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Flowers from a Stranger – A Mysterious Gift Hiding a Dangerous Secret follows a woman whose life takes an unexpected turn when she receives a mysterious bouquet from an unknown sender. What begins as a seemingly innocent gesture soon reveals a hidden secret, leading to suspicion, danger, and a tense mystery. A classic tale filled with romance, suspense, secrets, and unexpected twists.
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00:07Whether it's a product for home or business, farm or factory, you can be sure if it's Westinghouse.
00:26The Willow Cabin, scheduled for this evening, will be presented two weeks from tonight.
00:31This evening, Westinghouse Studio One presents Flowers from a Stranger.
00:53The Willow Cabin.
01:24The Willow Cabin.
01:25The Willow Cabin.
01:25The Willow Cabin.
01:32The Willow Cabin.
01:36Come here.
01:53I almost had it.
01:54I almost.
01:56Kim.
01:56Kim.
01:57Here, here.
01:58What puts you in this wildcat mood?
02:00I don't want you to go.
02:04I want you to stay like this.
02:05It's all day. It's spring.
02:09Left it as though April were just waking up inside.
02:12You really were frightened for a minute, weren't you?
02:15You're infuriating. You know everything.
02:18I'll never marry a psychiatrist again.
02:20Don't you do it. Now tell me, what were you frightened about?
02:23Oh, I don't know. Just a silly dream.
02:25I've had it before.
02:27I'm all alone and I keep hearing this tune.
02:30And somehow it's terribly important for me to remember what it is.
02:34But I can't finish it.
02:37How does it go?
02:38Well, I don't know. You woke me up and now it's gone forever.
02:42What's today?
02:43Tuesday.
02:43Just Tuesday.
02:44Oh, what else?
02:45Oh, there must be something special about it or else I wouldn't feel this way.
02:49I know.
02:51It's put the manure in the seed bed Tuesday.
02:54Hand me my brush, will you?
02:55Margaret will burst here any minute with a tray.
02:57Anyone for dinner tonight?
02:58Uh-huh. The Camerons.
03:00Oh, and I forgot to bring in Marion Leroy with them.
03:02You remember that little brunette they had with them New Year's Eve?
03:06Oh, yes. The little brunette.
03:07Well, I might even come home and put on a dinner jacket for that.
03:10Don't be obvious, my love.
03:12You want to shock the local inhabitants?
03:14Hmm.
03:14There's room for an extra man if you want to bring someone from the hospital with you.
03:17All right. I'll see who's free.
03:19How about the great big visiting fireman you've been working with?
03:22Who, Nestri?
03:23Oh, I doubt if he'd do it.
03:25He moves a little too high a bracket for me.
03:27Well, there's no harm in trying, is there?
03:29No, it'd be very fine if he would.
03:31Maybe I will ask him.
03:32I'll make myself veld and seductive for the occasion.
03:36Plunging neckline and l'envain z'artage.
03:38Oh, don't waste your strength.
03:39He has white hair and a list of letters after his name like a Washington bureau.
03:43And to top it off, he hates women.
03:45Oh, he does, does he?
03:47That sounds good and vulnerable to me.
03:48How old is he?
03:49Oh, fifty-odd.
03:50He lost his wife when he was very young.
03:52He's had a rather rough time with it, I guess.
03:54From rags to riches?
03:56No, but he spent four years in a Nazi concentration camp.
03:59He still has one crippled hand.
04:01Oh.
04:02He's been particularly nice to me so far.
04:05We're working on a couple of tough cases together,
04:07and it wouldn't hurt to have him keep on treating me that way.
04:09Well, I'll do my best.
04:10Well, I gotta run along.
04:11If Nestu says yes, I'll let you know.
04:14Well, you look much too seductive for this hour of the morning.
04:18You don't make it a bit easy for a man to walk out on you.
04:21Well, I didn't ask you to go.
04:23You ought to be ashamed of yourself.
04:25Why?
04:28Just as well.
04:29Oh, you can.
04:30Come in, Margaret.
04:32Come right in.
04:33Good morning.
04:34Bye.
04:35I'll see you at seven.
04:36Good morning, Mrs. Baylor.
04:38Lovely morning, ain't it?
04:39Heavenly.
04:43Oh, uh, by the by, would it be your birthday or anniversary or something?
04:48Not that I know of.
04:50Why?
04:50Well, sure someone's thinking of you this day.
04:53A fine box of flowers arrived just a half an hour ago.
04:56Flowers?
04:57Well, why didn't you bring them in?
04:58I thought it best to wait until the doctor's gone, ma'am.
05:02Are you working up a secret affair for me, Margaret?
05:04Well, I never take nothing for granted, ma'am.
05:08You're an evil old woman.
05:09Bring the flowers here this minute.
05:11I have them right outside.
05:18No wonder you were suspicious.
05:19I never thought such a box.
05:21I was thinking the same thing myself, ma'am.
05:24Let's open them up.
05:25I'm fascinated.
05:26No one's sent me flowers since I was...
05:28Why, oh my, isn't that rain?
05:31No, I don't like us white carnations.
05:33But, Miss Baylor...
05:34I can't stand white carnations.
05:36Take them away quickly.
05:37Please!
05:38But don't you even want to see the cars?
05:41Yes.
05:49Who brought these cars, Margaret?
05:51Well, the boy delivered them about a half hour ago.
05:53He just said they were for you.
05:54I see.
05:55Thank you, Margaret.
05:58For Lorna, April 12th.
06:01April 12th.
06:04For Lorna, April 12th.
06:06Well, what does it mean?
06:07Who?
06:08Why April 12th?
06:10That's today, of course.
06:11And no one here knows.
06:13It was so long ago.
06:15No one here knew, Mother.
06:17No one would know that April 12th...
06:19Oh, it's silly.
06:20It must be Luke Cameron of someone being funny.
06:23It couldn't be Kim.
06:25He's never sent me a flower in his life.
06:27It must be.
06:29Oh, forget it.
06:30It's such a lovely day.
06:52Now that you've seen part one of Flowers from a Stranger,
06:55let's turn to our Westinghouse program.
07:01Let's fall in love.
07:02Well, that sounds like a mighty good idea.
07:05Let's ask Betty Furness and her friend just how we do it.
07:09It's easy if you pick the right sweetheart.
07:12And we've done that, haven't we, Bill?
07:14Oh, you bet we have.
07:16And there it is.
07:18A sweetheart in any house.
07:20The brand new Westinghouse refrigerator that has everything.
07:24Let's take a real good look at it.
07:29There.
07:30The Westinghouse freeze chest holds 46 pounds of frozen food and ice at zero temperature.
07:36Keeps it safely, steadily frozen in Westinghouse colder cold.
07:41And, gentlemen, look at this.
07:44The ice cube storage tray holds over 100 extra ice cubes.
07:51All together, this Westinghouse refrigerator has space for 59 pounds of frozen storage alone.
07:58Now, let me show where you keep the fresh meats that you don't want frozen.
08:03The bacon, cold cuts, and other fresh meats go right in there.
08:07It holds 18 pounds and keeps meat fresh for days.
08:12Now, you can't get a meat keeper like this in any other refrigerator that has an all-across freeze chest.
08:18What's more, these spacious middle shelves hold lots of food.
08:23And see?
08:24The big humid drawer keeps your green things dewy fresh.
08:29Wouldn't you be proud to own this stunning Westinghouse refrigerator?
08:33Sure.
08:34And what about the price?
08:35Look, a big eight-and-a-half cubic foot refrigerator with all those features for only $259.95.
08:45Ever hear of a price like that for all that refrigerator?
08:49You'll fall in love with the new Westinghouse refrigerator that gives you so much for such little cost.
08:55And you can own this refrigerator for as little as 35 cents a day.
09:00Come on in and see it.
09:13And now, let's return to Westinghouse Studio One and flowers from a stranger.
09:20Here you are, Doctor. The friend KD reports.
09:23Thank you, ma'am.
09:37Hello? Dr. Bailey's office.
09:40No, I'm sorry. The doctor's been out in emergency case all morning.
09:44No, I can't say when he'll be back. I'll tell him you call, Doctor.
09:49Well, perhaps I should give it up. But I particularly wanted to speak to Dr. Bailey this morning.
09:54I can't believe that he'll be away much longer. He seldom stays away as long as this, Dr. Nestle.
09:59And I'm not in your way here.
10:00No, not a bit.
10:03Oh, good morning, Dr. Nestle.
10:05Oh, there you are, Bailey. Have I kept you waiting long?
10:07No, not at all. I believe your nurse has some messages for you.
10:09Nothing urgent, Doctor.
10:10Oh, thank you, Higgins.
10:15Now then, sir. Cigarette?
10:17With pleasure.
10:21I am particularly interested in the case of Mrs. Franchese.
10:27She is one of your patients.
10:29Yes, I just left her, as a matter of fact.
10:31She's the one that's been giving me all the trouble this morning.
10:34Yes.
10:36I understand.
10:38Very unusual case.
10:40Really?
10:41It must be something that escaped me.
10:43She's in a manic state at the moment, of course, but...
10:46Yes, I understand.
10:46But what interests me is the patient's background in relation to her sister.
10:51She continues to wish to kill her sister for reasons that are far from clear.
10:55Furthermore, the ease with which she can be persuaded to transfer that impulse toward anyone else.
11:00That's rather unusual.
11:02I see she attempted on you one day.
11:04More than once.
11:05She'd strangle a cat if she could get her fingers on it.
11:08It's a completely hopeless case, I'm afraid.
11:10No doubt, no doubt.
11:11But I have found that some such apparently hopeless cases do respond to hypnotism.
11:16You amaze me more every day, Doctor.
11:18Well, I had no idea you had any use for hypnotherapy.
11:22Use whatever tools come to hand.
11:23We might turn up some very interesting material.
11:25In any case, I should like to talk to the patient if that is possible.
11:28Well, of course.
11:29I'll have to issue you a pass because of her being in the wing.
11:31It won't take a moment.
11:36Higgins.
11:37I've got a pass for Dr. Nestri to visit Mrs. Franchese in E-47.
11:41Bring it in.
11:41I'll sign it.
11:45Oh, by the way, Doctor.
11:46My wife and I wondered whether by any chance you'd be free to dine with us this evening.
11:52This evening?
11:54Why, yes, I believe I am free.
11:57And I should be delighted.
11:58Good.
11:59Lorna will be very free.
12:00It's the pass, Doctor.
12:01Oh, thank you, Higgins.
12:08Is your pass, Doctor?
12:11Oh, yes.
12:13Thank you very much.
12:24You about ready, Kim?
12:26Formos.
12:27You know, that silly tune's been running through my head all day long.
12:31And I'm sure I'm sure I'm sure I'm sure I'm sure I'm sure I'm sure I'm sure I'm sure I'm
12:32sure.
12:32Every time I try to concentrate, it disappears.
12:34Oh, forget it.
12:37You know, if I were any sort of husband, I'd have brought you some flowers tonight.
12:41So glad you didn't.
12:43Had all the flowers I can stand for one day.
12:45And what are you talking about?
12:46Oh, it's ridiculous, but somebody sent me 2,000 white carnations this morning.
12:50Well, don't you know who it was?
12:51No, there was no name on the card.
12:52Unfortunately, I behaved very badly.
12:55I'm glad you weren't here.
12:56You would have been thoroughly ashamed of me.
12:58Why?
12:58Well, I screamed at Margaret.
13:00She was very hurt.
13:02Well, what was that about?
13:04Well, I can't stand white carnations.
13:06I have a phobia about them.
13:07I guess I got it from Dad.
13:09He always hated them.
13:10Said they had the odor of death.
13:12I can't help getting a feeling of panic inside when I look at the beastly things.
13:17It's childish, I know.
13:19I'll remember that the next time I think of sending you flowers.
13:22Ah, the first time, my love.
13:25You know, sometime I'm going to have to learn how a husband is.
13:28Supposed to behave.
13:29I like the way you behave.
13:31Oh, my goodness.
13:33There they are.
13:34Now, have them finished dressing.
13:35You go down and meet them.
13:36That won't be long.
13:37I'll rattle up a batch of cocktails.
13:39Where are we having them?
13:39On the terrace.
13:52Where are we?
13:53Why should they leave you stop there?
13:55Halfway in the drive.
13:56Why don't they leave?
13:58Why should they leave their head lights on me?
14:01Oh, that city they've just stalled.
14:03Maybe they've just turned in the wrong drive.
14:05There's no reason to feel there's anyone watching me.
14:09And yet, I can't help it.
14:11I feel he's watching me deliberately.
14:15He is watching me, he is.
14:19I was probably only testing you.
14:22They're always the last to arrive.
14:24It must have been.
14:25It must have been.
14:38Well, it can't be that interesting, it's only a martini.
14:41I was watching your hands.
14:43Why, what's wrong with them?
14:44Nothing, they're very good hands.
14:46Very sensitive.
14:47Are you going to tell me I should have been a musician?
14:49I can't even play chopstick.
14:52Lorna has all the talent in that direction.
14:53I'm still looking at your hands.
14:56You should have been a surgeon, I think.
14:58Would you trust me to hack away at you?
15:00Yes, I think I would.
15:03Say, what are you two putting in those things?
15:05Our tongues are hanging out.
15:06Coming up, Marion's trying to turn me into a surgeon.
15:09Well, she'd better watch her carve a turkey first.
15:11She might change her mind.
15:13Oh, Dr. Bailey is too good a psychiatrist to waste his time.
15:15Oh, thank you.
15:16I do not like surgeons.
15:17I believe there are subtler ways of easing pain
15:19than by cutting the patient's throat.
15:21Dr. Smith.
15:22Well, cheers.
15:27Say, where's Lorna?
15:28She's usually the prompt wife.
15:29Yes, she is, and full of apologies.
15:31Hello.
15:31Hello, Ted.
15:32Lou.
15:33Lorna.
15:33Hello, Marion.
15:34Lorna, this is Dr. Nestri, doctor my wife.
15:38I've waited for the pleasure a long time.
15:40A long time?
15:41You make it sound like years and years.
15:43Well, I don't wonder you're surprised.
15:45But I heard of you long before I came to Swarthom.
15:48Lorna Deschan.
15:51That is not an unknown name to me.
15:56Deschan.
15:57What is this Lorna?
15:59A secret past you've kept hidden from us?
16:01Well, don't look at me.
16:02I never heard the name.
16:03Where did it come from?
16:04I don't know.
16:05It's true I played a few concerts in Europe under that name.
16:09My father didn't approve, so I had my name changed.
16:12In the end, he made me give up playing altogether.
16:14Do you mean you don't play anymore?
16:15Oh, no, I still play.
16:17But it's strictly non-professional now.
16:19I'm very lazy about it, I'm afraid.
16:21Kim, darling, Margaret has some appetizers.
16:23Would you get some, please?
16:24Oh, I'm sorry.
16:26Good girl, Margaret.
16:27I was just coming for them.
16:27It's so good to see you, Marion.
16:29How long are you going to stay this year?
16:30Oh, I must get back next Monday, I'm afraid.
16:32I'd love to stay here forever.
16:33I love this place.
16:34But a girl must eat, I'm afraid.
16:36How's the world, Lou?
16:38Terrible.
16:39Mr. Cameron's our one source of information, doctor.
16:41Oh, yes?
16:42He's the owner and editor of the local newspaper.
16:44Oh, I read a number of your editorials.
16:46They're very good, you know.
16:47Very good indeed.
16:48Lou used to work for the Times, but he got tired of life in a big city.
16:52So he came home to roost about five years ago.
16:54Why?
16:57Lazy.
16:58Furthermore, in New York, I was just another newspaper man.
17:01Here, I'm the leading citizen.
17:04I'm weak-minded enough to enjoy the adulation.
17:07Oh, I understand that.
17:08I understand it.
17:09Don't let Lou fool you.
17:10He's quite a crusader when he gets stirred up.
17:12Say, this little girl is getting chilly.
17:13Do you mind if we move inside, Your Honor?
17:15No, go right ahead.
17:16I'll take these along.
17:17Thank you, darling.
17:21Do you two feel cold, Mrs. Baylor?
17:24No.
17:25It reminds me of one of those wonderful, cool evenings along the Adriatic.
17:29You are not American, are you?
17:31Only half.
17:31My mother was Chilean.
17:33I was raised abroad.
17:35You traveled a great deal, then.
17:36Oh, yes.
17:36My childhood was very nomadic.
17:38My father was Nazi-like.
17:40Took him to some of the most outrageous places.
17:43And some very beautiful ones.
17:45What was your father's name?
17:47Trenton.
17:48Bruce Trenton.
17:49Oh, there's no reason for you to have known him.
17:51He was rather obscure.
17:52On the contrary.
17:53At one time, he was extremely well-known in Europe.
17:56As a matter of fact, I had some dealings with him myself.
17:59Of course, that was many years ago.
18:00It's fascinating.
18:02Here I was expecting a total stranger.
18:04And you know more about me than my own husband.
18:06You even know me under my most secret aliases.
18:09Oh, Donna Deschamps.
18:11You know, I heard you play your first concert under that name in Cannes.
18:15Cannes?
18:16I thought that was only a student's recital.
18:19I was, oh, no more than 15.
18:21It's incredible of you to have remembered.
18:23Not incredible at all.
18:24You had an extraordinary talent even then.
18:26I knew that sooner or later I should hear you play again.
18:30I haven't that much talent.
18:31It's enough to impress the citizens of Swardham.
18:34But I know the difference, and so do you.
18:36You'll play for me after dinner, though.
18:38If you'd like.
18:40Let's call it payment for my not being here to greet you.
18:43Oh, please don't apologize.
18:44The others were most cordial.
18:46They made me feel at home at once.
18:49Then, uh, you were not the first one to arrive?
18:52No, the Camerons, I believe, arrived sometime before me.
18:57And then my car stole in the driveway.
19:00And I saw you at the upper window.
19:04And I said to myself, isn't this strange?
19:07There stands Lorna Deschamps.
19:09She knows nothing about me.
19:12I mean nothing to her.
19:14And yet I have known her for many years.
19:17Have in fact looked for her again and again.
19:20Have wondered what has happened to that strange, talented child whose music,
19:23for no reason I can explain, has haunted me for so long.
19:27What sort of a woman has that child grown to be?
19:31What...
19:34As I ramble on and you seem to be growing chilly.
19:38You do feel cold, do you not, Mrs. Baylor?
19:40Yes.
19:41Yes, I do.
19:42Shall we join the others?
19:43By all means.
19:46But after dinner I shall hold you to your promise and make you play for me.
20:01Lord is doing himself proud tonight.
20:03History hasn't taken his eyes off her all evening.
20:06Well, I guess I started it.
20:07I told her he wouldn't look at her.
20:09It just shows.
20:10You never know.
20:11You've got yourself married to quite a special woman.
20:14I suppose you know that.
20:15Well, how can I forget it?
20:16You remind me every time we meet.
20:18Probably the reason why I never get anywhere with you.
20:21Oh, well, it's one of the reasons.
20:24You know, if you're any kind of gentleman, you'd go and help her out now.
20:27Anyone care for a little more brandy?
20:29That's a man's work.
20:30I was wrong, darling.
20:31You've impressed our guest of honor.
20:33Apparently.
20:35Think it'll help?
20:36Well, it can't hurt.
20:37I'm glad he has white hair.
20:39I might be getting jealous.
20:40You need it.
20:41I don't really like him.
20:42Don't ask me why.
20:45What are you going to play for, Carolina?
20:47I don't really want to, honestly, Marion.
20:49I was hoping they'd all forget about it.
20:51Have you been composing anything lately?
20:52Little.
20:53Tried for a while this afternoon.
20:55But the silliest tune kept going through my head, and I just couldn't get rid of it.
20:59Something you think you ought to know?
21:00I think so.
21:01But it's as if it was strangely off key or off rhythm or something.
21:06I can't spot it to save my life.
21:07Can you hum it?
21:08Maybe I can help.
21:11No, I can't.
21:14Will you try to play it on the piano, Mrs. Baylor?
21:17No.
21:18Why don't you try it?
21:20It might come to you.
21:22Why?
21:23I don't know.
21:36I don't recognize it.
21:38Try it.
21:40Try it again.
21:42Try it again.
21:54By the way.
21:56That man hates you.
21:58He's evil.
21:59He hates you.
22:00He hates you, Lana.
22:04Why?
22:05Why?
22:05Why would I ask you to play it?
22:07I hate it.
22:07Lana, what is it?
22:09I never want to hear that tune again.
22:13I'm sorry.
22:14Please forgive me, everyone.
22:16It's been a long time since Lorna played.
22:20Dr. Nespri, you must find our life here a little provincial.
22:25On the contrary, I find it most stimulating.
22:27You see, one never knows where a search may end.
22:33In Paris, Mexico, in Brazil, or in a little Pennsylvania town like Swathom.
22:41Search for what?
22:44For each of us, there is a constant search.
22:47For some, let me call it, inescapable summation.
22:51All of us, the normal and the abnormal alike, are driven toward an inexorable imperative.
22:58Toward a goal which is all too seldom clear for us.
23:02Then of a sudden, we glimpse an unexpected vista and know.
23:06Know with a kind of sick, illogical certainty.
23:09That that is our own peculiar destiny.
23:14That vista may sometimes be one of peace.
23:17Sometimes of futility.
23:19Sometimes of change.
23:20And yes, even of terror.
23:23But for better or worse, we know that that is our own inescapable summation.
23:32We must accept it.
23:35This is the end of our quest.
23:37I'm sorry.
23:39I'm not feeling very well.
23:42I hope you'll all forgive me.
23:44I'd better lie down.
23:45Lorna, can I help you?
23:46No, please. I'll be all right.
23:48I'm so sorry.
23:49I hope it is nothing I have said or done, Mrs. Bela.
23:55I'm most frightfully sorry.
23:57You should go to her at once, Doctor.
23:59She doesn't seem to be at all well.
24:01Excuse me.
24:02Sure.
24:02Yeah, sure.
24:04Lorna.
24:05Lorna.
24:06Lorna, speak to me.
24:08Lou.
24:08Yes.
24:09Get Dr. Colbert at the hospital.
24:10Get him over here.
24:11Lorna.
24:38Come in.
24:39I wasn't asleep.
24:41How do you feel?
24:42You look like a new woman.
24:45That's what you must have been looking for.
24:46A new woman.
24:49Uh, Cindy.
24:51You were a sick girl.
24:53Kim.
24:54Do you remember that tune I played?
24:56No, and I don't want to.
24:57It's thoroughly evil.
24:59Yes, it was evil.
25:01And lying here the last two days.
25:03I kept wondering where did it come from.
25:06Have you any idea?
25:07Yes.
25:08Partly.
25:10I see more and more strongly that it was in some way connected with my mother's death.
25:14I was only five, so it's a little vague to me.
25:17Didn't your father ever talk to you about it?
25:19No.
25:20It was too painful to him.
25:21I only knew she jumped in front of a train.
25:24I wanted to ask him often, but I didn't dare.
25:27Were you with her?
25:28No.
25:29I'm...
25:29Are you sure?
25:30Wait.
25:31Wait.
25:34I seem to remember standing on a long, crowded platform waiting for a train to come in.
25:40And then, suddenly, somewhere quite close to us, someone began to whistle that little tune.
25:48And then...
25:51No.
25:52No, I can't.
25:53Oh, don't try.
25:54You've had enough for the day.
25:57Just lie back and relax.
25:59We'll talk about it some more another time.
26:02Will I be allowed to go out tomorrow?
26:04For a little while.
26:05Hold on.
26:06Hold on.
26:17Hold on.
26:20Hold on.
26:44Two or seven, please.
26:48Oh, Kim, I was just calling the operating room.
26:50I thought I might entice you into a night cab before we went home.
26:53I could use it.
26:54How's Lorna coming along?
26:56Oh, she's much better the last few days.
26:58She's been very busy in the garden.
27:01Well, that's probably Lorna now.
27:03Wondering why I'm not home.
27:05Hello?
27:06What?
27:08What?
27:10Mrs. Franchesi?
27:12I'll be right down.
27:14What is it?
27:15Mrs. Franchesi's missing.
27:16That's impossible.
27:17I left Nestle with him not more than ten minutes ago.
27:19Well, he's not there now.
27:21Look, Fred, take a run down there, will you?
27:22See what you can do.
27:23I'll be along in a minute.
27:24Yeah.
27:24I just want to call the house.
27:37Yes?
27:38Oh, yes, Dr. Baylor.
27:40I see.
27:41I see.
27:43Yes, I'll tell her.
27:44I'll do this.
27:45Yes, sir.
27:47Who was it, ma'am?
27:48It was Dr. Baylor, ma'am.
27:49He's been held up at the hospital, and he wanted you to know so you wouldn't worry.
27:53What did he say?
27:53When he'd be home?
27:54No.
27:54It seems one of the patients is missing, and he has to wait until they find her.
27:57Missing?
27:59You mean it's missing?
27:59Yes, ma'am.
28:00Was she violent?
28:01He didn't say.
28:02He just wanted us to lock up and go to bed.
28:05Oh, you do look upset, ma'am.
28:07Would you like me to bring my things up and sleep in the room next to you?
28:09Yes.
28:10It's silly of me to be so nervous, but I would like it, Margaret.
28:13Well, you just run along, then, and I'll lock up.
28:15Check the windows.
28:16Be sure they're all closed.
28:17Yes, ma'am.
28:51Look at me.
28:51Think of me just低劣bers.
28:51Great Christmas War.огоarco.
28:58All right, guys.
28:58Good way. We'll come
28:59tonight. You're
28:59quiet.
29:08Oh, my God.
29:50Oh, my God.
29:59Help me, help me, help me.
30:01Ah!
30:03Ah!
30:05Ah!
30:06Ah!
30:07Ah!
30:08Ah!
30:11Ah!
30:18Give me Dr. Baylor.
30:20Quickly, it's an emergency.
30:23Kim!
30:24Kim, she's here.
30:26She's here, the insane woman.
30:28When she tried to strangle Margaret.
30:30Come quickly, Kim.
30:32Yes.
30:33We need you.
30:35Ah!
30:36Ah!
30:37Ah!
30:58Ah!
30:58Ah!
30:58Ah!
31:17Ah!
31:18Well, say, I don't think that's fair because we can't get closer.
31:23Oh, but you could if you had one of the new Westinghouse television sets
31:28with the exclusive electronic magnifier
31:31that gives you a big close-up image whenever you want it.
31:35All you do is turn the electronic magnifier knob
31:39and there you get the heart of the picture.
31:43And see, I'm close enough to say, hello, good-looking.
31:49The electronic magnifier is controlled by this knob.
31:53And only a Westinghouse set has it.
31:56Now, let's suppose that you have this Westinghouse set in your home
32:00and you're watching a dancer doing ballet poses.
32:04And she's so attractive that you decide you'd like to see her lots closer.
32:08Well, you just turn the electronic magnifier knob and presto!
32:12See how close she is now. So much closer.
32:15Turn the knob back when you want your standard Westinghouse picture again.
32:20Or, switch it to the close-up position and the electronic magnifier enlarges the center of the action
32:28so that you get an image almost the same size as you'd get with a 16-inch tube.
32:33Now, this Westinghouse set also has a built-in antenna.
32:39In many localities, you save the cost of a roof installation.
32:42It also gives you Westinghouse synchro tuning.
32:46Now, that means that when you tune in for the best sound, you don't get a so-called picture like
32:55this.
32:56Or, when you tune in for the best picture, you don't get sound like this.
33:03Westinghouse synchro tuning tunes in the best picture and the best sound together automatically.
33:10And remember, Westinghouse is the only set that has all three.
33:15Synchro tuning, electronic magnifier, and a built-in antenna.
33:20Now, the set I have here costs only $249.95, and you can buy it on my small down payment
33:28plan.
33:29Stop in at any Westinghouse dealers and see Westinghouse television.
33:49We return now to Flowers from a Stranger.
34:03An old white mother.
34:04Yes, but if you hadn't come in time, I don't think I could have handled her.
34:07Doctor, we'll be here any minute now.
34:09Why did you come here?
34:12Why did you come here? Answer me.
34:15I hate you. I always hated you.
34:18I always wanted you to die. I hate you.
34:21She thinks you're a sister. She had the same idea about me at first.
34:24I know. How did you get in here?
34:28How did you get in here?
34:32He...
34:33He showed me the way.
34:36He knew...
34:38Who?
34:41He's my friend.
34:44You're not my friend.
34:46I hate you.
34:47I'd like to see you dead.
34:49I'm dead, too.
34:52You...
34:57No.
34:59Not you.
35:01You!
35:03Oh, that's him.
35:05Hold on, where are you?
35:07Up here, in the cabin room.
35:08Are you all right?
35:11Yes.
35:13Let me take a look.
35:27I'll take her back to the hospital, Kim. You stay here with Lorna.
35:29Thanks, Fred.
35:30I'll file the report for you.
35:31Thanks.
35:52You've had quite a shock, Margaret.
35:54What you need is a good night's sleep.
35:55Yes, Margaret. You better get to bed.
35:57Oh, I couldn't sleep a wink in that bed. If you don't mind, I'll go to my own room.
36:01Good night.
36:01Good night, Margaret.
36:07What's this window doing open?
36:08I don't know.
36:09I closed it myself.
36:11The catch is broken.
36:13Somebody must have used a crowbar to try this up.
36:17Look at these marks.
36:18Yes.
36:20I saw them.
36:24We'd better get you upstairs into bed, young lady.
36:27About to three o'clock.
36:27No.
36:28Not yet, Kim.
36:29What?
36:31I...
36:34Let's have it.
36:35Sit here by me, Kim, and try to live.
36:39Is there something you haven't told me?
36:43Kim, that woman came here to kill me.
36:46She didn't come here by herself.
36:48She was brought here.
36:49That's a fascinating idea, Lorna.
36:51Don't laugh at me, Kim.
36:52I know it's true.
36:53Lorna, it's almost morning.
36:55Can't we let it go?
36:56We've had a little sleep.
36:56No, if we can't talk about it now.
36:59Listen, Kim.
37:00I'm frightened.
37:02I'm really frightened.
37:04This thing isn't over simply because that woman's gone back to the hospital.
37:08It's just begun.
37:09All right, darling.
37:10I think I understand what you're trying to say.
37:12You're convinced someone brought that woman here to murder you.
37:15Yes.
37:16Well, who?
37:17Someone who knew that I slept upstairs and that Margaret slept downstairs.
37:21Who would that be?
37:22Me?
37:23Fred?
37:24Don't laugh.
37:25Oh, I'm sorry.
37:26Have you any other suggestions?
37:28Yes.
37:30I know who it is.
37:32Who?
37:35Dr. Nestry.
37:36Nestry?
37:38Lorna, have you any idea what you're saying?
37:41Your tone implies you don't think I'm quite sane.
37:45Aren't you being a little oversensitive to that implication, Lorna?
37:47Perhaps.
37:48But I've known from the first night he walked into this house that there was something evil about him.
37:54But he wants to kill me.
37:56For what possible reason?
37:57I don't know.
37:59Oh, I realize you've had a shock.
38:01I realize that.
38:02Oh, Kim, this has nothing to do with any shock.
38:04You have to believe that.
38:05Well, I'd like to, but it's too utterly fantastic.
38:06You've got to see that.
38:08I see that window standing open.
38:11After I closed and locked it myself, someone took an iron bar and pried it open.
38:17Listen to me, Kim.
38:19Suppose Margaret hadn't slept upstairs tonight.
38:23I would have been alone on that second floor.
38:25That woman would have found me there, not Margaret.
38:29She would have put her hands around my throat, not Margaret.
38:32I wouldn't have had the strength to fight her off.
38:35You'd never know what I'm telling you now.
38:37You weren't meant to know.
38:39You were meant to think it was an accident.
38:42But it wasn't an accident.
38:43It was murder.
38:44It just doesn't make sense.
38:45These things don't happen without any motive.
38:48Motive.
38:50Yes, I know.
38:52If you want something clear and logical.
38:56Well, I can't give you that, Kim.
38:59I can only feel it.
39:01Pressing closer and closer.
39:04I was asleep when Margaret screamed tonight.
39:06I'd been dreaming.
39:07It's not very clear now, but...
39:10I know I saw my mother's body lying in the cinders in a station platform.
39:16In her hand she held a single white carnation.
39:19Oh, Laura, my dear.
39:20These things can be explained so easily.
39:22But it's not evidence.
39:23All right.
39:24You can't walk in.
39:25That's not evidence.
39:27But this is.
39:30I found this lying in front of the open window when I came down to call you.
39:35Dr. Nestri always wears a white carnation in his buttonhole.
39:39Oh, but this didn't come out of anyone's buttonhole.
39:41Look at the length of the stem.
39:42You're just trying to build up a case.
39:44It's a natural defense attitude.
39:46Oh, I see a good bit of it every day in a more exaggerated form.
39:50Oh, Lorna, believe me.
39:51Please don't treat me like a patient, Kim.
39:54That's all I ask.
39:56Well, I could take you away.
39:58We could...
39:59No!
40:00That's all I've ever done.
40:02Run away.
40:04Oh, Kim.
40:07Try to understand.
40:10Dad pretended that we were always on the move
40:12because he was an art dealer.
40:14That wasn't true.
40:16We were on the move because we were fugitives.
40:22The first time they asked me to play the piano in public,
40:27Dad almost went out of his mind.
40:29He made me dye my hair.
40:31He made me change my name.
40:34Secretly I knew it was because I looked too much like my mother.
40:38He was in terror by becoming famous as she'd been.
40:43We had no friends anywhere.
40:46He wouldn't permit it.
40:49He made an exception in your case for only one reason.
40:52Because he knew he only had a few days to live.
40:55There was someone he was mortally afraid of every moment of the time.
41:01I never knew who it was.
41:02He never spoke of it to me.
41:04But now I know.
41:08Oh, Kim.
41:09Kim, I can see it in your eyes.
41:11You don't believe any of it.
41:14You're just being tolerant.
41:17Professionally tolerant.
41:18Oh, Lorna.
41:19Oh, no, please.
41:21Go away.
41:23Let me alone.
41:32April 12th.
41:33April 12th.
41:35April 12th.
41:37April 12th.
41:39April 12th.
41:41I must go.
41:42April 12th.
41:43I love him so much.
41:44April 12th.
41:45I need him so much.
41:48But he can't help me.
41:51April 12th.
41:51I must go.
41:53I must go.
41:56April 12th.
41:58April 12th.
42:00April 12th.
42:01April 12th.
42:03April 12th.
42:07Operator.
42:09Operator.
42:11Oh, Dr. Baylor.
42:13I've been trying and trying to reach you.
42:14What is it?
42:15It's Mrs. Baylor.
42:16She's gone.
42:16Gone? What do you mean?
42:17Well, after you left this morning, I heard the car starting up and drive off.
42:21I know.
42:21I left it for her.
42:22Said she had a lot of shopping to do.
42:23Yes, but she hasn't come back yet.
42:25And around 6 o'clock, I began to get worried.
42:26I called everywhere.
42:27No one had seen her.
42:28She wasn't at the stores or the Camerons.
42:30I tried to reach you, but they said you were out.
42:32Wait a minute.
42:38No one had seen her.
42:40Hello, Lou.
42:41It's Kim.
42:42Look, Lou.
42:42Could you come over here?
42:44Yeah, right away.
42:46No, I can't come over there.
42:47I haven't got a car.
42:49I'll explain when you get here.
42:50It's Lorna.
42:50I said it's Lorna.
42:53She's not here.
42:56She's...
43:04Sit down, Kim.
43:10Well, what's the next move?
43:14Sooner or later, we're going to have to notify the police.
43:18Let them try to find her.
43:19I suppose so.
43:21If only I'd known what I thought.
43:23What difference does it make what I thought?
43:26What time is it?
43:289.30.
43:30She's been gone 12 hours.
43:32Where?
43:33Where could you've gone?
43:35She has no family, no one to go to, no money.
43:39Maybe $20 in her pocket.
43:41A mystery.
43:43I keep trying to tell myself it's just a coincidence.
43:47But is it?
43:48Lou.
43:50Do you really think that's it, do you?
43:51Wait a minute.
43:53Isn't that a car?
44:00Lorna.
44:01Lorna.
44:02Hello, Kim.
44:04Hello, Lou.
44:04Where have you been?
44:05I've been crazy.
44:07I drove into New York.
44:08Mind if I sit down?
44:10Terribly tired.
44:11Glad you're here, Lou.
44:13I almost asked you to go with me today.
44:15I wish you had.
44:16Well, I decided I had to do it alone.
44:18Do what?
44:19Prove to myself, if to no one else, that I wasn't out of my mind.
44:23But nothing I said made any impression.
44:26I had to get some proof.
44:27Of what, Lorna?
44:29Proof that my mother did not commit suicide.
44:32That she was killed.
44:33But Lorna, that was 22 years ago.
44:35That's where I thought you might help, Lou.
44:37You see, my mother was quite famous before she married Dad.
44:40As Maria Serrano, she was known all over Europe.
44:43I thought there must be something in the papers at the time of her death.
44:46Well, I didn't know exactly what, but I had to try.
44:49Did you find anything?
44:51Yes.
44:52This was in the Times of April the 13th.
44:551928.
44:56The day after her death.
44:57I copied the two paragraphs.
44:58Read it, Lou.
45:02At the time of the accident, Miss Serrano, Mrs. Trenton, was on her way to New York with her daughter
45:08Lorna, aged five.
45:10You were with her then?
45:11Yes, I was.
45:12Read the next one.
45:14Prior to her marriage to Mr. Trenton, Mrs. Trenton had been for a brief period the wife of Dr. Jean
45:21Nestri.
45:27Well-known European psychiatrist.
45:30The marriage took place in Milan, Italy in April 1919.
45:34They were divorced in July 1920.
45:36Her marriage to Mr. Trenton took place a few months later in Baltimore, Maryland.
45:43Another Italian note here.
45:46Arrival, April 7th, 1928.
45:49Conte de Savoy, out of Naples.
45:51Dr. Jean Nestri.
45:52Just a few days before death.
45:55Oh, what a bloody fool I've been.
45:57What a fool.
45:58Oh, if you're convinced, Kim, it's been worth it.
46:00What more proof could anyone mean?
46:03Well, I didn't want to call the police before, but...
46:09Kim, this isn't clear sailing by a long shot.
46:12Why not?
46:13Because in the eyes of the law, we have no case.
46:16All this stuff is strictly circumstantial.
46:19We'd have no chance whatever with the police.
46:22Unless...
46:23Unless what?
46:24We got a confession out of him.
46:25Oh, why should he confess?
46:27If that's what we have to have, we're licked.
46:28Oh, what can we do, Lou?
46:29This is the first thing I can think of.
46:31You and I might go see him, Kim.
46:33I have an idea that if we threw all this at him, we might get some.
46:36Why should you get involved, Lou?
46:37You can't go alone.
46:39I suggest you call him up right now.
46:40See if he's back.
46:41We might be able to see him tonight.
46:42Well, that's worth a try.
46:44I'll call the hospital first.
46:45Good.
46:50Hello.
46:51Hello, this is Dr. Baylor.
46:53Is Dr. Nestri there?
46:55What?
46:57Oh, he has.
46:59Thanks.
47:00Well?
47:00He left for home five minutes ago.
47:02Where is that?
47:03Seven miles out to Bristol Road.
47:04That ought to take us about 20 minutes.
47:06Well, we'd better get going.
47:07You take care of yourself.
47:08Yes, darling.
47:11Goodbye.
47:19Is Mr. Cameron leaving, ma'am?
47:21Yes, Margaret.
47:22Dr. Baylor went with him.
47:25I won't need anything else tonight, Margaret.
47:27Just take this.
47:28You can go to bed.
47:29Thank you, ma'am.
47:30Good night.
47:31Good night.
47:41Good night.
47:53Good night.
47:54Good night.
47:57Good night.
47:59Good night.
47:59Good night.
48:04Good night.
48:47I hope I haven't startled you, Mrs. Baylor.
48:51The door was open, and...
48:56I came to see your husband.
48:59You wanted to see him?
49:01Yes.
49:04Did you have a successful trip to New York, Mrs. Baylor?
49:06How did you know where I'd been?
49:08Purely accidental.
49:10I happened to follow you most of the way.
49:13My husband just went over to the camera for a minute.
49:15I'm sure I can...
49:17Please don't bother.
49:20I consider it most fortunate to have these few moments alone with you.
49:26You were aware, I think, the first time we met,
49:29that some peculiar, shall we say, force had brought us together.
49:35You did feel it, didn't you?
49:38Yes.
49:39It is as though I had hunted for you for many years.
49:43As though I'd always known that somewhere you were waiting.
49:48You see, a long time ago,
49:52I knew someone very like you.
49:57Very delicate.
49:59Very strange.
50:01Very lovely.
50:04We had so short a time together.
50:07And then she died.
50:10She died?
50:12Yes.
50:14But did she?
50:16Did she?
50:18I've never felt sure that she'd really been completely destroyed.
50:22I've always felt as if some part of her remained somewhere.
50:26Alive.
50:27Warm and vibrant.
50:29Taunting me.
50:30Taunting me.
50:37You have eyes very much.
50:41Like hers.
50:46The same kind of hair.
50:53The same delicate fingers.
50:57I watched them.
50:58The first time you played for me here.
51:04Stone fingers.
51:06You were struggling with that piece of music you could not remember.
51:10You were frightened by it, I could see.
51:12She was frightened by it once, too.
51:20I had hoped to hear you play for me at least once again.
51:25Would you?
51:26If you like.
51:31What do you want me to play?
51:33I'd rather have you twos.
51:50Yes, that's it.
51:52Yes, that's it.
52:06You were a beautiful child, then.
52:09You are now a beautiful woman.
52:13Thinking of you after that first evening,
52:15I found myself saying your name over and over.
52:19Maria.
52:21Maria!
52:27This is though it were all before us again.
52:31You belong to me.
52:32To me alone.
52:34Say it!
52:35Say it!
52:36Say I am the only one you will ever love.
52:38Say it!
52:39Say it!
52:39No!
52:40No!
52:42No!
52:42No!
52:47You?
52:51You are not Maria.
52:54You are someone else.
52:57I know.
53:01You tricked me.
53:03You are his daughter.
53:06Her face.
53:08Her body.
53:09Over his heart.
53:12His daughter.
53:16Thought you could make me forget, didn't you?
53:19You thought I'd forgotten what I came to do here.
53:22No.
53:22No, I know you've not forgotten.
53:23But why here?
53:24There'd be less suspicion if you threw my body under the wheel than the train.
53:30You know?
53:34You know?
53:35How did you know?
53:36I was there.
53:38I saw you.
53:41No.
53:43No one saw me.
53:45No one.
53:47No one.
53:48I saw you.
53:51I've known.
53:52Always.
53:54You killed her.
53:56You killed the one person you ever loved.
53:59You killed her.
54:00Didn't you?
54:02Didn't you?
54:04Didn't you?
54:05Yes.
54:08I killed her.
54:12I didn't mean to.
54:20But I could no longer look into her eyes.
54:24Those eyes that had once been filled with fire and laughter.
54:28Were cold and empty of feeling.
54:31Slow, dead eyes that had lost their youth.
54:34That were soiled and full of sloth.
54:36I clothed those eyes forever.
54:39They were not the eyes of the girl I loved.
54:41They were not Maria's eyes.
54:42So you killed her.
54:44And you don't dare look at me.
54:46Because when you do, you see the body of the woman you crushed under the wheels of a train.
54:53But are you sure she ever died?
54:58You see?
55:00You aren't sure.
55:02Even now.
55:04When you held me in your arms, were you quite sure Maria Serrano was dead?
55:12No.
55:13Do you want to kill the same woman twice?
55:15No.
55:17Come.
55:18No.
55:21No.
55:21No.
55:21No.
55:22No.
55:24Don't hurt me.
55:25Don't hurt.
55:26Don't hurt.
55:27Don't hurt.
55:29Don't hurt.
55:30Don't hurt.
55:30Don't hurt.
55:33Don't hurt.
55:34Kim.
55:35Kim.
55:37Oh, it's so good to hear my own name again.
55:41Kim, call the hospital quickly.
55:44Have them take him away.
56:05Hello, I've come back again to remind you that the 1950 American Heart Association drive is open and we're asking
56:14you to
56:15open your heart and give to this terribly important cause. Of the six leading causes of death today, heart disease
56:24is America's number one killer. Diseases of the heart and blood vessels cause more deaths than all other five combined.
56:36Now doctors are working ceaselessly to try to find the real causes of heart disease and to educate us all
56:43about how to prevent it.
56:44But they need your help. Now, you may be helping your neighbor, someone in your own family, perhaps your child,
56:53or even yourself, when you give to the 1950 Heart Fund.
57:01Now you can make your contribution just like that, wherever you see the red plastic heart, or send it to
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57:22I'm sure that you're going to want to help fight this greatest threat to the health of all of us
57:28today.
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58:29Authors in the cast of Flowers from a Stranger were Phil Arthur, Joseph Boland, Virginia Dwyer, Catherine Grill, Lois Nettleton,
58:38Ethel Everett, and Catherine Mesko.
58:54This is Paul Brinson saying goodnight for Westinghouse, inviting you to be with us again next week.
58:59Meanwhile, be sure to see the Westinghouse refrigerator that has everything at such modest cost.
59:05And the Westinghouse television set with the wonderful electronic magnifier.
59:10And now, until next week, goodnight.
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