Exploring the Charm of "Mr. and Mrs. North": A Look at "The Nobles" Episode
"Mr. and Mrs. North" was a delightful television series that aired in the early 1950s, bringing to life the amateur detective adventures of a married couple living in New York City. The show starred Richard Denning and Barbara Britton, who played Jerry and Pamela North, a duo known for solving crimes with a mix of wit and charm, often outpacing the official police work.
One of the standout episodes from this series is "The Nobles," which originally aired on December 19, 1952. In this episode, Pamela North, portrayed by Barbara Britton, volunteers as a nurse's aide for the wheelchair-bound and elderly matriarch of the once proud and well-respected Noble family. The plot thickens when a murder attempt is made on the old woman's life, and Pam is determined to protect her and bring the culprit to justice.
The episode is a perfect blend of comedy, drama, mystery, and romance, reflecting the versatility of the series. It showcases the societal norms and family dynamics of the time, wrapped in a suspenseful storyline that keeps the audience guessing until the very end. The character-driven plot is further enriched by the performance of the cast, including the real-life husband and wife duo of Richard Denning and Evelyn Ankers, who brought an extra layer of authenticity to their roles.
"The Nobles" is a testament to the enduring appeal of "Mr. and Mrs. North." The series has left a lasting legacy as one of the classic TV shows that combined domestic life with thrilling detective work. For those interested in revisiting this gem from the golden age of television, the episode is available for viewing on various platforms, ensuring that new generations can enjoy the charming escapades of Jerry and Pamela North.
"Mr. and Mrs. North" was a delightful television series that aired in the early 1950s, bringing to life the amateur detective adventures of a married couple living in New York City. The show starred Richard Denning and Barbara Britton, who played Jerry and Pamela North, a duo known for solving crimes with a mix of wit and charm, often outpacing the official police work.
One of the standout episodes from this series is "The Nobles," which originally aired on December 19, 1952. In this episode, Pamela North, portrayed by Barbara Britton, volunteers as a nurse's aide for the wheelchair-bound and elderly matriarch of the once proud and well-respected Noble family. The plot thickens when a murder attempt is made on the old woman's life, and Pam is determined to protect her and bring the culprit to justice.
The episode is a perfect blend of comedy, drama, mystery, and romance, reflecting the versatility of the series. It showcases the societal norms and family dynamics of the time, wrapped in a suspenseful storyline that keeps the audience guessing until the very end. The character-driven plot is further enriched by the performance of the cast, including the real-life husband and wife duo of Richard Denning and Evelyn Ankers, who brought an extra layer of authenticity to their roles.
"The Nobles" is a testament to the enduring appeal of "Mr. and Mrs. North." The series has left a lasting legacy as one of the classic TV shows that combined domestic life with thrilling detective work. For those interested in revisiting this gem from the golden age of television, the episode is available for viewing on various platforms, ensuring that new generations can enjoy the charming escapades of Jerry and Pamela North.
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00:00Mr. and Mrs. North, starring Barbara Britton and Richard Denning, presented by Revlon.
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00:40Hmm. Very curious. Jerry, give me your hand. Relax, darling. Don't slump, just relax.
01:00Darling, I'm perfectly relaxed. But you're not acting like an old lady.
01:05Oh, oh, is that what I'm supposed to do? Well, Pam, just how would you act like an old lady?
01:13Oh, I mean an old lady in a wheelchair.
01:15Oh, well, that makes it very simple.
01:18Jerry, the first person I'm to call on tonight is an old lady in a wheelchair, Mrs. Dunstan Noble.
01:23Well, why do you have to call on her?
01:25Well, darling, it's this new thing that the club is doing, volunteer nursing. Mrs. Noble's name is ahead of my list.
01:32She's appealed for nursing aid.
01:34Well, you run along and see your old lady. I've got a manuscript for you.
01:38You can read it in bed, I wouldn't mind.
01:40Darling, if you will get yourself involved in these things, don't expect me to get...
01:44Of course, Jerry, you stay right here and read your manuscript. I'll be gone about three hours.
01:49Of course, if I shouldn't come back in that time, maybe you better take this copy of my list and try to trace me.
01:56These people live in awful neighborhoods. Well, good night, dear. Don't worry.
02:02Okay, you win. I'll go with you.
02:05Well, you don't have to, you know.
02:07Well, I wouldn't want you to meet with a fake worse than this.
02:09Besides, I guess the time has come when I must learn how to act like an old lady.
02:13In a wheelchair?
02:14Oh, yes, in a wheelchair.
02:23This is the house. Kind of spooky, don't you think?
02:26This was once a very elegant neighborhood when horse cars were still running.
02:31I hope she's home. There isn't a light in the house.
02:35Well, it isn't very likely she's gone for a stroll in her wheelchair.
02:43It's practically an open invitation.
02:46We may as well accept it.
02:57Do you think maybe we should ask if anybody's home?
03:02Is there anybody home?
03:06Quick, Pam, he went up the stairs.
03:12Oh, look, there's a light there.
03:16Oh, my God.
03:17Oh, my God.
03:18Oh, my God.
03:19Oh, my God.
03:20Oh, my God.
03:21Oh, my God.
03:22Oh, my God.
03:23Oh, my God.
03:24Oh, my God.
03:34She must be asleep.
03:38Good evening.
03:48She's been shot.
03:50Is she... ..is she...
03:51No, she's still alive.
03:53See if there's a telephone in the hall and call the doctor.
03:56And call Bill Wigand.
04:01You fool, you.
04:03You utter fool, how could you have done such a thing?
04:06What are you talking about?
04:07You know very well what I'm talking about.
04:10And now there are people in the house, strangers.
04:12And the police will probably be here too.
04:15How can we keep them from prying into things?
04:17Let them pry, I've got nothing to hide.
04:19They'll find out things about the family.
04:21Do you want us to be in all of our papers?
04:24An eccentric, inbred, decadent family, is that what you want us to be called?
04:27Well, that's what you are, isn't it?
04:29And you can add miserly to it while you're piling up the adjectives, because you're that too.
04:33You and your crazy mother.
04:36And Emerson.
04:38That's a fine way to talk about a husband who adores you.
04:41Who'd do anything in the world for you.
04:43He's just dead, he won't do what I want him to do.
04:46Do you think I married your brother because I was so impressed with your fine old name?
04:51Do you think I want to stay in this ridiculous run-down house and get myself all dust-clogged,
04:55the way you three have?
04:57Oh, no.
04:59Not I.
05:01I've got other plans.
05:04You're so selfish, you make me ashamed that I'm a woman.
05:07You're not a woman.
05:08You're a frustrated old maid.
05:10And if you'd done what I told you and Emerson to do,
05:13we could be living the way the nobles used to live.
05:16Do you think for one minute that we deliberately have our mother committed to an institution?
05:21Well, that's where she belongs, doesn't she?
05:22No, she doesn't.
05:24But I'm not so sure it isn't where you belong.
05:28And your latest little scheme hasn't worked either.
05:31What are you babbling about?
05:34Mother isn't dead.
05:36She's alive.
05:41What do you mean?
05:44What are you talking about?
05:46What's the matter with her?
05:49For the love of heaven, answer me.
05:51Don't stand there so smug as if I knew.
05:53Tell me!
05:56You know what's happened.
06:05It's a clean wound if I ever saw one.
06:07The bullet passed right through the soft trace of the shoulder.
06:10Is she going to be all right?
06:12Well, she's in a bit of a pain, but she's had quite a shock.
06:15I think I should call in a nurse for tonight.
06:17A nurse?
06:19A nurse is coming here tonight?
06:22Now, what could she possibly mean by that?
06:24Well, I think she means me.
06:25I'm a volunteer nurse.
06:27My club had her on my list.
06:28Oh, see, I'll put in a call for a registered nurse.
06:31Who are you?
06:33I'm Dr. Moore.
06:35I don't know you.
06:37Where's Dr. Crockett?
06:38He's away on a little trip.
06:40I'm looking after his patients.
06:42You don't know anything about me.
06:44Oh, I know all about you, Mrs. Noble,
06:46and I understand your case thoroughly.
06:48But I think that you should have a regular nurse,
06:50at least for tonight.
06:51I don't want a regular nurse.
06:53Too expensive.
06:55This young woman will do.
06:57Very well, then.
06:58Are you willing to stay the night with her, Mrs. North?
07:01Oh, yes, yes, I am.
07:02No.
07:03No, you're not.
07:04You're coming home with me now.
07:05But, Terry, you have a manuscript to read.
07:07No interruptions.
07:08Give her two of these pills, then,
07:10and stay with her while she sleeps.
07:12Of course.
07:23How is my mother, Doctor?
07:25She's going to be all right.
07:26All she needs is rest.
07:27Don't let them in here.
07:30Cats may stay.
07:32They're my friends.
07:34Don't want to see any of my family.
07:38Hello, Fran.
07:39Terry.
07:40Hi, Bill.
07:41Doctor, this is Lieutenant Wagon,
07:42a friend of ours from Homicide.
07:43How do you do?
07:44How do you do?
07:45Lieutenant, I'm afraid I'm going to have to ask you
07:46not to disturb the patient until tomorrow.
07:48Nonsense.
07:49Let him talk to me now.
07:52I'll tell him anything he wants to know.
07:59What's the trouble, Mrs. Noble?
08:01Do you know who shot at you?
08:02Nobody.
08:03Nobody's fault but mine.
08:06I was looking at some antique weapons
08:08over the library mantel,
08:10and one of them must have been loaded
08:12because it went off.
08:14That's all.
08:16I see.
08:17Now you can all get out,
08:19except this young woman.
08:22You heard me.
08:23Get out!
08:26Good night, Mother.
08:28I'll be around first thing in the morning.
08:30All right, Doctor.
08:31Good night, Jerry.
08:32Are you sure you'll be all right?
08:33Of course.
08:34Don't be silly.
08:37Well, this is where we found her.
08:39Right here, sitting in her wheelchair.
08:41She was sitting here, you say?
08:42Uh-huh.
08:43Now, where's the gun she said she shot herself with?
08:45Well, there wasn't any gun.
08:46What?
08:47No, I think the old girl was playing some game of her own,
08:50and there wasn't any gun when we found her.
08:54There's one missing here from over the mantelpiece.
08:59Yeah, so there is.
09:00I never noticed that.
09:01May I help you?
09:07We're just checking.
09:08Do you know where the gun is that belongs there,
09:10the one your mother said she was looking at?
09:12Oh, I knew you wouldn't find it here.
09:15I was sure Mother wasn't telling the truth.
09:17What makes you say that?
09:19Well, my mother is a little eccentric, I'm afraid.
09:22She hoards things.
09:24She won't let anybody touch anything,
09:27not even to clean it.
09:30There was money scattered all over the floor when we found her.
09:33Well, Mother doesn't trust banks.
09:36I suppose someone thought she might have some hidden here.
09:39Does your mother have any money?
09:40Oh, yes, quite a lot.
09:43Nobody knows how much.
09:47Well, what's your idea of what happened here, Miss Noble?
09:50I suppose somebody found out about her little peculiarity.
09:53This isn't a very desirable neighborhood anymore, you know.
09:56Yes, and the door was unlocked when we arrived.
09:59That's because of the cats.
10:02Mother insists they have full run of the house.
10:05She says she's going to leave all her money to the cats.
10:09Well, that's been done before.
10:10I just read about it in the newspapers.
10:12Oh, please, if you can,
10:14I hope you won't let this get into the newspapers.
10:17I should hate to have us hounded by reporters.
10:20You know, when my father was alive, we were...
10:23We were a very nice family.
10:27But things change.
10:31You know what beats me is that missing gun.
10:37Lieutenant.
10:38Yes, Miss Noble?
10:40Why don't you ask my sister-in-law about the missing gun?
10:45Thanks.
10:47Maybe I will.
10:50Good night.
10:51Good night.
10:52Good night, Miss Noble.
10:57Well, the old lady isn't the only weirdy in the house.
11:01I'll say not.
11:03Hey, look, Jerry.
11:10What do you make of this?
11:11Probably one of the old lady's hiding places.
11:14It's empty now.
11:15Yeah, probably her petty cash drawer.
11:17Yeah.
11:23We have a visitor with us, behind the drapes.
11:30You're behind the drapes.
11:31Come on out.
11:36Who are you?
11:37I'm Emerson Noble.
11:38I live here.
11:39What were you doing there, playing hide and seek?
11:41I heard you coming.
11:42I didn't know who it was, so I hid.
11:45You know what happened to your mother?
11:46Yes.
11:47I'm most distressed, Lieutenant.
11:48About what?
11:49I heard what my sister told you about my wife.
11:51You mustn't put much stock in what Ann says.
11:54She and Constance don't get along at all well.
11:57Poor Ann.
11:58You know how it is.
11:59A frustrated old maid.
12:00She's jealous of my wife because Constance is so beautiful.
12:04Why, Constance couldn't tell you a thing, I'm sure.
12:06Perhaps not, Mr. Noble.
12:08Well, good night.
12:09If I can be of any assistance, don't hesitate to ask.
12:11I won't, Mr. Noble.
12:18Well, Bill, at least now we know where to come on Halloween.
12:21Poor Buzzard obviously has a hopeless crush on his wife.
12:26Hey, Bill, look at this.
12:28Powder marks here at the door.
12:30Yeah, that's very interesting.
12:31Then the gun was fired from here.
12:35Could be.
12:44What are you doing in my room?
12:47I knew I'd find it here.
12:49Find what?
12:51This gun.
12:53Here in your bureau drawer.
12:55Very clever of you, Constance, but it won't work.
12:58You put it there yourself.
13:00Oh, no.
13:01You can't get out of it that easily.
13:03It was right here under all these things.
13:05You're a liar and you know it.
13:06I never touched a gun in all my life.
13:08I'd be scared to death, too.
13:10But you wouldn't be, would you, Constance?
13:13Nothing frightens you, does it, Constance?
13:20Emerson, look what I just found here in your sister's room.
13:35Don't drink that.
13:39It'll be drug, you see.
13:43It'll stop at nothing.
13:46They just want to get me out of the way.
13:52Mrs. Noble, you should be asleep.
13:53You've taken a sedative.
13:55I fooled you.
13:56Only made you think I took it.
13:59See?
14:00I've got the pills right here.
14:02Well, you must rest.
14:03Don't you think you should take them now?
14:06You're a nice young woman.
14:08I think one might trust you.
14:10Of course you can.
14:12Very well.
14:13I'll take the pills.
14:15But promise me one thing.
14:18Whatever happens, don't leave me alone here tonight.
14:23I can promise you that.
14:25All right.
14:26If you get me a glass of water, I'll take the silly things.
14:42I'm so tired.
14:43I could sleep without any trouble.
14:46That's fine.
14:48You just let yourself drift off.
15:14Don't cry out.
15:16Don't cry out or I'll hurt you.
15:21I know it's the Noble, her son.
15:27You're in danger.
15:29I want to help you.
15:34She's hooked.
15:35She's taken her hands off of me.
15:36Don't you touch me again.
15:40Don't you touch me again.
15:42You fool.
15:43Don't you know she's crazy?
15:44Completely out of her mind, my mother.
15:46She's dangerous.
15:47She's a harmless old lady.
15:49You're the dangerous one.
15:50I want to warn you.
15:51If you don't believe me, look under her pillow.
15:53She's got a gun there.
15:54I know she has.
15:55I'd sleep with a gun, too, if I had a family like hers.
15:59Don't you touch me.
16:01If you try to bother me again, I'll call the police.
16:04Don't say that I didn't warn you.
16:10Thank you for nothing.
16:41Let me have the gun, Mrs. Noble.
16:44Nobody's going to hurt you.
16:46You must trust in me.
16:48Trust in me.
16:51I trust you.
17:10I wish I knew what you know.
17:34She's not here, and her bed hasn't been slept in.
17:36Oh, Emerson, I'm frightened.
17:38I should have hidden the gun better.
17:39Now she's stolen it.
17:40Heaven knows where she is now.
17:42Probably hiding somewhere in the house,
17:44waiting to get at you and me.
17:45I should have called the tenant wagon last night.
17:47Well, listen, Constance.
17:48Get out.
17:49Leave the house.
17:50Let me know where you are, and I'll join you.
17:51Oh, we can't.
17:52You know that.
17:53We haven't money.
17:54We've got to find the money.
17:56I'll try, Constance.
17:58I'll try.
18:08If you make a move toward me, I'll throw this tray at you.
18:10Mrs. Noble, I'm sorry I frightened you last night,
18:12but I'm worried now, really worried.
18:15Oh, you weren't worried last night.
18:17Have you seen my sister, Anne?
18:18Not this morning, no.
18:20She's disappeared.
18:21Nobody can find her.
18:22I suppose she's dangerous, too.
18:23Yes, she is.
18:24Believe me.
18:25I suppose she also has a gun.
18:26She has.
18:27She stole it out of my room sometime in the night.
18:28She's hiding with it now.
18:30So you have a gun, too.
18:31Do all of you carry guns in this house?
18:33You must believe me.
18:34Believe me.
18:35Anne's not in her right mind.
18:48If there's anything I hate, it's to see a man cry.
18:56Mrs. Noble, we're going to be very honest with you.
18:59I don't believe your story about you shooting yourself accidentally.
19:02There are too many facts to disprove it.
19:04Now, you were shot by someone from the doorway.
19:07There are powder burns on the door jamb.
19:10Indeed.
19:11And there's no trace of the weapon.
19:15Why don't you ask my family where the gun is?
19:19They'd probably tell you.
19:20Ah!
19:22Oh, it's happened this time.
19:24I know it.
19:25This time it's really happened.
19:48Forgive me, Mother.
19:58Well, there's nothing I can do until I get that report from Headquarters.
20:01She certainly was a little weird, but you'd hardly expect her to do a thing like this.
20:05Jerry, Bill, I've just come from Mrs. Noble.
20:07She's in a terrible state.
20:08Anne was her favorite child.
20:10Has the doctor come yet?
20:11That's the funny thing.
20:12They haven't been able to reach him.
20:14Oh, now, Pam, don't start suspecting the doctor.
20:16Well, why not?
20:17He wasn't her regular doctor.
20:19We don't even know whether he was a doctor at all.
20:21That's true.
20:22We didn't ask to see his license.
20:24Well, Mrs. Noble can't understand this terrible thing.
20:27Well, neither can I.
20:28Those blocks, for instance.
20:29That's right, Lieutenant.
20:31Those blocks.
20:33That's what I want to see.
20:34Mrs. Noble, what are you doing out of bed?
20:36What will the doctor say?
20:37I had to see for myself.
20:39I still don't believe Anne would do such a thing.
20:43Mrs. North, are those the blocks you told me about?
20:47They haven't been touched.
20:48They're just as they were when we found her.
21:03You see these blocks?
21:05Old and worn.
21:08They were Anne's.
21:11When they were children, Anne and Emerson both had a set.
21:16Emerson would never let anybody play with his.
21:20Wouldn't even play with them himself.
21:22Said he wanted to keep them fresh and new.
21:26So they always used Anne's.
21:30Mrs. Noble, what does that mean?
21:33That means, Mrs. North, that Anne never
21:36would have used those blocks.
21:39Yes, you're right.
21:40Emerson's.
22:09You scared me half to death.
22:10What do you think you did to me?
22:11What are you doing down here?
22:12The same thing you're doing down here.
22:13That money must be hidden in this room.
22:14And somebody wants it badly enough to commit murder.
22:15Yeah, that's what I figure.
22:16And they aren't going to waste much time
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23:21wegenwater.net
23:22Ombudsman or something.
23:23OMBUDSMAN Hello?
23:26Hello?
23:29Yeah.
23:30Ah.
23:31Oh, at last you've found it.
23:38Do you think it was worth it?
23:41Anything is worth getting away from you and this house.
23:45Even murder?
23:51What are you talking about?
23:53We know, Constance, don't we?
23:55You killed Anne because she knew you were trying to get rid of Mother.
23:59Only you and I knew where those blocks were.
24:06What are you going to do?
24:08Turn me over to the police?
24:10No, Constance, never.
24:12As long as you stay with me, no one will ever know.
24:15I'm sorry, Mrs. Noble, but I'm afraid she's going to leave you for quite a while.
24:19Oh, what did you do, Pam? Hit the jackpot?
24:23She was the one, Bill. She tried to kill Mrs. Noble.
24:25Anne knew about it, and so she had to kill Anne to protect herself.
24:28And then she found the money, but she was too late because Emerson came down and told her about the blocks.
24:32She can't kill Emerson because he knows too much. Emerson can't live without her.
24:35For heaven's sake, Pam!
24:37I'm just giving you a simple explanation.
24:42Jerry, that's the best I've ever done. It's just perfect.
24:45Yes, darling, it's beautiful.
24:47Now, may I finish reading my manuscript?
24:50Oh, I haven't bothered you, Jerry. You're almost through with your manuscript, and now I can make a perfect bandage.
24:54Yes.
24:56Oh, that's probably my office. I'll get it.
25:06Hello? Yeah?
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25:21Mr. and Mrs. North is directed by Ralph Francis Murphy.
25:25A John W. Loveton production.
25:28Produced by Federal Telefilms.
25:31Starring Barbara Britton and Richard Denning.
25:33Featuring Francis DeSales.
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