Talking Pictures

In 1929, the divorced lady pianist at the picture show is about to lose her job: the talkies are coming. And she’s about to lose her teen-aged son: he’s falling for his father’s empty promises. Harrison, Texas, like the whole country, is dealing with the uncertainty the depression is thrusting upon it. So how is it that this lady lives a life of hope? Despite her underdog circumstances, or perhaps because of them, she musters the resolve, even dares to hope for the kind of love and appreciation everyone needs to find in tough times.