The Dark Secret of Uncle Harry (1945) – A Gripping Psychological Mystery is a captivating classic thriller that explores family tensions, hidden motives, and dangerous secrets lurking beneath a seemingly ordinary life. As relationships become strained and suspicions grow, a web of mystery unfolds, leading to shocking revelations and unexpected twists.
This suspenseful psychological drama delivers intrigue, emotion, and mystery, making it a must-watch for fans of classic cinema and vintage thrillers.
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This suspenseful psychological drama delivers intrigue, emotion, and mystery, making it a must-watch for fans of classic cinema and vintage thrillers.
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00:01:47THE QUINCYS
00:01:48WERE OUR MOST
00:01:48IMPORTANT FAMILY ONCE
00:01:50UNTIL LIKE A LOT OF OTHERS
00:01:52THEY LOST THEIR MONEY IN THE DEPRESSION
00:01:55THEY LIVED ON THIS STREET
00:01:56LETTY, HESTER
00:01:58AND THEIR BROTHER HARRY
00:02:00THEY WERE THE LAST OF THE QUINCYS
00:02:04THIS
00:02:04IS THE WARREN MILL
00:02:06MOST OF THE TOWN WORKS HERE
00:02:09NOW DON'T LET IT
00:02:10DO NOT FRIGHTEN YOU
00:02:11EVEN IF IT DOES LOOK LIKE A PRISON
00:02:13HARRY QUINCY WORKED HERE
00:02:15FROM NINE TO FIVE
00:02:16DAY IN
00:02:18DAY OUT
00:02:19THE END
00:02:20THE END
00:02:20THE END
00:02:22THE END
00:02:35GOOD MORNING
00:02:36GOOD MORNING
00:02:37HELLEN
00:02:38WANNA SEE SOMETHING?
00:02:41IT'S DAZZLING
00:02:42IT'S A GENUINE
00:02:43BLUE WHITE FIFTH OF A CARROT
00:02:44I'M ENGAGED TO
00:02:45BIF WAGNER
00:02:48TO THAT CHILD?
00:02:49WHY HE'S NEARLY TWENTY
00:02:51OH YES SO HE IS
00:02:54WELL NOW IF YOU'LL EXCUSE ME
00:02:55I'LL JUST FINISH MY PATTERNS
00:02:57DON'T HURRY
00:02:58I HEAR MR. WARREN GOT IN THIS MORNING
00:03:01BROUGHT OUT AS NEW YORK FASHION EXPERT
00:03:03TO GO THROUGH THE PLAN
00:03:04NOW MAYBE WE'LL HAVE PUPPY DOGS
00:03:05AND PALM TREE PATTERNS
00:03:06AND SNAZZY COLORS
00:03:07SNAZZY?
00:03:08THAT MEANS STUFF OF A ZING IN IT
00:03:10UNCLE HARRY
00:03:11MUST YOU ALWAYS CALL ME UNCLE HARRY?
00:03:14I KEEP FORGETTING
00:03:16I DON'T MIND WHEN THE SMALL FRIGHT DO IT
00:03:18BUT WHEN A WHOLE GENERATION GROUP
00:03:19SHOWS UP AROUND ME AND STILL CALLS ME UNCLE
00:03:20I FEEL THAT I'M COMING A PART OF THE JOINTS
00:03:22WHY YOU'RE NOT OLD AT ALL UNCLE HARRY
00:03:25I MEAN HARRY
00:03:26THANK YOU
00:03:27YOU WON'T FORGET TO CONGRATULATE BIF
00:03:28AT LUNCH TIME WILL YOU
00:03:29NO I WON'T IF YOU'LL JUST LET ME FINISH MY PATTERNS
00:03:31BE CAREFUL
00:03:34OKAY
00:03:39THANK YOU
00:03:40THANK YOU
00:03:43THANK YOU
00:04:03THANK YOU
00:04:04HERE
00:04:05OH
00:04:06I HOPE I DIDN'T MAKE YOU SPOIL YOUR ROSEBUD
00:04:08THAT'S ALL RIGHT
00:04:09A LITTLE CHINESE WHITE WILL FIX THAT
00:04:11I'M DEBORAH BROWN OF THE NEW YORK OFFICE
00:04:13OH
00:04:14THIS IS HARRY
00:04:15HE SORT OF KEEPS TRACK OF OUR PATTERNS HERE
00:04:17HARRY MELVILLE QUINCY
00:04:20THE MELVILLE WAS AFTER THAT CIVIL WAR GENERAL IN THE TOWN SQUARE
00:04:23I DIDN'T SEE THE GENERAL
00:04:25ONLY THE VERGE STILL THESE DAYS
00:04:28WELL UH
00:04:28SHALL WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE DYING VATS
00:04:30OH AND I WANT TO SHOW YOU THE NEW LOADING SHED TOO
00:04:32WE BRING THE FREIGHT CARS RIGHT INTO THE PLANT NOW
00:04:34WAIT A MINUTE JOHN
00:04:35I'D LIKE TO ASK MR. QUINCY
00:04:37HOW HE GETS THE INSPIRATION FOR THESE PATTERNS
00:04:39OH WELL THAT'S UH
00:04:42THAT'S REALLY QUITE SIMPLE
00:04:44NOW UH
00:04:47TAKE A PATTERN LIKE THIS FOR EXAMPLE
00:04:49HMM
00:04:50WELL
00:04:51I START OFF
00:04:52AND
00:04:53I DRAW A LINE
00:04:55THEN
00:04:56AND I DRAW ANOTHER LINE
00:04:58THEN ANOTHER
00:04:59AND SO ON
00:05:00SO ON SO ON
00:05:01THAT'S ALL THERE IS TO IT
00:05:02OH GOOD AFTERNOON MR. QUINCY
00:05:09AND HOW'S LETTY
00:05:10OH SHE'S MUCH BETTER THANK YOU MS. NELSON
00:05:12OH THAT'S GOOD
00:05:13AND HESTER
00:05:14SHE'S FINE THANKS MR. QUINCY
00:05:15GOOD AFTERNOON
00:05:17GOODBYE
00:05:19GOODBYE
00:05:19I'D HATE TO PAY THAT LETTY'S DOCTOR'S BILL
00:05:22THERE'S ALWAYS SOMETHING OR OTHER THE MATTER WITH HER
00:05:37YOU'RE LATE
00:05:37HARRY
00:05:38AS THE POET SAID
00:05:39HOME IS WHERE YOU GO AND THEY HAVE TO LET YOU IN
00:05:41WHAT'S HAPPENED HESTER
00:05:42IT'S THAT GIRL
00:05:43ACTING AS IF IT WERE HER OWN KITCHEN
00:05:45I'VE BEEN FIGHTING WITH HER ALL AFTERNOON
00:05:48TRYING TO GET MY PIE
00:05:49INTO MY OWN STOLE
00:05:49WELL IT'S NONA'S JOB RUNNING THE KITCHEN
00:05:51HOW'S LETTY
00:05:52HOW WOULD SHE BE
00:05:53PLAYING ROBINSON CRUSO
00:05:55ON A CHAZE LONG AS USUAL
00:05:56AS IF IT WAS A DESERT ISLAND
00:05:58WELL THE DOCTOR SAID
00:05:59SHE SHOULD LOOK AFTER HERSELF
00:06:00FOUR YEARS AGO
00:06:02NOT A PEEP OUT OF HER HEART SINCE
00:06:04IF IT WAS HER HEART
00:06:13WELL
00:06:13MAY I COME IN
00:06:14PLEASE DO DARLING HARRY
00:06:17IT'S HOT IN HERE
00:06:18WHY DON'T YOU OPEN A WINDOW
00:06:19AND LET SOME AIR IN
00:06:19PLANTS NEED THE HEAT
00:06:21YOU'LL TURN INTO ONE YOURSELF
00:06:22IF YOU DON'T WATCH OUT
00:06:23OH
00:06:24THERE'S NOTHING THE MATTER WITH ME
00:06:26I SAW DR. ADAMS THE DAY
00:06:28HE SAID YOU WERE DOING SPLENDIDLY
00:06:29IT'S NOTHING REALLY
00:06:30JUST MY FOOLISH HEART
00:06:33DID YOU HAVE A NICE DAY
00:06:35I REACHED MY 6,000TH ROSEBUT
00:06:39POOR HARRY
00:06:39I WISH YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO WORK
00:06:40IN THAT DREADFUL OLD FACTORY
00:06:43THIS TIME OF YEAR WE USED TO GO TO MAINE
00:06:46DO YOU REMEMBER
00:06:48OH THE MILLS ALL RIGHT
00:06:50GOING TO GET UP FOR DINNER
00:06:51YES OF COURSE
00:06:52FEEL STRONG ENOUGH
00:06:53YES I MUST GET UP
00:06:57MY FELLA HUGO WANTS TO TAKE ME TO A PICTURE SHOW
00:06:59I'LL WASH IF SOMEONE DRIES
00:07:02OH LET HUGO DRIES
00:07:03BEING A MILKMAN HE HATES WATER
00:07:06FOR TOAST LIKE LEAVEN
00:07:08THEY HAD A FINE PICTURE LAST WEEK
00:07:10I HATE THOSE PICTURES ABOUT INDIANS
00:07:12JOE
00:07:13HE COULD SEE TWO OR THREE OF THOSE A DAY
00:07:15THAT'S ABOUT ALL JOE
00:07:16YOUR DEAR DEAD HUSBAND EVER DID
00:07:18THAT CAN GO TO THE CLUB FOR ALE
00:07:20DR. ADAMS MADE JOE DRINK ALE
00:07:22THERE'S VITAMINS IN ALE
00:07:26WHERE'S MY GOOSEBRIE PIE
00:07:29GOOSEBRIE'S I'M GOOD FOR MR. HARRY
00:07:30MUCH TOO MUCH ACID
00:07:31OH COME NOW
00:07:32BUT YOU REMEMBER LAST YEAR
00:07:33MR. HARRY KNOWS WHAT'S BEST FOR HIMSELF
00:07:35I'VE BEEN LOOKING FORWARD
00:07:36TO MY PIE ALL DAY
00:07:37STANDING ON MY FEET
00:07:38ALL AFTERNOON BAKING
00:07:40NEVER ONLY THANKS FROM ANYONE
00:07:45IT'S LIKE TURNING OFF A RADIO
00:07:47WHEN HESTER STOPPED TALKING
00:07:49IT'S NOT THAT I DON'T WANT MR. HARRY
00:07:50TO HAVE GOOSEBRIE PIE
00:07:51EVEN IF IT ISN'T GOOD FOR HIM
00:07:53BUT MISS HESTER'S ALWAYS
00:07:55SNEAKING INTO THE KITCHEN
00:07:55AND COOKING
00:07:56AND I DON'T LIKE IT
00:07:57SHE BAKES AWFLY GOOD PIE
00:07:58THOUGH
00:08:00HERE YOU ARE HARRY
00:08:01THIS FINE JUICY BERRY
00:08:03SOGGY YOU MEAN
00:08:04OH NO
00:08:04I CAN'T HELP IT MR. HARRY
00:08:06YOU SHOULDN'T EAT SOGGY PIE
00:08:07AND ALL THAT ACID
00:08:08YOU'RE JUST DOING THIS
00:08:09TO TURN MY BROTHER AGAINST ME
00:08:10YOU'RE ALL AGAINST ME
00:08:12OH HESTER DON'T DRAMATIZE SO
00:08:14YOU WHAT KIND OF A SISTER ARE YOU
00:08:16NOT EVEN LIFTING A FINGER
00:08:17TO DEFEND ME FROM THE SERVANT
00:08:18YOU DO VERY WELL FOR YOURSELF
00:08:20AND BESIDES
00:08:22IF NONA LEFT WE'D BE IN A FIX
00:08:23I'M ONLY TRYING TO KEEP SOME STADLE
00:08:26OF COMFORT FOR HARRY IN HIS OWN HOUSE
00:08:27AREN'T YOU THE THOUGHTFUL SISTER
00:08:29NO ONE ELSE BUT YOU
00:08:30MUST BUY HIS CLOTHES
00:08:32AND DO HIS ROOM
00:08:33AND KEEP HIM COMFORTABLE
00:08:34I'M ONLY DOING MY DUTY
00:08:36TO MY BROTHER
00:08:36AND IF YOU CAN'T
00:08:38YOU GO INTO THAT GREEN
00:08:38DARK DEN OF YOURS
00:08:40UNTIL HARRY COMES HOME
00:08:41AND MAKES YOU COME OUT
00:08:42YOU'RE JUST A SPOILED
00:08:44SELFISH WOMAN
00:08:44MAYBE DEAR
00:08:45YOU'D BE BETTER OFF LIVING
00:08:46SOMEWHERE ELSE
00:08:47YOU'LL ONLY EXCITE YOURSELF
00:08:48INTO A NERVOUS BREAK DOWN HERE
00:08:49NOBODY CARES FOR ME
00:08:52ALL THE TIME I PUT IN
00:08:53PLANNING THE MEALS
00:08:54AND DOING THE HOUSEWORK
00:08:56WHILE YOU JUST SIT AMONG
00:08:57THOSE HORRIBLE PLANTS
00:08:58AND READ POETRY
00:09:01HESTER PLEASE
00:09:04PLEASE
00:09:11HELLO?
00:09:12WHO?
00:09:13MRS. BROOK
00:09:14OH YES
00:09:15I'LL TELL HER
00:09:21MRS. BROOK SAYS SHE CAN MAKE IT FOR BRIDGE AFTER ALL
00:09:23SHE FOUND A SIT UP FOR THE BABY
00:09:25OH DEAR
00:09:25AND I'VE ALREADY TOLD DR. ADAMS NOT TO COME
00:09:28I COULD PLAY IF YOU NEED A FOURTH
00:09:30BUT AS A MATTER OF FACT I CAN'T MAKE IT
00:09:31I FORGOT IT WAS ONE OF YOUR BRIDGE EVENINGS LETTIA
00:09:34OH
00:09:35ARE YOU WORKING TONIGHT?
00:09:38I'M GOING OUT
00:09:40OH
00:09:43THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH HARRY GOING OUT
00:09:46NOBODY SUGGESTED THERE WAS
00:09:49I'M SHOWING SOMEONE IN THE TOWN
00:09:51SOMEONE?
00:09:52MS. BROWN FROM OUR NEW YORK OFFICE
00:09:54A GIRL?
00:09:56A MISS BROWN WOULD BE A GIRL, HESTER
00:10:00THAT'LL BE NICE FOR YOU, HARRY
00:10:01WHERE DO YOU INTEND TO TAKE THIS MISS BROWN?
00:10:03OH I DON'T KNOW I HADN'T GIVEN IT VERY MUCH THOUGHT
00:10:06WELL DON'T FORGET THE HOUSE GEORGE WASHINGTON
00:10:08STEPPED IN ON ELM STREET
00:10:09VISITORS ALWAYS ENJOY THAT
00:10:10NO THAT'S A GOOD IDEA LETTIA I'LL DO THAT
00:10:14WASHINGTON'S HOUSE
00:10:24COME ON NELLIE HIT THAT BALL
00:10:28NELLIE HIT THAT BALL
00:10:30NELLIE HIT THAT BALL
00:10:32Oh, my God!
00:10:45Deborah!
00:10:48Oh, Deborah!
00:10:49Come on down here!
00:11:21I wish we could have a soda or something, Deborah.
00:11:23But you know, Joan has to get to bed early so she can go to school in the morning.
00:11:25Well, it's nice of you to bring me home, John.
00:11:27I love softball, anyhow.
00:11:29Wonderful team, the Warren Tigers.
00:11:30They played like clockwork tonight, didn't they?
00:11:32Of course.
00:11:32Well, I'm going to play with them when I grow up.
00:11:35Well, good night.
00:11:37Good night.
00:11:40Wait a minute.
00:11:41Harry's stuck.
00:11:43Oh, I forgot you were there, Harry.
00:11:45No, I'm all right.
00:11:49Good night.
00:11:50Good night.
00:11:59It was nice of you to take me, Harry.
00:12:02At times, I wondered who was taking whom.
00:12:05What time is it?
00:12:07It's late.
00:12:07It's almost ten.
00:12:09And you call that late?
00:12:11Why, in New York, life is just beginning.
00:12:13The barman at 21 is opening his second bottle of Kimmel.
00:12:16The dance band at the Rainbow Room is unpacking his instruments.
00:12:19And the last taxi driver has just avoided picking you up.
00:12:22And you say it's late.
00:12:24Well, I'm afraid I can't offer you very much in the way of nightlife in this town.
00:12:30Not even the George Washington house you mentioned?
00:12:32Not this late.
00:12:33Even ghosts turning out in Corinth.
00:12:36I don't feel like sleeping just yet.
00:12:41Didn't notice you had a sky here.
00:12:44It's the same one you had in New York.
00:12:47Oh, there's no sky in New York.
00:12:48The bright lights killed it off.
00:12:51I haven't seen a big fat star in ten years.
00:12:54Well, we can offer you quite a few of those here.
00:12:58There's Mars up there, that big fat fellow.
00:13:01And over there's Venus.
00:13:03Venus.
00:13:04It's like meeting an old friend.
00:13:07My father used to show me Venus when I was a little girl.
00:13:11My father didn't approve of stargazing.
00:13:14Dad used to say they were polished every night before being hung.
00:13:17I wanted to do that someday.
00:13:20And be a star polisher?
00:13:21Some of my best childhood friends wanted to be star polisher.
00:13:26Well, I must confess, I had some such plans myself.
00:13:31Which one is Saturn?
00:13:35Um...
00:13:36There it is, up there.
00:13:39But where are the rings?
00:13:40Well, you can't see them with the naked eye.
00:13:44Harry, you're beginning to sound indecent.
00:13:47Well, I only meant that you have to have quite a powerful telescope to see the rings.
00:13:53They were very clear last night.
00:13:55Oh, you have a telescope?
00:13:57Yes, a nine inch one.
00:13:59I built it myself.
00:14:02Are the rings clear tonight, do you think?
00:14:05I don't know.
00:14:07Well, you'll have to wait quite a while before it rises high enough.
00:14:12And it still might be hazy then.
00:14:16We could go try, couldn't we?
00:14:18All right.
00:14:29Where are we?
00:14:31Just above our old carriage house.
00:14:33Papa only kept a model tee.
00:14:35We gave up our horse in 1924.
00:14:37Horses are nice people.
00:14:39What was his name?
00:14:41Roger.
00:14:41But Letty was allergic to horses.
00:14:43Letty?
00:14:44Is that your older sister?
00:14:45No, the younger one.
00:14:47Oh.
00:14:48Hmm, quite a contraption.
00:14:50Yes.
00:14:52Yes.
00:14:52Yes, it took five years building there.
00:14:55I didn't have anything else to do.
00:14:59Do you mean to tell me there's no good fishing around here?
00:15:01Oh, we used to go to Maine for that.
00:15:05I'm afraid it's still early for Saturn.
00:15:08Oh, I don't mind waiting.
00:15:11When she rises, I'll have to turn the light out.
00:15:14You will?
00:15:15Yes.
00:15:16Why?
00:15:17Oh, the reflected light dims the image.
00:15:20Oh, I see.
00:15:27Harry?
00:15:28Yes?
00:15:29Yours?
00:15:31Oh, yes.
00:15:33Now, don't say it.
00:15:35Say what?
00:15:36That I should keep on with my work, then I shall promise.
00:15:39It also shows, may I?
00:15:41It also shows you don't leave the rosebuds behind in the office.
00:15:45Listen, I've painted so many rosebuds, I see them in my soup.
00:15:50Well, it's good.
00:15:52Why not to see you tear into something?
00:15:54Rush into painting.
00:15:55Just go ahead and slash it on.
00:15:57Try it someday.
00:16:22Letty.
00:16:24Wake up, Letty.
00:16:26I'm not asleep.
00:16:27What is it, Hester?
00:16:28I just had to come.
00:16:30Letty, Harry's got a girl in his room.
00:16:34What?
00:16:35In the carriage house.
00:16:38There's nothing wrong in that.
00:16:40I didn't say there was anything wrong in it.
00:16:42I just thought you'd want to know.
00:16:44It's none of our affair, Hester.
00:16:46Harry's old enough to live his own life, and so I'm sure is Miss Brown.
00:16:49I didn't mean anything.
00:16:51It's just that people talk so.
00:16:54Oh, Hester, go back to bed.
00:16:57Oh.
00:16:59Good night.
00:17:01Good night.
00:17:13Good night.
00:17:15I could never do that.
00:17:16I'd never have the courage, besides who in Corinth would appreciate it.
00:17:20Does it matter?
00:17:21Oh, I suppose not.
00:17:23You look as if it did.
00:17:24It would matter if you were a Quincy, or it would have mattered before the mill came.
00:17:28Oh, now, don't give me that old family and I never had a chance routine.
00:17:32It's up to you, Harry.
00:17:33Rosebuds, or what's that?
00:17:35You don't understand the family setup.
00:17:37You see, my sisters are dependent on me.
00:17:39Rosebuds mean bread and butter to this house.
00:17:43Well, it's time for seven, I think.
00:17:50Do you want to take a peek?
00:17:52A step on that.
00:17:53It's about the right height for you.
00:17:59This where you turn out the light?
00:18:00Oh.
00:18:02Oh.
00:18:02Oh, well, I...
00:18:03Yeah, in a minute.
00:18:11Poor Harry.
00:18:12After all these weeks he's known her, he never even had the courage to suggest her coming to tea.
00:18:17She's a friend of Harry.
00:18:18She must be a charming girl.
00:18:20You know, the whole town...
00:18:22Talking.
00:18:22Mrs. Nelson, I met her at Follensby's Market.
00:18:25She says that Miss Brown is very beautiful.
00:18:28Light the tea lamp, will you?
00:18:30Mrs. Nelson says that...
00:18:32I detest common gossip on the public streets.
00:18:35Nothing ever happens here.
00:18:37At least not often.
00:18:38I like to talk to someone.
00:18:40And the people you choose to talk to are vulgar gossips.
00:18:44Besides, isn't it Harry's personal affair?
00:18:46I was only saying...
00:18:48Oh, leave the cake alone.
00:18:50Look!
00:18:50There they are.
00:18:52Oh, she is pretty.
00:18:54Without an umbrella.
00:18:56Poor Harry.
00:18:59I'll go.
00:19:00It's fun walking in the rain.
00:19:02Makes you hungry.
00:19:05Hello.
00:19:07You're Miss Brown.
00:19:08Of course.
00:19:09What a lovely suit.
00:19:11I hope it didn't get wet.
00:19:12Uh, this is my sister Letty.
00:19:14How do you do?
00:19:14Hello.
00:19:15We don't see fashions like that in Corinth.
00:19:18We finally got around to George Washington's house.
00:19:21Harry, I think you better change your shoes.
00:19:23Harry catches cold so easily.
00:19:25Oh, nonsense.
00:19:25I haven't had a cold in three years.
00:19:27I'm sorry your visit was spoilt by the rain.
00:19:30Oh, New England landscapes were made to look at in a mist.
00:19:32Would you like to tidy up?
00:19:34Oh, this is my sister Hester.
00:19:36How do you do?
00:19:37Hello.
00:19:37Hester, will you take Miss Brown to my room and show her where my things are?
00:19:40Please make yourself feel absolutely at home.
00:19:43This way, Miss Brown.
00:19:51She's charming you, Miss Brown.
00:19:53Not bad for an out-of-towner.
00:19:57Hello, Weary.
00:20:01She dresses well.
00:20:03Doesn't she?
00:20:04Oh, is it a weird again?
00:20:06Did he eat anything today?
00:20:08Nona tried to feed him, but he didn't seem to want anything.
00:20:11Poor Weary.
00:20:13Miss Brown lives in New York, doesn't she?
00:20:16Yes.
00:20:18You know, I sometimes wonder if poor Weary will ever get better.
00:20:21The vet holds out no hope.
00:20:23Perhaps it would be better if we put him away.
00:20:25What's that?
00:20:25After all, it's only for the poor dog's own good.
00:20:28Oh, yes.
00:20:28Rolling around in agony in a lethal chamber.
00:20:31Weary would like that, wouldn't he?
00:20:32Oh, no.
00:20:33Needn't be done like that.
00:20:34What was that stuff the robins used on that old cat of theirs?
00:20:38The rexidon of something.
00:20:39What was it, Harry?
00:20:41I don't remember.
00:20:42Oh, yes, I know.
00:20:44Maybe we should have some in the house in case you do decide that it's...
00:20:47Oh, look, Letty, I...
00:20:47Let's not talk about it now.
00:20:49I...
00:20:50I just don't like the idea of it.
00:20:53Wait and see how poor Weary gets on.
00:20:56What's this about Weary?
00:20:57Nothing at all, Hester.
00:21:00Won't you come and sit down?
00:21:03New England weather, I'm afraid, is so unlivable for visitors.
00:21:07Oh, I'm no longer a mere visitor.
00:21:09No longer a visitor, Miss Brown?
00:21:12That's right.
00:21:12Deborah's moving her office here.
00:21:14Mr. Warren insists she can design next season styles right from the mill.
00:21:18Mr. Warren must think a lot of you.
00:21:20Yes.
00:21:22Well, we'll try to make your stay in Corinth as pleasant as we can, won't we, Harry?
00:21:25May I have your cup?
00:21:28You must miss the city.
00:21:30New York must be heavenly.
00:21:32All those big fancy shops and...
00:21:34Do you like it strong?
00:21:36No, not too strong, please.
00:21:39Don't you think that Harry's painting is improving?
00:21:43I didn't know you were painting again, Harry.
00:21:46Well, it's nothing much, I...
00:21:48Three lumps for me, please, Harry.
00:21:49Hester, really, you must watch your weight.
00:21:52Tell me about the new paintings.
00:21:55I'm just pottering about.
00:21:58Could I have some walnut cake?
00:21:59You shouldn't, Mr. Harry, it's store cake.
00:22:01It is not, I made it myself.
00:22:03What's the difference?
00:22:05You haven't had any walnut cake in years.
00:22:09Hester, you should have passed the sandwiches to Miss Brown first.
00:22:14Please have some, Miss Brown.
00:22:16They're our own watercress.
00:22:18Do you diet, Miss Brown?
00:22:20No.
00:22:21Neither do I.
00:22:22No, I just work hard.
00:22:24And you better call me Deborah.
00:22:26Miss Brown sounds a little like the boss's secretary in a magazine serial.
00:22:31Our boss doesn't think so.
00:22:34Oh?
00:22:35Maybe Miss...
00:22:36Maybe Deborah would like a drink.
00:22:40She never drinks anything until five.
00:22:42What about a glass of sherry?
00:22:43No, the tea alone is fine.
00:22:45Oh, Harry.
00:22:45Do go and look in the cellar.
00:22:47There must be a bottle left.
00:22:48Of course.
00:22:49This is an event.
00:22:50Well, really, I don't want to be a nuisance.
00:22:52It's no trouble at all.
00:22:59Oh!
00:22:59That must be Weary.
00:23:02Excuse me.
00:23:04Please don't touch him.
00:23:05He's a very old dog and he's not pleasant at all.
00:23:07Oh, I don't mind. I love dogs.
00:23:09Hello, Weary, old boy.
00:23:11He was such a frisky puppy.
00:23:13Joe and Weary's grandfather used to walk a lot.
00:23:16Joe is Hester's late husband.
00:23:19Must you always remind me that Joe has passed over?
00:23:23Joe loves dogs.
00:23:25Hester, don't you have a picture of Joe and Weary together?
00:23:27I believe there's one in my trunk.
00:23:29Why don't you get it and show it to Miss Brown?
00:23:31Oh, look at all the bother I'm causing.
00:23:33Please don't, Hester.
00:23:35It isn't any bother at all.
00:23:42Would you like some more tea?
00:23:44No, thanks.
00:23:47Harry seems to be very fond of Weary.
00:23:50Talks a lot about him.
00:23:52He's sorry for him.
00:23:54Harry's sorry for everything.
00:23:57I like that about Harry.
00:23:59You don't have to defend my own brother to me, you know.
00:24:02I'm sure I don't.
00:24:04Harry's trouble is that he's never grown up.
00:24:07Anyone can impose on him.
00:24:09Oh, we're always having to get him out of little difficulties.
00:24:12That doesn't help him much to grow up, does it?
00:24:16We feel we know what's best for Harry.
00:24:21Deborah, I hope you won't misunderstand if I, if I give you a little advice.
00:24:26I shan't misunderstand, Letty.
00:24:29We Quincy's have lived a great many years in Corinth.
00:24:32And our name is rather well known here.
00:24:35It's ridiculous, of course.
00:24:36But, but there it is.
00:24:38And so we have to be rather careful how we conduct ourselves.
00:24:41If you know what a small town is.
00:24:44Yes, I do.
00:24:45I picked one to be born in.
00:24:47Well then.
00:24:48Now, please don't think I intend anything personal by this.
00:24:51The people here are set in their ways and rather narrow-minded.
00:24:56And a newcomer among us has to be especially careful.
00:25:00Now, don't think that this is my point of view, but people do talk.
00:25:04And if, for instance, Harry were to be observed leaving your hotel late at night,
00:25:10it might be misinterpreted.
00:25:12Mightn't it?
00:25:15Yes.
00:25:17I suppose it might.
00:25:19Well then, that's settled.
00:25:20I'm so glad we had this little talk.
00:25:22You're such a sensible girl.
00:25:24I'm sure we're going to be very good friends now that we understand each other.
00:25:28We understand each other.
00:25:31But if Harry wishes to stop by my hotel at any time,
00:25:34I'll always be glad to see him.
00:25:49It's all right, Hester.
00:25:51It was a very old dog.
00:25:53Everything you love dies sooner or later.
00:25:56Hugo can't be on time even for a funeral.
00:26:02Once all Quincy's were buried privately in their own acres.
00:26:06Weary will be the last Quincy to be buried in his own land.
00:26:09You mustn't say just terrible things, Harry.
00:26:12He was a nice dog when he kept out of the kitchen.
00:26:18What are they doing?
00:26:20They're burying a dead dog.
00:26:21A real dead dog?
00:26:22No, only that dog.
00:26:24He's dead, Andy.
00:26:25He's dead, Andy.
00:26:25Uh-huh.
00:26:42I'll have those for you in a moment.
00:26:45That won't finish our season's styles.
00:26:51Do you realize that it's been three months since I first walked into this office?
00:26:55It doesn't seem like it, does it, darling?
00:26:57Mm-mm.
00:27:01John Warren's leaving for Europe in two weeks.
00:27:03Oh, is he?
00:27:04He goes every year, lucky stiff.
00:27:07Staying six months this time wants to find a good school for John in Switzerland.
00:27:10Oh, he does, eh?
00:27:13He's asked me to come along and approve the school.
00:27:17What colossal nerve.
00:27:19I ought to punch him in the nose.
00:27:22And I think I'm going.
00:27:26Are you serious?
00:27:28Why not?
00:27:30I've never been to Europe and this might be a very pleasant way to see it.
00:27:33But, Deborah.
00:27:34I see nothing wrong on the idea.
00:27:36Well, I can't see how you can even consider it.
00:27:38Oh, are you thinking of Corinth's moral attitude?
00:27:41I'm not a Quincy, you know.
00:27:43No, but you don't travel with a man who's in love with you. It just isn't done.
00:27:46I think it might be a very interesting experiment.
00:27:49Oh, very.
00:27:51Besides, I'm not so sure John's in love with me.
00:27:53John's the sort of man who puts everything in writing.
00:27:55Well, people don't shout their feelings all over the place. I tell you, he's in love with you.
00:27:59Well, there's no need to get so upset about it.
00:28:02Well, I don't like it, that's all.
00:28:04Cavorting all over Europe with a middle-aged playboy.
00:28:07John's not a playboy.
00:28:08You're always talking about John, John, John.
00:28:10Do you call him Darling, too?
00:28:11But why shouldn't I, Darling?
00:28:13Well, when you called me Darling, there was something special about it.
00:28:17Darling Harry, let's stick to the idea of the trip, shall we?
00:28:24Leaving for the day?
00:28:26I don't see much point in staying.
00:28:30Well, goodbye then, Harry.
00:28:36Deborah.
00:28:38You can't go away.
00:28:41You mustn't go. Ever.
00:28:53Letty.
00:28:54I'm here, Harry, Darling.
00:28:56Oh, Nona.
00:28:57Yes, Mr. Harry.
00:28:58If there's any of that sherry left, will you bring it into the green room?
00:29:00Yes, sir.
00:29:09Well, Letty, you've certainly done wonders with these plants.
00:29:12I'm beginning to think they're not worth the trouble.
00:29:17The first yellow tea roses of the season in Corinth.
00:29:19Well, Harry, you're so kind, but we shouldn't spend your money on me.
00:29:25I thought you were always so fond of yellow roses.
00:29:28Yes, dear.
00:29:36Oh, thank you, Nona.
00:29:40Here we are, Letty.
00:29:42The last of Grandfather's cellar.
00:29:45Sherry, so early in the evening.
00:29:47Let's celebrate, Letty.
00:29:49I've really got nothing to celebrate.
00:29:52However...
00:29:52That's the spirit.
00:29:54Now, Letty, I bet there's the makings of a fine drunkard in you.
00:29:56Oh, really?
00:30:02You know, I've got the most wonderful news for you.
00:30:04Have you?
00:30:05Dr. Adams was here today.
00:30:07Oh, was he?
00:30:08Well, you might at least ask why he was here.
00:30:11Oh, I'm sorry. I guess I'm just too full of my own happiness.
00:30:16Letty?
00:30:17I'm going to be married.
00:30:23It just happened, you know, Deborah and I were talking and we suddenly decided to get married.
00:30:30Well, wish us luck.
00:30:35Of course I do, Harry.
00:30:38You know I've always had your happiness at heart.
00:30:42And if that's what you want, here's to it.
00:30:50Oh, a nice sherry before dinner.
00:30:53Just a little celebration, Hester.
00:30:55Harry and Deborah are getting married.
00:30:57No!
00:31:01I expected it.
00:31:02I was thinking it was about time, too.
00:31:04I came to the same conclusion myself here while Hester...
00:31:07Won't you please?
00:31:09Yes.
00:31:09Of course.
00:31:11Now that Harry's going to raise the family, are we going to move out?
00:31:15Or are they going to move in?
00:31:23I think I have just what you want, Miss Quincy.
00:31:26You know the Robinbrook place out past Millrun?
00:31:29We went there for his daughter's wedding, remember, Letty?
00:31:32And just when the vicar read the service, a big fat rat ran across the room.
00:31:37Good stout timbers in that house.
00:31:39Yes.
00:31:39And the mist in that hollow is enough to kill anything except the fish in the millpond.
00:31:44No, Mr. Jessup, I'm afraid that won't do.
00:31:47Well...
00:31:49I have the little fieldstone salt box out King's Road.
00:31:52Next door to that dreadful Nelson woman who gossips all day?
00:31:56No, thank you.
00:31:58Perhaps you'd better let me drop a list of everything I have.
00:32:01That'll be fine.
00:32:02Goodbye, Mr. Jessup.
00:32:04Goodbye.
00:32:05You'll call us soon. We must find a place right away.
00:32:07Or we'll find something in no time.
00:32:10Yes, Mr. Jessup, we saw the house yesterday and it's quite impossible.
00:32:15I wouldn't ask a frog to live there.
00:32:18What garden? It's nothing but solid rock.
00:32:20You know I can't live without my roses.
00:32:25Well, tell him to look for something else.
00:32:27Mr. Jessup, we'll just have to go on looking.
00:32:29No, not this afternoon. I'm too tired after yesterday.
00:32:33Mm-hmm. Tomorrow, perhaps.
00:32:36I don't suppose you'd be interested in one of these.
00:32:39Oh, Ben.
00:32:41They're very handy, you know.
00:32:45Well, ladies. Now, could I interest you in some of my special ice cream?
00:32:49Non-fattening. If you give up all the meat and potatoes.
00:32:55Ben, I wish you didn't have your fountain so near the drugs.
00:32:59Well, ladies, we haven't poisoned an ice cream eater since Christmas.
00:33:05Just when is Harry going to get married?
00:33:07Everybody in town's asking me, knowing I know you so well,
00:33:10and I just don't know what to say.
00:33:11Why?
00:33:12I don't know what to say myself.
00:33:14Oh, that Letty. She just sits in her green room moaning.
00:33:18The weather's too warm for house hunting.
00:33:21Nothing good enough for her, I hear.
00:33:25If you ask me, Harry's looking very piqued and warm.
00:33:28This ain't doing him any good.
00:33:31Waited six months already, hasn't he?
00:33:34I don't want this repeated, but...
00:33:36May repeat anything.
00:33:38Well, I don't think Letty has any intention of moving out.
00:33:43It wouldn't surprise me at all if she wasn't going to try to stop Harry getting married.
00:33:48Well, that's a pretty kettle of fish.
00:33:52Shall we have another cone?
00:33:54My, you ate that fast. Isn't it cold?
00:33:57I'm being fitted for a new set. In Concord.
00:34:00Don't feel a thing. Go on, have another. Let's.
00:34:07She's beaten you, Harry. Beaten both of us.
00:34:11But, Deborah, I'm sure she tries.
00:34:14It'll all work out. She'll find something soon.
00:34:18That's what we've been thinking for nearly a half a year.
00:34:22Yes, it's been awfully unfair to you. I'm sorry.
00:34:25Darling, it hasn't been easy for you either.
00:34:31Deborah, I want to tell you something.
00:34:32I, it's rather hard for me to say, but I, I must say it.
00:34:38It's been, it's been piling up in my mind.
00:34:45You don't have to say it, darling.
00:34:48When I'm with you, I, I can't think of anything but you.
00:34:53Being with you is, is so much fun.
00:34:56It, it's, it's seeing things differently.
00:35:01When I go back to the house, I, I know what you mean.
00:35:04I, I get back into the old groove and I don't like it.
00:35:07I, I want to run away and, and come to you.
00:35:13I can't say things very well.
00:35:17But I owe everything to you.
00:35:24Somehow I feel that, that I've changed.
00:35:30And I'm going to be happy.
00:35:37I'm going to be happy.
00:35:37Oh, Harry.
00:35:39When are you going to realize that it isn't as easy as all that?
00:35:43You must know by now that Letty has no intention of giving you up.
00:35:49Not as long as she lives.
00:36:06Harry, aren't you going to talk to me?
00:36:09Well?
00:36:10I've had a dreadful time house hunting.
00:36:13I must have walked from here to Boston and Barrick.
00:36:15And?
00:36:16No luck.
00:36:18Absolutely nothing.
00:36:20No, really, Letty.
00:36:21There must be some houses left in this town.
00:36:23Don't be angry with me.
00:36:24They're all quite unsuitable.
00:36:26Quite.
00:36:29I'm absolutely dead.
00:36:31I shall take a look around myself on Saturday afternoon.
00:36:34Where's that agent's list?
00:36:36In the little drawer.
00:36:41But it's useless.
00:36:43Everything is broken, damp, decaying and smells.
00:36:55What's this?
00:37:00What?
00:37:00Oh, I got that after our talk about wearying.
00:37:04There was no need for it.
00:37:06We all knew the dog was dying.
00:37:10Well, what's wrong with Major Corden's house?
00:37:13You always liked it.
00:37:15It almost sounds as if you're trying to get rid of us.
00:37:18I'm only trying to do what's best for all of us.
00:37:39Well, letty.
00:37:43I hope you don't mind.
00:37:46Of course not.
00:37:48It's not much of a place to receive company.
00:37:51Hotels are cold and comfortable places at best.
00:37:56I expect you're surprised to see me.
00:37:58Would you like some coffee?
00:37:59No, thank you.
00:38:01The fact is, I'm worried about Harry.
00:38:03He seems so upset.
00:38:05I've so wanted to give you both the house, but so far I haven't been able to find anything.
00:38:11Oh?
00:38:12So I thought the best thing would be if you and I got together and ironed things out.
00:38:17Harry and I feel we've already done that.
00:38:19Yes, but I think I've got a better suggestion.
00:38:22Deborah, dear, I know you don't mind a little discomfort for just a little while,
00:38:26and I'm sure our guest room could be quite charming.
00:38:29That's out of the question.
00:38:30I do so want you and Harry to start your married life in the house.
00:38:33Aren't we placing too much importance on the house?
00:38:36Very comfortable and quite easy to run.
00:38:38Though, of course, Hester and I wouldn't expect you to do any of that.
00:38:41Just until we find a little place of our own.
00:38:44No, letty.
00:38:45The whole idea is impossible.
00:38:58Deborah, I don't like to ask favors.
00:39:00And it isn't very easy for me to say certain things.
00:39:04Must we talk like this?
00:39:08I want you to postpone your marriage.
00:39:11It's for Harry's own good.
00:39:13The whole thing is too much for him at present.
00:39:16I don't think Harry agrees with you.
00:39:19Neither do I.
00:39:23Why must you take it like this?
00:39:26You know, life hasn't been very easy for Harry and me.
00:39:30First, losing all our money in the Depression, left with nothing but that big old house.
00:39:35They were terrible years.
00:39:37And I don't know what we should have done if we hadn't had each other.
00:39:42That's why I never married.
00:39:43I felt I couldn't leave him if he needed me.
00:39:47Since then, things have been a little better.
00:39:49We haven't had much, but...
00:39:51But we've been very happy. Very.
00:39:54Didn't you ever expect Harry to get married?
00:39:59No.
00:40:00I never did.
00:40:04Men usually do, you know.
00:40:07It's about time you realize that Harry's like other men.
00:40:10Oh, but he's so much better.
00:40:11So different.
00:40:12Surely you've seen that.
00:40:14I've seen a great many things.
00:40:20Harry's older than you.
00:40:22And he's set in his ways.
00:40:25The ordinary modern world will ruin him.
00:40:28You may not like the new Harry he becomes.
00:40:32His world is inside him.
00:40:34And it's rare and beautiful and lonely.
00:40:36And you'll spoil it! You'll spoil it!
00:40:43Will you please go?
00:40:58And now let us rise and sing hymn number 125.
00:41:05Abide with me, fast falls the even tide.
00:41:09The darkness deepens.
00:41:12Lord, with me abide.
00:41:16Your brother sick?
00:41:28Yes, sir.
00:41:32The darkness deepens.
00:41:37Lord, with me abide.
00:41:43Congaude, Hartford, Boston.
00:41:45Grand Central Station, New York City.
00:41:48I called Gertie long distance last night and told her to pack her toothbrush and get out of the flat.
00:41:52It's on 53rd Street, darling. Small place. Not very fashionable.
00:41:57You won't mind, will you?
00:41:58I don't think I'll mind.
00:41:59I told Gertie I was coming home abroad.
00:42:02Wanted to be carried over my own threshold by a strong man.
00:42:05Are you strong, darling?
00:42:08I hope we don't have any trouble finding Judge Rollins in Boston.
00:42:11His father married all the Quinces.
00:42:13Now, what do you think of that?
00:42:15Here I offer you my flat.
00:42:17My library of detective stories, the best needle shower in New York, and all you think of is a judge.
00:42:22What about your bags? Are they at the station?
00:42:25Harry, maybe you better just kiss me.
00:42:28And keep on kissing me until you forget all about the bags and the town and the house.
00:42:31And just remember we're going away together.
00:42:34We're leaving Corinth for good.
00:42:38Everything's all settled.
00:42:40You're never going back to that house again.
00:42:43Everything's settled.
00:42:51Church is letting out. Maybe we'd better be walking back.
00:42:54Not afraid we'll shock the Sunday walkers?
00:42:56I'm feeling pretty shock-proof today.
00:43:17Do you know who's in that ambulance, Uncle Harry?
00:43:20Who?
00:43:21Your sister, Lettie.
00:43:23She was took bad at the hymn singing.
00:43:25One of her tacks.
00:43:26They've sent for Dr. Adams.
00:43:28Dr. Adams will bring her around, I'm sure.
00:43:36Harry, we're leaving for Boston in half an hour.
00:43:40I don't see how we can now.
00:43:45We were going to be married tonight, remember?
00:43:47Yes, I know, darling, but now there's Lettie.
00:43:50There's always Lettie.
00:43:51That's why we're making that train.
00:43:53But she may be very ill.
00:43:55She may be and she may not be.
00:43:57But you're not going back to that house again.
00:43:59Well, I can't very well leave town until I know that she's out of danger.
00:44:02You do understand that, don't you?
00:44:03I understand that we were planning to be married.
00:44:05We're going to.
00:44:06Well, of course, darling.
00:44:07Oh, Harry.
00:44:09We go today or we don't go at all, ever.
00:44:12And I'm not being unreasonable because if you go to Lettie now,
00:44:15you'll go again and again and again to that house and I'll need you.
00:44:18She'll always see to that.
00:44:19Now, Deborah.
00:44:20Oh, Harry, I've made up my mind.
00:44:23It's me or Lettie.
00:44:24You've got to decide now.
00:44:26You are being unreasonable.
00:44:28Am I?
00:44:29Oh, Harry, don't you know what will happen if you go back there now?
00:44:33But she's sick, don't you understand?
00:44:36I wonder.
00:44:37Well, she is sick.
00:44:38And I just can't go.
00:44:41Is that your answer?
00:44:42You've decided between us?
00:44:43Well, it isn't a question of deciding.
00:44:45I know now where I stand when it comes to picking between us.
00:44:48Go to her.
00:44:49Stay with her.
00:44:50Go back to what you were.
00:44:51Paint a million, Rosebud.
00:44:52You've made your choice.
00:44:53I'm leaving.
00:45:05Dr. Adams said it's time you tried to get out of bed.
00:45:08There's no hurry.
00:45:10Three weeks even in this bed is not my idea of spending a summer.
00:45:15Did you see my brother today?
00:45:16I haven't seen him since morning.
00:45:18He went out early.
00:45:19Lettie.
00:45:20What do you think I heard at Farnsby's market?
00:45:23Well, Deborah Brown and John Warren were married this morning in New York City.
00:45:30Married?
00:45:31And they're left for a honeymoon in Europe.
00:45:33Europe?
00:45:34Why, Europe, when we still have Niagara Falls.
00:45:36Certainly is a surprise to me.
00:45:39Poor Harry.
00:45:43I think I'll get up today.
00:45:45The doctor's been saying you could for weeks.
00:45:47No, no.
00:45:48I'll be down for supper.
00:45:49Make something special.
00:45:50I'm hungry.
00:45:51Well, Mr. Harry won't be.
00:45:52And bring me my brown shoes, please.
00:46:00She was the only girl he ever really loved.
00:46:04The only one.
00:46:05Nonsense.
00:46:06And anyway, men don't take these things the way women do.
00:46:09How would you know?
00:46:10Have you ever been in love?
00:46:40It's my first day out of bed.
00:46:46I'm afraid I'm a little too weak after all.
00:46:49I'd better go back to my room.
00:46:57My legs feel as if they didn't belong to me.
00:47:02Hester and Nona have to help me out of bed.
00:47:07Well, how's everything?
00:47:10Anything new in town?
00:47:12So you have heard.
00:47:14Oh, Harry.
00:47:15I'm so terribly sorry it happened this way.
00:47:18I'd rather not discuss it.
00:47:20Please, Harry.
00:47:21Please, Harry.
00:47:21I wanted to warn you.
00:47:23I always thought it would end like this.
00:47:24Only it was your affair and so, so I didn't interfere.
00:47:27Oh, dear.
00:47:28You liar.
00:47:30You rotten liar.
00:47:31I heard everything, so you didn't interfere much.
00:47:35Oh, no.
00:47:36Get out of this room.
00:47:37You planned it.
00:47:37You planned it all this way.
00:47:39How dare.
00:47:39And now you tell lies about how you just sat back doing nothing.
00:47:42Stop babbling.
00:47:43You broke up that marriage as you planned.
00:47:45You never intended to find a house.
00:47:48But Deborah saw through you, didn't she?
00:47:49She was going to take Harry away from you.
00:47:52So you went to bed and faked the illness like you fake everything.
00:47:55Fake, fake, fake.
00:47:56All right.
00:47:57What if I did try to protect Harry?
00:47:59Wasn't it for his own good?
00:48:01Harry, darling.
00:48:03You do understand why I did it.
00:48:05Why I had to do it.
00:48:06That girl wasn't for you.
00:48:07You, at your age, marrying some young girl from who knows where, what family, what background,
00:48:12you wouldn't have been happy.
00:48:13You know that now.
00:48:14Harry, you know that everything I did for you, everything that I've always done for you,
00:48:17has been for the best, hasn't it?
00:48:20You'll never have to do anything for me again.
00:48:24Harry!
00:48:28You.
00:48:30Who asked you to open your flabby mouth?
00:48:33You never asked me anything.
00:48:35You decided the girl wasn't good enough for Harry.
00:48:38You decided to break up the marriage and have Harry for yourself.
00:48:41Did you ever ask me about anything?
00:48:44Ask you?
00:48:45You never asked me when you decided to tie Harry here to your sickbed until it was too late.
00:48:50Hester, I am warning you.
00:48:52After all, he's my brother, too.
00:48:54Don't act as if I were trying to keep him on myself.
00:48:56Where are you?
00:48:57You've always tried to shut me out of everything.
00:49:00You are insane.
00:49:01You don't have to lie to me, you know.
00:49:03I'm not Harry.
00:49:04You've called me a liar for the last time.
00:49:06Now, get out.
00:49:06Oh, no.
00:49:07I'm not finished yet.
00:49:08I've been saving up things for years, and I'm going to tell them to you now.
00:49:11I hate you.
00:49:12I've always hated you.
00:49:14Ever since I was a child.
00:49:15I can't stand the sight of you.
00:49:17I won't leave here.
00:49:18Not as long as I live.
00:49:20I don't care whether you're dead or alive.
00:49:22For the last time...
00:49:23Holy truth, Mr. Harry.
00:49:24I don't like what's going on.
00:49:27Well, you know how they talk.
00:49:28Just don't pay any attention to it.
00:49:30I don't like it.
00:49:31Miss Lehy talking like that to Miss Hester.
00:49:33Well, there's always going on like that.
00:49:35Do you mind getting me my pipe cleaners out of the desk?
00:49:37Oh, yes.
00:49:45What's this, Mr. Harry?
00:49:48What's what?
00:49:49This.
00:49:50It's marked poison.
00:49:52What's it for?
00:49:55I don't know.
00:49:56I've never seen it.
00:49:57Oh, it's Miss Letty's writing.
00:49:59Haven't you ever seen it before?
00:50:00Me?
00:50:01No.
00:50:02Well, let's take a look.
00:50:07Ben's Drugstore, March the 20th.
00:50:10Well, it was bought months ago.
00:50:13Are you sure you've never seen it before?
00:50:15No, I don't like things like that about the house.
00:50:17Well, maybe Miss Letty bought it for some household use.
00:50:21Possibly for her plants.
00:50:22Oh, maybe.
00:50:24I'll ask her about it sometime.
00:50:26And look, um...
00:50:28Tonight is my Wednesday night out.
00:50:31I'm going to the club.
00:50:33Would you mind telling them when they get through bickering?
00:50:36Bickering?
00:50:37I don't like that kind of bickering.
00:50:39More like fighting to me.
00:51:01I will sing merry home.
00:51:07I will sing merry home.
00:51:09I will sing merry home.
00:51:10I will sing merry home.
00:51:14And what's promised doilers quilting for me.
00:51:23I will sing merry home.
00:51:29I will sing merry home.
00:51:34Oh, say, it's good to have old Harry back tickling the ivories for us.
00:51:40He's in great form tonight.
00:51:41Gentlemen, it's great to be back on the concert stage again.
00:51:44Just like old times, knocking off the song.
00:51:48Yes, sir.
00:51:49We sure thought that girl had Harry hooked.
00:51:53Uh, Harry.
00:51:54Oh, that's all right, Joe.
00:51:55If everybody in this town got married, who'd there be to sing in your back room?
00:51:59I never thought of that.
00:52:00But still, I can't see why anybody would take that man, Mr. Warren,
00:52:03when they could have a good hot lick player like our friend Harry.
00:52:05She's got something there.
00:52:06Ah, there she is.
00:52:08Oh!
00:52:11Why, why, looky here.
00:52:13And steaming hot.
00:52:14You know, I eat this here clam chowder myself, and I own the joy.
00:52:18Say, Annie, you drop down by the store,
00:52:21and I'll give you a little something for your weight.
00:52:23My boyfriend likes it just where it is.
00:52:25You're a wise man, Annie.
00:52:26And besides, my mother always told me to be careful of sporty druggists.
00:52:30Always ask mother.
00:52:34Would you care for something, Mr. Quincy?
00:52:36No, thanks, Annie.
00:52:37I'm fine, Mr. Quincy.
00:52:40How long have you been making this, Joe?
00:52:41It's very good.
00:52:42It smells very good, Joe.
00:52:43It tastes good, too.
00:52:44Hey, Joe, there's a clam here in your clam chowder.
00:52:48If you don't find a pearl in it, you'll be all right.
00:52:51Let me out.
00:53:04Remember how old Weary used to howl out this chorus?
00:53:07You miss old Weary, don't you?
00:53:10People who love dogs shouldn't own them.
00:53:13They don't live long enough.
00:53:15Ain't that the truth?
00:53:18They grow old, and you see them suffer.
00:53:22Yeah.
00:53:22Sure breaks you up.
00:53:26And then people say that you shouldn't let them stay in pain.
00:53:29That's what Letty said.
00:53:32Did she talk to you about Weary?
00:53:34Sure.
00:53:35That stuff she bought to put him away was absolutely painless.
00:53:40What are you talking about?
00:53:42That poison for the dog.
00:53:44Weary wasn't poisoned.
00:53:45He died of old age.
00:53:47Now listen, I sold her the stuff myself.
00:53:51Well, Letty didn't tell me anything about it.
00:53:53Well, I even wrote it down someplace.
00:53:55I'm going to look it up for you.
00:53:58Old sure death, I call it.
00:54:00It's my own mixture.
00:54:01One pinch, and you wake up being measured for a harp.
00:54:07It's not likely, Letty, to do it without telling me.
00:54:13However...
00:54:15And when I die
00:54:18And when I die
00:54:21Don't bury me at home
00:54:24Don't bury me at home
00:54:27Just pickle my bones
00:54:30Just pickle my bones
00:54:32In alcohol
00:54:35In alcohol
00:54:38Put a bottle of booze
00:54:42Put a bottle of booze
00:54:43At my head and feet
00:54:45My head and feet
00:54:47And then I'll know
00:54:49And then I'll know
00:54:50My bones will be
00:54:55My bones will be
00:55:17And then I'll know
00:55:18And then I'll know
00:55:19I'll know
00:55:19And then I'll know
00:55:30And then I'll know
00:55:30And then I'll know
00:55:30And then I'll know
00:55:30And then I'll know
00:55:30And then I'll know
00:55:32And then I'll know
00:56:16Lettie?
00:56:18Yes, Harry?
00:56:20Why don't you come up?
00:56:22May I?
00:56:38Why aren't you in bed?
00:56:40I couldn't sleep until I talked to you.
00:56:43You shouldn't be out at this hour.
00:56:45Your first day out of bed.
00:56:48I wanted to explain.
00:56:51Oh, well, I'm afraid I rather lost control of myself this afternoon, Lettie.
00:56:55I'm sorry.
00:56:58I'm so glad you aren't angry with me anymore.
00:57:01We were all dreadful this afternoon.
00:57:04Forget it.
00:57:05After all, we've still got to go on living together.
00:57:07One being the quinces, the sensible quinces.
00:57:11Oh, Harry.
00:57:12I do hope we shall be sensible from now on.
00:57:15Like old times?
00:57:17Like old times.
00:57:18Reading, talking.
00:57:19Surrounded by our own things and our own house.
00:57:22After all, we are the only two people in Corinth with the same understanding of books and art.
00:57:27Do you think we can pick up our life where we left, Zetar?
00:57:31If you want to.
00:57:39You know, Lettie, when you look up at the stars, you feel awfully small.
00:57:45Our problems seem so petty against all that space-on-space out there.
00:57:52We are mere drops of nothing compared to a sun that has a hundred million miles for a backyard.
00:57:59So why do we torture ourselves trying to discover what's good and what's evil?
00:58:06What's right and what's wrong?
00:58:11It's so unimportant.
00:58:14Yes, Harry.
00:58:16We understand each other.
00:58:21Yes, we do.
00:58:23You better go into the house before you catch cold.
00:58:30Would you like to drink a cup of cocoa with me?
00:58:33Nona has it ready.
00:58:35Yes.
00:58:37Yes, of course.
00:58:43Now, watch the step.
00:58:46There.
00:58:48You remember when you fell once on your 16th birthday?
00:58:51Oh, don't talk about it. I nearly broke my neck.
00:58:54You're catching cold.
00:58:55It's chilly.
00:58:57How's Hester?
00:58:59Let's look at the stars.
00:59:01Which one is Saturn?
00:59:03You know, I do think you should forgive Hester.
00:59:05I'm sure she didn't mean any harm in what she said.
00:59:08Very well.
00:59:09We'll make up.
00:59:10Do you remember how you always made us make up when we were children?
00:59:13Like when you pushed her into the brook?
00:59:15Oh, she looked so silly and damp with water pouring out of her sleeves.
00:59:27It's been ready a long time.
00:59:31That'll be all, Nona.
00:59:33Good night.
00:59:33Good night.
00:59:37It's good to be alone for a change.
00:59:40Yes.
00:59:41This is a friendly old house.
00:59:42It doesn't creak like most of them.
00:59:44Oh, now you're trying to frighten me like you used to when Papa sent us to bed early.
00:59:48I'm cold.
00:59:50You pour.
00:59:51I'll be back.
01:00:11I brought some more hot milk.
01:00:14The cocoa's a little thick.
01:00:17This, this will help it.
01:00:19Oh, thank you, Nona.
01:00:21That's fine.
01:00:25Mr. Harry, I, um, I want to ask you something.
01:00:29Well, not now, Nona.
01:00:31Some other time.
01:00:32I'm feeling rather tired.
01:00:33I'm meeting Hugo later.
01:00:36He wants to go into business for himself.
01:00:37Well, I'm sure he'll be very successful.
01:00:39But Mr. Harry, he wants me to take out my savings to buy some cows and go into the milk
01:00:44business for himself.
01:00:46Of course, Peter will always drink milk.
01:00:47I hope.
01:00:48Yes, I'm sure they will.
01:00:51Now, uh, don't keep Hugo waiting.
01:00:54Twenty years I've been wanting to marry that man.
01:00:56Now he wants to marry me.
01:00:59And I don't want to.
01:01:02Holy Toledo, me beans.
01:01:04I've given him too much flame.
01:01:05Oh, the little bird to death.
01:01:08I don't know what I'm going to do.
01:01:09I don't know what I'm going to do.
01:01:35Hester says to say goodnight. She'll have her cocoa upstairs.
01:01:41This is nice, isn't it?
01:01:44People don't understand how pleasant and comfortable living in a small town can be.
01:01:51I'll pour some for Hester and take it up to us.
01:02:03My, it's sweet.
01:02:06I wonder who that could be at this hour. I'll go.
01:02:13Hello? Who?
01:02:16It's for you, Harry.
01:02:18It sounds like Ben and he's a bit drunk, if you ask me.
01:02:22Too much ale, I suppose.
01:02:23I'll take this up to Hester.
01:02:35I've nearly spit this.
01:02:44Hello, Ben.
01:02:48Look, I can't make sense of what you're saying. Speak louder.
01:02:52Well, you're at the drugstore.
01:02:57It's in your book.
01:03:00Oh, she did buy it.
01:03:03Well, look, you better go to bed and get some sleep. You sound a bit drunk, Ben.
01:03:27What did Ben want?
01:03:29Oh, they're still singing at the club. They wanted me back at the piano.
01:03:33Oh, Hester says thanks for the cocoa.
01:03:37Did you two make up?
01:03:38Yes, I forgave.
01:03:40Harry, darling, you look so tired.
01:03:43Yes, I am a little.
01:03:45You need a change.
01:03:49We've all been cooped up here too much.
01:03:51Yes.
01:03:53Three women in one house. It would strain any man's nerves.
01:03:57Yes, it's been a strain on all of us.
01:03:59Yes.
01:04:01Well, we can forget it now.
01:04:04Harry, I've been thinking.
01:04:11Why don't we go away someplace?
01:04:13Maine, for instance, fishing.
01:04:18Yes, why not?
01:04:19I believe our rods are still up in the carriage house someplace.
01:04:23Oh, it would be fun.
01:04:25We could rent one of those wonderful little log cabins.
01:04:29Do you remember those streams?
01:04:31Trout as big as cod.
01:04:34What about Hester?
01:04:36Hester will be happy here at home, popping about.
01:04:40Come here.
01:04:45Do you remember the first trout I caught?
01:04:47It looks like Mrs. Nelson with her mouth open.
01:04:51And there's our old boat.
01:04:52I wonder if we could get the same boat again.
01:04:55I suppose so.
01:04:56Oh, Harry, when can we leave?
01:05:01What's happened to Hester?
01:05:02Oh, Hester's so clumsy.
01:05:08She must be ill.
01:05:30She's dead.
01:05:52It wasn't meant for Hester, was it?
01:06:00It wasn't meant for Hester, was it?
01:06:02It wasn't meant for Hester.
01:06:05So you did it.
01:06:06You said you wanted to get rid of her, and you did.
01:06:08How could you?
01:06:09Your own flesh and blood.
01:06:10Your own sister.
01:06:11Are you mad?
01:06:12Go and get Dr. Adams.
01:06:13Oh, I didn't know you had it in you.
01:06:15Poor Miss Hester.
01:06:21Operator.
01:06:22Adams.
01:06:22Dr. Adams.
01:06:23Redmond Street.
01:06:24Hurry.
01:06:25Hurry.
01:06:25Hurry.
01:06:28Nona seems to have gone out of her mind.
01:06:33I wonder if the jury will think so.
01:06:38Harry.
01:06:41I'm sorry, lady.
01:06:43But that's the way things are.
01:06:54Ah, yes.
01:06:55The witnesses from Corinth.
01:06:57I kept the big table for you again.
01:07:00Well, what didn't you have?
01:07:01After all, it's on the county.
01:07:03They're paying all expenses.
01:07:04Stake.
01:07:05That all right with everybody?
01:07:07Why not?
01:07:08We're as good taxpayers as the jury.
01:07:11That's it.
01:07:12Stake.
01:07:12With all the trimmings.
01:07:14Medium rare, everybody?
01:07:15Fine.
01:07:16Leave it to me.
01:07:16I haven't won the fire right away.
01:07:19Jury's got no sense making all this delay.
01:07:21Why, it's open and shut.
01:07:22You were wonderful, Nona,
01:07:24when you put it to her on the witness stand.
01:07:26Spoke right out, identified the bottle,
01:07:28and remembered all those threats.
01:07:31Hugo.
01:07:31He really hacked out a gallows for her when he said that
01:07:34about Letty always forcing Hester onto them diet and drugs.
01:07:37And not letting her order his healthy butter and cream.
01:07:40That Letty.
01:07:41Thought herself too good for the town.
01:07:43Threatening her own sister the way she did.
01:07:45Why, Hester's told me a hundred times
01:07:46of the things Letty said she'd do to her.
01:07:48Do you remember that day in your market, Mr. Follinsby?
01:07:51Oh, I didn't take it seriously.
01:07:54That lawyer sure made me repeat it often enough.
01:07:57Where's Hugo, Nona?
01:07:59I sent him to the barber.
01:08:00He ain't shaved in three days.
01:08:02No respect for the law.
01:08:03That's Hugo.
01:08:05Don't you ever mix things up in the drug store?
01:08:07Not me.
01:08:09Well, you saw how I brought my prescription books in
01:08:11and showed them.
01:08:12I know where every gram of drugs in Corinth is
01:08:16right this minute.
01:08:22Won't you join us, Harry?
01:08:25No, thank you, Doctor.
01:08:26Any word?
01:08:27No, the jury's still out.
01:08:30I can't understand it.
01:08:31Oh, thank you.
01:08:42This isn't easy on poor Harry.
01:08:45I sure hated to get up on that stand
01:08:47and talk about him leaving the house night after night
01:08:50when we used to sit on the porch
01:08:51and hear those sisters fighting.
01:08:53That man's an angel.
01:08:55He refused to say a word against his sister
01:08:57when he stood on the stand.
01:08:58They just brought in a verdict, Mr. Quincy.
01:09:24Oh, Tim! Joe! Bring that hamper up here!
01:09:28We'll have everything out of here in an hour.
01:09:30Now let me see it.
01:09:32I think we better start from over here.
01:09:34Oh!
01:09:35Nice mirror.
01:09:36Dresden, China.
01:09:37Very old.
01:09:38I'll bet my wife would go for that.
01:09:40I'll list everything for you.
01:09:42Four and a half.
01:09:43Six fifty.
01:09:44Eight fifty.
01:09:45Right over there, boys.
01:09:46I'll check as you pack.
01:09:47Be sure and pack tight.
01:09:48Got a lot of stuff up here.
01:09:50What have we got, boys?
01:09:51Six pairs of shoes.
01:09:52Six pair of blacks.
01:09:53Dollar a pair.
01:09:54Two pair of whites.
01:09:55Fifty cents.
01:09:56Two sets of evening slippers.
01:09:57Worn.
01:09:58No price.
01:09:58One, two, three, four gowns.
01:10:01Twenty-five dollars.
01:10:02No, make it twenty-two fifty.
01:10:04One, two, three, four dresses.
01:10:06Fifteen dollars.
01:10:07Well, that might fit Mrs. Slavin, but I guess not.
01:10:10Figures not like it used to be when I first got married.
01:10:12Wouldn't even fit Betty.
01:10:13She's as fat as her mother.
01:10:14I'll find somebody for it some day.
01:10:16One brocade spread, ten dollars.
01:10:19Three dozen handkerchiefs, one dollar and a half a dozen.
01:10:23Hats, hats, hats.
01:10:25Funny what women will accumulate and never get rid of.
01:10:29Now, let's see what we have in here.
01:10:32Well.
01:10:34One, two.
01:10:36Wait a minute, Mr. Slavin.
01:10:37Anything you want for yourself, Mr. Quincy, just yell out.
01:10:40I've decided not to sell.
01:10:42Huh?
01:10:42Just let's leave everything the way it is and maybe later sometime.
01:10:46Leave it?
01:10:47But I brought a truck and two packers up here all the way from Concord.
01:10:50I know, I know.
01:10:51But the truck costs money and those men get two dollars an hour.
01:10:53I'll pay for their time.
01:10:55But you don't understand.
01:10:56There's my work and my time.
01:10:57I was figuring on twenty-two hundred for this house.
01:11:00Twenty percent for me.
01:11:01I'll send you a check for whatever you would have made.
01:11:03Now, will you please leave?
01:11:04I'll tell you what I'll do.
01:11:05I'll give you a thousand dollars cash for this stuff.
01:11:08Leave off my cut.
01:11:09How's that?
01:11:09I'm not selling.
01:11:10But look at all the time.
01:11:11Get out!
01:11:15Okay.
01:11:17Come on, boys.
01:11:19Mr. Quincy isn't selling.
01:11:33I, Harry Melville Quincy, born April the 18th, 1906 in the town of Corinth, New Hampshire,
01:11:39being in full possession of all the faculties of my mind, make this confession of a...
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