Top cast:Charles West,Florence La Badie,Grace Henderson
Director:Winsor McCay
Genre:Thriller
Region:South Africa
Year:2020
Storyline:1871(Day Three - Tuesday Evening)The kidnappers"" car approaches the landmark statue from behind.The two thugs stop for the night at the Blue Ox Truck Stop and Hotel (Babe, Bunyan""s blue ox, adorns the building)." Batman had taken the blame for Harvey Dent""s crimes, and was charged with "murdering him (Dent) in cold blood.]The film""s screenplay (credited as being written by Frances Goodrich, Albert Hackett, and Capra himself, with additional scenes by Jo Swerling) was based on "The Greatest Gift," an original short story first written on a Christmas card by Philip Van Doren Stern.He explains pain-avoidance to her:Mrs.Pilletti (serving dinner): So, what are you gonna do tonight Marty?Marty: I don""t know, Ma.I""m all knocked out.I may just hang around he house.Mrs.Pilletti: Why don""t you go to the Stardust Ballroom?Marty: What?Mrs.Pilletti: I say, why don""t you go to the Stardust Ballroom? It""s loaded with tomatoes.Marty: It""s loaded with what?Mrs.Pilletti: Tomatoes.Marty: (laughs) Who told you about the Stardust Ballroom, Ma?Mrs.Pilletti: Tommy.[Tommy is Marty""s married cousin.] He say it was a very nice place.Marty: Oh, Thomas.Ma, it""s just a big dance hall, that""s all it is.I been there a hundred times.Loaded with tomatoes - boy, you""re funny, Ma.Mrs.Pilletti: Marty, I don""t want you to hang around the house tonight.I want you to go take a shave and go dance.Marty: (pleading) Ma, when you gonna give up? You got a bachelor on your hands.I ain""t never gonna get married.Mrs.Pilletti: You""re gonna get married.Marty: Ma, sooner or later, there comes a point in a man""s life when he""s gotta face some facts.And one fact I gotta face is that, whatever it is that women like, I ain""t got it.I chased after enough girls in my life.I-I went to enough dances.I got hurt enough.I don""t wanna get hurt no more.I just called up a girl this afternoon, and I got a real brush-off, boy! I figured I was past the point of being hurt, but that hurt.