Sat, Oct 14, 1950
A pair of Millionaires argue the value of money, and make a wager. Give a homeless man an ultra rare $1,000,000 bill (pounds in Britain version). Tell him that if he spends it, it's his. But, if after 1month, he can return the Note intact, he gets $5 million (?). He tries to spend it. He tries to buy a suit, meals, rent a hotel room. Everyone assumes he is an eccentric millionaire, and refuses his money. Until the Note is misplaced (stolen?), then everyone insists on getting paid.
Sat, Mar 12, 1955
A rich merchant, Antonio is depressed for no good reason, until his good friend Bassanio comes to tell him how he's in love with Portia. Portia's father has died and left a very strange will: only the man that picks the correct casket out of three (silver, gold, and lead) can marry her. Bassanio, unfortunately, is strapped for cash with which to go wooing, and Antonio wants to help, so Antonio borrows the money from Shylock, the money-lender. But Shylock has been nursing a grudge against Antonio's insults, and makes unusual terms to the loan. And when Antonio's business fails, those terms threaten his life, and it's up to Bassanio and Portia to save him.