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The Bigamist is a 1953 American drama film noir directed by Ida Lupino starring Joan Fontaine, Ida Lupino, Edmund Gwenn and Edmond O'Brien. Producer/Screenwriter Collier Young was married to Fontaine at the time and had previously been married to Lupino. The Bigamist has been cited as the first American feature film made in the sound era in which the female star of a film directed herself.
San Francisco businessman Harry Graham (Edmond O'Brien) and his wife and business partner, Eve (Joan Fontaine), are in the process of adopting a child. When private investigator Jordan (Edmund Gwenn) uncovers the fact that Graham has another wife, Phyllis (Ida Lupino), and a small child in Los Angeles, he confesses everything. In flashback, Graham tells of the strains in his marriage with Eve and how he found himself falling for the kind-hearted waitress Phyllis while on a business trip.
San Francisco businessman Harry Graham (Edmond O'Brien) and his wife and business partner, Eve (Joan Fontaine), are in the process of adopting a child. When private investigator Jordan (Edmund Gwenn) uncovers the fact that Graham has another wife, Phyllis (Ida Lupino), and a small child in Los Angeles, he confesses everything. In flashback, Graham tells of the strains in his marriage with Eve and how he found himself falling for the kind-hearted waitress Phyllis while on a business trip.
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00:01:30Can I come in now?
00:01:31No.
00:01:35Well, I believe that's everything.
00:01:38I hope so.
00:01:39Yes, it's a lengthy business.
00:01:41You must be tired.
00:01:42I'm so excited.
00:01:43I wish we could take the youngster right home with us.
00:01:46When do you think we can expect to get him?
00:01:48Oh, well, it...
00:01:49Oh, just a minute.
00:01:50I'm afraid I forgot something.
00:01:52I have to sign these.
00:01:55These give us permission to check into every detail of your private life.
00:01:58There.
00:02:15Well, that does it, I think.
00:02:17I'm sorry to have kept you so long, but you understand that we must be most careful.
00:02:22After all, it's a child's life.
00:02:24Our investigation can't be too thorough.
00:02:26How long will it be?
00:02:27Well, it all depends.
00:02:29Matter of months, perhaps.
00:02:30But we'll keep you posted.
00:02:30Thank you very much.
00:02:31Eve, dear, we'll be late.
00:02:33Goodbye, and please hurry.
00:02:35Goodbye.
00:02:35Goodbye.
00:02:35Goodbye.
00:02:36Goodbye.
00:02:36Goodbye.
00:02:36Goodbye.
00:03:06Now, can I come in?
00:03:07Hmm?
00:03:07All we get.
00:03:10Interview report to the directors.
00:03:13Names of applicants, Harry and Eve Graham.
00:03:16She is 32, he's 38.
00:03:19Occupation, traveling salesman for the Sutter Sales Corporation,
00:03:24dealing in electrical appliances.
00:03:26The company is owned by the Grahams and was started about four years ago.
00:03:32Mrs. Graham appears to be very capable.
00:03:35She handles the office work.
00:03:36Mr. Graham covers the Los Angeles area,
00:03:40where they hold a sales franchise for a deep freeze concern.
00:03:45Their income?
00:03:48Presently about 20,000.
00:03:51Married, eight years.
00:03:53They...
00:03:54Oh, you don't need to wait for me.
00:03:56I'll straighten up.
00:03:58Yeah, I tried that once before.
00:03:59Nearly lost my job.
00:04:01You and you are cleaning up.
00:04:02Well, go on.
00:04:05Go on.
00:04:06You're not disturbing me one bit.
00:04:09Mrs. Graham is unable to have a family.
00:04:12Her problem is of undetermined origin.
00:04:14But will check several physicians who have examined her during the past eight years.
00:04:19They will take an older child, four or five years, of either sex.
00:04:24From the preliminary interview, it's my opinion they would make fit parents.
00:04:29But something bothers me about Mr. Graham.
00:04:33He seemed impatient during the interview.
00:04:36A chip-on-the-shoulder sort of attitude.
00:04:38He behaved rather strangely when signing the, uh, the permission to investigate form.
00:04:45Perhaps this is my imagination.
00:04:47I'll report further when I visit the Graham's home for the customary inspection next week.
00:04:54Well, that's that.
00:04:55If all the others was like you, there wouldn't be any babies given away in this state at all.
00:05:01Why are you such an old fuss budget, huh?
00:05:04If you had made a mistake once, you wouldn't want to ever let it happen again.
00:05:10Not where a child is involved.
00:05:15Now.
00:05:17Well, goodbye, dearie.
00:05:19Uh, Eve Graham.
00:05:26Went through such a street and...
00:05:31Harry Graham.
00:05:49Hey.
00:06:02What goes on?
00:06:03Oh, I couldn't resist him.
00:06:05He's the beginning of a collection.
00:06:06There's a whole army that goes with him.
00:06:08We haven't heard anything yet.
00:06:09Oh, but we will.
00:06:10You'll see.
00:06:11Mr. Jordan looks like Santa Claus.
00:06:13Just like a man who gives babies a work.
00:06:15And anyway, it's good practice for you being awakened by mechanical toys.
00:06:18On a teddy bear in the face.
00:06:20And maybe later on, a football in the tummy.
00:06:23Oh, you'll learn to love it.
00:06:26You will love it, won't you?
00:06:29Of course I will.
00:06:30Why do you ask?
00:06:31Oh, then it's just my imagination.
00:06:34The other day in Mr. Jordan's office, I thought maybe you were sorry we'd started the whole thing.
00:06:39I wasn't sorry.
00:06:40It's just that Santa Claus was such a deliberate old codger.
00:06:43He got on my nerves, that's all.
00:06:45How about undoing my blouse?
00:06:47How about getting yourself pulled together?
00:06:49This is Tom Morgan Saturday with us.
00:06:51You can do the Caesar salad.
00:06:52What else is cooking?
00:06:53Oh, everything you hate.
00:06:55Roast beef rare, potatoes brown.
00:06:57How does that sound, Master?
00:06:59Sounds like the perfect wife.
00:07:01Good in the office, great around the house.
00:07:04I wonder if it will like him.
00:07:06Well, if it doesn't, I'll keep it myself.
00:07:08I remember other Saturday afternoons, when it was always like this.
00:07:23Long time ago.
00:07:24You know, this really is a beautifully planned apartment.
00:07:43Yes, we think so.
00:07:44Hmm.
00:07:46Oh, immaculate.
00:07:48You sure you won't have something?
00:07:50A Coke?
00:07:50Oh, could I have a glass of milk instead?
00:07:53Yes, surely, sir.
00:07:55My stomach.
00:07:55It's my work.
00:07:57All the tension.
00:07:58If you don't mind my saying so, Mr. Jordan,
00:08:00I think you take your work much too seriously.
00:08:03It's not worth it.
00:08:03I think it is.
00:08:06But wait.
00:08:07We've begun our investigation on you.
00:08:10Oh?
00:08:12How's it look?
00:08:13Everybody speaks very highly of you.
00:08:17But?
00:08:20I've been a salesman too long not to recognize sales resistance when I see it, Mr. Jordan.
00:08:25I have a feeling you don't want us to have the child.
00:08:28Oh, I wouldn't say that.
00:08:33Well?
00:08:37Am I right?
00:08:38I don't know whether I do or not.
00:08:40At least not yet.
00:08:41I understand you spend a great deal of time in Los Angeles.
00:08:45On business.
00:08:46Yes, that's right.
00:08:47Then perhaps you could give me the names of some of the people down there with whom you work.
00:08:52Oh, it's all routine.
00:08:53Nothing more than that.
00:08:53You're very conscientious, aren't you, Mr. Jordan?
00:08:55Well, I'll drop you a line and refer you to lots of people in Los Angeles.
00:08:59There's something else about me I think you should know.
00:09:02I have a small mold on my right.
00:09:02All right.
00:09:03Would you like to see him?
00:09:05Oh, Mr. Jordan, I'm sorry I'm late.
00:09:08That's all right.
00:09:08I was early.
00:09:09What are you two doing in the kitchen?
00:09:10Mr. Jordan's been looking us over.
00:09:12I've seen your home.
00:09:13It's pleasant.
00:09:15Very pleasant indeed.
00:09:16Won't you say for dinner?
00:09:17Oh, thanks.
00:09:17I can't.
00:09:18I have to get back to the office.
00:09:19Lots more paperwork to do there.
00:09:21I'll see you to the door.
00:09:22Oh, thank you.
00:09:23Goodbye, Mr. Jordan.
00:09:24Thank you, Mrs. Baird.
00:09:26What happened between you two?
00:09:50Oh, I'm sorry, Eve.
00:09:51I don't know what hit me.
00:09:52Sorry.
00:09:53He said he liked you, but didn't think you liked him.
00:09:55Oh, anything else?
00:09:57But we could start fixing up that room, and he thought I'd be a good mother.
00:10:00Hmm.
00:10:01For once, Mr. Jordan is right.
00:10:03Well, the star salesman of the Sutter Corporation had better get on his horse.
00:10:06What time's your plan?
00:10:079.15, I've got a date with the Clark Company by first thing in the morning.
00:10:10If we can only sell that account.
00:10:11By the time you're a father, just think, you can hire one salesman or even two, the way
00:10:15things are going, and you can stay home and run the show.
00:10:19What's this?
00:10:19Are you resigning?
00:10:20Not exactly.
00:10:21I'll be around to heckle a bit.
00:10:22That's a woman's privilege.
00:10:24Well, I've got to pack.
00:10:25Oh, I'll do it for you, but there's not much to pack.
00:10:27Everything's in Los Angeles.
00:10:28Don't you ever get a hole in your sock, and how do the buttons manage to stay on your shirts?
00:10:33You never bring them home.
00:10:34I've found a laundry that does it. Saves a lot of trouble.
00:10:38I'll only be a minute packing your bag.
00:11:04Oh, yes.
00:11:11I know Harry Graham very well.
00:11:13Like him.
00:11:14He handled our product for several years until...
00:11:16Until what?
00:11:18We didn't fire him, if that's what you're getting at.
00:11:20He fired us.
00:11:22Got a better deal.
00:11:23I see.
00:11:25I'd give my shirt to get Graham back.
00:11:27And you can tell him I said so.
00:11:30Thank you very much.
00:11:48You see, the Grahams wish to adopt a child.
00:11:50And we must have certain information.
00:11:53Well, isn't that nice?
00:11:54They want to adopt a baby.
00:11:56How long has Mr. Graham made his office here?
00:11:59Oh, I guess about two years.
00:12:01Where does he live when he's in Los Angeles?
00:12:05I guess he just lives around hotels, motels, wherever he can get in.
00:12:09It's cocktail time, honey.
00:12:10Are you with me?
00:12:12Mr. Jordan, this is Roy Esterly.
00:12:14Oh, I'm very pleased to meet you.
00:12:16What line are you in?
00:12:17Mr. Jordan is getting some information on Harry Graham.
00:12:21Oh, Harry's not in any trouble.
00:12:22Mr. Jordan's not a cop.
00:12:23Well, I'll tell you later.
00:12:25Okay, sweetie.
00:12:26You fill him in on Mr. Exclusive.
00:12:28And when you get through, come on back and have a little shot with me, huh?
00:12:32Excuse me.
00:12:33But could I ask you a few questions?
00:12:35Why, sure, sure.
00:12:36Fire away.
00:12:37What do you know of Mr. Graham?
00:12:40Oh, he's a good guy.
00:12:42But you called him Mr. Exclusive.
00:12:45Oh, I was kind of kidding, I guess.
00:12:47See, we never see him except here in the office.
00:12:49And, of course, when he's here, he's buried in work.
00:12:51You know, I can't understand how a guy can live without a little socialite.
00:12:57So is not a playboy, like some cornballs I could mention.
00:13:01Playboy?
00:13:01He's the original invisible man.
00:13:03You never see him anywhere.
00:13:05He's not at the hotels, restaurants, nightclubs.
00:13:08Man comes to town and just like that, he disappears.
00:13:11Mr. Jordan, I have an idea.
00:13:14I'm sure Harry will be calling in.
00:13:15You can get everything you want right from him.
00:13:17I'll call the hotels for you.
00:13:19Why don't you just sit over there at Harry's desk?
00:13:22Thank you, miss.
00:13:23Maybe I should see Mr. Graham after all.
00:13:27Yes, I'll wait.
00:13:29Oh, as long as you're going to all the trouble,
00:13:31would you kindly ask the hotel people
00:13:33when Mr. Graham was last registered?
00:13:36Surely, I could do that.
00:13:38Say, Mr. Jordan,
00:13:39your throat must get pretty dry asking all those questions.
00:13:43How about a little slug?
00:13:44Oh, you're very kind of you, but
00:13:48no thanks.
00:13:50Bob Vance never called, did he?
00:13:52No.
00:13:53That's good, because I don't want to talk to him.
00:13:58Hello?
00:13:59No, he's in Redlands.
00:14:01He'll be back the day after tomorrow.
00:14:03Yes, I'll have him call you.
00:14:04Harrison Graham.
00:14:18Harry Graham.
00:14:21Harrison Graham.
00:14:22Good night.
00:14:28You've really got Harry Graham on your mind.
00:14:30I'm sorry I took so long, but the hotel's had a check.
00:14:36You know, it's funny, but he hasn't registered any of them for months.
00:14:39Several of them remember him.
00:14:41Of course, he could be staying at a rooming house,
00:14:44but that doesn't sound like him.
00:14:45He likes everything nice.
00:14:47You're very kind.
00:14:48I'm sorry for all the trouble.
00:14:50I...
00:14:51Oh, the way.
00:14:53Is Mr. Graham known by any other name than Harry?
00:14:56No.
00:14:57His name is Harry.
00:14:59Look, Mr. Jordan.
00:15:00He was in yesterday, and I know I'll be hearing from him soon.
00:15:03Give me a number, and I'll have him call you.
00:15:06Or maybe you've gotten everything you need, huh?
00:15:08No, not yet.
00:15:12Excuse me.
00:15:13It's that board.
00:15:14Oh, thank you.
00:15:19Graham.
00:15:20Harrison.
00:15:21Harrison Graham.
00:15:23132 Brinkman.
00:15:25Wait for me, please.
00:15:45Wait for me, please.
00:15:46Good evening.
00:16:05Hello.
00:16:06Aren't you a little off your beat?
00:16:10Well, I was coming to Los Angeles anyway for a meeting tomorrow.
00:16:12I'm reading a paper at a welfare convention.
00:16:14Oh, how nice.
00:16:15So while I was here, I've been doing a little checking up on you.
00:16:19Tell me, why are you listed in the telephone book under Harrison Graham?
00:16:25Harrison Graham's my real name.
00:16:27Oh, you changed it?
00:16:29Some time ago.
00:16:30I thought it sounded a little formal, if you know what I mean.
00:16:33Yeah, but in San Francisco, you're listed as Harry.
00:16:36The phone company got it mixed up.
00:16:38Look, I'm dead on my feet.
00:16:39I just got home from work a couple of hours ago.
00:16:42Suppose we meet for lunch tomorrow.
00:16:44Maybe we can learn to get along.
00:16:46Well, I'm busy tomorrow, but I'm sorry I bothered you.
00:16:50But after all, it is my job.
00:16:52I understand.
00:16:53Yeah, good night.
00:16:54Good night.
00:17:16Good night.
00:17:46It's all right.
00:18:08All right.
00:18:16Hey, I'm off.
00:18:33Tell them to go.
00:18:34You'll wake them both up.
00:18:35My wife's sick, too.
00:18:39She's in the other room asleep.
00:18:41She's been up with the baby two nights in a row.
00:18:42She's in the other room.
00:19:12How long has this double life of yours been going on?
00:19:29About eight months.
00:19:32And you tried to adopt a child.
00:19:38What are you going to do?
00:19:39Call the police.
00:19:40You can.
00:19:40Not now.
00:19:41Not without like this.
00:19:42Please.
00:19:42I've got to try to make you understand.
00:19:44Please.
00:19:44How could a man like you, successful, admired, get into a position as, as vile as this?
00:19:58How?
00:19:59How?
00:19:59How?
00:19:59How?
00:20:00I don't know.
00:20:02I don't know how.
00:20:07Loneliness, I guess.
00:20:09Have you ever spent half your life living in hotel rooms?
00:20:12Eating in restaurants with only a newspaper of a company?
00:20:16Walking the streets, looking for a movie you haven't seen?
00:20:19Well, that's the way it was one Sunday afternoon, when I was stuck in Los Angeles.
00:20:28Couldn't get home to spend the weekend with Eve.
00:20:31I called her, but we didn't talk about us.
00:20:35She was in one of her executive moods.
00:20:38Career woman.
00:20:40You've never seen her that way.
00:20:41She's different now.
00:20:43Anyway, when I got out the phone, I was twice as lonely.
00:20:47I felt as if the walls of the hotel room were closing in on me.
00:20:52So I decided to go out for a walk.
00:20:57Some men on the road escaped their loneliness with women who were easy to get.
00:21:02But that didn't work with me.
00:21:05In all the years of my marriage, I never looked at another woman.
00:21:09Eve was my whole life.
00:21:12Yet, sometimes in those years, I felt a distance between us, which was more than miles.
00:21:20When we found out we couldn't have children, Eve was bitter and restless.
00:21:27It was my idea, her coming into the business.
00:21:30She caught on fast.
00:21:32So fast, she doubled our sales in no time.
00:21:35And our marriage, well, it became a business partnership.
00:21:43So on that particular Sunday, my aloneness was like a pain.
00:21:50Visit that fabulous Beverly Hills.
00:21:52It's only $3.25 of food and tax.
00:21:55And we'll give you something to talk about when you get back to your hometown.
00:21:57I like movies, though I really didn't care where Clark Able lived.
00:22:00But here were people going someplace.
00:22:02And I went along with them.
00:22:04Ladies and gentlemen, this is glamorous Beverly Hills, and I went along with them.
00:22:09Ladies and gentlemen, this is glamorous Beverly Hills.
00:22:12Here are the most beautiful homes in the world, where your favorite city is going to be.
00:22:16And I went along with them.
00:22:17And I went along with them.
00:22:18And I went along with them.
00:22:19Ladies and gentlemen, this is glamorous Beverly Hills.
00:22:34Here are the most beautiful homes in the world, where your favorite stars of screen live and play.
00:22:40Over there is the home of a woman who knows Hollywood best, a lady who shares her secrets with millions, Luella Parsons.
00:23:10Thanks.
00:23:12Here we are.
00:23:13On your right is the home of that shy and modest man, Harvey's friend and yours, Jimmy Stewart.
00:23:22Now take a look on your left, and you'll see the home of that funny, funny man, Jack the Miser Benny.
00:23:40Behind that big hedge over there lives a little man who is Santa Claus to the whole world, Edmund Gwen.
00:23:47Remember Miracle on 34th Street?
00:23:50Oh, that was a wonderful picture.
00:23:52Did you see it?
00:23:53Uh-uh.
00:23:54You missed something.
00:23:56I'd like to know where my favorite mule, Francis, lives.
00:24:01What's that?
00:24:03Oh, excuse me.
00:24:05That's all right.
00:24:06Haven't you any interest in how the other half lives?
00:24:09No, not particularly.
00:24:12I'm just crazy about bus rides.
00:24:14It gives me a chance to get off my feet.
00:24:17And here is the home of a man who's good with the jokes and a genius at the piano, Oscar Levant.
00:24:24Well, I heard him play a Gershwin concert once.
00:24:27He was just great.
00:24:29What is this, the story of your life?
00:24:39Where you wondering where our glamour girls are?
00:24:45All right, here's your answer.
00:24:47On the right, you see the home of that fine actress Barbara Stanlyck.
00:24:52The White House also on the right is where lovely Jane Wyman lives.
00:24:57You know, you just like me for my lighter, that's all.
00:25:07I could give up smoking.
00:25:11Thanks.
00:25:12Don't mention it.
00:25:17If this is a sample of your work, you're not very good at pickups.
00:25:21I know.
00:25:22I have not very much experience at it.
00:25:25This is the first time I ever try to pick up a car.
00:25:28Oh gee, that's too bad.
00:25:30I should be better at it.
00:25:33How's that?
00:25:34Well, I'm one of those terrible fellas that frightens the farmer's daughter, you know.
00:25:38I'm a traveling salesman.
00:25:40I'm the kind of backwards one.
00:25:42Yeah, you could use a few tips like,
00:25:45I'm sad and lonely, just want someone to talk to.
00:25:49I don't know any nice girls in this great big town.
00:25:52How about a few laughs?
00:25:54You know,
00:25:55I wanted to say all those things to you just now,
00:25:58only on the level.
00:26:00Thanks, Coach.
00:26:01Do you mind if I sit here?
00:26:03Well, there's not much I can do about it.
00:26:05You're here.
00:26:09You know something?
00:26:10I was a farmer's daughter once.
00:26:11Really?
00:26:12Yeah.
00:26:13I don't know what it is, but you don't scare me at all.
00:26:28Well, thanks for the use of the lighter.
00:26:38Bye.
00:26:39Oh, uh...
00:26:41Oh, just a minute.
00:26:43In case, uh...
00:26:45In case you ever need a deep freeze,
00:26:47my name's Harry Graham from San Francisco.
00:26:49Oh, well, that's nice.
00:26:50And mine's Phyllis Martin from here.
00:26:52From here?
00:26:53This doesn't look like very good farmland.
00:26:54You told me you were a farmer's daughter.
00:26:56Yes, well, that was a long time ago.
00:26:57Okay.
00:26:58Thanks.
00:26:59Oops, it doesn't work.
00:27:01Well, remember me to Jack Benny.
00:27:03And there's something else you should know about traveling salesmen.
00:27:06You kill me.
00:27:07They have very large expense accounts,
00:27:08and frequently buy dinner for pretty girls.
00:27:10They meet on buses.
00:27:11Well, I must say your style's improving fast.
00:27:13But I'm afraid I can't.
00:27:15Sorry.
00:27:16Yeah, well...
00:27:23Do you like Chinese cooking?
00:27:25Sure.
00:27:26Why?
00:27:27Have you changed your mind?
00:27:29I know a place that has the greatest water chestnuts in town.
00:27:31If you can stand water chestnuts.
00:27:32I'm mad about them.
00:27:33Let's go.
00:27:34All right.
00:27:35Let's go.
00:27:36Let's go.
00:27:43Early American Chinese.
00:27:45You're gonna love it.
00:27:56Cozy little place, isn't it?
00:27:58Do we have to eat here?
00:27:59Oh, yes.
00:28:00It's a must.
00:28:01Now, why don't you relax and I'll be back in a few minutes, huh?
00:28:02Hi, Sam.
00:28:03Good evening, Miss Martin.
00:28:04Good evening, sir.
00:28:05Uh, will you take care of the gentleman for me?
00:28:06Why?
00:28:07Quite this way, sir.
00:28:08I'll have a drink at the bar while I'm waiting for the lady.
00:28:10Good.
00:28:15Scotch and soda, please.
00:28:33Here you are, sir.
00:28:34No, thank you.
00:28:35I have a drink.
00:28:36I'm asoft with a lot of bread.
00:28:39Let's go.
00:28:44Yes, we have a drink.
00:28:45That's all.
00:28:48I've been reading it.
00:28:50I don't know.
00:28:51Well, there's nothing.
00:28:52I don't know.
00:28:53We're playing charades.
00:28:54Let's go.
00:28:55Good evening, am I?
00:28:56Can I see?
00:28:57Dinner is ready. The table is over there.
00:29:01Oh, no. What are we playing? Charades?
00:29:04The outfit came with the job. I work here.
00:29:06I don't believe any of this.
00:29:08Well, the paint will wear off in a minute. Just follow me.
00:29:14Egg soup. Very healing.
00:29:17I ordered the rest of the dinner for you, too.
00:29:19Aren't you allowed to sit with the customers?
00:29:21Uh-uh. Maybe later.
00:29:22Well, go on. Eat your soup.
00:29:24It's the only genuine Chinese dish we serve here.
00:29:26The guy who owns the place used to run a string of hot dog stands.
00:29:29His name's Hannigan.
00:29:30You sure you can't sit down?
00:29:31No, I can't. Try it.
00:29:35How was it?
00:29:36Mmm. Tastes good.
00:29:38Say, uh, where are all the people?
00:29:41Oh, Sundays are quiet. And all the rest of the week.
00:29:44How long have you been working here?
00:29:46About six months.
00:29:47I needed a job, and Hannigan needed someone to liven up the joint.
00:29:50You can see I've been a howling success.
00:29:52Ah, come on. Sit down, huh?
00:29:54No, I can't.
00:29:56Say, uh, when did you say that farm was?
00:29:59I didn't.
00:30:00Little place called Pennsylvania.
00:30:02How'd you get all the way to Los Angeles?
00:30:03Well, I wanted to see the world.
00:30:05Well, you started with China, huh?
00:30:07That's right.
00:30:08You know something?
00:30:09Huh?
00:30:10They've never heard of chop suey in China.
00:30:12You don't say.
00:30:13That's right.
00:30:14It's the house specialty here.
00:30:16And the next course.
00:30:17If you can stand it.
00:30:23Well, this isn't as nice as Barbara's Tamwix, but it's closer to my work.
00:30:31Here, let me.
00:30:32Oh, thanks.
00:30:33Well, thanks for a lovely evening.
00:30:34It was nothing.
00:30:35I'm dropping again sometime.
00:30:36So long.
00:30:37You know, we've been together seven hours, and I still don't know a thing about you, except
00:30:51that you're the nicest stranger I ever met on a bus.
00:30:54Well, I don't know anything about you, either.
00:30:56Let's leave it that way, huh?
00:30:57All right.
00:31:01I will tell you one thing about myself, though.
00:31:02What's that?
00:31:04On that bus this afternoon, I felt just as lonely as you did.
00:31:07Feel better now.
00:31:18I guess all traveling salesmen aren't alike, huh?
00:31:20Some of us are quite harmless.
00:31:22Yeah, you're kind of special.
00:31:24Yeah, you're kind of special.
00:31:28Good night.
00:31:33I never expected to see Phyllis again,
00:31:36but I knew I'd remember this day,
00:31:38when two strangers helped each other through a lonely Sunday.
00:31:43I felt good again, not very sleepy.
00:31:49We're ready with your call to San Francisco.
00:31:51Yes, thank you, operator.
00:31:53Eve?
00:31:54My, two calls in one day.
00:31:56Well, never mind, darling. This is deductible business.
00:31:59Monkey business. I cheated on you today.
00:32:02I thought you should be the first to know.
00:32:04Haven't you heard? The wife is always the last to know.
00:32:06I'm serious. A beautiful brunette, all curves and soft shoulders.
00:32:10How wonderful. I hope you'll be very happy together.
00:32:14What kind of talk is that? Aren't you even jealous?
00:32:17You won't spoil my sleep one bit.
00:32:20You're mighty sure of me, aren't you?
00:32:23I'm very sure of you, my darling.
00:32:25She wasn't really beautiful. Just nice.
00:32:27Kind of a funny little mouse.
00:32:29Don't you want to know how I made out?
00:32:31Oh, I forgot.
00:32:32I heard that Duff's may open three more retail outlets in Los Angeles County.
00:32:36Got a pencil handy. Better write down this name and address.
00:32:41Are you listening? Here it is. He's the merchandise manager.
00:32:46Yes, I'm listening, Eve. I've got it.
00:32:49I wish you were here with me right now. I didn't even touch her.
00:32:53Touch who?
00:32:54You know, the funny little mouse.
00:32:57What a shame. Better luck next time.
00:32:59Harry, I got a special delivery from Mother today.
00:33:02Oh? What's the news?
00:33:04Father's quite ill. Nothing serious, I suppose, but I'm a little worried.
00:33:08I wouldn't worry, darling. I'm sure he'll be all right.
00:33:12Eve, I've got to make the rounds. I'll call you in a couple of days.
00:33:17Good night.
00:33:18Night.
00:33:33And in a couple of days, I did get home.
00:33:36Dead tired and a little bit sick of the deep freeze business.
00:33:40I only wanted a weekend with Eve.
00:33:43But she had other plans. Big plans.
00:33:47Tom Morgan, our lawyer, was there.
00:33:49Carl Forbes.
00:33:51He was a buyer for the Redmond chain.
00:33:54I'd never been able to sell him.
00:33:56Then Eve decided she'd try the woman as touch.
00:34:00Why did you ever send your wife in to sell me? She packs quite a punch.
00:34:04Hadn't you heard? Eve's the brains, I'm the brawn.
00:34:07Oh, don't listen to him.
00:34:09I'm just Harry's little secretary trying to get along.
00:34:12I was afraid you'd ask me how the thing worked.
00:34:14Well, how does it work?
00:34:16Would you like some more coffee?
00:34:18No, thanks. Now tell us all about the superior mechanical features.
00:34:21All right, but stop me if this gets too complicated for you.
00:34:24In the home size, there's a special condenser that eliminates the fan noise and the outside moisture.
00:34:30The single phase motor is completely sealed, so it has greater efficiency.
00:34:36And we can prove to you in normal operations that our product will save you in electricity two and a half cents per hour.
00:34:42And the lid is counterbalanced.
00:34:45We just happen to have a model in the kitchen.
00:34:48And if you have your combination Phillips screwdriver handy, Mr. Forbes, I'd be happy to take the freezer apart for you.
00:34:54Any questions?
00:34:55No, no questions. And no demonstration, please. I'm convinced.
00:35:00At least almost. Perhaps another little brandy?
00:35:04Harry, Mr. Forbes would like some more brandy. Harry?
00:35:09Oh, of course. I'm sorry.
00:35:15Tom?
00:35:16No, thanks. No more.
00:35:17How about a little poker? The evening's so nice, we might play on the terrace.
00:35:21I'm afraid of you, but I'm game.
00:35:22Me too.
00:35:28Come on, Harry. Let's have at it.
00:35:35You know, I think we're really on our way. I'm sure we got Forbes.
00:35:39That's the power of a woman for you.
00:35:42Oh, I'm so happy. I'm so sleepy. Good night, darling.
00:35:48Eve.
00:35:49Hmm?
00:35:50I just figured something out.
00:35:52What?
00:35:53In the last month, we've been together six days and 14 hours.
00:35:56Not counting when we're asleep.
00:35:58Doesn't make any sense.
00:36:02Did you hear me?
00:36:03Six days and 14 hours.
00:36:17Eve, let's go away tomorrow.
00:36:19Doesn't matter where.
00:36:20Just as long as we're together, huh?
00:36:23Of course, we'll go away sometime, darling.
00:36:25We'll go to all those glamorous places that Holiday writes about.
00:36:29And we'll do it for his cabin, too.
00:36:31Let's not wait, Eve.
00:36:34Our marriage is the only thing that really matters.
00:36:37I love our marriage.
00:36:38I love our marriage.
00:36:39Shh.
00:36:40And I don't.
00:36:50So I hit the road again.
00:36:51When I got back to Los Angeles, I found myself dropping into the Canton Cafe.
00:36:57One tea coming up, rice cakes and you're fortune free.
00:37:00Shall we go?
00:37:01The decorations are terrible, but the service is great.
00:37:03Oh, come on. Sit down, huh? Just for once.
00:37:06You want me to lose my job?
00:37:10Aha.
00:37:14What does it say?
00:37:15You will travel far.
00:37:16Well, that's right in the button for a traveling salesman.
00:37:18Here's another one.
00:37:19Aha.
00:37:21Money and fortune await you.
00:37:22That's better.
00:37:24And the last one.
00:37:26Aha.
00:37:27Dance and the world dances with you.
00:37:29Wow.
00:37:30Things are warming up.
00:37:32Do you like to dance?
00:37:34I don't know.
00:37:35It's been a long time.
00:37:36Well, do you want to take a chance with me?
00:37:39All right.
00:37:40When you're finished tonight, where do we go?
00:37:43Oh, why don't we stay here?
00:37:44It's so romantic.
00:37:46You're a little character.
00:37:48Miss Martin.
00:37:49Over there.
00:37:50Sorry.
00:37:52See you later.
00:37:57That night we danced.
00:38:01There were other evenings with Phyllis, too.
00:38:03We asked nothing of each other.
00:38:07I had never kissed her.
00:38:10Never touched her.
00:38:11Just being together was enough.
00:38:15But all the time, I suppose we were fooling ourselves.
00:38:19Ready.
00:38:21Good night, Sam.
00:38:22Good night.
00:38:25Thanks.
00:38:30Well?
00:38:31Phyllis.
00:38:33Tomorrow's my birthday.
00:38:34Do you want to have dinner with me?
00:38:35Help me celebrate?
00:38:37I'd love to.
00:38:38And tomorrow's my day off.
00:38:40I'll pick you up at seven.
00:38:42Sure you haven't anything better to do?
00:38:44I'm sure.
00:38:46Okay.
00:38:48Phyllis.
00:38:49Good night, Harry.
00:38:50Good night.
00:38:51Good night.
00:38:52Good night.
00:38:56See you tomorrow, then, huh?
00:38:57It's seven.
00:38:58Bye.
00:38:59Good night.
00:39:00Good night, Harry.
00:39:01Good night.
00:39:02Good night.
00:39:09See you tomorrow, then, huh?
00:39:10It's seven.
00:39:11Good night, man.
00:39:20Good night.
00:39:22Good night.
00:39:23Good night.
00:39:25Good night.
00:39:28I spent my birthday trying not to think of Phyllis.
00:39:32Still, I felt her closeness.
00:39:35I was finding out that I was not the take-it-and-leave-it kind.
00:39:39I knew then I couldn't see Phyllis again, that night or any night.
00:39:43I felt like someone who walks away from the edge of a cliff,
00:39:47back onto solid ground.
00:39:49I felt pretty low, too, about walking out on her.
00:39:53But it was better this way. Much better.
00:39:57Come in.
00:40:02The tray's over there.
00:40:09Not much of a way to spend your birthday.
00:40:11Phyllis! Didn't you get my message?
00:40:14Well, sure, I got it. That's why I came over. I was worried.
00:40:17What's wrong?
00:40:18Nothing serious. I think I'll live. Just a headache I couldn't shake.
00:40:21Yeah?
00:40:25Feels better. Lots better.
00:40:27Oh, I brought you a birthday present.
00:40:30It's nothing much. Just a Cadillac.
00:40:33Well, don't you want to open it?
00:40:34Sure, I'll open it.
00:40:37A bit flashy, but I thought you'd like it.
00:40:41Smells good. I do like it.
00:40:43Thank you, Phyllis.
00:40:45Well, I might as well put a gift to work.
00:40:48Just close your eyes now.
00:40:49We'll take that headache away.
00:40:51It's working already.
00:41:04Many happy returns.
00:41:05You know something?
00:41:14Yeah.
00:41:15The headache's all gone.
00:41:18We're going to have that dinner after all.
00:41:19Oh, no. We're not going anywhere. You're going to take it easy.
00:41:21Lady, you have healing powers that are miraculous.
00:41:24I can already hear a soft piano, champagne corks popping,
00:41:28and I know just the place we're going to.
00:41:30We're going to Acapulco.
00:41:32You're crazy.
00:41:33Yes, and I need a shave, too.
00:41:35Look, I'll go home and get into something slinky,
00:41:38then pick me up in 15 minutes, huh?
00:41:39All right.
00:41:40I'll get into something real uncomfortable.
00:41:46You kill me.
00:41:50See you.
00:41:51Oh, it's such a lovely night.
00:42:19This is going to be even better than the last part.
00:42:23I'm glad your birthday only comes once a year.
00:42:25This once was worth it.
00:42:28Hmm. Acapulco.
00:42:31You know, I never thought I'd make it.
00:42:33And only 30 minutes from downtown.
00:42:35You know, you fall in love here.
00:42:36It goes with the check.
00:42:38When did you make that up?
00:42:39Just now.
00:42:41Have you ever been in love?
00:42:42Hmm, I've tried it.
00:42:44You know what I think?
00:42:45I think you fell in love once.
00:42:48Got hurt.
00:42:49Been running away ever since.
00:42:51All right.
00:42:51I bet you read palms, too.
00:42:55Yeah, he was with the occupation forces in Germany.
00:42:59You've heard of those dear John letters, haven't you?
00:43:01Yeah, sure.
00:43:02Well, I got a dear Phyllis.
00:43:04Seems I lost art to a little Fraulein.
00:43:05I guess all men are no good, huh?
00:43:08Oh, I don't know.
00:43:09I think there are one or two nice ones left in circulation.
00:43:13Here's looking at you, Phyllis.
00:43:16Thanks.
00:43:21The stars were very bright
00:43:24But it wasn't the stars...
00:43:28You know, you're a funny man.
00:43:30Hmm.
00:43:31Don't you want to know if there's someone in my life?
00:43:33Whether I'm married, divorced,
00:43:36Whether I have six children,
00:43:38Whether I've spent any time in jail.
00:43:40No.
00:43:42Why not?
00:43:43What good would it do me if I didn't know all those things?
00:43:47I like you as you are.
00:43:50The way we are.
00:43:53I don't want anything from you.
00:43:57And I'm afraid of being in love again.
00:43:58I touched your hand
00:44:02The spell you cast
00:44:06Was a magic thing
00:44:09We watched the moon
00:44:16In flight
00:44:19But it wasn't the moon
00:44:23That thrilled me
00:44:26To me
00:44:26No, it wasn't the moon
00:44:31That brought
00:44:32Such delight
00:44:35I felt a thrill
00:44:42So new
00:44:44The moment I kissed you
00:44:48Heaven's faded from sight
00:44:53No, it wasn't the stars
00:44:57And it wasn't the moon
00:45:01You know, I'm going away again tomorrow.
00:45:06Tomorrow's a long time off.
00:45:08Last night
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00:45:36Eve.
00:45:51What's wrong?
00:45:52Darling, I'm so glad you're back.
00:45:54What's the matter?
00:45:56My father's had a heart attack.
00:45:57His condition's critical, and I have to go at once.
00:46:00Oh, poor baby.
00:46:02I'm sorry.
00:46:04You're such a great guy.
00:46:05Do you want me to go with you?
00:46:06Thanks, but you better stay here and take care of things.
00:46:09Anyway, I got the last seat on the plane.
00:46:12What time?
00:46:13Ten o'clock.
00:46:14I changed planes at New Orleans for Miami.
00:46:16What about money?
00:46:18All right, I cashed a check on the company.
00:46:21How was the trip?
00:46:22Pretty good.
00:46:23We got the Barlow account, but it took some doing.
00:46:25Good boy.
00:46:26Partners in Ventura is complaining about factory deliveries.
00:46:28I got that all straightened out.
00:46:30Oh, fine.
00:46:31Well, I'll take care of the office here until you get back.
00:46:34If you need any help, call.
00:46:35I'll hop a plane.
00:46:37Maybe he'll pull out of it, huh?
00:46:39I hope so.
00:46:40Oh, I almost forgot.
00:46:46Oh, lovely.
00:46:48Do you like it?
00:46:49I'm crazy about it.
00:46:50Put it on for me, will you?
00:46:51What do I have to thank for this?
00:46:55All that new work with Barlow's or that cute little mouse you told me about?
00:46:59Did my boy step out of line?
00:47:01Thank me.
00:47:02Oh, and I do like this.
00:47:03Oh, Eve, this last trip, it's no good being away from each other.
00:47:10How would you like me to be around all the time?
00:47:12Could you stand it?
00:47:13What do you mean?
00:47:14One of these days, soon we'll put a man on.
00:47:16I've got my eye on a fellow.
00:47:18I think I'm going to cry.
00:47:20I should be so happy if it weren't to...
00:47:22Finish your packing, darling.
00:47:24I'll make us a couple of drinks.
00:47:25I've been thinking about something.
00:47:44What was that?
00:47:45Oh, about your being here with me all the time.
00:47:49I didn't realize home meant that much to you.
00:47:52I've been so wrapped up in the business that...
00:47:54I thought you liked things the way they are, traveling around and meeting people.
00:47:57I did, but I've had it.
00:47:59Now I want to stay put.
00:48:00And I was wrong about something else, too.
00:48:02Wrong?
00:48:03For nearly four years, ever since the doctor said no baby, I hated myself and you and everybody.
00:48:11I was resentful when you suggested adopting one.
00:48:14I couldn't see taking care of somebody else's child.
00:48:17Remember that?
00:48:17Yes, I remember.
00:48:20I was wrong.
00:48:21What made you think of it now, after so much time?
00:48:24Maybe it was the telegram from home.
00:48:26I suddenly thought of how much my family meant to me and how much they loved me.
00:48:31And it seemed selfish not to pass it along to a little child that needed it.
00:48:36Even if it isn't your own?
00:48:37It doesn't seem to make any difference.
00:48:40Do you still want one?
00:48:40Yes, of course I do.
00:48:42Well, then, would you see maybe about getting one while I'm awake?
00:48:45Yes, I will, Eve.
00:48:46Tomorrow morning, the very first thing.
00:48:47I thought you'd forgotten all about it, that the business was our baby.
00:48:52Will you forgive me for taking so long?
00:48:54Yes, I will.
00:48:55Announcing the departure of American Airlines flight number 516 to Atlanta and New Orleans,
00:49:00connecting with Miami.
00:49:01Call aboard, please.
00:49:03Well, that's it.
00:49:03So that's how I first crossed your path, Mr. Jordan.
00:49:21I called you on the phone, wondering how to start.
00:49:23We wanted a little boy or a little girl.
00:49:27It didn't make any difference which.
00:49:29And we wanted it faster than any child had ever been adopted before.
00:49:33But you told me it wasn't as easy as all that.
00:49:36And how right you were.
00:49:38Yes.
00:49:39You wanted a ride, roughshod, over all our rules.
00:49:43And what changed you?
00:49:45What happened after that?
00:49:49I stayed close to the business, except for three flying trips to Florida.
00:49:54You see, Eve's father had improved, but it took a lot out of her mother.
00:49:57She collapsed.
00:49:59But on month after month, there was nothing Eve could do except stay there.
00:50:03It had been over three months since I had seen any of our accounts.
00:50:07The business showed it.
00:50:10I had to make the rounds.
00:50:12I did my work.
00:50:14I didn't see anybody but the customers in Los Angeles.
00:50:18Of course, I thought of Phyllis.
00:50:20I wanted to see her.
00:50:21But not the way I saw her the last time.
00:50:26Anyway, before I left town, I dropped in at the Canton Cafe.
00:50:30Hi, Sam.
00:50:42Hello, Mr. Crane.
00:50:43We miss you.
00:50:44Thanks, Sam.
00:50:46Miss Martin here?
00:50:47Phyllis?
00:50:47No, she doesn't work anymore.
00:50:50When did she leave?
00:50:52About a month ago.
00:50:53Maybe a little more.
00:50:54Was anything wrong?
00:50:55She said she went well.
00:50:57She was going away.
00:50:58Where?
00:50:59She didn't say.
00:51:00Will you have dinner here tonight, Mr. Graham?
00:51:03No.
00:51:05No, thank you.
00:51:10Thanks, Sam.
00:51:10Yes?
00:51:22Is Miss Martin in?
00:51:23Miss Phyllis Martin.
00:51:24What do you want?
00:51:25My name's Harry Graham.
00:51:27I'm an old friend of hers.
00:51:28Does she still live here?
00:51:29She still lives here, but she isn't feeling well.
00:51:32She doesn't want to see anyone.
00:51:33Oh, I've got to see her.
00:51:35You remember me, don't you, Mr. Graham?
00:51:36I've spoken to you on the phone several times.
00:51:38Oh, yes.
00:51:39Yes, I remember.
00:51:41Come in.
00:51:42I think she needs you.
00:51:44Her room's right up there.
00:51:45First on the left.
00:51:46Come in.
00:52:05Harry.
00:52:06Hello, Phyllis.
00:52:16What's the trouble?
00:52:20Nothing.
00:52:22It's good to see you again.
00:52:24I just got back from San Francisco.
00:52:26I've been working there for the last few months.
00:52:29I went to the restaurant, and they told me.
00:52:32And I had trouble getting past your guard downstairs.
00:52:34Well, now that you've found me again,
00:52:37how are things in the deep freeze business?
00:52:39What was it?
00:52:40Hot water heaters?
00:52:41Phyllis.
00:52:42What did the landlord mean just now,
00:52:44and she said she needs you?
00:52:46I don't know.
00:52:48Come on.
00:52:50Look, I don't need anybody.
00:52:53I can take care of myself.
00:52:55I'm a big girl now.
00:53:01Phyllis.
00:53:02Phyllis.
00:53:03Was it that night?
00:53:05My birthday?
00:53:06It's yours, if that's what you mean.
00:53:10I know.
00:53:13Harry.
00:53:13You don't have to do anything about it.
00:53:17But I want to do something about it.
00:53:20No, I don't trap my men this way.
00:53:23You're free just as you always were.
00:53:25Why didn't you want to see me?
00:53:27What were you afraid of?
00:53:29I don't know.
00:53:30I guess maybe I was afraid you wouldn't want me to have it.
00:53:35Well, I don't think I could stand that.
00:53:37You see, I never had anything of my own until now.
00:53:44Don't be afraid.
00:53:45Of course, I want you to have the baby.
00:53:48I'll take care of everything.
00:53:51Don't worry.
00:53:53Look.
00:53:54I've got some things to do.
00:53:59You stay here and rest a while.
00:54:01I'll be back later.
00:54:03Good.
00:54:05And Phyllis.
00:54:08I'm glad.
00:54:10Terribly glad I found you.
00:54:13So am I.
00:54:16Come on.
00:54:17You get some rest.
00:54:38Mr. Graham.
00:54:39Mr. Graham, this is Dr. Wallace.
00:54:41He's taking care of Phyllis.
00:54:42I was just going up to see her.
00:54:44How is she, doctor?
00:54:45Could I speak to you for a minute?
00:54:46Yes, surely.
00:54:47Excuse me.
00:54:50I think she's going to be all right.
00:54:52She's had a rough time of it this last month.
00:54:54Two transfusions.
00:54:56And she's not very strong to start with.
00:54:59Then there's the mental, emotional state to contend with.
00:55:02You can understand.
00:55:03Yes, I understand.
00:55:05I think things will be better now that you're here.
00:55:08I'll take care of everything.
00:55:09Please give her the best.
00:55:11I'm glad she means something to you.
00:55:13She can be hurt just like the rest of us.
00:55:15Fooled me at first with that flip, hard act of hers.
00:55:19But that's not the real Phyllis.
00:55:21You must know that.
00:55:22How can a man call a woman, his wife for eight years, someone whom you love, who loves you?
00:55:39How can you call her and tell her that you must have a divorce?
00:55:43Worse than that, you've been unfaithful.
00:55:48You're going to be a father.
00:55:51How can you hurt someone so much?
00:55:53Hello?
00:55:55Hello?
00:56:01Eve?
00:56:02Oh, Harry, I've been trying to reach you.
00:56:06What is it, Eve?
00:56:08Your father?
00:56:09About an hour ago.
00:56:13I'm sorry, darling.
00:56:15I'm sorry.
00:56:16I'll have to stay with mother a while, and then I'll come home to you.
00:56:23Can you hear me?
00:56:26Yes, of course I can hear you.
00:56:28Are you all right, Harry?
00:56:31Yes, of course I'm all right, Eve.
00:56:33Give your mother my love and take care of yourself.
00:56:39Goodbye.
00:56:39Goodbye.
00:56:40Goodbye.
00:56:46Goodbye.
00:56:47Goodbye.
00:56:48Goodbye.
00:56:49Goodbye.
00:56:50Goodbye.
00:56:51Goodbye.
00:56:52Goodbye.
00:56:53Goodbye.
00:56:54Goodbye.
00:56:55Goodbye.
00:56:56Goodbye.
00:56:57Goodbye.
00:56:58Goodbye.
00:56:59Goodbye.
00:57:00Goodbye.
00:57:01Goodbye.
00:57:02Goodbye.
00:57:03Goodbye.
00:57:04Goodbye.
00:57:05Goodbye.
00:57:06Goodbye.
00:57:07Goodbye.
00:57:08Goodbye.
00:57:09Goodbye.
00:57:10Goodbye.
00:57:11Goodbye.
00:57:12Goodbye.
00:57:13Goodbye.
00:57:14Goodbye.
00:57:15Goodbye.
00:57:16Hello, Phil.
00:57:27Hello.
00:57:29I forgot to ask you something.
00:57:32Yeah, who's that?
00:57:35Will you marry me?
00:57:38No.
00:57:40Not this way.
00:57:42I'm not asking you.
00:57:44I'm asking you.
00:57:46I hate to take you out of circulation like this.
00:57:54There must be a waiting line.
00:57:56There's nothing like that.
00:57:58And no one like you.
00:58:02Are you sure you want me?
00:58:05I'm sure.
00:58:08I do love you, Harry.
00:58:12And I'm so glad I do.
00:58:14I stayed with her until she fell asleep.
00:58:23You may laugh, Mr. Jordan, but for the first time I felt needed.
00:58:28I loved Eve, but I never felt she needed me.
00:58:32How did you expect to get away with it?
00:58:34I didn't.
00:58:37What did you do when Mrs. Graham came home a few weeks after your other marriage?
00:58:42Why didn't you tell her then?
00:58:45Wasn't that the plan?
00:58:47Yes, that was the plan.
00:58:49That was also the time when you came in again, Mr. Jordan.
00:58:52I don't know.
00:58:53I don't know.
00:58:54I don't know.
00:58:55I don't know.
00:58:56I don't know.
00:58:57Do you have some cream?
00:58:58Oh-ho.
00:58:59I have been away a long time.
00:59:01I never take cream.
00:59:02Remember me?
00:59:03I'm sorry.
00:59:03I forgot.
00:59:05I have a surprise for you.
00:59:07Surprise?
00:59:08Mm, a sentimental surprise.
00:59:09Come on, bring your coffee.
00:59:16Eve, there's some things we've got to talk about.
00:59:20Father wanted you to have this watch.
00:59:22It was grandfather's, and then when father and mother married, it was a wedding gift to the groom.
00:59:26Grandfather said that having a watch and chain made a man feel more like a man, sort of like a moustache cup, I suppose.
00:59:33I wish I could have thanked him for it.
00:59:35Well, he told me to tell you to take very good care of it because it should be passed down to our son.
00:59:40He said it was a lucky watch and should be kept in circulation.
00:59:45Our son, I'm glad he didn't know how I let you down.
00:59:49You haven't let me down. You couldn't.
00:59:51Yes, I did.
00:59:53When I learned I couldn't have a child.
00:59:54And that's when I became the little, efficient, white-colored girl.
00:59:59I forgot some things.
01:00:01You didn't forget. Maybe I became the absentee husband.
01:00:04Wanted to show the business world we were smarter than the rest.
01:00:07And we did show them.
01:00:08Listen, Eve.
01:00:09Come on, I've got another nice surprise for you.
01:00:11The light doesn't work. Leave the door open so we can see.
01:00:25I cleaned it up today.
01:00:27Don't worry about your golf clubs.
01:00:29I put all our junk in the closet and I stored the suitcases.
01:00:31Oh, I think he's going to be very nice when we get it fixed up.
01:00:34Go a little slower, Eve. I'm not with you.
01:00:36Remember Mr. Jordan?
01:00:38Mr. Jordan.
01:00:39When I left for Florida, you said you'd look into the adoption business.
01:00:43And you told me about Mr. Jordan.
01:00:46Oh, yes. Now I remember.
01:00:48I spoke to him on the phone.
01:00:51What about it?
01:00:51Well, that's a surprise.
01:00:54I called him this morning.
01:00:55He said he wanted to see us both, but he thought he could help us.
01:00:58Of course, maybe a while.
01:01:00Well, so you decided to go ahead and fix the place out.
01:01:04Well, I know it was impulsive, but I couldn't wait.
01:01:06I thought we'd put the bed here.
01:01:09And the chest of drawers over here.
01:01:11And one of those little rubber tabs in case he's too small to use ours.
01:01:16I like it.
01:01:17You still do want a child, don't you?
01:01:23Is adopting a baby terribly important to you?
01:01:27Oh, yes.
01:01:28More important than I ever knew before.
01:01:31Except for you, it would mean everything to me.
01:01:35All right, then.
01:01:36I guess we'll go see Mr. Jordan.
01:01:38All right.
01:01:44So that's how I crossed your path once more, Mr. Jordan.
01:01:47What was in your mind?
01:01:50Did you think you could live this lie for a lifetime?
01:01:54Well, when I realized how much a child meant to Eve,
01:01:57I decided to help her by staying married until the baby became legally ours.
01:02:02Then I'd get out of her life.
01:02:05I must say, that was both a gallant and a foolish scheme.
01:02:09Oh.
01:02:09Those were months of panic, fear.
01:02:27Like the night my son was born prematurely,
01:02:30just as the doctor predicted.
01:02:31Mr. Graham.
01:02:50Mr. Graham, you have a little boy.
01:02:52You can see him through the window down there.
01:02:54The axe began to fall.
01:03:24one day, not so long ago,
01:03:26when I'd just gotten in from San Bernardino.
01:03:29And I'd stopped by the office to clean up my desk.
01:03:32It was Eve's and my anniversary.
01:03:35I tried to get home, but I couldn't make it.
01:03:43Is there a man in this joint that's been married eight years?
01:03:46Eve.
01:03:47Don't look so shocked.
01:03:48I'm your anniversary present.
01:03:49I almost didn't find you.
01:03:53I called all the hotels you've ever stayed in.
01:03:55Where are you staying?
01:03:56Oh, I'm not.
01:03:57I just got back from San Bernardino.
01:03:59Did you get my flowers?
01:04:00Oh, I didn't wait for that.
01:04:01I got your why.
01:04:02I hadn't decided something should be done about it.
01:04:04So here I am.
01:04:04Aren't you glad?
01:04:05Of course I am.
01:04:06I was just about to call you.
01:04:07Oh, never mind that.
01:04:08How about closing up the store and buying me a dinner?
01:04:11You bet I will.
01:04:12As a matter of fact, we're doing so well, I'll put it on the expense account.
01:04:15Let's get started on our ninth year.
01:04:23After dinner, Eve wanted to take a walk.
01:04:26I was afraid every step of the way.
01:04:28Yet I tried to get into the holiday spirit for her sake.
01:04:31For a moment, it was like old times until...
01:04:34Mr. Graham.
01:04:35If you're going home, could you give me a lift?
01:04:39Some other time.
01:04:41See you, Ricky.
01:04:46Who's he?
01:04:47Store executive, son.
01:04:49I have dinner at their place down there.
01:04:51What did he mean by home?
01:04:54Oh, the Chapman Park Hotel.
01:04:56I stayed there a while back.
01:04:58They live nearby.
01:05:01How about a night, kid?
01:05:03Love it.
01:05:04After I put Eve on the plane for San Francisco,
01:05:12I came home to Phyllis and more of my insane double life.
01:05:17I was beginning to act and think like a criminal,
01:05:20afraid to be found out,
01:05:22yet sick of deceit and lies.
01:05:25Hello, Phil.
01:05:30Hello, Phil.
01:05:35Danny asleep?
01:05:37That's right.
01:05:37All right, Phil.
01:05:41Out with it.
01:05:42Surprised you came back.
01:05:44What do you mean?
01:05:45Let it go.
01:05:47No, Phil.
01:05:48I won't let it go.
01:05:49I want you to tell me.
01:05:51All right.
01:05:52You must know I'm feeling a little cheap, that's all.
01:05:58Ricky.
01:05:59Worse than that, Ricky's mother.
01:06:02Oh, she couldn't wait for me all the grisly details.
01:06:04Made a wonderful story out of it.
01:06:06You know, just like the Sunday papers.
01:06:08Husband supposed to be out of town.
01:06:10Secretly meets another woman.
01:06:12Secretly.
01:06:14He might have done a needed job of it, Harry.
01:06:16Yes.
01:06:17Yes, you're right.
01:06:18Getting awfully excited over one, aren't I?
01:06:23There must have been others.
01:06:24No, no others.
01:06:26Well, that's a comfort.
01:06:29I'm behaving like a fool.
01:06:32After all, I dragged you into this marriage.
01:06:34Stop it.
01:06:34Don't say that.
01:06:35It's not true, and you know it.
01:06:36Leave me alone, will you?
01:06:37Listen to me.
01:06:39There's something I've got to tell you.
01:06:42Please.
01:06:43Just leave me alone.
01:06:45Phil.
01:06:45Phil, you must listen.
01:06:46Harry.
01:06:47Harry, get out, will you?
01:06:50Phil.
01:06:51Get out.
01:06:51Get out.
01:07:17I stayed at a hotel that night.
01:07:25Made a date to see Phyllis the next day.
01:07:28There were things we had to talk about.
01:07:31She said she'd meet me in the park near the house.
01:07:35It was hard to explain my thoughts as I sat there.
01:07:38I had my way out.
01:07:39Now I could put an end to this nightmare.
01:07:43I loved Phyllis and her child.
01:07:45I didn't want to lose them.
01:07:47And I hated to bring them pain.
01:07:48I loved you.
01:07:49I loved you.
01:07:50I loved it.
01:07:51I loved it.
01:07:52I loved it.
01:07:52I loved it.
01:07:52All right.
01:08:00Hello, Phyllis.
01:08:03Hi.
01:08:07Cigarette?
01:08:07No thanks.
01:08:09how's daddy he's fine i had miss higgins come over and sit with him look tired yeah
01:08:21well i didn't sleep too well last night neither did i
01:08:26what did you want to talk about harry i've been thinking i could manage 85 dollars a week
01:08:37can you and danny make it sure you can get the divorce and all that i'll pay for everything
01:08:43i'm sorry it had to happen this way i never meant to hurt you
01:08:47i'll come around later and get my things okay anytime
01:08:55goodbye phil
01:09:02goodbye
01:09:04harry
01:09:09this is crazy i can't go through with it
01:09:17i guess you just gave my ego a kick
01:09:20will you forgive me i do love you so
01:09:24you're big lug
01:09:25you know why i didn't sleep last night
01:09:28i kept thinking about our marriage
01:09:31you know the way we got into it it wasn't fair to you don't say that never do you hear me
01:09:38please take me home will you
01:09:41you really want me to oh yes
01:09:46we need you come on
01:09:53so you had your out and couldn't take it
01:09:55yet all the time you knew it had to end this way
01:10:10now you're going to call the police well maybe i ought to thank you
01:10:15i'd like a taxi at 132 brinkman street please
01:10:25that's right thank you
01:10:27i'm not a policeman
01:10:31it's not my duty to do anything but see
01:10:34that the juvenile wards of the state of california are given decent homes
01:10:39i'll pick up my taxi outside
01:10:42i can't figure out my feelings toward you
01:10:53i despise you
01:10:56and i pity you
01:10:58i don't even want to shake your hand and yet
01:11:01i almost wish you luck
01:11:05and...
01:11:12uh...
01:11:22uh...
01:11:27¶¶
01:11:57Dearest Phyllis, just a moment ago, I watched your sweet face as you slept, knowing I had to hurt you again.
01:12:18And when I tried to say goodbye to Danny, it was almost unbearable.
01:12:22I cannot expect you to understand what I'm about to tell you.
01:12:52Darling, how wonderful you're here. Why didn't you tell me?
01:12:56I couldn't. I have to go away.
01:12:58Go away? Where?
01:13:00I can't explain now. There isn't time.
01:13:02There isn't time. What do you mean? Tell me.
01:13:04I wanted to tell you. That's why I came back.
01:13:06But now there are people waiting for me downstairs.
01:13:08People? What are you saying?
01:13:10All I can tell you is that people are waiting for me downstairs.
01:13:12People? What are you saying?
01:13:14All I can do is pray that one day you'll forgive me.
01:13:16Try to remember one thing. I love you. I've always loved you.
01:13:20But you can't go away like this. Oh, I love you, too.
01:13:22Dearest, it's the only way. Tom Morgan will call you. He knows all about it.
01:13:26Harry.
01:13:28Harry.
01:13:58Harry.
01:14:24Harry.
01:14:28I'm on plug-in.
01:14:46Bill.
01:14:48Hello.
01:14:50Yes, Tom. Tell me now.
01:14:52I hate to tell you this a year, but I have to.
01:14:54Harry's been married a whole week.
01:14:56Her husband has a baby.
01:14:58He's got in town a couple of hours.
01:15:01He's got a baby.
01:15:03He's got a baby.
01:15:22Harry Graham is in no sense a hero, certainly, but neither is he a monster.
01:15:47He's an ordinary man that made one terrible mistake.
01:15:51In this case, there's a peculiar sense of irony.
01:15:56If Harry Graham had taken Phyllis Martin as his mistress,
01:16:01some people would have winked an eye and turned their head.
01:16:05But because he gave her and the child she bore him his name
01:16:11and an honorable place in the community, he must be utterly destroyed.
01:16:17Now, I don't deny that the defendant should be punished.
01:16:22But I do believe that in this case, punishment might well be tempered with mercy.
01:16:32As the prosecutor has pointed out, there are many bigamous marriages going on that nobody knows about.
01:16:44The prosecutor is also quite correct in observing that this is a condition which strikes at the very roots of our society.
01:16:51Please stop it. I'm guilty. Why go on talking about it?
01:16:54As the counsel for the defense has brought out, there's irony in this case. Tragic irony.
01:17:01I suspect that the defendant may have even loved both these women.
01:17:06Perhaps he even needed them both.
01:17:09I also suspect that he may now have lost them both.
01:17:14When he's once more a free man, it won't be a question of which woman he'll go back to,
01:17:21but rather which woman will take him back. That decision is theirs.
01:17:27Under any circumstances, he'll be forced to continue to support them both.
01:17:33And he will legalize the status of his son by naming him in his will.
01:17:38These are decent women, Mr. Graham. You're basically a decent man, and that's the whole point.
01:17:48When a man, even with the best intentions, breaks the moral laws we live by,
01:17:55we really don't need man-made laws to punish him.
01:18:00You'll find out that the penalty of the court is always the smallest punishment.
01:18:05Sentence will be passed by this court one week from this day at 11 a.m.
01:18:11The court is adjourned.
01:18:35And he has accessed for weeks from the court.
01:18:38unicorns who most likely fit into the court and most likely have been fined.
01:18:43This is not the kind of constitutional life.
01:18:45The court is늦s who areäsident andotherapy.
01:18:50The court is utterly mundane.
01:18:52THE END
01:19:22THE END
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