1 00:01:55,683 --> 00:01:59,320 Times were hard when I was growing up in the 1930s... 2 00:01:59,387 --> 00:02:01,489 and many people tried to escape those times 3 00:02:01,555 --> 00:02:03,157 by living in other worlds... 4 00:02:03,224 --> 00:02:07,261 created for them by glossy magazines and the movies. 5 00:02:07,328 --> 00:02:09,430 My own family was so close... 6 00:02:09,497 --> 00:02:12,099 and we were so involved with our everyday lives... 7 00:02:12,166 --> 00:02:14,935 that we didn't seem to need those dream worlds. 8 00:02:15,002 --> 00:02:17,605 So it came as a surprise, when one day... 9 00:02:17,671 --> 00:02:21,375 we discovered that our mother had a dream world of her own. 10 00:02:33,754 --> 00:02:37,225 Ike, you reckon anybody's going to buy that thing? 11 00:02:37,291 --> 00:02:39,860 Well, I doubt it. But there's no accounting 12 00:02:39,927 --> 00:02:41,529 for some people's taste. 13 00:02:41,595 --> 00:02:44,131 How do you like the color? 14 00:02:44,198 --> 00:02:46,400 It's bright. 15 00:02:46,467 --> 00:02:48,669 That was the only can of paint I had open. 16 00:02:51,639 --> 00:02:53,774 I like it. I like it. 17 00:02:53,841 --> 00:02:55,643 Yeah, well. 18 00:02:57,711 --> 00:03:01,882 Ike, that truck took 8 gallons of gas. 19 00:03:01,949 --> 00:03:04,385 My mama needs some sugar, I almost forgot. 20 00:03:04,452 --> 00:03:05,719 -Five-pounder? -Yeah. 21 00:03:05,786 --> 00:03:08,522 Okay. Let's see. 22 00:03:08,589 --> 00:03:11,392 -I'll give you a discount on it. -Oh, yes? 23 00:03:11,459 --> 00:03:16,564 That will be $125. 24 00:03:17,565 --> 00:03:20,668 There you go. There's $125. 25 00:03:21,802 --> 00:03:22,803 Ike. 26 00:03:24,137 --> 00:03:26,006 -Hello, John-Boy. -Hi, Curtis. 27 00:03:26,073 --> 00:03:27,174 Bonjour. 28 00:03:27,241 --> 00:03:29,243 That's "howdy" in French. 29 00:03:29,310 --> 00:03:30,844 I got the stuff over here for you. 30 00:03:30,911 --> 00:03:33,247 -Any letters for me, Ike? -Yeah, there was. 31 00:03:33,314 --> 00:03:35,483 A letter came in this morning. Just one. 32 00:03:35,549 --> 00:03:39,052 I think I put it in with the onions. 33 00:03:39,119 --> 00:03:41,889 Get it. 34 00:03:41,955 --> 00:03:43,156 Here it is. 35 00:03:43,223 --> 00:03:46,527 Never thought she'd answer so soon. 36 00:03:46,594 --> 00:03:48,929 -Dear Lord. -Come on, open it up, Curtis. 37 00:04:00,308 --> 00:04:02,810 What does she say? 38 00:04:02,876 --> 00:04:05,279 What? 39 00:04:05,346 --> 00:04:07,247 She accepted. 40 00:04:07,315 --> 00:04:08,982 She accepted my proposal. 41 00:04:11,519 --> 00:04:13,120 Oh, she says: 42 00:04:13,186 --> 00:04:16,023 "I can't wait. And I'm going to be arriving there... 43 00:04:16,089 --> 00:04:20,661 "on the bus at 1:30 today." 44 00:04:22,896 --> 00:04:25,866 Listen to this, "At first, as you know, I had my doubts... 45 00:04:25,933 --> 00:04:28,035 "but like Jeanette MacDonald in Rose-Marie... 46 00:04:28,101 --> 00:04:31,539 "your last beautiful letter swept aside all my doubts." 47 00:04:31,605 --> 00:04:35,142 She really goes on about them movies, doesn't she? 48 00:04:35,208 --> 00:04:38,679 Oh, my. This afternoon. 49 00:04:38,746 --> 00:04:40,280 I've got to get the house ready. 50 00:04:40,348 --> 00:04:43,451 I've gotta shave now. I'm not going to be ready in time. 51 00:04:43,517 --> 00:04:45,619 Don't worry about it. Just go home and shave... 52 00:04:45,686 --> 00:04:48,722 get the house ready, get dressed up. And I'll pick her up. 53 00:04:48,789 --> 00:04:50,458 Can someone tell me what's happening? 54 00:04:50,524 --> 00:04:52,192 Curtis is getting married! 55 00:04:52,259 --> 00:04:54,662 Getting married? Congratulations. 56 00:04:54,728 --> 00:04:56,730 -Who's the lucky girl? -Miss Ann Harris. 57 00:04:56,797 --> 00:04:59,567 She's a secretary from Buffalo, New York. 58 00:04:59,633 --> 00:05:01,335 She was born and raised in Richmond. 59 00:05:01,402 --> 00:05:03,471 He went there for a high school reunion, 60 00:05:03,537 --> 00:05:05,005 and she was there on her vacation. 61 00:05:05,072 --> 00:05:06,574 I only took her out once. 62 00:05:06,640 --> 00:05:08,976 I didn't think she liked me too much that time. 63 00:05:09,042 --> 00:05:11,379 Maybe it's all the letters you've been writing. 64 00:05:11,445 --> 00:05:13,647 I guess it was. 65 00:05:13,714 --> 00:05:16,517 To tell you the truth about those letters... 66 00:05:16,584 --> 00:05:19,887 I didn't really write them. John-Boy-- 67 00:05:19,953 --> 00:05:23,357 -I just helped you a little. -More than a little. 68 00:05:23,424 --> 00:05:26,026 Those letters were real romantic and pretty-- 69 00:05:26,093 --> 00:05:29,797 I just wrote down what you wanted to say. That's all. 70 00:05:29,863 --> 00:05:32,265 Last three months, I haven't thought about anything... 71 00:05:32,332 --> 00:05:35,268 except wanting to marry that little girl. 72 00:05:35,335 --> 00:05:38,406 I've never been much with the ladies. 73 00:05:38,472 --> 00:05:43,544 I bet I won't be able to think of one thing to say to her. 74 00:05:43,611 --> 00:05:46,614 "Your last beautiful letter completely... 75 00:05:46,680 --> 00:05:49,650 "swept aside all of my doubts." 76 00:05:51,218 --> 00:05:52,720 Dear Lord. 77 00:05:54,388 --> 00:05:55,623 Here, Mama. 78 00:05:55,689 --> 00:05:58,792 -Thank you. -We'll feed the chickens. 79 00:05:58,859 --> 00:06:02,195 Like I said, Jimmy came riding down the hill on his bicycle. 80 00:06:02,262 --> 00:06:03,597 So long, kids. 81 00:06:07,000 --> 00:06:09,803 Elizabeth, sit down, finish your pie. 82 00:06:09,870 --> 00:06:11,872 Everett Cooper stopped by this morning. 83 00:06:11,939 --> 00:06:15,843 -Said how much wood he wanted? -No, he came to see me. 84 00:06:17,511 --> 00:06:19,312 Ben, Jim-Bob. 85 00:06:19,379 --> 00:06:23,250 How many times have I told you to put your dishes in the sink? 86 00:06:23,316 --> 00:06:26,186 Could you mend these overalls I tore up this morning? 87 00:06:26,253 --> 00:06:28,689 I've got a million things to do. Couldn't Grandma? 88 00:06:28,756 --> 00:06:30,924 She's gone off down the road to deliver a baby. 89 00:06:32,159 --> 00:06:33,260 Just put them in the sink. 90 00:06:33,326 --> 00:06:34,928 He wanted to ask me if I'd-- 91 00:06:34,995 --> 00:06:38,131 John, hadn't we better be getting back to work? 92 00:06:38,198 --> 00:06:40,734 I'll be right there, Pa. 93 00:06:40,801 --> 00:06:45,439 He wanted to know if I'd come to the church one afternoon. 94 00:06:45,506 --> 00:06:47,407 Who did? 95 00:06:47,475 --> 00:06:50,143 Everett Cooper. 96 00:06:50,210 --> 00:06:52,045 Something important? 97 00:06:52,112 --> 00:06:55,716 Not really, but I was real surprised and flattered. 98 00:06:55,783 --> 00:06:57,718 Anybody seen my purse, Livie? 99 00:06:57,785 --> 00:07:00,020 Never find anything when you're in a hurry. 100 00:07:01,154 --> 00:07:03,991 Mama, I'm sorry, I forgot the sugar. 101 00:07:04,057 --> 00:07:06,827 I bought it at Ike's, but I left it there. I'm sorry. 102 00:07:06,894 --> 00:07:08,996 I'm going to need it before suppertime. 103 00:07:09,062 --> 00:07:12,099 I'll get it if I can, but first I've to go pick up a saw-- 104 00:07:12,165 --> 00:07:15,536 -I'll get it. Now you run along. -Thank you. 105 00:07:18,772 --> 00:07:21,942 -Grandma, here's your purse. -I thought I lost it. 106 00:07:22,009 --> 00:07:23,644 -Can you give me a lift? -Which way? 107 00:07:23,711 --> 00:07:25,278 Thelma Pickett's. She's expecting. 108 00:07:25,345 --> 00:07:26,279 Sure. 109 00:07:26,346 --> 00:07:28,982 I've got to get myself to work. 110 00:07:29,049 --> 00:07:31,719 Erin, didn't you hear what I just told Jim-Bob and Ben? 111 00:07:31,785 --> 00:07:33,787 Take your plate and put it in the sink, please. 112 00:07:33,854 --> 00:07:37,157 Seems like nobody around here listens to a word I say anymore. 113 00:07:38,659 --> 00:07:40,761 What were you saying? 114 00:07:40,828 --> 00:07:42,763 Everett Cooper wants me to be the lead singer 115 00:07:42,830 --> 00:07:44,698 in the church choir. 116 00:07:44,765 --> 00:07:46,399 That's real nice, honey. 117 00:07:46,466 --> 00:07:50,003 Mama, I can't eat this pie. It hasn't got enough sugar. 118 00:07:50,070 --> 00:07:52,673 If you're going to be lead singer... 119 00:07:52,740 --> 00:07:56,176 I might even be there. Come on, let me help you with that. 120 00:07:57,811 --> 00:07:59,346 You might be there... 121 00:07:59,412 --> 00:08:03,016 but I'll be here doing dishes and mending clothes. 122 00:08:06,987 --> 00:08:09,189 -Thank you, Ike. -Bye, Livie. 123 00:08:16,496 --> 00:08:17,965 Beautiful, isn't it? 124 00:08:18,031 --> 00:08:21,802 I guess so, if you're in the market for such things. 125 00:08:25,472 --> 00:08:26,907 How much is reasonable? 126 00:08:28,208 --> 00:08:30,277 Well.... 127 00:08:30,343 --> 00:08:33,513 Seeing how it's you, Livie, very reasonable. 128 00:08:33,581 --> 00:08:36,216 Heavens, I wasn't thinking of buying it. 129 00:08:36,283 --> 00:08:39,987 I was curious how much second hand bikes cost these days. 130 00:08:41,989 --> 00:08:44,625 -Nice color. -Thanks a lot. 131 00:08:51,699 --> 00:08:54,267 I haven't ridden one of these things in.... 132 00:08:54,334 --> 00:08:56,269 Oh, it must be about 25 years. 133 00:08:58,706 --> 00:09:02,009 Twenty-five years. Imagine. 134 00:09:06,546 --> 00:09:08,215 Used to love it, though. 135 00:09:08,281 --> 00:09:12,085 Pedaling along, freewheeling down the hill... 136 00:09:12,152 --> 00:09:14,955 my hair blowing in the wind behind me. 137 00:09:19,627 --> 00:09:22,562 Go on. Take it for a ride. 138 00:09:23,396 --> 00:09:25,132 -Oh.... -Go on. 139 00:09:25,198 --> 00:09:27,901 I've probably forgotten how by now. 140 00:09:29,770 --> 00:09:31,171 Go on. Take it. 141 00:09:33,941 --> 00:09:36,810 Well, now, don't tell anybody. 142 00:09:58,999 --> 00:10:02,335 Will you go on and take her for a spin? Go on. 143 00:11:31,959 --> 00:11:35,028 "Like to the lark arising from...." 144 00:11:36,997 --> 00:11:40,133 Something "earth." 145 00:11:40,200 --> 00:11:43,436 "Sullen earth." I will never remember that word: sullen. 146 00:11:43,503 --> 00:11:45,238 "Sullen earth." 147 00:11:45,305 --> 00:11:48,408 "Like to the lark arising from...." 148 00:12:07,527 --> 00:12:08,829 Hello. 149 00:12:08,896 --> 00:12:12,632 -The US mail got through again? -Yeah. 150 00:12:12,699 --> 00:12:16,069 Listen, I want to show you an order that I got here.... 151 00:12:22,675 --> 00:12:24,878 Ma'am, I'm John-Boy Walton. 152 00:12:24,945 --> 00:12:29,049 I'm a close friend of Curtis Norton. 153 00:12:29,116 --> 00:12:32,352 -Where is Curtis? -He asked me to meet you. 154 00:12:32,419 --> 00:12:33,486 Why didn't Curtis come? 155 00:12:33,553 --> 00:12:36,389 He's kind of prettying things up for you. 156 00:12:36,456 --> 00:12:38,926 Congratulations. I don't know if you can say that to a lady. 157 00:12:38,992 --> 00:12:40,693 You can say it to me. 158 00:12:40,760 --> 00:12:42,395 It's not every day a girl ends up marrying 159 00:12:42,462 --> 00:12:45,565 a poetic man like Curtis Norton. 160 00:12:45,632 --> 00:12:48,235 I think we ought to go. My truck's right over here. 161 00:12:48,301 --> 00:12:50,170 -I'll take that for you. -Thank you. 162 00:12:50,237 --> 00:12:51,271 Right over here. 163 00:12:52,806 --> 00:12:55,775 It's so beautiful here. 164 00:12:55,843 --> 00:12:59,446 Just look at that. Look at those mountains. 165 00:12:59,512 --> 00:13:02,382 Did you see the movie The Farmer Takes a Wife? 166 00:13:03,851 --> 00:13:05,685 I reckon not. 167 00:13:05,752 --> 00:13:08,688 I did. I saw it three times. 168 00:13:08,755 --> 00:13:11,859 Henry Fonda and Janet Gaynor. 169 00:13:11,925 --> 00:13:14,761 It looked very much like this. 170 00:13:14,828 --> 00:13:17,898 It was such a romantic story. 171 00:13:19,432 --> 00:13:21,134 I think you're gonna find real life here... 172 00:13:21,201 --> 00:13:23,636 quite a bit different than the way it is in the movies. 173 00:13:23,703 --> 00:13:28,008 When I met Curtis it was just like a movie. 174 00:13:28,075 --> 00:13:30,743 We were in the Richmond High School reunion. 175 00:13:30,810 --> 00:13:33,380 The high school band was playing. 176 00:13:37,684 --> 00:13:39,486 Curtis asked me to dance. 177 00:13:39,552 --> 00:13:41,488 Yeah, he said you are a wonderful dancer. 178 00:13:43,356 --> 00:13:46,793 Curtis was the wonderful one. 179 00:13:46,860 --> 00:13:49,296 Just swept me off my feet. 180 00:13:51,031 --> 00:13:53,433 A real Clark Gable type. 181 00:14:34,341 --> 00:14:36,509 Here we are. 182 00:15:03,903 --> 00:15:05,238 Ann. 183 00:15:05,305 --> 00:15:07,107 Curtis. 184 00:15:10,510 --> 00:15:11,911 How have you been? 185 00:15:13,580 --> 00:15:14,948 Fine. 186 00:15:17,617 --> 00:15:19,652 How have you been? 187 00:15:19,719 --> 00:15:21,321 Been busy. 188 00:15:23,256 --> 00:15:25,192 I've got a mare here about to foal. 189 00:15:25,258 --> 00:15:26,859 I stayed up all night with her. 190 00:15:26,926 --> 00:15:28,561 Oh, that's fine. 191 00:15:30,930 --> 00:15:34,567 -I reckon I'll be leaving now. -No. 192 00:15:34,634 --> 00:15:37,637 I mean, why don't you stay for a while? 193 00:15:38,938 --> 00:15:41,374 Well, sure, Curtis. Thank you. 194 00:15:42,842 --> 00:15:44,611 I'll show y'all around. 195 00:15:52,152 --> 00:15:53,953 That's alright. 196 00:16:01,894 --> 00:16:05,198 It's called The Approaching Storm. 197 00:16:05,265 --> 00:16:08,368 -Belonged to my daddy. -It's beautiful. 198 00:16:08,435 --> 00:16:11,604 -He was real fond of it. -It's real nice. 199 00:16:11,671 --> 00:16:13,173 I'm sorry. 200 00:16:13,240 --> 00:16:15,375 It's alright. 201 00:16:15,442 --> 00:16:20,280 It's okay. Living alone, things just don't get fixed. 202 00:16:20,347 --> 00:16:23,016 That needs a coat of paint, too, you see. 203 00:16:23,083 --> 00:16:25,685 I thought we... 204 00:16:25,752 --> 00:16:27,587 I mean I.... 205 00:16:27,654 --> 00:16:31,524 -Well, the both of us could-- -It'll be fun. 206 00:16:32,692 --> 00:16:34,327 And I.... 207 00:16:44,337 --> 00:16:47,740 Oh, I could make new slipcovers. 208 00:16:49,876 --> 00:16:53,280 Uh, Curtis, why don't you show me the upstairs? 209 00:16:59,552 --> 00:17:01,388 This way. 210 00:17:05,725 --> 00:17:07,727 This is the linen closet. 211 00:17:09,062 --> 00:17:10,697 That's the bathroom. 212 00:17:13,866 --> 00:17:16,636 This is the medicine cabinet. 213 00:17:16,703 --> 00:17:18,471 Very cozy. 214 00:17:23,310 --> 00:17:25,645 I need that. I forgot it. 215 00:17:27,013 --> 00:17:29,449 Uh, until we.... 216 00:17:29,516 --> 00:17:33,820 For the time being, I've moved all my stuff out to the shed. 217 00:17:33,886 --> 00:17:35,988 I'm gonna be sleeping there. 218 00:17:36,055 --> 00:17:37,490 I see. 219 00:17:39,559 --> 00:17:43,530 -I'll show you your room. -Swell. 220 00:17:43,596 --> 00:17:45,698 -I've got to be going. -No, stay. 221 00:17:45,765 --> 00:17:47,200 Curtis, you're going to marry her. 222 00:17:47,267 --> 00:17:48,901 You've to spend some time alone. 223 00:17:48,968 --> 00:17:51,571 -John Boy-- -Curtis! 224 00:17:51,638 --> 00:17:53,473 Dear Lord. 225 00:18:02,349 --> 00:18:04,484 She's not upstairs. 226 00:18:07,287 --> 00:18:08,521 Boy or girl, Grandma? 227 00:18:08,588 --> 00:18:10,690 -It was a boy. -Good. 228 00:18:10,757 --> 00:18:14,327 -Have you seen your mama? -Not since around noon. 229 00:18:14,394 --> 00:18:16,896 Not for the life of me, I just don't understand it. 230 00:18:16,963 --> 00:18:19,599 -What, understand what? -Look. 231 00:18:19,666 --> 00:18:21,868 Eighteen years Olivia's been my daughter-in-law... 232 00:18:21,934 --> 00:18:25,004 and I've never known her to leave the place in such a state. 233 00:18:25,071 --> 00:18:28,275 -Have you ever seen her do this? -No. 234 00:18:28,341 --> 00:18:32,111 John-Boy, Grandma! Come here, quick. Right away. 235 00:19:07,480 --> 00:19:10,149 Alright. 236 00:19:10,217 --> 00:19:11,951 How do you like my new bicycle? 237 00:19:12,018 --> 00:19:14,521 -I like it! -It's great! 238 00:19:16,923 --> 00:19:17,890 This is from Ike's, isn't it? 239 00:19:17,957 --> 00:19:19,592 You don't know where I've been. 240 00:19:20,293 --> 00:19:22,929 Thirty-three... 241 00:19:22,995 --> 00:19:25,465 by twenty-nine. 242 00:19:28,568 --> 00:19:33,773 I'll do the chairs in a flowered cretonne. 243 00:19:33,840 --> 00:19:37,877 Miriam Hopkins had a sofa like it in her last picture. 244 00:19:37,944 --> 00:19:39,512 -Did you see it? -No. 245 00:19:39,579 --> 00:19:42,682 -I don't see many movies. -Why not? 246 00:19:42,749 --> 00:19:45,352 The nearest movie house is in Charlottesville. 247 00:19:45,418 --> 00:19:46,819 That's 28 miles away. 248 00:19:46,886 --> 00:19:51,524 28 miles. 249 00:19:51,591 --> 00:19:55,662 I'm really very happy with my records... 250 00:19:55,728 --> 00:19:58,898 and Victrola here. They're right here. 251 00:20:04,170 --> 00:20:06,072 Get off. 252 00:20:06,138 --> 00:20:08,908 Go on there. 253 00:20:08,975 --> 00:20:10,877 Get down. 254 00:20:12,512 --> 00:20:14,914 Curtis, can you help me.... 255 00:20:14,981 --> 00:20:18,485 Can you please get him off the couch? He doesn't smell right. 256 00:20:18,551 --> 00:20:22,455 That's his place. He sleeps there. He always has. 257 00:20:24,156 --> 00:20:27,627 He's going to have to find a new place after we've.... 258 00:20:27,694 --> 00:20:29,462 After I've made the slipcovers. 259 00:20:29,529 --> 00:20:32,231 I don't think he'll like it. 260 00:20:34,000 --> 00:20:37,404 Why don't we train him to sleep in the blacksmith shop? 261 00:20:39,706 --> 00:20:43,676 You know it's hard to teach an old dog new tricks. 262 00:20:46,613 --> 00:20:49,682 I guess we're all finding that out. 263 00:21:13,306 --> 00:21:15,342 Mary Ellen, help Grandma with the cooking... 264 00:21:15,408 --> 00:21:17,710 and you can all pitch in with the dishes. 265 00:21:17,777 --> 00:21:19,979 -Yes, Mama. -I'll do it, Livie. 266 00:21:20,046 --> 00:21:22,482 Erin, there's ironing to do. Get Elizabeth to help you. 267 00:21:22,549 --> 00:21:24,551 -Yes, Mama. -I'll take care of it, Livie. 268 00:21:24,617 --> 00:21:28,120 I want them to learn how to take care of a house by themselves. 269 00:21:28,187 --> 00:21:31,524 After all, we don't want a couple of maids on our hands. 270 00:21:32,759 --> 00:21:34,361 I'm going to be a bachelor girl. 271 00:21:36,463 --> 00:21:38,431 When are you planning to come home, Mama? 272 00:21:38,498 --> 00:21:40,933 I don't know, John-Boy. 273 00:21:41,000 --> 00:21:44,671 Have a nice day, everybody. See you later. 274 00:21:44,737 --> 00:21:45,838 Bye, Mama. 275 00:21:56,983 --> 00:21:58,184 Livie. 276 00:21:58,250 --> 00:22:00,453 I talked to the children. They know what to do. 277 00:22:07,794 --> 00:22:10,363 Just worried about what people are going to say. 278 00:22:10,430 --> 00:22:12,064 About what? Me singing in the choir? 279 00:22:12,131 --> 00:22:17,637 No, about you riding around on this contraption. 280 00:22:17,704 --> 00:22:19,338 I figure they'll probably say, 281 00:22:19,406 --> 00:22:21,908 "There goes Olivia Walton on a bicycle." 282 00:22:21,974 --> 00:22:23,576 Bye, honey. 283 00:23:02,381 --> 00:23:06,453 Miss Harris, this is my daddy, John Walton. My grandpa. 284 00:23:06,519 --> 00:23:08,154 How do you do? Very pleased to meet you. 285 00:23:08,220 --> 00:23:10,990 -Nice to see you. -Pleased to meet both of you. 286 00:23:11,057 --> 00:23:12,091 What happened? 287 00:23:12,158 --> 00:23:15,127 It's Curtis. 288 00:23:15,194 --> 00:23:19,532 -Something wrong? -No, he's alright. It's just.. 289 00:23:21,601 --> 00:23:23,503 He just doesn't seem to be the same man 290 00:23:23,570 --> 00:23:25,538 who wrote me those letters. 291 00:23:25,605 --> 00:23:28,575 Miss Harris, Curtis is a shy man. 292 00:23:28,641 --> 00:23:30,577 But you'd have to go a long way to find a better one. 293 00:23:33,245 --> 00:23:36,749 Look, it's more than that. It's just that I.... 294 00:23:40,052 --> 00:23:42,221 It just won't work out. 295 00:23:42,288 --> 00:23:46,292 I think I should leave here right away on the next bus. 296 00:23:46,358 --> 00:23:49,962 If one of you, please, would be kind enough to drive me. 297 00:23:50,029 --> 00:23:51,464 We surely will. 298 00:23:51,531 --> 00:23:53,800 But the next bus doesn't go until tomorrow. 299 00:23:54,867 --> 00:23:55,735 Oh, oh.... 300 00:23:55,802 --> 00:23:59,238 You're welcome to stay here. 301 00:23:59,305 --> 00:24:01,040 If you want to wait a while, my wife will be back 302 00:24:01,107 --> 00:24:02,742 and get you settled. 303 00:24:02,809 --> 00:24:05,778 Sure, you can stay in my room. I'll sleep in the barn. 304 00:24:05,845 --> 00:24:08,180 Look, I wouldn't want to inconvenience you. 305 00:24:08,247 --> 00:24:11,618 It's no inconvenience. It's the least I can do. 306 00:24:13,019 --> 00:24:14,821 Come on. 307 00:24:15,788 --> 00:24:16,923 Come on. 308 00:24:20,960 --> 00:24:25,532 What do you think he meant by, "That's the least I can do"? 309 00:24:28,067 --> 00:24:30,136 [chorus singing] 310 00:24:30,202 --> 00:24:36,442 * Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound * 311 00:24:36,509 --> 00:24:41,514 * That saved a wretch like me * 312 00:24:41,581 --> 00:24:47,353 * I once was lost but now am found * 313 00:24:47,419 --> 00:24:52,825 * Was blind, but now I see * 314 00:24:52,892 --> 00:24:58,565 * T'was Grace that taught my heart to fear * 315 00:24:58,631 --> 00:25:03,936 * And Grace, my fears relieved * 316 00:25:04,003 --> 00:25:09,642 * How precious did that Grace appear * 317 00:25:09,709 --> 00:25:16,415 * The hour I first believed * 318 00:25:16,482 --> 00:25:20,753 Real nice. That one spot needs just a little work. 319 00:25:20,820 --> 00:25:22,822 [humming music notes] 320 00:25:24,456 --> 00:25:26,559 But it's coming along real well. 321 00:25:26,626 --> 00:25:28,995 Ladies, thank you. 322 00:25:29,061 --> 00:25:31,197 Miss Tyler, would you be good enough to gather the hymnals? 323 00:25:31,263 --> 00:25:33,933 Surely, Mr. Cooper. 324 00:25:34,000 --> 00:25:35,735 Do you have time for a cup of coffee? 325 00:25:35,802 --> 00:25:39,238 No, I'm afraid not. I have to get to work. 326 00:25:39,305 --> 00:25:41,273 Time and tide wait for no man. 327 00:25:41,340 --> 00:25:43,375 Neither do the freight trains, I'm afraid. 328 00:25:43,442 --> 00:25:44,944 See you all tomorrow, then? 329 00:25:45,011 --> 00:25:48,014 -Glad you joined us, Olivia. -My pleasure, Mr. Cooper. 330 00:25:49,849 --> 00:25:51,884 It was just lovely. 331 00:26:07,233 --> 00:26:08,668 I'll fix it. 332 00:26:14,874 --> 00:26:17,343 -Coffee, Olivia? -Oh, well.... 333 00:26:17,409 --> 00:26:19,211 You are staying, aren't you? 334 00:26:19,278 --> 00:26:22,749 -Just for a little while. -I should hope so. 335 00:26:22,815 --> 00:26:24,216 I always say, what's choir practice 336 00:26:24,283 --> 00:26:25,685 without a little socializing afterwards? 337 00:26:25,752 --> 00:26:26,986 Isn't that right, ladies? 338 00:26:27,053 --> 00:26:28,721 Did you all hear Rudy Vallee last night 339 00:26:28,788 --> 00:26:30,256 on the Royal Gelatin program? 340 00:26:30,322 --> 00:26:32,659 -No, listened to Lanny Ross. -How about you, Olivia? 341 00:26:32,725 --> 00:26:33,993 Yeah, I like him. 342 00:26:34,060 --> 00:26:36,595 Especially when he sings The Rose of Tralee. 343 00:26:38,831 --> 00:26:40,466 She's alright, Curtis. 344 00:26:40,532 --> 00:26:43,535 But she says she is going to leave on the next bus. 345 00:26:43,602 --> 00:26:45,938 What am I gonna do? 346 00:26:46,005 --> 00:26:47,506 Go to the house and talk to her. 347 00:26:47,573 --> 00:26:52,011 I tried talking to her. You saw where that got me. 348 00:26:52,078 --> 00:26:54,246 You're not just going to let her get on a bus 349 00:26:54,313 --> 00:26:55,447 and leave town, are you? 350 00:26:55,514 --> 00:26:58,718 John-Boy... 351 00:26:58,785 --> 00:27:02,321 Do you think I want her to leave? 352 00:27:02,388 --> 00:27:05,457 You think I want to live here... 353 00:27:05,524 --> 00:27:07,326 in this house, all by myself? 354 00:27:09,061 --> 00:27:12,765 Every word that you wrote in those letters... 355 00:27:12,832 --> 00:27:14,133 I really meant. 356 00:27:14,200 --> 00:27:17,303 Then there's got to be some way to keep her here. 357 00:27:20,139 --> 00:27:23,242 I could write her another letter. 358 00:27:24,911 --> 00:27:26,979 Yes, and ask her to stay for a few more days. 359 00:27:27,046 --> 00:27:30,683 And then, maybe by that time... 360 00:27:30,750 --> 00:27:32,284 I'd have something I can say to her. 361 00:27:32,351 --> 00:27:35,321 Curtis, I don't know if I should have written 362 00:27:35,387 --> 00:27:37,056 those letters in the first place. 363 00:27:37,123 --> 00:27:39,025 I'll help you all I can, but I can't write you 364 00:27:39,091 --> 00:27:42,995 any more of those letters. 365 00:27:43,062 --> 00:27:47,133 I can't just let that little girl get on that bus and leave. 366 00:27:49,902 --> 00:27:53,172 If you want to write her a letter, then write her a letter. 367 00:27:53,239 --> 00:27:54,373 I can't. 368 00:27:54,440 --> 00:27:57,609 When I write it, the words don't come out right. 369 00:27:57,676 --> 00:28:01,313 I'm sorry but I can't, Curtis. I just can't write a letter. 370 00:28:04,016 --> 00:28:05,117 Please. 371 00:28:08,087 --> 00:28:09,989 Shoot. alright, I'll write you one more letter, 372 00:28:10,056 --> 00:28:11,623 but this is the last one. 373 00:28:11,690 --> 00:28:14,160 -I better wash my hands first. -Yeah. 374 00:28:15,427 --> 00:28:17,229 I hope you'll be comfortable here. 375 00:28:20,867 --> 00:28:23,002 I'm sure I shall. 376 00:28:23,069 --> 00:28:25,204 I'll have John-Boy take his clothes out of the closet. 377 00:28:25,271 --> 00:28:28,274 -Then you can unpack. -No, please don't bother. 378 00:28:28,340 --> 00:28:32,111 It's only for one night. I don't see any point in my staying on. 379 00:28:32,178 --> 00:28:35,181 -Miss Harris.... -Please call me Ann. 380 00:28:36,148 --> 00:28:38,317 Ann... 381 00:28:38,384 --> 00:28:40,052 I know this is none of my business... 382 00:28:40,119 --> 00:28:43,689 but couldn't you stay on just a little while longer? 383 00:28:43,756 --> 00:28:46,793 I mean, you and Curtis hardly know one another. 384 00:28:46,859 --> 00:28:49,095 It's not just Curtis. 385 00:28:49,962 --> 00:28:51,964 It's everything. 386 00:28:52,031 --> 00:28:54,901 I mean, it's his house, as well. 387 00:28:54,967 --> 00:28:57,937 Your house is so nice and pretty. 388 00:28:58,004 --> 00:28:59,772 So is the Norton house. 389 00:28:59,839 --> 00:29:02,875 Yes, but it smells of horse.... 390 00:29:05,912 --> 00:29:09,748 Smoke from the smithy fire. 391 00:29:09,816 --> 00:29:13,585 It's just so dark and pokey all the time. 392 00:29:13,652 --> 00:29:17,123 I reckon maybe that's one of the reasons Curtis needs a wife. 393 00:29:17,189 --> 00:29:20,259 Besides, he loves you, doesn't he? 394 00:29:26,098 --> 00:29:28,234 If you need anything, I'll be downstairs. 395 00:29:30,602 --> 00:29:35,574 "So I beg you, do not leave Walton's Mountain in such haste. 396 00:29:35,641 --> 00:29:39,445 "First give me another chance... 397 00:29:39,511 --> 00:29:44,917 "to speak my piece." 398 00:29:44,984 --> 00:29:47,887 Okay, now here. 399 00:29:47,954 --> 00:29:49,856 This you can end with. Here it is. 400 00:29:49,922 --> 00:29:52,024 You can end with this. Listen: 401 00:29:52,091 --> 00:29:55,794 "O! How I faint when I of you do write 402 00:29:55,862 --> 00:29:58,397 "Knowing a better spirit doth use your name 403 00:29:58,464 --> 00:30:00,833 "And in the praise thereof spends all his might 404 00:30:00,900 --> 00:30:04,270 "To make me tongue-tied, speaking of your fame!" 405 00:30:04,336 --> 00:30:06,405 Tongue-tied? 406 00:30:06,472 --> 00:30:08,807 That's just how I feel. 407 00:30:08,875 --> 00:30:10,109 William Shakespeare sure knew 408 00:30:10,176 --> 00:30:12,811 what he was writing about, didn't he? 409 00:30:12,879 --> 00:30:15,314 Okay, now, "O! How I faint...." 410 00:30:18,550 --> 00:30:21,487 -Faint? -F-A-I-N-T. 411 00:30:23,589 --> 00:30:26,926 "O! How I faint when I of you do write" Comma. 412 00:30:31,898 --> 00:30:35,067 -I'll see it five times more. -He sure is light on his feet. 413 00:30:35,134 --> 00:30:36,702 Jimmy Fidler's Hollywood Gossip said... 414 00:30:36,768 --> 00:30:41,107 that they are destined to be Hollywood's biggest new stars. 415 00:30:43,075 --> 00:30:44,743 Did you see the Bride of Frankenstein? 416 00:30:44,810 --> 00:30:46,512 That was really good. 417 00:30:46,578 --> 00:30:47,813 This was, too. 418 00:30:47,880 --> 00:30:50,616 -I really enjoyed it. -Me, too. 419 00:30:50,682 --> 00:30:55,321 There is nothing like a real romantic talkie... 420 00:30:55,387 --> 00:30:59,258 for chasing those blues away. 421 00:30:59,325 --> 00:31:01,093 I think I'll peroxide my hair and cut it short 422 00:31:01,160 --> 00:31:02,428 like Ginger Rogers. 423 00:31:02,494 --> 00:31:04,630 I'd like to be there when Mama sees that. 424 00:31:06,465 --> 00:31:08,867 Here. Curtis gave me this letter to give to you. 425 00:31:08,935 --> 00:31:10,569 He says for you to read when alone. 426 00:31:10,636 --> 00:31:14,140 No, he says it's real important. 427 00:31:26,785 --> 00:31:28,487 I like the silent pictures. 428 00:31:28,554 --> 00:31:31,924 Yeah, I just hope your hero John Gilbert can talk. 429 00:31:33,492 --> 00:31:35,094 Almost done. 430 00:31:35,161 --> 00:31:38,530 Here they are, Fred and Ginger. 431 00:31:44,136 --> 00:31:45,371 You're home early. 432 00:31:45,437 --> 00:31:47,873 Jason didn't want to stay for March of Time. 433 00:31:47,940 --> 00:31:49,942 -I've got homework to do. -Me, too. 434 00:31:50,009 --> 00:31:51,910 Math. Yuck. 435 00:31:51,978 --> 00:31:54,446 Goodnight. Thank you so much. 436 00:31:54,513 --> 00:31:56,915 -Thanks again, Ann. -Goodnight, everybody. 437 00:31:56,983 --> 00:32:00,119 -I'm so glad you enjoyed it. -We did. 438 00:32:00,186 --> 00:32:01,787 How was the moving picture? 439 00:32:01,853 --> 00:32:06,692 It was Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. It was swell. 440 00:32:06,758 --> 00:32:10,029 It's their second film. Their first was Flying Down to Rio. 441 00:32:10,096 --> 00:32:13,199 -They did The Carioca. -The Carioca? 442 00:32:13,265 --> 00:32:15,467 I heard that one on the radio. 443 00:32:26,378 --> 00:32:28,114 Old man, now you stop your foolishness. 444 00:32:28,180 --> 00:32:29,781 You'll fall down and break one of your bones. 445 00:32:29,848 --> 00:32:34,086 Only thing likely to fall down around here is your cake. 446 00:32:35,988 --> 00:32:37,523 Did your folks take you to the movies? 447 00:32:37,589 --> 00:32:41,560 No, they were very strict. They never let me go. 448 00:32:41,627 --> 00:32:42,995 They live in Buffalo? 449 00:32:43,062 --> 00:32:46,698 No, they died when I was 14. 450 00:32:46,765 --> 00:32:48,067 I'm sorry. 451 00:32:50,469 --> 00:32:54,406 See, I was sent up north from Richmond to live with my aunt... 452 00:32:54,473 --> 00:32:57,943 my Aunt Agnes. 453 00:32:58,010 --> 00:33:01,580 That's when I saw my very first movie. 454 00:33:01,647 --> 00:33:03,715 Everything back in them days was silent. 455 00:33:03,782 --> 00:33:08,320 Oh, yeah. I remember that afternoon so clearly. 456 00:33:08,387 --> 00:33:11,290 It was winter, and it was cold and dark. 457 00:33:11,357 --> 00:33:13,525 I was coming home from school... 458 00:33:13,592 --> 00:33:17,563 and for some reason, I just didn't go my usual way. 459 00:33:17,629 --> 00:33:20,932 I turned the corner and there it was: 460 00:33:20,999 --> 00:33:23,102 The picture palace... 461 00:33:23,169 --> 00:33:25,937 shining at the end of the street... 462 00:33:26,004 --> 00:33:28,374 with electric light bulbs all lit up 463 00:33:28,440 --> 00:33:30,442 at the end of the marquee. 464 00:33:30,509 --> 00:33:34,513 I paid my 10 cents and I went in. 465 00:33:34,580 --> 00:33:36,282 All alone? 466 00:33:36,348 --> 00:33:40,386 I'll never forget it. The warmth and the darkness. 467 00:33:40,452 --> 00:33:45,857 And, up there, on the screen, all those wonderful stars. 468 00:33:45,924 --> 00:33:48,360 Garbo, and Barrymore... 469 00:33:48,427 --> 00:33:52,464 and Valentino, and the Gish sisters... 470 00:33:52,531 --> 00:33:56,268 and Harold Lloyd, Marion Davies... 471 00:33:56,335 --> 00:33:59,238 and Mary Pickford. 472 00:34:06,412 --> 00:34:09,081 For the very first time in my life... 473 00:34:12,251 --> 00:34:14,486 I felt a part of other people's lives. 474 00:34:15,821 --> 00:34:19,391 It's the same thing every time I see a film. 475 00:34:19,458 --> 00:34:24,062 And then later on, when I walk home... 476 00:34:24,130 --> 00:34:26,565 that glowing feeling stays with me. 477 00:34:30,001 --> 00:34:32,938 It keeps me warm. 478 00:34:33,004 --> 00:34:35,141 And when you get home? 479 00:34:37,109 --> 00:34:39,578 It always sort of goes away. 480 00:34:41,180 --> 00:34:43,615 It evaporates. 481 00:34:59,165 --> 00:35:01,567 I think I should be getting off to bed. 482 00:35:01,633 --> 00:35:06,538 -Ann, won't you have some cake? -No, thank you. 483 00:35:06,605 --> 00:35:09,040 It's time for me to go to sleep. 484 00:35:09,107 --> 00:35:11,610 -Ann. -Mrs. Walton? 485 00:35:11,677 --> 00:35:16,148 You know, sometimes good feelings don't evaporate. 486 00:35:16,215 --> 00:35:19,218 Sometimes they last a lifetime. 487 00:35:25,624 --> 00:35:27,226 -Goodnight. -Goodnight. 488 00:35:29,828 --> 00:35:31,530 Thanks for the treat. 489 00:36:12,571 --> 00:36:16,742 "O! How I faint when I of you...." 490 00:36:18,544 --> 00:36:19,845 What? 491 00:36:31,357 --> 00:36:32,791 -Morning. -Good morning, son. 492 00:36:32,858 --> 00:36:34,560 Morning, John-Boy. 493 00:36:36,027 --> 00:36:37,128 John-Boy. 494 00:36:37,195 --> 00:36:39,598 -Good morning. -I want to talk to you. 495 00:36:39,665 --> 00:36:42,934 -Is something the matter? -Yeah. 496 00:36:43,001 --> 00:36:44,836 Hear this. 497 00:36:44,903 --> 00:36:47,439 This is the matter. 498 00:36:48,540 --> 00:36:50,108 Letter to you from Curtis Norton. 499 00:36:50,175 --> 00:36:53,912 Yeah, it's a letter to me. But it's not from Curtis. 500 00:36:55,681 --> 00:36:57,649 You wrote this letter, didn't you, John? 501 00:36:59,184 --> 00:37:01,320 And all the others? 502 00:37:02,788 --> 00:37:05,291 How funny you must have thought it was. 503 00:37:05,357 --> 00:37:06,592 Sitting there snickering together 504 00:37:06,658 --> 00:37:08,660 writing every one of these lies. 505 00:37:08,727 --> 00:37:12,631 Dragging me all the way from Buffalo, New York. 506 00:37:12,698 --> 00:37:15,000 What a good time you must have had, huh? 507 00:37:16,835 --> 00:37:20,071 Laughing at me. 508 00:37:20,138 --> 00:37:22,674 I just don't understand why you would do such a thing. 509 00:37:22,741 --> 00:37:26,978 No, wait. We didn't mean to deceive you or hurt you. 510 00:37:27,045 --> 00:37:29,448 Well, you have. 511 00:37:31,249 --> 00:37:35,253 -Just when I almost decided.... -Decided? 512 00:37:36,488 --> 00:37:38,724 It doesn't matter. 513 00:37:41,960 --> 00:37:45,964 John-Boy, it looks to me you've got some explaining to do. 514 00:37:54,606 --> 00:37:55,841 and he said to the woman: 515 00:37:55,907 --> 00:37:58,243 "In that case, madam, perhaps you'd be 516 00:37:58,310 --> 00:38:00,812 better off with a larger size." 517 00:38:00,879 --> 00:38:03,281 Did you all hear the Little Audrey joke... 518 00:38:03,349 --> 00:38:04,750 about the man who jumped off the top 519 00:38:04,816 --> 00:38:06,418 of the Chrysler Building in New York? 520 00:38:06,485 --> 00:38:08,320 Yes, I heard it three weeks ago. 521 00:38:08,387 --> 00:38:10,856 But I'll bet none of you have heard this one. 522 00:38:10,922 --> 00:38:13,191 More coffee, Olivia? 523 00:38:13,258 --> 00:38:15,193 No, thank you, Martha. 524 00:38:15,260 --> 00:38:17,963 Livie, where's your mind? 525 00:38:18,029 --> 00:38:19,965 Just trying to think of something special 526 00:38:20,031 --> 00:38:21,232 for John's supper tonight. 527 00:38:21,299 --> 00:38:23,101 Livie, are you new here. 528 00:38:23,168 --> 00:38:25,937 Little while, we'll have you just like the rest of us. 529 00:38:26,004 --> 00:38:27,339 The men at home... 530 00:38:27,406 --> 00:38:30,208 taking care of themselves and fixing their own suppers. 531 00:38:30,275 --> 00:38:32,243 No, I don't think so, Martha. 532 00:38:32,310 --> 00:38:33,945 Livie, did you hear about that? 533 00:38:34,012 --> 00:38:37,148 About Cora Mae Merkel and the butcher down at Carter's Bridge? 534 00:38:37,215 --> 00:38:38,584 No, I didn't. 535 00:38:38,650 --> 00:38:41,587 I'm afraid I don't have time. 536 00:38:41,653 --> 00:38:44,122 Where are you going? 537 00:38:44,189 --> 00:38:45,424 Home. 538 00:38:45,491 --> 00:38:47,759 -Bye, everybody. -Bye. 539 00:39:12,484 --> 00:39:15,887 Grandma! Children! 540 00:39:25,263 --> 00:39:27,733 Oh, Erin. 541 00:41:17,108 --> 00:41:18,176 Liv. 542 00:41:19,244 --> 00:41:20,746 Yeah. 543 00:41:23,682 --> 00:41:26,184 -Just looking. -Just looking? 544 00:41:28,520 --> 00:41:30,388 This place... 545 00:41:30,455 --> 00:41:32,023 our home.... 546 00:41:37,763 --> 00:41:40,732 Seems like I never really saw it before. 547 00:41:42,668 --> 00:41:44,836 Sorry for running off. 548 00:41:44,903 --> 00:41:47,505 Leaving you all to fend for yourselves. 549 00:41:48,640 --> 00:41:52,077 Dreaming silly schoolgirl dreams. 550 00:41:52,143 --> 00:41:55,847 Thinking some day I might be a great singer. 551 00:41:55,914 --> 00:41:57,916 Is that what you was dreaming? 552 00:41:57,983 --> 00:41:59,250 Sometimes. 553 00:41:59,317 --> 00:42:02,921 Especially when I was wheeling along on that bicycle. 554 00:42:05,390 --> 00:42:07,058 You'll probably laugh at this... 555 00:42:09,227 --> 00:42:10,996 but I even dreamed that maybe one day... 556 00:42:11,062 --> 00:42:14,866 I'd sing at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City. 557 00:42:28,046 --> 00:42:30,148 Dear Liv... 558 00:42:31,783 --> 00:42:33,885 Is that what you want? 559 00:42:51,169 --> 00:42:52,638 Mrs. Walton... 560 00:42:56,241 --> 00:42:59,444 Mrs. Walton, excuse me. 561 00:42:59,510 --> 00:43:01,279 I would like to say goodbye. 562 00:43:06,885 --> 00:43:09,821 I know you're angry with my son. 563 00:43:09,888 --> 00:43:11,823 I wish you weren't leaving. 564 00:43:11,890 --> 00:43:14,559 It just didn't work out. 565 00:43:14,626 --> 00:43:17,395 What are you gonna do when you get back to Buffalo? 566 00:43:17,462 --> 00:43:18,964 I will get my job back-- 567 00:43:19,030 --> 00:43:22,000 And sit in dark theatres dreaming other people's lives? 568 00:43:23,168 --> 00:43:26,471 There's no harm in dreaming dreams. 569 00:43:26,537 --> 00:43:28,206 No. 570 00:43:32,310 --> 00:43:34,713 They're part of our lives. 571 00:43:34,780 --> 00:43:37,548 But when they keep you away from life... 572 00:43:37,615 --> 00:43:43,121 from loving, sharing, then I think there is harm. 573 00:43:43,188 --> 00:43:46,291 Well, that's all very well for you to talk. 574 00:43:46,357 --> 00:43:50,361 You have your husband and your house... 575 00:43:52,197 --> 00:43:55,066 -Children. -You could have it, too. 576 00:43:55,133 --> 00:43:56,835 With Curtis? 577 00:43:56,902 --> 00:43:59,504 You came all this way to marry him. 578 00:43:59,570 --> 00:44:02,640 Why not give him another chance? 579 00:44:02,708 --> 00:44:05,176 -I can't. -Why not? 580 00:44:06,678 --> 00:44:08,814 Because I'm looking for something else. 581 00:44:08,880 --> 00:44:11,482 Don't wait for it too long, Ann. 582 00:44:11,549 --> 00:44:14,452 Because whatever it is you think you're looking for... 583 00:44:14,519 --> 00:44:16,387 you may never find it. 584 00:44:39,711 --> 00:44:42,047 -Ann. -I have nothing to say to you. 585 00:44:45,650 --> 00:44:47,318 I've got something to say to you. 586 00:44:47,385 --> 00:44:50,956 Curtis, you just stay away from me. 587 00:44:51,022 --> 00:44:54,125 -Not until I've said my piece. -I don't want to hear it. 588 00:44:54,192 --> 00:44:58,329 You just think you're so smart, with all your citified ways. 589 00:44:58,396 --> 00:45:00,231 I'm not listening. 590 00:45:00,298 --> 00:45:05,270 You talking about motion pictures and the movie stars. 591 00:45:07,305 --> 00:45:10,742 I may not be no Jimmy Gable or Clark Stewart. 592 00:45:10,809 --> 00:45:14,045 -Clark Gable or Jimmy Stewart. -What? 593 00:45:16,547 --> 00:45:18,483 I know I don't talk fancy. 594 00:45:19,918 --> 00:45:21,319 There's many things I don't know... 595 00:45:21,386 --> 00:45:24,389 but there is one thing I do know, and that is... 596 00:45:24,455 --> 00:45:25,590 I love you. 597 00:45:25,656 --> 00:45:27,658 Looks like he's finally found his voice. 598 00:45:27,725 --> 00:45:29,460 I can't hear you. 599 00:45:29,527 --> 00:45:31,863 I said I love you! 600 00:45:36,467 --> 00:45:40,471 I have ever since the first time I laid eyes on you. 601 00:45:40,538 --> 00:45:43,909 Would you please stop that and come down off that thing? 602 00:45:43,975 --> 00:45:47,112 -No. -Thought she couldn't hear him. 603 00:45:49,881 --> 00:45:51,682 Alright, now listen to me. 604 00:45:51,749 --> 00:45:53,885 I want you to marry me. 605 00:45:53,952 --> 00:45:55,987 I want you to be my wife! 606 00:45:59,524 --> 00:46:01,026 If you don't come right now... 607 00:46:01,092 --> 00:46:03,761 I'm going to get in that truck and just drive off. 608 00:46:03,829 --> 00:46:05,797 And I'll never bother you again. 609 00:46:11,769 --> 00:46:13,972 Alright. That's it. 610 00:46:14,039 --> 00:46:17,242 This kid deceived me. Curtis, you lied to me. 611 00:46:17,308 --> 00:46:19,344 You and John-Boy, you deceived me. 612 00:46:19,410 --> 00:46:22,413 -How can I trust you after that? -We did not deceive you. 613 00:46:22,480 --> 00:46:25,216 I wrote what he said, but couldn't find the words for. 614 00:46:25,283 --> 00:46:26,918 I wrote down what was in his heart. 615 00:46:26,985 --> 00:46:29,587 -But that is deceitful. -It is not deceitful. 616 00:46:29,654 --> 00:46:31,489 What about the actors you always talk about? 617 00:46:31,556 --> 00:46:33,224 You think they write their own words? They don't. 618 00:46:33,291 --> 00:46:35,526 -What do you mean? -I read it in a fan magazine. 619 00:46:35,593 --> 00:46:38,897 They hire writers to write down those lines for them. 620 00:46:43,034 --> 00:46:45,170 John-Boy, get him back here. 621 00:46:45,236 --> 00:46:50,475 -You get him back here. -Stop the swing. 622 00:47:00,518 --> 00:47:01,486 Mrs. Walton. 623 00:47:01,552 --> 00:47:03,321 Do you think he'll talk about this? 624 00:47:03,388 --> 00:47:05,323 There's only one way to find out. 625 00:47:05,390 --> 00:47:07,125 Would you like me to take you in the truck? 626 00:47:07,192 --> 00:47:10,996 No, thank you. You have helped me enough already. 627 00:47:15,967 --> 00:47:18,904 Mrs. Walton, may I borrow your bicycle? 628 00:47:18,970 --> 00:47:20,505 I don't see why not. 629 00:47:20,571 --> 00:47:22,974 Thank you. 630 00:47:23,041 --> 00:47:26,344 After all, I won't be needing it anymore. 631 00:47:28,046 --> 00:47:31,182 -Do you know how to ride it? -I don't know. 632 00:47:31,249 --> 00:47:32,450 Just get on, we'll help you. 633 00:47:32,517 --> 00:47:34,953 Put your foot on this pedal here. 634 00:47:35,020 --> 00:47:37,755 Get her on the other one. 635 00:47:37,822 --> 00:47:39,925 -Go. -Pedal, that's it. 636 00:47:41,026 --> 00:47:42,560 Go get him. 637 00:47:42,627 --> 00:47:43,628 Thank you! 638 00:47:50,735 --> 00:47:52,537 Curtis, wait! 639 00:47:54,906 --> 00:47:57,675 Wait for me, Curtis! 640 00:47:57,742 --> 00:48:00,211 Please wait. 641 00:48:12,924 --> 00:48:15,126 Curtis, wait. 642 00:48:22,333 --> 00:48:24,469 My mother never sang in grand opera... 643 00:48:24,535 --> 00:48:26,171 but her voice never failed to fill 644 00:48:26,237 --> 00:48:28,239 our house with a glad song... 645 00:48:28,306 --> 00:48:31,442 as she went about the job of caring for us all. 646 00:48:31,509 --> 00:48:34,112 I can still remember when the hour grew late... 647 00:48:34,179 --> 00:48:35,746 I would be writing in my room... 648 00:48:35,813 --> 00:48:38,616 and she would be working at some chore in the kitchen... 649 00:48:38,683 --> 00:48:40,518 and her voice would drift upward. 650 00:48:50,095 --> 00:48:53,364 -Goodnight, Mama. -Goodnight, John-Boy.