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00:00:00THE END
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00:00:57And you, Phyllis Hamilton, do you take this man to be your legal, lawfully wedded husband?
00:01:04To love, honor, and obey, until death do you part?
00:01:08I do.
00:01:12She's fainted, Dr. Rabin.
00:01:20Take her into the ante room.
00:01:22Yes, sir.
00:01:30Dr. Rabin, I'm Pat Hunter from the Chronicle.
00:01:33Please, this is no time for interviews.
00:01:36Shall I telephone for the ambulance?
00:01:38No.
00:01:39The Undertaker.
00:01:40She's dead.
00:01:41No.
00:01:59No.
00:02:00No.
00:02:10The Undertaker.
00:02:10Oh, my God.
00:02:10Oh, my God.
00:02:10I'm good.
00:02:10I'm good.
00:02:11I'm good.
00:02:22There you are, you can go now.
00:02:24Is that all?
00:02:25Gee, thanks.
00:02:33Good evening, Dr. Rayburn.
00:02:34I'm from the forest mortuary.
00:02:36Forest mortuary?
00:02:38Why, two of your men just drove away with the body a few moments ago.
00:02:42Well, there must be some mistake.
00:02:43They weren't our men.
00:02:44Well, I've heard of ambulance chasing, but this is something new.
00:02:47New? It's sensational.
00:02:49Another kidnapping of a dead bride.
00:02:50What a story!
00:03:11And a few minutes ago, one of the men who helped remove the body of the mysteriously dead bride was
00:03:16apprehended by the police.
00:03:18Go on, keep talking.
00:03:20Well, I'm, but I told you I was standing on the corner minding my own business when along comes a
00:03:24stiff wagon.
00:03:25A guy poked his head out in the window and asked me if I want to make a couple of
00:03:29bucks.
00:03:29How many men were with that hearse?
00:03:30Two. At least all I could see.
00:03:32What'd they look like?
00:03:34I don't know.
00:03:35It was dark. I didn't pay no attention to faces.
00:03:38You noticed the license.
00:03:39What, with two bucks staring me in the face?
00:03:41Come on, tell the truth. What'd you do with the corpse?
00:03:44I didn't do nothing with it.
00:03:46Why'd I tell you it is the truth?
00:03:48Sir, help me.
00:03:59As district attorney, Mrs. Wentworth, I assure you there won't be any trouble.
00:04:03You can proceed, but the wedding is planned.
00:04:05Well, we want some assurance besides words.
00:04:07We want protection.
00:04:09I'll have plenty of men guarding the chapel.
00:04:12And if I'm any judge of the appearance of your daughter, she looks as healthy as she is beautiful.
00:04:16Well, really, Mother, I think you're making much ado about nothing.
00:04:19You're not worried, are you?
00:04:20Not in the least.
00:04:22Well, if we have protection, I'll feel much better about it.
00:04:26You'll have it all right, Mrs. Wentworth.
00:04:33Well, Jones and Ronnie have to wait. I'll pick them up.
00:04:37That's the Wentworth mother and daughter, isn't it? Is the wedding called off?
00:04:40Certainly not, and there isn't going to be any trouble either.
00:04:42That's what all the rest of them thought.
00:04:44I can't answer for Mrs. Wentworth's help, but your paper can print one thing,
00:04:47and that is that there'll be no more theft of girls' bodies.
00:04:57This will get you and Sandy into the wedding, and I want plenty of photographs.
00:05:01Oh, don't worry, boss.
00:05:02I got enough film to cover the Russian front.
00:05:04Oh, Mr. Keenan, you promised to take me off the society column.
00:05:07Oh, quit beefing. You're getting a break.
00:05:09This is the most exclusive wedding of the year.
00:05:11What if the Wentworth girl drops dead, too?
00:05:14You'll still tell me what she's wearing, along with the rest of the fancy pants.
00:05:17Get me the guest list, and don't bother about anything else.
00:05:20I've got three men working with the police, and there'll be plenty more thereabouts.
00:05:24If the bride pulls up this time, there won't be any snatching.
00:05:27Now get going.
00:05:28What if I get a clue?
00:05:29Oh, I wouldn't let that bother me, sweetie pie.
00:05:31You wouldn't know a clue, but bitch it.
00:05:34I'll remember those words, stooge.
00:05:43Why are you so nervous, Mother?
00:05:46After all, I'm the one that's getting married.
00:05:49Oh, I just can't help it.
00:05:50I'm so afraid something will go wrong.
00:05:53Forget it.
00:05:54Nothing can possibly happen.
00:05:57Oh, Alice!
00:05:59Oh, you look perfectly beautiful.
00:06:01Do I look all right?
00:06:03Oh, yes.
00:06:04Oh, I am too.
00:06:06Have you seen Dwight?
00:06:07No.
00:06:11Make it snappy.
00:06:12We're late in this wedding.
00:06:13Won't wait for us.
00:06:14Can I help it if we had a blowout?
00:06:16Serves you right.
00:06:17Why don't you buy some new tires for this bus?
00:06:19You know, I've been thinking of getting some...
00:06:21Hey, are you kidding?
00:06:22Come on.
00:06:55Oh, Dwight, you mustn't come in here.
00:06:57Well, it's bad luck.
00:06:58Oh, not even a peek?
00:06:59Not even one.
00:07:01You'll see me soon enough.
00:07:02You see?
00:07:07Girls, do you mind if I have these last few minutes alone with Alice?
00:07:11Oh, I know.
00:07:12Oh, girls, welcome.
00:07:17Well, Mother, you're about to lose me.
00:07:19I hope not forever, dear.
00:07:21Oh, of course not.
00:07:23What are you talking about?
00:07:25Do you feel all right, dear?
00:07:27Certainly.
00:07:28I never felt better in my life.
00:07:30You should forget all that silly nonsense about those brides dropping dead.
00:07:40Permission won't work.
00:07:41Oh, thank you.
00:07:47From Dwight, no doubt.
00:07:53I'll wear this next to your heart, darling.
00:07:55All my love.
00:07:59What an unusual orchid.
00:08:01Well, I never saw one like it before.
00:08:04It's lovely.
00:08:05It's beautiful.
00:08:20The minister is ready, Mrs. Wentworth.
00:08:31Say a little prayer, darling.
00:08:40You look faint, dear.
00:08:41Do you feel all right?
00:08:43Yes, sir.
00:08:44Oh, Alice.
00:08:54What happened again?
00:08:55I just got the picture of the month.
00:09:24All right, thank you.
00:09:41I just phoned the news to Keenan. Did you get any more pictures?
00:09:43Did I get pictures? I covered everything except a close-up of this pretty posy.
00:09:47Why, that looks like the one the bride wore.
00:09:50What are you doing with it?
00:09:51Presenting it to you, sweetheart, as a token of my devotion.
00:09:54Take a smell.
00:09:55Who ever heard of an orchid with a scent?
00:09:58Well, that one has.
00:10:00Maybe it's a clue.
00:10:03What a peculiar sweet odor.
00:10:06Yeah, make a swell romaine salad.
00:10:14Hey, Pat, you're not going to pass out, too, are you?
00:10:17No. No, I'm okay.
00:10:33You stay right here.
00:10:35You stay right here.
00:10:41I'm sorry.
00:10:57Oh, my God.
00:11:20What kind of a gag is this?
00:11:22No driver, no license plate.
00:11:24Maybe it isn't a gag.
00:11:25Maybe it's a decoy.
00:11:26Maybe you're right.
00:11:40Calling all cars, calling all cars, another abduction of a girl's corpse, grunette, 22 years
00:11:48of age, stop and search all trucks and suspicious-looking cars, that is all, Burnside.
00:12:07Sorry.
00:12:08We're taking a look inside this rig.
00:12:10Sure thing, officer.
00:12:27Hey, Pete, it's a corpse, all right, but not the one we're looking for.
00:12:35All right, go ahead.
00:12:42Change that headline to read as wedlock challenged, then set up an editorial attacking the DA's
00:12:47office for playing marbles while some madman runs away with the bodies of dead brides.
00:12:52Okay, Mr. Keenan.
00:12:53Send me up the proofs right away.
00:12:55Oh, so it's you.
00:12:57Well, of all the rotten stories that have ever been turned into this office, yours takes
00:13:01the prize.
00:13:02No guest list, and we don't even know what the bride wore.
00:13:04She wore this orchid.
00:13:06Listen, Miss Hunter.
00:13:07I have a great responsibility.
00:13:09I'm a public servant.
00:13:11Parents are calling the Chronicle frantically with tears in their voice, begging for news
00:13:16of their daughters.
00:13:17I have a daughter myself who's about to be married.
00:13:20Maybe she'll drop dead, too.
00:13:21But she won't drop dead from an orchid.
00:13:24I didn't say that.
00:13:25Well, then what are you talking about?
00:13:26Every one of the brides that died and disappeared were wearing one of these orchids.
00:13:30How do you know?
00:13:31Well, I checked.
00:13:33Look at these pictures.
00:13:35All right, perhaps it's a coincidence.
00:13:37It still doesn't spell anything.
00:13:39Then where did the Wentworth girl get this orchid?
00:13:42The bridegroom didn't give it to her.
00:13:43Perhaps a dozen people gave it to her.
00:13:45Her mammy, her pappy.
00:13:47No, they didn't either.
00:13:47I checked.
00:13:48Besides, this orchid has a peculiar odor.
00:13:50That's unusual.
00:13:51Well, if you think it's a clue, why don't you follow it up?
00:13:54Is that an assignment?
00:13:55It's a notice that you're through if you don't bring something in.
00:13:57Okay, Mr. Keenan.
00:14:28Until then, Mr. Keenan.
00:14:32No, I didn't do so.
00:14:32No.
00:14:36Let's go.
00:14:37No, I don't think he's still there.
00:14:38No.
00:14:38We're there.
00:14:40No.
00:14:50My little family, you're all so very faithful.
00:14:53Master, the Countess is waiting.
00:14:55Upstairs?
00:14:56There.
00:14:57Oh, you must hurry.
00:14:58Mike.
00:15:38Are you suffering, my beloved?
00:15:39Derby, you must hurry.
00:15:43I'm so sorry, but I was detained.
00:15:47Please forgive me.
00:15:48Forgive you.
00:15:49You might waste time.
00:15:52While I wait here, die.
00:15:54Dying.
00:15:56Courage, courage.
00:15:57I will not let you die.
00:15:59Better death than agony like this.
00:16:04Look at me.
00:16:06Look at me.
00:16:07Calm yourself, my dear.
00:16:08Now, will you hurry?
00:16:09Mommy!
00:16:39Mommy!
00:17:35Oh, courage, my dear, calm down.
00:18:06Oh, courage, my dear, calm down.
00:18:31Oh, courage, my dear, calm down.
00:18:44Why do you beat my son so hard?
00:18:46Because he's a beast, an animal, and someday I shall have to destroy him.
00:18:51My poor son, why was he ever born?
00:19:05Why?
00:19:06Can you bear to look at me now?
00:19:08Of course.
00:19:09You're beautiful.
00:19:10And I shall always keep you that way.
00:19:22Will she live?
00:19:24As long as she can be of any use to us.
00:19:26Yes.
00:19:27She's pretty.
00:19:28Hmm.
00:19:29Very young.
00:19:31All of them must be.
00:19:32Come on, dear.
00:19:36Look after the girl, Parker.
00:19:38Yes, ma'am.
00:19:44None of the tourists I checked with ever saw an orchid like that.
00:19:47Well, that's not surprising.
00:19:49This particular type belongs to the Stanhopia class.
00:19:53It's a very rare species.
00:19:55Do you know of anyone that grows them?
00:19:56No.
00:19:57No.
00:19:57But if you wish to find out more about them, I suggest that you look up a man by the
00:20:02name
00:20:02of Lorenz.
00:20:03He was the one who originally hybridized this plant.
00:20:06Over in Europe somewhere.
00:20:08But I just can't go to Europe just to...
00:20:10Oh, that isn't necessary.
00:20:11He lives up at Brookdale now.
00:20:14Thank you, Mr. Smith.
00:20:16You're quite welcome.
00:20:23Looks like that box has got a coffin in it, Jeff.
00:20:26Sure does.
00:20:27For Professor Lorenz.
00:20:29What do you suppose he wants with a coffin?
00:20:31Search me.
00:20:32He's such a strange, spooky guy.
00:20:34The further I stay away from him, the better.
00:20:36Me too.
00:20:38I'll take charge of this.
00:20:39Go ahead.
00:20:40Take it away.
00:20:41Glad to get rid of it.
00:20:54Taxi lady?
00:20:55Yes.
00:20:56Right this way.
00:21:00Where to, miss?
00:21:01To the home of Professor Lorenz.
00:21:02Lorenz?
00:21:03I'm sorry.
00:21:03I can't take you there.
00:21:05Well, I'm out of gas.
00:21:06You mean you won't take me?
00:21:08Yes, ma'am.
00:21:09I'm sorry.
00:21:10I just...
00:21:11Is this the only taxi in town?
00:21:13Yes, ma'am, it is.
00:21:14Look, I've simply got to get to the Lorenz.
00:21:16Place.
00:21:17I'll make it worth your while.
00:21:18Oh, I'm sorry, lady, but that truck's going up there.
00:21:22You might get a ride with him.
00:21:23That is, if you don't mind riding with a coffin.
00:21:32Would you give me a lift to the Lorenz Place?
00:21:34What do you want to go there for?
00:21:35To see the professor.
00:21:36Does he expect you?
00:21:37No, but I...
00:21:38Then we can't take you.
00:22:12Get off and stay off.
00:22:14Look, I've got to see Professor Lorenz.
00:22:16It's important.
00:22:18I said you couldn't ride.
00:22:25Hey, wait a minute.
00:22:26You've got my bag.
00:22:28Oh.
00:22:57Would you mind giving me a lift?
00:22:59Well, certainly not.
00:23:00Where are you going?
00:23:00I'm trying to get to the home of Professor Lorenz.
00:23:03Well, you're in luck.
00:23:04That's where I'm going.
00:23:05Get in.
00:23:12My name is Dr. Foster.
00:23:13I'm Patricia Hunter.
00:23:15Are you a friend of the Lorenz?
00:23:16No, I'm a reporter.
00:23:17I hope to interview the professor.
00:23:20You're his doctor, I presume?
00:23:21Not exactly.
00:23:23Lorenz is a doctor himself, but he has no license to practice.
00:23:26I've been working with him.
00:23:27We're trying to find a cure for his wife.
00:23:29Oh, I see.
00:23:31What type of people are the Lorenz's?
00:23:34You'll find them very interesting.
00:23:37Professor Lorenz is a man of unusual accomplishments, but his wife is rather peculiar.
00:23:42I expect you'll find them both a bit eccentric.
00:24:19I'll tell your master I'm here.
00:24:28Cheerful little fellow, isn't he?
00:24:29I told you they were eccentric.
00:24:31I'm inclined to believe you.
00:24:44Get out, you gargoyle!
00:24:46Get out!
00:24:51Good evening, Dr. Foster.
00:24:53Come right in.
00:24:54Good evening, Professor Lorenz, the Countess.
00:24:57May I present Miss Patricia Hunter.
00:24:58How do you do?
00:25:00We have been expecting you.
00:25:02So you found my bag in your truck?
00:25:04Yes.
00:25:04There it is.
00:25:06It's Hunter's a newspaper woman.
00:25:07I came here hoping you might grant me an interview.
00:25:09An interview?
00:25:11About what?
00:25:11No one asked you to come here.
00:25:13You're not welcome.
00:25:15Control yourself, my dear.
00:25:17I'm sure Miss Hunter meant no harm.
00:25:19Please forgive my wife.
00:25:21She's not well.
00:25:21Come.
00:25:22You had better retire.
00:25:27So that's what you call being eccentric.
00:25:30Well, I have another name for it.
00:25:35I do not like that girl.
00:25:37She is here for no good.
00:25:39We have nothing to fear.
00:25:49I'm sorry, Professor, if we're intruding.
00:25:51Not at all, Dr. Foster.
00:25:53This is our evening for work.
00:25:56Please, be seated.
00:26:00What do you wish to interview me about?
00:26:03Orchids.
00:26:04Orchids?
00:26:05Yes, I understand that you're an authority on the subject.
00:26:08They were once my hobby.
00:26:11But I haven't grown any for several years.
00:26:15Which species are you interested in?
00:26:17A very rare one of the Stanhopia type.
00:26:20A horticulturist told me that you're the original hybridizer of it.
00:26:24Have you ever seen one?
00:26:26Yes, I have one in my bag.
00:26:27I'll show it to you.
00:26:30Where did you get it?
00:26:33Oh, a friend of mine gave it to me.
00:26:35You see, I'm doing an article on Orchids for my newspaper.
00:26:38And I thought that you might be willing to supply me with some special data.
00:26:41I'm sorry, I can't spare time tonight, Miss Hunter.
00:26:44You see, I have very important work to do with Dr. Foster.
00:26:47I understand.
00:26:48If your interview can wait until morning, I'll drive you back here then.
00:26:51If that's agreeable, Professor Orens.
00:26:53Well, it's quite agreeable, but I would suggest that you both stay here as my guests.
00:26:56Thank you very much, but I prefer going to a hotel.
00:26:59Yes, as you wish.
00:27:07I think it would be foolish to go out in such a storm.
00:27:10The Professor is right, Miss Hunter.
00:27:11Perhaps we had better remain.
00:27:13However, if you insist, I'll gladly drive you back to the village.
00:27:15I'm afraid that would be an imposition since you've so much work to do.
00:27:19Thank you, I'll stay.
00:27:25Toby will show you to your rooms.
00:27:31Toby, take up Miss Hunter's back.
00:27:39Good night.
00:27:40Good night.
00:27:41I'll meet you in the study soon.
00:27:42Very well.
00:27:53Why did you ask her to spend the night here?
00:27:58A very special reason.
00:28:25I guess you sleep very good.
00:28:27Maybe.
00:28:31A few times I've stayed overnight here, I slept unusually well.
00:28:34It must be wonderful to have nerves like that.
00:28:38Tell me, just how well do you know these people?
00:28:40Why, actually, not very well.
00:28:42I've only recently moved into the village.
00:28:44You know, a young doctor trying to establish a practice.
00:28:49Well, I must be keeping you from your work.
00:28:52Good night, doctor.
00:28:53Good night.
00:28:53Good night.
00:29:09What do you want?
00:29:11Yes.
00:29:12You are beautiful.
00:29:14How did you get in here?
00:29:15So young.
00:29:17Such lovely skin.
00:29:20Sometime you too will be a bride.
00:29:23Hmph.
00:29:33Here, you go.
00:29:36How do you see?
00:29:37Hello.
00:29:40How do you see?
00:29:42You are the wife.
00:29:43Very well.
00:29:44I'm a woman who's outside.
00:29:44To be fine.
00:32:05I know where you're going.
00:32:13Some day, the Master will catch you.
00:32:17Then you'll be sorry.
00:32:19I know where you're going.
00:33:47Dr. Foster?
00:33:48Dr. Foster?
00:33:54Dr. Foster?
00:33:57Dr. Foster?
00:34:09What's wrong?
00:34:11I just saw someone in my room, a horrible looking creature.
00:34:20He disappeared back there.
00:34:41Apparently he's not here now. Where did you see him?
00:34:44Leaning over my bed.
00:34:45Of course, you might have been dreaming.
00:34:47I'm positive I wasn't.
00:34:48Earlier in the evening, Mrs. Lorenz suddenly appeared and then disappeared.
00:34:52Do you suppose there's another entrance to this room?
00:34:55Oh, I doubt it.
00:34:56Why don't you try to go back to sleep?
00:34:58No one's going to harm you.
00:34:59I'm sure it was just a nightmare.
00:35:01I think this whole place is a nightmare.
00:35:04Professor Lorenz and his wife were actually sleeping in coffins.
00:35:07I saw them.
00:35:08We often find it difficult to explain the peculiarities of some people.
00:35:12I guess so.
00:35:14I'm awfully sorry to bother you.
00:35:16There's no trouble.
00:35:16If you're frightened, call me again.
00:35:19Good night.
00:35:19Good night.
00:35:28What is the trouble?
00:35:31The angel.
00:35:32He has disturbed our guests.
00:35:35Always the angel.
00:35:38He is a menace to us.
00:35:40Yes.
00:35:42I think the client has come to dispose of him.
00:35:46I think the client has come to dispose of him.
00:36:02Good night.
00:36:05Really?
00:36:13That's it.
00:36:28I'll see you all I was married.
00:36:28Oh, turn on.
00:40:16Don't be afraid, angel.
00:40:20I would not hurt you.
00:41:13Good morning, Miss Hunter.
00:41:15Good morning, Miss Hunter.
00:41:29Oh, I'm sorry.
00:41:30I thought you were up.
00:41:31Up?
00:41:32I've been up all night with dead people.
00:41:34Dead people?
00:41:35What do you mean?
00:41:35Come in and I'll tell you.
00:41:42What kind of a place is this?
00:41:44Last night I had the most horrible experience of my life.
00:41:47What was it?
00:41:48I saw lots of girls in crips down underneath this house.
00:41:54What was it?
00:41:55What was that you were saying, Miss Hunter?
00:41:57Why have you a mausoleum in the basement?
00:42:00Mausoleum?
00:42:01What are you talking about?
00:42:02You know what I'm talking about?
00:42:05You know what I'm talking about?
00:42:05All those dead girls and that horrible dead creature.
00:42:08My dear, you must have had a bad dream.
00:42:11Now look, Professor.
00:42:12This was no dream.
00:42:14When did you see all this?
00:42:16Shortly after I called you and told you about that horrible creature in my room.
00:42:19Is that true, Dr. Foster?
00:42:21Why, I don't recall anything about it, Miss Hunter.
00:42:24You must be mistaken.
00:42:25Well, if I was dreaming, it was the darndest nightmare I've ever had.
00:42:28I slept very soundly myself.
00:42:30Miss Hunter was rather upset, I think, when she retired.
00:42:33You see, in our dreams, our minds play strange tricks on us sometimes.
00:42:39Yes, I suppose so.
00:42:41Oh, Professor.
00:42:42That orchid I brought up here to show you is gone.
00:42:45I couldn't find it in my bag.
00:42:47That's too bad.
00:42:48Perhaps you forgot to pack it.
00:42:50Will you be down soon?
00:42:52Yes, right away.
00:42:53Are you coming, Doctor?
00:42:54Of course.
00:43:31Shall we go into breakfast?
00:43:32No, thank you.
00:43:33I've got to get back to the city.
00:43:34Will you drive me to the station, Dr. Foster?
00:43:36I'll be glad to.
00:43:37But what about an interview?
00:43:39Well, that'll have to wait until some other time.
00:43:40I just remembered an appointment at the office.
00:43:42So I've got to catch the next train.
00:43:45You'll excuse me, Countess?
00:43:47Yes.
00:43:47I will excuse you.
00:43:49Oh, Professor, do you also make a hobby of collecting coffins?
00:43:53Why, yes, in a manner of speaking.
00:43:55I find a coffin much more comfortable than a bed.
00:43:59Many people do so, my dear.
00:44:02Is it so strange that I accept one while waiting for eternal rest?
00:44:06No, I suppose not.
00:44:09Well, thank you for your hospitality.
00:44:11Goodbye.
00:44:14I trust we will meet again.
00:44:16It has been so nice meeting you.
00:44:25Don't tell me I'm still dreaming.
00:44:28What do you mean?
00:44:28That gravedigger.
00:44:30He's real, isn't he?
00:44:34Oh, he's real, all right.
00:44:36But I hardly think he's a gravedigger.
00:44:38More likely laying the foundation for a house.
00:44:40You're a trusting soul, aren't you, Doctor?
00:44:42Is that a crime?
00:44:43No, on the contrary.
00:44:44I envy you.
00:44:46Are you trying to make me believe you're one of those hard-boiled reporters
00:44:48that we read about or see in the movies?
00:44:50No, but working on a newspaper, one becomes cynical and suspicious.
00:45:12Well, I've enjoyed meeting you, Miss Hunter.
00:45:14I hope to have a pleasure of seeing you again.
00:45:16I have a hunch you will, Doctor Foster.
00:45:18Oh, tell me.
00:45:20Just why did you come up here?
00:45:22Or is it the secret?
00:45:23It is, but...
00:45:25Somehow I feel that I can trust you.
00:45:28You can.
00:45:29You've heard of the case of the vanishing brides.
00:45:31Why, surely?
00:45:32I think I have a clue.
00:45:34You don't mean that you suspect...
00:45:36Yes, I do.
00:45:38I want to show you something.
00:45:41What are these?
00:45:42Why, they're orchids, of course.
00:45:44You bet they're orchids.
00:45:45And they didn't grow in my dreams.
00:45:48They're exactly like the one that disappeared from my bag.
00:45:50Where did you get them?
00:45:51I found them on the floor beside my bed this morning.
00:45:54The person who came into my room last night must have brought these with him.
00:45:57That seems like a logical explanation.
00:45:59There's no question about it.
00:46:01Honestly, Doctor, don't you remember meeting me in the hallway last night?
00:46:05No, I don't.
00:46:07And if I did, I...
00:46:08I must have been asleep.
00:46:10Either that, or you were hypnotized.
00:46:13Yes, that's quite possible.
00:46:22Well, watch your step.
00:46:24And if you discover anything, phone me.
00:46:26That's a promise.
00:46:27Goodbye.
00:46:27Not goodbye.
00:46:28Au revoir.
00:46:34All right, print the story on page one.
00:46:36Keep your fingers crossed that this paper isn't suitable by some of these phony suspects that the police are bringing
00:46:41in.
00:46:41Well, they got me a red brand of the guy they just brought in.
00:46:44I don't want photographs.
00:46:45I want real clues.
00:46:47The DA's office can't pick up those madmen who's stealing the bodies of these dead girls.
00:46:50Maybe we can.
00:46:52Okay, I'll throw it in a wastebasket.
00:46:54No, I'll have it developed.
00:46:56Doyle, where's Lefty?
00:46:57Over at Central Station.
00:46:58The only thing he gets over there is a game of Jim Romy.
00:47:01Tell him to get back here.
00:47:02Well, I got something.
00:47:03I'll say you have.
00:47:04You're fired.
00:47:05What do you mean?
00:47:05You can't do that to me.
00:47:06Listen.
00:47:07Just because the bodies of dead girls disappear is no reason why you can do a vanishing act.
00:47:11But you gave me the assignment.
00:47:12Yeah, I suppose I did.
00:47:13All right.
00:47:14Where have you been?
00:47:14What have you uncovered?
00:47:15Well, hey, not so fast.
00:47:17Listen, Mr. Keenan,
00:47:18last night I went through the most gruesome experience of my life.
00:47:21You should talk.
00:47:22All my life has been a nightmare.
00:47:23Well, you can rest easier now because I've seen plenty.
00:47:26If I can only prove I wasn't dreaming.
00:47:28Dream?
00:47:29I had a dream last night myself.
00:47:31I dreamed you gave me that raise you've been promising me.
00:47:34All right, Madam Zora.
00:47:35Go on with your dream story.
00:47:37Well, there's a certain Professor Lorenz that lives upstate.
00:47:40He knows all about orchids but insists that he doesn't grow them anymore.
00:47:44Yet I found these in my bedroom this morning.
00:47:47Listen, Lizzy, you didn't go off someplace and get married, did you?
00:47:50No, I didn't.
00:47:51But I saw the bodies of those other missing brides.
00:47:54All right.
00:47:56Now take it easy.
00:47:57Stop breathing hard, Pat, and tell me all about it.
00:48:00Did you really see any bodies?
00:48:02Yes and no.
00:48:04I see.
00:48:05Just a bit of ectoplasm.
00:48:07I'm sure I did, though, only...
00:48:09Oh, I can't explain it.
00:48:10Yeah, you're suffering the same way I am.
00:48:12I see brides everywhere.
00:48:14I hear wedding bells ringing in my ears.
00:48:16And I saw a dead man, too.
00:48:18A monstrosity.
00:48:20Doing very well.
00:48:24I'd like to see Miss Hunter.
00:48:25Oh, I'm sorry.
00:48:26She's busy.
00:48:27She's with Mr. Keenan.
00:48:28It's very important that I see her.
00:48:29I'm Dr. Foster.
00:48:30I wonder if you'd mind announcing me.
00:48:33Mr. Keenan.
00:48:35There's Dr. Foster here.
00:48:37He sits on seeing Miss Hunter.
00:48:38Tell him he can have all of her time from now on.
00:48:41That's the Dr. Foster I was telling you about.
00:48:43Maybe he has more evidence.
00:48:45All right, send the sawbones in.
00:48:48Hey, look, if you don't mind.
00:48:49I'm going out for a nervous breakdown.
00:48:53Well, Doctor, you almost beat me here.
00:48:55Yes, I drove down.
00:48:56Dr. Foster, Mr. Keenan, my editor.
00:48:58Glad to meet you.
00:48:59How do you know?
00:49:00This cub reporter of mine has been telling me a weird story
00:49:03about a certain Dr. Lorenz up in your neighborhood.
00:49:05It's weird, all right, but I'm confident it's true.
00:49:08After you left, I looked around the station
00:49:10to find out if Lorenz had any of the coffins assigned to him.
00:49:12I found a consignment, all right.
00:49:14Instead of a coffin, it was a box filled with this stuff.
00:49:19So what? That's ordinary garden moss.
00:49:21It's moss, all right, but not ordinary.
00:49:24This is a special type used by florescent hybridizers
00:49:26for growing orchids.
00:49:27It's called osmondin.
00:49:29Which proves that he does grow orchids like these.
00:49:31And the same kind were worn by every one of the brides that died.
00:49:34Well, maybe it is a clue.
00:49:36But how do I know that the rest isn't a cockeyed nightmare?
00:49:39She admits that you don't remember talking to her.
00:49:41I could have talked to her one in a synambulistic state
00:49:44under the influence of hypnotism.
00:49:46Oh, now, wait a minute.
00:49:47Are you trying to tell me that this professor Lorenz
00:49:49is a hypnotist as well as a horticulturist?
00:49:51Why not?
00:49:53My short acquaintance with him has convinced me
00:49:55that he's a man of unlimited talents.
00:49:56He's strange, peculiar.
00:49:59I've even suspected him of being insane.
00:50:01But the fact remains, he's not only a doctor,
00:50:03but a physicist and a scientist of great ability.
00:50:05How about this hot-headed wife of his?
00:50:07I hesitate to bring her into the case of all.
00:50:10Professional ethics forbids the doctor talking about his patients.
00:50:13Oh, forget about your ethics, doctor.
00:50:15After all, we're after a criminal.
00:50:17How does this woman fit into the picture?
00:50:20Come on, tell us all you know.
00:50:22The peculiar fact about her is that
00:50:23although she has the appearance of a young woman,
00:50:26her heart and arteries indicate that she's at least 70 or 80 years old.
00:50:29Well, that doesn't explain anything.
00:50:31Certainly doesn't explain why Dr. Lorenz
00:50:33should steal these dead girls.
00:50:35It's possible they may still be alive.
00:50:37Alive in a cataleptic state?
00:50:39That's it.
00:50:40All right, all right.
00:50:41What are your other deductions?
00:50:42Well, simply this.
00:50:43These young girls, whether dead or alive,
00:50:46are being used by Lorenz in some manner
00:50:47as human guinea pigs to sustain his wife in a youthful state.
00:50:51Oh, that's preposterous.
00:50:52It's nothing of the kind.
00:50:54Scientists are finding out every day
00:50:55that glands and hormones have a lot to do with life and health.
00:50:58The glands in our bodies help determine the condition of our teeth,
00:51:01the texture of our hair.
00:51:02All right, we'll admit all that.
00:51:04But I wouldn't dare print such a fantastic story.
00:51:06I bring you the biggest story of the year
00:51:08and a chance to get this newspaper a real scoop,
00:51:10and you call it fantastic.
00:51:12All right, I'll put Doyle on it to track it down.
00:51:14I'm afraid you won't get very far.
00:51:16Professor Lorenz is a clever man,
00:51:17clever enough to withstand any investigation
00:51:19and destroy any evidence.
00:51:21Why not track the fellow?
00:51:23How?
00:51:23Well, he steals dead brides, doesn't he?
00:51:26Oh, now, look, Pat, do you want to be a June bride?
00:51:28Oh, sure.
00:51:29I mean, that is, no, not yet.
00:51:31Anyway, Lorenz knows me.
00:51:32All right, then, stop talking nonsense.
00:51:34This paper can't assume the responsibility
00:51:36of such a harebrained scheme.
00:51:38Oh, please, Mr. Keenan,
00:51:39you can't pass up an opportunity like this.
00:51:49There she is.
00:51:52Cigarette?
00:51:53Say, she's cute.
00:51:56Well, would you like to dance?
00:51:58Later.
00:51:59Business before pleasure, you know.
00:52:02Hello, Peggy.
00:52:03Hello, Pat.
00:52:03Ms. Woods, Dr. Foster.
00:52:05Good evening, Ms. Woods.
00:52:05How do you do?
00:52:06I have something important to tell you.
00:52:08I'm all ears.
00:52:09Let's go to your dressing room.
00:52:10Okay.
00:52:11I won't be long.
00:52:12All right.
00:52:20Peggy, I've landed a good part for you.
00:52:21A chance to prove your talent.
00:52:24Really?
00:52:24What is it?
00:52:24A picture or a play?
00:52:25Neither one.
00:52:26My paper's going to stage a phony wedding,
00:52:28and we want you to be the perfect June bride.
00:52:30Now, wait just a minute.
00:52:31With bridesmaids and flowers and all the trimmings.
00:52:33What is it?
00:52:33A circulation stunt?
00:52:35No.
00:52:36You've heard of the case of the vanishing bride.
00:52:37Sure.
00:52:38Well, this is a plan we have to trap the person who's been stealing their bodies.
00:52:41Are you kidding?
00:52:43Certainly not.
00:52:43The job will pay you plenty.
00:52:45How will I collect if I'm dead?
00:52:47You won't be dead.
00:52:48All you have to be careful of is not to smell any flowers.
00:52:51All I do is lie six feet underground and push them up.
00:52:53Nicks, count me out.
00:52:54Listen, Peggy, I'm offering you a chance to get your picture on the front page of every newspaper in this
00:52:59country.
00:52:59Overnight you'll be famous.
00:53:01Broadway producers and Hollywood studios will be offering you contracts.
00:53:05What's the chance you've been waiting for?
00:53:13She's the most unusual type.
00:53:17Such fascinating eyes.
00:53:19She'll make a charming addition to our family.
00:53:23June 20th.
00:53:25A date we shall not forget.
00:53:32Faga, what are you doing in this part of the house?
00:53:36Master, I keep hearing my son's voice calling for me.
00:53:41Your son is better off where he is.
00:53:43Go back to your work.
00:53:44Master, you shouldn't have done it.
00:53:47He didn't deserve to die.
00:53:49Do what I say and don't come up here again.
00:53:53Yes, master.
00:54:03Well, everything's all set.
00:54:04She's young and pretty.
00:54:06Yeah.
00:54:07What assurance have we that this Lorenz guy will show up to make the snatch?
00:54:10And what happens if he does kidnap this fake bride?
00:54:12Well, the private chapel and neighborhood will be covered with guards and, well, Lorenz hasn't a chance to escape.
00:54:18Providing he shows up.
00:54:19And if he doesn't, I'm the sucker and I have 500 bucks.
00:54:22And if he does, you have an exclusive story with big juicy headlines.
00:54:28I hope you're right.
00:54:35Well, Blushing Bride, here's where you go on for your big scene.
00:54:38Or big flop.
00:54:39My knees are shaking.
00:54:40There's nothing to be afraid of.
00:54:42Here's your bouquet and the phony orchid.
00:54:44Now, don't forget to put on your act.
00:54:46Leave that to me.
00:54:47You got plenty of photographers out there?
00:54:49Certainly.
00:54:49And what about the cops?
00:54:50How many times do I have to tell you nothing's going to happen to you?
00:54:54Oh, uh, Miss Hunter.
00:54:55Yes?
00:54:56Uh, I wanted to ask you.
00:54:57In this ceremony, shall we use the word cherish or obey?
00:55:01You mean for the bride?
00:55:02Yes.
00:55:03Well, just for this once, let's put the old-fashioned word in. Obey.
00:55:06I've marked the words here.
00:55:08Just read the ceremony slowly, solemnly.
00:55:12Yes, I understand.
00:55:13I hope what you're doing isn't wrong.
00:55:15It's all on good cause.
00:55:16Well, I suppose it is.
00:55:19Well, if you need me, you'll find me in my study.
00:55:22You've been grand, Reverend.
00:55:24You'd better go get ready.
00:55:25What do I do now?
00:55:26Just march down the aisle and don't forget this ain't at the altar.
00:55:29Well, here goes nothing.
00:55:34How's everything going?
00:55:36All right so far, I guess.
00:55:37Good.
00:55:37The ceremony's about to begin.
00:55:39I certainly hope somebody shows up besides these ham actors I'm paying.
00:55:42You know, it seems to me that if Lorenz were ready to strike, he'd have sent an orchid.
00:55:45Just a minute.
00:55:47I'll take that.
00:55:48Did you say orchid?
00:55:49And I'll take you with it.
00:55:52There you are.
00:55:53Looks like our man's going to pounce all right.
00:55:56It looks like you're right.
00:55:57That has to happen too, right?
00:55:58That's it.
00:56:16There we go.
00:56:17Here are some things.
00:56:17This is an orchid.
00:56:18Theysee a moment.
00:56:18And then, several times podemos to describe the crown chart porcimpесь, you see, while I'm falling.
00:56:19There's a trauma gap.
00:56:25Let's see if thisked's 잘out a whole month and its first year.
00:56:25It will begin.
00:56:25Should we send you through the orchid tree?
00:56:30It looks just like a real wedding, doesn't it?
00:56:33Yes.
00:56:34Too bad it isn't.
00:56:37Ours.
00:56:39Is that a proposal, Dr. Foster?
00:56:41It certainly is.
00:56:43The minister would like to speak to you in his study, Miss Hunter.
00:56:47But...
00:56:47Oh, you mean the real minister?
00:56:49Yes, ma'am.
00:56:51I'll be right back.
00:57:01You wanted to see me, Reverend?
00:57:10Where's Pat?
00:57:11The minister sent for her.
00:57:35I'll be right back.
00:57:47Oh, Pat!
00:57:49Oh, Pat!
00:58:22I'll be right back.
00:58:27Please, master!
00:58:28Don't leave me!
00:58:29Please, master!
00:59:15Toby, my son.
00:59:16Where is Toby, master?
00:59:17Toby's gone.
00:59:18Alice.
00:59:18You shouldn't have left.
00:59:19Stop whimpering.
00:59:20How is the countess?
00:59:21Waiting as usual.
00:59:23Hurry up.
00:59:24Let's go.
00:59:41There was trouble.
00:59:43Yes.
00:59:43But we'll be finished before anyone finds us.
00:59:45But the bride.
00:59:46What would we do without them?
00:59:48Yes.
00:59:48We have to leave them here.
00:59:50Which means I will perish.
00:59:52We didn't walk that I find other girls.
00:59:53In the meantime, we take this one with us.
00:59:56What are you waiting for?
01:00:00Well, my dear.
01:00:02Again, we meet.
01:00:04Only under different circumstances.
01:00:07I would have preferred that you would be a bride, but it really doesn't matter.
01:00:10You will serve our purpose just as well.
01:00:14Now, both of my sons are gone.
01:00:16You betrayed me, Matt.
01:00:20I heard enough.
01:00:21There's work to do.
01:00:54You betrayed me, Matt.
01:00:56You shouldn't have done it.
01:01:07Oh, my God.
01:01:09Oh, my God.
01:01:11Oh, my God.
01:01:13Oh, my God.
01:01:13Oh, my God.
01:01:30You stay here and cover this.
01:01:35Your hand is unsteady.
01:01:38I can't see.
01:01:42I can't see.
01:02:07Pat!
01:02:13Pat!
01:02:14Pat!
01:02:15Pat!
01:02:15Is she dead?
01:02:16No.
01:02:18Just scared to death.
01:02:21All right.
01:02:22Break it up.
01:02:23We've got headlines to write.
01:02:24Do I get a byline?
01:02:27After this, you can have a clothesline with my shirt on it.
01:02:33I now pronounce you man and wife.
01:02:39Finally, make a newspaper woman out of you and go and quit.
01:02:42And to think that this was the cause of it all.
01:02:52Oh, my God.
01:02:54Oh, my God.
01:02:56Oh, my God.
01:02:59Oh, my God.
01:02:59Oh, my God.
01:02:59Oh, my God.
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