A Retrieved Information
Storyboard Text
- A Retrieved Reformation, by O. Henry
- SHOES
- Now, Valentine, you'll go out in the morning. Brace up, and make a man of yourself. You're not a bad fellow at heart. Stop cracking safes, and live straight.
- .
- Me? Why, I never cracked a safe in my life.
-
- That's Dandy Jim Valentine's autograph. He's resumed business. Look at that combination knob—jerked out as easy as pulling up a radish in wet weather. He's got the only clamps that can do it.
- Great simile here, "jerked out as easy as pulling up a radish in wet weather"
- .
- Jimmy Valentine was working in the prison shoe shop when the warden tells him that he is being pardoned by the governor, and that he should use this chance to reform, but Jimmy denies being guilty. He says that he's an "innocent victim", but the warden doesn't believe that for a second.
- .
- This is a metaphor when the story says, "the phoenix that arose from Jimmy Valentine's ashes".
- After Jimmy was released, considerable amounts of money were taken from burglar-proof safes in Richmond and Logansport. The losses piqued Ben Price's interest. Ben Price is the detective who had previously arrested Jimmy, so he took on the case, knowing Jimmy's habits.
- .
- Get away from the door, all of you.
- Jimmy decided to change his name to Mr. Ralph D. Spencer, "the phoenix that arose from Jimmy Valentine's ashes". He made a shoe business in Elmore and is to be married to Annabel. Now, he makes an honest living, and is respected in Elmore. Even Annabel's father, Mr. Adams, approved of him.
-
- Jimmy decided to change his name to Mr. Ralph D. Spencer, "the phoenix that arose from Jimmy Valentine's ashes". He made a shoe business in Elmore and is to be married to Annabel. Now, he makes an honest living, and is respected in Elmore. Even Annabel's father, Mr. Adams, approved of him.
- SHOES
- Ralph and the Adamses were having breakfast together, and Mr. Adams wanted to show off his new safe. Annabel's nieces, May and Agatha, were playing with the vault, and May shut Agatha in. Since there was nobody around who could open the safe, Ralph asked Annabel for the rose she was wearing, and Jimmy got Agatha out.
- Everyone became happy but Jimmy was sad and worried as he knows that Ben must have identified him.He came outside where Ben was waiting for him to catch as he suspected him for the robberies in town. He took Jim with him and locked him in the jail.
Over 30 Million Storyboards Created