black comedy   cigarette smoking   directorial debut   bar   bullet   dream   fired from the job   christmas   stabbed in the hand   satire   marriage proposal   tied to a chair   eavesdropping   exploding car   42nd street manhattan new york city   angel   art deco   baldness   barber shop   beatnik   big business   character name in title   bird   subjective camera   dancing   falling down stairs   black eye   face slap   beach   ambulance   1950s   corpse   new york city   elevator   incest   fire   singing   urban setting   board of directors   boardroom   broadway manhattan new york city   business administration   business executive   career woman   character appears in newspaper   christmas party   clock   company president   coonskin hat   corsage   country bumpkin   crossword puzzle   cucumber on eyes   cult comedy   davy crockett hat   deus ex machina   disgrace   drink thrown in face   editor   employment agency   foot stuck in waste basket   french poodle   frisbee   gala   gardenia   halo   hanging from a clock   hanging out window   hula hoop   idea man   idiot   industry   intellectual property   invention   journalism   jumping from a window   keyhole   mailroom   mailroom clerk   man on ledge   mass production   mimeograph machine   mob   muncie college   muncie indiana   new year's eve   opening narration   patsy   pneumatic tube   poetry reading   pulitzer prize   reference to dwight d eisenhower   reference to oklahoma! 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