All language subtitles for Primrose Path

CHILDREN YELL

YELLING CONTINUES

Granny, look what I got!

Tamales. From Mrs Espinosa.

That was very nice
of Mrs Espinosa.

It's good. Eat it.

Mmm. It smells good.

What's them kids makin'
that noise out there about?

I don't hear nothin'.

You ain't deaf.

Them kids is slobs.

Them kids ARE slobs.

Well, they're slobs.

Honeybell,
are you sure Mrs Espinosa
gave you these tamales?

She would have.

But did she?

It don't make
no difference now.

Honeybell, you ain't
got no cause to lie.
It ain't refined.

I don't tell no lies.

If I thought

you'd snitched this...

I wouldn't have ate it.

Mrs Espinosa

gave them to me.

We must give Mrs Espinosa
something sometime.

HONEYBELL LAUGHS:

Look at Ellie May.

ELLIE MAY HUMS TO HERSELF

Well, somebody's happy.
Ain't Ma supposed
to come home today?

So her letter said.
What's the idea of them pigtails?

What's wrong with them? You ain't
gonna catch no fellas like that!

Wouldn't want the ones I can get.
Couldn't get the ones I'd want.

So, you gonna
change the world around?

Pa still sick? Still sleeping off
his hangover, you mean.

He needs some hot coffee.
I don't know where he'll put it.

< His stomach's all eaten out.

Are you awake, Pa?

Pa.

I brought you some hot coffee.

HE MUMBLES INCOHERENTLY

Here.

You're really good to me,
Ellie May. You really are.

Drink it while it's hot.
What's the time?

I don't know. It ain't running.

Is your mother home yet?
No, she ain't.

She should be here,
looking after the family.
Ma just likes to have a good time.

I'm not a fool, Ellie May.
Ain't you gonna take your coffee?

No... It isn't coffee I need.

Don't you think maybe you drink too
much, Pa? It's only a substitute.

A substitute for some dreams
I once had.

They've all gone,
whistling down the wind.

I don't know what you mean.

You keep your dreams, Ellie May.
After they've gone,
you've got nothing left.

Cos if you let those go, you got
to invent new ones. And they're
never as good as the old ones.

Run away, dear. Run away
before you get like the rest of us.

But I ain't got no reason
to run away, Pa.

What'll happen to you
in this horrible environment?

Nothing's gonna happen to me.

Wouldn't you feel better with some
hot coffee in your stomach? I guess
I'm a pretty good mess as a father.

No, you're swell, Pa.

Gee, Pa, you're so smart an' all.
You've been to college.

I'm always telling everybody how
much you know about them Greeks.

Some of your writing's on the floor.
That's as good a place as any for it.

When your book's done,
everyone'll be talking about you.
I doubt I'll live to finish it.

What's the matter?
You got a sick stomach?

How about some clam broth? I could
go to the beach, get some clams.

Something wrong with your heart? No,
darling, it's another kind of pain.

Oh, well... We live, not
as we wish to, but as we can.

So said my old friend Menander.

Who was it said that?

Menander, darling. One
of those old Greek philosophers.

I wish I knowed more
than I know.

The gentleman paid for the cab.
Yes, everything's taken care of.
Out of my way, babies. Yoo-hoo!

Hello, baby!

Hello, Mame.
You look great.

Here I am!

Is that for me? Honeybell, it ain't
me you want, it's the presents.

Stop tuggin' Ma.
Let her get her breath.

Hello, Ma.
Hello, Ellie May.

Gee, you look pretty, Ma.
Do I, honey?

Where's my present? Oh, look,
Ma's got a new fur. Ain't I the one?

I want my present!
Oh, Honeybell!

You're a pest. Now,
run away and keep quiet.

How's Homer? He don't feel good.
For you, Ellie May.

And, Ma, here's something smelly.

Ma, Thelma introduced me to
a lovely gentleman, a Mr Hawkins.
Tell you about it later.

Did you go to the fair? Oh, did I!
I've been bounced about till there
isn't a whole bone left in my body.

Oh, my, ain't it cute?
GRANDMA: It looks like Homer.

Oh, let him be.
When its eyes light up, they look
like Homer's when he hits the bottle.

Ellie May, ain't you pleased
with your present? Sure.

You haven't looked at it. I'm going
to the beach to get some clams.

I buy her the best silk stockings,
she don't even look at 'em.

I'll look at them after. Very fussy
about where her presents come from.
I ain't said nothing. Bye, Ma.

Silk stockings ain't for a girl
that acts like a boy.

You should have bought her
a baseball bat.

CHILDREN CHANT:

Yo quiero mis tamales!

Yo quiero mis tamales!

TRAIN WHISTLE BLOWS

Here she comes.

You gonna say it?

Yeah. I'm not afraid of her.

Say it. Afraid of a girl!

I'm not afraid of her!

Then, I'LL say it.

Her mother was a lady(!)

Missed!

A shame to waste a good smell
in a place like this.

Well, maybe we'll go steppin'
sometime. Why not?

You can always play a new tune
on an old fiddle.

Yeah, you're only as young as
you feel. Got some coffee, hon?
I'll make you a fresh cup.

Say, is this genuine?
Ain't nothing else but.

That fella must have
an oil well somewhere.

I told him, "Mr Hawkins, if
you want to throw your money away,

"I ain't gonna stop you." And, Ma,
confidential, he wanted to marry me.

No! He did. I said, "Mr Hawkins,
one husband at a time's enough."

And he laughed fit to kill.
He must be a guy! Oh, he's a card.

And very refined. Pity Homer don't
do you a favour and get run over.

Oh, Ma, poor Homer. Well,
somebody has to look after him,

of course it's gotta be you.

Isn't it customary for a wife to
care for her husband when he's ill,
instead of chasing other men?

Are you still alive?
Ain't you feeling well, baby?

Look at them eyes. Like two grapes
floatin' around in his head.

Preserve your acid wit
for someone of your own class.

Wasn't no drunks in MY family!

One tiny virtue is not sufficient to
counteract your other endowments.

< Big words ain't
gonna help that hangover.

Leave him be. C'mon now,
that's a good boy.

That's it. Thattaboy.

There...

Oh, working on your book, Homer?
What difference does it make to YOU?

I was telling Mr Hawkins, a friend
of Thelma's, how smart you are.

No need to further my humiliation.

Homer, nobody's humiliating nobody.

Who's Hawkins? What kind of woman
is Thelma? Where have you been?

I've been to the fair, had some fun.
Don't you want me to have
a good time? Look me in the eye.

Oh... Poor Homer.
Your eyes are all red and watery.

They're red with shame. You ain't
done nothin' to be ashamed of.

Sneaking round back alleys with
my collar turned up. Now, you know
how upset you get after drinking.

I can't stand it any longer.
I'll put an end to myself.

Give that to me. I only got it
cos you was afraid of burglars.
You mustn't play with it.

Some day I'll do it.
Some day I'll have the courage.

Let Mamie rub your head,
like a good little boy.
I'm not a little boy.

I'm ill! Of course you are.

You're a great big boy!

Oh, poor Homer. Got no gin left.
That's what's the matter with him.

The big, bad gin's
all gone, ain't it?

Mamie will get you some money
so you can buy some more.

I won't take any money from you.

Go out and get a job. >
Get some money of your own.

The work Homer does takes brains.

They'll never read his book,
even if he does finish it. Here...

Take it and have a good time.

I'll take it.

I hope you enjoy
my degradation.

It's all right with me,
Toots.

Don't fall in the ditch
like last time.
I'd cover him up and let him lay.

HORN HOOTS

Goin' down to the beach? Yeah.
Why? Hop in. I'll give you a ride.
Nah, I ain't takin' no chances.

You don't have to be scared
of a silly old man like me.

I ain't exactly scared.

Hop in, then. I'm just hankerin'
to have a talk with somebody.

I ain't got much to talk about.

You don't have to worry.
I'll do all the talking.

Go down to the beach often?
Uh-huh.

Going fishing? Nope, clamming.

You like to eat clams? I ain't
gonna train 'em for no circus.

HE LAUGHS

That's what I get for being nosy.

Why not buy 'em in town? Save you
a long trip. They gotta be fresh
on account of my sister, Honeybell.

What's wrong with her? She's sick.
If they ain't fresh, she might get
a sick stomach. Sorry to hear that.

You live down by the beach?
Yeah. I run a hamburger stand
by the canneries.

I was gonna have lunch at the beach
but I forgot my pocket-book.

Maybe I can fix you up. Oh, I didn't
mean it that way. It's all right.

Why ain't you at school?
I don't have to be. Why not?
I get my learning from my pa.

Is he a schoolteacher?
No, he went to college.

He's learning me all about them old
Greeks. I wouldn't know about them.
They was mighty smart.

Don't the authorities say nothing
about your schoolin'?
I'm older than I look.

What do you wear pigtails for?
Well, if fellas think you're a kid,
they leave you be.

It's just to keep the fellas
from getting fresh. Me, too?
You're a fella, ain't you?

I'm just an old hunk
of buzzard bait!

Well, you used to be a fella.
I'LL say I was!

You said something, kid!

Here we are. What did you say
your name was? Ellie May.

Come on, Ellie May. We'll fix you up
a sandwich. Maybe I hadn't oughtta.

Ain't you hungry? But I ain't got
no money. Pay some other time.

CUSTOMER: You can have
my share of them fish canneries.
Them sardines is getting me down.

You get used to the smell
after five years.

How about topping up your lunch with
sardine pie? I aint feeling so good.
Nobody feels good that eats in here.

GRAMPY:

Leave off them corny jokes.

We gotta give the customers
SOMETHING for their money.
Fix that kid something to eat.

Boy, you're picking 'em young,
Granpappy.
Right out of grammar school.

What'll it be?
One of your 10-centers. They're
good'uns. Best manila rope in town.

A little longer,
you could hang yourself with it.

It's bad enough
to have to smoke 'em.

Don't look now but there's
a truant officer right behind you.
What'll it be, sister?

What do you have? For schoolkids?
How about a nice bowl
of alphabet soup? Here you are.

Don't heed him. His mind wanders.
Maybe it never came back.

< You ain't getting no laughs on her.
Wait till she eats that sandwich.

We paint the ham on with a brush.

TOOT!

There's the whistle.

Give my regards to the sardines.

Hey, can I take this with me? Sure.

Where's a good place to dig clams?
What kind of clams? The kind
that don't make so much noise.

That oughtta shut you up.
She ain't bad on the comeback.

Did you get to town and get
them bolts for the pump? There
ain't no rush about them bolts.

Maybe there ain't no rush for you,
but there IS for the pump.

Say, who IS that kid, anyhow?
If you could get your mind
off women for five minutes,

we might be able to do something
around here. Who wants
to get their mind off women?

How are you doing?

I'm doing all right.

Getting any clams? Ain't any.
I told them some of your jokes
and they ran away.

You don't think I'm funny, do you?
Nope. Well, I don't, either.

Why tell them dumb jokes?
In my business,
you gotta have repartee.

Have what? Repartee.
If you don't put on an act,
they go someplace else to eat.

What's that got to do with me?
When you didn't laugh,
I figured you had some sense.

Them Portagee gals
will laugh at anything.

I ain't a Portagee gal.
That's what I say.

Hey, you ain't doing that right.

Who says I ain't? Do you expect
to find clams under them rocks?
Maybe you know better(!)

You oughtta have a clam ring.
Maybe I oughtta but I ain't got one.

There's a right way and a wrong way
to do everything.

What are you gonna do?
Hit you over the head(!)
You'd better not.

C'mon. I want to show you something
you don't know.

You can't find clams above the high
water. What of it? I'm just telling

We both know there must be clams
here. What are you gonna do
with that rock? I'll show you.

Drop the rock. The clams spit.
Then you know where they are.

Why do they do that?
I don't know but that's how
they give themselves away.

You should dig 'em with a rake.
This is more fun.

Another way to get 'em
is to sneak out on a dark night
and whistle.

The clams come up to see
what's making all the racket,

you sprinkle a little salt on their
tail and you got 'em.

That's more repartee, ain't it?
Don't nothing get a rise out of you?

Not unless I want it to.

Hey, where are you going?

Going home. I got some more
clams for you. I got enough.

What's wrong with you?
Give me that bag.

Where do you live? Why?

I'll give you a lift. I just want
my clams. You'll get your clams.

Hiya, jaco! Jacito!
Hi, pollita Carmelita!

Who's your girlfriend?

I found her here with the clams
but they got more sense of humour.

Comin' to the Bluebell tonight? Sure!
Someon's gotta keep you gals happy.

I sure knock 'em dead, don't I?
You go talk to them. I'll go on.

I'll see enough of her tonight.
Let me help you up. I can
take care of myself. Go ahead.

Well, thanks for helping me
with them clams.
I'll be getting on home now.

Get in there.

Where are you taking me?
I'm taking you where you're going.

You ain't taking me noplace else?
Where else do you want to go?

I don't want to go noplace. Boy,
I've seen some stubborn dames
but none like you.

Don't you never open up?

Where do you live in town?
In a house.

I thought maybe you lived
in a tree. We moved.

You're harder to open up
than one of them clams.

It don't make much difference
where you live.
We may never get to town anyhow.

Why? I'm just learning
to drive this thing.

One of these is the gas. Look out!

Where are we?
Give you a thrill? No!

Yippee!

You probably think
you're pretty funny.

I'll get a rise out of you yet.
That's what YOU think!

What are you trying to do?
Dump me in the ocean?

Why not just turn the thing
all the way over
and kill the both of us? Yeah!

What's it gonna get you?

I'll...get a...rise...

out of you...yet!

Why don't you stay
on your side of the road?

Hey...!

You still here? Some of me.

I give up. You ain't got a rise
in you. I have if I want to have.

Will I slow her down?
You gettin' scared?

Ain't you ever been out
with a guy before? No. Well,
maybe THAT'S what's the matter.

With who?

What's that you got
under your nose?

Is it off? Let me see.

What did you do that for? Well,
I finally got a rise out of you.

I don't go letting fellas kiss me.
I don't go letting girls slap me
neither. You should have been.

You'd think you'd never been kissed
before. Well, I ain't.

Not by a fella.

I'm sorry. I ain't one of them
Portagee gals. I never said you was.

Maybe you can go round
kissing them. Forget it!

Well, I AIN'T one of them Portagee
gals. I never said you WAS.

I knew you was different first time
I seen you. That's more like it.

How'd you know? Your face
and neck's the same colour.
Them Portagee girls rouge up a lot.

SIREN BLARES

Which way do you turn here?
Right or left?

If I was you, I think
I'd pull over to the kerb.

I guess maybe I better had.

Think you're the Wild Man
of Borneo? Why'd you stop us?
Time somebody did.

I didn't mind him
bumping me around. I did.

He was only trying to get a rise.
He got one out of me.

Let me see your licence.

I must have forgot my pocket book.

Oh, so you haven't got a licence?

I HAD one. We'd better
take a run down to the station.

Looks like I'm going to jail.
He can't do that to you.
That's the way it looks.

Ohh...

I wouldn't want that to happen.
Why not? After what I done to you?
I didn't mind it that much.

Is that yours?
Hey, where'd you get that?

On the beach. I meant to ask you
was it yours. Officer, I found it.

Are you sure you're Ed Wallace?
That's me.

If you'd kept that, I'd never
have known. You saying I would?

I never said you WOULD.
I said you could have.
I wouldn't have. All right.

Maybe them Portagee gals
would have, but not me.
You don't have to get sore.

I ain't sore. I just wouldn't
do nothin' like that. Right, so
you wouldn't do nothin' like that.

He won't have to go to jail now,
will he?

No, but YOU will
if you don't pipe down.

Run along before you get
in trouble. Well, thanks for
everything. I ain't done nothing.

You helped me with them clams.
Forget it.

When people do things for me,
I like to let them know about it.
No need to make a fuss about it.

Well...

I guess I'd better be going.
Well, so long.

I go down to the beach every once
in a while. Fine. See you sometime.

Bye.

So long.

Here.

Here's your invite.

Thanks.

You suppose Homer will be in
for supper? Probably, if he didn't
fall in that ditch again.

Too bad to waste that chop suey
on his stomach. There's plenty of it.

Wait till you see
Ellie May!

She ain't sick?
She's powdering her face.
I wouldn't worry about that.

Have you washed for supper?
You look sweaty. Horses sweat.
Ladies feel the heat.

You come right here
and get washed.

I don't want
to wash again!

Ain't you hungry?

Got nothin' but slack.

Where did you learn them words?

I heard Granny say it.
Well, it ain't refined.

GRANDMA: We can take HIS plate off.

Make more room at the table.

I'm getting sick
of looking at that pan, anyway.

Ellie May, you're all dressed up.
Where are you going? Just out.

I thought you didn't want them
silk stockings. I never said that.

Ain't so particular all of a sudden.

Ma, let her be. She ain't fooling
nobody. What's his name?

# Ellie's got a fella.
Ellie's got a fella. #

Ain't it all right? Can't I
dress up without having a fella?
Those are MY slippers!

They're rotting away in the trunk.
You ain't gonna lay me away yet.

Oh, hush, Ma. Ain't she wearin'
MY best hat AND my purse?

Wait a minute. Don't run away.
You gonna eat? I ain't hungry.

# Ellie's got a fella... #

Enough out of you!

Don't grab the first cat out of
the bag. I ain't grabbing nothing.

Here y'are, hon. Here. If you're
gonna step out, do it in style.

Aw, gee, Ma.

Thanks.

I hope I don't lose it.
I don't care.
Just so long as you look pretty.

You would think
she was gonna get hung!

Ellie May...

What's come over my baby? Oh, Ma,
I didn't want this to happen to me.

It just happens. He just
up and kissed me and I don't know
what I've been doing ever since.

Other people have been in love
before. Yeah, but I don't like it.

Don't you suppose
I've ever been in love?

Sure, Ma. I guess you must have.

Oh, I don't mean Pa.
It happened long before I met him.

Well, Ma broke it up.
He didn't have no money.

But I ain't gonna
let that happen to YOU.

You mean, you didn't love Pa when
you married him? That's different.

He'd been to college, knew all them
words, kinda swept me off my feet.

Pa's weak and drinks a lot.

Anyhow, it's my lot -
and I want to stick by it.

Somebody has to
take care of the family.

Ain't what I might have asked for
but I done the best I knew how.

That's what them Greeks say.

Them Greeks down the street?
No, Pa's Greeks. The say,
"You don't live like you wanna,

"you live like you gotta."

Well, ain't got nothing to do with
your fella. What's he look like?

Well, he's tall and he's kinda got
a big nose. That's good.

Them men is usually generous.
What's his name?

Ed. Ed Something.

If he hadn't kissed me,
I'd have been all right.

Supper's getting cold.
All right, Ma. I'll be right in.

He just kissed you and said nothing?

Yeah. "See you sometime."

Oh, he did? Well, we gotta do
something about that.

Give me that rouge. You gotta
learn to make up. No, he don't
like rouge. Well, not on me.

Well, what kind of a man IS he?

I don't know him so good.

Look here, you gotta pull yourself
together. For instance,
you got awful pretty-looking legs,

but you don't know
how to walk on them.

No matter what a man says,
he likes a girl to flirt with him
a little - just like in the jungle.

Ellie May, I ask you.

If you was a man, would YOU like
a girl that walked like this?

Of course not.
You gotta put some zing into it.

No... He wouldn't like that.

He's human, ain't he?
That wouldn't work.
Not with ME doing it.

I wouldn't know what to tell you
without meeting him.

I wish I knowed him better
so you could meet him.

Too bad we ain't got a better place
so as you could bring him here.
I could ask him, maybe. No...

Maybe you hadn't better
bring him here.

People got a lot of funny ideas.
And then there's Pa and Granny.

No... No, maybe you hadn't better
bring him.

You gotta meet him sometime.

Ellie May, if he's your man,
don't you let nothing or nobody
take you away from him. Gee, Ma,

you don't think
I'm ashamed of you? No...

You run along. And, remember,

your ma's with you.
Swell, Ma. Run along.

I'll be thinking of you.

Ma, why can't I
have a fella?

Eat up. You'll grow faster, then
you'll have all the fellas you want.

Poor little Ellie May.

It's about time she grew up.

MAMIE SOBS

What's the matter with Ma?

Ssh.

Poor little Ellie May.

Is this the place you're looking for,
Miss? Yeah, I think so.

Thanks for the lift.
Don't give it a second thought.

MAN, DRUNKENLY: When I get home...
WOMAN: Pull yourself together.

I'll be right back. If you go back
in there, I'll divorce you. But
my hat... It's on your dumb head.

I'll drive. Drive?
You can't even walk straight.

LATIN DANCE MUSIC

Looking for somebody? I'm looking
for a gentleman. Take your pick.

Never mind. I see him.

Well, just in case, here's my card.

If you folks get tired of living,

come to my joint and eat.

Do YOU go to the joint, big boy?
You said it, kid. Listen...

If you can ditch these two,
come and join a hot party.

Can I bring my hangover?
Sure. If it's good-looking!

Carmelita, how about a little
action? Not now. Come on. Musica!

Come on.

Musica!

BAND STRIKES UP

MUSIC: "Mexican Hat Song"

What'll you have to drink, lady?

I'd like a drink of water, maybe.
Hmph!

Hey, how are them drinks coming?
Coming right up.

↑

Hey, Ed.

You're getting the buzz.

CARMELITA: Too bad
she didn't break her neck.

I'll be right back.

Well, if it ain't Pigtails.
What in the name of time has
happened to you? I fell down.

You been drinking? Can't I fall
down without having been drinking?

What brings you to a joint
like this?

I came to see you. What about?
Well, it's awful important.

All right. Come on out here.

Let me take a look at you.

Take that stuff off.

And where'd you get that hat?

You don't like it? You don't want
to be a freak, do you? No...

No, I don't want to be.

You're beginning to look
more like yourself.

What did you want
to talk to me about?

I... I just wanted to talk to you.

How come your folks let you come
to a joint like this? They don't
know I'm here. I sneaked out.

Well, you're sneaking right back.
I can't. You can't what?

I can't go back home. Why?
Scared of getting a licking?
I can't never go back.

Why not? I lied to you before.

I ran away. You did?
Ran away on your account.
On MY account? Yeah.

Say, are you off your head?
Yeah, I guess maybe I am.
Just what are you thinking about?

Well, there's noplace for me
to go now. Except with you.

Enough of this double talk. I'm
taking you home. Won't do no good.

They won't take me back now,
even if you do. Why?

Cos I...told them that I loved you.

You what? And that I was going
with you. And they said what did
I know about you, and I told them.

They said
I wasn't to see you no more.
Oh. I ain't good enough, huh?

It ain't that you ain't good enough.
What did you go and kiss me for?
I didn't do nothing to YOU.

You're still harping on that? YOU'D
harp if it done to you what it done
to me. All this fuss over nothing.

They said if I seen you again,
I needn't never come back.

Folks ain't got no right
to be as strict as that.

I want to go with you, Ed.
I ain't gonna let you.

I can't cook but I could
wait tables and wash dishes
and learn some repartee.

Ain't you got no friends to go to?

I ain't got nobody now, except you.

I don't like being put on the spot.
I could even learn
to work them pumps.

I ain't ready to get married yet.

You what? I ain't ready to get
married yet. That's something
a guy's gotta think over.

SHE SOBS

Now, don't do that, kid.

Don't be that way, please.

Hey...

Jaco, vente. Porque si no, te corto
las orejas. I'll be right in.

Oh, I know I ain't as pretty as her
but maybe I would be
if I had them kind of clothes.

That got nothing to do with it.
All I know is you gotta go home.

I ain't gonna have no more trouble
with you. All right, Ed, I'll go.

But I ain't going home.

What are you gonna do? Sleep
out here? Don't worry about me.
Go back in to your Portagee gal.

You're going right home.
Go on in. Just leave me here.

What are you gonna do?
It don't make no difference.

Before you go,
would you kiss me?

All right.

If it makes you happy.

(Now you can go...)

I don't like to leave you out here
like this. Do you need any money?

No. Not where I'M going.

You got me all mixed up.
Don't worry.
You won't see me no more.

What do you mean by that?

I won't never bother you again...
if you'll just kiss me once more.

All right.

Not one of them long ones.

Thanks.

You don't want to do
nothing like that.

GRAMPY HUMS HAPPILY

# Deedle-dee... # I guess
that's all I can rob you of today.
That'll be 92 cents.

You're feeling

pretty good lately.

Why shouldn't people

feel good all the time?

But your arthritis...

Never heard of it.

You been taking pills

or something?

Pills are for old guys like you.

Anybody'd think it was you
that got married instead of Ed.

I ain't that crazy.
# Tra-la-pum-pum... #

Jake, did you catch that fight
last night? No. Where was it?

Two of the Portagees got in a brawl.
Cops took 'em to the station.

There's your soup.

Say, Ellie, do you call this
chicken soup? Yup.
Where's the chicken?

Crossing the road.

It says on the card: Chicken Soup.

It's just another name we got
for hot water.

Better keep quiet, Al.
You ain't getting the best of it.

I need my other glasses.
There's a chunk of chicken
round that piece of rice.

I give up. Say what you like about
the soup but don't pick on the
coffee. It's too weak to fight back.

I can't top her. What unlucky guy
gets the stew? Poor old Jake.

Where d'you hide the toothpicks?
Anyone that eats in here ain't got
no teeth left. Ain't bad, Grampy.

You got ME doin' it. My own fault
for picking up hitch-hikers. Before
you know, they're bossing you around.

A little bossing wouldn't have
hurt you a long time ago.

No cracks about the stew. Eat it up,
then nothing'll matter no more.
Don't worry till you turn green.

Maybe I'd better eat in Ike's.
He may have better stew,
but we give free bicarbonate.

Ed, you sure picked something!
SHE picked ME. Yeah, pickings
were pretty slim that day.

CARMELITA:
How does it feel to be tied down?

Who, me? I ain't tied down.

Oh, no(?)

Ask me if I'm coming
to the Bluebell tonight.

Coming to the Bluebell tonight?
What time will you be there?
As soon as I get them fish canned.

I'll be there, if I can get rid
of the ball and chain.

Going to the Bluebell? Who said
anything about the Bluebell?
Nobody what meant it.

I used to be as free as air once.
Be careful or I'll let
some of that air out of you.

Maybe I'd better get out and GET
some air. Maybe you better had.

Wait up. Why don't YOU go out
and get some air yourself?

Who gets this stew? Al. Tell him
not to look for any meat in it.

Got any scraps for them seagulls?
Si. Pero pasa que tengas cuidado
porque tienen una hambre...!

It's OK with me whatever he said!
Bueno.

Can't a man work without someone
snooping around? I ain't snooping.
How about feeding the gulls?

You'll have all the gulls
in the Pacific round here.
Somebody's gotta feed them.

When are we going sailing?
When the boat's ready.

When can I see? Get outta here
and quit being so nosy.

You like your boat better than me.
You can get a gal like you any day.
It's hard to find a good boat.

Is that so? Yes, that's...
Don't lean on that! It ain't dry yet

Some of them
good-looking customers
might care more about me.

Oh, they would, would they?

How would you like your nose
painted? I never said they DID.

Maybe you've been eyeing them.
Or they've been eyeing me.
Have they? What if they have?

I only said have they?
Maybe I ain't telling.

Come here. You're gonna
get your nose painted.

Now what are you gonna do? What do
YOU think? No, Ed, that ain't fair!
Ain't it?

No, no, you better hadn't.
Who says so?

CAR HORN

Somebody wants some gas.

Let 'em wait. I'll get it.
No, you don't. No, you don't.

Can't you hear that horn?

I'll be there in a minute.

Oh, go on with you. You ain't
much use round here, anyway.

Now will you tell me?
Will I tell you what?

Have they? What? Been eyeing
you? What'll I get if I tell you?

Will you tell if you get it? Maybe.

Well, here we go.

Mm. That was good.
Let's have some more.

Now can I see what you painted
on the boat?

I ain't never seen a girl like you.
Go ahead and look.

You won't be mad? Nah.

The Ellie May.

Oh, Ed... Maybe I should
have had a painter do it.

The Ellie May...

You don't have to feel THAT way
about it. It ain't that bad a job.
It ain't that.

It's just that...I'm happier
than I got any right to be.

You're a funny kid. Come on,
let's go feed them gulls.

You ain't heard NOTHING from
Ellie May? She just up and left.
With my best patent slippers.

I hope nothing's happened to her.
She ain't in the death notices.
Did you call the cops?

If she was in the clink, we'd have
heard. Still worried over Ellie May?

It must be a fella. Well,
she's old enough to have a fella.

Maybe she's run off with a hobo
like you tried to do once.

Ellie May can take care of herself.
It's about time somebody
in this family landed something

besides a minnow fish.

I say, Mame,
how about stepping on it?

We don't own that taxi cab.
I've misplaced my best hat with
the plumes on it. It was in there.

Maybe Homer traded it
for a bottle of gin.

Now, look at that.

Ain't she a scream?
She's a riot.

You can't stop HER.

Come here. Give me that.
I wanna go
with you and Thelma.

You been at

my perfumery again.

I ain't.

That ain't your natural smell.

WHISTLE BLOWS

The mailman!

If Ellie May was like her,
we wouldn't have to worry.

Quit frettin' about Ellie May.
Say, Mame, that waistline of yours
is starting to spread.

I ain't 16 no more.
With a new corset, you ain't
got nothin' to worry about.

Where'd you get that?

In the mailbox.

Sure it wasn't
Mrs Espinosa's mailbox?

Why, it's for me!

Maybe it's a bomb.

Hurry, Ma, and open it.

That's all you think about -
presents.

Ohh...it's my fox fur.

It's from Ellie May.

Where is she?

Doesn't say.

She's doing all right.

Don't worry, Pete. The first two
years of married life are the worst.

Fresh out of cherry pie.
Don't make no difference.
All our pies taste the same.

Hi, Al, you came back(!) Anything
I can eat without folding up?

Stick your tongue out.
You ain't gonna last long, brother.

Let me see. You need
some nice Irish stew.

Not that you can tell cos
it's hidden under gravy. Fine.
And a side dish of arsenic.

While you're waiting, chew on
some celery. One stew. Delicious!

Coffee, girls? Want some pie?
Best food I had in here yet.

HE BLASTS HORN TWICE

How about a little stretch?

We made good time. You're
in fast company. Hey, big boy,
how about some snappy service?

Fill her up?
Just check the oil and water.

What's the matter with Elmer?
Passed out again.

Wake up, Elmer.
You're slippin', big boy.

Say, I wanna help.

What's this for? Water. Where d'you
put it? There. I'll do it.

I wanna do it. Boy! I always wanted
to work around a gas station.

The ol' gal's feelin' pretty high.

Ain't we got fun?

Poor Ed's got his hands full.

Get away, honey.
Look, you got me all wet.

Let's wake Elmer up!
Don't come near my new jacket.

That guy in the back seat
got a shower he didn't expect!

You know who she is, don't you?

Mamie Adams, from Primrose Hill.

And who's she?

Ain't so much WHO she is. Don't
talk about people you don't know!
I didn't say anything about you.

Can't people have fun
without some mealy-mouth
saying mean things? Listen, lady...

She may be good and kind
and wonderful.

↑

What's wrong? Sorry, Grampy,

I didn't know what I was saying.

He say something
you didn't like?
He didn't mean nothing.

I didn't say anything.
Did he make a crack about Ellie?
I didn't say anything!

I was just telling him

who Mamie Adams...

This is no place

for wisecracks.

< I simply came in here
to get a cup of coffee.

There you are. I don't
have to eat in a joint like this.

An innocent remark
and it's one great, big argument!

Did you hear what he said? A lot
of action today. Who was that guy?

Some fresh guy.
I was gonna let him have one.

He made a crack about Ellie.
GRAMPY: No, he didn't.
Well, he made her sore, didn't he?

There ain't nobody gonna say
nothin' about Ellie May.
It was a mistake. It better be.

You know Al, how he gets
all fired up about everything.

Why not let me do the dishes?
I don't mind, Grampy.

Don't let a thing like that upset
you. I'm all right now. Chico,
go and look after the customers.

Gosh, ain't there a lot? A lot more
than yesterday. When there ain't
none, that's the time to complain.

I still don't know what happened
with that guy. Benny knows more
than I do. Benny, what happened?

When that gal was spraying
the water out there, this guy
says to me, "Know who she is?"

And he said... What'd he say
her name was?

Mamie Something
from Primrose Hill.

Wherever that is. I know.
It's the other side of town.

Ever seen this one?

It's an old guy taking a bath. Oh...!
That's what my schoolteacher did
when I showed her. Quite right.

I'm way ahead of you. You can't work
all the time. People's got to laugh.

How about telling ME the joke?
You wouldn't know one
if you heard one.

What's the joke about that old girl
that was here? What IS he on about?

Say, what's going on? Nothing.
Go and work on your boat.

I don't feel like working
on my boat. Here's one I did
when I was a kid.

I got a right to know what that guy
said. He didn't say nothing.
So, why jump him? Well...

He asked for cherry pie, I brought
apple... That ain't what Benny said.

What'd he say? That the guy
made some crack about the old girl.

Benny says, I says, you says...
What difference does it make?

Anyone makes a crack
about Ellie May, I'll bop him.

If you want to bop somebody,
bop me. Come on!

Hey, Ellie,

what are you trembling about?
I just don't feel good, I guess.

There now, you got her all upset.

HORN HONKS

Go on and attend to business.

HORN HONKS AGAIN

Ain't you going over
to feed them gulls today?

Oh, Grampy, I'm scared.
If I knew what you were scared
about, maybe I could help.

I reckon Ed figures I ain't told
him the truth. He's too nosy.

I ain't told him everything I should
have, especially about my folks.

Your folks is all right, ain't they?
It ain't what people IS, it's
what other people thinks about 'em.

The world would be better off
with no people in it.

That ain't gonna help me.
I guess I had no right to all
this happiness in the first place.

HE didn't, neither.

Maybe he'd understand if I told him
everything, just like it is.

Ain't no brains, ain't no feeling.

GRAMPY COUGHS THEATRICALLY
That's a pretty bad cough. Who, me?

Go get some cough drops.
I wanna talk to Ellie May.
I thought you was through talking.

It's all right.
I wanna talk to Ed, too.

Always talkin' - I don't know
wherever you get with that talkin'.

Ellie May, I don't want no funny
business between you and me.

Me, neither. I don't like lying.
I don't, neither.

That's why I was gonna tell you
about that lady squirting the hose.

That was my ma.

Why'd you lie about her?
I didn't lie. I was all mixed up.
Why didn't you go and speak to her?

I was scared.

You mean, you was scared
she was coming to take you away?
Yeah. I guess that was it.

Look, silly. We're married now.
They can't do nothing about us.
But I ain't told you about her.

What's to tell? She looks like
she might be a lot of fun.

That's what I'm trying to tell you.
She may be strict with YOU
but she ain't strict with herself.

She ain't the strict one.
Who is? Your pa? I guess so.

Was that him with her? Must have
been. They can't be so poor,
driving a car like that.

That must have been Uncle Fred.
The guy with her? Yeah.
Couldn't be nobody else.

You must get kinda lonesome for your
folks once in a while. Sure I do.

Why don't we go see 'em
sometime? You mean it? Sure.
All they can do is kick us out.

They ain't gonna do nothing
like that. I might get to like 'em.

Well, even if you don't,

that wouldn't make
no difference to us, would it?

Why should it?
They're your folks.

# We're gonna have a party

# Gonna have a party
We're gonna have a party... #

Honeybell, are you too lazy
to sweep that dirt out the door?

-This is where YOU sweep it.
-You don't have to do what I do.
-You tell me to.

Boy, how many more times
will I have to climb that hill?

Something for me?

No, keep sweeping.

Ma, paper doylies
to cover the spots on the table.

Why spend good money
on somebody you've never seen?

He's Ellie May's husband.
We don't know what he is.
He may be on a leash!

Put the chow mein in the oven.
Can I help? Yes. Close the door.

Honeybell, unwrap the candles.

GRANDMA:

What are we havin'? A wake?

Now, Honeybell, I want you
to remember. Don't talk too much.

Can't I even move my mouth?
So long as nothing comes out.
Can't I even say my piece?

What piece is that?
Granny learned me a new one.

Better not.

No use learning it if I can't say it.
Some other time.

↑
Her letter said she didn't
want you to make a fuss.

Yes. She said she wanted him
to meet us just like we are.
What else does he expect?

Ma, why can't I
get married?

You will. All the women
in this family are soft in the head.
MOTORBIKE ENGINE

Well, here we are. Give it a toot.
TOOT-TOOT-TOOT

They're coming. Hurry up, now,
Honeybell. I've got to fix myself.

Ma, make 'em feel at home,
will you? I surely will.

Your folks sure got as far away
from it all as they could.
It ain't much of a place.

Looks all right to me.

I told you we was poor. I've been
thrown out of worse places
than this. Wait a minute.

Before we go in...

C'mon.

Here we are. This is Honeybell.
Give me your hat.

Honeybell, this is Ed. Well...

You're Honeybell? Who'd you think
I was? I thought you was two other
people. Did you bring me a present?

I plum forgot! If I'd knowed that,
I wouldn't have washed my neck.

Grandma, this is Ed. Glad
to know you. How d'you do?

Where's Ma?
She'll be out in a minute.

Sit down, young fella.
Who d'you think you're starin' at?

I ain't staring. He wasn't staring.
I ain't at the zoo, you know.
I never said you was.

So sit down!

Oh, Ma! Ellie May. Oh,
it's good seeing you, baby.

Ma...

This is Ed. Well...!

So this is your young man.
My, ain't he handsome!

Honeybell, did you give Ed
a kiss? Why should I?
He didn't bring me nothin'.

Nobody learnt you them manners
but yourself. Ed, do sit down.
Supper'll be ready anytime now.

I... I seen you once before.

You dropped in for gas one day.
What gas you talking about?

At the beach. The day you were
with Uncle Fred. With who?

HONEYBELL: What Uncle Fred?
Uncle Fred? Oh, of course!

Of course I remember! I knew
I'd seen you someplace before.

Where's Pa? Where d'you think?
Well...

Pa went to the library to find out
something about them Greeks.

Pa's what you'd call a bookworm.
You got part of it right, anyhow.

Come on in. I want to show you.

This is where my pa
does all of his writing.

Everything them Greeks wrote
is right in here.

Philosophy. And he changes it
into English.

That'd sure be over MY head.
He's plenty smart.

Doesn't he do nothing else?
He gets drunk and falls in the ditch.

Run along, Honeybell.
Over here's his diploma.
They gave it to him at college.

It says what for, but I can't read
it so good. He must be some guy.

I wish he was here
so you could meet him.

You run on out there now and make
yourself at home while I fix up.

You tell him a piece, Honeybell.
I can't. Why not? Ma told me
to keep my mouth shut.

Oh, run along. If I get canned,
it's your fault. All right.

Come on out here
and say your piece.

Oh, look at her
following Ed around. Cute.

Ed, take a comfortable chair.
Thanks.

You don't see a good-looking man
around here often. That ain't
why I'm following him. Now, now.

Ellie wants me to say my piece.
Maybe Ed don't want to hear it.
No, go ahead, I'd like to hear it.

She says it cute.

Don't forget the motions.

So, what is it?

Don't Swatch Your Mother, Boys.
Ed's tired...
GRANDMA: Leave her be.

Shall I say it?

< Go ahead.

Don't Swatch Your Mother, Boys.

Don't swatch your mother, boys
Just cos she's old

Don't mop the floor
with your face

Think how her love
is a treasure of gold

Shining through shame
and disgrace

Don't put the rocking-chair
next to her eye

Don't bounce the lamp
off her bean

Angels are watching you
up in the sky

Don't swatch your mother,
it's mean.

Very good. That ain't bad.

Homer...

So, you have a visitor.
I didn't expect you back so soon.

I can imagine. So this is why
you're trying to get rid of me.

Nobody's tryin' to get rid of you.
This is... I know who it is!

So, Mr Hawkins, you affront me
in my own home.

Listen to me. You think I'm a fool.
It's Ellie May's HUSBAND.
My name is Wallace.

I'm sorry.

So you were ashamed
to have him meet Ellie May's father.

< He always turns up
at the wrong time!

Pa! There ain't nothing

the matter, is there?

< He's pie-eyed again.

Pa, ain't you feeling well?
PA: Why didn't you stay away?

Homer, please. Now you know.
You know what we are -
outcasts. All of us, outcasts!

Don't cry, Pa.

< Maybe some of the gin

will run out of his eyes.

It's all right, Pa. Come on,
let Mamie put you to bed.

Let's take his coat off, dear.
Why'd you have to bring him here,
darling?

Don't look so surprised, young man.
Ellie May must have told you
he was a souse. She didn't.

What kind of a family did you
expect to meet? I don't know.

We're just like you see us.
Ain't no better or no worse.

Who works in this family?
We ain't gone on relief.

What are YOU? A millionaire?
No, I ain't. I might have known it.

So you put Ellie out cos she didn't
fall for a millionaire. Who says so?

You did, didn't you?
What's she been saying?
She ran out by herself.

And, besides, she took
my best pair of slippers.

I think I begin to get the idea.
You begin to get what idea?
HONEYBELL: Ain't you stayin'?

No, I'd better run along. Our
supper ain't good enough for him.
Ain't he the stuck-up mutt?

And you don't ever have
to come round here again!

Nya-nya-nya!

Stuck-up mutt!

I'm a-seethin'.

Ellie May, I'm so sorry. Oh, it's
all right, Ma. Ed'll understand.

Where's Ed?

He's gone.

You're well rid of him.

Ed! ED!

Where's Ed? He couldn't take it.
Did you say anything to him?
I couldn't be bothered.

HONEYBELL:

You called him a stuck-up mutt.

Oh, baby... Ma, Ed's gone.

Ed! Ed...!

TRAIN WHISTLE BLOWS

You ain't crying cos she lost that
big baboon, are you? Ma, I've had
enough excitement for one night.

Anyhow, it'll leave more chow mein
for the rest of us.

Are you ready to eat?
I don't want nothing to eat.

HOMER STARTS RANTING

I'll show him who's got courage
in this house! Mamie Adams!
Where are you? Homer...

Put that down.

LIVELY MEXICAN TUNE

Ed, where have you been?
I've been busy. We missed you.

Hey, gang, look who's here!

Well, if it isn't
our wandering boy!

Carmelita,
look who's here.

Hey, jaco! >
Hey, boys, give him a chord.

# Da-daa! #

Where's the ball and chain?

Let's not talk about that.

What's the matter with him?

Don't ask ME.

What's the matter, Ed?
I just feel kinda low, that's all.

A little domestic trouble?
What d'you ask that for?

It was gonna happen
sooner or later. What d'you mean?

I don't want a punch on the nose.
What are you trying to get at?

Well, everybody figured
you were stuck on that Adams kid.

Well, maybe I was.

So what? That's why
nobody said anything.

We figured you knew
who Mamie Adams was
up on Primrose Hill.

You're a pretty right guy. Nobody
wanted a punch on the nose.
So nobody said anything.

HE PLAYS: "Believe Me, If All
Those Endearing Young Charms"

Back so soon?

Ain't Ed here? Ain't he with you?

He just ran out on me. He let you
come down here all by yourself?

I didn't mind. I hitched a ride.
Why'd he run out on you?
Everything went wrong.

I guess my folks
didn't set with him so good.
He ain't married to your folks.

Maybe it don't pay to be honest.
It don't with weak-minded people.

I'm gonna find him.

Why don't you calm down?

You make too much fuss about him.
I'd like to know what your folks
has got to do with YOU.

NOBODY dare go too far back. Bound
to find somebody that was hung
for horse-stealing or something.

Hello, Bluebell?
Is Ed Wallace there?

No, I don't want to talk to him.
I just want to know is he there.
..Thanks.

Grampy, would you drive me
down to the Bluebell?

I'd like to take this with me
and hit him over the head with it.
I might get better music out of it!

Come on, let's go.

Ed. Company's come.

You weren't at home.
Why did you run out on me?
I didn't like the party.

It didn't turn out so good,
did it? No.

Ed, ain't you feeling well?
You said it.

I'd better take you home.
Who wants to go home?

But I gotta talk to you. And tell
me more of them lies, huh? I ain't
never gonna lie to you no more.

You said it.

C'mon, join a live party. I'd much
rather talk to you. You can talk.

Hey, folks. I want you to meet
somebody with a lot of class.

Lolita, Carmelita, Dalya. I think
I know everybody. Sit down.

Waiter!

Now, how about a drink, huh?

THEY ALL RE-ORDER

How about you?

I'd like a glass of milk.

LAUGHTER

Maybe we ain't
good enough to drink with.

That other stuff burns my throat.
I forgot to tell you. She comes
from a pretty strict family.

They all drink milk, don't they?

That's a good one. >

We'd better go. Ain't my friends
good enough for you? It ain't that.
It's just I sort of got a headache.

Your old man gets a headache
writing about them Greeks.

Maybe cannery girls ain't good
enough for you. I ain't said nothing.
Who do you think you are?

Course, we don't come from a swell
neighbourhood like Primrose Hill.

Yous is all nice girls.

Sure.

Hey, big boy, save
one of those kisses for me. >

I got rouge on me.
You got a handkerchief?

All right. Never mind.

I don't like that raspberry flavour.
You used to use vanilla.

Please don't do this to me.

Why? Can't you take it?
No, I can't take it.

Well, I had to take it. Tell them
what a sucker you made out of me.

Tell them how your family chased
you out when you took up with me.

Tell 'em.

Come back here.

So you can't take it, huh?

Ed, please leave me be.

Who do you think you're fooling
with that act? Go on out
and jump off the end of the pier.

Maybe I'll stop you(!) Go ahead,
I got it coming to me. I'll say!

Go on back to Primrose Hill
where you belong,
back to that swell family of yours.

Do your lying up there!

I only lied cos I loved you, Ed.

What kind of a guy
do you think I am?

You're a swell guy. I ain't blaming
nobody. It's my own fault.

Only, I wish you hadn't said
them things in there.
I wish you'd just hit me instead.

Now, get this straight.
I never want to see you again.

All right, Ed.

I won't bother you no more,
if that's the way you want it.

That's the way I want it.

Hey...

Hey, you're going the wrong way.
Ain't you gonna jump off the pier?

Come on, big boy. Forget
about her. Let's have some fun.

Get away from me.

Just a few minutes ago, Honeybell
came running over to my house.

We sent for a doctor
fast as we could.

Miss,
you can't go in there.

But I live here.
Are you the lady's daughter?

How long have you had
the gun in the house?

WEAKLY:

We ain't had it very long.

What happened?
What happened, Ma?

Are you sick, Ma? It ain't nothing,
baby. I'm...all right.

So you went to the drawer to get
something out of it and the gun
went off. That's what happened.

That ain't how I think
it happened.

< Why?

Don't pay no attention to her.
It happened like I said.

Her and my husband
don't get on so good together.

POLICEMAN: You shouldn't
say things you don't mean.

Doctor, it ain't
nothing serious, is it?

She should be in hospital
but it's too dangerous to move her.
What she needs right now is rest.

Well, take it easy.

I'll be back tomorrow.

Everything all right...
with you and Ed?

Don't talk about that now, Ma.

Sure. Everything's all right...

between me and him.

Good...

I'm so glad.

Poor Homer.

Poor boy.

Let me see.
That'll be 92 cents.

What's the matter?

Your arthritis kicking up?

No.

Maybe it's your liver.

Maybe.

I've been trying
some of those new thyroid pills.

Your change.

Like to try a couple?

Look here, Earl,

you take care of YOUR liver
and let me take care of mine.

Does that make you feel better?
A man needs some pride.

You ain't gonna rid your mind of her
doing that. I ain't done right -
is that what you're saying?

You know what's best for you.
Don't mention her name
around me no more.

I ain't gonna mention it. But things
WAS different when she was here.

I was different. YOU was different.
I don't want to hear about it. Fine.

But I think you're blaming Ellie
- her - for something she ain't
done. I'm blaming her for lying.

Maybe she lied
cos she was in love with you.

She must have been(!)
Making a sucker out of me
with all my friends.

Hmph. Your friends ain't perfect.

All that guck about her family
being strict. That family strict?!

They left a taste in my mouth.

She ain't her family. I can't trust
her after all them lies she told me.
You have your faults. So do you.

Darned right I have. I wouldn't like
people who had none.

Let's quit talking about it.

I won't bring it up again.
You better hadn't. I won't.

Can't you move? ↑

He sits around
like a tired vulture.

There ain't much
to pick on.

Some hot broth for you, Ma.

Doctor says you oughtta take it.
Ain't no use, baby.
I couldn't get it down.

Why don't you eat something
yourself? I ain't hungry.

At least get some sleep.
I'll sit here with your ma.

Ma...

I want you and Homer
to go out a minute.

I want to talk with Ellie May.

Ma, you've got to rest.

Such a lot I got stored up.

I gotta talk about it.

Ellie May...

If anything happens to me,

will you take care of them?

Please, Ma, you mustn't talk
like that. I want you to promise.

I promise.

A lot of people is born...
to be looked after.

And others is born
to take care of 'em, I guess.

It just seems to happen that way.

Ma, maybe you'd better try
and get a little sleep.

It ain't all been fun, baby.

I laughed a lot of times...

..when I didn't feel like laughing.

And I've cried a lot of times, too,

when I didn't feel like crying.

It seems kinda nice...and peaceful
lying here like this...

..just talking things out.

(Peaceful...)

Go to sleep, Ma.

Eat your soup
and stop fussin'.

I'm sick of eatin' soup.

That's all you're gonna get.

There's some on the stove
if YOU want it.

MOTORBIKE ENGINE

What do YOU want? I want
to see Ellie May. What about?

I just come up to tell her I've
been wrong. Well, she ain't here.
Where is she?

Gone to San Francisco
with another fella.

Won't be back for a week.
I don't believe it. You don't?

You think she'd hang around here
wastin' time on you

when she can get a real fella
with plenty of money?

Didn't she leave me no message?

Oh, yes. She said if
that big horseface come around,
I was to tell him where to get off.

And it wasn't the North Pole.

So she's gone to San Francisco.
That's what I said.

You want me to spell it out
for you? No, I guess not.

Send her clothes back here. And,
while you're at it, don't forget
my patent leather slippers.

Who was it?

Just one of the neighbours.

MOTORBIKE STARTS UP

Sssh. She's asleep.

BIKE PULLS AWAY

There wasn't nobody here,

was there?

↑ I ain't seen nobody.

Did YOU, Honeybell?

Nobody that I know of.

MOTORBIKE ENGINE FADES...

..AS TRAIN WHISTLE BLOWS

Ellie... Ellie!

Ohh...

Oh, Ma!

Ma...!

MA...!

I'll be right out, taxi-driver.
Honeybell, take off your rubbers
before you go in.

Want some coffee? No. I want to
talk to Ellie May, then I gotta go.

Thank Mr Hawkins for everything.
I will. We wouldn't have had
no funeral but for him.

He's what I call a real gentleman.
They don't come no better.

I'll leave my phone number
and address in case you need
anything. Thanks, Thelma.

We'll get along somehow.
We always have.

You're takin' this too hard.

I hate to go in there. The place
won't seem the same without her.

You've got to be sensible. Here -
my telephone number. If things
get tough, give me a buzz.

I can introduce you to some
REAL people. And they won't
walk out on you, either.

Gosh, I'm hungry.

Well, you shouldn't

play so hard.

When are we gonna eat?

When Ellie May gets here.

I'm sick of that potato soup.

You gotta take the bad

with the good.

If Ma was here,

we'd have some goodies.

Well, she ain't.

Stop talkin' about her.

Did you bring something to eat?
Here's some bread.

Bread(!) You wouldn't have that
if I hadn't walked all day.

GRANDMA: No job yet?
There wasn't any.

Did you try the canneries?
I tried everyplace.

If you had any sense,
things'd be different around here.

Don't pick on me. I'm tired.

Oh, I forgot to tell you.
Thelma dropped by this afternoon.

Got a nice fella for you to meet.
But I s'pose you're too highfalutin'.

We'll make out all right
without Thelma.

If YOU don't mind starvin' to death,
I don't.

Didn't Pa find nothing?
He found a gin bottle somewhere.

Is he like that again? His breath
would wither a geranium.

And if he don't stop mumblin' into
his beard, I'll call the authorities.

Oh, Pa, did you go and sell
the rest of them books?

Why'd you do it? You said
you wasn't gonna drink no more.

Is that you, Ellie May?

Where's your mother? Pa,
don't talk like that. She should
be here, looking after the family.

Why isn't she here?

She'll be here...soon.

Come on, Pa. You gotta lay down.

I'll help you.

I won't be treated like a little boy.
No, you're not a little boy.

< Come on out
and get your supper.

You said

you was hungry.

I can't eat that stuff.

Eat it or I'll push
your face in it.
Makes me sick to look at it.

Me, too.
But, with a sister like yours,
that's all you can expect.

I wish my ma was here!

Oh, Honeybell.
Don't carry on like that.
I don't want to live here no more.

I'll run away and never come back.

Your ma knew
how to take care of her family.

Why did she
have to go away? Please,
Honeybell, you'll make ME cry.

If you'd quit moonin' about
that hamburger guy, you might get
some spunk! Oh, hush, Grandma.

He ain't going
out of his way for us.

Look, Honeybell,
don't cry no more.

We'll have lots of food to eat
and lots of presents.

Everything's gonna be all right.

There, I think
that just about does it.

You don't look bad for a home-made
doll. Let me have a look.

Say, you look better in that
than I ever did.

It's swell of you. I ain't never
had such a lovely dress as this.
I never wore it much.

PHONE RINGS
Maybe that's your boyfriend.

Hello?

Hello, Putsy.

I'll say I have, and she's cute
as a bug's ear.

Sure we'll be ready.

About 7.30? Oh,
what's wrong with that? I've had
a lot of good times in 'Frisco.

We'll meet you out front.
OK? Goodbye.

Was that him? That was him.

What kind of fella is he?
A livewire, if I ever seen one.

Is he young? Well...
he thinks he is.

What's his name?

You're as green as a salad.

What did I say that was so funny?
No matter what a man's name is,

he wants to be known
as Mr Smith.
There's an awful lot of Mr Smiths.

I'll say. Let me see you walk.
Oh, I can walk.

You'll do.
I'd better be getting dressed.

How about getting out
my white satin? Yes, Miss.

Where are we going? We'll have
dinner and then a nice drive
along the coast of 'Frisco.

I guess that sounds all right.

D'you mind doing me a favour?
Just name it.

Could we stop off at the Bluebell?
It's on the way.

Why d'you want to stop off
at that joint? There's a guy there
that I owe something to.

I just want to pay him off.

Good evening. How about
a table? I think so. Follow me.

We've got one in the corner.
Is that the best one you got?
Let's have a drink at the bar.

I'll have a better table
in a while. Good.
This is REALLY a joint.

Some people think it's high-class
but the booze is good. Hello!

Still catching them sardines?
How're you doing with those suckers?

I ain't had to toss mine back.
Is that Uncle Fred(?)

I just call him Daddy. Where's
his crutches? When he gets tired,
he just leans on me.

Wanna toss your tootsies around,
Smithy? I'm gonna tell that guy off.

Leave well enough alone.
Who is he? I used to swing hash
for him. He's hot at repartee(!)

He's a pretty big guy. Mostly air.
What do you two want to drink?

Same thing you're having.
Make it four.

How do I stack up with them
Portagee gals, big boy?
They still got the edge.

I'm learnin'. Didn't take you long
to get under way.

I play smart. Mr Smith, meet an
old friend of mine. How do you do?

This is...uh...Mr...
I forget the name.

My name's Smith, too.
A lot of us in the phone book.

But they all ain't so high class.
I don't want a fight. Don't worry.
He only hits women.

I should show Mr Smith the pier.
He could go high-diving. He's
too smart to fall for THAT act!

I ain't no good in a fight. HE ain't
brave. He's big. He ain't strong.
He eats his own hamburgers.

Slap her down!

I heard enough!
I knew it was coming.
Oh, he's just a big bully.

You think you can come here
and pour it on? Let go. Now...

I just want to tell this fella off.

You can't take it.
You had something once
and didn't know what to do with it.

You wanted things this way
and you got 'em.

You got me out of your system and
I got you out of mine. We're even.

So long, big boy.

C'mon, Smithy. I've said my piece.
Let's get going.

What was all the argument about?
There wasn't no argument.

He just couldn't take it. Come on,
let's be on our way. See you
outside. Let me have the cheque.

I'll be seeing you...(sometime).

Got anything smaller?

No.

I need change. Boss!

I want to talk to you. I can't
fight much. I ain't gonna fight.

I didn't want to come here. It was
her idea. I don't know why. I do.

See, we kinda went for
each other once.

I made a heel out of myself.
She's just getting even.

Don't hold it against ME.
I ain't holding it against you.

She's a swell kid.
You treat her right.

You picked a swell spot to start
something. I didn't start nothing.
I was just finishing it off.

I hope nothing happens to Smithy.
Nothing will. No thanks to you.

Here he is now. Come on.

Are you all right?

Don't worry. I can take care
of myself. He didn't say nothing?
Not to me. Let's get going!

OK?

(You said it.)

Let's get going.

You're pretty quiet back there.
We're doing all right.

Mind if I run up the window?
What is this? Getting draughty.
Meet you in 'Frisco.

You're not very talkative.
I'll snap out of it in a minute.

I noticed the ring on your finger.
I forgot. It's all right. Leave it.

That big fella back there
your husband?

He was. None of my business
but I think he's still stuck on you.

He ain't said so to me. Maybe
you never gave him a chance.

What are you doing that for?
I like to play.

MOTORBIKE ENGINE

BIKE HORN TOOTS

Mr Smith, what's all this about?
My name ain't Smith.
Well, whatever your name is.

My name's Hawkins.
It's time you two got together.

HORN HONKS

Hey, you over there!

Hey, Gene. Pull over.
We want to unload a passenger.

GRANDMA: # Just because
she makes them google eyes

# I thougt I'd caught the prize

# She is the best one, is
Juanita in my biz

HONEYBELL JOINS IN:

# Just because she made

them google eyes! #

You get to bed.

Tell me another story.

Tomorrow.

And say your thanksgiving.

Can't I say it in bed?

Say it the way
I learned you.

I hope Ellie comes home soon
with lots of presents...

That ain't exactly
what I learned you.

Bless Grandma and Ma
and Ellie May. And Pa, too?

Won't hurt none.

And make me

a good girl. Amen.

# Just because

she made them... #

That's enough of that!

MOTORBIKE ENGINE
What's that?

Sounds like that big baboon's
back again.

Ellie May's with him.

I might have knowed it'd go wrong

with Ellie May doing it.

I take back everything I said
about her in my thanksgiving.

Honeybell. Grandma.

Some groceries for you.

Is that what you went

to 'Frisco with?

We ain't been to 'Frisco.
I ain't NEVER been there.
Don't know what you mean.

Maybe Ed can tell you
so as you'll remember. Yeah.

Let's have a talk. You told me
Ellie went to 'Frisco
and left no message.

You can't bulldoze me. You're
through breaking up happy homes.
Is that so? Yeah. From now on,

I run things around here.

You leave Granny alone,
you big baboon!

And you're going to school
and get some learning.
I won't go. Yes, you will.

Help!

Take your hands

off that kid!

Stay there, if you know what's good
for you. I'm taking care of this
family now. Is that so? That's so.

Behave yourself,
and it'll all be all right.

Hit him, Granny.

You want another spanking?
< I won't take no orders from him.

Tell her who's boss, Granny.
Better do as this big bully says.

That's better. You ain't so bad
underneath.

Now, look, Granny. Ellie May
and me's going to San Francisco
on a kind of a honeymoon.

And here - that'll hold you
until we get back.

What are you gonna do about
HIM? I don't know. But he'll
have to keep until we get back.

Oh, he'll keep all right.
He's well soaked in gin.

MOTORBIKE MOVES OFF

Honeybell, you know,
I don't think that fella's all there.

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