1 00:02:54,541 --> 00:02:57,335 Will there be anything else, Mr. Roosevelt? 2 00:03:23,945 --> 00:03:26,990 "This week as election fever continued to rise... 3 00:03:27,073 --> 00:03:29,492 the Democratic Convention gave a rousing endorsement... 4 00:03:29,576 --> 00:03:30,743 to their candidates... 5 00:03:30,827 --> 00:03:34,080 James M. Cox and Franklin D. Roosevelt." 6 00:03:34,163 --> 00:03:38,418 "Good evening, my fellow Democrats!" 7 00:04:01,023 --> 00:04:04,860 - "Hello!" - "Oh, my God!" 8 00:04:06,612 --> 00:04:08,614 "My friends, thanks!" 9 00:04:08,697 --> 00:04:13,577 "Now they say, the best way to get rid of a man... 10 00:04:13,661 --> 00:04:18,666 is to have him run for Vice President." 11 00:04:20,459 --> 00:04:22,544 "Well, I say... 12 00:04:22,628 --> 00:04:27,508 ask my cousin, Teddy if that's how they got rid of him." 13 00:04:32,804 --> 00:04:35,390 Are you saying it's my fault we lost? 14 00:04:35,474 --> 00:04:39,144 I'm saying it's the Republicans' gain for at least another eight years. 15 00:04:39,227 --> 00:04:41,355 You and Cox made sure of that. 16 00:04:41,438 --> 00:04:45,067 But that's okay. This buys you time. This buys you experience. 17 00:04:45,150 --> 00:04:46,193 We'll run you for governor. 18 00:04:46,276 --> 00:04:47,903 Really? Of which state, South Dakota? 19 00:04:47,986 --> 00:04:49,529 That's very funny, but I'm not laughing. 20 00:04:49,613 --> 00:04:51,239 We got a lot of work to do. 21 00:04:51,323 --> 00:04:53,867 Now first, you need to know what they're saying about you. 22 00:04:53,950 --> 00:04:57,162 They're saying FDR stands for "Feather Duster." 23 00:04:57,245 --> 00:04:59,664 That you're a lightweight, that you're a dilettante... 24 00:04:59,748 --> 00:05:01,041 without a point of view. 25 00:05:01,124 --> 00:05:02,667 You enjoy hitting me when I'm down, Louie? 26 00:05:02,751 --> 00:05:05,420 No, but it's the only time that you'll ever listen to me. 27 00:05:05,503 --> 00:05:07,297 Why are you a Democrat, Franklin? 28 00:05:07,380 --> 00:05:09,257 - Louie... - Answer me. 29 00:05:09,340 --> 00:05:11,426 The Democratic Party is the party of the people. 30 00:05:11,509 --> 00:05:13,136 I'm a man of the people. 31 00:05:13,219 --> 00:05:16,514 You're a Roosevelt. What do you know about people? 32 00:05:50,923 --> 00:05:54,510 It has been far too long since we last corresponded. 33 00:05:54,593 --> 00:05:57,430 However, it is with great reluctance... 34 00:05:57,513 --> 00:06:00,933 I must decline your kind speaking invitation. 35 00:06:01,016 --> 00:06:02,768 Unfortunately... 36 00:06:02,852 --> 00:06:07,565 I would be of little assistance to the Junior Assistance League. 37 00:06:07,648 --> 00:06:10,109 Particularly if my purpose were to appear as an alumna... 38 00:06:10,192 --> 00:06:11,902 who is gifted at public speaking. 39 00:06:11,986 --> 00:06:13,904 And what do you really want me to say? 40 00:06:13,987 --> 00:06:17,116 Thank you and if you ask again, I shall scream! 41 00:06:18,158 --> 00:06:20,911 Well, why don't you ask your husband for some pointers? 42 00:06:20,994 --> 00:06:24,331 He's a pretty gifted public speaker, don't you think? 43 00:06:24,414 --> 00:06:26,875 No, really, you should get out once in a while. 44 00:06:26,959 --> 00:06:29,920 And accepting that invitation would be good for Franklin's career. 45 00:06:30,003 --> 00:06:31,880 Mr. Howe, wouldn't you be more comfortable... 46 00:06:31,964 --> 00:06:34,174 waiting for my husband outside? 47 00:06:34,257 --> 00:06:37,469 In the street, Mrs. Roosevelt? 48 00:06:37,552 --> 00:06:38,637 If you like. 49 00:06:38,720 --> 00:06:42,224 I see it's not even 8 am and already the gloves are off. 50 00:06:42,307 --> 00:06:44,810 - Good morning, Babs. - Good morning. 51 00:06:44,893 --> 00:06:47,562 - Hello, Miss Mercer. - Good morning, Sir. 52 00:06:48,605 --> 00:06:51,483 You're late. Honestly, why do you enjoy keeping people waiting? 53 00:06:51,566 --> 00:06:52,692 Because they always seem more grateful... 54 00:06:52,776 --> 00:06:55,028 to see me when I arrive. 55 00:06:55,111 --> 00:06:56,571 You have a lovely day, Babs. 56 00:06:56,655 --> 00:06:58,365 Should I expect you for dinner? 57 00:06:58,448 --> 00:07:00,784 Well, I have the naval reception this evening. 58 00:07:00,867 --> 00:07:02,744 I'll be home quite late. 59 00:07:02,827 --> 00:07:05,955 Unless you've changed your mind about coming. 60 00:07:06,039 --> 00:07:07,916 Do you wish me to come? 61 00:07:07,999 --> 00:07:09,542 Well... 62 00:07:11,294 --> 00:07:13,588 Whatever you'd like. 63 00:07:15,006 --> 00:07:17,008 Thank you, no. 64 00:07:17,091 --> 00:07:18,968 Very well, then. 65 00:07:20,053 --> 00:07:23,473 - Good day, Miss Mercer. - Good day, Sir. 66 00:07:24,932 --> 00:07:26,267 Let's make this a simple day, Louie. 67 00:07:26,350 --> 00:07:28,311 I'd like to be done by five o'clock, if possible. 68 00:07:28,394 --> 00:07:29,812 What are you, a banker? 69 00:07:29,896 --> 00:07:31,981 You've got a lot to do. At ten we've got a meeting... 70 00:07:32,064 --> 00:07:34,150 with representatives from Pittsburgh Steel. 71 00:07:34,233 --> 00:07:35,985 It's on your desk for approval. 72 00:07:36,068 --> 00:07:38,696 - So what did I think of it? - You had some problems with it. 73 00:07:38,779 --> 00:07:41,741 I'd better read it. Steelworkers tend to vote Democratic. Next. 74 00:07:41,824 --> 00:07:45,286 - Lunch with Secretary Daniels. - Oh, please. 75 00:07:45,369 --> 00:07:47,079 He's your boss. 76 00:07:47,163 --> 00:07:48,414 Anything else? 77 00:07:48,497 --> 00:07:49,999 What if she'd said yes? 78 00:07:50,082 --> 00:07:51,417 Who? 79 00:07:51,500 --> 00:07:54,295 Franklin, people know. It's time to stop. 80 00:07:55,379 --> 00:07:58,257 - I can handle my own affairs, Louie. - Not this one. 81 00:07:58,340 --> 00:08:01,343 This is Washington, DC, not the Harvard Club. 82 00:08:01,427 --> 00:08:03,512 How can you be so cavalier? 83 00:08:03,595 --> 00:08:06,306 You say that like it's a bad thing. 84 00:09:21,464 --> 00:09:22,924 Catch it! Catch it! 85 00:09:23,007 --> 00:09:25,092 - You have it. - Here! 86 00:09:40,441 --> 00:09:43,569 I have offered Franklin his freedom. 87 00:09:48,782 --> 00:09:51,201 And I have accepted. 88 00:09:52,620 --> 00:09:54,580 His freedom is not yours to offer. 89 00:09:54,663 --> 00:09:57,708 I am in love with Miss Mercer, Mama. 90 00:09:57,791 --> 00:10:00,127 Falling in love is out of the question. 91 00:10:00,210 --> 00:10:02,629 Why do you think men have mistresses? 92 00:10:02,713 --> 00:10:07,217 Duty. Duty to one's family and to one's career. 93 00:10:09,720 --> 00:10:11,805 Where do you think you're going? 94 00:10:13,181 --> 00:10:15,684 It's obvious that my input in this matter... 95 00:10:15,767 --> 00:10:18,061 is of little importance. 96 00:10:18,145 --> 00:10:19,855 Babs. 97 00:10:22,816 --> 00:10:24,735 Come back here, both of you. 98 00:10:24,818 --> 00:10:26,570 Babs? 99 00:10:28,155 --> 00:10:30,031 Babs? 100 00:10:31,950 --> 00:10:34,661 I don't know whether to hate you or thank you. 101 00:10:34,744 --> 00:10:35,787 For what? 102 00:10:35,871 --> 00:10:39,833 For forcing me to face my life honestly for the first time. 103 00:10:39,916 --> 00:10:41,668 I didn't mean to hurt you, Babs. 104 00:10:41,751 --> 00:10:42,836 You never do. 105 00:10:42,919 --> 00:10:44,754 You live your life skimming the surface... 106 00:10:44,838 --> 00:10:47,382 never aware of the attachments beneath. 107 00:10:47,465 --> 00:10:49,509 It must be a luxury. 108 00:10:49,592 --> 00:10:51,052 Elean... 109 00:11:06,984 --> 00:11:08,236 Mama, I know that it's very difficult... 110 00:11:08,319 --> 00:11:11,322 Divorce will finish your career in politics. 111 00:11:11,406 --> 00:11:14,242 How do you intend to support yourself? 112 00:11:15,284 --> 00:11:17,787 My trust fund. 113 00:11:19,580 --> 00:11:23,209 Divorce Eleanor and there is no trust fund. 114 00:11:32,510 --> 00:11:34,637 You've come so far, boss. 115 00:11:34,720 --> 00:11:37,223 State Assembly, Assistant Secretary of the Navy. 116 00:11:37,306 --> 00:11:40,100 Pages right out of Cousin Teddy's playbook. 117 00:11:40,184 --> 00:11:43,562 We're on the road to the White House. Don't do this. 118 00:11:57,993 --> 00:12:01,121 Lunch! Right now! 119 00:12:01,205 --> 00:12:04,833 Boy Scouts, Louie? Hardly my constituency. 120 00:12:04,917 --> 00:12:08,295 They got parents. Besides, they're photogenic. 121 00:12:08,378 --> 00:12:11,423 Franklin Roosevelt. Happy to meet you. 122 00:12:11,506 --> 00:12:13,967 - Welcome. Nice to see you. - Is this what you want, Louie? 123 00:12:14,051 --> 00:12:15,969 - Okay, boys. Everybody join in. - Come on! Come on, line it up! 124 00:12:16,053 --> 00:12:17,679 We've got a photograph happening here. 125 00:12:17,763 --> 00:12:20,724 Yes, squeeze in. You're looking good, fellas. 126 00:12:20,807 --> 00:12:22,809 Fine uniforms. Fine, upstanding young men. 127 00:12:22,893 --> 00:12:24,686 - Who's going to squeeze in here? - Picture! 128 00:12:24,769 --> 00:12:26,730 That's great. And here we go. 129 00:12:26,813 --> 00:12:30,775 Look at the nice man over there. Here we go! 130 00:12:30,859 --> 00:12:31,985 That's great. 131 00:12:32,068 --> 00:12:33,320 - Okay, guys. Over here. - Perfect. 132 00:12:33,403 --> 00:12:34,738 - Very well, boys. - Okay, boys. That's lunch. 133 00:12:34,821 --> 00:12:36,364 - Will you be joining us? - Of course. 134 00:12:36,448 --> 00:12:38,450 All right. 135 00:12:38,533 --> 00:12:39,784 Right here is fine. 136 00:12:39,868 --> 00:12:41,995 - Hey, this a good one? - Looks good. 137 00:12:42,078 --> 00:12:43,538 Okay, what's your name, son? 138 00:12:43,621 --> 00:12:46,666 - Giuseppe. - Giuseppe! 139 00:12:46,749 --> 00:12:48,334 - Terrific. There you go. - All right. 140 00:12:48,418 --> 00:12:50,461 - How are you, boy? - One more. 141 00:12:50,545 --> 00:12:51,963 Okay, I guess. 142 00:12:52,046 --> 00:12:53,464 All right. I can do that. 143 00:12:53,548 --> 00:12:55,425 Would you like to... Like to hold my glasses? 144 00:12:55,508 --> 00:12:58,636 Thank you very much. What do we got here? 145 00:13:00,346 --> 00:13:01,639 That's good. But now I can't see. 146 00:13:01,723 --> 00:13:03,182 That must... Did you... Someone took... 147 00:13:03,266 --> 00:13:05,017 Someone took my glasses. I know. 148 00:13:05,101 --> 00:13:06,477 I know they did. I've got my glasses. 149 00:13:06,561 --> 00:13:08,646 Do you like the way I put them on? I don't know. 150 00:13:08,729 --> 00:13:10,356 I don't know. Is this good? 151 00:13:10,439 --> 00:13:13,568 Frank can't catch him! 152 00:13:17,113 --> 00:13:19,699 - Watch out! Here I come. - No, you don't! 153 00:13:19,782 --> 00:13:22,827 Yes, I do! 154 00:13:22,910 --> 00:13:25,871 "Vae victis!" 155 00:13:25,955 --> 00:13:28,290 "Vae victis! 156 00:13:28,374 --> 00:13:33,420 - "Woe to the conquered!" - "Festina lente!" Not so fast! 157 00:13:33,504 --> 00:13:35,172 Gang of ruffians. 158 00:13:35,256 --> 00:13:38,259 I'm going to get all of you for this. 159 00:13:38,342 --> 00:13:39,969 - Look at this. - You don't want to let me... 160 00:13:40,052 --> 00:13:42,680 He's a natural. 161 00:13:42,763 --> 00:13:45,891 You've ganged up on me. Once again... 162 00:13:50,312 --> 00:13:51,688 Children! 163 00:13:51,772 --> 00:13:54,316 Dinner is in one half-hour. Come and get dressed. 164 00:13:54,399 --> 00:13:56,652 Up, up, chicks. You heard your mother. 165 00:13:56,735 --> 00:13:59,279 You... I'm going to get all of you for this. 166 00:13:59,363 --> 00:14:01,907 Everyone needs to wash up. Yes? 167 00:14:01,990 --> 00:14:03,533 Franklin, what is on your face? 168 00:14:03,617 --> 00:14:06,953 - Nothing, Mommy. - Come here. Stand still. 169 00:14:07,037 --> 00:14:10,165 - Hey, boss. You all right? - How did you get your face filthy? 170 00:14:10,248 --> 00:14:12,250 I'm fine. 171 00:14:12,334 --> 00:14:14,044 There you go. 172 00:14:15,587 --> 00:14:20,425 Babs, that's a pretty color. 173 00:14:20,508 --> 00:14:22,969 - May I... - I must check on dinner. 174 00:14:24,971 --> 00:14:26,765 Very well. 175 00:14:31,311 --> 00:14:32,854 Tired? 176 00:14:34,230 --> 00:14:37,025 Of you? Never. 177 00:14:38,067 --> 00:14:40,487 Why don't you take a nap before dinner? 178 00:14:40,570 --> 00:14:42,655 Yes, dear. 179 00:15:09,348 --> 00:15:11,434 Can you take my hand? 180 00:15:45,217 --> 00:15:48,720 He has infantile paralysis. Polio. 181 00:15:48,804 --> 00:15:51,098 I knew it. 182 00:15:51,181 --> 00:15:54,601 - I knew it. - I thought it only struck children. 183 00:15:54,685 --> 00:15:57,062 - Not necessarily. - How did he get it? 184 00:15:57,145 --> 00:15:59,564 Some experts believe it's linked to contaminated water. 185 00:15:59,648 --> 00:16:01,733 But that theory is speculative at best. 186 00:16:01,817 --> 00:16:04,736 It was that visit to that goddamn Boy Scout camp. 187 00:16:04,820 --> 00:16:08,490 In all honesty, you need to be looking forward, not back. 188 00:16:08,573 --> 00:16:10,242 What is the prognosis? 189 00:16:10,325 --> 00:16:13,453 The damage to his leg muscles is extensive. 190 00:16:13,537 --> 00:16:17,499 I suspect he will be paralyzed from the waist down. 191 00:16:18,792 --> 00:16:22,379 Dear God. And the children? 192 00:16:22,462 --> 00:16:24,964 If they don't have any symptoms by now... 193 00:16:25,048 --> 00:16:27,217 they've been spared. 194 00:16:27,300 --> 00:16:30,011 Then we must count our blessings. 195 00:16:32,555 --> 00:16:34,474 You will need to prepare yourselves. 196 00:16:34,557 --> 00:16:35,600 There's a deep depression... 197 00:16:35,683 --> 00:16:38,144 that follows an illness of this magnitude. 198 00:16:38,228 --> 00:16:41,356 I'm afraid life as he knew it is over. 199 00:16:54,118 --> 00:16:56,287 He seems a little better today. 200 00:16:56,370 --> 00:16:58,372 Now that politics is out of the question... 201 00:16:58,456 --> 00:17:00,333 he can stay here at home with me. 202 00:17:00,416 --> 00:17:03,002 But, what kind of life would that be? 203 00:17:03,085 --> 00:17:06,255 I've rented him an office downtown. He can still practice law. 204 00:17:06,339 --> 00:17:08,466 - Why would you want to do that? - Because he needs it. 205 00:17:08,549 --> 00:17:10,217 He can pursue a career, Mama. As much as... 206 00:17:10,301 --> 00:17:12,928 A man as proud and vital as Franklin? 207 00:17:13,012 --> 00:17:15,848 You're inviting him to be hurt! 208 00:17:16,891 --> 00:17:18,601 And you, Mr. Howe. 209 00:17:18,684 --> 00:17:23,814 Engaged in the fantasy of a political future for my son. 210 00:17:23,897 --> 00:17:27,026 Is there nothing you won't do to keep your job? 211 00:17:28,861 --> 00:17:31,572 Mama, that's not fair! 212 00:17:38,912 --> 00:17:42,040 What kind of a life is it to be pitied and stared at? 213 00:17:42,124 --> 00:17:45,168 What kind of a life is it to be hidden away? 214 00:17:46,211 --> 00:17:49,131 I know you believe what you're suggesting for Franklin is best... 215 00:17:49,214 --> 00:17:50,799 but I think it will only make it harder. 216 00:17:50,882 --> 00:17:52,592 I think I know what's best for Franklin. 217 00:17:52,676 --> 00:17:56,930 - I am his mother. - Yes, and I am his wife. 218 00:18:31,631 --> 00:18:33,591 Mr. Roosevelt. 219 00:18:36,969 --> 00:18:39,055 Mr. Roosevelt, we have a storm coming. 220 00:18:39,138 --> 00:18:40,598 It looks like a bad one. 221 00:18:49,732 --> 00:18:53,110 We've got to get you off this boat, Sir. 222 00:18:53,194 --> 00:18:55,404 Come on. Let's get you up. 223 00:19:06,248 --> 00:19:08,876 Gentlemen, leave me here. 224 00:19:08,959 --> 00:19:12,129 Let the ocean swallow me up. 225 00:19:12,213 --> 00:19:14,882 Burial at sea. 226 00:19:14,965 --> 00:19:18,260 Perfect for a navy man. 227 00:19:18,344 --> 00:19:20,012 Thank you. 228 00:19:59,467 --> 00:20:02,137 Okay, pull him out. 229 00:20:02,220 --> 00:20:05,015 Watch your head here. You got him? 230 00:20:07,559 --> 00:20:08,768 Turn him around. 231 00:20:08,852 --> 00:20:10,311 Here we go, Sir. 232 00:20:10,395 --> 00:20:12,063 We've got it. 233 00:20:30,081 --> 00:20:31,958 What do you have here? 234 00:20:37,755 --> 00:20:39,132 Louie? 235 00:20:39,215 --> 00:20:41,717 I never miss Florida in the rainy season. 236 00:20:41,801 --> 00:20:43,719 No letter? No wire? 237 00:20:43,803 --> 00:20:45,721 Why? Would you have answered it? 238 00:20:45,805 --> 00:20:47,431 What the hell are you doing here? 239 00:20:47,515 --> 00:20:49,809 It's good to see you, too. 240 00:20:52,478 --> 00:20:54,021 Nice whiskers. 241 00:20:54,105 --> 00:20:57,817 - You look like Chester A. Arthur... - Stanley, Eugene, this is Mr. Howe. 242 00:20:58,859 --> 00:21:00,694 He gets seasick at the mere sight of a boat... 243 00:21:00,778 --> 00:21:03,447 so he's probably happy that it's being destroyed right now. 244 00:21:03,531 --> 00:21:07,868 Boys, I need to talk to Mr. Roosevelt alone. 245 00:21:07,952 --> 00:21:10,621 Could you find your own breakfast and make it a feast? 246 00:21:10,704 --> 00:21:12,665 There's a five spot. 247 00:21:12,748 --> 00:21:15,376 Thanks a lot, Mr. Howe. Appreciate that. 248 00:21:15,459 --> 00:21:18,379 - Thanks, guys. - All right. No trouble. 249 00:21:19,421 --> 00:21:21,757 You're always so generous with my money. 250 00:21:21,840 --> 00:21:24,301 You mean your mother's. Don't you? 251 00:21:24,384 --> 00:21:26,803 So Mama's financed this fool's errand, has she? 252 00:21:26,887 --> 00:21:28,597 Well, it's a waste of a trip. 253 00:21:29,890 --> 00:21:32,476 It was Eleanor's idea. 254 00:21:32,559 --> 00:21:34,394 What can I get you? 255 00:21:34,478 --> 00:21:36,146 Ham and eggs, sunny side up. 256 00:21:36,229 --> 00:21:38,690 - What's your fancy, boss? - Nothing. I fancy nothing. 257 00:21:38,774 --> 00:21:40,650 He'll have the same. 258 00:21:42,903 --> 00:21:46,072 Here. There are a few from your children. 259 00:21:46,156 --> 00:21:48,617 I can still read. 260 00:21:48,700 --> 00:21:52,037 Now, your wife wants you home. 261 00:21:52,120 --> 00:21:54,372 She is concerned. I'm concerned. 262 00:21:54,456 --> 00:21:57,125 This life on a boat, where is it getting you? 263 00:21:57,208 --> 00:21:58,501 Getting me? For one thing... 264 00:21:58,585 --> 00:22:00,670 no one gets to see me and I don't get to see them. 265 00:22:00,754 --> 00:22:02,005 - Don't say that. Everyone is... - You want some of this? 266 00:22:02,088 --> 00:22:04,466 No! Everyone is waiting for you to come home. 267 00:22:04,549 --> 00:22:07,260 The kids, they're aching to see you. 268 00:22:07,343 --> 00:22:09,846 - Really? - Yes. 269 00:22:12,015 --> 00:22:15,602 - What is that? - George Foster Peabody. 270 00:22:15,685 --> 00:22:18,938 He owns a resort in rural Georgia for investment purposes. 271 00:22:19,022 --> 00:22:22,775 Hot springs or something. 272 00:22:24,152 --> 00:22:26,154 He claims that only recently a crippled boy... 273 00:22:26,237 --> 00:22:28,823 swam in the waters and could walk again. 274 00:22:28,906 --> 00:22:31,242 - For Christ's sake. - Look, listen to this. 275 00:22:31,325 --> 00:22:34,370 "The high magnesium content of these natural springs... 276 00:22:34,453 --> 00:22:36,163 will hold anyone up." 277 00:22:36,247 --> 00:22:39,166 "Although it is not a resort for infirm types... 278 00:22:39,250 --> 00:22:43,296 I am extending my personal invitation to come visit in the off-season." 279 00:22:43,379 --> 00:22:46,048 See, I'm only welcome in the off-season. 280 00:22:46,132 --> 00:22:48,134 Mr. Roosevelt, we've got bad news. 281 00:22:48,217 --> 00:22:49,427 What? 282 00:22:50,553 --> 00:22:51,887 It's the boat. 283 00:22:51,971 --> 00:22:55,099 - She's beaten up really bad. - How bad? 284 00:22:55,182 --> 00:22:56,225 Well, it's going to take a lot of work. 285 00:22:56,308 --> 00:22:59,562 I can probably have her up by spring. 286 00:22:59,645 --> 00:23:02,064 Maybe it's a blessing in disguise, Mr. Roosevelt. 287 00:23:02,147 --> 00:23:03,857 I don't know about you, but I'm homesick. 288 00:23:03,941 --> 00:23:07,444 And I'm sick of home. Thank you, boys. 289 00:23:07,528 --> 00:23:09,154 You're welcome, Sir. 290 00:23:09,238 --> 00:23:11,865 Let's see that letter from Peabody. 291 00:23:11,949 --> 00:23:14,910 - You can't be serious. - Why not miracle waters? 292 00:23:14,993 --> 00:23:18,038 I've drunk the oil of monkey glands, I've been zapped with electricity... 293 00:23:18,121 --> 00:23:19,623 hung upside down in harnesses. 294 00:23:19,706 --> 00:23:21,625 After all that, this sounds downright peaceful. 295 00:23:21,708 --> 00:23:24,503 Well, I can't quite picture you in the back woods of Georgia. 296 00:23:24,586 --> 00:23:26,463 Well, where do you picture me, Louie? 297 00:23:26,546 --> 00:23:30,008 Sixteen hundred Pennsylvania Avenue. 298 00:23:30,092 --> 00:23:31,426 President? 299 00:23:31,510 --> 00:23:32,928 Louie, I can't visit the bathroom... 300 00:23:33,011 --> 00:23:35,555 without a team of associates to help pull my pants down. 301 00:23:35,639 --> 00:23:38,350 So give it some time and we'll test it out. 302 00:23:38,433 --> 00:23:42,354 There's a reason why they say a man runs for office. 303 00:23:45,148 --> 00:23:47,233 I'm going to Georgia. 304 00:24:00,580 --> 00:24:02,707 James has been doing so much better now... 305 00:24:02,790 --> 00:24:05,084 that Elliot is going to McGroton. 306 00:24:05,168 --> 00:24:06,586 They've put their differences behind them... 307 00:24:06,669 --> 00:24:09,130 and have become a real team. 308 00:24:09,213 --> 00:24:11,549 Two peas in a pod. 309 00:24:11,633 --> 00:24:13,843 Last week they were both in the infirmary... 310 00:24:13,926 --> 00:24:15,511 with the same cold. 311 00:24:22,143 --> 00:24:25,396 Meanwhile, any suggestions I make to Anna about her future... 312 00:24:25,480 --> 00:24:29,525 whether it's college or cotillion, she dismisses me. 313 00:24:29,609 --> 00:24:31,193 Will you speak to her about it, Franklin? 314 00:24:31,277 --> 00:24:33,362 She'll listen to you. 315 00:24:36,991 --> 00:24:38,492 Will you? 316 00:24:40,911 --> 00:24:44,039 Yes. Yes, of course. 317 00:24:45,749 --> 00:24:48,711 Yes. Yes, Miss. 318 00:24:48,794 --> 00:24:50,671 I'll see you tomorrow. 319 00:24:53,966 --> 00:24:55,843 Someone important? 320 00:24:55,926 --> 00:24:57,386 You might say so, Lionel. 321 00:24:57,469 --> 00:25:01,056 - Who? - A Mr. Roosevelt. 322 00:25:02,099 --> 00:25:06,270 - Teddy? - No. He's dead. 323 00:25:07,312 --> 00:25:10,357 Tom! Your guest needs some assistance. 324 00:25:10,440 --> 00:25:13,318 We're going to need some able-bodied men to move him. 325 00:25:13,402 --> 00:25:14,653 Go to the livery stable... 326 00:25:14,736 --> 00:25:17,864 - And fetch the Collier boys. - Fetch the Collier boys. 327 00:25:21,994 --> 00:25:24,579 Welcome to Warm Springs, Mr. Roosevelt. 328 00:25:24,663 --> 00:25:28,250 Hello. Thank you. You must be Mr. Loyless... 329 00:25:28,333 --> 00:25:30,585 Please call me Tom, Mr. Roosevelt. 330 00:25:30,669 --> 00:25:32,546 Then you better call me Franklin. 331 00:25:32,629 --> 00:25:34,631 - Franklin. - And this is the Missus. 332 00:25:34,714 --> 00:25:37,717 - Call me Eleanor. - It's a pleasure. 333 00:25:37,801 --> 00:25:40,136 And I see you've met Roy and Pete. 334 00:25:40,220 --> 00:25:42,639 There's a trunk and a chair with the wheels on it, too, Mr. Loyless. 335 00:25:42,722 --> 00:25:45,225 - We'll fetch a wagon. - We got a wagon, Sir. 336 00:25:53,942 --> 00:25:55,819 Beautiful country. 337 00:25:57,070 --> 00:25:58,947 How long have you been manager of the inn? 338 00:25:59,030 --> 00:26:00,823 Not long. 339 00:26:05,828 --> 00:26:09,999 - Got any paved roads? - No, we don't. 340 00:26:57,087 --> 00:26:59,757 You'll have a great deal of privacy. 341 00:26:59,840 --> 00:27:01,842 The bedrooms are upstairs... 342 00:27:01,925 --> 00:27:06,430 including a beautiful suite for you and Mrs. Roosevelt. 343 00:27:07,764 --> 00:27:11,685 There are only a few guests right now as it's the off-season. 344 00:27:11,768 --> 00:27:13,437 I'm hoping to make some improvements. 345 00:27:13,520 --> 00:27:15,522 I can't stay here. 346 00:27:16,565 --> 00:27:19,818 - This place is a wreck. - Franklin. 347 00:27:19,901 --> 00:27:21,695 Look on the bright side. 348 00:27:21,778 --> 00:27:24,281 Most of your time will be spent in the water. 349 00:27:25,323 --> 00:27:27,409 Look, we've fallen on some hard times... 350 00:27:27,492 --> 00:27:30,370 Hard times? This place should be condemned! 351 00:27:31,955 --> 00:27:33,748 Yes, it's true. 352 00:27:33,832 --> 00:27:36,501 We've seen better days. 353 00:27:36,584 --> 00:27:39,546 But then I imagine, so have you. 354 00:27:44,008 --> 00:27:46,845 I'd be happy to drive you back to the train station right now... 355 00:27:46,928 --> 00:27:49,264 if that's what you'd like. 356 00:27:49,347 --> 00:27:52,642 - My husband is concerned... - Fire. 357 00:27:55,395 --> 00:27:58,231 I'm very frightened of fire. 358 00:27:59,732 --> 00:28:02,735 I can't get out if I'm upstairs. 359 00:28:02,819 --> 00:28:04,987 Oh, of course. 360 00:28:06,030 --> 00:28:08,616 Well, we have other options. 361 00:28:11,786 --> 00:28:13,246 There. 362 00:28:13,329 --> 00:28:18,209 This is one of our more spacious cottages. 363 00:28:27,676 --> 00:28:30,221 We'll take care of these. 364 00:28:33,432 --> 00:28:35,768 We'll bring everything inside, Mr. Roosevelt. 365 00:28:35,851 --> 00:28:38,020 Grab that one first, Pete. 366 00:28:45,611 --> 00:28:47,446 Come right through. 367 00:28:47,529 --> 00:28:48,989 Well ventilated, at least. 368 00:28:49,073 --> 00:28:53,076 This is the living room. Kitchen through there. 369 00:28:53,160 --> 00:28:54,912 Where do you want these at, Mr. Roosevelt? 370 00:28:54,995 --> 00:28:57,414 Well, in the bed... Is there a bedroom? 371 00:28:57,498 --> 00:28:58,999 Of course. Through here. 372 00:28:59,082 --> 00:29:01,209 In the bedroom. Thank you, Roy. 373 00:29:01,293 --> 00:29:03,378 You're welcome, Sir. 374 00:29:09,843 --> 00:29:11,303 Tom? 375 00:29:12,763 --> 00:29:14,765 This young man appears quite competent. 376 00:29:14,848 --> 00:29:17,642 Would you ask him if he'd like to stay on as my valet? 377 00:29:18,685 --> 00:29:21,104 Why don't you ask him yourself? 378 00:29:37,954 --> 00:29:39,706 This is madness. 379 00:29:39,789 --> 00:29:41,040 No doubt. 380 00:29:42,083 --> 00:29:45,753 Tell me again, Franklin. Why are we here? 381 00:29:45,837 --> 00:29:49,882 Simply put, for the waters. 382 00:29:50,925 --> 00:29:52,719 Are you coming? 383 00:29:55,221 --> 00:29:57,807 Would Mrs. Roosevelt like to swim? 384 00:29:57,890 --> 00:30:00,393 Mrs. Roosevelt doesn't know how. 385 00:30:00,476 --> 00:30:02,436 Well, okay. 386 00:30:04,397 --> 00:30:06,023 You ready to get wet? 387 00:30:07,149 --> 00:30:10,111 Here we are. Shallow side. 388 00:30:10,194 --> 00:30:12,363 We got the slightly deeper side over here... 389 00:30:12,446 --> 00:30:15,074 which is where we'll start you. 390 00:30:16,117 --> 00:30:20,287 And this is the indefatigable Aunt Sally. 391 00:30:20,371 --> 00:30:23,374 - Aunt Sally. - Good day, Sir. 392 00:30:23,457 --> 00:30:25,709 Aunt Sally, this is Mr. and Mrs. Roosevelt. 393 00:30:25,793 --> 00:30:27,169 How do you do? 394 00:30:27,253 --> 00:30:30,130 I have towels for you. 395 00:30:30,214 --> 00:30:32,299 I'll take those. 396 00:30:34,593 --> 00:30:37,596 Now they're just going to ease you in the water. 397 00:30:37,680 --> 00:30:40,015 - Roy, Pete. - All right. 398 00:30:40,099 --> 00:30:42,976 - Ready to support it? - Yeah. 399 00:30:44,728 --> 00:30:47,689 All right then, Sir. You got him, Pete? 400 00:30:47,773 --> 00:30:50,984 And up! 401 00:30:51,068 --> 00:30:52,945 Here we go. 402 00:30:53,028 --> 00:30:57,491 Easy, Pete. Down. All right. There. 403 00:30:59,368 --> 00:31:01,453 Come on, let's get out of the pool. 404 00:31:03,288 --> 00:31:06,458 Children. Children. 405 00:31:06,541 --> 00:31:08,084 Come on. 406 00:31:11,671 --> 00:31:13,757 Get out of the pool right now. 407 00:31:20,847 --> 00:31:22,932 Don't be sassy. Come on. 408 00:31:24,809 --> 00:31:27,479 Come on, give it a minute. 409 00:31:27,562 --> 00:31:31,316 You'll find that the mineralization makes the water more buoyant. 410 00:31:31,399 --> 00:31:33,151 The crippled boy who swam here... 411 00:31:33,234 --> 00:31:36,362 was actually able to walk in the water. 412 00:32:12,565 --> 00:32:14,984 Okay, okay. Okay. 413 00:32:16,318 --> 00:32:18,904 I can't even stand! 414 00:32:22,616 --> 00:32:24,702 I can't even stand. 415 00:32:24,785 --> 00:32:26,662 Well, not yet. 416 00:32:27,705 --> 00:32:31,333 But you will. You will. 417 00:32:57,150 --> 00:33:00,153 - Bon appetite. - Thank you, Tom. 418 00:33:02,948 --> 00:33:05,200 This is simply revolting. 419 00:33:05,283 --> 00:33:09,162 It's not very good, but it is mysterious. 420 00:33:09,246 --> 00:33:12,874 What in the world do you think they poured over this beef? 421 00:33:12,958 --> 00:33:14,793 Or is it possum? 422 00:33:17,045 --> 00:33:18,880 You want to stay? 423 00:33:19,923 --> 00:33:21,633 Yes. 424 00:33:26,012 --> 00:33:30,475 New York has the best doctors and hospitals in the country. 425 00:33:30,558 --> 00:33:33,311 I need something new. 426 00:33:36,606 --> 00:33:38,983 This isn't about getting better, is it? 427 00:33:40,026 --> 00:33:42,820 You don't want to come home. You don't want to live with us. 428 00:33:42,904 --> 00:33:45,573 - I refuse to be a burden to anyone. - You're not a burden. 429 00:33:45,656 --> 00:33:47,408 You're my husband. 430 00:33:47,492 --> 00:33:52,830 I want to offer you the freedom you once so generously offered me. 431 00:33:52,914 --> 00:33:55,583 Listen, all you've ever known is duty. 432 00:33:55,666 --> 00:33:58,127 To me and to a political career... 433 00:33:58,210 --> 00:34:01,630 that unless I can walk again no longer exists. 434 00:34:02,673 --> 00:34:04,383 You've been... 435 00:34:05,926 --> 00:34:07,887 exemplary. 436 00:34:07,970 --> 00:34:12,850 Now I'm telling you that you're free to go. 437 00:34:15,352 --> 00:34:17,855 I don't want freedom. 438 00:34:18,897 --> 00:34:21,317 I want a marriage. 439 00:34:22,985 --> 00:34:25,654 I want a life with you. 440 00:34:25,738 --> 00:34:28,449 Babs, I can't imagine what you think... 441 00:34:28,532 --> 00:34:30,325 that life is going to be. 442 00:34:30,409 --> 00:34:32,703 Oh, Franklin. 443 00:34:34,037 --> 00:34:37,165 It's not up to me to imagine. 444 00:34:39,459 --> 00:34:41,086 It's up to you. 445 00:34:42,212 --> 00:34:44,089 Babs. 446 00:34:47,175 --> 00:34:49,511 Step up! Come on. 447 00:35:17,330 --> 00:35:19,332 Thank you for stopping by, Mr. Howe. 448 00:35:19,415 --> 00:35:22,877 Well, I thought you might want to see a friendly face. 449 00:35:27,924 --> 00:35:29,884 So how's our boy doing? 450 00:35:29,968 --> 00:35:33,888 Well, he's enjoying the waters. 451 00:35:36,307 --> 00:35:39,018 I'm afraid we've lost him. 452 00:35:42,813 --> 00:35:44,690 Here. 453 00:35:44,774 --> 00:35:47,526 Please forgive me, Mr. Howe. 454 00:35:49,612 --> 00:35:52,323 Don't you think it's time you called me Louie? 455 00:35:54,950 --> 00:35:59,038 Maybe we've been going about this all wrong. 456 00:35:59,121 --> 00:36:00,831 He's down there to be alone. 457 00:36:00,915 --> 00:36:04,126 Let's give him what he wants. We change our focus. 458 00:36:04,210 --> 00:36:07,004 - To what? - To you. 459 00:36:10,591 --> 00:36:12,635 A mystery touch, Tom. 460 00:36:15,429 --> 00:36:19,099 Just a soupçon. One of those. 461 00:36:20,142 --> 00:36:23,479 Hey. Voila! 462 00:36:23,562 --> 00:36:25,647 There you are. Try that. 463 00:36:30,903 --> 00:36:33,071 So, to your... 464 00:36:34,573 --> 00:36:36,325 mineral pool or whatever you call it. 465 00:36:36,408 --> 00:36:38,327 Warm springs. 466 00:36:38,410 --> 00:36:40,495 Warm Springs, Tom. 467 00:36:45,208 --> 00:36:48,086 Is it too strong? 468 00:36:48,170 --> 00:36:50,297 Actually... 469 00:36:50,380 --> 00:36:54,342 it's the most patently egregious martini I've ever tasted. 470 00:36:54,426 --> 00:36:56,928 Are you always this direct, Tom? 471 00:36:57,012 --> 00:36:58,596 Well, I don't believe... 472 00:36:58,680 --> 00:37:02,183 I've ever tasted anything this God awful before. 473 00:37:02,267 --> 00:37:04,102 Martini or otherwise. 474 00:37:04,185 --> 00:37:06,521 Why, everyone likes my martinis. 475 00:37:06,604 --> 00:37:08,064 So they say. 476 00:37:16,114 --> 00:37:17,740 Do you have a family, Tom? 477 00:37:19,033 --> 00:37:24,247 Oh, Franklin. I had a wife once. 478 00:37:25,915 --> 00:37:28,418 But she's gone now. 479 00:37:34,632 --> 00:37:39,178 Tell me more about what that boy did, Aunt Sally. 480 00:37:39,262 --> 00:37:44,809 Well, first he swim over to the side of the pool. 481 00:37:44,892 --> 00:37:47,103 Right there. 482 00:37:47,186 --> 00:37:49,605 Made sure he righted his-self. 483 00:37:49,688 --> 00:37:53,651 Then before he knew it, he was standing. 484 00:37:53,734 --> 00:37:55,653 If it was only that easy. 485 00:37:55,736 --> 00:37:57,988 Well, you make it hard. 486 00:37:59,073 --> 00:38:01,700 Get over to the side of that pool. Grab it. 487 00:38:01,784 --> 00:38:03,661 Yes, Ma'am. 488 00:38:05,079 --> 00:38:06,664 Well... 489 00:38:06,747 --> 00:38:10,626 now you got to remember how you did it. 490 00:39:10,727 --> 00:39:13,521 I'm standing. 491 00:39:19,402 --> 00:39:21,863 I'm standing. 492 00:39:27,410 --> 00:39:29,912 I'm standing. 493 00:39:37,586 --> 00:39:40,756 - To standing on your own two feet. - Thank you, Tom. 494 00:39:40,840 --> 00:39:43,300 You know this spring water could be the cure? 495 00:39:43,384 --> 00:39:46,011 In six months I could be up and walking. 496 00:39:46,095 --> 00:39:47,805 - Evening, folks. - Lionel. 497 00:39:47,888 --> 00:39:50,015 - Cocktail, Lionel? - I can't. 498 00:39:50,099 --> 00:39:52,643 - Working for the Federal Government. - All the more reason. 499 00:39:53,852 --> 00:39:55,521 Sort of late for the mail, isn't it? 500 00:39:55,604 --> 00:39:58,440 Not for me, it isn't. I got a whole packet of clippings for you. 501 00:39:58,524 --> 00:40:00,067 From Mr. Howe. 502 00:40:00,150 --> 00:40:02,653 New York Times, Journal of America. Don't know what else. 503 00:40:03,987 --> 00:40:06,407 Your mother wants to know when you're coming home. 504 00:40:06,490 --> 00:40:08,492 Says they got swimming pools in Hyde Park. 505 00:40:08,575 --> 00:40:10,661 She's mad as all hell. 506 00:40:10,744 --> 00:40:14,289 Reading other people's mail is not only impolite. It's illegal. 507 00:40:14,373 --> 00:40:15,832 The Sheriff don't mind. 508 00:40:15,916 --> 00:40:18,919 He likes I read his mail. It saves him the time. 509 00:40:19,002 --> 00:40:20,587 Plus a lot of folks around here can't read... 510 00:40:20,671 --> 00:40:23,173 so it's more a public service, really. 511 00:40:23,256 --> 00:40:25,801 Astonishing. Thank you, Lionel. 512 00:40:25,884 --> 00:40:27,844 There's two to go. 513 00:40:27,928 --> 00:40:30,847 Miss Missy Lehand. Who's she? 514 00:40:30,931 --> 00:40:33,767 If you must know, she's my social secretary. 515 00:40:33,850 --> 00:40:36,478 I'm having her come down, if that's all right with... 516 00:40:36,561 --> 00:40:37,687 Almost forgot. 517 00:40:37,771 --> 00:40:40,357 You got the nicest letter from your wife. 518 00:40:40,440 --> 00:40:42,359 She's going to make a speech to the League of Women Voters. 519 00:40:42,442 --> 00:40:44,194 Give me that. 520 00:40:44,277 --> 00:40:46,529 Says she's going to keep the Roosevelt name alive. 521 00:40:46,613 --> 00:40:49,032 Least until he starts walking and all. 522 00:40:49,115 --> 00:40:52,118 - I best be on my way. - Night, Lionel. 523 00:40:53,453 --> 00:40:56,456 This is so unlike Eleanor. 524 00:40:56,539 --> 00:40:59,584 She's terrified of crowds. 525 00:40:59,667 --> 00:41:01,669 We are facing imminent disaster. 526 00:41:01,753 --> 00:41:05,715 I take full responsibility if you hyperventilate or faint. 527 00:41:09,302 --> 00:41:13,556 Here she is now, Mrs. Franklin Roosevelt. 528 00:41:15,433 --> 00:41:16,559 Thank you. 529 00:41:17,602 --> 00:41:19,854 Good afternoon. 530 00:41:19,937 --> 00:41:24,609 I'm so pleased to be invited here today. 531 00:41:34,160 --> 00:41:36,245 Too often... 532 00:41:42,668 --> 00:41:44,545 Too often... 533 00:41:50,718 --> 00:41:52,428 Too often... 534 00:41:52,511 --> 00:41:57,266 the great decisions are originated and given form... 535 00:41:57,349 --> 00:42:00,185 in bodies made up wholly of men. 536 00:42:01,228 --> 00:42:05,232 So that whatever political value women have to offer... 537 00:42:05,315 --> 00:42:08,860 is shunted aside without expression. 538 00:42:09,903 --> 00:42:12,155 This is a mistake. 539 00:42:16,618 --> 00:42:21,957 I think this might be the reason I'm having such a difficult time... 540 00:42:22,040 --> 00:42:25,794 giving voice to my own thoughts here today. 541 00:42:28,171 --> 00:42:31,633 I'm reminded of what someone once said... 542 00:42:31,716 --> 00:42:34,719 about looking at an elephant. 543 00:42:34,803 --> 00:42:39,557 It is impossible to ever see an entire elephant from one place. 544 00:42:39,641 --> 00:42:42,435 You have to walk around it. 545 00:42:42,519 --> 00:42:46,773 If our elected leaders are to be truly effective... 546 00:42:46,856 --> 00:42:51,361 they must learn to look beyond what is right in front of them. 547 00:42:51,444 --> 00:42:55,365 To see the entire elephant. 548 00:42:55,448 --> 00:43:00,036 And for that, they need our help. 549 00:43:06,667 --> 00:43:09,378 - That was so moving, Mrs. Roosevelt. - Thank you. 550 00:43:09,462 --> 00:43:13,174 The Child Welfare Amendment could use someone with your passion. 551 00:43:13,257 --> 00:43:16,469 You must consider being our spokeswoman. 552 00:43:18,596 --> 00:43:21,807 - It would be an honor. - Wonderful. 553 00:43:28,564 --> 00:43:30,191 Three... 554 00:43:32,651 --> 00:43:34,487 Four... 555 00:43:36,572 --> 00:43:39,158 - Five. - Five! 556 00:43:40,284 --> 00:43:44,496 I walked five steps today. 557 00:43:44,580 --> 00:43:47,291 Congratulations, Franklin. 558 00:43:47,374 --> 00:43:48,417 Listen. 559 00:43:48,500 --> 00:43:51,795 I got word a local reporter wants to do a story on you. 560 00:43:51,879 --> 00:43:55,632 It probably won't amount to more than a provincial puff piece. 561 00:43:55,716 --> 00:43:58,177 But it might give us some free publicity for the inn. 562 00:43:58,260 --> 00:44:01,388 Well, I'm hardly newsworthy these days. 563 00:44:01,471 --> 00:44:03,557 How did he find out I'm here? 564 00:44:03,640 --> 00:44:07,019 Small town. Word gets out. 565 00:44:07,102 --> 00:44:10,522 All right, I know the fella. I'm doing him a favor. 566 00:44:10,605 --> 00:44:11,815 You know, I used to be a journalist. 567 00:44:11,898 --> 00:44:13,275 You mean to tell me that all this time... 568 00:44:13,358 --> 00:44:15,485 I've been talking to a newspaperman? 569 00:44:15,569 --> 00:44:17,362 Not anymore. 570 00:44:17,446 --> 00:44:20,699 I got into some trouble back in Atlanta. 571 00:44:20,782 --> 00:44:21,867 It seems... 572 00:44:21,950 --> 00:44:24,953 some of the editorial pieces I wrote... 573 00:44:25,036 --> 00:44:28,415 offended the sensibilities of a local civic group. 574 00:44:29,457 --> 00:44:32,794 So I needed to lay low for a while. 575 00:44:34,879 --> 00:44:37,048 You mean the Klan? 576 00:44:39,342 --> 00:44:40,802 Good God, Tom! 577 00:44:40,885 --> 00:44:44,013 Thrusting me into the beneficent arms... 578 00:44:44,097 --> 00:44:48,851 of Mr. George Foster Peabody who gave me this job. 579 00:44:48,935 --> 00:44:52,355 Well, that explains a few things. 580 00:44:52,438 --> 00:44:55,024 I couldn't for the life of me figure out... 581 00:44:55,108 --> 00:44:57,235 why a man like you was running this... 582 00:44:57,318 --> 00:44:59,862 - Rattrap? - I was going to say, "dump". 583 00:44:59,946 --> 00:45:02,615 But "rattrap" fits very nicely. 584 00:45:03,658 --> 00:45:04,784 Now in nineteen twenty... 585 00:45:04,867 --> 00:45:06,118 when you were running for Vice-President with Mr. Cox... 586 00:45:06,202 --> 00:45:09,914 I can't imagine your readers are interested in ancient history. 587 00:45:09,997 --> 00:45:12,833 Cox and I lost the election by a wide margin. 588 00:45:12,917 --> 00:45:14,418 Well, it was only a few years ago, Mr. Roosevelt. 589 00:45:14,502 --> 00:45:16,712 You know, it's the water's extra minerals... 590 00:45:16,796 --> 00:45:18,798 plus its warmth that makes all the difference. 591 00:45:18,881 --> 00:45:20,257 Now at ninety degrees... 592 00:45:20,341 --> 00:45:24,386 I can work my muscles for hours and not get cold. 593 00:45:24,470 --> 00:45:26,889 Well, as Assistant Secretary of the Navy... 594 00:45:26,972 --> 00:45:28,307 during the Great War, did you condone the use of... 595 00:45:28,390 --> 00:45:31,018 I forgot one more thing you need to write down. 596 00:45:31,101 --> 00:45:35,314 Poor circulation is a chronic problem for people in my condition. 597 00:45:38,734 --> 00:45:41,987 So, you think it could be a cure? 598 00:45:42,071 --> 00:45:43,739 Well, I don't know. 599 00:45:43,822 --> 00:45:45,074 But you're hopeful? 600 00:45:45,157 --> 00:45:48,952 Oh, yes. Yes, I am. 601 00:45:53,749 --> 00:45:55,208 Roy. 602 00:45:56,960 --> 00:45:58,587 Thank you. 603 00:46:26,281 --> 00:46:31,077 And therefore a formal questionnaire should be composed... 604 00:46:31,161 --> 00:46:36,082 in order that we may hear from all recent delegates... 605 00:46:36,166 --> 00:46:39,627 as to how we can do better in twenty-eight... 606 00:46:39,711 --> 00:46:43,006 to present a more united front. 607 00:46:43,089 --> 00:46:45,466 Sincerely, Franklin Roosevelt, etcetera, etcetera. 608 00:46:45,550 --> 00:46:46,926 Very good. 609 00:46:47,010 --> 00:46:48,469 Do you want this out today? 610 00:46:48,553 --> 00:46:50,430 Tomorrow will be fine. 611 00:46:50,513 --> 00:46:51,889 All right. 612 00:46:51,973 --> 00:46:54,016 And would you cc that to Louie, please, Missy? 613 00:46:54,100 --> 00:46:56,102 Certainly, Sir. 614 00:46:56,185 --> 00:46:59,522 - Hungry, Mr. Roosevelt? - Not really. 615 00:47:00,565 --> 00:47:02,233 Who do you write to every morning? 616 00:47:02,316 --> 00:47:04,819 Different people I know in politics. 617 00:47:04,902 --> 00:47:07,071 In case they ever want me back. 618 00:47:07,154 --> 00:47:10,074 So you'll be ready when you get your legs to working again. 619 00:47:10,157 --> 00:47:11,826 Exactly. 620 00:47:17,748 --> 00:47:20,084 Excuse me. Are you Mr. Roosevelt? 621 00:47:20,167 --> 00:47:23,504 - Yes, who are you? - My name is Benjamin Prendergast. 622 00:47:23,587 --> 00:47:25,839 Well, come on in, Benjamin Prendergast. 623 00:47:25,923 --> 00:47:27,466 I've come to see if you can speak... 624 00:47:27,549 --> 00:47:30,052 at this year's graduation ceremony at the schoolhouse. 625 00:47:30,135 --> 00:47:32,888 You being so famous and all. 626 00:47:33,931 --> 00:47:36,809 Well, I'll be damned! 627 00:47:36,892 --> 00:47:39,937 - Would you be available? - Are you graduating? 628 00:47:40,020 --> 00:47:42,606 No, Sir. I'm the principal. 629 00:47:44,066 --> 00:47:45,776 I see. 630 00:47:50,322 --> 00:47:51,990 You all take your seats. 631 00:47:52,074 --> 00:47:55,035 Children, settle down. Go on and take your seats. 632 00:47:55,118 --> 00:47:59,289 Now that we're all here today, congratulations to our graduates. 633 00:47:59,372 --> 00:48:01,041 Here, here. 634 00:48:03,335 --> 00:48:06,922 I'd like to introduce a very special guest speaker. 635 00:48:07,005 --> 00:48:09,466 Mr. Franklin Roosevelt. 636 00:48:11,635 --> 00:48:13,511 Thank you. 637 00:48:13,595 --> 00:48:15,680 Thank you, my friends. 638 00:48:15,764 --> 00:48:21,061 Now you know, at Groton, where I graduated from high school... 639 00:48:21,144 --> 00:48:25,148 our beloved headmaster... 640 00:48:25,231 --> 00:48:29,277 encouraged his students to enter public life. 641 00:48:33,990 --> 00:48:37,952 I chose to attend Harvard for my undergraduate work... 642 00:48:38,036 --> 00:48:43,416 and then Columbia for my Law Degree. 643 00:48:45,460 --> 00:48:48,588 I followed my headmaster's advice... 644 00:48:48,671 --> 00:48:52,717 and sought a career in public life. 645 00:48:55,803 --> 00:49:01,225 But circumstances beyond my control... 646 00:49:07,565 --> 00:49:09,442 have made that... 647 00:49:11,569 --> 00:49:13,654 very difficult. 648 00:49:16,240 --> 00:49:20,744 You know, I have given many speeches in my life. 649 00:49:22,162 --> 00:49:26,834 I don't know why I'm having such a hard time making this one. 650 00:49:34,091 --> 00:49:36,343 My God! 651 00:49:37,386 --> 00:49:39,972 Did you see how they were looking at me? 652 00:49:40,055 --> 00:49:41,473 They welcomed your company, Franklin. 653 00:49:41,556 --> 00:49:44,434 - Don't patronize me. - Don't patronize them. 654 00:49:44,518 --> 00:49:46,687 These people go to bed night after night... 655 00:49:46,770 --> 00:49:48,980 with half-empty stomachs. 656 00:49:49,064 --> 00:49:52,067 Your legs are the least of their worries. 657 00:50:00,867 --> 00:50:03,912 Aren't you cold, Mr. Roosevelt? 658 00:50:05,080 --> 00:50:06,790 Mr. Roosevelt, you going to catch the chill... 659 00:50:06,873 --> 00:50:09,125 if you don't get out the water. 660 00:50:11,378 --> 00:50:13,588 You going to have to talk to him, Mr. Loyless. 661 00:50:13,671 --> 00:50:16,007 He won't listen to us. 662 00:50:19,511 --> 00:50:22,347 Franklin, we have to talk. 663 00:50:22,430 --> 00:50:25,475 Normally, we close up this time of year. 664 00:50:25,558 --> 00:50:29,020 And the staff can go home for the holidays. 665 00:50:35,068 --> 00:50:36,694 I see. 666 00:50:44,744 --> 00:50:48,581 Grandmother Delano brought this all the way from China. 667 00:50:48,664 --> 00:50:51,834 - How beautiful, Grandmamma. - Thank you, Anna, dear. 668 00:50:52,877 --> 00:50:55,129 Have you ever been to China, Father? 669 00:50:55,212 --> 00:50:58,591 China, Elliot? No. Just your Grandmamma. 670 00:50:58,674 --> 00:51:00,092 Johnny, we need you. 671 00:51:00,176 --> 00:51:02,178 - Come help us sing. - No! I don't want to. 672 00:51:02,261 --> 00:51:04,013 See if you can sing again and you're going to sing... 673 00:51:04,096 --> 00:51:06,432 whether you like it or not. Sing! 674 00:51:06,515 --> 00:51:10,769 - "Hark the herald angels sing... - We know this one. Don't we? 675 00:51:10,853 --> 00:51:14,940 glory to the newborn King" 676 00:51:15,024 --> 00:51:18,944 "Peace on earth and mercy mild" 677 00:51:19,028 --> 00:51:23,407 "God and sinners reconciled" 678 00:51:32,457 --> 00:51:35,919 It was an extraordinary turnout this afternoon. 679 00:51:36,003 --> 00:51:39,381 Louie says there were over two hundred people in the audience. 680 00:51:39,464 --> 00:51:41,883 Well, that's marvelous, Babs. 681 00:51:41,967 --> 00:51:45,887 Oh, steady. I got you, Sir. 682 00:51:52,018 --> 00:51:53,854 You wonder... 683 00:51:53,937 --> 00:51:56,606 why I want to go back to Georgia. 684 00:51:57,649 --> 00:52:02,404 It's to avoid people who look at me the way you just did. 685 00:52:06,116 --> 00:52:09,285 You truly believe the waters, that they are helping... 686 00:52:09,369 --> 00:52:13,373 Don't talk to me as if I were a child... 687 00:52:13,456 --> 00:52:16,167 choosing your words so carefully. 688 00:52:16,251 --> 00:52:20,171 - How am I supposed to talk to you? - Like I was! 689 00:52:20,255 --> 00:52:24,300 Talk to me like I was! 690 00:52:26,344 --> 00:52:28,763 I don't know how anymore. 691 00:52:51,160 --> 00:52:52,953 Well, you're a sight for sore eyes. 692 00:52:53,037 --> 00:52:55,748 We missed you at the station. 693 00:52:59,126 --> 00:53:01,212 Tom, are you all right? 694 00:53:02,254 --> 00:53:04,048 It's just a ulcer. 695 00:53:04,131 --> 00:53:07,259 I can't eat anything I like anymore. 696 00:53:09,428 --> 00:53:12,389 My father had ulcers. Damn irritating. 697 00:53:12,473 --> 00:53:14,016 Yes, they are. 698 00:53:14,099 --> 00:53:16,685 - Thank you, Pete. Thank you, Roy. - Yeah. 699 00:53:17,811 --> 00:53:19,521 Well, should we go for a swim? 700 00:53:19,605 --> 00:53:21,398 Why not? 701 00:53:22,691 --> 00:53:28,780 So, we have some new guests. Some paying and some non-paying. 702 00:53:28,864 --> 00:53:30,032 What the blazes is this? 703 00:53:30,115 --> 00:53:32,993 The interview you gave was syndicated in Sunday papers... 704 00:53:33,076 --> 00:53:34,828 all over the country. 705 00:53:34,911 --> 00:53:38,123 - They're here to see you. - Mr. Roosevelt. Pat Doyle. 706 00:53:38,206 --> 00:53:40,167 Sir, I have come here all the way from Minneapolis... 707 00:53:40,250 --> 00:53:41,877 just to shake your hand. 708 00:53:41,960 --> 00:53:44,087 Stuck in this chair, I do nothing but read. 709 00:53:44,171 --> 00:53:47,215 Newspapers, usually, just looking for something... 710 00:53:47,299 --> 00:53:51,136 anything that would tell me there's even the slightest chance... 711 00:53:51,219 --> 00:53:52,470 that I could walk again. 712 00:53:52,554 --> 00:53:54,681 Well, I... 713 00:53:56,516 --> 00:54:00,478 Excuse me for just one moment, if you would, Mr. Doyle. 714 00:54:00,562 --> 00:54:02,230 Franklin? 715 00:54:05,150 --> 00:54:06,609 Is everything all right? 716 00:54:06,693 --> 00:54:08,987 Of course. Everything's fine. 717 00:54:09,070 --> 00:54:12,198 I want no part of this. I come here for privacy. 718 00:54:12,282 --> 00:54:13,992 This isn't your personal spa. 719 00:54:14,075 --> 00:54:15,535 - I have a business to run. - Exactly! 720 00:54:15,618 --> 00:54:17,203 You have a business to run, not I! 721 00:54:17,286 --> 00:54:19,997 - No one's asking anything of you. - Of course they are. 722 00:54:20,081 --> 00:54:22,041 Do you know what it took for most of them to get here? 723 00:54:22,125 --> 00:54:25,962 It's not my concern. I want to be left alone! 724 00:54:26,045 --> 00:54:28,047 My God! 725 00:54:30,758 --> 00:54:33,135 - You're afraid of these people. - Afraid, what are you talking... 726 00:54:33,219 --> 00:54:34,345 You look at them... 727 00:54:34,428 --> 00:54:37,223 with the same repulsion and pity as everyone else. 728 00:54:37,306 --> 00:54:39,100 Don't be ridiculous and I resent your... 729 00:54:39,183 --> 00:54:41,102 You don't want to be around them... 730 00:54:41,185 --> 00:54:43,979 because then that would make you one of them. 731 00:54:44,063 --> 00:54:47,358 - Wouldn't it? - Goddamn it! Get out of my way! 732 00:54:47,441 --> 00:54:50,569 Get out of my goddamn way! 733 00:55:01,705 --> 00:55:04,041 Right on time. How about that? 734 00:55:04,124 --> 00:55:06,001 Thank you, Roy. 735 00:55:12,508 --> 00:55:15,636 Bullochville. Five-minute stop! 736 00:55:22,434 --> 00:55:23,977 Yes, Sir. 737 00:55:32,402 --> 00:55:33,779 Franklin. 738 00:55:33,862 --> 00:55:36,907 - Expecting someone? - Yes, I am. 739 00:55:37,949 --> 00:55:39,201 Excuse me. 740 00:55:39,284 --> 00:55:42,162 I'm looking for a young gentleman by the name of Botts. 741 00:55:42,245 --> 00:55:45,665 - I don't know anything about that. - Fred Botts? 742 00:55:45,749 --> 00:55:48,418 I'd expect he'd be in a wheelchair. 743 00:55:48,501 --> 00:55:50,211 - Oh, the cripple. - One moment. 744 00:55:50,295 --> 00:55:53,757 - He's in a baggage car. - The baggage car? 745 00:55:56,634 --> 00:55:58,094 Roy. 746 00:56:03,892 --> 00:56:05,602 God. 747 00:56:09,397 --> 00:56:12,525 Fred? It's okay. All right. 748 00:56:12,608 --> 00:56:15,486 You're in Warm Springs. You made it. 749 00:56:18,281 --> 00:56:20,074 Up we go. 750 00:56:24,161 --> 00:56:27,999 - Mr. Roosevelt. - It's going to be all right, son. 751 00:56:30,501 --> 00:56:32,837 I'm sorry about this, Mr. Roosevelt. 752 00:56:32,920 --> 00:56:36,424 The conductor wouldn't let me ride in the passenger car with my chair. 753 00:56:38,467 --> 00:56:41,220 When did you last eat, son? 754 00:56:41,303 --> 00:56:42,680 I ate in Knoxville. 755 00:56:42,763 --> 00:56:45,349 Knoxville must have been two days ago. 756 00:56:46,392 --> 00:56:49,186 - Roy, take him to the car. - Yes, Sir. 757 00:56:49,270 --> 00:56:53,899 Who in their right mind lets a child ride in the baggage car? 758 00:56:53,983 --> 00:56:55,693 You could have killed that boy! 759 00:56:55,776 --> 00:56:58,028 He had polio. Probably still contagious. 760 00:56:58,112 --> 00:57:00,614 Don't dismiss me because I sit in this chair. 761 00:57:00,697 --> 00:57:02,991 Get away from me! You've had polio. 762 00:57:03,075 --> 00:57:04,618 You ignorant son of a bitch! 763 00:57:04,701 --> 00:57:06,453 If I could, I'd get up there right now... 764 00:57:06,537 --> 00:57:10,123 lock you in that baggage car and see how you like it! 765 00:57:10,207 --> 00:57:14,336 - Franklin! - You get this lunatic away from me! 766 00:57:15,379 --> 00:57:17,214 Crazy bastard! 767 00:57:17,297 --> 00:57:19,758 - Where's the nearest hospital? - Atlanta. 768 00:57:19,841 --> 00:57:22,761 - What about a doctor? - Closer, but not by much. 769 00:57:22,844 --> 00:57:24,346 Roy. 770 00:57:30,435 --> 00:57:32,312 Let's go home. 771 00:58:19,400 --> 00:58:23,779 - How many can pay? - Fewer than half. 772 00:58:23,863 --> 00:58:26,615 I want these people in the cottages, not the inn. 773 00:58:26,699 --> 00:58:30,911 - It's safer. - Well, it's the way it has to be. 774 00:58:30,995 --> 00:58:33,205 What do you mean? 775 00:58:33,289 --> 00:58:36,250 There have already been some complaints. 776 00:58:36,333 --> 00:58:39,044 It's the start of the season, Franklin. 777 00:58:39,128 --> 00:58:42,172 I've got regulars who come for years. 778 00:58:42,256 --> 00:58:45,217 Healthy folks, most of all. 779 00:58:45,301 --> 00:58:48,929 They're threatening to check out. 780 00:58:49,013 --> 00:58:51,890 Afraid they might catch polio. 781 00:58:51,974 --> 00:58:54,143 But don't they know that after the fevers break... 782 00:58:54,226 --> 00:58:56,812 we're no longer contagious? 783 00:58:58,105 --> 00:59:00,524 I'm going to have to ask... 784 00:59:00,607 --> 00:59:04,152 that you not use the pool during regular hours. 785 00:59:04,236 --> 00:59:07,781 I'll try and put aside a time for you late in the day. 786 00:59:07,864 --> 00:59:11,618 And it will no longer be possible... 787 00:59:12,786 --> 00:59:14,663 for you to eat in the dining room. 788 00:59:15,705 --> 00:59:19,417 But I promise I will find a suitable alternative. 789 00:59:19,501 --> 00:59:23,463 They don't want us to eat in their presence? 790 00:59:23,547 --> 00:59:27,509 Of course, for you we can find other accommodations. 791 00:59:28,551 --> 00:59:30,845 That won't be necessary. 792 00:59:48,696 --> 00:59:52,450 - Thank you. - We still need a doctor here. 793 00:59:52,533 --> 00:59:55,745 - For Fred? - For everyone. 794 00:59:58,831 --> 01:00:03,586 "Dear Babs, things are very different upon my return." 795 01:00:03,669 --> 01:00:05,338 "I'm taking on responsibilities... 796 01:00:05,421 --> 01:00:08,424 which none of my schooling in the spheres of higher learning... 797 01:00:08,508 --> 01:00:11,510 or politics could have prepared me for." 798 01:00:11,594 --> 01:00:14,555 "I have seen the casualties of war." 799 01:00:14,639 --> 01:00:16,724 "But I have never seen this." 800 01:00:16,807 --> 01:00:21,228 "A suffering so insidious, so silent... 801 01:00:21,312 --> 01:00:24,023 that it rattles my soul." 802 01:00:27,401 --> 01:00:29,653 When can I swim? 803 01:00:29,737 --> 01:00:32,740 Soon. When you're a little stronger. 804 01:00:37,161 --> 01:00:42,583 You know, when I'm asleep, in my dreams, I can still walk. 805 01:00:44,001 --> 01:00:46,086 Me, too. 806 01:00:46,170 --> 01:00:49,047 How long has it been since you walked? 807 01:00:50,090 --> 01:00:53,760 Nine years. I'd just learned to ride a bike. 808 01:00:53,844 --> 01:00:56,430 After I got sick, my mom... 809 01:00:58,098 --> 01:01:01,143 she was sure that the bike caused it. 810 01:01:03,145 --> 01:01:05,105 Did she sell it? 811 01:01:05,188 --> 01:01:07,983 She took it out back and shot it. 812 01:01:12,863 --> 01:01:15,907 That's it, folks! Come on in! 813 01:01:16,950 --> 01:01:20,787 And who is this next delightful young lady? 814 01:01:20,870 --> 01:01:23,707 - Daisy. - Daisy! Excellent, Daisy. 815 01:01:23,790 --> 01:01:26,292 Come on in! Don't be scared! 816 01:01:26,376 --> 01:01:29,170 Don't be scared, folks. Make your way down. 817 01:01:29,254 --> 01:01:32,173 You're going to find that the magnesium in the water... 818 01:01:32,257 --> 01:01:34,759 is going to hold you up. 819 01:01:34,843 --> 01:01:37,262 So we're all going to get in. 820 01:01:37,345 --> 01:01:39,681 That includes you, Mr. Bronx. 821 01:01:39,764 --> 01:01:41,391 Okay. 822 01:01:42,892 --> 01:01:45,228 Jake Perrini, Bronx, New York. 823 01:01:45,311 --> 01:01:47,730 - Roy, Sir. - How you doing? 824 01:01:47,814 --> 01:01:49,816 That's right, this way. 825 01:01:49,899 --> 01:01:53,403 - Come on, I don't bite. - Now, with plenty of room. 826 01:01:53,486 --> 01:01:56,239 Fine, Sir. Mighty fine. 827 01:01:56,322 --> 01:01:57,573 - You? - Pete, Sir. 828 01:01:57,657 --> 01:02:01,118 - Pete. - Grab the edge of the pool. 829 01:02:01,202 --> 01:02:03,079 Get yourselves comfortable. 830 01:02:03,162 --> 01:02:08,542 And now, we're going to move just about whatever we can. 831 01:02:08,626 --> 01:02:11,128 Hey, you fellas mind pulling me out of this trap? 832 01:02:11,212 --> 01:02:13,756 - I don't want to trip. - My pleasure. 833 01:02:13,839 --> 01:02:15,758 With pleasure, Sir. 834 01:02:15,841 --> 01:02:18,594 A lot easier here than on land. 835 01:02:18,677 --> 01:02:21,847 Well done! That's it. 836 01:02:21,931 --> 01:02:24,642 That's it. Well done, Daisy. 837 01:02:24,725 --> 01:02:26,936 Wait! Wait! Fellas, do me one more favor? 838 01:02:27,019 --> 01:02:29,438 - You mind tossing me in? - Toss you in, Sir? 839 01:02:29,521 --> 01:02:30,981 I want to get airborne. 840 01:02:31,065 --> 01:02:32,441 - Go on one? - On three. 841 01:02:32,524 --> 01:02:35,152 - Lets get ready to... - Do you see that? 842 01:02:35,235 --> 01:02:36,987 One... 843 01:02:37,071 --> 01:02:38,781 two... 844 01:02:49,291 --> 01:02:51,460 Well done, Jake! 845 01:02:51,543 --> 01:02:53,879 You won't be able to tell the difference. 846 01:02:53,962 --> 01:02:55,714 Well, okay. 847 01:02:55,797 --> 01:02:57,424 Well, hello there. 848 01:02:57,507 --> 01:02:59,968 Do you want to try that lemonade? 849 01:03:15,609 --> 01:03:17,777 There you go. 850 01:03:19,738 --> 01:03:22,198 Do you have a reservation? 851 01:03:23,742 --> 01:03:25,201 You know, whether in there or out here... 852 01:03:25,285 --> 01:03:28,413 I guarantee you the food will taste the same. 853 01:03:28,496 --> 01:03:30,790 Absolutely terrible. 854 01:03:32,584 --> 01:03:33,918 "My dear Franklin." 855 01:03:34,002 --> 01:03:38,840 "I too, am embarking on an altogether remarkable experience." 856 01:03:38,923 --> 01:03:40,425 "It seems everywhere I go... 857 01:03:40,508 --> 01:03:43,636 there are more people in dire need of help." 858 01:03:43,720 --> 01:03:46,180 "It would be overwhelming if not for my deep belief... 859 01:03:46,264 --> 01:03:48,850 that help is possible." 860 01:03:48,933 --> 01:03:53,521 "Louie's latest flash of brilliance is to take me mainstream." 861 01:03:53,604 --> 01:03:56,983 "He said that you would know what he means by this." 862 01:03:57,066 --> 01:04:00,194 "I hope you are finding your work to be gratifying... 863 01:04:00,278 --> 01:04:03,406 in both mind and heart." 864 01:04:03,489 --> 01:04:06,283 "Your beloved, Eleanor." 865 01:04:07,326 --> 01:04:10,246 That's it, Fred. That's it. 866 01:04:11,288 --> 01:04:13,791 Off you go, Fred! Off you go. 867 01:04:15,209 --> 01:04:17,294 Oh, Fred. 868 01:04:24,969 --> 01:04:26,845 You're all set. 869 01:04:30,724 --> 01:04:33,936 - Thank you for the lift. - My pleasure, Ma'am. 870 01:04:59,377 --> 01:05:01,338 You go get him, Roy. Dont let him intimidate you. 871 01:05:01,421 --> 01:05:04,466 Your concentration, Roy. Would you make a move? 872 01:05:04,549 --> 01:05:07,344 You just hold on, Sir. I waited for you that last time. 873 01:05:07,427 --> 01:05:10,347 Here you go. Now King me. 874 01:05:10,430 --> 01:05:12,057 - Damn. - King me. 875 01:05:12,140 --> 01:05:14,893 That was not a legal move! 876 01:05:14,976 --> 01:05:16,644 It is, Sir. 877 01:05:16,728 --> 01:05:18,605 You are losing, Doc. 878 01:05:18,688 --> 01:05:20,440 Doc? 879 01:05:20,523 --> 01:05:22,817 You are Franklin Roosevelt, aren't you? 880 01:05:22,901 --> 01:05:24,527 Well, that depends. Are you a lawyer? 881 01:05:24,611 --> 01:05:26,696 - No. - Then Doc Roosevelt it is. 882 01:05:26,779 --> 01:05:28,323 Will you excuse me for one moment, please? 883 01:05:28,406 --> 01:05:30,491 Would you take that? 884 01:05:31,534 --> 01:05:35,997 - How can I help you, Miss... - Mahoney. Helena Mahoney. 885 01:05:37,040 --> 01:05:39,292 I'm the physical therapist. 886 01:05:41,377 --> 01:05:44,046 You have no idea who I am, do you? 887 01:05:44,130 --> 01:05:46,299 Should I? 888 01:05:46,382 --> 01:05:47,592 I wrote you a letter... 889 01:05:47,675 --> 01:05:49,635 right after I saw the article in the paper. 890 01:05:49,719 --> 01:05:51,762 - Didn't you read it? - Well, it got read, I assure you. 891 01:05:51,846 --> 01:05:54,015 But probably not by me. 892 01:05:55,057 --> 01:05:56,934 He's open right there. 893 01:05:57,018 --> 01:06:00,646 Sure is. Thank you, Ma'am. 894 01:06:00,730 --> 01:06:03,232 See, I've been studying the effects of moist heat... 895 01:06:03,315 --> 01:06:04,775 on polio patients. 896 01:06:04,859 --> 01:06:08,028 And I think repeated physical therapy in warm water... 897 01:06:08,112 --> 01:06:10,990 - Can help them regain lost strength. - Yes. 898 01:06:11,073 --> 01:06:14,827 Incredibly, I have come to the same conclusion myself. 899 01:06:16,620 --> 01:06:19,456 No ramps, no running water, no doctors. 900 01:06:19,540 --> 01:06:22,501 From the newspaper article, I assumed this was a rehabilitation center. 901 01:06:22,584 --> 01:06:24,378 Well, don't believe everything you read. 902 01:06:24,461 --> 01:06:26,839 I feel I was brought here under false pretenses. 903 01:06:26,922 --> 01:06:28,715 Join the club. 904 01:06:31,176 --> 01:06:35,013 - And push into my hand. - I'm trying. 905 01:06:40,644 --> 01:06:42,187 Okay. 906 01:06:46,149 --> 01:06:49,194 Well, give me the good news first. 907 01:06:49,277 --> 01:06:52,781 Now, your gluteus maximus is better than I'd hoped. 908 01:06:52,864 --> 01:06:55,992 - It'll serve you well. - That must be all that sitting. 909 01:06:56,076 --> 01:06:57,577 I'm serious. 910 01:06:57,661 --> 01:06:59,913 Your right leg has some movement along the thigh. 911 01:06:59,996 --> 01:07:01,164 That's good. 912 01:07:01,247 --> 01:07:04,042 Because then we'll be able to use that to extend your hip... 913 01:07:04,125 --> 01:07:06,544 flex your knee and rotate your tibia. 914 01:07:06,628 --> 01:07:09,589 And I'm supposed to walk on one side? 915 01:07:09,672 --> 01:07:13,927 The water may build some strength that I'm not able to see yet. 916 01:07:14,010 --> 01:07:17,055 But to do that, you would need to swim in the water much of the day. 917 01:07:17,138 --> 01:07:19,599 Not the limited hours you have now. 918 01:07:20,642 --> 01:07:24,646 Why should this place cater to a few able-bodied folk... 919 01:07:24,729 --> 01:07:28,274 when it could be open year round for polios? 920 01:07:29,317 --> 01:07:31,569 There's a real need for a place like this, Tom. 921 01:07:31,652 --> 01:07:33,321 Are you aware that in the last epidemic... 922 01:07:33,404 --> 01:07:37,492 over sixteen thousand people got polio in the New York area alone? 923 01:07:37,575 --> 01:07:40,453 - Sounds like you been reading up. - I wish there was more to read. 924 01:07:40,536 --> 01:07:43,456 Damn few things being written about any of this. 925 01:07:43,539 --> 01:07:46,208 Think of someone like Fred, locked away. 926 01:07:46,292 --> 01:07:48,169 His mind and heart so vibrant. 927 01:07:48,252 --> 01:07:51,422 It's a waste. It's an awful waste. 928 01:07:51,505 --> 01:07:53,466 What's the acreage here? 929 01:07:53,549 --> 01:07:56,218 About twelve hundred or so. Why? 930 01:07:56,302 --> 01:07:58,345 - I want to buy it. - No! 931 01:07:58,429 --> 01:08:00,347 I think it would make one hell of an investment. 932 01:08:00,431 --> 01:08:01,640 Investment? 933 01:08:01,724 --> 01:08:04,727 Twelve hundred acres enough for two resorts, don't you think? 934 01:08:04,810 --> 01:08:07,855 It would take money. All this land. 935 01:08:07,938 --> 01:08:11,900 Fixing up the inn, putting in ramps. So many people can't pay. 936 01:08:11,984 --> 01:08:15,404 Yeah, but do you think old Peabody will sell? 937 01:08:15,487 --> 01:08:18,282 - He'll sell. - Yeah? What makes you so sure? 938 01:08:18,365 --> 01:08:21,243 Have you taken a look at this place? 939 01:08:21,326 --> 01:08:23,287 Yes, yes, I'm still holding. 940 01:08:24,788 --> 01:08:27,583 Oh, hello. Hello? Hello, Peabody! 941 01:08:27,666 --> 01:08:29,751 You old reprobate! 942 01:08:30,919 --> 01:08:34,172 Yes. You'll never guess why I'm calling. 943 01:08:34,256 --> 01:08:36,675 Okay, gentlemen, her braces are unlocked. 944 01:08:36,758 --> 01:08:39,928 - Woodhall, this is Eloise. - Hi. 945 01:08:40,011 --> 01:08:43,140 I want you to pick her up and put her in that chair. 946 01:08:43,223 --> 01:08:45,976 - Yes, Ma'am. - Gently. 947 01:08:47,435 --> 01:08:49,104 Very good. 948 01:08:50,939 --> 01:08:53,650 - Watch her braces. - Yes, Ma'am. 949 01:08:56,194 --> 01:08:58,863 You're as light as a feather, I hardly... 950 01:09:01,866 --> 01:09:03,326 I... 951 01:09:07,080 --> 01:09:10,500 I was a dancer. In the ballet. 952 01:09:10,583 --> 01:09:13,586 That's all I ever wanted. 953 01:09:14,963 --> 01:09:17,298 - And then, I... - Miss Mahoney! 954 01:09:17,382 --> 01:09:20,426 We have some new faces. 955 01:09:20,510 --> 01:09:23,679 Good news. I raided the pool hall. 956 01:09:23,763 --> 01:09:25,973 These are my push boys. 957 01:09:26,057 --> 01:09:28,434 Well, welcome, push boys. 958 01:09:28,518 --> 01:09:30,895 And good day, Eloise, everyone. 959 01:09:30,978 --> 01:09:32,438 Hello, Mr. Roosevelt. 960 01:09:32,522 --> 01:09:35,233 You going to to tell them your good news? 961 01:09:35,316 --> 01:09:38,611 Well, it's hardly a done deal. 962 01:09:38,694 --> 01:09:41,197 But for better or worse... 963 01:09:41,280 --> 01:09:45,534 you may be looking at the new owner of this godforsaken place. 964 01:09:47,119 --> 01:09:48,704 What? 965 01:09:51,332 --> 01:09:53,792 - Three. - Two. 966 01:09:53,876 --> 01:09:56,629 Polio's always going to be a losing proposition financially... 967 01:09:56,712 --> 01:09:58,255 but that's no reason you shouldn't buy the place. 968 01:09:58,339 --> 01:09:59,924 - I'll take two. - I'm buying it. 969 01:10:00,007 --> 01:10:01,550 Make no mistake about that. 970 01:10:01,634 --> 01:10:03,636 - One. - Good for you, Doctor. 971 01:10:03,719 --> 01:10:06,972 Now, Doc, if you don't mind my asking. 972 01:10:07,056 --> 01:10:08,515 How are people going to pay for the services... 973 01:10:08,599 --> 01:10:10,184 that you're going to offer here? I mean... 974 01:10:10,267 --> 01:10:12,311 people with polio have a hard enough time... 975 01:10:12,394 --> 01:10:14,563 to make ends meet as it is. 976 01:10:14,646 --> 01:10:16,273 Boy makes a good point, Franklin. 977 01:10:16,356 --> 01:10:18,942 Well, not everything in this world has to be about profit. 978 01:10:19,026 --> 01:10:20,694 - Check! - Check. 979 01:10:20,777 --> 01:10:22,654 Check. 980 01:10:22,738 --> 01:10:24,239 Twenty-five. 981 01:10:24,323 --> 01:10:27,159 I'll see you twenty-five and raise you twenty-five. 982 01:10:27,242 --> 01:10:28,827 Come on, will you? The night's still young. 983 01:10:28,910 --> 01:10:31,913 It's twenty-five cents, not twenty-five dollars. 984 01:10:31,997 --> 01:10:35,125 Don't let him bother you, Tom. He's a cheap bastard. 985 01:10:35,208 --> 01:10:37,669 Too rich for my blood. 986 01:10:37,752 --> 01:10:39,087 I'm out. 987 01:10:39,171 --> 01:10:42,340 Twenty-five. You better have something. 988 01:10:47,345 --> 01:10:50,348 Take it. I was bluffing. 989 01:10:54,686 --> 01:10:56,187 Well... 990 01:10:57,272 --> 01:10:59,399 Your deal, Franklin. 991 01:11:04,654 --> 01:11:08,074 - Good night, everybody. - Good night, Tom. 992 01:11:09,117 --> 01:11:11,411 Tom, better luck next time. 993 01:11:11,494 --> 01:11:16,207 Well, gentlemen. The game is five-card stud... 994 01:11:16,290 --> 01:11:19,210 and sevens are wild. 995 01:11:19,293 --> 01:11:20,670 Sevens are wild. 996 01:11:20,753 --> 01:11:23,339 - Again? - You can all go to hell. 997 01:11:28,678 --> 01:11:30,221 Tom! 998 01:11:32,807 --> 01:11:35,851 Tom, where do you think you're going? 999 01:11:35,935 --> 01:11:38,562 I'm going up to Asheville to see my parents. 1000 01:11:38,646 --> 01:11:42,817 Well, I can't do this without you. Why, we're only just beginning. 1001 01:11:42,900 --> 01:11:45,653 You. You're beginning. 1002 01:11:45,736 --> 01:11:47,404 Not me. 1003 01:11:51,659 --> 01:11:54,286 I've got cancer, Franklin. 1004 01:11:55,329 --> 01:11:57,498 It's spread everywhere. 1005 01:12:01,418 --> 01:12:03,378 Well, I'll take you to the best doctors. 1006 01:12:03,462 --> 01:12:06,882 - We'll go to Atlanta, right now. - I've seen the best doctors. 1007 01:12:06,965 --> 01:12:08,467 When you were away in New York... 1008 01:12:08,550 --> 01:12:11,053 they opened me up for the second time. 1009 01:12:12,095 --> 01:12:15,432 I just want to die in the bed I was born in. 1010 01:12:16,475 --> 01:12:21,938 You're going to do great things. This place has identity now. 1011 01:12:22,022 --> 01:12:23,690 A purpose. 1012 01:12:24,816 --> 01:12:26,526 It has you. 1013 01:12:31,239 --> 01:12:35,702 - Take care of yourself, Roy. - God be with you, Mr. Loyless. 1014 01:12:38,580 --> 01:12:40,665 You never pitied me. 1015 01:12:42,208 --> 01:12:43,960 Thank you for that, Tom. 1016 01:12:44,044 --> 01:12:48,214 On the contrary, I envy you. 1017 01:12:50,717 --> 01:12:52,802 Good luck, Franklin. 1018 01:13:10,778 --> 01:13:13,322 He wants to use his entire trust fund... 1019 01:13:13,406 --> 01:13:16,868 to buy that leper colony. 1020 01:13:16,951 --> 01:13:19,036 Franklin has invited Louie and me... 1021 01:13:19,120 --> 01:13:21,038 to see the work that he has been doing. 1022 01:13:21,122 --> 01:13:24,166 Work... Playing in a pool all day long. 1023 01:13:24,250 --> 01:13:30,005 Squandering his birthright on a group of fawning strangers. 1024 01:13:30,089 --> 01:13:31,549 I consider this your fault, Eleanor. 1025 01:13:31,632 --> 01:13:34,635 - I beg your pardon, Mama? - You have indulged him. 1026 01:13:34,718 --> 01:13:37,972 - And this is the result. - Indulged him? 1027 01:13:38,055 --> 01:13:40,432 I have indulged him? 1028 01:13:40,516 --> 01:13:43,310 He's a grown man who makes his own decisions. 1029 01:13:43,394 --> 01:13:44,895 But he doesn't have to buy it. 1030 01:13:44,979 --> 01:13:47,064 If it's any comfort to you, I agree. 1031 01:13:47,147 --> 01:13:48,232 And I'm against it as well. 1032 01:13:48,315 --> 01:13:50,317 It will take up too much of his time and energy. 1033 01:13:50,401 --> 01:13:52,528 Then it's settled. We tell him no. 1034 01:13:52,611 --> 01:13:55,197 No, it is not settled. 1035 01:13:55,280 --> 01:13:56,990 We must hear him out. 1036 01:13:57,074 --> 01:14:00,285 Louie and I must see for ourselves the work that he has been doing... 1037 01:14:00,369 --> 01:14:03,080 then we will all discuss this further. 1038 01:14:04,122 --> 01:14:06,083 Then tell him no. 1039 01:14:07,668 --> 01:14:11,755 - Perhaps I've underestimated you. - Perhaps you have. 1040 01:14:13,590 --> 01:14:16,551 All right, ready? 1041 01:14:18,428 --> 01:14:20,555 All right. Now get yourself on up. 1042 01:14:20,639 --> 01:14:23,517 She'll help you onto your crutches. 1043 01:14:23,600 --> 01:14:27,979 - Morning, Mr. Roosevelt. - What are you doing with Tom's car? 1044 01:14:28,063 --> 01:14:31,816 I was just as sorry as anyone to hear about Mr. Loyless' passing... 1045 01:14:31,900 --> 01:14:34,444 and I wish he could have lived to see this. 1046 01:14:34,527 --> 01:14:36,071 What are you talking about? 1047 01:14:36,154 --> 01:14:38,490 Mr. Loyless had me come up here and he said... 1048 01:14:38,573 --> 01:14:39,949 "Fetch this car... 1049 01:14:40,033 --> 01:14:43,369 and I want you to fix it up for Mr. Roosevelt." 1050 01:14:43,453 --> 01:14:45,205 Pete, I can't drive a car. 1051 01:14:45,288 --> 01:14:48,708 Well, you can now. I'll teach you. 1052 01:14:48,791 --> 01:14:51,544 Now this one here is your brake. 1053 01:14:51,628 --> 01:14:53,171 - Okay. Got it. - All right. 1054 01:14:53,254 --> 01:14:55,381 And this one over here, this is your gas. 1055 01:14:55,465 --> 01:14:59,052 - Gas. - Hot damn! You got hand controls. 1056 01:14:59,135 --> 01:15:00,511 That's a thing of beauty. 1057 01:15:00,595 --> 01:15:02,597 Now you got to push the gas in real smooth... 1058 01:15:02,680 --> 01:15:04,599 or else it goes all herky-jerky. 1059 01:15:04,682 --> 01:15:06,225 Yeah? 1060 01:15:08,519 --> 01:15:10,396 You ain't quite ready to drive it just yet. 1061 01:15:10,479 --> 01:15:12,899 - Now you got to... - Oh, yes, I am! 1062 01:15:12,982 --> 01:15:14,859 All right. 1063 01:15:19,280 --> 01:15:21,365 Do not worry. 1064 01:16:05,992 --> 01:16:08,578 It's a far cry from Grand Central Station. 1065 01:16:12,916 --> 01:16:16,545 The wire said someone would be here to pick us up. 1066 01:16:29,891 --> 01:16:33,019 Your chariot awaits, Madame! 1067 01:16:43,404 --> 01:16:45,406 When did you learn to drive this thing? 1068 01:16:45,490 --> 01:16:46,532 Tuesday. 1069 01:17:12,600 --> 01:17:14,518 - Hello. - Hello, Mr. Roosevelt. 1070 01:17:14,602 --> 01:17:16,562 I can't wait to give you the tour. 1071 01:17:16,645 --> 01:17:17,730 I'm going to take you in the back way. 1072 01:17:17,813 --> 01:17:20,858 That's where the ramps are. A very exclusive entrance. 1073 01:17:20,941 --> 01:17:25,112 Our able-bodied guests are green with envy. 1074 01:17:26,405 --> 01:17:28,908 Now a small schoolhouse will go there. We need it badly. 1075 01:17:28,991 --> 01:17:31,452 Many of the children are barred from the local schools... 1076 01:17:31,535 --> 01:17:33,454 due to their infirmities. 1077 01:17:33,537 --> 01:17:36,415 We also require a blacksmith's shop... 1078 01:17:36,498 --> 01:17:39,001 so that we can craft braces here on the premises. 1079 01:17:39,084 --> 01:17:43,005 I found a wonderful local man who can make crutches and canes. 1080 01:17:43,088 --> 01:17:45,090 His work is outstanding. But of course... 1081 01:17:45,174 --> 01:17:48,260 what we are in most desperate need of is a hospital. 1082 01:17:48,343 --> 01:17:51,555 That's going to put my fund-raising abilities to the test. 1083 01:17:51,638 --> 01:17:55,726 But if I can get you inside, you'll see the real possibilities. 1084 01:17:56,852 --> 01:17:58,645 Wait until you see. 1085 01:17:58,729 --> 01:18:01,022 We have a wonderful bedroom for Louie. 1086 01:18:01,106 --> 01:18:03,692 Upstairs, of course. Lucky fella. 1087 01:18:03,775 --> 01:18:06,987 Now, we have in here, the storeroom... 1088 01:18:07,070 --> 01:18:09,322 and we have the kitchen here. 1089 01:18:09,406 --> 01:18:11,825 Franklin, what exactly are you proposing? 1090 01:18:11,908 --> 01:18:14,786 That this will be the first polio rehabilitation... 1091 01:18:14,869 --> 01:18:16,579 and treatment center in the world. 1092 01:18:16,663 --> 01:18:19,624 Now my personal trust almost covers the cost of the inn... 1093 01:18:19,708 --> 01:18:22,168 and the surrounding land. That's the dining room. 1094 01:18:22,252 --> 01:18:24,212 A modest tuition will be charged to patients. 1095 01:18:24,295 --> 01:18:26,506 That should hold us over while I seek out investors. 1096 01:18:26,589 --> 01:18:30,593 That's the library in there. And in here we have the parlor. 1097 01:18:30,677 --> 01:18:34,264 But you're taking a huge financial risk here. 1098 01:18:34,347 --> 01:18:36,599 And there are other costs to consider. 1099 01:18:36,683 --> 01:18:38,851 Well, Mama will see that the children are provided for. 1100 01:18:38,935 --> 01:18:40,937 I'm not speaking of money. 1101 01:18:41,980 --> 01:18:43,272 Yeah, I have found something here... 1102 01:18:43,356 --> 01:18:45,566 which makes waking up in the morning remotely bearable. 1103 01:18:45,650 --> 01:18:46,692 I can't believe the two of you stand here... 1104 01:18:46,776 --> 01:18:49,320 Franklin, I need for you to be practical and realistic... 1105 01:18:49,403 --> 01:18:52,198 Practical? Practical? Eleanor, will you understand? 1106 01:18:52,281 --> 01:18:55,910 I am trapped inside a body which no longer moves of my own volition! 1107 01:18:55,993 --> 01:18:59,330 I am trying to be practical! 1108 01:19:02,375 --> 01:19:04,460 Now either you're with me or against me! 1109 01:19:04,543 --> 01:19:06,212 In or out! 1110 01:19:06,295 --> 01:19:10,091 I don't care for ultimatums disguised as debate. 1111 01:19:11,425 --> 01:19:14,053 Where are you going? Eleanor, come back here! 1112 01:19:14,136 --> 01:19:16,764 I will see you gentlemen tonight! 1113 01:19:17,806 --> 01:19:18,891 You can't talk to her like that. 1114 01:19:18,974 --> 01:19:21,393 Oh, really? Are you an expert on this now? 1115 01:19:21,477 --> 01:19:25,314 - How should I speak to my wife... - With the respect that she deserves. 1116 01:19:25,397 --> 01:19:27,483 Look, I don't deny that the work you're doing here could be... 1117 01:19:27,566 --> 01:19:28,901 Oh, could be? Oh. 1118 01:19:28,984 --> 01:19:31,904 But the issue is whether you want to run a rehabilitation center... 1119 01:19:31,987 --> 01:19:33,864 or whether you want to run for office again. 1120 01:19:33,947 --> 01:19:37,326 When I can walk, I'll run. 1121 01:19:39,328 --> 01:19:41,455 - You know what it is. - That's what you get. 1122 01:19:41,538 --> 01:19:43,624 A very, very powerful... 1123 01:19:50,964 --> 01:19:53,133 That's it, you can... 1124 01:20:20,034 --> 01:20:22,662 Your attention, please, friends. Now this is, as you know... 1125 01:20:22,745 --> 01:20:24,956 a very special night we're celebrating. 1126 01:20:25,039 --> 01:20:27,333 At last but not least, because we're out of the back room... 1127 01:20:27,417 --> 01:20:29,085 and into the dining room. 1128 01:20:29,168 --> 01:20:30,795 Here, here! 1129 01:20:30,878 --> 01:20:32,046 Wait a minute. Wait a minute. 1130 01:20:32,130 --> 01:20:35,717 I can't let this opportunity pass without saying out loud... 1131 01:20:35,800 --> 01:20:39,137 what a lot of us are feeling in our hearts right now. 1132 01:20:39,220 --> 01:20:42,348 - You are a man among men, Franklin. - That's right. 1133 01:20:42,432 --> 01:20:44,684 Here, here! Here, here! 1134 01:20:48,312 --> 01:20:52,149 - And women. - And children. 1135 01:20:54,360 --> 01:20:56,112 It's a real democracy here at Warm Springs. 1136 01:20:56,195 --> 01:20:57,655 Everybody gets heard. 1137 01:20:59,907 --> 01:21:03,119 All right then. Let me now do the honors of presenting to you... 1138 01:21:03,202 --> 01:21:05,496 - Mr. Danny Connell on the piano. - Hey, Danny! 1139 01:21:05,579 --> 01:21:09,416 And the lovely Miss Eloise Hutchinson of Cottage C. 1140 01:21:10,459 --> 01:21:11,919 Boys! 1141 01:21:18,008 --> 01:21:23,472 "Think of what you're losing by constantly refusing... 1142 01:21:23,555 --> 01:21:26,892 to dance with me." 1143 01:21:26,975 --> 01:21:32,022 "You'd be the idol of France with me." 1144 01:21:32,105 --> 01:21:33,982 "And yet you stand there... 1145 01:21:34,066 --> 01:21:40,030 and shake your foolish head dramatically." 1146 01:21:40,113 --> 01:21:44,576 "While I wait here so ecstatically... 1147 01:21:44,659 --> 01:21:50,499 you just look and say emphatically... 1148 01:21:51,541 --> 01:21:54,961 'Not this season!'" 1149 01:21:56,004 --> 01:22:02,093 "There's a reason." 1150 01:22:07,849 --> 01:22:10,727 "I won't dance! Don't ask me!" 1151 01:22:10,810 --> 01:22:13,646 "I won't dance. Don't ask me!" 1152 01:22:13,730 --> 01:22:17,984 "I won't dance, Monsieur, with you." 1153 01:22:18,067 --> 01:22:20,904 "My heart won't let my feet do things... 1154 01:22:20,987 --> 01:22:24,782 they should do." 1155 01:22:24,866 --> 01:22:27,577 "You know what? You're lovely." 1156 01:22:27,660 --> 01:22:30,663 "And so what? I'm lovely." 1157 01:22:30,747 --> 01:22:34,834 "But, what you do to me?" 1158 01:22:34,917 --> 01:22:40,423 "I'm like an ocean wave that's bumped on the shore" 1159 01:22:40,506 --> 01:22:46,012 "I feel so absolutely stumped on the floor" 1160 01:22:46,095 --> 01:22:47,305 "I won't dance!" 1161 01:22:47,388 --> 01:22:53,394 Bravo! Bravo! 1162 01:22:54,437 --> 01:22:56,147 Thank you! 1163 01:22:56,230 --> 01:22:59,650 Thank you. Thank you. That was just wonderful. 1164 01:22:59,733 --> 01:23:01,735 Thank you. And... 1165 01:23:01,819 --> 01:23:04,029 now I understand that our... 1166 01:23:04,113 --> 01:23:06,031 Before we say good night... 1167 01:23:06,115 --> 01:23:11,412 that our royal taskmaster in residence, Miss Mahoney... 1168 01:23:11,495 --> 01:23:15,457 insists on having the last word. 1169 01:23:16,500 --> 01:23:19,086 I don't think... 1170 01:23:19,169 --> 01:23:24,007 words describe adequately... 1171 01:23:24,091 --> 01:23:28,679 what Daisy and I would like to show all of you. 1172 01:23:29,930 --> 01:23:31,890 You ready, Daisy? 1173 01:24:49,425 --> 01:24:51,135 Let me. 1174 01:24:54,305 --> 01:24:55,890 Yes, Ma'am. 1175 01:25:00,644 --> 01:25:02,771 What is your most pressing concern? 1176 01:25:02,855 --> 01:25:07,484 Getting a doctor to live on the premises full time. 1177 01:25:07,568 --> 01:25:12,448 Someone who at the very least could monitor our progress. 1178 01:25:12,531 --> 01:25:14,491 Make us legitimate. 1179 01:25:14,575 --> 01:25:16,702 And that costs more money. 1180 01:25:16,785 --> 01:25:21,665 Yes. But the real problem is no one is interested. 1181 01:25:21,748 --> 01:25:23,375 The annual Orthopedics Convention... 1182 01:25:23,458 --> 01:25:26,169 is being held in Atlanta this weekend. 1183 01:25:26,253 --> 01:25:30,173 When I offered to speak, they turned me down flat. 1184 01:25:34,344 --> 01:25:36,471 A few weeks ago... 1185 01:25:36,555 --> 01:25:39,850 conditions at a garment factory on West Twenty-seventh Street... 1186 01:25:39,933 --> 01:25:41,518 were brought to my attention. 1187 01:25:41,601 --> 01:25:43,895 The owners claimed that everything was satisfactory... 1188 01:25:43,979 --> 01:25:47,232 but would never let anyone in to have a complete inspection. 1189 01:25:47,315 --> 01:25:51,236 It took a while, but we finally got in. 1190 01:25:51,319 --> 01:25:53,655 We? 1191 01:25:53,738 --> 01:25:57,033 I showed up with someone from the Labor Board... 1192 01:25:58,076 --> 01:26:01,704 and we refused to leave until they let us in. 1193 01:26:02,747 --> 01:26:05,500 What are you suggesting, Eleanor? 1194 01:26:07,502 --> 01:26:13,007 At the risk of my good standing with the Junior Assistance League... 1195 01:26:13,091 --> 01:26:14,634 Thank you. 1196 01:26:14,717 --> 01:26:17,845 I suggest we crash the party. 1197 01:26:27,772 --> 01:26:31,192 - Good night, Franklin. - Thank you. 1198 01:26:31,275 --> 01:26:33,361 Good night, Babs. 1199 01:27:05,267 --> 01:27:09,146 A clinical situation where the radicular or nerve root... 1200 01:27:09,229 --> 01:27:12,274 is compressed by the prolapsed disc is referred to as a... 1201 01:27:12,357 --> 01:27:16,069 - So sorry we're late! - Good afternoon! 1202 01:27:16,153 --> 01:27:17,696 You sure this worked on Twenty-seventh Street? 1203 01:27:17,779 --> 01:27:20,032 It seemed to at the time. 1204 01:27:20,115 --> 01:27:22,576 - Eleanor Roosevelt. - Excuse me. 1205 01:27:22,659 --> 01:27:25,162 Niece of the late president, Theodore Roosevelt. 1206 01:27:25,245 --> 01:27:26,872 And this is my husband, Franklin... 1207 01:27:26,955 --> 01:27:29,708 former Assistant Secretary of the Navy. 1208 01:27:29,791 --> 01:27:32,335 Thank you, Dr. Bissell, for giving us a few minutes. 1209 01:27:32,419 --> 01:27:34,880 It is so generous of you. 1210 01:27:34,963 --> 01:27:36,089 My husband... 1211 01:27:36,172 --> 01:27:37,966 - as many of you may have read... - Madame. Sorry, but were in... 1212 01:27:38,049 --> 01:27:39,092 This will take one moment. 1213 01:27:39,175 --> 01:27:40,760 - Thank you so much, Dr. Bissell. - Thank you so much. 1214 01:27:40,844 --> 01:27:44,639 My husband, as many of you may have read, is a victim of polio. 1215 01:27:44,723 --> 01:27:47,267 However, victim is only a definition. 1216 01:27:47,350 --> 01:27:48,977 Not a state of mind. 1217 01:27:49,060 --> 01:27:50,478 - Franklin. - I will be brief. 1218 01:27:50,562 --> 01:27:52,564 As we all know, poor circulation... 1219 01:27:52,647 --> 01:27:55,859 is a chronic problem for limbs damaged by polio. 1220 01:27:55,942 --> 01:27:58,444 I, myself, have only been able to swim for a few moments... 1221 01:27:58,528 --> 01:28:00,196 without getting too cold. 1222 01:28:00,280 --> 01:28:02,657 But there is a place, gentlemen... 1223 01:28:02,740 --> 01:28:05,868 a miraculous place not three hours from here... 1224 01:28:05,952 --> 01:28:08,871 where the water is filled with natural minerals... 1225 01:28:08,955 --> 01:28:12,875 and at a temperature of almost ninety degrees. 1226 01:28:12,959 --> 01:28:17,588 That place, gentlemen, is called Warm Springs. 1227 01:28:17,672 --> 01:28:19,715 - Franklin... - And as a result... 1228 01:28:19,799 --> 01:28:21,509 - Sorry. - of the work undertaken there... 1229 01:28:21,592 --> 01:28:26,347 it is our contention that muscles weakened by infantile paralysis... 1230 01:28:26,430 --> 01:28:31,685 can regain much needed strength with warm water therapy. 1231 01:28:31,769 --> 01:28:35,481 And at a truly significant rate. 1232 01:28:36,524 --> 01:28:39,777 Yes. We have come to the shared conclusion... 1233 01:28:39,860 --> 01:28:41,320 that research for the cause... 1234 01:28:41,403 --> 01:28:44,698 and the cure of Infantile Paralysis is paramount. 1235 01:28:44,782 --> 01:28:47,368 However, until that day arrives... 1236 01:28:47,451 --> 01:28:51,205 more emphasis needs to be placed on rehabilitation. 1237 01:28:51,288 --> 01:28:53,916 We personally invite you to Warm Springs... 1238 01:28:53,999 --> 01:28:55,667 to come and take a look. 1239 01:28:55,751 --> 01:28:57,920 - Thank you. - Thank you very much, gentlemen. 1240 01:28:58,003 --> 01:28:59,797 - Thank you, Dr. Bissell. - Thank you, Dr. Bissell. 1241 01:28:59,880 --> 01:29:02,466 You have a wonderful convention! 1242 01:29:04,468 --> 01:29:06,303 Thank you. 1243 01:29:06,386 --> 01:29:08,180 - Thank you very much. - That's very encouraging. Good luck. 1244 01:29:08,263 --> 01:29:10,390 - Good to meet you. - Mrs. Roosevelt. 1245 01:29:10,474 --> 01:29:12,059 Excuse me. 1246 01:29:12,142 --> 01:29:14,644 - Dr. Peter Hebert. - Hello. 1247 01:29:14,728 --> 01:29:16,813 I've been doing some studies of my own in this area... 1248 01:29:16,897 --> 01:29:19,149 and I was wondering if I could come down and make an evaluation... 1249 01:29:19,232 --> 01:29:20,400 for The Journal of Orthopedic Medicine. 1250 01:29:20,484 --> 01:29:23,278 Yes, it would and the sooner the better, Doctor. 1251 01:29:23,361 --> 01:29:25,864 - Thank you. - Thank you. 1252 01:29:27,282 --> 01:29:29,367 - Not bad. - Not bad. 1253 01:29:52,223 --> 01:29:56,394 - What is it? - Who are you? 1254 01:30:04,026 --> 01:30:05,570 Come here. 1255 01:30:06,946 --> 01:30:10,074 - I don't know how to drive. - No... I'll teach you. 1256 01:30:10,158 --> 01:30:13,494 Put your hand there. Press it forward. 1257 01:30:13,578 --> 01:30:15,705 And if I move this one forward... 1258 01:30:15,788 --> 01:30:17,832 and then if you release... 1259 01:30:17,915 --> 01:30:21,544 and I move this, you release the lever. 1260 01:30:21,627 --> 01:30:25,047 And here we go! 1261 01:30:25,131 --> 01:30:29,718 See? You're a natural. Try a little steering. 1262 01:30:29,802 --> 01:30:32,054 - No. That's all right. - Just one hand. 1263 01:30:32,138 --> 01:30:34,890 - I don't... - Just one hand, Eleanor. 1264 01:30:34,974 --> 01:30:36,642 And the other. 1265 01:30:36,725 --> 01:30:38,394 See. 1266 01:30:43,273 --> 01:30:45,442 You'll be fine. 1267 01:30:45,526 --> 01:30:48,904 Now look, Babs, I don't want you to worry when I do this. 1268 01:30:48,987 --> 01:30:53,075 Oh, please! Oh, please. Oh, God! 1269 01:30:56,036 --> 01:30:59,414 - You are a natural, Babs. - Oh, that's really not funny. 1270 01:31:04,169 --> 01:31:06,755 - Bye, boss. - Goodbye, Louie. 1271 01:31:09,257 --> 01:31:11,468 I'll break the news to Mama. 1272 01:31:12,594 --> 01:31:15,472 I think it's going to be fun. 1273 01:31:18,517 --> 01:31:22,312 Oh, Babs, words fail me. 1274 01:31:22,395 --> 01:31:24,105 You... 1275 01:31:24,189 --> 01:31:26,316 Franklin Roosevelt... 1276 01:31:27,359 --> 01:31:29,527 I do so love you. 1277 01:31:37,076 --> 01:31:41,164 Mr. Roosevelt. You're looking mighty fit. 1278 01:31:41,247 --> 01:31:42,832 Well, thank you. 1279 01:31:42,916 --> 01:31:45,960 - Fine day, isn't it? - It is. 1280 01:31:46,044 --> 01:31:48,755 Now, how's the boll weevil situation? 1281 01:31:48,838 --> 01:31:50,423 Well, I expect the boll weevil... 1282 01:31:50,506 --> 01:31:52,842 is going to always be a situation, Mr. Roosevelt. 1283 01:31:52,925 --> 01:31:55,011 Ain't that the truth... 1284 01:31:57,680 --> 01:32:01,726 I have a feeling we're not smiling about the same thing. 1285 01:32:05,062 --> 01:32:06,814 He's ready. 1286 01:32:15,197 --> 01:32:16,323 Come on, Louie. 1287 01:32:16,407 --> 01:32:19,076 You can't kiss babies from a wheelchair. 1288 01:32:19,160 --> 01:32:22,413 - Scare their mothers half to death. - Yeah, what do we need him for? 1289 01:32:22,496 --> 01:32:24,790 Al Smith's got the presidential nomination in a lock. 1290 01:32:24,874 --> 01:32:26,542 - How are we going to... - Correct me if I'm wrong. 1291 01:32:26,625 --> 01:32:28,127 But don't you think, after all these years... 1292 01:32:28,210 --> 01:32:31,088 that old Al's a little rough around the edges? 1293 01:32:33,132 --> 01:32:35,551 Well, Franklin can help soften his image. 1294 01:32:35,634 --> 01:32:37,344 - How? - Yeah. 1295 01:32:37,428 --> 01:32:40,222 Let him put Smith's name in nomination. 1296 01:32:40,305 --> 01:32:43,851 - In nomination? Are you serious? - Wait, wait, wait, wait. 1297 01:32:43,934 --> 01:32:46,228 - He is a hell of a speechmaker. - He may be. 1298 01:32:46,311 --> 01:32:48,105 But is your man up to it? 1299 01:32:48,188 --> 01:32:52,985 It is in the bag, guys. You can count on him. 1300 01:32:53,068 --> 01:32:56,780 Hey, Stansbury! Send my best to the Missus. 1301 01:32:56,863 --> 01:32:59,992 - I will. Thank you. - He's lost weight. 1302 01:33:00,075 --> 01:33:01,952 Must have been the prison food. 1303 01:33:05,372 --> 01:33:06,414 It's a fairly long ride. 1304 01:33:06,498 --> 01:33:07,707 I'm going to lift your leg up just a little. 1305 01:33:07,791 --> 01:33:09,334 I don't know about that. 1306 01:33:09,417 --> 01:33:11,586 You say she's been wearing these braces for a year? 1307 01:33:11,670 --> 01:33:14,172 - That's right. - All right, sweetheart. 1308 01:33:14,256 --> 01:33:17,467 Give it a little bit, this way. Okay, it's all right. Good. Good. 1309 01:33:17,550 --> 01:33:20,929 Now roll it back just the other way. Okay? 1310 01:33:21,012 --> 01:33:24,933 All right. Can you push against my hand? 1311 01:33:25,016 --> 01:33:27,102 Again. Okay. 1312 01:33:27,185 --> 01:33:29,604 That's excellent. Good, sweetheart. 1313 01:34:33,876 --> 01:34:37,212 Hello, Sanders! How are you? 1314 01:34:38,255 --> 01:34:40,507 Couldn't be better. 1315 01:34:40,591 --> 01:34:44,803 I was wondering if you'd found a buyer for my naval prints. 1316 01:34:46,555 --> 01:34:48,265 I see. 1317 01:34:48,348 --> 01:34:51,059 Well, they're in marvelous condition. 1318 01:34:53,311 --> 01:34:56,314 All right, Sanders. Oh, one more thing. 1319 01:34:56,398 --> 01:34:59,067 I have some wonderful pieces of my grandfather's. 1320 01:34:59,151 --> 01:35:00,944 Tang Dy... 1321 01:35:02,028 --> 01:35:03,989 Really? 1322 01:35:04,072 --> 01:35:08,034 An auction in the fall? Well, that sounds promising. 1323 01:35:09,077 --> 01:35:13,581 Yes, indeed, indeed, I will be in touch. 1324 01:35:13,665 --> 01:35:15,542 Thank you, Sanders. 1325 01:35:26,010 --> 01:35:28,263 Roy, what am I going to tell these people... 1326 01:35:28,346 --> 01:35:30,974 if I have to close things down? 1327 01:35:31,057 --> 01:35:33,351 That you did the best you could. 1328 01:35:33,434 --> 01:35:35,436 Afternoon, Mr. Roosevelt. 1329 01:35:35,520 --> 01:35:38,815 Lionel. Any good news? 1330 01:35:38,898 --> 01:35:41,150 Creditors are getting cranky. 1331 01:35:41,234 --> 01:35:43,569 The operative word was "good". 1332 01:35:44,612 --> 01:35:46,489 Oh! Almost forgot. 1333 01:35:46,572 --> 01:35:50,159 That doctor that came and studied you all sent his report. 1334 01:35:50,243 --> 01:35:52,787 - Save me the stamps. - Yes, yes. 1335 01:35:53,829 --> 01:35:55,915 These will come off clean. 1336 01:35:59,835 --> 01:36:03,464 "Therefore in conclusion, my research has shown... 1337 01:36:03,547 --> 01:36:05,966 that the overwhelming majority of patients... 1338 01:36:06,050 --> 01:36:08,844 have shown some improvement." 1339 01:36:08,928 --> 01:36:12,181 "Enough for me to recommend warm water therapy... 1340 01:36:12,264 --> 01:36:14,725 as the standard postpolio treatment... 1341 01:36:14,808 --> 01:36:17,186 to the Orthopedic Society of America." 1342 01:36:17,269 --> 01:36:19,355 Roy! 1343 01:36:27,696 --> 01:36:29,573 What is it, Sir? 1344 01:36:33,619 --> 01:36:35,621 It's not as bad as you think. 1345 01:36:35,704 --> 01:36:37,998 Read it out loud. Page twenty-nine. 1346 01:36:38,081 --> 01:36:39,958 - I already... - Read it! 1347 01:36:44,629 --> 01:36:46,840 "Of the twenty-three patients examined... 1348 01:36:46,923 --> 01:36:50,594 only one, a forty-four year-old male... 1349 01:36:50,677 --> 01:36:52,637 showed little visible signs of improvement." 1350 01:36:52,721 --> 01:36:54,097 This is one doctor's opinion, Franklin... 1351 01:36:54,181 --> 01:36:55,849 Keep reading! 1352 01:36:59,060 --> 01:37:00,979 "There is marked falling away of the muscle masses... 1353 01:37:01,062 --> 01:37:03,857 on either side of the spine in the lower lumbar region." 1354 01:37:03,940 --> 01:37:07,694 "His lower extremities present a most depressing picture." 1355 01:37:08,820 --> 01:37:10,447 Please. 1356 01:37:13,408 --> 01:37:15,076 "I feel after studying him... 1357 01:37:15,160 --> 01:37:18,746 that the psychological factor in his management is paramount." 1358 01:37:18,830 --> 01:37:21,416 "He has such courage and ambition." 1359 01:37:22,458 --> 01:37:23,668 "Yet at the same time he is such... 1360 01:37:23,751 --> 01:37:27,005 an extraordinarily sensitive emotional mechanism... 1361 01:37:27,088 --> 01:37:29,132 that it will take all the skill which we can muster... 1362 01:37:29,215 --> 01:37:31,759 to lead him successfully to a recognition... 1363 01:37:31,843 --> 01:37:34,887 of his severe physical limitations without crushing him." 1364 01:37:34,971 --> 01:37:36,973 Patronizing son of a bitch! 1365 01:37:39,267 --> 01:37:42,979 I wanted... 1366 01:37:43,062 --> 01:37:45,398 to walk again! 1367 01:37:47,108 --> 01:37:49,193 And you still might. 1368 01:37:49,277 --> 01:37:52,405 This report legitimizes all we've worked so hard for. 1369 01:37:52,488 --> 01:37:54,573 We can raise funds now. It could change everything... 1370 01:37:54,657 --> 01:37:57,785 It won't change anything for me! 1371 01:38:04,458 --> 01:38:07,127 Oh Franklin, I won't play this game. 1372 01:38:07,211 --> 01:38:09,546 I won't feel sorry for you. 1373 01:38:12,800 --> 01:38:14,968 I met a boy today. 1374 01:38:16,470 --> 01:38:18,889 Ten years old. 1375 01:38:18,972 --> 01:38:21,517 He's paralyzed from the waist down. 1376 01:38:21,600 --> 01:38:22,643 Why don't you go regale him... 1377 01:38:22,726 --> 01:38:24,895 with vivid tales of your trips to Europe... 1378 01:38:24,978 --> 01:38:27,356 and playing football at school? 1379 01:38:27,439 --> 01:38:30,984 Tell him how you courted your wife and fathered children. 1380 01:38:32,069 --> 01:38:35,197 Tell him of a life he can only dream of. 1381 01:38:36,782 --> 01:38:38,367 Franklin... 1382 01:38:39,409 --> 01:38:41,286 I can't help you out of a hole. 1383 01:38:41,369 --> 01:38:43,747 If I climb in with you... 1384 01:38:44,790 --> 01:38:46,917 then we're both stuck. 1385 01:38:58,803 --> 01:39:01,056 Here's another one he's refusing. 1386 01:39:02,098 --> 01:39:03,600 Why don't you read it? 1387 01:39:03,683 --> 01:39:05,477 Don't like telegrams. 1388 01:39:05,560 --> 01:39:07,645 - All them stops and stuff. - Let me see that. 1389 01:39:07,729 --> 01:39:11,149 - Does it make you dizzy, Lionel? - Little bit. 1390 01:39:12,692 --> 01:39:14,652 "Would be honored if you would place my name... 1391 01:39:14,736 --> 01:39:17,572 in nomination for President." Stop. 1392 01:39:17,655 --> 01:39:21,242 "The party needs you." Stop. "Yours sincerely, Al Smith"? 1393 01:39:21,326 --> 01:39:23,953 - Who's he? - The Governor of New York. 1394 01:39:24,037 --> 01:39:25,538 Yeah. 1395 01:39:25,621 --> 01:39:27,957 Why don't you slide that under his door? 1396 01:39:28,040 --> 01:39:31,252 All right. Probably slide it back at me. 1397 01:39:31,335 --> 01:39:32,879 I need some coffee. 1398 01:39:34,422 --> 01:39:35,715 He won't go. 1399 01:39:35,798 --> 01:39:37,758 He won't want to be seen walking on crutches... 1400 01:39:37,842 --> 01:39:39,218 or being wheeled to the podium. 1401 01:39:39,302 --> 01:39:42,054 Well, the millions listening on radio won't be able to see that. 1402 01:39:42,138 --> 01:39:44,640 But all the people at the convention will. 1403 01:39:52,064 --> 01:39:54,984 - Good afternoon, Mr. Howe. - Hello, Roy. 1404 01:39:59,697 --> 01:40:02,366 I can't believe you made me come all the way back to this hellhole. 1405 01:40:02,449 --> 01:40:04,952 I've done no such thing. 1406 01:40:05,035 --> 01:40:06,954 I'm here to take you to Houston. 1407 01:40:07,037 --> 01:40:09,998 - You started your speech yet? - I'm not going. 1408 01:40:10,082 --> 01:40:14,461 You're not going? You're not going. 1409 01:40:14,545 --> 01:40:16,797 You know what this is, don't you? 1410 01:40:16,880 --> 01:40:19,466 This is a golden opportunity for you. 1411 01:40:19,550 --> 01:40:23,303 This is a springboard to run for governor. 1412 01:40:30,352 --> 01:40:32,688 You ever hear of this... 1413 01:40:32,771 --> 01:40:36,149 Civil War general named Francis Nicholls? 1414 01:40:37,192 --> 01:40:40,320 - No. - Well, I never heard of him, either. 1415 01:40:40,403 --> 01:40:42,614 But this was one brave son of a bitch. 1416 01:40:42,697 --> 01:40:44,241 He fought for the Confederacy. 1417 01:40:44,324 --> 01:40:48,870 He lost his left arm in one battle and his left foot in another. 1418 01:40:48,954 --> 01:40:50,288 Then after the war... 1419 01:40:50,372 --> 01:40:53,458 he ran and won the governorship of Louisiana. 1420 01:40:53,541 --> 01:40:55,335 - Twice! - He was a war hero. 1421 01:40:55,418 --> 01:40:57,337 Twice! 1422 01:40:57,420 --> 01:40:58,588 Look. 1423 01:40:59,631 --> 01:41:03,301 I have worked like a dog to keep your name in play. 1424 01:41:03,384 --> 01:41:05,386 I've been groveling at the feet of the powers... 1425 01:41:05,470 --> 01:41:06,930 that be in back rooms... 1426 01:41:07,013 --> 01:41:08,640 As much for you as for me. 1427 01:41:08,723 --> 01:41:12,268 And I'll be damned if I'm going to let you pass up chance like this. 1428 01:41:12,352 --> 01:41:15,605 It's time, and you're ready. 1429 01:41:15,688 --> 01:41:19,609 Louie, I'm not going. 1430 01:41:24,447 --> 01:41:25,990 Your turn. 1431 01:41:43,174 --> 01:41:45,926 Roy. So good to see you. 1432 01:41:46,010 --> 01:41:48,512 Very good to see you, Mrs. Roosevelt. 1433 01:42:09,199 --> 01:42:11,285 You're a mess. 1434 01:42:19,876 --> 01:42:23,088 You know that I love you, don't you? 1435 01:42:25,465 --> 01:42:31,012 I wanted to walk again... 1436 01:42:32,055 --> 01:42:37,269 as much for you as for me. 1437 01:42:41,106 --> 01:42:43,483 I'm sorry. I never... 1438 01:42:48,905 --> 01:42:51,157 Oh, my darling. 1439 01:42:52,200 --> 01:42:53,660 Oh, my darling. 1440 01:42:54,702 --> 01:42:57,372 I'm sorry. 1441 01:42:59,582 --> 01:43:03,169 You have done a brilliant thing here. 1442 01:43:03,253 --> 01:43:05,964 A magnificent thing. 1443 01:43:34,617 --> 01:43:37,620 I don't deserve you. 1444 01:43:37,703 --> 01:43:39,580 Let's go get you in the pool. 1445 01:43:49,465 --> 01:43:51,008 Hi, Pa! 1446 01:43:55,971 --> 01:43:59,099 - Elliot? - Come on, you getting in? 1447 01:44:07,608 --> 01:44:09,693 Go on. 1448 01:44:09,776 --> 01:44:12,362 I sense a conspiracy. 1449 01:44:12,446 --> 01:44:14,614 - You ain't seen nothing yet. - There you go. 1450 01:44:22,372 --> 01:44:24,749 Franklin! You won't need those crutches. 1451 01:44:24,833 --> 01:44:26,459 What? 1452 01:44:26,543 --> 01:44:29,170 We're going to make your arms function as your legs. 1453 01:44:30,213 --> 01:44:32,882 - How is that possible? - Elliot. 1454 01:44:32,966 --> 01:44:34,968 Go to your father and stand on his left side. 1455 01:44:35,051 --> 01:44:38,972 - Think this may work, Pop. - Eleanor, take the crutch. 1456 01:44:45,311 --> 01:44:48,189 Now use your right shoulder and pull your left leg forward. 1457 01:44:49,983 --> 01:44:52,652 Good. Use the muscles in your left shoulder... 1458 01:44:52,735 --> 01:44:54,571 to pull your right leg. 1459 01:44:54,654 --> 01:44:57,699 One small bump, I'll land right on my keister! 1460 01:44:57,782 --> 01:45:00,910 Well, that's what Elliot's for. He's going to hold you up. 1461 01:45:00,994 --> 01:45:03,079 Hitch your leg, come on. 1462 01:45:07,792 --> 01:45:10,837 Don't lean in, Elliot. Stand up straight. 1463 01:45:10,920 --> 01:45:12,588 Pull against him. He needs you. 1464 01:45:17,218 --> 01:45:20,262 - Look, I can't... - I'm strong, Pop. You can't hurt me. 1465 01:45:20,346 --> 01:45:23,474 You can do this, Franklin. Come on! 1466 01:45:32,942 --> 01:45:34,652 I got to... 1467 01:45:36,070 --> 01:45:37,738 Franklin, are you all right? 1468 01:45:37,821 --> 01:45:40,532 I'm fine. I'm just... 1469 01:45:40,616 --> 01:45:42,159 This isn't a replacement... 1470 01:45:42,242 --> 01:45:44,662 for the real work we're doing to get you on your feet again. 1471 01:45:44,745 --> 01:45:46,413 You understand? 1472 01:45:46,497 --> 01:45:47,706 No one's throwing in the towel... 1473 01:45:47,790 --> 01:45:50,084 or even agreeing with that doctor's report. 1474 01:45:50,167 --> 01:45:52,753 Yeah, I know, I know, I know. 1475 01:45:55,214 --> 01:45:57,549 I know it's not practical. 1476 01:45:59,009 --> 01:46:03,180 No. No, it's not. 1477 01:46:05,599 --> 01:46:07,476 It's political. 1478 01:46:15,525 --> 01:46:18,737 Good. Keep your head up. 1479 01:46:18,820 --> 01:46:21,698 Why is he working so hard to hide it? 1480 01:46:21,781 --> 01:46:24,159 - Doesn't have a choice. - Oh, I disagree. 1481 01:46:25,201 --> 01:46:26,911 How can you disagree? 1482 01:46:26,995 --> 01:46:29,831 "There by the grace of God goes us." That's what they're saying. 1483 01:46:29,914 --> 01:46:32,000 As if our body's who we are. Well, it's not. 1484 01:46:32,083 --> 01:46:33,543 The soul is who we are, but they don't know that. 1485 01:46:33,626 --> 01:46:35,837 I wish he could just wheel himself out there in front of everybody. 1486 01:46:35,920 --> 01:46:38,423 Eloise, sweetheart, he can't do that. It's politics. 1487 01:46:38,506 --> 01:46:39,549 Yes, but he could use this opportunity... 1488 01:46:39,632 --> 01:46:41,217 When you get right down to it, it's not going to matter... 1489 01:46:41,301 --> 01:46:43,595 if he hides his legs. 1490 01:46:43,678 --> 01:46:45,179 As long as he doesn't hide what he knows. 1491 01:46:46,264 --> 01:46:49,142 What he knows is what it's like to be one of us. 1492 01:46:49,225 --> 01:46:51,894 Good afternoon, picnickers. 1493 01:46:51,978 --> 01:46:53,688 Hi, Doc! 1494 01:46:55,398 --> 01:46:58,735 Now wait. Just wait a moment and catch your breath. 1495 01:46:58,818 --> 01:47:01,404 Damn! You all right, son? 1496 01:47:01,487 --> 01:47:03,197 Fine, Pop. 1497 01:47:04,448 --> 01:47:06,409 You fell down. 1498 01:47:06,492 --> 01:47:10,037 Yes, I did, Daisy. Twelfth time today. 1499 01:47:10,121 --> 01:47:12,206 Must be a new record. 1500 01:47:13,416 --> 01:47:15,501 You're just tired. 1501 01:47:16,544 --> 01:47:19,046 You just overdid, that's all. 1502 01:47:25,553 --> 01:47:29,390 And so, America must find... 1503 01:47:31,225 --> 01:47:36,105 America must require, America needs a pathfinder... 1504 01:47:36,188 --> 01:47:37,898 That's good. 1505 01:47:37,982 --> 01:47:43,028 A blazer of the trail, a high road that will avoid... 1506 01:47:45,948 --> 01:47:51,453 That will avoid the bottomless bara... 1507 01:47:52,746 --> 01:47:55,165 Well, what is it? What's wrong? 1508 01:48:00,796 --> 01:48:04,966 What if I fall, trying to get to the podium? 1509 01:48:07,511 --> 01:48:10,055 If you fall, then you show them how to get up. 1510 01:48:10,138 --> 01:48:12,557 No, if I fall in front of thousands of people... 1511 01:48:12,641 --> 01:48:17,729 I'll lose everything, but their pity. 1512 01:48:19,314 --> 01:48:23,693 And they'll be writing my obituary before I can get up off the floor. 1513 01:48:26,946 --> 01:48:29,365 Elliot won't let you fall. He'll be there. 1514 01:48:30,408 --> 01:48:32,202 All the arrangements have been made, boss. 1515 01:48:32,285 --> 01:48:33,953 It'll be fine. 1516 01:48:34,037 --> 01:48:37,415 Who are we fooling? This will never work. 1517 01:48:37,498 --> 01:48:40,960 A waste of time for me to place Al Smith's name in nomination. 1518 01:48:42,086 --> 01:48:44,922 They'll never let me back into politics. 1519 01:48:46,841 --> 01:48:48,926 They'll never see past my legs. 1520 01:48:52,305 --> 01:48:55,933 My darling, they'll never see past your legs... 1521 01:48:56,017 --> 01:48:57,894 unless you do. 1522 01:49:15,244 --> 01:49:16,912 Franklin. 1523 01:49:22,710 --> 01:49:25,546 Don't worry, Doc. We're not coming with you. 1524 01:49:26,589 --> 01:49:30,968 You'll be with me. No question of that. 1525 01:49:39,685 --> 01:49:41,770 Well... 1526 01:49:42,980 --> 01:49:49,027 I want to say how proud I am to be a part of this community. 1527 01:49:49,111 --> 01:49:52,489 A community based not on... 1528 01:49:53,532 --> 01:49:55,826 birthright or privilege... 1529 01:49:55,909 --> 01:50:02,457 but on compassion and courage and... 1530 01:50:02,541 --> 01:50:04,417 You know, I believe... 1531 01:50:04,501 --> 01:50:08,380 the true power of these waters is that they brought us all together. 1532 01:50:08,463 --> 01:50:09,965 Yes, Sir. 1533 01:50:10,048 --> 01:50:13,760 And our ability to help one another... 1534 01:50:13,843 --> 01:50:18,807 is what will make our victory over polio endure. 1535 01:50:18,890 --> 01:50:22,519 Because what... 1536 01:50:24,646 --> 01:50:27,273 Because what you have done... 1537 01:50:28,650 --> 01:50:34,781 and what we will continue to do until this disease is defeated... 1538 01:50:35,823 --> 01:50:41,037 is to come together, like a family. 1539 01:50:43,289 --> 01:50:45,666 Do what we do best. 1540 01:50:46,709 --> 01:50:48,794 Lift each other up. 1541 01:51:03,267 --> 01:51:05,144 Bye, Franklin. 1542 01:51:06,937 --> 01:51:09,690 Mahoney? 1543 01:51:09,773 --> 01:51:12,610 I need to speak with you, please. 1544 01:51:13,736 --> 01:51:15,446 Sure, Doc. 1545 01:51:20,326 --> 01:51:21,827 Thank you. 1546 01:51:22,953 --> 01:51:24,580 Good luck, Franklin. 1547 01:51:34,339 --> 01:51:38,635 - I'm throwing myself to the wolves. - You've faced worse. 1548 01:51:39,761 --> 01:51:41,221 If they bite, you can come back here. 1549 01:51:41,305 --> 01:51:43,390 I'll always come back here. 1550 01:51:44,558 --> 01:51:46,309 All right! 1551 01:52:04,035 --> 01:52:07,080 To the great state of Michigan! 1552 01:52:08,164 --> 01:52:11,918 And the Garden State of New Jersey! 1553 01:52:16,214 --> 01:52:18,049 - No! - What do you mean no? 1554 01:52:18,133 --> 01:52:19,592 Roy. 1555 01:52:21,135 --> 01:52:24,138 - We mean get out of here! - Hey... 1556 01:52:25,265 --> 01:52:27,600 Hey, what the hell are you doing? 1557 01:52:29,394 --> 01:52:32,397 - Good to see you, Mr. Roosevelt. - Thank you. 1558 01:52:32,480 --> 01:52:34,190 Thank you, Roy. 1559 01:52:35,733 --> 01:52:39,487 From the great state of Rhode Island! 1560 01:52:41,823 --> 01:52:43,032 And where is she seated? 1561 01:52:43,115 --> 01:52:44,867 She's in the front row balcony on the right. 1562 01:52:44,951 --> 01:52:46,118 "I want to introduce you... 1563 01:52:46,202 --> 01:52:49,247 to a man who as Assistant Secretary of the Navy... 1564 01:52:49,330 --> 01:52:51,499 served his country with distinction." 1565 01:52:51,582 --> 01:52:53,876 "He is a member of an illustrious family... 1566 01:52:53,959 --> 01:52:57,004 of long-standing political commitment to our great nation." 1567 01:52:57,088 --> 01:53:00,257 - What the hell am I doing? - Putting your big toe in the water. 1568 01:53:00,341 --> 01:53:04,303 "Franklin Delano Roosevelt!" 1569 01:53:14,188 --> 01:53:15,856 Let's go, son. 1570 01:54:06,614 --> 01:54:09,033 Laugh, as if I'm making a joke. 1571 01:54:44,443 --> 01:54:48,406 "Here on the stage is Franklin Roosevelt." 1572 01:54:48,489 --> 01:54:52,410 "A figure tall, proud and suffering." 1573 01:54:52,493 --> 01:54:55,162 "A face of classic profile." 1574 01:54:55,246 --> 01:54:59,250 "A frame nervous and yet self-controlled." 1575 01:54:59,333 --> 01:55:04,797 "A man softened, cleansed and illumed with pain." 1576 01:55:04,880 --> 01:55:07,174 "Listen to that crowd." 1577 01:55:09,051 --> 01:55:12,012 Oh, boy. That's a hell of an ovation, Al. 1578 01:55:12,096 --> 01:55:14,681 Couldn't ask for anything more. 1579 01:55:14,765 --> 01:55:16,767 You may have to be careful though, Governor. 1580 01:55:16,850 --> 01:55:18,727 Looks like you're raising up a rival. 1581 01:55:19,853 --> 01:55:22,564 Mark my words. He'll be dead in a year. 1582 01:55:29,029 --> 01:55:30,864 Excuse me, Mrs. Roosevelt. 1583 01:55:30,947 --> 01:55:32,574 - One last question. - Yes? 1584 01:55:32,657 --> 01:55:36,203 Do you think polio has affected your husband's mind? 1585 01:55:41,291 --> 01:55:45,545 Yes, I do! I certainly do! 1586 01:57:02,291 --> 01:57:04,625 Franklin D. Roosevelt: This is preeminently the time 1587 01:57:04,625 --> 01:57:08,874 to speak the truth, the whole truth, 1588 01:57:08,874 --> 01:57:11,458 frankly and boldly. 1589 01:57:11,458 --> 01:57:13,999 Nor need we shrink 1590 01:57:13,999 --> 01:57:16,499 from honestly facing conditions 1591 01:57:16,499 --> 01:57:18,583 in our country today. 1592 01:57:18,583 --> 01:57:22,041 This great nation will endure 1593 01:57:22,041 --> 01:57:24,041 as it has endured, 1594 01:57:24,041 --> 01:57:26,999 will revive and will prosper. 1595 01:57:32,999 --> 01:57:34,916 So first of all, 1596 01:57:34,916 --> 01:57:38,416 let me assert my firm belief 1597 01:57:38,416 --> 01:57:41,333 that the only thing we have to fear 1598 01:57:41,333 --> 01:57:45,625 is fear itself: 1599 01:57:45,625 --> 01:57:47,374 nameless, unreasoning, 1600 01:57:47,374 --> 01:57:50,041 unjustified terror 1601 01:57:50,041 --> 01:57:52,374 which paralyzes needed efforts 1602 01:57:52,374 --> 01:57:56,583 to convert retreat into advance.