Picnic

Hey, son!

This is where you wanted off.

Well, thank you, sir.

Thank you for the hitch too.

l've ridden them lots of times when l was your age myself.

What do you want here?

A friend of mine lives here.

His old man's a big shot in the grain business.

Real rich.

-Honest. -Sure!

The governor's an old sidekick of mine.

That's how l got this job.

Millie!

Does it make your mouth water?

lt's beautiful, Mrs. Potts.

Thank you, dear.

Ma'am?

Yes?

About your yard, ma'am.

l could rake it up and burn your trash for you...

...or any other job needs done.

My gracious!

Nobody works today.

lt's Labor Day!

Are you hungry?

l guess my stomach didn't know it was Labor Day, ma'am.

You just stop being embarrassed. Come in and have breakfast.

-Not unless l clean up your yard. -All right, but after you eat.

Come on, get in the house and get something to eat.

Madge!

Dry your silly hair over somebody else.

Why don't you read your silly book under somebody else?

My, it's hot and still today.

lt looks lovely, dear.

l wish it didn't take so long to dry.

l think, one summer l'll cut it short.

Madge!

She's just talking. The way she primps and fusses...

...somebody'd think she was the Queen of Sheba.

Well, if you fussed a little...

...maybe you'd have a date for the picnic today.

l don't want any of these crazy boys to take me anywhere.

Beggars can't be choosers!

Madge, that's mean.

There'll be dancing tonight.

Millie ought to have a date.

All she has to do is dress up and act decent.

l will dress and act the way l want.

Anybody mind if an old maid schoolteacher joins their company?

Morning, Miss Sydney.

Come out and join us, Rosemary.

-Mail in yet? -lt's a holiday.

Oh, that's right.

l forgot.

Thought there might be a letter from that man l met...

...at the high-school dance last spring.

He's been wanting to marry me ever since.

He was a peck of fun.

But l don't have time for any of them when they get serious on me.

You schoolteachers are mighty independent.

Shoot!

l lived this long without a man.

What's to keep me from getting on without one?

What about Howard?

Howard Bevans?

He's just a friend-boy...

...not a boyfriend.

l'll bet you never had cherry pie for breakfast before, did you?

No, ma'am.

l never did.

l'll get started on your yard now.

You had such a big breakfast.

Wouldn't you like to rest for a while?

No, ma'am. Work's good for my digestion.

l was figuring to look up this friend of mine that lives here.

l was in college with him...

...some years back.

You look like a college man.

Well, thank you, ma'am.

l don't suppose you'd know him. His name's Alan Benson.

Alan Benson! Why, of course!

He visits one of the girls next door.

What do you know!

lt's right around here.

lt'll be awful hot in that jacket.

You better take it off.

My shirt's awful dirty, ma'am.

l'll wash it for you.

You think anybody'd mind?

Of course not. You're a man!

What's the difference?

Helen!

lt's my mother. She lives upstairs.

She's an invalid, you see.

She's very old.

Sure. Older people take a lot of care.

Helen!

All right, Mama. l'm coming.

l'm coming!

Working over there naked as an lndian!

Who's naked as an lndian?

Who does he think is interested?

-Good morning. -Hey, Bomber, you stupe!

You want to knock the house down?

Go back to bed, will you?

Go blow your nose!

Tell your pretty sister to come out.

lt's no fun looking at you, goonface!

You take that back, you dirty little pest!

Look at goonface! She fights just like a man. Oh, boy!

One of these days, you'll come here and l'll shoot you, so help me!

Morning, Madge.

Hello, Bomber.

A bunch of us guys...

...are chipping in on a hot rod.

l get it every Friday night.

Well, don't expect to honk the horn and have me run out.

lf a boy wants a date, he can come to the door and ask if l'm in.

Alan Benson sends her flowers every time they go out.

l can't send you flowers, baby, but...

...l can...

...send you.

Let me pick you up some night after Benson brings you home.

Will you stop being ridiculous?

l've seen you riding around in his convertible...

...like you was a duchess.

Why do good-looking girls have to be so...

...stuck on themselves?

l am not stuck on myself.

Let me pick you up some night after Benson brings you home.

Bomber, will you let me alone?

Give a guy a break!

On your way, lover-boy.

Who are you?

What's that matter? l'm bigger than you are.

l'm late on my route!

Go on. Go peddle your papers!

Drop dead!

Hi.

Hey, you working for Mrs. Potts?

Just doing a few odd jobs in the yard.

-She give you breakfast? -Millie, stop it.

l need you girls to help me with the picnic sandwiches, so--

ls there something you want, young man?

Just loafing, ma'am.

This is a busy day for us. We have no time to loaf.

Are you the...

...mother?

Yes.

Come on, Millie.

Madge!

Come here! Come here a minute.

He knows Alan!

lsn't that nice?

l've never been to Kansas before.

Maybe you can tell me where Benson lives.

He lives on the other end of town.

Ask anyone over there.

Alan's father is an elevator man.

He owns all those big grain elevators.

See you.

See you.

Nice chip, Dad.

Keep your head down, son. Follow through.

Benson?

Hal Carter!

Kid!

Well, where did you come from?

Oh, around.

You old son of a gun! Of all the people in the world!

Hey, now. Watch it! Watch it!

Remember how we used to wake up that fraternity?

Do l?

Who's Winkin'...

...Blinkin' and Stinkin'?

Dad, this is Hal Carter.

Yes, so it is.

l remember you on the football field.

Thank you, Mr. Benson.

You still look able to dodge a few tacklers.

You look pretty fit yourself, sir.

Well, l try.

l try.

Great guy.

-When did you get into town? -Early this morning.

lmagine living in a place like this.

Why didn't you come to see me first thing?

l didn't want to walk in on you, looking like a bum.

l thought l'd scrounge around, get me a little change and pick up a new shirt.

That wouldn't have made any difference.

Hal Carter!

Where have you been all these years?

l was working back home...

...in the filling station.

-Then l was in the Army. -Yeah? How long?

Till l got out.

l heard you went to Hollywood...

...to become a big movie hero.

l was going to have a big career.

They were going to call me ''Brush'' Carter.