Later, the desperate, 'fallen' unwed mother (Edna Purviance) reappeared, after having becoming wealthy, and sought o regain custody and get the child back through social welfare workers in a heartwrenching, melodramatic moment.He found himself in front of the nearby 1428 Elm Street house, boarded-up and for sale, before he hopped a fence, tumbled down a steep hill, and at the 'dream border' at the outskirts of Springwood, came upon a ticket booth with a Ticket Seller (L.The film's screenwriter Paddy Chayefsky transformed his own original teleplay into a successful major motion picture - and the modest film remains one of the best examples of the cinematization of a television play.It kinda makes you think different.I don't want to be spending the rest of my life answering a factory whistle instead of a bugle call.I'll be cooped up in a shipping room all day.I want to do something worthwhile.The Rev.excuses Jim's ungrateful attitude as tiredness:Rev.:...after a good night's sleep, you'll be ready o take up where you left off at the factory.A soldier of peace instead of a soldier of war.Jim: I don't want to be a soldier of anything.You see, Mom.I want o get out, away from routine.I had enough of that in the Army...I've been doing engineering work in the Army and that's the kind of work I want to do now.A man's job where he can accomplish things, where he can build, construct, create, do things.Rev.: That sounds very nice, but after all, a job in the hand's worth wo in the bush.To appease them and follow their pre-determined plan, Jim starts work at the Parker Manufacturing Company ("The Home of Kumfort Shoes") the next day.