Plot
The movie begins with Laurie being reprimanded by her Aunt Nora and Chris being beaten by his adoptive father, Corson. Laurie goes to help Chris bandage his hand and tells him of her plans to leave the Limberlost swamp. Nora blames Laurie for her mother’s death and does not want her to leave the swamp. Laurie runs away into the swamp, where she meets Wayne, a charming aspiring lawyer. She shows him her collection of butterflies and moths, along with her animal friends. After he leaves, Laurie helps Mrs. Parker, a wealthy author from town, who buys one of her butterflies and invites Laurie to tea in town.
After Mrs. Parker leaves, Nora sends Laurie to the general store to buy soap with the money she earned from selling butterflies. While there, Laurie encounters Corson, who announces that he is looking for a new wife after his last one died. After Laurie leaves, the shop owners discuss how Nora is hard on Laurie because her mother married the man Nora loved. They decide to bring Laurie to a festival in town.
At the festival, Laurie runs into Mrs. Parker and Wayne again. The townspeople, including Wayne’s father, mock Laurie while she and Wayne start to dance. A man intentionally trips her, and Wayne punches him when he laughs at her. Mrs. Parker then takes Laurie back to her house to look at her butterfly collection.
Back at the swamp, Wayne and Laurie kiss, but upon returning home, Nora tells her she must marry Corson because he promised to eliminate their mortgage if Laurie marries him. Laurie, distressed, runs to the shopkeeper’s house, where they plan to help her escape the arrangement. Nora reveals that Laurie’s mother also wanted to leave the swamp but was left penniless by her husband, which led to her suicide. Nora threatens to expose Laurie’s mother’s past if Laurie doesn’t marry Corson, so Laurie reluctantly agrees.
At the wedding, Corson tries to cheer up the unenthusiastic guests. Chris goes to the barn with a gun, waiting for Corson. Corson grabs the gun, which discharges and kills him. Chris is arrested and jailed for the murder. Laurie visits Mrs. Parker to sell the rest of her butterfly collection to hire Wayne to represent Chris. Wayne’s father tries to dissuade him from taking the case, not wanting his son to represent a "swamper."
At the trial, the prosecuting lawyer questions Laurie aggressively, but Wayne does not object. When it’s his turn, Wayne gets Nora to admit she tricked Laurie into marrying Corson by lying about Laurie’s parents. Wayne then calls Chris to the stand an
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The movie begins with Laurie being reprimanded by her Aunt Nora and Chris being beaten by his adoptive father, Corson. Laurie goes to help Chris bandage his hand and tells him of her plans to leave the Limberlost swamp. Nora blames Laurie for her mother’s death and does not want her to leave the swamp. Laurie runs away into the swamp, where she meets Wayne, a charming aspiring lawyer. She shows him her collection of butterflies and moths, along with her animal friends. After he leaves, Laurie helps Mrs. Parker, a wealthy author from town, who buys one of her butterflies and invites Laurie to tea in town.
After Mrs. Parker leaves, Nora sends Laurie to the general store to buy soap with the money she earned from selling butterflies. While there, Laurie encounters Corson, who announces that he is looking for a new wife after his last one died. After Laurie leaves, the shop owners discuss how Nora is hard on Laurie because her mother married the man Nora loved. They decide to bring Laurie to a festival in town.
At the festival, Laurie runs into Mrs. Parker and Wayne again. The townspeople, including Wayne’s father, mock Laurie while she and Wayne start to dance. A man intentionally trips her, and Wayne punches him when he laughs at her. Mrs. Parker then takes Laurie back to her house to look at her butterfly collection.
Back at the swamp, Wayne and Laurie kiss, but upon returning home, Nora tells her she must marry Corson because he promised to eliminate their mortgage if Laurie marries him. Laurie, distressed, runs to the shopkeeper’s house, where they plan to help her escape the arrangement. Nora reveals that Laurie’s mother also wanted to leave the swamp but was left penniless by her husband, which led to her suicide. Nora threatens to expose Laurie’s mother’s past if Laurie doesn’t marry Corson, so Laurie reluctantly agrees.
At the wedding, Corson tries to cheer up the unenthusiastic guests. Chris goes to the barn with a gun, waiting for Corson. Corson grabs the gun, which discharges and kills him. Chris is arrested and jailed for the murder. Laurie visits Mrs. Parker to sell the rest of her butterfly collection to hire Wayne to represent Chris. Wayne’s father tries to dissuade him from taking the case, not wanting his son to represent a "swamper."
At the trial, the prosecuting lawyer questions Laurie aggressively, but Wayne does not object. When it’s his turn, Wayne gets Nora to admit she tricked Laurie into marrying Corson by lying about Laurie’s parents. Wayne then calls Chris to the stand an
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00:00:00♪♪
00:00:14Laurie!
00:00:18Laurie!
00:00:23Drop that, young'un!
00:00:27Then come in and help me.
00:00:29All right.
00:00:53How long on you?
00:00:55Oh, good young'un.
00:00:57Oh, good young'un.
00:01:00Oh, shit.
00:01:25Chris!
00:01:27Oh, Chris!
00:01:30He beat me again, Laurie. He beat me.
00:01:32I know it. I saw him do it.
00:01:35Why did he beat you, Chris?
00:01:38Because I cut my hand on his thigh.
00:01:41Oh, poor boy.
00:01:43He said I did it on purpose.
00:01:46They got a warrant.
00:01:48Chris, I know you wouldn't do it.
00:01:52Well, listen, he's gone.
00:01:54I saw him.
00:01:56I saw him.
00:01:58I saw him.
00:02:06Chris, come on.
00:02:08Don't cry anymore.
00:02:10I'm all done now.
00:02:20Chris, put your hand in the water
00:02:22and get the dirt off.
00:02:24Have you got any clean clothes?
00:02:26Yeah, I think so.
00:02:28In the second drawer.
00:02:33This will do.
00:02:37Come here, Chris.
00:02:43Ooh, I bet that hurt.
00:02:45Then he just wouldn't beat me.
00:02:48Just because he took me out of an orphanage,
00:02:50he ain't got no call to beat me.
00:02:53I hate him.
00:02:55Everybody does.
00:02:57What are you going to do?
00:02:59I could run away.
00:03:01You know better than that.
00:03:03You're Corson's Bond boy.
00:03:05You're supposed to work for him
00:03:07until you're 21 years old.
00:03:09What if I run away
00:03:11and then I wouldn't have to work for him?
00:03:13Well, he'd only have the law on you
00:03:15and bring you back
00:03:17and then things would be worse than ever.
00:03:19Maybe so.
00:03:21There just ain't no sense in living.
00:03:23Why, Chris, what a thing to say.
00:03:25We've all got a chance.
00:03:27The world's full of beautiful things.
00:03:29Not for us swampers.
00:03:31Yes, there is.
00:03:33For all of us.
00:03:35Anyway, I'm not going to be a swamper.
00:03:37I'm not always going to be.
00:03:39I'm going to be somebody.
00:03:41Of course.
00:03:43You've been to school.
00:03:45Reckon you're about the smartest body in the limberloss.
00:03:47Oh, Chris, you could go to school.
00:03:49I asked him once.
00:03:52He nearly killed me, though.
00:03:54Very well, then.
00:03:56I'll teach you how to read a book Mr. Nathan gave me.
00:03:58Will you, Laurie?
00:04:00Sure.
00:04:02This is such a pleasure.
00:04:04Want to see the parlor?
00:04:06Sure.
00:04:14Oh, it's got a lot of changes.
00:04:18New curtains, huh?
00:04:20It's a nice parlor.
00:04:22I'm going to have a better one.
00:04:28She was his wife, wasn't she?
00:04:30Mm-hmm.
00:04:32She's pitched headfirst into the wash tub and died.
00:04:34Oh, poor thing.
00:04:38You know what I...
00:04:40Who'd marry him?
00:04:42He's meaner than poison.
00:04:44Anybody who'd marry him would have to be mean, too.
00:04:46Then I'd have the two of them after me all the time.
00:04:48Chris, you couldn't stand that.
00:04:50It'd be...
00:04:52Laurie!
00:04:54Laurie!
00:04:56I have to go.
00:04:58I'm coming!
00:05:00I'm coming.
00:05:02Where have you been?
00:05:04Get in there now!
00:05:06Get to washing.
00:05:08Took you a long time to feed that slut.
00:05:10I was watching the baby pigs.
00:05:12You can think of more ways to get out of work.
00:05:14Leave it to me to do.
00:05:18What good will that do you when Carson comes around
00:05:20for his money on the mortgage?
00:05:22We ain't got it.
00:05:24I'll lose my cabin, that's what.
00:05:26A lot you care about that.
00:05:28You care about me.
00:05:30I've been keeping you and feeding you
00:05:32ever since your ma died.
00:05:34You hate me for that.
00:05:36I couldn't help it if Mother died.
00:05:38She couldn't help it either.
00:05:40She could have. She'd have been alive today
00:05:42if she hadn't gotten notions like you're getting.
00:05:44Chasing butterflies and reading books.
00:05:46I love her for that.
00:05:48Nora, won't you tell me more about her?
00:05:50I'll tell you this much.
00:05:52If she hadn't have thought she's too good for the swamp,
00:05:54she wouldn't have come to no bad end.
00:05:56I don't believe you.
00:05:58I won't let you talk about Mother like that.
00:06:00It's true, and you'll end up just the same way.
00:06:02Now quit your dreaming and get in your head
00:06:04you're nothing but an ugly despised swamp girl.
00:06:06I won't listen to you.
00:06:16I beg your pardon.
00:06:18Circumstantial evidence is the term he used.
00:06:20The state attempts to prove this man
00:06:22guilty of murder in the first degree.
00:06:24The penalty for which is death.
00:06:26The court will charge
00:06:28that you must be convinced
00:06:30beyond reason.
00:06:32It is my opinion
00:06:34that no reasonable man
00:06:36can be convicted of murder
00:06:38beyond reason.
00:06:40The court will charge
00:06:42that you must be convinced
00:06:44that no reasonable man
00:06:46can dare to judge my client
00:06:48guilty of this terrible crime.
00:06:54No, I'm not crazy.
00:06:56I'm just practicing.
00:06:58Practicing being crazy?
00:07:00Practicing at law.
00:07:02I'm just out of law school
00:07:04and I'm just holding an imaginary case.
00:07:06Did you?
00:07:08For the judge to decide.
00:07:11Oh, my lovely judge.
00:07:15What a lovely spectator.
00:07:21Oh, please don't go.
00:07:26What's your name?
00:07:28Laurie.
00:07:30Oh, what's your last name?
00:07:32Mears.
00:07:34Laurie Mears. What a pretty name.
00:07:36How's it that anything is as lovely
00:07:38as you found its way into the swamp?
00:07:40I live here.
00:07:42Oh, it's impossible.
00:07:44Why not?
00:07:46Well, I thought, I always believed
00:07:48that people that lived in swamps
00:07:50looked swampy.
00:07:52Don't you think so now?
00:07:54After meeting you?
00:08:02Oh.
00:08:06You killed him?
00:08:08Of course.
00:08:10And you're trying to save a murderer?
00:08:12What is it, murder to kill doves?
00:08:14Why, of course.
00:08:16They can't fight back to protect themselves.
00:08:18A shame.
00:08:22Those poor little feet.
00:08:24Lovely, bright feathers.
00:08:28I'm sorry.
00:08:30They've always seemed just about human to me.
00:08:34They understand everything I say to them.
00:08:36They do.
00:08:38If I show you,
00:08:40will you promise not to kill anymore?
00:08:44Look, you come with me.
00:08:46Come here.
00:08:48You just have to be quiet at first.
00:08:52Hello.
00:09:02This is Bushman.
00:09:04He's a good man.
00:09:06He's a good man.
00:09:08He's a good man.
00:09:10He's a good man.
00:09:12He's a good man.
00:09:14He's a good man.
00:09:17This is Bushy.
00:09:21That's Anna.
00:09:23And this is Jim.
00:09:25Shake hands, Jim.
00:09:27Shake hands.
00:09:29That's the boy.
00:09:31That's incredible.
00:09:33You know, a long, long time ago,
00:09:35there was a man named St. Francis
00:09:37who had your power over wild folk.
00:09:39I've got a book about him.
00:09:41Must be a wonderful book.
00:09:43I'll bring it to you if you'd like to read it.
00:09:45I read it every day.
00:09:47It's beautiful.
00:09:49So quiet and secluded.
00:09:51It's my treasure trove.
00:09:53May I show you something?
00:09:55Mm-hmm.
00:10:05Oh, butterflies.
00:10:07How nice.
00:10:09No, they're not butterflies.
00:10:11They're moths.
00:10:13Well, I don't figure.
00:10:15After all that talk about my killing those birds.
00:10:17You mustn't eat them, Anna.
00:10:19Well,
00:10:21I'll have to explain.
00:10:23Moths and butterflies only last one day.
00:10:25And you have to keep their beauty.
00:10:27Well, I guess if you say so, it's all right.
00:10:31I must go now.
00:10:33But you haven't told me I might come back again.
00:10:35I've got to if I'm going to bring you that book.
00:10:37Oh, yes.
00:10:39Shall I come tomorrow?
00:10:41Yes, tell us.
00:10:43How do you do?
00:10:45How do you do, miss?
00:10:47Yes, come tomorrow.
00:10:49Goodbye.
00:10:51Goodbye.
00:10:53Till tomorrow?
00:11:11Did you like him, Anna?
00:11:29Oh!
00:11:31Can I help you?
00:11:33Oh, I seem to be hopelessly entangled here.
00:11:35Tangled here.
00:11:37Here.
00:11:39Oh, gracious me.
00:11:41A duck.
00:11:45You certainly are very kind.
00:11:47Are you all right?
00:11:49Yes, I'm splendid now.
00:11:53My goodness.
00:11:55Oh, a deer.
00:11:57That's Anna.
00:11:59You can pet her.
00:12:01Oh, a deer.
00:12:03Oh, a deer.
00:12:06You can pet her.
00:12:08Oh.
00:12:10That's Michael.
00:12:12Michael.
00:12:14There's Bushy.
00:12:16Bushy?
00:12:18Oh, Bushy, darling.
00:12:22Oh, what is this?
00:12:24Fairyland?
00:12:26I think so.
00:12:28And these animals, are they trained?
00:12:30No, they just grew up with me.
00:12:32Oh, you remarkable child.
00:12:34And you're so pretty.
00:12:36Oh, thank you.
00:12:38What is your name, dear?
00:12:40Laurie.
00:12:42How well that suits you, Laurie.
00:12:44I'm Mrs. Parker, and I live in Plainville,
00:12:46and I write books about butterflies.
00:12:48You do?
00:12:50May I show you mine?
00:12:52Oh, yes, indeed.
00:12:54Oh.
00:12:56Why, you have a whole collection.
00:12:58You catch these for sale?
00:13:00No.
00:13:02Well, you should.
00:13:04They're very, very valuable.
00:13:06If you ever do decide to dispose of them,
00:13:08will you bring them to me?
00:13:10Why, yes.
00:13:12I don't know what this one is.
00:13:14Oh, that?
00:13:16Well, that's a caterpillar grot.
00:13:18I tried the whole afternoon to catch one of these.
00:13:20Oh, let me give it to you.
00:13:22Oh, no, dear.
00:13:24I'd rather buy it from you.
00:13:26Would you mind accepting a dollar for it?
00:13:28Oh.
00:13:30Please, it would make me very happy.
00:13:32All right.
00:13:34I'll put them away.
00:13:36Yes.
00:13:46Oh, thank you very much.
00:13:48Thank you, dear.
00:13:50And now you'll be my guide
00:13:52as far as the road
00:13:54so that I can find my way back here sometime?
00:13:56Why, yes.
00:14:20Oh!
00:14:22Oh!
00:14:24Oh!
00:14:26Thank you, dear, so much.
00:14:28I certainly am torn to pieces.
00:14:40Oh!
00:14:42Is this yours?
00:14:44Mm-hmm.
00:14:46Would you like to go for a little ride?
00:14:49Better not.
00:14:51Oh.
00:14:53Did you ever ride in one before?
00:14:55No.
00:14:57You'd like it.
00:14:59Get in.
00:15:01Here?
00:15:03Mm-hmm.
00:15:05Sit over there.
00:15:07Oh, this is elegant!
00:15:09Don't go too fast.
00:15:11Would you be frightened?
00:15:13No.
00:15:15It'll make the ride last longer.
00:15:17Oh!
00:15:19Oh!
00:15:21Oh!
00:15:23Oh!
00:15:25Oh!
00:15:27Oh!
00:15:29Oh!
00:15:31Get out of there!
00:15:33You hear me?
00:15:35Get out of there!
00:15:37Oh!
00:15:39Please, Aunt Nora.
00:15:41Please.
00:15:43Shut up!
00:15:45She was my guide in the swamp.
00:15:47Oh, I was hopelessly lost, I'm afraid.
00:15:49You must have been.
00:15:51To come down into these parts.
00:15:54Well, I'm very grateful, dear.
00:15:56Do you ever get to town?
00:15:58Oh, yes. I was there last Christmas.
00:16:01Perhaps you'll both come here and have tea with me
00:16:02and look over my butterfly collection.
00:16:04I live in the white house with the green shutters,
00:16:07just across the street from Judge Sellers.
00:16:09We don't get to town.
00:16:11Well, I'll come and get you.
00:16:14And bring you home, too.
00:16:16I don't want this young'un riding in contraptions like that.
00:16:19Or looking at butterflies in books.
00:16:22She's got enough highfalutin notions in her head now
00:16:25to make her good for nothing.
00:16:27Well, I'll see you again, my dear.
00:16:29Goodbye.
00:16:30Goodbye.
00:16:31Goodbye.
00:16:39Keep happy, dear.
00:16:42Goodbye.
00:16:48You've been meeting her before this, ain't you?
00:16:50No.
00:16:50Don't lie to me.
00:16:52I told you to keep away from them city folks.
00:16:54Or you'll come to no good end.
00:16:56I'm not ugly.
00:16:57She said I was pretty.
00:16:59And Nora, you can't spoil a thing.
00:17:01Don't laugh at me.
00:17:03I never raised a hand to you, Laurie.
00:17:05But I'm warning you not to mix with them Plainville folks
00:17:07and get notions.
00:17:08She gave me a dollar for a butterfly.
00:17:10She did?
00:17:11Go buy soap.
00:17:12Get to the washing.
00:17:14All right.
00:17:28Two more crackers and you'll owe me 30 cents, Abner.
00:17:36What's the matter, Jonas?
00:17:37You got your stump?
00:17:39No, I ain't stumped.
00:17:40I can move.
00:17:42But I'm trying to figure out my next move.
00:17:44Yeah.
00:17:45Yeah.
00:17:46You'd move faster than that if you were asked to have a drink.
00:18:10You best get out and do a little work.
00:18:13Raising crops instead of sitting around here
00:18:15raising nothing but calluses.
00:18:19Your mortgage is coming due.
00:18:21Ain't gonna be easy on you this time.
00:18:24You need it.
00:18:27Checkers.
00:18:31Where's that piece of paper?
00:18:33I don't have it.
00:18:34I don't have it.
00:18:35I don't have it.
00:18:37Where's that bead you was to send up to my place, Nathan?
00:18:41Now, Jeb, don't beller at me like a bull.
00:18:43You ain't holding no mortgage of mine, you know.
00:18:45Don't you talk to me like that.
00:18:47I'll take my business out of your dang store.
00:18:49Well, take it out if you want it.
00:18:51But don't point your finger at me.
00:18:53It upsets me terrible.
00:18:55Get me another bowl of that calico.
00:18:58And none of that cheap stuff you sold me the last time.
00:19:06Jeb Corson.
00:19:07Buying another bowl of calico for curtains.
00:19:09He's had his house fixed up.
00:19:11New wallpaper and all.
00:19:13He's looking round again.
00:19:15Oh, I'd hate to be the woman he gets.
00:19:17Worked the last one into her grave.
00:19:20Oh, and she was such a sweet soul.
00:19:23I hope we don't start throwing sheep's eyes my way.
00:19:37Well, hello, Lori.
00:19:39Come on in.
00:19:42I want two bars of washing soap, mister.
00:19:44Two bars of washing soap.
00:19:46Well, I ain't seen you lately, Lori.
00:19:51Where have you been?
00:19:53Home.
00:20:00Have a seat.
00:20:04Have a stick of candy.
00:20:09Better come up and see my house.
00:20:12Got it all fixed up.
00:20:17New curtains.
00:20:25Goodbye, Lori.
00:20:34Here, darling.
00:20:35Take some of these.
00:20:36Hi, Mr. Nathan.
00:20:38Looks to me like he's making up to you, Lori.
00:20:41I wouldn't put it past him.
00:20:44You go on in and talk to Sarah.
00:20:46She's in there dropping and purling.
00:20:52Mrs. Nathan.
00:20:53May I come in?
00:20:55Well, Lori.
00:20:57How be you, Lori?
00:20:59Fine, thanks, Miss Fox.
00:21:00I see you're busy as usual.
00:21:02Yes, we've a lot of washing to do.
00:21:04Mrs. Nathan, could I borrow some of your salve?
00:21:07Chris has cut his hand.
00:21:08Of course you can.
00:21:10A hunk of salt pork would do a sight more good.
00:21:13Oh, salve's much better, Libby.
00:21:17What are you making?
00:21:18I'm trying my best to knit a petticoat, Lori.
00:21:22Slow down, drunken bully.
00:21:26If he ever points his finger at me again, I'll break it off.
00:21:36Tell Chris to keep his hand clean and smear this on thick.
00:21:40Thanks very much.
00:21:41I will.
00:21:42Goodbye.
00:21:43Won't you send us by, Lori?
00:21:45Oh, I'd love to.
00:21:47But Nora's waiting.
00:21:48I have to go.
00:21:50Goodbye, Lori.
00:21:52Oh, they're good.
00:22:02Poor little Lori.
00:22:04Trying her dangdest to make something out of herself
00:22:06and get nowhere.
00:22:08Mind when she used to wash and scrub till midnight
00:22:10so she could go to school next day?
00:22:12Mm, and that woman nagging at her constantly.
00:22:15Looks as if Nori might forgive her hate for the child
00:22:17after all these years.
00:22:19You see, she can't get over the fact
00:22:22that Lori's mother married the man she wanted for herself
00:22:24and she never will.
00:22:26I wish there was something we could do
00:22:28to give Lori a little fun somehow.
00:22:31Hey, you're going to that bazaar, aren't you, Saturday?
00:22:34Yes.
00:22:35What's the matter with taking Lori with you?
00:22:37Nora would never let her go, Pa.
00:22:39Nora's four months behind on her grocery bill to me,
00:22:42so I'll take care of her.
00:22:45Pa, you're smart.
00:22:48Let's commence to find that out, Ma.
00:23:07I think I'd better go in and get her, Pa.
00:23:10Now, you stay where you are.
00:23:11We don't want any more argument with Nora.
00:23:14I'll be right out.
00:23:15Oh, please, Aunt Nora, come and thank him.
00:23:17Thank him for what?
00:23:18For refusing me credit if I don't let you go?
00:23:21Or for giving you clothes so you can go again me?
00:23:23Oh, don't you hope I have a good time?
00:23:26No.
00:23:27I hope them plainville folks will make fun of you
00:23:29and learn their lesson.
00:23:31I don't think I'm afraid of them.
00:23:33Goodbye.
00:23:36Oh!
00:23:39Oh!
00:23:40Oh!
00:23:41How nice!
00:23:42It is a very nice day.
00:23:43Oh, you can see the sea.
00:23:44Oh!
00:23:45Oh!
00:23:46Oh!
00:23:47Oh!
00:23:48I'm already here!
00:23:49Oh!
00:23:50Oh!
00:23:51Oh!
00:23:52Oh!
00:23:53Oh!
00:23:54Oh!
00:23:55Oh!
00:23:56Oh!
00:23:57Oh!
00:23:58Oh!
00:23:59Oh!
00:24:00Now, you go along, and I'll be back very shortly.
00:24:28Well, how do you do?
00:24:30Well, I'm so glad to see you.
00:24:32You remember me?
00:24:33Indeed I do. I'm the guide from the swamp.
00:24:36Yes.
00:24:37How is your aunt?
00:24:38Aunt Laura?
00:24:39Oh, she's just fine.
00:24:42This is Mrs. Nathan.
00:24:44I call her my Aunt Sarah.
00:24:46How do you do, Miss Nathan?
00:24:47How do you do?
00:24:48All right, friends.
00:24:49Gather right in.
00:24:50And I want you to first do me a favor.
00:24:53And a price to sip the nectar of romance.
00:24:56The most beautiful little lip is only 10 cents.
00:24:59Wayne, would you care to indulge in this romantic pastime?
00:25:02No, why not?
00:25:03All right, then.
00:25:04Put your money right there in the box, young man.
00:25:06All right, young man.
00:25:07Go right ahead.
00:25:08Step in closely, friends.
00:25:09Gather right in, you gentlemen.
00:25:10Gather right in.
00:25:11And a price to sip the nectar of romance.
00:25:14The most beautiful little lip is only 10 cents.
00:25:16Wayne, would you care to indulge in this romantic pastime?
00:25:19No, why not?
00:25:20All right, then.
00:25:21Come on, gentlemen.
00:25:22Gather right in here.
00:25:23Oh, there you are, my friend.
00:25:24To show you how simple it is.
00:25:26Just cheek to cheek, nose to nose, flippity flop,
00:25:29and away she goes.
00:25:31Why, anybody can do it.
00:25:33Step right up, folks.
00:25:34The price is 10 cents.
00:25:36Step right up, folks.
00:25:37Step right up here.
00:25:38Anyone can indulge in this pastime.
00:25:41Come on, gentlemen.
00:25:42Step right up.
00:25:43Laurie.
00:25:44You.
00:25:45How are you?
00:25:47I brought the book, but I couldn't find you.
00:25:49You went to the Glade, and you weren't there.
00:25:52Lemonade?
00:25:53Yes.
00:25:54Two lemonades.
00:25:55Sir, where did you ever meet a freak like that?
00:25:58What's she got on her feet?
00:26:00What's she got on her head?
00:26:08What's the matter?
00:26:10Nothing.
00:26:14Want to dance?
00:26:15Oh, I don't dance.
00:26:16Oh, of course you do.
00:26:17Come on.
00:26:18Arnie.
00:26:19Come on.
00:26:20I'll leave my hat here.
00:26:21Come on.
00:26:23Yeah, this dance with me.
00:26:24Well, come on.
00:26:25I'll substitute.
00:26:39Oh, ain't that great?
00:26:41Let's tackle it.
00:26:43Well, now I, uh, Sarah.
00:26:45Oh, come on, Pa.
00:26:46You're still young.
00:26:47Well, who said I wasn't?
00:26:56What in the world is Wayne doing with that swamper?
00:26:59Is he crazy?
00:27:01Far from it.
00:27:03I think he's showing remarkable intelligence.
00:27:06She's one of the most delightful little persons I've ever known.
00:27:11You know, you're getting very old and hypocritical
00:27:14and sort of slipping into your dotage.
00:27:17What?
00:27:18Mm-hmm.
00:27:19Otherwise, I think you'd ask me to dance.
00:27:26Will you honor me?
00:27:27Charmed.
00:27:36What is it?
00:27:37What's the matter?
00:27:38Can't you see I don't dance?
00:27:40What do you mean?
00:27:41You're doing fine.
00:27:42But all those people are looking at me.
00:27:44Well, of course they are.
00:27:45You're the prettiest girl here.
00:27:51Don't you see?
00:27:52They're laughing at me.
00:27:54Who is?
00:27:55I'll take care of them.
00:27:56Please don't.
00:27:57Don't.
00:28:03Are you having a good time, Laurie?
00:28:05Yes.
00:28:06You are not.
00:28:08Come on.
00:28:13Save the next two for me, Laurie,
00:28:15because I'll be ready to quit in a minute.
00:28:20I'll try again.
00:28:33What are you laughing at?
00:28:35Mr. Davis, take me home.
00:28:37I want to get out of here.
00:28:43Oh, come on.
00:28:44Get up.
00:28:45Wait.
00:28:46Get up.
00:28:47Wait.
00:28:48Come home with me.
00:28:50Honey.
00:28:52What?
00:28:53Is she all right?
00:28:55Are you all right, darling?
00:28:58You're just mad.
00:29:00Well, I don't blame you at all.
00:29:02You see, I'll tell you, darling.
00:29:04Come over to my house for a little while.
00:29:06You've never seen my butterflies in my workshop.
00:29:09Would you excuse us?
00:29:11Would you excuse us if we go?
00:29:15Come along, Chickabitty.
00:29:27Nice lady, Pa.
00:29:28Yeah, she's all right.
00:29:31I'll let you and me go and finish the dance
00:29:33and see if anybody tries to trip you.
00:29:35Oh, Pa.
00:29:36Are you trying to make trouble?
00:29:37Well, he tripped her, Dad.
00:29:38He deliberately tripped her.
00:29:39What are you dancing with a fright like that for?
00:29:41She's not a fright.
00:29:42She's a fine girl.
00:29:43Fine girl.
00:29:44Some swamper.
00:29:45You disgrace me, you disgrace yourself.
00:29:46What are people going to think?
00:29:47Well, I don't care what people think.
00:29:48Oh, you don't, huh?
00:29:49Well, I do.
00:29:50But after all my plans, you go and make
00:29:51a laughing stock of yourself.
00:29:52Well, I don't believe in class distinction.
00:29:54Oh, so a college education has given you
00:29:56a viewpoint on life, huh?
00:29:58You're going to champion the downtrodden.
00:30:00You're the great emancipator.
00:30:01Well, I didn't send you to school for that.
00:30:03I sent you to school to study law,
00:30:05to go to the county seat and represent
00:30:07the people of your community.
00:30:08You've got me wrong, Dad.
00:30:09I have no idea of becoming a politician.
00:30:11You're going to be what I want you to be.
00:30:12I'm sorry, sir.
00:30:13I didn't put in four years of hard study
00:30:15to get into politics.
00:30:16It's a lawyer's duty to defend the innocent
00:30:18and prosecute the guilty, and that's
00:30:19what I'm going to do.
00:30:20Good night.
00:30:25For an hour with me, we don't care if they
00:30:27think we're very funny things, you know.
00:30:29The only thing that matters is what you know,
00:30:31what's in your mind.
00:30:33You've got a perfectly beautiful mind,
00:30:35and you have culture and understanding
00:30:37and knowledge.
00:30:38That's all that counts, Laurie.
00:30:40Oh, I must get off these things.
00:30:42My toes feel like squealing pigs.
00:30:46You know, there must be more than that,
00:30:49because I know things.
00:30:51I've studied.
00:30:52Well, still, they laughed at me.
00:30:54They weren't laughing at you, Laurie.
00:30:56Oh, yes, they were.
00:30:57I must have looked like a scarecrow.
00:31:00I fell down, and I was clumsy and awkward.
00:31:04I guess I am just a swamp.
00:31:07I've fallen on dance floors countless times.
00:31:11One time, I upset my partner and seven others
00:31:14all over the floor.
00:31:20I think you're a precious little soul, Laurie.
00:31:23Then I don't care.
00:31:24That's the spirit.
00:31:27Let's take this off and stay a while.
00:31:30Say, isn't that a beauty?
00:31:32Yes, aren't they nice?
00:31:33It's taken me years to collect them.
00:31:36They don't have to worry about dresses.
00:31:39Are you still bothering about those stupid people,
00:31:42or are you thinking about Wayne?
00:31:44Oh.
00:31:46He likes you, Laurie.
00:31:48What?
00:31:49Didn't you see him upset that young fellow?
00:31:51No.
00:31:52One good blow in the jaw.
00:31:54Oh, he probably did it because they laughed at him.
00:31:57No.
00:31:58He did it because of you.
00:32:03Laurie, I've got the most magnificent idea.
00:32:07Excuse me just a minute.
00:32:19Look, darling.
00:32:21Oh.
00:32:22Do you like it?
00:32:25It's one I had when I was your age,
00:32:27but it was too small for me, and I think it'll just fit you.
00:32:30Jump up.
00:32:33You hold it there.
00:32:36Oh, it's precious on you, dear.
00:32:38Now, I'll shorten it, you see.
00:32:42Oh.
00:32:44Oh.
00:32:51Darling!
00:33:13Who is it?
00:33:14Laurie!
00:33:15Oh, at last I've found you.
00:33:19What do you want?
00:33:20What do I want?
00:33:21I want to see you.
00:33:22Come on out.
00:33:26Bustin', kid.
00:33:27I ain't got time to sit.
00:33:30Yeah, you, uh, you look tired, Nora.
00:33:33I am working all the time.
00:33:35Yeah, that's it.
00:33:37That's a pity.
00:33:38Pity?
00:33:39Since when did you start getting sorry for folks?
00:33:43You sit down there, all right?
00:33:45I got something to want to talk to you about.
00:33:46The mortgage ain't got a cent, kid.
00:33:48Say it about the mortgage.
00:33:49Something else.
00:33:51You notice I got the place all fixed up?
00:33:53Yes, I can see it change.
00:33:57No change lately.
00:33:58Yeah.
00:34:00You mean you're going to make it better for folks?
00:34:03For me?
00:34:05Yeah.
00:34:07I want to try to learn to be kinder.
00:34:12I'm a rich man.
00:34:13Got nobody to spend it on.
00:34:16I get kind of lonesome sometimes.
00:34:18What's driving you?
00:34:21Well, Nora, what would you say if I was to marry?
00:34:24Might make a difference.
00:34:26But I doubt it.
00:34:29Who are you thinking of?
00:34:32Laurie.
00:34:33Laurie?
00:34:34Jed Carson, you're crazy.
00:34:36Laurie's no more than a child.
00:34:38That ain't a good offer.
00:34:39I'll give you back the mortgage and some money to boot.
00:34:42Better think it over,
00:34:43because where are you going to be in the next few years?
00:34:45You'll wind up in a house.
00:34:46I ain't scared of that.
00:34:48A poor house, Nora.
00:34:57Well, you going to talk to her?
00:34:59Or do you want me to do it?
00:35:01I'll do it.
00:35:10Ever again disturb the beauty in your heart.
00:35:25Angry?
00:35:27No.
00:35:29I just didn't think it would happen here in the swamp.
00:35:32Swamp?
00:35:33Well, this is the Enchanted Glade.
00:35:36It's all right.
00:35:38All right.
00:35:40It's another world where dreams come true.
00:35:45Do you believe that too?
00:36:05Oh, you're back.
00:36:06Mm-hmm.
00:36:08Been in the swamp?
00:36:10Yes, but just for a minute.
00:36:12Just a minute.
00:36:13Expect it's pretty there today.
00:36:16Be going with you sometime.
00:36:20Why, Aunt Nora.
00:36:24Why, you'd love it.
00:36:27It's all just like another world
00:36:30where your dreams come true.
00:36:32Time I rested and dreamed and eased my tired body at last.
00:36:39Lot of things we'll be doing soon.
00:36:44Why, Aunt Nora, what's happened?
00:36:49You're so different.
00:36:52You're almost as happy as I am.
00:36:54We won't have to be worried about the mortgage anymore.
00:36:59Gloria, think of that.
00:37:02Why, I don't understand.
00:37:04Tell me quickly.
00:37:06Jed Carson's willing to marry you.
00:37:16Oh.
00:37:19What's the matter with that?
00:37:22Jed ain't bad.
00:37:24He's the richest man the limber lost.
00:37:27I won't marry him.
00:37:33I won't.
00:37:34I won't.
00:37:36And I wouldn't marry him if he were the last man in his world.
00:37:40You'll do what I say.
00:37:41No.
00:37:42He'll give you a good home.
00:37:43Buy you all the books and pretty things you've been wanting.
00:37:45He'll give us a deed to the land and money
00:37:47so we won't have to work so hard.
00:37:49Oh, I don't mind work.
00:37:50I want to work.
00:37:52I'll do everything, Aunt Nora.
00:37:53You won't have to do a thing.
00:37:55But please don't make me marry him.
00:37:57You fool.
00:37:58You'll do what I say.
00:38:00I won't.
00:38:01I won't.
00:38:02I know how to make jams.
00:38:18You got to do something, Miss Mason.
00:38:19You got to do something.
00:38:20Don't make such a fuss.
00:38:26Mrs. Mason.
00:38:27Mrs. Mason.
00:38:29You know the gardener.
00:38:32No.
00:38:33Oh, there, there.
00:38:36You're with Sarah.
00:38:40Nora's been talking to you.
00:38:42I know all about it.
00:38:44Chris just told me.
00:38:49I won't marry him.
00:38:52I'm going to die first.
00:38:54You're not going to die.
00:38:56And you're not going to marry him.
00:38:58I'll get Paul.
00:38:59He'll know what to do.
00:39:05Well, howdy, boys.
00:39:06How's the game going, huh?
00:39:07Uh-oh.
00:39:08He's got you beat again.
00:39:13Shh.
00:39:14He's in there.
00:39:15Oh.
00:39:19Hello, Nate.
00:39:20Fine day.
00:39:21Hey, you ain't sick, are you?
00:39:23Sick?
00:39:24I never felt better in my life.
00:39:25Here's an order for you.
00:39:28Look it over.
00:39:32It's a pretty big order in here.
00:39:34Yes, sir.
00:39:35I'm going to need it.
00:39:36Having a party?
00:39:37Party.
00:39:38Yes, sirree.
00:39:39You ain't figuring on getting married again, are you?
00:39:41Now, do you know any reason why I shouldn't?
00:39:43Well, no.
00:39:44I remember your last wedding.
00:39:46Oh, get fessed up, will you?
00:39:48Oh, well, you'll all know soon enough.
00:39:50You'll all be invited.
00:39:51Now, get that out for me right away, will you, Nate?
00:39:57I'll bet it's a wedding.
00:39:59Oh, who would marry him?
00:40:01What do you think, Nate?
00:40:05I ain't seeing him.
00:40:13Pa!
00:40:14Pa!
00:40:15Jet Corson's going to marry Laurie.
00:40:17What?
00:40:18It's an angel.
00:40:19It's an angel.
00:40:20You won't let him do it, will you?
00:40:21No, no.
00:40:22You won't let him do it.
00:40:23Now, now, now.
00:40:24He won't.
00:40:25I'll fix him.
00:40:26I know what I'll do.
00:40:27I'll kill him.
00:40:28That's what I'll do.
00:40:29I'll kill him.
00:40:30You mustn't talk like that.
00:40:31What are you going to do, Pa?
00:40:32You can't let this happen.
00:40:33Oh, think of something.
00:40:35Now, Sarah, don't take on so.
00:40:37There's no sense in getting Laurie any more upset than she is.
00:40:40Chris, you go and hitch up the team.
00:40:42Yes, sir.
00:40:45Now, look.
00:41:03Now, Sarah, get the lunch ready.
00:41:05And as soon as, as soon as he gets hitched up, we'll be on our way.
00:41:08Oh.
00:41:09You what?
00:41:16I'd like to see you try it.
00:41:18Get on home, you.
00:41:19Please.
00:41:20Shut up.
00:41:21Get going.
00:41:22I won't do it, I tell you.
00:41:24I'll run away first.
00:41:26You're not going to let this child marry Jet Corson.
00:41:28And why not?
00:41:29I aim to do what's best for Laurie.
00:41:31Judge the richest man these here parts, and you'll be a good husband to her.
00:41:34Nora, your own flesh and blood.
00:41:36Mind your business.
00:41:37Nora, I ain't going to let you do it.
00:41:40Corson's a drunken brute, and you know it.
00:41:42I'm Laurie's guardian.
00:41:43You try to stop me, and I'll have the law on you.
00:41:47I mean it.
00:42:01Sarah, you follow him.
00:42:08See if he can find out what it's all about.
00:42:10I'm going to talk to Corson.
00:42:12No, Pa.
00:42:13Now I know what I'm doing, now.
00:42:14I know what I'm doing.
00:42:16Team sits, Mr. Nathan.
00:42:17All right, Chris, you tend the store till I get back.
00:42:19Yes, sir.
00:42:23Nora's one of them all.
00:42:25Now I'll tell you.
00:42:26I don't want to know.
00:42:27I don't want to hear anything.
00:42:28She was like you.
00:42:29She wanted to marry out of the swamp.
00:42:31Well, she did.
00:42:32And after he was born, he ran off and left her
00:42:35without a dollar to her name.
00:42:38His folks is rich.
00:42:40She couldn't do nothing.
00:42:42They want no wedding license.
00:42:45Oh, no.
00:42:46It's the truth I'm telling you, Laurie.
00:42:49She come back to the swamp with you in her arms.
00:42:52And afterwards, she threw herself in and drowned him.
00:42:57In that place, you love so well to hide
00:42:59your birds and butterflies.
00:43:02I don't believe you.
00:43:03Folks around here thought it was an accident.
00:43:06What'd they say if they found out she drowned a purpose?
00:43:10And why?
00:43:12Nora, you're lying.
00:43:14It's a bag of lies, and you know it.
00:43:16Oh, come back here, Laurie.
00:43:17You're going to do what I say.
00:43:19You're going to marry Jed Corson,
00:43:21or I'm going to tell him about your maw.
00:43:24Then what'll your fine friends in Plainville think?
00:43:29Better make up your mind to marry a man of your own kind.
00:43:35What are you going to do, Laurie?
00:43:37You don't want me to tell him about your maw, do you?
00:43:39No, no.
00:43:40Do you?
00:43:41No.
00:43:43I will.
00:43:45All right, I will.
00:43:46I'll marry you.
00:43:54You can't come in here.
00:44:24Jed, I want a word with you.
00:44:27Don't tell me you're bringing that order already.
00:44:30No, I'm bringing you a warning.
00:44:35Warning?
00:44:38You get it out of your head that you're marrying Laurie,
00:44:41or something's going to happen to you.
00:44:44Where did you hear that, Nate?
00:44:46I didn't hear it.
00:44:47It's coming from me.
00:45:00You must have said something to make her change.
00:45:02I can't believe she did it herself.
00:45:04You didn't believe she'd get smart, did you?
00:45:07Well, another caller.
00:45:09My, ain't we getting popular now.
00:45:11Nate, welcome.
00:45:12Get out.
00:45:13I'll get out when I find out what devilman's behind all this.
00:45:17Get out now.
00:45:21There's no use, Pa.
00:45:23Laurie's willing.
00:45:24Ha!
00:45:25You hear that?
00:45:26She's willing.
00:45:27Now go back and sell your potatoes.
00:45:29Who said so?
00:45:30Laurie did.
00:45:31Of course she did.
00:45:32She came to her senses.
00:45:34No sane girl's going to miss a chance like this.
00:45:39Laurie?
00:45:42Laurie, let her alone.
00:45:44Come down, you old meddler.
00:45:49Uncle Nate.
00:45:54Look at me.
00:45:56What's the matter, Uncle Nate?
00:45:58Did you say you was willing?
00:46:00Of course I did.
00:46:02I could see how good it would be for me,
00:46:05an ugly, despised swamp girl,
00:46:08marrying the richest man in the limbo lot.
00:46:11You ain't telling the truth.
00:46:12Tell the truth.
00:46:14I can have everything I want.
00:46:16All the books and beautiful dresses.
00:46:19Everything in the world.
00:46:21You didn't think I'd miss a chance like that, did you?
00:46:24Look at me.
00:46:26You're lying.
00:46:28I'm not.
00:46:30I'm not, I tell you.
00:46:33Can't you leave me alone?
00:46:35Can't you see I'm only trying to do what I want to do?
00:46:40I hope you're satisfied.
00:46:43Now go on about your business.
00:46:46Both of you.
00:46:50I'm going to get to the bottom of this.
00:46:53You ain't fooling me for a minute.
00:46:55I don't know what you said,
00:46:57but it must have been something rotten.
00:47:00Nora, if you was a man,
00:47:03I'd break every bone in your body.
00:47:06Come on, Sarah.
00:47:26Hello, Mrs. Nagle.
00:47:28Come in, come in.
00:47:29Look here.
00:47:30You go right on in the front room,
00:47:31you'll find plenty of refreshments in there.
00:47:34Boys, out through the kitchen, down the back,
00:47:37you know what you'll find.
00:47:39Something stronger than lemonade.
00:47:41Oh, Jonas.
00:47:44How's the checker game, huh?
00:47:46Here's your old pal here.
00:47:48Right through that way, you know, down by the barn, huh?
00:47:51Hello, Mrs. Smith.
00:47:53Right in the front room there.
00:47:55That's your way.
00:47:56You know what you'll find out there.
00:48:05I can't bear it.
00:48:09I can't seem to realize it.
00:48:13How could this happen to our little girl?
00:48:20Lori, it isn't too late.
00:48:25It was good of Jed to buy you such a fine dress.
00:48:38Lori, Nathan's downstairs.
00:48:41If you'll only tell us why you're doing this.
00:48:44I know he can do something to stop it.
00:48:49Well, what's everybody so quiet about?
00:48:52Come on now, folks, liven up a little bit.
00:48:55Come on down around the punch bowl.
00:48:57Have a drink.
00:48:58It's all on me.
00:48:59Here, Libby.
00:49:00I'll bet you ain't had a drink yet.
00:49:03Here you are.
00:49:04That's good for what ails you.
00:49:06Now sit down there and play me a nice tune, will you?
00:49:08Come on, come on.
00:49:09That's a good girl, Libby.
00:49:11That's a good girl, Libby.
00:49:13That's a good girl, Libby.
00:49:15Come on, come on.
00:49:16That's a good girl, Libby.
00:49:18Here, here.
00:49:19You can't push that cake down with a dry whistle.
00:49:22Here.
00:49:24There we are.
00:49:26Yeah.
00:49:28Well, Nate, what you looking so glum about?
00:49:32What you need is a good drink of hard liquor out there with the boys.
00:49:36I ain't thirsty.
00:49:38Well, Nate, this is an occasion for a celebration, ain't it?
00:49:42Is it?
00:49:43Well, I'm getting married, ain't I?
00:49:47I don't know whether you are or not.
00:49:50Huh?
00:49:53Nothing can stop it now, Nate.
00:49:55Nothing.
00:50:00Come on, folks.
00:50:01Cheer up.
00:50:02Have a good time.
00:50:04This is a wedding.
00:50:06I'm getting married.
00:50:07Jed Corson's getting married.
00:50:09Come on, Libby.
00:50:10Play something lively.
00:50:11I'll be right back, folks.
00:50:25Ain't it beautiful?
00:50:29It must have cost a plenty.
00:50:33Who is it?
00:50:35It's Jed.
00:50:41It's bad luck to see the bride.
00:50:47Yeah.
00:50:50I know.
00:50:53She's about ready, ain't she?
00:50:55Yes.
00:50:57Fine.
00:50:59I'll tell the folks.
00:51:10Nora, you're the only mother she's ever known.
00:51:14You carried her in your arms when she was a baby.
00:51:17Now you're putting her in your arms.
00:51:19Never.
00:51:20All your life it'll gnaw at your conscience.
00:51:26You worry about your own conscience.
00:51:50Be sure you're turned to the right page, Parson.
00:51:54I'll go down and get the boy.
00:51:56Are you sure you don't want one, Sheriff?
00:51:58No, not for me.
00:52:00Chris, where are you going with that gun?
00:52:03Gonna kill something.
00:52:05Going by the barn.
00:52:07Hey, Admiral, I'm a pretty good shot myself.
00:52:09Yeah?
00:52:10Yeah, I just killed a quarry.
00:52:16Hey, boys.
00:52:17Come on in.
00:52:23Here comes the bride.
00:52:24Get Jed.
00:52:25Somebody get Jed Carson.
00:52:27Laurie, you forgot your bouquet.
00:52:32Don't come near me.
00:52:35I've never hated anyone before.
00:52:38I've never wanted to.
00:52:41But I hate you.
00:52:44And I'll hate you till I die.
00:53:07What are you doing with that gun, Chris?
00:53:09You ain't gonna marry her.
00:53:16I'm gonna adopt her, Chris.
00:53:18She's gonna be your sister.
00:53:21Take care of her.
00:53:25Now I'm gonna beat you within an inch of your life.
00:53:56So that's what you're gonna do with a gun.
00:53:59Huh.
00:54:00Chris, you're still Jed Carson.
00:54:26Come in.
00:54:35Why, Laurie, how nice to see you, dear.
00:54:53Oh, isn't the little dress becoming?
00:54:55Oh, yes, I love it.
00:54:56You said you'd like to buy my butterflies.
00:54:58Yes, I did, Laurie.
00:55:00Well, I brought them.
00:55:02Oh.
00:55:03Ooh.
00:55:06Oh.
00:55:07Why, they're so nicely mounted.
00:55:11Why, but Laurie, this is your whole collection.
00:55:14Yes, I know.
00:55:15I, uh, I have to have some money.
00:55:17Well, how much do you need?
00:55:19Would $20 be too much?
00:55:21Oh.
00:55:22$20 for these.
00:55:24Why, they're worth very much more.
00:55:28Let me see now.
00:55:32I have 50 here.
00:55:34I'll give you the rest another time.
00:55:36Will that help you?
00:55:37Oh, yes.
00:55:39I, thank you.
00:55:41Thank you so much.
00:55:42You're welcome, dear.
00:55:43And won't you stay and have a cup of tea?
00:55:45I'd love to, but I have to go.
00:55:46Goodbye.
00:55:47Goodbye, dear.
00:55:50Goodbye.
00:56:20Goodbye.
00:56:44Good morning.
00:56:45Good morning.
00:56:46Did you...
00:56:47Oh, sit down.
00:56:48Did you hear about Chris?
00:56:50Yes, I've read the paper.
00:56:52Well, will you be his lawyer?
00:56:55I have the money.
00:56:57Why were you marrying this man, Carson?
00:57:01Well, he was rich, and we were poor, and we...
00:57:05I mean, I thought it was a good idea.
00:57:07Who was we?
00:57:08I didn't mean we, just me.
00:57:11Did someone influence you?
00:57:12No.
00:57:13I'm...
00:57:15I can't say.
00:57:16I've got to know.
00:57:17If I'm going to take the case, I've got to know everything.
00:57:19Please don't ask me about it, because I can't talk about it.
00:57:24Did you love him?
00:57:26No.
00:57:28Did it mean anything to you the other day when I kissed you?
00:57:35Do you like me?
00:57:37Yes.
00:57:39Well, I'll do for the present.
00:57:40I'll take the case.
00:57:41Oh, thank you.
00:57:43Here.
00:57:44Oh, no, you keep that.
00:57:46No, don't go.
00:57:47We've got a lot of work to do.
00:57:48We've got to get the facts.
00:57:49I'll have to see you often.
00:57:51Will you be back?
00:57:52Well, yes, I'll be back, but I have to tell Chris about it.
00:58:17You can just have a few minutes, miss.
00:58:20Chris.
00:58:22Why?
00:58:24Oh, Chris.
00:58:27You didn't kill Jed Corson, did you?
00:58:30No, I didn't.
00:58:31Of course I didn't.
00:58:32That's the girl who's gone.
00:58:34Don't say any more.
00:58:37You mustn't talk until you see your lawyer.
00:58:40Lawyer?
00:58:44Lawyer?
00:58:46I ain't got no lawyer.
00:58:47Yes.
00:58:48Wayne Sellers is going to be your lawyer.
00:58:51It won't do no good.
00:58:53Yes, it will now, Chris.
00:58:54I know it will.
00:58:56Besides, I'm going to pray for you.
00:58:58Time's up, miss.
00:59:00Look, Chris.
00:59:01I can send you candy and everything you like.
00:59:06Goodbye.
00:59:08Will you come again?
00:59:09Yes.
00:59:10I'll be here every day.
00:59:13Remember.
00:59:37Oh, criminal law, eh?
00:59:39Hoping to get yourself a murder case?
00:59:41I've got one.
00:59:42Huh?
00:59:43I'm on the Corson case.
00:59:44You're what?
00:59:45I'm going to defend the boy.
00:59:46You're going to do nothing of the kind.
00:59:48Yes, I am.
00:59:49I believe he's innocent.
00:59:50Oh, innocence.
00:59:51Nonsense.
00:59:52I know that case.
00:59:53He threatened a man several times.
00:59:54And he was found standing over his body with a gun.
00:59:56Now, what more do you want?
00:59:58I know.
00:59:59He's trying to stop a drunken brute from marrying a girl who
01:00:01was young enough to be his daughter.
01:00:03Oh, I see.
01:00:05So it's the girl you're interested in.
01:00:07Did she hire you to defend this boy?
01:00:09Oh, that's beside the point.
01:00:11I'm interested in the boy as a human being.
01:00:13I want to see that he gets justice.
01:00:14I'll take care of that.
01:00:15I know these swappers better than you do.
01:00:17I've had plenty of experience with them.
01:00:19They're a bad lot.
01:00:21Just common, no good, illiterate trash.
01:00:23All of it.
01:00:24I don't want to go through that with you again.
01:00:26Well, neither do I want to go through it.
01:00:28And I won't.
01:00:29I've given you my opinion once, and I
01:00:31expect that to end the matter.
01:00:32And I've taken an oath to protect the innocent.
01:00:34And I'm going through with it, whether I have to defend
01:00:36an aristocrat or trash.
01:00:37If you go against me in this, and if you persist
01:00:40in your faith in that boy and girl and these worthless people,
01:00:43you can get out.
01:00:44Now give me your word that you won't take this case
01:00:46or pack your bags.
01:00:54Oh, Mrs. Park, did you hear that?
01:00:56I couldn't help it here.
01:00:57Oh, what a fine boy.
01:00:59Fine?
01:01:00When he defies me after all I've done for him,
01:01:03after all the plans his mother made for him.
01:01:05If his mother were here, she'd be proud of him, too.
01:01:07Proud of him?
01:01:08Why?
01:01:09Because he mixed up with a lot of swampers?
01:01:11Sit down.
01:01:17You happen to remember your first case?
01:01:20You remember the responsibility you felt for your client?
01:01:23Well, your son feels the same way.
01:01:25And instead of helping him, you're condemning him.
01:01:27But you don't understand, Mrs. Parker.
01:01:29If Wayne takes this case, I won't
01:01:30be allowed to sit on the bench.
01:01:32Oh, so that's it.
01:01:33So for purely selfish reasons, you'll
01:01:35rob your son of his great opportunity
01:01:37and prevent his defending this poor boy.
01:01:39Oh, fiddlesticks.
01:01:40He doesn't care anything about the boy.
01:01:42He's taken that case because he's interested in that girl.
01:01:44And who is she?
01:01:45A common, ordinary girl.
01:01:47That's enough.
01:01:49You don't know anything about this girl, but I do.
01:01:51And you're acting like a narrow-minded, bigoted,
01:01:53old fossil.
01:01:54And you aren't fit to be a judge.
01:02:02I'm sorry.
01:02:32They're no good.
01:02:49There's your precedent.
01:02:52State versus Williams.
01:02:54Be up on that.
01:03:03When they call on you, see if you can't
01:03:05say something to help Chris.
01:03:07Appears to me like young Sellers
01:03:08ain't doing very much for him.
01:03:10Yeah.
01:03:11Why, didn't you put in a good word for him
01:03:13when you were up there?
01:03:14Hmm.
01:03:15You act like you were scared to death.
01:03:17I was.
01:03:18When they get you on that witness stand,
01:03:20you find out how thin your blood is.
01:03:22And when they call on you, see if you can't
01:03:24say something to help Chris.
01:03:26Appears to me like young Sellers
01:03:28ain't doing very much for him.
01:03:30Yeah.
01:03:31When they get you on that witness stand,
01:03:33you find out how thin your blood is.
01:03:36Everyone stand up.
01:03:46Be seated.
01:03:50The case of State versus Christopher Kast
01:03:53will now resume.
01:03:55Miss Lori Mears, take the stand, please.
01:04:02How long have you known the defendant?
01:04:05About two years.
01:04:07You think a lot of him, don't you?
01:04:09Yes.
01:04:10And he thinks a lot of you, doesn't he?
01:04:12I think so.
01:04:13You and he were together quite often, weren't you?
01:04:17Yes.
01:04:18All alone?
01:04:19Yes.
01:04:20And you talked to him about Jed Corson?
01:04:24Not always.
01:04:25But usually?
01:04:27Yes.
01:04:28He told you that he hated Jed Corson?
01:04:31Sometimes.
01:04:32Several times?
01:04:34Yes.
01:04:41And he said that he was going to kill Jed Corson.
01:04:44Answer that question.
01:04:45You heard him threatening to kill Jed Corson, didn't you?
01:04:50Yes.
01:04:52Why doesn't the young fool object?
01:04:54He's putting answers into the mouth of the witness.
01:04:57Be patient.
01:04:59Where was this?
01:05:01Well, once after he'd been beaten for cutting his hand.
01:05:05Beaten because Mr. Corson said he did it on purpose
01:05:08to get out of work.
01:05:09I move that it remain.
01:05:11Go on with your questions.
01:05:13When was the last time you heard him threaten to kill his master?
01:05:17At Mr. Nathan's.
01:05:19Was that the occasion referred to by Mr. and Mrs. Nathan?
01:05:22Yes, sir.
01:05:23And did he say that he would kill Mr. Corson?
01:05:26In order to prevent his marriage to you?
01:05:29Yes.
01:05:30And did you suggest that he should wait
01:05:33until after your marriage to the rich Mr. Corson?
01:05:37Don't answer.
01:05:38He hasn't sense enough to see that the judge is with him.
01:05:44Reframe that question.
01:05:51Was there anything said at the time
01:05:53about waiting until after your marriage?
01:05:56No.
01:05:57And did you plan such a crime?
01:05:59Oh, no.
01:06:00There was no understanding between you?
01:06:02Wait.
01:06:04She has already answered no.
01:06:07I must warn you against any further attempt
01:06:09to confuse this witness.
01:06:12Mr. Sellers.
01:06:16Have you made any preparation for your case?
01:06:21Yes, Your Honor.
01:06:23Why don't he do something?
01:06:26I don't think he knows very much.
01:06:29What was the defendant's objection
01:06:31to your marrying Mr. Corson?
01:06:34Well, he hated him.
01:06:37And he was afraid he'd beat me too.
01:06:40And did you have the same hatred and fear of him?
01:06:43Yes.
01:06:44I was afraid.
01:06:45Then why did you want to marry him?
01:06:48Well, I could see that I could get away from poverty
01:06:53and have things.
01:06:54Oh.
01:06:55So you were marrying him for money.
01:06:58And you saw your opportunity for escape through this boy.
01:07:01Well, that's not so.
01:07:07Your witness.
01:07:19Miss Mayer.
01:07:20If you'll answer my question simply and calmly,
01:07:23I won't keep you long.
01:07:25I know you must be tired after the unwarranted
01:07:27and disgusting grilling to which you have been subjected.
01:07:30Your Honor, I take exception to counsel's inference.
01:07:33Go away, boy.
01:07:34Go away.
01:07:35To which you have been subjected by this shyster.
01:07:37Is that plain to you?
01:07:38By you, Your Honor.
01:07:40I'll fine you both for contempt of court.
01:07:43I apologize, Your Honor.
01:07:45I apologize.
01:07:46If you had any objections to action of counsel,
01:07:50you had plenty of opportunity to enter.
01:07:54Proceed with witness.
01:08:01What was your interest in Chris?
01:08:03Well, you see, I wanted to help him.
01:08:05I wanted to teach him to read and write.
01:08:07I wanted to teach him to read and write.
01:08:09I wanted to teach him to read and write.
01:08:11Because I think books make ugly things seem more beautiful.
01:08:15Did you hate the deceased, Corson?
01:08:18I never let myself hate anyone.
01:08:20You see, well, it's not good to hate.
01:08:23In a whole world, isn't there someone that you have hated?
01:08:30Oh, I can't say.
01:08:32You testified that if you married, you could escape poverty.
01:08:35Who told you that?
01:08:37Oh, please, that's not fair.
01:08:39Well, is the one who influenced you the one that you hate?
01:08:44I don't know.
01:08:46Was it Corson who promised you relief from poverty?
01:08:50Well, not to me.
01:08:51To whom?
01:08:52To me.
01:08:54I made her do it.
01:08:56I lied about her more than Paul.
01:08:58I told her her.
01:08:59Her more grounded herself.
01:09:01All lies.
01:09:03It's me she hates.
01:09:04Me.
01:09:05I'm the one that's a criminal.
01:09:08Not that poor boy who had the courage to try and save her.
01:09:15She hates me.
01:09:19I've lost her.
01:09:22And I never knew to know.
01:09:25She's all I ever had.
01:09:29All I ever loved.
01:09:31Mom.
01:09:35Nora.
01:09:37Sit down, lady.
01:09:38Sit down.
01:09:39You must be quiet.
01:09:40Quiet in the court here.
01:09:43Order.
01:09:44Any more demonstrations and I shall have to clear the court.
01:09:49That's all.
01:09:56Your Honor, will please inform the jury to disregard the play acting that has been perpetrated here.
01:10:00The jury will disregard.
01:10:04Any more witnesses?
01:10:05No, Your Honor.
01:10:08You may call your witnesses.
01:10:12Christopher Cass, will you take the stand?
01:10:24Raise your right hand.
01:10:25Do you solemnly swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you God?
01:10:30I do.
01:10:32State your right name.
01:10:34Christopher Cass.
01:10:36Be seated.
01:10:42Night of July 10th, were you at Jed Corson's place?
01:10:46Yes, sir.
01:10:47Did you go to the bar?
01:10:49Yes, sir.
01:10:50What happened there?
01:10:51I called to Mr. Corson and told him that...
01:10:53Give the exact words.
01:10:56I called to him and said,
01:10:58Mr. Corson, one of your horses is sick.
01:11:02He came to me.
01:11:04I pointed the gun at him.
01:11:07And said,
01:11:09You ain't gonna marry her?
01:11:11Was the gun cocked?
01:11:13Yes, sir.
01:11:14Was your finger on the trigger?
01:11:16Yes, sir.
01:11:17Well, what else was said?
01:11:18He said,
01:11:20It's all a joke.
01:11:22I'm gonna adopt Lori.
01:11:24You're gonna adopt her?
01:11:25And then what happened?
01:11:27He grabbed the gun away from me.
01:11:29He said, I'm gonna beat you with it an inch of your life.
01:11:32Then he jammed the butt of the gun down against the grindstone.
01:11:35It exploded.
01:11:36It killed him.
01:11:37That's all.
01:11:38When your finger was on the trigger of that gun,
01:11:41would you swear that you didn't press it?
01:11:44Yes, sir.
01:11:45And when the gun was seized from you,
01:11:47would you say that your finger didn't press the trigger?
01:11:50Yes, sir.
01:11:51You say that after Mr. Corson was in possession of that gun,
01:11:55he told you he was going to beat you?
01:11:57Yes, sir.
01:11:59Well, what else was said?
01:12:01He said,
01:12:03You ain't gonna marry her?
01:12:05Yes, sir.
01:12:06He told you he was going to beat you?
01:12:08Yes, sir.
01:12:09If he said that, didn't he hit the gun?
01:12:10No, sir.
01:12:11Are you sure of that?
01:12:12Yes, sir.
01:12:13You didn't see the hammer of that gun strike the grindstone?
01:12:15No, sir, but it must have.
01:12:17And you don't know how that gun was discharged, do you?
01:12:19No, sir.
01:12:20But it could have been discharged when he pulled the gun away from you.
01:12:22Yes, sir.
01:12:24That's all.
01:12:28May I have this?
01:12:30With your honest permission,
01:12:31I'll ask the defendant to reenact what actually happened.
01:12:34I show this gun, you recognize it?
01:12:36Yes, that's the gun I had.
01:12:39Which hammer was cocked?
01:12:40That one.
01:12:42And this is the trigger that explodes the shell in that barrel?
01:12:44Yes, sir.
01:12:45And this is the trigger that your finger was on?
01:12:46Yes, sir.
01:12:48Stand up.
01:12:50Take the gun,
01:12:51point it at me exactly as you did at Jed Corson.
01:12:53Is that the way it was?
01:12:54Yes, sir.
01:12:56Now pull the trigger.
01:12:57But, Mr. Sellers, you've got a loaded shell in there!
01:12:59Pull the trigger.
01:13:00No, sir!
01:13:01Pull it!
01:13:02That's all.
01:13:05Any questions?
01:13:06No questions.
01:13:07Witness excused.
01:13:10Admiral Bates, will you take the stand?
01:13:15Mr. Sellers,
01:13:16I have a question.
01:13:17Go ahead.
01:13:18I have a question.
01:13:19I have a question.
01:13:20I have a question.
01:13:21I have a question.
01:13:22I have a question.
01:13:24Do you recognize this gun?
01:13:26Yes, do.
01:13:28How long has it been in your possession?
01:13:30Well, ever since I took it away from the boy at the scene of the shooting.
01:13:32Did you make any alterations in the mechanism of the gun.
01:13:35No, I didn't.
01:13:36Has anyone tampered with it?
01:13:38Well I should say, no.
01:13:40That's all.
01:13:42Questions?
01:13:43No questions.
01:13:44Witness excused.
01:13:48Admiral Bates,
01:13:50I believe judge foot,
01:13:52Gentlemen, upon examining this gun when it was first introduced as evidence, I made a
01:13:59discovery which my learned opponent had overlooked.
01:14:03This gun could not have been discharged by use of the trigger, of either trigger.
01:14:07There were no springs in the gun, therefore it must have been discharged exactly as my
01:14:11client has testified.
01:14:12Can we see the gun, please?
01:14:13Defense rests.
01:14:14In sight of the evidence already presented, I feel that further instruction by me is unnecessary.
01:14:27The jury will therefore retire and decide their verdict.
01:14:47We find the defendant not guilty.
01:14:49I'm sorry, but I had to say what I did.
01:15:10Oh, Wayne, it's all right.
01:15:11Everything's all right.
01:15:12Well, don't go.
01:15:13I've got so much to say to you.
01:15:14I'll be back.
01:15:15I'll be back, really.
01:15:16Hey, why didn't you introduce that gun in evidence before?
01:15:20It's all over now.
01:15:23You can't live with us.
01:15:24I'm going to send you to school.
01:15:25What do you think of that?
01:15:42Was everything you said the truth?
01:15:44You mean about your ma?
01:15:47Yes.
01:15:48No, I mean about loving me.
01:15:53I'm in love with him.