Original subtitles

[Rooster Crows ]

- Ahh. - Nice day, Son.

Sure is, Ma.

Come on. Let's get goin'.

Come on, Susie. Come on, girl.

[RoosterCrows ]

Here, chick, chick, chick, chick, chick, chick, chick, chick, chick, chick.

Chick, chick, chick, chick, chick.

Come on, getyour breakfast. Chick, chick, chick, chick.

Chick, chick, chick, chick.

Chick, chick, chick, chick. Come on, chick.

Come on. Come on.

Here, chick, chick, chick, chick, chick, chick, chick. Here, Brownie.

Here, Brownie, Here, Brownie, Brownie,

Chick, chick, chick, chick, chick, chick, chick, chick, Here, Whitey,

Chick, chick, chick, chick, chick, chick, chick, chick.

Chick, chick, chick, chick, chick, chick, chick, chick.

Chick, chick, chick, chick, chick.

Oh. Oh.

[ Exhales ]

- Hungry?. - Sure am, Ma.

I'll go bakeyou some ofthem hoecakes thatyou like.

Yeah.

[ Chicks Peeping ]

Tonight?

Tonight?.

After Ma's gone to sleep.

[Man ] Mary!

Mary!

"Keep thee from the evil woman...

"and from the flattery ofher tongue.

"Lust not afterherbeauty,,,

"forbymeans ofan evil woman, a man is brought,,,

to a piece of bread."

You hear that, Son?.

I know whatyou're thinkin'of, Ma, butyou're wrong,

I know her kind.

She'll take you away from me. She'll poison your mind against me.

- That's a lie. -Jim!

Oh, I'm sorry, Ma.

Eat your supper, Son.

- Good night, Son. - Night, Ma.

Ma?.

Well, some ofthe boys are enlisting.

- Well, what ofit?. - I'd like to go to France too.

What?. You can't go.

You could get a hired man to take my place.

I'm glad your father ain't alive to hear a Jessop talkin' like that.

What's come overyou lately, Son, gettin' so restless?.

I'm tired.

- Same thing, day after day. Nothin' but work. - Well, what about me?.

Didn't I work all alone afteryour father died...

till you was big enough to help me?.

And nowyou want to go away.

It ain't that I want to leaveyou, Ma.

I know that, Son.

But nothin's gonna takeyou away from me, nor nobody.

[ Whispering ] Come on, Susie. No, hey. No, hey.

Psst. Psst.

Hey. Hey. Psst.

Hey.

Shh. Shh.

Shh.

[Susie Barking]

[ Barking ]

[Barking Continues ]

[Barking Continues ]

[Knocking]

Oh, is the old man hittin' it up again?.

Ever since war broke out, folks keep remembering Dad fought in Cuba.

Yeah, and bringin' him moon. I know.

Well, I'll put him to bed. Come on, Dad.

[ Growls ]

- Oh, it's you,Jimmy. - Yes, sure.

- You know, I was a fighter once. - Yeah?. Who'd you ever lick?.

- Oh, I knocked out 1 0 men in one round. - Where'd you do that?.

In a round house. [ Laughs ]

Come on. Watch your step.

Hey,Jimmy.

My Mary is the finest girl in the world.

I raised her in luxury.

There.

Gave- Gave her everything her little heart desired.

Listen. When I go, this is all hers.

[ Chuckles ] Good night,Jimmy.

Good night. Good night.

Whatyou trying to do, hide thejug up there?.

He finds it no matter where I put it.

Well, I'll put it where hewon't find it.

Come on.

The moon's pretty.

Yeah, it sure is.

That's our moon, Mary.

Yep, and your father's moon goes up in the hay.

Here, hold it, will ya?.

Hey, Mary, handit up,

Uh, I'll bring it up.

Whatyou thinkin' of?.

You.

What areyou thinking of?.

You.

- You and- - And what?.

- Oh, the war. - The war?.

Yeah. All the other fellas are goin', and I'd like to enlist.

Oh,Jim.

Mary-

Mary, you'd wait for me, wouldn'tyou, ifl went?.

- Oh, you mustn't go. You mustn't. - Oh, I'd come back.

Gee, I'd hardly be away from you at all, I'd be thinkin' ofyou so much.

Oh,Jim, I don'twantyou to go. I'm afraid.

I couldn't stand it herewithoutyou. I just couldn't.

Well, Mary.

Oh, please, don't.

[Sleigh BellsJingling]

What areyou sulkin' about, Son?.

I think I'm old enough to be gettin' wages, Ma.

Wages?.

All this is gonna beyours someday, ain't it?.

- Landain't everything to me, - It ought to be.

Your grandfather gave his life for this place.

His own blood's in the land that's growin' that corn.

Your grandmother buried him under that apple tree...

and fought Indians to save this place for her children.

That ain't no reason I shouldn't be gettin' wages.

Ifyou're gonna ride on this saw...

keepyour feet up offthe ground.

Ahh.

I'll tell you what I want money for. I want to get married.

- Married?. - Yeah.

Well, someday, Son. Someday, maybe-

- When you're old enough to knowyour own mind. - I know your someday.

You want to keep me tied to your apron strings.

You've hated every girl I've ever looked at.

-Jim, is it that-that- - Yeah, it's Mary Saunders.

- You'd denyyour own mother for that trash?. - Aw, Ma.

There's never gonna be any drunkard's grandchildren in theJessop family.

Well, I'm gonna marry her, and ifyou won't give me wages...

I'll go where I can get 'em.

Jim, you couldn't do that. You're my son.

I worked foryou and slaved foryou.

Yeah, but I ain't a baby no more. I'm a man.

Jim-

[ Stammers ]

I'm warnin' ya. Keep away from my boy.

But we love each other.

Love ain't what I call it.

[ Sobs ] You're selfish.

You just don't want anyone else to have him.

Well, I'm his mother, ain't I?.

That's one thing you never let him forget.

I'd rather see him dead than married toyou.

- I- - Ma.

I thoughtyou'd do something like this.

But it don't make no difference whatyou say.

I love Mary, and I'm gonna marry her.

Ifyou do, don't bring herto my house.

All right, ifthat's theway you feel about it, I won't.

We'll get a home of our own.

-Jim, you don't mean that. - Oh, yes, I do.

All right, Son. All right.

Ifyou love her, you can't love me.

You thinkyou got him, don'tyou?.

Well, you ain't- Notyet, you ain't.

I'll take him away from you.

For his own sake, I'll save him from you.

[ Sleigh Bells Jingling ]

Hello, Hannah. I'll bewith you in a minute.

-Just have a seat. - Seat, nothin'.

Which is the most important, your country's business or his whiskers?.

Well, uh, since you put it that way-

Oh, excuse me. Of course our country's business comes first.

- It's about my son Jim. - Well, what about him, Hannah?.

I want the army to take him away.

I-I mean-

I guess his country needs him more than I do.

I can afford a hired man now.

- Well, that's mighty patriotic ofyou, Hannah. - Neveryou mind about me.

Well,just the same, you deserve credit, Hannah.

All the otherwomen keep makin' a fuss, and lyin' about their boys' ages.

Why, onlyyesterday Mrs. Thompson came in here...

and said her boy wasn't old enough to go.

[ Chuckles ] And I been shavin' him for nineyears.

You know, Hannah, you're the first woman...

to come in here and give up her own son.

And you've got to love your country to do that.

What doyou know about lovin' anything?.

I don't have to sign nothin' there, do I?.

Why, yes, Hannah. You'll have to sign this waiver.

Uh, right here.

[Train Whistle Blowing]

[Whistle Blows ]

Next stop-Three minutes, men. Three minutes.

As you were.

- What man's town is this?. - I can't see it. There's a cow in the way.

It's this man's town, soldier.

Three Cedars, Arkansas, the capital ofthe world.

- Never heard ofit. - Why didn't they name it Four Cedars?.

Ran out of cedars.

Maybe they used that other cedar to build those boats with.

Three minutes, men. Three minutes.

A minute for each cedar.

- [ Chattering ] - All right, come on there.

- What outfit, soldier?. - Liberty Boys of'76.

Don't let 'em fool you. It's Barnum & Bailey's circus.

Give 'em a good show when you get to France, boys.

[ Laughs ]

- Hello,JimmyJessop. - [ Indistinct ]

Right around the corner.

[ Chattering ]

Oh,Jim. Oh, you look so nice.

You look so nice in your soldier suit.

Gee, it's- It's good to seeyou again, Mary.

You're lookin' fine.

- Where's Ma?. - Did she knowyou were coming through?.

Yeah, I sent her a telegram too.

Maybe she found out I was comin'.

Well, I'll be savin' every penny to send you, Mary.

And as soon as I get back we'll be married.

That won't be none too soon. I-

I guess I'd better tell you. I-

I tried to write it in a letter, but...

- I couldn't. - Tell me?. Tell me what?.

What's the matter?.

I may have to go away somewhere. I-

I don't know how long I can stay home.

Oh. Oh, Mary.

Oh,Jim, I'm gonna have a baby.

[Whistle Blowing]

All right, come on. Get inside here, men.

Shake it up.

Snap to it, soldier. Train's leaving.

Well, why didn'tyou tell me before?.

I could have got away from camp. We'd have been married.

Nowyou'll be all alone.

Oh, it ain't fair.

Ma's gotta take care ofyou now. It's her fault we ain't married.

Oh,Jim, don't take on about it, please.

You've got enough to worry about.

- I'm sorry I told you. - Maybe it ain't too lateyet.

Sergeant!

Sergeant! I gotta lay over. I'll catch the next train.

- Who said so?. - I said so. I can't go.

- I gotta get married. - Come on, get aboard.

- Don't you understand?. I got to. - You're crazy. Get aboard.

Well, I won't go. Let 'em send for me.

- Come here and get aboard, you. - Lay off me!

- [ Shouting ] - Come on,Jessop.

[ Clamoring ]

Come on.

I'm sorry, Mary,

That's all right. Write to me wheneveryou can, will you?.

[Train PullingAway]

[Train Whistle Blowing]

[Train Whistle Continues ]

[ No Audible Dialogue ]

Hey. Hold that light, will you?.

[Machine Gun Fires ]

[Man Whispering] Hey, douse that butt,

[ Ticking ]

[ Explosions ]

[Bombs Whistling]

[Explosions, Machine Gun Fire Continue ]

[ Bomb Whistling]

[ Wind Howling, Thunderclaps ]

[ Shutters Banging ]

J im!

[ Thunder Rumbling]

[ Thunder Continues ]

[ Wind, Thunder Continue ]

[ Knocking]

- [ Man ] Let me in! - [ Knocking Continues ]

Let me in!

- [ Knocking Continues ] - Let me in! Let me in!

- [ Chai n Rattl i ng ] - Let me in!

Let me in!

- Let me in! - [ Knocking Continues ]

Let me in!

[ Wind Howling]

What do you want?.

We need you at the house, Hannah.

We can't get the doctor, and Mary's having the baby.

What's that to me?.

- [Thunderclap ] - Well, it ought to be something to ya.

It's your own flesh and blood.

Not mine.

Not mine.

It will never bear the name ofJessop.

Jim'll never marry herwhen he comes back. I'll see to that.

This ain't no time to quarrel, Hannah.

Come on, please.

[WindHowling]

[ThunderRumbling]

[Sleigh BellsJingling]

My, ain't that pretty?.

The poor little mite will be needing something good and warm...

in such terrible weather as this.

Well, don't let her find out that I made it.

Wouldn't give herthat satisfaction.

Tell her it's from you.

[Sleigh BellsJingling]

Land sakes. Here comes the letter carrier.

And the... mayor is with him.

- Afternoon. - [ Indistinct ]

Mrs.Jessop- Hannah, I-

Yes, Elmer?.

I- I got a telegram foryou-

From Washington, D.C.

Go ahead. Read it, Elmer.

- You mean, uh, out loud?. - Yes, Elmer.

Just as you say, Hannah.

Uh, "Mrs. Hannah Jessop, Three Cedars"-

Skip that.

"Deeplyregret to informyou,,,

"that PrivateJamesJessop, 381st Infantry,,,

"is offiicially reported as,,,

"killed in action,

November 1 0, "

Oh, Hannah.

Uh, Hannah, on an occasion like this, I like to-

Please, Elmer.

We're awful sorry foryou, Hannah.

[Woman ] Isn't there anything I can do foryou, Hannah?

Yes. Put some coffee on for Elmer.

They must be cold.

There's a cake I baked in the... pantry.

[ Peeping, Quacking ]

Chick, chick, chick, chick, chick, chick.

Come on, chick. Come and get it. Come on, come on.

Hereyou are. Chick, chick, chick, chick.

Here, chick. Here, chick, chick, chick, chick, chick, chick, chick.

Chick, chick, chick. Come on. Come on, now.

Go on there. Earn your keep. Lay some eggs.

Come on, you lazy birds. Come on. Come on, Brownie.

Chick. Chick, chick, chick, chick, chick, chick, chick.

Here, chick, chick, chick, chick, chick, chick.

- Chick, chick, chick- - Whoa.

Got another load, Mrs.Jessop.

Go on, put it in the barn.

Don't be all day about it.

Say, areyou smokin' a cigarette up there in that hay?.

You ought to be ashamedofyourself, a great big man likeyou,

Throw that thing away, Throw it away, Be careful where you throw it,

Go on, now. Don't you tal k back to me.

Put that hay in the barn, and do as I tell you.

- Giddyup. - Never seen two men talk so much.

Go on. I've got some work to do.

Andlook out forthe chickens too, Be careful,

[ Horn Honks ]

Howdy, Hannah. Howdy.

Nice day, isn't it?. Huh?.

- Rain wouldn't hurt none. - No, it wouldn't.

- What do you want?. - Well, here's your deed, Hannah.

- I certainly do hate to part with them 20 acres. - Yeah.

But then, I'd rather see a neighbor likeyou get it...

than have it fall in the hands ofa stranger.

Don'tyou try to get around me, Caleb.

I'm payin' 2,000 cash, and not a cent more.

As you say, Hannah. Fair enough. Fair enough.

Reckon I'm a fool to buy more land. I got-

I got more now than I can farm.

Oh, well. It's all right. It's all right, Caleb. It's all right.

Susie, come on! [ Indistinct]

[Hannah] Susie! Come back here! Come back here, Susie,

Come back here! Susie, come here, Susie!

Come on. Go in.

Behave now. Go on. Go on.

Smart boy, Hannah. Sure does take after your J im.

The money's in the bank waitin' foryou, Caleb.

You better go down and get it, or I might change my mind.

[ Clanging ]

- Areyou gonna take that back?. - No. It's the truth, ain't it?.

- No, it ain't. - You're a liar.

- You're another. - You call me another and I'll bust your snout.

Go on, sock him, Bill.

- [Boy] That's a good- - [ Children Clamoring ]

- Come on! - [ Clamoring Continues ]

- It's Bill and Jimmy. - Come on!

- Come here, come here! - Come on.

[ Clamoring ]

Jimmy! William.

Go on, get up.Jimmy-William.

Aren'tyou ashamed ofyourselves?.

He said something and he won't take it back.

- I didn't say nothin'. - You did so. You said-

He said my motherwasn't married.

Did you say that toJimmy?.

Well, it's the truth. Heard my mothertellin' his mother.

- He's a liar and she's a liar. -Jimmy.

I'm ashamed ofyou.

Why, you children should be proud to playwith Jimmy.

His father's the only man in this countywho died in France.

You go home and tell your mothers to remember that.

Now getyour books and run along home.

Come on, let's blow.

- Little harder. - Here areyour books,Jimmy.

- Thanks. - Come on, darling.

- Why,Jimmy, what's the matter?. - Nothin'.

You've been fighting again.

No, Mom. I just fell down.

I baked some cookies foryou, honey.

- You know, the kind you like. - I ain't hungry, Mom.

- Not hungry?. - I wish we could move away from here.

Somedaywe will, dear.

Gee, I don't like it around here.

Seems like everybody's got it in for us.

Ifl didn't have to go to school...

I could work harder foryou-

earn money, so we could move away from here.

Now, never mind, honey. We won't be here always.

We're going to get away from this place just as soon as we can.

That's what we're working for, isn't it?.

Now, don'tyou think about it anymore.

Come on. I'll giveyou a nice glass of milk...

- for those cookies. - [Horn Honking]

Look, Mom. An automobile.

It's goin' up to-To her house.

[ Clucking ]

But, Hannah, you don't understand.

You see,Jim was the only boy from Three Cedars killed during thewar.

You're the only Gold Star Motherwe got.

The government's paying everything, Mrs.Jessop.

Hundreds ofGold Star Mothers are going to France to see the graves oftheir sons.

Well, that's all right for them as wants to see 'em.

But,,, I don't understand,

Maybe there's a lot ofthings about me you don't understand.

What do you care whether I go or not?.

Oh, you see, Miss Prescot is an organizer, Hannah.

She's rounding up all the Gold Star Mothers in this territory.

Yousee, herfatherwas a general,

He was killed overthere during the war,

Oh.

Why, I didn't know generals ever got killed.

Well, I don't know what embitters you, Mrs.Jessop...

but I do wish you'd make this, uh, pilgrimage.

You'd feel so differently then.

Think how wonderful and reconciling it would be...

to really stand beside the grave of one's heroic dead.

Some folks ain't so easily reconciled.

Oh, I know howyou feel, Mrs.Jessop.

You're the sort that never forgets.

Maybe I am.

But the whole town wants you to go, Hannah.

You owe it to Three Cedars.

Why, we wanna show them New Yorkers and other foreigners...

that we did our bit, just the same as they did.

Elmer, I told you before and I'm tellin' you again, that I don't want to go.

And I ain't goin' to go.

[Rattling]

Susie, come here. Come up here.

Come up here. Come on, come up here.

- Then you reallywon't go to France, Mrs.Jessop?. - Nope.

I'm obliged toyou just the same, but I ain't a-goin'.

All right, Hannah, but I'm ashamed ofyou.

[Hannah Chuckles ]

Every town in Arkansas will say we had a Gold Star Mother...

and she was a-scared to go.

Well, I'd just like to hear 'em say that, Elmer Briggs.

Well, they may not say it, but that's what they'll be thinkin'.

I ain't scared of nothin' that everwore fur, feathers or hair...

and you know it.

Yeah, that's what I thought- till today.

Look here, Elmer Briggs. You're a bigger fool than I tookyou for.

I won't haveyou nor nobody else talkin' like that.

- Well, whydon'tyou go then? - Maybe I will!

- Oh, Mrs,Jessop, - Now we're proud ofyou, Hannah,

Well, I... ain't said I'll go yet.

Oh, please think it over. We want you to go so much.

Just let us know by tomorrow, won't you?.

- Good-bye, Mrs.Jessop. - Good-bye.

Remember, Hannah. Your going's gonna put our town on the map.

Wish I was goin'. I'd sure tell folks about Three Cedars...

now we got ourwaterworks and new jail.

Seeyou again tomorrow, Hannah.

- Wish it was me goin'. - I wish it was too.

Crazy idea-

Me layin' flowers on the grave ofhim...

after 1 0 years of remembering to forget.

[Train Whistle Blowing]

The bags!

- Hey! Hey! - [ Indistinct ]

- [Bell Clanging] - [Steam Hissing]

Don't you wish you were goin', Mom?.

Never mind. Someday I'm gonna make a lot of money...

and then we'll both go, huh?.

- Now- Now, take good care ofyourself, Hannah. - Don't worry about me.

- You be careful of strangers. - Oh, shucks.

I could give a grizzly bear the first three bites and then beat him to death.

Seems to meyou're making a lot offuss over me.

Well, you deserve it, Hannah. We're all proud ofyou.

Oh, Elmer. You keepyour eye on them hired men.

Go on, give 'em to her, Mom.

You ain't scared, areyou?.

Watch out, Hannah. Let me off. There's your baggage up there.

Here's your ticket. This is the longest one we ever sold here.

- [ Indistinct ] - Don'tyou lose that.

Of course I ain't gonna lose it.

- Put it in your pocketbook. - All aboard.

- Take good care ofthat dog. - Good-bye, Hannah.

Hannah, don't forget to write back, cause we wanna put it in the paper.

Mrs.Jessop-

Would you put these on Jim's-Jim's grave...

for me and... LittleJimmy?.

[Train Whistle Blows ]

[Ships Horn Blows ]

We're so glad you decided to come along, Mrs.Johnson.

Jessop. Hannah Jessop.

Three Cedars, Arkansas.

Uh, Major Albert.

- How doyou do, Mrs.Jessop?. - How doyou do?.

Allow me.

[ Chuckles ]

The last time I had anything pinned on me...

was when I baked the best cake at the county fair.

-Jim was the only- - I'll seeyou on the ship, Mrs.Jackson.

Jessop! Hannah Jessop!

- May I sit down?. - Yes, yes.

Don't passport photographs make one look terrible?.

[Hannah ] Mystars,

Oh, well. [ Chuckles ]

Mine makes me look like a horse thief.

- Merciful heavens. - Yeah,

You know, ifanybody from Arkansas saw that,,,

- they'd offier a reward for me, - [ Laughs ]

Four sheriffs would put me in eight jails.

Do your feet hurt?.

- Hatfield. - Oh, yes.

- Mrs. Hatfield, please. - That's me!

- Oh. How do you do?. - Howdy.

I'm Callie Hatfield. Howdy, Colonel.

Callie Hatfield from Tut's Corners, Carolina.

I'm very happy to meetyou, Mrs. Hatfield.

Will you allow me?.

- [ Sobbing ] - Don't think of me, Mama.

Think of our Benny, over there.

He would be glad ifhe knew his mama...

was going so far away across the ocean...

to be with him.

Aw, there, there, Mama, Mama. [ Chuckles ]

Remember, you're a gold stein mother.

[ Speaking Italian ]

I thinkwe've checked everybody exceptyou four ladies.

I'm Major Albert. And you are?.

I am, uh, Mrs. Carlucci, Illinois.

- Mrs. Carlucci. - I'm Mrs. MacGreggor, from Pennsylvania.

- Mrs. MacGreggor. - Mrs. Quincannon, from New York.

Mrs. Quincannon.

And you must be, uh-

- Mrs, Haberschmidt, - Ja, Milwaukee.

Now, ladies, it shall be our concern...

to make your pilgrimage as comfortable as possible.

You are the mothers who gave hero sons foryour native land...

and your country is honored to haveyou as its guests.

[ Speaking German ]

- Ma'am?. - [ German ]

- Don'tyou speak English?. - [ German ]

Oh, we understand. Your son is over there.

- Danke sch�n, - Bitte,

Now, ladies, we shall be going aboard in a very few moments.

Mrs. Carlucci.

Allow me.

// [Band: Slow March ]

- No speech today, Your Honor?. - Not today.

Why, this is the first time I ever saw you-

That's the most eloquent speech this country's ever made, Marty.

It would take Abe Lincoln to top it.

That's the best speech you ever made. I'll quote that.

You're going to France, ain'tyou?.

Yes, I guess so.

Put this flower on your son's grave for me, will you?.

What's my son toyou?.

I can't go. My son was missing.

I ain't got anything to even put a flower on.

Well, yes, of course. I'll- I'll do it.

- I'll take it, - Thanks.

That'll help some- Maybe.

[ Ship's Horn Blowing ]

[Ship's Horn Blowing]

- Howdy, ma'am. - Howdy.

Ain't it wonderful, all them millions offolks rememberin' our boys?.

I thought we was the only ones that remembered.

[ Chuckles ] And what doya think ofthem houses?.

Well, they're bigger than them we got in Tut's Corners.

- Yeah. [ Laughs ] - Aw, but they ain't as pretty as our mountains.

No. Well, you see, the Lord built the mountains.

[Chuckles ]

Don't look like much room "nuther"...

for six million folks.

- Mm-mmm. - [ Chuckles ]

You couldn't herd my cows that close together.

- No. [ Laughs ] - No, sir.

- No. [ Chuckles ] - [ Laughing ]

- They're too smart. - Your cows have got sense.

You bet they have.

[ Horn Blowing ]

- Oh! - I'm so glad we're going to be together.

Yes. I guess you're the captain.

- Will you see ifthey- - No, ma'am.

I'm the steward ofthis room. Ifyou want anything,just ring the bell.

Thankyou.

That man laughed at me because I called him the captain.

Oh, no.

Not out loud, or I'd have boxed his ears.

- [ Chuckles ] Nice room, isn't it?. - Yes.

Ain't room enough to swing a cat, though.

- Mighty handy. - [ Chuckles ]

[ Chattering ]

Good evening, ladies.

- Good night, all. - Good night.

Good night.

Haveyou been enjoying your dinner?.

Oh, yes. They have good grub on this ship.

Now when we arrive, we'll go by train to Paris...

where the French government will take charge as host.

Well, ifthere's any bigger doings in Paris than they give us in New York...

I don't think my old bones will survive it.

[ Laughing ]

I know I'll never be able to order a meal.

Oh, don'tworry. There'll be an interpreter in charge at all times.

Demitasse, madam?.

- No. - No.

[ Scoffs ] He thought we didn't know what he meant.

- Do we?. - Of course we do!

It's a half a cup of coffee.

I see they don't object to us ladies smoking.

Jumpin'June bugs! You ain't gonna smoke that, areya?.

Why not?. They're smokin', ain't they?.

Huh. I take it all back.

You don't look no worse than they do.

Ladies, tonight there's going to be a ship's concert.

In halfan hour, we'll all gather in the saloon.

You ever been in a saloon?.

No need to. We Hatfields always made our own.

- [Wind Gusting Loudly] - Thereyou are! I've been looking foryou,

I've checked-in everybody but you and Mrs. Hatfield.

- Don't you thinkyou'd better go below?. - No.

I like it up here on the piazza.

But you shouldn't be on deck in weather like this.

- You'll get seasick. - Seasick?. [ Scoffs ]

Ain't no ocean can give me the jiggers.

- It's nearly 1 1 :00 and you ought to be in bed. - Look here, young woman.

Just mind your own business. I ain't in my second childhood yet.

- Now please, Mrs.Jessop. - I've gone to roost all theseyears by myself...

and I ain't gonna be bossed now.

- Here's your purse. - All right. Thankyou.

Well, I'll go, but not becauseyou asked me to.

- Where's Mrs. Hatfield?. - Oh, her nurse took seasick.

She's downstairs taking care ofher.

[Ship's Horn Blowing]

Ifyou had a swig ofthat mountain dew we make at home...

it'd fix you up all right.

Oh, Mrs. Hatfield.

Take it easy.

Good night. I guess you can find yourway back all right.

Good night. Good night, Mrs. Rogers.

- Good night. - You'd better go down and see...

how Mrs. Hatfield's nurse is.

You know the one I mean- The pretty one.

Forgive me, but Dad always said I was a crybaby.

He was handsome, wasn't he?.

Yes.

I'd love to seeyour boy's picture.

I haven't any.

- None at all?. - Not even a letter.

That's too bad.

But you remember how he looked?.

Ifl don't, he left enough behind to remind me.

We were so close to one another.

I understood him so well.

No woman ever understands her son.

I did.

Jackie was prettywild at times...

but I knew he was only doing what I'd wanted to do all my life-

But I never had the courage to.

[ Laughs ] That woman don't know how to grow a geranium.

Take a look at that scrawny shoot.

[ Laughs ] You know, it'd be probably dead before everwe got there.

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[ Whirring ]

How doyou thinkyou feel now?.

Oh, I'm all right.

Here. Take a look atyourself.

[ Laughing ]

[ Laughs More Loudly]

I'm scared ifl went back to the mountains with my hair like that-

[ Laughs ] some hunter'd shoot me for a whippet poodle.

[ Laughter]

Well, you look like a telegram office.

[ Laughter]

[ Chattering ]

Now, ladies, may I haveyour attention forjust a minute, please?.

This is a most interesting and historic spot.

Here is where they built the first barricade.

And in 1 792, the Republic was born...

and monarchy fell.

Well, hesure busted thatpath, didn't he?

- Yes. - [ Laughs ]

[ Both Laughing ]

And now, ladies, ifyou'll come with me...

- I will showyou the site ofthe old Bastille. - Bastille?.

- I ain't goin' there. My feet hurt. - Mine too.

[French Offiicer] Come with me, please,

[ Camera Rattling ]

[ Rattling Stops ]

[Banging, Clanging]

Come on.

- [Banging, Clanging Continue ] - [ Men Speaking French ]

[ Men Arguing I n French ]

Here. Let me see that popgun, brother.

[ Speaks French ] Never too late to learn.

- Handle- - Oh, go away. Go away.

[ Gunshots ]

[ Chuckles ]

[ Gunshots ]

Say! Where'd you learn to shoot, woman?.

Shucks, that ain't nothin'. I shot my own breakfast many a time.

Well, "a-fore" I lost my eyesight...

I could shoot the ears off a mosquito...

and never spoil the meat.

- [ Gunshots ] - [ Clanging] - [ Shouting ]

- [Laughter] - [Shouting In French ]

[ Speaking French ]

[ Laughter]

[ Speaking French ]

- I think they take these for sharpshooting medals, huh?. - Yeah. I reckon they do.

[ Gunshots ]

- [Laughter] - [Men Speaking French ]

- [ Speaking French ] - I guess there ain't nothin' more to shoot now.

Oh, yeah! Look at them bottles.

[Men Cheering]

Oh, sure!

[ Speaking French ]

[ Overlapping Shouts ]

[ Gunshots ]

[ Laughter]

- [ Laughter] - They are my prizes!

They've been there for 1 0 years, and now they are all gone!

- Oh, my! - I'm sorry, brother.

We busted up housekeeping on ya.

That was very good, but we must go.

We will be late for the ceremony.

We have to go to the Arc de Triomphe. Come on now.

- Wait. Wait! - I'll take care ofthe damages. On me.

- [Gunshot] - Oh, my stars!

I thought that was one ofthem waxwork dummies.

- [ Laughter] - Oh!

- Come on. - [ Overlapping Chatter]

[ Speaking French ]

// [ Martial ]

[ Speaking French ]

Gold Star Mothers ofAmerica...

France salutes you.

With sympathy and with reverence...

we greetyou on the soil...

ennobled by the blood ofyour-

With sympathy and with reverence...

we greet you on the soil...

ennobled by the blood ofyour courageous sons.

Yoursacrifices have createda bond between us,,,

which can neverbe broken,

The world cannot measure your tragic loss,

You have suffiered in silence,,,

and alone,

With courage and love, you have given to the great cause,,,

something more precious than your own life blood,

And the altar of freedom...

is wet with your tears.

- // [ Mournful ] - [ Man Speaking French ]

// [ Continues ]

// [Ends ]

// [ Classical ]

Oh, stop! Please! [ Sobbing ]

- // [ Stops ] - Please stop!

Please! [ Sobbing ]

I-I'm sorry.

[ Sobbing ]

I didn't mean to offend you, but I-

- [ Sobbing ] - It's all right. Come. Come.

That was a favorite of my Benny.

My Benny.

My- [ Sobbing ]

Don't cry.

I know how you feel, but don't cry.

Don't cry. It can't do no good.

Why I've got three boys buried over here.

You didn't know that, didyou?

And I used to feel likeyou do,

Kinda seems like it runs in ourfamily,,,

to have our menfolk shot,

But, bad as it is, I 'd rather my boys died as they did...

than feudin' with the McAllisters.

They'd have made good men too...

'cause theywas all good boys.

Thankyou, Colonel.

Now, ladies, I thinkyou should all go toyour rooms and rest.

Tomorrow we're going to visit the cemeteries.

We don't have to go to the cemeteries, do we, ifwe don't want to?.

- But Mrs.Jessop, you've come all this way. - I've changed my mind.

I can't go through with it.

I don't belong here. I ain't one ofyou.

- Butyou had a son. - Yes, I had a son.

But I lost him long before he died.

I've listened toyou all tellin' how good your boys were.

- Mine wasn't. - Hannah!

We was decent, god-fearing people till he brought disgrace on us.

He wouldn't listen to me.

He picked up with a common girl.

I had to have him drafted.

Mrs.Jessop, go toyour room and think it over.

I knowyou'll feel much better ifyou'll come with us tomorrow.

I ain't goin'.

It was a mistake.

I shouldn't have come here.

I don't belong among you folks.

She sure must've loved that boy a heap.

- Young man, will you tell me- - Go away! Let me alone!

Oh, you understand me, don'tya?.

Nobody understands! Go on! Let me alone!

I got a right to do what I like! Leave me alone!

- Look here, you're an American, ain'tya?. - Well, what about it?.

Well, you're drunk and you're disgraceful and you ought to be ashamed ofyourself!.

I'll betyou're in some kind oftrouble too.

- How did you know?. - Oh, I know.

Now why don'tyou go home and talk it overwith your mother likeyou ought to?.

Talk it overwith my mother.

That's a laugh. That's the funniest thing you ever said.

[ Scoffs ] Talk it overwith my mother.

Hey, come on here with me.

Those two sheriffs are lookin' at us. Come on.

- No. No, I won't. - Come on, now.

Come on. You've got to- Come on with me, do you hear me?.

- Don't you answer me back. - I don't wanna go.

- [ Horn Honking ] - Hey! - I won't!

- I won't go home. - [ Speaking French ]

Come on. Hurry up. Don't be all night.

Slowest man I ever saw in my life. I wanna go-

- Take this young man home. - [ Speaking French ]

What areyou tryin' to talk about?. What doyou want?.

- The street. Street. [ Speaks French ] - Oh. Where doyou live?.

298 ParkAvenue, New York City.

New York. Boy, you don't want a taxi for that number.

You want a boat. Now where do you live here?.

[ Speaking French ]

- Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! - Whoa!

[ Speaking French ]

Monsieur GaryWo-

[ Speaking French ]

Right. Get him in the taxi, and don't talk so much.

- [ Speaking French ] - [ Indistinct ]

- Be careful, now. Don't let him fall. - No, no, no.

- [ Speaking French ] - You know how to drive this contraption?.

- [ Speaks French ] - Horse is much better.

[ Speaking French ]

[ Honks Horn ]

[ Speaking French ]

He don't know how to drive this thing.

[ Horn Honks ]

[ Yelling ]

[ Honking Horn ]

[ Speaking French ]

I should think so. I found this young man drunk, and I took him home.

[ Speaking French ]

You are expected. You come from America?.

Yes, I came from America but I didn't know I was expected. [ Shouts ]

That's too much. Give me that. Here. You look honest.

You settle with him, will you?.

[ Speaking French ]

[ Yelling ]

- [ Speaking French ] - [ Yelling ]

[ Yelling In French ]

[ Shouting ]

[ Shouting Continues ]

[ Speaking French ]

[ Speaking French ]

[ Inaudible]

[ Shouting ]

[ Speaking French ]

[ Speaking French ]

- [ Speaking French ] - Oh, go on.

[ Speaking French ]

[ Sighs ] All that talk forten cents.

I'd hate to owe a Frenchman ten dollars.

I thought there was gonna be a sure-enough good fight.

[ Speaking French ]

[ Inaudible ]

Oh. You're awake, areya?.

Well.

Well, how doyou feel this morning, huh?.

You've got a headache, haveya?.

Well, you remember me, don'tyou?.

Yeah. Yeah, I metyou, uh-

- Huh. - On a bridge.

Yeah. And we went ridin' in a taxi together.

Yeah. Afterwe gotyou in the taxi.

Well, you must think I'm pretty awful.

Yes, I do.

You ought to be thrashed.

Well, where did you-

- Did you sit up all night?. - Oh, shucks, that ain't nothin'.

I've done that many a timewith a sick cow.

Come on now. Wash your face and brush your hair.

Makeyourselffit to sit down to a decent Christian breakfast.

Not- Not ham and eggs?.

Yes! Ham and eggs.

- [ Chuckles ] - I hopeyou're as sick and tired as I am...

ofthem persnickety French vittles.

- Come on now, - Well,just a minute. Please.

I remember there was, uh-

Doyou know whether I paid that taxi driver last night?.

Do I know?.

[ Laughs ] Everybody in Paris knows!

I wouldn't be surprised ifit was in all the morning papers.

Come on, boy. Get up now while I pour the coffee.

You don't know what you did for me last night.

Oh. Maybe I do.

- Because I was at the end of my string. - Hmm.

- Why'd you bother?. - Oh, I suppose I had my own darned fool reasons.

Just as darned fool as your reasons for behaving the wayyou did.

Well, I don't know whoyou are, butyou sure-

- Well, I'm Hannah Jessop. - Well, you sure are a good Scout, Mrs.Jessop.

[ Laughs ] I don't know about that...

but I certainly felt like lambasting you last night.

[ Laughs ]

You know, I had sort of a funny idea last night...

thatyou were my mother.

[ Chuckles ]

You had an idea that- [ Laughs ]

That I was your- [ Laughs ]

- Have some more coffee. Come on. - No, thanks.

I'm right up to here. I couldn't eat-

- Can you wash dishes?. - Well, I can try.

Come on. Now's your chance to get right up to here.

- Come on now. Stack 'em up, boy. - Okay.

Let's get 'em out. Don't spill that.

- I don't need this. - Don't be shy.

This ain't no bib. You'll slop water all overyourself.

- [ Water Running ] - Okay. Ouch!

Oh! I betyou're a big help toyour ma.

Well, I'll wash 'em and you can dry 'em.

- All right. - Thereyou are.

Gee, I wish I had a mother likeyou.

- Fella could talk toyou. - Ain'tya got a ma?.

- Unfortunately. - You're a nice sort ofa son.

- Well, you don't know my mother. - You know what I think?.

I thinkyou're a good-for-nothing young whippersnapper.

I supposeyou're in some kind oftrouble, huh?.

- Well, yes. You see there's a girl- - Oh, don't tell me.

[ Laughs ] You talked about her all night.

- Suzanne, ain't it?. - Yes. Well-

That's French for "Susie," isn't it?.

You know, I kinda like that name.

- I use it on all my dogs. - [ Laughs ]

That is when they're the kinda dogs you can call Susie.

Well, we wanna marry, butyou can't get married in France...

- withoutyour parents' consent. - Oh, I see.

And your ma got snooty 'cause they ain't society folks.

Well, something like that.

When Motherwrote Suzanne's people a letter, they got snooty too.

They're just as proud in theirway as Mother is.

And when I wrote Mother she banged over here on the first boat.

Oh, is your ma here in Paris now?.

- She arrives at the Ritz today to take me back. - Oh, well.

Why don't you go and see your ma?. Put it up to her.

She's not like you, Mrs.Jessop.

She'd rather see me dead than not have her own way.

Oh, maybe your ma ain't so bad.

Maybe she's just a stupid old woman.

After all, you know, she's got somethin' to say.

She can't help lovin' her own son...

no matterwhat he does.

Well, I don't know why you took the trouble to listen to all this.

You've been mighty good to me.

Well, now I know what that badge is.

You had a son ofyour own.

Yeah.

MyJim was...

somethin' likeyou.

Maybe all boys...

are likeyou.

- Suzanne! - Oh, Gary, I couldn't stay away.

I had to seeyou again.

Hello, Susie!

[ Chuckling ] Hello.

Madame, you're no longer angry.

Oh, I knewyou would understand.

- I knewyou couldn't take him awayfrom me. - Wait, Suzanne.

She's not mymother,

- But, Gary. - She's just our friend.

Yes.

Then you must still go away?.

Oh, Gary! For one moment, I was so happy.

- [ Sobs ] So terribly happy. - Suzanne...

- I'll come back. - [ Sobs ]

You say that, but I know.

Well, if I was spendin' my last daywith somebody...

I'd try to be happy.

I wouldn't spend it tootin' on each other's shoulders.

Oh, stop making that long face! Try to forget how miserableyou are.

Come here, Susie. Susie, come here.

Here, sit down.

Now smile. Let me see how prettyyou are.

That's better. [ Laughs ]

- Come on. [ Laughs ] - Well, I'll get my car...

and we'll takeyou back toyour hotel, Mrs.Jessop.

- You will not. No, sir. Will he, Susie?. - No.

No, sir. [ Laughs ]

No, sir. I made a fool of myself there last night. I ain't goin' back.

Meanwhile, somebody's got to take care ofyou two, and it looks like I'm elected.

Susie, is there someplace we can go...

kick up our heels and have a good time?.

- Yes. - Make this last day a good one!

- Great. We'll showyou the city. - City?. I wanna see the country.

Come on. Come on, Susie!

[ Speaking French ]

What's he pitchin' that stuff right by his front door for?.

Don'tyou know that's a Frenchman's wealth?.

Oh, is it?.

Oh. Well-Well, I guess I won't say it.

I wonder ifthat old buzzard's trying to flirt with me.

- Oh, no, no, no. - No.

// [ Festive ]

What's that up there?. What's the excitement?.

- What's the music for?. - [ Speaks French ]

[ Speaking French ]

The Festival ofthe Hay.

[ Speaking French ]

[ Speaking French ]

- [ Squawking ] - [ Speaking French ]

He is the mayor.

The mayor?.

Pitchin' manure.

[ Chattering, Laughing ]

Oh!

[ Chattering ]

[ Chattering, Laughter]

[ Laughs, Sighs ]

- [ Laughs ] - [ Speaking French ]

Oh, my feet.

My feet. My feet, Susie.

[ Laughs ]

[ Gary] Oh, don't talk like that,

- You know I'll come back, - I know.

Well, I won't go, Suzanne. I'll tell Mother to go to blazes.

Oh, you must go.

- As soon as I get to New York, I'll write. - You won't have myaddress,

Well,you'll be at yourhome, won'tyou?

I don't know how long I can staythere,

Suzanne, what do you mean?.

Oh, Gary, I-

[ Mutters ]

- [ Train Rattling ] - [ Whistle Blowing ]

Oh, it ain't fair. Ma's gotta take care ofyou now.

It's her fault we ain't married.

Well, I won't go. Let 'em send for me!

That's all right! Write to me wheneveryou can!

Will ya?.

[Train Whistle Blowing]

[ Gary] Whydidn'tyou tell me before?

Suzanne, mymother's got to take care ofyou now,

- It's herfault we're not married, - Your mother mustn't know, Gary,

I didn't wantyou to know,

- But, darl i ng, when your people find out- - They shan't find out.

I told you, I'm going away... somewhere!

Susie. Susie!

Oh, Susie!

You just let me catch you goin' away somewhere.

You're goin' away, all right. You're goin' with me, dear.

- [ Sobbing ] - You're goin' with me, Susie.

[ Speaking French ]

What is it?. What do they say?.

There is no word, madame. They cannot find him.

Uh, could I be ofassistance, madame?.

- No, thankyou. - Oh.

- [ Speaking French ] - Yes, everything is very nice.

- Thankyou. - [ Speaks French ]

- [ Speaks French ] - Uh, thankyou,

[ Speaking French ]

Thankyou verymuch,

- Are you Mrs. Worth?. - I am.

[ Laughs ] Nobody stopped me, so I just walked right in.

You wish to see me?.

[ Laughs ] Ifyou ain't gonna ask me to sit down...

I'll just have to help myself...

because my feet are just about to pop.

[ Sighing ]

My name is Jessop. Hannah Jessop from Arkansas.

That means nothing to me.

Well, it means somethin' in Three Cedars.

However, I come here aboutyour son.

- Where is he?. - You been kinda anxious, ain'tya?.

Oh, don't beat about the bush!

- Tell me. - You ought to be scared.

I found him last night, drunk, and I took him home.

Soyou're thewoman who pretended to be his mother.

Pretended?. Well, I had to.

He needed a mother, poor boy, and you weren't around.

Don'tyou try to lecture me, my good woman.

Don't you "good woman" me.

I ain't a good woman, and neither areyou.

Why, I won't tolerate such talk.

Why isn't he here?. That's all I want to hear from you.

Well, you're gonna hear a lot more.

Well, we'll see about that.

Oh, you're willful, but I'm a match forya.

You and me is hard women, ma'am- hard as nails.

- We both bully and boss- - You're insolent.

Where's Gary?. Tell me instantly.

He mightn't be alive ifl hadn't come along last night.

He had no reason to act thatway.

Well, you see, hewas kinda desperate, I guess.

Itwas you who made him thatway.

Please tell mewhere he is. You're being cruel.

We're both cruel...

but we call our cruelty by high-sounding names-

"God-fearing," "hardworking," "decent woman."

[ Scoffs ] That was my name for it.

I don't want to hear anymore aboutyou.

We're both cruel.

But I guess it's our love that makes us cruel.

We cling onto our sons and we won't let 'em go.

We lock 'em up in our hearts like it was a jail.

We won't never admit it...

but deep down in our hearts, we'd sooner see 'em dead...

then have some otherwoman get 'em.

Well, that's whatyou're doin' to Gary.

Where is he?. For mercy's sake, tell me.

I'm tellin' ya. I'm tellin' ya you're losin' him.

You're losin' him just like I lost my son...

months before they killed him.

Don'tyou see?. I'm tryin' to helpya.

Your son's alive. Now thank God for that.

[ Sighs ] It's too late for me.

I don't understand.

They said that the war killed him, but that ain't true.

- I killed him. - What areyousaying?

It's true.

It's true. I killed him.

I didn't know it. I come over here hard and bitter.

Now I know what I did to him.

And it's you and your boy have taught me.

Oh, I thought I was a good mother-

Same as you.

Never let him do any ofthe things he wanted to do.

Always kept him at short halter.

Every girl he looked at, I hated.

Secretly.

I didn't think there was any girl good enough...

to marry him.

And when he jumped over the traces for a girl-

I had him drafted.

Sent over here.

[ Sobs ] I even tore up his picture.

Whyareyou telling me all this?

So you won't have to carry with you all the days ofyour life...

what I've got to carry.

I can go out to my son's grave and say...

"Jim, I was a hard, ornery old woman"...

but...

he won't hear me.

It's too late for me.

But you've got a chance.

Ain't too late foryou.

What do you want?. What areyou trying to do?.

I'm just tryin' to helpya, that's all.

Now, Gary's a good boy. Yes, he is. He's a good boy...

but he can't goyourway, you know...

because he's gotta go his own way...

or he'll go wrong.

And that- That Suzanne ofhis- Now, she's a good, sweet girl.

She ain'tyour sort, maybe...

but she's his.

Nowyou've got to take 'em both...

or nothin'.

Do you want 'em?.

- Yes, I- - Yes.

- I thought you would. - [ Sobbing ]

I thoughtyou would.

Hey. Hey, Susie!

Gary!

Mother, this is Suzanne.

Suzanne.

Oh, Mrs.Jessop-

Hannah, where areyou going?.

I'm going to find my own boy now.

He's out there...

in the Argonne somewhere.

Jim, forgive me.

These-

These are from Mary and...

from littleJimmy.

They're kinda faded now.

[ Sobs ]

[ Sobbing ]

Mama, it's her.

Mary.

Mary, I asked Jim to forgive me...

over there.

I asked him on my knees.

Now I'm askin' you the same way.

Can you forgive me, Mary?.

[ Sobs ]

[ Barking ]

[ Sobbing ]

What's the matterwith Susie?.

Susie! Susie!

Susie, what's the matterwithyou?

- [ Barking ] -JimmyJessop.

Come right here.

Come here,Jimmy.

Aw,Jimmy.

[ Sobbing ] Jimmy,Jimmy.

Will you take care ofthis confounded nuisance for me?.

Jimmy, you see, you're the man ofthe family now.

Doyou want me to call ya "Grandma" now?.

[ Laughs ] You just let me catch ya callin' me anything else.