Bible Salesmen - Paper Moon (3/8) Movie CLIP (1973) HD

CLIP DESCRIPTION:
Addie (Tatum O'Neal) helps Moses (Ryan O'Neal) con a widow into buying a Bible.

FILM DESCRIPTION:
The year is 1936. Orphaned Addie Loggins (Tatum O'Neal, in her film debut) is left in the care of unethical travelling Bible salesman Moses Pray (Ryan O'Neal, Tatum's dad), who may or may not be her father. En route to Addie's relatives, Moses learns that the 9-year-old is quite a handful: she smokes, cusses, and is almost as devious and manipulative as he is. They join forces as swindlers, working together so well that Addie is averse to breaking up the team -- which is one reason that she sabotages the romance between Moses and good-time gal Trixie Delight (Madeline Kahn). Later, while attempting to square a $200 debt that Addie claims he owes her, Moses runs afoul of of a bootlegger (John Hillerman) and is nearly beaten to death by the criminal's twin-brother sheriff. Painfully pulling himself together, Moses gets Addie to her relatives, whereupon she adamantly refuses to leave his side. Photographed in black-and-white by Laszlo Kovacs, the film was made largely on location in Kansas and Missouri (an experience colorfully recalled by director Peter Bogdanovich in his 1972 book of essays Pieces of Time). 9-year-old Tatum O'Neal won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar, beating out costar Kahn. Paper Moon later became a short-lived TV series, starring Ryan O'Neal lookalike Christopher Connelly and future Oscar winner Jodie Foster.

CREDITS:
TM & © Paramount (1973)
Cast: Ryan O'Neal, Yvonne Harrison, Tatum O'Neal
Director: Peter Bogdanovich
Producers: Peter Bogdanovich, Frank Marshall, Francis Ford Coppola, William Friedkin
Screenwriters: Alvin Sargent, Joe David Brown

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[Mr.BeastFacts]

This is such a well-crafted piece of cinema. Acting, cinematography, soundtrack, comedy, it’s a home run.
Now, eat your Coney Island!

[rickhobson]

Swindlers selling bibles never seems to go out of style.

[sunshinejividen]

"Nevermind the circumstances...and if it'll make that woman happy, I'll take it." Just the way he speaks that line, & the tone of voice he uses, literally makes my eyes tear-up every time. Such a touching scene.

[billyjoejimbob]

I love it when people say they've never heard of a place. Yeah, they've never heard of you either.

[PoohbearPlus]

RIP Peter Bogdonovich. You made one of the greatest comedies ever made.

[snookslayer]

"My mamma's gone with the Lord." "So has poor Mr. Bates, honey." Great line.

[rhettgedies]

I love his change in face from impressed/admiring to sour when she mentioned his debt to her. XD

[Jozart]

One of my favorite movies of all time ❤️

[frankscivier]

Like Jozart below, “Paper Moon” is one of my all-time favourite movies. I don’t think Ryan O’Neal was ever in a better movie than this and his daughter Tatum gave a fabulous performance for such a young girl making her debut. For some strange reason I haven’t seen this movie televised for a very long time. 5 years at least and maybe 10. God knows why!.

[BackwoodsFilms]

She always had that debt calculated down to the penny. 😄

[JayDogTitan-hewo]

This movie is golden, One of my favorites.

[jfhburr]

I love that smirk on her face afterwards! haha Great movie. ;)

[henriettahenson]

Some of the best chld acting I have ever..seen.... . No wonder she got an Oscar...

[MsZeitgeist]

1:46 Mose is thinking 12 dollars you're nuts you little brat but also gained respect for Addie.

[msbwlb]

Youngest actress to win an Academy Award at the time. 10 years old.

[robertplatt]

$12 was a lotta money. My grandfather was making $25 a week as an electrician's helper.

[digeettJ]

Loved the paperback.Simpley adore the film. One of the cinema greats of all time.

[williamturner]

Watching the scenery pass by, I can't begin to imagine why I moved out of Kansas.

[princeabrar]

This is one of my favorite movies of all time..

[skat]

If this were done today: the end scene would have them "driving" on a set, with green screen CGI background.
[Yes, I know that, even here, when they are "driving", they are really on a platform that truck is pulling.]
And they'd probably not have the imagination to do it in black&white.