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Synopsis: A New York bank clerk,Mollie Truesdale (Jean Arthur), in the late 1930s, finds that her cherished dream of making a 17-day all-expenses-paid bus trip to the Pacific Coast and back, isn't all she thought it would be...until she reaches Oregon and a bucking broncho tosses a rodeo performer on top of her and knocks her flat. Duke Hudkins (John Wayne), by way of apology, shows her the sights of Fairfield, Oregon, and she misses her bus, quarrels with the bewildered Duke, hitchhikes across a lot of desert...and a romance is born.
Director(s): William A. Seiter
Production: RKO Pictures
 
IMDB:
6.6
PASSED
Year:
1943
86 min
100 Views


Well, isn't it funny

what can happen...

Just because somebody...

Happens to sit on somebody?

Where are you from?

The east.

Is that so?

Mm-hmm.

Where are you from?

West.

Is that so?

??

Whoopee!

? Oh, if you're troubled by the

blues watch those swingin' feet ?

? They'll have you dancing in your shoes,

I'm telling you buddy, they can't be beat ?

? King of swing you sing with

me promise not to abdicate ?

? Fall in line

and don't be late ?

? Stayin' and swayin' and

singin' and swingin' and yeah ?

Two beers.

Coming up.

Well, I must say...

This is certainly an

extra added attraction.

How's that?

Well, there was nothing like this

included in "all expenses paid."

Oh.

Do you mind if I feel your arm?

Go ahead.

That's what I thought.

Well, here's to ya.

Maybe you don't like beer.

Oh, no.

No?

Oh, no, no, I mean...

This is fine.

You know, I think it's...

I think it's nice

for two people to just...

Sit and talk, don't you?

Yeah,

if they have something

to... talk about.

Gee, you must have...

Just about a million

things to talk about.

Well, sure. I have.

Thank you.

Uh...

Waco, come here.

- I want you to meet my better half.

- Anything you say, Duke.

Waco, this here's Molly.

Sit down, sit down.

Good to see you, Molly. How have you been?

Uh, just fine.

I, uh... I don't believe

I got your name.

Waco, like in Texas.

That's very interesting.

How did they happen to name

you after a place in Texas?

Other way around. They

named the place after me.

Oh, really? Biggest

liar in the world.

Tell her a lie, Waco. Oh, ho, ho, ho.

Well, let me see.

Uh... oh. I never would have figured

the time we all slept in one bed.

Hiya, Linda belle. Why, you

bowlegged hunk of nothin'.

How you doin', Duke? Good.

Sit down, sit down.

Yes, sir. Here we were,

in an old bed.

Molly, I want you to meet an old,

old friend of mine, Linda Belle.

How do you do?

Howdy, Molly.

It was a folding bed... Why do you

want to make out for I'm so old?

Why, you've been hanging around

here since they fought Indians.

Speaking about Indians,

that reminds me of a story.

You hear tell about the old Indian

custom of scalping white people?

Well, I introduced the custom of

white people scalping Indians.

Really? Yes, ma'am, and

the first occasion...

Took place not more than a hundred

feet from where you're sitting.

Well, maybe 200. Hiya, Duke.

What cooks?

Well, what do you know?

Lill and Carmencita.

Sit down, sit down.

More beer! You know,

as I was saying...

Molly, I want you

to know Carmencita.

And Lilly. How do you do?

How do you do?

Lill, this here's Molly.

Howdy, Molly.

Molly, as I was a-sayin', this

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Robert Ardrey

Robert Ardrey (October 16, 1908 – January 14, 1980) was an American playwright, screenwriter and science writer perhaps best known for The Territorial Imperative (1966). After a Broadway and Hollywood career, he returned to his academic training in anthropology and the behavioral sciences in the 1950s.As a playwright and screenwriter Ardrey received many accolades. He was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1937, won the inaugural Sidney Howard Memorial Award in 1940, and in 1966 received an Academy Award nomination for best screenplay for his script for Khartoum. His most famous play, Thunder Rock, is widely considered an international classic.Ardrey's scientific work played a major role in overturning long-standing assumptions in the social sciences. In particular, both African Genesis (1961) and The Territorial Imperative (1966), two of his most widely read works, were instrumental in changing scientific doctrine and increasing public awareness of evolutionary science. His work was so popular that many prominent scientists cite it as inspiring them to enter their fields. more…

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