The basis of Stanley Kramer classic motion picture comedy "So This Is New York!" starring Henry Morgan and Rudy Vallee. A small town man inherits a significant fortune and takes his family to New York City. Urban culture shock takes the form of strange ways and colorful oddball characters the likes of which have not been seen back home in idyllic South Bend. About a week before we was due to leave I made the remark that it would seem good to be back in South Bend and get some home cooking. "Listen!" says my wife. "I been ...
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The basis of Stanley Kramer classic motion picture comedy "So This Is New York!" starring Henry Morgan and Rudy Vallee. A small town man inherits a significant fortune and takes his family to New York City. Urban culture shock takes the form of strange ways and colorful oddball characters the likes of which have not been seen back home in idyllic South Bend. About a week before we was due to leave I made the remark that it would seem good to be back in South Bend and get some home cooking. "Listen!" says my wife. "I been wanting for a long wile to have a serious talk with you and now's as good a time as any. Here are I and Sis and you with an income of over eight thousand dollars a year and having pretty near as good a time as a bird with habitual boils. What's more, we can't never have a good time in South Bend, but have got to move somewhere where we are unknown." "South Bend is certainly all of that," I said. "No, it isn't," said the Mrs. "We're acquainted there with the kind of people that makes it impossible for us to get acquainted with the other kind. Kate could live there twenty years and never meet a decent man. She's a mighty attractive girl, and if she had a chance they's nobody she couldn't marry. But she won't never have a chance in South Bend. And they's no use of you saying 'Let her move, ' because I'm going to keep her under my eye till she's married and settled down. So in other words, I want us to pack up and leave South Bend for good and all and move somewhere where we'll get something for our money." "For instance, where?" I ast her. "They's only one place," she said; "New York City." Cast of Characters KATE... a small-town girl with big league ideas... and $75,000! And these are some of the characters Katie met in the big city... Francis Griffin... a bachelor who cleaned up on Wall Street. Trumbull... no matter how old you'd guess he was, he was older. Ritchey... a chauffeur with looks, a limousine, and lots of free time. Lady Perkins... a society dame who could really put on the dog. Bob Codd... a famous aviator, until a little something went wrong. Herbert Daley... he owned a string of race horses and developed a taste for women. Sid Mercer... a good-looking jockey who didn't have much strength of character. Jimmy Ralston... a comedian who didn't think too much of himself. And here are some of the REAL characters you'll meet... William Jennings Bryan... he always looked like somebody was tickling his feet. Ziggy... he ran a little show. Ed Wynn... he borrowed a couple of ideas, just to get a flop off his hands. Man o' War... he could run, too. Burleigh Grimes... the Dodgers' spitball pitcher was just a prop in a play.
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