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