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The fifty-seventh floor of the Kirby Building, tallest and most impressive structure of a great American city.

8 seconds sound clip from the You Can't Take It with You (1939) classic radio play.

You can hear this line at 00:03:56 in the radio play.

Quote context

[...]

- When we caught his eye, from a safe distance, he explained that he was learning to be an orchestra conductor for the title role in 'The Gay Days of Victor Herbert.'

- Robert Cummings, one of the most promising young leading men in Hollywood, takes the part of Tony.

- Neda Harrigan, in private life Mrs. Walter Connolly, plays Mrs. Kirby, and lovely Lee Patrick, the role of Penny.

- Firecrackers, ballet dancers, romance and income taxes are about to descend upon us.

- It's curtain time for Act One of 'You Can't Take It with You'...

- The fifty-seventh floor of the Kirby Building, tallest and most impressive structure of a great American city.

- On a door opposite the elevator is a brass plate bearing the legend 'Anthony P. Kirby Company, Bankers'...

- And behind seven other doors marked 'Private' is the inner sanctum of the great Kirby himself.

- The famous tycoon cannot be disturbed just now.

- With his son Tony and a small group of associates, he's engaged in the ceremonial dance of modern business... a very important conference.

- Gentlemen, we're going ahead exactly as planned! Our company will be the largest individual corporation in the world! Particularly with Ramsey lined up!

[...]

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You Can't Take It with You (1939) Sound Clip

You Can't Take It with You (1939)Quotes from You Can't Take It with You (1939), Lux Radio Theatre play broadcast in 1939, based on the Pulitzer Prize Play by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart.

Actors: Fay Wray (Alice), Robert Cummings (Tony), Walter Connolly (Grandpa Vanderhof), Edward Arnold (Mr. Kirby), Lou Merrill (Kolenkhov), Sally Payne (Essie),

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