Robert Mitchum should have won an Oscar for his performance in this movie. Then there's Mitchum as "Max Cady" in "Cape Fear." To my mind, this film is like American Folk horror. Harry is the epitome of hypocrisy -- a true "false prophet." Many thanks, Mia.
I read a biography of Mitchum "BABY I DONT CARE " was the title ,it was one of his lines in "Out of the Past" it was a good read about a fascinating man on and off screen ,Mitchum was very well read and had lived a lot before he started acting ,wish he had written his autobiography though, according to his friends, other actors, and film crews he was a great storyteller and would keep them amused telling them about his times riding the rails as a teenager during the depression and various jobs he had done , well worth a read.
Ernest Borgnine deserved his Oscar for "Marty", James Dean in "East Of Eden" was that year as well, so was Sinatra in "Man With The Golden Arm", Mitchum was fantastic but the movie tanked with both audiences and critics so there was no way it was going to get nominated. Back then way more movies were released every year so you have way more upsets than you do now, where you just can't believe someone wasn't even nominated. Gene Hackman in The Conversation, not nominated. Singin' In The Rain, not even nominated. 2001: A Space Odyssey not even nominated. You should be happy when a great performance gets honored, not cry about the ones that didn't. Look at 1974: Nicholson in Chinatown, Pacino in Godfather Part 2, Dustin Hoffman in Lenny, Gene Hackman (who wasn't even nominated) in The Conversation. Which is the best performance? You'd be splitting hairs They were all so great that they canceled each other out and Art Carney got the Oscar that year. (Not that Carney isn't great, but you get my meaning.)
@@TTM9691 You certainly know film! Yeah, there were a lot of films which never received the credit they deserved. I'm a "fan" of older films. I don't care for too many movies which were created after the 1970s. Take care -- W
I prefer Mitchum’s version of Max Cady over De Niro. I felt he was a lot more intimidating without going too over the top to be scary. He was scary without even trying. I like the whole film better, as a matter of fact. I thought that having the daughter be so young and innocent in the original film, as opposed to the way she was portrayed by Juliette Lewis in the latter version, better showed just how evil Cady was. And, of course, you also had the brilliant Gregory Peck in the original too, and that great Bernard Herrmann score.
I’m so glad you loved it! As usual, your observations were all extremely interesting and thought-provoking. I think I’ve seen this film at least 8 times, and it always hits me so hard emotionally. And I do believe it’s, as you suggested, the juxtaposition throughout of innocence and evil. It’s like in music when a song changes from major to minor or vice versa, somehow that always gets me as well. There is something about the ambiguity of that state of transition that is absolutely stunning.
James Agee, the screenwriter, was one of the first great film critics in America. I had always heard that Laughton hated the script, partly because it was almost 300 pages long. Laughton edited it down but insisted that Agee be given sole credit.
Lillian Gish was arguably the greatest actress in movie history, certainly #1 in the silent era. She revolutionized film acting in the 1910s and 20s and was called "The First Lady of American Cinema". She was also the first woman director. She spent most of her later career on the stage but would occasionally make movies. Her last role, 1987's "The Whales in August", paired her up with Bette Davis and Vincent Price - Gish, 94 years old at the time, stole the movie.
As important as Gish was, she was not the first woman director. Even if you ignore Europe and just look at American films Alice Guy, Lois Webber, Mable Normand etc. were all successful directors before Gish. Weber was considered one of the greatest directors of the silent era and Normand has the distinction of being the only woman to direct Charlie Chaplin.
Mia your reaction surpassed my expectations. The old lady who was religious is Lillian Gish. She was one of the greatestt actresses in silent films. Her sister was also Dorothy Gish. She played a great role in 1946 Duel in the Sun. Her last role was The Whales of August in 1987 at the age of 93 with Bette Davis, Vincent Price and Ann Sothern
There's a story that on Whales of August an Assistant Director came up to Lillian Gish and was explaining how to do a close up. Miss Gish, who was always known for her politeness thanked him. Bette Davis overheard and said, "You don't need to explain close ups to Miss Gish, young man. She _invented_ them."
I work with guys who are huge Spike Lee fans specifically of Do the Right Thing and they didn't believe me when I said Bill Nunn's Love Hate monologue originated in a 1955 horror movie about a deranged preacher played by a white guy. I had to pull my phone out to prove it and they had nothing to say😆😄
@@etherealtb6021 Spike Lee also loves the film A Face in the Crowd, starring Andy Griffith. You should check it out if you haven't already. It's one of Andy Griffith's dramatic roles, and he is fantastic in his first starring film role!!
The role played by Nathan Fillion in the "Buffy The Vampire Slayer" series also incorporates the Mitchum character here even using that same "love and hate" monologue.
This is one of my top ten favorite movies. The under water scene of Shelly Winters in the car was so surreal. The cinematography of this film is unparalleled!
@randywhite3947 It's hard to say. I think it changes every year. A lot of them are sentimental, but some of them include: Animal Crackers (1930), The Godfather (1972), Cool Hand Luke (1967), Sunset Blvd (1950), and The Fugitive (1993). Honestly, there are so many more. Way more than ten. I love a good story, some character development, a good set piece, with some silliness thrown in (hence Animal Crackers). What are yours?
As monstrous as Mitchum's character was, he was actually the child actors' best friend on set and did most of the coaching with them (Charles Laughton wasn't overly fond of children).
Not so. Read the book about the making of the movie, Playing With Heaven and Hell. Laughton loved kids, though he didn't like the actress who played Pearl. But yes, Mitchum got on well with them too.
I suspect the Great Depression of the Thirties was a major background inspiration of the movie. The initial crime is caused by a man become desperate to support his family so he robs a bank and in the process accidentally kills two men. He's not evil but showing how poverty and hopelessness can destroy a man.
I love Gish in this movie! These are the tough women who built history, not the whimps and pushovers they are often portayed in films. I met my friends 85 year old grandma from Australia in the mid-80's and she was tough as nails!
Hello Mia! Fun Fact: Film critic Roger Ebert called Robert Mitchum to be his favorite movie star and the soul of film noir, You should check out his performance in another Film Noir Classic, Out of the Past (1947) with Jane Greer, Kirk Douglas, and Rhonda Fleming,
Completely underrated film! We can only wonder what Charles Laughton could have produced as a director if he would have directed more films! Agree with you completely on your take on Lilian Gish! She was amazing.
@@MsAppassionataHe was terrifying in Cape Fear! I was so grateful for the film because it’s great to watch if you want to see this creepy side of Mitchum in film again.
Mitchum is even scarier in Cape Fear somehow, it's actually shocking how few things are off limits for that character, but I understand why this is his most iconic character and his own personal favorite. My favorite aspect of Night of the Hunter though is the woman, the myth, the legend, Lillian Gish. Watching her go from her demure ingenue silent persona to packing heat against a maniac is the most satisfying and entertaining thing in the world to me, it's actually such a surprise when you just aren't used to seeing her in that position! Like she becomes the kind of person who would be protecting *her* in her previous films, it's uncanny and amazing to see. What a career arc. So happy to see new reactions from you Mia, I've missed them a lot. 🙏 Edit: And for the record on the issue of Powell being an extremist vs a total charlatan who may as well be an atheist, I tend to read him as believing what he says. He gets *much* too into explaining the meaning of those tattoos, and would someone who wasn't about this life go quite this far as to even get the tattoos? So that's where I am with him.
@@SueProv I still need to see the two you mentioned, I think this is the only sound film I've seen of hers. Whales of August seems like such a must see for any fan of the era though!
This is a masterpiece. Directed by Charles Laughton who had never directed before and was only an actor. But critics panned the film and it destroyed him so much he never directed again. Many years later it was recognized for it's brilliance.
Tragically this movie was just a few years ahead of its time. 5 years later, after the success of Hitchcock's Psycho, every studio suddenly wanted to do those kind of thrillers. And Mitchum got another role to deliver an amazing creepy villain performance in Cape Fear.
You should watch the 1957 movie A Face in the Crowd, starring Andy Griffith. He is fantastic in this dramatic role, and it was his first starring film role too! It is a great story of how power corrupts. I haven't seen anyone react to this movie yet, and it is a shame.
My impression of Mitchum is that he played good guys and bad guys, but he never played simple guys - there was always the impression of something going on beneath the surface. That made him fascinating to watch. Considering that this was Laughton's only film as a director, it's a remarkable achievement - you have to wonder what he might have accomplished if he'd continued.
When I was too young to watch it (maybe 8/9), I saw the 1962 Cape Fear. For the next couple of years I couldn't watch a Robert Mitchum movie because he was so scary. Finally I decided that was stupid and whatever the next opportunity I had to watch him was I would.... That movie? Night of the Hunter. Confronting my fear didn't help the way I thought it would. Angel Face (1953), as I remember, is a good lesser known Mitchum movie. The Window (1949) might be a movie you find interesting. Classic live-action Disney does a noir suspense.
You should watch "A Face in the Crowd" from 1957. It says things about the influence of media that are even more true today. Andy Griffith is terrific and shows that he can do more than Andy of Mayberry. For more Andy Griffith try "No Time for Sergeants". A comedy that inspired the TV series "Gomer Pyle USMC", a series Griffith produced.
Gotta throw my support behind this recommendation! One of my all time favorite films, truly, sadly, evergreen, as it only grows more relevant with each passing year. Griffith is such a force, and Patricia Neal & Walter Matthau were spectacular, as always. Truly, a Classic Film.
So stoked that you've gotten to this one! You immediately picked up on the expressionism, which for Laughton and his camera supervisor Stanley Cortez was very deliberate. It's set during the Depression, but also in the rural South which tended to be a decade or two behind in its sensibilities, hence the 20s-style film grammar. Mitchum helped Laughton direct the two kids; apparently their rapport was of a teacher-student kind and much, much friendlier than what we see on-screen. Meanwhile, Laughton had professionally taught acting and he cast one of his former students as Willa (Shelley Winters). In terms of the substance, I may be in the minority but you COULD make a film like this again and you could do it with a very low budget provided you planned every scene with precision and assembled the right cast. The power of this story, as a friend of mine pointed out to me once, is that the characters are being seen through the eyes of a lonely child like John and they're therefore painted with big messy strokes on a big canvas where all of their strangeness pops. (You can feel the color of their personalities, ironic given how this was photographed in black & white.) Tangent fact: a bunch of Laughton's crew ended up on what was supposed to be Laughton's 2nd directing gig (a film called "The Naked & the Dead") even after he backed out and RKO hired Raoul Walsh instead. It was a WW2 drama. Laughton was shaping up to be in the vein of William Wyler, who would hop between different genres and be a jack of all trades. But it wasn't long before that mantle was taken up by Stanley Kubrick, who I think embodies a lot of the surrealism that Laughton achieved in his sole gig.
As evil as Mitchum's character is, it is Lillian Gish as Mrs. Cooper who redeems the film. A truly wonderful actress - I recommend you check out her silent film, The Wind. She will literally blow you away! Thank you SO MUCH for reacting to this haunting film - one of my all-time favorites!
Charles Laughton was an amazing actor, himself. He was married to the great actress, Elsa Lanchester ('Bride of Frankenstein'). 'Night of the Hunter' is like a grown-up fairy tale; both the cinematography and the character played by Lillian Gish (an amazing silent-film era star) as a sort of 'fairy godmother', add to that feeling. I'm delighted that you noticed the Expressionist influence in the cinematography - that adds to both the noir sensibility, and to the feeling of this being 'dreamy'. Well-done. :)
I have long been fascinated by this film. It has a magnificent cast I always felt like Lillian Gish should have gotten more recognition at the time (there was praise, nice reviews but a dire scarcity of awards) and the same goes for Robert Mitchum's performance - so powerful that it still genuinely haunts me to this day. Charles Laughton gets my admiration and it is such a shame this was the extent of his directorial career - on film, I know he directed several plays on Broadway but sadly theater is a much less tangible medium (so we have no way of seeing what those were like) or certainly it used to be - but what a masterpiece he crafted here. The influences from German Expressionism are so vividly there in the cinematography the use of light and shadows I had seldom seen it this well done, even in the Weimar movies of the 1920s and early 1930s. I love your reaction to the film and to many of the older classics, particularly those that even if still much critically praised and admired now are seldom seen (if at all) by most people. Definitely my default go to channel for movie reactions, thank you so much for that and for all the super interesting facts you always give us. I knew, I just did that eventually you'd be reacting to this film and it made my whole month. Kudos to you as well as sincere, grateful Thanks.
Thanks so much for watching! Yeah I wish this movie, as well as its actors, got more recognition! But I am glad that we still have the ability to watch this classic masterpiece today! I appreciate your insight 😁
Think of this as a raw Grimm fairytale the helpless child being chased by the evil witch or more like a wolf hunting his pray. But you are seeing it through the eyes of a child
Shelley Winters' later film, *Who Slew Auntie Roo?* (1972), aka *The Gingerbread House,* based partly on *Hansel and Gretel,* also fits this description.
Wonderful reaction, Mia. I really wish Charles Laughton had directed more films, he was so brilliant but he left us a masterpiece with Robert Mitchum's finest performance and the great GREAT Lillian Gish ❤
Charles Charles Laughton was a brilliant actor and a terrific director it is a shame he didn't direct more. As for Robert mitchum with He was menacing it may come across as gentle but menacing would probably be a better description.
Laughton was hoping to make a new career for himself as a director, only to discover he didn't enjoy directing at all, or at least didn't get satisfaction from it. The same was true of Marlon Brando when he directed One Eyed Jacks.
I don't know if a movie like this could be made today. But given the recent zombie like rise in lynch mob mentality, it's sorely needed. Another classic film about a religious grifter is Elmer Gantry (1960), starring Burt Lancaster and Jean Simmons. Stanley Cortez handled the cinematography on The Night of the Hunter. He was also the cinematographer on The Magnificent Ambersons (1942), The Three Faces of Eve (1957), and The Naked Kiss (1964) among others. Lillian Gish began her career in the silent era, starring in The Birth of a Nation (1915) and The Scarlet Letter (1927) among others, and memorably featuring in Duel in the Sun (1946), Portrait of Jennie (1948), and The Unforgiven (1960). Shelley Winters also had a storied career, with supporting roles in such classics as Winchester '73 (1950), A Place in the Sun (1951), I Am a Camera (1955), I Died a Thousand Times (1955), Odds Against Tomorrow (1959), The Diary of Anne Frank (1959), Lolita (1962), Alfie (1966), Wild in the Streets (1968), and The Tenant (1976). And Robert Mitchum is another legend -- Crossfire (1947), Out of the Past (1947), Blood on the Moon (1948), The Lusty Men (1952), Angel Face (1953), River of No Return (1954), The Enemy Below (1957), Thunder Road (1958), The Sundowners (1960), El Dorado (1966), and The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1973). Oh yeah, and Cape Fear -- the original is much better than the remake, imo.
Don't forget Shelley Winters' roles in *Pete's Dragon* (1977), and as the voice.of Frosty the Snowman's girlfriend in *Frosty's Winter Wonderland* (1976).
It’s very important to situate how films were viewed when released and by who. The social and historical context of the audience reaction reveals a lot to us now because we will of course view the film with different eyes.
I like how you went out of your way to set up the context. It's rather frustrating to see many RU-vidrs who miss the point of movies not only because of watching through their "2023 eyes" but also because of the narrow perspective of their cultural bubble.
Nice reaction - tho I wish we'd seen that iconic moment w the car underwater - Gish was Griffith's muse, so as an icon she evokes the notion of cinema itself, and its roots in 19th century melodrama - something I think Laughton is also toying with here - Mitchum's other great villain is in Cape Fear - also see 1995 Dead Man, a visionary b/w western fr indie Absurdist Jim Jarmusch, w Mitchum appearing as another psychotic, and Johnny Depp's best role, evoking both Lillian Gish and Buster Keaton - one more point about this 1955 film, its daring choice to stick w this children's fable implacability - that might be its most unexpected quality -
I was going to mention this too. He's a huge fan of this film. Mia, since it is from the 80's, watch Do the Right Thing on your own. Great movie, with some of the best cinematography ever!
And The Clash dropped the motif in their song Death or Glory - "'Love' and 'hate' tattooed across the knuckles of his hands \ Hands that slap his kids around 'cause they don't understand..."
Loved this. Lillian Gish is a cinematic angel (setting aside the unfortunate blot that is Birth of a Nation). Her last director, Lindsay Anderson (she made films from the 1910s to the 1980s) said, "People make a mistake about angels and think of them as wishy-washy things. Angels are STRONG."
Love love L O V E (heh) this movie. It's a shame Charles Laughton only directed this one movie. It's clear as day he had all the talent and creativity in the world to make some more classics on par with this.
The young children acted their parts so well. Apparently to get the young girl playing Pearl to cry Charles Laughton yelled at her as they were filming but as soon as the cameras cut he gave her a huge hug and apologized.
Mia, On how Mitchum got along with the children. This, from Roger Ebert's retrospective on the film: "Laughton...remembered that Mitchum was invaluable as a help in working with the two children, whom Laughton could not stand. " Lillian Gish was one of the first American superstar actresses, beginning her career in silent films in 1912, and making her last film performance in "The Whales of August" in 1987, co-starring with Bette Davis, Vincent Price, and Ann Sothern. Gish was referred to as The First Lady of American Cinema. She died at age 99, in 1993.
"It's a hard world for little things." Fun Fact: Theatrical movie debut of Gloria Castillo and Kathy Garver. Historical Fact: Dutch-born American serial killer Harry Powers (né Herman Drenth) was the inspiration for the Preacher (Robert Mitchum). Movie Magic Fact: The sequence with Powell (Robert Mitchum) riding a horse in the distance was actually a dwarf on a pony in a false perspective. The money used to depict the stolen $10,000 is Mexican 10 and 100 pesos. The bills were last printed in 1914 and were worthless by the time the movie was filmed. Pants On Fire Fact: Robert Mitchum's autobiography contains many spurious accounts of the making of the film; in one of them, Charles Laughton is said to have had no great love for children and so despised directing them in this film, that Robert Mitchum found himself directing the children in several scenes. In reality, Laughton obsessed over every facet of his first feature, including getting the performances of every actor (even the children) right; this would lead to him dismissing one actor, in particular, after all of his scenes had already been shot and starting again with another in the part.
The criterion blu ray release has fabulous put-takes, absolute GOLD during which we hear Laughton directing the actors. I believe the children were part of these out-takes and I came away with the impression of Laughton being just a very passionate, COMPASSIONATE director. I wonder why Mitchum would say that. That’s so depressing.
Robert Mitchum was just a strange guy. Big-time pothead, infamously quirky, weird sense of humor. Probably much of his autobiography was just him having fun with you.
Would love to see you do the original Cape Fear with Mitchum and Peck. And amazing supporting performances from the great Martin Balsam and Telly Savalas (realizing now I have no clue how to spell his name..)
18:09 seeing his mask break like that, just in chest high water with a switchblade at VERY SMALL CHILDREN running for their lives. horribly scary, and very good.
Critics & audiences, just weren't ready for "Night of the Hunter". It was a little too far ahead of it's time. I wonder, if people just weren't ready to see a preacher in a bad light?
When you speak of persuasive leaders of that era, I’m also reminded of someone a bit closer to home during that time and that’s Gov. Huey Long (“The Kingfish”) of Louisiana. A 1948 movie based on his rise to power is “All the King’s Men,” which is very much worth your time.
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Featuring Robert Mitchum's formidable performance as a child hunting preacher, the Night of the Hunter is a disturbing look a good and evil, The Night Of The Hunter (1955) 93/100% Certified Approved ☑️
Mia, your hair is particularly vivacious and glamorous in this one! I love how you loved Lillian Gish in this! One of the very earliest movie stars and stayed a movie star for the entire silent era.....and then doing roles like this when she got older, she was amazing, I LOVE Lillian Gish. And Shelly Winters! I just saw a fantastic reaction to "Lolita" and now this, she was always fantastic, underrated actress in many ways. THANKS, MIA!!! (PS: That shot looked exactly like The Exorcist, holy smokes!!!! Totally agree!)
Great reaction and background information. Like others have said he was quite scary in "Cape Fear"(1962) which also starred Gregory Peck. There is also a 1991 version of "Cape Fear" which starred Robert Di Niro, Nick Nolte and Jessica Lang. Robert Mitchum and Gregory Peck were also in, but in small roles to give homage to the 1962 version. Another movie where Robert Mitchum played a preacher was "5 Card Stud" also staring Dean Martin.
After filming, in a note to Charles Laughton, Mitchum revealed that of all the film roles he had ever played, Harry Powell in TNOTH was his favorite. A preference he would repeat in various interviews and talk show appearances until his death.
Your hair looks great!!! This movie scared the begeebers out of me as a kid. He was SO scary!!! And the lady in the river!🫣😫🫣😫🫣😫 I love him in “Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison.” He’s great in this too, but I’m still scared!😂
Most Serial Killers are “Charming.” But a look at Charles Laughton as an Actor see, “Mutiny On The Bounty,” 1935. Or, “Ruggles Of Red Gap,” 1935. Or “Witness For The Prosecution,” 1957. The most disconcerting thing about Robert Mitchum’s Character was, Mitchum was actually a good Singer.
'Advise and Consent', a political drama, which a work colleague recommended to me about 25 years ago, also features a wonderful performance by Charles Laughton, as a senator trying to prevent a nominee for Secretary of State (played by Henry Fonda) being confirmed. The title comes from the Senate's duties regarding cabinet appointments.
Such a great film. It is not well-enough known. For a scary movie, this is one. A few years later there was "Elmer Gantry" with Burt Lancaster which was based on Sinclair Lewis's book of the same name. It was the same subject but a bit less violent. As for me, I wouldn't have kicked Shelly Winter out of my bed. For evangelists, you should see the Academy Award winning documentary "Marjoe" in 1971. Marjoe was a child preacher who quit and later went on the trail to make the documentary.
Learned a week ago that they’re remaking this film. Hope they choose a great actor to play Harry. Mitchum was phenomenal. This is one of my favorite films. The cinematography and performances are haunting. I wonder if they’ll dive more into Harry’s background in the remake.
It's a unique film,, and a wonderful debut and finale to Laughton's directorial career. It is strange to think that Lillian Gish already had four decades of her career under her belt when she made this film, and had another three decades to go. She had been one of the biggest stars of the silent era, and ended up with The Whales of August with Bette Davies and Vincent Price in 1987, aged 94. Laughton was a wonderful actor, I would recommend Hobson's Choice, a great comedy about a man and his daughters.
I’m not sure 1955 was ready for a movie whose villain represented hypocritical, performative Christianity; that was also lacking any heroic male insert character.
A longtime.favorite movie. Loved the look... Great reaction and insight. That demonic grow of frustationl and the underwater shot of Shelley Winters (portents to the poseidon adventure?) freaked me out the first time i saw it. Shelley winters, so young, (one of her first?) plays a similar misguided mother in Lolita, another classic, if you havent already.
i dont understand why there is so few reaction on yt of this masterpiece, great analysis of the context of the film, your are right about expressionism, it reminds some old movies of Murnau or Fritz Lang (german film school ).
I saw this at the tender age of five, and it has haunted me ever since. "Speak, or I'll cut your throat and leave you to drip like a hog hung up in butcherin' time". Where the hell was my mother when I was watching this evil movie!
😎There is a solid documentary on the making of Night of the Hunter that adds to your insight on the production. Laughton was attempting to present this film in the same expressionism style that he successfully directed his stage productions of Don Juan In Hell , John Brown's Body and The Caine Mutiny Court Martial.
*Don Juan in Hell,* which is a segment from George Bernard Shaw's much longer play, *Man and Superman,* unfortunately was not filmed, but there is a marvelous studio recording of the play starring Laughton, Charles Boyer, Agnes Moorhead, and Cedric Hardwicke. It was released on LPs, and is well worth a listen.
@@oliverbrownlow5615 😉I have the LP recordings of both DJIH and John Brown's Body as well as an LP of "Laughton's Readings" which he did across the lecture circuit during the 1950s. He performed The Gettysburg Address ( one of his offerings for the readings ) on a kinescoped TV episode of Abbott &Costello. Don Juan as a stage performance was filmed sometime in the 1970s as a TV presentation starring Ricardo Montalban and Agnes Moorehead.
Robert Mitchum played an incredible villain! He is also terrifying in Cape Fear...there are moments in that movie where you forget to breathe, he's so intimidating. Also, here's a Fun Fact about Lillian Gish: when she was making The Unforgiven with Burt Lancaster and Audrey Hepburn (a not so great western, IMO), she also had to wield a rifle, so the director and Lancaster took her aside to teach her how to shoot. But it turned out that she was a better shot than both of them, as she had been taught by an expert gunfighter who had worked on one of her films in the silent era. And she actually enjoyed shooting and kept up the skill over the years.
One of my favorite movies. Have you noticed, by the way, that the lady is addressed a MISS Cooper? And yet she has a son. This lady had a child out of wedlock. That's why she responds with such understanding to Ruby going off with men.
I love Lillian Gish. She was marvelous. Robert Mitchum plays another preacher in the movie 5 Card Stud from 1968 with Dean Martin, Roddy McDowell and Yaphet Kotto.
