Moonrise

Danny Hawkins's dad was hanged!

Danny Hawkins's dad was hanged!

A fight! A fight! Jerry Sykes is fightin' Danny Hawkins!

Jerry's got him down! Jerry's got him down!

Danny Hawkins's dad was hanged!

Danny Hawkins's dad was hanged!

Attaboy, Jerry.

- Slug him, Jerry. Keep whuppin' him! - Jerry Sykes sure can fight.

Aw, Danny's yellow. He's no better than his old man.

- Come on! Come on! Go on! - We've got a present for ya, Danny.

Danny Hawkins's dad was hanged!

Danny Hawkins's dad was hanged!

What do you want, Jerry? I came here to dance.

Yeah? Well, quit dancing with Gilly Johnson.

I told you at that coon hunt three months ago, she's out of your class.

- You've been pestering her ever since. - You're drunk.

No wonder Gilly walked away from you on the dance floor.

You're out of line, Hawkins.

You know, you're just about ripe for another beating.

- And I'm about ready to give it to you. - Shut up, Jerry!

The killer blood, huh?

Danny, did your old man have time to tell you how it feels

to drop six feet at the end of a rope?

Have you had enough?

You had enough?

Let him wise up!

Jerry.

Jerry!

Oh! I thought someone was coming.

Come on, sugar. I gotta get back to the band.

- Come on, Billy. - Come on, Billy.

Attaboy. Here, Billy.

- Come on. - Come on.

- Isn't that pretty, Billy? - Sure is pretty, Billy.

Nice, huh? Take it. Go ahead.

- Come on, Billy. Once more. - Come on, Billy.

- Aw, come on. - Nice compact.

Come on. Here.

- Attaboy. - That's it.

Give me that.

What's the matter with you?

Who does he think he is?

Hey, what's the big idea? That's my compact!

Yeah. Come on back here. That's Janie's mirror.

- Cut out the rough stuff. - Lay off him!

Just because he's deaf and dumb and he's got a mind like a baby

don't give you no right to make fun of him.

- Why don't you mind your own business? - Lay off him!

Forget it, George. He looks like he's had enough fights tonight.

How long you been standin' there, Billy?

How long?

I must be nuts.

Talking to a dummy.

Lose your girl, Danny?

Hi, Ken.

How about a game later?

Just the usual. Some of the boys are staying.

The, uh, Brothers Pond Bourbon and Poker Club.

Not me. I can't afford that kind of poker.

? It just dawned on me ?

? That there's magic in the moonrise ?

? It just dawned on me ?

? When we found our love at moonrise ?

? A serenade of silver strings ?

- ? From dreamy violins ? - I'm cuttin' in.

? Turns winter into summer ?

? All at once, my life begins ?

? It just dawned on me ?

You're not very courteous.

? That the night is filled with romance ?

? Let's give love a chance ?

? We must never let it pass us by ?

? Two hearts will sing in harmony ?

- ? Just like a symphony ? - What's come over you?

? It just dawned on me... ?

You're not dancing with anyone else tonight, Gilly.

Daniel, I'm a schoolteacher.

I can't afford to fight with you here in front of everybody.

I even stopped dancing with Jerry because he'd been drinking.

Jimmy Biff's got his old man's car outside. You're comin' with us.

I'm certainly not.

Or I'll carry you out.

Take it easy, Dan. This stuff is slippery.

Don't be such an old crosspatch, Jimmy.

Golly. You have to go so fast?

My old man will murder me if anything happens to his car.

Danny, please.

What's the matter? You look scared.

I was just thinking about a little boy in one of my classes.

School's out now.

- All the kids pick on him. - Yeah?

Give him milk, he breaks the glass.

Hand him a toy, he smashes it.

He gives me a ?

- He gives me a lot of trouble. - And you don't like him.

You know how it is with a teacher, Dan.

Even if I hated him, I'd have to hide my feelings and try not to hurt him.

You see, Dan, he's unhappy...

and you just can't hurt a little boy.

Golly, Dan, you're goin' too fast.

If we start skidding, we'll never know what we hit.

Slow down, for gosh sakes.

Stop worryin' about your old man.

I'm not worried about nothin' but us.

Pull her down, will you, Dan?

For gosh sakes!

Be careful, Dan. That underpass is right ahead.

Look out, Dan! Look out!

Gilly.

Gilly!

Gilly.

It's all right, Dan.

? Work, for the night is coming ?

? Work through the sunny noon ?

? Fill brightest hours with labor ?

? Rest comes sure and soon ?

? Give every flying minute ?

? Something to keep in store ?

Daniel?

- Yes, Aunt Jessie? - It's late.

I was out to Blackwater. It's near time for huntin'.

Did you hear anything from the railroad?

I'll be on layoff for another three weeks.

Why? You worried about your room rent?

Come here, Daniel.

A man needs something to keep him busy,

keep him out of mischief. I ?

I guess I don't know very much about boys, Daniel.

Ever since Grandma sent you to me from the hills to go to school, I ?

I've tried my best, but... now ?

It isn't good for you never to have known your own ?

own pa and ma.

Why don't you say it?

About Pa shootin' a man and gettin' hung for it.

That's something I've never talked about.

What are you tryin' to say, Aunt Jessie?

Jimmy Biff's father spoke to me after church tonight.

He said the car last night was your fault.

Yours and that schoolteacher's.

What about her?

Well, if she can't handle young people a little better than that,

why, she wouldn't make a very good schoolteacher.

I know you're not a bad boy, Daniel.

In spite of what happened a long time ago,

there's never been a drop of bad blood in our family.

You couldn't help but be a good boy.

That's what I told Walter Biff.

That's right nice of you, Aunt Jessie.

After this, let's ?

Let's talk together a little more often, hmm?

We'll talk.

Kiss me good night, Daniel.

Gilly.

Gilly, I ?

- You all right? - I'm all right.

You don't sound very happy.

Should I be?

I called Julie's house this morning. Her mother wouldn't talk to me.

Well, the kids are okay.

Doc says it's just shock.

Everybody's blaming me for the wreck. I'm a schoolteacher and I let it happen.

Anybody can have an accident.

An accident?

Are you always like that when you're drunk?

Like what?

Like ?

Like you had nothing but hate in you.

You were scared.

It was as though you wanted to kill yourself, kill all of us.

Gilly...

people should understand each other,

especially... when parties are in love.

In love?

Oh ?

You're out of your mind.

What was between you and Jerry Sykes?

I don't think that's any of your business.

The way I figured, you're just a girl from the sticks.

You worked a little harder than anybody else and you went to college.

Now you're lookin' for someone like Jerry.

Jerry's the nicest boy I've ever known. Last night, he asked me to marry him.

- And you said yes. - Of course I said yes.

And because I went home with you, he hasn't called me today.

Good evening, young folks.

Good evening, Miss Simpkins.

Didn't expect to see you up and about, Daniel.

I'm all right, I reckon.

Try to come to church next Sunday, Daniel.

It'll do you a heap more good than those dances at Brothers Pond.

Good night.

Good night?

- Good night. - Gilly.

Gilly, I ? I'm gonna sit on the porch with you for a while.

Last night, I kissed you.

Dan, please go.

Don't touch me.

Don't you see or care? If this goes on, I'll lose my job.

That all you're afraid of?

Dan, let go.

Dan, let go!