Marvin Miller: Michael Anthony

Quotes 

• Michael Anthony : [Anthony enters the Tipton study to find Tipton seated in a high backed chair, perusing a postage stamp album]  You sent for me, sir?

  John Beresford Tipton : Mike, did you ever collect stamps?

  Michael Anthony : Yes, sir, when I was a boy. I considered myself quite an authority.

  John Beresford Tipton : Look at this one.

  [Tipton hands Anthony an envelope with a stamp affixed] 

  John Beresford Tipton : It's quite valuable.

  Michael Anthony : [Through furrowed brow]  But I've seen a lot of these, sir. What's so rare about this one?

  John Beresford Tipton : I didn't say it was rare, Mike. I said it was valuable. To me, it brought me some wonderful news, many years ago.

  Michael Anthony : [Smiling]  Oh, I see.

  John Beresford Tipton : Very valuable. You know, Mike, sometimes a stamp and a letter can change a whole life.

  [Tipton hands over envelope to Anthony] 

  John Beresford Tipton : Our next millionaire.

  [Anthony bows] 

• Maureen Reynolds : [Answering a knock on her door]  Oh, I thought you were the mailman.

  Michael Anthony : Are you Maureen Reynolds?

  Maureen Reynolds : Yes.

  Michael Anthony : I have something for you that is too valuable to be put into the mail. My name is Michael Anthony. May I come in?

  Maureen Reynolds : Yes.

  [Anthony enters. Maureen sees Anthony's briefcase] 

  Maureen Reynolds : Oh, do you have a message from my husband? Scott's coming home?

  Michael Anthony : No, Mrs. Reynolds, I don't know your husband.

  [Opens briefcase and takes out a check] 

  Michael Anthony : This is a gift from an anonymous donor.

  [Gives check to Maureen] 

  Maureen Reynolds : A check?

  Michael Anthony : A cashier's check for $1,000,000, tax-free.

  Maureen Reynolds : [Looks closely at check]  A cashier's check?

  Michael Anthony : It's yours to do with exactly as you wish,

  [Retrieving a document from his briefcase] 

  Michael Anthony : if you will just sign this paper...

  Maureen Reynolds : [Interrupts]  No one gives away a million dollars.

  Michael Anthony : I do. I should say my employer, who insists on remaining anonymous, does.

  Maureen Reynolds : [Reading check]  Mrs. Maureen Morrison Reynolds.

  [Smiling] 

  Maureen Reynolds : That's me. But why me?

  Michael Anthony : I don't know, Mrs. Reynolds, but even if I did, I probably couldn't tell you. Now, if you will just sign this paper agreeing to this one condition...

  Maureen Reynolds : One million dollars!

  Michael Anthony : [Continuing on after interruption]  not to reveal to anyone, except your husband the exact amount of the gift...

  Maureen Reynolds : And the taxes have been paid?

  Michael Anthony : Yes, or the circumstances under which you received it. Now, if you will just sign right here.

  Maureen Reynolds : You mean, all I have to do to receive a million dollars is to tell no one but my husband?

  Michael Anthony : If you do tell, the money will be reclaimed.

  Maureen Reynolds : Gee, Isn't that wonderful! Wait till I tell Scott. He loves to travel. He's in South America, you know. Now, I can go with him.

  Michael Anthony : Well, I hope you will be very happy. Now, sign right here.

  Maureen Reynolds : Oh, yes.

  [Signs, and Anthony returns the agreement to his briefcase] 

  Maureen Reynolds : I think I'm going to cable him. No, I think I'll phone him. No, I think I'll meet him down there!

  Michael Anthony : Thank you, Mrs. Reynolds. And I hope if you do make the trip, you'll have a wonderful voyage.

• Michael Anthony : [to the viewers]  Maureen Reynolds had been married for only a short time. For most of that time, her husband, Scott Reynolds, had been away, working with an engineering company in other countries. She hadn't tried to stop him for going, but she was lonely without him. It had been many weeks since he had answered her letters.

• Michael Anthony : [to the viewers]  My name is Michael Anthony. For many years, I was Executive Secretary to the late John Beresford Tipton, whose practice it was the bestow gifts of $1,000.000, tax-free. I was also, you might say, the official biographer of the Tipton-made millionaires, carefully chronicling their lives. These accounts were as precious to Mr. Tipton as Silverstone itself. Silverstone - the magnificent 60,000-acre estate in the grand tradition, where he devoted the major part of his time to intellectual pursuits. Of all of his variety of interests, the most searching was his preoccupation with the mystery of man.