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Hermina 2022-10-09 21:41:35
Realist you will hate it, idealist you will love it
In fact, looking at the American worldview from this film is actually very interesting. Jabez was made his slave by the devil. (Because before this, he always suffered bad luck). But as Jabez's wife said, they can live in poverty as long as every family member is happy. This is the most basic...
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Lynn 2022-10-09 23:38:59
It should be called "The Devil and Daniel Webster"
The film begins with a traveler looking through his notebook on the road and finding a name: Jabez Stone, 27, married, no children, no savings. The camera then turns to Jabez Stone's house. He had a bad day. The piglet broke his leg, and he had to use the calf and a bag of seeds to pay off...
Gene Lockhart
Extended Reading
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Ma Stone: Well, thank the Lord you can always depend on New England for weather. We've got enough for the whole United States.
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Jabez Stone: [seeing Belle in place of his regular nurse] You're not Dorothy...
Belle: [smiles] No. She's gone.
Jabez Stone: She can't be gone...
Belle: But she is. I have taken her place. Don't you remember? You wrote me a letter.
Jabez Stone: [reading it] It looks like my hand.
Belle: I have other recommendations, too, from a very good friend of yours.
Jabez Stone: Never mind. What's your name?
Belle: Belle.
Jabez Stone: Belle.
Belle: Belle Dee.
Jabez Stone: Where are you from?
Belle: From over the mountain.
