Marvin Miller: Michael Anthony

Quotes 

• Michael Anthony : [Anthony enters a hunting lodge on the Silverstone estate where he observes Tipton working on a wood model display of a community that he is building. Tipton is off-camera with only his hands visible to the viewers]  You sent for me, sir?

  John Beresford Tipton : Mike,

  [indicating the model] 

  John Beresford Tipton : what do you think I should pave the streets of this town with?

  Michael Anthony : Asphalt, sir?

  John Beresford Tipton : You know, Mike, some people come to this country and expect to find the streets paved with gold.

  Michael Anthony : You mean immigrants?

  John Beresford Tipton : Yes. And once they set foot on the shore, they realize that it's a slight exaggeration.

  Michael Anthony : No doubt, sir.

  John Beresford Tipton : However, I've decided that one immigrant shall find the story true, at least for him.

  [Tipton hands an envelope to Anthony] 

  John Beresford Tipton : Here's the name of our next millionaire.

• Michael Anthony : Charles Lomar worked for the Cassel Import-Export Company. His official title was Head Shipping Clerk. To another fellow employee, he was Prince Charming.

• Michael Anthony : [to the viewers]  My name is Michael Anthony. For many years, I was confidential secretary to a multibillionaire named John Beresford Tipton. That's right, I said billionaire. Looks like this.

  [Anthony holds up to viewers a placard that reads $1,000,000,000. Using a marker, Anthony then crosses off the last three zeros, again displaying the placard to the viewers] 

  Michael Anthony : This is only a million. I guess we all know someone who would like to have a million. I knew a considerable number who got that much from my employer. It was John Beresford Tipton's quaint hobby to give $1,000,000 to people to see what they did with it - or what it did to them. This is Silverstone, where I lived with Mr. Tipton when he was alive.