<P> In the meantime, a police officer new to the neighborhood, Officer McShane (Lloyd Nolan), encounters Aunt Sissy and the children one afternoon . When he meets the children's mother, he is enchanted by the beautiful Katie . A few days later, however, he learns that Johnny (drunk after an argument with his wife) is Katie's husband, and is devastated to realize Katie is married . </P> <P> The children's grandmother Rommely (Ferike Boros), often tells them about her immigration to the United States, and how important education is in life . While Neeley isn't interested in books and school, Francie is a bright child who is always reading, thinking about what she reads and observes, and eager to learn . Every night, she reads to the family from the thick book of Shakespeare her grandmother let them buy, even though they don't understand what they read . </P> <P> One Sunday afternoon, Francie indirectly persuades her father to go for a walk instead of sitting at home . She accompanies him and shows him the school she wants to attend . It's a nicer school in a nearby neighborhood, with wealthier, well dressed students . When he sees how much the better school means to Francie, Johnny "borrows" a home address within the correct district, so that Francie can claim she is eligible to attend . Katie is opposed, but Johnny persuades her to go along with the lie, and in the end, Katie supports her daughter's ambition by tailoring an old dress into one Francie can wear to school . Once she becomes a pupil at the school, Francie impresses her new teacher with her creative writing . </P> <P> Meanwhile, Katie moves the family into a smaller, cheaper apartment one floor up, angering her husband . Johnny believes she is merely being stingy . In fact she is pregnant and very worried how they will live with another child . Sissy, too, becomes pregnant, and she and Katie reconcile shortly before Christmas . The families celebrate a happy, poignant Christmas together, and later that night Katie tells Johnny she is pregnant . She suggests that Francie drop out of school to work . Since Johnny understands how much being in school means to his daughter he feels desperate to find a job . Despite the fact that it's snowing hard Johnny goes out that night, determined to find work . Instead, he fails to return . </P>

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