Summer and Smoke
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- 1961
- 118 min
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Woo! Woo!
Ha ha ha ha!
What'll we do now, Johnny?
Let's go over to the cemetery.
No. That's too scary.
Let's tip over
Mr. Roberts' outhouse.
Can't no more.
He's got it nailed down.
Oh, hello, Alma.
Let's go to Mrs. Schmidt's.
She always gives
apples on Halloween.
Can we ask Alma?
That priss? She's no fun.
You go on. I'll see you later.
She's got a crush
on you, Johnny.
Woo!
Hello, preacher's daughter.
I've been looking for you.
You have?
Why'd you put them
handkerchiefs on my desk?
You have a bad cold.
Your nose has been running.
Then don't look at me.
I like to look at you.
I don't want them.
Do you know the name
of the angel?
What name?
Eternity. It's carved
there under the water.
Doesn't it give you
the cold shivers?
Nah.
Well, it did me.
Because you're
the preacher's daughter.
Eternity? What does it mean?
It's something
that goes on and on.
When life and death
and everything else.
Is all through with.
Aw, there's no such thing.
Oh, but there is.
It's what people's souls live in.
My name is Alma.
Alma is Spanish for soul.
Did you know that?
My dad's got a chart
of the human body.
In his office.
It shows everything,
all your insides.
He wants me to become
a doctor like him.
I think that's wonderful.
Give me one of
them handkerchiefs.
Yes. Beautiful.
What?
I said beautiful.
Well, let's kiss each other.
Come on. Let's just try it.
Ha ha ha!
Ha ha ha!
Ha ha ha!
Mother, are you ready?
[Giggle] [knock on door]
Oh, Mother. It's evening.
You know you won't
be needing your parasol.
I'm terribly nervous.
Please be good tonight.
If I can't have
my parasol, I won't go.
That's that, and final.
Alma, will you hurry?
All right, you can
bring your parasol,
Only don't do
anything tonight, please.
We'll have to go without her.
I could do nothing
with her all day.
I wish I didn't have to go.
It's a civic duty you've
performed many times.
Singing in public terrifies me.
We should have left
10 minutes ago.
Da da da da
Da da da da da da da
Mother, please.
Punctuality is the
politeness of princes.
We're missing the skyrockets.
Tardiness is a discourtesy.
Did you answer
the missionary's letter?
I answered
the missionary's letter.
Father, please don't.
[Music playing]
And now, ladies and gentlemen,
Miss Alma Winemiller,
the Nightingale of the Delta,
Singing la Golondrina.
Where now so swiftly flies
The timid swallow
What distant region
Seeks her tireless wing
To reach it safe.
[Engine chugging]
What guidance
does she follow?
When darkness hides...
Look who's back.
Bright as a silver dollar.
Hi, Dusty, Pearl.
How'd you do
in the floating crap game?
Floated with it
to Vicksburg, then sank.
You should have been home.
From medical school
weeks ago, Johnny.
I took the long, sweet route,
Baltimore to Memphis,
Vicksburg to New Orleans.
You ain't changed.
Why, neither has anything else.
Miss Alma still
singing la Golondrina.
You home for good, Johnny?
For good? If I know Johnny,
He's back here for bad.
I'll stay a while
before I make up my mind.
See you.
...And well I know
'Tis sad
Afar
From home
[Applause]
It seemed to be in my throat.
While I was singing.
Was it noticeable, Father?
You sang extremely well, Alma.
The words flew out of
my mind, blind panic.
Where's the ice cream man?
There isn't any ice cream man.
On the way home,
Mr. Doremus and I.
Will stop by the drugstore.
I promised to meet Roger
by the angel fountain.
Yes, well, we'll just
run along now.
Come on, Mother. Come on.
Evening, Mrs. Winemiller.
Mother.
Strawberry, Alma.
Chocolate and strawberry mixed.
Oh, yes, yes.
Chocolate and vanilla.
Not vanilla!
Chocolate and strawberry!
Mother, you're
attracting attention.
Come on. Come on.
Miss Alma.
I do declare. I thought
you were dead, sir.
Now, Miss Alma,
I know you saw me.
Why are you running away?
I'm most definitely
not running away.
I have a rendezvous to keep.
Sounds intriguing. Who with?
Roger Doremus.
Uh-huh. I, uh, liked your solo.
I'm so glad that you approve.
you'd forgotten me.
I promised to write.
And keep you abreast
of events here at home.
I did. You never answered.
I was busy.
Are you home for the summer?
Mm-hmm.
Summer isn't
the pleasantest time.
To renew an acquaintance
with Glorious Hill.
The gulf wind
has failed us this year,
Disappointed us
dreadfully this summer.
Are you planning
to stay here and take over.
Some of your father's
medical practice?
I haven't made up my mind.
You've finished your
studies in bacteriology.
Bacteriology.
Isn't that something
you do with a microscope?
Well, partly.
To be a doctor.
Oh, my.
And deal with those mysteries.
I think it's almost religious.
I didn't know you were awed.
By the medical profession.
I'm your father's
greatest admirer,
As well as his patient.
It's comforting to know
he's right next door.
Why? Do you have fits?
Fits? Oh, no.
But sometimes I do feel...
Anxious?
Yes. And he reassures you.
Always.
Ah, but only temporarily.
I suspect you need more
than temporary reassurance.
Shall I tell you frankly?
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