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Lux Radio Theatre - "Our Vines Have Tender Grapes" (Old Time Radio, 1946) · Lux Radio Theater | Old Time Radio

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  Speaker 1: Margaret O'Brien and Francis Gifford reprise their film roles in
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  Speaker 1: tonight's Lux Radio Theater presentation. In rural Fuller Junction, Wisconsin,
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  Speaker 1: seven-year-old Selma Jacobson sees country life through a compassionate child's eyes,
• 0:16
  Speaker 1: while Viola Johnson, a newly arrived schoolteacher, wonders whether she
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  Speaker 1: can find a place in the close-knit Norwegian-American farming community.
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  Speaker 1: James Craig joins them in this radio adaptation of the
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  Speaker 1: 1945 MGM film based on George Victor Martin's novel. Sanford
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  Speaker 1: Barnett adapted the script and Fred McKay directed. First heard
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  Speaker 1: on CBS on September 2nd, 1946, this is episode 535,
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  Speaker 1: Our Vines Have Tender Grapes, with William Keeley as producer
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  Speaker 1: and host. And now we return to the original broadcast.
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  Speaker 2: Lux presents Hollywood.
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  Speaker 3: Deluxe Radio Theater brings you Margaret O'Brien, James Craig, and
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  Speaker 3: Francis Gifford in Our Vines Have Tender Grapes. Ladies and gentlemen,
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  Speaker 3: your producer, Mr.
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  Speaker 2: William Keeley.
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  Speaker 4: Greetings from Hollywood, ladies and gentlemen. I'm sure that many
• 1:38
  Speaker 4: of us think of Labor Day not only as an
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  Speaker 4: end to summer, but as the start of a purposeful
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  Speaker 4: and promising new season.
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  Speaker 2: And in keeping with that buoyant spirit, we.
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  Speaker 4: Bring you tonight a play as heartwarming as the smile
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  Speaker 4: of our little leading lady, a star who has always
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  Speaker 4: been a favorite of this theater, just as she's a
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  Speaker 4: favorite of moviegoers everywhere. I refer, of course, to Margaret O'Brien.
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  Speaker 4: playing her original screen role in Metro Golden Mares, Our
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  Speaker 4: Vines Have Tender Grapes. Co-starred with Margaret is the ever-popular
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  Speaker 4: James Craig, whose personality and talent are winning new fans
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  Speaker 4: every day. Also, the charming Frances Gifford, whose rise to
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  Speaker 4: stardom I have watched with greatest interest. Like Margaret, they
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  Speaker 4: appear in their original screen roles in this delightful story
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  Speaker 4: of a little girl who brings faith and sunshine into
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  Speaker 4: the lives of a community typically American, although its people
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  Speaker 4: came from distant Norway. I was reminded of Norway on
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  Speaker 4: a trip Mrs. Keeley and I made this summer in
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  Speaker 4: British Columbia. We cruised among the typically Norwegian fjords of
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  Speaker 4: Princess Louisa Inlet, a seaway peaceful, lovely, and majestic. When
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  Speaker 4: we found that the captain of the Malibu Arrow had
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  Speaker 4: provided a generous quantity of Lux toilet soap, I suspected
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  Speaker 4: it had been done for our benefit, as a friendly
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  Speaker 4: reminder of my pleasant work in Hollywood. But he assured
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  Speaker 4: me that, on the contrary, Lux soap was a regular
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  Speaker 4: passenger on all the boats his company chartered. In fact,
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  Speaker 4: wherever I travel north of the water, I found that
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  Speaker 4: our Canadian friends are as loyal to Lux toilet soap
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  Speaker 4: as we are, and are equally loyal members of our
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  Speaker 4: audience each Monday night. So, from northern Canada to southern California,
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  Speaker 4: our curtain rises on the first act of Our Vines
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  Speaker 4: Have Tender Grapes, starring Margaret O'Brien as Selma, Frances Gifford
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  Speaker 4: as Viola Johnson, and James Craig as Nels, with Joseph
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  Speaker 4: Kearns as Pa.
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  Speaker 5: ¶ ¶.
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  Speaker 2: It's late summer, 1942.
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  Speaker 4: On a country road in Wisconsin, two small children, wide-eyed
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  Speaker 4: with amazement, stare at a tiny body that lies in
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  Speaker 4: the dust at their feet.
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  Speaker 6: You sure killed him, Selma. You killed him dead. Look it.
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  Speaker 6: But I didn't mean to kill you, little squirrel. It
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  Speaker 6: was just pretend. Shucks. It's only a red squirrel. They're bad.
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  Speaker 6: But he wasn't doing anything bad. He was just eating
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  Speaker 6: his dinner, and I picked up a rock, and I
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  Speaker 6: almost never hit where I aim. Oh, let's go down
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  Speaker 6: to the river and play. I want to go home. Hey,
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  Speaker 6: look who's coming. It's Editor.
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  Speaker 2: Hiya, kids.
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  Speaker 7: Hi.
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  Speaker 6: Hello, Editor.
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  Speaker 8: Hop in.
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  Speaker 2: I'll drive you home.
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  Speaker 6: I'm not going home. I'm having dinner at Selma's house.
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  Speaker 6: Aunt Bruna's going to fix egg pancakes.
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  Speaker 2: Egg pancakes, huh?
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  Speaker 6: Editor, red squirrels are bad, aren't they? Squirrels?
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  Speaker 2: Well, I don't know if they're so bad. Why, Selma,
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  Speaker 2: what's the matter?
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  Speaker 6: Oh, editor, I just killed a red squirrel. She picked
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  Speaker 6: up a rock and killed him dead.
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  Speaker 2: But you really didn't mean to, sir.
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  Speaker 6: It isn't what you mean to do. It's what you do.
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  Speaker 2: Well, there's enough trouble in the world without grieving over
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  Speaker 2: something that can't be helped.
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  Speaker 6: You talk like my car, editor.
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  Speaker 2: That's nice of you. Thank you.
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  Speaker 6: Hey, who's that down there? It's a lady. What lady?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, what lady? Suppose we find out, eh? Hello there.
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  Speaker 2: Can we give you a lift?
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  Speaker 9: No, thank you.
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  Speaker 10: I'm really enjoying the walk.
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  Speaker 2: You're new here, aren't you?
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  Speaker 11: Yes.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, I'm sorry. It's not a matter of curiosity. You see,
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  Speaker 2: I'm Nels Halverson, editor of the Spectator here in Fuller Junction,
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  Speaker 2: and when a stranger's seen in this part of the country, well,
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  Speaker 2: that's news.
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  Speaker 12: Oh, how do you do, Mr.
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  Speaker 7: Halverson?
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  Speaker 13: I'm Viola Johnson, the new schoolteacher, first to eighth grade.
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  Speaker 2: Well, that's wonderful. Meet one of your pupils, Selma Jacobson.
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  Speaker 12: How do you do, Selma?
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  Speaker 6: Hello. I'm six.
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  Speaker 2: Oh. Oh, and this is Arnold Hanson, their cousin. Oh. Hello, Arnold.
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  Speaker 6: Hello.
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  Speaker 2: Going anyplace in particular, Miss Johnson?
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  Speaker 13: Oh, just on my way to the Ferracens.
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  Speaker 2: Well, now, that's quite a walk. Better let us take you.
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  Speaker 12: All right, I will.
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  Speaker 2: Stand up, Arnold. Don't mind holding a young man on.
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  Speaker 11: Your lap, do you?
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  Speaker 12: Oh, I think not.
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  Speaker 6: Oh, shut up.
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  Speaker 2: You know, Miss Johnson, it always makes a much better
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  Speaker 2: news item to pad it with a little human interest.
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  Speaker 2: For instance... Where does our new school teacher come from?
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  Speaker 12: Milwaukee.
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  Speaker 2: Mm-hmm. And ask how she likes Fuller Junction, Miss Johnson said.
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  Speaker 13: But Miss Johnson doesn't like Fuller Junction, and I'm afraid
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  Speaker 13: you wouldn't quote what she'd have to say.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, that bad?
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  Speaker 12: Well, for one thing, it's awfully small.
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  Speaker 2: So's a diamond, Miss Johnson. Well, tell me, what is
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  Speaker 2: there in Milwaukee you can't find right here?
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  Speaker 12: Oh, well, Milwaukee's a city. There are concerts, lectures, theaters.
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  Speaker 2: It's exciting. Well, if that's what you wanted, why'd you
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  Speaker 2: come here?
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  Speaker 13: Well, there was no choice of mine, Mr.
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  Speaker 3: Halverson.
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  Speaker 12: You see, I'm studying for my Ph.D.
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  Speaker 2: In education.
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  Speaker 12: That requires a year of practical teaching.
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  Speaker 13: My parents are Norwegian, and when the university heard I
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  Speaker 13: spoke the language, well, here I am.
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  Speaker 12: At the end of the year, I go back. Just
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  Speaker 12: as simple as that.
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  Speaker 6: Why is everybody here Norwegian, editor?
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  Speaker 2: Well, because most of them came here from Norway, Selma.
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  Speaker 2: But they aren't Norwegians anymore.
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  Speaker 11: They're Americans.
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  Speaker 6: My pa calls me Yentmi. That's Norwegian. That means girl
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  Speaker 6: of mine. My pa just calls me.
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  Speaker 2: Well, uh, this looks like the fluorescent farm, Miss Johnson. Oh,
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  Speaker 2: by the way, if you have any spare time, uh,
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  Speaker 2: I'd like to show you some of the things around
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  Speaker 2: Fuller Junction you can't find in Milwaukee.
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  Speaker 12: Oh, I'll have plenty of spare time, Mr.
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  Speaker 8: Halverson.
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  Speaker 12: Thank you very much.
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  Speaker 2: Goodbye. Bye. Bye, Selma.
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  Speaker 8: Bye, Arnold.
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  Speaker 6: Goodbye. I wonder if Miss Johnson ever ate egg pancakes.
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  Speaker 2: You know something, Selma? I'll bet she never did.
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  Speaker 11: Hello.
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  Speaker 6: Selma! Arnold! Dinner!
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  Speaker 11: In a minute, Bruna. Just washing.
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  Speaker 6: Can I pump the water for you now, Pa? I'm pumping, huh,
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  Speaker 6: Uncle Martinez? I'm the guest.
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  Speaker 11: Oh, nobody has to pump. I'm all finished. I have
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  Speaker 11: something for you and me.
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  Speaker 2: Come over here to the barn.
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  Speaker 6: My roller skates? Is that it, Pa?
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  Speaker 11: No, not roller skates. Roller skates are for your birthday.
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  Speaker 11: Look into me.
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  Speaker 2: Gee, Percy.
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  Speaker 6: A calf.
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  Speaker 11: Yes, Aunt May.
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  Speaker 6: Is it my calf? My very own?
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  Speaker 11: Your very own.
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  Speaker 6: Oh, Pa, I'm so happy.
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  Speaker 11: It's good to be happy.
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  Speaker 6: Selma killed a squirrel, Uncle Martinez. Killed him dead.
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  Speaker 11: Yes, I know. She just told me about it.
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  Speaker 10: Oh.
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  Speaker 6: Pa, do you think while I was killing the squirrel,
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  Speaker 6: the calf might have been born just about then?
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  Speaker 11: It probably was, Aunt May, just about then.
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  Speaker 6: Martinius!
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  Speaker 2: Oh, come in, Bruna.
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  Speaker 10: Come in.
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  Speaker 6: Boy, Aunt Bruna, you sure make egg pancakes good.
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  Speaker 10: Well, thank you, Arnold, but don't you think that's too
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  Speaker 10: big a bite?
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  Speaker 6: Uncle Martinius takes big bites.
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  Speaker 4: Look.
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  Speaker 11: Huh?
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  Speaker 2: Oh.
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  Speaker 10: Well, your Uncle Martinius has a big mouth, Arnold.
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  Speaker 6: Do I get to feed my calf tonight, Pop?
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  Speaker 11: No, you have to wait three or four days, the
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  Speaker 11: end for me. Then we'll teach her to eat out
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  Speaker 11: of a bucket.
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  Speaker 6: If I had a calf, it'd be bigger than yours. Honey,
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  Speaker 6: I haven't got a calf.
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  Speaker 10: Well, neither has Salma. Not really.
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  Speaker 6: But I have, Ma. Pa said so. Sure is funny
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  Speaker 6: how I keep on not having a calf.
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  Speaker 10: Well, what Pa meant, dear, was that it was just
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  Speaker 10: pretend your calf.
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  Speaker 6: But Pa didn't say it was pretend. He said it
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  Speaker 6: was all mine.
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  Speaker 10: Martinez?
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  Speaker 11: Um, pass the blade on like a good boy.
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  Speaker 10: Selma, everything on the farm is yours, dear. Yours and ours.
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  Speaker 10: Couldn't just belong to one of us any more than
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  Speaker 10: the sunshine.
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  Speaker 12: Or these pesky flies.
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  Speaker 10: I'm sure that's what your pa meant, isn't it, Martinez?
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  Speaker 11: Well, I did tell her it was all hers, but
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  Speaker 11: maybe your mother's right, Selma.
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  Speaker 14: Maybe we ought to figure like she said instead of
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  Speaker 14: what we spoke about.
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  Speaker 6: Yes, pa.
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  Speaker 10: Oh, for land's sake, martinis. You can't take it away
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  Speaker 10: from her if you gave it to her like that.
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  Speaker 10: Maybe it's a good thing, Selma. You need something to
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  Speaker 10: take care of. You'll have work to do, just like
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  Speaker 10: a grown-up. More pancakes, martinis?
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  Speaker 2: Oh, no more, Bruna.
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  Speaker 11: Well, I'm going to take a nap. Then I'll go
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  Speaker 11: to town for a load of salt. Oh, I might
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  Speaker 11: stop off on the way to see Bjornsson's new barn.
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  Speaker 11: Want to come along in to me?
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  Speaker 6: Can I? I've got to go home. I've got to
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  Speaker 6: catch rats. My pa gives me two cents a rat.
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  Speaker 4: Huh.
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  Speaker 11: You know, Veruna, they tell me Bjornsson's new barn is
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  Speaker 11: as near rat-proof as you can build them.
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  Speaker 10: Bjornsson's new barn. The way you men talk about a
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  Speaker 10: new barn. And Mrs. Bjornsson's wanting inside plumbing for the
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  Speaker 10: last ten years.
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  Speaker 11: Can't have everything at once, Veruna.
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  Speaker 10: No, but I bet there are times when she wishes
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  Speaker 10: she was a cow.
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  Speaker 11: You know you'd be walking around with your chin up
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  Speaker 11: to here if we had.
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  Speaker 2: A new barn.
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  Speaker 10: Up to here is right. Up to here in debt.
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  Speaker 11: Those are fine pancakes, Bruna.
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  Speaker 10: Fine pancakes or.
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  Speaker 12: Not, no barn.
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  Speaker 6: Well, I gotta go ratting. Bye, Aunt Bruna. Bye, Summer. Bye,
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  Speaker 6: Uncle Martini.
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  Speaker 2: Bye, Anna.
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  Speaker 11: Bye.
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  Speaker 6: Pa, why do you always take a nap on the floor?
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  Speaker 6: Why don't you ever take a nap on the sofa?
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  Speaker 11: Oh, I don't know, Yentamy. Sometimes I just like sleeping
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  Speaker 11: on the floor, I guess.
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  Speaker 6: Do you want a new barn, Pa?
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  Speaker 11: Every man wants a new barn, Yentamy.
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  Speaker 6: Then I'll pay for one.
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  Speaker 2: That's nice, Yentamy.
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  Speaker 11: But it'll take more than praying.
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  Speaker 6: Gosh, what's one more barn to God? I sure love you.
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  Speaker 11: That's nice too, Yentamy. That's nicer than the biggest barn
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  Speaker 11: in the world.
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  Speaker 6: Ma, look where the moon is now.
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  Speaker 10: Yes, dear. That means the minutes are moving, too. Almost
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  Speaker 10: time for bed.
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  Speaker 6: Ma, you ought to see Mr. Bjornson's new barn. Gosh.
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  Speaker 10: Stop by this afternoon, hmm?
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  Speaker 6: Every cow has their own stall with their name on it.
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  Speaker 10: I guess your pa liked that.
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  Speaker 6: Deeper's Ma, but Mr. Bjornsson has fat cows. Fatter than
• 12:10
  Speaker 6: Judge Henderson, I bet.
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  Speaker 2: Mr.
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  Speaker 10: Bjornsson has worked 50 years, Selma, for fat cows and
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  Speaker 10: a barn to put them in. I'm glad he has them.
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  Speaker 6: Then why don't you want Pa to have a new barn?
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  Speaker 10: I'd like Pa to have everything that would make him happy, Selma.
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  Speaker 10: But look, look, right now, there's your Pa up there
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  Speaker 10: mending harness when he ought to be sitting here on
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  Speaker 10: the porch getting some rest. With the old barn, he
• 12:31
  Speaker 10: works more than any man should. To pay for a
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  Speaker 10: new one, he'd never be able to stop.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, it's better, Selma.
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  Speaker 10: It's better never to have a thing than to have
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  Speaker 10: it and be afraid.
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  Speaker 2: Some of these days you'll... Well, that's done.
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  Speaker 10: Come and sit down, Martinez.
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  Speaker 11: Look, Bruno, did you ever see so many stars?
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  Speaker 10: It's a real pretty night, Martinez.
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  Speaker 6: Pa, do people live on the stars?
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  Speaker 11: They do if we want them to, you know what
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  Speaker 11: I mean?
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  Speaker 6: Why is that?
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  Speaker 11: Well, because nobody can tell for sure that they don't.
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  Speaker 6: I wonder if the people who live on the stars
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  Speaker 6: have free barns.
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  Speaker 11: Sure you enter me. It's guaranteed with your birth certificate.
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  Speaker 11: A big red barn and a fine herd of cows.
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  Speaker 10: Five minutes more to bedtime, Selma.
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  Speaker 6: I guess that's why they call it the Milky Way,
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  Speaker 6: isn't it?
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  Speaker 11: See the big dipper up there? Almost running over with milk.
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  Speaker 2: Come here. Come on, up on my lap.
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  Speaker 6: Pa, Friday's my birthday.
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  Speaker 11: Yes, I know.
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  Speaker 6: I'm sure growing up.
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  Speaker 11: Too big to give me a kiss, are you?
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  Speaker 8: Oh, no.
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  Speaker 6: Why didn't you go to the great meeting tonight?
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  Speaker 11: Oh, I don't know. On a night like this, a
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  Speaker 11: lot of people around, I.
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  Speaker 2: I get a lonesome feeling.
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  Speaker 6: Can you be lonesome with people around?
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  Speaker 11: Yes, sometimes.
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  Speaker 6: Are you lonesome now?
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  Speaker 11: No.
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  Speaker 6: But I'm people.
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  Speaker 11: No, you're not. You're my daughter.
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  Speaker 6: This sure ain't much of a place to roller skate.
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  Speaker 6: It's a fine place. It's solid cement all around the silo. Anyway,
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  Speaker 6: there isn't any other place to skate on a farm.
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  Speaker 6: When do I get my turn? They were my birthday present.
• 14:26
  Speaker 6: You can have your turn after a while. I want
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  Speaker 6: my turn. Uncle Martini said I could have a turn.
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  Speaker 6: But they were my birthday present. You're a big old pig.
• 14:36
  Speaker 6: I am not. You're a big old pig and you
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  Speaker 6: eat slop. I was going to let you have a turn,
• 14:42
  Speaker 6: but now I won't. I want a turn, you big
• 14:45
  Speaker 6: old pig. I want a turn. Aunt Rona. What's the
• 14:48
  Speaker 6: matter now? Selma won't give me a turn on the skate. Selma,
• 14:52
  Speaker 6: let Arnold have the skate this minute. Oh, all right. Tattletail,
• 14:56
  Speaker 6: why don't you go home? Because I want my turn.
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  Speaker 6: And if I don't get my turn, I'll tell your pa, too.
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  Speaker 6: If you do, I'll slap your face. Here I go.
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  Speaker 6: All right. There.
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  Speaker 2: Aunt Bruna.
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  Speaker 5: Aunt Bruna.
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  Speaker 6: Someone give me a turn. She pushed me. She pushed me.
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  Speaker 10: Selma.
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  Speaker 5: Yes, Mom?
• 15:17
  Speaker 10: Stay right where you are.
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  Speaker 6: Martinez.
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  Speaker 5: Yes?
• 15:20
  Speaker 6: I want to speak to you.
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  Speaker 11: I'm just about to melt, Bruna.
• 15:23
  Speaker 6: Selma won't let Arnold play with her new skate.
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  Speaker 15: Well, uh.
• 15:28
  Speaker 11: Why don't you, uh, I don't know, spank.
• 15:31
  Speaker 2: Her or something?
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  Speaker 10: I think that's your job.
• 15:32
  Speaker 11: Oh, no, I can't do that, Bruno. My hand's too big.
• 15:36
  Speaker 2: You better take care of it, Bruno.
• 15:37
  Speaker 6: But you gave her the skates, and besides, I've got supper. Say,
• 15:40
  Speaker 6: she pushed me.
• 15:42
  Speaker 11: Uh, come here, Selma.
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  Speaker 2: Why didn't you give Arnold a turn on your skates?
• 15:49
  Speaker 6: I told him he couldn't, but he called me a
• 15:51
  Speaker 6: dirty old pig, and he said I ate slop.
• 15:53
  Speaker 11: Did you say that, Arnold?
• 15:55
  Speaker 6: Oh, no, Uncle Martinez. Liar.
• 15:59
  Speaker 11: Come on, give him the skates, Selma.
• 16:01
  Speaker 13: No.
• 16:01
  Speaker 2: Then you'll go to bed right now without any supper.
• 16:04
  Speaker 10: Yes, Pa.
• 16:04
  Speaker 11: Now where are you going?
• 16:05
  Speaker 6: I'm taking my skates and I'm going to bed without
• 16:09
  Speaker 6: any supper.
• 16:10
  Speaker 11: Give me those skates.
• 16:11
  Speaker 6: But you told him if I went to bed without
• 16:13
  Speaker 6: any supper, I wouldn't have to give him a turn.
• 16:15
  Speaker 2: No, you don't have to give him a turn. Now
• 16:17
  Speaker 2: you have to give him the skates.
• 16:19
  Speaker 6: But, Pa.
• 16:20
  Speaker 11: Here, little aunt. These are your skates. Selma wants you
• 16:23
  Speaker 11: to have them as a present. Don't you, Selma?
• 16:27
  Speaker 6: Yes, Pa.
• 16:28
  Speaker 11: Now go to your room. Go to bed.
• 16:30
  Speaker 6: She sure is selfish. She sure is.
• 16:34
  Speaker 11: Go on home, Arnold. I'm trying to read my newspaper.
• 16:50
  Speaker 11: What do you want?
• 16:52
  Speaker 2: Get away from those stairs.
• 16:53
  Speaker 6: Go back to bed.
• 17:03
  Speaker 11: Selma. Oh.
• 17:12
  Speaker 6: Going somewhere, Martinez?
• 17:14
  Speaker 11: Oh, out to the barn, I guess. I'm going to
• 17:16
  Speaker 11: get the bathtub. I'll take a bath.
• 17:18
  Speaker 6: Oh.
• 17:19
  Speaker 2: Well, can't I take a bath if I want to?
• 17:21
  Speaker 10: I'll get the water on the stove. Uh, Martinez, I
• 17:25
  Speaker 10: wasn't going to tell you this, but.
• 17:26
  Speaker 11: Tell me what?
• 17:27
  Speaker 10: Oh, nothing important. It Just that there's a circus going
• 17:31
  Speaker 10: through town tonight. They're stopping at Lowbird's store for feed.
• 17:34
  Speaker 2: What time?
• 17:35
  Speaker 10: Well, it's four o'clock in the morning.
• 17:37
  Speaker 11: Oh, four o'clock. But she's never seen a circus, never once.
• 17:43
  Speaker 10: Still want that hot water?
• 17:45
  Speaker 2: No, don't bother.
• 17:47
  Speaker 11: I think I'll just sit down and read the newspaper.
• 17:49
  Speaker 2: Oh, you.
• 17:50
  Speaker 10: Honestly, half the time I can't tell which of you
• 17:52
  Speaker 10: is the biggest baby, you or Selma.
• 18:01
  Speaker 2: Yentamee. Yentamee, wake up.
• 18:04
  Speaker 6: What's the matter?
• 18:05
  Speaker 2: There's a circus.
• 18:07
  Speaker 11: A circus is going through town. I want you to
• 18:08
  Speaker 11: see it.
• 18:11
  Speaker 6: I want to sleep.
• 18:12
  Speaker 2: But a circus.
• 18:13
  Speaker 11: Lions and tigers. Elephants, maybe.
• 18:16
  Speaker 6: Elephants?
• 18:17
  Speaker 11: I'm going to take you.
• 18:19
  Speaker 6: Oh, but Pa, I'm too tired.
• 18:20
  Speaker 2: Oh, come on now. Wake up. Wake up.
• 18:23
  Speaker 6: A real circus?
• 18:24
  Speaker 11: Yes, Yentamee.
• 18:25
  Speaker 2: What do you think of that?
• 18:26
  Speaker 11: A real circus?
• 18:33
  Speaker 2: There they are in for me. That's the circus.
• 18:36
  Speaker 6: But, Pa, all I can see is trucks. Where's the animals?
• 18:40
  Speaker 11: They're coming in for me. Oh, yes, yes, I'm sure
• 18:42
  Speaker 11: of it.
• 18:43
  Speaker 2: Look on the trucks.
• 18:44
  Speaker 11: Tigers and lions.
• 18:46
  Speaker 6: But there are only pictures of animals.
• 18:48
  Speaker 14: Yes, but inside there are wild animals.
• 18:51
  Speaker 2: And look how close we're standing to them.
• 18:53
  Speaker 6: Pa, I'd like to see the wild animals without the trucks.
• 18:58
  Speaker 11: Well, yes.
• 18:59
  Speaker 2: Let's walk down there.
• 19:01
  Speaker 6: Oh, look, Pa. A real elephant.
• 19:04
  Speaker 11: Where?
• 19:04
  Speaker 4: Oh.
• 19:06
  Speaker 6: Is he going to come out? Is he?
• 19:08
  Speaker 2: Well, I don't know. Wait here, Yentamie. I'll ask the trainer. Oh, hurry, Pa.
• 19:12
  Speaker 7: Hurry.
• 19:17
  Speaker 2: Oh, excuse me, mister, but... What's the trouble, Jack? Uh,
• 19:19
  Speaker 2: were you figuring to bring the elephant out? No. Oh.
• 19:24
  Speaker 6: Is he going to pass?
• 19:25
  Speaker 2: Is he?
• 19:26
  Speaker 14: I know it's a lot of trouble, but maybe I
• 19:28
  Speaker 14: could pay.
• 19:29
  Speaker 11: You something if you.
• 19:30
  Speaker 2: You got a sawbuck? What?
• 19:31
  Speaker 11: Have you got a fin?
• 19:33
  Speaker 2: Well, I'd be willing to pay. Have you got five dollars?
• 19:36
  Speaker 2: Five dollars? Oh, five dollars.
• 19:38
  Speaker 4: Uh.
• 19:40
  Speaker 15: Three.
• 19:41
  Speaker 2: Three-sixty. You know, I never carry much money around. Could
• 19:48
  Speaker 2: you do it for four dollars?
• 19:49
  Speaker 11: Four bucks?
• 19:50
  Speaker 8: Okay.
• 19:51
  Speaker 2: Hey, Eddie.
• 19:52
  Speaker 11: I think Boykin wants to take a stretch.
• 19:54
  Speaker 6: Let's get him off of the truck.
• 19:56
  Speaker 9: What did he say?
• 19:57
  Speaker 6: What did he say?
• 19:58
  Speaker 2: He said he was always glad to show elephants.
• 20:01
  Speaker 11: To little girls.
• 20:02
  Speaker 4: Come on.
• 20:03
  Speaker 6: Jeepers, look at him.
• 20:04
  Speaker 2: Yes, look at him. See, he's getting off the truck.
• 20:07
  Speaker 6: Look, his skin's too big.
• 20:09
  Speaker 2: You want she should do some tricks, little girl? Look
• 20:11
  Speaker 2: at him.
• 20:12
  Speaker 6: He's sitting up like a puppy dog. Oh, what a
• 20:15
  Speaker 6: wonderful elephant.
• 20:16
  Speaker 11: All right, boys there.
• 20:17
  Speaker 2: Knees.
• 20:18
  Speaker 11: On your knees. Oh, that's a wonderful trick.
• 20:21
  Speaker 2: That big elephant on his knees. Like to take a
• 20:23
  Speaker 2: ride on her trunk, girlie? Oh, well, is it all right?
• 20:26
  Speaker 11: Oh, sure. Here we go, kiddo.
• 20:28
  Speaker 2: Up you go. Tom, look at me. Look at me.
• 20:32
  Speaker 2: Just hang on there, sister. She'll take you for a
• 20:34
  Speaker 2: little walk. We're shoving off. Get going. That's us, mister.
• 20:38
  Speaker 11: I'm sorry.
• 20:39
  Speaker 2: The walk is out. Hold still, Bertha. Head down.
• 20:42
  Speaker 11: Way down.
• 20:43
  Speaker 2: Now jump off, sister.
• 20:46
  Speaker 6: Oh, thank you. Thank you very much.
• 20:47
  Speaker 2: That's okay. A nice little kitten.
• 20:50
  Speaker 6: How did you see him lift me up?
• 20:52
  Speaker 2: Did you? Oh, I should say. Did you like it
• 20:54
  Speaker 2: yet to me?
• 20:55
  Speaker 4: Oh, yes.
• 20:55
  Speaker 5: Goodbye.
• 20:56
  Speaker 6: Goodbye, elephant. See you soon.
• 21:06
  Speaker 2: Yeah, better get inside. My coat is getting chilly.
• 21:09
  Speaker 6: Maybe we'll see the frost before the sun comes up.
• 21:12
  Speaker 11: No frost, gentlemen. It's too early in the season. Besides,
• 21:15
  Speaker 11: you'll be back home in bed before the sun comes up.
• 21:18
  Speaker 10: Pa.
• 21:19
  Speaker 11: Hmm?
• 21:20
  Speaker 6: This time when I go to bed, may I kiss
• 21:22
  Speaker 6: you goodnight?
• 21:24
  Speaker 11: Yes.
• 21:25
  Speaker 6: I'm sorry about this afternoon. You know, sometimes I get
• 21:29
  Speaker 6: a meanness inside of me, like when you get lonesome.
• 21:32
  Speaker 11: Yes, I know, gentlemen.
• 21:35
  Speaker 6: This has been about the nicest summer of my life.
• 21:38
  Speaker 11: You'll have more yent to me. Even nicer.
• 21:58
  Speaker 4: In a moment, we'll return with the second act of
• 22:00
  Speaker 4: Our Vines Have Tender Grapes, starring Margaret O'Brien, Francis Gifford,
• 22:04
  Speaker 4: and James Craig. Meanwhile, here's Libby Collins, our Hollywood reporter.
• 22:09
  Speaker 4: What have you been up to, Libby?
• 22:10
  Speaker 8: Oh, I had a fascinating afternoon out at the Warner
• 22:12
  Speaker 8: Brothers studio, Mr.
• 22:13
  Speaker 6: Keeley.
• 22:14
  Speaker 8: They were telling me something about the filming of Night
• 22:16
  Speaker 8: and Day, their new Technicolor musical.
• 22:18
  Speaker 4: Hmm, the picture that celebrates the 20th anniversary of sound.
• 22:21
  Speaker 3: Yes.
• 22:22
  Speaker 10: It was at the.
• 22:22
  Speaker 8: Warner studios that the very first talking picture was made
• 22:25
  Speaker 8: 20 years ago.
• 22:27
  Speaker 4: I can remember the difficulties they faced in the production
• 22:29
  Speaker 4: of those first talking pictures.
• 22:31
  Speaker 8: Well, I guess they've mastered most of the technical problems.
• 22:33
  Speaker 8: But they still have other production troubles, they tell me.
• 22:37
  Speaker 8: For instance, in this new musical, they were looking for
• 22:39
  Speaker 8: a group of short girls to fill the chorus line. Now,
• 22:42
  Speaker 8: that sounds like a simple problem, but it wasn't.
• 22:44
  Speaker 2: Why, Libby?
• 22:45
  Speaker 8: Well, because girls just seem to grow taller out here
• 22:47
  Speaker 8: in California. They had to scour the countryside to find
• 22:50
  Speaker 8: girls who were short and also lovely to look at.
• 22:54
  Speaker 15: The fact that there are so many luxe girls in
• 22:55
  Speaker 15: Hollywood must have helped on the second requirement, Libby.
• 22:58
  Speaker 2: Oh, naturally, Mr.
• 22:59
  Speaker 10: Kennedy.
• 22:59
  Speaker 8: Every starlet knows how important a nice, smooth complexion is
• 23:02
  Speaker 8: to a screen career. And that's why so many of
• 23:05
  Speaker 8: them have come to depend on daily Lux soap care.
• 23:08
  Speaker 15: They're following the example of nearly every famous star in Hollywood.
• 23:11
  Speaker 8: Why, all the feminine stars of night and day are
• 23:13
  Speaker 8: Lux girls, Mr.
• 23:14
  Speaker 7: Kennedy.
• 23:15
  Speaker 8: Alexis Smith, Jane Wyman, Mary Martin, and Ginny Sims. Quite
• 23:19
  Speaker 8: a dazzling array of lovely Lux complexions.
• 23:21
  Speaker 15: That should be something to see, especially in Technicolor. There's
• 23:24
  Speaker 15: a reason why Lux Toilet Soap is Hollywood's own beauty soap.
• 23:27
  Speaker 8: Well, here's what stunning Alexis Smith says. My Lux Soap
• 23:30
  Speaker 8: facials give skin fresh new beauty.
• 23:33
  Speaker 2: They're a quick, easy care that really works. A thrifty soap, too.
• 23:37
  Speaker 2: Each satin smooth cake can be used to the last
• 23:39
  Speaker 2: thin sliver. Why not try Lux Toilet Soap for your
• 23:42
  Speaker 2: own precious complexion? Screen stars tell you it makes a
• 23:45
  Speaker 2: luxurious bath soap, too. Mr.
• 23:48
  Speaker 11: William Keeley returns to the microphone.
• 23:51
  Speaker 4: The curtain rises on Act II of Our Vines Have
• 23:54
  Speaker 4: Tender Grapes, starring Margaret O'Brien as Selma, James Craig as Nels,
• 23:59
  Speaker 4: and Frances Gifford as Viola Johnson, with Joseph Kearns as Pa.
• 24:15
  Speaker 4: A few months have passed, and now in deep autumn,
• 24:19
  Speaker 4: the days whirl by on the Jacobson farm. For Selma,
• 24:23
  Speaker 4: their school, and the nice new schoolteacher, Miss Johnson. And
• 24:26
  Speaker 4: after school, her proudest possession, the little brown heifer calf.
• 24:33
  Speaker 6: Look at her, Ma. I guess Elizabeth's just about the
• 24:35
  Speaker 6: most beautiful calf in Wisconsin.
• 24:37
  Speaker 10: All right, now, she's the hungriest.
• 24:39
  Speaker 6: Here, Elizabeth, come get your supper, girly.
• 24:42
  Speaker 10: You were late from school today, dear.
• 24:44
  Speaker 6: I stayed to talk to Miss Johnson, only I couldn't
• 24:46
  Speaker 6: talk to her very much.
• 24:47
  Speaker 10: Why not?
• 24:48
  Speaker 6: Because the editor came, and I guess he wanted to
• 24:50
  Speaker 6: talk to Miss Johnson, too.
• 24:52
  Speaker 10: Again?
• 24:53
  Speaker 12: Well, that's just fine.
• 24:54
  Speaker 6: Why is it fine?
• 24:56
  Speaker 11: Why?
• 24:57
  Speaker 10: Well, because Miss Johnson's very nice, and the editor's very nice.
• 25:02
  Speaker 10: And if two nice people like each other, well, then
• 25:05
  Speaker 10: it's fine.
• 25:06
  Speaker 11: Oh. Well, now.
• 25:08
  Speaker 6: In the barn, Martinez.
• 25:09
  Speaker 11: Well, I just figured up the potato crop.
• 25:12
  Speaker 6: And?
• 25:12
  Speaker 11: Over $ 700 net. That's some potato crop.
• 25:16
  Speaker 2: That much, huh?
• 25:17
  Speaker 11: Another year like this and we'll be richer than Judge Henderson.
• 25:21
  Speaker 6: How much did my potato money figure.
• 25:22
  Speaker 4: Out, Pa?
• 25:23
  Speaker 11: Oh, now let me think. You picked 104 bushels. That's $ 4.
• 25:26
  Speaker 4: 16.
• 25:26
  Speaker 11: Jeepers.
• 25:27
  Speaker 2: And then.
• 25:30
  Speaker 11: You got exactly 84 cents bonus coming to you.
• 25:32
  Speaker 2: Comes to $ 5 even.
• 25:33
  Speaker 6: Oh, thank you, Pa.
• 25:35
  Speaker 10: Thanks.
• 25:36
  Speaker 4: Ha, ha.
• 25:37
  Speaker 11: Bruno, I've been talking with the WPB.
• 25:42
  Speaker 4: Oh?
• 25:43
  Speaker 11: Yes.
• 25:43
  Speaker 2: They said they could.
• 25:44
  Speaker 11: Release enough lumber for a ten-cow barn and a machine
• 25:48
  Speaker 11: shed attached.
• 25:48
  Speaker 10: Martinez.
• 25:49
  Speaker 14: Well, don't worry yet. I haven't found anybody yet who's
• 25:52
  Speaker 14: willing to lend me the money. But I may find
• 25:55
  Speaker 14: somebody when I go into town tomorrow.
• 25:57
  Speaker 10: Oh, I never.
• 25:59
  Speaker 6: Pa, can I go with you tomorrow into town? It's
• 26:01
  Speaker 6: Saturday and I want to see Editor about something.
• 26:05
  Speaker 11: Yes, I guess you can go. There's snow tonight, Bruna.
• 26:08
  Speaker 11: Snow for sure.
• 26:10
  Speaker 6: Ma, how many days is it till Christmas?
• 26:13
  Speaker 10: For God's sake, Selma, one less than it was yesterday.
• 26:16
  Speaker 6: Ma, can I take the catalog with me into town?
• 26:19
  Speaker 2: What for?
• 26:19
  Speaker 6: It's a secret.
• 26:22
  Speaker 12: Oh, well, I guess so.
• 26:25
  Speaker 10: Selma, you know something? Your pa broke his jackknife the
• 26:28
  Speaker 10: other day.
• 26:29
  Speaker 6: He did?
• 26:30
  Speaker 2: Mm-hmm.
• 26:31
  Speaker 10: You could probably use another.
• 26:33
  Speaker 6: Oh, thank you, Ma. Thanks.
• 26:45
  Speaker 2: And the compliment for the Christmas exercises will be played
• 26:49
  Speaker 2: by our grade school teacher, Miss Viola Johnson. Well, any
• 26:55
  Speaker 2: more items of journalistic interest, Miss Johnson?
• 26:57
  Speaker 12: Oh, definitely. It's snowing.
• 27:00
  Speaker 2: Well, there's a paragraph of the society column I'd certainly
• 27:02
  Speaker 2: like to print.
• 27:03
  Speaker 4: Is there?
• 27:04
  Speaker 2: Oh, yes. I have it all written out in my mind,
• 27:06
  Speaker 2: that is. School teacher and spectator publisher plan early wedding. Nels. Oh,
• 27:12
  Speaker 2: this is a heck of a place for my sixth proposal,
• 27:14
  Speaker 2: isn't it? This musty old office of mine. Still, it
• 27:17
  Speaker 2: didn't work on the river in the moonlight. Didn't work
• 27:20
  Speaker 2: at the Halloween party. So I figure.
• 27:24
  Speaker 13: Nels, whatever you figure, it all adds up to our
• 27:27
  Speaker 13: living here in full adjunction, doesn't it?
• 27:30
  Speaker 12: Can I say it without hurting your feelings?
• 27:33
  Speaker 2: Say what?
• 27:35
  Speaker 13: That living here is just like saying, I want to
• 27:38
  Speaker 13: put you in jail. I want to deny you all
• 27:40
  Speaker 13: the opportunities of a civilized world.
• 27:43
  Speaker 2: I thought it was like saying, let me make you happy.
• 27:46
  Speaker 2: Let's live where human nature is real. Funny how different
• 27:50
  Speaker 2: the same words can sound to two people.
• 27:52
  Speaker 12: Aren't you ever going to leave this place?
• 27:55
  Speaker 2: Well, as a matter of fact, I am.
• 27:56
  Speaker 11: Any day now.
• 27:57
  Speaker 2: Looks like the army's finally got me.
• 27:59
  Speaker 12: But they rejected you twice.
• 28:01
  Speaker 2: Oh, I've been going to a specialist in Madison. He's
• 28:03
  Speaker 2: fixing up that old football back of mine.
• 28:05
  Speaker 13: Oh, don't go, Nels.
• 28:06
  Speaker 12: Don't... I'm sorry. I shouldn't have said that.
• 28:11
  Speaker 2: It's all right. It's funny.
• 28:15
  Speaker 12: You want to stay here, and yet you're planning to leave.
• 28:19
  Speaker 2: You want me to leave, and yet you want me
• 28:21
  Speaker 2: to stay.
• 28:23
  Speaker 12: It is funny, isn't it?
• 28:25
  Speaker 2: Oh, well, one thing's certain.
• 28:27
  Speaker 11: Anyway, I.
• 28:28
  Speaker 2: Well, hello, kids.
• 28:30
  Speaker 6: Hello, editor.
• 28:31
  Speaker 2: Hi.
• 28:32
  Speaker 6: Hello, Miss Johnson.
• 28:33
  Speaker 12: Hello, Selma.
• 28:35
  Speaker 6: Your helper said we could come.
• 28:36
  Speaker 10: In, editor.
• 28:37
  Speaker 2: Well, what brings you two here this cold and snowy morning?
• 28:40
  Speaker 6: I'm ordering Christmas presents for my mom and pa. It's
• 28:43
  Speaker 6: a secret.
• 28:44
  Speaker 2: Oh, I see.
• 28:47
  Speaker 6: I brought the catalog, editor. Would you make out the
• 28:50
  Speaker 6: order for me, please?
• 28:51
  Speaker 11: Sure, I will.
• 28:52
  Speaker 2: Come on, let's get a pencil and paper.
• 28:54
  Speaker 15: Well, Arnold.
• 28:55
  Speaker 12: I know you, and you're the teacher. And I know you.
• 28:58
  Speaker 6: I bet you don't know what I'm thinking about.
• 29:00
  Speaker 12: No, what are you thinking about?
• 29:02
  Speaker 6: Nobody knows, and I wouldn't dare tell them.
• 29:05
  Speaker 2: Why not?
• 29:05
  Speaker 6: Because it'll scare them.
• 29:07
  Speaker 7: Oh.
• 29:09
  Speaker 6: And here's the money, editor. I want this one for
• 29:12
  Speaker 6: my ma.
• 29:13
  Speaker 2: Uh, this one here, huh? Number 11K. I'll write that down.
• 29:18
  Speaker 6: And this one for my pa.
• 29:19
  Speaker 2: This one?
• 29:20
  Speaker 6: Yes.
• 29:21
  Speaker 2: Mm-hmm. A very, very good choice. Now, let's see. Your Mars,
• 29:26
  Speaker 2: do you want that with the lilies or roses?
• 29:28
  Speaker 6: Roses. Mm-hmm.
• 29:30
  Speaker 2: Okay. R-O-S-E-S. Roses.
• 29:33
  Speaker 6: Don't forget the money.
• 29:34
  Speaker 2: Oh, yes. Well, I'll take care of this order personally.
• 29:37
  Speaker 6: Oh, thank you. Thank you very much.
• 29:39
  Speaker 13: Before you came in, Selma, I was telling Mr. Halverson
• 29:41
  Speaker 13: about the Christmas program in the church.
• 29:43
  Speaker 12: And you're on it.
• 29:45
  Speaker 6: Honest?
• 29:45
  Speaker 2: I've written a story for you.
• 29:47
  Speaker 12: And you're to tell it.
• 29:48
  Speaker 6: At night? At the church?
• 29:50
  Speaker 2: Mm-hmm.
• 29:51
  Speaker 6: Well, if I'm not too scared. What about me? Do
• 29:55
  Speaker 6: you have to go to school to get a story?
• 29:57
  Speaker 12: I'm afraid so, Arnold. But we have this for you.
• 30:01
  Speaker 6: A half a dollar? All for me?
• 30:03
  Speaker 11: Mm-hmm.
• 30:04
  Speaker 13: All of it.
• 30:05
  Speaker 6: Gosh, you sure must be richer than Judge Henderson. We'd
• 30:09
  Speaker 6: better be going now. We're meeting my call over at
• 30:11
  Speaker 6: Lohberg's store. Sure is a pile of money.
• 30:15
  Speaker 10: Sure is.
• 30:16
  Speaker 6: Come on, Arnold.
• 30:17
  Speaker 2: Goodbye.
• 30:18
  Speaker 6: Thank you. Thank you very much. Thanks. Bye.
• 30:21
  Speaker 2: Bye. Now, among the nicer things we have in Fuller Junction.
• 30:27
  Speaker 6: Uh-huh.
• 30:33
  Speaker 9: I see what you mean.
• 30:44
  Speaker 2: Is it now, Bruna? Now does she give the story?
• 30:47
  Speaker 10: I think so.
• 30:48
  Speaker 2: Oh, what if she forgets, Bruna?
• 30:50
  Speaker 12: I tell you, Martinius, you're worse.
• 30:52
  Speaker 10: Than she is.
• 30:52
  Speaker 13: We continue our Christmas program now with a recitation by
• 30:55
  Speaker 13: Selma Jacobson.
• 30:56
  Speaker 6: Jeepers, Miss Johnson. I'm scared.
• 30:58
  Speaker 13: Oh, you'll be fine. Now walk out nicely.
• 31:04
  Speaker 6: It was tax time in Palestine. And all the people
• 31:08
  Speaker 6: had to go to the county seat to pay what
• 31:10
  Speaker 6: they owed. And some of them had to go to
• 31:12
  Speaker 6: the town of Bethlehem. And among these were Joseph and Mary,
• 31:17
  Speaker 6: who lived in the town of Nazareth. Joseph led a donkey,
• 31:21
  Speaker 6: and Mary rode on the donkey. But they were getting
• 31:24
  Speaker 6: very worried, because it was getting dark, and Mary was
• 31:28
  Speaker 6: going to have a baby. As soon as they got
• 31:31
  Speaker 6: to Bethlehem, they went straight to a hotel. But the
• 31:34
  Speaker 6: man in charge of the hotel said, I'm sorry, but
• 31:38
  Speaker 6: we haven't any rooms at all. We are all filled up.
• 31:41
  Speaker 6: You will have to go someplace else. But when Joseph
• 31:45
  Speaker 6: explained that they needed a room very badly, the manager said,
• 31:49
  Speaker 6: You may go out into the barn. I'll have the
• 31:51
  Speaker 6: hired man throw some hay into the manger for you.
• 31:55
  Speaker 6: So they went out into the barn. Out on the
• 31:58
  Speaker 6: hillside beyond Bethlehem, a shepherd was lying there sleeping when
• 32:03
  Speaker 6: suddenly he woke up with a light shining in his face.
• 32:08
  Speaker 6: He saw a star hanging in the sky low over Bethlehem.
• 32:13
  Speaker 6: Then he saw three riders with three camels going towards Bethlehem.
• 32:19
  Speaker 6: The three men rode their camels straight to the hotel...
• 32:22
  Speaker 6: and got down from them and went to the manger.
• 32:25
  Speaker 6: Because it was there that the stars shone most brightly.
• 32:29
  Speaker 6: There they found a man, a woman, and a little baby.
• 32:33
  Speaker 6: They gave presents to the little baby. And then the
• 32:36
  Speaker 6: air was filled with the sounds of angels singing... Peace
• 32:40
  Speaker 6: on earth sang the angels, goodwill toward men. The mother
• 32:44
  Speaker 6: heard it, and Joseph heard it, and out on the
• 32:48
  Speaker 6: hillside the shepherd heard it, and the people of Bethlehem
• 32:52
  Speaker 6: heard it, and in Jerusalem a king heard it. And
• 32:58
  Speaker 6: then the mother looked down at the little baby and
• 33:00
  Speaker 6: said to Joseph, Look, there's a light around the head
• 33:03
  Speaker 6: of our baby. a shine that is soft like moonlight.
• 33:08
  Speaker 6: And Joseph looked and nodded. And then he looked at
• 33:11
  Speaker 6: Mary and said, There's a light around your head, too.
• 33:15
  Speaker 6: And then the mother hugged her baby closer to her,
• 33:17
  Speaker 6: as if she were afraid for it. And then the
• 33:20
  Speaker 6: three of them listened to the song of the angels,
• 33:23
  Speaker 6: which filled the whole world. And the baby cried.
• 33:33
  Speaker 2: Oh, get to me.
• 33:35
  Speaker 6: She was fine, Martinius.
• 33:37
  Speaker 2: She was just fine.
• 33:55
  Speaker 6: They're here. Christmas collars, Christmas collars. Well, open the door.
• 33:59
  Speaker 6: My goodness. Martinez.
• 34:03
  Speaker 2: Look, everybody.
• 34:06
  Speaker 6: Look at my new plush coat.
• 34:08
  Speaker 13: What a beautiful Christmas tree, Bruna.
• 34:11
  Speaker 6: And this lamp, the most beautiful I've ever seen.
• 34:15
  Speaker 2: And look, everybody. My present. Oh, jackknives. Ha, ha, ha.
• 34:20
  Speaker 2: You should have seen the wrappings, too. Feel it, Holgar.
• 34:22
  Speaker 11: Sharper than Judge Henderson's. From Selma.
• 34:26
  Speaker 2: Sit down, sit down.
• 34:28
  Speaker 11: We've got to have wine on Christmas morning.
• 34:31
  Speaker 6: I bet you don't know what I got in this packing,
• 34:33
  Speaker 6: Drunko Martinez. It's for Selma.
• 34:36
  Speaker 11: I couldn't even begin to guess, Arnold.
• 34:38
  Speaker 6: Selma's roller skates.
• 34:40
  Speaker 11: Well, Arnold, that's a very, very nice thing.
• 34:43
  Speaker 6: It's pretty nice of my ma to make me do it, too.
• 34:48
  Speaker 2: Well, it is, it is indeed. All right, quiet.
• 34:52
  Speaker 11: Quiet, everybody. Well, I guess since Bjorn Bjornsson here is
• 34:57
  Speaker 11: the eldest.
• 34:58
  Speaker 10: And owns the biggest barn in Fuller Junction.
• 35:00
  Speaker 2: And the biggest barn.
• 35:02
  Speaker 11: I think he should say the words. Merry Christmas, everyone.
• 35:06
  Speaker 2: Merry Christmas!
• 35:07
  Speaker 11: Happy and prosperous New Year.
• 35:10
  Speaker 2: Score!
• 35:12
  Speaker 11: It will be a prosperous New Year.
• 35:14
  Speaker 2: Oh, I have some news to tell. I talked to
• 35:18
  Speaker 2: the bank.
• 35:19
  Speaker 11: They think we should put up a new barn here. Oh,
• 35:22
  Speaker 11: I see.
• 35:23
  Speaker 2: When, Martinez? As soon as the winter breaks. Well, then
• 35:25
  Speaker 2: we drink to a merry Christmas and a new barn.
• 35:27
  Speaker 2: Especially the new barn. We already have the Christmas.
• 35:31
  Speaker 10: What are you going to do with the old barn?
• 35:33
  Speaker 11: Use it for storage space. Yeah, you always need more
• 35:36
  Speaker 11: storage space around the barn, Bruna.
• 35:38
  Speaker 2: And the debt?
• 35:39
  Speaker 10: What will we do with the debt?
• 35:41
  Speaker 2: We'll drink to it. We'll drink to that, too. Skol, everyone.
• 35:44
  Speaker 2: To the biggest debt in fuller junks.
• 35:57
  Speaker 13: Well, now that you've dragged me out of school, Nels.
• 35:59
  Speaker 2: School was out an hour ago.
• 36:01
  Speaker 12: I have papers to correct. Where are we going?
• 36:04
  Speaker 6: To Aurora.
• 36:05
  Speaker 2: Dinner and a show.
• 36:06
  Speaker 6: Aurora?
• 36:06
  Speaker 2: Why not? May as well use up all my A-tickets
• 36:08
  Speaker 2: in one big splurge.
• 36:10
  Speaker 13: Nels.
• 36:10
  Speaker 2: Well, I got my papers this morning and a two-weeks furlough.
• 36:14
  Speaker 6: I see.
• 36:17
  Speaker 13: I'll be leaving, too, as soon as the spring term
• 36:19
  Speaker 13: is over.
• 36:21
  Speaker 2: It's funny. I never quite thought you meant it before.
• 36:25
  Speaker 12: I couldn't spend my life here now. I'd suffocate, honestly.
• 36:30
  Speaker 4: Sure.
• 36:32
  Speaker 2: Well, we'll have a double celebration. We're both going away.
• 36:35
  Speaker 13: Spring certainly comes here with a vengeance, doesn't it?
• 36:38
  Speaker 2: Look at the river.
• 36:39
  Speaker 12: It's almost a flood.
• 36:40
  Speaker 2: And almost it is. Always floods over this time of year.
• 36:43
  Speaker 12: Isn't it dangerous?
• 36:44
  Speaker 2: Sure, if you get into it. We do something else
• 36:48
  Speaker 2: this time of year, too. What? Oh, it's highly traditional.
• 36:53
  Speaker 2: We kiss a schoolteacher. You know I'm in love with you.
• 36:58
  Speaker 12: And who am I to break tradition?
• 37:03
  Speaker 2: Still want to leave Fuller Junction?
• 37:05
  Speaker 12: I have to, Nels. I just have to.
• 37:09
  Speaker 7: Sure.
• 37:09
  Speaker 2: Sure, I guess I understand.
• 37:23
  Speaker 6: Oh, come on, Selma. I don't want to play anymore
• 37:26
  Speaker 6: with that old calf. Oh, all right. You can rest now, Elizabeth.
• 37:30
  Speaker 6: But there's nothing else we can play. Everything's all flooded up.
• 37:34
  Speaker 6: Sure is terrible, all that water out there going to waste.
• 37:37
  Speaker 6: Let's play boat. We can't play boat because we haven't
• 37:41
  Speaker 6: got a boat. We do so. There's an old tin bathtub.
• 37:44
  Speaker 6: We can play that the bathtub is the boat. It
• 37:47
  Speaker 6: wouldn't work. We can find out, can't we? Come on,
• 37:50
  Speaker 6: let's drag her down near the river. Answer, Martinius. I'm
• 38:00
  Speaker 6: covered with dough.
• 38:01
  Speaker 5: All right.
• 38:02
  Speaker 11: All right.
• 38:03
  Speaker 15: I'm coming. Hello?
• 38:07
  Speaker 2: Oh, Cola.
• 38:09
  Speaker 15: Arnold?
• 38:10
  Speaker 11: Well, they're playing in the barn.
• 38:12
  Speaker 2: Sure.
• 38:13
  Speaker 11: I'll tell him. Goodbye, Cola.
• 38:15
  Speaker 2: It was Cola.
• 38:16
  Speaker 11: She wants Arnold to come home right away.
• 38:17
  Speaker 10: Well, where is he?
• 38:18
  Speaker 11: In the barn with Selma. I'll get him.
• 38:20
  Speaker 10: They're not in the barn. I was just out there
• 38:21
  Speaker 10: feeding the chickens.
• 38:22
  Speaker 11: Well, they can't be far in this mud.
• 38:25
  Speaker 10: Maybe they went over to the Farossens. I better telephone. 1M3, Emily. Oh,
• 38:35
  Speaker 10: pretty good, thanks. Only wish this flood would go down. Hello, Mrs.
• 38:39
  Speaker 6: Froston?
• 38:40
  Speaker 13: This is Bruna Jacobson.
• 38:41
  Speaker 10: Got a couple of kids there named Selma and I.
• 38:45
  Speaker 11: What?
• 38:47
  Speaker 6: When? Why didn't you.
• 38:51
  Speaker 10: All right.
• 38:51
  Speaker 6: All right, thanks.
• 38:52
  Speaker 10: Bruno.
• 38:53
  Speaker 2: They're in the flood.
• 38:54
  Speaker 10: They've got the bathtub in the river.
• 38:55
  Speaker 2: Martinez. Then maybe I can get to them.
• 38:57
  Speaker 6: What if you can't?
• 38:58
  Speaker 2: I don't know. But they can drown. They can't. Call
• 39:02
  Speaker 2: some people in town. Tell them to go to the bridge.
• 39:17
  Speaker 15: We pause now for station identification. This is CBS, the
• 39:22
  Speaker 15: Columbia Broadcasting System.
• 39:45
  Speaker 4: In a moment, we'll bring you the third act of
• 39:47
  Speaker 4: Our Vines Have Tender Grapes, starring Margaret O'Brien, Francis Gifford,
• 39:52
  Speaker 4: and James Craig. From south of the border comes our
• 39:55
  Speaker 4: lovely young guest tonight, Miss Linda Christian, who, after a
• 39:59
  Speaker 4: much-traveled life, discovered that all trails lead to Hollywood, and
• 40:03
  Speaker 4: in her case, to Metro-Golden-Mare Studios.
• 40:06
  Speaker 15: Right, Linda?
• 40:07
  Speaker 13: That's right, Mr.
• 40:08
  Speaker 12: Keeley.
• 40:08
  Speaker 7: Producer Joe Pasternak saw me in a fashion show and
• 40:12
  Speaker 7: gave me a part in MGM's new Technicolor musical, Holiday
• 40:15
  Speaker 7: in Mexico.
• 40:16
  Speaker 4: And from the crowds at last week's premiere in Hollywood,
• 40:18
  Speaker 4: that's a great start for a new career.
• 40:21
  Speaker 2: Well, it was a.
• 40:21
  Speaker 7: Thrilling experience to work with the stars like Walter Pigeon
• 40:25
  Speaker 7: and Ilona Massey.
• 40:26
  Speaker 4: And an exciting story, too. Terrifico, as you say in Mexico.
• 40:31
  Speaker 4: With plenty of colorful music to go with it.
• 40:33
  Speaker 7: Yes, there's Jose Turbi and Xavier Cugat. And the lovely
• 40:36
  Speaker 7: new singing star, Jane Powell. She's beautiful to watch as
• 40:40
  Speaker 7: well as to listen to.
• 40:41
  Speaker 15: Well, Linda, when our audience sees you in Holiday in Mexico,
• 40:44
  Speaker 15: especially in those close-ups, I'm sure they'll agree that you're
• 40:47
  Speaker 15: a match for anybody with that gleaming auburn hair and
• 40:50
  Speaker 15: flawless complexion.
• 40:51
  Speaker 2: Thank you, Mr.
• 40:52
  Speaker 10: Kennedy.
• 40:53
  Speaker 7: You're looking at a luxe complexion, and luxe toilet soap
• 40:56
  Speaker 7: is one thing that always went in my traveling case.
• 40:59
  Speaker 7: The stars of my picture use it, too.
• 41:01
  Speaker 15: Thank you, Miss Linda Christian. I'm sure with such beauty
• 41:04
  Speaker 15: and talent, you're slated for success. Exacting camera close-ups call
• 41:08
  Speaker 15: for lovely smooth complexions. And here's the beauty care that
• 41:12
  Speaker 15: Hollywood stars depend on.
• 41:14
  Speaker 13: Daily active lather facials with Luxe Toilet Soap are so simple.
• 41:18
  Speaker 13: Just smooth the creamy lather well in, rinse with warm water,
• 41:21
  Speaker 13: then cold.
• 41:22
  Speaker 12: Pat dry with a soft towel. Give skin quick new loveliness.
• 41:26
  Speaker 15: In recent tests by skin specialists, actually three out of
• 41:29
  Speaker 15: four complexions improved in a short time with this daily
• 41:33
  Speaker 15: Luxe Soap care. Why don't you try it tomorrow?
• 41:38
  Speaker 2: Here's Mr.
• 41:38
  Speaker 11: Keeley at the microphone.
• 41:41
  Speaker 4: Act three of Our Vines Have Tender Grapes, starring Margaret
• 41:44
  Speaker 4: O'Brien as Selma, James Craig as Nels, and Francis Gifford
• 41:48
  Speaker 4: as Viola Johnson, with Joseph Kearns as Paar.
• 42:00
  Speaker 2: Thirty minutes have passed.
• 42:01
  Speaker 4: Trapped by the swirling currents of a swollen river, Selma
• 42:05
  Speaker 4: and Arnold huddle terrified in the improvised boat that bears
• 42:08
  Speaker 4: them ever closer to the waterfall beyond the bridge. On
• 42:12
  Speaker 4: the bridge, a dozen villagers stand by the rail, peering
• 42:15
  Speaker 4: intently upstream.
• 42:18
  Speaker 10: Why is everyone waiting here at the bridge? How do
• 42:20
  Speaker 10: you know?
• 42:21
  Speaker 13: Maybe they've passed already.
• 42:22
  Speaker 2: Someone would have seen them, Pola.
• 42:24
  Speaker 11: All we can do is wait.
• 42:26
  Speaker 2: Wait?
• 42:26
  Speaker 13: That's fine.
• 42:27
  Speaker 12: How do you think I feel?
• 42:28
  Speaker 13: That's my little boy down there who's going to drown.
• 42:31
  Speaker 2: Hey, Jacobson's coming.
• 42:32
  Speaker 6: Martinez!
• 42:33
  Speaker 2: It's the Bjornsson!
• 42:34
  Speaker 7: Pola!
• 42:35
  Speaker 2: Tell me, tell me. No sign of them yet, Martinius.
• 42:38
  Speaker 2: I cut across Verasim's farm as far as I could.
• 42:40
  Speaker 2: The water's too deep. I didn't even see them.
• 42:42
  Speaker 13: Why didn't you watch them?
• 42:44
  Speaker 12: Why did you let them get away like that?
• 42:45
  Speaker 2: I don't know, Cola.
• 42:46
  Speaker 4: I just.
• 42:48
  Speaker 2: Oh, I'm sorry, Martinius.
• 42:49
  Speaker 12: It wasn't your fault any more.
• 42:51
  Speaker 13: Than it was mine.
• 42:51
  Speaker 15: Look!
• 42:52
  Speaker 8: There it is.
• 42:53
  Speaker 2: They're coming. They're coming. But it's empty. The bathtub's empty.
• 42:57
  Speaker 13: No.
• 42:58
  Speaker 2: No, it isn't empty. They're in the bottom. We'll get
• 43:00
  Speaker 2: it as it comes under the bridge.
• 43:01
  Speaker 13: But how can you? The water's rushing by like a millrace.
• 43:03
  Speaker 2: I'm going in. Nobody can try water like that.
• 43:06
  Speaker 6: Selma!
• 43:07
  Speaker 2: Selma!
• 43:08
  Speaker 6: I'm going in.
• 43:08
  Speaker 2: You can't stop me. Hold him, Robinson.
• 43:11
  Speaker 4: I got you.
• 43:11
  Speaker 2: Joe, quick. Get ready with the boat.
• 43:12
  Speaker 11: Here they come.
• 43:13
  Speaker 2: If you miss, you never get another chance. They're gone,
• 43:16
  Speaker 2: that's for sure. We won't miss. Here I go. Send
• 43:21
  Speaker 2: to me. Hold still, Summer.
• 43:22
  Speaker 13: Don't move.
• 43:23
  Speaker 2: Just five seconds more. Four, three, two... I've got him, Joe.
• 43:28
  Speaker 2: Grab the tub. I can't hold on.
• 43:29
  Speaker 9: I've got him.
• 43:31
  Speaker 6: Pop. Oh, Pop.
• 43:33
  Speaker 2: Oh, yent to me. Oh, it's all right, little one.
• 43:37
  Speaker 11: You're safe.
• 43:37
  Speaker 2: You and Arnold, you're safe.
• 43:39
  Speaker 11: Thank God.
• 43:39
  Speaker 2: Thank... Why did you do that? Why did you do that?
• 43:44
  Speaker 6: Oh, Pop.
• 43:46
  Speaker 13: Pop.
• 43:46
  Speaker 2: Oh, yent to me. Yent to me.
• 43:58
  Speaker 6: Look at them, Arnold. Wild geese. Wild geese. They're coming back.
• 44:02
  Speaker 6: Wild geese. They fly just like airplanes, huh? Why do
• 44:06
  Speaker 6: airplanes drop bombs, Selma? To kill bad people. Editor's going
• 44:09
  Speaker 6: to kill bad people. I bet he kills them all.
• 44:12
  Speaker 6: What do you mean about Editor? He's going to be
• 44:15
  Speaker 6: a soldier any minute now. He is not. He's got
• 44:18
  Speaker 6: a sore back. Yes, he is. He told me so.
• 44:20
  Speaker 11: There you get. Get out of back here to the barn.
• 44:23
  Speaker 11: Storm's coming.
• 44:24
  Speaker 6: Wait, Arnold. We're coming, Pa. We're coming. Know what had
• 44:34
  Speaker 6: happened to a fish who was out in that rain?
• 44:36
  Speaker 6: He drowned. He drowned dead.
• 44:38
  Speaker 11: Yes, I guess he would, Arnold. Well, milking's about done.
• 44:43
  Speaker 6: Pa, Editor isn't going to be a soldier, is he?
• 44:46
  Speaker 11: Yes.
• 44:48
  Speaker 6: But won't he get hurt if he's a soldier? Shucks,
• 44:50
  Speaker 6: they can't hurt Editor. Why, he can run faster than
• 44:53
  Speaker 6: Judge Henderson. Will he, Pa?
• 44:57
  Speaker 11: Well, you can't tell yet to me. It's just whatever happens.
• 45:01
  Speaker 6: But why is he going to be a soldier?
• 45:03
  Speaker 11: Well, because he thinks he ought to.
• 45:05
  Speaker 6: But why? I don't think it's true about peace on Earth.
• 45:09
  Speaker 6: The Federer's going to get hurt, maybe.
• 45:12
  Speaker 11: Well, well, look at me now. Well, take this milk. Now,
• 45:17
  Speaker 11: milk's a good thing, isn't it? It's good for everybody,
• 45:19
  Speaker 11: isn't that so?
• 45:20
  Speaker 6: Yes, Pa.
• 45:21
  Speaker 11: Well, just because it's good is no reason we get
• 45:23
  Speaker 11: it free. We have to work for it. Does that
• 45:26
  Speaker 11: make sense to you?
• 45:27
  Speaker 4: Yes.
• 45:28
  Speaker 11: Well, the way I look at it, the same thing
• 45:30
  Speaker 11: with peace on earth. It's good for everybody and it
• 45:32
  Speaker 11: don't come free.
• 45:33
  Speaker 14: You have to work for it. And somebody comes along,
• 45:37
  Speaker 14: tries to take it away from us. Well, we've got
• 45:39
  Speaker 14: to fight for it then because it's that good, young
• 45:42
  Speaker 14: to me. So I guess that's why Edith is gone.
• 45:46
  Speaker 11: Does that help you to understand?
• 45:48
  Speaker 6: Does understand mean I've got to be glad about it?
• 45:51
  Speaker 11: No.
• 45:52
  Speaker 6: Then I guess I understand.
• 45:54
  Speaker 11: Good. That looks like I'll have to drive you home tonight, Arnold. Oh,
• 46:00
  Speaker 11: look at it come down. You know what kind of
• 46:02
  Speaker 11: weather this is yet for me?
• 46:03
  Speaker 6: What kind, Pa?
• 46:05
  Speaker 11: Checker weather.
• 46:06
  Speaker 2: Come on, let's go into the house and find our checkers.
• 46:08
  Speaker 6: Martinez, quick!
• 46:09
  Speaker 2: What's the matter?
• 46:10
  Speaker 6: Bjornsson's barn. It's just been struck by lightning. It's burning up.
• 46:12
  Speaker 2: Bjornsson's new barn?
• 46:14
  Speaker 6: Get the car. They need every man they can get.
• 46:23
  Speaker 2: My husband. My poor husband.
• 46:26
  Speaker 5: He'll be all right, Mrs.
• 46:27
  Speaker 2: Bronson. My team has got him out in time.
• 46:30
  Speaker 12: He'll be all right.
• 46:39
  Speaker 6: There's no insurance at all.
• 46:42
  Speaker 4: No.
• 46:42
  Speaker 15: The insurance man said he wouldn't allow hay in the
• 46:45
  Speaker 15: loft above the stock.
• 46:46
  Speaker 6: Oh, my.
• 46:47
  Speaker 4: The aunt said no insurance company could tell him where
• 46:50
  Speaker 4: to store his hay.
• 46:52
  Speaker 2: So now everything's gone. Barn, stock, hay, everything.
• 46:57
  Speaker 10: I'm such a pity.
• 46:58
  Speaker 2: Oh, that shooting.
• 46:59
  Speaker 10: They saved a few cows. But the others, it's better
• 47:02
  Speaker 10: they don't suffer.
• 47:03
  Speaker 9: It's better.
• 47:04
  Speaker 2: Fifty years he worked for this. For his new barn.
• 47:09
  Speaker 2: He is an old man, Bruno.
• 47:11
  Speaker 6: It is better they save one shell for a broken-hearted
• 47:14
  Speaker 6: old man.
• 47:27
  Speaker 10: It's after midnight, Martinez. Go to bed, dear.
• 47:33
  Speaker 11: I just sit here and think. Those were prize cows, Bruna.
• 47:39
  Speaker 11: I shot 21 purebred jerseys.
• 47:43
  Speaker 2: Man can't sleep on that.
• 47:45
  Speaker 10: You did what was best.
• 47:48
  Speaker 11: Bruna, when the war is over, I want to do
• 47:53
  Speaker 11: something to the house. Fix up the bathroom. Maybe get
• 47:57
  Speaker 11: a little electric plant. You could do with a new stove, too.
• 48:00
  Speaker 11: You know, the kind that works on that rock gas.
• 48:03
  Speaker 10: Are you figuring on getting the money?
• 48:05
  Speaker 11: We've got the money.
• 48:07
  Speaker 10: But you'll need that and a lot more for the
• 48:10
  Speaker 10: new barn.
• 48:11
  Speaker 11: I don't figure to build a new barn, Brima.
• 48:14
  Speaker 12: But you had your heart set on it.
• 48:16
  Speaker 2: Yes, I guess I did.
• 48:17
  Speaker 11: I guess every man kind of figures the one thing
• 48:19
  Speaker 11: he really wants is a new barn. That's mostly foolishness.
• 48:24
  Speaker 10: I'm not so sure, Martinez. Maybe if a man wants
• 48:29
  Speaker 10: a new barn as bad as you do, maybe he ought.
• 48:32
  Speaker 2: To have it.
• 48:33
  Speaker 11: Not if it costs a price a man isn't willing
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  Speaker 11: to pay. I've got you, Bruno. I've got Selma.
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  Speaker 14: Now, if I had a new barn, I'd have everything.
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  Speaker 14: There wouldn't be anything else I'd want. You know, maybe
• 48:45
  Speaker 14: it's a good thing for a man to want something.
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  Speaker 14: Something that he's never going to get. Just to keep
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  Speaker 14: his interest up and help.
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  Speaker 11: Him take care of things. Oh, here now, Bruno.
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  Speaker 2: Here.
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  Speaker 6: Bruno.
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  Speaker 2: Just look at me.
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  Speaker 10: Well, I don't know about you, but I'm going to bed.
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  Speaker 6: Church in the morning, Martinez?
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  Speaker 11: Yes, I think I'd like to go to church. I
• 49:08
  Speaker 11: think I'd really like to go.
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  Speaker 5: Infinite thy vast domain.
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  Speaker 9: Everlasting is thy reign.
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  Speaker 11: That concludes our service for this morning.
• 49:37
  Speaker 2: But now our friend Nels Halverson has something to say
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  Speaker 2: to all of us.
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  Speaker 6: Is this about Mr. Bjornsson Park?
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  Speaker 11: Yes, I think so, yet to me.
• 49:44
  Speaker 2: It's quiet now. Many of you here remember that my
• 49:49
  Speaker 2: father began publishing The Spectator 37 years ago. We have
• 49:53
  Speaker 2: never missed an issue since. Unfortunately, that record will be
• 49:57
  Speaker 2: spoiled next week. I won't be here. I'd like to
• 50:02
  Speaker 2: read you a part of my father's first editorial. He
• 50:06
  Speaker 2: said this. Ahem. We are all children by adoption of
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  Speaker 2: the land in which we now live. The earth is here,
• 50:15
  Speaker 2: the water and the sunlight, and the labor to make
• 50:17
  Speaker 2: it yield. The only thing which can make a land
• 50:21
  Speaker 2: evil is the people who inhabit it. If we have
• 50:25
  Speaker 2: within us the generosity to share in times of stress
• 50:29
  Speaker 2: with those who are in need, then we can raise
• 50:32
  Speaker 2: our heads among the nobility of the earth. Then we
• 50:35
  Speaker 2: can say, this is a good land, And the men
• 50:39
  Speaker 2: who live in it have no fear. All of you
• 50:45
  Speaker 2: know what's happened to Bjorn Bjornsson. He needs our help.
• 50:50
  Speaker 2: As the collection plate has passed, please give as much
• 51:01
  Speaker 2: as you can. Got it figured, Viola?
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  Speaker 12: Oh, Nels, it's terrible.
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  Speaker 13: Not even $ 50.
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  Speaker 5: $ 50.
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  Speaker 2: Well, I guess that's that. Nothing I can do but
• 51:11
  Speaker 2: tell them and let them go home. What I'd like
• 51:14
  Speaker 2: to tell them is... Hey, what's she waving her hand for?
• 51:17
  Speaker 2: Selma Jacobson?
• 51:18
  Speaker 12: She wants to say something. Letter nails.
• 51:22
  Speaker 2: What is it, Selma?
• 51:23
  Speaker 6: If we don't have any money to give, can you
• 51:25
  Speaker 6: give something else?
• 51:27
  Speaker 2: You can give anything you wish.
• 51:29
  Speaker 6: Then I give my nine-month-old brown heifer cap.
• 51:32
  Speaker 2: She's been a great jersey. I've got papers.
• 51:35
  Speaker 6: Martinius.
• 51:38
  Speaker 2: Is it all right for your daughter to make this gift?
• 51:40
  Speaker 11: Well, it's... It's her calf to do with it. She wishes...
• 51:45
  Speaker 11: She says she gives it, so I guess she gives it.
• 51:47
  Speaker 2: Thank you, Selma. Mr.
• 51:49
  Speaker 4: Editor, I give two pigs, a Holstein cow, two tons
• 51:53
  Speaker 4: of brine clover hay.
• 51:54
  Speaker 2: I give half my silence. Keep track, Viola. The dam's broke.
• 51:57
  Speaker 2: You'll be glad to give two fur courses, 30 bushes
• 52:00
  Speaker 2: of corn. My son Arnold has a gift to make.
• 52:02
  Speaker 6: I give my goat. I give my goat, and his
• 52:04
  Speaker 6: name's Henry.
• 52:04
  Speaker 2: 100 bushes of oak. What kind of wood? Five tons
• 52:07
  Speaker 2: of Timothy hay. Well, what's it all come to?
• 52:18
  Speaker 13: Oh, it's wonderful. Eleven cows, six calves, fifteen loads of silage,
• 52:22
  Speaker 13: and twenty-six tons of hay besides all of the.
• 52:25
  Speaker 12: My goodness, everyone's left the church.
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  Speaker 2: They've got work to do now.
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  Speaker 12: Nels.
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  Speaker 7: Hmm?
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  Speaker 12: Do you think if I asked the school board, they'd
• 52:35
  Speaker 12: reconsider my resignation?
• 52:38
  Speaker 2: They might, if the reasons were good enough.
• 52:41
  Speaker 13: It's going to be a little bit difficult to explain
• 52:43
  Speaker 13: that I've fallen in love with the whole town.
• 52:46
  Speaker 2: I'm afraid they wouldn't understand that. But, well, if you'd
• 52:50
  Speaker 2: fallen in love with one person in the town, that
• 52:53
  Speaker 2: might be good enough reason, if it were true.
• 52:57
  Speaker 12: It's true, Nels. It's been true for a long time.
• 53:02
  Speaker 13: But it wasn't until this morning that I understood why.
• 53:07
  Speaker 2: You suppose a fellow can kiss a girl in church?
• 53:10
  Speaker 12: Well, I think under the circumstances, it's quite permissible.
• 53:14
  Speaker 6: Arnold, Arnold, where are you? Just a-sittin' in church, ma.
• 53:18
  Speaker 6: Will you come out here this minute? Shucks. Just knew
• 53:21
  Speaker 6: we were gonna start kissin.
• 53:23
  Speaker 1: Well, how do you like that?
• 53:35
  Speaker 11: You'd better hurry, Bruna. Your husband and Selma have started
• 53:37
  Speaker 11: walking already.
• 53:38
  Speaker 10: No, Pastor, I... I kind of think they'd like to
• 53:41
  Speaker 10: walk home alone this morning.
• 53:43
  Speaker 15: We're all proud of them, Bruna.
• 53:45
  Speaker 2: Just as proud as you are. Yes.
• 53:48
  Speaker 10: Thank you.
• 53:58
  Speaker 11: Pa?
• 53:59
  Speaker 2: Yes?
• 54:00
  Speaker 6: Do you still have that lonesome feeling inside of you?
• 54:03
  Speaker 4: No.
• 54:04
  Speaker 6: No. Didn't you even have a lonesome feeling in church
• 54:08
  Speaker 6: with all those people around?
• 54:10
  Speaker 11: No, Yentany.
• 54:13
  Speaker 6: I guess spring's here. Look at the pussy willows by
• 54:16
  Speaker 6: the roadside.
• 54:17
  Speaker 11: The grass is growing, too.
• 54:19
  Speaker 8: And me, Pa.
• 54:21
  Speaker 6: I'm growing, too.
• 54:22
  Speaker 11: Yes, Yentany. All of us. We're all growing.
• 54:52
  Speaker 4: I'm sure we could bring you no happier vacation fare
• 54:55
  Speaker 4: than our vines have tender grapes. And here are the
• 54:58
  Speaker 4: stars who gave up their holiday to make yours more enjoyable.
• 55:03
  Speaker 4: Margaret O'Brien, James.
• 55:04
  Speaker 11: Craig, and Francis Gifford.
• 55:05
  Speaker 4: Thank you. Margaret, I saw you and your mother in
• 55:14
  Speaker 4: a newsreel the other day. You were placing your hand
• 55:17
  Speaker 4: and footprints in cement at Grauman's Chinese Theater.
• 55:20
  Speaker 2: I saw that, too, but tell me, why'd you take
• 55:22
  Speaker 2: your shoes off before you placed them in the cement?
• 55:24
  Speaker 6: Because it's easier to wash your feet than to clean
• 55:26
  Speaker 6: your shoes.
• 55:29
  Speaker 2: That's very sound reasoning.
• 55:32
  Speaker 6: And right close to my footprints are Mr. Charles Lawton
• 55:34
  Speaker 6: and Mr. Edward G. Robinson. They're very good friends of mine.
• 55:37
  Speaker 6: And I'm a pebble's throw from Judy Garland.
• 55:40
  Speaker 12: Well, I'd say you're in mighty good company, Margaret.
• 55:42
  Speaker 2: And those are neighbors who'll never move away.
• 55:45
  Speaker 4: Incidentally, Margaret, I understand that in your new Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer picture,
• 55:49
  Speaker 4: Three Wise Fools, you play the part of a little
• 55:52
  Speaker 4: Irish girl.
• 55:53
  Speaker 6: That's right, Mr. Keeley.
• 55:54
  Speaker 12: And it's about time I know Brian had an Irish role.
• 55:56
  Speaker 12: I hear you have an Irish brogue, too.
• 55:58
  Speaker 6: Shouldn't I play the role of Sheila O'Monaghan when I
• 56:01
  Speaker 6: come from Ireland with mule manservant till in celebration of death?
• 56:10
  Speaker 2: That you could pretty nearly cut with a knife.
• 56:13
  Speaker 4: You know, Margaret, those Irish Killeens are famous for their
• 56:16
  Speaker 4: beautiful complexions.
• 56:17
  Speaker 6: Are you Irish, Miss Gifford?
• 56:19
  Speaker 12: I certainly am, Margaret.
• 56:20
  Speaker 13: And if you're thinking of my complexion, Luxe Toilet Soap
• 56:22
  Speaker 13: has been a great help in that direction.
• 56:24
  Speaker 6: I thought it would be something special like that.
• 56:27
  Speaker 4: And I'm sure our audience will think your loveliness is
• 56:29
  Speaker 4: something special, Frances. When they see you in Metro-Golden-Mare's picture,
• 56:33
  Speaker 4: Little Mr.
• 56:34
  Speaker 3: Jim.
• 56:34
  Speaker 12: Thank you, Mr.
• 56:35
  Speaker 10: Keeley.
• 56:36
  Speaker 2: What are you presenting next week, Mr. Keeley?
• 56:38
  Speaker 4: Next week, we're bringing our audience the drama of two
• 56:41
  Speaker 4: fascinating people in one of the most popular plays ever
• 56:44
  Speaker 4: to reach the stage or screen, The Barretts of Wimpole Street,
• 56:48
  Speaker 4: starring Loretta Young and Brian Ahern. I might add that
• 56:53
  Speaker 4: Brian plays the role he first created so successfully on Broadway.
• 56:58
  Speaker 4: The Barretts of Wimpole Street is the tempestuous love story
• 57:02
  Speaker 4: of Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning. their dramatic struggle against
• 57:06
  Speaker 4: misunderstanding and misfortune in one of history's most famous courtships.
• 57:10
  Speaker 12: Well, that's a play your audience won't want to miss, Mr.
• 57:12
  Speaker 2: Keeley.
• 57:12
  Speaker 12: Congratulations, and good night.
• 57:14
  Speaker 11: Good night, and all our warmest thanks. Good night.
• 57:25
  Speaker 4: Our sponsors, the makers of Lux Toilet Soap, join me
• 57:29
  Speaker 4: in inviting you to be with us again next Monday
• 57:30
  Speaker 4: evening when the Lux Radio Theater presents Loretta Young and
• 57:35
  Speaker 4: Brian Ahern in The Barretts.
• 57:37
  Speaker 2: Of Wimpole Street.
• 57:38
  Speaker 4: This is William Keeley saying goodnight to you from Hollywood.
• 57:52
  Speaker 15: Every housewife knows how hard it is to buy all
• 57:54
  Speaker 15: the soap she needs. But not everyone understands the reason why.
• 57:59
  Speaker 15: And that is the worldwide shortage of fats and oils.
• 58:02
  Speaker 15: Both are necessary to the manufacture of soaps and many
• 58:05
  Speaker 15: other essential goods. It'll be a long time before our
• 58:08
  Speaker 15: production of fats and oils is up to the pre-war mark.
• 58:11
  Speaker 15: If you want to help prevent a serious shortage of soap,
• 58:14
  Speaker 15: here's what you can do. Keep on saving every drop
• 58:18
  Speaker 15: of your used kitchen fats. Your butcher still gives you
• 58:21
  Speaker 15: four cents for every pound you turn in. Get all
• 58:23
  Speaker 15: the food value from your cooking fats, but don't throw
• 58:26
  Speaker 15: them away after you've used them. Pour the fat into
• 58:28
  Speaker 15: a salvage tin and take it to your butcher. Think
• 58:31
  Speaker 15: how much it would help if everybody, every day, would
• 58:35
  Speaker 15: save every drop of used fats. Margaret O'Brien, Francis Gifford,
• 58:40
  Speaker 15: and James Craig appeared through the courtesy of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, producers
• 58:44
  Speaker 15: of A.J.
• 58:45
  Speaker 11: Cronin's The Green Years.
• 58:47
  Speaker 15: Heard in our cast tonight were Joseph Kearns as Paul,
• 58:51
  Speaker 15: Marissa O'Brien as Cola, Johnny McGovern as Arnold, Dorothy Scott
• 58:55
  Speaker 15: as Bruna, and Griff Barnett, Edwin Cooper, Janet Scott, Tyler McVeigh,
• 59:01
  Speaker 15: Cliff Clark, and Charles Seal. Our music was directed by
• 59:05
  Speaker 15: Louis Silvers. Our Lux Radio Theater production of Our Vines Have...
• 59:10
  Speaker 15: Tender Grapes has come to you with the good wishes
• 59:12
  Speaker 15: of the makers of Lux Toilet Soap, Hollywood's own beauty soap.
• 59:17
  Speaker 15: This is your announcer, John Milton Kennedy, reminding you to
• 59:19
  Speaker 15: tune in again next Monday night to hear The Barretts
• 59:22
  Speaker 15: of Wimpole Street with Loretta Young and Brian Ahern. This
• 59:30
  Speaker 15: is CBS, the Columbia Broadcasting System.
• 59:46
  Speaker 1: That was Lux Radio Theater's Our Vines Have Tender Grapes.
• 59:50
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