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Whole Wide World The
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WOMAN: I met Bob Howard today. |
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My old sweetheart, Clyde, |
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It's Clyde. |
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Keep that joker outside. |
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Hey. |
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Hi, Clyde. |
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Why don't you |
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No, I can't stay |
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Bob and I are headed |
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May I? |
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Howard. |
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You want to meet him? |
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Your writer friend? |
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Ooh, possibly. |
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Yeah, I want to meet him. |
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Why don't you bring him |
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and I'll go get another chair? |
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Uh, can't you just |
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Bob's...he's scared |
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What did you tell him? |
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Only the truth. |
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I'll bring him by |
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Wait. I'm coming. |
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Howdy. |
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Hi. |
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Bob, I'd like you to meet |
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Novalyne, this is Bob Howard, |
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Bob's the greatest pulp writer |
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Clyde tells me you write. |
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I try. |
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I haven't |
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You going to |
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Mm-hmm. Every other year. |
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I teach |
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I was too dumb for college. |
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So, what kind of yarns |
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I've sent a couple stories |
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I think the editor meets them |
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and throws them |
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in the return mail. |
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It's tough getting started. |
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How'd you get started? |
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I had lots of other jobs, |
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none of them any good. |
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Clerking in a store's |
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one of the worst damn jobs |
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I decided the only way |
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was to start writing. |
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That's working, isn't it? |
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You're damn right it is, |
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I'm the boss. |
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No arguments. |
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Do you practice? |
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I read the magazines |
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The pulps. |
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Yes. |
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They don't pay much. |
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Half a cent a word, mostly... |
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so I stretch my yarns. |
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That's easy for me, though. |
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I'm verbose. |
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Do you try to write |
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like the guys |
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Hell, no. Let them try |
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Bob's got a character |
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Conan's the damnedest bastard |
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Where can I find your stories? |
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Weird Tales publishes |
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Novalyne would never |
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How much are you willing to bet? |
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What kind of magazines |
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In high school, |
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I read Smart Set, |
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Saturday Evening Post... |
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H.L. Mencken's rags. |
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Man who looks in the mirror, |
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[BOTH] thinks he's shaving |
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Thank you. |
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I've enjoyed meeting you, |
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I'd looked forward to it |
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Thanks. |
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Keep writing. |
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Bye. |
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Bye-bye, now. |
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Good afternoon. |
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As most of you know, |
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I'm the town mayor, |
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I take a great interest |
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We've got a great school, |
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and we're going to have |
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You as teachers are responsible |
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of the children |
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but for their spiritual welfare |
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These children |
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and teachers are their examples. |
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Now, that is a man, Ethel. |
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Oh, my, yes. |
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Yes, yes, yes. |
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Mrs. Smith will be |
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Oh, look! |
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Sorry, Ethel. |
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The school board won't allow us |
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That's enough, |
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Who's that? |
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That's Dr. Howard. |
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Do you know Bob Howard? |
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I know Robert Howard. |
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That's the one. |
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That's his daddy. |
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Does Bob ever come in here? |
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No, he doesn't. |
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I see him in the post |
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I've been told |
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You got that right. |
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Well, I've met Bob, |
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Well, I'll tell you |
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He's not very friendly. |
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And the stories he |
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Well, what? |
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Dr. Howard brought |
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It was filthy. |
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Not something a young |
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Do you have a telephone? |
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It's right over there. |
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Operator. |
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Yes, Howard residence please. |
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I'll connect you. |
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WOMAN: |
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This is Novalyne Price. |
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I'm a new teacher in town. |
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Is Bob there? |
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Robert's |
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Can you have him call me |
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I'm boarding at Mrs. Hemphill's. |
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I'll tell him. |
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Uh, is he still writing? |
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Of course he is. |
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Oh. Well, I'm interested |
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Sure you are. |
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[CLICK] |
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Uh... |
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Have you heard |
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You mean |
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Well, he's shy, I hear. |
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Shy? I'm the one |
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and I've called him |
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Every single time, |
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"Oh, he's writing. |
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or "He's out of town, |
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"I'll tell him you called." |
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You know, I bet she's never |
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I bet that's it. |
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I'm sorry, but that just |
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[GASP] |
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Oh, God, Ethel. |
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You've never said "damn" |
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Well, Lord, no. |
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What children? |
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Do you see any children in here |
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for me to defile |
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Good. |
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Morning, cousin. |
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Girls and I are going to take |
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Would you like to join us? |
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Oh, I'm sorry, Ethel. |
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Maybe next time. |
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Shouldn't go running |
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especially one |
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who's not returned |
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He's not interested |
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Enid, I'm only going |
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I'm not going to ask |
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and I'm not throwing myself |
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How do I look? |
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To ask a question, |
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BOB: "He stepped closer, |
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"as if impelled |
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"Without the slightest warning, |
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"he grabbed her up |
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"She screamed |
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"and there was a sound |
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"as with one ruthless wrench, |
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"Goddess? Ha! |
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"You're Muriella, |
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"This crescent-shaped |
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"proves it. |
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"I saw it once |
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"A year ago, I saw you |
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I don't forget faces, |
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Yeah? |
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Uh, hi. |
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I'd like to see Bob, please? |
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Bob? |
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Yes. |
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Mama, somebody out here |
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She can't, can she? |
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Who is it? |
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It's Novalyne Price. |
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Well, Robert's busy. |
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Hello. |
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Hello. |
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Come in. |
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Hi. Fine. |
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Come on in and meet my folks. |
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[RADIO PLAYS] |
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Mother? |
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This is |
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NOVALYNE: |
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How do you do? |
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This is my dad. |
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How do you do? |
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[TURNS OFF RADIO] |
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Well, I guess we'll go |
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Have a seat. |
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Thank you. |
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I can't-- |
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Go ahead. |
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I was just going to say |
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that I can't stay |
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I've got some people |
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waiting for me |
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Well, tell them |
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I'll take you home. |
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Would you? |
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All right. |
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ENID: Really, Novalyne. |
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[ENGINE STARTING] |
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You girls can go on. |
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So, what brought you |
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Writing. |
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I wanted |
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I'm still getting notes |
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Oh... |
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I still get them. |
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Yeah, but you sell. |
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Well, a man's got to |
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I was writing when |
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Didn't you hear me? |
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Do you always tell a story |
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It's a hell |
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I find |
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hear the words, |
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the yarn |
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Oh, so the voice |
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You're |
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Absolutely. |
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Listen, why don't I |
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We could ride around |
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Okay. I'd like that. |
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Well, let's ride. |
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All right. |
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So, how's Brownwood? |
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Brownwood? I don't know. |
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You haven't? |
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I called last week. |
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Your mother told me |
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Really? |
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Mm-hmm. |
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I could have |
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That must be it. |
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I might have been |
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and couldn't talk. |
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Oh, I see. |
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My folks are pretty good |
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about me staying at home |
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Just pull right there. |
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Every bastard |
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thinks I ought to be |
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That's hard on my family. |
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Ha. I say to hell |
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When I'm writing, |
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You know that. |
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I get to going on a yarn, |
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You just misunderstood. |
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I'm sure I did. |
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It's a pretty night. |
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Yes, ma'am. |
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Things are in |
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That's a beautiful |
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I suppose you're |
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By all means. I designed that |
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Oh, you knew I was coming over? |
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You're damn right I did. |
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I was going along |
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and suddenly, |
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you popped out of |
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I said to myself, |
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"Robert Howard, |
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there's a girl who's going |
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I think you're a poet. |
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Well, girl, |
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that can appreciate |
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I do. |
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Well, you're one in a million. |
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One in a million! |
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Why don't you tell me |
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about your |
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Conan? |
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Conan is the damnedest bastard |
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He's got |
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crystal blue eyes. |
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He's a fighter. |
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Born on a battlefield. |
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To him, combat's a way of life. |
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It's all he's ever known, |
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He's no soldier |
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To him, fighting |
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[SWORD SLIDING FROM SHEATH] |
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is an instinct. |
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It's a part of him, |
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[SWORD CLANGS] |
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like his legs, his arms, |
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and believe me, |
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He'll fight man, beast, |
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and when those women |
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feel those tree-trunk firm arms |
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[WOMAN SIGHING] |
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well, they melt like butter |
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Aw, hell. |
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I've been blabbing |
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Hey, girl, why don't you |
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Let you talk |
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Tell me |
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Those kids |
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Never. |
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Not if they know |
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I don't take it from nobody... |
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man, beast, devil, |
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I'll bet you don't. |
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Novalyne, I want to |
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If it's none |
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you tell me |
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Don't you worry. I will. |
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I want to know |
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I was wondering if... |
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well, you might still be |
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Clyde happens |
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in case |
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He's a good friend of mine, |
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but that's all. |
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You're not heartbroken? |
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I've got a strong |
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Well, good. |
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Now that's settled, |
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Well, I don't |
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for tomorrow night. |
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Well, girl, |
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I'll be by about 7:00. |
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Okay. |
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About that moon... |
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I'll order another one for you. |
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Okay. Sure do |
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Hey. |
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Your publisher called |
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while you were out |
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What did he say? |
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He wanted to know |
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and if you were going |
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Did you say I would? |
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Well, I told him |
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to think otherwise. |
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You've never |
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That's right. |
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Hang on. |
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They're thinking |
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for the February |
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As well they should. |
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Oh, son, I hope I did |
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Mr. Wright wanted to know |
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if it was okay to give |
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to a Mr. Lovecraft? |
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He said that he was |
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and wanted to write you. |
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H.P. Lovecraft? |
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Yes, I believe |
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The gentleman was from |
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Well, Jesus, yes. |
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Did you say yes? |
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Oh, yes. |
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Of course I said yes. |
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Hey, you'd better |
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He'll be here |
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Calm down. He can wait. |
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A girl has to look her best |
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[KNOCKING] |
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He's here. |
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Oh... |
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How do I look? |
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Just beautiful. |
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Thanks. |
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Have a good time. |
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I will, I hope. |
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Oh, he's fine. |
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He's working hard |
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Oh, he's |
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Pardon me. |
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Well, I didn't know. |
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I at least thought you'd have on |
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Well, I got on |
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I brought this for you. |
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You said you wanted to |
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I brought this. |
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It's called |
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Thank you. |
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Well, okay, there it is. |
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I'm sorry I didn't get |
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I didn't think |
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I just thought |
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and I'd shoot my mouth off |
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If there's one thing |
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that's driving and blabbing. |
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When I got a pretty girl |
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it makes it that much better. |
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What's that story about, |
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"The Devil in Iron"? |
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Yeah. |
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Well, what do you think |
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I don't know. |
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Bullseye. |
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Evil lord baits a trap for Conan |
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Guess what |
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A pretty girl. |
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You read this yarn before, girl? |
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No. |
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Swear I didn't. |
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Conan, he finds |
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which has been mysteriously |
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Now, he creeps in... |
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No, don't tell me. |
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I want to read it. |
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Excitement's my specialty. |
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Your specialty, huh? |
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Uh-huh. |
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That's right. |
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That's what |
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That's what |
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What kind of stories |
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Adventure? Romance? |
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I write down |
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in my journal |
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Sometimes |
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You got a lot to confess? |
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It depends whether |
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or what I think |
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No luck, though. |
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It still all gets |
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Ahem. |
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Thank you. |
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What was your |
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It's a little hard |
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It was called, |
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What did you say? |
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It's for the confessions. |
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Aren't those stories |
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What's it called? |
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"I Gave my Daughter Movie Fame." |
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Really? |
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[LAUGHING] |
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I'm not going to tell you |
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A woman has |
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a daughter. |
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The child is adopted by her |
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but the mother |
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so she keeps helping her |
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What? |
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Eventually, she helps her |
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[LAUGHING] |
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And very famous. |
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Stop laughing. |
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Don't pay any attention to me. |
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I don't know a thing |
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or...movie fame. |
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Well, it seemed like a good idea |
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Well, I haven't seen |
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or big-busted naked women |
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frolicking through |
| 00:27:41 |
Oh, but I have. |
| 00:27:46 |
You look more closely next time. |
| 00:28:01 |
I try to write |
| 00:28:03 |
with ordinary problems, |
| 00:28:06 |
That's where |
| 00:28:08 |
I write about another age, |
| 00:28:11 |
Man struggling to survive. |
| 00:28:14 |
That's my formula. |
| 00:28:16 |
Well, you know |
| 00:28:19 |
we passed on the way out? |
| 00:28:21 |
Those are the people |
| 00:28:23 |
Not me. |
| 00:28:26 |
I can't write about men |
| 00:28:30 |
get drunk, beat up a wife |
| 00:28:35 |
I can't write |
| 00:28:38 |
Well, just because you're poor |
| 00:28:40 |
doesn't mean you're hateful. |
| 00:28:44 |
You've lived a sheltered life. |
| 00:28:47 |
You don't know |
| 00:28:48 |
Well, your stories sell, |
| 00:28:54 |
about muscle men |
| 00:28:56 |
and girls in skimpy dresses |
| 00:28:58 |
who don't do a darned thing |
| 00:29:08 |
You stick with me, girl. |
| 00:29:09 |
I'll teach you about writing... |
| 00:29:13 |
Although I was |
| 00:29:16 |
by his appearance, |
| 00:29:17 |
there was something |
| 00:29:20 |
Maybe it was the way |
| 00:29:23 |
He's asked me |
| 00:29:24 |
this Sunday. |
| 00:29:26 |
I think I might go. |
| 00:29:43 |
[SWORDS CLASHING, SCREAMING] |
| 00:29:53 |
[NOISE STOPS] |
| 00:30:07 |
[KNOCKING] |
| 00:30:16 |
How's my best gal? |
| 00:30:19 |
You ready to go? |
| 00:30:21 |
You look great. |
| 00:30:24 |
Well, this fool hat |
| 00:30:28 |
Ain't the kind of hat |
| 00:30:30 |
Why not? |
| 00:30:33 |
Well, take those hats |
| 00:30:38 |
There's a hat. |
| 00:30:40 |
Yeah. |
| 00:30:41 |
Well, are you ready? |
| 00:30:49 |
You look |
| 00:30:53 |
I like that perfume |
| 00:30:56 |
Thank you, sir. |
| 00:30:57 |
Oh, and I hope |
| 00:30:58 |
you'll have your |
| 00:31:00 |
in that suit. |
| 00:31:02 |
Well, you mean |
| 00:31:03 |
Yes, with that |
| 00:31:04 |
You look |
| 00:31:08 |
I got a weak chin. |
| 00:31:12 |
Oh, you do not. |
| 00:31:13 |
Yes, I do. |
| 00:31:15 |
My friend, Truett, |
| 00:31:17 |
One little tap, |
| 00:31:19 |
Mine's weak, |
| 00:31:20 |
but it would take |
| 00:31:22 |
to knock me out. |
| 00:31:26 |
Well, do you know many |
| 00:31:29 |
Well, I know a few. |
| 00:31:33 |
You do? |
| 00:31:34 |
Name one. |
| 00:31:38 |
I know this girl, |
| 00:31:40 |
Jasmina Divine. |
| 00:31:41 |
Never heard of her. |
| 00:31:43 |
I don't know. |
| 00:31:46 |
Hm. |
| 00:31:53 |
Let me see. |
| 00:31:56 |
Most beautiful girl |
| 00:31:58 |
Who? |
| 00:32:01 |
Miss Dolores of |
| 00:32:05 |
Yeah, |
| 00:32:22 |
Listen. |
| 00:32:24 |
were in Woolworth's |
| 00:32:26 |
We saw |
| 00:32:29 |
Blonde hair, |
| 00:32:31 |
flawless skin. |
| 00:32:32 |
Dolores Dalton. |
| 00:32:34 |
I just dropped dead |
| 00:32:36 |
Thump. She walked |
| 00:32:40 |
Shoulders straight, |
| 00:32:42 |
golden hair bouncing |
| 00:32:44 |
Yeah. I've heard |
| 00:32:46 |
Most beautiful girl |
| 00:32:49 |
Beautiful. |
| 00:32:51 |
This girl was-- |
| 00:32:53 |
She was the most |
| 00:32:55 |
Hey, girl. |
| 00:32:58 |
Hey, hell, you be careful |
| 00:33:00 |
That thing is loaded. |
| 00:33:02 |
No. No. |
| 00:33:08 |
Why do you have a gun, Bob? |
| 00:33:10 |
You never know |
| 00:33:13 |
Now give it here! |
| 00:33:15 |
I've been around |
| 00:33:18 |
I have! |
| 00:33:22 |
You carry it all the time? |
| 00:33:24 |
Hell, yes. |
| 00:33:26 |
You think it's just for Sundays? |
| 00:33:32 |
See how dressed up I am? |
| 00:33:33 |
I look like I got |
| 00:33:35 |
Well, you look |
| 00:33:36 |
but I don't think... |
| 00:33:37 |
Suppose we got a flat |
| 00:33:41 |
and I get out and fix it. |
| 00:33:43 |
Some half-baked gunman drops by. |
| 00:33:45 |
I'd better be ready |
| 00:33:49 |
Oh, I got you. |
| 00:33:53 |
This is a dangerous |
| 00:33:56 |
Outlaws and vagrants, |
| 00:34:00 |
Yeah, I've got a gun. |
| 00:34:02 |
You do? |
| 00:34:03 |
Mm-hmm. |
| 00:34:06 |
Yeah. |
| 00:34:07 |
You got it with you? |
| 00:34:09 |
No, I don't have it with me. |
| 00:34:13 |
Well, good. |
| 00:34:15 |
I'd hate to try and kiss you |
| 00:34:31 |
Novalyne, look. |
| 00:34:33 |
Only in Texas |
| 00:34:34 |
do you ever see |
| 00:34:39 |
Girl, I hope |
| 00:34:42 |
everything I've done |
| 00:34:46 |
Now, that's |
| 00:34:49 |
if I do say so myself. |
| 00:35:00 |
That crazy guy? |
| 00:35:01 |
He is not crazy. |
| 00:35:06 |
Enid, you're an English teacher. |
| 00:35:09 |
Not what he writes. |
| 00:35:11 |
I wouldn't touch |
| 00:35:13 |
He uses words beautifully. |
| 00:35:15 |
He read me one of his poems |
| 00:35:18 |
It was so amazing. |
| 00:35:20 |
I can't believe how he can-- |
| 00:35:22 |
Hey. |
| 00:35:23 |
Look at that guy |
| 00:35:26 |
What on earth |
| 00:35:29 |
Novalyne, come here. |
| 00:35:33 |
Get a look at this. Come on. |
| 00:35:44 |
Now, isn't that |
| 00:35:46 |
you ever did see? |
| 00:35:48 |
What do you suppose |
| 00:35:51 |
I guess he thinks |
| 00:35:53 |
or something. |
| 00:35:55 |
[BELL RINGING |
| 00:36:16 |
Hey! |
| 00:36:18 |
Hey, Jesus, girl. |
| 00:36:20 |
Yeah, you sure did. |
| 00:36:21 |
Why ain't you |
| 00:36:23 |
I am. |
| 00:36:25 |
I just thought I'd say hi. |
| 00:36:26 |
You almost got a broken nose |
| 00:36:29 |
Yes, I did. |
| 00:36:34 |
What were you doing just now |
| 00:36:39 |
I got this boxing yarn |
| 00:36:43 |
going in my head. |
| 00:36:45 |
Come with me. |
| 00:36:51 |
Come on. |
| 00:36:58 |
So this is your |
| 00:37:00 |
For now. |
| 00:37:02 |
Whoa. |
| 00:37:05 |
How's that after-school |
| 00:37:07 |
Good. We're going to |
| 00:37:08 |
Do you want |
| 00:37:10 |
Maybe, |
| 00:37:12 |
"Still more fool |
| 00:37:14 |
"by the time |
| 00:37:16 |
"With one fool's head |
| 00:37:18 |
"but I go away with two. |
| 00:37:20 |
"Sweet adieu. |
| 00:37:21 |
I'll keep my oath, |
| 00:37:25 |
Very nice. |
| 00:37:26 |
Thank you. |
| 00:37:29 |
You ever directed |
| 00:37:31 |
We do a couple scenes in class, |
| 00:37:32 |
but he's a little bit heavy |
| 00:37:36 |
You know, when I read his plays, |
| 00:37:38 |
I can't see that men have |
| 00:37:41 |
Men still |
| 00:37:43 |
Well, civilization |
| 00:37:46 |
men become more depraved |
| 00:37:48 |
all the time. |
| 00:37:49 |
Oh, it's not that bad. |
| 00:37:51 |
Girl, when they discovered oil |
| 00:37:56 |
you wouldn't believe the scum |
| 00:37:58 |
Novalyne, I... |
| 00:37:59 |
Thieves, drunkards, |
| 00:38:07 |
not a decent man among them. |
| 00:38:12 |
What about your father? |
| 00:38:14 |
He's a good man, |
| 00:38:15 |
You're damn right |
| 00:38:17 |
He's the only one |
| 00:38:18 |
What about your friend, |
| 00:38:19 |
and your other |
| 00:38:21 |
Well, you don't stick |
| 00:38:22 |
You bring up a bunch |
| 00:38:25 |
to keep yourself from |
| 00:38:27 |
Maggots of corruption |
| 00:38:31 |
Hospitals and schools. |
| 00:38:34 |
What? |
| 00:38:35 |
Hospitals and schools. |
| 00:38:37 |
You use them, |
| 00:38:38 |
but you don't give |
| 00:38:40 |
Aw... |
| 00:38:43 |
We men made |
| 00:38:45 |
when we sent women |
| 00:38:46 |
and gave you the vote. |
| 00:38:49 |
You just watch it. |
| 00:38:52 |
See you Friday. |
| 00:38:59 |
We're here. |
| 00:39:02 |
Hey, Mom. |
| 00:39:04 |
Oh, baby. |
| 00:39:07 |
This is Bob Howard. |
| 00:39:10 |
Bob's the writer |
| 00:39:11 |
Mama, Mammy. |
| 00:39:13 |
Howdy, Mammy. |
| 00:39:15 |
You too. |
| 00:39:16 |
Nice to meet you, too, |
| 00:39:17 |
Welcome, Bob. |
| 00:39:19 |
Thank you. |
| 00:39:21 |
I understand |
| 00:39:23 |
with Novalyne's writing hopes. |
| 00:39:25 |
Well, I been holding it out, |
| 00:39:27 |
but so far she ain't |
| 00:39:29 |
That is not true. |
| 00:39:30 |
I listen to every word you say, |
| 00:39:33 |
Well, your ears |
| 00:39:35 |
because your hands |
| 00:39:38 |
I think Novalyne |
| 00:39:40 |
That's what she's good at. |
| 00:39:43 |
Well, maybe I'll do both. |
| 00:39:47 |
Well, it don't work that way. |
| 00:39:58 |
Hey, something smells |
| 00:40:02 |
Good deeds in this house |
| 00:40:04 |
Yes. |
| 00:40:05 |
Thank you for bringing Novalyne |
| 00:40:16 |
Come on. Wake up. |
| 00:40:19 |
Dr. Howard? |
| 00:40:26 |
How's Mrs. Howard? |
| 00:40:29 |
She's holding her own. |
| 00:40:31 |
Robert will be |
| 00:40:33 |
Has he been sick too? |
| 00:40:34 |
No. No, he hasn't. |
| 00:40:39 |
You really like my son, |
| 00:40:42 |
Yeah. |
| 00:40:46 |
But Bob, he... |
| 00:40:50 |
Robert's real close to... |
| 00:40:54 |
to his mother. |
| 00:40:57 |
We're all real close |
| 00:41:02 |
but we manage to get along |
| 00:41:06 |
We do. |
| 00:41:13 |
Robert's a stranger to me, |
| 00:41:15 |
He's in his own little world |
| 00:41:20 |
and I'm not privy to it. |
| 00:41:23 |
Not like you. |
| 00:41:30 |
Hello, honey. |
| 00:41:31 |
How you doing? |
| 00:41:33 |
Hi. |
| 00:41:36 |
My throat's a little sore. |
| 00:41:38 |
Goddamn it. |
| 00:41:39 |
If you'd stayed home |
| 00:41:41 |
you'd be feeling |
| 00:41:43 |
When will you be up and around? |
| 00:41:45 |
By Saturday, I hope. |
| 00:41:47 |
What happens then? |
| 00:41:49 |
Mayor Adams is throwing |
| 00:41:56 |
and Bob, |
| 00:42:04 |
I'm sorry. I can't go. |
| 00:42:07 |
Why not? |
| 00:42:09 |
I don't have time |
| 00:42:12 |
cookie-pushing party. |
| 00:42:15 |
That's not what |
| 00:42:18 |
A bastard? |
| 00:42:20 |
after everything |
| 00:42:22 |
Don't I wear a tie |
| 00:42:24 |
and that goddamn fool hat |
| 00:42:26 |
every time we go out? |
| 00:42:28 |
Bob, you're going to have |
| 00:42:29 |
how to mix with people. |
| 00:42:31 |
If I listened to you, |
| 00:42:34 |
It would not. |
| 00:42:36 |
Sure it would. |
| 00:42:38 |
If I wrote like you, |
| 00:42:40 |
I'd be wasting my time |
| 00:42:42 |
with every Tom, Dick, |
| 00:42:45 |
That ain't writing. |
| 00:42:47 |
I still want you to go with me. |
| 00:42:50 |
Aw, Christ! |
| 00:42:52 |
I'll see those sons of bitches |
| 00:42:54 |
before I make |
| 00:42:57 |
You want to learn |
| 00:42:58 |
I'll show you what it takes! |
| 00:43:26 |
[ENGINE FAILS TO TURN OVER] |
| 00:43:31 |
Mama, the car won't start! |
| 00:43:43 |
Goddamn bastard! |
| 00:45:36 |
[SILENT NIGHT PLAYING] |
| 00:46:35 |
BOB: Dear Novalyne, |
| 00:46:38 |
the French have one gift: |
| 00:46:39 |
the ability to gild decay |
| 00:46:41 |
and change |
| 00:46:43 |
to the hummingbirds of poetry, |
| 00:46:45 |
as demonstrated by this volume. |
| 00:47:00 |
Hey, what you |
| 00:47:02 |
It's a book. |
| 00:47:04 |
Bob sent it to me. |
| 00:47:09 |
Next time I see him, |
| 00:47:42 |
[BOB'S VOICE, DISTORTED] |
| 00:47:44 |
Why you sacrilegious |
| 00:47:48 |
do you not fear God's... |
| 00:47:52 |
Is there no honesty anywhere? |
| 00:47:55 |
And she danced... |
| 00:47:57 |
just like the spin |
| 00:48:00 |
like the leaping |
| 00:48:04 |
The white feet spurned |
| 00:48:08 |
"Sweat beaded the forehead |
| 00:48:12 |
"and his eyes |
| 00:48:14 |
"Smite as he would, |
| 00:48:15 |
"he could not break past |
| 00:48:19 |
"She stepped back |
| 00:48:21 |
"felt her thighs lock |
| 00:48:24 |
His breath came in gusty gulps." |
| 00:48:27 |
Bob? |
| 00:48:29 |
You have |
| 00:48:38 |
Hi, it's me. |
| 00:48:40 |
Novalyne. Are you back? |
| 00:48:44 |
No, I'm still at home. |
| 00:48:45 |
Merry Christmas, by the way. |
| 00:48:47 |
Merry Christmas to you too. |
| 00:48:50 |
Are you still mad at me? |
| 00:48:52 |
Yes, but not as much. |
| 00:48:55 |
Hey, Bob, the |
| 00:48:57 |
What are you doing now? |
| 00:48:59 |
Well, not much. |
| 00:49:01 |
I'm coming over. |
| 00:49:03 |
Oh, Bob, you don't have to-- |
| 00:49:11 |
Now, you read that book. |
| 00:49:13 |
No. That book |
| 00:49:16 |
I can't imagine |
| 00:49:19 |
The fool? |
| 00:49:26 |
My Conan yarns |
| 00:49:27 |
They are? |
| 00:49:29 |
Hell, yeah. |
| 00:49:33 |
Drinking, whoring, |
| 00:49:37 |
What else is there |
| 00:49:40 |
I'm sorry, but I don't |
| 00:49:43 |
about a naked woman |
| 00:49:44 |
dancing around |
| 00:49:46 |
You don't? |
| 00:49:48 |
No. |
| 00:49:50 |
Well, for God's sakes, |
| 00:49:53 |
she was dancing |
| 00:49:55 |
What could be |
| 00:49:57 |
I thought she was |
| 00:50:02 |
Then what do you think |
| 00:50:05 |
Naked women aren't sexy. |
| 00:50:08 |
I'd look the other way. |
| 00:50:11 |
You probably would. |
| 00:50:15 |
A few years ago, |
| 00:50:16 |
I had a hard time |
| 00:50:20 |
Now I got to work |
| 00:50:22 |
just to keep up |
| 00:50:27 |
Before long, there won't |
| 00:50:31 |
Sex will infest |
| 00:50:33 |
Books, radio. |
| 00:50:35 |
[YELLING] |
| 00:50:38 |
Everything. |
| 00:50:41 |
Hell, yes. |
| 00:50:43 |
That's the way it was |
| 00:50:45 |
Rape and murder took |
| 00:50:51 |
Damn people loved it. |
| 00:50:59 |
I'm sorry |
| 00:51:01 |
My mother's... |
| 00:51:02 |
Expecting her medicine. |
| 00:51:05 |
Here's another |
| 00:51:07 |
Thank you. |
| 00:51:09 |
I hope you don't |
| 00:51:10 |
under the house. |
| 00:51:50 |
This one |
| 00:51:54 |
Hell, I can write |
| 00:51:56 |
I got a hankering to |
| 00:52:01 |
Yeah. A novel, maybe. |
| 00:52:05 |
Hey, girl. |
| 00:52:10 |
Let me |
| 00:52:12 |
Why? |
| 00:52:13 |
I got to keep an eye |
| 00:52:15 |
Rattlesnakes? |
| 00:52:17 |
Don't worry. |
| 00:52:22 |
especially the giant |
| 00:52:26 |
Two-foot fangs |
| 00:52:27 |
Oh! |
| 00:52:29 |
That is a-- |
| 00:52:30 |
Oh! |
| 00:52:31 |
Ah, just joking, |
| 00:52:32 |
That's enough. |
| 00:52:34 |
Robert E., you lead on, |
| 00:52:45 |
It's beautiful. |
| 00:52:50 |
You can see the whole world |
| 00:52:53 |
And others as well. |
| 00:53:49 |
There you are. |
| 00:54:06 |
Why don't you tell me |
| 00:54:12 |
Set in Texas. |
| 00:54:16 |
It's going to be |
| 00:54:18 |
of the early pioneers, |
| 00:54:20 |
and their conflict |
| 00:54:24 |
who were trying to save |
| 00:54:28 |
I figure it'll be |
| 00:54:29 |
the best damn book |
| 00:54:31 |
about frontier life. |
| 00:54:32 |
It sounds fascinating. |
| 00:54:37 |
I know what I can do. |
| 00:54:43 |
No one can write about |
| 00:54:45 |
like I can. |
| 00:54:49 |
I'll be nicer to the |
| 00:54:52 |
Thank you. |
| 00:54:58 |
I'll have this beautiful, |
| 00:55:05 |
The hero will fall |
| 00:55:07 |
He'll be this morose, |
| 00:55:10 |
ungainly misfit |
| 00:56:07 |
Why does he have |
| 00:56:12 |
Why can't he be |
| 00:56:22 |
You're still |
| 00:56:26 |
He's got |
| 00:56:28 |
Well, to hell with it. |
| 00:56:30 |
He'll be the most handsome man |
| 00:56:33 |
with the fastest gun. |
| 00:56:34 |
Boom, boom, boom! |
| 00:56:40 |
Christ Almighty, |
| 00:56:44 |
If you were Mojave, |
| 00:56:46 |
I'd have to shoot you |
| 00:56:50 |
You'd shoot your best girl |
| 00:56:52 |
I can't help it. |
| 00:56:54 |
I swear. |
| 00:56:57 |
You got me there. |
| 00:56:59 |
I was you, I'd have |
| 00:57:01 |
a long time ago. |
| 00:57:03 |
You don't give yourself |
| 00:57:06 |
You have |
| 00:57:08 |
Is that so? |
| 00:57:09 |
Like what? |
| 00:57:11 |
Well, your thoughtfulness, |
| 00:57:18 |
your intelligence, |
| 00:57:21 |
humor, imagination. |
| 00:57:26 |
I could go on and on. |
| 00:57:30 |
If you don't think |
| 00:57:32 |
you're mistaken. |
| 00:57:36 |
That's what I see in you. |
| 00:57:42 |
Well, I... |
| 00:57:46 |
appreciate it, girl. |
| 00:57:55 |
Don't be fooled. |
| 00:57:57 |
I'm the kind of man |
| 00:57:59 |
I can't be tied down. |
| 00:58:05 |
It's funny |
| 00:58:06 |
how women are attracted |
| 00:58:47 |
[COUGHING] |
| 00:59:40 |
Hi. I'm here |
| 00:59:44 |
The name's Truett Vinson. |
| 00:59:46 |
V-I-N-S-O-N. |
| 00:59:47 |
Oh, yeah. |
| 00:59:50 |
Here it is. |
| 00:59:53 |
Thank you, sir. |
| 00:59:54 |
Excuse me. Hi. |
| 00:59:57 |
Did you say your |
| 00:59:59 |
Yes, ma'am. |
| 01:00:01 |
Well, hi. |
| 01:00:03 |
I believe we |
| 01:00:05 |
Who's that? |
| 01:00:07 |
Bob. Really? |
| 01:00:09 |
How do you know Bob? |
| 01:00:10 |
Well, I teach |
| 01:00:14 |
We're friends. |
| 01:00:23 |
So do you see |
| 01:00:25 |
up there in Cross Plains? |
| 01:00:26 |
Off and on. |
| 01:00:30 |
But you two weren't |
| 01:00:31 |
Oh, no, no. |
| 01:00:32 |
He's made it very clear |
| 01:00:35 |
that he is not |
| 01:00:37 |
He has to be free. |
| 01:00:38 |
The road he walks... |
| 01:00:39 |
He walks alone. |
| 01:00:41 |
Yes. |
| 01:00:42 |
That's what he says, |
| 01:00:46 |
How often did you |
| 01:00:48 |
Every now and then. |
| 01:00:50 |
Bob ever |
| 01:00:53 |
Only if the picture was |
| 01:00:55 |
with lots of |
| 01:00:57 |
and stuff like that, |
| 01:01:07 |
[SWORDS CLASHING, SCREAMING] |
| 01:01:39 |
[KNOCKING] |
| 01:01:44 |
Who is it? |
| 01:01:46 |
It ain't no tramp. |
| 01:02:03 |
Hey. |
| 01:02:05 |
What are you |
| 01:02:07 |
I thought you might like |
| 01:02:10 |
It's 5:30 |
| 01:02:12 |
I know. Come on, get dressed. |
| 01:02:15 |
I got something special |
| 01:02:18 |
something you might appreciate. |
| 01:02:21 |
Come on. |
| 01:02:23 |
Hold on. |
| 01:02:29 |
So, how's your summer |
| 01:02:30 |
Okay. We had some rain |
| 01:02:35 |
Yeah. Farmers |
| 01:02:41 |
I met Truett Vinson |
| 01:02:43 |
Oh yeah? |
| 01:02:45 |
Good. |
| 01:02:47 |
You know, he and Clyde work |
| 01:02:50 |
Poor fool's a bookkeeper. |
| 01:02:52 |
Pushing papers |
| 01:02:54 |
It's a job you'd never |
| 01:02:57 |
When's the last time |
| 01:02:58 |
the three of you |
| 01:03:00 |
Long time. Too long. |
| 01:03:02 |
I ought to give them |
| 01:03:03 |
see if they don't want |
| 01:03:08 |
What exactly do you do |
| 01:03:11 |
Drink beer |
| 01:03:15 |
Lie about them |
| 01:03:19 |
Don't you talk about |
| 01:03:21 |
That is serious. |
| 01:03:25 |
Sure we do. |
| 01:03:29 |
I want to wring Clyde's |
| 01:03:32 |
he makes me so mad. |
| 01:03:34 |
What do you argue about? |
| 01:03:38 |
You ever read |
| 01:03:40 |
Did you like it? |
| 01:03:41 |
Yes, I did. |
| 01:03:42 |
Well, |
| 01:03:44 |
I thought it was the |
| 01:03:47 |
I wonder what you'd do if |
| 01:03:49 |
If he told me I didn't know |
| 01:03:52 |
Right. |
| 01:03:53 |
Well, it depends |
| 01:03:55 |
The vicar was |
| 01:03:58 |
The villain seduced |
| 01:04:00 |
and the old fool |
| 01:04:03 |
No, he had a sweet |
| 01:04:05 |
He forgave, |
| 01:04:06 |
and then he repented |
| 01:04:08 |
You know, I thought |
| 01:04:09 |
They offer you |
| 01:04:12 |
and you gulp it |
| 01:04:13 |
What? |
| 01:04:14 |
I know exactly |
| 01:04:16 |
if a kid disagreed. |
| 01:04:18 |
You'd bawl him out. |
| 01:04:19 |
If he was being rude, I would, |
| 01:04:20 |
but if we were just |
| 01:04:22 |
Sure you would! |
| 01:04:23 |
It's thanks to teachers like you |
| 01:04:25 |
that there's no room |
| 01:04:27 |
in schools today. |
| 01:04:29 |
Oh, really? |
| 01:04:30 |
Oh, really? |
| 01:04:32 |
Well, yeah, that's right. |
| 01:04:34 |
Thanks indeed. Thank God. |
| 01:04:35 |
If it wasn't for teachers |
| 01:04:37 |
there would be |
| 01:04:39 |
socially inept, |
| 01:04:41 |
prattling off pompous ideas |
| 01:04:42 |
that nobody wants to hear |
| 01:04:45 |
Bob Howard, if you do not take |
| 01:04:47 |
you are going to end up |
| 01:04:50 |
sitting at home with |
| 01:04:53 |
And another thing. |
| 01:04:55 |
Don't you ever, ever imply |
| 01:04:59 |
because then you really |
| 01:05:02 |
that you know nothing about. |
| 01:05:03 |
Now, why don't you |
| 01:05:05 |
Your mama's |
| 01:05:25 |
[RADIO BLARING] |
| 01:05:42 |
Novalyne. |
| 01:05:47 |
Novalyne, get in the car. |
| 01:05:49 |
No! |
| 01:05:50 |
Get in the goddamn car! |
| 01:05:51 |
No! |
| 01:05:53 |
Hell. Come on, |
| 01:05:59 |
Go away! |
| 01:06:02 |
I'll keep chasing you |
| 01:06:07 |
Now, get in the damn... |
| 01:06:12 |
Ugh! |
| 01:06:14 |
Men! |
| 01:06:16 |
All men can go to hell! |
| 01:06:18 |
We are. |
| 01:06:20 |
Every damn one |
| 01:06:22 |
[LAUGHING] |
| 01:06:32 |
Guess who came by my house |
| 01:06:34 |
I don't know. Who? |
| 01:06:35 |
Bob. |
| 01:06:36 |
He wants me to go down |
| 01:06:39 |
Do you think Bob knows |
| 01:06:42 |
Mm. Yeah. He does know. |
| 01:06:45 |
Really? |
| 01:06:46 |
Yeah. |
| 01:06:48 |
that we met |
| 01:06:49 |
and we'd been to the |
| 01:06:51 |
What happened? Was he mad? |
| 01:06:52 |
No. I don't think so. |
| 01:06:55 |
Well, Truett, either he was |
| 01:06:58 |
Well, he kind of ignored me. |
| 01:07:01 |
He didn't say a word. |
| 01:07:04 |
He didn't seem mad. |
| 01:07:05 |
He asked me if I'd read |
| 01:07:14 |
BOB: Dear Novalyne, |
| 01:07:16 |
The beer's lousy. |
| 01:07:18 |
Hoping you are the same. Bob. |
| 01:07:28 |
NOVALYNE: Dear Bob, |
| 01:07:31 |
summer's flying by |
| 01:07:34 |
Where have you been? |
| 01:07:36 |
I hope you're not |
| 01:07:38 |
If so, I apologize. |
| 01:07:41 |
Let me know the next time |
| 01:07:44 |
hopefully at a reasonable hour. |
| 01:07:47 |
Love, Novalyne. |
| 01:08:08 |
BOB: Dear Novalyne, thank you |
| 01:08:13 |
but you honestly |
| 01:08:14 |
to enjoy ridicule and contempt |
| 01:08:17 |
that I'd come back |
| 01:08:20 |
You understand me, I think, |
| 01:08:25 |
You and Truett |
| 01:08:28 |
concealing the fact |
| 01:08:30 |
Both of you had plenty |
| 01:08:32 |
but instead |
| 01:08:34 |
and no doubt laughed at me |
| 01:08:37 |
Taking advantage |
| 01:08:39 |
to try and make a fool of him |
| 01:08:41 |
seems a poor triumph. |
| 01:08:44 |
Robert E. Howard. |
| 01:08:48 |
NOVALYNE: "Obviously, I made |
| 01:08:50 |
"in befriending a pathetic man |
| 01:08:52 |
"and I now consider |
| 01:08:54 |
"over and finalized. |
| 01:08:55 |
"My only regret |
| 01:08:58 |
"spent in your company. |
| 01:08:59 |
Sincerely, Novalyne Price." |
| 01:09:07 |
Well, say something. |
| 01:09:08 |
Seemed like |
| 01:09:12 |
It's a shame he won't be |
| 01:09:14 |
Mama, what do you think? |
| 01:09:15 |
You said it. Now tear it up. |
| 01:09:17 |
Why? |
| 01:09:19 |
After that hateful letter, |
| 01:09:21 |
Don't end the friendship, |
| 01:09:25 |
He's been a good friend. |
| 01:09:27 |
Why don't you write |
| 01:09:29 |
Say what you really |
| 01:09:32 |
NOVALYNE: Dear Bob, |
| 01:09:34 |
although you leave |
| 01:09:35 |
being a woman, |
| 01:09:38 |
During the time |
| 01:09:39 |
I realized perfectly |
| 01:09:42 |
Freedom was the first law |
| 01:09:44 |
Strange as it may seem, |
| 01:09:47 |
I didn't think you'd resort |
| 01:09:50 |
and I can't believe |
| 01:09:51 |
that you really in your heart |
| 01:09:54 |
In my last letter, |
| 01:09:55 |
I was of the opinion |
| 01:09:57 |
and invited you to call, |
| 01:09:59 |
assuming that our friendship |
| 01:10:00 |
as it had in the past. |
| 01:10:02 |
I apologize |
| 01:10:05 |
Please note that you will |
| 01:10:07 |
for your continued success |
| 01:10:10 |
Sincerely, Novalyne Price. |
| 01:10:19 |
Mr. Howard called. |
| 01:10:21 |
Dr. Howard? |
| 01:10:23 |
No. Robert Howard. |
| 01:10:25 |
What did he say? |
| 01:10:26 |
He said |
| 01:10:28 |
Hm. |
| 01:10:29 |
Did he want me to call |
| 01:10:31 |
No, ma'am. |
| 01:10:33 |
Well, I am going |
| 01:10:35 |
and tell him where he |
| 01:10:37 |
Mm-hmm. |
| 01:10:39 |
I am. Believe me. |
| 01:10:53 |
[CAR APPROACHING] |
| 01:11:09 |
Howdy. |
| 01:11:17 |
Hi, Bob. |
| 01:11:21 |
Fine. |
| 01:11:31 |
So, what do you think |
| 01:11:34 |
You remember that |
| 01:11:36 |
you told me about? |
| 01:11:39 |
What was it |
| 01:11:43 |
She said kissing a man |
| 01:11:46 |
was like eating eggs |
| 01:11:49 |
You like your eggs |
| 01:11:53 |
No. I'll |
| 01:11:59 |
How are things at home? |
| 01:12:01 |
Not good. |
| 01:12:08 |
My mother's getting weaker |
| 01:12:18 |
I can never repay her |
| 01:12:20 |
Well, she's not expecting |
| 01:12:27 |
She believed in my writing |
| 01:12:32 |
She had faith. |
| 01:12:38 |
You made her very proud, Bob, |
| 01:12:40 |
but now you've got |
| 01:12:45 |
I lead my own life! |
| 01:12:47 |
Don't think for a second |
| 01:12:53 |
I'm thirsty. |
| 01:12:55 |
I made some lemonade. |
| 01:12:56 |
I want something |
| 01:12:59 |
You got something better to do? |
| 01:13:18 |
Last month, |
| 01:13:20 |
to Action Stories, |
| 01:13:22 |
and Weird Tales. |
| 01:13:25 |
I sold a grand old |
| 01:13:26 |
to Mr. Wright. |
| 01:13:28 |
I think it's the best |
| 01:13:31 |
Conan is after |
| 01:13:34 |
this head-headed |
| 01:13:35 |
a real spitfire |
| 01:13:38 |
They find a city that's |
| 01:13:44 |
One's ruled by |
| 01:13:47 |
She drains the youth |
| 01:13:50 |
MAN: Good heavens! |
| 01:13:52 |
which the tribe sacrifices |
| 01:13:54 |
[RAISING VOICE] |
| 01:13:58 |
stripped naked, |
| 01:14:00 |
chained... |
| 01:14:03 |
to a bloody altar. |
| 01:14:04 |
I would like to go home. |
| 01:14:11 |
Orgies and chained, |
| 01:14:14 |
My God, Bob. |
| 01:14:16 |
Aw, hell, you pay |
| 01:14:18 |
to what people think. |
| 01:14:19 |
They don't feed you |
| 01:14:20 |
and put clothes |
| 01:14:22 |
then what they think |
| 01:14:23 |
That's right! I care! |
| 01:14:26 |
I care what |
| 01:14:31 |
Why did you |
| 01:14:33 |
Huh? Why? |
| 01:14:59 |
[ENGINE STARTS] |
| 01:15:30 |
Miss Price, imagine |
| 01:15:34 |
Hey, how about it? |
| 01:15:37 |
Hey, girl. |
| 01:15:38 |
Oh, God. |
| 01:15:39 |
Jesus, girl. Wait up. |
| 01:15:41 |
What you in |
| 01:15:43 |
I have to be somewhere. |
| 01:15:46 |
Well, I'll walk you home. |
| 01:15:48 |
[CAR HORN HONKS] |
| 01:15:52 |
Heard you and Truett |
| 01:15:54 |
What? |
| 01:15:55 |
Yeah, I heard |
| 01:15:56 |
you took some people |
| 01:15:58 |
after they'd been |
| 01:16:00 |
Yeah, that's true. |
| 01:16:05 |
MAN: Good heavens. |
| 01:16:07 |
I also hear you |
| 01:16:09 |
so nobody |
| 01:16:10 |
[LAUGHS] |
| 01:16:11 |
It was my new white |
| 01:16:13 |
I didn't want |
| 01:16:16 |
Well, I've always said |
| 01:16:17 |
we're really |
| 01:16:19 |
when we're so willing |
| 01:16:21 |
we don't want to endanger |
| 01:16:23 |
You make me sound |
| 01:16:25 |
I am not a mean person. |
| 01:16:27 |
I just didn't want somebody |
| 01:16:30 |
bleeding all over |
| 01:16:32 |
If he was bleeding, |
| 01:16:35 |
Oh, shut up, Bob. |
| 01:16:36 |
Just shut up. |
| 01:17:10 |
[RINGING] |
| 01:17:13 |
Hello, Hemphill residence. |
| 01:17:16 |
Miss Price, please. |
| 01:17:18 |
Bob? |
| 01:17:19 |
Oh, it's you. |
| 01:17:20 |
I didn't |
| 01:17:22 |
Hi. How've you been? |
| 01:17:24 |
Good. Good. |
| 01:17:25 |
Hey, would you like |
| 01:17:30 |
Well, I've got an awful lot |
| 01:17:34 |
Come on. I just |
| 01:17:36 |
I'm all dressed up. |
| 01:17:38 |
Have you shaved that mustache? |
| 01:17:42 |
[COUGHING] |
| 01:17:44 |
Son? |
| 01:17:47 |
I need you in here. |
| 01:17:50 |
[COUGHING] |
| 01:18:08 |
How's my mama? |
| 01:18:12 |
Okay. |
| 01:18:13 |
All right. |
| 01:18:15 |
Here we go. Here we go. |
| 01:18:19 |
Come on. Come on. |
| 01:18:22 |
Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. |
| 01:18:32 |
Okay, I'm setting you down now. |
| 01:18:36 |
Okay. |
| 01:18:39 |
Okay. |
| 01:18:42 |
Thank you. |
| 01:18:44 |
All right. |
| 01:18:46 |
Don't you run away. |
| 01:18:51 |
I'm cold. |
| 01:19:03 |
Okay. Let's get |
| 01:19:17 |
Okay. |
| 01:19:24 |
All right, Mama. |
| 01:19:30 |
Arms up. |
| 01:19:35 |
Okay, now, you can go ahead |
| 01:19:43 |
There you go. |
| 01:19:43 |
Here you go. |
| 01:19:46 |
Here you are. |
| 01:19:46 |
Thank you. |
| 01:19:47 |
There you go. |
| 01:19:53 |
Are you going out with that |
| 01:19:57 |
No. What, |
| 01:20:03 |
I don't want to spoil |
| 01:20:06 |
You ain't spoiling it. |
| 01:20:09 |
"Were I like this forever, |
| 01:20:15 |
"But here tonight, we sever |
| 01:20:24 |
"And the higher |
| 01:20:26 |
"the lower may he fall. |
| 01:20:29 |
"And the scheme |
| 01:20:32 |
it was never meant |
| 01:20:43 |
I'm going to miss you, son. |
| 01:20:48 |
I'm going to miss you |
| 01:20:56 |
You ain't going nowhere. |
| 01:21:04 |
Will you stay with me |
| 01:21:17 |
And bring that girl |
| 01:21:25 |
I'd like to meet her again. |
| 01:21:34 |
Hi. |
| 01:21:37 |
So you made it, huh? |
| 01:21:39 |
I'm sorry. |
| 01:21:42 |
Something came up. |
| 01:21:43 |
We're going |
| 01:21:46 |
That's all right. |
| 01:21:49 |
We could drive around for |
| 01:21:51 |
Okay. |
| 01:21:57 |
So, what you been up to? |
| 01:21:59 |
Same old thing. |
| 01:22:02 |
My students have been |
| 01:22:03 |
a little |
| 01:22:05 |
Oh, yeah? |
| 01:22:08 |
Well... |
| 01:22:11 |
when you're young, |
| 01:22:12 |
you feel the lust |
| 01:22:14 |
buried in your |
| 01:22:16 |
You don't want |
| 01:22:18 |
with dreary things |
| 01:22:20 |
I see. |
| 01:22:25 |
How's your mother? |
| 01:22:29 |
Not well at all. |
| 01:22:38 |
I... I can't write. |
| 01:22:45 |
Or do anything... |
| 01:22:49 |
except take care of her. |
| 01:22:52 |
What do you mean, |
| 01:22:53 |
My mother requires |
| 01:22:58 |
She has these terrible |
| 01:23:00 |
I changed her gown |
| 01:23:03 |
That's not your job. |
| 01:23:04 |
Aw, damn it, you do |
| 01:23:10 |
I can't let her lay there |
| 01:23:13 |
Why don't you |
| 01:23:15 |
You've got the money. |
| 01:23:17 |
No, you can't-- |
| 01:23:19 |
Listen to me! |
| 01:23:21 |
I'm required |
| 01:23:22 |
and do |
| 01:23:24 |
Not your work! |
| 01:23:26 |
Not your livelihood, |
| 01:23:31 |
What's work? |
| 01:23:34 |
A man can do any kind of work. |
| 01:23:40 |
Work ain't worth a damn... |
| 01:23:45 |
unless you do it |
| 01:24:02 |
I'm losing her, damn it! |
| 01:24:13 |
I want a woman to love, |
| 01:24:16 |
Is that so much to ask? |
| 01:24:18 |
No, it's not. |
| 01:24:25 |
And I'm sure |
| 01:24:28 |
You're an |
| 01:24:34 |
If you don't love me, say so. |
| 01:24:37 |
I know you loved me once. |
| 01:24:39 |
I believe in you, Bob. |
| 01:24:41 |
I do. I do. |
| 01:24:45 |
And do you love Truett? |
| 01:24:50 |
If it's Truett you love, say so. |
| 01:24:53 |
Say it, goddamn you. |
| 01:24:56 |
Say it. |
| 01:24:58 |
I don't love anyone. |
| 01:25:01 |
I don't love anyone |
| 01:25:06 |
I don't love anyone. |
| 01:25:11 |
I did love you, |
| 01:25:15 |
You told me so |
| 01:25:17 |
You said, |
| 01:25:22 |
You said so yourself. |
| 01:25:23 |
Well, I didn't know what |
| 01:25:29 |
I know, but there's |
| 01:25:36 |
We have all these |
| 01:25:38 |
and they're going |
| 01:25:39 |
But differences can be |
| 01:25:43 |
Yeah. Yeah, they can. |
| 01:25:50 |
Tell me that you'll |
| 01:25:55 |
Tell me that |
| 01:26:00 |
and that you'll try |
| 01:26:06 |
Tell me that now. |
| 01:26:10 |
Bob, tell me that now. |
| 01:26:27 |
I'm going to Louisiana State |
| 01:26:31 |
I've been accepted. |
| 01:26:36 |
You made good with your writing, |
| 01:26:38 |
and I'm going to make good |
| 01:26:40 |
I'm going to teach. |
| 01:26:44 |
Oh... |
| 01:26:47 |
you dedicate yourself to... |
| 01:26:53 |
kids in some small, |
| 01:27:00 |
What will you get out of it? |
| 01:27:03 |
Not even a "thank you." |
| 01:27:10 |
I'm not doing it to be thanked. |
| 01:27:17 |
Well, you got a great cause. |
| 01:27:24 |
To make life worth living, |
| 01:27:28 |
you got to have a great love |
| 01:27:32 |
I have neither. |
| 01:27:35 |
Don't say that. That's not true. |
| 01:27:56 |
That's a colorful sweater |
| 01:27:59 |
It's an LSU sweater. |
| 01:28:02 |
The other teachers gave it to me |
| 01:28:03 |
so I'd be ready |
| 01:28:06 |
Hell, I know |
| 01:28:09 |
Question is, will they be ready |
| 01:28:13 |
I'm sure they've seen |
| 01:28:16 |
I don't know about that. |
| 01:28:18 |
Texas spitfires |
| 01:28:20 |
are two entirely |
| 01:28:23 |
Hm. |
| 01:28:28 |
Come on. Get in. |
| 01:28:29 |
I'll take you for a drive. |
| 01:28:54 |
Suppose you were |
| 01:28:58 |
who came out here |
| 01:29:06 |
While you were watching it... |
| 01:29:13 |
a handsome Indian brave |
| 01:29:28 |
Now, what you do about it |
| 01:29:31 |
would be the yarn |
| 01:29:35 |
See, I can imagine |
| 01:29:37 |
and I can see |
| 01:29:39 |
but that's as far as I go. |
| 01:29:40 |
That's where |
| 01:29:41 |
Why stop when it just |
| 01:29:43 |
Because. |
| 01:29:45 |
The next thing you know, |
| 01:29:46 |
I'd be telling him to |
| 01:29:50 |
and get a good suit |
| 01:29:51 |
and accompany me |
| 01:29:56 |
Something tells me he just |
| 01:30:18 |
When I saw that house, |
| 01:30:21 |
I thought about the yarns |
| 01:30:26 |
Your dream. |
| 01:30:31 |
The dream that brought you |
| 01:31:03 |
Bob? |
| 01:31:07 |
Thanks for bringing me out here. |
| 01:31:14 |
And thanks for telling me |
| 01:31:18 |
I mean that. |
| 01:31:20 |
Well, you're welcome. |
| 01:31:23 |
It's only my opinion. |
| 01:31:25 |
You don't have to listen to it |
| 01:31:28 |
I'd be a fool not to listen |
| 01:31:29 |
to the greatest pulp writer |
| 01:31:33 |
Robert E. Howard. |
| 01:31:40 |
Well, that you would, by God. |
| 01:31:43 |
That you would. |
| 01:31:49 |
Uh-huh. |
| 01:32:20 |
Now, you be sure to write. |
| 01:32:23 |
You know my address. |
| 01:32:26 |
I'll write as soon |
| 01:32:37 |
Well, don't you get |
| 01:32:39 |
with those wild ideas |
| 01:32:45 |
You run into any of that voodoo, |
| 01:32:46 |
you make sure |
| 01:32:48 |
hold up a cross, |
| 01:32:52 |
Okay. I will. |
| 01:33:42 |
Hey, girl. |
| 01:33:45 |
Take a look at that sunset |
| 01:33:51 |
I sure do appreciate it. |
| 01:35:55 |
DR. HOWARD: That morning, |
| 01:35:57 |
Dr. Dill, had told us |
| 01:35:59 |
that Mrs. Howard |
| 01:36:05 |
Robert looked at me, |
| 01:36:08 |
and he went to his room |
| 01:36:13 |
A minute later, |
| 01:36:18 |
walk through the back door |
| 01:36:22 |
She said he raised his arms |
| 01:36:30 |
then she heard a shot |
| 01:36:34 |
and saw him slumped |
| 01:36:39 |
I carried my boy |
| 01:36:44 |
He lived for eight hours. |
| 01:36:49 |
His mother passed away |
| 01:36:56 |
Thank you |
| 01:36:59 |
Miss Price. |
| 01:37:02 |
I know how much |
| 01:37:43 |
DRIVER: Five-minute stop, folks. |
| 01:38:21 |
You've been doing |
| 01:38:30 |
Who you crying for? |
| 01:38:33 |
A friend. |
| 01:38:35 |
Gone, is he? |
| 01:38:39 |
Passed on? |
| 01:38:40 |
Yes. |
| 01:38:45 |
He took his own life. |
| 01:38:49 |
That's tough. |
| 01:38:55 |
He was a writer. |
| 01:38:58 |
He made his living |
| 01:39:02 |
Could spin a yarn, |
| 01:39:05 |
That's what |
| 01:39:10 |
What's your name, |
| 01:39:12 |
Novalyne Price. |
| 01:39:15 |
Let me ask you |
| 01:39:20 |
Are you glad |
| 01:39:21 |
you had the chance |
| 01:39:26 |
And even though |
| 01:39:28 |
you won't see him |
| 01:39:30 |
is he still your friend? |
| 01:39:34 |
Yeah. |
| 01:39:36 |
Yeah, he sure is. |
| 01:39:50 |
Novalyne, look. |
| 01:39:54 |
It's going to be |
