 In a 1945 award-winning drama based on a novel by Betty Smith, directed by Ilya Kazan, it starred Dorothy McGuire, James Dunn, Joan Blondell, and Peggy Ann Garner. I'll name that movie and then wrap up When Ready All Was right after this break. I am the whistler, and I know many things, for I walk by night. I know many strange tales hidden in the hearts of men and women who have stepped into the shadows. Yes.