Fred C. Newmeyer and Sam Taylor, Safety Last! (1923)
“ Won't you please get it for me." "I'd give a thousand dollars—to anyone—for a new idea—One that would attract an enormous crowd to our store." "Something is wrong with our exploitation! We simply are not getting the publicity that our position in the commercial world calls for." "Will you give me a thousand dollars, sir—if—if—I can draw hundreds of people to our store?" "Let's give the boy a chance. Think of the publicity in the newspapers. The De Vore Department Store will be all over the front pages." "Will you climb the Bolton Building—twelve floors—for five hundred dollars?" ”
