With a recreation center, Jerry explains that he "keeps he kids from becoming...," but before he can finish the sentence, Rocky pipes up and finishes it for him: "...hoodlums like me." Rocky explains that he plans to rent a room close to the church, and Jerry is glad to have him back in the area.The sprawling post-war Technicolored spectacle followed the Lone Star State's remarkable transition over the years from the hard-work of agrarian cattle-ranching to oil-industry production.The saucy maid reinforces Gregory's plotting to keep Paula isolated by questioning Paula about her wishes to go out.[Note: Baum's original play version, dramatized from her own book, opened in Berlin in February, 1930.