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00:00:00 [Music]
00:00:08 Laurie!
00:00:15 Laurie!
00:00:19 Drop that jangling!
00:00:24 Then come in and help me.
00:00:29 All right.
00:00:30 How long on you?
00:00:58 You're young and...
00:00:59 Chris!
00:01:27 Oh, Chris!
00:01:28 He's beat me again, Laurie. He's beat me!
00:01:35 I know it. I saw him do it.
00:01:37 Why did he beat you, Chris?
00:01:39 Because I cut my hand on his thigh.
00:01:43 Oh, poor boy.
00:01:45 He said I did it on purpose.
00:01:48 And he got a word.
00:01:51 Chris, I know you wouldn't do it.
00:01:56 Don't listen. He's gone.
00:01:57 I saw him...
00:01:59 Chris, come on. Don't cry anymore.
00:02:09 I'm all done now.
00:02:10 Chris, put your hand in the water and get the dirt off.
00:02:23 Have you got any clean clothes?
00:02:26 Yeah, I think so. In the second drawer.
00:02:28 This will do.
00:02:34 Come here, Chris.
00:02:38 Ooh, I bet that hurt.
00:02:44 And he just wouldn't beat me.
00:02:47 Just 'cause he took me out of an orphanage, he ain't got no call to beat me.
00:02:52 I hate him.
00:02:54 Of course. Everybody does.
00:02:56 What are you gonna do?
00:02:57 I could run away.
00:02:59 You know better than that.
00:03:01 You're Corson's bond boy.
00:03:03 You're supposed to work for him until you're 21 years old.
00:03:05 But if I run away, then I wouldn't have to work for him.
00:03:10 Well, he'd only have the law on you, and bring you back,
00:03:13 and then things would be worse than ever.
00:03:15 Maybe so.
00:03:16 There just ain't no sense in living.
00:03:20 We ain't got a chance.
00:03:23 Why, Chris, what a thing to say.
00:03:25 We've all got a chance.
00:03:27 The world's full of beautiful things.
00:03:30 Not for us swampers.
00:03:32 Yes, there is. For all of us.
00:03:34 Anyway, I'm not gonna be a swamper.
00:03:37 I'm not always going to be.
00:03:39 I'm gonna be somebody.
00:03:41 Of course. You've been to school.
00:03:44 Reckon you're about the smartest body in the limberloss.
00:03:47 Oh, Chris, you could go to school.
00:03:49 I asked him once. He nearly killed me, though.
00:03:53 Very well, then.
00:03:55 I'll teach you how to read a book Mr. Nathan gave me.
00:03:57 Will you, Laurie?
00:03:58 Sure.
00:03:59 This is such a place.
00:04:03 Wanna see the parlor?
00:04:04 Sure.
00:04:05 Oh, it's got a lot of changes.
00:04:15 New curtains, huh?
00:04:18 Mm-hmm.
00:04:19 It's a nice parlor.
00:04:22 I'm gonna have a better one.
00:04:24 She was his wife, wasn't she?
00:04:29 Mm-hmm.
00:04:30 She's pitched headfirst into the wash tub and died.
00:04:34 Oh, poor thing.
00:04:36 You know what I'd...
00:04:39 Who'd marry him? He's meaner than poison.
00:04:42 Anybody'd marry him would have to be mean, too.
00:04:45 Then I'd have the two of 'em after me all the time.
00:04:48 Chris, you couldn't stand that.
00:04:50 It'd be...
00:04:52 Laurie!
00:04:53 Laurie!
00:04:55 I have to go.
00:04:56 I'm coming!
00:05:00 I'm coming.
00:05:01 Where you been?
00:05:02 Get in there now!
00:05:04 Get to washing.
00:05:07 Took you a long time to feed that slug.
00:05:10 I was watching the baby pigs.
00:05:12 You can think of more ways to get out of work.
00:05:15 Leave it to me to do.
00:05:16 What good will that do you when Carson comes around for his money on the mortgage?
00:05:22 I ain't got it.
00:05:23 I'll lose my cabin, that's what.
00:05:26 A lot you care about that.
00:05:28 I care about me.
00:05:30 I've been keeping in, feeding you ever since your ma died.
00:05:34 You hate me for that.
00:05:35 I couldn't help it if mother died.
00:05:38 She couldn't help it either.
00:05:39 She could have.
00:05:40 She'd have been alive today if she hadn't gotten notions like you're getting.
00:05:43 Chasing butterflies and reading books.
00:05:47 And I'd love her for that.
00:05:50 And Nora, won't you tell me more about her?
00:05:52 I'll tell you this much.
00:05:54 If she hadn't thought she's too good for the swamp,
00:05:56 she wouldn't have come to no bad end.
00:05:58 I don't believe you.
00:05:59 And I won't let you talk about mother like that.
00:06:01 It's true!
00:06:02 And you'll end up just the same way.
00:06:04 Now quit your dreaming and get in your head you're nothing but an ugly despised swamp girl.
00:06:07 I won't listen to you! I won't listen!
00:06:10 [knocking]
00:06:11 [dog barking]
00:06:18 [dog whining]
00:06:20 [police sirens]
00:06:22 ...maze of evidence, most of it hearsay, I beg your pardon,
00:06:26 circumstantial evidence is the term he used.
00:06:29 The state attempts to prove this man guilty of murder
00:06:32 in the first degree.
00:06:33 The penalty for which is death.
00:06:37 The court will charge that you must be convinced beyond reason...
00:06:41 It is my opinion that no reasonable man
00:06:45 can dare to judge my client guilty of this terrible crime...
00:06:50 No, I'm not crazy. I'm just practicing.
00:06:56 Practicing being crazy?
00:06:59 Practicing at law.
00:07:00 I'm just out of law school and I was just holding an imaginary case.
00:07:04 [laughs]
00:07:05 Did you...
00:07:06 For the judge to decide.
00:07:08 Oh, my lovely judge.
00:07:14 What a lovely spectator.
00:07:18 Oh, please don't go.
00:07:24 What's your name?
00:07:28 Lori.
00:07:30 Oh, what's your last name?
00:07:31 Mears.
00:07:32 Lori Mears.
00:07:34 What a pretty name.
00:07:36 How's it that anything as lovely as you found its way into the swamp?
00:07:40 I live here.
00:07:42 Oh, it's impossible.
00:07:43 Why not?
00:07:44 Well, I thought...
00:07:46 I always believed that people that lived in swamps looked swampy.
00:07:50 Oh, don't you think so now?
00:07:53 After meeting you?
00:07:54 Oh.
00:08:04 You killed him?
00:08:06 Of course.
00:08:07 And you're trying to save a murderer?
00:08:09 What is it, murder to kill doves?
00:08:12 Why, of course.
00:08:13 They can't fight back to protect themselves.
00:08:15 A shame.
00:08:16 Those poor little feet.
00:08:22 Lovely, bright feathers.
00:08:25 I'm sorry.
00:08:27 They've always seemed just about human to me.
00:08:32 They understand everything I say to them.
00:08:35 They do.
00:08:36 If I show you, will you promise not to kill anymore?
00:08:41 Look, you come with me.
00:08:44 Come here.
00:08:46 Come here.
00:08:47 You just have to be quiet at first.
00:09:06 Hello.
00:09:09 This is Bushy.
00:09:10 That's Anna.
00:09:13 And this is Jim.
00:09:15 Shake hands, Jim.
00:09:17 Shake hands.
00:09:19 That's the boy.
00:09:21 It's incredible.
00:09:23 You know, a long, long time ago, there was a man named St. Francis
00:09:26 who had your power over wild folk.
00:09:28 I've got a book about him.
00:09:29 I've got a book about him.
00:09:30 I've got a book about him.
00:09:31 I've got a book about him.
00:09:32 I've got a book about him.
00:09:33 I've got a book about him.
00:09:34 I've got a book about him.
00:09:35 I've got a book about him.
00:09:36 I've got a book about him.
00:09:37 I've got a book about him.
00:09:38 Must be a wonderful book.
00:09:39 I'll bring it to you if you'd like to read it.
00:09:41 Do you come here often?
00:09:44 Every day.
00:09:45 It's beautiful.
00:09:47 So quiet and secluded.
00:09:49 It's my treasure trove.
00:09:52 May I show you something?
00:09:54 Mm-hmm.
00:09:55 Oh, butterflies.
00:10:06 How nice.
00:10:07 No, they're not butterflies.
00:10:08 They're moths.
00:10:09 What?
00:10:10 Did you catch these?
00:10:11 Yes.
00:10:12 Well, I don't figure.
00:10:13 After all that talk about my killing those birds.
00:10:16 You mustn't eat the manna.
00:10:18 Well, I'll have to explain.
00:10:21 Moths and butterflies only last one day,
00:10:24 and you have to keep their beauty.
00:10:26 Well, I guess if you say so, it's all right.
00:10:28 I must go now.
00:10:31 You haven't told me I might come back again.
00:10:34 I've got to if I'm going to bring you that book.
00:10:36 Oh, yes.
00:10:37 Shall I come tomorrow?
00:10:39 I'm Wayne Sellers.
00:10:41 How do you do?
00:10:43 How do you do, miss?
00:10:45 Yes, come tomorrow.
00:10:46 Goodbye.
00:10:48 Goodbye.
00:10:49 Till tomorrow?
00:10:50 Till tomorrow?
00:10:51 Did you like your manna?
00:11:19 Yes.
00:11:20 Oh, can I help you?
00:11:35 I seem to be hopelessly entangled here.
00:11:39 Tangled.
00:11:40 Here.
00:11:45 Oh, gracious me.
00:11:47 Now, duck.
00:11:48 You certainly are very fine.
00:11:53 Are you all right?
00:11:54 Yes, I'm splendid now.
00:11:57 My goodness.
00:12:00 Oh, I see you.
00:12:04 That's Anna. You can pet her.
00:12:06 Oh.
00:12:07 That's Michael.
00:12:10 Michael.
00:12:11 There's Bushy.
00:12:13 Bushy?
00:12:16 Oh, Bushy, darling.
00:12:19 Oh, what is this? Fairyland?
00:12:23 I think so.
00:12:24 And these animals, are they trained?
00:12:28 No, they just grew up with me.
00:12:30 Oh, you remarkable child.
00:12:32 And you're so pretty.
00:12:34 Oh, thank you.
00:12:35 What is your name, dear?
00:12:36 Laurie.
00:12:38 How well that suits you, Laurie.
00:12:40 I'm Mrs. Parker.
00:12:43 And I live in Plainville and I write books about butterflies.
00:12:47 You do?
00:12:48 May I show you mine?
00:12:49 Oh, yes, indeed.
00:12:51 Oh.
00:13:02 Why, you have a whole collection.
00:13:05 Do you catch these for sale?
00:13:07 No.
00:13:08 Well, you should.
00:13:09 They're very, very valuable.
00:13:11 If you ever do decide to dispose of them, will you bring them to me?
00:13:14 Yes.
00:13:15 I don't know what this one is.
00:13:17 Oh, that?
00:13:19 Well, that's a caterpillar grot.
00:13:20 I tried the whole afternoon to catch one of these.
00:13:22 Oh, let me give it to you.
00:13:23 Oh, no, dear.
00:13:24 I would rather buy it from you.
00:13:26 Would you mind accepting a dollar for it?
00:13:29 Oh.
00:13:30 Please. It would make me very happy.
00:13:32 All right.
00:13:33 I'll put them away.
00:13:36 Yes.
00:13:37 Thank you.
00:13:38 Oh, thank you very much.
00:13:49 Thank you, dear.
00:13:50 And now you'll be my guide as far as the road so that I can find my way back here sometime?
00:13:56 Why, yes.
00:13:58 Thank you.
00:13:59 Oh, thank you dear so much.
00:14:23 Oh, thank you.
00:14:24 Oh, thank you.
00:14:25 Thank you dear so much.
00:14:27 I certainly am torn to pieces.
00:14:30 Oh.
00:14:42 Is this yours?
00:14:44 Mm-hmm.
00:14:45 Would you like to go for a little ride?
00:14:47 Why, I'd better not.
00:14:48 Did you ever ride in one before?
00:14:51 No.
00:14:52 You'd like it.
00:14:53 Get in.
00:14:55 Oh.
00:14:56 Here?
00:14:58 Mm-hmm. Sit over there.
00:14:59 Oh, this is elegant!
00:15:03 Don't go too fast.
00:15:05 Would you be frightened?
00:15:06 No. It'll make the ride last longer.
00:15:08 Oh, you funny little thing.
00:15:11 Get out of there!
00:15:12 You hear me? Get out of there!
00:15:15 Please, Aunt Nora, please.
00:15:21 Shut up!
00:15:22 I'm not going to let you go!
00:15:23 I'm not going to let you go!
00:15:24 I'm not going to let you go!
00:15:25 I'm not going to let you go!
00:15:26 I'm not going to let you go!
00:15:27 I'm not going to let you go!
00:15:28 I'm not going to let you go!
00:15:29 I'm not going to let you go!
00:15:30 I'm not going to let you go!
00:15:31 I'm not going to let you go!
00:15:32 I'm not going to let you go!
00:15:33 I'm not going to let you go!
00:15:34 I'm not going to let you go!
00:15:35 I'm not going to let you go!
00:15:36 I'm not going to let you go!
00:15:37 I'm not going to let you go!
00:15:38 I'm not going to let you go!
00:15:39 I'm not going to let you go!
00:15:40 I'm not going to let you go!
00:15:41 I'm not going to let you go!
00:15:42 I'm not going to let you go!
00:15:43 I'm not going to let you go!
00:15:44 I'm not going to let you go!
00:15:45 I'm not going to let you go!
00:15:46 I'm not going to let you go!
00:15:47 I'm not going to let you go!
00:15:48 I'm not going to let you go!
00:15:49 I'm not going to let you go!
00:15:50 I'm not going to let you go!
00:15:51 I'm not going to let you go!
00:15:52 I'm not going to let you go!
00:15:53 I'm not going to let you go!
00:15:54 I'm not going to let you go!
00:15:55 I'm not going to let you go!
00:15:56 I'm not going to let you go!
00:15:57 I'm not going to let you go!
00:15:58 I'm not going to let you go!
00:16:00 Perhaps you'll both come in and have tea with me,
00:16:02 and look over my butterfly collection.
00:16:04 I live in the white house with the green shutters,
00:16:06 just across the street from Judge Sellers.
00:16:09 We don't get to town.
00:16:11 Well, I'll come and get you, and bring you home, too.
00:16:15 I don't want this young'un riding in contractions like that.
00:16:19 We're looking at butterflies and books.
00:16:22 She's got enough high-flute notions in her head now
00:16:24 to make her good for nothing.
00:16:26 Well, I'll see you again, my dear.
00:16:28 Goodbye.
00:16:29 Goodbye.
00:16:30 Goodbye.
00:16:31 Keep happy, dear.
00:16:39 Goodbye.
00:16:44 You've been meeting her before this, ain't you?
00:16:51 No.
00:16:52 Don't lie to me.
00:16:53 I told you to keep away from them city folks,
00:16:55 or you'll come to no good end.
00:16:57 I'm not ugly.
00:16:58 She said I was pretty.
00:17:00 And Nora, you can't spoil a thing.
00:17:02 Don't laugh at me.
00:17:04 I never raised a hand to you, Laurie.
00:17:06 But I'm warning you not to mix with them Plainville folks
00:17:08 and get notions.
00:17:09 She gave me a dollar for a butterfly.
00:17:11 She did?
00:17:12 Go buy soap and get to the washing.
00:17:15 All right.
00:17:17 Two more crackers and you'll owe me 30 cents, Abner.
00:17:20 What's the matter, Jonas?
00:17:26 You got your stump?
00:17:28 No, I ain't stumped.
00:17:29 I can move.
00:17:31 But I'm trying to figure out my next move.
00:17:33 Yeah.
00:17:34 Well, I'm going to have to get you a new job.
00:17:36 I'm going to have to get you a new job.
00:17:38 I'm going to have to get you a new job.
00:17:40 I'm going to have to get you a new job.
00:17:42 I'm going to have to get you a new job.
00:17:44 I'm trying to figure out my next move.
00:17:46 Yeah.
00:17:47 You'd move faster than that if you were asked to have a drink.
00:17:50 [laughing]
00:18:17 You best get out and do a little work.
00:18:20 Raising crops instead of sitting around here
00:18:22 raising nothing but calluses.
00:18:25 Your mortgage is coming due.
00:18:27 Ain't going to be easy on you this time.
00:18:30 You neither.
00:18:33 Checkers.
00:18:34 Where's that feed you was to send up to my place, Nate?
00:18:40 Now, Jeff, don't beller at me like a bull.
00:18:43 You ain't holding no mortgage of mine, you know.
00:18:45 Don't you talk to me like that.
00:18:47 I'll take my business out of your dang store.
00:18:49 Well, take it out if you want it.
00:18:51 But don't point your finger at me.
00:18:53 It upsets me terrible.
00:18:56 Get me another bowl of that calico.
00:18:59 None of that cheap stuff you sold me the last time.
00:19:01 Jed Corson, buying another bowl of calico for curtains.
00:19:09 He's had his house fixed up.
00:19:11 New wallpaper and all.
00:19:13 He's looking round again.
00:19:15 Oh, I'd hate to be the woman he gets.
00:19:17 Worked the last one into her grave.
00:19:20 Oh, and she was such a sweet soul.
00:19:23 I hope we don't start throwing sheep's eyes my way.
00:19:42 Well, hello, Lori.
00:19:44 Come on in.
00:19:47 I want two bars of washing soap, Mr. Nate.
00:19:49 Two bars of washing soap.
00:19:51 Well, I ain't seen you lately, Lori.
00:19:54 Where you been?
00:19:58 Home.
00:19:59 Have a stick of candy.
00:20:08 Thank you.
00:20:10 Better come up and see my house.
00:20:13 Got it all fixed up.
00:20:15 New curtains.
00:20:20 Goodbye, Lori.
00:20:28 Here, darling, take some of these.
00:20:36 Hi, Mr. Nate.
00:20:38 Looks to me like he's making up to you, Lori.
00:20:40 I wouldn't put it past him.
00:20:43 You go on in and talk to Sarah.
00:20:45 She's in there dropping and purling.
00:20:47 Mrs. Nathan, may I come in?
00:20:54 Well, Lori.
00:20:56 How be you, Lori?
00:20:58 Fine, thanks, Miss Fox.
00:20:59 I see you're busy as usual.
00:21:01 Yes, we've a lot of washing to do.
00:21:03 Mrs. Nathan, could I borrow some of your salve?
00:21:06 Chris has cut his hand.
00:21:08 Of course you can.
00:21:10 A hunk of salt pork would do a sight more good.
00:21:12 Oh, salve's much better, Libby.
00:21:14 What are you making?
00:21:18 I'm trying my best to knit a petticoat, Lori.
00:21:21 Lowdown drunken bully.
00:21:24 If he ever points his finger at me again, I'll break it off.
00:21:35 Tell Chris to keep his hand clean and smear this on thick.
00:21:39 Thanks very much. I will.
00:21:41 Goodbye.
00:21:42 Won't you send us by, Lori?
00:21:44 Oh, I'd love to.
00:21:46 But Nora's waiting. I have to go.
00:21:48 Goodbye, Lori.
00:21:51 It's done good.
00:21:53 Poor little Lori.
00:22:03 Trying her dangedest to make something out of herself and get nowhere.
00:22:07 Mind when she used to wash and scrub till midnight so she could go to school next day?
00:22:12 And that woman nagging at her constantly.
00:22:14 Looks as if Nori might forget her hate for the child after all these years.
00:22:18 Libby, she can't get over the fact that Lori's mother married the man she wanted for herself and she never will.
00:22:25 I wish there was something we could do to give Lori a little fun somehow.
00:22:30 Hey, you're going to that bazaar, aren't you, Saturday?
00:22:33 Yes.
00:22:34 What's the matter with taking Lori with you?
00:22:36 Nora would never let her go, Pa.
00:22:38 Nora's four months behind on her grocery bill to me, so I'll take care of her.
00:22:43 Pa, you're smart.
00:22:46 You just commencing to find that out, Ma?
00:22:49 [laughs]
00:22:51 I think I'd better go in and get her, Pa.
00:23:09 Now you stay where you are. We don't want any more argument with Nora.
00:23:13 I'll be right out!
00:23:15 Oh, please, Aunt Nora, come and thank him.
00:23:17 Thank him for what?
00:23:18 For refusing me credit if I don't let you go?
00:23:20 For forgiving you clothes so you can go again me?
00:23:23 Oh, don't you hope I have a good time?
00:23:25 No.
00:23:26 I hope them plainville folks will make fun of you and learn their lesson.
00:23:30 I don't think I'm afraid of them.
00:23:32 Goodbye.
00:23:33 [laughter]
00:23:38 Oh, there you are.
00:23:40 [laughter]
00:23:42 [laughter]
00:23:44 [laughter]
00:23:46 [laughter]
00:23:48 I'm already here!
00:23:54 [laughter]
00:23:56 [music]
00:24:03 [laughter]
00:24:08 Now you go along, and I'll be back very shortly.
00:24:12 [music]
00:24:14 Why, how do you do?
00:24:35 Why, I'm so glad to see you.
00:24:37 You remember me?
00:24:38 Indeed I do. Mind the guide from the swamp.
00:24:41 Yes.
00:24:42 How is your aunt?
00:24:43 Oh, Aunt Nora?
00:24:44 That old fat.
00:24:45 Oh, she's just fine.
00:24:46 Um, this is Mrs. Nathan.
00:24:48 I call her my Aunt Sarah.
00:24:50 How do you do, Miss Nathan?
00:24:52 How do you do?
00:24:53 All right, friends, gather right in.
00:24:55 And I want you to festoon your gazing optics upon those luscious, red, rosy lips of this kissing boot,
00:25:02 the greatest boot on the Midway, and the price to sip the nectar of romance from those beautiful little lips is only ten cents.
00:25:10 Wayne, would you care to indulge in this romantic pastime?
00:25:13 Oh, why not?
00:25:14 All right, then, put your money right there in the box, young man.
00:25:17 All right, young man, go right ahead.
00:25:18 Step in closely, friends. Gather right in, you gentlemen. Gather right in here.
00:25:22 Now, there you are, my friends. Let me show you how simple it is.
00:25:25 Just cheek to cheek, nose to nose, flippity-flop, and away she goes.
00:25:29 [applause]
00:25:30 How do you like it?
00:25:31 Why, anybody can do it. Step right up, folks. The price is ten cents.
00:25:35 Step right up, folks. Step right up here.
00:25:37 Anyone can indulge in this pastime.
00:25:40 Come on, gentlemen. Step right up.
00:25:42 Laurie, you. How are you?
00:25:46 I brought the book, but I couldn't find you.
00:25:48 I went to the Glade, and you weren't there.
00:25:51 Lemonade?
00:25:52 Yes.
00:25:53 Two lemonades.
00:25:54 Sir, where did you ever meet a freak like that?
00:25:57 What's she got on her feet?
00:25:59 What's she got on her head?
00:26:01 [laughter]
00:26:06 What's the matter?
00:26:08 Nothing.
00:26:10 Want to dance?
00:26:14 Oh, I don't dance.
00:26:15 Oh, of course you do. Come on.
00:26:17 I don't.
00:26:18 Come on. May I leave my hat here? Come on.
00:26:21 You have this dance with me.
00:26:24 Well, come on. I'll substitute.
00:26:27 [music]
00:26:39 Oh, ain't that great?
00:26:41 Let's tackle it.
00:26:43 Well, now I, uh, Sarah--
00:26:45 Oh, come on, Pa. You're still young.
00:26:47 Well, who said I wasn't?
00:26:49 [music]
00:26:56 What in the world is Wayne doing with that swamper?
00:26:58 Is he crazy?
00:27:00 Far from it.
00:27:02 I think he's showing remarkable intelligence.
00:27:05 She's one of the most delightful little persons I've ever known.
00:27:08 Ah.
00:27:10 You know, you're getting very old and hypocritical and sort of slipping into your dotage.
00:27:16 What?
00:27:18 Mm-hmm.
00:27:19 Otherwise, I think you'd ask me to dance.
00:27:22 Will you honor me?
00:27:27 Charmed.
00:27:28 [laughs]
00:27:29 [music]
00:27:36 What is it? What's the matter?
00:27:38 Can't you see I don't dance?
00:27:40 What do you mean? You're doing fine.
00:27:42 But all those people are looking at me.
00:27:44 Well, of course they are. You're the prettiest girl here.
00:27:48 [laughs]
00:27:51 Don't you see? They're laughing at me.
00:27:53 Who is? I'll take care of them.
00:27:55 Please don't. Don't.
00:27:57 [music]
00:28:03 Are you having a good time, Laurie?
00:28:05 Yes.
00:28:06 You are not. Come on.
00:28:08 [music]
00:28:12 Save the next two for me, Laurie, because I'll be ready to quit in a minute.
00:28:16 [laughs]
00:28:19 I'll try again.
00:28:21 [music]
00:28:27 [laughs]
00:28:33 Why are you laughing at?
00:28:35 Mr. Davis, take me home. I want to get out of here.
00:28:38 [laughs]
00:28:44 Oh, come on. Get up.
00:28:45 Get up.
00:28:46 Get up.
00:28:47 Wait.
00:28:48 Come home with me.
00:28:50 Come on.
00:28:51 Honey.
00:28:53 What? Is she all right?
00:28:56 Are you all right, darling?
00:28:58 Oh, you're just mad.
00:29:01 Well, I don't blame you at all.
00:29:03 You see, I'll tell you, darling.
00:29:05 Come over to my house for a little while.
00:29:07 You've never seen my butterflies in my workshop.
00:29:09 Hmm?
00:29:11 Would you excuse us if we go?
00:29:14 Come along, Chickabitty.
00:29:16 [music]
00:29:26 Nice lady, Pa.
00:29:28 Yeah, she's all right.
00:29:30 I'll let you and me go and finish the dance and see if anybody tries to trip you.
00:29:35 [laughs]
00:29:36 Are you trying to make trouble?
00:29:37 Well, he tripped her, Dad. He deliberately tripped her.
00:29:39 What are you dancing with a fright like that for?
00:29:41 She's not a fright. She's a fine girl.
00:29:42 She's unswampered.
00:29:43 You disgrace me, you disgrace yourself.
00:29:45 What are people going to think?
00:29:46 Well, I don't care what people think.
00:29:47 Oh, you don't, huh?
00:29:48 Well, I do.
00:29:49 But after all my plans, you go and make a laughing stock of yourself.
00:29:52 Well, I don't believe in class distinction.
00:29:53 Oh, so a college education has given you a viewpoint on life, huh?
00:29:57 You're going to champion the downtrodden.
00:29:59 You're the great emancipator.
00:30:00 Well, I didn't send you to school for that.
00:30:02 I sent you to school to study law, to go to the county seat and represent the people of your community.
00:30:07 You've got me wrong, Dad.
00:30:08 I have no idea of becoming a politician.
00:30:10 You're going to be what I want you to be.
00:30:12 I'm sorry, sir. I didn't put in four years of hard study to get into politics.
00:30:15 It's a lawyer's duty to defend the innocent and prosecute the guilty, and that's what I'm going to do.
00:30:19 Good night.
00:30:20 For an hour with me.
00:30:25 We don't care if they think we're very funny things, you know.
00:30:28 The only thing that matters is what you know, what's in your mind.
00:30:32 You've got a perfectly beautiful mind, and you have culture and understanding and knowledge.
00:30:37 That's all that counts, Lottie.
00:30:39 Oh, I must get off these things.
00:30:41 My toes feel like squealing pigs.
00:30:44 You know, there must be more than that, because I know things.
00:30:50 I've studied.
00:30:51 Still, they laughed at me.
00:30:53 They weren't laughing at you, Lottie.
00:30:55 Oh, yes, they were.
00:30:56 I must have looked like a scarecrow.
00:30:59 I fell down, and I was clumsy and awkward.
00:31:03 I guess I am just a swamp.
00:31:06 I've fallen on dance floors countless times.
00:31:10 One time, I upset my partner and seven others all over the floor.
00:31:15 Oh, I think you're a precious little soul, Lottie.
00:31:22 Then I don't care.
00:31:24 That's the spirit.
00:31:25 Let's take this off and stay a while.
00:31:28 Say, isn't that a beauty?
00:31:33 Yes, aren't they nice?
00:31:34 It's taken me years to collect them.
00:31:36 They don't have to worry about dresses.
00:31:39 Are you still bothering about those stupid people?
00:31:42 Or are you thinking about Wayne?
00:31:44 Oh.
00:31:46 He likes you, Lottie.
00:31:48 What? Didn't you see him upset that young fellow?
00:31:52 No.
00:31:53 One good blow in the jaw.
00:31:55 Oh, he probably did it because they laughed at him.
00:31:58 No, he did it because of you.
00:32:02 Lottie, I've got the most magnificent idea.
00:32:06 Excuse me just a minute.
00:32:08 Look, darling.
00:32:20 Oh.
00:32:22 Do you like it?
00:32:23 It's one I had when I was your age.
00:32:26 But it was too small for me, and I think it'll just fit you.
00:32:28 Just a little bit.
00:32:30 It'll just fit you.
00:32:31 Jump up.
00:32:32 You hold it there.
00:32:35 Oh, it's precious on you, dear.
00:32:39 Now I'll shorten it, you see.
00:32:41 Oh.
00:32:45 [Lottie's voice is heard in the distance.]
00:32:50 [Lottie's voice is heard in the distance.]
00:32:53 [Knock on the door.]
00:32:58 [Knock on the door.]
00:33:06 [Knock on the door.]
00:33:11 Who is it?
00:33:13 Lottie!
00:33:14 Oh, at last I found you.
00:33:16 What do you want?
00:33:19 What do I want?
00:33:20 I want to see you.
00:33:21 Come on out.
00:33:22 Bushington.
00:33:26 I ain't got time to sit.
00:33:28 Yeah, you, uh, you look tired, Nora.
00:33:32 I am working all the time.
00:33:34 Yeah, that's it.
00:33:35 That's a pity.
00:33:37 Pity?
00:33:38 Since when did you start getting sorry for folks?
00:33:41 [Chuckles.]
00:33:42 You sit down there, all right?
00:33:44 I got something to want to talk to you about.
00:33:46 The mortgage ain't got a cent, Jed.
00:33:48 Say it about the mortgage.
00:33:49 Something else.
00:33:50 You notice I kept the place all fixed up?
00:33:53 Yes, I can see it change.
00:33:55 Lottie, lately.
00:33:58 Yeah.
00:33:59 Mean you're going to make it better for folks?
00:34:02 For...
00:34:04 Me?
00:34:06 Yes.
00:34:07 I want to try to learn to be kinder.
00:34:11 I'm a rich man, got nobody to spend it on.
00:34:13 I get kind of lonesome sometimes.
00:34:16 What's your driving me?
00:34:18 Well, Nora, what did you say if I was to marry?
00:34:23 Might make a difference.
00:34:25 But I doubt it.
00:34:26 Who you thinking of?
00:34:29 Laurie.
00:34:32 Laurie?
00:34:33 Jed Carson, you're crazy.
00:34:35 Laurie's no more than a child.
00:34:37 That ain't a good offer.
00:34:38 I'll give you back the mortgage and some money to boot.
00:34:40 Better think it over.
00:34:42 Where are you going to be in the next few years?
00:34:44 You'll wind up in a hot spot.
00:34:45 I ain't scared of that.
00:34:46 The poorhouse, Nora.
00:34:49 Well, you going to talk to her?
00:34:57 Or do you want me to do it?
00:34:59 I'll do it.
00:35:00 I'll do it.
00:35:01 Ever again disturb the beauty in your heart?
00:35:12 Angry?
00:35:26 No.
00:35:29 I just didn't think it would happen here in the swamp.
00:35:31 Swamp?
00:35:33 Why, this is the enchanted glade.
00:35:35 It's all right.
00:35:37 All right.
00:35:39 It's another world where dreams come true.
00:35:42 Do you believe that too?
00:35:47 (Humming)
00:35:48 Oh, you're back.
00:36:03 Been in the swamp?
00:36:06 Yes, but just for a minute.
00:36:08 Just a minute.
00:36:10 Expect it's pretty there today.
00:36:13 Be going with you sometime.
00:36:15 Why, Aunt Nora.
00:36:18 Why, you'd love it.
00:36:21 It's all just like another world where your dreams come true.
00:36:27 Time I rested and dreamed and eased my tired body at last.
00:36:33 A lot of things will be doing soon.
00:36:40 Why, Aunt Nora, what's happened?
00:36:43 You're so different.
00:36:46 Hey, you're almost as happy as I am.
00:36:49 We won't have to be worrying about the mortgage anymore.
00:36:53 Laurie, think of that.
00:36:57 Why, I don't understand.
00:36:59 Tell me quickly.
00:37:01 Jed Carson's willing to marry you.
00:37:07 Jed's willing to marry you.
00:37:09 What's the matter with that?
00:37:21 Jed ain't bad.
00:37:23 He's the richest man the limber lost.
00:37:26 No.
00:37:28 Marry him.
00:37:30 I won't.
00:37:34 I won't.
00:37:36 I won't marry him if he were the last man in his world.
00:37:39 You'll do what I say.
00:37:40 He'll give you a good home.
00:37:42 Buy you all the books and pretty things you've been wanting.
00:37:44 He'll give us a deed to the land.
00:37:45 And money so you won't have to work so hard.
00:37:48 Oh, I don't mind work.
00:37:49 I want to work.
00:37:51 I'll do everything, Aunt Nora.
00:37:52 You won't have to do a thing.
00:37:54 But please don't make me marry him.
00:37:57 You fool.
00:37:58 You'll do what I say.
00:37:59 I won't.
00:38:00 I won't.
00:38:01 I know how to make Jed.
00:38:03 Jed!
00:38:04 You gotta do something, Miss Mason.
00:38:18 You gotta do something.
00:38:19 Don't make such a fuss.
00:38:20 Mrs. Mason.
00:38:26 Mrs. Mason.
00:38:28 You know the cost of this.
00:38:30 No!
00:38:32 Oh, there, there.
00:38:34 You're with Sarah.
00:38:37 Nora's been talking to you.
00:38:41 I know all about it.
00:38:42 Chris just told me.
00:38:44 I won't marry him.
00:38:49 I'm gonna die first.
00:38:52 You're not going to die.
00:38:55 And you're not going to marry him.
00:38:57 I'll get Paul.
00:38:58 He'll know what to do.
00:39:00 I'll get you.
00:39:01 Well, howdy, boys.
00:39:06 How's the game going?
00:39:07 Uh-oh, he's got you beat again.
00:39:10 Shh.
00:39:14 He's in there.
00:39:15 Hello, Nate.
00:39:20 Fine day.
00:39:21 Hey, you ain't sick, are you?
00:39:23 Sick?
00:39:24 I never felt better in my life.
00:39:25 Here's an order for you.
00:39:27 Look it over.
00:39:30 It's a pretty big order in here, sir.
00:39:32 I'm gonna need it.
00:39:33 Having a party?
00:39:34 Party.
00:39:35 Yes, sirree.
00:39:36 You ain't figuring on getting married again, are you?
00:39:39 Now, do you know any reason why I shouldn't?
00:39:41 Well, no.
00:39:42 I remember your last wedding.
00:39:44 Oh, you'd better fess up, will you?
00:39:46 Oh, well, you'll all know soon enough.
00:39:48 You'll all be invited.
00:39:49 Now, get that out for me right away, will you, Nate?
00:39:51 I'll bet it's a wedding.
00:39:58 Oh, who would marry him?
00:39:59 What do you think, Nate?
00:40:01 I ain't seeing.
00:40:04 Pa!
00:40:12 Pa!
00:40:13 Jet Corson's going to marry Laurie.
00:40:14 What?
00:40:16 It's an angel.
00:40:17 It's an angel.
00:40:18 You won't let him do it, will you?
00:40:19 No, no.
00:40:20 You won't let him do it.
00:40:21 Now, now, now.
00:40:22 He won't.
00:40:23 I'll fix him.
00:40:24 I know what I'll do.
00:40:25 I'll kill him.
00:40:26 That's what I'll do.
00:40:27 I'll kill him.
00:40:28 You mustn't talk like that.
00:40:29 What are you going to do, Pa?
00:40:30 You can't let this happen.
00:40:31 Oh, think of something.
00:40:33 Now, Sarah, don't take on so.
00:40:35 There's no sense in getting Laurie any more upset than she is.
00:40:38 Chris, you go and hitch up the team.
00:40:40 Yes, sir.
00:40:41 Now, look.
00:40:45 Now, look.
00:40:46 Now, Sarah, get the lunch ready.
00:41:05 And as soon as, as soon as he gets hitched up, we'll be on our way.
00:41:08 Oh.
00:41:09 You what?
00:41:10 I'm sorry.
00:41:11 I'd like to see you try it.
00:41:18 Get on home, you.
00:41:19 Please, no, no.
00:41:20 Shut up.
00:41:21 Get going.
00:41:22 I won't do it, I tell you.
00:41:24 I'll run away first.
00:41:26 You're not going to let this child marry Jed Carson.
00:41:28 And why not?
00:41:29 I aim to do what's best for Laurie.
00:41:31 Jed's the richest man in these here parts, and he'll be a good husband to her.
00:41:35 Nora, your own flesh and blood.
00:41:37 Mind your business.
00:41:38 Sarah, I ain't going to let you do it.
00:41:40 Carson's a drunken brute, and you know it.
00:41:42 I'm Laurie's guardian.
00:41:44 You try to stop me, and I'll have the law on you.
00:41:47 I mean it.
00:42:06 Nora, you follow him.
00:42:08 See if he can find out what it's all about.
00:42:10 I'm going to talk to Carson.
00:42:12 And little Pa.
00:42:13 Now I know what I'm doing, now.
00:42:14 I know what I'm doing.
00:42:16 Team sits, Mr. Nathan.
00:42:17 All right, Chris, you tend the store till I get back.
00:42:19 Yes, sir.
00:42:20 You always wanted your mom.
00:42:25 Now I'll tell you.
00:42:26 I don't want to know.
00:42:27 I don't want to hear anything.
00:42:28 She was like you.
00:42:29 She wanted to marry out of the swamp.
00:42:31 Well, she did.
00:42:33 And after he was born, he ran off and left her,
00:42:36 without a dollar to her name.
00:42:39 His folks is rich.
00:42:40 She couldn't do nothing.
00:42:43 There weren't no wedding license.
00:42:46 Oh, no.
00:42:47 It's the truth I'm telling you, Laurie.
00:42:50 She come back to the swamp with you on her arms.
00:42:53 And afterwards, she threw herself in and drowned him.
00:42:57 In that place, he loves so well to hide your birds and butterflies.
00:43:02 I don't believe you.
00:43:03 Folks around here thought it was an accident.
00:43:06 What'd they say if they found out she drowned a purpose?
00:43:10 And why?
00:43:12 Laurie, you're lying.
00:43:14 It's a bag of lies, and you know it.
00:43:16 Oh, come back here, Laurie.
00:43:17 You're going to do what I say.
00:43:19 You're going to marry Jed Carson,
00:43:21 or I'm going to tell him about your ma.
00:43:24 Then what'll your fine friends in Plainville think?
00:43:29 You better make up your mind to marry a man of your own kind.
00:43:35 What are you going to do, Laurie?
00:43:37 You don't want me to tell him about your ma, do you?
00:43:39 Do you?
00:43:40 No.
00:43:41 I will.
00:43:44 All right, I will.
00:43:46 I'll marry him.
00:43:47 [crying]
00:44:08 You can't come in here!
00:44:24 Jed, I want a word with you.
00:44:27 Don't tell me you're bringing that order already.
00:44:30 No, I'm bringing you a warning.
00:44:34 Warning?
00:44:37 You get it out of your head that you're a marrying Laurie,
00:44:40 or something's going to happen to you.
00:44:43 Where did you hear that, Nate?
00:44:45 I didn't hear it.
00:44:47 It's coming from me.
00:45:00 You must have said something to make her change.
00:45:02 I can't believe she did it herself.
00:45:04 You didn't believe she'd get smart, did you?
00:45:06 Well, another caller.
00:45:08 My, ain't we getting popular now.
00:45:10 Nate, welcome.
00:45:11 Get out.
00:45:12 I'll get out when I find out what devilman's behind all this.
00:45:16 Get out now.
00:45:20 There's no use, Pa.
00:45:22 Laurie's willing.
00:45:23 Ha!
00:45:24 You hear that?
00:45:25 She's willing.
00:45:26 Now go back and sell your potatoes.
00:45:28 Who said so?
00:45:29 Laurie did.
00:45:30 Of course she did.
00:45:32 She came to her senses.
00:45:33 No sane girl's going to miss a chance like this.
00:45:38 Laurie.
00:45:40 Laurie.
00:45:41 Let her alone.
00:45:43 Come down, you old meddler.
00:45:48 Uncle Nate.
00:45:53 Look at me.
00:45:55 What's the matter, Uncle Nate?
00:45:57 Did you say you was willing?
00:45:59 Of course I did.
00:46:00 I could see how good it would be for me.
00:46:03 An ugly, despised, swamp girl.
00:46:06 Marrying the richest man in the limbo lot.
00:46:09 You ain't telling the truth.
00:46:11 This is the truth.
00:46:12 I can have everything I want.
00:46:14 All the books and beautiful dresses.
00:46:17 Everything in the world.
00:46:19 You didn't think I'd miss a chance like that, did you?
00:46:22 Look at me.
00:46:24 You're lying.
00:46:26 I'm not.
00:46:29 I'm not, I tell you.
00:46:31 Can't you leave me alone?
00:46:33 Can't you see I'm only trying to do what I want to do?
00:46:39 I hope you're satisfied.
00:46:42 Now go on about your business.
00:46:45 Both of you.
00:46:48 I'm going to get to the bottom of this.
00:46:51 You ain't fooling me for a minute.
00:46:54 I don't know what you said, but it must have been something rotten.
00:46:58 Nora, if you was a man, I'd break every bone in your body.
00:47:04 Come on, Sarah.
00:47:24 Hello, Mrs. Nagel.
00:47:26 Come in, come in.
00:47:27 Look here.
00:47:28 You go right on in the front room.
00:47:30 You'll find plenty of refreshments in there.
00:47:32 Now, boys, out through the kitchen, down the back, you know what you'll find?
00:47:37 Something stronger than lemonade.
00:47:39 Oh, Jonas.
00:47:41 Howdy, Pat.
00:47:42 How's the checker game, huh?
00:47:44 Here's your old pal here.
00:47:46 Right through that way, you know, down by the barn, huh?
00:47:49 Hello, Mrs. Smith.
00:47:51 Right in the front room there.
00:47:53 That's your way.
00:47:54 You know what you'll find out there.
00:48:05 I can't bear it.
00:48:09 I can't seem to realize it.
00:48:13 How could this happen to our little girl?
00:48:20 Lori, it isn't too late.
00:48:31 It was good of Jed to buy you such a fine dress.
00:48:42 Lori, Nathan's downstairs.
00:48:45 If you'll only tell us why you're doing this.
00:48:48 I know he can do something to stop it.
00:48:56 Well, what's everybody so quiet about?
00:48:59 Come on now, folks.
00:49:00 Liven up a little bit.
00:49:02 Come on down around the punch bowl.
00:49:04 Have a drink.
00:49:05 It's all on me.
00:49:06 Here, Libby.
00:49:07 I'll bet you ain't had a drink yet.
00:49:09 Here you are.
00:49:11 That's good for what ails you.
00:49:12 Now sit down there and play me a nice tune, will you?
00:49:15 Come on, come on.
00:49:16 That's a good girl, Libby.
00:49:18 Here, here.
00:49:19 You can't push that cake down with a dry whistle.
00:49:22 Here.
00:49:23 There we are.
00:49:26 Yeah.
00:49:27 Well, Nate, what you looking so glum about?
00:49:31 What you need is a good drink of hard liquor out there with the boys.
00:49:35 I ain't thirsty.
00:49:37 Well, Nate, this is an occasion for a celebration, ain't it?
00:49:42 Is it?
00:49:43 Well, I'm getting married, ain't I?
00:49:47 I don't know whether you are or not.
00:49:49 Eh?
00:49:52 Nothing can stop it now, Nate.
00:49:55 Nothing.
00:49:59 Come on, folks.
00:50:01 Cheer up.
00:50:02 Have a good time.
00:50:03 This is a wedding.
00:50:05 I'm getting married.
00:50:06 Jed Corson's getting married.
00:50:08 Come on, Libby.
00:50:09 Play something lively.
00:50:11 Something lively.
00:50:12 I'll be right back, folks.
00:50:26 Ain't it beautiful?
00:50:30 It must have cost a plenty.
00:50:34 Who is it?
00:50:36 It's Jed.
00:50:44 It's bad luck to see the bride.
00:50:49 Yeah.
00:50:52 I know.
00:50:54 She's about ready, ain't she?
00:50:56 Yes.
00:50:58 Fine.
00:51:00 I'll tell the folks.
00:51:09 Nora, you're the only mother she's ever known.
00:51:13 You carried her in your arms when she was a baby.
00:51:16 Now you're putting her in your arms.
00:51:18 Never.
00:51:19 All your life it'll gnaw at your conscience.
00:51:24 You worry about your own conscience.
00:51:48 Be sure you're turned to the right page, Parson.
00:51:52 I'll go down and get the boy.
00:51:55 Are you sure you don't want one, Sheriff?
00:51:57 No, not for me.
00:51:59 Chris, where are you going with that gun?
00:52:02 Gonna kill something.
00:52:03 Going by the barn.
00:52:06 Hey, Admiral, I'm a pretty good shot myself.
00:52:08 Yeah?
00:52:09 Yeah, I just killed a quarr.
00:52:14 Hey, boys.
00:52:16 Come on in.
00:52:22 Here comes the bride.
00:52:24 Get Jed.
00:52:25 I'm gonna get Jed Carson.
00:52:27 Laurie, you forgot your bouquet.
00:52:32 Don't come near me.
00:52:34 I've never hated anyone before.
00:52:38 I've never wanted to.
00:52:40 But I hate you.
00:52:43 And I'll hate you till I die.
00:53:06 What are you doing with that gun, Chris?
00:53:08 You ain't gonna marry her.
00:53:15 I'm gonna adopt her, Chris.
00:53:17 She's gonna be your sister.
00:53:20 I'm gonna take care of you.
00:53:24 Now I'm gonna beat you within an inch of your life.
00:53:53 So that's what you're gonna do with a gun.
00:53:56 Oh.
00:53:58 Chris, you're still Jed Carson.
00:54:00 Oh.
00:54:02 Chris, you're still Jed Carson.
00:54:04 I'm gonna kill you.
00:54:10 I'm gonna kill you.
00:54:18 Come in.
00:54:38 Why, Laurie, how nice to see you, dear.
00:54:53 Oh, isn't the little dress becoming?
00:54:54 Oh, yes, I love it.
00:54:55 You said you'd like to buy my butterflies.
00:54:57 Yes, I did, Laurie.
00:54:59 Well, I brought them.
00:55:00 Oh.
00:55:01 Oh.
00:55:02 Oh.
00:55:03 Oh.
00:55:04 Oh.
00:55:05 Oh.
00:55:06 Why, they're so nicely mounted.
00:55:07 Why, but, Laurie, this is your whole collection.
00:55:08 Yes, I know.
00:55:09 I, uh, I have to have some money.
00:55:10 Well, how much do you need?
00:55:11 Would $20 be too much?
00:55:12 Oh.
00:55:13 $20 for these.
00:55:14 Why, they're worth very much more.
00:55:15 Let me see now.
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00:56:57 Why were you marrying this man, Carson?
00:57:00 Well, he was rich and we were poor and we...
00:57:04 I mean, I thought it was a good idea.
00:57:06 Well, who was we?
00:57:08 I didn't mean we, just me.
00:57:10 Did someone influence you?
00:57:12 No.
00:57:13 Um...
00:57:14 I can't say.
00:57:16 I've got to know.
00:57:17 If I'm going to take the case, I've got to know everything.
00:57:19 Please don't ask me about it because...
00:57:21 I can't talk about it.
00:57:23 Did you love him?
00:57:25 No.
00:57:28 Did it mean anything to you the other day when I kissed you?
00:57:34 Do you like me?
00:57:36 Yes.
00:57:38 Well, I'm due for the present.
00:57:39 I'll take the case.
00:57:40 Oh, thanks.
00:57:42 Here.
00:57:43 Oh, no, you keep that.
00:57:45 Oh.
00:57:46 No, don't go.
00:57:47 We've got a lot of work to do.
00:57:48 We've got to get the facts.
00:57:49 I'll have to see you often.
00:57:50 Will you be back?
00:57:51 Well, yes, I'll be back.
00:57:53 But I have to tell Chris about it.
00:58:20 You can just have a few minutes, miss.
00:58:23 Chris.
00:58:25 Laurie.
00:58:27 Oh, Chris.
00:58:30 You didn't kill Jed Corson, did you?
00:58:33 No, I didn't.
00:58:34 Honest, I didn't.
00:58:35 That's the girl who's gone.
00:58:36 Well, Chris, don't say any more.
00:58:40 You mustn't talk until you see your lawyer.
00:58:43 Lawyer?
00:58:45 I ain't got no lawyer.
00:58:46 Yes.
00:58:47 Wayne Sellers is going to be your lawyer.
00:58:50 It won't do no good.
00:58:52 Yes, it will now, Chris.
00:58:54 I know it will.
00:58:55 Besides, I'm going to pray for you.
00:58:57 Time's up, miss.
00:58:59 Look, Chris, I can send you candy and everything you like.
00:59:05 Goodbye.
00:59:07 Will you come again?
00:59:08 Yes.
00:59:09 I'll be here every day.
00:59:12 Remember.
00:59:36 Oh, criminal law, eh?
00:59:38 Hoping to get yourself a murder case?
00:59:40 I've got one.
00:59:41 Huh?
00:59:42 I'm on the Corson case.
00:59:43 You're what?
00:59:44 I'm going to defend the boy.
00:59:46 You're going to do nothing of the kind?
00:59:47 Yes, I am.
00:59:48 I believe he's innocent.
00:59:49 No, innocence, nonsense.
00:59:50 I know that case.
00:59:51 He threatened a man several times, and he was found standing over his body with a gun.
00:59:55 Now, what more do you want?
00:59:56 I know.
00:59:57 He's trying to stop a drunken brute from marrying a girl who was young enough to be his daughter.
01:00:02 Oh, I see.
01:00:04 So it's the girl you're interested in.
01:00:06 Did she hire you to defend this boy?
01:00:08 Oh, that's beside the point.
01:00:10 I'm interested in the boy as a human being.
01:00:12 I want to see that he gets justice.
01:00:14 I'll take care of that.
01:00:15 I know these swappers better than you do.
01:00:17 I've had plenty of experience with them.
01:00:19 They're a bad lot.
01:00:21 Just common, no good, illiterate trash.
01:00:23 All of it.
01:00:24 I don't want to go through that with you again.
01:00:25 Well, neither do I want to go through it.
01:00:27 And I won't.
01:00:29 I've given you my opinion once, and I expect that to end the matter.
01:00:32 And I've taken an oath to protect the innocent, and I'm going through with it whether I have to defend an aristocrat or trash.
01:00:37 If you go against me in this, and if you persist in your faith in that boy and girl and these worthless people, you can get out.
01:00:44 Now give me your word that you won't take this case or pack your bags.
01:00:48 Oh, Mrs. Park, did you hear that?
01:00:56 I couldn't help it here.
01:00:57 Oh, what a fine boy.
01:00:59 Fine?
01:01:00 When he defies me, after all I've done for him, after all the plans his mother made for him?
01:01:05 If his mother were here, she'd be proud of him, too.
01:01:07 Proud of him?
01:01:08 Why?
01:01:09 Because he mixed up with a lot of swampers?
01:01:11 Sit down.
01:01:12 You happen to remember your first case?
01:01:20 You remember the responsibility you felt for your client?
01:01:23 Well, your son feels the same way, and instead of helping him, you're condemning him.
01:01:27 But you don't understand, Mrs. Parker.
01:01:29 If Wayne takes this case, I won't be allowed to sit on the bench.
01:01:31 Oh, so that's it.
01:01:33 So for purely selfish reasons, you'll rob your son of his great opportunity and prevent his defending this poor boy.
01:01:39 Oh, fiddlesticks. He doesn't care anything about the boy.
01:01:41 He's taken that case because he's interested in that girl.
01:01:44 And who is she?
01:01:45 A common, ordinary...
01:01:46 That's enough!
01:01:48 You don't know anything about this girl, but I do.
01:01:51 And you're acting like a narrow-minded, bigoted old fossil.
01:01:54 And you aren't fit to be a judge.
01:01:56 [door closes]
01:01:58 [door closes]
01:02:20 [footsteps]
01:02:22 They're no good.
01:02:33 [footsteps]
01:02:35 There's your precedent.
01:02:51 State versus Williams.
01:02:54 Be up on that.
01:02:56 [footsteps]
01:02:58 When they call on you, see if you can't say something to help Chris.
01:03:18 He appears to me like young sellers, ain't doing very much for him.
01:03:21 Yeah.
01:03:22 Why didn't you put in a good word for him when you were up there?
01:03:24 Hmm. You act like you were scared to death.
01:03:27 I was.
01:03:28 When they get you on that witness stand, you find out how thin your blood is.
01:03:31 [laughter]
01:03:33 Everyone stand up.
01:03:35 [clears throat]
01:03:37 [footsteps]
01:03:39 Be seated.
01:03:46 The case of State versus Christopher Kast will now resume.
01:03:52 Miss Lori Mears, take the stand, please.
01:03:55 How long have you known the defendant?
01:04:07 About two years.
01:04:09 You think a lot of him, don't you?
01:04:11 Yes.
01:04:12 And he thinks a lot of you, doesn't he?
01:04:14 I think so.
01:04:16 You and he were together quite often, weren't you?
01:04:19 Yes.
01:04:20 All alone?
01:04:21 Yes.
01:04:22 And you talked to him about Jed Corson?
01:04:26 Not always.
01:04:27 But usually?
01:04:29 Yes.
01:04:30 He told you that he hated Jed Corson?
01:04:32 Sometimes.
01:04:33 Several times?
01:04:35 Yes.
01:04:37 And he said that he was going to kill Jed Corson.
01:04:45 Answer that question.
01:04:47 You heard him threatening to kill Jed Corson, didn't you?
01:04:50 Yes.
01:04:52 Why doesn't the young fool object?
01:04:55 He's putting answers into the mouth of the witness.
01:04:57 Be patient.
01:04:59 Where was this?
01:05:02 Well, once after he'd been beaten for cutting his hand.
01:05:05 Beaten because Mr. Corson said he did it on purpose to get out of work.
01:05:10 I move that it remain.
01:05:12 Go on with your questions.
01:05:14 When was the last time you heard him threaten to kill his master?
01:05:18 At Mr. Nathan's.
01:05:19 Was that the occasion referred to by Mr. and Mrs. Nathan?
01:05:22 Yes, sir.
01:05:24 And did he say that he would kill Mr. Corson in order to prevent his marriage to you?
01:05:29 Yes.
01:05:31 And did you suggest that he should wait until after your marriage to the rich Mr. Corson?
01:05:37 Don't answer.
01:05:39 He hasn't sense enough to see that the judge is with him.
01:05:42 Reframe that question.
01:05:48 Was there anything said at the time about waiting until after your marriage?
01:05:53 No.
01:05:55 And did you plan such a crime?
01:05:57 Oh, no.
01:05:58 There was no understanding between you?
01:06:00 Faith, she has already answered no.
01:06:04 I must warn you against any further attempt to confuse this witness.
01:06:09 Mr. Sellers.
01:06:14 Mr. Sellers.
01:06:16 Have you made any preparation for your case?
01:06:22 Yes, your honor.
01:06:25 Why don't he do something?
01:06:28 I don't think he knows very much.
01:06:31 What was the defendant's objection to your marrying Mr. Corson?
01:06:35 Well, he hated him.
01:06:39 And he was afraid he'd beat me too.
01:06:42 And did you have the same hatred and fear of him?
01:06:45 Yes, I was afraid.
01:06:47 Then why did you want to marry him?
01:06:50 Well, I could see that I could get away from poverty and have things.
01:06:57 Oh, so you were marrying him for money.
01:07:01 And you saw your opportunity for escape through this boy.
01:07:04 But that's not so.
01:07:10 Your witness.
01:07:12 Miss Mayer.
01:07:21 If you'll answer my question simply and calmly, I won't keep you long.
01:07:25 I know you must be tired after the unwarranted and disgusting grilling to which you have been subjected.
01:07:30 Your honor, I take exception to counsel's inference.
01:07:33 Go away, boy. Go away.
01:07:35 To which you have been subjected by this shyster. Is that plain to you?
01:07:38 By you, your honor.
01:07:40 I'll fine you both for contempt of court.
01:07:43 I apologize, your honor.
01:07:48 I apologize.
01:07:50 If you had any objections to action of counsel, you had plenty of opportunity to enter.
01:07:57 Proceed with witness.
01:07:59 What was your interest in, Chris?
01:08:07 Well, you see, I wanted to help him.
01:08:09 I wanted to teach him to read and write.
01:08:11 Because I think books make ugly things seem more beautiful.
01:08:15 Did you hate the deceased, Corson?
01:08:17 I never let myself hate anyone.
01:08:20 You see, well, it's not good to hate.
01:08:23 In a whole world, isn't there someone that you have hated?
01:08:26 Oh, I can't say.
01:08:32 You testified that if you married, you could escape poverty. Who told you that?
01:08:37 Oh, please, that's not fair.
01:08:39 Well, is the one who influenced you the one that you hate?
01:08:42 I don't know.
01:08:46 Was it Corson who promised you relief from poverty?
01:08:49 Not to me.
01:08:51 To whom?
01:08:52 To me.
01:08:54 I made her do it.
01:08:55 I lied about her ma and pa.
01:08:57 I told her her.
01:08:59 Her ma grounded herself.
01:09:01 All lies.
01:09:03 It's me she hates. Me.
01:09:05 I'm the one that's a criminal.
01:09:07 Not that poor boy who had the courage to try and save her.
01:09:12 She hates me.
01:09:16 I've lost her.
01:09:20 And I never knew till now.
01:09:24 She's all I ever had.
01:09:27 All I ever loved.
01:09:34 Nora!
01:09:35 Sit down, lady. Sit down.
01:09:38 You must be quiet.
01:09:39 Quiet in the court here.
01:09:41 Order!
01:09:43 Any more demonstrations and I shall have to clear the court.
01:09:47 That's all.
01:09:49 Your honor will please inform the jury to disregard the play acting that has been perpetrated here.
01:10:00 The jury will disregard.
01:10:03 Any more witnesses?
01:10:04 No, your honor.
01:10:06 You may call your witnesses.
01:10:09 Christopher Cass, will you take the stand?
01:10:14 Raise your right hand.
01:10:25 Do you solemnly swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth so help you God?
01:10:29 I do.
01:10:31 State your right name.
01:10:33 Christopher Cass.
01:10:35 Be seated.
01:10:36 Night of July 10th, were you at Judd Corson's place?
01:10:45 Yes, sir.
01:10:46 Did you go to the bar?
01:10:48 Yes, sir.
01:10:50 What happened there?
01:10:51 I called to Mr. Corson and told him that...
01:10:54 Give the exact words.
01:10:56 I called to him and said...
01:11:00 Mr. Corson, one of your horses is sick.
01:11:03 He came to me.
01:11:05 I pointed the gun at him.
01:11:07 And said...
01:11:10 You ain't gonna marry her?
01:11:13 Was the gun cocked?
01:11:14 Yes, sir.
01:11:16 Was your finger on the trigger?
01:11:17 Yes, sir.
01:11:19 What else was said?
01:11:21 He said...
01:11:24 It's all a joke.
01:11:26 I'm gonna adopt Lori.
01:11:28 You're gonna adopt her?
01:11:29 And then what happened?
01:11:30 He grabbed the gun away from me.
01:11:32 He said, "I'm gonna beat you with an inch of your life."
01:11:35 Then he jammed the butt of the gun down against the grindstone.
01:11:39 It exploded.
01:11:40 It killed him.
01:11:41 That's all.
01:11:43 When your finger was on the trigger of that gun...
01:11:51 Would you swear that you didn't press it?
01:11:54 Yes, sir.
01:11:56 And when the gun was seized from you...
01:11:57 Would you say that your finger didn't press the trigger?
01:11:59 Yes, sir.
01:12:01 You say that after Mr. Corson was in possession of that gun...
01:12:04 He told you he was going to beat you?
01:12:06 Yes, sir.
01:12:08 If he said that, didn't he shoot the gun?
01:12:09 No, sir.
01:12:11 Are you sure of that?
01:12:12 Yes, sir.
01:12:13 You didn't see the hammer that gun struck the grindstone?
01:12:14 No, sir. But it must have.
01:12:16 And you don't know how that gun was discharged, do you?
01:12:18 No, sir.
01:12:19 But it could have been discharged when he pulled the gun away from you.
01:12:21 Yes, sir.
01:12:22 That's all.
01:12:24 May I have this?
01:12:25 With your honest permission...
01:12:31 I'll ask the defendant to reenact what actually happened.
01:12:33 I show this gun. Do you recognize it?
01:12:36 Yes. That's the gun I had.
01:12:38 Which hammer was cocked?
01:12:40 That one.
01:12:41 And this is the trigger that explodes the shell in that barrel?
01:12:44 Yes, sir.
01:12:45 And this is the trigger that your finger was on?
01:12:46 Yes, sir.
01:12:47 Stand up.
01:12:48 Take your hands off the trigger.
01:12:51 Stand up.
01:12:52 Take the gun.
01:12:54 Point it at me exactly as you did at Jed Cossack.
01:12:56 Is that the way it was?
01:12:58 Yes, sir.
01:12:59 Open it up.
01:13:00 Now pull the trigger.
01:13:06 But Mr. Sellers, you've got a loaded shell in there!
01:13:08 Pull the trigger.
01:13:09 No, sir!
01:13:10 Pull it!
01:13:11 That's all.
01:13:13 Any questions?
01:13:16 No questions.
01:13:17 Witness excused.
01:13:20 Admiral Bates, will you take the stand?
01:13:22 Do you recognize this gun?
01:13:30 Yes, I do.
01:13:32 How long has it been in your possession?
01:13:34 Well, ever since I took it away from the boy at the scene of the shooting.
01:13:37 Did you make any alterations in the mechanism of the gun?
01:13:39 No, I didn't.
01:13:40 Has anyone tampered with it?
01:13:42 Well, I should say not.
01:13:44 That's all.
01:13:45 Questions?
01:13:47 No questions.
01:13:48 Witness excused.
01:13:49 Gentlemen, upon examining this gun when it was first introduced as evidence, I made a discovery which my learned opponent had overlooked.
01:14:01 This gun could not have been discharged by use of the trigger, of either trigger.
01:14:06 There were no springs in the gun.
01:14:08 Therefore, it must have been discharged exactly as my client has testified.
01:14:11 May I see the gun, please?
01:14:12 Defense rests.
01:14:18 In sight of the evidence already presented, I feel that further instruction by me is unnecessary.
01:14:25 The jury will therefore retire and decide their verdict.
01:14:46 We find the defendant not guilty.
01:14:49 I'm sorry, but I had to say what I did.
01:15:09 Oh, Wayne, it's all right. Everything's all right.
01:15:11 Well, don't go. I've got so much to say to you.
01:15:13 I'll be back. I'll be back, really.
01:15:16 Why didn't you introduce that gun in evidence before?
01:15:19 Well, it's all over now. You're going to live with us.
01:15:22 And I'm going to send you to school.
01:15:24 Well, what do you think?
01:15:25 Was everything you said the truth?
01:15:44 You mean about your ma?
01:15:46 Yes.
01:15:48 No. I mean about loving me.
01:15:51 I'm in love with him.
01:15:55 Woo!
01:15:56 [Gunshot]
01:15:57 [Music]