All language subtitles for Manana Gloriosa

Afternoon.

Would you have
a local paper I could look into?

You’re new around
here, aren’t you?

Yes, ma’am.

Could I, could I sit down here
a minute, read it?

Yeah, sure enough,
help yourself.

Can I get you a cup
of coffee, anything?

How much, uhm,
a cup of coffee cost?

10 cents.
Just made some fresh.

Thank you.
Just this one.

Take your brother get
in the house, now.

That’s it, up you go.

Elly: That’s it, take your
brother get in the house, now.

Stay in the house, alright?

What can I do for you?

I was looking
for the dinsmore place.

You found it.

Will: Excuse me ma’am,
I come about the ad.

Ad?

Will: Uhm, wanted? Husband?

Yeah,
i’m the one who placed it.

Figured you were.

Elly: There’s three of us.
Nearly four.

Will: Figured they were.

Place needs work.

Elly: You’re still interested?

Reckon so.

Then take off your hat.

Elly: I can see you one time.

Could use a haircut.

Yes, ma’am.

I’m Eleanor dinsmore.

Mrs. Glendon dinsmore.

Will Parker.

You been around here long?

A day and a half.

A day and a half where?

Feed mill.

Feed mill,
working for Harley overmire?

Elly: He’s no good.

You’re
better off working for me.

You know Mr. Parker,
I had that ad

going on for three weeks now

and you’re the first one fool
enough to come up that hill.

And Whitney they call
me crazy, did you know that?

No, ma’am.

Elly: That’s why
you ain’t running yet.

Maybe, maybe you
should do the runnin’, ma’am.

Why is that?

’cause I had done time
in prison.

What they put you in there for?

I said, take that hat off
so I could see what kind
of man i’m talkin’ to here.

They said, I killed somebody.

Did you?

Will: Yes, ma’am.

Did you have a good reason?

I thought so at that time.

Well, Mr. Parker, are you
plannin’ on doin’ that to me?

Ah, no ma’am.

Mr. Parker, are you sick?

I’m sorry, ma’am.

I’m alright now.

But you’re throwin’ up.

It’s those green apples I ate.

Elly: What green apples?

I had green apples
for lunch.

A grown man should have
more sense than that.

Well, sense didn’t come
in to it ma’am, I was hungry.

You didn’t have no supper then?

Come on in the house

and i’ll fix you something.

Elly: This here is Donald Wade.
Here you go baby.

Howdy, Donald Wade.

You stand by that door
all day Mr. Parker.

Ah, no ma’am.

Mr. Parker,
this house ain’t much

but I appreciate it if you take
your hat off when you’re in it.

Have a seat.

Now, that there’s baby Tom.

He’s near three.

This one’s gonna be real close
to Christmas, closer I reckon.

Where’s their daddy?

In the field.

I buried him out there.

Oh, I thought.

You got a strange way of not
sayin’ things, Mr. Parker,

out with it.

Well, I thought maybe
their daddy run off.

So many men been
doin’ that since the depression.

I wouldn’t be lookin’
for no husband then would I?

I reckon that.

Elly: Glendon would never
run off, didn’t have to.

So full of dreams,
he wasn’t here anyways.

How long he been dead?

Don’t you worry none,
the baby’s his.

Well, I didn’t mean that.

Of course you did.

I watched your eyes
when you come up here.

He’s been dead since April.

His dreams killed him.
Bees on the honey.

So, what are your thoughts,
Mr. Parker?

How come you’re
not afraid of me?

Maybe I am.

Will: Not so it show.

A person
doesn’t always let it show.

Will: Are you?

What if I said I was?

Then i’d walk back
down that road the way I come.

You wanna do that?

No ma’am, I reckon not.

You wanna stay up here
with all them down there
thinkin’ i’m crazy?

Are you?

A little.

This here what i’m doin’
seems crazy to me.

Doesn’t it to you?

I can see you need help.

You got this place, kids.

You like kids?

I don’t know. Never been
around them too much.

Elly: Just be sure Mr. Parker,
’cause three’s a lot

they can be troublesome

and I won’t have you layin’
a hand on them, you understand?

They’re glendon’s boys.

And he never would’ve
dreamt of it.

Well, ma’am you got my word
on that.

It’s gotta be said.

I loved my husband.

I wouldn’t be lookin’
for another unless I had to.

Winter’s comin’, i’m in a fix.

Elly: Another thing...

Having three babies
under five years old,

now don’t get me wrong,
I love ’em.

But I don’t want anymore.

Ma’am all i’m looking for
is a dry bed and a full plate.

You can spend the night.

Look at the place
over in the morning

and i’ll make
you a shakedown in the barn.

That’ll be real nice.

You better wash up some.

What?

Nothin’.

Then, help yourself.

How long has it been?

How long has it been since
you had warm water, Mr. Parker?

Will: Five years.

You were in prison
for five years?

Will: Yes ma’am.

Sure thing a man that’s been
roughing it might needed,

a touch of soap.

Will: Thank you.

You’re no longer in prison
Mr. Parker,

soap is free
for the taking here,

so is the hot water.

Please honey, you turn that
back up that’s my favorite song.

I didn’t come all the way
down here to get
my eardrums busted.

Oh, yeah? Now, what did you
come over here for?

♪ I’m gonna walk on the floor ♪

♪ the whole night through.

♪ Your cheatin’ heart, ♪

♪ will tell on you.

Damn.

Oh lula, you make a man harder
than a Chinese arithmetic,
do you know that?

I sure do, sugar.

Ooh, yes.

Oh my, my, my.

Why, you’d like it right
now, wouldn’t you?

Yeah, well i’m ready to move.

Feel that?

I got gumdrops
just thinkin’ ’bout you.

You need your damper
turned down, you know that?

Well, what I need,
is one of ’em electric fans.

Huh?

You know them oscillating kind
that go back and forth,

back and forth.

I saw one at the hardware store
in Atlanta last time I was
visiting my sister junie.

I got you that frigidaire,
and I got you that philco,

I turned
your closet into a bathroom.

And I said thank you.

I had to do some fancy fast
talkin’ to Mae

about where all the extra
money went.

Reese goodloe,
you won’t buy me electric fan?

I’m gonna find me somebody
who will.

Let me tell you something.

You ain’t gonna find a bigger
fool than me in this town.

I don’t know.

This handsome stranger
come in to the cafe today,

he looked fool enough to me.

Tall guy, wiry? Yeah.

Wearing a big old cowboy hat?

That’s the one.

Harley overmire fired him today
his name is Parker

he just done five years
over in huntsville penitentiary

for killing a whore.

Oh, good. He didn’t.
Over in la grange, Texas.

Yes he did!

What did he want?

He went on up to crazy
Elly dinsmore’s place

about that ad she wrote.

How the hell
would you know that?

He asked me the way
and I told him.

Elly dinsmore, huh?

Yeah.

Advertising for a husband.
Christ.

Lula: What could you expect?

After been locked up in
that house all those years

she’s crazy you know.

Lula singing:
♪ your cheatin’ heart.♪

Sheriff: ♪ my cheatin’ heart.♪

Lula: Oh my, my.

Elly: You might decide it’s not
such a good idea to stay, now,
I sure wouldn’t blame you.

No matter what
you said before.

Will: Same goes to you too
Mrs. Dinsmore.

Watch out for
this pile of junk?

Over here. Here take this.

Oh, be careful!

I’m sorry about that.

Will: It’s okay.

Elly: It’s not much, i’m sorry.

It’s fine.

You ain’t got much
for muscles, do you?

Oh, ain’t I?

Got those up there, didn’t I?

Just barely.

Here you go.

Don’t be silly.

I’ve been walking
in this barnyard

since long before you got
that thing you call a hat.

Well it’s my own anyways
and my boots.

Here you go.

Take it yourself.

Elly: Be careful Donald Wade.

Will: You milk the goat there?

Elly: No, I milk the cow.

Will: Oh, you have a cow?

Elly: Herbert.

Will: Herbert?

Elly: Over there is madam.

Will: That’s real nice.

You jump that there?

That’s the way.

Elly: Watch out for that
mud Donald Wade.

Elly: Slow up baby, Donald Wade.

Will: Oh, look at this.

Elly: Wrecks everyone of ’em.

Loved collecting old things.
Like his daddy before him.

Donald: Can I drive it?

Elly: Sure you can, baby. Hey!
Wanna take baby Thomas?

Okay, take his hand.

Donald: C’mon baby Thomas.

One of glendon’s
daddy’s pieces.

Well, it’s not too bad.

Elly: Oh, my god!

Elly: Oh my!

Will: All right, come on out!

Elly: Get them out of there!
Get them to the mud

c’mon !
Dive into that mud!

Elly: Get into the mud!
Get in the mud!

Will: All right. That’s it.

Let me see your face?

That’s it boy.
Let’s get mud all over.

How you doin’?

Not bad.

Here we go.

Never had any of your own?

No ma’am.

Never married?

No ma’am.

Reckon you’ll shiver
yourself in those wet britches.

Well, they’ll dry ’em in.

Oops! Uh-oh,
leaky faucet here.

Oh! Sorry.

It’s alright.

Oh. C’mon.

I’m sorry.
Oh, poor baby.

Mr. Parker, i’m...

Thomas ain’t trained
yet you see.

I’m sorry.

Like you said, ma’am,
they’re wet anyways.

Elly: I’ll probably
wash your pants for you

and and get you a pair
of glendon’s over all for you

to wear until yours to dry.

I’ll appreciate that ma’am.

I’ve decided to stay,
if you want me to.

I do.

And, ah, as far as marrying
goes, you know, well,

we can put that
off till you’re comfortable.

If it’s never well, that’s fine.
I’ll stay in the barn.

How’s that?

Elly: Fine.

Will: This goes there?

Good morning, Mrs. Dinsmore.

Reese: My name is goodloe,
Reese goodloe.

I don’t know if
you remember me.

My older brother went to
school with your mama.

I know.

Do you have a man
called Parker here?

Yes.

I like to talk to him.

He’s around the bend
clearing weeds.

Mrs. Dinsmore, uhm...

I don’t wanna step into
your business now, but...

I don’t know whether you know
this boy has police record.

If you’re tryin’ to tell me
his been in prison? I know.

You do?

Elly: Yes.

I just want to make
sure that you knew.

Well. I do.

Appreciate it, ma’am.

Parker.

Will Parker?

Reese goodloe, sheriff.

How long you’ve been
in Whitney, Parker?

About a month.

Reese: Ain’t you on parole?

Yes, sir.

Why ain’t you in to visit me?

Had to get me a job.

You’re still
suppose to report, ain’t you?

I’ll be there.

Does Mrs. Dinsmore know
that you killed a whore?

She knows some.

Well let me tell you
what I know, Parker.

I know that your
best friend put you in jail.

I am not your best friend.

So why don’t you just
move on down the road?

I’m not harmin’ anybody.

As far as i’m concerned you’re
in violation parole already.

I came all the way out here just
to put you on notice,

now, I gotta nice town here
Parker, with nice people in it.

Worst thing’s happen Harley
overmire gets himself drunk

and gets into a fight.

You catch my drift?

So you best watch
your back side boy.

And don’t you make me come
out here and get you again.

’coz if I have to i’m gonna
put you away for good next time.

You hear me?

Yes, sir.

Okay, boy.

What he want?

Ah, he just...

Uh ma’am, those bees.

Your husband, if he have a hat
and things to tend it with?

Somewhere.

You think you can
find it for me?

I don’t want you
messing with those bees.

Well, uhm, i’m not
gonna mess with them

’til I know what i’m doing.

There’s a lot of honey.

No.

My husband thought he
get rich real fast makin’ honey.

He went on a branch.
I told him not to.

The bees start
swarming on him.

Branch broke.

And so did he.

If he would listen to me much.

Well, i’ll walk to town
this afternoon

and ah, report
to the sheriff today.

Report?

Well i’m on parole.

You want to go too?

I don’t go to town.

I can take those eggs we got.

I’ll sell them for you.

Do which ever you like.

Do you have a card?

No ma’am. But, uhm,
i’d like to get one.

Name please?

Will Parker.

Parker, will.

Address?

Uhm...

Honey run.

I need some proof
of identification

to verify your residency.

Oh, I don’t have
anything, ma’am.

Nothing?
No ma’am.

Well, Mr. Parker, i’m
sure you understand,

I cannot simply lend books
to anyone who walks in here

unless I can be assured
they’re residents.

Those are the rules.

If you wish to read you
may seat over there.

Afternoon miss beasley.

Shh. Quiet?

Sorry. I’ll tippy toe.

Pssst!

Pssst!

What are you studying?

Bees.

Hey, how about that!
I’m studying b’s too.

Beethoven, he
wrote music,

back when guys wore
wigs and things.

I haven’t seen you around,
where you been keeping yourself?

Up at Mrs. Dinsmore’s place.

Crazy elly’s?

Could get bad reputation.

Must be bored as hell.

You need somebody to show
you around, i’d be happy to.

Excuse me ma’am. I got a
lot of eggs needs selling.

Better see to ’em.

Well, if you’re interested
I work most days at vickery’s.

See you around.

I was wondering ma’am?

Yes?

Well, i’m working as
a hired hand man
at Mrs. Glendon dinsmore.

If she’d come in here and tell
you that I work for her,

would that be enough
to give me a library card?

She won’t come in.

She won’t come in?

She’s a reckless. Has been
since she was a child.

Beasley: However, if she
could provide proof of
employment in writing,

I think that would be sufficient
to verify your residency.

I’ll ask her.

Mr. Parker?

How is Eleanor?

Oh! She’s fine ma’am,

she’s six months pregnant
by the third time.

Third time!

Will: Yes ma’am.

My. Greet her for me,
will you?

I sure will.

By the way, ma’am,

I got a few dozen eggs
here i’d like to sell.

You have any ideas
where I can try?

Well I could use
a dozen myself.

Yes, ma’am.

Here you go.

Elly: The busy little squirrel
remembered his cozy little nest

in the magnolia tree, where
he’d be warm and dry and...

Safe.

So, he climbed up there
and just for ol’ time sake.

What you think he saw there?

Oak tree growin’ in there?

That’s right, that’s right.

With enough acorns, the squirrel
never have to run
up and down that tree again.

Donald: Hey, Mr. Parker.

Hey there, short stuff.

Been gone a long time.

Yeah. Well, sellin’ takes time.
How are you?

I did real good though.

Purdy’s general store took
a whole lot except for one dozen

and I sold those
to miss beasley.

Got ah, a dollar twenty.

Miss beasley
sends her regards too.

She did?

Library’s a pretty place,
ain’t it. Real peaceful.

Will: Yeah, it’s nice in there,
right? Smell good too.

Hey, Donald Wade,
whatcha think I got in here?

Shall we see?
What’s in here?

Look, here you go.

Let’s break it in half, okay?

Give half
to your brother, too.

Say "thank you."
Donald Wade.

There you go.

Thanks, Mr. Parker.

Your welcome.

I appreciate you
thinking of them Mr. Parker.

I have money on my own too.
So I got you something.

For me.

Oh.

Oh, my.

It’s beautiful.

Thank you, will.

You’re welcome, Elly.

I was thinking we could take
the cream into pint jars

and try to sell that too.

Do you fix in turning into one
of those men who loves money,
Mr. Parker?

No ma’am,

I just don’t think
we should lose

the opportunity
to make it though.

Elly: You did what?

I rubbed myself down with mint,
get the smell of cow off me.

What does Herbert
got to do with it?

Bees hate the
smell of animals makes them mad.

But you could have been stung.

I can’t believe this.

You didn’t take the smoker!
You didn’t take gloves.

I would have if you’ve
have given them to me.

Don’t you try to blame me for
your own stupidity, will Parker.

That was a damn fool thing
and you know it!

Now look
what you made me do.

I didn’t know you
were gonna get mad about it.

I am not mad!

Somebody ain’t mad,
you’re makin’ a hell of a mess
out of ’em eggs.

Go stick your head in a beehive
and let them
clean it off for you!

Now get out!

Will: Watch out!

Will: Ellenor, just calm
down a minute alright.

Will you listen to me?

Well i’m not him.

I’m not glendon. I’m a careful
man. I’m not going to get hurt.

But there’s bees out there and
there’s all kinds of honey

and I wanna take it to
the market and sell it!

I don’t care about money.

Will: I do! You know,

cause there’s some things
I like to do around here,

like putting more electricity.
What about the baby?

Huh, how are going
to pay for a doctor?

Need to have no doctor.

Will: Yeah? Who’s gonna help you
when the time comes?

You, will. All you have to do
is listen to what I tell you.

All you have to do
is tie the cord.

Now wait a minute,
wait a minute.

You’re scared aren’t yah?

Yeah, you’re damn right
i’m scared.

And it don’t make any sense,
you gotta doctor down in Whitney

who can do it.

Ain’t goin’ down there.

This town’s got no use for
me and I got no use for it.

That’s crazy.
Crazy?

I didn’t mean it like that.
No, I mean it’s risky.

What if something happens?

I had two that come right out
with no trouble at all,

all you have to do...

Well,
i’m not a midwife godammit!

Well.

Maybe you got to
pack your things.

Move on.

Now wait, wait, Eleanor.

I don’t need you,
I can do it alone.

I didn’t hire on here
to deliver babies.

Glendon did it, twice.

Yeah, that’s different.
He was your husband.

It’s okay with me
if we got married now.

Elly: You’re good with the boys
and they like you a lot.

I really don’t throw
eggs too often.

Is that what you want?

I guess. You want to?

Well,

don’t you think
there ought to be

some feelings for
people or somethin’?

I like you fine, will.
Don’t you like me?

Yeah.

Yeah, I like you fine.

Elly: Then we ought to do it.

Right.

Can I ask you something?

Ask.

Where i’d sleep? It’s
getting cold out here.

The only place in the house
is where glendon slept.

Yeah.

I sleep with the light on.

I know. That’s okay.

It’s never completely
dark in prison either.

Well, in that case...

I don’t exactly know
how a person goes
about getting married.

We can do it in the
courthouse in Calhoun.

We can get the license
right there, too.

We can?

Well, you want
to go tomorrow?

Tomorrow will be fine.

Uhm, what time?

Better start early.

Early.

Yes ma’am.

Elly: Okay, c’mon.
C’mon baby Thomas.

Donald: What’s a wedding, mama?

Well, will and me are
getting married.

What’s married?

Married is, uh...

You know how you come
in with me at night?

Well you won’t be
able to anymore

because will is going to be
sleeping there with me.

He is? A-huh.

Baby Thomas, come back here.

Can we come in when it
thunders and lightnin’?

When thunders and lighting.

Glory be.

Elly: Where did you get that?

Will: At the field.

You mean it’s one
of the old junkers?

It’s more like five
or six of them,

I just kind of put them
all together.

Elly: Is there anything you
can’t do, will Parker?

Looks cheap.

Don’t you dare say that
about my wedding ring.

Sooner you pay for it.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Soon we get down to the
courthouse and speak our words.

I found the one should
be better for you.

You got to to learn
not to be so proud?

This is...

I know.

Strange wedding day, too.

Survived it.

Yeah,

good night.

Morning.

Morning.

Sleep okay?

Oh, yeah fine.
Did I crowd you?

Oh! No, no.
Did I crowd you?

No, it’s fine.

You wake up quick!

It’s uhm...

It’s nearly six,

I gotta go milk Herbert
is gonna bust.

"I’m tired of you
smelling like mint". Elly

Beasley: Mr. Parker!

Mr. Parker! Mr. Parker!

Mornin’, Mrs. Beasley.

Mornin’.

Nice surprise. Did you walk
out around here from town?

Oh yes. I have never
owned an automobile.

C’mon in the house. Elly will
be really surprise to see you.

Beasley:
How’s Mrs. Dinsmore feelin’?

Will: Well she’s not Mrs.
dinsmore anymore ma’am,

she’s Mrs. Parker now.

Beasley: Oh?

Will: Yes ma’am. We got married
at the Calhoun yesterday.

Beasley: Oh.

Elly. Look who came
up to surprise you.

Ellenor, oh my
haven’t you grown up!

Mrs. Beasley.

The last time I saw you,
you were pigtailed.

And these are your sons?

Elly: Yes, ma’am.
This is Donald Wade.

How do you do Donald Wade?

And this is baby Thomas.

Fine boys.
And another on the way.

Beasley: My.

Aren’t you lucky, Mrs. Parker?

Yes, ma’am.

Won’t you come in for some
cup of coffee or something.

Oh, thank you kindly.
I can only take a minute.

I hate to be the bearer
of bad news,

but levander sprague who’s
been my custodian for 26 years

drop dead night before last.

Mrs. Sprague.

Beasley: Heart attack.

Fine man, he lived
a long and fruitful life.

However, I am now
without custodian.

Job pays 25 dollars a week.

Would you like it Mr. Parker?

Well, that’s a very
fine offer ma’am.

Beasley: 6 nights a week?

Well, you can let me know
your decision later.

Can I give you a ride
back to town ma’am?

Oh, thank you I
appreciate the thought,

however I got out here myself,
i’ll get home myself.

May I call on you tomorrow?

That’ll be nice.

Best wishes Elly.

Congratulations, Mr. Parker.

Will: Elly?

Take it will,
I can tell you want to.

You don’t want me to.

Don’t be silly. C’mon lets go.

You don’t want me hanging
around the town.

My feelings for
town are mine,

I got no right
to keep you from it.

Well now, look who I found.

You got me schoolin’ again.

Frankenstein, I like big men.

How’s crazy Elly?
My, my.

You know why they call
her crazy? Did she tell you?

Her god fearing grand daddy
locked her and her mama

up in the house when she’s just
a baby ’cause she was bastard.

Pulled all the chains
down and didn’t let her out.

So, she didn’t tell you.

Well, you ask her
about it sometime.

You know, men like you

make me feel lie awake
at night sometimes, you know,

maybe you lie awake
at nights too.

But your woman bein’
pregnant and all.

And since both of
us lose some sleep.

You know you’re blushin’, sugar.

Am I gettin’ some
heat out of you?

I don’t want you
comin’ around no more.

Some men don’t know
what they want.

What’s it take Parker?

Beasley: James, please remove
your fingers from your nose.

If it requires attention, ask
to be dismissed to the lavatory.

Under the Dewey decimal...

Excuse me children.
Enjoy your books.

Morning, Mrs. Beasley.

Morning Mr. Parker.

I brought you something.

Why, Mr. Parker.

It’s from my hives,
just rendered this week.

It’s so clear and pale.

Ma’am, about that job?

I’d be right proud to accept it.

Than you can start
tomorrow night.

Thank you, Ms. Beasley.

If the parents dislike
each other

at the time the child is born,

something of that
disposition

will transmit itself
to their offspring.

I thought you
were reading about electricity.

Oh, yeah I am.

Let me see that.

How to bear
and conceive healthy children

shouldn’t be reading this stuff.

I’ve done the natural way.

Indian women squatted in
the woods and did it all alone.

Can I touch it?

I never touched
a pregnant woman before.

Sure.

Oh, it’s hard.

I thought it’s gonna be soft.

It’s gotta be hard
to protect her.

I just know
it’s gonna be a girl.

I feel fat.

No, you’re not fat.

You’re just pregnant.

He’s coming.

Man: Umm umm, honey.
I loves honey.

You wanna fix me some breakfast?

You’re working yourself right
back to huntsville, Parker.

I could’ve kicked his ass from
one end of town to the other.

So, why didn’t you?

You know, I just let
the dog have his bone.

That way he’ll leave us be.

Town’s nothing but trouble.

Just wanna stir things up.

No, that’s not so.

Hell, every time I go to
town, I learn something new.

Yeah, I can’t even look.

Elly, I gotta tell you
something.

I know that
your mama never was married.

And I know that your grandpa
kept you and your mama locked up

in that house
in town and the rest of it.

And I know how you feel,
about the town.

But look,
all in that town is people.

There ain’t nothin’ in there
bigger than you are,

it’s just people.

Yeah.

They gapin’ at you
like you are a lunatic.

People whisperin’ loud enough
so you could hear them say

"crazy Elly talks to the birds

and lives in a house
with the shades bolt down."

Crazy mama.

Crazy grandma.

Grandpa.

Elly, all those folks
are dead gone.

He was making us kneel on
the hard parlor floor,

raised his hands
to the ceiling,

shakin’ and tremblin’.

His eyes rolled
back in his head,

calling down forgiveness.
God!

Mama.

Oh, mama.

Mama would squeeze
her eyes shut.

Hold her hands so tight,

her knuckles turned white.

She starts rockin’
back and forth.

Somethin’ pitiful.

And me, a child of shame.

I peeked out behind my
fingers over my eyes

and wondered
what it was that i’d done wrong.

Will: You did nothing wrong,
it was your family.

They’re all, they’re
all dead and gone.

They’ll never going
to hurt you again.

I’ve been wanting
to do that for a long time.

I thought you
wouldn’t want to.

Why?

Because i’m pregnant
with glendon’s baby.

God, Elly.

You know what I wish?

I wish this baby’s mine.

I love you.

Nobody’s ever said to
that to me before.

Not in my whole life.

I love you, will Parker.

Oh.

What?

What is it? Elly? Elly?

What is it?

Go down to the barn and get
a couple of madam’s tug straps.

What for?

Elly: Better start
carrying water, fill
the boiler and tea kettle.

Oh, god, Elly, is it time?

Go, please. Just go.

Oh, my god.

Will: Oh, my god.

Donald: Where’d she come from?

Will: Comes from inside
your mother.

She’s all curled up in there
like a little butterfly
in a cocoon.

Elly: Got a name for
her Donald Wade?

Come here.

I was thinkin’ about lizzy,
what do you think of that?

Lizzy? Lizzy the lizard?

Just plain ole’ lizzy.
Elizabeth.

Elizabeth Parker.

Parker?

Well, you delivered
her, didn’t you?

Man deserves some
credit for a thing like that.

That’s for sure.

Man : We interrupt
this program

with an
emergency announcement.

At dawn this morning,
Japanese bombers attacked

the us naval base in Pearl
harbor in Honolulu.

Repeat. Japanese bombers
have attacked Pearl harbor.

Norris: Now if it ain’t Harley
and the boys.

Norris: Morning boys!

How’s it hangin’ Norris?

Elroy, what happened
to your finger?

Accident.

He ain’t gonna be use to these
boys, can’t pull no trigger.

Can’t pull nothin’
else neither.

Yeah.

You and me.

We’re the same person,
will Parker.

Will: Elly, i’ve been thinking.

How’d you do if I was to
join up in the service?

Don’t I have anything
to say about that?

No, ma’am.

But you’re a father now.

I got to volunteer.

How could they take
a brand new father with two
others to see after?

I want you to promise
me something.

That you go into
town and you get the boys out.

You got to go, Elly.

Donald wade’s gonna be six
next year, he’s starting school.

I can teach Donald Wade
what he needs.

Just listen to me, now.

They gotta get out. Gotta
take ’em to the library.

I can teach--

you want them to be smarter
than you and me, don’t you?

Alright you take him in, you get
’em used to town, and the people

and survive. ’cause
that’s what life’s about, Elly.

It’s about surviving.

What are you sayin’, will?

You better take them down there.

You’re bright. You got a
real bright pair of boys.

I don’t want you to ever
forget what i’m tellin’ you now.

No matter what happens.

You’re good.

Yeah, that’s a lot better.

Looks real nice.

What do they want?

I don’t know,
we’re gonna find out I reckon.

Mornin’, Mrs. Parker.

Mornin’, sheriff.
Mornin’.

Do you know a woman by
the name of lula peak?

I know who she is, yeah.

Did you see her last night?

Did you see her last night?

No. She didn’t come
in the library?

Nobody comes in the library
when i’m there after hours.

She never came in the
library after hours?

Well, maybe a couple
of times she did.

She did?

When?

I don’t know,
maybe a month ago.

You invite her?
No.

Well, what was
she doin’ there then?

I think you can
probably guess sheriff.

So you admit it?

I knew what she’s after, yeah.
She didn’t get it.

Am I being accused
of something here?

’cause if I am, I got
the right to know.

That woman put a charge
on me, it’s all a damn lie.

All I did was shove her
out the back door.

Sheriff: When?

When?

Last night.

Last night?

But you just said--

I don’t want to get into...
She went in there after closing.

You invite her?
No, I damn well didn’t.

She just come, cattin’
around like usual.

Well, what happened?

Will: She kissed me, and I
pushed her out the back door.

Why didn’t you tell me will?

I didn’t mean nothin’.

Did you have sexual
intercourse with lula peak?

No! What the hell
is this about?

Lula peak was murdered
last night.

Her body was found on
the back steps of the library.

Oh, my god.

Is this your bandana?

Well?

You did a stretch in huntsville
for manslaughter, didn’t you?

You know i’ve done my time.

For murdering
a prostitute in a whore house.

Donald: Mama,
lizzy wet her pants again.

William Parker, it’s my duty
to inform you

that you’re under arrest
for the murder of lula peak.

Will?

Elly, you
know I didn’t do nothin’, Elly!

Donald: You can’t take him away.

Will! Let him go!

I didn’t do nothing.
You know that.

Will: Go to your
mother Donald Wade.

Sheriff: Mrs. Parker.

Will: Let her take him.
Wait a minute!

Let him go with his mother.

Sheriff: Just take the boy
inside, Ms. Parker.

But what’s gonna
happen to him?

Wait, wait, he needs his jacket.

No, what he needs is a lawyer.

Donald: What happens to him?
Where is he going?

Who’s that.

My god, it’s crazy Elly.

That’s the dinsmore girl

ms beasley.

Oh, shh, quiet!

That pissant Reese goodloe
come out to the house
and arrested will!

I know my dear.

Help me? I need a lawyer.

The only attorney I know

who might take the case
is way over in Calhoun.

If I can drive me to Whitney,
I can drive us to Calhoun.

Drive?

Are you still stamping
books at the Whitney library?

I am.

Please sit down.

And are you still shooting
turkeys over on red bone Ridge?

Been a long time, Gladys.
A long time.

Yes. It has.

Robert, I have
brought you a client

much in need of your services.

I would consider it

a personal favor
if you’d help her,

more precisely her husband.

Elly: This is for you.

It’s the most delicious honey.

Well, thank you.

And there’s more where that
came from, plus milk and pork

and chickens and eggs for
the duration of the war

without any rationing coupons.

To go along with whatever money
you need to clear will’s name.

Ms. Parker, as for my fee
we’ll get to that later

after I decide whether or not
I can take your case.

Your jacket.

I thought they
weren’t gonna let you in here.

Is that what you wanted?

Why didn’t you tell
me about it, will?

She came to the library?

If you had, it wouldn’t
have been such a surprise to me.

You ought to know
about what I do.

What kind of a man I am.

Just get out of here.
I don’t want you to see me here.

Questions need answering.

Yeah,
like did I kill the bitch?

That’s not
the question I need answering.

Elly: You can’t forgive me.

I sure tell don’t need
that kind of wife. Godammit.

Just like
my best friend, just like him.

Will: He’s gonna
marry this whore.

He knew he’s crazy about her.

We went in there
one night, where she worked.

He booked her for
a couple of hours.

He asked her to marry him.

And she just
laughed in his face.

Will: He went wild and
grabbed for her,

will: Out of nowhere she
pulled this little gun.

Will: I beaned her with
a whiskey bottle.

Will: She just never got up.

Will: Last time I got
arrested since.

Go on.

Yes, so my friend got scared.

He decided to testify
against me.

He said how they were in love.

He’s gonna marry her and take
her away from the whore house,

I had to spoil it all
for him.

Jury believed him.

And I did
five years for saving his life.

Will: And all you had to hear is
just one word from that sheriff,

and you think I was guilty.

Saw it in your eyes, Elly.

Will: You know what it did
to me, when you looked at me
like that,

like I was some murderer.

I’m here, ain’t I.

Well,

I really don’t care
what you think anymore.

You don’t mean that.

Don’t I?

I leave you to go home
and wonder about that.

Just like i’m lying here
wondering about you.

Your grandpa used
to keep it so neat.

It’s so small.

Sherby.

Elly: Oh, my morning
glories grown so.

2300.

2300?

Top listing price,

considering the work
that would be necessary

to make the place livable again.

Just sell it, Mr. Pride.

Just sell it.

Parker, your lawyer’s here.

My lawyer?

Your wife and Gladys
beasley came to see me

asked me to have a talk
with you. Name’s Bob Collins.

Will Parker.

So, will Parker.
You killed lula peak or not?

No sir.

Bailiff: All rise!

The Gordon county courthouse
is now in session,

honorable aldon p. Murdoch
presiding.

All be seated.

Judge: The state of Georgia
versus William Parker.

Solicitor general
Edward slocum

would you begin your
opening statement.

Solicitor: I promise through
indisputable evidence

to show the jury,

beyond a glimmer of a doubt

that will Parker
cold-bloodedly

and with malice of fore-thought
murdered lula peak.

Sheriff: I asked him to come
into town and report to me
in accordance

with the term of his parole.

And what was he in parole for?

Objection!

My client’s past record
has no bearing on this trial.

Overruled.

Answer the question, sheriff.

For second degree murder of a
prostitute in la grange, Texas.

When you apprehended
Mr. Parker,

did he admit to you
that he had been with lula
peak the night she was murdered.

At first he denied it but
I caught him in a lie.

Solicitor: Well, what was he
tryin’ to hide?

Bob: Objection! Conjecture!

Sustained.

Solicitor: And the cause
of death was strangulation,
is that right doctor?

Yes sir.

Dr. Mobridge, as county medical
examiner can you describe for us

Ms. Peaks condition
at the time of her death?

Ms. Peak was found on face
down on a prone position

in the alley by the
backdoor of the library,

she was holdin’ a blue
handkerchief in her hand.

Solicitor: Dr. Mobridge,

is this the handkerchief?

Yes, I believe it is.

Your honor, I would very
much like to enter this

into the evidence.

Dr. Mobridge, were there
any signs of violence struggle?

Was Ms. Peak marked in any way?

There were individual
bruises on her neck

caused by human hands,
probably a man’s.

When you conducted your
autopsy, on lula peak,

what else did you find?

That the deceased
was two months pregnant.

Thank you, doctor.

Your witness.

Dr. Mobridge, is there any
way in god’s creation

to determine who may have
sired a two month old fetus?

No sir.

So in fact,

it could’ve been any man-Jack
in this county, correct?

Doctor: Yes sir, that’s correct.

No further questions.

To appease the court your honor,
I would like to reserve
the right

to continue my cross-examination
of this witness later.

So noted.

Judge: Dr. Mobridge,
you may step down.

Solicitor: Mrs. Beasley.

Miss beasley.

Oh, I beg your pardon.

Miss beasley, will Parker was
under your employ

at the Whitney public
library, was he not?

Yes, he was.

And was he working on the
night of February the ninth

when lula peak was murdered?

Yes.

Isn’t it true Ms. Beasley that
Mr. Parker and Ms. Peak

met several times in
the library over several months?

Well, Mr. Parker was there
and she would come in.

Solicitor: Did they speak?

Yes.

Solicitor: Did you overhear
their conversations?

No.

Would you characterize
their meetings as friendly?

Well,
Mr. Parker is a polite man.

Solicitor: Ms. Beasley, when was
the last time you saw lula peak?

Solicitor: Was it
the night of the murder?

Yes?

And where was that?
Where did you see her?

I passed her on the sidewalk.

Solicitor: And when was that
Ms. Beasley?

When I was leaving
the library.

Solicitor: Thank you
Ms. Beasley.

Your witness.

Ms. Beasley, didn’t
William Parker in fact

rejects the advances
of lula peak?

Solicitor: Objection! The
witness is already testified

that she never heard
what was said.

Sustained.

Do you find her relentless
flirtations a nuisance?

Solicitor: Objection!
Yes.

Sustained.

No further questions.

Your honor,
I have one last question
I would like to ask Ms. Beasley.

With the permission
of the defense council?

Judge: You may.

Ms. Beasley,

did you ever see will Parker
with a handkerchief like this?

Beasley: Well, it is a very
common sort of handkerchief.

Please Ms. Beasley
answer the question yes or no.

Yes.

Solicitor: And did
you see it on his person

the day that lula
peak was murdered?

Well, i’m not sure.

You’re not sure, Ms. Beasley?
Or you don’t want to say.

Objection!

Prosecution is attempting
to intimidate the witness.

Sustained.

Your honor,
I have no further questions.

Are you asleep?

No.

The children loved
the squirrel book.

I’m glad.

I don’t think they
ever wanna leave, Mrs. Marsh’s.

The boys built it real nice
for it.

They’re such fine boys.
That lizzy p. Is a darlin’.

I miss my babies.

I know you do.

It’s best you stay with me.

I’m scared.

I’m really scared, Ms. Beasley.

Miriam: Mrs. Miriam gaultier,

i’m a nurse and receptionist
at Dr. Kendall.

Mrs. Gaultier, you just heard
Dr. Kendall testified

that on February first
he diagnosed lula peak pregnant?

Now, we’re you working
at the doctor’s office that day?

Yes, I was.

Solicitor: And did you talk
with lula peak?

Yes, I did.

Mrs. Gaultier, what was the
gist of that conversation?

I asked Ms. Peak for her
address for fillin’ purposes.

I see, and ah, did
she give it to you?

No sir, she didn’t.

Solicitor: Oh, why not?

Because she advised me
to send the bill to that

"jailhouse son of a bitch"
over in Whitney.

Judge: Order! Order!

Solicitor: "That jailhouse
son of a bitch over in Whitney."

Thank you very much
Mrs. Gaultier,

I have no further questions
your honor.

Was Ms. Peaks
bill ever paid, Mrs. Gaultier?

No.

Bob: Why?

Because I didn’t know
where to send it.

Thank you Mrs. Gaultier.

You may step down,
Mrs. Gaultier.

Your honor, the
prosecution rests at this time.

Judge: Mr. Collins?

The defense calls
Eleanor Parker to the stand.

Bob: Elly.

Put your left hand on the Bible,
and you raise your right hand.

Do you swear to tell the truth,
the whole truth

and nothing but the truth,
so help you, god?

I do.

Please, sit down.

How long have
you known will Parker, Elly?

He walked onto my
place 10 months ago.

How long have you
been married to him?

Three months.

Have you been happy?

Elly: Yes. Yes I have.

Kindest man i’ve ever met.

He’s a good father,
good husband.

Bob: When he came home the
night of February ninth,

did you noticed anything
unusual about his behavior?

No.

He was worried some, that’s all.

Bob: Worried?

Well he was worried if he
joined the service,

I wouldn’t bring
the kids to town for school.

Bob: Why would he
worry about that?

’cause everybody
knows I don’t come to town.

Bob: But you
come to town for will Parker?

Yes.

Bob: Why?

’cause I love him.

Bob: When he came home
the night of February ninth,

did you notice any bruises
on his body?

No.

Any sign of a struggle
or fight with a woman?

No.

Scratches on his face?
Lipstick on his clothes?

Did he smell
of dime store perfume?

No sir, he didn’t.

What were you doing

just before sheriff goodloe
came to arrest him?

On the porch cuttin’ his hair.

So until the sheriff came,

you were happily
ensconced in the wonder

of harmonious domesticity.

Yes, we were.

Your witness.

Mrs. Parker,

you said your
husband was a good husband?

Yes.

What was your conjugal
relation with him.

Bob: Objection!

Overruled.
Answer the question.

Wonderful.

Solicitor: Wonderful!

He made me happy.

Mrs. Parker, how many other men
have you known, intimately?

One.

Solicitor: Your first husband.

Yes.

Well now, is that really
sayin’ a lot?

The only man you ever
known other than will Parker

was glendon dinsmore,
the ice delivery man.

Glendon dinsmore was
a good man and a good father.

Will Parker is the best
man i’ve ever known.

I see.

Did you make will Parker happy?

I hope so.

Solicitor: A man who’s taste run
to wanting women and whore’s,

you made this man happy?

Solicitor: Mrs. Parker, isn’t
it true that you were pregnant

for the first two months
of your marriage
to will Parker

with the child of
your first husband?

Yes?

Solicitor: And did you
have relations with him
during that time?

No.

Solicitor: Well, wasn’t
he frustrated by this?

Objection!
Drawing conclusions.

Overruled.

He said, he was rough on him.

Mrs. Parker,

under the circumstances,

might he demand to seek another
Avenue to find comfort

for his conjugal needs?

He might. But he didn’t.

How can we be sure?

How can we be sure will Parker
even consummated

his marriage with you at all.

I mean the man whose
only accustomed to the taste

of ladies of the night
livin’ on the farm

with a woman pregnant
with another man’s baby.

And you tell us,
you made him happy?

How do we know this union
was consummated?

Hell, how do we know

you even slept in the same
damn bed with will Parker?

’cause i’m carryin’ his child.

Judge: Order!

Are you sure?

Sure as i’m sitting here.

Have you told this
to the sheriff?

Sheriff didn’t ask,
did he nat?

No, he didn’t.

Well, gentlemen,
you’ve been real helpful.

Thank you.

You enjoy that honey now, right.

Bob: Mr. Macready, you’ve
been retired now,

how many years?

15 years.

Must get kinda boring sittin’
around for 15 years

doing nothing?

Doing nothing?

Why Sonny, i’ll have you now,
me and my brother

organize the civilian patrol,

and we’re out there every
night enforcing the curfew,

and watchin’
out for Japanese planes.

Ain’t we nat?

We sure are!

Defense counsel will
instruct his witness

to direct his answer to the
court not to the gallery.

Yes, your honor.

Eh, Norris, let’s talk
if we may

about your very important job.

Did you see Lulu
comin’ and goin’ with any men?

That’s a good one, ain’t it nat?

It sure is!

Mr. Macready!

Did you see Lulu peak comin’
and goin’ with will Parker?

Well, i’ve seen her try.

Nat: She didn’t have
no matted far that I could see.

Solicitor: Objection!

Judge: Order! Sustained.

Bob: In your patrolling
through the past several
weeks and months,

you ever noticed anything in
particular goin’ on

around Lulu peaks place?

Well, not recent.

The last fall, i’ve seen a car
parked regular behind her house.

Did you know whose car it was?

Well, not for certain.
Only seen the front end.

Can you tell us what
kind of car it was?

A Ford.

A Ford?

Can you describe it’s color?

Looked black to me.

Did you see the license plate?

Well, not so good.
It was dark.

Well, come now, Mr. Macready,

if you could make out
the Ford insignia

surely you
could read the license plate.

Norris: I think it was
p-v-6 something like that.

Did you see that car parked
at lula peaks house

the night she was murdered?

Nope.

Thank you, Mr. Macready.

One other thing Mr. Macready,

on the night of the murder,

did you noticed anything unusual
goin’ on in lula peaks place

or in town for that matter?

Nope, can’t say I did.
It’s just that...

Just what, Mr. Macready?

Just elroy and Harley parked
off main street

down on a case of beer.

But can’t say that’s unusual.

Judge: Order!
Order now in this court!

Your witness.

Solicitor: No questions
your honor.

You may step down.

Bob: Your honor, the defense
recall sheriff Reese goodloe

to the stand.

Bob: Sheriff goodloe, what
kind of car are you drivin’?

Ford.

I’m sorry, I didn’t
quite get that?

A Ford!

Bob: Is it black, is its’
license number pv6
somethin’ or other?

Everybody in town knows the
license plate is pv6 something.

How many people that I have
talked to here in Whitney

who may have seen you enter
or leave lula peaks house

sometime on, oh how many?

I submit that lula
peak wanted you to pay

for her examination
when she was pregnant.

I submit that when she told
nurse gaultier to send that bill

to that "jailhouse son
of a bitch in Whitney",

she wasn’t referring to will
Parker, the ex-convict.

She was referring
to the keeper of the jailhouse.

You are "the jailhouse son of
a bitch", Reese, aren’t you?

Lula peak is having
your child, wasn’t she?

Yeah.

This way, sir.

That’s what
she said, but I didn’t kill her.

No, I don’t believe you did,

no more than I believe
that will Parker did.

No further questions
your honor.

Judge: Mr. Slocum?

Solicitor: No questions.

Judge: You may step down
sheriff.

Your honor, Dr. Mobridge
is still under oath,

can he respond to
a question where he sits?

The witness may answer.

Bob: Dr. Mobridge you testified
earlier that the death

was caused by strangulation
made by a man’s hands.

Yes sir.

Bob: How many finger bruises
were on the neck of lula peak?

Doctor: How many finger bruises?

Why, uh...

I would have to check
my records on that.

Of course, but could
they’ve been nine fingers?

Doctor: Well, it’s possible.

That could’ve nine, yes or no.

I object, your honor!

The defense is attempting
to lead the witness.

Bob: I withdraw
the question your honor.

Instead, elroy moody
be called to the stand.

I didn’t do it, it wasn’t me.

We, we was drunk,

she came flyin’ out of the
library all mean and awry.

We just wanted
to have some fun with her.

She started to fight
us but it wasn’t me

who choked her to death,
Harley did it!

Judge: Order!

Order in the court!

Mr. Parker, you are released.
This case is dismissed.

Beasley: Oh, you did it, Elly.

We did it.

Congratulations, Eleanor.

Thank you
Mr. Collins, thank you.

Reporter: Mr. Parker, is it
true that you we’re once fired

from the mill
by Harley overmire?

Ah, yes.

Reporter: Because of
your prison records?

Fellas, fellas
Mr. Parker had a long day.

Mr. Collins, I don’t
know how to thank you.

Thank your wife, she’s the one
who rounded up the witnesses
to save your hide.

Beasley: Will!
Congratulations.

Will: Elly! Elly!

I’ve been a horses ass.

I know.

Can we go home?

I love you.

Say, when this baby’s born,
can we have a doctor this time?

Maybe and maybe not.