Jeunesse triomphante

Original title: Dust Be My Destiny

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John Garfield and Priscilla Lane in Jeunesse triomphante (1939)

Joe Bell, wrongly imprisoned for burglary, gets released to a prison farm. His romance with the foreman's daughter leads to the foreman's accidental death. Fearing disbelief, Bell flees with... Read allJoe Bell, wrongly imprisoned for burglary, gets released to a prison farm. His romance with the foreman's daughter leads to the foreman's accidental death. Fearing disbelief, Bell flees with the daughter, Mabel.Joe Bell, wrongly imprisoned for burglary, gets released to a prison farm. His romance with the foreman's daughter leads to the foreman's accidental death. Fearing disbelief, Bell flees with the daughter, Mabel.

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6.8/10

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- 2 wins total

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Trivia
During filming on location at a train yard, Billy Halop fell on the tracks in front of a train. Acting quickly, Bobby Jordan pulled him to safety and saved his life. John Garfield had some years prior to becoming a film actor, spent time riding the rails and had witnessed such accidents with more unfortunate outcomes. He was very much shaken by this incident with Halop.

Goofs
In the trial, the defence attorney apparently calls all his witnesses, then makes a speech to the jury, before calling a final witness. An attorney has to wait until all the witnesses have testified before making a speech.

Quotes
[last lines]
Joe Bell: Mabel, I just thought of something funny. This is the first time we've been on a train together and paid our fare.
Mabel Bell: [giggling] This is the first time we've been on a train together, and you knew where we were going.
Joe Bell: That's right. We're going home. We finally...
Mabel Bell: [cutting Joe off] I know what you're going to say, Joe. We found a place to hang our hats.
[Mabel throws her hat onto a clothes hook above them]
Joe Bell: [as Joe throws his hat on top of Mabel's on the same hook] Yeah, a place to hang our hats.

Connections
Featured in Red Hollywood (1996)

Soundtracks
My Wild Irish Rose
(uncredited)
Written by Chauncey Olcott
[Played at the diner and sung by Nick, and played again when Mabel and Joe say goodbye to Nick]

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Featured review

7/10

not good but not bad

A routine John Garfield film that Garfield really didn't even want to do. It starts out with Garfield serving thirteen months in jail for a crime he didn't commit and as soon as he's back on the streets, he gets on a train with two of the dead end kids and winds up getting in a fight with Ward Bond, who is hiding out from the cops. The cops arrest all of them and Bond says Garfield helped him when he committed the crime and he's sent up again for a crime he didn't commit. He's given 90 days on a work farm and he and warden take a disliking for each other immediately. That's when he meets the warden's daughter and there is a lot more plot to the movie but you can find that out for yourself.