00:58:29 29 |
TWO TEENAGE BOYS WEARING APRONS BEHIND COUNTER OF
DINER |
00:58:31 31 |
POV LOOKING IN THROUGH WINDOW WITH DINER'S NAME
"GERTIE'S" WRITTEN ON IT. |
00:58:38 38 |
CU RADIO PLAYING MUSIC ON SMALL SHELF.
|
00:58:45 45 |
MALE CAB DRIVER WALKS IN & SITS AT COUNTER. ASKED,
"WHAT WILL IT BE" |
00:58:47 47 |
CAB DRIVERS HOLDS ULCERED STOMACH. TEEN SERVES HIM
GLASS OF MILK. |
00:59:06 66 |
BOY WALKS TO APARTMENT BEHIND STORE SPEAKS TO GERTIE
AS SHE PUTS ON APRON TO GO TO WORK. |
00:59:35 95 |
ROY WIPES GLASSES AS TAXI DRIVER SITS AT COUNTER
SIPPING COFFEE, HOLDING STOMACH. |
00:59:37 97 |
CABBIE GETS ANNOYED AT MUSIC PLAYING ON RADIO. "WILL
YA SHUT THAT THING OFF". COMPLAINS OF HIS ULCER. GETS ANNOYED WHEN ROY TRIES TO SELL HIM ON RELIGION AS CURE. |
01:00:28 148 |
GERTIE HAS UPSET LOOK AS SHE HEARS ROY TRY TO SELL
JOSH ON RELIGION. |
01:00:30 150 |
ENTERS STORE FROM BACK ROOM, RELIEVES ROY JUST AS
CABBIE TELLS PERSISTENT ROY TO "LAY OFF", "LET ME SUFFER IN PEACE". |
01:00:32 152 |
BOYS GET BOOKS & LEAVE FOR SCHOOL AS GERTIE TAKES
OVER. |
01:01:42 222 |
CABBIE REMINDS GERTIE HOW SHE IS PAYING FOR ROY'S MOM
HOSPITAL BILLS. |
01:01:43 223 |
TAXI DRIVER TELLS GERTIE HE OVERHEARD HIS CAB
CUSTOMERS THAT A NEW "MALT SHOP" WAS DUE TO OPEN DOWN THE BLOCK IN NEAR FUTURE. TELLS GERTIE "IF YOU GET COMPETITION, YOU AIN'T GETTING ANY CUSTOMERS MIXING DONUTS WITH HALOS". |
01:02:14 254 |
HOODLUMS CLIMB INTO JALOPY HOT ROD AFTER SCHOOL.
GIRLS WITH BOOKS IN HAND PASS BY IN BKDG |
01:02:16 256 |
TEENS ARE STOPPED BY BOYS IN JALOPY, HAVE
CONVERSATION. BOYS IN JALOPY MAKE FUN. ASKS TO "PUT IN A PLUG (TO GOD) FOR US, WHEN YOU SAY YOUR PRAYERS". |
01:02:18 258 |
BOY GOES ALONG WITH JOKE. BOYS DRIVE OFF.
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01:03:20 320 |
TEEN TELLS FRIEND HE IS TAKING RIDICULE FROM FRIENDS
BY ASSOCIATING WITH ROY. "THEY THINK I'M A BIBLE BUFF, TOO". TELLS ROY TO "ACT NORMAL". |
01:03:39 339 |
TEEN GIRL ENTERS GERTIE'S. SITS AT COUNTER, SPEAKS TO
ROY BEHIND COUNTER AT CASH REGISTER. SHE ORDERS. |
01:03:41 341 |
FIXES HER A CHOCOLATE ICE CREAM AT THE SODA FOUNTAIN.
THEY DISCUSS YOUTH GOUP AT CHURCH. SHE SAYS THE GROUP THINK HE IS "PRETTY SWELL". |
01:04:35 395 |
BARBER, APRON STILL ON, WALKS IN, SITS AT COUNTER &
ORDERS APPLE PIE. GIRL ASKS WHAT'S NEW AT BARBER SHOP?", "SAME OLD THING, SNIP, SNIP, SNIP". SPEAKS OF AILING WIFE. GIRL ASKS HIM TO DROP IN TO SEE PASTOR AT CHURCH. |
01:05:30 450 |
BARBER ASKS ROY TO READ HIM BIBLE VERSE.
|
01:05:32 452 |
GERTIE WALKS IN WITH GROCERIES, OVERHEARS ROY READING
BIBLE VERSE TO ED. |
01:05:34 454 |
GERTIE SPEAKS TO ROY IN LIVING ROOM. SAYS HE WILL
HURT BUSINESS IF HE GOES ON PREACHING. |
01:07:50 590 |
TEEN GIRL SITS ON PARK BENCH AS ROY TELLS HER OF HIS
DILEMMA. SHE TELLS HIM THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO WITNESS (PROSELYTIZE) WHENEVER THEY CAN |
01:08:25 625 |
GERTIE SITS BEHIND COUNTER GOING OVER THE BOOKS AS
GUYS WORK BEHIND COUNTER. SHE TELLS OF WORRIES ABOUT FANCY NEW MALT SHOP OPENING UP DOWN STREET. |
01:10:33 753 |
ROY SITS IN LIVING ROOM WITH GERTIE, SAYS, "I KNOW
THE LORD WILL HELP YOU AND CHUCK, IF YOU'LL ONLY LET HIM" |
01:10:49 769 |
TWO TEENS SIT IN BOOTH ARE WAITED ON BY TEEN WITH
APRON. JUKE BOX, SODA FOUNTAIN IN BKGD. |
01:10:51 771 |
CAB DRIVER WALKS INTO DINER & SITS AT COUNTER.
TEEN BEHIND COUNTER ASKS CHRONIC COMPLAINING CABBIE, "HOW YA FEELING?" "THE SOONER THEY DROP THE BOMB THE BETTER SAYS JOSH. |
01:11:33 813 |
CABBIE SITTING AT COUNTER, TEEN BEHIND COUNTER AT
SODA FOUNTAIN, AS ROY WALKS IN CARRYING PAINTING ROLLERS AND TRAYS. |
01:11:38 818 |
BOY BRINGS UP RELIGION CABBIE GETS ANNOYED AT HIM.
ROY PERSISTS UNTIL GERTIE HEARS CONVERSATION. |
01:11:40 820 |
PULLS ROY TO BACK ROOM & ANGRILY SCOLDS HIM FOR
"BOTHERING" CUSTOMERS. "THIS IS A MALT SHOP, NOT A CHURCH". |
01:12:49 889 |
GERTIE SAYS, FROM NOW ON THERE WILL ABSOLUTELY NO
RELIGIOUS TALK AROUND HERE". |
01:13:01 901 |
TEEN WAITER WITH BACK TO COUNTER SERVES TEENS IN
BOOTH. |
01:13:08 908 |
TEEN BOY AND GIRL SIT ON PARK BENCH WITH SCHOOL BOOKS
ON LAPS. ZOOM IN ON CONVERSATION ABOUT ROY'S PROBLEMS WITH HIS WITNESSING. |
01:13:57 957 |
CU ROY SITS AT LIVING ROOM DESK READING BIBLE. CLOSES
EYES, PRAYS ALOUD. |
01:15:40 1060 |
BARBER ENTERS SITS AT COUNTER ORDERS "APPLE "PIE A LA
MODE" |
01:15:42 1062 |
GERTIE AT SODA FOUNTAIN PREPARES & SERVES ORDER.
|
01:16:02 1082 |
BARBER THANKS ROY FOR HIS SUGGESTION TO TALK TO
PASTOR, PRAISES ROY IN FRONT OF GERTIE. |
01:16:04 1084 |
BOY STORMS OUT FOR FEAR THAT CONVERSATION IS
UPSETTING GERTIE. |
01:16:06 1086 |
CU BARBER SAYS, YOU KNOW YOU HAVE A WONDERFUL BOY
THERE GERTRUDE". |
01:16:56 1136 |
CU GERTIE AT SODA FOUNTAIN SHOWS FEELINGS OF GUILT
FOR CHASTISING ROY. |
01:17:15 1155 |
BOY AT DESK DOING HOME WORK, ANSWERS DESK PHONE.
|
01:17:17 1157 |
CU GIRL IN PHONE BOOTH WARNS ROY OF PLOT BY BAD TEEN
BOYS TO DISCREDIT HIM WHEN THE SHOP IS FULL OF PEOPLE. |
01:18:17 1217 |
BUSY MALT SHOP WITH PEOPLE AT COUNTERS AND IN BOOTHS.
TEEN WAITERS SERVING BEHIND COUNTER AND BOOTHS. |
01:18:19 1219 |
TWO HOODLUMS WALK INTO STORE. SIT ON BOOTH ASK ROY TO
SERVE THEM. |
01:18:21 1221 |
ROY SERVES THEM SODAS ON TRAY.
|
01:19:00 1260 |
TEEN ASKS, "HOW ABOUT SAYING GRACE FOR US?"
|
01:19:02 1262 |
THEY GET INTO ARGUMENT, AS CUSTOMERS WATCH.
|
01:19:04 1264 |
PULL BIBLE OUT OF ROY'S SHIRT POCKET.
|
01:19:06 1266 |
CU CABBIE AND BARBER WATCH FROM COUNTER.
|
01:19:55 1315 |
GERTIE TELLS BOYS TO STOP
|
01:20:33 1353 |
CU HOODLUM SAYS "HALLELUJAH". THE OTHER SAYS "AMEN
BROTHER" WHEN ROY AGREES TO DO SERMON TO CALM THINGS DOWN. |
01:20:41 1361 |
TELLS THEM OF HIS BELIEFS, BOYS ARE EMBARRASSED BY
HIS HONESTY AND EXPLANATION OF BIBLE. |
01:20:43 1363 |
QUOTES PASSAGES. ALL GET QUIET IN STORE AS ROY TAKES
OFF APRON, WALKS OUT. |
01:20:45 1365 |
ALL SEATED AT COUNTER AND BEHIND WATCH ROY LEAVE
STORE. |
01:24:14 1574 |
AUNT GERTIE & COUSIN CHUCK SPEAK TO ROY IN LIVING
ROOM. ASK HIM NOT TO LEAVE. |
01:24:16 1576 |
GERTIE GETS BIBLE, SAYS SHE WAS READING IT.
|
01:24:33 1593 |
CU RADIO ON SHELF IN MALT SHOP PLAYING CHURCH HYMNS.
|
01:24:35 1595 |
BOYS PAINTING WALLS WITH ROLLERS, GERTIE BEHIND
COUNTER WIPING GLASSES. |
01:24:50 1610 |
CABBIE IN HIS USUAL UNPLEASANT MOOD, SITS AT COUNTER.
GERTIE |
01:24:52 1612 |
CABBIE GROPES HIS STOMACH.
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01:25:06 1626 |
LOOKS AT BOYS PAINTING, SHAKES HIS HEAD
|
01:25:08 1628 |
AS HE SIPS GLASS OF MILK. GERTIE REPLIES, "LISTEN YOU
OLD COOT, YOU GET FOOD IN THIS PLACE", ROY REPLIES, "AND THAT'S ALL". GERTIE SAYS, "NOW YOU'LL GET FOOD FOR YOUR SOUL". CABBIE SMILES. |
Description: TEENAGE BOY WORKS IN DINER-MALT SHOP OWNED BY AUNT, WHILE HIS MOTHER IS IN HOSPITAL. GETS IN TROUBLE FOR PROSELYTIZING (WITNESSING) CUSTOMERS, SOME OF WHOM PRAISE HIM AS OTHERS CRITICIZE HIM. SCENES IN ICE CREAM PARLOR, CIRCA 1960s.
Keywords: proselytise
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