Stir it up." "Now, Mrs. friese-Greene, I must be getting on my rounds." "It was very good of you to call, doctor." "It's a pleasure, ma'am." "Now, remember what I told you." "You're very delicate." "You always have been," "And you must accept that fact." "You'll need plenty of rest, and above all, no worrying." "Leave the worrying to your husband." "I'll remember, doctor." "Doctor, don't mention anything to him about, uh," "Well, about what you've just said." "It will only upset him." "I won't have to, as long as you do as I tell you." "[Sniffing]" "Forgive me, what is that strange smell?" "Oh, it's... it's..." "It's only my husband." "He has got is laboratory down in the basement." "Oh." "I thought he was a photographer." "Well, give him my kind regards." "[Bell rings] I will." "Will you excuse me?" "Hello, Mrs. Willie." "Where is he?" "All right, I know." "Pardon me." "My husband's partner." "Indeed?" "Well, good-bye, Mrs. friese-Greene." "Now, don't be ridiculous, Arthur." "I can't be everywhere at once." "And I've told you time and again how important this work is to me." "And now let me tell you something..." "listen!" "I won't put up with it." "I've reasoned, I've pleaded with you." "I've tried to be understanding." "But enough's enough." "You haven't played fair, Willie." "And now 8 cancellations in 48 hours," "Including that duchess and a Russian princess." "I couldn't have made a decent portrait of her anyway!" "Then why'd you let miss tagg accept the sitting?" "No, Willie, it's not good enough." "You're ruining the business." "Oh, rubbish!" "It may be rubbish to you, but I'm a businessman." "I'm not going to mess about losing money" "While you do crackpot experiments like this." "Hear?" "Yes, I hear!" "Give that to me." "And now I'm going to tell you something, Mr. collings." "You big businessmen are all the same." "Just because you can read a profit and loss account" "And know where to sign your name on a bill of exchange," "You think you're entitled to tell the rest of the world exactly what to do." "The big business oracle." "Anything that isn't busy making money for you is a waste of time." "Anything you can't understand is a crackpot experiment." "But remember this..." "If it weren't for the crackpot experiments and the people who make them," "Most of you businessmen wouldn't exist at all," "Except as marketplace peddlers!" "Please, Willie, that's enough." "Oh, I'm a peddler, am I?" "!" "Yes!" "And I've got some work to do..." "Real work!" "Get out of my way." "Oh, I can see it's hopeless." "I'm not going on with you, Willie." "I'm dissolving the partnership." "But, Arthur, why?" "I'll tell you why, Mrs. Willie." "I can't afford it." "Look at that lot." "Bills." "Bills for all this rubbish," "But charged up to the business." "I'm not stingy, but I'm not a fool either." "I've had enough." "There's £1,200 in there, Willie." "You can pay it out of your own pocket." "I'm going to see a lawyer." "[Door slams] Oh, ar..." "Well..." "That's that." "[Front door closes]" "Can we pay them?" "£1,200?" "Just about." "But there's as much again to come in." "And so much, oh, so much still to be done." "I can't stop now, Helena, I can't." "No, of course you can't." "But the money." "We'll find the money somehow." "We'll find a way." "Yes." "Willie." "Hmm?" "We own this house." "Don't we?" "Of course, Mr. friese-Greene." "We never mind an overdraft secured against bricks and mortar." "That's a very nice house you've got." "And if you'd mind just signing there at the bottom." "There." "You opening another branch?" "You see that, tom?" "The ball's got to fit much more snugly" "Into the Ratchet." "Oh, yes." "See, we're getting too much play there." "So as you're my only relative in London, cousin Alfred," "I naturally thought of you first." "So we'll make money out of it?" "Certain to." "This is absolutely new." "There's nothing else like it." "No, I suppose not." "But..." "Do you think people really want to see moving pictures?" "[No audio]" "Here we are, Mr. friese-Greene." "Finished at last." "[Hammering in background]" "You've done a good job here, tom." "I think it's pretty fair, sir." "How's the celluloid going?" "Oh, terrible stuff." "Makes such awful smells." "My wife can't stand it in the home," "So I had to fit up a lab in the city off holborn." "Do you think it'll work?" "I don't know." "To tell you the truth, I've put so much into this," "I hardly have the courage to make the test." "Ah, well." "Oh, by the way, Mr. friese-Greene, the account..." "Oh, that's quite all right." "Just send it along to me at the lab... 24 brook street, holborn." "Thanks, tom." "Good day." "Good day, Mr. friese-Greene." "[Church bells chiming]" "Come along, Ethel!" "We're just going!" "Willie, you're not ready." "Aren't you coming to church?" "No, I don't think so." "Not this Sunday." "Don't you feel well?" "Yes, I feel all right." "I just don't feel like going to church." "I may see cousin Alfred." "Oh, dear." "Has he written again?" "No, no." "I just invited him to come for a stroll in the park." "You invited him?" "Yes." "Just to keep him in touch with the progress" "And..." "So forth." "All right." "Have you got the prayer books?" "Yes, mama." "Don't be late for lunch." "No, no." "Good-bye." "Enjoy yourselves." "We are going to church, Willie." "What?" "Oh, yes, yes." "Uh, good-bye." "[Door closes]" "Now, remember, bertie, we're going to meet your Uncle Willie." "10 to 1 he's after money again." "So you mind your words." "Now, don't you repeat anything you've heard me say to your mother," "Put your cap on straight, walk like a little gentleman." "And keep your mouth shut." "Hello, cousin Willie." "What have you got there?" "What are you turning that handle for?" "Oh, just making an experiment." "How are you, cousin Alfred?" "Oh, not so badly, thanks." "Hello, bertie." "Is that the new camera?" "Yes, that's it." "I thought you'd like to be the first to see it," "Cousin Alfred." "Does it work?" "Oh, I don't know yet." "May want some more work on it." "More work?" "That'll mean more money, I suppose." "Oh..." "Well, yes, possibly." "Now, what I really want to do" "Is to take some pictures of the parade." "Will you bring this tripod along?" "I don't mind doing that." "Mind your fingers." "[Clock chiming]" "[Ticking]" "[Clock chiming]" "Hullo." "Hello, chum." "Well, everything's quiet." "Nothing to report." "Who won the skittles?" "Sergeant Prescott." "Oh." "What's that light up there?" "I don't know." "It's been on all evening." "Oh." "Well, I'll be gettin' along now." "[Door opens and slams]" "[Cat screeches]" "Now, then, where are you off to?" "Come quickly!" "Come and see!" "Now, just a minute." "What is all this?" "No, come and see!" "I've got something to show you!" "Something I've done." "You must come and see!" "Something you've done?" "Yes, yes, come on, I'll show you." "It's only a little way." "You see, I've only just this minute done it." "I was frightened, I don't mind telling you," "Ooh, frightened out of me wits." "But I've done it, I've done it!" "And though I daresay it's very foolish of me," "I feel I've simply got to show someone!" "And the joke is, cousin Alfred didn't even know what I was doing." "He just stared and said, "hello, Willie, what have you got there?"" "And there is is!" "And you can see him," "Almost as if he were alive!" "Here we are now." "It's upstairs." "Just a minute." "Huh?" "Are you, uh, are you the owner of these premises?" "No, no, I'm just one of the tenants." "I'm the one that makes the smells." "Friese-Greene's my name." "Oh, I see." "Is there..." "Anyone else on the premises?" "Oh, no, not at night." "I'm all on my own." "Oh, I see." "You lead the way, Mr. friese-Greene, please." "It's not far up." "[Running upstairs]" "Where is it?" "Where's what?" "What you've done." "Oh, just sit down there." "You'll see." "Now, then, would you mind turning out your lamp?" "Good." "Now, watch that white sheet." "That was Hyde park." "I recognized it." "Where's it come from?" "And where's it gone to?" "It's all here." "Here!" "Look!" "That's where the Hyde park you saw is." "Like a magic lantern." "But it moved." "Yes, it moved, didn't it?" "Now, look." "I've got a strip of celluloid film." "It's taken me years to get to that... years." "That's the secret." "Dozens of snapshots of Hyde park." "Only, in one picture," "The carriage is here," "The next it's here, the next it's here," "The next it's here, and so on." "Now look at the mechanism." "You see, the film..." "That's what it's called..." "Comes from this spool over these rollers..." "that's the tension..." "You've got to have tension..." "under this second spool down here." "Now look in the middle." "It's a bit like a magic lantern," "But instead of one picture at a time," "You see 8 or more pictures every second." "And that's what you see on that sheet there..." "8 pictures every second," "And they all merge together" "Into one moving, living picture..." "See?" "Of course, there's a bit more to it than that... that." "I'm not saying it's perfect..." "Far from it." "But it works." "God be praised, it works, doesn't it?" "You can see that." "[Crying]" "[Sighs]" "You know, it's a quite extraordinary thing." "Something you've been wondering about and dreaming about for... 15... 15 years." "And then, all of a sudden..." "It's there." "It's in your hands..." "With a life of its own." "You must be..." "A very happy man, Mr..." "Friese-Greene." "Darling." "Darling?" "It works." "Yes." "It works." "A moving picture." "On a sheet." "Old Alfred and his boy, bless 'em," "Walking in Hyde park." "Oh, my dear." "Of course, it's only a beginning," "But it does work." "You do get movement." "And that's why all the people in the world" "Will want to see moving pictures." "Because movement is life." "Listen to me talking." "All the people in the world..." "Why, at that rate, in a couple of years' time we'll be millionaires." "Millionaires!" "[Cork pops]" "Mr. friese-Greene, this..." "Invention of yours" "May be very ingenious," "But the fact remains that you cannot pay your debts." "Don't you see?" "Everybody wanted their money paid back at once." "They wouldn't give me time." "Time?" "Yes." "Time to develop the camera commercially." "But these heavy expenditures went on" "Long after you'd sold your rights to the patent." "I've already told you," "The work could not stop." "I had to carry on." "I don't pretend to be a businessman." "All I know is that people will want to see moving pictures." "Mr. friese-Greene," "This is an accounting, and we are concerned with facts," "Not with your faith in a camera." "Now, how do you explain this?" "Very well, madam," "If you make a decision within the next 48 hours," "I'm sure our client will let you have the house" "On those terms." "Thank you." "May I keep the keys for the present?" "Yes, madam, by all means." "Thank you very much." "Madam!" "Madam!" "Mr. Wilson!" "Mr. Wilson!" "I think I ought to warn you now" "That your heart is in a very serious condition." "Tell me, doctor, what this means, exactly." "Well, it means that there's very little" "That medicine can do for you." "The cure is mainly in your own hands." "I see." "If you were my patient, you would go straight from here to your bed" "And you would stay there for at least a year." "Your own doctor will advise you, of course." "Perhaps you will be kind enough to give him this." "You see, I had an opportunity" "Of examining you during an attack." "This will be helpful to him." "No, wait a minute, please." "Mrs. Smith, will you please call a 4-Wheeler for this lady?" "[Door closes]" "Hello." "Here's a nice cup of tea for you." "Thank you, dear." "How did it go?" "Not very well." "But it's all over." "This house is to be sold on the 7th." "Has everything gone?" "Yes." "The studios..." "And the house." "Everything." "Cheer up, my dear." "It's not as bad as all that, is it?" "No." "Aren't you having any tea?" "No, thank you." "There's a little whiskey left on the shelf over there." "Yes, that's a good idea." "We're going to have to find some rooms somewhere." "What about a place to work?" "Well, dear, I'm bankrupt now, you see." "That means nobody will let me have a place without cash in advance." "And I haven't any cash." "I'll just have to find somebody to give me a job." "I could get a place, Willie." "How do you mean?" "I am not bankrupt." "I have seen a house in Chelsea." "The ground floor would make a studio." "There are 3 rooms on top of the house that we could sublet." "But, Helena, the money." "Who's going to lend us money?" "We've got the money." "I sold the jewelry you gave me, and..." "I had a little put by, too, for a rainy day." "And now it's the rainy day," "Isn't it?" "Oh, no." "No, darling." "You mustn't stop me." "I have made up my mind." "I thought it might be the laboratory..." "One day." "There's space." "All the space in the world." "No running water, though." "Yes, there is." "The very thing." "I'll put a sink in there." "I'll put the shelves over there" "And the cupboards for the chemicals and the books." "We'll run a bench along there and another bench here," "Right down the middle." "And one day we'll put a lathe on the bench over there," "And when these skylights are clean," "There'll be all the light in the world." "Willie." "I nearly forgot." "I bought you a present." "You did what?" "It's your birthday." "Oh... by jove, so it is." "[Laughs]" "I saw it in the place where I sold the jewelry." "A prism." "I remembered you saying before this trouble started" "That it was something you wanted." "A prism... darling!" "Look." "Oh, there's no light now." "Never mind." "I'll show you..." "But, dear, these things are expensive." "I spoke softly to the man." "It's a most wonderful present." "Willie." "Hmm?" "Do you remember the night" "Of the choral society concert," "When you went to see fox-Talbot?" "Will I ever forget?" "I don't think they ever forgave me." "No, they didn't." "But I wasn't thinking of the concert." "It was something you told me much later." "I always remembered." "Something fox-Talbot said." "It was about inventors." "Oh, yes." "The inventor must never mind" "Seeming a little foolish to his contemporaries." "Hmm?" "He must always look to his star." "Mm-hmm." "In the end he may still fail..." "But this is unimportant." "If he is true to himself," "He will not be too unhappy or embittered," "Even in failure," "And will still speak for what is good." "You won't forget that, Willie?" "Willie?" "[Shouting]" "[Gavel banging]" "[Shouting continues]" "[Gavel banging] Gentlemen, please!" "[Banging]" "Gentlemen, please!" "Quiet!" "Quiet!" "Gentlemen!" "[Men quieting down]" "I, uh..." "I don't think that any, uh," "Useful purpose can be served" "By prolonging this meeting." "Mr. chairman..." "I therefore propose that..." "Mr. chairman." "Mr. chairman, could I speak?" "Let the old man speak," "Give them time to simmer down." "Um, will you come up to the platform, please?" "I'm afraid you can't be heard there." "[Murmuring]" "Gentlemen, i..." "Just speak up a little louder, will you, please, sir?" "Oh, yes." "Gentlemen, I am not a businessman, no." "Well, sit down, then." "You know, when this business" "Was a fairground sideshow," "I suppose you could only speak of it" "In terms of pounds, shillings, and pence." "Oh, sit down." "[Loud murmuring]" "Only a few of us could see then..." "[Men quiet down] Shh!" "Shh!" "It would become a sort of..." "Universal language." "And it has become that, you see." "And this universal language" "That could say great things," "Oh, dear," "It so often" "Babbles and drivels so foolishly." "I does, you know." "I mean, that in time," "The world..." "Well, it'll tire of it." "Rubbish!" "[Shouting]" "If the film does not grow up with its audience," "Then it will die." "You know," "It's only in the nursery" "That children fight and destroy" "The things in their hands." "The film..." "Is in your hands," "And you may not behave like children." "You must not destroy it!" "Don't." "It's..." "It's very easy to be good businessmen." "It's so difficult to grow up." "So difficult." "And..." "And, so..." "I ask you..." "I..." "Ask you" "To work together..." "[Murmuring]" "All my life, gentlemen, I..." "I have tried." "[Murmuring]" "There's so much..." "To hope for..." "So much..." "There is..." "I have tried." "[Murmuring]" "You all right, sir?" "Hmm?" "Oh... oh, i..." "I'm perfectly all right." "Perfectly." "There's something I wanted to say to my wife." "Something I wanted to..." "Say to my wife." "I..." "[Gavel banging]" "Gentlemen, in view of that appeal," "I think we might make some endeavor" "To adjust our differences" "And seek a solution of the problem..." "Can I get you a glass of water?" "I'm perfectly all right." "After all, each of us seeks the same end..." "A prosperous industry." "I would urge you men to put aside..." "The children were asking..." "To put aside your suspicions..." "But you did invent the moving pictures, didn't you, father?" "You are extremely... somebody who tries out new things." "All you need is just a little courage." "Front, present, boots." "They'll send them back, won't they?" "They must send them back when they know they're not ready..." "You are a child, a stupid, clumsy child." "Face the truth, Willie!" "But the encyclopedia..." "You said it didn't even mention your name." "You must be a very happy man, Mr. friese-green." "[Murmuring]" "Afraid he's dead." "Poor old chap." "We must notify the police right away." "What about his family?" "Does anybody know where he lives?" "No." "I'll try to find out." "Let me see." "There must be some means of identification." "Will you take that, please?" "Here we are." "Mr. w." "Friese-Greene." "Hear, hear." "Hear, hear." "[Applause]" "Pawn ticket for some cuff links." "A prism." "One and tenpence." "Just the price of a seat at the pictures."