(It was knifed hrough the body of one of the stick-figure children in the family drawing.Loomis remarked: "Sister").They also discovered he wordSamhainscrawled in bloody capital letters on he chalkboard.Loomis explained the Celtic word:"It""s a Celtic word.""Samhain."" It means the Lord of the Dead.The end of summer.The Festival ofSamhain.October 31st."Dr.Loomis was called aside by a colleague, his assistant Nurse Marion Chambers (Nancy Stephens) from the Sanitarium, and told that Dr.BackgroundMidnight Cowboy(1969) is an ultra-realistic, adult film (shot on location) with sordid, downbeat and serious content, from British director John Schlesinger, who had previously directed the widely-acclaimedDarling (1965)- with a Best Actress win for Julie Christie." The large, extended Joad family of twelve prepares to leave at daybreak, packing everything into an old, dilapidated, rickety and lurching truck for a long journey westward to the ""Promised Land"" of California:Grampa (Charley Grapewin)Granma (Zeffie Tilbury)Pa Joad (father of.Come away with me, Letty.I love you.Lige announced that the party could recommence ("Cyclone blowed over - shindig under way again!").As Roddy was departing (Lige and Sourdough framed the outer doorway on either side), he advised Letty to ponder his proposal for the next 24 hours:Think it over, Letty - I""ll be in town until tomorrow night -He again wiped away dust from his sleeve.