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01:17Looking back across a span of 40 years,
01:21the sharp edges of the Great Depression have worn away.
01:25In memory, the period seems a happy time.
01:29Yet, when we lived them, they were trying years,
01:32and I remember a time when our family's pride and our integrity
01:36were challenged in a manner that was new and shattering to all of us.
01:41Okay, I'll take that from you.
01:43You're not gonna read it.
01:46Thanks, Reckless.
01:48You got any threes?
01:50Go fish.
01:53Hi, Mama.
01:54Ninety-two cents.
01:56Ninety-two cents?
01:58Another whole dollar all chopped to pieces.
02:00You bring the newspaper? Gone by?
02:02No, it never did come in. I sent you yesterday.
02:04Well, any old news better than none.
02:06What we got for supper today?
02:07Well, there won't be any supper if you two don't get out of here and give me some elbow room.
02:10Jason, Jim, Bob, you two.
02:12Oh, Mama.
02:14Jim, Bob, have you got any eights?
02:16Go fish.
02:17Oh, look, you do too.
02:18If you have an eight, you gotta give me it.
02:20Is that right, cowboy?
02:21Yep.
02:22Told you.
02:23What is it when it isn't a depression?
02:25What is what when it isn't a depression?
02:27The name of the times.
02:28Oh.
02:29Prosperity, I reckon.
02:31Sometimes I get the feeling that there's a depression on Walton's Mountain
02:33and prosperity everywhere else.
02:35Where would you get such an idea as that, Maria?
02:37Well, if there's really a depression, who can afford to buy things like these?
02:40Look, a 1934 Nash sedan, $760.
02:44Who could ever save up that much money?
02:46I reckon the only family around here who could afford to buy a car like that would be the Claiborne's.
02:50They could buy a couple of Nash's if they felt like it.
02:52Even with Mr. Claiborne dead?
02:54It was Mr. Claiborne they buried, not his money.
02:57If they buried his money, he wouldn't have anything left to pay Daddy.
03:00What are they paying Daddy for?
03:02Well, he's doing a job of work over there.
03:04Daddy's working at the Claiborne's?
03:06I wonder if Stuart Lee Claiborne knows how gorgeous I've gotten.
03:09I wonder if Stuart Lee Claiborne knows how gorgeous I've gotten.
03:13What a bloody wimp.
03:14Oh, mercy me, Stuart Lee.
03:16Oh, leave her alone.
03:18Don't worry, John, we're out paying a slice in attention to little children.
03:22You put a crease in my cards.
03:28Daddy could never fix anything.
03:30He'd just call somebody up and have them come fix it.
03:33Lucky man.
03:34Stuart Lee's just like him.
03:36Uh-huh.
03:37Of course, he's hardly ever around here anymore.
03:39Spends all his time up at the Weatherby place.
03:42He's in love.
03:44Amelia, darling, I hope you haven't been pestering Mr. Walton.
03:47She's been good company, Mrs. Claiborne.
03:49Now, isn't that a miracle?
03:51Humming like brand new.
03:53You're a wizard, Mr. Walton.
03:54I haven't seen many electric refrigerators.
03:57Amelia, go fetch your brother so he can settle accounts with Mr. Walton.
04:00Yes, ma'am.
04:01And, darling, please don't slouch.
04:03Good posture is so important to a lady.
04:05Oh, Mother.
04:07I'm afraid there's simply no hope for this new generation.
04:10In my day, we took pride.
04:11I'm afraid it's only fixed temporarily, Mrs. Claiborne.
04:14It needs a new part.
04:15A part?
04:16Uh-huh.
04:17I can have one of my godsy suppliers pick it up over in Charlottesville.
04:20It'll only take a day or two.
04:21Oh.
04:22Stuart Lee.
04:23Mr. Walton.
04:24Always a pleasure to see you, Mr. Walton.
04:26Now, Stuart Lee, you be especially generous with our good neighbor.
04:29Yes, ma'am.
04:30Please remember me to your lovely family, Mr. Walton.
04:33I will, ma'am.
04:37I didn't see your truck.
04:39I didn't see your truck parked outside.
04:41Well, I've got a flat.
04:42The envoy's trying to fix up the spare.
04:44Well, I'll be happy to drive you home.
04:45I'm going right by your place.
04:47I'd sure appreciate that.
04:48This thing gets awful heavy after a mile or two.
04:50Bye, Mr. Walton.
04:51Bye-bye.
04:54Got any nines?
04:55Uh-uh.
04:56Go fish.
04:58Got any sixes?
05:00Go fish.
05:01Jim Bob!
05:02Jason!
05:04You're playing cards in this house?
05:06Well, it's not a gambling game, Grandma.
05:08Well, I don't see anything too evil about go fish, Grandma.
05:11Go fish today and poker tomorrow.
05:14The evils of gambling can put down roots in shallow ground.
05:17Oh, Esther, no worse than hearts.
05:19Go fish.
05:23That's all.
05:33Esther, will you stop rattling in that dishes?
05:36You're making as much noise as Teddy Roosevelt charging up San Juan Hill.
05:41I want to hear this program.
05:57We sure are a fortunate family.
05:59If it wasn't for the bounty of the land, we'd find this table as bare as a lot of folks are finding theirs.
06:04Plenty of people having to take handouts these days.
06:08No member of this family has ever accepted charity.
06:12Well, no member of this family has ever been hit by the Depression so hard that they've had to.
06:25You sure you won't come in for a minute, Stewart Lee?
06:27Well, the truth is, Mr. Walton, I'm on my way to visit a young lady.
06:31The media told me about that.
06:33Kind of sweet on the Weatherby girl, huh?
06:36My sister's a born gossip.
06:38Great in Weatherby. He has the biggest house in these parts. I sure wouldn't mind being his wood supplier.
06:42Now, do you think it'd be worth your time to make deliveries that far, Mr. Walton?
06:46Probably not.
06:48Anyway, I'm much obliged for the ride, Stewart Lee.
06:51I'll see you in a few days, Mr. Walton. My regards to the family.
06:55You got first claim round.
06:57We took a long time at the Claiborne's today, Danny.
06:59Those electric refrigerators are kind of tricky.
07:01Nothing wrong with an old-fashioned icebox, if you ask me.
07:04Nobody did.
07:07Stewart Lee paid me.
07:09Same way as Danny did, with a sealed envelope.
07:15Elizabeth, eat up.
07:18John, there's only one thing I can say.
07:21Elizabeth, eat up.
07:23John, there's only one dollar here.
07:29Sure isn't as generous as his daddy, was he?
07:32Well, don't you reckon he's going to pay you the rest when you finish up?
07:35I sure hope so. We could use it.
07:37I mean, you sure work miracles with these leftovers.
07:41You're not supposed to be able to tell they were leftovers.
07:44Well, the government's doing stuff with leftovers these days.
07:47I guess I'll just have to write to Mrs. Roosevelt and ask her for some of her recipes.
07:51No, I'm serious. Listen, I'm serious.
07:53These government agencies are buying up all these surplus products and just giving them away to people.
07:56I sure wish they were giving away some new tires.
07:59You know, I tried to work on those tires today, Daddy, but they're not going to make it.
08:02Yeah, I know.
08:04I didn't see any article about the government giving away things.
08:06That's because you just read the advertisements.
08:08Mary Ellen?
08:09Well, Mama, they're always picking on me.
08:11You ever ask yourself why?
08:12John boy.
08:13All right, children, that's enough bickering.
08:15We've got enough on our minds around here. Now eat up.
08:18Pass the potatoes.
08:20Oh, you've had enough now.
08:34Last month at this time there were three customers that hadn't paid.
08:40This month there are eleven bills past due.
08:46How's the flour holding up, Liv?
08:48Got enough to get through till the end of the week.
08:52Maybe I can trade one of those hams I cured last winter and get you some more.
08:56We'll manage. We always have.
09:00Well, with that wild game I take from the mountain and your canned goods, I guess we won't starve.
09:05Well, we've got taxes due on this property, Liv.
09:08Got an insurance premium due.
09:10Worst problem of all is the paper-thin tires we've got on that truck.
09:13There you go, we've got ourselves a real problem.
09:16Are they that bad?
09:18They sure are.
09:19I may not be getting paid, but if I can't deliver, we're out of business.
09:30You look just like a little boy sitting there in that light.
09:35I don't feel like a little boy.
09:38I don't feel like a little boy.
09:42I wonder if we could have seen into the future.
09:46When we were young, what we would have done.
09:49We've done the same thing we did.
09:51I can't imagine not having you.
09:54The only thing that makes things easier is knowing you and the kids are here.
09:58For better or for worse.
10:00When they've been better, I sure hope they don't get any worse.
10:03Shh.
10:06Tom, how come you don't wear your wedding ring anymore?
10:09I keep forgetting to put it on after I work at the sawmill.
10:14I miss it.
10:17It's what it stands for that counts, honey.
10:24I'll work on the book some more.
10:27Don't be too late.
10:33Okay.
11:03Okay.
11:19Bart, come in, son.
11:21Yeah, oh, I forgot it.
11:25Right here.
11:27Doesn't look like too much of a part, though, but you know what they say,
11:30without the nail, the shoe is lost, without the shoe, the horse is lost.
11:34Well, I better go over to Clayburne's and fix it.
11:36Why don't you finish up here?
11:38Daddy, why don't you let me go over there? I'll fix it for you.
11:40I'm sure I could do it.
11:41It's kind of tricky, son. I better do it.
11:44No, no, no. Now, Daddy, I've been thinking.
11:46I'd like to start doing some of the odd jobs around for you.
11:50Well, I appreciate the offer, son, but you're still in school.
11:52I don't like you to miss studying time.
11:54Come this summer, I'll break you in.
11:56I didn't want to wait that long.
11:57I mean, this is about the worst it's been for us, isn't it?
11:59That's only temporary, son.
12:05Yeah, it's about the worst.
12:08Well, when it's time for you to start worrying, I'll let you know, I promise.
12:12Okay. Listen, I'm not too sure about that front tire.
12:15If you need a spare, it's in the back.
12:17All right. You get to the garden, you hear?
12:25Oh, Mr. Walton?
12:27The two of us could cut the sweat in half.
12:29Thank you, Dewey.
12:37Oh, by the way, Mrs. Claiborne would be much obliged if you'd join her in the drawing room for coffee.
12:43Dewey, I'm in kind of a hurry.
12:45Mr. Walton, there's been very little company around here since Mr. Claiborne passed on.
12:51All right, Dewey.
13:05Mrs. Claiborne?
13:14God, what a beautiful room this is.
13:17This room is my sanctuary.
13:19I always feel so much more secure surrounded by reminders of the past.
13:23There's an old place up in the mountain that gives me the same feeling.
13:25Thank you so much, Dewey.
13:27Please sit there, Mr. Walton.
13:32I'm serving coffee because I know most men prefer it to tea.
13:36A cream? A sugar?
13:37Sugar is fine, thank you.
13:40Amelia's having her piano lesson, and Stuart Lee is...
13:44Well, you can just guess where Stuart Lee is.
13:46The weather beast.
13:48I do think he's going to marry that girl.
13:51And Amelia, nearly 16.
13:53Off to college in another year.
13:55Oh, it's distressing to think about one's young, growing up, going gallivanting into the world.
14:01But you must know all about that, Mr. Walton.
14:04Please, have one of these cream puffs.
14:07Stuart Lee gets them for me in Richmond.
14:09Oh, thank you. Coffee's just fine.
14:11Oh, but these are especially delicious.
14:13Perhaps you would like to take some of them home for your family.
14:16Now, children do love sweets, don't they?
14:18I'll just have Dewey make up a package.
14:20No, thank you, Mrs. Claiborne. I couldn't do that.
14:26As a matter of fact, I do have a lot to get done today. I'd better be moving on.
14:30Oh, how selfish of me.
14:32That big, lovely family of yours must take a lot of providing for.
14:37How nice it must be to have one's day filled with activity.
14:43I often wish I had something or someone that really needed looking after.
14:51Dewey?
14:53Dewey?
14:55Dewey, we'll see you out.
14:57Good day, Mr. Walton.
14:59Good day.
15:00Good day.
15:25Yep.
15:27They look pretty good to me.
15:28We can put them on for you for two bits apiece. Take about an hour.
15:32No, thank you. I'll do it myself.
15:37Here you go.
15:57They simply are not here.
15:59Not anywhere in this house.
16:01I've searched high and low.
16:03Maybe it slipped your mind, Mrs. Claiborne, but some of the very old silver is stored in the attic.
16:08I know that, Dewey, but I saw the goblets just last week.
16:21I was worried about you. You're so late.
16:24Did you have a problem?
16:26It didn't take long to fix.
16:28Stuart Lee?
16:30He wasn't there. Had to go all the way into town, Liv.
16:33Did the Claiborne's have more wood for you?
16:34No. The spare tire and the front tire gave out. I had to get new ones.
16:38Oh, Stuart Lee did give you more pay.
16:41No.
16:43Where'd you get the money for the tires?
16:46What's this?
16:50Something I picked up, thought you might like.
16:53Oh, John, it's beautiful.
16:55Same color as your eyes.
16:57Where did you get the money?
17:05I'm not going to tell you, Liv.
17:30Stuart Lee?
17:32Stuart Lee, I'm at my wit's end.
17:35Those two Paul Revere goblets your great-grandfather left to Grandmother Claiborne, they're gone.
17:40I can't imagine what could have happened to them.
17:43It just makes me feel faint to think they have disappeared.
17:46Now, you must be mistaken. Mama, you probably put them someplace else and you've forgotten.
17:51Dewey, look around, will you?
17:53Oh, we've been hunting, but I'll look some more.
17:57Stuart Lee, I wouldn't forget a thing like that.
18:01I know I would have remembered moving them.
18:04Those are two of the finest pieces we own.
18:07There's a matching pair in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts.
18:10I've seen photographs of them.
18:12Mama, maybe somebody stole them.
18:15I hate to entertain such a thought, but that's exactly what must have happened.
18:20You both are being foolish. Now, who'd do a thing like that?
18:23Oh, dear.
18:25It's such a dreadful thought to have, but what else am I to think?
18:29The only person in this house, other than family, has been John Walton.
18:33Mama!
18:35Well, he was here, Amelia, in this very house, alone and for quite some time.
18:40Now, Mama, we can't accuse a decent man like John Walton.
18:43These are extremely hard times, and even decent people have been known to behave desperate.
18:48Mama, I don't believe it of John Walton.
18:50Then who do you accuse?
18:54We have no choice but to call Sheriff Bridges.
18:59I'll call him in the morning, Mama, after we've had a chance to search.
19:03By tomorrow, those goblets may have been sold, and we'll never see them again.
19:08I don't think I could bear that.
19:10Either you call the sheriff, Stuart Lee, or I will.
19:13Okay.
19:30Evening, Sheriff.
19:32My boy.
19:34Is your daddy home?
19:36There he is.
19:38John!
19:43Something wrong?
19:45John, where did you go after you left Claiborne's today?
19:50Why are you asking that?
19:52Did you head for Charlottesville?
19:55That's kind of a strange question, Ed.
19:57Well, I just left the Claiborne place, and they've got two silver goblets missing.
20:02Yeah?
20:07Well, John, it seems that you're the only caller since Mrs. Claiborne last saw those goblets.
20:14She sent for me, and...
20:16Uh-huh.
20:19Well, John, all I got to know is where you spent three hours this afternoon.
20:23Sheriff, you know my daddy well.
20:24Sheriff, you know my daddy well.
20:26I don't think that's any of your business, Ed.
20:28Now, John, I've got to tell the Claiborne something. You tell me what to say.
20:32You tell him it's my private business what I was doing.
20:35I'm afraid that's not going to be acceptable.
20:37Well, what do you mean?
20:39What he means is...
20:41He thinks maybe I'm lying about something, or covering up something.
20:44John, John, all I'm saying is Mrs. Claiborne feels you might have taken the goblets,
20:48you drove into Charlottesville, and you hocked them.
20:50Now, you know that's not what happened.
20:52All I'm asking, John, is for you to clear yourself.
20:55I don't have to clear myself with anybody, and I'm not going to.
20:58Sheriff, you know my daddy's not going to take any goblets. That should be enough.
21:02John, boy, I've known your daddy a lot longer than you have.
21:04I would never have believed any man could even imply he was a thief without John letting that man have it.
21:08All right, Ed, but I think it's time we said goodnight.
21:10I don't like this, John.
21:12Won't you say something to clear yourself?
21:14No.
21:15Daddy, why don't you just tell him you didn't...
21:17One house, John, boy.
21:19I'm not going to talk about this anymore, Ed. Now, goodnight.
21:21I don't have any more to say, Ed. Goodnight.
21:25Goodnight, John. I'm around if you need me.
21:30I thought I told you to go in the house.
21:32Go in the house like I told you now!
21:44Livvy, these things happen in every family.
21:47I remember the time Zeb was gone for three days.
21:51And when he finally came through the door, he...
21:54He hugged the children and kissed me and then went straight off to bed.
21:58In those days, he didn't snore.
22:00Not a word of explanation to anybody?
22:02Boy, I imagined everything.
22:05Truth of the matter was he was in Richmond trying to sign up for the Spanish-American War.
22:11What is it?
22:13I think I just figured out why John won't explain himself.
22:16I just put a new leg on this here chair.
22:18Why?
22:19It's falling apart like us.
22:21I was talking to Livvy.
22:23Oh, I can't have made this leg too short.
22:26It must be your table that's crooked.
22:28Why, Livvy?
22:30Poker. John was off playing poker.
22:32Poker?
22:34You may have something there, Livvy.
22:36And he knew if we found out, I'd be fit to be tied.
22:39Yeah, and he should be.
22:41Deck of Cards is the devil's prayer book.
22:45I know for a fact that George Anderson's got a game going on right now.
22:47And I hear that the stakes are a-changing with the times.
22:50And what's that supposed to mean?
22:52Exactly what I said.
22:54They're playing now for firewood, food and labor.
22:56And if John is playing the game that I taught him, he most likely won them tires.
23:01That's high time you two females realize that John can take care of himself.
23:06Well, if that is how he got those tires, I'd rather we didn't mention it to anybody.
23:11He'll tell me in his own good time.
23:13Zeb.
23:15Hmm?
23:17Come on, I want you to help me pick beads for supper.
23:26Mama?
23:28John boy, I didn't know you were there. You were so quiet.
23:31You really think he's been gambling?
23:34John boy, you can do something for all of us to make it a lot easier.
23:38Tell the children that everything's all right.
23:41And remind them that their father's the kind of man who minds his own business as he sees fit.
23:47All right.
23:58Hey.
24:01Hey, hey.
24:04Hey, what is this? This is like a funeral.
24:07What'd you like us to do, have a square dance?
24:11Where's Ben?
24:13He's out trying to sell magazines.
24:15How can you think about money at a time like this?
24:18At a time like what?
24:20With Daddy acting so mysterious.
24:27Shoot, you children don't really think Daddy did anything wrong, do you?
24:35Uh-uh.
24:40Well, I sure don't think he did anything wrong.
24:43I mean, I can't say I can rightly sit here and tell you what's going on with this whole thing.
24:48But I think that the thing to do is just for us to just go about our business and do what we always do.
24:53When Daddy decides he wants to tell us what's going on, if he wants to tell us what's going on, then he will, I'm sure.
24:59I think I'm out of business. I've covered every single house I can get to.
25:03Sure hope you had sense enough to stay away from those Claiborne's.
25:06Of course I didn't go there, though I did think about it.
25:08Oh, I hate those Claiborne's.
25:10Me too.
25:12Every time an escaped criminal sneaks up and steals his car.
25:15Hey, look, Jim Bob.
25:17I can understand everybody not feeling too favorably towards the Claiborne's right now.
25:22But I really think it's really stupid for us to just sit around wasting our time wishing people dead or hating them.
25:27That's not going to make us get along with each other any better, is it?
25:30The sins of the father are visited on the children.
25:32Marianna, what is that?
25:34Well, you saw what happened today in school.
25:36Martha Rose Coverdale wouldn't even talk to me.
25:38I consider that a blessing myself.
25:40Well, she spent the whole recess whispering and making faces at me.
25:42Marianna, you're just getting dramatic like you always do.
25:44Will you just wait and see what happens, Jason?
25:46The sheriff's making an example out of Dave, just like the sheriff of Nottingham and Robbins.
26:02I'd just like to roll up in a little ball and die.
26:06Tell me about it, Marianna.
26:09Well, it's not that I think you'd ever steal anything.
26:11But why hasn't he said where he was?
26:14Your father's a grown man.
26:16He has his reasons.
26:18And he's the head of this house.
26:20He'll tell us whatever it is when he's ready.
26:22But, Mama.
26:24You ask yourself.
26:26Is my father the kind of man who would betray the trust of his family?
26:29Now, what's the answer?
26:31I'm all mixed up, Mama.
26:34A thing like this can be very confusing.
26:36Even when you know deep in your heart that none of it is true.
26:40Now, I depend on you to rely on your good sense and judgment.
26:44And your real feelings.
26:46And to be patient and wait for your father to say whatever it is he has to say.
26:57I love you, Mama.
26:59How can you and Daddy ever love me?
27:01Well, it isn't always easy.
27:04Now, is it possible they could have been stolen at another time?
27:07Mr. Walton was here twice to fix the refrigerator.
27:10Now, Mr. Claiborne.
27:12John Walton is not your man.
27:15I just ask you to simply take my word for that.
27:19I have always considered Mr. Walton to be a most fine and upstanding man.
27:23But there simply hasn't been anyone else here.
27:26Well, I suppose you're right about that.
27:28Mr. Bridges is a fine and upstanding man.
27:30But there simply hasn't been anyone else here.
27:33Well, Ma'am.
27:35You're going to need a lot more evidence than that before I can put a man under arrest.
27:39Well, what am I supposed to do, Mr. Bridges?
27:41Simply stand by while all my good silver vanishes into thin air?
27:45Well, for the time being, I'd put him under lock and key.
27:48Well and good.
27:50But that doesn't bring back what's already been stolen.
27:52Well, Ma'am, I'm going to do my very best.
27:55Goodbye.
27:58Goodbye.
28:08John boy.
28:10Morning.
28:12Morning.
28:17I'm sorry about all that's happened.
28:20Well, I reckon you ought to be a little more than sorry.
28:23You call my father a thief.
28:25You know as well as I do that he's never been anything but helpful and honest and good to everybody on this mountain.
28:31I'll bet your mama just mislaid that junk.
28:33We're still looking, John boy.
28:35We've gone over every inch of the house.
28:37Amelia, you're going to be late to school.
28:39You better go on inside.
28:41You going here?
28:43Well, she got tired of an all-girls school.
28:46Even under the circumstances, John boy, I'd be obliged if you'd look after her.
28:56What's the matter?
28:59I think I'm a little nervous.
29:02Well, you'll get used to it.
29:26Well, is there a funeral around here?
29:28Why is everybody so quiet?
29:32Where's John boy?
29:35He said he wasn't hungry, daddy.
29:37He'll probably have something later.
29:40This isn't a restaurant, you know.
29:42Your mother's got enough to do without beating people twice.
29:45John.
29:48You want to know where John boy is?
29:50He's out in the barn.
29:52He got in a fight today because of you.
29:54You better look after her.
29:56I'll go on out to the barn.
30:01All right, young'uns.
30:03Finish eating up now.
30:05I'm not hungry.
30:07Waits not one moment.
30:09Now, finish up your food.
30:11Come on.
30:18I'm not hungry.
30:20I'm not hungry.
30:21I'm not hungry.
30:31I thought maybe you'd like to talk.
30:35Maybe I'm too angry to talk right now.
30:39Angry at who?
30:41You.
30:44That's your privilege.
30:47I know it.
30:51I'm sorry, son.
30:53Maybe I wasn't right sending you in the house like that last night.
30:57Maybe.
31:02You want me to tell you I didn't take the Claiborne Silver?
31:08Daddy, I know you didn't take the Claiborne Silver.
31:11What I don't understand is why you don't trust me the way I'm supposed to trust you.
31:15There's something bothering me, son, and I'm not ready to talk about it.
31:18So I'm not going to.
31:19Well, I don't understand that because that's exactly what you'd expect from me.
31:22You'd expect me to talk about it.
31:24I have a right to make my own decisions in my own time.
31:27Look, I got into a fight for you today, and I fought for you today, and I feel like a fool.
31:31And now you're treating me like Jim Bob.
31:33Maybe that's because you're acting like Jim Bob.
31:35Now, let's go in the house.
31:37Well, I'll be in soon.
31:44You have it your way.
31:50Is cowboy all right?
31:52Yeah, he's all right.
31:59You've been acting mighty peculiar.
32:02I'm just doing what I have to do, Liv.
32:05There's nothing you could do that could make us doubt you.
32:10But...
32:12Well, why don't I clear myself?
32:14Well, why don't I clear myself?
32:15But...
32:17Well, why don't I clear myself?
32:19Yes.
32:22Because I don't have to clear myself with anyone.
32:29Well, Liv, I know things have been kind of strange around here lately, but...
32:36I just can't see my way clear to talking about it yet.
32:40All right, John.
32:41And that silver stuff, that clay burn stuff, that's a lot of foolishness. The sheriff knows it, too.
32:53Liv, I just need a little time.
32:57I need you to be patient for a while.
33:12How's it feel, Sheriff, to find a local man who can do no wrong, just ain't no different than the rest of us?
33:17What are you blathering about, Dodge?
33:19Who'd have thought that John Walton would end up on the wrong side of the law?
33:22Oh, wait a second, Dodge. You don't have any facts to back up a statement like that.
33:25Why don't you shut up about things you don't know anything about?
33:28I have to get some fresh air, don't I?
33:30Yeah, you do.
33:32I've got to get some fresh air, don't I?
33:34I've got to get some fresh air, don't I?
33:36I've got to get some fresh air, don't I?
33:38I've got to get some fresh air, don't I?
33:39You don't know anything about?
33:41You have to get some touchy, Sheriff. I just meant it.
33:43Looks like John is the only suspect you've got.
33:45Dodge, you get your firewood from John.
33:47So what?
33:49Wouldn't happen to be behind the bill, would you?
33:51Huh?
33:53Everybody owes everybody else these days.
33:55Yeah, but not everybody's so quick to think of ways not to have to pay up.
33:57Now, look, I...
33:59Come on, you owe the guys, okay? I'll buy the pop, all right?
34:01All right.
34:09Hi, John. I'm buying pop for everybody. You want one?
34:11No, I saw Dodge's car out there. I want to talk to him.
34:14Yeah, he's playing pool with the Sheriff.
34:16I see the Sheriff.
34:31Dodge, I've been...
34:33I've been looking up some of my old customers,
34:35seeing what I might expect some of the pay due me.
34:37Maybe I'll just send it to your lawyer.
34:39What was that, Dodge?
34:41John, I didn't hear you.
34:43John, come on!
34:45Enough!
34:47Dodge, maybe you'd better get a lawyer.
34:50Not paying your bills, you know, that's against the law, too.
34:53Now, go on, get out of here and pay attention to yourself.
34:55Hi, Gossie.
34:57Yes, he's here.
34:59Just a minute.
35:01Sheriff, phone for you.
35:09Sheriff Bridges.
35:11Yeah.
35:13What's the matter?
35:15I don't know.
35:17It's just...
35:19It's just...
35:21It's just...
35:22Yeah.
35:26All of them?
35:29All right.
35:31Thanks.
35:33Hey, John.
35:35That phone call said that you were seen in Charlottesville the other day.
35:40What if I was?
35:42John, I'm not saying you stole anything.
35:45But times like these,
35:47a man finds himself doing things he never believed he could.
35:49I could see myself having to.
35:51Be intent?
35:53Oh, that's really interesting.
35:55I sure couldn't.
36:07I sure don't feel much like doing this.
36:09You've got no choice, Ben.
36:11I want to find out what this is about.
36:13I don't care whether Daddy wants us to or not.
36:15Come on, Ben.
36:16Come on, Ben.
36:18Tell me good luck.
36:20Good luck.
36:43Hello, Ben.
36:44Hi, may I see your brother, please?
36:47I guess.
36:49Well, come on in.
36:55You wait here, Ben. I'll get to it later.
36:57Oh, okay.
36:59Amelia, go to your room, please.
37:01Young man, I think it is inappropriate of you
37:04to appear at this house under the present circumstances.
37:07Well, actually, Mrs. Claiborne, I'm here to offer you a unique opportunity.
37:10I'm afraid you didn't hear me correctly, Ben.
37:12Yes, ma'am, I did.
37:14Steward Lee, will you please come down here?
37:17Well, you see, I represent the finest periodicals
37:20now being published in this country.
37:22Steward Lee.
37:26What is it, Mama?
37:28Hello, Ben.
37:30Hi. Son, would you please explain to this child
37:32that he is not welcome here
37:34until the situation concerning his family is cleared up.
37:37I'll talk to him, Mama.
37:39I knew you would take care of it.
37:40Steward Lee.
37:43I'm sorry, Ben. My mama's overly upset today.
37:46That's okay.
37:48I just came over because of this unique opportunity
37:50I have to offer.
37:52You see, for a limited time,
37:54I'm able to make an exceptional offer.
37:56It's four magazines for just $5 a year.
37:58And they're delivered right to your door.
38:00Well, Ben, I don't think this is a good time to talk business.
38:02Now, I thank you for the opportunity,
38:04but we really can't have...
38:06don't need any magazines right now.
38:08You understand.
38:10Sure.
38:12I understand.
38:18See you later, Steward Lee.
38:34Stop.
38:35Why?
38:36You won't even talk to me.
38:38Skip that going on about Daddy taking the silver.
38:40What's going on in there?
38:42Well, it's funny, John boy.
38:44Steward Lee started to say how they couldn't afford it.
38:46Then he changed about how they already had enough stuff
38:48being delivered.
38:50Well, what else did he say?
38:52Well, that's all.
38:54But if you promise not to laugh,
38:56I'll tell you something else I noticed.
38:58What?
38:59You promise?
39:01Promise what?
39:03Well, it was like in something I saw in a Charlie Chan movie.
39:05Wait.
39:07Number one son said you could always tell
39:08that he uses his money.
39:10His shoes look awful, like they need fixing.
39:12And those Claiborne's, their heels are all worn over.
39:17Like you've been seeing too many movies, man.
39:22Maybe you got something there.
39:24You really think so?
39:28Yeah, I think maybe you do.
39:31Come on.
39:33That's 14 cents, John boy.
39:35Ike, I've only got a dime.
39:36I have to come back. I'm sorry.
39:38Well, I don't think I'll go to the poorhouse
39:40waiting for four cents.
39:42Ike, I want to ask you a quiz.
39:44Well, as long as it's not for a loan, you got a chance.
39:46Where did the Claiborne's get their money?
39:48Well, there was a lot of old family money around for a while,
39:50but they went through that in a hurry.
39:52And then after the old man died,
39:54there were some insurance checks,
39:56but they haven't had any of those in a couple of years.
39:58Well, what do they buy with?
40:00Credit, just like everybody else.
40:04I got your package.
40:30Stuart Lee.
40:32John boy, you scared me half to death.
40:34Sorry.
40:36How's it going, V.A.?
40:38Yes, as a matter of fact,
40:40I got some good news for you.
40:42What?
40:44I'm getting married.
40:46Well, congratulations on it.
40:48Thanks.
40:50A girl like Blanche Weatherby, eh?
40:52Well, I reckon you're going to have
40:54to make some changes around here
40:56before you bring her home, aren't you?
40:58Changes?
41:00Oh, you know what I mean.
41:02You've been over there.
41:04Everything's neat as a pin
41:06keeping shape.
41:09Well, Amelia tells me
41:11she's become quite a cook herself.
41:13That came as a surprise to me.
41:15I hope Mrs. Dockstader isn't ill.
41:17Oh, no, no.
41:19She went back to Georgia.
41:21My mother just hasn't had a chance
41:23to replace her yet.
41:25Well, there must be hundreds of good cooks
41:27looking for work.
41:29Shouldn't take up too much time to find one.
41:31Is Amelia doing all right at school?
41:33Well, she's doing fine, yes.
41:34I think she misses a lot of her friends
41:36from the private school, though.
41:38Well, uh...
41:40Look, uh...
41:42Why don't you and I go inside?
41:44Well, I tell you, Stuart Lee,
41:46it's kind of late. I got to get home.
41:48I'd like to talk to you about something,
41:50if you don't mind.
41:52Well, maybe we can talk in the morning.
41:54Well, I'd like to talk now.
41:56Just take a minute.
41:58Okay.
42:00You know me, I read a lot,
42:02and the other day I was reading a book.
42:04It said that we people swallow
42:06a lot of disappointment
42:08between breakfast and dinnertime.
42:12He was talking about pride,
42:14and he was saying how it could help us
42:16and how it's not necessarily a bad thing
42:18if we use it to hide what hurts us.
42:23But when our pride starts to hurt other people...
42:28You know, don't you?
42:31I know my daddy never stole anything.
42:33John Boyd, maybe I can explain.
42:36Mr. Claiborne?
42:38I'm so glad you're back.
42:40Something wrong?
42:42It's your mama, Mr. Claiborne.
42:44She got more and more upset about the goblets
42:46as the evening wore on,
42:48and a few minutes ago she just took off.
42:50Where?
42:52I tried to get her to wait till you come back,
42:54but she said she was going over to the Walton place,
42:57and she was going to get her things back,
42:59no matter what.
43:01I have come for the return of my property, Mr. Walton.
43:04Miss Claiborne, you're making a mistake,
43:06and I'd like you to leave my house.
43:08It pains me deeply, Mr. Walton,
43:10but no one else could have taken my things.
43:13I am not a thief, ma'am.
43:15I must agree with my husband, Mrs. Claiborne.
43:17I think we should end this discussion.
43:19It does not please me to have to say these things.
43:22I do understand how hard times are,
43:24and how an upstanding man
43:26could be forced by circumstances
43:27to do something rebellant to him.
43:29Nevertheless, I must ask for my belongings to be returned.
43:32Mrs. Claiborne.
43:34You mustn't be angry, Stuart Lee.
43:36I'm only doing what I have to do.
43:38Now, Mr. Walton.
43:40Mama, wait.
43:42I have waited quite long enough.
43:44Mr. Walton, Mrs. Walton,
43:47I'm the one who took the silver.
43:50That can't be true.
43:52Please, Mama.
43:54My mother never understood
43:55about money.
43:57My father always protected her
43:59and didn't ever want her to worry about anything
44:01except being beautiful
44:03and his wife.
44:06And when he died,
44:08no one had the courage
44:10to break the bad news
44:12about our finances to her.
44:14Bad news?
44:16Our money was all gone, Mr. Walton.
44:20And without thinking about it,
44:22I did what you did.
44:23I did what Daddy had always done.
44:25I tried to protect you
44:27and keep your life the way it had always been.
44:29Please don't say anymore.
44:31I have to, Mama.
44:33That's why I started selling things off.
44:37It's all gone, Mama.
44:40The jewelry,
44:42the pewter collection,
44:44everything you thought we'd stored away.
44:47I don't believe that.
44:49You can't be telling the truth, Stuart Lee.
44:51I am, Mama.
44:54Now, there's nothing more to say
44:58except to Mr. Walton
45:01I'm very ashamed.
45:05I'm afraid being ashamed isn't enough, son.
45:10The truth is extremely painful, Mr. Walton.
45:14And I share the same feelings as my son.
45:18My actions have resulted in pain
45:20and grief for us all.
45:21I most humbly beg your pardon.
45:25Please take me home, son.
45:27Make sure the sheriff knows about this, son.
45:30I will, Mr. Walton.
45:32I'm sorry.
45:42Well, that's over.
45:44Not quite, son.
45:47There'll be some things I'll be wanting to talk to you about,
45:49but right now I'd like to have a few words with your mama.
45:56Okay. Good night.
45:58Good night.
46:06Liv, ever think I took those goblets?
46:13Bet you have noticed I've been acting kind of strange lately.
46:17Yeah, I've noticed.
46:20Well, honey, you see,
46:24I had to have those tires
46:27otherwise we'd be out of business.
46:29I know.
46:32Liv, you know what a hock shop is?
46:35I've seen the one in town.
46:37Well, it's just a store like any other store.
46:39It's a place where you go and you
46:41you sell things, valuables, for money.
46:50Is that what happened?
46:52Mm-hmm.
46:59John, I loved that ring.
47:03You think we could get it back?
47:05With tires on the truck, I stand a chance.
47:10Promise you.
47:12We'll try.
47:20And just because
47:22these are hard times,
47:24that's no excuse for me
47:26letting my pride get in the way.
47:29Once my pride got started,
47:31I guess my stubbornness took hands with it.
47:35I owe you all an apology.
47:37Daddy?
47:39What is it, honey?
47:41If the wedding ring is gone,
47:43does that mean you and Mama are still married?
47:45I don't know.
47:46I hope so, honey.
47:51John boy,
47:53how about you send a prayer?
47:55Okay.
48:00Dear Lord, we thank thee
48:02for the bounty of this table
48:04and we ask thy continued blessing
48:06on this house and on this family.
48:08Amen.
48:10Amen.
48:12The Depression lingered on
48:14and there were other bad spells,
48:16but it worked through them too.
48:18And as each year ended,
48:20it was difficult to recall
48:22the hard times we'd come through.
48:24Looking back,
48:26I realize now that the real bounty
48:28placed before us each day
48:30was the love we had for each other.
48:32It shaped our lives,
48:34fed our souls
48:36and crowned our happiness.
48:38Lights out soon, John boy.
48:40Electricity costs money.
48:42Just another minute, Daddy.
48:44It's not fair.
48:46He's spoiled because he's the oldest.
48:48Did somebody call me?
48:50Oh, go to sleep.
48:52Good night, old woman.
48:54Good night, old man.
49:16¶.