| The Card (also known as The Promoter in US) | | | | Johns). He works out a solution for |
| 1952 UK black and white, 85 minutes | | | | repayments and she pins herself to him |
| runtimeGo-Getters In Vintage Movies: Review | | | | in gratitude. She realizes that Denry is a |
| by Esmerelda JonesAdapted from the | | | | jackpot but needs some gentle guidance |
| novel by Arnold BennettOriginal Music | | | | to obtain his ideals.Now he is ready to |
| by William AlwynAlec Guinness as | | | | invest. He knows instinctively that business |
| Edward Henry 'Denry' MachinGlynis | | | | multiplication is the route to riches. |
| Johns as Ruth EarpValerie Hobson as | | | | After a few quick turnovers for |
| Countess of ChellPetula Clark as | | | | profit, Denry has two women on his arms; |
| Nellie CotterillEdward Chapman as Mr. | | | | Nellie the coy dove and Ruth the |
| DuncalfVeronica Turleigh as Mrs. | | | | materialistic beauty.Denry plots the approval |
| MachinGeorge Devine as Mr. CalvertJoan | | | | of the Countess of Chell and begins a social |
| Hickson as Mrs. CodleynSet in the | | | | climb. He launches the Universal Thrift |
| 1880's in the five-towns Potteries of North | | | | Club where customers may purchase on |
| Staffordshire, England.With a | | | | credit, but only at the stores that oblige |
| tagline "He's the cheekiest man in | | | | him with prime percentages. Even an |
| town!" The Card (Alec Guinness) will | | | | awful mishap with a donkey cart turns into |
| teach you a few tricks about how to make it | | | | glory for Denry. The mossy rock of fortune |
| in business from scratch.Alec Guinness | | | | keeps rolling. Denry's mother submits |
| plays the witty and self-basting Denry, a | | | | to his gift of a fur coat, but not before she |
| slum baby who uses his merry attitude | | | | has scorned the gorgeous frippery and |
| to scoot himself along in life, capping it | | | | threatened to box it up in mothballs because |
| off with some clever smooching to be voted | | | | it is too fine to wear.While you |
| in as town mayor. Their is no | | | | watch Denry (Alec Guinness) stride through |
| encouragement from his mother (a | | | | his blueprint for fortune, don't miss |
| washerwoman widow), who clutches onto her | | | | the smart tactics of Ruth (Glynis Johns). No |
| poverty as if it's the last thread of | | | | wonder he chose to marry the soft |
| security. She is even afraid of money. | | | | Nellie; Ruth was sharp competition (but how |
| Denry has heard her pinched warnings | | | | did he resist those amorous blue eyes |
| about hard work and council housing being | | | | and pouting appeals?). She urged him to |
| good enough for his father. Dreary years | | | | stand for mayor while Nellie was happy with |
| scraping will not do for The Card however. | | | | pennies. It's a satisfying ending, but |
| He's going to escape.Denry decides that the | | | | Denry would have been a bigger cracker with |
| only way to gain entry to college is to | | | | Ruth.Secret Symbols: Bank accounts, a |
| re-arrange his exam results. He enjoys his | | | | bag full of coins that spill onto the floor, |
| free education with the sons of | | | | the Universal Thrift Club membership |
| gentlemen, although suffering the necessary | | | | for approved shops only.Ferret out |
| pelting for being a washerwoman's boy. | | | | this crackly black and white classic; it's |
| By seeing opportunity in every moment Denry | | | | worth 85 minutes of your time. Writers |
| walks into a clerical position and | | | | and entrepreneurs: view it with notebook and |
| then obtains employment as a rent collector | | | | pen. My rating: a 9-star must.Full graphics |
| from a dissatisfied client of the | | | | version hereEsmerelda Jones... writer of |
| company (Miss Marple fans will see Joan | | | | desires and old curiosities |
| Hickson). His cunning ability is spotted by | | | | |
| a flustered agent who offers him the | | | | Wench PublishingAuthor of: The Higher Self |
| rent roll. Coins clink against coins | | | | expressed in Ancient Wisdom, Beauty, Goddess |
| and Denry proudly watches the funds grow in | | | | Sensuality, Golden Wealth, Poems For The |
| his bank account. While calling on | | | | Passionate, Ecstatic Romance. Writings of the |
| Miss Ruth's Academy For Dancing to collect | | | | struggling Lower Self in tales of |
| embarrassingly overdue rent, he | | | | Victoriana, Victorian Swoon Flash Fiction, |
| encounters a charming kindred spirit on | | | | Old Curiosities, Bushrangers and Quaint |
| the prowl for money (gold-digger Glynis | | | | Collections. |