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00:00🎵Jingle Bells🎵
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01:19By the fall of 1934, people were beginning to hope that the worst of the Depression was over.
01:25Some jobs were opening up, and there was an urgency in the country to get up and get going again.
01:31There was a restless feeling to life. We all felt it, and my father was no exception.
01:37The fall of that year brought him the first real discontent we ever knew him to have.
01:48Hey, I done.
01:55Ah!
01:58Ow!
02:01Your tooth bothering you again, Pa?
02:03Tooth, what tooth? Nothing wrong with my teeth.
02:06Well, now, what's paining you?
02:08Oh, same as usual, my rheumatism.
02:10Rheumatism in your jaw, huh?
02:13In my everywhere. When a man gets...
02:15Hey, fellow!
02:17...supposed to be.
02:19Couldn't be just a simple toothache, could it, Pa?
02:22My teeth are as good as the day I was born, or shortly thereafter.
02:25It's galloping gouts, that's what it is.
02:27It's fine day and rheumatism, that's what it is.
02:34Why does he insist on calling that toothache rheumatism?
02:38If this rheumatism goes away, a toothache means a dentist.
02:41I'm gonna get out of these clothes. I'll be right back. Is there any particular way you want this wood stacked?
02:46John boy, if college has taught you any way to stack wood, I'd like to hear about it.
02:49Otherwise, just put one on top of the other, like always.
02:56Hey.
02:59Esther, I'll thank you kindly not to serve me any hot food tonight.
03:04My rheumatism is cutting up something terrible.
03:07Rheumatism in my foot.
03:09You'd be feeling better if you'd just go see him.
03:12See who?
03:14The dentist.
03:15Ow!
03:17You could eat like a normal person, then.
03:19Old lady, I'll eat like a normal person.
03:22Old lady, I'll eat cold food the rest of my life before I allow that man to mess around with my mouth.
03:29You really would feel better if you'd just go get it over with.
03:32How old are you now, young man?
03:3418.
03:35Well, I am 72 years of age now, and I am going to be the one to decide when and if I see Doc Whipple.
03:41Are you afraid of him, grandpa?
03:43You got an answer for that, old man?
03:46What day is today?
03:48Uh, it's Wednesday.
03:49That means corn chowder and apple fritters, huh?
03:52That's exactly what we're having. How'd you know that, John?
03:55Haven't you noticed, Liv? We always have corn chowder and apple fritters on Wednesday.
03:59You can thank the good Lord we've got that.
04:01A lot of folks are doing with a lot less these days.
04:04Oh, will you put that away at supper time?
04:12And I'll tell you something else.
04:15You always brush and braid your hair the same way.
04:17Always on the right.
04:20Always the same.
04:25What's wrong?
04:28Liv, why don't you just let your hair hang all loose?
04:32Just let it go wild.
04:37Get a coat. Let's go to Charlottesville to a picture show.
04:40I'd like that, but the show would be half over by now.
04:43Let's go for a walk in the woods.
04:45Huh, in the middle of the night?
04:47Let's do something different. Let's have an adventure.
04:51Let's go make love under the stars like we used to when we were kids.
04:54John, I love you, and I would love to have an adventure with you.
04:58But I've been on my feet for 16 hours today, and tomorrow's the big day.
05:02I've got to go to Charlottesville to a picture show.
05:05I'd like that, but the show would be half over by now.
05:08I've got to go to Charlottesville to a picture show.
05:10I've been on my feet for 16 hours today, and tomorrow's almost here.
05:20All right, Liv.
05:22Some other time.
05:26You remind me to get a washer for the faucet in the kitchen sink.
05:29I will. Don't forget the barren for the sawmill, Mother Annette.
05:32John Boy!
05:33Yes, honey?
05:34Don't forget the wire for Cindy's rabbit cage.
05:36Okay, I won't.
05:38Eddie, wait! Wait!
05:43Would you drop this off at Mike Timberlake's house? You forgot him yesterday.
05:46Sure, honey.
05:51John, could you stop at Ike's and bring me some baking soda on the way home?
05:55All right, Liv.
05:57Maybe this time we'll make it.
06:03John!
06:04John!
06:05John!
06:06Wait a minute!
06:07Aw, shucks.
06:11You pick up something for Zeb's toothache, here.
06:13All right, Mom.
06:30Oh, excuse me. Excuse me.
06:31I'm sorry.
06:32I'm sorry, too.
06:33Let me get your package.
06:34It wasn't your fault.
06:36Gee, you look familiar.
06:38Do you work around here?
06:40Um, no. I'm a student at the university.
06:42Oh.
06:43Well, bye.
06:45Bye.
06:46Miss, your package.
06:47Thank you, sir.
06:48Don't take any wooden nickels.
06:50I won't.
06:51Bye.
06:52Bye.
06:53Bye.
06:56It's me like you're going to turn out to be a ladies' man, son.
07:00You reckon?
07:01They used to look at me like that all the time.
07:05All the time.
07:13You see that gopher in the garden?
07:14That was no gopher.
07:15That was a guinea pig.
07:16How did a guinea pig get in the garden?
07:18I don't know.
07:19Just don't tell Granny.
07:20You wouldn't know a gopher if he sat on one.
07:24Ben, don't change it.
07:25We're listening to Guy Lombardo.
07:27No, we're listening to Lone Ranger.
07:29That's not fair, Ben.
07:30We had it first.
07:31Yeah, Ben.
07:32But we've got it now.
07:33Will you children please turn that thing down?
07:35I can't even hear myself think.
07:36You've made some feeble excuses in your time.
07:40This time you've even topped yourself.
07:43Esther, you were barking up the wrong old hog.
07:46My tooth, my mouth.
07:48I'll have to thank you to keep your nose out of it.
07:50What about my ears?
07:52Can't sleep all night with all that moaning and groaning going on?
07:55Put some wax in them.
07:57Shh.
07:58Don't go and not think you do wrong.
08:00Me take care.
08:31Oh.
08:37It's getting cooler.
08:40You'll be able to stay out here soon.
08:46John.
08:48How does it live?
08:50You're not listening and you've been acting strange ever since you got back from town.
08:57Mood ever come over me you don't feel?
08:59No.
09:00What's the matter?
09:04I don't know.
09:08I guess it started when John boy and me bumped into a couple of young ladies coming out of the hardware store.
09:16They were flirting with him and they looked right past me like I was old as grandpa.
09:24I know it's silly.
09:25I was old enough to be their father.
09:30Made me feel like I was already out to pasture.
09:35If you're fishing for compliments, you'll get one.
09:39I just hate to think how many women find you attractive.
09:43It's not that, I wish it were that simple.
09:47John.
09:49You know, we passed a pet store later and there was a squirrel in the window there in this wheel like cage.
09:59Squirrel was just running, running, running around in circles.
10:05Somehow I knew it, it knew it was never going to get anywhere and that's the way I feel.
10:09I feel like I'm running and running and running and I'm never going to get anywhere.
10:13We're getting some place, John boy's going off to college and the other children are growing and...
10:19I know, I know, it's...
10:23It's just the same thing day after day after day.
10:26Day after day I'm not getting any smarter, I'm not getting any richer, I'm just getting older.
10:31It's hard to explain, I just feel kind of...
10:37Restless.
10:39The truth is I sometimes feel that way myself.
10:44I wish I had some kind of answer to give you, something that would help.
10:48But I don't.
10:52You could take that walk if you'd like.
10:57No, Liv, I don't want to take a walk.
11:01Do you know what you do want?
11:11They're advertising for a man at the shipyards in Norfolk, a trained machinist.
11:17You're not thinking of moving us all there, are you?
11:21It's only 90 miles away, I could be home every weekend.
11:26Paying 75 cents an hour.
11:29We've managed better than most people during the worst of the depression.
11:33We sure could use that cash coming in every week, Liv.
11:36Not at the cost of all of us sitting around waiting for the weekends to come.
11:39Don't you remember what it was like when you worked in Waynesboro?
11:42This is different.
11:44This could be my chance.
11:46Your chance for what?
11:49I don't know.
11:52I've just got to find out.
11:56I'm going to take a drive on down there tomorrow.
12:12Is that your breakfast?
12:14I've got to go, I've got a biology test this morning.
12:16Mama, maybe it won't be so easy for him to find a job there after all.
12:22Maybe it will.
12:26I've got to go.
12:28Run, go like everybody else.
12:30Bye, Mama, see you after school.
12:32You wait for your brothers and sisters.
12:34Why did Daddy leave so early?
12:36He told you, Jimbob, he had to go to Norfolk on business.
12:38What kind of business?
12:40Looking for some job possibilities.
12:42Ben, Elizabeth, get out of here.
12:44I'm coming.
12:46You know, Mama, it wouldn't be so bad moving to Norfolk.
12:48They've got all the big ships there and that's where the beaches are.
12:50I don't want to move.
12:52Well, Aaron's got a boyfriend.
12:54Elizabeth, come on.
12:56I'm taking Cindy to school.
12:58Oh, no, you're not.
13:00Will your children get moving?
13:02I don't want to move, Mama.
13:04Oh, forget it.
13:06Mama says we're not moving.
13:08Come on, Aaron.
13:10If we don't move, then where's Daddy going to stay?
13:12You go on to school, Elizabeth, and give me that rabbit.
13:14Bye, Cindy.
13:16What's going on out here?
13:22Take these over to the personnel office.
13:24We start Monday.
13:27Mr. Walton.
13:29Right here.
13:32Master machinists, right?
13:34Right.
13:36Go over to personnel and give them these.
13:38Start Monday.
13:40You mean I'm hired just like that?
13:42You qualify, you got the job.
13:45Mr. Wachinsky.
13:57Pass the potatoes, Jason.
13:59Please.
14:01Please.
14:06I suppose you'll be going on Sunday?
14:08No, ma'am, tomorrow.
14:10Thought I'd get settled down for a couple of days
14:12before I started work.
14:14Did you find a place yet?
14:16No, ma'am.
14:18I'm afraid I can't make it.
14:20I'm afraid I can't make it.
14:22I'm afraid I can't make it.
14:24I'm afraid I can't make it.
14:26I'm afraid I can't make it.
14:28It's a boarding house, real nice and clean.
14:30Doesn't cost much.
14:32Well, that sounds great, Daddy.
14:34We can all come visit you.
14:36I'll be home every weekend.
14:38Every single one?
14:40Every single one.
14:42Sure is going to seem funny, you not being here.
14:44Mary Ellen, you're going to be so busy with school and friends
14:46you won't even notice I'm gone.
14:48I will.
14:49Me too.
14:52Now look, this isn't easy for me either.
14:54I don't like being away from you all.
14:56John, I sure envy you.
14:58I wish I felt spry enough to go right along with you.
15:01Oh, shush, old man.
15:03You're just being more foolish than usual.
15:16Excuse me.
15:18You all finish up.
15:20I heard you, Daddy.
15:22Go on, finish your dinner.
15:24Oh, look at that waste of food.
15:35What are you doing, Liv?
15:37I'm brushing my hair.
15:40I can see that.
15:43Why?
15:45Because I couldn't think of anything else to do.
15:47I'm very angry with you and I'm trying not to lose my temper.
15:54Want to talk?
15:56Talk about what?
15:58Seems to me to be a little late for that.
16:00You didn't need to talk to me before you made your decision.
16:05I told you that I needed to go.
16:08I told you I was going.
16:10If that's not talking, what is it?
16:12That's talking about you.
16:14Where do I come in?
16:17Now, Olivia, do you want me to ask you for permission to go?
16:20No, you're not a child.
16:21But you'd made up your mind before you even mentioned anything to me.
16:25Well, that's the truth, isn't it?
16:30Yeah, well, that's the truth.
16:33Olivia, you understand so much about me.
16:38Don't you understand that all this has to do with my feelings about myself as a man?
16:44No.
16:46All I understand is that you're going to be gone five days a week.
16:49Honey, I'm going to be home two days a week and I'm going to have a paycheck to get us on a date.
16:53I don't want to hear that feeble excuse again.
16:55And that is all it is.
16:57A silly, feeble excuse that has nothing to do with anything.
17:02Honey, what are you so afraid of?
17:04Now, listen, you want to be honest, let's be honest.
17:07What is this imagination of yours conjuring up about me being alone in the big, wicked city?
17:14Listen, I loved you when I met you.
17:16I loved you when I married you.
17:17And I love you now more than ever.
17:20I'm not going to let anything come between us and all we got.
17:24I just want to know you're on my side.
17:32Son, I'm counting on you to take over for me while I'm gone.
17:35I will.
17:37Keep an eye on Benny. He's starting to feel his oats.
17:39Aaron's starting to act like Mary Ellen Houston.
17:41Stage in life, I guess.
17:43Daddy, you really have to take this job.
17:45Yes, son, I do.
17:49Wood, carry along, John.
17:52Train will be pulling to Rock Beach Depot.
17:55Come on, out of the truck, you all. Come on.
17:58We're going with you, Daddy.
18:00Yeah, we're going to watch you go.
18:02Wait for me.
18:04Come on, Aaron.
18:06I'm not in yet.
18:08Aren't you coming with us, John boy?
18:10No, I'm going to do some chores for Mama.
18:11Where's Elizabeth?
18:13She's gone.
18:17Well, give her a kiss from me. Tell her I'll be back next week.
18:34Bye, Joey.
18:36Bye.
18:38Bye, Joey.
18:40Bye.
18:49Have you seen Elizabeth anywhere?
19:07Honey, you've seen Daddy go away before. He'll be back.
19:11No, he won't.
19:13Now, what makes you say that?
19:17He has a suitcase.
19:19I've never seen him go with a suitcase before.
19:38He has to read or listen to the radio in here.
19:41I mean, they don't feel like being in their rooms.
19:43That's nice. At home, we sit around listening to the radio all the time.
19:46Oh, do you?
19:48Miss White, this is Mr. Walton. He'll be staying with us for a while.
19:51Pleased to make your acquaintance, Mr. Walton.
19:53Likewise, ma'am.
19:55Miss White's our high school librarian.
19:57Until the end of the year, when they put me out to pasture.
20:00Now, Hester White, you know you'll be looking forward to that retirement.
20:03I do suppose 30 years of dusty books should be enough for anyone, wouldn't you say, Mr. Walton?
20:08Seems like more than enough to me, ma'am.
20:10Laura Sue?
20:12Yeah?
20:14Laura Sue, I must ask you for a tiny favor.
20:16Yes?
20:18I tried to iron this shirt, but...
20:20I'll do it.
20:22You're an angel.
20:24You betcha. Stavros, this is Mr. Walton. He's our new guest here.
20:26This is Stavros Christopoulos. He's been here a long time.
20:28Welcome to our happy family, Mr. Walton.
20:32Silly.
20:34Have a seat, Mr. Walton.
20:36As I was saying, this parlor is a social center,
20:40where you're free to congregate or entertain visitors if you like.
20:44Would you be entertaining any visitors?
20:47Not very likely. I'll be going home on weekends to my wife and children.
20:50How many children do you have?
20:52Seven.
20:54Oh, my. Seven? For a young man like you?
20:57Uh-huh.
20:59Why, Mrs. Champion, you have created another culinary feast for us.
21:05Mr. Walton, if you like truly fine cuisine,
21:08you'll be very happy you decided to board here.
21:11That's true. Laura Sue is an artist in the kitchen.
21:14The looks of this meal, I blame you.
21:21You're right, Mrs. Champion. You're a fine cook, almost as good as my wife.
21:24Mr. Walton, that is a left-handed compliment.
21:28But I will thank you anyway.
21:30I didn't mean that.
21:32I guess I'm so used to my wife's cooking,
21:34everybody else is automatically almost as good.
21:36Your wife must be a lucky woman.
21:38She certainly must be.
21:42Well, Laura, in my eyes, you're the world's finest.
21:46Better than your mom in Salianiki?
21:48If you promise not to tell her I said so, yes.
21:51Well, to the chef.
21:54If my kids could see me now, they'd think I was crazy.
21:59What is Daddy having for supper?
22:02Whatever it is, it's not as good as what you're having, Grandma.
22:08Is he in a restaurant?
22:10No, honey, he's probably having supper where he's staying.
22:13Do they have children there?
22:15There must be millions of kids in Norfolk.
22:17That's not what she's talking about, silly.
22:19What she means is the place where he's staying.
22:25Something wrong with your food, Grandpa?
22:26No, Libby, everything's perfect as usual.
22:28I'm just having a slight touch of my galloping rheumatism.
22:31I'll feel much better as soon as this damp weather is over.
22:35It hasn't rained in a month.
22:37Anyway, you'll feel better come Wednesday.
22:40Wednesday?
22:42As soon as Doc Whipple pulls that tooth of yours.
22:45I've made an appointment for you.
22:47Two o'clock, it's all set.
22:50Libby, I think I'll just go lie down for a spell.
22:53For a man that can hold off a herd of buffalo with his own bare hands,
22:57he can sure turn into a quivering mass of jelly,
23:01well, faster than anyone I ever knew.
23:03Is your rheumatism bothering you too, John Boyd?
23:06Hm? No.
23:09No, I got my biology grade today.
23:14C-minus, that's the lowest grade I ever got in my life.
23:17That's a relief.
23:19What's that supposed to mean?
23:20Oh, nothing. It's just, it's hard having a brother who always gets As.
23:25I'm sorry about that.
23:28It's not easy for me to get a C-minus, though.
23:31Especially when I thought I was doing so well.
23:50Well, I've only got one class today, but then I gotta meet my counselor later.
23:55Worried about seeing him?
23:57Sort of.
23:59I can't help but have the feeling that someday someone's gonna say,
24:02Mr. Walton, I'm sorry, but you're not college material. We made a mistake.
24:06Now, you know that's not true.
24:08I know, but it makes me feel better to say it out loud.
24:11You miss your daddy, don't you?
24:13Yeah.
24:15Don't worry, I'm fine.
24:17I'll see you when I get home.
24:20Okay.
24:51Your aptitude tests are exceptional, Mr. Walton.
24:54But we must face some regrettable facts.
24:57You're not as well prepared academically as some of our other students.
25:03I'm aware of that, sir.
25:06But I have been trying very hard to catch up.
25:09Too hard.
25:11Your other workers are doing a great job, too.
25:14I'm sorry.
25:15But I have been trying very hard to catch up.
25:18Too hard.
25:20Your other work will suffer.
25:22Drop biology now before any grades are recorded.
25:25Take it next year when your workload isn't so heavy.
25:29Well, see, I think my workload always will be heavy.
25:34Anyway, I really don't want to give up before I've given myself a fair chance.
25:39Well, it's your decision.
25:41But it must be made before Monday.
25:43Why don't you talk to your parents about it?
25:45Yes, sir. I'll do that.
25:58Hey, Walton.
26:00Hi, Stavros.
26:03I was just going to get a beer. Will you join me?
26:06Well, now I don't mind if I do.
26:11A poor place, but it's home.
26:15Hey, Max.
26:17Hey, Joe.
26:19How are you?
26:21A beer for my friend here.
26:23And one for me with the usual.
26:25Two beers.
26:29What are you thinking?
26:31I'm thinking it's been a long time since I've been in a place I couldn't take my family to.
26:35Two beers.
26:39Can you give me a hand?
26:41Sure.
26:43You're clumsy.
26:45No harm done.
26:47What do you mean no harm done? You spilled beer all over my clothes.
26:50My friend is so rich.
26:52He didn't mean anything. No big deal.
26:54Clumsy.
26:57Come on.
26:59Tempers are short-lived here.
27:01One must go to any limits to avoid offending.
27:04I'm not sure I like the idea of you apologizing for something I didn't do.
27:08But from his point of view, you did do something, Mr. Walter.
27:10You got him this way.
27:12Eviva.
27:20This place where you come from, is there land?
27:23A few acres.
27:25Sawmill, house.
27:27And a large and loving family to whom you are obviously devoted.
27:31You are devoted to your family, are you not, Mr. Walter?
27:34Yes, I am.
27:36Then why are you here?
27:37I am.
27:39Paid good money down here.
27:41I couldn't seem to make ends meet up in the mountain.
27:45And one day I got up and looked in the mirror and said, that fellow's getting old.
27:50I felt locked in.
27:54Restless.
27:57Felt maybe I was missing something in life.
28:00So here I am.
28:02What are you so mad about?
28:04You wrote his name all over your notebook.
28:06That's different.
28:08She's right.
28:14Mary Ellen, Aaron.
28:16Luck's Radio Theater will be on soon.
28:18Why don't you sit with me?
28:20Oh, I promised Aaron I'd wash your hair, Mama.
28:22This time.
28:24But if you don't do it now, I'll have to sleep with it wet.
28:26Well, you go on then. That's a good way to catch a cold.
28:28Well, you go on.
28:29That's a good way to catch a cold.
28:31Where are Grandma and Grandpa?
28:33They were tired.
28:35What about John-Boy?
28:37He had some studying to do.
28:39Go on now. I'm fine.
28:41Jason, are you any good at laundry division?
28:43No, I'm not.
28:45I know. I was just hoping.
28:47I can't do my homework.
28:49Well, why don't you ask John-Boy?
28:51He's in a bad mood.
28:53Besides, he's got an exam tomorrow.
28:55Mama?
28:57I'd hate to ask her.
28:59She's doing her arithmetic.
29:01Yeah, I know what you mean.
29:03I bet he was here to be a real snap.
29:05He gets those problems figured out straight off.
29:07Yeah, but he's not.
29:09Well, I'll tell you what.
29:11We'll go upstairs. Maybe we can figure it out together, all right?
29:13Okay.
29:20Good night, Mama.
29:22Good night, Mama.
29:24Good night, you two.
29:26Sleep well.
29:28Good night.
29:40You're daring and bold,
29:42but you're not very wise.
29:44I'll capture your night.
29:50You're beautiful and wise,
29:52but too daring.
29:54Checkmate.
29:56Mr. Walton, you have just witnessed
29:58the story of my life.
30:00Excuse me.
30:03Do you play chess, Mr. Walton?
30:05No, I don't.
30:07Looks interesting, though.
30:09Hello? Yes, he is.
30:11Just a moment, please.
30:13Mr. Walton? Telephone.
30:20Hello?
30:22John?
30:23No, everything's fine. I just...
30:27What is it, then?
30:29I just... I just got so lonely,
30:31I had to talk to you.
30:33Well, I am too, honey.
30:35You miss us?
30:37Yeah, I miss you all.
30:39How are the children?
30:41They're fine.
30:43John boy misses you a lot,
30:45but he's having some problems in school.
30:47He wants to discuss with you,
30:49but I think he can wait till Saturday.
30:51John?
30:54Is the food all right?
30:56Well, it's fine.
30:58It's not home, but it's fine, truly.
31:03Honey, I was going to...
31:05I was going to write you tonight.
31:09You see, they...
31:12They want us to work overtime this weekend.
31:15There's a lot of work here.
31:17They tell us if we don't work,
31:19they'll find people who will.
31:21You mean you're not coming home Saturday?
31:24Honey, it's just for this one weekend.
31:28It's just that everybody will be so disappointed.
31:32I love you.
31:34I love you too, John.
31:36Mr. Walter, I have dishes to do,
31:39so maybe Stavros could give you a lesson.
31:41I probably couldn't concentrate right now.
31:43Could you use some help in the kitchen?
31:45Did I hear you right?
31:47After dinner at home, I'm usually out doing chores.
31:49I feel kind of guilty just sitting around.
31:51Well, we wouldn't want that.
31:53Sure you would.
31:55I'm sure you would.
31:57I'm sure you would.
31:59I'm sure you would.
32:01I'm sure you would.
32:03I'm sure you would.
32:05Sure, come on, help me.
32:18Tell me about your family.
32:20Well, I have four boys and three girls.
32:23Oldest one, his name is John, just like me.
32:26He's going to college now.
32:28He's got a scholarship.
32:30Oh, terrific.
32:32Wife tells me he's having a bit of a problem,
32:33and there's Mary Ellen.
32:35She's the oldest girl.
32:37She's real pretty, just like her mother.
32:39She's going to be a nurse when she grows up.
32:41You should see your face right now.
32:43It just glows when you talk about her.
32:45I guess I'm a little prejudiced,
32:47but they're real special.
32:49You know, my husband Jimmy and me,
32:51we were going to have a bunch of kids.
32:53But you know, now that I'm all alone,
32:55I'm glad I don't have a bunch to raise up all by myself,
32:57you know?
32:59He was such a wonderful man.
33:00He used to help me with the dishes too,
33:02every now and again.
33:04Laura, there's a concert in the park.
33:06Would you like to go?
33:08Oh, not tonight, Stavros.
33:10I think I'd like to turn in a bit early.
33:16You know, I love music,
33:18but I just feel a little bit too sad tonight
33:20to hear anything beautiful.
33:22Does that make any sense?
33:24Yes, it does.
33:28You know, I think Stavros
33:30would like to help me.
33:32No, it's not you.
33:34He'll be back, don't worry.
33:39The spirits of each member of the family
33:41were subdued by the absence of the father.
33:44The man had been gone for four days,
33:46but the boy felt an eternity had passed.
33:49His anxiety was deepened by the fact
33:51that he was failing one of his courses.
33:54And he had convinced himself
33:56that without his father's guidance,
33:58he might end his college career altogether.
34:00I'm sorry, Stavros.
34:30I'm sorry.
35:00I'm sorry.
35:31I'm sorry.
35:58Come on, Deb.
35:59Come on.
36:00Esther, I don't think I ought to see Doc Whipple today.
36:02I've got kind of a ringing in my ears.
36:04John boy, I think I'd better go home and lie down.
36:06You'll be doing that soon enough.
36:07Come on.
36:08It's a losing battle, Grandpa.
36:10I guess maybe you're right, John boy.
36:12Don't worry about it.
36:13Jason will be by in an hour to pick you up.
36:14I gotta get going.
36:16Now you drive careful, you hear?
36:17I will, I will.
36:18Come on.
36:19John boy, just in case
36:21we don't see one another again.
36:23Grandpa.
36:24Oh, stop it.
36:25You should have been on the stage, old man.
36:27Come on.
36:28Mr. Whipple's waiting.
36:29Bye.
36:30Come on.
36:34Come on.
36:37Morning, Miss Champion.
36:38Oh, Mr. Walton.
36:39Mind if I have some coffee?
36:40Of course not.
36:41I'll get you a cup.
36:46I'll get you a sandwich for your lunch, if it helps you.
36:54You are going to be here over the weekend, aren't you?
36:56Yes, ma'am.
36:58Tell me I have to work.
37:00Oh, my.
37:01Well, I'm sure your family will be really disappointed.
37:06John?
37:09John, are you just married, or
37:11are you really married?
37:16I'm really married, ma'am.
37:19Well, your wife must be one fine lady.
37:21That she is.
37:24You know, talking to you reminds me
37:25of how much I miss being married.
37:28Of course, Mr. Christopoulos has proposed.
37:30Doesn't surprise me.
37:33He wants us to get married as soon as he saves enough money
37:35to buy this little farm that he keeps talking about.
37:39Which will be never.
37:41Why do you say that?
37:43Because every payday he drinks and gambles his money away.
37:47How come you stay with him?
37:48Because she loves me.
37:50And because one day I may get lucky
37:52and we will have our farm.
37:54But I won't hold my breath.
37:55My darling,
37:56there is always hope.
37:58Take Mr. Walton.
38:00For years he lived a certain way of life.
38:02Then, poof,
38:04one morning he got up,
38:06packed his things
38:08and came here to find a new way of life.
38:11Right, Mr. Walton?
38:13I guess so.
38:15Then who is to say that I will not do the same thing
38:18and take you with me?
38:22Excuse me.
38:24Excuse me.
38:30You look tired, John boy.
38:32You sleep all right?
38:34No, I tossed and turned all night long.
38:37Can I be of any help?
38:40Well, you are a help.
38:42You tell me that I can do anything I put my mind to.
38:44But...
38:46You'd like a less prejudiced opinion?
38:50Well, maybe a tougher one.
38:51I can't wait for the weekend.
38:56Your father won't be home this weekend.
38:58Oh, no.
39:00I called him from Ike's last night.
39:01He said he has to work overtime.
39:02But he said he'd be here.
39:04I know.
39:05But I've got to talk to him, Mama.
39:07Well, so do I.
39:22This is beautiful.
39:24I had no idea there were so many islands in Hawaii.
39:27At least six major ones.
39:29I'm going to live on Maui.
39:31They have a rain forest there.
39:33John boy.
39:34Daddy.
39:35What are you doing here?
39:37Is everyone all right at home?
39:39Oh, everything's fine.
39:40We just miss you is all.
39:42I miss you, too, son.
39:44Guess you met everyone.
39:45Yes, yes.
39:46Indeed we did.
39:47I'm glad you're all right.
39:48Guess you met everyone.
39:49Yes, yes.
39:50Indeed we did.
39:51We've been having a lovely visit.
39:53He's a fine young man.
39:56I talked to your mother last night.
39:57Oh, she's fine.
39:58I just wanted to talk to you myself.
40:00Well, your daddy just got through a hard day's work
40:01and it's supper time.
40:02Won't you join us?
40:04I got a hot apple pie coming right out of the oven.
40:06Me? Hot apple pie? Of course.
40:07Absolutely.
40:12I was raised on a farm much like you.
40:14Only ours was near the Aegean Sea.
40:16The water is bluer than anything you have ever seen.
40:20It always beckoned to me.
40:22Then one day, I hopped on a tram steamer
40:24and I worked my way to America.
40:27I'll tell you, a writer could get enough ideas
40:29for a million stories in this house.
40:31Not a million, John boy.
40:32Each of us has only one.
40:34We just tell it over and over again.
40:36Tell you the truth, I'm getting tired of hearing mine
40:38and everybody else's, too.
40:40If you're talking to me, Laura,
40:42you don't need to worry.
40:43I will not burden your ears with my dreams anymore.
40:51I'm sorry, Mrs. Chandler.
40:53I have a feeling that me and my family
40:55rubbed Stavros the wrong way.
40:57No, Mr. Walton.
40:58Stavros rubs himself the wrong way.
41:01Miss White, would you like to give me a hand
41:03so Mr. Walton and his son
41:04could have the parlor to themselves?
41:06Oh, no, no.
41:07Excuse us.
41:08I think I'd like to show John boy
41:10where I've been working.
41:11Excuse us.
41:12Thank you for dinner.
41:13You're quite welcome.
41:14Bye-bye.
41:18Do you really like working here?
41:21It's hard to explain.
41:24I've been lonely.
41:25I've missed you all,
41:26but it's been exciting, too.
41:29I've only been here five days,
41:31but it's been different, I'll tell you.
41:35And I'll tell you something else.
41:37It's taught me my place
41:38in the scheme of things.
41:40Well, I thought you already knew
41:41what that was.
41:43What's troubling you, son?
41:44Same thing, I reckon.
41:45My place in the scheme of things.
41:47Only with me, it's school.
41:48My biology class.
41:50I thought you were doing pretty good in that.
41:51I did, too, but I'm not.
41:52I'm not doing anywhere near
41:53as good as the other students.
41:55But if I drop it now
41:56and pick it up next year,
41:57then it won't count against me.
41:59You're gonna drop it?
42:00Well, no, I don't want to.
42:02I don't know,
42:03but my counselor, Mr. Gary,
42:05he says that my other work
42:06is gonna suffer.
42:07He says I'm trying too hard
42:08and it'll do me more harm
42:09than good in the long run.
42:11Are you trying too hard?
42:13I don't think so.
42:14I don't think I'm trying at all.
42:15I just keep telling myself
42:16how much I didn't learn
42:17in Miss Hunter's school
42:18instead of buckling down
42:19and learning about it now.
42:22Want me to tell you what to do?
42:24No.
42:25No, I made the decision yesterday
42:26after I talked to Mr. Gary.
42:28I'm not gonna drop the class.
42:30Why'd you come all the way
42:31down here for?
42:37Well, I guess I was scared
42:38to admit I'd made a decision
42:39on my own.
42:42Son, how would you like
42:43to have a beer with me?
42:44A beer?
42:46Yeah, but don't you
42:47tell your mother.
42:48Oh, I won't.
42:50Bob, come on with that beer.
42:55Well, this is some place.
42:57It's very colorful.
42:59It's one way of putting it.
43:01We have two beers, please.
43:02Two beers.
43:03Thank you, Daddy.
43:04Thank you, Daddy?
43:05How do you like that hillbilly?
43:07Bringing his boy in here
43:08to drink with the men.
43:09He's got some pretty fancy ideas
43:10about himself altogether.
43:12You talking to me, Stavros?
43:14You are the one I'm talking to.
43:16I don't want you to talk
43:17to Laura Sue again.
43:19You got no cause to talk
43:20to me like that.
43:21You have upset Laura Sue
43:22with your talk about
43:23your fine mountain
43:24and your wonderful children,
43:25your beautiful wife.
43:27If you love them so much,
43:28wouldn't you rather be with them
43:30than talking about them
43:31to Laura Sue?
43:33I love her,
43:34and you made her not care for me.
43:36I'm not capable of that, Stavros.
43:38I'm a man just like you.
43:39I think I am the better man.
44:09What are we doing here?
44:10I don't know.
44:11I don't know.
44:12Well, let's get out.
44:13All right, all right.
44:24Sir, I got a little skin
44:25off my knuckles,
44:26and that's bad.
44:27I want to have a shiner,
44:28but it's not hot.
44:29I'll tell you,
44:30some old sailor come at me
44:31with a chair in his hand
44:32and murder in his eye.
44:33What'd you do?
44:34I ducked under the table.
44:35What'd he do?
44:36He left me there
44:37to fight him alone.
44:38Well, you're doing all right.
44:39You're a pretty good fighter.
44:40Oh, I'm out of shape, sir.
44:44Let's go home.
44:45Home?
44:46Boarding house home?
44:47Let's go home
44:48to Walton's Mountain.
44:49I don't understand you at all.
44:50I don't either.
44:51Here's some pie
44:52for your ride home.
44:54I hope you and Mr. Stavros
44:55get that farm.
44:56He won't.
44:57But anyway,
44:58the more I stay around this place,
44:59the more attached I get to it.
45:00Bye, Mrs. Champion.
45:01Bye, Mr. Walton.
45:06Goodbye.
45:07Bye.
45:08Come again.
45:16John Boyce home.
45:20There's someone with him.
45:21Hey, it's Daddy.
45:22Hey, it's Daddy.
45:23Hey, it's Daddy.
45:24Hey, it's Daddy.
45:25Hey, it's Daddy.
45:26Hey, it's Daddy.
45:27Hey, it's Daddy.
45:28Hey, it's Daddy.
45:29Hey, it's Daddy.
45:30Daddy's home.
45:33Daddy, I thought you weren't
45:34coming home till the weekend.
45:40Is that your suitcase?
45:41Uh-huh.
45:42You all right?
45:43Oh, sure.
45:44He's all right.
45:46Daddy!
45:47Daddy, how are you?
45:49Hey, do I need help
45:50with my homework?
45:51Daddy, I'm going
45:52to my music dance.
45:53Hey, do I need help
45:54with my homework?
45:55Daddy, I'm going
45:56to my music dance.
45:57Welcome home.
45:59I always knew
46:00you'd be back.
46:01Zep, will you get back
46:02into your room, please?
46:03Yes, sir.
46:04You are the bossiest
46:05old girl I have ever known.
46:07Doc Whoople pulled
46:08his tooth and gave him
46:09nitrous oxide.
46:10That's laughing gas.
46:11He's been laughing
46:12for five hours,
46:13and I thought I'd get
46:14some sleep tonight.
46:15Now, get into the room.
46:16Go on, Liv.
46:17Go on.
46:20All right, everybody.
46:21Upstairs.
46:22Daddy will be up in a minute.
46:23I want to be in.
46:24Okay, I'll give you a kiss.
46:25See you soon, Daddy.
46:26Go on.
46:27You're not going anywhere.
46:28See you tomorrow.
46:29Good night.
46:31What happened?
46:33I had me an adventure.
46:35Got it out of your system now?
46:37Not entirely.
46:42Come on, you.
46:46A house is more than
46:47paint and walls,
46:48ceilings and floors.
46:50A house is a history
46:51of all those people
46:52it has sheltered.
46:54And when we move away,
46:55we leave behind us
46:56the persons we were then.
46:58The prints of our fingers
46:59on a door frame.
47:01The marks on a floor
47:02we walked.
47:04The whisper of our voices.
47:06And all those things
47:07that were done and said.
47:10Don?
47:11What?
47:13That woman you wrote me about.
47:15Miss Champion?
47:16Mm-hmm.
47:18Oh, she liked.
47:20I mean,
47:22how old was she?
47:23Oh, I don't know.
47:24She was...
47:25Well, she wasn't young.
47:26She wasn't old.
47:27I mean, she was...
47:28Good night, Daddy.
47:30Good night, Mary Ellen.
47:32You mean what, John?
47:34I mean,
47:36she was kind of unusual.
47:38Oh?
47:39Good night, Daddy.
47:41Good night, Erin.
47:43How was she unusual?
47:45Well, she was...
47:46I love you, Daddy.
47:48I love you, too, honey.
47:50Good night.
47:52Where was I, Libby?
47:54No place that can't
47:55wait till morning.
47:57Lib?
48:00I love you.
48:02I love you, too, John.
48:25I love you.