1 00:03:24,973 --> 00:03:26,544 Eat up! 2 00:03:33,784 --> 00:03:36,521 One day you'll never see me again. 3 00:03:37,755 --> 00:03:39,425 That's right, Charlie. 4 00:03:40,791 --> 00:03:42,659 The farm life may be it for you, 5 00:03:42,694 --> 00:03:44,397 but it sure ain't for me. 6 00:03:46,962 --> 00:03:48,195 I'm special. 7 00:03:48,230 --> 00:03:51,899 Mama's gonna feel real stupid when she finds out, won't she? 8 00:04:00,448 --> 00:04:03,779 One day, the whole world's gonna know my name. 9 00:04:04,749 --> 00:04:07,618 You agree, don't you, Mary? 10 00:04:08,885 --> 00:04:11,523 Oh. Why, thank you. 11 00:04:21,601 --> 00:04:24,305 I do love a good audience. 12 00:04:29,411 --> 00:04:31,972 Y'all see me for who I really am. 13 00:04:38,585 --> 00:04:40,046 A star. 14 00:04:49,398 --> 00:04:52,025 What are you doing in here, Mr. Goose? 15 00:05:39,514 --> 00:05:40,975 Theda! 16 00:05:45,817 --> 00:05:47,388 Go on, girl. 17 00:05:56,828 --> 00:05:58,564 Take it. 18 00:06:25,626 --> 00:06:28,990 - You aren't to indulge in any more such foolishness. 19 00:06:29,025 --> 00:06:31,157 It's just dancing, Mama. 20 00:06:31,192 --> 00:06:33,599 It's selfish is what it is. 21 00:06:33,634 --> 00:06:35,161 With all the farmhands gone, 22 00:06:35,196 --> 00:06:37,297 I can't do everything around here myself. 23 00:06:41,169 --> 00:06:42,608 I help. 24 00:06:57,889 --> 00:07:00,021 Anything for me in the post today? 25 00:07:00,056 --> 00:07:01,187 - No. 26 00:07:06,931 --> 00:07:09,932 - It says the Allies have taken control of France. 27 00:07:09,967 --> 00:07:11,868 - You can read it after supper. 28 00:07:11,903 --> 00:07:13,837 But, Mama, this could mean the end of the war! 29 00:07:13,872 --> 00:07:16,136 Do as I ask, Pearl. 30 00:07:16,171 --> 00:07:19,205 I don't want to hear about any more dead Germans tonight. 31 00:07:29,822 --> 00:07:31,756 Supper's ready, Daddy. 32 00:07:38,259 --> 00:07:39,325 - Bless us, O' Lord, 33 00:07:39,360 --> 00:07:41,733 and these thy gifts which we are about 34 00:07:41,768 --> 00:07:43,295 to receive from thy bounty 35 00:07:43,330 --> 00:07:46,804 through Christ our Lord. Amen. 36 00:07:46,839 --> 00:07:47,937 Amen. 37 00:08:27,847 --> 00:08:30,078 - "My precious Pearl. 38 00:08:30,113 --> 00:08:33,917 "It feels as if it has been an eternity without you. 39 00:08:33,952 --> 00:08:35,985 "All we do is walk, it seems. 40 00:08:36,020 --> 00:08:39,285 "I never know if we'll get to where they say we're going. 41 00:08:39,320 --> 00:08:41,859 "They have us chew on bouillon cubes 42 00:08:41,894 --> 00:08:43,861 "so we don't notice the pains in our feet. 43 00:08:43,896 --> 00:08:47,359 "I find it most frightening at night in the trenches. 44 00:08:47,394 --> 00:08:48,627 "The mortar shells are deafening. 45 00:08:48,662 --> 00:08:52,100 "Many soldiers have gone mad with the fear. 46 00:08:52,135 --> 00:08:53,234 "Carnage from the gas 47 00:08:53,270 --> 00:08:55,642 "has shown me things I won't soon forget, 48 00:08:55,677 --> 00:08:57,842 "and thinking of you has been my only reprieve. 49 00:08:57,877 --> 00:09:00,878 "I will always be proud to serve my country, 50 00:09:00,913 --> 00:09:03,078 "but one thing this war has made clear 51 00:09:03,113 --> 00:09:05,245 "is that I cannot wait to return home 52 00:09:05,280 --> 00:09:06,818 "and begin our life together. 53 00:09:06,853 --> 00:09:09,381 "I never want to be away from you again. 54 00:09:09,416 --> 00:09:11,251 "Till death do us part. 55 00:09:11,286 --> 00:09:14,188 "Your loving husband, Howard." 56 00:09:29,304 --> 00:09:31,139 I'll go to town tomorrow. 57 00:09:33,407 --> 00:09:35,242 Pick up more medicine. 58 00:09:40,755 --> 00:09:43,118 Which means I get to stop by the pictures. 59 00:09:45,859 --> 00:09:48,057 Just don't tell Mama. 60 00:09:48,092 --> 00:09:51,258 They show all the best dancers at the pictures. 61 00:09:56,705 --> 00:09:59,068 I could be on the line with those girls one day. 62 00:10:01,270 --> 00:10:02,643 I know I could. 63 00:10:16,021 --> 00:10:17,218 - Pearl. 64 00:10:18,826 --> 00:10:21,156 I didn't want to waste the hot water. 65 00:10:24,425 --> 00:10:27,228 The money for his medicine is on the kitchen table. 66 00:10:32,070 --> 00:10:34,466 Remember to cover your face. 67 00:10:34,501 --> 00:10:36,875 And don't linger close to anyone. 68 00:10:36,910 --> 00:10:40,307 Papers are warning of a lethal resurgence. 69 00:10:40,342 --> 00:10:43,376 God forbid sickness returns to our home. 70 00:11:10,812 --> 00:11:12,471 - The time is now... 71 00:11:19,513 --> 00:11:21,018 - Two-bits, please. 72 00:12:16,471 --> 00:12:17,910 ♪ Poor Johnny's heart 73 00:12:17,945 --> 00:12:19,043 ♪ Went pitty, pitty pat 74 00:12:19,078 --> 00:12:21,309 ♪ Somewhere in sunny France 75 00:12:21,344 --> 00:12:23,476 ♪ He met a girl by chance 76 00:12:23,511 --> 00:12:25,984 ♪ With ze naughty, naughty glance 77 00:12:26,019 --> 00:12:28,217 ♪ She looked just like a kitty, kitty cat 78 00:12:28,252 --> 00:12:30,417 ♪ She loved to dance and play 79 00:12:30,452 --> 00:12:33,024 ♪ Tho' he learned no French when he left the trench 80 00:12:33,059 --> 00:12:35,356 ♪ He knew well enough to say 81 00:12:35,391 --> 00:12:40,295 ♪ Oui, oui, Marie 82 00:12:40,330 --> 00:12:42,363 ♪ Will you do zis for me? 83 00:12:42,398 --> 00:12:44,563 ♪ Oui, oui, Marie... ♪ 84 00:12:59,448 --> 00:13:01,019 Did you enjoy the picture? 85 00:13:07,390 --> 00:13:08,389 Cigarette? 86 00:13:10,294 --> 00:13:11,425 Oh, go on. I don't have the bug. 87 00:13:18,137 --> 00:13:19,268 You like the movies? 88 00:13:20,073 --> 00:13:21,435 I like dancing. 89 00:13:21,470 --> 00:13:23,635 Oh, a future Tiller Girl. 90 00:13:23,670 --> 00:13:25,109 I can see it now. 91 00:13:25,144 --> 00:13:27,111 -I wish. 92 00:13:27,146 --> 00:13:28,442 Why not? You're pretty enough. 93 00:13:32,382 --> 00:13:34,580 On account of a husband, I gather? 94 00:13:35,418 --> 00:13:36,582 He's overseas, 95 00:13:38,927 --> 00:13:41,554 but my father's infirmed, so I have to help at home. 96 00:13:41,589 --> 00:13:43,028 I'm sorry to hear that. 97 00:13:44,130 --> 00:13:45,998 You want to come watch the second show? 98 00:13:47,463 --> 00:13:48,594 Free admission. 99 00:13:51,401 --> 00:13:53,005 I'm the projectionist. 100 00:13:56,010 --> 00:13:58,505 I need to get going. 101 00:13:58,540 --> 00:14:02,113 Mama's expecting me, but I appreciate the, um... 102 00:14:02,148 --> 00:14:03,510 Stay there for just one minute, would you? 103 00:14:05,679 --> 00:14:06,920 Okay. 104 00:14:26,238 --> 00:14:27,633 From what you just saw. 105 00:14:28,702 --> 00:14:30,438 Aren't you showing it again? 106 00:14:30,473 --> 00:14:32,110 Ah... Sure, but it's only one frame. 107 00:14:32,145 --> 00:14:34,178 Nobody will notice once I splice it back together. 108 00:14:34,213 --> 00:14:35,311 You know, caring for your family 109 00:14:35,346 --> 00:14:36,543 during these times is admirable. 110 00:14:36,578 --> 00:14:38,347 You ought to take pride in that, 111 00:14:38,382 --> 00:14:40,481 but don't forget to live your life, too. 112 00:14:40,516 --> 00:14:41,581 I wouldn't mind seeing you 113 00:14:41,616 --> 00:14:44,089 up on that screen one day, missus... 114 00:14:45,026 --> 00:14:46,025 Pearl. 115 00:14:48,590 --> 00:14:50,590 Well, if you come back, 116 00:14:50,625 --> 00:14:52,999 knock on this door. I'm always here, and, 117 00:14:53,034 --> 00:14:55,100 well, I can run the pictures as much as I like. 118 00:14:55,432 --> 00:14:56,596 Thank you. 119 00:14:57,533 --> 00:14:58,532 I will. 120 00:17:26,484 --> 00:17:28,847 May I have this dance? 121 00:18:55,309 --> 00:18:56,836 I'm married! 122 00:19:10,423 --> 00:19:11,686 Shh... 123 00:20:23,694 --> 00:20:25,661 What took you so long? 124 00:20:25,696 --> 00:20:27,366 - It's a far ride, Mama. 125 00:20:29,634 --> 00:20:30,963 What is on your head? 126 00:20:33,000 --> 00:20:34,736 Found it along the road. 127 00:20:35,739 --> 00:20:37,706 Do not bring it inside. 128 00:20:37,741 --> 00:20:39,543 It may be covered in germs. 129 00:20:42,746 --> 00:20:44,647 Wash your hair. 130 00:20:44,682 --> 00:20:46,550 If you're lucky, it's only full of lice. 131 00:20:47,949 --> 00:20:50,323 When you finish, your father needs changing. 132 00:20:51,359 --> 00:20:52,853 Don't let him sit in his mess. 133 00:20:59,466 --> 00:21:01,763 - I saw a new picture today. 134 00:21:01,798 --> 00:21:04,964 You'd have liked it. The girls were all flawless. 135 00:21:04,999 --> 00:21:07,032 There's no room for even the tiniest 136 00:21:07,067 --> 00:21:10,101 lack of precision in a troupe like that. 137 00:21:10,136 --> 00:21:12,543 It takes absolute perfection. 138 00:21:12,578 --> 00:21:15,645 What a charmed life it must be to star in the movies. 139 00:22:09,437 --> 00:22:11,437 Are you still in there? 140 00:22:45,671 --> 00:22:47,935 - Bless us, O' Lord, and these thy gifts 141 00:22:47,970 --> 00:22:51,037 which we are about to receive from thy bounty 142 00:22:51,072 --> 00:22:54,106 through Christ our Lord. Amen. 143 00:22:54,141 --> 00:22:55,415 Amen. 144 00:23:09,123 --> 00:23:11,123 Where is the rest of the money I lent you? 145 00:23:13,160 --> 00:23:16,128 -There was none. -I can count, Pearl. 146 00:23:17,164 --> 00:23:18,570 There are eight cents missing. 147 00:23:20,002 --> 00:23:22,838 I may have gotten some hard candy for the trip home. 148 00:23:28,714 --> 00:23:29,613 That is enough, then. 149 00:23:29,649 --> 00:23:32,045 You ate the candy, that was your supper. 150 00:23:32,080 --> 00:23:35,950 The food I worked hard to prepare alone is not. 151 00:23:37,283 --> 00:23:40,185 But, Mama, I rode all that way. I'm starving. 152 00:23:40,220 --> 00:23:42,594 You may have what's left of it in the morning. 153 00:23:46,963 --> 00:23:49,161 -Where are you going? -To bed! 154 00:23:49,196 --> 00:23:51,702 I did not excuse you from the table. 155 00:24:30,578 --> 00:24:31,841 I know that. 156 00:24:31,876 --> 00:24:33,711 And I am careful. 157 00:24:52,765 --> 00:24:54,061 -Good. 158 00:25:12,950 --> 00:25:14,620 Please, Lord, 159 00:25:14,655 --> 00:25:18,085 make me the biggest star the world has ever known 160 00:25:18,120 --> 00:25:21,957 so that I may get far, far away from this place. 161 00:25:25,864 --> 00:25:27,028 Amen. 162 00:26:37,804 --> 00:26:39,969 Afternoon, Pearl! 163 00:26:40,004 --> 00:26:42,939 Hi, Mitsy! I like your dress. 164 00:26:43,403 --> 00:26:45,744 Oh, thank you. 165 00:26:45,779 --> 00:26:47,713 It feels wonderful to finally be able to 166 00:26:47,748 --> 00:26:49,682 don something pretty again. 167 00:26:49,717 --> 00:26:51,717 It's the first time we've left home in weeks. 168 00:26:51,752 --> 00:26:53,950 Mother is so afraid of getting ill. 169 00:26:53,985 --> 00:26:55,248 Mama, too. 170 00:26:55,283 --> 00:26:56,722 - Well, we were a bit worried 171 00:26:56,757 --> 00:26:58,955 about the both of you being out here all alone, 172 00:26:58,990 --> 00:27:00,957 so we brought some food. 173 00:27:00,992 --> 00:27:02,420 That's very kind. 174 00:27:02,455 --> 00:27:03,993 How have you been getting on? 175 00:27:04,897 --> 00:27:06,930 Any new letters from Howard? 176 00:27:06,965 --> 00:27:08,426 -Uh-uh. -Oh, well... 177 00:27:08,461 --> 00:27:11,198 Mother has been riddled with worry. 178 00:27:11,233 --> 00:27:14,003 They say no news is good news, though. 179 00:27:14,038 --> 00:27:15,741 If only his pride hadn't gotten him 180 00:27:15,776 --> 00:27:17,875 involved in this dreadful war. 181 00:27:17,910 --> 00:27:19,008 You know we had a doctor 182 00:27:19,043 --> 00:27:21,010 willing to declare him ineligible? 183 00:27:21,045 --> 00:27:23,144 Anyone would've taken that opportunity. 184 00:27:23,179 --> 00:27:24,045 Not Howard. 185 00:27:24,080 --> 00:27:26,851 First, he runs off to become a farmer. 186 00:27:26,886 --> 00:27:28,152 Now, the army. 187 00:27:28,188 --> 00:27:32,219 The lengths my brother will go to just to spite his father. 188 00:27:32,254 --> 00:27:34,056 All this isolation has been enough 189 00:27:34,091 --> 00:27:35,827 -to make one mad, hasn't it? 190 00:27:36,258 --> 00:27:38,291 It really has. 191 00:27:38,326 --> 00:27:40,733 No, we don't accept charity. 192 00:27:40,768 --> 00:27:43,197 Oh, for God's sake, Ruth. It's just a pig. 193 00:27:47,302 --> 00:27:49,203 Can I share a secret with you, Pearl? 194 00:27:53,341 --> 00:27:55,011 Mother would throttle me 195 00:27:55,046 --> 00:27:57,277 if she knew I was planning on attending. 196 00:27:57,312 --> 00:28:00,412 But there's a dance audition this Saturday at our church 197 00:28:00,447 --> 00:28:02,249 for a Christmas chorus line 198 00:28:02,284 --> 00:28:03,183 to bring merriment to folks 199 00:28:03,219 --> 00:28:05,417 throughout the state during the holidays. 200 00:28:05,452 --> 00:28:08,354 Word is, they're putting together a troupe 201 00:28:08,389 --> 00:28:10,521 and will be touring seven different cities 202 00:28:10,556 --> 00:28:11,896 before the year ends. 203 00:28:11,931 --> 00:28:13,799 Don't that sound exciting? 204 00:28:13,834 --> 00:28:16,098 I would love so much to be a part of it. 205 00:28:16,133 --> 00:28:17,363 So would I. 206 00:28:17,398 --> 00:28:19,365 We should go together then. 207 00:28:19,400 --> 00:28:22,170 But you can't tell a soul. 208 00:28:22,205 --> 00:28:23,468 I would never. 209 00:28:23,503 --> 00:28:25,943 Splendid. It'll be our secret. 210 00:28:25,978 --> 00:28:27,373 - Mitsy! 211 00:28:28,112 --> 00:28:29,178 I better skedaddle. 212 00:28:29,213 --> 00:28:32,378 We got three more pigs to drop off this afternoon. 213 00:28:33,920 --> 00:28:35,953 Saturday at- 00. 214 00:28:35,988 --> 00:28:37,383 Okay. 215 00:28:37,418 --> 00:28:39,385 Sister-in-laws have to stick together, right? 216 00:28:39,420 --> 00:28:41,420 -- Mitsy! 217 00:28:41,455 --> 00:28:43,961 -Time to go! -See you later, Pearl. 218 00:28:45,998 --> 00:28:47,195 Bye, Mitsy! 219 00:28:52,301 --> 00:28:54,939 Charlie, this could be it. 220 00:30:09,576 --> 00:30:10,949 - Pearl? 221 00:30:20,620 --> 00:30:22,026 Pearl! 222 00:32:01,721 --> 00:32:03,061 - Well, 223 00:32:03,096 --> 00:32:05,228 I didn't expect to see you again this soon. 224 00:32:25,118 --> 00:32:26,282 Have a seat. 225 00:32:37,097 --> 00:32:38,360 - I can't believe you get to see 226 00:32:38,395 --> 00:32:40,461 the pictures every day for free. 227 00:32:40,496 --> 00:32:42,232 Yeah, not a bad gig, huh? 228 00:32:47,272 --> 00:32:49,305 -Thank you. 229 00:32:51,276 --> 00:32:52,737 So, to what do I owe this pleasure? 230 00:32:54,807 --> 00:32:56,312 I've been thinking a lot about 231 00:32:56,347 --> 00:32:57,742 what you said to me the other day 232 00:32:57,777 --> 00:32:59,777 about not forgetting to live my life, 233 00:33:00,450 --> 00:33:02,054 and, well, 234 00:33:02,089 --> 00:33:04,815 there's a dance audition coming up at the church. 235 00:33:04,850 --> 00:33:06,454 Oh, I like the sound of that. 236 00:33:07,259 --> 00:33:09,490 So do I... 237 00:33:09,525 --> 00:33:12,361 But I've never really danced in front of anyone before. 238 00:33:14,134 --> 00:33:16,266 What if I'm not perfect? 239 00:33:16,301 --> 00:33:18,400 You can do anything if you want it bad enough. 240 00:33:19,865 --> 00:33:22,239 I want it. 241 00:33:22,274 --> 00:33:24,340 Then don't let anything stand in your way. 242 00:33:26,476 --> 00:33:28,245 What would you like to see? 243 00:33:28,841 --> 00:33:30,280 Palace Follies. 244 00:33:30,315 --> 00:33:33,151 Oh, come on. You saw that already. 245 00:33:33,186 --> 00:33:34,449 How about something different tonight? 246 00:33:34,484 --> 00:33:35,714 How about... 247 00:33:39,423 --> 00:33:42,490 How about a film nobody else has seen? 248 00:33:42,789 --> 00:33:43,788 Okay. 249 00:33:45,528 --> 00:33:46,560 I picked this one up while 250 00:33:46,595 --> 00:33:48,331 I was in the service in France. 251 00:33:54,504 --> 00:33:55,569 - Do you live in here? 252 00:33:58,178 --> 00:34:01,542 I lay my head on that pillow from time to time, 253 00:34:01,577 --> 00:34:04,413 but I wouldn't say I live anywhere in particular. 254 00:34:04,448 --> 00:34:08,153 I'm what more civilized people refer to as bohemian. 255 00:34:09,585 --> 00:34:10,684 I don't know what that is. 256 00:34:10,720 --> 00:34:14,258 It means I can pack up and leave whenever I want to. 257 00:34:14,920 --> 00:34:17,129 Sounds like a dream. 258 00:34:17,164 --> 00:34:19,659 Just as long as I can keep from waking up. 259 00:34:45,357 --> 00:34:47,258 - What is this? 260 00:34:47,293 --> 00:34:48,622 - Just watch. 261 00:35:20,722 --> 00:35:23,624 Never seen anything like that before now, have you? 262 00:35:25,529 --> 00:35:27,529 There are all kinds of underground stag films 263 00:35:27,564 --> 00:35:28,761 like this out there. 264 00:35:30,534 --> 00:35:31,797 Is it legal? 265 00:35:31,832 --> 00:35:34,569 Doing it, yeah. 266 00:35:35,671 --> 00:35:37,275 Filming it, no. 267 00:35:38,443 --> 00:35:41,510 Not here, anyway. It will be eventually. 268 00:35:41,545 --> 00:35:45,217 People would pay an arm and a leg to see this. 269 00:35:45,252 --> 00:35:47,648 Pictures like this are going to revolutionize the industry 270 00:35:47,683 --> 00:35:50,948 and I, for one, plan on capitalizing early. 271 00:35:52,259 --> 00:35:54,391 It's reality. 272 00:35:54,426 --> 00:35:57,427 There's no denying we all share a fascination 273 00:35:57,462 --> 00:36:00,364 in seeing people as they truly are. 274 00:36:01,334 --> 00:36:03,202 I don't like reality. 275 00:36:06,933 --> 00:36:08,471 Where I live, I mean. 276 00:36:09,375 --> 00:36:10,539 So leave. 277 00:36:18,516 --> 00:36:20,318 It's not that easy. 278 00:36:20,353 --> 00:36:21,451 Well, sure it is. 279 00:36:21,486 --> 00:36:22,485 There's a road right out front there 280 00:36:22,521 --> 00:36:24,454 that'll take you all the way to New York City. 281 00:36:26,051 --> 00:36:28,623 One day my mother and father will be gone. 282 00:36:30,396 --> 00:36:32,363 I can do what I want then. 283 00:36:32,398 --> 00:36:33,760 What if that's too late? 284 00:36:35,533 --> 00:36:37,302 The fact and truth of the matter is, Pearl, 285 00:36:38,338 --> 00:36:40,668 you only get one take at this life. 286 00:36:40,703 --> 00:36:43,033 And if you don't make the most of it when you're young, 287 00:36:43,068 --> 00:36:44,903 you don't get a second chance. 288 00:36:47,974 --> 00:36:50,315 If only they would just die. 289 00:36:54,618 --> 00:36:55,617 Pardon? 290 00:36:59,018 --> 00:37:00,259 Nothing. 291 00:37:04,694 --> 00:37:08,025 It's real nice to be able to talk to someone for a change. 292 00:37:08,060 --> 00:37:10,566 Been cooped up on that farm for so long 293 00:37:10,601 --> 00:37:12,634 sometimes I worry that maybe 294 00:37:12,669 --> 00:37:15,307 I'm not the same as other people. 295 00:37:16,477 --> 00:37:19,443 Why would you ever want to be like everybody else? 296 00:37:21,106 --> 00:37:22,446 I don't know. 297 00:37:24,648 --> 00:37:27,880 Sometimes it just seems more peaceful, I guess. 298 00:37:38,860 --> 00:37:40,926 Did you mean what you said? 299 00:37:40,961 --> 00:37:43,368 About wanting to see me up on that screen? 300 00:37:44,833 --> 00:37:46,030 Sure, I did. 301 00:37:47,000 --> 00:37:48,967 I'd do anything to be up there. 302 00:37:50,773 --> 00:37:52,102 Well, then, you ought to go overseas 303 00:37:52,137 --> 00:37:53,840 when this pandemic ends. 304 00:37:53,875 --> 00:37:55,479 That's what I'm doing. 305 00:37:55,514 --> 00:37:57,844 The arts are so much more alive in Europe. 306 00:37:57,879 --> 00:37:59,813 You can be whoever you want to be there. 307 00:38:00,948 --> 00:38:02,420 Really? 308 00:38:02,455 --> 00:38:04,015 You could even be in pictures like this. 309 00:38:05,425 --> 00:38:06,655 I know I'd watch you. 310 00:38:13,125 --> 00:38:14,632 I should go now. 311 00:38:18,504 --> 00:38:19,503 Thank you. 312 00:38:20,506 --> 00:38:22,000 What for? 313 00:38:22,035 --> 00:38:23,573 For seeing me tonight. 314 00:39:49,155 --> 00:39:50,627 - What are you staring at? 315 00:40:33,199 --> 00:40:34,902 - Theda! 316 00:40:44,947 --> 00:40:46,518 I'm leaving soon. 317 00:40:51,789 --> 00:40:54,119 I can't stay here any longer. 318 00:40:55,925 --> 00:40:57,991 Howard was supposed to take me away. 319 00:41:00,765 --> 00:41:01,995 It'd be easier for me 320 00:41:02,030 --> 00:41:04,536 if I didn't feel like I was abandoning you. 321 00:41:06,771 --> 00:41:07,836 You understand that? 322 00:41:13,976 --> 00:41:16,878 I love you, Daddy, but this is no way to live. 323 00:41:20,950 --> 00:41:22,213 - Pearl? 324 00:41:24,184 --> 00:41:25,656 What are you doing? 325 00:41:27,253 --> 00:41:29,055 Talking with Daddy. 326 00:41:32,731 --> 00:41:34,632 We need to get him back to the house. 327 00:41:37,736 --> 00:41:39,169 Why do you hate me, Mama? 328 00:41:43,038 --> 00:41:45,005 I only want what's best. 329 00:41:47,878 --> 00:41:49,581 When do I get what I want? 330 00:41:52,982 --> 00:41:54,048 One day you'll understand 331 00:41:54,083 --> 00:41:57,083 that getting what you want isn't what's important. 332 00:41:59,626 --> 00:42:01,659 Making the most of what you have is. 333 00:42:02,893 --> 00:42:05,927 Life rarely turns out how you expect. 334 00:42:05,962 --> 00:42:07,258 You need to be prepared for that 335 00:42:07,293 --> 00:42:09,029 if you ever want to be happy. 336 00:42:10,901 --> 00:42:12,131 Come back inside. 337 00:42:29,986 --> 00:42:31,689 Where are you? 338 00:43:45,831 --> 00:43:48,392 Stop staring at me. 339 00:44:49,994 --> 00:44:51,961 How'd you find that? 340 00:44:51,996 --> 00:44:55,129 I am not blind to what goes on around here. 341 00:44:55,164 --> 00:44:57,494 Take your dinner. Stay in the bunkhouse. 342 00:44:57,529 --> 00:44:59,166 But it's freezing out there! 343 00:44:59,201 --> 00:45:01,971 You should've thought of that before putting me at risk. 344 00:45:02,006 --> 00:45:05,007 Isolate yourself until we know you're not ill. 345 00:45:05,042 --> 00:45:06,305 That is what's right. 346 00:45:10,443 --> 00:45:13,048 There's a dance audition in town tomorrow. 347 00:45:16,218 --> 00:45:17,954 I'm going to it. 348 00:45:17,989 --> 00:45:19,483 No, you're not. 349 00:45:19,518 --> 00:45:22,255 -Yes, I am. -Why? 350 00:45:23,423 --> 00:45:25,324 Find out if I'm good enough. 351 00:45:26,327 --> 00:45:28,030 Good enough for what, Pearl? 352 00:45:33,070 --> 00:45:35,169 -Something more than this. 353 00:45:38,845 --> 00:45:41,912 Where does all this ungratefulness stem from? 354 00:45:41,947 --> 00:45:45,080 How is it you find our life so beneath you? 355 00:45:45,115 --> 00:45:47,082 You've always had a roof over your head, 356 00:45:47,117 --> 00:45:49,216 food in your belly. 357 00:45:49,251 --> 00:45:51,383 Do you not think that came at great sacrifice 358 00:45:51,418 --> 00:45:53,352 from your father and I? 359 00:45:53,387 --> 00:45:56,487 Or do you think we are beneath you, too? 360 00:45:56,522 --> 00:45:58,324 If I'm meant to live out the rest of my days 361 00:45:58,359 --> 00:46:00,128 with you and Daddy on this farm, 362 00:46:00,163 --> 00:46:01,261 then so be it. 363 00:46:01,296 --> 00:46:03,967 But I'm only young once. 364 00:46:04,002 --> 00:46:06,871 If I go to this audition and I don't get picked, 365 00:46:06,906 --> 00:46:08,103 then I'll come home 366 00:46:08,138 --> 00:46:11,370 and I'll never speak of it again, I swear. 367 00:46:11,405 --> 00:46:13,108 But I have to know that I tried 368 00:46:13,143 --> 00:46:14,978 or I'm gonna regret it for the rest of my life. 369 00:46:15,013 --> 00:46:17,849 Please, Mama. You have no idea what I'm capable of. 370 00:46:19,611 --> 00:46:21,083 Oh, yes, I do. 371 00:46:22,515 --> 00:46:25,516 I've seen the things you've done in private, 372 00:46:26,585 --> 00:46:28,255 when you believe no one is watching. 373 00:46:29,654 --> 00:46:32,556 You think others won't notice? 374 00:46:32,591 --> 00:46:36,329 You can't keep your true self hidden forever, Pearl. 375 00:46:36,364 --> 00:46:39,365 They will notice eventually, and they will be frightened, 376 00:46:40,401 --> 00:46:41,840 just as I am. 377 00:46:43,338 --> 00:46:46,471 -You're wrong. -Am I? 378 00:46:46,506 --> 00:46:50,475 Then what a fine woman you hope to become, 379 00:46:50,510 --> 00:46:52,180 leaving your mother alone to rot 380 00:46:52,215 --> 00:46:55,249 so you can dance with a bunch of city whores. 381 00:46:55,284 --> 00:46:58,120 Let alone the illness you may contract and spread. 382 00:46:58,155 --> 00:47:00,056 You've seen what it does to your father. 383 00:47:00,091 --> 00:47:02,091 That's what you want for yourself and others? 384 00:47:02,126 --> 00:47:04,621 And maybe that is what you wish for me. 385 00:47:04,656 --> 00:47:07,294 -Of course not. -Stop lying! 386 00:47:07,329 --> 00:47:09,395 I can't stand the sound of it anymore! 387 00:47:09,430 --> 00:47:13,036 It's almost as abhorrent as your sinful behavior! 388 00:47:13,071 --> 00:47:16,270 You are not well, Pearl! 389 00:47:16,305 --> 00:47:18,943 It's only a matter of time before you hurt someone else. 390 00:47:18,978 --> 00:47:23,244 Malevolence is festering in you, I see it. 391 00:47:23,279 --> 00:47:25,411 And I will not, in good conscious, 392 00:47:25,446 --> 00:47:27,314 let you leave this farm again. 393 00:47:28,482 --> 00:47:30,251 You can't stop me. 394 00:47:30,286 --> 00:47:31,956 Oh, yes, I can. 395 00:47:31,991 --> 00:47:34,651 You don't want to know what I could do to you. 396 00:47:34,686 --> 00:47:38,688 I shoulder a burden you will never understand, 397 00:47:38,723 --> 00:47:40,657 spend my days feeding and wiping the snot 398 00:47:40,692 --> 00:47:42,967 off the face of the man I married. 399 00:47:43,002 --> 00:47:46,300 You dare sit there and talk to me about regret? 400 00:47:46,335 --> 00:47:49,402 I was supposed to be his wife, not his mother! 401 00:47:49,437 --> 00:47:52,141 Don't you ever speak that way to me again! 402 00:47:52,176 --> 00:47:53,505 Do you hear me? 403 00:47:54,442 --> 00:47:56,475 -I'm sorry. -No! You're not! 404 00:47:56,510 --> 00:47:58,345 Or you would stop all this! 405 00:47:58,380 --> 00:47:59,984 -Here! Take it! 406 00:48:00,019 --> 00:48:03,086 That's what you really desire, isn't it? 407 00:48:03,121 --> 00:48:05,649 Perhaps I should kill him for you? 408 00:48:05,684 --> 00:48:08,157 That way you don't have to care for him any longer. 409 00:48:08,192 --> 00:48:11,160 Would that suit your selfish dreams better? 410 00:48:11,195 --> 00:48:13,327 Then we can both go to the dance audition! 411 00:48:13,362 --> 00:48:15,725 Your husband is gone. So is mine. 412 00:48:15,760 --> 00:48:17,529 Why should we be saddled with caring for them 413 00:48:17,564 --> 00:48:19,168 or the work of this farm? 414 00:48:19,203 --> 00:48:22,072 What about us getting what we want? 415 00:48:30,115 --> 00:48:32,280 I won't suffer for you any longer. 416 00:48:32,315 --> 00:48:35,514 You want to leave? Go. 417 00:48:35,549 --> 00:48:37,120 But when you fail... 418 00:48:38,519 --> 00:48:40,255 And you will fail... 419 00:48:41,588 --> 00:48:43,654 I want you to remember what it feels like 420 00:48:45,130 --> 00:48:50,001 because that's how I feel every time I look at you. 421 00:48:50,036 --> 00:48:54,104 Nearly everything I ever had has been taken from me, Pearl. 422 00:48:56,339 --> 00:48:58,735 What more do you want? 423 00:48:58,770 --> 00:49:01,771 I just don't want to end up like you, is all. 424 00:49:14,093 --> 00:49:16,390 I hate you! 425 00:49:18,361 --> 00:49:20,163 - You harlot! 426 00:49:20,198 --> 00:49:22,495 I won't let you flaunt your arrogance in my face! 427 00:49:22,530 --> 00:49:25,597 -You are not better than me! -Yes, I am! 428 00:49:25,632 --> 00:49:27,764 -I'm going to be a star! 429 00:49:27,799 --> 00:49:30,536 The whole world is going to know my name! 430 00:52:07,629 --> 00:52:10,234 Where are you going? It's not even - 00 a.m. yet. 431 00:52:10,269 --> 00:52:11,862 I have to practice my routine. 432 00:52:11,897 --> 00:52:14,502 I need to be perfect for my audition today. 433 00:52:17,474 --> 00:52:19,606 You still think I'm pretty enough? 434 00:52:19,641 --> 00:52:21,938 Oh, not much has changed in the last 24 hours. 435 00:52:21,973 --> 00:52:23,544 Yes, it has. 436 00:52:23,579 --> 00:52:26,415 Oh. You forgot this last time. 437 00:52:28,012 --> 00:52:29,715 I'm glad you came back. 438 00:52:32,621 --> 00:52:34,555 So am I. 439 00:52:39,958 --> 00:52:41,694 Let me at least drive you home. 440 00:52:54,874 --> 00:52:56,478 Somebody you know? 441 00:52:59,648 --> 00:53:01,384 I'm not really sure. 442 00:53:02,046 --> 00:53:04,420 Well... 443 00:53:04,455 --> 00:53:05,949 It's hard to know who anyone is nowadays 444 00:53:05,984 --> 00:53:07,852 with all these masks people are wearing. 445 00:53:38,786 --> 00:53:39,884 Wait here a minute. 446 00:54:02,843 --> 00:54:04,975 Daddy, I'm so sorry. 447 00:54:26,438 --> 00:54:28,405 I'm going to get you cleaned up real soon, okay? 448 00:54:28,440 --> 00:54:29,670 I just have a guest right now. 449 00:54:29,705 --> 00:54:31,573 -Shh! 450 00:54:43,719 --> 00:54:45,818 Ah. Ah. 451 00:55:00,472 --> 00:55:01,471 - Okay, come in! 452 00:55:19,854 --> 00:55:20,985 This is my father. 453 00:55:25,090 --> 00:55:26,628 Pleased to meet you, sir. 454 00:55:34,869 --> 00:55:36,638 - Want to go up to my bedroom now? 455 00:55:43,449 --> 00:55:45,515 I want off this farm forever. 456 00:55:47,013 --> 00:55:49,112 - I don't know. It doesn't seem so bad. 457 00:55:50,753 --> 00:55:52,082 - It is. 458 00:55:53,184 --> 00:55:56,152 -What was that? 459 00:55:56,187 --> 00:55:58,660 Nothing. 460 00:55:58,695 --> 00:56:01,058 -Tell me more about Europe. 461 00:56:01,929 --> 00:56:03,159 When can we go? 462 00:56:05,031 --> 00:56:07,031 Don't you think you should go check? 463 00:56:08,034 --> 00:56:09,132 No. 464 00:56:11,642 --> 00:56:13,004 - All right. I'm sorry. 465 00:56:13,677 --> 00:56:14,709 Whatever that is, 466 00:56:14,744 --> 00:56:16,447 -we can't just ignore it. 467 00:56:16,482 --> 00:56:17,943 It could be your father, for Christ's sake. 468 00:56:17,978 --> 00:56:19,813 It's not my father. 469 00:56:19,848 --> 00:56:22,717 -Please don't go. 470 00:56:24,248 --> 00:56:25,489 What's the matter with you? 471 00:56:26,987 --> 00:56:28,558 Nothing. 472 00:57:19,171 --> 00:57:21,105 It's our dog. 473 00:57:21,140 --> 00:57:22,942 She made a mess in the kitchen while I was away, 474 00:57:22,977 --> 00:57:24,273 so I put her in the root cellar. 475 00:57:27,146 --> 00:57:28,651 I want to show you something. 476 00:57:35,693 --> 00:57:37,055 That's Charlie! 477 00:57:37,893 --> 00:57:40,157 She's always hungry. 478 00:57:40,192 --> 00:57:42,698 We can't afford to feed her like we used to. 479 00:57:42,733 --> 00:57:45,767 And over here, this is Mary. 480 00:57:45,802 --> 00:57:47,065 Ain't she a dish? 481 00:57:47,606 --> 00:57:48,869 Mmm. 482 00:57:49,806 --> 00:57:51,267 This is Francis. 483 00:57:52,578 --> 00:57:54,270 They're my best audience. 484 00:57:54,305 --> 00:57:58,175 I named each of them after my favorite picture stars. 485 00:57:58,210 --> 00:58:01,783 I've put on so many shows for them over the years. 486 00:58:01,818 --> 00:58:03,851 It'll be sad to say goodbye, but like they say, 487 00:58:03,886 --> 00:58:05,215 "If you're not moving forward in show business, 488 00:58:05,250 --> 00:58:06,524 "you're moving backwards." 489 00:58:07,626 --> 00:58:09,626 We used to have many more animals, 490 00:58:10,662 --> 00:58:11,859 but they all died. 491 00:58:13,027 --> 00:58:14,565 What about your dog? 492 00:58:14,600 --> 00:58:16,193 Huh? 493 00:58:16,228 --> 00:58:18,833 -What's its name? -We don't have a dog. 494 00:58:20,606 --> 00:58:22,936 I thought you said you, uh, did? 495 00:58:22,971 --> 00:58:24,542 In the cellar? 496 00:58:25,776 --> 00:58:26,775 Oh. 497 00:58:27,877 --> 00:58:31,879 Right. Yeah. 498 00:58:31,914 --> 00:58:35,949 Yeah, well, um... 499 00:58:36,919 --> 00:58:39,590 Oh, boy. 500 00:58:39,625 --> 00:58:41,790 Oh, I better be getting back, you know? 501 00:58:44,322 --> 00:58:45,959 -What? -Oh, I've got to go 502 00:58:45,994 --> 00:58:47,125 and screen the matinee, you know, 503 00:58:47,160 --> 00:58:48,764 but you gotta practice, remember? 504 00:58:48,799 --> 00:58:50,293 You gotta get those dance moves perfect. 505 00:58:51,263 --> 00:58:52,295 Now's not the time to be 506 00:58:52,330 --> 00:58:54,033 resting on your laurels, is it? 507 00:58:56,301 --> 00:58:57,938 Nice seeing you, Pearl. 508 00:59:01,306 --> 00:59:03,746 Did I do something wrong? 509 00:59:05,783 --> 00:59:06,782 No. 510 00:59:08,346 --> 00:59:10,819 Then why did you just go cold on me? 511 00:59:13,054 --> 00:59:14,757 I don't know what you mean. 512 00:59:15,254 --> 00:59:16,924 What did you see? 513 00:59:18,125 --> 00:59:19,696 I didn't see anything. 514 00:59:21,898 --> 00:59:23,898 You're lying. 515 00:59:23,933 --> 00:59:26,065 -No, I'm not. -Yes, you are. 516 00:59:27,805 --> 00:59:30,707 I know because I feel things very deeply. 517 00:59:32,172 --> 00:59:33,842 Look, I've got to get back to work, all right? 518 00:59:33,877 --> 00:59:35,272 -I'll... I'll see you later. -When? 519 00:59:35,307 --> 00:59:37,747 -What? -When will I see you? 520 00:59:37,782 --> 00:59:38,815 I don't know, Pearl. It's just an expression. 521 00:59:38,850 --> 00:59:40,178 You're not going to take me to Europe, are you? 522 00:59:40,213 --> 00:59:41,212 Tell me the truth. 523 00:59:43,854 --> 00:59:45,183 What did I do wrong? 524 00:59:45,218 --> 00:59:46,384 -Nothing. Calm down. -No! 525 00:59:46,419 --> 00:59:49,154 Why are you leaving me if I didn't do anything wrong? 526 00:59:49,189 --> 00:59:51,222 I don't understand! I thought you liked me! 527 00:59:51,257 --> 00:59:54,357 -I do like you. I just... -Tell me the truth! 528 00:59:54,392 --> 00:59:55,930 Why are you leaving me? What did you see? 529 00:59:55,965 --> 00:59:57,030 Why did you change? 530 00:59:57,065 --> 00:59:58,900 You're scaring me, Pearl. 531 00:59:59,969 --> 01:00:01,199 Okay? 532 01:00:03,302 --> 01:00:05,907 I wish you the best of luck with your audition. 533 01:00:05,942 --> 01:00:07,139 Sincerely. 534 01:00:30,065 --> 01:00:32,098 - You're not gonna leave me here! 535 01:00:32,133 --> 01:00:35,035 I'm not staying on this farm! 536 01:00:37,908 --> 01:00:40,810 Nothing's going to keep me here! 537 01:00:49,018 --> 01:00:51,854 You hear me? 538 01:00:52,758 --> 01:00:54,956 Nothing! 539 01:00:58,159 --> 01:01:00,489 Not you! Not Howard! 540 01:01:00,524 --> 01:01:03,327 Not Mama! Nobody! 541 01:01:11,942 --> 01:01:13,469 No. No. 542 01:01:32,996 --> 01:01:35,260 I want you to remember what it feels like. 543 01:01:38,100 --> 01:01:40,969 'Cause that's how I felt every time you looked at me. 544 01:01:47,274 --> 01:01:49,373 Okay, Daddy. 545 01:01:49,408 --> 01:01:51,045 Let's get you cleaned up. 546 01:02:21,605 --> 01:02:24,342 I wish you wouldn't look at me like that. 547 01:02:58,279 --> 01:02:59,443 What do you think? 548 01:03:29,673 --> 01:03:32,014 Thank you for everything. 549 01:03:33,479 --> 01:03:36,348 I know you'll look down on me proudly. 550 01:03:43,929 --> 01:03:45,456 You are loved. 551 01:04:06,413 --> 01:04:09,348 Au revoir, poor Johnny! 552 01:04:51,128 --> 01:04:53,359 - Oh, thank goodness you came. 553 01:04:53,394 --> 01:04:55,295 I was beginning to think you weren't going to show. 554 01:04:55,330 --> 01:04:57,033 Sorry. 555 01:04:57,068 --> 01:04:59,233 I had some chores to do around the house. 556 01:04:59,268 --> 01:05:01,972 Well, I've been in such a flap all by myself. 557 01:05:02,007 --> 01:05:03,501 I feel worse than I imagine I would 558 01:05:03,536 --> 01:05:05,635 had I contracted that awful flu. 559 01:05:07,342 --> 01:05:09,210 What's in the suitcases? 560 01:05:09,245 --> 01:05:11,443 All my things I need for going on the road. 561 01:05:11,478 --> 01:05:13,676 Wow. You're confident. 562 01:05:15,614 --> 01:05:19,187 Rumor has it they may only be taking one gal per town. 563 01:05:21,224 --> 01:05:22,487 It has to be me. 564 01:05:26,031 --> 01:05:29,230 I don't think you meant to say that out loud, Pearl. 565 01:05:29,265 --> 01:05:32,266 Well, if it's not me, then I hope it's you, right? 566 01:05:32,796 --> 01:05:34,301 It has to be me. 567 01:05:39,506 --> 01:05:40,736 - Next. 568 01:05:53,421 --> 01:05:55,058 That's Dorothy Collins. 569 01:05:58,261 --> 01:06:00,492 Can't say I'm too saddened for her. 570 01:06:00,527 --> 01:06:04,100 Some people just think they're God's gift, you know? 571 01:06:04,135 --> 01:06:06,729 But they always get what's coming to them eventually. 572 01:06:10,504 --> 01:06:12,306 I feel bad saying that, actually. 573 01:06:12,341 --> 01:06:14,407 She's a nurse. 574 01:06:14,442 --> 01:06:16,772 I don't know how to do something like that. 575 01:06:16,807 --> 01:06:19,214 Oh, Pearl. I'm so nervous. 576 01:06:19,249 --> 01:06:21,117 What if they laugh me right off stage? 577 01:06:21,152 --> 01:06:22,745 I don't think I could handle that. 578 01:06:25,321 --> 01:06:26,782 How are you not scared? 579 01:06:29,259 --> 01:06:31,688 I guess I'm just more used to the feeling. 580 01:06:37,366 --> 01:06:38,530 - Next. 581 01:06:54,647 --> 01:06:56,185 Oh, Lord. 582 01:07:05,196 --> 01:07:07,130 Switch places with me. 583 01:07:07,165 --> 01:07:09,264 I don't think I can do this. I'm too frightened. 584 01:07:09,299 --> 01:07:11,200 -What? -Come on, Pearl. 585 01:07:11,235 --> 01:07:13,697 Switch before they open the doors again. 586 01:07:14,667 --> 01:07:17,107 Come on. Move. 587 01:07:21,707 --> 01:07:23,542 -Thank you. 588 01:07:24,479 --> 01:07:26,083 You're a good friend. 589 01:07:31,222 --> 01:07:32,386 Am I? 590 01:07:34,753 --> 01:07:36,126 Of course you are. 591 01:07:42,497 --> 01:07:44,728 Sister-in-laws have to stick together, right? 592 01:08:13,231 --> 01:08:14,395 - Next. 593 01:08:15,299 --> 01:08:17,167 Your turn, Pearl. 594 01:08:17,202 --> 01:08:19,598 Time to show them what you can do. 595 01:08:19,633 --> 01:08:21,270 I'm gonna show them all. 596 01:08:21,965 --> 01:08:23,437 Break a leg. 597 01:09:26,634 --> 01:09:27,963 Ready, miss? 598 01:11:26,149 --> 01:11:27,654 - Thank you. 599 01:11:29,592 --> 01:11:30,987 But it's gonna be a no. 600 01:11:46,675 --> 01:11:48,939 Pardon? 601 01:11:48,974 --> 01:11:51,909 Sorry, you're just not what we had in mind. 602 01:12:01,085 --> 01:12:03,558 Well, that was the best dancing I've ever done. 603 01:12:04,957 --> 01:12:08,024 Yes, it was very nice. 604 01:12:08,059 --> 01:12:11,731 But we already have plenty of gals like you in the troupe. 605 01:12:11,766 --> 01:12:14,701 We're looking for something different today. 606 01:12:14,736 --> 01:12:19,167 You know? More all-American, 607 01:12:19,202 --> 01:12:20,905 younger and blonde. 608 01:12:22,579 --> 01:12:24,447 Someone with X factor. 609 01:12:27,980 --> 01:12:29,078 What? 610 01:12:31,819 --> 01:12:32,950 Next! 611 01:12:38,925 --> 01:12:40,463 Come on. 612 01:12:41,092 --> 01:12:42,465 -Come on. -No. 613 01:12:43,534 --> 01:12:46,194 I'm afraid so. 614 01:12:46,229 --> 01:12:48,735 - Come on, miss. Time to go. 615 01:12:53,742 --> 01:12:55,874 Please. 616 01:12:55,909 --> 01:12:58,008 You don't understand. I need this. 617 01:12:58,043 --> 01:13:01,484 Next in line, please. 618 01:13:01,519 --> 01:13:02,980 I can make it better. 619 01:13:03,015 --> 01:13:04,114 Come on now, darling. 620 01:13:04,150 --> 01:13:07,050 You don't want to make a scene and spoil everything. 621 01:13:07,085 --> 01:13:10,053 Please! Just give me one more chance. 622 01:13:11,529 --> 01:13:13,023 -Come on, now. -No. 623 01:13:13,960 --> 01:13:15,531 I'm a... I'm a star. 624 01:13:16,765 --> 01:13:19,601 Come on. Come on, miss. I'm sorry. 625 01:13:19,636 --> 01:13:21,867 -It's time to go. -No, I'm a star! 626 01:13:21,902 --> 01:13:22,967 Come on. 627 01:13:24,806 --> 01:13:29,479 Please! I'm a star! 628 01:13:29,514 --> 01:13:31,140 I'm sorry. It's time to go. 629 01:13:31,175 --> 01:13:33,582 - Please, somebody help me! 630 01:13:33,617 --> 01:13:37,113 Please! Help me! Help me! 631 01:13:38,721 --> 01:13:40,457 No! 632 01:14:18,222 --> 01:14:19,529 - Pearl? 633 01:14:21,962 --> 01:14:23,093 Pearl? 634 01:14:27,869 --> 01:14:29,638 How about I take you home? 635 01:14:59,263 --> 01:15:00,900 Is that our pig? 636 01:15:19,624 --> 01:15:21,118 Should I go and fetch your mother? 637 01:15:22,660 --> 01:15:24,088 No. 638 01:15:30,327 --> 01:15:32,899 How about I get you something nice to drink? 639 01:15:35,871 --> 01:15:37,233 Mama was right. 640 01:15:39,369 --> 01:15:41,611 I'm never getting off this farm. 641 01:15:42,746 --> 01:15:44,108 And where would you want to go? 642 01:15:45,408 --> 01:15:47,243 -Europe. -Europe? 643 01:15:47,278 --> 01:15:49,751 What on earth for? 644 01:15:49,786 --> 01:15:50,919 It'll be in ruins 645 01:15:50,954 --> 01:15:53,249 and you'll never get Howard back there, I'll tell you. 646 01:15:55,825 --> 01:15:57,187 Oh, come on, now. 647 01:15:57,222 --> 01:15:58,188 I know you're disappointed, 648 01:15:58,223 --> 01:16:00,861 but there's no sense in taking it this hard. 649 01:16:00,896 --> 01:16:03,160 It's just a lousy old church group. 650 01:16:03,195 --> 01:16:05,701 Those old dolts, 651 01:16:05,736 --> 01:16:09,837 they don't know the first thing about quality dancing. 652 01:16:10,906 --> 01:16:12,939 You don't understand. 653 01:16:12,974 --> 01:16:14,336 What don't I? 654 01:16:15,009 --> 01:16:16,140 Come on, Pearl. 655 01:16:17,011 --> 01:16:18,175 What's really the matter? 656 01:16:21,411 --> 01:16:23,147 I don't feel 657 01:16:24,447 --> 01:16:25,820 well. 658 01:16:28,693 --> 01:16:30,385 You're not coming down with something, are you? 659 01:16:30,420 --> 01:16:31,958 No. 660 01:16:31,993 --> 01:16:33,223 It's nothing like that. 661 01:16:33,258 --> 01:16:34,829 Oh, thank goodness. 662 01:16:34,864 --> 01:16:36,160 If I snuck out of the house 663 01:16:36,195 --> 01:16:39,064 and ended up bringing home nothing but the germ, 664 01:16:39,099 --> 01:16:41,869 my mother and father would just kill me. 665 01:16:43,972 --> 01:16:45,840 I'm worried there may be something 666 01:16:45,875 --> 01:16:47,809 real wrong with me, Mitsy. 667 01:16:50,011 --> 01:16:51,043 How do you mean? 668 01:16:52,244 --> 01:16:54,750 Seems like there's something missing in me 669 01:16:54,785 --> 01:16:56,818 that the rest of the world has. 670 01:16:58,349 --> 01:16:59,854 Have you told Howard? 671 01:17:01,726 --> 01:17:05,453 I've never spoken about it out loud to anyone. 672 01:17:05,488 --> 01:17:08,390 So afraid of what people might think. 673 01:17:08,425 --> 01:17:09,798 Pearl... 674 01:17:11,263 --> 01:17:13,164 Howard's your husband. 675 01:17:14,431 --> 01:17:16,200 He adores you. 676 01:17:16,235 --> 01:17:18,906 You shouldn't be afraid to tell him how you feel. 677 01:17:20,173 --> 01:17:22,745 I'm scared of what I might say. 678 01:17:22,780 --> 01:17:25,143 Well, practice on me first, then. 679 01:17:25,849 --> 01:17:27,310 Pretend I'm Howard, 680 01:17:27,345 --> 01:17:30,148 and you just say whatever's on your mind. 681 01:17:30,183 --> 01:17:32,084 -I can't. -Yes, you can. 682 01:17:33,153 --> 01:17:34,218 Go on. Get it all out. 683 01:17:36,057 --> 01:17:38,288 -Really? -Yes. 684 01:17:38,994 --> 01:17:40,026 Trust me. 685 01:17:52,777 --> 01:17:53,809 Howard... 686 01:18:00,345 --> 01:18:01,476 Go ahead, Pearl. 687 01:18:08,320 --> 01:18:10,958 I hate you so much for leaving me here, 688 01:18:10,993 --> 01:18:12,927 sometimes I hope you die. 689 01:18:16,130 --> 01:18:18,460 I'm sorry. 690 01:18:18,495 --> 01:18:21,463 I feel awful admitting that, but it's the truth. 691 01:18:24,468 --> 01:18:25,841 I was curious 692 01:18:27,141 --> 01:18:28,338 about other men. 693 01:18:30,210 --> 01:18:31,847 I'm sure you don't want to hear about 694 01:18:31,882 --> 01:18:33,475 a stranger satisfying your wife, 695 01:18:33,510 --> 01:18:35,411 and I swear it was only once. 696 01:18:36,084 --> 01:18:38,018 It was a mistake. 697 01:18:38,053 --> 01:18:41,021 It wasn't him that I wanted. I know that now. 698 01:18:41,056 --> 01:18:42,792 And I wish things could just go back 699 01:18:42,827 --> 01:18:44,222 to the way they were before, 700 01:18:44,257 --> 01:18:46,092 but I don't see how they could, 701 01:18:48,030 --> 01:18:49,997 not after the things I've done. 702 01:18:53,596 --> 01:18:56,201 What else have you done, Pearl? 703 01:18:56,236 --> 01:18:58,203 Oh, Howard. 704 01:18:58,238 --> 01:19:00,535 I realize how this all must sound. 705 01:19:02,011 --> 01:19:04,110 Honestly, there was a time I was flattered 706 01:19:04,145 --> 01:19:07,113 to have someone as handsome as you pine over me. 707 01:19:07,148 --> 01:19:09,280 You're such a good person. I know that. 708 01:19:10,580 --> 01:19:13,515 I made sure to always be mindful with your heart. 709 01:19:13,550 --> 01:19:16,056 I never wanted you to feel jealous. 710 01:19:17,389 --> 01:19:19,521 It's an awful feeling like a rot, 711 01:19:19,556 --> 01:19:23,459 the way it just twists and turns at your insides. 712 01:19:23,494 --> 01:19:25,560 I know that aching so well. 713 01:19:26,167 --> 01:19:28,398 I feel it. 714 01:19:28,433 --> 01:19:31,973 Whenever I see others whose lives come easy 715 01:19:33,372 --> 01:19:36,241 because the truth is, I'm not really a good person. 716 01:19:37,541 --> 01:19:38,707 Pearl, I think I should just... 717 01:19:38,742 --> 01:19:41,444 The reason I kept my eyes to the ground around other men 718 01:19:41,479 --> 01:19:43,248 was never to avoid hurting you. 719 01:19:45,351 --> 01:19:47,516 It's because I understood how lucky I was 720 01:19:47,551 --> 01:19:49,925 to have your attention. 721 01:19:49,960 --> 01:19:53,489 I may be a poor farm girl, Howard, but I'm not stupid. 722 01:19:53,524 --> 01:19:57,196 I spotted you the moment you came to live with us. 723 01:19:57,231 --> 01:19:59,330 You worked hard like the other farmhands, 724 01:19:59,365 --> 01:20:01,101 but you were different. 725 01:20:01,136 --> 01:20:03,169 You're from somewhere. 726 01:20:03,204 --> 01:20:04,940 A nice, comfortable place 727 01:20:04,975 --> 01:20:07,338 that you could return to whenever you wanted. 728 01:20:09,606 --> 01:20:11,947 I'm so desperate to have that. 729 01:20:13,918 --> 01:20:16,050 All my life, I've wanted off this farm 730 01:20:16,085 --> 01:20:18,019 and you were my ticket out. 731 01:20:19,286 --> 01:20:20,890 So... 732 01:20:20,925 --> 01:20:24,289 I made sure to never let you see who I really was. 733 01:20:24,324 --> 01:20:26,896 It worked like a charm, too. 734 01:20:26,931 --> 01:20:29,294 Then when you finally brought me back 735 01:20:29,329 --> 01:20:31,098 to your home to meet your family, 736 01:20:31,133 --> 01:20:32,561 it was just as I hoped. 737 01:20:34,367 --> 01:20:36,433 A life straight out of the pictures. 738 01:20:38,305 --> 01:20:40,437 At least that's what it felt like to me. 739 01:20:43,079 --> 01:20:44,243 And you didn't want it. 740 01:20:47,578 --> 01:20:49,347 You just wanted to stay here on our farm, 741 01:20:49,382 --> 01:20:51,217 and that made me so angry. 742 01:20:52,352 --> 01:20:53,681 How could you? 743 01:20:53,716 --> 01:20:56,926 I'm certain you knew I hated it, you must've. 744 01:20:56,961 --> 01:20:59,027 How could you be so selfish and cruel 745 01:20:59,062 --> 01:21:01,095 after all I've done to make you happy? 746 01:21:06,465 --> 01:21:09,169 I was even pregnant with your baby. 747 01:21:13,978 --> 01:21:17,309 I never wanted to be a mother. 748 01:21:17,344 --> 01:21:21,016 I loathed the feeling of it growing inside me. 749 01:21:21,051 --> 01:21:22,611 It felt like sickness. 750 01:21:24,681 --> 01:21:28,584 Pulling and sucking on me like some needy animal in a barn. 751 01:21:30,357 --> 01:21:32,621 How could I be responsible for another life? 752 01:21:33,591 --> 01:21:35,492 Life terrifies me. 753 01:21:35,527 --> 01:21:38,363 It's harsh, and bleak, and draining. 754 01:21:40,631 --> 01:21:43,104 I was so relieved when it died. 755 01:21:43,139 --> 01:21:45,073 It was one less weight keeping me trapped here, 756 01:21:45,108 --> 01:21:47,537 but then the war came and you left me, too. 757 01:21:48,540 --> 01:21:50,672 Why did you leave me, Howard? 758 01:21:57,252 --> 01:21:59,087 I hate feeling like this. 759 01:21:59,650 --> 01:22:02,057 So pathetic. 760 01:22:02,092 --> 01:22:04,455 Do people like you ever feel this way? 761 01:22:05,194 --> 01:22:06,325 I figure you don't. 762 01:22:06,360 --> 01:22:08,492 You seem so perfect all the time. 763 01:22:08,527 --> 01:22:11,165 Lord must've been generous to you. 764 01:22:11,200 --> 01:22:13,596 He never answers any of my prayers. 765 01:22:13,631 --> 01:22:16,137 I don't know why. What did I do? 766 01:22:16,172 --> 01:22:18,238 What is wrong with me? 767 01:22:18,273 --> 01:22:20,471 Please, just tell me so maybe I can get better. 768 01:22:20,506 --> 01:22:22,077 I don't want to end up like Mama. 769 01:22:22,112 --> 01:22:23,771 I want to be dancing up on the screen 770 01:22:23,806 --> 01:22:26,015 like the pretty gals in the pictures. 771 01:22:27,348 --> 01:22:30,052 I want what they have so badly, 772 01:22:30,087 --> 01:22:31,614 to be perfect, 773 01:22:31,649 --> 01:22:34,320 to be loved from as many people as possible 774 01:22:34,355 --> 01:22:37,092 to make up for all my time spent suffering. 775 01:22:39,789 --> 01:22:41,756 Sometimes I wake in the middle of the night 776 01:22:41,791 --> 01:22:44,726 and the fear washes over me, 'cause what if this is it? 777 01:22:47,104 --> 01:22:48,730 What if this is right where I belong? 778 01:22:54,474 --> 01:22:55,638 I'm a failure. 779 01:22:57,081 --> 01:22:58,212 I'm not pretty 780 01:22:59,710 --> 01:23:02,150 or naturally pleasant, or friendly. 781 01:23:02,746 --> 01:23:04,218 I'm not smart, 782 01:23:04,847 --> 01:23:06,649 or funny, or confident. 783 01:23:09,093 --> 01:23:11,489 I'm exactly what Mama said I was, weak. 784 01:23:12,822 --> 01:23:15,229 I don't know why. What did I do? 785 01:23:15,264 --> 01:23:17,099 Why wasn't my family like yours? 786 01:23:17,134 --> 01:23:20,168 I hate what it feels like to be me and not you. 787 01:23:20,203 --> 01:23:22,137 I'm so scared that when you finally come home, 788 01:23:22,172 --> 01:23:23,435 you'll see me and be frightened 789 01:23:23,470 --> 01:23:25,206 like everyone else is. 790 01:23:28,475 --> 01:23:30,508 I know what I've done, 791 01:23:30,543 --> 01:23:31,740 the bad things, 792 01:23:32,776 --> 01:23:37,185 terrible, awful, murderous things. 793 01:23:37,220 --> 01:23:39,649 I regret them now, but I liked how they felt. 794 01:23:39,684 --> 01:23:41,519 I wish I didn't, but I did. 795 01:23:43,325 --> 01:23:46,458 At first, it was only animals smaller than myself. 796 01:23:47,395 --> 01:23:48,493 Nothing with feelings. 797 01:23:48,528 --> 01:23:50,099 Nothing that could hurt me back. 798 01:23:51,333 --> 01:23:52,431 It felt good. 799 01:23:53,500 --> 01:23:55,302 Killing's easier than you think, 800 01:23:56,701 --> 01:23:58,140 till recently with Mama 801 01:23:58,175 --> 01:23:59,570 and the boy from the picture house. 802 01:23:59,605 --> 01:24:00,670 They were different. 803 01:24:01,475 --> 01:24:03,310 They were more meaningful. 804 01:24:03,345 --> 01:24:05,180 I hurt them so they too might know 805 01:24:05,215 --> 01:24:06,313 what it feels like to suffer, 806 01:24:06,348 --> 01:24:07,809 but poor Daddy didn't deserve that. 807 01:24:07,844 --> 01:24:10,119 I wish I hadn't done what I did. 808 01:24:12,750 --> 01:24:14,255 Mama meant well. 809 01:24:15,423 --> 01:24:17,687 She had a hard life. 810 01:24:17,722 --> 01:24:19,524 She only wanted a home to feel safe in. 811 01:24:19,559 --> 01:24:20,657 I can see that. 812 01:24:21,528 --> 01:24:22,593 I thought I hated her, 813 01:24:22,628 --> 01:24:24,397 but I just want to feel safe, too. 814 01:24:29,371 --> 01:24:30,436 Lord... 815 01:24:31,703 --> 01:24:34,572 I made such a mess of things. 816 01:24:35,773 --> 01:24:37,839 I don't know how much more I can take. 817 01:24:39,711 --> 01:24:41,216 I need to clean this up. 818 01:24:42,351 --> 01:24:44,582 All of it. 819 01:24:44,617 --> 01:24:47,552 I need to make things right before you see me again. 820 01:24:49,259 --> 01:24:50,885 Maybe if I can turn this farm 821 01:24:50,920 --> 01:24:52,656 into a home for us like you wanted, 822 01:24:52,691 --> 01:24:54,526 things will finally be different. 823 01:24:54,561 --> 01:24:57,298 I can forgive. 824 01:24:58,202 --> 01:24:59,795 I can be who you want me to be 825 01:25:00,666 --> 01:25:02,402 if you'll just stay with me. 826 01:25:03,801 --> 01:25:05,537 Would you do that, please? 827 01:25:08,410 --> 01:25:10,377 I can't be all by myself anymore. 828 01:25:10,412 --> 01:25:11,477 It's too hard. 829 01:25:15,945 --> 01:25:17,780 We can love each other. 830 01:25:17,815 --> 01:25:19,749 I'll do that for you 831 01:25:19,784 --> 01:25:22,917 if you really meant all that "till death do us part." 832 01:25:25,229 --> 01:25:26,459 It'd be enough, 833 01:25:28,463 --> 01:25:31,332 just you and me here on this farm. 834 01:25:37,934 --> 01:25:40,308 All I really want is to be loved. 835 01:25:43,940 --> 01:25:46,644 I'm having such a hard time without it lately. 836 01:26:23,551 --> 01:26:26,354 I should probably get going now. 837 01:26:26,389 --> 01:26:29,390 Mother will be wondering where I am if I'm not home soon. 838 01:26:38,335 --> 01:26:39,796 - Are you frightened of me? 839 01:26:41,866 --> 01:26:42,865 No. 840 01:26:46,002 --> 01:26:47,342 Of course not, Pearl. 841 01:26:50,908 --> 01:26:52,512 Do you think I'm sick? 842 01:26:54,615 --> 01:26:55,614 No. 843 01:26:57,849 --> 01:26:58,848 Thank you. 844 01:27:02,755 --> 01:27:04,425 I'm happy for you. 845 01:27:07,727 --> 01:27:09,331 What? 846 01:27:09,366 --> 01:27:10,530 For getting the part 847 01:27:11,566 --> 01:27:13,698 in the dance troupe. You deserved it. 848 01:27:15,867 --> 01:27:18,637 -I didn't get the part. -It's okay. 849 01:27:19,805 --> 01:27:21,035 You don't have to pretend anymore. 850 01:27:21,070 --> 01:27:22,641 My feelings won't be hurt. 851 01:27:24,040 --> 01:27:26,282 If it wasn't me, I'm glad it was you, right? 852 01:27:29,518 --> 01:27:31,584 -But, Pearl, I... -Please... 853 01:27:33,049 --> 01:27:34,455 Don't lie to me. 854 01:27:41,123 --> 01:27:43,959 Well, yes. 855 01:27:46,535 --> 01:27:47,699 Thank you. 856 01:27:50,704 --> 01:27:52,605 It's going to be real swell, 857 01:27:53,674 --> 01:27:55,674 dancing around the state. 858 01:27:58,877 --> 01:28:02,483 I hope you can come see the show sometime. 859 01:28:06,115 --> 01:28:08,357 You always get everything you want. 860 01:28:10,790 --> 01:28:12,856 You're younger and more blonde. 861 01:28:15,058 --> 01:28:17,696 I have to go now. 862 01:28:21,669 --> 01:28:23,966 You're not gonna say anything, are you? 863 01:28:25,706 --> 01:28:26,870 No. 864 01:28:33,549 --> 01:28:35,780 I really do love Howard. 865 01:28:38,620 --> 01:28:39,784 I know. 866 01:28:40,952 --> 01:28:42,523 Nobody has to know. 867 01:28:43,559 --> 01:28:44,822 I can fix things. 868 01:28:46,463 --> 01:28:48,628 It can be our secret, Mitsy. 869 01:29:39,681 --> 01:29:40,944 Help! 870 01:29:42,145 --> 01:29:43,485 Help me! 871 01:29:44,246 --> 01:29:46,686 Somebody, please help! 872 01:29:46,721 --> 01:29:48,655 No! 873 01:29:49,152 --> 01:29:50,624 No, please. 874 01:29:50,659 --> 01:29:52,758 Help! Help! 875 01:30:04,541 --> 01:30:06,475 Help! 876 01:30:09,073 --> 01:30:10,842 Help me, please! 877 01:30:10,877 --> 01:30:12,679 -Help! 878 01:30:21,789 --> 01:30:23,822 Please, no! No! 879 01:30:24,594 --> 01:30:25,890 I won't tell anyone! 880 01:30:25,925 --> 01:30:27,496 Please, I swear! 881 01:30:27,861 --> 01:30:29,597 No! 882 01:30:29,632 --> 01:30:33,128 Please! I'll do anything you want. 883 01:30:33,163 --> 01:30:36,230 It's not about what I want anymore, Mitsy. 884 01:30:36,265 --> 01:30:37,198 - Please. 885 01:30:37,233 --> 01:30:39,937 It's about making the best of what I have. 886 01:30:39,972 --> 01:30:42,808 - No! No! 887 01:30:43,976 --> 01:30:45,745 No! 888 01:33:51,427 --> 01:33:53,801 Bless us, O' Lord, 889 01:33:53,836 --> 01:33:56,463 and these thy gifts 890 01:33:56,498 --> 01:34:00,236 which we are about to receive from thy bounty, 891 01:34:02,075 --> 01:34:03,976 through Christ our Lord. 892 01:34:05,342 --> 01:34:06,781 Amen. 893 01:34:46,790 --> 01:34:48,086 - So long, y'all. 894 01:35:06,172 --> 01:35:07,303 Pearl? 895 01:35:13,542 --> 01:35:14,783 Pearl? 896 01:35:36,972 --> 01:35:37,971 - Howard? 897 01:35:41,207 --> 01:35:43,537 I'm so happy you're home.