All The Single Ladies...Beware!: "The Night of The Hunter" (1955)

[00:00:00] Speaker A: Some more movies from Charles Lawton. Like if he had done the naked and the Dead. Oh my mean, one can only imagine but this film has influenced so many people. Did you find any of that in your resource, Georgia? [00:00:17] Speaker B: I did. It influenced a lot of directors, not to mention just Martin Scorsese. And you will find some of the things from this movie influence later ones. And believe it or not, Stephen King said that he saw this when he was a young kid living in Maine. It scared him so bad. And I think we probably may not have had a Stephen King. [00:00:43] Speaker A: One of my favorite mean and he's another one lot I'm pretty sure a lot of people know, but we all know the one with Jack Nicholson and all know the movie. But the Shining, the Shining and all these different ones, we know all those and Christine. But he also did Christmas with the cranks which was not a horror movie at know. I believe it was a short story. So he's another Chameleon. But of course his thing was genre. His genre was horror, but he would inject. So just like this movie, Night of the Hunter, we saw it for free on YouTube. Yes. It's a lot of dark humor in this. Oh gosh. Yeah. So I'm going to play Georgia, if you have anything else to say. I want to play a few clips from the movie and we could talk a little bit more about that. But before I do that, is there anything else you want to tell us? No. [00:01:45] Speaker B: Let's roll the tape. [00:01:46] Speaker A: Okay. Pretty cool. Pretty cool. So I have it queued up. Hopefully these doggone YouTube ads don't pop up, but when they do, I'll take care of it. So let's start now. We're not going to spoil anything. We hate spoiling. So we going to try to really tiptoe around everything. But yes, we want you to go and look at this movie. Some of you go look at it. Um, so we're just going to try to set it up and just talk a little bit about what's going. This is so Georgia, what I have here is pretty much the beginning of the movie where that sets up everything moving forward. So let's take a look at that. Hopefully no more. [00:02:36] Speaker C: That's him. He probably still has that gun. [00:02:38] Speaker D: LiSten to me, son. You've got to swear. Swear means promise. First swear you'll take care of Little Pearl. Guard her with your life, boy. Then swear you won't never tell where the money's hid. Not even your mom. [00:02:49] Speaker E: Yes, dad. [00:02:49] Speaker D: You understand? [00:02:50] Speaker E: Not even her. [00:02:51] Speaker D: You got common sense. She ain't when you grow up, that money will belong to you. Now stand up straight and look me in the eye. Raise your right hand. Now swear, I'll guard Pearl with my life. [00:03:01] Speaker E: I will guard Pearl with my life. [00:03:03] Speaker D: And I won't never tell about the money. [00:03:05] Speaker E: And I won't never tell about the money. [00:03:09] Speaker D: You, Pearl. [00:03:09] Speaker C: You swear, too. Ben Harper. [00:03:16] Speaker D: I'm going now, children. Goodbye. [00:03:19] Speaker C: Drop that gun, Harper. [00:03:20] Speaker B: We don't. [00:03:23] Speaker C: Want the kids hurt. [00:03:25] Speaker D: Just mind what you swar, son. Mind, boy. [00:03:31] Speaker E: Don't. [00:03:34] Speaker A: Don't. [00:03:38] Speaker E: Dad. [00:03:55] Speaker A: Wow. So that is just some powerful stuff. What do you think about that scene? Because that scene pretty much sets up the whole movie going forward. [00:04:08] Speaker B: Yes, it does, Moya. And what a trauma to be visited on a child to see something like that. But I felt it was done very realistically. And so, yes, that is, like, one of the key scenes to the movie. Because if I can go on from here, what happens is, when he is sent to the penitentiary, his cellmate is Robert Mitchum's character. And Robert Mitchum then finds out. I'm not going to say how, but he finds out about the $10,000 from the bank robbery. And so what does Robert Mitchum want to do? But let me tell you a little bit about Robert Mitchum's character. Robert Mitchum's character is based on a true life, actual serial killer. He was a man. His name was Harry Powers. And this man's name is very similar. It's Harry Powell. And that's no coincidence. And he was executed in 1932 because he lured women with a mail order bride kind of a scenario. And so he murdered the two women and three children total. And so this is what was the premise or the genesis for the book. And the serial killer played by Robert Mitchum is based upon this misogynistic serial killer character. And he tries to tell people, and it comes across very believably as a preachEr. Wow. So what he does is he comes to town and he wants to visit this place because he wants to find that money. And that is the crux of the movie right there is his wanting to find the money. And, of course, the children have been sworn to secrecy. [00:06:07] Speaker A: Right. And let's just park a little bit about the trauma. So, like most of our movies, I've seen them in different stages of my life, and now working with children who have been traumatized, and we'll see children who are orphaned and who have to go into the foster care system. So now, looking at it through that lens, I suppose, oh, my gosh. So when I was looking at some of the comments when I was looking at it and I had to stop myself from crying. I said, because, Georgia, you hit it on the. Do you know how many kids have watched their parents be killed in front of them or have police interaction in front of them? Good, bad or ugly? No child should be. No one. Look, adult human beings can't handle that, let alone children. I personally remember seeing my family member members having police interaction, some not bad at all, some of it kind of sketchy, but nothing like people try to purport on today's headlines, whether it be real or over exaggerated. Not getting into that. I'm just saying in my personal experience, it's human beings dealing with human beings and whatever that know things could go so anyway. But it sticks with you, Georgia. It never leaves. You know, this movie was triggering to me. I was like, oh, crap. You know, now I'm looking at it as this fully formed adult with all this background behind me. I'm like, oh, crap, why am I looking at this? But I enjoyed. I love this movie. So before I get into the next clip, anything else you want to tell? [00:07:57] Speaker B: You know, I just wanted to know when Harry Powell, the preacher, visits the town, he's going to stop at nothing to get this money. And he convinces everyone he's such a charming person that he convinced. And they want to believe. They're so gullible, these people. [00:08:14] Speaker A: They want to believe that he's a. [00:08:15] Speaker B: Preacher in everything he says, except for just one person who doesn't believe in him. So I just want to say, get ready for a master class in suspense and thriller. It's both frightening, but there's also something that's really beautiful about this movie. [00:08:32] Speaker A: Oh, yeah. [00:08:32] Speaker B: So strap yourself in. Hang on, because you're in for a real ride. [00:08:36] Speaker A: So let's check out this next clip. So fast forward. The dad, he ends up with his fate and like, you know, where are they? Robert Mitchens in the scene. And so this is one of town's women. I see, who Sherlock Winter's character, the mom works for and their friends, quote unquote, I guess you could call it. But anyway, will, our Harper, there are. [00:09:06] Speaker F: Certain plain facts of life that adds up. Just like two plus two makes four. And one of them is this. No woman is able to raise growing youngsters alone. The Lord meant that job for two. [00:09:16] Speaker B: I see. [00:09:17] Speaker E: I just don't want a husband. [00:09:27] Speaker F: Ain't a question of wanton or not wanting. You're no spring chicken. You're a grown woman with two little youngens. It's a man you need in the house. [00:09:33] Speaker B: Willa Harper. [00:09:38] Speaker A: So what do you think about that lady who was just so. I'm going to get to her in a minute. But friends thinking they helping you, right? [00:09:49] Speaker E: Exactly. [00:09:50] Speaker B: And how much more wrong could she be? It's better to be by yourself than saddled with somebody who is, how shall I say this? A horrible husband. [00:10:05] Speaker A: Again, I won't get too far into the story, but you don't even know this person. And so we'll see how that plays out. But you mind your own business. Ma'am. How about you help this poor, distraught widow woman with a trauma? She's traumatized. The kids are traumatized. They've had one of the most horrific things happen to them, and you're already trying to push her. I don't know. And by the way, that's Peter Graves of Mission Impossible, who played the dad. And so is he even cold in his grave yet? Is he even G whiz? Give the girl a break. But people do this all the time. They think they're helping you. But, yeah, I laughed at that. Like, I couldn't. Let's. Here's another piece where Mitchum enters into the kids, enters into their lives. And just watch the cinematography and the direction and the lighting, the excellent job of lighting that the crew did and Charles Lawton and the use of shadows and imagery. Because this movie. I don't know what the budget was, but it didn't need a huge budget to make the message clear, which was just fan freaking tastic. So let's see. [00:11:32] Speaker E: Once upon a time, there's Rich king had himself a son and a daughter. They all lived in a castle over in Africa. And one day, this king got taken away by some bad men. And before he got took off, he told his son to kill anyone who tried to steal his goal. And before long, the bad men came back and. [00:12:13] Speaker A: Oh, my gosh, that little girl, I want to steal her. She looks like a little doll I've seen, like, one of those little Victorian porcelain dolls. You know what I'm talking about? [00:12:23] Speaker B: Yeah, a little bit like an owl or something. [00:12:27] Speaker A: I thought she was Robert Mitchell's little girl because she looks like him to me. I thought they were related. [00:12:34] Speaker B: That scene still gives me chills. [00:12:36] Speaker A: That poor baby. That was poor children. Oh, my gosh, girl, that's terrible. [00:12:40] Speaker B: Telling the story of his dad. [00:12:44] Speaker A: Two of them. Yes. [00:12:46] Speaker B: Oh, my God. [00:12:47] Speaker A: And then this demon appears right there. And then music. This movie has been, like, in all of the superlative list of movies because, like, I said, the influence. And then look at that haunting score, the shadow, use of shadow. And this is kind of around film noir because it's 1955, so film noir is in full swing, but it's not outright film noir. [00:13:18] Speaker B: And also, it borrows so much from the silent movies then that's why it was shot in this beautiful, rich black and white contrast. [00:13:27] Speaker A: Yes, that is an excellent note. Like I said, we're not going to tell you everything because we really want you to go check it out for yourself. But here he is. He's worming his way into. [00:13:48] Speaker B: The kids. [00:13:50] Speaker A: Well, trying to worm his way, but he's worming his way into the hearts of the townsfolk, mainly Shelley Winters and her friends. And so. This is so funny. You ain't leaving in no hurry if. [00:14:05] Speaker F: We can help Ed John, mind your manners. [00:14:08] Speaker E: Take that look off your face. Act nice. [00:14:11] Speaker C: Why? You don't mean no impudence, do you, boy? Do you, boy? How many's the time? Poor brother Ben told me about these youngens. [00:14:20] Speaker E: What'd he tell you? [00:14:21] Speaker C: He told me what fine little lambs you and your sister both was. [00:14:25] Speaker E: Is that all? [00:14:27] Speaker C: Why, no. [00:14:27] Speaker A: Boy, look at Pearl. She's in love, the little girl. And you can tell she's missing her dad. And Robert Mitchum. Let's face it, ladies, that man was gorgeous, okay? He was built like a Mac truck, had that cleft and just gorgeous. So I'd have been looking in his face just like that little girl. Let me be clear. Oh, yeah. [00:14:51] Speaker B: But he was known for his tough guy image and that sleepy eyed sexuality. And he plays against all that in this role. Yes, and that's why so many people consider this movie his best and his most complex performance and a lot in his best director. And he himself thought this was his best acting he'd ever done. I'm so sorry to interrupt, but I. [00:15:16] Speaker A: Had to just say, go ahead. [00:15:19] Speaker B: And I think this movie is what caused him to be cast later on in Cape Fear. [00:15:24] Speaker A: You took the words right out of my mouth. Yes, because he should have gotten some for that. And we know later on, De Niro did it in the early ninety s, I think mid to early 90s. He was chilling in that, but Mitchell made a cameo in that. But he laid the ground. I don't know what came first, Psycho or Kate. I think Psycho came first. So they might have been close. Or Cape Beer, if anybody knows. Let us know in the comments. And if I remember, I'll look it up. But he really, to me, Mitchum, and this, you would have no cape fear without this. And you would have no other those type of slick, cold, icy villains without Mitchum. And I know Widmark played some victim. Mature played some just fantastic. All right, let's see what else he's got going on. [00:16:18] Speaker C: Nice things, boy. [00:16:19] Speaker E: Thank you. [00:16:24] Speaker C: My, that fudge smells yummy. [00:16:26] Speaker F: It's for the picnic. [00:16:28] Speaker A: And you don't get a. [00:16:30] Speaker B: You know what really I have to say about the little girl like that is little children. They will love someboDy. Even somebody who does not have their best interests at heart. [00:16:41] Speaker A: They're innocent. [00:16:42] Speaker B: Yes, because they're so. And that. And so that's what I was thinking when I looked at that scene, right? [00:16:48] Speaker A: And then Grandma. So now you saw she was all in Robert Mitchum's grill. But, girl, I have to play this part because I screamed when she said this. Granny icy the friend. Girl, I was like, I'm dead. I just can't. I say, she has slaughtered me. So they're at the picnic. Let me share this. They're at the picnic. And Robert Mitchum is laying down his rap to Shelley Winter's care, to mom and finessing her. And so the ladies are looking on the busy bodies. Aunt B. And everybody's looking on. And this is what she says. [00:17:34] Speaker E: Did Ben Harper ever tell you what he'd done with the money he stole? [00:17:39] Speaker C: My dear child, don't you do. [00:17:44] Speaker F: She's mooning about Ben Harper. That wasn't love. That was just flat. Doodle, have some fudge, lambs. When you've been married to a man 40 years, you know all that don't amount to a hill of beans. I've been married to my walt that long. And I swear, in all that time I just lie there thinking about my canning. [00:18:06] Speaker A: Girl. [00:18:08] Speaker B: I roared when I heard this. Oh, my God. [00:18:12] Speaker A: I died. And so I was looking at some of the comments or some people, it went over their heads and it kind of went over mine because it did go over mine because I was like, surely she's not talking about, like, I registered. Then when I went back, it's like, then his reaction. I don't know this lady's name. I've seen her and other stuff and I could look at the credits. But she should have gotten Academy Award nominated because she is iconic, isn't she? As a busy. She's in that voice, her cadence. Look at that. Well, I love that. It's annoying, but it's funny at the same time. [00:18:54] Speaker B: Evelyn Barden. And she is such a hoot girl. [00:18:57] Speaker A: That's too funny. That is too doggone funny, girl. I cannot. I was. Why does she say that? She destroyed me, Georgia. She destroyed me because I was like. [00:19:12] Speaker B: I thought, that's got to be. See, that's what I love about this movie is that you've got this very seriOus, you've got this serial killer, and then you have moments of levity and just outright comedy in this movie, right? [00:19:27] Speaker A: I mean, it was so funny. So we've seen this guy in a million movies. What's his name? I'm going to share the screen in a moment. I think since the silence, I almost said his name. George. I call him Poop Deck. Pappy. Shout out to all my Popeyes friends, the old James Gleason. Gleason. I almost said, yes, James Gleason. I mean, who's been in everything. So when I saw him, I was like, oh, my gosh. I don't even remember him being in there. But, yeah. So he's a friend to the little boy. He's an alky. He's a stone bone alky, but he plays a pivotal role in this as well. [00:20:07] Speaker B: I like Pappy better. [00:20:11] Speaker C: Can't hear you, boy. They blow for Uncle Birdie and the times that air gone by. [00:20:22] Speaker E: One of the skip. Be ready. [00:20:25] Speaker C: Have her ready inside a week. Then we'll go fishing. How's Mom? [00:20:29] Speaker E: Oh, she's all right. [00:20:31] Speaker C: How's Sister Pearl? [00:20:32] Speaker E: Just fine. [00:20:33] Speaker C: You leaving, boy? [00:20:34] Speaker E: Yep. Gotta watch out for Pearl, Uncle Birdie. [00:20:36] Speaker C: Well, good night, boy. Come again, anytime in mind, boy. I'll have your pause. Skip ship shape inside a week. [00:20:44] Speaker B: He is so good in this role. He was perfectly cast. [00:20:48] Speaker A: Everyone was. There was not any wrong. Like I said, with shadow of a doubt, those kids, I mean, they might have been good in something else, but in that they were horrible. I mean, they were really unnecessary. But the kids are at the center of this movie. And really, them, Mitchum, steal the scenes. You don't know who to look at. So I'm going to show you, for instance, in this clip, when the little boy personally confronts Mitchum's character and the intensity. And see, we all know these look, and I'm not beating up on anybody, but we all want love and we want to feel admired and women, the comfort of a man, to quote the great R B singer Stephanie Mills. But at what cost? She didn't even know this guy. And you letting people pressure you. And this happens all the time. And, girl, out here in Texas, especially Houston, we've had so many tragic stories of these step. There is a statistic, I think there's almost like a 75% chance or it's a really high number that a step parent will assault the stepchild, which is shocking. As opposed to if the mom has a biological child with the new man, if you will. But if mom brings, like I said, brings those kids with her, there's a high risk of those childs being assaulted, abused or what have you. And we know out here in Houston, I'm not even going to start talking about them, but we've had some, I think even nationwide cases of the stepfather. I mean, heinous, just heinous. I don't want to bring the show down, but this is real life. So any single moms or single women, be careful. And now you could Google or whatever search, you could search every and anybody now, right, to get a. Because he had a record. Georgia, she could have had, the Internet existed. She could have went. So he was a broke bum, felon or whatever. He had a record. But no listening to those people, man. [00:23:06] Speaker B: Shut up. [00:23:07] Speaker A: Mind your business. Unreal for the news. [00:23:13] Speaker C: Your mother told me she wanted me to be a daddy to you and your sister. We're going to get married, boy. Did you hear what I said, boy? Married. We're going to Sisterville tomorrow and when. [00:23:29] Speaker E: We get back, you ain't my dad. [00:23:32] Speaker A: You'll never be my dad. [00:23:34] Speaker C: When we get back, we're all going to be friends and share our fortunes together. John. [00:23:40] Speaker E: You think he can make me tell, but I won't, I won't, I won't. [00:23:49] Speaker A: Oh my gosh, girl, that's too much pressure for that little boy. [00:23:53] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:23:54] Speaker A: Poor baby. [00:23:55] Speaker B: Yes. Throughout this whole movie he just bears up. He's amazing. [00:24:01] Speaker A: He is. So bad happens we trying to move us along so we can get through it. So him and mom, they in fact do get married and let's just say things don't quite know the traditional route. Let's just put it like that. So I'll share that and then we can take a look at that. Poor Shelly Winters. I can't. Poor Mom. I just felt so bad for just like other moms. But Georgia, can anyone be naive nowadays? Let me ask you a question. Men or women, because men get got to. Can anyone really be naive? [00:24:49] Speaker B: No, in my opInion, no. [00:24:55] Speaker A: And why do you think that? [00:25:01] Speaker B: Because I think we're more sophisticated than people used to be and we are exposed in media and in all kinds of ways to more adult, or should I say sexual content. And I think that we're more aware of all kinds of dynamics in relationships. We're exposed to that at a much earlier age, I think. And so that's why I say that. [00:25:33] Speaker A: No, I totally agree with you. So why do women and men still get catfished the online? That's a whole nother world right there. Getting cat. But real life in real time, people in front of your face. Why do you think men and women. But since this is about a mom and kids, why do women still fall for this? I don't know that I'm putting you on the spot, if you can even answer that. [00:25:57] Speaker B: Because they want to believe the best about people. Even though they see red flags coming up, they just ignore them. And with this woman, I think she was very consumed with guilt. She was made to feel guilty. And he used that guilt. He used the power of religion in a very negative, manipulative way to make her feel like she was the one who encouraged her husband to buy her clothes and makeup and things like that. And then he felt pressured to rob the bank and support his kids. And so she felt some guilt in all that. And so she feels that this is her way. By marrying somebody who she thinks is a preacher, she can redeem herself. And I think that's one of the key reasons she ends up consenting to marry this man that she knows virtually nothing about. [00:26:51] Speaker A: Yeah. And even if you take out the elements, and I totally agree with you, there is some hole there, some deficiency in that mother or that father, that man and woman that they feel that that other person can feel and that could look like. Whatever, just take out your elements. But I totally agree with you and it's just sad. So let's take a look at wedding night girl. Unreal. [00:27:19] Speaker E: Ari. [00:27:23] Speaker C: Fix that window shade. [00:27:26] Speaker A: Dang. Okay. [00:27:35] Speaker E: Harry. [00:27:36] Speaker C: I was praying. [00:27:39] Speaker E: I'm sorry. [00:27:40] Speaker A: I didn't know. [00:27:43] Speaker C: You thought, Willa, that the moment you walked in that door, I'd start to PawiNg you in that abominable way that men are supposed to do on their. Ain't that right? [00:27:54] Speaker E: No. No. [00:27:55] Speaker A: Poor Shelley. [00:27:56] Speaker C: I think it's time we made one thing perfectly clear, Willa. Marriage to me represents a blending of two spirits in the sight of heaven. Get up, Willa. Get up. [00:28:24] Speaker A: Girl. [00:28:26] Speaker B: See, right there. [00:28:26] Speaker A: I'd be like, nah, that's it. I'm good. But you didn't get divorced back then. Like that. [00:28:35] Speaker B: That has got to be one of the most disastrous wedding nights in film history. [00:28:40] Speaker A: Just so humiliating, girl. Just so freaking humiliating. [00:28:45] Speaker B: Oh my God. Makes her feel ashamed. How utterly cruel. Yes, I think. [00:28:55] Speaker A: Yes. Anyway, so he goes on, I'm going to skip along. I had some other clips. He goes on, to brainwash the kids. Well, trying to brainwash pull little Pearl against her brother. And I mean, they eventually have to run away. But I do want to show one of the most iconic movie scenes in history. So needless to say, well, we already know what's going to happen to Mom. Okay? It ain't no secret. And so the poor kids, they have to hit the road. Jack. And poor John has to fend and see. This is so sad because a lot of boys have to defend. This movie is so ahead of itself. A lot of these boys have to defend their mothers against these men, these doggone demons. And that's so unfair. I can think of a case. Well, boy, he caught a case. He was defending his mom against some dude trying to get him off of her. He beating her. He shot him. Now he's in jail. Or just evilness. Pure evilness, because these women didn't do their homework. But I'm going to just be honest. Yeah, I'm a break girl code. But some of these women put their man in front of their children. So there's a lot going on there. Georgia and the kids get the raw deal. They get the raw deal. Let me just quickly show this cinematic. And I want to put it in full screen mode because it's just killer. This is one of the creepiest things. There's no blood. There's no guts showing. You don't need blood and guts for horror. You don't need a lot of sexual perversion. We always talk about that if you are a really good storyteller. So check this out, guys. Oh, sorry. At the wrong button. Look off after that. Really good setup. Oh, yeah. But this is so freaking creepy. Isn't that cruel? [00:31:33] Speaker B: That is got to be one of the most striking visuals you will ever see in any movie. It is just some things you will just not forget seeing. And that's one right there. [00:31:46] Speaker A: It's disturbing. It's up there with Psycho and Jaws. When I first saw it, I was like, dang. Because you don't expect it. They lure you in. And I skipped the part that led to this scene here. But it's scary. It is so haunting. And girl, it's sad. Women, this happens all the time. It's not funny. This happens all the time, George. That's crazy. Yeah, it is so freaking sad. So we're skipping a lot. And I know we couldn't just do this in a few 30 minutes things. And I'm going to try to wrap it up, but I just want you all to see just how haunting this is our Facebook page. I put a senior citizen. Is a superhero, is an undercover superhero. So the kid, the poor babies, they have to abscon. They get in their father's boat, and I'm a skip ahead. You have to watch the scene where they're escaping. Robert Mitchum. But like I said, in the interest of time, go look at. It's free on YouTube. So they're in their father's skiff, and I'm just show some images and y'all could go look at it for. So look at the imagery. Look at, again, the cinematography of how they show these kids escaping from this madman. So these kids are on it. Look at the spider web, the imagery, what they're showing you. These kids are trapped. They're being preyed upon, threw away. [00:33:48] Speaker F: The frog. [00:33:49] Speaker A: We know the frog in history, and through art means death. Death is chasing them. Something evil. The frog looks at them. So I'm a skip ahead when they meet Lily and Gish, and I just want to show some of this imagery real quick. This was all shot on a soundstage, and Lawton and his crew, they killed it. You know, these kids are in peril. You don't know what's going to happen with these children. [00:34:32] Speaker E: We're going to spend the night on land. [00:34:35] Speaker A: Look at John. He's taking a man's role, something he should, no child should ever have to do. So I just want to skip a little head when Lillian Gish meets Robert Mitchum, and then you all can, because the kids wind up in her care. She's a foster mother to them. And I can totally relate to how these people were being treated, these poor kids were being treated, and how foster kids act, especially Ruby. And let me just find that real quick. But what was so funny when. Here it is. Bob Mitchum's character comes trying to shed that, lay that stuff on Lily and Gish, and she was not having it. So let me just show that real quick, because, again, it's a dark comedy. If you really look at it, it's so funny. She was like, you better go settle. [00:35:40] Speaker F: I do. [00:35:41] Speaker C: Why, you're Miss Cooper, I take it? [00:35:44] Speaker F: It's about that John and that Pearl. [00:35:47] Speaker C: Oh, them poor little lamb. I think I never hope to see them again in this world. No. Dear madam, if you wish to know what a crown of thorns I have borne in my search for them stray chicks. [00:35:59] Speaker F: Ruby, go fetch them kids. [00:36:05] Speaker C: Oh, madam, I see you're looking at my hands. Would you like me to tell you the little story of left hand, right hand, the tale of good and evil. It was with this left hand that old brother Kane struck the blow that laid his brother low. [00:36:16] Speaker F: Empty yours. [00:36:18] Speaker C: My own flesh and blood. [00:36:21] Speaker F: Where's your Mrs. She run off with. [00:36:24] Speaker C: A drummer during prayer meeting. [00:36:27] Speaker A: Where's she at? Down on the river. [00:36:29] Speaker C: Summers. Parkersburg, maybe Cincinnati. One of them sodoms of the Ohio River. [00:36:33] Speaker F: She took them kids with her. [00:36:35] Speaker C: Heaven only knows what unholy sights and sounds them innocent little babes has heard in the dens of perdition where she dragged them, right. [00:36:42] Speaker F: Funny, ain't it, how they wrote all the. [00:36:44] Speaker A: I gotta stop it right there because, I mean, he's putting all these platitudes out and what I skip, guys. Lillian Gish's character, Ms. Cooper, she's a very religious woman, so he's not reading the room, as they say. But let me go home. [00:37:01] Speaker F: Way up river in a ten foot John boat. [00:37:06] Speaker C: Are they well, Miss Cooper? [00:37:08] Speaker F: A sight better than there was. [00:37:12] Speaker C: Gracious, gracious. You are a good woman, Miss Cooper. [00:37:16] Speaker F: How are you figuring to raise them, too, without a woman? [00:37:18] Speaker C: The Lord will provide. The Lord is merciful. What a day this is. And there's little John. [00:37:26] Speaker A: Look at John's face. [00:37:27] Speaker F: What's wrong, John? [00:37:28] Speaker C: Come to me, boy. [00:37:30] Speaker F: What's wrong, John? [00:37:31] Speaker C: Didn't you hear me, boy? [00:37:33] Speaker F: John, when your dad says come, you should mind him. [00:37:35] Speaker E: He ain't my dad. [00:37:40] Speaker F: No, and he ain't no preacher, neither. [00:37:46] Speaker A: She had his number. She had it, girl. She had it. I'm going to stop it right there, Georgia, because we're up against it. Guys, please go look at this movie. You will see why it is on the top ten, at the top of the superlatives of best films. Georgia, I'm going to let you have the last word. Please go look at it. You all will not be disappointed. Oh, my goodness. [00:38:15] Speaker B: I could talk for another half hour, but I'm going to wind it up. This is about children struggling and trying to survive against forces that are so much more powerful and knowing than they are. And their only hope is like somebody who has the care and compassion to protect them. And so what I like about this movie is that it shows you have one person who is perverting Christianity and another person who is showing the best of it. She even tells the story. And it really relates about how baby Moses, how he was to protect him, he was put into the bull rushes in the river, and then also just like they were in the river. And then King Herod was looking for Jesus because he wanted to kill him. And she ties that into this movie. And you got to realize, this woman is a total boss. Lillian, she kicks ass. I love this about, I love to see an older woman who takes charge. She's all alone and she goes up against him. He's singing, leaning on the everlasting sings in this scene. You got to watch it. She says, no, you're not going to. She sings it over him. And then she adds word that he leaves out. She says Jesus at the end of it, which I love. And so no matter how terrible the world can be, there's love and goodness. I know. I think to myself many times I ask myself, how can horror and sweetness inhabit the same world? [00:39:58] Speaker A: Right? [00:39:58] Speaker B: But when you have somebody like this character. [00:40:05] Speaker A: Just. [00:40:06] Speaker B: It felt so good about the way the movie ended. Some people thought it was too trite. Not me. I love the way it ended because especially the way she deals with Ruby was such understanding about Ruby and her wanting to see guys and date them and all that. She has such understanding compassion. So I highly recommend this movie. There's a reason why it's considered one of the best movies made. [00:40:32] Speaker A: Absolutely. And I'm going to leave it there again. It's free on YouTube. Guys, thank you so much for joining us. We look forward to seeing you next time. We will be live again. Let me pull up the good old calendar. It'll be a late to the party, your Thanksgiving. Get some more turkey on the 25th with me. Get some smoked turkey because you know I bring the smoke on those late to the parties we don't play. I got a juicy one for you. It's an all black cast ensemble and it's called. Oh, gosh, I should have wrote it down. The sty of the blind pig. I hope I'm saying it right. But anyway, go look it up. It's free on YouTube. The sty of the blind pig. So that's our next late to the party on the live on the 25 November 01:00 p.m. Thank you guys so much and happy Thanksgiving to everyone. Hope you have a great, great Thanksgiving. And Georgia, thank you again for hanging out because she's too good for us, you all. She just comes when she wants. Okay. [00:41:42] Speaker B: No. [00:41:44] Speaker A: What? But yeah, check out Night of the Hunter. Guys, you will not be disappointed. So for how better David saved my life. Life lessons from classic Hollywood. I'm Moya. [00:41:55] Speaker B: And I'm Georgia. [00:41:57] Speaker A: You guys take care and thank you again. We look forward to seeing.