Black Marketing

Black Marketing

Rejissyor: U.S. Office of War Information, Bureau of Motion Pictures. Great 1940s gangster film. Great shots of mobsters in the country and doing black market business with butchers. Great courtroom scenes with prosecutor delivering speech to jury. 19:22:39:18 VS Harry W. Jones, attorney, addressing jury in courtroom hearing a case on a black market operation. 19:23:21:06 VS shot of impassioned prosecutor speaking to jury: “We aim to put these black market operators behind bars; whenever and wherever we find them. But we shall never be able to stamp out this vicious fraternity complete, unless and until every American retailer and housewife appreciates that the roots of the black markets are in citizen forces.” CU mobster defendants. 19:24:43:20 Five mobster types sitting at a table cluttered with glasses and bottles of alcohol smoking cigarettes. One stands up to lead meeting: “My proposition is that each of us put up $75,000 a piece to buy livestock and to take over a half dozen of the small slaughter houses around here that we can get for peanuts.” 19:24:52:02 VS mobster pulls up rural dirt road to cattle ranch and pulls over o speak to the Rancher. Great shot of mobster type city slicker in hat, suit and overcoat talking to farmer on ranch. 19:25:27:13 VS CU mobster in hat, suit and overcoat with back of farmer’s head and shoulder on right side of frame and countryside in background: “I’ll tell you what I’ll do. I’ll pay you cash 17 for that feed lot right now” lights up cigarette. MS farmer replies concerned. Mobster: “Well the boss just wants us to build up the business a little.” 19:25:48:18 Livestock auction. Auctioneers seated in booth with “Commission Charges Per Head” rates painted on it. 19:25:59:02 CU scale slowly measuring more and more weight. 19:26:14:17 Slaughtered cattle on meat hooks in packing plant. 19:27:59:17 MS 1940s to 1950s mobster in pinstriped suit and hat pointing his finger: “All you have to do is give us a check every week for the ceiling price, and I’ll stop around every Saturday afternoon around five a

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