1 00:02:01,889 --> 00:02:04,392 (male narrator) When I was growing up on Walton's Mountain 2 00:02:04,458 --> 00:02:06,894 I used to dream of all the faraway places 3 00:02:06,960 --> 00:02:08,829 I would one day visit. 4 00:02:08,896 --> 00:02:11,999 New York City captured my imagination most completely 5 00:02:12,065 --> 00:02:14,768 because it was a Mecca for young aspiring artists 6 00:02:14,835 --> 00:02:16,504 and writers. 7 00:02:16,570 --> 00:02:19,607 I wasn't to stray that far from home for several years 8 00:02:19,673 --> 00:02:22,610 but I was due for a special preview. 9 00:02:22,676 --> 00:02:24,845 One day, without any warning 10 00:02:24,912 --> 00:02:28,582 a New York hurricane hit our peaceful community. 11 00:02:28,649 --> 00:02:30,684 You Judas. 12 00:02:39,026 --> 00:02:42,596 That's it, up ahead. 13 00:02:42,663 --> 00:02:46,634 - What kind of car is that? - 'Cadillac, specially built.' 14 00:02:49,203 --> 00:02:51,239 Who's that lady? 15 00:02:51,305 --> 00:02:53,841 That lady is my employer. 16 00:03:14,295 --> 00:03:16,063 What a beautiful woman. 17 00:03:16,129 --> 00:03:17,431 Yeah. 18 00:03:17,498 --> 00:03:19,800 If you like dragons. 19 00:03:45,659 --> 00:03:47,995 Where the deuce have you been? 20 00:03:48,061 --> 00:03:51,098 You realize you've abandoned me in this wilderness for hours? 21 00:03:51,164 --> 00:03:54,402 I could have been abducted by bandits or torn apart by wolves. 22 00:03:54,468 --> 00:03:57,004 'Do you care to explain yourself?' 23 00:03:57,070 --> 00:04:02,443 - 'Sorry, ma'am.' - Sorry? 24 00:04:02,510 --> 00:04:04,077 'Who's that?' 25 00:04:04,144 --> 00:04:07,648 'He's going to tow us back to the garage, such as it is.' 26 00:04:07,715 --> 00:04:09,717 Young man, would you be good enough 27 00:04:09,783 --> 00:04:13,053 to tell us where in these United States we are? 28 00:04:13,120 --> 00:04:15,122 Excuse me, but aren't you her? 29 00:04:15,188 --> 00:04:16,657 What? 30 00:04:16,724 --> 00:04:20,528 Alvira Drummond. Aren't you Alvira Drummond? 31 00:04:20,594 --> 00:04:23,731 Why, you darling boy! 32 00:04:23,797 --> 00:04:27,435 'A fan. Way out here in wherever we are.' 33 00:04:27,501 --> 00:04:28,969 I've seen you in the movies 34 00:04:29,036 --> 00:04:31,972 pictures on the paper and heard your voice on the radio. 35 00:04:32,039 --> 00:04:35,843 - 'You're my favorite actress.' - Isn't that sweet. 36 00:04:35,909 --> 00:04:38,746 - Did you hear that, Rex? - I heard. 37 00:04:38,812 --> 00:04:40,314 Well, go on. 38 00:04:40,381 --> 00:04:42,716 My sister, Mary Ellen, wrote you a letter once. 39 00:04:42,783 --> 00:04:45,185 You sent her a personally autographed photo for free. 40 00:04:45,252 --> 00:04:47,321 Did I? 41 00:04:47,388 --> 00:04:48,956 I can't get over it. 42 00:04:49,022 --> 00:04:51,859 Fans, way out here in the Rocky Mountains. 43 00:04:51,925 --> 00:04:55,162 - Blue Ridge Mountains. - That's what I said. 44 00:04:55,228 --> 00:04:56,697 You know.. 45 00:04:56,764 --> 00:04:59,166 I always had a place in my heart 46 00:04:59,232 --> 00:05:02,235 for the Blue Ridge Mountains of Kentucky, and now I know why. 47 00:05:02,302 --> 00:05:03,737 Virginia. 48 00:05:03,804 --> 00:05:06,774 - What? - 'They're in Virginia.' 49 00:05:06,840 --> 00:05:10,778 If I want a geography lesson, I'll ask for it. 50 00:05:10,844 --> 00:05:16,517 Miss Drummond, what brings you so far from the Great White Way? 51 00:05:16,584 --> 00:05:18,852 That's a good question, darling. 52 00:05:18,919 --> 00:05:22,423 My rotten car broke down on the main highway 53 00:05:22,490 --> 00:05:23,757 and my brilliant chauffeur decided 54 00:05:23,824 --> 00:05:27,027 we should detour and look for a garage. 55 00:05:27,094 --> 00:05:30,698 Of all people! Alvira Drummond, here on Walton's Mountain! 56 00:05:30,764 --> 00:05:32,232 Whoever would have thought of it! 57 00:05:32,299 --> 00:05:34,568 Walton's mountain! Who, indeed! 58 00:05:34,635 --> 00:05:37,371 Okay, we can go now. 59 00:05:37,438 --> 00:05:39,807 Would you like to ride up front with me? 60 00:05:39,873 --> 00:05:43,777 My darling, I wouldn't have it any other way. 61 00:05:43,844 --> 00:05:44,812 Okay. 62 00:05:44,878 --> 00:05:46,013 Get in the back. 63 00:05:49,883 --> 00:05:51,652 That bad? 64 00:05:51,719 --> 00:05:55,489 Could be. I can't tell for sure until I get inside, though. 65 00:05:55,556 --> 00:05:58,392 How much longer will that take? 66 00:05:58,459 --> 00:06:00,628 Three or four hours, at least, I reckon. 67 00:06:00,694 --> 00:06:03,063 But it'll be dark by then. 68 00:06:03,130 --> 00:06:05,065 Can't you work any faster? 69 00:06:05,132 --> 00:06:10,738 I'll do the best I can. It's gonna take a while. 70 00:06:10,804 --> 00:06:12,440 Then just point me in the direction 71 00:06:12,506 --> 00:06:13,941 of the nearest restaurant. 72 00:06:14,007 --> 00:06:18,612 All I want now is a double martini and a hot meal. 73 00:06:18,679 --> 00:06:20,681 I'm sorry, but I don't think you'll find 74 00:06:20,748 --> 00:06:22,416 a real restaurant on Walton's Mountain. 75 00:06:22,483 --> 00:06:24,384 No restaurant? 76 00:06:24,452 --> 00:06:26,487 Where do the people eat? 77 00:06:26,554 --> 00:06:27,788 I'd give you a cheese sandwich. 78 00:06:27,855 --> 00:06:31,058 And you can wash it down with a bottle of pop. 79 00:06:33,060 --> 00:06:34,562 How's the hitchhiking? 80 00:06:34,628 --> 00:06:37,965 Maybe I could make it back to civilization by dark. 81 00:06:38,031 --> 00:06:41,602 Miss Drummond, you'd be welcome to come home with me for supper. 82 00:06:41,669 --> 00:06:44,438 Darling, I wasn't angling for an invitation, honestly. 83 00:06:44,505 --> 00:06:45,839 No, we'd be honored. 84 00:06:45,906 --> 00:06:48,609 It won't be fancy, but my mother's a fine cook. 85 00:06:48,676 --> 00:06:50,978 I just can't barge in unannounced. 86 00:06:51,044 --> 00:06:53,547 Would you just let me worry about that, all right? 87 00:06:53,614 --> 00:06:55,015 - Well.. - Okay. 88 00:06:55,082 --> 00:06:57,350 - Come along with me, hear? - Alright. 89 00:06:57,417 --> 00:06:59,887 Okay, let's go. See you later, Ike. 90 00:07:02,923 --> 00:07:05,092 An actress, in this house? 91 00:07:05,158 --> 00:07:06,794 John-Boy, now-- 92 00:07:06,860 --> 00:07:10,498 Grandma, she isn't any actress. Alvira Drummond is a star. 93 00:07:10,564 --> 00:07:11,899 That's even worse! 94 00:07:11,965 --> 00:07:13,801 'Grandma, we don't know anything about her.' 95 00:07:13,867 --> 00:07:15,503 'She could be a very nice woman.' 96 00:07:15,569 --> 00:07:17,304 'That's right. Remember she answered my letter' 97 00:07:17,370 --> 00:07:19,072 'and sent me her picture?' 98 00:07:33,120 --> 00:07:35,723 Come away. She'll think you were brought up with no manners. 99 00:07:35,789 --> 00:07:36,924 What about her manners? 100 00:07:36,990 --> 00:07:39,727 She stuck her tongue out at us like this. 101 00:07:39,793 --> 00:07:42,630 I don't wonder, staring at her like a bunch of wild savages. 102 00:07:42,696 --> 00:07:45,198 Go on upstairs now, and get washed up for supper. 103 00:07:47,367 --> 00:07:51,338 'How often does something like this happen?' 104 00:07:51,404 --> 00:07:53,607 Mama won't even let us see her. 105 00:07:59,212 --> 00:08:01,882 What's going on? I thought that celebrity was coming in. 106 00:08:04,251 --> 00:08:06,954 John-Boy, you want to ask the lady to come in? 107 00:08:07,020 --> 00:08:08,088 Yes, sir. 108 00:08:08,155 --> 00:08:09,557 Hot diggity dog! 109 00:08:09,623 --> 00:08:11,892 I thought I told you to wash up, young lady. 110 00:08:15,563 --> 00:08:17,565 Look at him. He's worse than the children. 111 00:08:17,631 --> 00:08:19,933 'Don't strain your eyes, old man.' 112 00:08:20,000 --> 00:08:22,803 It's no strain at all to look at a knockout like her. 113 00:08:22,870 --> 00:08:24,538 Now what are you up to? 114 00:08:24,605 --> 00:08:27,741 I thought I'd just change into a clean shirt. 115 00:08:32,846 --> 00:08:36,283 Everyone, this is Miss Alvira Drummond. 116 00:08:36,349 --> 00:08:38,552 Hello. 117 00:08:38,619 --> 00:08:40,754 Thanks for letting me intrude like this. 118 00:08:40,821 --> 00:08:43,991 You're not intruding, and you are welcome. 119 00:08:44,057 --> 00:08:46,359 'Why don't you come on in, make yourself at home.' 120 00:08:46,426 --> 00:08:48,161 Thank you. 121 00:08:48,228 --> 00:08:51,364 John-Boy, why don't you take Miss Drummond's fur? 122 00:08:51,431 --> 00:08:53,701 Yes, of course. 123 00:08:53,767 --> 00:08:55,368 Thanks, darling. 124 00:08:55,435 --> 00:08:56,770 That's much better. 125 00:08:56,837 --> 00:08:59,673 'I didn't realize how warm it was.' 126 00:09:05,378 --> 00:09:07,180 Well, you see.. 127 00:09:07,247 --> 00:09:09,650 they were opening this new theater in Atlanta 128 00:09:09,717 --> 00:09:11,719 and they asked me to come and recreate 129 00:09:11,785 --> 00:09:13,153 the role Gertrude Lawrence played 130 00:09:13,220 --> 00:09:15,122 on Broadway in Private Lives. 131 00:09:15,188 --> 00:09:19,259 - A play by Mr. Noyl Coward. - Yes, that's right. 132 00:09:19,326 --> 00:09:20,861 My darling No l. 133 00:09:20,928 --> 00:09:23,096 Such a divinely witty man. 134 00:09:23,163 --> 00:09:25,899 Matter of fact, he asked me to play the part originally 135 00:09:25,966 --> 00:09:28,168 but I was in Hollywood at the time. 136 00:09:28,235 --> 00:09:29,770 Hollywood? 137 00:09:29,837 --> 00:09:32,105 Why'd you ever leave there? 138 00:09:32,172 --> 00:09:35,809 Darling, the money is marvelous, but it's just not theater. 139 00:09:35,876 --> 00:09:38,411 I wish I could have seen you in Private Lives. 140 00:09:38,478 --> 00:09:40,013 I bet you were wonderful. 141 00:09:40,080 --> 00:09:41,481 I was sensational, sweetie. 142 00:09:41,548 --> 00:09:43,851 'But the play went right over those heads.' 143 00:09:43,917 --> 00:09:45,919 'You know those provincial audiences.' 144 00:09:50,223 --> 00:09:52,793 Anyway, there we were motoring back to New York 145 00:09:52,860 --> 00:09:54,995 when suddenly the car stopped, and voila! 146 00:09:55,062 --> 00:09:57,865 Here I am, eating this scrumptious chicken stew. 147 00:09:57,931 --> 00:10:00,901 John-Boy says you have a special built Cadillac? 148 00:10:00,968 --> 00:10:04,437 - Which one are you? - I'm Ben. 149 00:10:04,504 --> 00:10:08,776 You are a divine child. What were you saying? 150 00:10:08,842 --> 00:10:11,044 That's about the most expensive car built. 151 00:10:11,111 --> 00:10:13,947 Yes, it's right. $10,000. That's new, of course. 152 00:10:14,014 --> 00:10:15,615 Now it's probably worth peanuts. 153 00:10:15,683 --> 00:10:17,450 - Are you a millionaire? - Jim-Bob! 154 00:10:17,517 --> 00:10:21,021 You got to be a millionaire to own a car like that. 155 00:10:21,088 --> 00:10:23,290 Don't you believe it, sweetie. 156 00:10:23,356 --> 00:10:26,159 I make it a policy never to buy anything for myself. 157 00:10:26,226 --> 00:10:29,529 You mean it was a gift from an admirer? 158 00:10:29,596 --> 00:10:31,264 And the furs, and the jewels. 159 00:10:31,331 --> 00:10:35,168 'That's a heap of admiration. He must be right fond of you.' 160 00:10:35,235 --> 00:10:36,469 He was. 161 00:10:36,536 --> 00:10:38,471 Unfortunately he died. 162 00:10:38,538 --> 00:10:39,472 I'm sorry. 163 00:10:39,539 --> 00:10:40,908 So was I. 164 00:10:40,974 --> 00:10:46,680 Till I found out he left everything to his wife. 165 00:10:46,747 --> 00:10:48,782 But thanks all the same, sweetie. 166 00:10:57,858 --> 00:10:59,827 Excuse me. 167 00:10:59,893 --> 00:11:01,528 This is marvelous stew. 168 00:11:01,594 --> 00:11:03,163 What is it? 169 00:11:03,230 --> 00:11:06,399 Run over to the store, find out what's taking Godsey so long. 170 00:11:06,466 --> 00:11:11,538 - I haven't finished my supper. - Run along now. 171 00:11:11,604 --> 00:11:13,741 I'll keep your supper warm for you. 172 00:11:16,209 --> 00:11:20,513 'It would be a lark to buy 40 acres somewhere, settle down.' 173 00:11:20,580 --> 00:11:25,118 'I remember a night in Chicago, we were about to go on stage.' 174 00:11:25,185 --> 00:11:27,220 I don't think I could've gone on stage 175 00:11:27,287 --> 00:11:29,723 if it hadn't been for my friends, the Lunts. 176 00:11:29,790 --> 00:11:32,025 Lynn's a real trooper, you know. 177 00:11:32,092 --> 00:11:34,527 Would you care for some bread, Miss Drummond? 178 00:11:34,594 --> 00:11:36,663 Thanks, but no thanks. 179 00:11:36,730 --> 00:11:38,631 And call me Alvira, darling. 180 00:11:38,698 --> 00:11:42,002 'It's homemade bread, Alvira.' 181 00:11:42,069 --> 00:11:44,104 Now, don't you tempt me, you old devil, you. 182 00:11:44,171 --> 00:11:46,139 I've gotta keep an eye on my figure. 183 00:11:46,206 --> 00:11:50,410 It appears real trim to me, Alvira, darling. 184 00:11:50,477 --> 00:11:52,012 'Well, thanks.' 185 00:11:52,079 --> 00:11:54,748 'An actress' chief asset is her body.' 186 00:11:54,815 --> 00:11:57,017 It pays her to look after it. 187 00:11:57,084 --> 00:12:01,154 I don't think you have a thing in the world to worry about. 188 00:12:01,221 --> 00:12:05,158 Why, John Walton, I do declare, you are making me blush red. 189 00:12:11,198 --> 00:12:13,533 - More stew? - No, I really shouldn't. 190 00:12:13,600 --> 00:12:15,202 Fiddlesticks! 191 00:12:15,268 --> 00:12:17,337 You haven't a thing to worry about, didn't you hear? 192 00:12:17,404 --> 00:12:21,041 Let's not overdo it. I'll burst my seams if I eat all that. 193 00:12:21,108 --> 00:12:24,044 Where are my manners? 194 00:12:24,111 --> 00:12:26,246 - Here. - What's this? 195 00:12:26,313 --> 00:12:29,783 Now, you don't want to spot that pretty new dress, do you? 196 00:12:29,850 --> 00:12:32,986 [chuckling] 197 00:12:34,754 --> 00:12:36,389 See this? 198 00:12:36,456 --> 00:12:42,095 That car ain't going no place without a new one of these. 199 00:12:42,162 --> 00:12:44,264 Did you check with the garage at Charlottesville? 200 00:12:44,331 --> 00:12:47,534 I already phoned. They've to send to Chicago for new parts. 201 00:12:47,600 --> 00:12:51,638 That's right. It's gonna take a week at least. 202 00:12:51,704 --> 00:12:53,440 She's not gonna like that. 203 00:12:53,506 --> 00:12:56,309 - Where's her driver? - She ain't gonna like that too. 204 00:12:56,376 --> 00:12:58,345 - What happened? - He skipped town. 205 00:13:01,681 --> 00:13:06,319 That wretched man! How could he do this to me? 206 00:13:06,386 --> 00:13:08,221 Did Ike know where he was headed? 207 00:13:08,288 --> 00:13:11,124 Seems he hitched a ride with Yancy Tucker towards Richmond. 208 00:13:11,191 --> 00:13:13,760 What'll I do now? I don't even know how to drive. 209 00:13:13,827 --> 00:13:16,163 I'm stranded. 210 00:13:16,229 --> 00:13:19,166 There's no need to worry. I can drive you to Charlottesville. 211 00:13:19,232 --> 00:13:22,302 Stay in a hotel, take a train to New York in the morning. 212 00:13:22,369 --> 00:13:25,438 You don't seem to understand. I trusted him with everything. 213 00:13:25,505 --> 00:13:29,109 - What do you mean? - My money, jewels, everything. 214 00:13:29,176 --> 00:13:30,844 You mean he took it all? 215 00:13:30,911 --> 00:13:34,414 I don't even have the train fare to New York. 216 00:13:34,481 --> 00:13:38,551 I've been abandoned without a soul, and no one to turn to. 217 00:13:40,520 --> 00:13:44,357 We're not about to turn you out in the dead of night. 218 00:13:44,424 --> 00:13:46,293 Yes. 219 00:13:46,359 --> 00:13:48,561 I throw myself on your mercy. 220 00:13:53,733 --> 00:13:55,435 John-Boy, get some bedclothes 221 00:13:55,502 --> 00:13:57,737 'and I'll make up a place on the couch.' 222 00:13:57,804 --> 00:13:59,272 Yes, ma'am. 223 00:14:02,509 --> 00:14:04,277 I'll get it right away. 224 00:14:34,274 --> 00:14:37,644 Whoever heard of a body staying in bed until noon? 225 00:14:37,710 --> 00:14:39,779 'It's downright sinful.' 226 00:14:39,846 --> 00:14:42,983 It isn't 1:00 yet, Grandma. She always sleeps until 1:00. 227 00:14:43,050 --> 00:14:45,085 Not today, she don't. 228 00:14:45,152 --> 00:14:47,921 'She needs her beauty sleep, Grandma.' 229 00:14:47,988 --> 00:14:49,822 I need my lunch. 230 00:14:49,889 --> 00:14:53,994 I guess you'll just have to wake her up. 231 00:14:54,061 --> 00:14:59,366 Oh, my God! 232 00:14:59,432 --> 00:15:01,601 Slipped right through my fingers. 233 00:15:04,804 --> 00:15:06,206 Good morning. 234 00:15:06,273 --> 00:15:08,075 - Good morning. - Good morning. 235 00:15:21,888 --> 00:15:23,390 You'll have some lunch? 236 00:15:23,456 --> 00:15:26,193 Darling, not before coffee and a cigarette. Thank you. 237 00:15:26,259 --> 00:15:29,729 Grandma doesn't like ladies smoking cigarettes. 238 00:15:29,796 --> 00:15:31,831 If the good Lord had intended people to smoke 239 00:15:31,898 --> 00:15:36,403 he'd have put a chimney on the top of their head. 240 00:15:36,469 --> 00:15:38,905 I'll have it later behind the woodshed. 241 00:15:38,972 --> 00:15:40,707 - That's where Jason goes. - I do not! 242 00:15:40,773 --> 00:15:42,242 - You do. - Take that back, Erin! 243 00:15:42,309 --> 00:15:43,510 - 'I saw you.' - 'You're crazy!' 244 00:15:43,576 --> 00:15:44,944 That'll do, children. 245 00:15:45,012 --> 00:15:48,415 - But, Mama, I've never-- - We'll talk about this later. 246 00:15:48,481 --> 00:15:51,218 Gotta get over to the store for that new saw blade. 247 00:15:51,284 --> 00:15:54,587 - Give up on that old blade? - I'm afraid so, Grandpa. 248 00:15:54,654 --> 00:15:56,389 I'll stop by at Sheriff Bridges office 249 00:15:56,456 --> 00:15:58,691 and find out about the driver, if you like. 250 00:15:58,758 --> 00:16:01,794 Don't bother. He's probably in Iceland by now. 251 00:16:01,861 --> 00:16:04,231 Maybe Ep's heard something. It's worth a try. 252 00:16:04,297 --> 00:16:05,665 See you all later. 253 00:16:05,732 --> 00:16:07,400 Bye, Daddy. 254 00:16:07,467 --> 00:16:10,203 I tell you, Miss Drummond, I'd like to get my hands 255 00:16:10,270 --> 00:16:12,339 on that driver of yours. 256 00:16:12,405 --> 00:16:15,008 Don't mess with him, sweetie. He's an ex-prize fighter. 257 00:16:15,075 --> 00:16:16,709 Thanks for the thought, anyway. 258 00:16:16,776 --> 00:16:19,379 You've decided what you're gonna do, Miss Drummond? 259 00:16:19,446 --> 00:16:22,949 Call my agent. Get him to send me the train fare to New York. 260 00:16:23,016 --> 00:16:24,251 May I use your phone? 261 00:16:24,317 --> 00:16:26,319 We haven't got one. 262 00:16:28,521 --> 00:16:31,891 How could you possibly manage without a telephone? 263 00:16:31,958 --> 00:16:33,493 We can't afford one. 264 00:16:39,766 --> 00:16:43,303 There's a phone at the store. I could walk you down there. 265 00:16:43,370 --> 00:16:45,338 - Can I go with them, Mama? - Me, too! 266 00:16:45,405 --> 00:16:47,374 If we all go it will be fun. 267 00:16:47,440 --> 00:16:49,176 Mama, they're just gonna holler and fuss 268 00:16:49,242 --> 00:16:51,544 and Miss Drummond won't hear a thing on the phone. 269 00:16:51,611 --> 00:16:53,613 You'll be there to keep the peace. 270 00:16:53,680 --> 00:16:56,283 [mocking] 271 00:16:56,349 --> 00:16:59,919 They think I'm some kind of old mother hen. But I'm really 17. 272 00:16:59,986 --> 00:17:01,488 Really? 273 00:17:01,554 --> 00:17:03,490 I thought you were so much older. 274 00:17:12,265 --> 00:17:14,601 What's the matter, you fall in? 275 00:17:16,469 --> 00:17:19,906 - Tough being the eldest, huh? - I guess sometimes it is. 276 00:17:19,972 --> 00:17:23,343 I had three brothers, a sister to look after until I was 15. 277 00:17:23,410 --> 00:17:25,878 - You did? - I wasn't hatched, you know. 278 00:17:25,945 --> 00:17:31,017 I did have a family. Wish they were nice as yours. 279 00:17:31,084 --> 00:17:33,986 - There's the Baldwin's car. - You'll get to meet them. 280 00:17:34,053 --> 00:17:35,522 Who are the Baldwins? 281 00:17:35,588 --> 00:17:38,057 - They're nice li'l old ladies. - They are sisters. 282 00:17:38,125 --> 00:17:39,426 You'll like them. 283 00:17:39,492 --> 00:17:41,461 Yeah, once they gave me chocolate pudding. 284 00:17:41,528 --> 00:17:43,530 - They make whiskey. - Whiskey? 285 00:17:43,596 --> 00:17:45,532 They don't know it's whiskey. 286 00:17:45,598 --> 00:17:47,367 How could they possibly not know? 287 00:17:47,434 --> 00:17:49,402 They use an old recipe of their daddy's 288 00:17:49,469 --> 00:17:51,504 and a still that he left in the house. 289 00:17:51,571 --> 00:17:54,541 They think it's some kind of elixir. 290 00:17:54,607 --> 00:17:56,776 But I've tasted it and I know it's whiskey. 291 00:18:05,118 --> 00:18:07,554 Let's see. That's about it, ladies. 292 00:18:07,620 --> 00:18:12,159 - Thank you, Mr. Godsey. - Good day. 293 00:18:12,225 --> 00:18:14,827 Look who's here! 294 00:18:14,894 --> 00:18:18,865 Miss Mamie, Miss Emily Baldwin, this is Miss Alvira Drummond. 295 00:18:18,931 --> 00:18:21,668 It's a pleasure. I'm sure. 296 00:18:21,734 --> 00:18:23,503 We've been fans of yours ever since 297 00:18:23,570 --> 00:18:26,038 we saw you in The Crimson Lady. 298 00:18:26,105 --> 00:18:28,575 That was ages ago. 299 00:18:28,641 --> 00:18:31,178 I simply wept. 300 00:18:31,244 --> 00:18:34,681 Really? It was a comedy. 301 00:18:34,747 --> 00:18:38,351 My sister means we laughed so hard we cried. 302 00:18:40,453 --> 00:18:41,954 Our father, the late Judge Baldwin 303 00:18:42,021 --> 00:18:44,824 drove us all the way to Richmond once 304 00:18:44,891 --> 00:18:49,095 just to see your performance in Romeo and Juliet. 305 00:18:49,162 --> 00:18:51,264 He was a very cultivated gentleman 306 00:18:51,331 --> 00:18:53,200 and he particularly admired 307 00:18:53,266 --> 00:18:55,602 the plays of Mr. William Shakespeare. 308 00:18:55,668 --> 00:18:59,306 But Papa thought that Mr. George Bernard Shaw 309 00:18:59,372 --> 00:19:02,008 was too radical. He positively forbade us to read him. 310 00:19:02,074 --> 00:19:04,411 'So we didn't.' 311 00:19:04,477 --> 00:19:07,514 Why don't you pay us a little visit while you're here 312 00:19:07,580 --> 00:19:11,818 and share some of Papa's Recipe with us? 313 00:19:11,884 --> 00:19:14,854 How nice of you. I'd love it. 314 00:19:14,921 --> 00:19:18,090 But, I expect to be leaving for New York City very soon. 315 00:19:18,157 --> 00:19:21,428 Forgive me, I've to make a long distance phone call. 316 00:19:21,494 --> 00:19:23,330 It's so nice to see you. 317 00:19:23,396 --> 00:19:24,797 - Thank you. - Lovely to see you. 318 00:19:24,864 --> 00:19:28,435 Is it all right if she uses your phone? 319 00:19:28,501 --> 00:19:30,870 John-Boy, bye-bye. 320 00:19:35,141 --> 00:19:38,278 Hello, Miss Drummond. I have your call for New York. 321 00:19:38,345 --> 00:19:39,679 Thank you, darling. 322 00:19:39,746 --> 00:19:43,115 Hello, Harry, it's Alvira. 323 00:19:43,182 --> 00:19:44,917 Believe it or not, I'm stranded. 324 00:19:44,984 --> 00:19:47,987 I need you to send me the train fare to New York. 325 00:19:48,054 --> 00:19:49,622 Darling, it's a long story. 326 00:19:49,689 --> 00:19:51,658 Wouldn't want to bore you with it now. 327 00:19:51,724 --> 00:19:54,261 Just telegraph me the money to Charlottesville. 328 00:19:54,327 --> 00:19:57,096 That's in Virginia. 329 00:19:57,163 --> 00:20:01,701 No, darling, I'm not joking. I really am in a jam. 330 00:20:06,739 --> 00:20:08,808 What did you say, Harry? I didn't hear you. 331 00:20:23,022 --> 00:20:24,924 Harry, you are an angel. 332 00:20:24,991 --> 00:20:28,261 I knew I could count on you. Thank you, darling. 333 00:20:28,328 --> 00:20:29,962 I'll always be in your debt. 334 00:20:30,029 --> 00:20:34,100 If there's any time I can do anything for you, let me know. 335 00:20:34,166 --> 00:20:36,303 Au revoir, darling. 336 00:20:40,239 --> 00:20:42,675 What did I tell you, it's in the bag. 337 00:20:42,742 --> 00:20:44,811 Well, I declare. 338 00:21:02,194 --> 00:21:04,564 'Come on in, sweetie. You're not bothering me.' 339 00:21:08,234 --> 00:21:09,902 - What've you got there? - My memory book. 340 00:21:09,969 --> 00:21:12,339 Really? I used to have one myself once. 341 00:21:12,405 --> 00:21:14,807 - Would you like to see it? - I'd love to. 342 00:21:18,478 --> 00:21:20,580 Made that yourself, didn't you? 343 00:21:22,181 --> 00:21:24,517 Look at you there. 344 00:21:32,492 --> 00:21:35,762 But, darling, this stuff's about me. 345 00:21:35,828 --> 00:21:39,065 That's the picture you sent me. See, you even signed it. 346 00:21:42,835 --> 00:21:45,772 What a relic. Will you look at that pose? 347 00:21:45,838 --> 00:21:48,575 I love the boots. Mama used to have some of those. 348 00:21:50,076 --> 00:21:51,578 Look at that! 349 00:21:54,847 --> 00:21:56,916 I was wondering, now that we're friends 350 00:21:56,983 --> 00:21:59,151 maybe you'd write something personal. 351 00:21:59,218 --> 00:22:01,588 Why, sure. I'd be glad to. 352 00:22:05,358 --> 00:22:07,594 Let's do it on this one. 353 00:22:17,236 --> 00:22:18,638 You like that? 354 00:22:18,705 --> 00:22:21,173 You can see right through it. 355 00:22:21,240 --> 00:22:23,410 You know, I'm never without that. 356 00:22:23,476 --> 00:22:24,877 Superstitious, I guess. 357 00:22:24,944 --> 00:22:28,147 Used that the first time I was on stage in a play 358 00:22:28,214 --> 00:22:30,016 and I've never been without it since. 359 00:22:30,082 --> 00:22:32,719 - Do you mind if I try it on? - Sure, go ahead. 360 00:22:40,993 --> 00:22:43,262 You know, you're kind of a pretty kid. 361 00:22:43,329 --> 00:22:45,632 I don't feel pretty. I feel like a mess. 362 00:22:45,698 --> 00:22:47,900 Do you? I remember that feeling. 363 00:22:49,702 --> 00:22:52,171 Is there a full length mirror in this house? 364 00:22:52,238 --> 00:22:53,640 In my room. Why? 365 00:22:53,706 --> 00:22:56,809 Come on. I'm going to show you some tricks of the trade. 366 00:23:13,325 --> 00:23:15,294 How do I look? 367 00:23:15,361 --> 00:23:17,129 Well, I'll be.. 368 00:23:18,731 --> 00:23:21,100 She looks like some kind of movie star! 369 00:23:25,037 --> 00:23:27,139 They're right. Look at that child. 370 00:23:27,206 --> 00:23:29,576 Painted up like a carnival doll. 371 00:23:43,490 --> 00:23:45,725 Someday you are gonna be a beautiful woman. 372 00:23:45,792 --> 00:23:48,728 Right now, I kind of miss my little girl. 373 00:23:55,568 --> 00:23:57,103 Darling, wait. 374 00:24:01,874 --> 00:24:04,777 I'm terribly sorry. It's all my fault. 375 00:24:04,844 --> 00:24:07,580 She is a little young for such notions, Miss Drummond. 376 00:24:07,647 --> 00:24:10,550 But I truly didn't mean any harm. 377 00:24:10,617 --> 00:24:11,884 It's alright. 378 00:24:11,951 --> 00:24:13,686 Why don't you come to supper? 379 00:24:13,753 --> 00:24:16,923 After supper John will drive you over to Charlottesville. 380 00:24:16,989 --> 00:24:19,992 Yes, of course. 381 00:24:35,141 --> 00:24:38,477 Darling, I may never walk again. 382 00:24:52,391 --> 00:24:53,826 Where is it? 383 00:24:53,893 --> 00:24:56,896 "At night across the mountain, when darkness falls 384 00:24:56,963 --> 00:25:00,867 "and winds sweep down out of the hollows, the wild things 385 00:25:00,933 --> 00:25:03,670 "with their shiny eyes come to the edge of the clearing. 386 00:25:03,736 --> 00:25:05,271 - "At such--" - 'Where's my tablet?' 387 00:25:05,337 --> 00:25:08,675 I've told you kids a million times to stay away from it. 388 00:25:11,343 --> 00:25:14,547 Is this what you mean? 389 00:25:14,614 --> 00:25:16,215 Yes, ma'am. 390 00:25:20,052 --> 00:25:21,954 You haven't been reading it, have you? 391 00:25:22,021 --> 00:25:25,424 Actually, I asked Jim-Bob to find me some writing paper 392 00:25:25,491 --> 00:25:27,760 'and when he brought this..' 393 00:25:27,827 --> 00:25:31,430 I never realized. Do forgive me. 394 00:25:31,497 --> 00:25:33,900 It's all right, but it's not very good. 395 00:25:33,966 --> 00:25:37,469 'If I'd known you want to read, I'd have made you a neat copy.' 396 00:25:37,536 --> 00:25:40,873 Here. It was wrong of me not to ask your permission 397 00:25:40,940 --> 00:25:43,275 but it is good. Very good. 398 00:25:45,311 --> 00:25:48,347 It's just that hardly anybody ever reads 399 00:25:48,414 --> 00:25:50,449 the things in here but me. 400 00:25:50,516 --> 00:25:52,051 More's the pity. 401 00:25:52,118 --> 00:25:54,954 How else is the world to know how beautifully you write? 402 00:25:59,025 --> 00:26:02,629 If you really like it, I've got stacks of it up in my room. 403 00:26:03,963 --> 00:26:06,232 Do you? 404 00:26:06,298 --> 00:26:08,467 More frilly things to wash and iron 405 00:26:08,534 --> 00:26:10,670 compliments of Her Highness. 406 00:26:10,737 --> 00:26:13,105 It's a crime the way she's got this family hopping. 407 00:26:13,172 --> 00:26:16,542 House turned upside down, can't use your own living room 408 00:26:16,609 --> 00:26:18,711 radio blaring till all hours. 409 00:26:18,778 --> 00:26:21,781 Don't know how you've put up with it these past few days. 410 00:26:21,848 --> 00:26:24,083 We can put up with her for another week. 411 00:26:24,150 --> 00:26:25,618 She ought to be on her feet by then. 412 00:26:25,685 --> 00:26:27,687 - Praise the Lord! - Made the grocery list? 413 00:26:27,754 --> 00:26:29,121 It's on the table. 414 00:26:29,188 --> 00:26:31,624 See if I can pry John-Boy and Mary Ellen 415 00:26:31,691 --> 00:26:34,060 away from Her Ladyship for a few minutes. 416 00:26:39,365 --> 00:26:42,234 Any news about what happened to Miss Drummond's driver? 417 00:26:42,301 --> 00:26:44,804 Just telling Ike that. I checked out the roadhouse 418 00:26:44,871 --> 00:26:46,839 where Yancy dropped him off the other night. 419 00:26:46,906 --> 00:26:49,676 - A place called the Flamingo. - They know anything? 420 00:26:49,742 --> 00:26:51,310 No, I asked if he's still around. 421 00:26:51,377 --> 00:26:54,213 They hemmed and hawed and said they reckon he left. 422 00:26:54,280 --> 00:26:57,249 You got any idea where he might have gone from there? 423 00:26:57,316 --> 00:27:00,653 Miss Drummond has to forget about her driver, money, jewels. 424 00:27:00,720 --> 00:27:02,989 - Thank you. - See you later. 425 00:27:06,592 --> 00:27:08,861 - Hi, kids. - Hi, Ike. 426 00:27:08,928 --> 00:27:11,731 - What do you need? - Mama needs a few things. 427 00:27:13,966 --> 00:27:15,367 How's your house guest? 428 00:27:15,434 --> 00:27:18,204 Real fine. I guess she'll be leaving pretty soon. 429 00:27:18,270 --> 00:27:19,672 Not too sure of that. 430 00:27:19,739 --> 00:27:23,475 She's going to be here a little bit longer than you suspect. 431 00:27:23,542 --> 00:27:24,977 How's that? 432 00:27:25,044 --> 00:27:28,114 As a friend of your family I think your folks ought to know 433 00:27:28,180 --> 00:27:30,282 that the lady's in a little hot water. 434 00:27:30,349 --> 00:27:31,617 What kind of hot water? 435 00:27:31,684 --> 00:27:35,287 Miss Fanny Tatum listened in on that telephone conversation. 436 00:27:35,354 --> 00:27:38,090 'Her agent never did promise to send her the train fare.' 437 00:27:38,157 --> 00:27:41,227 'Hung up on her and told her to go fly a kite.' 438 00:27:41,293 --> 00:27:42,328 I don't believe that. 439 00:27:42,394 --> 00:27:44,697 Miss Fanny's been known to stretch the truth 440 00:27:44,764 --> 00:27:47,033 and it's just possible that she's gossiping again. 441 00:27:47,099 --> 00:27:49,135 Don't you think that it's peculiar 442 00:27:49,201 --> 00:27:51,738 Miss Drummond should just happen to sprain her ankle 443 00:27:51,804 --> 00:27:53,906 'and then she couldn't go anywhere?' 444 00:27:53,973 --> 00:27:56,142 It strikes me thatmaybe that's the driver's fault. 445 00:27:56,208 --> 00:27:58,911 He did run off with everything she owns, didn't he? 446 00:27:58,978 --> 00:28:01,013 I wouldn't be too sure of that, either. 447 00:28:01,080 --> 00:28:03,049 Maybe he left because she didn't pay him. 448 00:28:03,115 --> 00:28:04,884 I wouldn't be surprised if he's hanging around 449 00:28:04,951 --> 00:28:06,418 the Flamingo right now. 450 00:28:16,896 --> 00:28:20,166 - Don't tell the family yet. - I won't. 451 00:28:20,232 --> 00:28:23,202 - Hi, Daddy. - Hi, sweetheart. 452 00:28:23,269 --> 00:28:25,938 Daddy, could I borrow the truck? 453 00:28:26,005 --> 00:28:28,875 - Is it important? - Yes, sir. 454 00:28:28,941 --> 00:28:31,677 Got some work out back, I guess so. Here you go. 455 00:28:31,744 --> 00:28:33,379 - Great. - Don't be late. 456 00:28:33,445 --> 00:28:35,782 I won't. Thank you. 457 00:29:04,476 --> 00:29:06,112 Come in. 458 00:29:08,781 --> 00:29:10,082 Where is everybody? 459 00:29:12,518 --> 00:29:14,053 The men are outside 460 00:29:14,120 --> 00:29:16,122 and the ladies are upstairs, I guess. 461 00:29:17,123 --> 00:29:18,991 We won't disturb them. 462 00:29:19,058 --> 00:29:22,094 I just came to drop off a little remembrance to you. 463 00:29:23,329 --> 00:29:25,965 'It's some of our papa's Recipe.' 464 00:29:29,068 --> 00:29:31,370 Lady, you are the answer to my prayers. 465 00:29:32,738 --> 00:29:35,741 Everybody feels that way about the Recipe. 466 00:29:35,808 --> 00:29:38,144 Well, I must be off. 467 00:29:39,278 --> 00:29:42,314 'And thanks for the Recipe.' 468 00:29:42,381 --> 00:29:45,617 If you like it, there's more where that came from. 469 00:29:45,684 --> 00:29:47,119 - Toodle-o. - Toodle-o. 470 00:30:39,138 --> 00:30:41,373 'It's dry as a bone out there.' 471 00:30:41,440 --> 00:30:44,310 There's only been a couple of inches all year. 472 00:30:46,678 --> 00:30:49,415 [indistinct singing] 473 00:30:55,955 --> 00:30:58,124 What's going on? 474 00:31:05,397 --> 00:31:09,101 Has that woman taken leave of her senses? 475 00:31:09,168 --> 00:31:12,338 Grandma, it appears to me she's gotten hold of some Recipe. 476 00:31:12,404 --> 00:31:17,543 It appears more like it's got hold of her. 477 00:31:17,609 --> 00:31:21,313 Well, I warned you. 478 00:31:21,380 --> 00:31:24,016 I want that woman out of this house. 479 00:31:24,083 --> 00:31:27,019 [chuckling] 480 00:31:27,086 --> 00:31:30,222 [singing continues] 481 00:31:52,078 --> 00:31:55,147 - How is she? - Still sleeping it off. 482 00:32:00,819 --> 00:32:04,023 Why don't you go to bed? I'll wait up for the boy. 483 00:32:04,090 --> 00:32:06,358 You know I can't sleep till he gets home. 484 00:32:11,763 --> 00:32:14,633 Couldn't get to sleep. 485 00:32:14,700 --> 00:32:19,105 I told you. You shouldn't have had all them onions for supper. 486 00:32:19,171 --> 00:32:24,043 - Not the onions, it's her. - And John-Boy. 487 00:32:24,110 --> 00:32:26,512 Any signs of him yet? 488 00:32:26,578 --> 00:32:28,880 No, not yet. 489 00:32:28,947 --> 00:32:30,516 Maybe we ought to.. 490 00:32:30,582 --> 00:32:32,951 [engine revving] 491 00:32:33,019 --> 00:32:35,154 Somebody's come. 492 00:32:42,894 --> 00:32:45,497 Hey, everybody. 493 00:32:45,564 --> 00:32:48,167 What you all doing up so late? 494 00:32:48,234 --> 00:32:51,103 My Lord, boy! What happened? 495 00:32:51,170 --> 00:32:52,638 I've been in a fight. 496 00:32:52,704 --> 00:32:56,542 - Why, that's plain to see. - At the Flamingo. 497 00:33:00,046 --> 00:33:02,481 The very idea. Brawling in a roadhouse. 498 00:33:02,548 --> 00:33:03,982 Wasn't my fault. 499 00:33:04,050 --> 00:33:07,186 Miss Drummond's driver started it. I just asked him a question. 500 00:33:07,253 --> 00:33:09,088 Must have been some question. 501 00:33:09,155 --> 00:33:11,090 I just asked him if he enjoyed 502 00:33:11,157 --> 00:33:14,093 being a dirty, low-down, cowardly skunk. 503 00:33:14,160 --> 00:33:16,762 Sounds harmless to me. 504 00:33:16,828 --> 00:33:20,732 'Why didn't you just call the sheriff and have him arrested?' 505 00:33:20,799 --> 00:33:23,302 Because he's done nothing to be arrested for. 506 00:33:23,369 --> 00:33:27,773 Suppose running with Ms. Drummond's money is nothing. 507 00:33:27,839 --> 00:33:31,110 Mama, Miss Drummond didn't have any money to run off with. 508 00:33:31,177 --> 00:33:32,678 'What about all those jewels?' 509 00:33:32,744 --> 00:33:35,447 'It seems she pawned the last of them in Atlanta.' 510 00:33:35,514 --> 00:33:38,317 She owed him two month's back pay. That's why he ran off. 511 00:33:38,384 --> 00:33:40,052 He just got fed up. 512 00:33:40,119 --> 00:33:42,421 They must have paid her something in Atlanta. 513 00:33:42,488 --> 00:33:44,090 Daddy, she never opened in Atlanta 514 00:33:44,156 --> 00:33:47,559 because they fired her and got another actress to take over. 515 00:33:47,626 --> 00:33:51,330 'She's got a bad reputation for being temperamental.' 516 00:33:51,397 --> 00:33:52,898 'I hope she straightens herself out' 517 00:33:52,964 --> 00:33:55,601 when she gets back to New York. 518 00:33:55,667 --> 00:33:59,338 She is not going back because she's got no way to get there. 519 00:33:59,405 --> 00:34:01,207 John-Boy, you're talking nonsense. 520 00:34:01,273 --> 00:34:02,541 There's train fare waiting for her 521 00:34:02,608 --> 00:34:04,743 at Western Union in Charlottesville. 522 00:34:04,810 --> 00:34:08,647 Grandma, that's a lie because Miss Fanny Tatum told Ike Godsey 523 00:34:08,714 --> 00:34:11,717 that her agent just turned her down and hung up on her. 524 00:34:11,783 --> 00:34:14,853 'He was fed up with her temper tantrums, once and for all.' 525 00:34:14,920 --> 00:34:17,723 She doesn't even have enough money to get her car fixed? 526 00:34:19,925 --> 00:34:23,162 'Daddy, I reckon she's just plum run out of luck.' 527 00:34:23,229 --> 00:34:26,064 That explains a lot of things. 528 00:34:26,132 --> 00:34:28,267 Poor creature. 529 00:34:28,334 --> 00:34:31,303 No place to go, and nothing but strangers to turn to. 530 00:34:33,439 --> 00:34:36,208 Maybe that's why she's been acting the way she has. 531 00:34:39,145 --> 00:34:41,813 What are we going to do? 532 00:34:41,880 --> 00:34:44,550 I'm sorry for her. I truly am. 533 00:34:44,616 --> 00:34:46,352 But I've got young children to consider 534 00:34:46,418 --> 00:34:48,387 'and I can't have her in this house.' 535 00:34:48,454 --> 00:34:51,190 'And where's she gonna go?' 536 00:34:51,257 --> 00:34:53,192 I don't know, John-Boy. 537 00:34:53,259 --> 00:34:55,861 I know what I'd do. 538 00:34:55,927 --> 00:34:58,997 I'd just take her to New York City in my own automobile. 539 00:34:59,064 --> 00:35:02,801 We'll do what we can for her, but she just can't stay here. 540 00:35:02,868 --> 00:35:05,871 If it was a mangy old dog who was starving to death 541 00:35:05,937 --> 00:35:09,208 you wouldn't send it away. How can you do it to her? 542 00:35:09,275 --> 00:35:13,412 That's just the point, Mary. She's no dumb animal. 543 00:35:13,479 --> 00:35:17,783 She's got a head and the brains God gave her inside of it. 544 00:35:17,849 --> 00:35:20,219 Of course she's got troubles. We all have. 545 00:35:20,286 --> 00:35:23,121 But hers are her own doing. 546 00:35:23,189 --> 00:35:25,424 They say some people are their own worst enemies. 547 00:35:25,491 --> 00:35:27,459 Miss Drummond is a prime example of that. 548 00:35:27,526 --> 00:35:30,829 But you don't understand her. She's not like other people. 549 00:35:30,896 --> 00:35:32,864 'You can't turn her away.' 550 00:35:32,931 --> 00:35:35,167 We can, and we're going to. 551 00:35:35,234 --> 00:35:37,336 How can you do anything so hateful? 552 00:35:37,403 --> 00:35:39,037 'Mary Ellen.' 553 00:35:39,104 --> 00:35:42,040 I don't care. 554 00:35:42,107 --> 00:35:45,711 I'm never going to speak to you again, as long as I live! 555 00:35:49,981 --> 00:35:52,083 She didn't mean it, Liv. 556 00:35:52,150 --> 00:35:54,853 I think she did. 557 00:35:54,920 --> 00:35:57,689 It's time for her to learn the facts of life now 558 00:35:57,756 --> 00:36:00,459 before she turns into another Alvira Drummond. 559 00:36:00,526 --> 00:36:01,760 Bravo. 560 00:36:05,130 --> 00:36:10,436 The last thing the world needs is another Alvira Drummond. 561 00:36:10,502 --> 00:36:12,704 That wasn't meant for you to hear. 562 00:36:12,771 --> 00:36:17,108 No, don't apologize for speaking the truth. 563 00:36:17,175 --> 00:36:21,747 God knows, it's the first time in years anyone has dared to. 564 00:36:21,813 --> 00:36:25,384 I needed a good kick in the pants to bring me to my senses. 565 00:36:27,052 --> 00:36:28,987 I won't bother you anymore. 566 00:36:29,054 --> 00:36:31,890 I'll pack and leave the first thing in the morning. 567 00:36:31,957 --> 00:36:34,726 Leave for where? 568 00:36:34,793 --> 00:36:37,896 Zeb's right. You gotta have someplace to go from here. 569 00:36:40,366 --> 00:36:43,101 Back to New York, I guess. 570 00:36:43,168 --> 00:36:44,570 Pick up the pieces. 571 00:36:44,636 --> 00:36:47,706 Where're you going to get the train fare? 572 00:36:47,773 --> 00:36:49,541 Good question. 573 00:36:49,608 --> 00:36:53,845 Maybe you could borrow some money on that car of yours. 574 00:36:53,912 --> 00:36:58,216 That car is up to it's hub caps in hock already. 575 00:36:58,284 --> 00:37:00,319 Maybe you could get some kind of job. 576 00:37:00,386 --> 00:37:03,589 How? The only thing I know is acting. 577 00:37:03,655 --> 00:37:06,325 If all you know is acting, then why not act? 578 00:37:06,392 --> 00:37:10,061 Because to act, you need a stage and an audience. 579 00:37:10,128 --> 00:37:11,763 And I'm fresh out of both. 580 00:37:15,033 --> 00:37:17,202 We're off the beaten track here, and then 581 00:37:17,269 --> 00:37:19,771 there isn't much money around 582 00:37:19,838 --> 00:37:23,074 I'm sure people will find some to get a glimpse of you. 583 00:37:23,141 --> 00:37:24,443 Really? 584 00:37:28,614 --> 00:37:32,117 I bet we could even get Ike to let us use the pool hall 585 00:37:32,183 --> 00:37:34,653 for a stage and a theater. 586 00:37:34,720 --> 00:37:36,722 Maybe the children could print up some tickets. 587 00:37:36,788 --> 00:37:38,524 Like we did for the Christmas play. 588 00:37:38,590 --> 00:37:40,559 They'd spread the word all over the county. 589 00:37:40,626 --> 00:37:42,594 Why, we'll have them hanging for the rafters! 590 00:37:42,661 --> 00:37:45,030 What do you say, Miss Drummond? 591 00:37:45,096 --> 00:37:48,367 Sweeties, what have I got to lose? 592 00:38:14,493 --> 00:38:17,028 - Here you are, ladies. - Thank you. 593 00:38:17,095 --> 00:38:18,630 Just on time. 594 00:38:18,697 --> 00:38:21,066 - Good evening, Miss Mamie. - Good evening, Erin. 595 00:38:25,371 --> 00:38:28,507 [indistinct talking] 596 00:38:43,855 --> 00:38:46,157 This ticket's compliments of the house for the free use 597 00:38:46,224 --> 00:38:48,059 of your pool hall. 598 00:38:48,126 --> 00:38:49,761 Mr. Walton, I donated this hall, 599 00:38:49,828 --> 00:38:52,464 and I want to pay just like anybody else. 600 00:38:52,531 --> 00:38:55,467 Alright, have it your own way. 601 00:38:55,534 --> 00:38:57,903 Show's about to begin almost any minute. 602 00:38:59,304 --> 00:39:01,507 Worried about Mary Ellen? 603 00:39:01,573 --> 00:39:03,809 Was hoping she may decide to come after all. 604 00:39:03,875 --> 00:39:06,378 I thought Miss Drummond was going to talk to her. 605 00:39:06,445 --> 00:39:07,713 She did, but it didn't take. 606 00:39:07,779 --> 00:39:10,248 It's just a phase she's going through. 607 00:39:10,315 --> 00:39:13,619 No, Grandma, I'm afraid she's really upset with me this time. 608 00:39:13,685 --> 00:39:15,721 She's cutting off her nose to spite her face 609 00:39:15,787 --> 00:39:17,589 if she doesn't show up tonight. 610 00:39:25,564 --> 00:39:27,799 That's about all. 611 00:39:27,866 --> 00:39:29,000 Here, Grandpa. 612 00:39:32,704 --> 00:39:34,640 You about ready back there? 613 00:39:37,075 --> 00:39:38,477 I'll see. 614 00:39:45,250 --> 00:39:48,654 - John-Boy, it's 7:30. - Okay, we're ready. 615 00:40:05,571 --> 00:40:07,806 - All set? - Yes, how's the house? 616 00:40:07,873 --> 00:40:10,676 Not going to make you rich but it'll get you that ticket. 617 00:40:10,742 --> 00:40:12,744 That's all I care about. 618 00:40:12,811 --> 00:40:15,814 This is for you. It's a poem and I don't want you 619 00:40:15,881 --> 00:40:18,216 to read it till you get to New York, alright? 620 00:40:18,283 --> 00:40:21,787 John, you are an angel. 621 00:40:21,853 --> 00:40:24,523 - How do I look? - Just beautiful. 622 00:40:24,590 --> 00:40:27,793 - We better get started. - Okay, good luck. 623 00:40:38,103 --> 00:40:39,337 Ladies and gentlemen.. 624 00:40:39,404 --> 00:40:42,541 tonight we are honored by the presence of a star. 625 00:40:42,608 --> 00:40:45,143 I have the honor to present to you 626 00:40:45,210 --> 00:40:48,046 one of the great ladies of the American stage.. 627 00:40:48,113 --> 00:40:50,549 Miss Alvira Drummond. 628 00:40:50,616 --> 00:40:52,718 Jason, may we have the light? 629 00:40:56,154 --> 00:40:58,957 [audience clapping] 630 00:41:08,399 --> 00:41:11,737 Thank you. 631 00:41:11,803 --> 00:41:16,675 It is said that actors are very special people. 632 00:41:16,742 --> 00:41:19,344 They are born between the acts.. 633 00:41:19,410 --> 00:41:22,848 cradled in dresser drawers, and nurtured on grease paint. 634 00:41:24,015 --> 00:41:27,485 They come alive at 8:30 every night 635 00:41:27,553 --> 00:41:30,121 but only in the presence of an audience. 636 00:41:30,188 --> 00:41:34,660 And when they die, they go not to heaven, but to the theater. 637 00:41:37,428 --> 00:41:40,899 We are gathered tonight in a little country store 638 00:41:40,966 --> 00:41:44,035 in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia 639 00:41:44,102 --> 00:41:47,138 'during something called the Depression.' 640 00:41:47,205 --> 00:41:50,842 'But the time and the place are not important.' 641 00:41:50,909 --> 00:41:56,381 What is important is that you have come to see a show 642 00:41:56,447 --> 00:42:00,752 and I am truly privileged to perform for you. 643 00:42:04,956 --> 00:42:10,829 "O Romeo, Romeo! wherefore art thou Romeo? 644 00:42:10,896 --> 00:42:14,733 "Deny thy father and refuse thy name 645 00:42:14,800 --> 00:42:19,571 "Or, if thou wilt not be but sworn my love" 646 00:42:19,638 --> 00:42:22,574 [audience clapping] 647 00:42:25,811 --> 00:42:29,948 "Out, out, damned spot! Out, I say! 648 00:42:30,015 --> 00:42:32,183 [bell rings] 649 00:42:32,250 --> 00:42:34,886 "One.. 650 00:42:34,953 --> 00:42:37,522 "Two.. 651 00:42:37,589 --> 00:42:39,758 "why, then, 'tis time to do it." 652 00:42:44,663 --> 00:42:46,598 "Hell is murky! 653 00:42:48,767 --> 00:42:51,770 "Fie, my lord, fie!" 654 00:42:54,205 --> 00:42:57,943 "The quality of mercy is not strain'd 655 00:42:58,009 --> 00:43:01,212 "It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven 656 00:43:01,279 --> 00:43:04,182 "Upon the place beneath.. 657 00:43:04,249 --> 00:43:07,018 "It is twice bless'd 658 00:43:07,085 --> 00:43:11,489 "It blesseth him that gives and him that takes." 659 00:43:11,556 --> 00:43:14,693 [clapping continues] 660 00:43:17,295 --> 00:43:22,233 "What's this? a cup, closed in my true love's hand? 661 00:43:22,300 --> 00:43:28,073 "Poison, I see, hath been his timeless end. 662 00:43:28,139 --> 00:43:29,808 "O churl! 663 00:43:29,875 --> 00:43:34,479 "drunk all, and left no friendly drop to help me after! 664 00:43:34,545 --> 00:43:36,682 "I will kiss thy lips 665 00:43:36,748 --> 00:43:38,684 "Happy, some poison yet doth hang on them 666 00:43:38,750 --> 00:43:43,689 "To make me die with a restorative. 667 00:43:43,755 --> 00:43:47,258 "Thy lips are warm! 668 00:43:47,325 --> 00:43:48,393 "Yea, noise? 669 00:43:51,629 --> 00:43:53,364 "then I'll be brief. 670 00:43:57,302 --> 00:44:04,075 "O happy dagger! This is thy sheath 671 00:44:04,142 --> 00:44:07,946 "there rest, and let me die." 672 00:44:43,214 --> 00:44:44,515 Thank you. 673 00:44:44,582 --> 00:44:49,921 Now, with the special permission of a very young author 674 00:44:49,988 --> 00:44:52,791 I would like to read to you a passage 675 00:44:52,858 --> 00:44:56,427 from his first and yet to be published novel. 676 00:45:08,840 --> 00:45:14,112 From Walton's Mountain by John-Boy Walton. 677 00:45:17,148 --> 00:45:19,918 "At night across the mountain when darkness falls 678 00:45:19,985 --> 00:45:22,320 "and the winds sweep down out of the hollows 679 00:45:22,387 --> 00:45:24,990 "the wild things with their shiny eyes 680 00:45:25,056 --> 00:45:27,092 "come to the edge of the clearing. 681 00:45:27,158 --> 00:45:31,096 "At such an hour, the house seems safe and warm 682 00:45:31,162 --> 00:45:35,100 "an island of light and love in a sea of darkness. 683 00:45:35,166 --> 00:45:37,869 "At such an hour, the word "home" 684 00:45:37,936 --> 00:45:40,105 must have come into being 685 00:45:40,171 --> 00:45:44,109 "dreamed up by some creature that never knew a home. 686 00:45:44,175 --> 00:45:47,445 "In his yearning there must have come to mind the vision 687 00:45:47,512 --> 00:45:49,047 "of a mother's face 688 00:45:49,114 --> 00:45:54,352 "a father's deep voice, the aroma of fresh baked bread 689 00:45:54,419 --> 00:45:59,490 "sunshine in a window, muted sounds of rain on a roof 690 00:45:59,557 --> 00:46:03,829 "the sigh of death, the cry of a newborn babe 691 00:46:03,895 --> 00:46:07,098 "and voices calling goodnight. 692 00:46:10,135 --> 00:46:12,938 "Home.. 693 00:46:13,004 --> 00:46:15,740 "an island.. 694 00:46:15,807 --> 00:46:18,944 "a refuge.. 695 00:46:19,010 --> 00:46:22,380 "a haven of love." 696 00:46:39,865 --> 00:46:43,001 [audience clapping] 697 00:47:03,989 --> 00:47:07,893 Thank you so much for everything. I'm truly grateful. 698 00:47:07,959 --> 00:47:10,161 Bye, sweetie. 699 00:47:10,228 --> 00:47:13,865 - You put on a good show. - Thank you so much. 700 00:47:13,932 --> 00:47:18,203 - Goodbye, you darling man. - Goodbye. 701 00:47:18,269 --> 00:47:21,139 Mary Ellen, I think I've outgrown this 702 00:47:21,206 --> 00:47:23,174 Why don't you keep it for me? 703 00:47:23,241 --> 00:47:25,776 The next time you decide to be in somebody else's shoes 704 00:47:25,843 --> 00:47:28,813 remember it's usually a lousy fit. 705 00:47:28,880 --> 00:47:30,882 Better hurry, you've got to catch the train. 706 00:47:30,949 --> 00:47:32,683 I'm as ready as I'll ever be. 707 00:47:32,750 --> 00:47:34,485 Take care of my car for me. 708 00:47:34,552 --> 00:47:36,487 I'll send for it when I'm in the chips again. 709 00:47:36,554 --> 00:47:37,956 Don't you worry. 710 00:47:38,023 --> 00:47:40,358 - Ms. Drummond. - John. 711 00:47:44,095 --> 00:47:46,597 - Bye. - Bye. 712 00:47:55,440 --> 00:47:58,709 I don't know what it is about this place. 713 00:47:58,776 --> 00:48:00,478 Maybe it's the air. 714 00:48:00,545 --> 00:48:03,548 but it certainly makes you feel like a new person. 715 00:48:08,786 --> 00:48:11,722 - Bye. - Bye. 716 00:48:11,789 --> 00:48:13,258 Good luck. 717 00:48:17,462 --> 00:48:19,097 Thank you again. 718 00:48:22,033 --> 00:48:24,169 Alvira Drummond was to entertain audiences 719 00:48:24,235 --> 00:48:25,971 again on the New York stage 720 00:48:26,037 --> 00:48:27,905 but I doubt if she ever found an audience 721 00:48:27,973 --> 00:48:29,440 as appreciative as that group 722 00:48:29,507 --> 00:48:32,277 in Ike Godsey's store on Walton's Mountain. 723 00:48:34,045 --> 00:48:37,415 'Mama, Mary Ellen's being crazy again.' 724 00:48:37,482 --> 00:48:39,517 'Acting like she's sticking a knife in her stomach' 725 00:48:39,584 --> 00:48:42,520 'then flopping over the floor and pretending she's dead.' 726 00:48:42,587 --> 00:48:45,056 'You don't know acting when you see it. I'm being Juliet.' 727 00:48:45,123 --> 00:48:46,591 'Settle down there, girls.' 728 00:48:46,657 --> 00:48:49,394 'Mama, think I could be an actress when I grow up?' 729 00:48:49,460 --> 00:48:51,829 'You can be anything you want to be, darling.' 730 00:48:51,896 --> 00:48:55,000 - 'Good night, Mama.' - 'Good night, Mary Ellen.' 731 00:49:00,705 --> 00:49:03,541 In a moment, some scenes from the next episode 732 00:49:03,608 --> 00:49:05,176 of The Waltons.