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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
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Jabez Stone: Money's a funny thing ain't it, Ma?
Ma Stone: I figure it depends a mite on how you get it and how you spend it.
Jabez Stone: But I don't spend any.
Ma Stone: But you should, son. That's all it's good for.
Jabez Stone: Do you really think that?
Ma Stone: That's just common sense. Now a man like Daniel Webster: guess they pay him high for what he does, but he's worth it. And he helps others... makes all the difference.
Jabez Stone: I know. But suppose a man got his money in bad ways?
Ma Stone: Wouldn't profit him none. You see, son: I'm old and I've lived. When a man gets his money in bad way... when he sees the better course and takes the worse... then the devil's in his heart. And that fixes him.
Jabez Stone: And yet... a man could change all that couldn't he?
Ma Stone: A man can always change things. That's what makes him different from the barnyard critters.
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Jabez Stone: What do you have on your mind?
Daniel Webster: You, Jabez Stone. You and a lot of poor farmers hereabouts... all good men of the earth and in trouble because of you. Or am I wrong about those contracts?
Jabez Stone: Without me and my money they wouldn't have anything.
Daniel Webster: They'd have a good neighbor - and that's worth more than anything else... much, much more.
