The roops are fed and given a day""s rest, but they expect to return o the front the following day.Although the young soldiers agree that "the French certainly deserve to be punished for starting this war," blame is conveniently placed on "somebody else.However, in pursuit of the ""American dream,"" similar to the Joad family""s quest, he travelsfromCalifornia (the supposed land of opportunity) to New Orleans - in the opposite direction." But he cannot locate his young son: "Tonight Jakie is to sing Kol Nidre.He should be here!" His mother, Sara Rabinowitz (Eugenie Besserer): "God made her a Woman and Love made her a Mother," is more sympathetic: "Maybe our boy doesn""t want to be a Cantor, Papa - " Cantor Rabinowitz can""t believe that his boy would turn his back on family traditions: "What hasheto say? For five generations a Rabinowitz has been a Cantor - - hemustbe one!"Young Jakie Rabinowitz (Bobby Gordon as a 13 year old boy) has forsaken the ways of his fathers to try out show business.The film""s tagline stated: "Here is a Picture That Was Marked For Greatness Before It Was Ever Screened!" Wyler had directed another play (also produced by Goldwyn) that was adapted for the big screen in the same year,These Three (1936)- a heavily-bowdlerized adaptation of Lillian Hellman""s "The Children""s Hour.The sounds of squashing melons and tomatoes were used for landed punches, along with animal growling and bird shrieks during various violent scenes.