Chinquapin as a term of endearment is no more odd than the French using "my little cabbage" or "my little creme puff".

Chick-a-pen is a term of endearment used by some mountain folk. Jody Foster used it in her movie "Nell." Her character was living an isolated life in the mountains of North Carolina.

"Chick-a-Pen" makes a lot more sense if you're familiar with the stage version. There's an entire song sung by Johnny to Molly called "Chick-a-Pen" while they were courting. The song got axed for the movie, but the name stayed.

The word is chinquapin, from the Virginia Algonquin chechinkamin, meaning chestnut. It refers, in the context of the movie, to a species of the chestnut genus of the family Fagaceae (beech family) and a related species, the golden chinquapin (Castanopsis chrysophylla), an evergreen that ranges into the Pacific states. Theres also the so-called Chinkapin Oak (Quercus muhlenbergii), but its range does not extend anywhere near Colorado. The Western endearment Chick-a-pen seems to derive from the idea of calling a person a little nut.
As to the bank, it seems fairly clear that he was renewing his promise, his marriage vow, to support her.
But you don't have any questions about what a "Siwash yazzy-hamper" is?

That can't be any worse than the phrase found inside Hayley Mill's locket in Disney's '
Pollyanna
'; the space is even tinier than Molly Brown's ring The words in the locket are(this is only an approximation as I can't remember the exact phrase, but it's close enough): "
When you look for the bad in mankind you'll surely find it. Abraham Lincoln
" Roughly the same amount of words but, as I said previously, the space is much smaller than the area Johnny Brown's message was written on.
Hope this has helped.
John.
One Tiny Spark Becomes A Night Of Blazing Suspense

It was a pretty big ring, based on a cigar ring and all. And, you know, suspension of disbelief.
Oh, Mr. Harris! Mr. Bob Harris! Don't touch me! Just rip my stocking!

I'm still trying to figure out how they could fit all those words inside that ring.

I agree. Debbie Reynolds screeches and yells throughout the entire film. She can't even talk normally. Even when she's trying to speak, she sounds like she's singing in a forced obnoxious way. Hillbilly talk, I guess!
Like so many musical biographies from the 1960's (including Funny Girl), the film was far from the truth. In real life, Molly and her husband had two children before she went on the Titanic. And they never got back together again, despite the sentimental ending of the film.
When the real-life Johnny heard the Titanic sunk, he said "Molly isn't dead. She's too mean to die."
I prefer James Cameron's version of Molly Brown in "Titanic."

I adore this film. I can't imagine better singing, dancing, acting, or sets. I know they had to change some of the facts about Molly Brown's actual life to make the film, and this upset some Coloradans, but they should let it go. I am from Georgia, and God knows we've had a massive quantity of films that show Georgia in a manner completely different from reality. Notably "Gone With the Wind." But if it makes good entertainment, I can excuse it in most cases. It's impossible to capture things exactly as they were, and it may be that if the filmmakers DID make it as it was, it would be boring!

Why no captioning?! Grrr.
Dream of now, dream of then,
Dream of a love song that might have been

Everyone is entitled to their opinion, though I find it hard to believe that you would go to all the trouble of coming to this site to inform fans of the film that you didn't like it.

I've seen it about 20 or more times and I still love it

For whatever reason, at 53 years of age and having watched thousands of movies in my life, I recall this film as the worst one ever.
Sue me.

2. Johnny is always thinking of her. You know, though money can't buy happiness, it can provide security. I think it's just his expression for reminding her that she's well-provided for.

1. Chick-a-pen is just an affectionate nickname that Johnny came up with for Molly. I don't believe it has a particular meaning or signifcance.
2. When he said, don't forget the name of the bank, he meant the name of the bank where their money is because they had so much money there. It was supposed to be a joke, significant only because when Johnny first struck oil and brought money home, Molly hid it in the pot bellied stove, and Johnny unknowingly set a fire in there, not knowing she hid the money in there.

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Chick-a-pen is a reference to one of the songs from the stage version that was cut from the movie version.
The name of the bank is just that - the name of the bank where they keep their money.

I also loved that movie.
In answer to your questions

1. I'm not exactly sure what it means. There are lots of other names like that that I have heard. Chick-a-pen, Chick-a-dee, etc.
2. The reason he told her not to forget the name of the bank is because remember at the begining when Molly lost all their money in the fire. Well he's telling her to remember the name of the bank so she won't lose the money again.
   Hope this helps.