Baby the Rain Must Fall (1965) Movie Script

Phew!

Lord, ain't it warm?

I almost fried

standing out on that highway

waiting for the bus.

And when it did come,

I thought for sure it didn't see me.

I'm Mrs. TV, like in television, Smith.

That sweet little girl yours?

Yes, ma'am.

Either the bus was late or I was early.

I been standing out

on that highway for an hour.

I've been visiting friends.

And now I'm going to see

my married daughter

that lives the other side of Houston.

You been riding the bus long?

Oh, about two hours.

Where are you going?

We're going to Columbus.

Well, where's that?

I've never heard of it.

- It's between, uh, Houston and Corpus.

- Oh.

We're going there to meet my daddy.

I have never seen him before.

Where's he been? In the Army?

No. No, he's been away on a trip.

It must have been a pretty far trip.

Yes, it was.

Well, excuse us.

I'm gonna get my little girl

to take a nap.

Why, certainly.

They ought to nickname you

"Miss Wiggle-tail," honey.

You all, look out the window

to your right.

That's the start

of the Salado Prison Farm.

There are some of them convicts

working away.

Mama, what's a prison farm?

Well...

It's where convicts

are put to pay for their sins, honey.

What's a convict?

A convict is somebody who's broken the law

and has to be punished, honey.

A friend I used to visit

lives near the farm.

And she says she never

draws a peaceful breath,

summer or winter

for fear one of them convicts

will escape some night and cut her throat.

Is my dad a convict?

No, honey.

How do you know?

I just know.

Mama, I'm hungry.

All right, honey,

I have a sandwich right here in my bag.

If he was a convict,

would he try to kill us?

No, darling.

There you are.

Miss Kate still say

she don't want to see you.

Did you tell her

I was here twice yesterday?

Yes, sir.

Well, Catherine, you go upstairs right now

and you tell her I'm here.

And you tell her I wanna know

if I've done anything wrong.

Because if I have, I'd like to know

what it is that I've done wrong.

She said you never would have got drunk,

stabbed that man and wound up in the pen

if you hadn't have been playing

in a honky-tonk.

- Just a minute!

- Catherine.

Will you give her this letter?

No, sir. That ain't gonna do no good.

You listen to me, Catherine.

This letter's important.

I want you to try to get her to read it.

You see, if there was anybody else...

There's nobody else in the world

can get to her except you.

Now, will you please give it to her?

Well, all right.

I'll try, but I ain't gonna

guarantee nothing.

Coming!

♪ When you woke me up this mornin' ♪

♪ I was feelin' mighty late ♪

♪ You didn't bring my coffee ♪

♪ And you spoiled a damn good dream ♪

♪ So, babe, you better

You treat me right ♪

♪ Babe, you better treat me right ♪

♪ I Will do what you want me to ♪

♪ Baby, if you treat me right ♪

♪ Bring me bacon when I'm hungry ♪

♪ Bring me lovin' when I'm feelin' sad ♪

♪ Bring me water when I get thirsty ♪

♪ Bring me lovin' when I'm feelin' bad ♪

♪ Oh, babe, you better treat me right ♪

♪ Yeah, you better treat me right ♪

♪ I will fix what you want me to ♪

♪ Baby, if you treat me right ♪

♪ Now, baby, if you want some lovin' ♪

♪ This is all you gotta do ♪

♪ Just to come on, take good care of me ♪

♪ And I'll a-take a-good a-care of you ♪

♪ Oh, babe, you better treat me right ♪

♪ Yeah, babe, you better treat me right ♪

♪ I Will do what you want me to ♪

♪ Baby, if you treat me right ♪

How you like that singing, boy?

Fine.

I could sing all night.

Man, I feel good.

Buy you a drink?

Come on,

I ain't gonna tell Judge Ewing on you.

I can't. I'm on duty.

Let me tell you, when you get off duty,

I got a little friend sitting over here.

And she got a friend at home,

and she's lonesome.

Now, why don't you let me

fix up a date with you

and we could have a very good time.

No, thanks.

Hey, man, when are you gonna start

having some fun for yourself?

You know, I'm beginning

to worry about you.

Thanks, Henry, but I'm all right.

He's a good old boy.

If it had been him instead

of his wife that died,

she'd be in here the next night

trying to pick up some man.

♪ Some men climb a mountain ♪

♪ Some men swim the sea ♪

♪ Some men fly above the sky ♪

♪ They are what they must be ♪

♪ Yeah, baby, the rain must fall ♪

♪ Baby, the wind must blow ♪

Could you tell me where I could look

for a place to rent, please?

No, ma'am, I sure can't.

Slim, could you help this lady

find a place to rent?

What are you looking for?

A house, a room, apartment?

Oh, a room.

Excuse me, I gotta sit down.

Can I have a piece of chewing gum?

Sure you can, honey.

I'd think your jaws would be tired.

She chewed up two packages

since we left Tyler.

Oh, honey, the gum's all gone.

Come on, we'll buy some.

- Will you come with me?

- Yes, ma'am.

"Sir," Margaret Rose.

You "ma'am" your mama

and you "sir" this gentleman.

Yes, sir.

Here, now. Take a nickel, Margaret Rose.

The treat's on me.

No, no. Um... I have it right here.

Thank you. There you go.

- What kind do you want?

- Juicy Fruit.

It's a real nice little girl

you got there.

Thank you.

She's just the sunshine of my life.

Do you want a room

by the week or the month?

Oh, by the week.

You see, I'm meeting my husband here.

I don't rightly know just when.

I mean, not down to the exact minute.

But...

I look for him early part of next week.

Don't you and your little girl

want something to eat first, Mrs...?

Uh, Thomas.

Uh, no, thank you, not for me.

What about you, Margaret Rose?

No.

I guess we're both

just too excited to eat.

You see, I just decided yesterday.

I was working in Tyler and I got laid off

because things were slow at the drive-in.

So I just... I just wrote to Henry

and I said I'm sick unto death of Tyler.

What'd you say your husband's

first name was?

Henry.

Henry Thomas.

He was born and raised here.

Do you know him?

We grew up together.

Well, my goodness.

He's here now, Mrs. Thomas.

He's here?

Yes, ma'am.

Did you hear that, Margaret Rose?

Your daddy's here already.

Well, do you know where he's living,

so my little girl and I can go over there?

I'll take you myself.

It's just down the street.

Thank you.

Come on, honey.

Mrs. Tillman.

Mrs. Till...

Slim, you almost scared me out of my wits.

Sorry. Is Henry up yet?

No. What's wrong?

Well, a woman and a little girl came

into the bus station a little while ago.

She said she's married to him.

They're out in the yard.

My goodness!

He never mentioned he had a wife to me.

- Did he to you?

- No, ma'am.

Well...

I think we'd just better wake him up.

Henry?

Do you know where he could be?

No. There's been

a couple of nights he hasn't been here.

He hasn't been drinking, though,

Slim, except for one night.

He was so mortified the next day.

He begged me not to tell

Miss Kate, which I didn't.

Of course,

Miss Kate told him in front of me

that if he ever took

another drop of whiskey,

she was through with him forever

and would ask the sheriff

to send him back to the pen,

which he might.

Yes, ma'am.

Well, we see every day

where whiskey leads.

I told Mr. Tillman when he was drinking:

I said, "You might as well take a gun,

and blow your brains out

as to keep on this way."

Yes, ma'am.

Course, he was one of those

with character enough to stop.

He marched in one morning and he said,

"Mrs. Tillman, I'm quitting."

And he did.

And he took the whiskey bottles

and he threw them in the yard

and he busted them against the fig tree.

Yes, ma'am. Excuse me.

I'm gonna take Mrs. Thomas

and see if I can find Henry.

Yes, Slim.

Hello, Georgette.

Uh, how'd you... How'd you get here?

Well, I just...

came in on the bus.

I just heard you were here.

I met Mr. Slim, and he told us.

You're looking good, Georgette.

Thank you, Henry.

You're looking just fine too.

I guess you're kind of surprised

to see me here in town.

Yes, I am.

You know, I wrote you a letter yesterday.

Let you know I got out a little bit early.

Did you get it?

Oh, no.

Yeah, well, it probably went

on ahead to Tyler today.

Oh, excuse me.

Margaret Rose.

Henry, this is Margaret Rose.

Oh, she's just tired

from that long bus ride.

Yeah, well, come on

and meet the people I work for.

Mr. and Mrs. Tillman, I'd like you

to meet my wife and my little girl.

- How do you do?

- How are you?

Afraid I'm gonna have to take the day off,

find them someplace to live.

I'll make it up tomorrow,

if that's all right?

All right.

- May I see you a minute, Henry?

- Yes, ma'am.

Excuse me.

- Pleased to meet you, Mrs. Thomas.

- Sir.

Does Miss Kate

know you've got a wife and a child?

No, ma'am.

Why didn't you tell her?

Well, I didn't say anything

when we first got married

because I wasn't sure

how she was gonna take it.

Then after I got sent to prison,

I didn't say anything then

because I wasn't sure

my wife was gonna forgive me

for being sent to the pen.

Then I wrote to her

and I begged her to take me back,

and she didn't say anything

one way or the other.

Then she just showed up right here,

without any warning whatsoever.

Well, I told Miss Kate I'd give you work

and help you straighten out, Henry,

and I want to.

But it's very hard

if you're gonna have secrets.

I don't have any secrets from you.

Not anymore. I swear to you.

I hope so.

Well, I guess we'd better get going.

Well, there's my Cadillac car.

We'll see you all.

- Bye, y'all.

- Bye.

- I'll get that.

- Oh...

Thank you, Mr. Slim.

That's all right.

Won't Miss Kate be surprised?

She's a funny woman, Miss Kate Dawson.

To meet her and to talk with her,

you'd think she was

the gentlest little soul alive.

Never raised her voice above a whisper.

Well...

maybe she was most of the time.

But the way she beat that Thomas boy,

she beat him

fill all the neighbors complained.

She said she had to whip him.

She had to break his spirit.

Not open yet.

Mama, can I get out of the car?

Sure, honey.

She know about me

being in the penitentiary?

Oh, no. No.

Listen, Georgette,

I want to thank you for all you've done.

All the hard work,

taking care of the baby,

paying that lawyer

the money to get my parole.

I'll make it up to you.

I know you will.

Anyway, the time's gone by,

and we're together again.

Sometimes I didn't think it ever would.

You know, Georgette,

everybody's trying to talk me into

going to San Antonio,

Nashville or Hollywood.

Try and sell my songs

to a recording company.

Oh, now, wouldn't that be nice?

Yeah.

You know, that's another reason why

I didn't want you and the baby

to come for a while.

I was trying to get as much money

as I could ahead

and then go on to Tennessee or California

and try and sell my songs.

Well, I still think you should go.

I don't want us to stop you

from doing anything.

Yeah, well, it's... it's a lot easier

said than done.

It costs money.

Of course, the way things are right now,

I get my room and board

at Mrs. Tillman's free plus my salary.

And now, of course, I'm gonna have

to worry about our food and our rent.

I'm sorry, I...

I guess I shouldn't have

just come on this way.

But I to wrote you saying that if I didn't

hear any different, I'd just come on.

I didn't, so naturally...

It'll all work out.

Oh, I'm sure it will.

Yes, ma'am.

Margaret Rose.

Um...

I know that when we left Tyler,

I told you I hoped I'd never

have to go to work again and leave you.

Yes, ma'am.

But...

Well, your daddy's written

some beautiful songs.

And if he can get to Nashville

or Hollywood to sell them,

it might make him famous.

So, well, I was wondering

if you'd take it too hard

if I went back to work

for just a little while.

Helped him earn the money

to get to California.

I mean, I haven't said

anything to him about it,

till I talked to you first.

How long you going to work?

Not too long.

How long?

A month. Two months.

I won't do it at all

if I can't find some nice lady

for you to stay with while I'm working.

All right.

Tell me about when you met Daddy.

Oh, honey, you've heard

that story 100 million times.

Please?

All right.

It was a Saturday

back in my hometown of Lovelady...

and he was riding through town

with a bunch of boys.

And one of the boys knew

the girl I was with,

so they stopped the car,

and we were introduced.

And, uh, then the next night,

I went to a dance...

and there he was.

He was singing with a string band.

He asked me to dance, so I said I would.

And we'd dance a while,

and then he'd sing a while.

It was love at first sight, I guess.

He had a girl called Sis Roberts.

She was just crazy about him.

And her papa offered

to set him up in a grocery store

just to get him to marry her.

They say Sis Roberts took

to her bed and cried for a week

when she heard I had him.

Bet you she's still crying too.

Oh.

I was just, uh, telling the baby

about how we met.

She loves to hear about it.

I like to hear about it too.

And here's the dance posters.

Oh!

Kind of good-looking there, ain't I?

Margaret Rose, come look.

Isn't that something?

Hey, Georgette...

Remember that?

Oh!

Why, sure.

Why, that looks as good as it did

when you had it back in Lovelady.

Oh.

Henry, she wants to know

if you'd play and sing something for her.

- Sure, I will.

- See?

Okay, now, everybody sit down.

♪ Well, babe, you better treat me right ♪

♪ Yeah, you better treat me right ♪

♪ Well, I Will do what you want me to ♪

♪ Baby, if you treat a-me right ♪

Well, how'd you like that?

Just fine.

How'd you like it?

Oh, just fine.

Henry, Margaret Rose and I

have been talking it over

and I've decided

I'm gonna get a job at a drive-in here

and help you get the money

to go to California.

No, I don't think so.

But I want to.

I don't think so, Georgette.

Henry, I want to do it.

After all, it'd be helping us too

if you went to Hollywood

and was a big success.

Wouldn't it, honey?

Yes, ma'am.

Okay.

And I appreciate that.

And I'm gonna be a success.

You'll see.

People are gonna hear about Henry Thomas.

I know that.

I knew that first time I heard you sing.

Honey...

this is a song I wrote

for you and your mama.

And this is the song

that's gonna make me famous.

And someday...

after it's recorded...

and I'm rich...

maybe I'll be a big movie star

like Elvis Presley...

and you, me and your mama,

we're gonna live in Hollywood

and we're gonna go

to all the opening of my pictures

in a big, white Cadillac car.

We're not gonna have a care in this world.

Just writing songs and singing songs...

and making moving pictures.

♪ Oh, my love ♪

♪ Is my light ♪

♪ Shinin' so bright ♪

♪ Shine for me ♪

♪ Little light ♪

♪ Shine for me ♪

♪ My love knows a place

That I never have seen ♪

♪ She'll show me the way

To a valley that's green ♪

♪ My lo we walks beside me ♪

♪ A-shining so bright ♪

♪ I need her to guide me ♪

♪ My love is my light ♪

Mama's crying.

Oh.

Hush, Margaret Rose.

I'm happy.

I'm just crying because I'm so happy.

Why are you so happy?

Oh, well, because everybody's

been so good to us...

and your daddy's home.

♪ Oh, my love ♪

♪ Is my light ♪

♪ Shinin' so bright ♪

♪ Shine for me ♪

♪ Little light ♪

♪ Shine for me ♪

Henry, what's the matter?

I dreamt I was back in the pen.

They told me I could leave...

but I'd have to let myself out.

Every time I got that door halfway open,

it'd slam shut in my face.

Them guards...

all laughing at me...

and I was cursing back at them.

I'm just gonna go check on the baby.

Hello, Slim.

What are you doing here so late?

Well, I'm just about done.

I'm not going to answer it.

Miss Kate Dawson.

She's been calling me night and day

ever since Henry's come home,

complaining to me about

what he's been doing and not doing...

as if I was responsible

for her having him.

Someone ought to go over there

and talk to her.

She's all stirred up,

threatening to call the sheriff,

get him to take Henry

back to the penitentiary.

That's where I found Henry Thomas

that first night.

Sitting right there.

I was on my way home

about this same time of night.

I looked over

and saw this little boy sitting there...

crying.

How did Miss Kate ever come to get him?

Well, the sheriff thought he'd have to

send him on to an orphanage

but then Miss Kate heard about him

and we gave him to her.

Seemed like the best thing

to do at the time.

I sometimes wish I never heard

of Miss Kate Dawson.

Or Henry Thomas either.

- Hi.

- Hello.

- Hi, Slim.

- Good morning.

And how you doing, policeman?

Fine.

Henry, I think sometime today

you'd better stop in and see Miss Kate.

Sure.

Say, listen, uh,

are you going on home now?

Uh-huh.

Well, would you mind...?

You want me to take

your little girl with me?

I sure would appreciate it.

Save us a trip, honey. Okay?

Honey, you know Miss Clara,

she's gonna look after you?

Well, Mr. Slim's her brother.

What's that around his waist?

Oh, that's a gun.

Does he shoot people with it?

No, honey.

Is he a convict?

No, he's a deputy.

Will you come with me, young lady?

- All right.

- Give me a kiss.

Bye-bye.

Guess I'd better get ready for work.

Hey, Slim.

Hey.

Hey, let me ask you something.

Did Miss Kate, she tell you

she wanted to see me herself?

I just think you'd better get over there.

The judge talked to her last night,

and she's all worked up about something,

threatening to call the sheriff.

Okay.

Thanks, man.

- Are you Georgette Thomas?

- Yes, ma'am.

- I'm Ruth May Oliver.

- Hi.

We're gonna work together.

I came on earlier

so I could show you the ropes.

Have you ever worked in a drive-in before?

Oh, yes, ma'am. Five years, back in Tyler.

You won't have any trouble here.

They're all the same.

You can leave your pocketbook

or anything personal in here.

- We keep it locked.

- Thank you.

Here you are.

There's a mirror in here,

if you want to comb your hair.

Did you have to wear a uniform

in the drive-in?

Oh, well, the first place I worked we did.

The second place, just our own clothes.

One place wanted me to wear a costume.

And I said I wouldn't do that.

Said I was there to work,

not put on a show.

Did you and your husband

own a house back in Tyler or did you rent?

Well, um,

my husband wasn't with us in Tyler.

We hadn't seen him for a while,

until we came here.

But we were all planning on

being together for a long time...

and now we're just as happy as we can be.

Me and my husband and my little girl.

I was...

I was saying to him

just last night that...

it was worth waiting

a long time to be this happy.

And he agreed.

He said...

He said nothing can ever

separate us from him again.

That's nice.

Yeah.

See that tree?

Your daddy and I once built a tree house

way up in the top of that tree.

How'd you do it?

I don't know.

Just climbed up there and built it.

Do you climb up there now?

No.

No, not now.

Your daddy used to love to come to eat

supper with us over here, Margaret Rose.

The lady he stayed with

wasn't very much of a cook

so they lived out of cans

most of the time.

Every night when I was fixing supper,

he'd come in and say,

"Something sure smells good."

And I'd ask him if he'd like

to stay to supper, and he'd say,

"Oh, well, I don't mind."

And I'd tell him to go call Miss Kate.

And sometimes she'd let him stay

and sometimes she wouldn't.

What's Mr. Slim going in

the graveyard for, Miss Breedlove?

To take some flowers to his wife's grave.

There are dead people in there.

They won't hurt you.

How do you know?

Because I've lived next door

to it all these years,

and they never hurt me.

Still, I'd be scared to go in there.

Catherine, Slim said

that Miss Kate's still all upset.

Did you give her that letter

like I told you?

Yeah. And she read your letter,

and she says she is mad

because you started up that string band

of yours again and playing for dances.

She say, when she agreed to have

you come back here on your parole,

you promised her

that you was going back to night school.

Yeah, I know I did.

Well, she gonna tell the sheriff

to see if he can't make you

keep your promises.

Catherine,

she know about my wife and my little girl?

She does.

Well, uh, you go up and you tell her

that I can't go to night school.

That I've gotta work day

and night at anything I can

to support my wife and my little girl.

If you ain't quit that band by tomorrow,

she gonna get the sheriff

to see if he can't straighten you out.

You quit that band,

because she gonna see to it

that you go to the pen.

Well, I'm not gonna quit,

and you can tell her that.

You tell her yourself.

All right, I will.

I'm not gonna quit my music.

You hear that, old lady?

I'm not gonna quit my music!

Morning, Henry.

- Morning, Miss Tillman.

- I was expecting you this morning.

Aren't you gonna scrub my kitchen for me?

It's so dirty.

Yes, ma'am.

I was just coming over to do it right now.

All right.

I've some soup here for Miss Kate.

We'll be back in a little.

Listen, Georgette, I'm not gonna be able

to have supper with y'all tonight.

I gotta get on over to Cotton,

get it set up.

All right.

Do you know what time you'll be home?

Come on over here.

I climbed the chinaberry tree

at Miss Clara's today.

I wish we had one in our yard to climb.

Well, we're gonna get one.

Miss Clara's gonna send over

some plants for us

and maybe some of them will be trees.

You know I'd like to have

all kinds of trees:

a chinaberry tree and a sycamore

and a oak tree and a fig tree.

And flowers everywhere.

I was just telling Margaret Rose

about all the trees and flowers

we're gonna put in the yard.

- You hungry, honey?

- Uh-uh.

- Do you think you can catch me?

- Mm-hmm.

- Bet you can't.

- Bet I can.

- Ready?

- Mm-hmm.

One, two, three!

♪ Baby, the rain must fall ♪

♪ Baby, the wind must blow ♪

♪ Wherever my heart' leads me ♪

♪ Baby, I must go ♪

♪ I am not rich or famous ♪

♪ But who can ever tell? ♪

♪ I do not know... ♪

♪ What waits for me ♪

- Quiet. Quiet.

- Come on. Come on.

♪ Baby, the rain must fall ♪

♪ Baby, the wind must blow ♪

♪ Wherever my heart' leads me ♪

♪ Baby, I must go ♪

♪ Yeah, I must go ♪

- Oh...

- Hey, baby.

Where you going?

Come on, I'll buy you a drink.

Hey, partner, just a minute.

Henry?

I was singing, this guy started howling,

and I went for him.

I'm quitting the string band.

Miss Kate didn't think

I ought to take up music again.

I ought to go to night school

and learn a trade.

Well, maybe she's right.

I'll write my songs on the side...

but that's all.

No more singing. No more string band,

and no more guitar.

I'll play tomorrow night

at the Wagon Wheel...

because I promised.

But after that, no more.

I can't go back to that pen.

You're not going back to the pen.

Hi.

Hello, Mr. Slim.

These are the plants

that my sister asked me to bring to you.

Oh!

They're all marked.

Well, thank you so much.

We're going to my daddy's dance tonight.

I told Henry

that I haven't danced in so long,

I'm sure I've forgotten how.

My daddy didn't approve of dancing,

but I went anyhow.

- Do you like to dance?

- Well, I used to.

Don't you go anymore either?

No, ma'am.

I haven't gone in about... two years.

Not to dance, anyway.

Oh.

- Can you sing songs?

- No.

My daddy can.

I know that.

Oh, look at those birds.

I wonder what kind they are.

It's hard to say.

Too small for geese.

I wonder where they're going?

Winter's coming on.

They're probably flying

on down further south to Mexico.

Get away from the cold weather.

Does it get cold here?

Yes, ma'am.

Sometimes it freezes.

Of course, not all the birds fly away,

and some new ones come down

from the north to spend the winter.

Think our little house is gonna

be warm enough, don't you?

I think so.

- Hi.

You're a pretty sight.

He ran into a door in the dark.

Yeah, that's right.

Yeah, I'm not gonna be playing

with dance bands anymore.

I'm going to night school.

Write my songs in my spare time.

Oh, I brought you some tools here in case

you needed something to plant with.

Be sure you keep those plants

good and wet, now,

until you get ready to plant them.

I will. Thank you.

See you tomorrow.

Tell Miss Clara I said thank you.

I will.

Can we plant them now, Mama?

Honey,

we'll do it first thing in the morning.

Can't we plant one now?

Sure, we can.

What kind do you want?

What kinds are there?

Well, we got a chinaberry tree

and a peach tree.

I want the chinaberry tree.

♪ I am not rich or famous ♪

♪ But who can ever tell? ♪

♪ I do not know what waits for me ♪

♪ Maybe heaven ♪

♪ Maybe hell ♪

♪ Baby, the rain must fall ♪

♪ Baby, the wind must blow ♪

♪ Wherever my heart' leads me ♪

♪ Baby, I must go ♪

Mama, tell me a story.

All right, honey.

What do you want to hear,

a fairy story or a real one?

A real one.

All right.

Once upon a time on a cotton farm

outside of Lovelady...

there lived a little girl

with her mother and daddy.

- What was her name?

- Who, honey?

The little girl.

Oh. Georgette Price.

That was you, wasn't it?

Yes, ma'am.

I'll get it.

You know, honey, when it gets dry,

we're gonna have to remember

to water those every single day.

You won't let me forget it now, will you.

Will the peach tree have peaches?

It sure will.

And in the spring, that chinaberry tree

is gonna have blossoms.

On warm spring nights

we're gonna sit out here,

you and your daddy and me,

and we're just gonna smell

the perfume from the chinaberry tree.

Miss Kate's dying.

I gotta get over there right away.

Howdy, Mrs. Thomas.

How do?

Won't you come in and sit down?

Thank you.

You're... no good... Henry.

You never have been.

You're... not worth... killing.

I remember the first time I saw Miss Kate.

The judge brought me up here to the house.

She was standing right here

in this doorway, watching.

We came up the walk.

She said, "Well, how do you do, boy?"

And I couldn't say nothing.

I just kind of hung my head.

Then she laughed and the judge laughed...

and then he walked out,

and he got in his car,

and he just drove away.

She took me by the hand and...

she brought me in here.

Listen, I hope you don't mind,

but I asked the Tillmans if

they'd take you on to work. Is that okay?

-All right.

4 just...

Henry, I just wanted to tell you

about Miss Kate's affairs.

She had no money left.

The house will have to be sold

to pay her debts.

She requested in her will that

her family silver be left to Mrs. Tillman.

But I'm sure whatever

other personal things of hers you want

Miss Kate would like you to have.

Thank you, sir.

I hope you'll be able to go

through her things as soon as possible

because we have to put the house

on the market right away.

Yes, sir, I will.

I hear you're going back to school.

Well, I've been considering it.

I've been discussing

with some of the boys in the string band.

Of course,

they're trying to talk me out of it.

See, they argue that I got no right

to give up my singing and my playing

and that I got a real talent

and I ought not turn my back on it.

Of course, I know Miss Kate

didn't want me to play in the orchestra,

and I promised her I wouldn't.

But... Well,

I'd kind of like to try it now, judge.

Henry, you'll save yourself

a lot of trouble

if you'll just go on and go to school.

The sheriff will make you, anyway.

He promised Miss Kate he would

before she died.

But he can't make me.

You're on parole, Henry.

Yeah, well,

I feel strong inside of myself now.

Strong enough just to stand up

to any kind of temptation.

Now, you take my advice.

Stay out of these places

and go on to school.

No, sir, I'm not gonna do it.

Now, you listen.

Time's moving fast...

and I gotta get ahead,

and I'm not gonna give up my string band.

And I'll tell the sheriff that!

- Mama!

- Oh!

Honey, I'm sorry I'm late.

Your daddy didn't come for me at work

so I just started walking,

and then I got lost and...

He hasn't been here, has he?

No, ma'am.

You all right?

Yes, ma'am.

Well, we'd better get on home.

I gotta get my doll.

Go get it.

Tell Miss Clara and Mr. Slim

we're leaving.

Oh...

I just wanted to tell you

they have Henry in jail,

and he's quieted down now.

Yes, sir.

Well...

I'll be going now.

Thank you for coming by.

Good night.

What gets into me, Georgette?

Why do I do these things?

I swear I'd rather be dead...

than be locked up again.

And what's gonna happen to you

and the baby?

Well, don't worry about that.

I have enough money left

to get me started.

Georgette...

do you think the sheriff would let me out

so I could go say good-bye to the baby?

If you'd let me see her.

There would be no need

for any kind of handcuffs...

or just anything like that.

Where's Margaret Rose?

Out yonder.

Hello, Miss Clara.

Hello, Henry.

Margaret Rose.

I didn't have a chance

to tell her you were coming.

Kind of took you by surprise,

didn't we, sugar?

You best come and kiss me good-bye now.

I have to go.

Henry, she, uh...

She wants you to sing the song

you wrote for her.

I don't think your daddy's gonna be able

to sing for you right now, honey.

He'll do it some other time.

He has to go now. You just...

go and say good-bye to him.

Henry!

Is your mommy inside?

Yes, sir.

Sure would hate to try and go

around the world with that old suitcase.

I don't think it would hold out, do you?

It's a good day for traveling.

Yes, it is.

- Mama?

- Hmm?

Where are we going again?

We're going to the Valley, honey.

Does it ever get cold there in the winter?

No.

No, it's warm.

Is it far from Tyler?

Yes, it's very far.

From Lovelady to Tyler.

From Tyler to Columbus.

And from Columbus to the Valley.

Oh, Margaret Rose, we sure do get around.

Baby the Rain Must Fall (1965) - full transcript