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Step back in time to the golden age of television with a look at the classic episode "The Frightened Bride" from the 1953 series "Mr. and Mrs. North." This episode is a delightful blend of comedy, drama, mystery, and romance, all wrapped up in a neat 25-minute package.
The story unfolds as the Norths, a married couple who have a knack for solving crimes before the police do, and their newlywed friend Helen find themselves in a series of puzzling and dangerous situations. From a missing Aunt Clara to a dead man tumbling out of a grandfather clock, the episode is a whirlwind of suspense and intrigue.
What makes "The Frightened Bride" stand out is its sophisticated wit and the charming chemistry between Richard Denning and Barbara Britton, who play Jerry and Pamela North. The episode aired on February 27, 1953, and has since become a cherished piece of television history, capturing the essence of the early days of crime-solving TV shows.
For those who appreciate the nostalgia of classic TV, "The Frightened Bride" is a must-watch. It's a testament to the enduring appeal of Mr. and Mrs. North, who continue to entertain audiences with their clever investigations and witty banter. Whether you're a long-time fan or new to the series, this episode is a perfect example of timeless television entertainment. Dive into the mystery and let the Norths take you on a thrilling adventure from the comfort of your own home.
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The story unfolds as the Norths, a married couple who have a knack for solving crimes before the police do, and their newlywed friend Helen find themselves in a series of puzzling and dangerous situations. From a missing Aunt Clara to a dead man tumbling out of a grandfather clock, the episode is a whirlwind of suspense and intrigue.
What makes "The Frightened Bride" stand out is its sophisticated wit and the charming chemistry between Richard Denning and Barbara Britton, who play Jerry and Pamela North. The episode aired on February 27, 1953, and has since become a cherished piece of television history, capturing the essence of the early days of crime-solving TV shows.
For those who appreciate the nostalgia of classic TV, "The Frightened Bride" is a must-watch. It's a testament to the enduring appeal of Mr. and Mrs. North, who continue to entertain audiences with their clever investigations and witty banter. Whether you're a long-time fan or new to the series, this episode is a perfect example of timeless television entertainment. Dive into the mystery and let the Norths take you on a thrilling adventure from the comfort of your own home.
Listen to our radio station Old Time Radio https://link.radioking.com/otradio
Listen to other Shows at My Classic Radio https://www.myclassicradio.net/
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Remember that times have changed, and some shows might not reflect the standards of today’s politically correct society. The shows do not necessarily reflect the views, standards, or beliefs of Entertainment Radio
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00:00Mr. and Mrs. North, starring Barbara Britton and Richard Denning.
00:30Mr. and Mrs. North, starring Barbara Britton and Richard Denning.
01:01There it is. Glen Hill Manor. Everybody out.
01:05Aunt Clara's wedding present to George and me.
01:08Oh, listen. George, too?
01:10I can't think of a nicer place to spend a honeymoon. Can you, Jerry?
01:13Yeah. Woodlawn. Grant's tomb.
01:16That's strange. The house is all dark.
01:18Well, maybe your Aunt Clara hasn't arrived yet.
01:20But she started up early this morning to get the place ready for us.
01:23Looks like the windows are all boarded up.
01:25Probably expecting the Norse.
01:27Maybe George was right.
01:28About what?
01:29Well, he's always felt kind of funny about this house.
01:31I didn't want him to come up until it was all ready.
01:33What do you mean he felt funny?
01:35Well, it's been closed up ever since my uncle died,
01:37and somehow the real estate people were never able to rent it.
01:40You mean it's haunted?
01:41Wipe that grin off your face, Mrs. North.
01:43It may not even have a dead body inside.
01:49It's gonna rain. We'd better hurry up.
01:51Oh, yeah.
01:56Life's nice and weird.
01:58I'm certainly glad your kids were able to drive out with me tonight.
02:06I'm glad Aunt Clara remembered to have the electricity turned on.
02:09Yeah, it's a help.
02:10Yoo-hoo! And Clara!
02:13She's been here.
02:15Covers are off the furniture.
02:16Well, maybe she's upstairs.
02:17Well, let's see.
02:18Oh, wait a minute. I left the keys in the car.
02:20I'd better get them. Here.
02:24Put up the windows before it rains.
02:26Okay.
02:28Aunt Clara!
02:30Aunt Clara!
02:50Aunt Clara!
03:06She's not upstairs and not in the kitchen.
03:08I can't understand it.
03:09Maybe she had to go out and get some groceries.
03:11Oh, but she at least would have left me a note.
03:14This isn't like Aunt Clara. I'm worried.
03:17That the bulbs are missing.
03:21Oh.
03:35Listen.
03:36What was that?
03:37I don't know.
03:38I wish Jerry would come in.
03:51Look!
04:00He's not there.
04:01Jerry!
04:16It's a billiard ball.
04:17Did your aunt play billiards?
04:19No.
04:20And that billiard room has been closed and locked ever since my uncle passed away.
04:24Somebody's opened it.
04:25Shall we go look?
04:26Not in the dark.
04:28Are there any candles?
04:29I don't know. I haven't been here in three years.
04:31Oh, I have Jerry's lighter.
04:33Where's the fuse box?
04:34It's in the closet under the stairs.
04:50My uncle must have stored it in there.
04:52He was a doctor, you know.
04:54That wasn't one of his patients.
04:56No. I've seen it often in his studies.
04:58Are you sure?
04:59Yes.
05:00Listen.
05:19Pam, Helen, wait a minute.
05:21Jerry, where'd you come from?
05:23The front door was locked, so I had to go around the back.
05:25What's going on around here anyway?
05:27That's what we'd like to know.
05:29We saw something in the living room.
05:31Yeah?
05:32Come on.
05:48They wouldn't work just a minute ago.
05:51Jerry, look!
06:03No!
06:08Any signs of your aunt?
06:10She's been here, but there's no sign of her now.
06:18Oh, now wait a minute.
06:20Was your aunt by any chance a practical joker?
06:22No, but my uncle was.
06:24And your uncle is no longer with us.
06:26We're not sure of that, Jerry.
06:28Well, I am. I attended his funeral.
06:33Don't move. Just keep talking out loud.
06:35I'm going to take a look around.
06:37Golly, I'm sure sorry I got you into all this.
06:40Oh, don't be ridiculous. I wouldn't have missed it for anything.
06:55Hey!
07:03Oh!
07:22Oh, what in the world is that?
07:24Jerry!
07:25Jerry!
07:26Jerry, you come down here this minute.
07:33Yes, dear?
07:35Are you all right?
07:36I'll wait until I see the x-rays.
07:39Now, what did you want?
07:40Well, you sounded as though you were chasing someone.
07:42I was.
07:44What's all the racket about?
07:45Who's this?
07:46I don't know.
07:47What are you doing here?
07:48Working.
07:49But this is my aunt's house.
07:50Are you a friend of hers?
07:51I haven't had the pleasure.
07:53Then what do you mean you're working?
07:54I'm a writer.
07:55Working on a novel named Joe Torrance.
07:58Joe Torrance?
07:59Never heard of him.
08:00You and a hundred million others.
08:02But I'm hoping to rectify that oversight.
08:05How long have you been here?
08:07A week, ten days.
08:09I always lose track of time when I work.
08:11Don't you have any other place to live?
08:13Not until I get an advance on this book.
08:15And I'll need a couple of more weeks to finish it.
08:18Where is my Aunt Clara?
08:19Who?
08:20The woman who owns this house.
08:21She was here this morning.
08:22You must have seen her.
08:23My dear young lady.
08:24When I work on a book, I concentrate.
08:26Dear young lady.
08:27When I work on a book, I concentrate.
08:29I permit no interference.
08:31And that includes your Aunt Clara.
08:33Well, I'd suggest you do your concentrating somewhere else.
08:36Now, why don't you pack up your typewriter and get out?
08:38Jerry, in all this storm...
08:40Oh, my husband doesn't mean what he says, Mr. Torrance.
08:43He's always very kind to young authors in need of help.
08:46He's a publisher.
08:47Who?
08:48My husband here.
08:49He's Gerald North.
08:50Never heard of him.
08:52Well, now that that's settled, get moving.
08:55Wait a minute, Jerry.
08:57Did you hold that billiard ball down the stairs?
08:59Billiard ball?
09:00And that phony laugh.
09:01Don't deny that was you.
09:03I don't know what you're talking about.
09:05I didn't even know you were in the house.
09:07As a matter of fact, this house has been as quiet as a tomb until...
09:11Until when?
09:14Well, until late last night or early this morning.
09:16I don't know.
09:17I lose track of time when I work.
09:18I thought I heard a shot.
09:20Sounded like it came from the cellar.
09:22I looked, and there was no one there.
09:25Then I thought I heard a car disappear.
09:27I opened the door, and there was no car.
09:30Just pitch black.
09:32What did you do then?
09:34I went back to bed.
09:36You're sure you didn't dream it?
09:38I know how authors are.
09:39I didn't dream it.
09:41Nor did I dream about that car that drove up this morning.
09:43A woman came out.
09:45Aunt Clara.
09:47Then you did see her.
09:48I said I saw a woman.
09:51I figured it was a real estate agent.
09:54Then she came in.
09:56And I locked the door to my room.
09:59And waited.
10:01Waited for what?
10:02For her to go away.
10:04And did she?
10:05Eventually.
10:06First she was putting around down here.
10:08And then I heard a scream.
10:10No.
10:11Then the car drove away.
10:12Couldn't you see who it was?
10:14The windows to my room are boarded up.
10:17When I got downstairs, the car disappeared.
10:20And everything was quiet.
10:22Do you suppose...
10:28He's dead.
10:47He's dead.
11:18From now on, I'm going to listen to George.
11:20He never did like this place.
11:22Oh, Jerry.
11:23That's lesson number one for the bride.
11:25Always listen to your husband.
11:27Goes for old married women, too.
11:29Find anything?
11:31Where's Torrance?
11:33We thought he was with you.
11:34He started upstairs.
11:35Yes, and I went up looking for him.
11:37But the door to the room he had been using was locked.
11:39Locked?
11:40I called to him and he answered.
11:41But his voice came from downstairs.
11:43You know, there's something funny about that guy.
11:45Why would he have the door to his room locked?
11:47And where did he disappear to?
11:49Wait a minute.
11:55Hello.
11:57Hello.
11:59Hello.
12:01The phone's still up.
12:03Probably the storm.
12:04Or someone could have cut the wires.
12:07Why was the door to your room locked?
12:09I don't know.
12:10You don't seem to know much of anything that goes on around here, do you?
12:13I'm as much in the dark as you are.
12:15Well, you're going to have to do a little good fiction
12:17when you try explaining to the law
12:19what you're doing trespassing on private property
12:21with a dead man stuffed into a clock.
12:23Don't try to pin that dead man on me.
12:25I'll be glad to talk to the sheriff.
12:27Sheriff of what?
12:28Broad Hills.
12:29The nearest town from here.
12:30How far is it?
12:31Five miles.
12:32Kind of a long walk in this rain, isn't it?
12:34Yeah.
12:35I'll be glad to talk to the sheriff.
12:37Sheriff of what?
12:38Broad Hills.
12:39Kind of a long walk in this rain, isn't it?
12:41Why don't you ride over in your car?
12:44I thought you didn't hear us drive up.
12:46Now, let's cut out this double talk.
12:48If you're so anxious to talk to the sheriff, I'll drive you over.
12:50But first, give me the keys to my car.
12:52Boy, you play the publisher on and off, don't you?
12:55Why would I take your lousy keys?
12:57One, to make a getaway.
12:58Two, to keep me from going for the sheriff.
13:01And another thing.
13:02You recognized that man in the clock.
13:05You're going to lie about that, too.
13:07You knew him, didn't you?
13:10Yes, I knew him.
13:12But I didn't kill him.
13:14He and I went around with the same girl.
13:17Well, now we're getting somewhere.
13:20So you fought over the girl?
13:21No, we didn't fight.
13:22We had an argument.
13:23But that doesn't mean that I killed him.
13:24That was the mysterious shot you heard in the cellar last night.
13:27And that's why you had to scare that woman away this morning.
13:29I told you I didn't see him until we found him.
13:31What reason would I have to kill him anyway?
13:33Jealousy.
13:34The oldest motive in the world.
13:37Get out of my way.
13:44Jerry, what's the matter?
13:45Mr. Torrance says he doesn't believe wrestling is on the level.
13:52Okay, Torrance, what about boxing?
14:00Never lead with your right.
14:01Jerry says only a sucker leads with his right.
14:04All right, now take your shoes and socks off.
14:06What for?
14:07Well, I wouldn't like to see you running around in this storm barefoot.
14:10I don't get it.
14:11It seems Mr. Torrance doesn't like our company.
14:16Wow, that was close.
14:18Oh, Jerry!
14:19It's all right, darling.
14:20The lights will be right on again in a minute.
14:22Torrance, you stay where you are.
14:24Torrance!
14:26Oh, it's gone.
14:28The body's gone too, Jerry.
14:32Look at those muddy footprints in that puddle of water.
14:35Where's Helen?
14:40Helen, what happened?
14:41Oh, something pushed me.
14:43Something cold and damp.
14:44I guess I fainted.
14:46Are you all right now?
14:47I guess so.
14:48What happened?
14:49I don't know.
14:50I don't know.
14:51I don't know.
14:52I don't know.
14:53Are you all right now?
14:54I guess so.
14:55Well, I'm not.
14:56For once, I've had enough, Jerry.
14:57Let's get out of here.
14:58We can't.
14:59Why not?
15:00Because somebody stole the keys to the car.
15:03Torrance?
15:04I don't know.
15:05He didn't use it for his getaway.
15:06Well, who else could have taken them?
15:07Well, I did.
15:09Unfortunately for you.
15:14What is this?
15:15A holdup?
15:16No, Mr. North.
15:18How did you know my name?
15:19I was here when you arrived.
15:22Watching.
15:23Listening to you.
15:25I beg your pardon.
15:26My name is Amos Stoker.
15:28Well, you aren't going to rob us.
15:29What do you want?
15:30Death has come to this house.
15:33And it will come again.
15:35Stay where you are.
15:37Don't move.
15:38Any of you.
15:40Don't turn your heads.
15:41You mean you're going to kill us?
15:43Like you did the man in the clock?
15:45A little while ago, you were accusing Mr. Torrance.
15:48What changed your mind?
15:50Well, he's still a good possibility.
15:52After all, he ran out when he got the chance.
15:54Yes, I know.
15:56If the young lady hadn't been in the way,
15:58I could have prevented that.
16:00Mr. Stoker, you'll forgive my curiosity,
16:02but what did you do with the body?
16:04It's outside.
16:06Sitting in your car.
16:09And my Aunt Clara?
16:10What have you done with her?
16:11The lady with the white hair?
16:12Yes.
16:13Where is she?
16:14She's gone.
16:15Gone?
16:16Gone?
16:17Gone?
16:18Gone where?
16:19Just gone.
16:20That was earlier.
16:22You didn't...
16:23You didn't...
16:24She shouldn't have come here when she did.
16:26Otherwise, it would all be over by now.
16:30Now look here, Mr. Stoker.
16:31I wouldn't come any closer, Mr. North.
16:33I just want to know what you're going to do.
16:35What you want.
16:36I want Mr. Torrance.
16:39But you upset my plans.
16:41Why did you come here tonight and do that to me?
16:44We're very sorry, but we didn't exactly know your plans.
16:47What do you want Torrance for?
16:48Has he done something to you?
16:49Yes.
16:50He and the other man.
16:52So I'll wait for Mr. Torrance.
16:55He'll be back.
16:57Oh, yes.
16:58He'll be back.
16:59But we haven't anything to do with that.
17:01Now look, Mr. Stoker.
17:03Why don't you give us the keys and let us get out of here?
17:05We'll make believe we never saw you before.
17:07We certainly will.
17:09You can count on that.
17:10You're lying.
17:11You'll go to the police and tell them about me.
17:13Then I know what they'll do.
17:16Oh, yes.
17:18I know.
17:19But what can they do if you didn't murder anyone?
17:24But I did, Mrs. North.
17:26I did.
17:44Pam, what are we going to do?
17:46I don't know.
17:48I'm just worried about what he's doing to Jerry downstairs.
17:51Poor Aunt Clara.
17:53After giving me this house for a wedding present and now she's...
17:55I don't think he did anything to your Aunt Clara,
17:57except maybe frighten her like he tried to with us.
17:59With the lights and the billiard ball and that crazy laugh.
18:01Yes, but he admitted he killed the other man.
18:03Well, that's just it.
18:04He seemed quite happy about that.
18:06He didn't seem to try to hide the fact that he's waiting now to kill Mr. Torrance.
18:10Yes, but I've heard him say it.
18:12Yes, but I've heard him saying people kill anyone who gets in their way.
18:15And that's true.
18:17Right now, Mr. Stoker has the idea that we're in his way.
18:20With some sheets or blankets around here, we could climb out the window.
18:24It's too far to jump.
18:26Helen, if we could only get the door off the hinges.
18:30With what?
18:31I don't know.
18:32Let's look for something.
18:39Here's a shoehorn.
18:40Any good?
18:41It might work.
18:51So you see, Mr. North, there's nothing else I can do.
18:55It's not that I have anything against you.
18:58But you can't kill all three of us.
19:00But I have to.
19:02Don't you understand?
19:04Now look, Mr. Stoker.
19:05If you kill that man, the police will catch up with you eventually.
19:09So what good would it do to...
19:11Let me remind you, they can only execute me once.
19:15No matter how many people I kill.
19:24Here, now for the bottom one.
19:26If we ever get downstairs, one of us will have to distract Stoker long enough for the other one to get away.
19:32But that's no good.
19:33You said the village was five miles away.
19:35Then what can we do?
19:38Well, first we've got to get to that fuse box.
19:42Oh, there.
19:43Now if we can open the door far enough and pull it out of the lock.
19:48It stopped raining.
19:50In the morning it'll be fresh and green.
19:53It's always like that after the rain.
19:58Mr. Torrance will be back any minute now.
20:01We'd better get on with our business, Mr. North.
20:04What makes you so sure he'll be back?
20:06Because he left the manuscript of his book upstairs.
20:09I locked the door.
20:11He'll be back.
20:13Shall we go to the cellar, Mr. North?
20:15The cellar.
20:16Oh, yes, that's where...
20:18Say, you seem to know your way around this house pretty well, don't you?
20:21I ought to.
20:23I built it.
20:24Is that so?
20:25Well, what do you know?
20:27I always thought Helen's Aunt Clara owned this house.
20:29Yes, I sold it to the Clemsons.
20:32The doctor and I were good friends.
20:35I love this house.
20:37Well, I certainly don't blame you.
20:39So you and old Doc Clemson were friends, huh?
20:42Yes.
20:44That's why I had to scare Mrs. Clemson away this morning.
20:47She would have recognized me.
20:49Oh, then you only scared her away.
20:51You didn't...
20:53I don't kill without reason, Mr. North.
20:57If you and your companions hadn't been so foolhardy,
21:00you might have spared all this.
21:02I think we're wasting time.
21:04It's getting late.
21:10Just one more question.
21:12If you were so fond of this house,
21:14why in the world did you ever sell it?
21:17I couldn't bear to live here after my wife died.
21:21Your wife?
21:23Yeah.
21:24You see, I was married once.
21:28We came here to live right after our honeymoon.
21:31Anna knee.
21:34I'll bet she was very beautiful.
21:37Oh, yes.
21:39Anna was beautiful.
21:41Very beautiful.
21:43Strange.
21:44Nothing seemed the same after Anna died.
21:47But I've got my daughter.
21:48Oh, yes, I've got her.
21:50She takes care of me just like her mother did.
21:52Well, then you ought to be able to understand
21:54how I feel about my wife.
21:58Oh, I do, Mr. North.
22:00I do.
22:01That's why I put her upstairs with a friend,
22:03or she won't even hear the shop in the cellar.
22:20Come on.
22:22I think we're ready now, Mr. North.
22:26You were telling me about your daughter, Mr. Stoker.
22:29Oh, you must be very fond of her, aren't you?
22:32Yes.
22:33You see, they're trying to take her away from me.
22:36Take her away?
22:37Well, I'm afraid I don't quite understand.
22:39Torrance and the man I killed.
22:42Oh, well, then I certainly don't blame you
22:44for feeling the way you do.
22:46Oh, no.
22:47She's all I have in the world.
22:49I couldn't let him do that.
22:51I'm rid of one,
22:53and tonight I'll settle with Torrance.
22:55Then I'll put them both in your car
22:57and run them into the river.
22:59Don't you think that's only fair, Mr. North?
23:06What is that?
23:07Thunder.
23:08Yes, probably the storm coming.
23:09I'm not so sure of that.
23:12Stay where you are.
23:14Don't move.
23:15Listen, I think I hear someone coming in the back door.
23:18Stay where you are!
23:20That sound came from out here.
23:32Jerry! Jerry!
23:34Oh, dear.
23:35All right, Helen.
23:37Sorry I'm late, folks.
23:38This is Sheriff Miles.
23:39How are you?
23:40Oh, Torrance, I never thought I'd be glad to see you.
23:42I know you wouldn't believe anything I said,
23:43so when the lights went out,
23:44I figured I'd better try to find the sheriff.
23:46What were those shots outside?
23:47Stoker starts shooting as soon as we drove up,
23:49so we had to open fire.
23:50My men are taking care of it.
23:51Oh, he sure was crazy, wasn't he?
23:53Oh, that is a loon ever since his wife died.
23:55Had an obsession about his daughter
23:56running off with some man and leaving him alone.
23:58They sure didn't know what I was getting mixed up to
24:00when I met her.
24:01Boy, that guy that was shot could have been me.
24:03Uh, where's the body?
24:04Out in my car.
24:07Oh, Miss Sanford, your Aunt Claire
24:08has been trying to reach you all day.
24:09Oh, is she all right?
24:10Oh, worried.
24:11She wanted to warn you about coming out here.
24:12We were on our way to check
24:13when we met this fellow running down the road.
24:15Oh, uh, I'll get that other passenger out of your car.
24:19I guess I ought to thank the power company
24:21if those lights hadn't gone off when they did.
24:23Jerry, dear, the power company had a little help.
24:27Well, if you folks are finished playing games,
24:28I'm going upstairs and go to work.
24:30Now, that's the way I like to hear my authors talk.
24:32Say, when you finish that epic,
24:33bring it around to my office.
24:35Might be able to do a little business.
24:37Maybe I'll give you a break at that.
24:38I'll be out of here before noon, Miss Sanford.
24:40You stay as long as you like.
24:41We're leaving for town.
24:42From now on, I want to see my love
24:44across the crowded room.
24:46Oh, uh, by the way,
24:48what did you two do on your honeymoon?
24:51Uh, none of your business.
25:09Mr. and Mrs. North is directed by Ralph Francis Murphy.
25:13A John W. Loveden production.
25:16Produced by Federal Telefilms.
25:19Starring Barbara Britton and Richard Denning
25:21featuring Francis DeSales.
25:36This has been a film presentation.
25:43This has been a film presentation.
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