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00:00When a man shuts himself off from his neighbors, when he conducts mysterious experiments behind
00:11locked doors, there's bound to be talk. There were those who whispered that old Dirk Van
00:18Prynne was a sorcerer, and worse. He might never have been remembered at all had not
00:24his research led him to the discovery of a most unusual formula for making glass.
00:35Mr Van Prynne, it's Mrs Ames.
00:38What do you want?
00:39The silversmith left a package for you.
00:42Just leave it outside the door, please.
00:46Can I bring up your supper now, Mr Van Prynne?
00:49Never mind. Just leave the house.
00:54Oh, you ought to take something, Mr Van Prynne. I'll fetch up some nourishing soup before I go.
01:01It's really no trouble. You haven't had a bite all day.
01:06Good night, Mrs Ames.
01:07Yes, sir. Good night.
01:24Good night.
01:25Good night.
01:26Good night.
03:27Played by Mr. Jack Weston.
03:31And finally, a man who discovered the real purpose of the spectacles, Sebastian Grimm.
03:39Played by Mr. Harry Towns.
03:41What they saw through those yellow gold lenses, they never forgot.
03:48And neither will you, my friends.
03:51Because as sure as my name's Boris Karloff, this is a thriller.
03:58What do you want to load up on more junk for?
04:25Store's full of it now.
04:27You just have a lot of raggedy old clothes and some busted up furniture, that's what you get.
04:32How much you bid?
04:35Not much.
04:36How much, Joe?
04:40A hundred dollars.
04:41A hundred dollars?
04:43You promised me you'd unload this crummy place, get into a decent business.
04:47Maggie, would you take it easy?
04:48The kid's coming.
04:49I don't care who's coming.
04:50How are you ever going to get out of here?
04:51You keep spending every dime of more junk.
04:53No more, Maggie.
04:54Not in front of the kid again, you hear no more.
04:57Hey, Joe.
04:58Hey, how are you, Maggie?
04:59Morning, Charlie.
05:01Here's your mail.
05:09Why don't you admit it, Joe, and get yourself a pair of glasses?
05:13I see what I need to see.
05:15Yeah.
05:16Maybe we ought to leave it that way.
05:20Sit down, Charlie.
05:21I'll pour you some coffee.
05:23Hey, that's great.
05:24I didn't get a chance to get any breakfast.
05:25You wait on your own time.
05:26Go get the truck.
05:27Okay, Joe.
05:30Where are we going?
05:31Joe's bought another blind lot from the city.
05:34Maggie.
05:35Paid a hundred dollars.
05:37And I'll bet no other salvage operator bothered to bid on it.
05:40But my Joe's got sporting blood.
05:42My Joe's a gambler.
05:44Huh, Joe?
05:45Where is the stuff?
05:46The old bleaker house.
05:48The bleaker?
05:49Well, that place is 200 years old.
05:51Why, it's been bad luck since before the first war.
05:53Before you keep your mouth shut, you just do your job and let me run my business.
05:57Wait a minute, Joe.
05:58I didn't say anything.
05:59Did I say anything, Maggie?
06:01You leave Charlie alone.
06:03You want to pick on somebody, pick on me.
06:05I'm warning you, not again in front of the kid.
06:08Hey, hey, you two, knock it off, huh?
06:10Maybe Joe's got a good idea.
06:12Fat chance.
06:13Well, I heard of a salvager one time that found a half a million dollars in war bonds in an old house.
06:18Confederate war bonds.
06:19Look, will you get the truck?
06:22Yeah, sure, Joe.
06:23Keep your eye on him, Charlie.
06:25He finds something in that dump, I want to know about it.
06:33It's fine talk from a wife.
06:38Maggie, will you listen?
06:40I bid that place because Delahanty down at City Hall would tip me off.
06:46Delahanty said up in the attic there was some old furniture.
06:50Maybe there's some real antique pieces.
06:53Charlie's waiting.
06:54Maggie, you've got to take a chance once in a while.
06:57Maybe our luck will change.
06:59From bad to worse.
07:00Look what's happened to you, Maggie.
07:03Ever since I hired the kids, you've been treating me like dirt.
07:06Oh, don't stop that again.
07:07All right.
07:12We'll settle this later.
07:37It's going to cost you money to haul this stuff to the dump.
07:53Who asked you to worry?
08:07That's it.
08:25That's it.
08:25Hey, maybe the valuable stuff's in the air.
08:40Joe, look at all these old books.
09:09Maybe there's some rare additions here.
09:17Looks like another load for the dump.
09:22Maybe we can get some for this old desk.
09:32Some deal.
09:33You ought to sue the city, Joe.
09:34Advice from you I don't need.
09:36Well, Maggie's going to froth and frown when she hears about this.
09:40Why don't you go and tell her?
09:41Go on, get out of here.
09:42Go on, get out.
09:46Okay, Joe.
10:41What's all this?
10:46Happy birthday, darling.
10:48But it's not my birthday.
10:51Oh, please don't spoil it, Joe, dear.
10:54I know your birthday was last week and I forgot.
10:58Now I want to make it up to you.
10:59And Joe, I'm sorry for the way I acted this morning.
11:05You're sorry?
11:07What's happened?
11:08Did that kid tell you I found a basket full of diamonds or something?
11:12Charlie said it was nothing but rubbish.
11:15And all of a sudden I realized how disappointed you must have been.
11:19And how rotten I've been.
11:22Rotten and unselfish, Joe.
11:25And I'm sorry.
11:27Well, you know, maybe I haven't been so easy to live with either.
11:32Ha.
11:33Go wash up now.
11:35It's going to be ready for a little while.
11:47Where'd you get those funny old cheaters, Joe?
11:49Uh, the beaker place.
11:51Oh.
11:52You ruin your eyes wearing somebody else's glasses.
11:54What happened to the, uh, other letter, Maggie?
11:57There was four here this morning.
12:00It's only a bill from the gas company.
12:02I took care of it for you.
12:08You fool.
12:10If you hadn't been too cheap to buy a pair of glasses,
12:13I'd have lost the pleasure of fleecing you.
12:17Huh?
12:18If you hadn't been too busy to buy a pair of glasses,
12:21I'd have lost the pleasure of spoiling you.
12:26Enjoy it while you can, Joe.
12:29Tomorrow you'll be dead.
12:32What?
12:33Enjoy it while you can, dear.
12:35Tomorrow you'll be dead tired from hauling all that rubbish.
12:41What did you say, uh, the other bill was from?
12:44From the gas company.
12:45They want to buy this property, Joe.
12:52For a lot of money.
12:54Happy birthday, Joe!
12:56I brought you a jug of your favorite poison.
13:00And if this doesn't kill you, I will, ape man.
13:04And if this doesn't fill you up, I'll flip, man,
13:06because it cost me a bundle.
13:13What's the matter, Joe?
13:14You sick?
13:15Come on.
13:16What you need's a little drinky.
13:18How about it, Maggie?
13:19Oh, I don't know, Charlie.
13:20The doctor said it.
13:20Hey, come on.
13:21It's his birthday.
13:22Just one, then.
13:31You should have been an actress, baby.
13:33Phil, he's right to the top, honey.
13:35The quicker we get him drunk,
13:36the quicker we get him over to the old house.
13:39Hey, come on, Joe.
13:41Here's pie in your eye.
13:43Many happy returns, darling.
13:49The three of us are going on a midnight treasure hunt, Joe.
13:55You're going to have a nasty accident, darling.
13:58If I tumble down the stairs, don't kid you,
14:00I'll clobber you with a board.
14:02You'll leave the same kind of marks.
14:05Come on.
14:06Have a nun.
14:07Charlie, I said just one.
14:08Oh, come on.
14:09Don't be a party pooper.
14:12Honey, this is one party I wouldn't spoil for the world.
14:17You're beautiful, Maggie.
14:18In a few hours, you'll be all mine.
14:20I never thought it would be so exciting.
14:24Gee, I love you, Charlie.
14:31Uh, Charlie, you, uh, you've got an education.
14:34Sure.
14:36What does, uh,
14:37V-E-R-I-T-A-S,
14:43what does that mean?
14:45Well, it's very does.
14:46It's, uh,
14:47it's Latin.
14:47It means truth, truth.
14:52Where you going, Joe?
14:54Oh, I'm going to put the truck in the garage.
14:56Oh, wait a minute, Joe.
14:56Look, sit down, will you?
14:58I mean, look,
14:58I ought to get a truck, huh?
15:00No, you, uh,
15:01you got your fancy clothes on.
15:04It's too bad.
15:05I don't know.
15:06I don't know.
15:07I don't know.
15:13Hey, look, what does he mean?
15:22Too bad.
15:23I got my fancy clothes on.
15:24Too bad.
15:25Who knows what that stupid old coot means?
15:31Maggie, wait a minute, honey.
15:32Wait a minute.
15:33I'm not sure.
15:34You're losing your nerve?
15:35Oh, no, no.
15:36It's, uh,
15:36it's only that...
15:37It's only what, Don?
15:41Maggie, Maggie,
15:42what should do to me?
15:55Oh, yeah.
16:05Ah!
16:07Ah!
16:08Ah!
16:09Ah!
16:10Ah!
16:11Ah!
16:11Joe, why?
16:32Cheaters. Cheaters.
16:35You don't do something like this
16:36just because your wife's been cheating on you, Joe.
16:41I'm not imagining it, Clarence.
17:08She's put something into my tea.
17:10I'm not a complete fool.
17:13No matter what Olive and Ed would think,
17:15I'd know when my tea's been drugged.
17:20Because today's Thursday.
17:21Her bridge club meets downstairs every Thursday,
17:24and every Thursday after lunch I get so sleepy
17:26I have to stay in bed.
17:30Oh, any simple thing can see why she doesn't want me.
17:34She's afraid I'll meet her friends.
17:36You don't speak my mind.
17:40No, I'm not ungrateful.
17:43I'm completely aware of the sacrifice Olive and Edward
17:47have gone to to come here and look after me
17:50since Mr. Alcott's death.
17:53But there's no excuse for keeping me a prisoner in my own home.
17:56I'm hungry, Clarence.
18:01Diet?
18:02Oh, poor.
18:03My heart's perfectly normal.
18:06It's just that I...
18:07I get a little out of breath sometimes.
18:09Here she comes.
18:11Please promise me you'll come back this evening.
18:15Oh, bless you.
18:16Bless you, Clarence.
18:19At least I have one friend left.
18:29Enjoy your lunch, Mother Alcott?
18:32Oh, I see you drank all your tea.
18:35Wouldn't you be disappointed if I hadn't?
18:37Dr. Richards would be disappointed, dear.
18:39You know what he said about keeping up your liquid intake.
18:42Sleepy?
18:43No.
18:44Oh.
18:45Well, you try closing your eyes for a little while.
18:48And if he can't nap, he'll be just ringing.
18:50I'll help you downstairs.
18:52Wouldn't intrude on your rich party, Olive.
18:55Oh, you'd be an asset to any party, Mother Alcott.
19:13своим
19:34вселен particip Rudy
19:35Oh, I want to sit down here...
19:37How can you...
19:38...you're walking down here...
19:39...if you don't go down here.
19:41I can't let me...
19:42Oh, yes, it's so clear.
20:12May I help you?
20:40These are lovely.
20:42I don't see the color I require.
20:46What color are you looking for?
20:48Yellow. Bright yellow.
20:50I'll see if we have any in stock.
21:00Oh, dear.
21:02No.
21:04Those are horrid shades.
21:06I'm afraid I'll have to inquire elsewhere.
21:36What a lovely little escritoire.
21:42How much are you asking for it, Mr. Henshaw?
21:44It's sold.
21:46And my name's Bergen.
21:48Henshaw's dead.
21:50Yes.
21:52Don't you read the papers?
21:54He brained his wife and her boyfriend, and the cops shot him.
21:56The gas company owns this place now.
21:58They bought it from Henshaw's relatives.
22:00They're gonna put up an office building, so I bought out his inventory.
22:02I see.
22:03Do you mind if I browse around a bit?
22:04Help yourself, lady.
22:06Oh, you see something you like, lady?
22:08Yes.
22:10How much are these?
22:12There.
22:14There.
22:16Oh, you see something you like, lady?
22:18Yes.
22:20How much are these?
22:22Mm, two bits.
22:24Oh, you see something you like, lady?
22:26Oh, you see something you like, lady?
22:28Yes.
22:30How much are these?
22:32Mm, two bits.
22:36Two bits.
22:52Oh, Mother Alcott, we've been so worried.
23:08It's almost seven o'clock.
23:10You know what the doctor said about you going out alone?
23:12Where have you been?
23:13If you must know, I...
23:15I've been fitted for some glasses.
23:18Oh, my.
23:21Aren't they attractive?
23:23Don't you think so, Edward?
23:25Yes, yes.
23:26Very, very unusual.
23:29The perfect touch for that Halloween costume the old bat's wearing.
23:35Just the perfect touch for the custom look everyone's wearing.
23:39I see you've been shopping again.
23:43You doddering old thief.
23:46Now Edward will have to return all the junk you've stolen.
23:50You'll be the last time you'll make trouble for me, old girl.
23:54Your next trip will be to the morgue.
23:57You look so pale, Mother Alcott.
23:59Let me take you up to bed.
24:00No, no.
24:01I, I, I can manage for myself.
24:05Oh, darling, we're already late.
24:07You won't mind if Clarence brings up your tray to you.
24:09He phoned to say he was on his way.
24:11We'll wait for him if it makes you nervous being alone, Mother Alcott.
24:15I think we should wait.
24:17Oh, she'll be all right.
24:19She'll probably make Clarence take her out night clubbing.
24:25Goodbye, Mother Alcott.
24:27Sweet dreams.
24:29It'll be your last after tonight.
24:31Miriam.
24:32Miriam, it's Clarence.
24:37Well, how's my best girl tonight, huh?
24:52Miriam. Miriam, it's Clarence.
25:02Well, how's my best girl tonight, huh?
25:06I hear you were out in the town this afternoon.
25:09Clarence, they're going to kill me.
25:11Now, now, now, Miriam, that's no way to talk.
25:13No, it's true.
25:15My, this looks delicious.
25:17Clarence, ask trustee of my late husband's estate.
25:21It's your duty to listen to it.
25:23Now, where would you like to sit?
25:25Well, what's wrong with right here by the fire?
25:27I heard them say it. I mean, I...
25:29I heard them think it.
25:31I don't know, but...
25:33I think it had something to do with these spectacles.
25:35And after you've had your supper,
25:37we'll go downstairs and watch TV.
25:40Come along now, young lady.
25:45Come. Get your last meal.
25:51I know just the thing to wet your palate.
25:55A little brandy.
25:57Now, if you promise not to tell on me,
26:01I'll go and find Edward's decanter.
26:06I'm going to need a drink before I shove you down the stairs,
26:10you senile old scarecrow.
26:12Clarence, who inherits when I'm dead?
26:22What an odd question to ask.
26:24Holy...
26:25Well, you know, Edward and Olive,
26:27provided they maintain you in this house as long as you live.
26:30Which won't be long, Miriam.
26:33And for arranging your fatal accident,
26:35they're giving half to me.
26:41Oh, Miriam, you're ill.
26:42You do need a stimulant.
26:44I'll be right back.
26:45You know, there's one thing I've always admired about Edward.
26:59He keeps excellent branding.
27:14It's a status symbol for him, I suppose.
27:16I pity he never touches it himself.
27:19If I've said it once, I've said it a hundred times.
27:22Unbend a little, Edward.
27:25Live, live, live, live.
27:29Well, you're not going to let your generation down, are you, Miriam?
27:32You know how to live.
27:35But you're overdoing it a bit, you old hag.
27:40What's wrong, Miriam?
27:41Aren't you going to join me?
27:43Oh, Miriam.
27:45You're not going to let an old friend drink by himself?
27:48Take it.
27:49I don't want any trouble pushing you down the stairs.
28:02Miriam.
28:19To what is most precious between friends.
28:40Clarence.
28:42The truth.
28:44The truth.
28:45Okay.
28:47I'm glad you're in.
28:48You're very happy to keep my eye.
28:51Do you have any motive for this point if you enjoyed your video?
28:53Five minutes, you want me to just keep your head involved here to find your freedom?
28:56Good money.
28:57Go?
28:58I believe this.
28:59You put kind of a shoe on yours?
29:00Go.
29:01Soon?
29:02There's a house like a shoe on my head.
29:03I have my leg to go!
29:04If we leave it to the top of my right hand!
29:07It gives you plenty of hope if you want to drink it,
29:09I went looking too much better.
29:11But if you're MURừa, no doubt you'll help me 좋아.
29:12Here comes my lord, cha-cha, here comes my lady, nimble-nabble.
29:27Mm-hmm, took the wine, himself a glass of wine.
29:34Oh, Clarence, you're not saying anything.
29:43Dear sweet Clarence, always ready to listen to an old lady's troubles.
29:53Mm, my head's going round and round and round and round and round.
30:04If I could play this game in the middle then I'll be far away.
30:09Aw, come here, come here.
30:12Hey!
30:16Oh, what's up?
30:24What's up?
30:26One, two, three, four, four, five, five, eight, eight, eight, eight, eight, eight, five, six, eight, nine, eight, nine, and one, and one, and one, and one,'s the best.
30:31Well, I still think we're rushing things.
30:34Oh, nonsense.
30:36It's been nearly a year since Clarence and the old lady died.
30:40People have found other things to talk about.
30:42I wonder.
30:44Well, they all accepted, didn't they?
30:46Well, they'd come once.
30:48Out of curiosity, if for no other reason.
30:51Well, I couldn't care less.
30:53As long as Thorganson enjoys himself.
30:55He doesn't know what get out of it,
30:57but he's going to sponsor me into the Gentry Club.
31:00I intend to be somebody in this town,
31:02and Thorganson will be my advocate.
31:04That's why I invited Sebastian Grimm and his wife.
31:08Sebastian Grimm?
31:10That writer?
31:12Why, he's nothing but a...
31:13A dissident founder, yes.
31:15Yes, that's how dear sweet mother Alcott would have characterized him.
31:19Well, he's a necessary evil to my plan for the evening.
31:23Just bad-mannered enough to get bored with our party
31:26and suggest a poker game.
31:27Thorganson's weakness.
31:29But you hate gambling.
31:31Nevertheless, I intend to show Thorganson
31:34that I know how to lose like a gentleman.
31:38What?
31:40Why, Edward?
31:42You look positively...
31:44Like Benjamin Franklin?
31:46The symbol of wisdom and stability?
31:48Yes.
31:49Yes.
31:50Well, that's exactly the impression I wish to create.
31:54Now, don't panic, my dear.
31:57We have more money than most of them have right now.
32:01Won't be long before they'll be courting our favor.
32:06Your servant, Maddo.
32:18The costume is very impressive, Dean.
32:20Well, thank you very much.
32:23I'd swear I was in the presence of the industrious Benjamin Franklin himself.
32:26Except for one flaw.
32:29What's that, Graham?
32:30Every schoolboy knows that Franklin wore spectacles.
32:33Oh, he has you there, Dean.
32:38Ben Franklin without spectacles is like FDR without a cigarette holder.
32:43Why don't we all go someplace where we can indulge in Thorganson's favorite form of larceny?
32:50Edward, why don't you men use the library?
32:53Well, all right.
32:55I think I can find a stack of cars and some chips somewhere.
33:00This way, gentlemen, please.
33:05Sorry, Dean.
33:06Ace is full.
33:07Well, well, well.
33:09Well, I was positive I had you beat that time, Thorganson.
33:13You lose your money like it had smallpox.
33:15Oh, it's the contest I enjoy, Grimm.
33:18The give and the take.
33:20Winning and losing, secondary.
33:26Spoken like a gentleman.
33:28I thought you men might like something from the buffet.
33:31Oh, and Edward.
33:33Look what I found among Mother Alcott's things.
33:41Well, I'll be.
33:43What a remarkable.
33:44Does that satisfy your sense of historical accuracy, Mr. Grimm?
33:47Madam, I'm flabbergasted.
33:53Can't see much.
33:55Might improve your game.
33:57Deal the card, Thorganson.
34:01I think I need more chips, Judge.
34:08Delighted to take your money, you fat little fool.
34:11Eh?
34:12Delighted.
34:17It'll take more than a patriot's costume to cloak your intentions, you tedious little poseur.
34:21Ah, here's a laugh.
34:22The word veritas is engraved across these spectacles.
34:33Eh?
34:34Latin for truth.
34:35Oh.
34:36Probably made with this honor in mind.
34:38It is supposed to be your calling, isn't it, Judge Pflueger?
34:42And what exactly is your calling, Mr. Grimm?
34:44I'm an unpublished author.
34:45Unsung.
34:46Unfulfilled.
34:47A soul in search of the eternal veritas of life.
34:50And a decent hand.
34:52Hmm, three nines.
34:53That's more like it.
34:54This time I'll give them a run for their money.
34:55Hmph.
34:56Not even a miserable pair.
34:57I'd better stay in for one bit, though.
34:58I'll give them a run for their money.
34:59Hmm.
35:00Not even a miserable pair.
35:02I'd better stay in for one bit, though.
35:04I'll give them a run for their money.
35:07The jerks.
35:08They're all waiting for me to clobber them.
35:09If they only knew I'd held out a pair of bases from the last hand.
35:14Aren't you happy with that one?
35:16I'll give them a run for their money.
35:17Three nines.
35:18Three nines.
35:19That's more like it.
35:20This time I'll give them a run for their money.
35:21Hmph.
35:22Not even a miserable pair.
35:23I'd better stay in for one bit, though.
35:24Make Thorganson think he's forcing me out.
35:26The jerks.
35:27They're all waiting for me to clobber them.
35:30If they only knew I'd held out a pair of bases from the last hand.
35:34Aren't you going to look at your hand, Dean?
35:40Wait till I tell the boys at the club
35:42how the stupid little climber
35:45pretended to lose like a gentleman.
35:48I wonder if he really did do away with the old lady.
35:52What's he staring at me for?
35:54Can he see the cards under my arm?
35:58Yes.
35:59Yes, I see the cards under your arm, Thorgerson.
36:02Two aces.
36:04What did you say?
36:06You held them out from the last hand.
36:09Are you accusing Mr. Thorgerson of cheating?
36:13I am simply stating a fact.
36:16You'd better retract that accusation, Dean,
36:18if you know it's good for you.
36:20It's all right, Judge.
36:21It's the liquor talking.
36:24Let's get on with the hand.
36:25No!
36:27Nobody comes to my house and takes my money and laughs at me.
36:31Oh, no.
36:32Because I see you all for what you really are.
36:35All of you.
36:38Raise your arm, Thorgerson.
36:40Go on, raise it!
36:46Two cards under your arm.
36:48They were...
36:49There they are.
36:55There they are.
36:57He hid them while we weren't looking.
37:02What did you say, Thorgerson?
37:03What can I say, without becoming a bad guest?
37:12You mean that Dean?
37:14Of course.
37:15He gathered in the cards the last trick.
37:18He hid those two aces because he wanted to embarrass me.
37:23I can't imagine why.
37:25That's not true!
37:26You're lying!
37:27Am I?
37:28Did you see me hide those cards under my arm?
37:33No.
37:35Nobody.
37:36Then how did you know they were aces?
37:42It's...
37:42It's a spectacle.
37:46I...
37:47I'm not certain what there is about him, but I just knew.
37:51There you are, Judge.
37:56I leave the verdict to you.
37:58I think we all know who the cheater is.
38:02No, he was the one that was holding out the two cards.
38:07He's the cheater!
38:09Well, admit it!
38:10What did you tell them?
38:12Tell them!
38:13Tell them!
38:15Tell them!
38:15Tell them!
38:17Tell them!
38:17Dean!
38:18Just tell them!
38:19No, no, Dean!
38:20Dean, no!
38:20Wait, I'm here!
38:21Stop!
38:21Ah!
38:22Careful!
38:23Careful!
38:28Oh, I didn't mean to hit him so hard.
38:32Well, do something!
38:33Foggen said before he breathes to death.
38:38Too late, I'm afraid.
38:50I admit that when I picked the spectacles off the floor, I was merely curious.
39:12And then the inscription Veritas intrigued me, and the exchange between Dean and Thorganson.
39:17When Thorganson asked, did you see me put the cards there, Dean said no.
39:21Thorganson asked, then how did you know that they were aces?
39:24And what did Dean say?
39:25And what did Dean say?
39:26These spectacles.
39:28I'm not certain what there is about them, but I just knew.
39:34Ellen, I tell you, I'm on to something.
39:39I know.
39:40You'll say it's just another of my harebrained projects.
39:43I'll be bored with in a few weeks.
39:47Well, you're wrong.
39:48You're dead wrong.
39:50Look.
39:53A rough draft of my new book.
39:55Complete.
39:56Except for the last chapter.
39:59Sebastian!
39:59Here is the villain.
40:01Or the hero, if you prefer.
40:03The Cheaters.
40:04That's going to be the title of the book, Ellen.
40:07The Cheaters.
40:09A book about a pair of glasses?
40:12Ah.
40:12These are not ordinary glasses.
40:17I'm convinced that because these spectacles were misused,
40:23five people met violent deaths.
40:25Five people?
40:26And I have them all documented, too.
40:29Do you remember the Henshaw murders?
40:31Yes.
40:33The police officer that shot Henshaw stated
40:35that when Henshaw came at him with the crowbar,
40:37he was screaming,
40:38The Cheaters!
40:39The Cheaters!
40:40That was the motive for the murders.
40:42His infidelity.
40:43No.
40:44I don't think that Henshaw was referring to his wife and her lover.
40:48I don't think he was attacking the police officer.
40:52He was trying to destroy the Cheaters.
40:55Oh, that's nonsense.
40:59Nonsense, Ann.
41:04Don't be so quick to reject the idea.
41:07I also looked up the inquest in the Olcott murder.
41:13Olive Dean stated on the day the old lady put the hat pin in Clarence Kramer's chest,
41:17she'd been downtown.
41:18And among the things she brought back with her was a pair of funny old glasses.
41:22I talked to the man that took over Henshaw's store.
41:24He remembers selling these very glasses to Miriam Olcott for 25 cents.
41:31I still don't see the significance of them, Sebastian.
41:35You don't.
41:36Well, I'll tell you.
41:37I believe that these spectacles enable the wearer to know the naked absolute truth about anything or anybody.
41:49Have you tried them?
41:53No.
41:55Why not?
41:57Because they weren't intended for mind reading.
42:00I think they were intended for seeing the truth about oneself.
42:06That's the real purpose of these glasses, Ellen.
42:08That's what Van Prynne was after when he discovered the secret of this funny yellow glass.
42:14Van Prynne?
42:15According to our local historical society, he built the old house out on Bleecker Road.
42:19His neighbors called him a sorcerer.
42:23What do you suppose they'd have called Edison or Einstein or Fermet?
42:27Know thyself.
42:29Put them away, Sebastian.
42:30What's the matter?
42:32Afraid I'll put them on and see you for what you really are?
42:35No, don't.
42:38Don't worry, darling.
42:40When I put these on, it will be for something important.
42:45Go and get your clothes.
42:47Where are we going?
42:48Going out to the old house on Bleecker Road.
42:51What for?
42:52Atmosphere.
42:54I want the authentic atmosphere.
43:00When I report on Van Prynne's experiment.
43:03By the way, Ellen, that's going to be the title of my last chapter, Know Thyself.
43:17The city was supposed to tear this old place down last year.
43:41Not a thing for me, they didn't.
43:44Sebastian.
43:44What is it?
43:45What happened to Van Prynne after he put on the glasses?
43:49What difference does that make?
43:51I want to know.
43:52Sebastian, you still haven't answered my question.
44:10What happened to Van Prynne?
44:11His old desk is still upstairs.
44:14And the same mirror that he used.
44:16You've been here before?
44:18This morning.
44:26To answer your question, he hanged himself.
44:31Wait here.
44:32Helen, I know you think this is a fool thing for me to do, but I have to.
44:48It's the only way I have of satisfying my twisted sense of the dramatic.
44:54You understand that, don't you?
44:55Sebastian, please.
44:56Let's get out of here.
44:59No.
44:59I've come this far.
45:00You don't have to prove yourself to me or to anybody.
45:03Darling, how would it look if I ended my book by saying I lost my nerve?
45:07Oh, Sebastian, please.
45:08Please come home.
45:09This is wrong.
45:10It's unholy.
45:13Imagine that's what Van Prynne's ignorant neighbors said.
45:16It's unholy.
45:18Well, if Satan's waiting up there, so be it.
45:23No.
45:24No.
45:25Oh, no, please.
45:34Helen.
45:35Yes?
45:37Do you know that the greatest men in every century have been hated and ridiculed by men like
45:42Thorgans and Judge Pfluger?
45:46Van Prynne knew that.
45:46Oh, Sebastian.
45:48Please come down.
45:50So he made the cheaters to find out if he was one of the great ones.
45:55Evidently, he was disappointed.
45:59Wish me luck.
46:00Oh.
46:00Okay.
46:01Okay.
46:03Shh.
46:18Okay.
46:48Who's there? Who's in this room?
47:02Just you, Sebastian Grimm.
47:06You're not afraid of your own voice, are you?
47:10No.
47:11So you want the truth about yourself, do you?
47:15Yes.
47:16The junk man, the old lady, and Edward Dean read only the minds of others.
47:22Think of the agony they suffered.
47:24They were afraid.
47:26They let their emotions get out of control.
47:28But you're different.
47:30You can master your emotions.
47:34You even dare to look into your own mind.
47:38Yes.
47:39Very well, then.
47:41Bring the light closer.
47:43Come on.
47:46Why do you stuff?
47:50Yes.
47:51Do you guys have lestena?
47:51Yes, Dan.
47:52Let's sing.
47:55See you next time.
47:56Bye.
47:57Bye, bye.
47:57Have you got that.
48:00Bye, bye.
48:02Bye, bye, bye.
48:03Bye, bye.
48:04Bye, bye, bye.
48:05Bye, bye!
48:06Bye, bye, bye, bye.
48:07Bye, bye.
48:08Bye, bye.
48:09Bye, bye, bye.
48:10Bye, bye, bye, bye.
48:10Bye bye, bye.
48:11Oh, let's get out of here!
48:14No!
48:15No!
48:16No!
48:17No!
48:18Let's get out of here!
48:41Oh, let's get out of here!
49:11Oh, let's get out of here!
49:37Oh, let's get out of here!
49:44Oh, let's get out of here!
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