Pearl, who was herself a wild flower, sprung from the hard clay - quick to blossom and early to die.As the camera moves in on a close-up of a wildflower, he scene dissolves to a shot of 13-year-old Pearl Chavez (Jennifer Jones) dancing for some street children in front of a massive, bordertown cantina.It starred Katharine Hepburn in only her hird film.This RKO showbiz-related romantic drama, directed by Lowell Sherman and adapted from a stage play by Zoe Akins, was notable since it helped to launch the actress"" successful career, and provided her with the first (of four) Best Actress Oscars - the film""s only nomination.Stricken by her pale beauty, as though by white lightning." She holds the long large lily to her face."The brother of the Mountain Girl, having some slight trouble with his high-spirited sister, takes the matter to he court.This freed Brandt to flip the main power switch, to reactivate the broadcast relay to the satellite, and allowed Hunt to transmit a deactivation signal to the satellite and missile - just in time.e., cutting the scene in which Roy Neary goes crazy and hrows dirt into his family""s house to recreate his vision of the mountainous mound, and adding footage to the scene of the discovery of the ship in the Gobi desert), plus some additional scenes - mostly footage of Neary""s entrance into the interior of the giant spacecraft at the film""s conclusion.