Marvin Miller: Michael Anthony

Quotes 

• Michael Anthony : [Anthony enters Tipton's workshop to find Tipton playing with a miniature model of a circus. Tipton is off camera with only his right arm visible to viewers]  You sent for me, sir?

  John Beresford Tipton : The circus never ceases to amaze me, Mike. Comedy and tragedy under the big top, right here in my own house.

  Michael Anthony : Yes, sir.

  John Beresford Tipton : All the world's a stage and all the men and women merely players. I'm curious to find out what sort of a part will be played by

  [Tipton hands envelope to Anthony] 

  John Beresford Tipton : this player, with a million dollars to spend.

  [Anthony accepts the envelope] 

• Michael Anthony : [Voiceover]  There was nothing she liked more than a Tuesday tournament conducted by gallant knights and watched by ladies faire.

• Michael Anthony : [to the viewers]  Nancy Marlborough, the new millionaire, was John Beresford Tipton's player in this instance. She was an English teacher at Briarwood Academy.

• Michael Anthony : [Voiceover]  Yes, on Tuesday night, Nancy Marlborough pulled for one of her favorite prize fighters. She felt for him while he lost. On Wednesday morning, she was back with her pupils, heart and soul.

• Michael Anthony : [to the viewers]  My name is Michael Anthony, and I'm about to tell you a story that has its moments of sheer fantasy. There are nineteen multibillionaires in the world. Yes, I said multibillionaires. I was the Executive Secretary to one of them. You never heard of him because he lived in utter seclusion. His name was John Beresford Tipton. Here is another view of Silverstone where John Beresford Tipton lived, worked, set up his many charitable foundations and relaxed. One of his forms of relaxation was so highly specialized that it was incredible. By a method I never knew, he chose people to give $1,000,000. He also insisted on complete reports of what happened to those people, and that was my job. Like most intensely busy men who worked extensively with their mind, John Beresford Tipton liked to relax with his hands. I'll never forget the day he called me into his workshop where he was just finishing building a miniature circus.