The Amy Moore Story
- Episode aired Jan 19, 1955
- 30m
Harried store salesperson and widow Amy Moore greets her check as a means to bring relief to her asthmatic son but feelings toward money of a man with whom she is developing a serious romant... Read allHarried store salesperson and widow Amy Moore greets her check as a means to bring relief to her asthmatic son but feelings toward money of a man with whom she is developing a serious romantic relationship makes her fortune a dilemma.Harried store salesperson and widow Amy Moore greets her check as a means to bring relief to her asthmatic son but feelings toward money of a man with whom she is developing a serious romantic relationship makes her fortune a dilemma.
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- TriviaIn this first episode of the series, the million dollar cashier's check is presented to recipient Amy Moore by Andrew V. McMahon, president of Gotham City Trust and Savings, on behalf of the anonymous John Beresford Tipton. Banker McMahon would distribute about a half dozen such checks during the first season, then disappear for the remainder of the series. Tipton's executive secretary, Michael Anthony (actor Marvin Miller) would dispense the gift checks on all other occasions for the run of the series.
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Michael Anthony: [Directly facing the viewers from his office] My name is Michael Anthony. There are 2,400,000,000 people in this world. Nineteen of them are worth $500,000,000 or more. I worked as Executive Secretary for one of these men. His name was John Beresford Tipton. He was a bachelor. He was a billionaire. You never heard of John Beresford Tipton. He avoided publicity - bought and paid for privacy. He is now dead.
[Camera pans the extensive gardens of the Tipton estate grounds. Workman are raking, weeding, hoeing and planting]
Michael Anthony: This is Silverstone, the 60,000 acre estate from which John Beresford Tipton ran his world-wide empire. Again, seclusion.
[Anthony is again in his office]
Michael Anthony: These reports,
[Anthony holds up several folders]
Michael Anthony: which could only be revealed after his death, are complete. Each one tells the story of what happened when John Beresford Tipton gave someone $1,000,000. That's right - $1,000,000. I'll never forget one day when I was called into the Old Man's study. He was toying with an ivory chessman.
[Anthony enters the study and discovers Tipton seated in a high backed chair at his desk, with a chessboard before him. Tipton is smoking a cigar. Only Tipton's right arm is visible to the viewers]
Michael Anthony: You called me, sir?
John Beresford Tipton: You know, Mike, these chessman were the first luxury I allowed myself.
Michael Anthony: [Smiles] An excellent relaxation, sir.
John Beresford Tipton: I've just decided to make my hobby a chess game - with human beings.
Michael Anthony: [Startled] Human beings, sir?
John Beresford Tipton: I'm going to choose a number of people for my chess game and give each one $1,000,000.
Michael Anthony: A million dollars?
John Beresford Tipton: The bank will issue the checks. I've told McMahon at the bank he'll hear from you. No one is to ever know that I am the donor.
Michael Anthony: What about McMahon? He'd know.
John Beresford Tipton: McMahon is president of the bank and he'll only know what I want him to know. I want a complete report on what happens to each person's life - in writing. I don't care how you get it. Now, here are the rest of the instructions.
[Tipton hands the instructions to Anthony]
John Beresford Tipton: Here's chessman #1 -
[Tipton chuckles]
John Beresford Tipton: she gets $1,000,000.
Michael Anthony: [Back in his own office] To this day, I don't know how Mr. Tipton selected his chessman. The first was a woman - Amy Moore.
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- Runtime30 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1