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Anyone Else Want to Punch Most of the Characters?


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The do-gooder social workers were the worst. Paulette Goddard the actress may have been about 25 years of age but her character, still a minor, was nearly an adult, had obtained honest employment, but lost everything no thanks to "the system." They should have left her alone, she was doing just fine without their "help."

Okay folks, show's over, nothing to see here!

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They were not social workers. They were police, arresting her for vagrancy and escape (as noted in the arrest warrant / notice).

They were not there to help her to begin with, but to arrest her for crimes.

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