1952 - USA, Religion & Juvenile Delinquency: As We Forgive Pt. 2 of 2

1952 - USA, Religion & Juvenile Delinquency Drama Pt. 2 of 2 Ext. of church as people leaving, shaking minister’s hand. Eddie thanks Cameron for getting him job in music store. Prude comes up & asks if they are the boys who broke into Mr. Graham’s store. “What are they doing here.” Cameron: “Learning to be better people.” 17:20:24 Minister at desk w/ wife at typewriter, wife SOF: “Dear, do you really think you’ll ever get some of our people like Mrs Mitchell to support our juvenile delinquency program?” “Well, it will take time...” They hear jazz being played on organ; find Eddie, Alice & another couple. “I don’t think a church organ is the right instrument for that kind of music.” Wife: “Can you play anything else, I mean beside be-bop?” Eddie plays a hymn in upbeat fashion. Pastor’s wife offers to teach him organ. 17:22:44 Police station; Mrs Mason, Eddie’s stepmother, waiting for Cameron. Wants judge to let her take him back. 17:24:14 Cameron & Pastor discuss in office. Then Eddie happily comes in from organ lesson & talks about not being allowed to play “hot stuff” by stepmother on organ. Cameron: “Don’t you think maybe she had a sqawk coming?” “So did I; she never done nothing for me & I ain’t going to forget it!” CU of angry Eddie. Pastor gives little morality lecture or sermon. 17:26:15 Brief street scene, cars parked, traffic past. Eddie scrubbing glass counter; talking to Mr. Graham. Boy comes in & says Alice wanted him to tell Eddie that she can’t go to the party w/ him. Graham pats him on back & tells him its natural for a mother to worry. 17:27:57 Mrs. Mitchell into Pastor’s office. She says something got under her skin “...learning to be better people.” She agrees to let juvenile program go ahead. Interrupted by Mr. Cameron looking for Eddie. They hear Eddie playing organ in dark. All sit and sing as he plays. 17:33:47 Eddie shows up at stepmother’s as she’s ironing. Talk. Eddie delivering package waves to Alice & her mother but mother pushes Alice into house. Then at home w/ Mr. & Mrs. Cameron. Talk & interrupted by Joe, his older brother, a real wise guy who wants him to come w/ him. 17:38:55 Eddie sitting on park bench as Joe tells him: “It’s like I was telling you Eddie, there’s only one thing that counts in this rat race, dough! Get it & nobody cares how you got it.” Argue. Eddie: “I want to think it over.” Joe says he’ll meet them at the hotel & leaves. 17:40:15 Eddie outside church at night, outside music store. Cameron on police desk called by wife as neither boy’s come home. 17:41:28 Cameron radios dispatcher to check on a grifter named Joe Mason. Cameron gets call that the boys left w/ Mason & general call went out. 17:43:05 Joe & Eddie & other boy brought in. They say that Joe was just bringing them home. “We talked a lot & we decided that we’d seen enough of both sides of the fence to know which is the best...want to be the kind of Christian that you are.” 17:45:23 The End. Christian; Forgiveness; Evangelism; Juvenile Delinquents; Parents; Skepticism; 1950s;