This afternoon I'm enjoying the 1956 movie 'The Solid Gold Cadillac' that stars Judy Holliday
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(and others) and is also narrated by George Burns. The plot of the movie is about a
woman taking on a corporate structure. Not only is this a barrel of laughs it also has
many lessons for us today, if we're willing to learn them. Read on for lotsa spoilers:
Update: Oh yeah, forgot to say that this movie is showing right now on the 'Movies' channel on my cable.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Solid_Gold_Cadillac
>PLOT:
At a shareholders meeting for International Projects, a billion-dollar corporation, John T. Blessington announces that he is replacing Edward L. McKeever, the company's founder, president and chairman of the board who is resigning to work for the federal government in Washington D.C. Laura Partridge, a stockholder with just ten shares, infuriates the company's arrogant, self-serving executives with her incessant questioning during the meeting and continues to do so in subsequent meetings.
Blessington devises a plan to hire Laura for the meaningless position of director of shareholder relations in order to keep her occupied and out of the executives' business. He assigns her a secretary named Amelia with secret instructions to obstruct Laura as much as possible. With no substantial job duties, Laura begins to write letters to the stockholders. She gains Amelia's friendship and assistance by helping her develop a romantic relationship with the office manager.
When the directors discover that Amelia is helping Laura, they fire Amelia. However, Laura discovers that Blessington's unqualified brother-in-law Harry Harkness has driven an apparent competitor into bankruptcy, unaware that International Projects actually owns the company. With that as leverage, she gets Amelia rehired.<
There's lots more at the link, of course, but it does show that what goes around comes
around and if we want to we can stop it all. NOW. And to think my parents used to
scold me for watching old moves!
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