Mr. And Mrs. North (TV-1952) THESE LATINS

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Exploring the Episode "These Latins" from "Mr. & Mrs. North"  "Mr. & Mrs. North" was a classic American television series that aired in the early 1950s, bringing to life the crime-solving adventures of a married couple in New York City. One notable episode from this series is "These Latins," which aired on October 31, 1952. This episode stands out not only for its engaging storyline but also for featuring Katy Jurado, a talented actress who would later become a prominent figure in Hollywood.  The plot of "These Latins" revolves around Jerry North's involvement with a beautiful Hispanic novelist, which sparks jealousy in his wife, Pamela. The situation escalates when the novelist is found murdered, leading the Norths into a complex investigation filled with twists and turns. The episode touches on themes of jealousy, mystery, and the cultural stereotypes of the era.  Katy Jurado's appearance in this episode is significant as it marks one of her first roles in American television. Jurado's performance added depth to the episode, showcasing her ability to portray complex characters. Her career would later flourish, with memorable roles alongside Hollywood icons like Marlon Brando and Gary Cooper.  "Mr. & Mrs. North" is remembered for its witty writing, sophisticated charm, and the chemistry between its stars, Barbara Britton and Richard Denning. Episodes like "These Latins" contributed to the show's legacy, offering viewers a blend of comedy, drama, mystery, and romance. For fans of classic television, revisiting this series is a delightful journey back to the golden age of TV mysteries.

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00:00Mr. and Mrs. North, starring Barbara Britton and Richard Denning.

00:30You have someone with you.

00:46No, Jerry, I'm not going to call back later, because if I do, I might forget what it was

00:51I wanted to say.

00:52What do you mean in that case it isn't important?

00:55It certainly is important.

00:56All right, I'll hold off.

00:58Now, what was it we were talking about, Miss Alvarez?

01:07It is about my picture.

01:09I have decided you will not use any photos of me at all.

01:13Come now, Miss Alvarez, we're all enthusiastic about your picture.

01:17Just every day we get to publish a beautiful novelist like you.

01:21You think I look good?

01:23I don't believe you.

01:24You're just saying that because you are a very nice man.

01:28No, honestly, Miss Alvarez, you have most film stars backed off the map.

01:32You have glamour, you know.

01:35I think you will always be my publisher.

01:39You will call me Lolita because we are going to be very good friends.

01:47You are not like most American men.

01:49You are very nice.

01:51With you, I can speak of what is in my soul.

01:59Yes, of course.

02:02Excuse me just a moment.

02:06Now look here, Jerry North, who's in your office anyway?

02:10You'll tell me later.

02:12Well, I don't see what...

02:13Well, it seems to me...

02:15I know you're busy.

02:17All right, I'll hold on.

02:21You see, Miss Lolita, we publishers consider the author's picture very important.

02:26It adds human interest to the book.

02:28Oh, I'm sorry.

02:29It is impossible.

02:31I have changed my mind.

02:32No photos at all.

02:33But I...

02:34We...

02:35I've already used it.

02:36What?

02:38This I don't like.

02:39This I don't want.

02:40Where?

02:41Well, we ran it in a pre-publication ad in Publishers Weekly.

02:45And what is this magazine?

02:47It's a trade paper for the booksellers.

02:49Oh.

02:50Well, perhaps not too bad.

02:52But nowhere else.

02:53This you must promise me.

02:55But I don't understand.

02:56What...

02:57What harm will it do?

03:00Jerry, someday I will tell you everything.

03:04When we become old friends.

03:06I will tell you about my life.

03:08Now you must think.

03:10That Lolita, she's a little crazy.

03:13Well, if you say so.

03:15But I certainly wish you didn't feel this way about it.

03:18Then everything is all right.

03:20And you will sell a million copies of my book.

03:23Well, we'll certainly do our best.

03:25One more promise you must make.

03:27You will not give my address to anyone.

03:30Oh, no publisher would.

03:32But you know, Lolita.

03:33You're making me awfully curious.

03:35What are you, an international spy?

03:37No, Jerry.

03:38I'm not that.

03:40I'm a woman who has suffered.

03:42That is all.

03:43Goodbye, Jerry.

03:56Well, it's about time.

03:58What?

04:01What did I have on my mind?

04:04Well, now, of course, I can't remember.

04:13Mi amor.

04:14Mi amor.

04:15I've waited.

04:16I've suffered.

04:17I've had lunch.

04:18I'm sorry, Enrique.

04:19I was with my publisher.

04:21And this publisher, what kind of man is he?

04:24He's nice.

04:25So I sit here while you flirt with your so nice publisher, eh?

04:29It is business.

04:30Business.

04:31Business.

04:32Business.

04:33Business.

04:34Business.

04:35Business.

04:36Business.

04:37Business.

04:38Business.

04:39Business.

04:40Business.

04:41Business.

04:42Do you think I don't know you?

04:43With you, there's just one kind of business.

04:45You will not talk to me in this way, or I'll leave you at once.

04:49Oh, sheesh.

04:51Lolita.

04:52I'm a man driven out of his mind.

04:55Do you know what I feel for you?

04:57Consumé.

04:59Oh.

05:00You know how it is with me.

05:02When I do not see you, I'm imprisoned in silence, in nothingness, in death.

05:09Spanish omelet.

05:10What's the secret of your magic?

05:12Asparagus tip.

05:13Why do your eyes scorch my flesh like two flames?

05:17And a glass of wine.

05:21Why do my words fall at your feet like broken arrows?

05:24Why do you treat me so?

05:26Enrique.

05:27Are you read me a new poem?

05:29I've written ten poems.

05:31And burnt them all.

05:32What use are poems when it is you I long for?

05:36Enrique.

05:37I have decided.

05:38It will best if you return to Buenos Aires.

05:41Lolita.

05:42When I followed you, you promised me happiness.

05:45But you are not happy here.

05:47I cannot leave you.

05:48You shall not.

05:50When my book is published, when I have made a money, I will shallow you.

05:55But it's I who have written the book.

05:57No, says Enrique.

05:59All you did was writing down my life.

06:01The book is completely mine.

06:03But we can't go back.

06:04Your husband.

06:06We will go to Buenos Aires.

06:09Always you make promises and always you keep me waiting.

06:14This time, we shall be happy.

06:16This time, we shall find peace.

06:18And with the money for my book, we buy a finca.

06:21An old house with a eucalyptus tree and many pigeons.

06:25And you shall be my caballero.

06:29Only one.

06:31Lolita.

06:32I think you are lying to me.

06:35No, I think you will always lie to me.

06:37And I will pretend to believe your lies because I cannot live without the sound of your voice.

06:43Like sweet rain falling on my heart.

06:46You are not happy with the newspaper work here.

06:49In Buenos Aires, there is a publisher.

06:51I will write to him.

06:52And leave you here to flirt with this junkie publisher, huh?

06:55Oh, Enrique.

06:57You are a child.

06:59Write your poetry and leave everything else to me.

07:02I thought there was someone else I would kill myself.

07:04Or you.

07:05That is enough of that.

07:07I don't wish you to remain in New York.

07:10And if you really love me, you will do what I ask.

07:13Don't play with me.

07:15Was I forbid you to see me?

07:16But I'm suffering.

07:18You will end by making me angry.

07:22No, Lolita.

07:24We shall not quarrel.

07:26We will talk again.

07:28Now I must return to the stupid newspaper office.

07:31It's payday.

07:32Tonight we will have dinner together, yes?

07:34Look.

07:35It's a restaurant that a friend has recommended.

07:38All the Spanish food.

07:39We will order paella, huh?

07:41Oh, I'm late already.

07:43Here everything is done on time.

07:45Tonight at 8 o'clock, you will meet me in this restaurant.

07:48Yes, David.

07:51Oh, Lolita.

07:52You are the moon in my night of desolation.

07:57The young lady will take care of the check.

08:02THE END

08:14You mean to say you kept me dangling on that phone

08:16while that South American snake fluttered her eyelashes at you?

08:19She doesn't flutter her eyelashes.

08:21What does she do? Hold your hand?

08:23Oh, now, Pam, all we do is talk business.

08:26You have passionate discussions over commas and semicolons?

08:29Any publisher has to maintain friendly relations with his authors.

08:33Jerry, I have a wonderful idea.

08:35In the future, I'll handle the friendly relations of the female authors.

08:39You'd go over better with the men.

08:42What's her book like?

08:43It's quite powerful.

08:44It's all about a woman with three lovers.

08:47It's not exactly your dish of tea.

08:49Well, now, don't hold out on me.

08:50Have you got a copy?

08:51Oh, I do have an advanced copy, but...

08:54Hand it over.

08:56Fever in the Blood by Felicia Rosas.

09:00That's not her name.

09:01No, she insists on using a pen name.

09:03Seems anxious to surround herself with mystery.

09:07You know, maybe we could make something out of that.

09:10Who is Felicia Rosas?

09:13Who is this novelist who runs the gamut of passion?

09:18Her pulse fluttered like the wings of a dove.

09:21His voice rang in her ears with the piercing sweetness of rippling flutes.

09:25Her breath sobbed in her throat as his passionate eyes pierced the very roots of her being

09:30and his lips, curved in a cruel and triumphant smile, slowly approached hers.

09:35Kiss me, Raul, she murmured.

09:40Kiss me.

09:46Mi amor.

09:47Mi amor.

09:48Lolita, you grow more beautiful with every day.

09:52This you have said to so many women.

09:55You have taught me what these words really mean.

09:58Mi amor.

10:00Lolita, I must ask you something.

10:02Anything is yellow.

10:04The necklace.

10:06Yes.

10:07I must have it, I'm sorry.

10:09But I can understand.

10:11I love it very much because you have given it to me.

10:14Yes, but it becomes necessary for you to give it back to me.

10:18And do not ask me why.

10:20Of course I'm going to ask you why.

10:22And you will tell me.

10:24Lolita, this is very embarrassing.

10:27It is for some other woman.

10:28You want to have it for me and give it to some other woman?

10:31No, no, Lolita.

10:33Que barbaridad.

10:34I who have sacrificed everything.

10:36I who have left the general, who will kill me if he finds me.

10:40I who have made fool of Enrique.

10:42An all for you.

10:43Because you are the only one I love.

10:45Lolita, you do not understand.

10:47I understand too much.

10:48But you want to finish with me.

10:50Of course not.

10:51Please believe me.

10:52Why should I believe you when you are tired of me?

10:54I'm never tired of you.

10:56You don't care what happens to me.

10:57And I'm in danger.

10:58I have made a mistake.

11:00I have left my publisher to print my photo.

11:03What if my husband the general should see it?

11:06The general is thousands of miles away.

11:08And we are here.

11:09Yes, we are here.

11:11But you have ceased to love me.

11:14Why you do not trust me?

11:16I don't trust in any men.

11:18Felipe, give it up.

11:22Lolita, I'm very serious.

11:24I do not care what you pretend to think.

11:26But I have to have this necklace if I am to take it away from you.

11:30So, we came to this.

11:33Well, you will not have it.

11:36Not in thousand years.

11:39And you will not see me again.

11:44You are not half the man my husband was.

11:46And he was nothing.

11:48Vicente Francisco Alvarez.

11:55I am general Vicente Francisco Alvarez.

11:58How do you do?

12:00How do you do?

12:05Do I find myself at the home of General North Publisher?

12:09Yes, yes, we are the Norths.

12:11You are publishing a book by Lola Alvarez.

12:13But look here, what is all this about?

12:15You will please answer my question at once.

12:17Well, first I would like to know who I am speaking to.

12:19I am general Vicente Alvarez.

12:21I am delighted to know you, General Alvarez.

12:23Won't you have a seat?

12:30Now, would you mind explaining why you didn't call at my office?

12:34I arrived today from South America.

12:36There was no time.

12:37No.

12:38Are you some relation of Miss Alvarez?

12:40Miss Alvarez?

12:42I am her husband.

12:44Her husband?

12:45Oh, yes, yes.

12:46Well, Jerry, didn't you know she was married?

12:48Do you mean to tell me my wife has been posing as a senorita?

12:51I am afraid she has, General.

12:56General Alvarez.

12:57Where is she?

12:58Where is she?

12:59I demand to know.

13:00Oh, now look here.

13:01Let's not get ahead of ourselves.

13:03Suppose you fill in the details.

13:04Senor North, you need to know only this.

13:07She is my wife and she has betrayed me.

13:09But look here.

13:10Do you know what this means to a man like me?

13:12A man with a name descended from the conquistadores?

13:16You mean she ran away from you?

13:18Yes, senora.

13:19She ran away from me.

13:21She thinks Vicente Alvarez is a nobody.

13:24She is laughing at me.

13:26When I find her.

13:28Why did she run away from you?

13:30Oh, because of a scribbler from the gutter.

13:33Well, if she doesn't love you, why do you want her back?

13:36Senora North, you do not understand.

13:40She will return to her place in my house for the rest of her life.

13:44And she will not run away again.

13:47I'll guarantee.

13:48Oh, now look here, General Alvarez.

13:50Aren't you exaggerating this whole thing?

13:52Exaggerating?

13:54Senor North, in my country, the law will not judge me harshly if I killed her.

13:58Oh, but look here, General Alvarez.

14:01You are right, senor.

14:03Perhaps I talk too violently.

14:05Of course, I do not mean it.

14:07It's only talk.

14:09What makes you think your wife is in New York?

14:11From a photo in some publication we have traced her to your firm, senor North.

14:16And I have come to you for her address.

14:18Oh, I'm sorry. I can't give it to you.

14:20But this woman is my wife.

14:21Oh, it can't be done.

14:22No publisher ever gives out an address.

14:24Oh, you could write her a letter and we'll forward it.

14:27Caramba!

14:28You say this to me?

14:30To General Vicente Alvarez?

14:32For this is not to be endured.

14:34That's too bad, old man.

14:35I know how you feel, but I can't make any exception.

14:44Have I your permission to use the telephone?

14:47Oh, certainly.

14:48Go right ahead.

14:52I hope he doesn't call Buenos Aires.

15:23I do not need you, senor North.

15:28He has learned the address.

15:30Senor North, buenas noches.

15:32Senor North, buenas noches.

15:39Well, I'd say your friend Lolita leaves a very poor wife.

15:41Man, this may be serious.

15:43I wonder if I ought to warn her.

15:45Oh, I don't see why you should get mixed up in it.

15:47Yeah, but if he really means what he says...

15:49Do men ever mean it when they shout, do you?

15:51She's not a South American general.

15:53Oh, really, Pam, this Lolita's not a bad sort.

15:56I thought all you and she ever did was to talk business.

15:59This is no time to be facetious.

16:01I'm going to call her.

16:06I thought you could never remember phone numbers.

16:12Hello?

16:14Hello?

16:15Hello?

16:17That's funny.

16:18Someone took off the receiver, and when I said hello, hung up.

16:20I don't like this.

16:50I don't like this.

16:57What's going on?

16:58Get out of here.

17:00But, but what's going on?

17:02You know I love you.

17:03There's no one else.

17:04Just you.

17:05Please.

17:06No.

17:08Liar.

17:21Hello?

17:26Someone must have been there when you called.

17:28Of course, she could have gone out again.

17:31Well, let's go and...

17:35Now, Pam.

17:37It wasn't locked.

17:39Hmm.

17:51Oh.

18:03Is she...

18:06She's been shot.

18:11But too late.

18:12Oh, Jerry, I'm sorry. I...

18:15I better call Bill Wagon.

18:21Lieutenant Wagon, please. Jerry North calling.

18:25Bill.

18:26No, I'm fine.

18:27Bill.

18:28No, she's fine, too.

18:30Look, Bill, it looks as though we've run into something in your department.

18:33Yes, again, Bill.

18:35Look, it...

18:36No, I'm afraid it is.

18:37You'd better come right over.

18:38506 East 50th Street.

18:41Yeah, apartment 4B.

18:42Right, I'll tell you all about it when you get here.

18:44Okay.

18:45506 East 50th Street.

18:47Yeah, apartment 4B.

18:49Right, I'll tell you all about it when you get here.

18:51Amor means love, doesn't it?

18:53Maybe this is a love letter.

18:54Pam, do you think we ought to...

18:55It may be important.

18:56I don't think that Bill can read Spanish.

19:00Ah, pretty passionate stuff.

19:03Listen to this.

19:04I would rather see you dead than in the arms of another.

19:08Signed...

19:09Enrique.

19:15It's dark, fella, you can't miss him.

19:16He wears a uniform.

19:17What was that first name again?

19:18Vincente.

19:19General Vincente Alvarez.

19:21Yeah, try all the hotels, will you?

19:23He said he arrived today from South America.

19:25Oh, and check the passenger list of all planes and ships arriving from South America today.

19:29Yeah, that's all for now.

19:32Uh, Jerry, tell me more about this woman.

19:34Well, I don't know very much.

19:36She was rather secretive about her private life.

19:38You think this husband of hers is dangerous?

19:40Well, Pam doesn't think so, but...

19:42But I...

19:43What's that?

19:46Lolita.

19:47Who are you?

19:51Did you kill her?

19:52No, I swear it on my head.

19:54Who hit you?

19:55I don't know.

19:56My head on this.

19:57I'll get some cold water.

19:59What are you doing in Miss Alvarez's apartment?

20:01We were to have dinner tonight in a restaurant.

20:03And she didn't come.

20:05I became angry.

20:06I arrive at the apartment, door is not locked.

20:09She's lying.

20:10He's shot.

20:11I go to her.

20:12I bend down.

20:15That's all I know.

20:16What's your name?

20:17Enrique Romero.

20:18Enrique?

20:19Bill, look at this.

20:20Here's a letter from this fellow threatening to kill her.

20:22No, senor.

20:23I swear it.

20:24I love her, James.

20:25She makes me suffer, James.

20:26But I don't kill her.

20:27First, I would kill myself.

20:29You poor head here.

20:30Let me help you.

20:32Well, here's the weapon.

20:33No prints.

20:34What do you bet?

20:35Is this yours?

20:36No.

20:38Lolita.

20:40It's all the way the same.

20:41Why?

20:43Why have you always lied to me?

20:45Why have you played with fire?

20:48Why have you destroyed men's souls?

20:51Why have you left me?

20:54Why have you joined me into darkness

20:56when my voice and my tears cannot reach you?

21:05After all, I suppose he couldn't very well have knocked himself out.

21:08That part of his story must be true.

21:10What in God's name was this?

21:11What's going on here?

21:12Well, Bill, I guess she was what they call in French a femme fatale.

21:16Well, all I can say is I hope she didn't have any more boyfriends.

21:27What is this?

21:28Where is Senorita Alvarez?

21:29I'll be telling us who you are.

21:31Felipe Reaseque Monteverde at your service, sir.

21:34I'm Lieutenant Wagon.

21:35This is Mr. North, Mrs. Alvarez's publisher.

21:37Mrs. Alvarez?

21:39You must be mistaken.

21:40She's not married.

21:41Oh, but she is.

21:42I met her husband General Alvarez tonight.

21:44Married?

21:45But where is she?

21:46I do not understand anything.

21:48What are you all doing here?

21:50Well, suppose you tell us what you're doing here.

21:52I?

21:53I'm to have dinner with my fiancée, Senorita Alvarez.

21:55I bring her flowers.

21:57But where is she?

21:58Liar!

21:59She's dead.

22:00And you killed her.

22:01Hold it.

22:02Be careful what you say.

22:03Oh, I read it in your face.

22:04Filthy aristocrat.

22:05She would not love you, so you kill her.

22:08What is this?

22:09A lunatic?

22:10Murderer with my fiancée!

22:11Shut up.

22:12I'm in charge here.

22:14Mrs. Alvarez has been murdered.

22:16What?

22:18This is unbelievable.

22:27Bill, what does he have in his hand?

22:29All right, hand it over.

22:30Whatever it is, he just got it off the desk.

22:33Initials FRM.

22:34Does this belong to you?

22:36Yes, it is mine.

22:37I left it here a few days ago.

22:38Then why were you trying to hide it?

22:40Well, the one doesn't like to be suspected.

22:42Who is this man, Bill?

22:44He says he had a date with Mrs. Alvarez.

22:46Mancini Brothers Florists.

22:48They have a shop just halfway down the block.

22:50I noticed it was open when we came by.

22:52He could have bought these just a few minutes ago to back up his story.

22:54Bill, one thing fits.

22:56Suppose Enrique was jealous because she broke her date with him to go out with this Mr. Reyes-Seca.

23:00Oh, excuse me.

23:02Hello?

23:03Wagon speaking.

23:05Yeah.

23:06Come on.

23:12Keep your eye on him, Jerry.

23:16All right.

23:17No, no, we just had a little excitement here.

23:20You found the general.

23:23Oh, he won't, huh?

23:26Oh, he does.

23:27Well, I don't care who he is.

23:28Wait till I get to work on him.

23:30And hold him until I get there.

23:32Go down and talk to this dame's husband.

23:35I'm not through with you two yet.

23:36I want to see you the first thing in the morning for further questioning.

23:38But aren't you going to arrest the murderer?

23:40What, Pam?

23:41Bill will take care of everything.

23:43But I don't see why you want to wait until tomorrow.

23:45What, what?

23:46She tore up his picture.

23:47She tore up his picture?

23:48Yes, I found the pieces.

23:49She had pictures of the other two, but they were stuck away in a drawer.

23:52Well, what if she did tear up his picture?

23:54Well, that shows that he was the one that mattered.

23:57The others weren't important.

23:58Pam, you're way beyond to know it.

23:59Well, he must have given her the necklace.

24:01What necklace?

24:02The diamond necklace, of course.

24:04Well, you said she had one.

24:05I guess you wouldn't give it back.

24:07Now, what's all this about a diamond necklace?

24:08Well, I think this is the case.

24:09I found it in the waste paper basket.

24:11Now, why don't you see if this gentleman has the necklace?

24:17Is that it?

24:18The one she wore at the press party I didn't get to go to?

24:21Yeah.

24:22Well, why don't you come on out and talk to me?

24:24I will in a minute.

24:26You've been in there for the last 20 minutes.

24:29Why do women always disappear into bedrooms and powder rooms for hours?

24:32What do they find to do?

24:33All sorts of things.

24:41You like me like this?

24:42In heaven's name!

24:45I know I speak the English very good.

24:48Maybe you like the Spanish accent.

24:50Mi vida, que linda eres. Te quiero.

24:53Sin ti no podría vivir.

24:55Besame. Besame.

24:57Kiss me, Raul.

25:02Kiss me, Raul.

25:23Mr. and Mrs. North is directed by Ralph Francis Murphy.

25:27A John W. Lofton Production.

25:30Produced by Federal Telefilms.

25:33Starring Barbara Britton and Richard Denning.

25:35Featuring Francis DeSales.

25:50This has been a film presentation.

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