Marvin Miller: Michael Anthony

Quotes 

• Michael Anthony : [Anthony enters the library of Tipton, who is seated in a high-backed chair listening to a recording]  You sent for me, sir?

  John Beresford Tipton : Mike, you see I've been making a marriage here tonight.

  Michael Anthony : A marriage, sir?

  John Beresford Tipton : [Chuckles]  Of words and music. Listen to the music, Mike. "Romeo and Juliet", Tchaikovsky's music.

  Michael Anthony : Very beautiful, sir.

  John Beresford Tipton : An immortal love story, Mike, Romeo and Juliet. Today they'd be called teenagers. I wonder what would happen if the Romeo and Juliet story were told again in our time.

  [Tipton hands envelope to Anthony] 

  John Beresford Tipton : Mike, I want you to deliver a million dollars.

  [Anthony smiles] 

• Michael Anthony : [Anthony rings the doorbell and Grandpa Costello responds, just as he is on his way out the door]  Good afternoon. Is this the home of Mrs. Burton Costello?

  Grandpa Costello : It is.

  [Calling to Jane in the next room] 

  Grandpa Costello : There's a handsome, slicked-up young feller to see you, Janie.

  [Grandpa leaves the house] 

  Grandpa Costello : Come in.

  Michael Anthony : [Anthony enters]  Mrs. Costello, my name is Michael Anthony.

  Jane Costello : Yes, Mr. Anthony?

  Michael Anthony : I'm here on a highly confidential matter that can be only divulged to yourself, as the recipient, and your husband.

  Jane Costello : Well, I'm sorry, my husband isn't at home.

  [Stops] 

  Jane Costello : Recipient, did you say?

  Michael Anthony : This will come as a shock to you, but an extremely peasant one.

  Jane Costello : Well, please sit down, Mr. Anthony.

  [They sit] 

  Jane Costello : You can speak freely, I assure you. My daughter is at home; she's in her room.

  Michael Anthony : Oh, not at school?

  [Anthony has removed a check from his briefcase] 

  Jane Costello : Julie is seventeen. It's a difficult age - for the child and for the parent.

  Michael Anthony : There might be some solution in this, Mrs. Costello.

  [Anthony presents the check to Jane] 

  Jane Costello : [Stares a check]  A million dollars? I don't know what...

  Michael Anthony : It's yours, Mrs. Costello, but there are certain stipulations. You can tell no one but your husband where you got the money, or how much. If you do reveal the source, I will be forced to reclaim whatever is left on behalf of the donor.

  [Displaying a document] 

  Michael Anthony : Now if you will, uh, sign here.

  Jane Costello : Of course.

  [Signs the pledge] 

  Michael Anthony : Thank you

  [Returns the paper to his briefcase] 

  Jane Costello : This could solve our future problems. Isn't that what you have children for, Mr. Anthony - the future?

  Michael Anthony : [Turning serious]  Perhaps, Mrs. Costello, but money does not always solve problems of the heart.

• Michael Anthony : [Reviewing a case history folder, to the viewers]  The woman Mr. Tipton chose to be his new millionaire was Mrs. Jane Costello, who shared a problem with a lot of other women in this world. She was worried about the conduct of her 17-year-old daughter.

• [first lines] 

  Michael Anthony : [to the viewers]  My name is Michael Anthony. Until his death some years ago, I was executive secretary to a man who was not only remarkably wealthy, but just as remarkably perceptive and human. John Beresford Tipton was a multibillionaire, a man of many interests and hobbies, whose chief avocation, and an endearing one, was millionaires - creating them. Here at Silverstone, his 60,000-acre estate, John Beresford Tipton lived, planned, and pursued his many interests. Here one night, he asked me to come to his library.