"Nothing much changed in Walter Brennan's domestic life even after he won his Academy Award and received rave reviews for both Come and Get It and Banjo on My Knee. He remembered hurrying home with his gold statuette, strutting in his borrowed tuxedo, and asking his wife how it felt to be married to an Academy Award winner. Ruth gave him a look and said, "Turn out the lights and go to bed. I lived with you when you didn't have a dime." His rare moment of bragging caught her off guard, and he had never spoke of stardom. It all seemed just work to him--or so Ruth supposed. Years later, she admitted she had not taken in the honor bestowed on her husband."