Not Rated | 30min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, TV Series | Episode aired 26 January 1960
A famous actress has a complete breakdown after the death of her young daughter. After she recovers she returns home, only to be convinced that she can hear her daughter calling to her from beyond the grave.
Director: John Newland
Writers: Merwin Gerard, Lawrence B. Marcus, Gabrielle Upton
Stars: John Newland, Margaret Phillips, Arthur Franz
A famous actress has a complete breakdown after the death of her young daughter. After she recovers she returns home, only to be convinced that she can hear her daughter calling to her from beyond the grave.
Director: John Newland
Writers: Merwin Gerard, Lawrence B. Marcus, Gabrielle Upton
Stars: John Newland, Margaret Phillips, Arthur Franz
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00:00The amazing drama you're about to see is a matter of human record.
00:06You may believe it or not, but the real people who lived this story, they believe it.
00:13They know. They took that one step beyond.
00:30Inconspicuous, but smart, and right off the park.
00:39Few people realize it is the home of the famous stage actress, Elena Stacy.
00:45Even fewer know that tonight, after many long, grim months, she's coming home.
00:52They've kept that secret. The house is full of tension, secrecy, and something like fear.
01:00Because, and let us face it, all of us fear the unknown.
01:07But more especially do those who seem to hear it calling, in a voice from beyond.
01:21Did you want something, Mrs. Marpole?
01:33No, sir. No, unless... Oh, Mr. Stacy, if you've changed your mind, I can take care of the room in no time.
01:42I can have everything packed away and out of sight before she gets here.
01:46Like you know, Mrs. Marpole, we have to leave that up to her.
02:07Poor thing. Poor, poor thing.
02:11Please, Mrs. Marpole.
02:13I'm sorry, sir. Forgive me. I'm sure you know best.
02:17I'll go see about the table. I had Mary clean all the good silver, and there's some fresh flowers.
02:21Now wait. Mrs. Marpole, I thought I'd explained it to you.
02:28There's to be no fuss.
02:31This is nothing special about tonight.
02:34Look, forget the dining room altogether. We'll have dinner in here by the fire, the way we have a million times.
02:39You see, it's to be a night like any other night.
02:44Just as though nothing had ever happened. Do you understand?
02:48Yes, sir.
02:50As if nothing had ever happened.
03:47Kevin.
03:57Hi, darling.
03:59Hi, sweetheart.
04:05Lovely, aren't? Autumn.
04:08Did you notice? The leaves falling and...
04:11Oh, a fire, haven't I?
04:14Don't you enjoy having dinner by the fire?
04:16Oh, wonderful.
04:18Though I'm not too hungry. Are you?
04:21Not too.
04:32Do you think I...
04:35I haven't changed, have I?
04:39You'll always be beautiful.
04:42Changes. Ages.
04:46I've been thinking of having my hair cut.
04:53Oh, Mrs. Marpole.
04:56Ma'am.
04:57Ma'am, it's so good to have you home again.
05:04What are we having for dinner?
05:06Oh, a souffle, ma'am, and some nice rare beef that you always used to like.
05:11Oh, ma'am, it's nothing special.
05:13Fine, fine, fine.
05:14And I see you've arranged to put us in here.
05:17Yes, ma'am.
05:20I'll do that, Mrs. Marpole.
05:23Oh, this material has held up quite well, hasn't it?
05:48Hm?
05:50Perhaps it is a little faded.
05:52I hadn't thought it would fade.
05:55Maybe I should get a damask in a little darker shape.
06:02Or do you think that would be a mistake?
06:04What in the world are you talking about?
06:06I asked if you thought that the damask should be da...
06:09I'm sure I don't know.
06:11Kevin!
06:18What are we doing?
06:20It couldn't matter less to me.
06:21What curtains?
06:22What material?
06:25This just won't work, this insane little game we're playing.
06:29This what game?
06:30I'm sorry.
06:33All right, Elena.
06:34I said insane game.
06:36It's just a phrase, but you know what I meant.
06:39But you said, your last visit, you promised that when I came home,
06:43we'd act as though nothing had happened.
06:46I was a fool.
06:47Your doctor would be the first to agree.
06:52Don't you see why it won't work?
06:54Because it is an act.
06:57Because we're two strangers trying to pretend that nothing has happened.
07:01That there's been no tragedy, no loss.
07:03There's nothing for us to forget.
07:18You've spent many months trying to readjust to a harsh truth.
07:23There's no reason why you should accept it alone.
07:26I'm your husband.
07:28I love you.
07:29What hurts you hurts me.
07:31The only joy I can contemplate is a joy that I can only contemplate with you.
07:37That's the reason why we can have no secrets, no pretenses.
07:40It's the reason why it's useless to be talking about curtains and drapes
07:43when what's really on our minds is what has happened
07:46and how we're going to face up to it from here on in.
07:54You're right, Kevin.
07:56Excuse me.
07:58Oh, it's quite all right.
08:00Mrs. Marble will go right ahead.
08:03I'm going upstairs to change.
08:07I'm going upstairs to change.
08:19Hey.
08:21It's going to be all right.
08:36It's going to be all right.
09:32Tomorrow...
09:34I must get Mrs. Marple to help me put Dee Dee's things away for safekeeping.
09:39Yes, darling.
09:41I think that would be wise.
09:43At least until we need...
09:45No.
09:48No, Kevin. I've made up my mind about that.
09:53Since I can't have another child of my own, I'll have none.
10:00And a doctor child could only remind me of Dee Dee.
10:03I don't want to forget Dee Dee.
10:05But I must accept that she's gone.
10:08You've come a long way, Elena.
10:16I am better.
10:18Aren't I?
10:21Yes, my darling. Yes.
10:24And this world of unreality I was living in...
10:28Because I wanted it to be true that Dee Dee didn't really die.
10:32That the truck which struck her down that rainy night was only a nightmare.
10:38That delusion won't come back, will it?
10:41It won't haunt me anymore.
10:43No, Elena.
10:45No more.
10:48Oh, I've missed you so.
10:50Oh, darling.
10:52I've missed you too.
10:54Tonight, we celebrate.
10:57I've got the biggest bottle of champagne you've ever seen on ice.
11:02You're home again.
11:05I'll be right back.
11:15Hello.
11:17My, how you've grown.
11:19Oh, don't be afraid of me anymore.
11:21I'm all better now.
11:23I don't hate you anymore.
11:25I know it wasn't your fault you ran out into the street.
11:30Poor Sam.
11:33You've missed her too, haven't you?
11:37Mama!
11:39Mama!
11:42Mama!
11:45Mama!
11:51Mama!
11:59Mama!
12:03Mama!
12:05Mama!
12:29Mama!
12:48Darling.
12:50Are you all right?
12:52Yes, I'm...
12:55Just silly, I thought I had...
12:58I'm fine.
13:00Of course you are.
13:03Of course you are.
13:09Alas, why nor you so your never look.
13:12Some bloody passion shakes your very frame.
13:16These are portents.
13:18But yet I hope, I hope they do not point on me.
13:22And then a fellow says, peace and be still.
13:25And then I say, I will so.
13:32Alas, why nor you so your never look.
13:37Some bloody passion shakes your very frame.
13:39These are portents.
13:41But yet I hope, I hope they do not point on me.
13:50Hi, sweetheart.
13:51Hi, darling.
13:54Something smells good, what is it?
13:56Get your hot roasted chestnuts right here.
13:59Oh, you're nice.
14:01What did I ever do to deserve you?
14:03That is a good question.
14:04As a matter of fact, lately, very little.
14:07Why is that nice?
14:09What about that sweat I've been knitting?
14:10Oh, come on now, Leonard, knitting.
14:12But don't knock it, it's a great pastime.
14:14Exactly.
14:17Please, please.
14:19Kevin, don't, don't ask me again.
14:21I can't do it, really, I can't.
14:22Why can't you?
14:23You were absolutely brilliant in the part at Stratford.
14:25No one's forgotten you yet.
14:27That was years ago.
14:30Before Didi.
14:32You know very well you watch the mail like a hawk,
14:34waiting for a good play.
14:36Any play.
14:38Any play, except the play I'm doing.
14:40You know what?
14:42Any play.
14:43Any play, except the play I'm doing.
14:45You know very well why I've put off casting.
14:48I know why, and it isn't because you,
14:50you can't find a dozen other actresses better suited.
14:56I don't want a dozen other actresses.
14:58You'll be marvelous.
15:00No, no, no, no.
15:02Something, something else will turn up.
15:04I couldn't do it, do you?
15:06Your whole future's wrapped up in this production.
15:09I can't let your pity for me...
15:11What are you talking about? I need you.
15:14Can you honestly trust me?
15:17What if...
15:19What if I lost my grip like before?
15:22What if I became ill again and let you down?
15:24You won't.
15:25You won't.
15:30You make me feel so sure.
15:33Don't think I...
15:35I don't understand what you're doing.
15:39You don't need me.
15:41I need the chance, like therapy.
15:44Like the time that horse threw me and you made me get back.
15:47No, no more talk.
15:49You're going to be in rehearsal tomorrow morning.
15:52No back talk.
15:59Where are you going?
16:01I'm going to release it to the press.
16:03They're waiting on the doorstep.
16:05Practically.
16:09Hello, Herman.
16:11Yes, she's responded to it just beautifully.
16:14Yes, she's very excited about it.
16:17Yes, she's accepted.
16:19Now we can pull all the plugs on publicity.
16:22Mm-hmm.
16:24Yes, by all means.
16:25Mama!
16:26First off, I want you to get a hold of Wilson and Leonard Lyons.
16:29Mama!
16:31Mama!
16:33Mama!
16:35Mama!
16:37Mama!
16:40Oh, that's brilliant.
16:42Yes, of course.
16:43Say something like, uh...
16:45Elena Stacy makes a triumphant return to the stage
16:49and a fellow from Shakespeare's Immortal Tragedy.
16:52Mama!
16:53Mama!
16:54Mama!
16:55Mama!
16:56You can take it from there if you want
16:58and just soup it up and give it a real whiz-bang campaign.
17:01Mama!
17:02Yes, of course.
17:05Elena, I don't know what to tell you.
17:07It's just too stiff now.
17:09Try it again, please.
17:21Why, sweet Othello!
17:25Devil!
17:27I have not deserved this.
17:30Oh, devil, devil.
17:32If that the earth could teem with women's tears,
17:35each drop she falls would prove a crocodile.
17:39Out of my sight!
17:42I will not stay to offend you.
17:52Kevin?
17:53Can I take five minutes?
17:56Fine, darling.
17:58Why, I think that's the right level.
18:01The way we discussed it at lunch, I think it's proof that, uh...
18:05We've really got something.
18:07Mm-hmm.
18:08All right.
18:15Dr. Harvey.
18:16Ah, Miss Stacy.
18:18How do you do?
18:19It's so good of you to come to the theater.
18:21Oh, frankly, Miss Stacy, if you hadn't sounded so...
18:24so distraught over the telegram...
18:26I do appreciate it.
18:27Where shall I sit?
18:29Oh, this will be fine.
18:31Now, this will give us a chance to get a preliminary idea...
18:35of just how much loss exists.
18:37Loss?
18:38Mm-hmm.
18:39When did you first become aware of a loss of hearing?
18:48Well, doctor, I don't really have any trouble hearing.
18:54But sometimes people going deaf...
18:57do hear things that aren't there, don't they?
19:01I mean, I read somewhere...
19:03bells, telephone bells...
19:06music...
19:08all sorts of weird noises.
19:11Yes, that happens.
19:13It's called tinnitus.
19:15Now, we'll get into your medical history later.
19:18Meanwhile, if I can just fit this...
19:21like...
19:23this...
19:24so...
19:28Comfortable?
19:30Comfortable?
19:31Fine, thank you.
19:32Fine.
19:33Now...
19:38What was that?
19:40You heard that.
19:41Fine.
19:42Whenever you hear, raise your hand.
19:52I didn't hear anything.
19:54Doctor, that could mean that I really am...
19:58Please, Miss Stacy, don't excite yourself.
20:01You didn't hear a tone that time because there was none.
20:05I tricked you.
20:07Now, once more, please.
20:12Mama!
20:13Mama!
20:14Mama!
20:15Mama!
20:16Mama!
20:17Mama!
20:18Mama!
20:19Mama!
20:20Mama!
20:21Mama!
20:22Mama!
20:23Mama!
20:24Mama!
20:25Mama!
20:26Mama!
20:27Mama!
20:33I want to see them on stage in five minutes.
20:35Elena?
20:37What's the matter with you?
20:39What's going on here?
20:41Who are you?
20:42I'm Dr. John Harvey.
20:44There's nothing to be alarmed about.
20:46The young lady simply has a lively imagination.
20:49She imagines she might be going deaf.
20:52But, as a matter of fact, after preliminary examination,
20:56I'd say her hearing is perfectly normal.
20:59Going deaf?
21:01You're a doctor.
21:02What the devil are you doing with an ear doctor?
21:15I'm going to be all right.
21:20I'm going to be all right.
21:43Till she come as truly as to heaven,
21:46I do confess the vices of my blood.
21:49Her father loved me.
21:51Oft invited me.
21:53Still question me the story of my life.
22:16Come.
22:22My noble father,
22:24I do perceive here a divided duty.
22:27To you I am bound for life and education.
22:30My life and education boast to learn me how to respect you.
22:34You are the lord of duty.
22:36I am hitherto your daughter.
22:38But here's my husband.
22:40And so much duty as my mother showed to you,
22:42preferring you before her father.
22:45So much I challenge that I may profess you to the more, my lord.
22:53Mama!
22:55Mama!
22:57Mama!
22:59Mama!
23:02Mama!
23:04Mama!
23:06Mama!
23:08Mama!
23:10Mama!
23:12Mama!
23:14Mama!
23:22It was you.
23:24All this time, it was you.
23:27It was you.
23:29It was you.
23:38The miraculous appearance of that little girl
23:41not only saved Elena Stacy's life,
23:43but saved her sanity.
23:45For now she knew that the haunting voice
23:48was not the echo of a disturbed mind,
23:50but an incredible warning.
23:53Even more comforting is the thought that possibly
23:57one living child
23:59was the courier
24:01for another child of a beloved memory.
24:04In any event, the psychic phenomenon we have just seen
24:07is called clear audio,
24:09which means the hearing
24:12rather than the seeing
24:14of things that have yet to happen.
24:16In a moment, a word about next week's step beyond.
24:22Next week, and every week,
24:25we'll be bringing you the personal records
24:27of the rarest kind of human experience,
24:30man's adventure in the world of the unknown,
24:33that mysterious psychic world
24:35beyond our five senses.
24:38This is your invitation to take with us
24:40that astonishing one step beyond.
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