Post-WWII - 1949, Human Interest: Life of Riley Movie Premier; Pyramid Scheme Scam

NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk Post-WWII - 1949, Human Interest: Life of Riley Movie Premiere; Pyramid Scheme Scam Si. Intertitle: The Life of Riley. 04Mar49 Cincinnati, Ohio. Night w/ klieg lights & moving light marquee for world premier of Life of Riley. Crowd outside theater. 23:26:18 Cast L to R: Unid. host / announcer (?), Meg Randall, Rosemary DeCamp, Richard Long before WLW radio station microphones on platform above crowd; crowd from above. Arrival of William Bendix in Cadillac limousine; HA MS jostling crowd. 23:26:28 Bendix onto platform greeted by announcer. 23:26:35 CU Birthday cake; MS Bendix cutting cake surrounded by children. CU Bendix eating bite of cake icing from knife & rolling eyes, etc. 23:26:55 Intertitle: Millions of People Can Be Wrong. Policeman writing parking ticket for car beside fire hydrant as man watches on NYC snow-lined curb. CU sheet of paper w/ boxes in pyramid. Man at desk handed stack of papers; CU of another sheet w/ pyramid of boxes. Man on sidewalk w/ paper talking to another. Man w/ paper talking to woman who shakes head “NO” (Roseanne Ernst, Universal News employee) & turns & walks into Ladies room giving him the brushoff. 23:27:32 Two men up steps of Brownstone, no. 129, & enter. 8 or 10 people w/ papers in meeting around small table, giving slips to man. 23:27:41 Montage: Man at desk w/ many telephones gleefully rubbing hands & marking paper; man w/ group dialing phone while holding wad of cash. 23:27:55 Montage: CU LA woman / switchboard operator plugging calls; CUs men & women on phones; man at desk lighting cigarette & blowing smoke. 23:28:10 LS of NYC skyscrapers. 23:28:13 Montage: CUs feet walking on sidewalk, up steps. 23:28:21 Man w/ group leaves w/ cash. 23:28:26 Man at phones bites nails, worried. 23:28:31 Man on street quickly walks to door, CU knocking. 23:28:36 CU woman on telephone gesturing to come in. MS Man letting many people in, some holding cash in hand & give money to woman on telephone. 23:28:48 Dollar bills dropping into nearly filled peach basket. 23:28:53 Man at desk surrounded by telephones waiting for them to ring makes goofy face & pulls hat down. 23:29:00 The End. Movie Stars; Motion Picture Advertising; Self Promotion; Staged Public Service Announcement; Gags; Oddities; Tobacco; Anxious; Anxiety; Get Rich Quick Scheme; Shyster; Con Artists; Gullible; Greed; Exaggerations; Stereotypes; NOTE: If requested will supply partial or entire of 23:21:33 - 23:29:02 (2 cards) for per reel rate. NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk