In Old Oklahoma Page #3

Synopsis: Cowboy Dan Somers and oilman Jim "Hunk" Gardner compete for oil lease rights on Indian land in Oklahoma, as well as for the favors of schoolteacher Cathy Allen.
Genre: Romance, Western
Director(s): Albert S. Rogell
Production: Republic
 
IMDB:
6.6
PASSED
Year:
1943
102 min
97 Views


Before we struck oil in my town,

it was a dust-covered prairie

with farmers trying

to squeeze a living out of the ground

when all the while

there was a fortune under their feet.

(Laughing heartily)

You're gonna have to excuse me, mister.

It's this book!

- What's so funny?

- Listen to this.

"They kissed,

"and the sun and the moon

and the stars reeled around them."

Them two could've started

quite a conflagration.

An author is entitled

to poetic licence.

Oh, nobody's entitled

to run that hog wild.

That's no way

to treat good literature.

If you want to find out

what the author meant,

read from the beginning.

Fine. But I don't think

it'll do much good.

- "Julie stood at the crossroads."

- Julia!

Yes, ma'am.

"Julia stood at the crossroads.

"Which way?

One road led to John and dull security.

"The other to Roger Hale

and exciting adventure."

He's ruining it.

Read to yourself, if you don't mind.

Oh.

(Mumbling)

I've known plenty of women.

I never asked any of them

what I'm asking you.

Get off at Sapulpa with me.

If my hunch about us is right,

you're not going to be sorry.

And if it's wrong, there's always

another train to Kansas City.

- Oh, but I couldn't.

- Why not?

Aren't you Catherine Allen?

The novelist? Woman of means?

Yes, but...

Well, if someone else were with me, I...

- Not alone.

- You won't be alone.

- I promise you.

- But I wouldn't dare.

Oh, I can't stand any more of this.

I'll bet whoever wrote that book

is some dried-up old maid

who'd run a mile

if a man looked at her.

Is that your opinion?

Yeah.

You know, I once had the idea

that she was warm,

beautiful and courageous.

But I guess you're right.

(Conductor) Next stop

Sapulpa Junction!

Here we are, boss. Home.

Well, they'll be

switching my car off here,

so if you folks are going on to Kansas City,

you'd better move on up ahead.

Looks like we're at the crossroads.

How did it go in your book?

"One road led to John and dull security,

and the other to..."

- (Conductor) Sapulpa Junction!

- That's right.

Well... this is where I get off.

Goodbye.

(Man) Howdy, Jim!

We, uh... better get going.

Isn't it wonderful?

Well, did you hear what the man said?

They're switching

this caboose off here.

Hey, sorrel top,

they'll be switching this coach off.

There's so much noise,

I can hardly hear you.

- (Conductor) Aboard!

- Come on!

(Man) Come on, step this way

for your golden opportunity!

Get rich by staking your field!

Only a few left.

(Conductor) All aboard!

Your hands aren't gonna get chapped

just going to the next car.

Only hired girls put on their gloves in public.

They're cutting off the coach!

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Ethel Hill

Ethel Hill (April 6, 1898, Sacramento, California – May 17, 1954, Hollywood, California) was an American screenwriter and race horse owner.When Dore Schary first went to work for Columbia Pictures as a new screenwriter, he was paired with the veteran Hill to learn from her; together, they wrote the screenplay for Fury of the Jungle (1933). Hill was described by Marc Norman in his book What Happens Next: A History of American Screenwriting as "an extremely dear and generous woman [who] had an interest in horses and often wore jodhpurs and riding gear to the studio." Perhaps her best known film is The Little Princess (1939), starring Shirley Temple. Hill bought the Thoroughbred race horse War Knight, a son of Preakness winner High Quest, as a foal "with her $1500 life savings". He went on to win 10 of 28 starts, including the 1944 Arlington Handicap. He was injured in 1945 and did not win any of his five 1946 starts leading up to the $100,000 added Santa Anita Handicap, which he proceeded to win in a photo finish. He retired to stud afterward. more…

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