Dr George comes up with a plan to kill brides and use their body fluids to keep his wife young and alive.
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00:00:00The End
00:00:30And you, Phyllis Hamilton,
00:00:59do 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.
00:01:12Take her into the ante room.
00:01:22Yes, sir.
00:01:29Dr. 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?
00:01:37No, the undertaker.
00:01:40She's dead.
00:01:40She's dead.
00:02:10Here you are, you can go now.
00:02:23Is that all?
00:02:25Gee, thanks.
00:02:26Good evening, Dr. Rabin.
00:02:34I'm from the forest mortuary.
00:02:36Forest mortuary?
00:02:38Why, two of your men just drove away with the buddy a few moments ago.
00:02:41Well, there must be some mistake.
00:02:43There weren't our men.
00:02:44Well, I've heard of ambulance chasing, but this is something new.
00:02:46New?
00:02:47It's sensational.
00:02:48Another kidnapping of a dead bride.
00:02:50What a story.
00:02:51And a few minutes ago, one of the men who helped remove the body of the mysteriously dead bride was apprehended by the police.
00:03:17Go on, keep talking.
00:03:19Well, what I told you, I was standing on the corner minding my own business when along comes a stiff wagon.
00:03:25A guy poked his head out in the window and asked me if I want to make a couple of bucks.
00:03:28How many men were with that hearse?
00:03:30Two.
00:03:31At least all I could see.
00:03:32What'd they look like?
00:03:33I don't know.
00:03:35It was dark.
00:03:35I didn't pay no attention to faces.
00:03:37You noticed the license?
00:03:39What, with two bucks staring me in the face?
00:03:41Come on, tell the truth.
00:03:42What'd you do with the corpse?
00:03:43I didn't do nothing with it.
00:03:45What I tell you is the truth.
00:03:47Sir, help me.
00:03:48As district attorney, Mrs. Winsworth, I assure you there won't be any trouble.
00:04:02You can proceed with the wedding as planned.
00:04:04Well, we want some assurance besides words.
00:04:07We want protection.
00:04:08I'll have plenty of men guarding the chapel.
00:04:11And if I'm any judge of the appearance of your daughter, she looks as healthy as she is beautiful.
00:04:15Oh, really, Mother, I think you're making much ado about nothing.
00:04:18You'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.
00:04:25You'll have it all right, Mrs. Winsworth.
00:04:33Tell Jones and Ronnie to wait.
00:04:34I'll pick them up.
00:04:36That's the Winsworth mother and daughter, isn't it?
00:04:38Is the wedding called off?
00:04:39Certainly not.
00:04:40And there isn't going to be any trouble either.
00:04:42That's what all the rest of them thought.
00:04:43I can't answer for Mrs. Winsworth's help, but your paper can print one thing,
00:04:47and that is that there'll be no more theft of girls' bodies.
00:04:55Yeah.
00:04:56This will get you and Sandy into the wedding, and I want plenty of photographs.
00:05:00Oh, don't worry, boss.
00:05:01I 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 beeping.
00:05:08You'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?
00:05:13You'll still tell me what she's wearing, along with the rest of the panty pants.
00:05:17Give 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.
00:05:23If the bride pulls up this time, there won't be any snatching.
00:05:26Now get going.
00:05:27What if I get a clue?
00:05:28Oh, I wouldn't let that bother me, sweetie pie.
00:05:30You wouldn't know a clue if I'd bitch it.
00:05:33I'll remember those words, stooge.
00:05:35Why are you so nervous, Mother?
00:05:45After all, I'm the one that's getting married.
00:05:48Oh, I just can't help it.
00:05:50I'm so afraid something will go wrong.
00:05:52Forget it.
00:05:53Nothing can possibly happen.
00:05:55Oh, Alice.
00:05:58Oh, you look perfectly beautiful.
00:06:01Do I look all right?
00:06:02Oh, yes.
00:06:03Oh, you too.
00:06:05Have you seen Dwight?
00:06:06No.
00:06:07No.
00:06:11Make it snappy.
00:06:12We're late in this.
00:06:12Wedding won't wait for us.
00:06:13Can I help it if we had a blowout?
00:06:16Serves you right.
00:06:16Why don't you buy some new tires for this bus?
00:06:19You know, I've been thinking of getting some...
00:06:20Hey, are you kidding?
00:06:22Come on.
00:06:22Come on.
00:06:48Oh, Dwight, you mustn't come in here.
00:06:56It's bad luck.
00:06:58Oh, not even a peek?
00:06:59Not even one.
00:07:00You'll see me soon enough.
00:07:02You see?
00:07:06Uh, girls, do you mind if I have these last few minutes alone with Alice?
00:07:10Oh, of course.
00:07:11Well, girls, well done.
00:07:13Well, Mother, you're about to lose me.
00:07:19I hope not forever, dear.
00:07:20Oh, of course not.
00:07:22What are you talking about?
00:07:24Do you feel all right, dear?
00:07:26Certainly.
00:07:27I never felt better in my life.
00:07:29You should forget all that silly nonsense about those brides dropping dead.
00:07:40Permission went worse.
00:07:41Oh, thank you.
00:07:43From Dwight, no doubt.
00:07:52Wear this next to your heart, darling.
00:07:54All my love.
00:07:58What an unusual orchid.
00:08:01Well, I never saw one like it before.
00:08:03It's lovely.
00:08:04It's beautiful.
00:08:05It's beautiful.
00:08:13The minister is ready, Mrs. Wentworth.
00:08:22Say a little prayer, darling.
00:08:40You look faint, dear.
00:08:41Do you feel all right?
00:08:42Yes.
00:08:43Oh, Alice.
00:08:44Oh, oh.
00:08:46Oh, Alice.
00:08:47Alice.
00:08:48Alice.
00:08:49Oh, darling.
00:08:50Darling, are you all right?
00:08:51Oh, Alice.
00:08:52Oh, Alice.
00:08:53Alice.
00:08:54What happened again?
00:08:55I just got the picture of the month.
00:08:57Oh, Alice.
00:08:57Oh, Alice.
00:09:02Oh, Alice.
00:09:17Oh, Alice.
00:09:18Oh, Alice.
00:09:18I 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.
00:09:46Why, that looks like the one the bride wore. What are you doing with it?
00:09:51Presenting it to you, sweetheart, as a token of my devotion. Take a smell.
00:09:55Who ever heard of an orchid with a scent?
00:09:57Well, that one has. Maybe it's a clue.
00:10:02What a peculiar sweet odor.
00:10:06Yeah, make a swell romaine salad.
00:10:13Hey, Pat, you're not going to pass out too, are you?
00:10:16No. No, I'm okay.
00:10:33You stay right here.
00:10:35I'm going to pass out too much.
00:10:37Goodbye.
00:10:38Hallelujah.
00:10:38Bye.
00:10:38Bye.
00:10:39Bye.
00:10:42Bye.
00:10:44Bye.
00:10:47Bye.
00:10:47Bye.
00:10:48Bye.
00:10:49Bye.
00:10:50Bye.
00:10:51Bye.
00:10:53Woo.
00:10:54Bye.
00:10:55Bye.
00:10:57Bye.
00:10:57Bye.
00:11:01What kind of a gag is this?
00:11:22No driver, no license plate.
00:11:23Maybe it isn't a gag.
00:11:25Maybe it's a decoy.
00:11:26Maybe you're right.
00:11:31Calling all cars, calling all cars, another abduction of a girl's corpse, brunette, 22 years of age, stop and search all trucks and suspicious looking cars, that is all, Burnside.
00:12:01We're taking a look inside this rig.
00:12:10Sure thing, officer.
00:12:11Hey, Pete, it's a corpse, all right, but not the one relevant.
00:12:30All right, go ahead.
00:12:36Change that headline to read as wedlock challenged.
00:12:45Then set up an editorial attacking the DA's office for playing models 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 the prize.
00:13:02No guest list, and we don't even know what the bride wore.
00:13:04She wore this orchid.
00:13:05Listen, Miss Hunter, I 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 of their daughters.
00:13:17I have a daughter myself who's about to be married.
00:13:20Maybe she'll drop dead, too, but she won't drop dead from an orchid.
00:13:23I didn't say that.
00:13:25Well, then what are you talking about?
00:13:27Every 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.
00:13:33All 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 mommy, 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.
00:13:58You can click on it.
00:14:00You can see it.
00:14:00Come on.
00:14:01Don't you see it.
00:14:01Hold on.
00:14:14You thank you.
00:14:19You're right.
00:14:21My little family.
00:14:51You are so very faithful.
00:14:53Master, the Countess is waiting.
00:14:55Upstairs.
00:14:56Near.
00:14:57Oh, you must hurry.
00:14:58Mike.
00:15:21Are you suffering, my beloved?
00:15:22Terribly.
00:15:23You must hurry.
00:15:24I'm so sorry, but I was detained.
00:15:26Please forgive me.
00:15:27Forgive me.
00:15:28Forgive me.
00:15:29You loitered, waste time.
00:15:30I'm so sorry, but I was detained.
00:15:31Please forgive me.
00:15:32Forgive me.
00:15:33Forgive me.
00:15:34You loitered, waste time.
00:15:35While I wait here, dying.
00:15:36Dying.
00:15:37Carriage, courage.
00:15:38I will not let you die.
00:15:40Better death than agony like this.
00:15:42Look at me.
00:15:43You are so sorry.
00:15:44You are so sorry, my beloved.
00:15:46You are so sorry, my beloved.
00:15:48You are so sorry, my beloved.
00:15:49You are so sorry, my beloved.
00:15:51You must hurry.
00:15:52I am so sorry, but I was detained.
00:15:54Dying.
00:15:55Carriage, courage.
00:15:56Carriage.
00:15:57I will not let you die.
00:15:58Better death than agony like this.
00:16:04Look at me.
00:16:05Look at me.
00:16:06Calm yourself, my dear.
00:16:07No, will you hurry?
00:16:24I will not let you die.
00:16:25I will not let you die.
00:16:26Let's go.
00:16:27See you later.
00:16:28Ah, my dear.
00:16:29Bye.
00:16:31Bye.
00:16:32Bye.
00:16:38Oh, my God.
00:16:39Oh, my God.
00:16:40Oh, my God.
00:16:42Oh, my God.
00:16:43Bye.
00:16:44Oh, my God.
00:16:45Oh, my God.
00:16:47Oh, my God.
00:16:49Oh, my God.
00:17:21Oh, courage, my dear, courage.
00:17:51Oh, courage, my dear, courage.
00:18:21Why 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?
00:18:54Can you bear to look at me now?
00:19:08Of course.
00:19:09You're beautiful.
00:19:11And 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.
00:19:27She's pretty.
00:19:29Very young.
00:19:31All of them must be.
00:19:32Come, my dear.
00:19:36Look after the girl, Faga.
00:19:38Yes, ma'am.
00:19:39None of the flores I checked with ever saw an orchid like that.
00:19:48Well, that's not surprising.
00:19:50This 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?
00:19:57No.
00:19:57But if you wish to find out more about them, I suggest that you look up a man by the name of Lorenz.
00:20:04He was the one who originally hybridized this plant over in Europe somewhere.
00:20:08But I just can't go to Europe just to...
00:20:10Oh, that isn't necessary.
00:20:12He lives up in Brookdale now.
00:20:15Well, thank you, Mr. Smith.
00:20:16You're quite welcome.
00:20:24Looks like that box's got a coffin in it, Jeff.
00:20:27Sure does.
00:20:28For Professor Lorenz.
00:20:30What do you suppose he wants with a coffin?
00:20:32Search me.
00:20:33He's such a strange, spooky guy.
00:20:35The further I stay away from him, the better.
00:20:37Me too.
00:20:38I'll take charge of this.
00:20:40Go ahead.
00:20:41Take it away.
00:20:41Go ahead and get rid of it.
00:20:46Taxi lady?
00:20:56Yes.
00:20:57Right this way.
00:21:00Where to, miss?
00:21:01To the home of Professor Lorenz.
00:21:03Lorenz, I'm sorry.
00:21:04I can't take you there.
00:21:05Well, I'm out of gas.
00:21:07You mean you won't take me?
00:21:09Yes, ma'am.
00:21:10I'm sorry.
00:21:10I just...
00:21:12Is this the only taxi in town?
00:21:14Yes, ma'am, it is.
00:21:15Look, I've simply got to get to the Lorenz place.
00:21:18I'll make it worth your while.
00:21:19Oh, I'm sorry, lady, but...
00:21:21Uh, that truck's going up there.
00:21:22You might get a ride with him, that is,
00:21:24if you don't mind riding with a coffin.
00:21:33Would you give me a lift to the Lorenz place?
00:21:35What do you want to go there for?
00:21:36To see the professor.
00:21:37Does he expect you?
00:21:38No, but I...
00:21:38Then we can't take you.
00:21:39Oh.
00:21:39Oh, my God.
00:22:09Get off and stay off.
00:22:15Look, I've got to see Professor Lorenz.
00:22:17It's important.
00:22:18I said you couldn't ride.
00:22:25Hey, wait a minute.
00:22:27You've got my bag.
00:22:28Oh.
00:22:37Oh.
00:22:46Oh.
00:22:47Oh, my God.
00:22:50Oh, my God.
00:22:58Would you mind giving me a lift?
00:23:00Well, certainly not. Where are you going?
00:23:01I'm trying to get to the home of Professor Lorenz.
00:23:04Well, you're in luck. That's where I'm going. Get in.
00:23:12My name is Dr. Foster.
00:23:14I'm Patricia Huttick.
00:23:16Are you a friend of the Lorenz?
00:23:17No, I'm a reporter.
00:23:18I hope to interview the professor.
00:23:21You're his doctor, I presume?
00:23:22Not exactly.
00:23:24Lorenz is a doctor himself, but he has no license to practice.
00:23:27I've been working with him.
00:23:28We're trying to find a cure for his wife.
00:23:30Oh, I see.
00:23:32What type of people are the Lorenz's?
00:23:35You'll find them very interesting.
00:23:38Professor Lorenz is a man of unusual accomplishment,
00:23:40but his wife is rather peculiar.
00:23:43I expect you'll find them both a bit eccentric.
00:23:56Tobey, tell your master I'm here.
00:24:21Cheerful little fellow, isn't he?
00:24:30I told you they were eccentric.
00:24:32I'm inclined to believe you.
00:24:44Get out, you gargoyle.
00:24:46Get out!
00:24:47Good evening, Dr. Foster.
00:24:54Come right in.
00:24:55Good evening, Professor Lorenz and Countess.
00:24:58May I present Miss Patricia Hunter?
00:24:59How do you do?
00:25:01We have been expecting you.
00:25:03So you found my bag in your truck?
00:25:04Yes.
00:25:05There it is.
00:25:07Miss Hunter's a newspaper woman.
00:25:08I came here hoping you might grant me an interview.
00:25:10An interview?
00:25:11About what?
00:25:12No one asked you to come here.
00:25:14You are not welcome.
00:25:16Control yourself, my dear.
00:25:18I'm sure Miss Hunter meant no harm.
00:25:21Please forgive my wife.
00:25:22She's not well.
00:25:23Come.
00:25:23You had better retire.
00:25:28So that's what you call being eccentric.
00:25:31Well, I have another name for it.
00:25:35I do not like that girl.
00:25:38She is here for no good.
00:25:40We have nothing to fear.
00:25:49I'm sorry, Professor, if we're intruding.
00:25:52Not at all, Dr. Foster.
00:25:54This is our evening for work.
00:25:57Please, be seated.
00:26:01What do you wish to interview me about?
00:26:04Orchids.
00:26:05Orchids?
00:26:06Yes, I understand that you're an authority on the subject.
00:26:10They were once my hobby.
00:26:12But I haven't grown any for several years.
00:26:16Which species are you interested in?
00:26:18A very rare one of the Stanhopia type.
00:26:21A horticulturist told me that you're the original hybridizer of it.
00:26:25Have you ever seen one?
00:26:27Yes, I have one in my bag.
00:26:28I'll show it to you.
00:26:31Where did you get it?
00:26:32Oh, um, a friend of mine gave it to me.
00:26:36You see, I'm doing an article on Orchids for my newspaper,
00:26:39and I thought that you might be willing to supply me with some special data.
00:26:42I'm sorry I can't spare the time tonight, Miss Hunter.
00:26:45You see, I have very important work to do with Dr. Foster.
00:26:48I understand.
00:26:49If your interview can wait until morning, I'll drive you back here then.
00:26:52If that's agreeable, Professor Oran's...
00:26:54Well, it's quite agreeable, but I would suggest that you both stay here as my guests.
00:26:57Thank you very much, but I prefer going to a hotel.
00:26:59Just as you wish.
00:27:08I think it would be foolish to go out in such a storm.
00:27:11The professor is right, Miss Hunter.
00:27:12Perhaps we had better remain.
00:27:14However, if you insist, I'll gladly drive you back to the village.
00:27:16I'm afraid that would be an imposition since you've so much work to do.
00:27:20Thank you. I'll stay.
00:27:26Toby, we'll show you to your rooms.
00:27:29So, we'll take up Miss Hunter's bag.
00:27:40Good night.
00:27:40Good night.
00:27:41I'll meet you in the study soon.
00:27:43Very well.
00:27:43Why did you ask her to spend the night here?
00:27:59A very special reason.
00:28:02I guess you sleep very good.
00:28:28Maybe.
00:28:28The few times I've stayed overnight here, I slept unusually well.
00:28:35It must be wonderful to have nerves like that.
00:28:38Tell me, just how well do you know these people?
00:28:41Why, actually, not very well.
00:28:43I've only recently moved into the village.
00:28:44You know, a young doctor trying to establish a practice.
00:28:50Well, I must be keeping you from your work.
00:28:52Good night, doctor.
00:28:53Good night.
00:28:54What do you want?
00:29:11Yes, you are beautiful.
00:29:14How did you get in here?
00:29:15You are so young, such lovely skin.
00:29:20Sometimes you, too, will be a bride.
00:29:23Good night.
00:29:39Good night.
00:29:40All right.
00:31:47I know where you're going.
00:32:07Some day, the master will catch you.
00:32:17Then you'll be sorry.
00:32:19I know where you're going.
00:32:49I know where you're going.
00:33:18I know where you're going.
00:33:20I know where you're going.
00:33:24I know where you're going.
00:33:26I know where you're going.
00:33:32I know where you're going.
00:33:34I know where you're going.
00:33:36I know where you're going.
00:33:40I know where you're going.
00:33:46I know where you're going.
00:33:48I know where you're going.
00:33:52I know where you're going.
00:33:54I know where you're going.
00:33:56I know where you're going.
00:34:00I know where you're going.
00:34:02I know where you're going.
00:34:06I know where you're going.
00:34:08I know where you're going.
00:34:09I know where you're going.
00:34:10I 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?
00:34:43Leaning over my bed.
00:34:45Of course, you might have been dreaming.
00:34:46I'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?
00:34:54Oh, I doubt it.
00:34:56Why don't you try to go back to sleep?
00:34:57No one's going to harm you.
00:34:59I'm sure it was just a nightmare.
00:35:00I think this whole place is a nightmare.
00:35:03Professor Lorenz and his wife were actually sleeping in coffins.
00:35:06I saw them.
00:35:07We often find it difficult to explain the peculiarities of some people.
00:35:11Well, I guess so.
00:35:13I'm awfully sorry to bother you.
00:35:15It was no trouble.
00:35:16If you're frightened, call me again.
00:35:18Good night.
00:35:19Good night.
00:35:28What is the trouble?
00:35:30The angel.
00:35:32He has disturbed our guests.
00:35:35Always the angel.
00:35:37He is a menace to us.
00:35:39Yes.
00:35:41I think the client has come to dispose of him.
00:35:44It will kill her.
00:35:46They are very suspicious of us.
00:40:17Don't be afraid, Angel.
00:40:21I would not hurt you.
00:40:53Yes?
00:40:59Good morning, Miss Hunter.
00:41:16Oh, good morning.
00:41:16Just a minute, Dr. Foster.
00:41:18I want to see you.
00:41:19Oh, I'm sorry.
00:41:30I thought you were up.
00:41:31Up?
00:41:32I've been up.
00:41:33I've been up all night with dead people.
00:41:36I've been up all night with dead people.
00:41:38I've been up all night with dead people.
00:41:39I've been up all night with dead people.
00:41:40Dead people?
00:41:41What do you mean?
00:41:42Come in and I'll tell you.
00:41:43What kind of a place is this?
00:41:44Last night I had the most horrible experience of my life.
00:41:47What was it?
00:41:48What was it?
00:41:49What was it?
00:41:50I saw lots of girls in crips down underneath this house.
00:41:54What was that you were saying, Miss Hunter?
00:41:57Why have you a mausoleum in the basement?
00:41:59Mausoleum?
00:42:00What are you talking about?
00:42:03You 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.
00:42:13This 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.
00:42:20Is that true, Dr. Foster?
00:42:22Why, 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.
00:43:03Are you coming, Doctor?
00:43:04No, no, no.
00:43:06No, no.
00:43:07No, no, no.
00:43:08No, no.
00:43:09You're just going to get me, Doctor.
00:43:10No, no.
00:43:11No, no, no, no.
00:43:12But you can't walk.
00:43:13shall we go into breakfast no thank you i've got to get back to the city will you drive me to the
00:43:36station dr foster i'll be glad to but what about the interview well that'll have to wait until
00:43:40some other time i just remembered an appointment at the office so i've got to catch the next train
00:43:45you'll excuse me countess yes i will excuse you oh professor do you also make a hobby of collecting
00:43:52coffins why yes in a manner of speaking i find a coffin much more comfortable than a bed
00:43:59many people do so my dear is it so strange that i accept one while waiting for eternal rest
00:44:07no i suppose not well thank you for your hospitality goodbye
00:44:11i trust we will meet again it has been so nice meeting you
00:44:19don't tell me i'm still dreaming why what do you mean that grave digger he's real isn't he
00:44:31oh he's real all right but i hardly think he's a grave digger more likely laying the foundation
00:44:39for a house you're a trusting soul aren't you doctor is that a crime no on the contrary i envy you
00:44:46are you trying to make me believe you're one of those hard-boiled reporters that we read about
00:44:49or see in the movies no but working on a newspaper one becomes cynical and suspicious
00:44:54well i've enjoyed meeting you miss hunter i hope to have the pleasure of seeing you again
00:45:16i have a hunch you will dr foster oh tell me just why did you come up here or is it a secret
00:45:23it is but somehow i feel that i can trust you you can you've heard of the case of the vanishing
00:45:31brides why surely i think i have a clue you don't mean that you suspect yes i do want to show you
00:45:39something what are these why they're orchids of course you bet they're orchids and they didn't
00:45:46grow in my dreams they're exactly like the one that disappeared from my bag where did you get them
00:45:52i found them on the floor beside my bed this morning the person who came into my room last
00:45:56night must have brought these with him that seems like a logical explanation there's no question about
00:46:01it honestly doctor don't you remember meeting me in the hallway last night no i don't and if i did i
00:46:08i must have been asleep either that or you were hypnotized yes that's quite possible
00:46:15well watch your step and if you discover anything phone me that's a promise goodbye not goodbye
00:46:28all right print the story on page one keep your fingers crossed that this paper isn't super liable
00:46:39by some of these phony suspects that the police are bringing in well they get me a road brand of the
00:46:43guy they just brought in i don't want photographs i want real clues the da's office can't pick up the
00:46:49madman who's stealing the bodies of these dead girls maybe we can okay i'll throw it in a waste
00:46:53basket no i'll have it developed doyle where's lefty over at central station the only thing he gets
00:47:00over there is a game of jim army tell him to get back here well i got something i'll say you have
00:47:04you're fired what do you mean you can't do that to me listen just because the bodies of dead girls
00:47:09disappear is no reason why you can do a vanishing act but you gave me the assignment yeah i suppose
00:47:13i did all right where have you been what have you uncovered well hey not so fast listen mr keenan
00:47:18last night i went through the most gruesome experience of my life you should talk all my
00:47:23life has been a nightmare well you can rest easier now because i've seen plenty if i can only prove i
00:47:28wasn't dreaming dreaming i had a dream last night myself i dreamed you gave me that raise you've been
00:47:33promising me all right madam zora go on with your dream story well there's a certain professor
00:47:39lorenz that lives upstate he knows all about orchids but insists that he doesn't grow them anymore
00:47:43yet i found these in my bedroom this morning listen disney you didn't go off someplace and get
00:47:50married did you no i didn't but i saw the bodies of those other missing brides all right now take it
00:47:57easy stop breathing hard pat and tell me all about it did you really see any bodies yes and no i see
00:48:05just a bit of ectoplasm well i'm sure i did though only oh i can't explain it yeah you're suffering the
00:48:12same way i am i see brides everywhere here wedding bells ringing in my ears and i saw a dead man too
00:48:18a monstrosity very well i'd like to see miss hunter oh i'm sorry she's busy she's with mr keenan
00:48:28it's very important that i see her i'm dr foster i wonder if you'd mind announcing me
00:48:32mr keenan there's dr foster here insists on seeing miss hunter tell him he can have all of her time from
00:48:40now on that's the dr foster i was telling you about maybe he has more evidence all right send the
00:48:46sawbones in hey look if you don't mind i'm going out for a nervous breakdown
00:48:51well doctor you almost beat me here yes i drove down dr foster mr keenan my editor
00:48:58glad to meet you i don't know this cover reporter of mine has been telling me a weird story about a
00:49:03certain dr lorenz up in your neighborhood it's weird all right but i'm confident it's true
00:49:08after you left i looked around the station to find out if lorenz had any of the coffins assigned
00:49:12to him i found a consignment all right instead of a coffin it was a box filled with this stuff
00:49:17so what that's ordinary garden morse it's moss all right but not ordinary this is a special type
00:49:25used by florists and hybridizers for growing orchids it's called osmonden which proves that he does
00:49:30grow orchids like these and the same kind were worn by every one of the brides that died
00:49:35well maybe it is a clue but how do i know that the rest isn't a cockeyed nightmare
00:49:39she admits that you don't remember talking to her i could have talked to her well in a
00:49:43synambulistic state under the influence of hypnotism oh now wait a minute are you trying
00:49:48to tell me that this professor lorenz is a hypnotist as well as a horticulturist why not
00:49:52my short acquaintance with him has convinced me that he's a man of unlimited talents
00:49:56he's strange peculiar i've even suspected him of being insane but the fact remains he's not
00:50:03only a doctor but a physicist and a scientist of great ability how about this hard-headed wife
00:50:07of his i hesitate to bring her into the case at all professional ethics forbids a doctor talking
00:50:12about his patients oh forget about your ethics doctor after all we're after a criminal how does
00:50:18this woman fit into the picture come on tell us all you know the peculiar fact about her is that
00:50:23although she has the appearance of a young woman her heart and arteries indicate that she's at least
00:50:28seventy or eighty years old well that doesn't explain anything certainly doesn't explain why
00:50:33dr lorenz should steal these dead girls it's possible they may still be alive alive in a
00:50:38cataleptic state that's it all right all right what are your other deductions well simply this these
00:50:44young girls whether dead or alive are being used by lorenz in some manner as human guinea pigs to
00:50:49sustain his wife in a youthful state oh that's preposterous it's nothing of the kind scientists are
00:50:55finding out every day that glands and hormones have a lot to do with life and health the glands
00:50:59in our bodies help determine the condition of our teeth the texture of our hair it's all right
00:51:03we'll admit all that but i wouldn't dare print such a fantastic story i bring you the biggest story of
00:51:08the year and a chance to get this newspaper a real scoop and you call it fantastic all right i'll put
00:51:13dwell on it to track it down i'm afraid you won't get very far professor lorenz is a clever man
00:51:17clever enough to withstand any investigation and destroy any evidence why not track the fellow
00:51:22how well he steals dead brides doesn't he oh now look pat do you want to be a june bride well sure
00:51:29i mean that is no not yet anyway lorenz knows me all right then stop talking nonsense this paper can't
00:51:35assume the responsibility of such a harebrained scheme oh please mr keenan you can't pass up an
00:51:41opportunity like this
00:51:42there she is cigarettes hey she's cute
00:51:55um well would you like to dance later business before pleasure you know
00:52:01hello peggy hello pat miss woods dr fausty good evening miss woods how do you do i have something
00:52:07important to tell you i'm all ears let's go to your dressing room okay i won't be wrong all right
00:52:13peggy i've landed a good part for you a chance to prove your talent really what is it a picture
00:52:25or play neither one my paper's going to stage a phony wedding and we want you to be the perfect june bride
00:52:30now wait just a minute with bridesmaids and flowers and all the trimmings what is it a circulation stunt
00:52:35no you've heard of the case of the vanishing brides sure well this is a plan we have to track the person
00:52:40who's been stealing their bodies are you kidding certainly not the job will pay you plenty
00:52:45how will i collect if i'm dead you won't be dead all 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 nicks count me out listen peggy i'm offering
00:52:56you a chance to get your picture on the front page of every newspaper in this country overnight you'll
00:53:01be famous broadway producers and hollywood studios will be offering you contracts like the chance you've
00:53:06been waiting for
00:53:07she's the most unusual type such fascinating eyes she'll make a charming addition to our family
00:53:22june 20th a date we shall not forget
00:53:28father what are you doing in this part of the house master i keep hearing my son's voice calling
00:53:41for me your son is better off where he is go back to your work master you shouldn't have done it
00:53:48he didn't deserve to die do what i say and don't come up here again yes master
00:53:55well everything's all set she's young and pretty yeah what assurance have we that this lorenz guy
00:54:09will show up to make the snatch and what happens if he does kidnap this fake bride well the private
00:54:14chapel and neighborhood will be covered with guards and well lorenz hasn't a chance to escape
00:54:18providing he shows up and if he doesn't i'm the sucker and i have 500 bucks and if he does you have
00:54:24an exclusive story with big juicy headlines
00:54:26i hope you're right
00:54:30well blushing bride here's where you go on for your big scene
00:54:39or big flop my knees are shaking there's nothing to be afraid of here's your bouquet and the phony orchid
00:54:45now don't forget to put on your act leave that to me you got plenty of photographers out there
00:54:49yes certainly and what about the cops how many times do i have to tell you nothing's going to
00:54:54happen to you oh miss hunter yes uh i wanted to ask you in this ceremony shall we use the word
00:55:00cherish or obey you mean for the bride yes well just for this once let's put the old-fashioned word in
00:55:06obey i've marked the words here just read the ceremony slowly solemnly yes i understand i hope what
00:55:14you're doing isn't wrong it's all on good cause well i suppose it is well if you need me you'll find
00:55:21me in my study thank you you've been grand reverend you'd better go get ready what do i do now
00:55:27just march down the aisle and don't forget the thing at the altar well here goes nothing
00:55:32how's everything going all right so far i guess good ceremony's about to begin
00:55:39i certainly hope somebody shows up besides these ham actors i'm paying you know it seems to me that
00:55:44if lorenz were ready to strike he'd have sent an orchid just a minute i'll take that did you say orchid
00:55:50and i'll take you with it there you are looks like our man's going to pounce all right it looks like
00:55:57you're right
00:56:27it looks just like a real wedding doesn't it yes too bad it isn't
00:56:36ours
00:56:38is that a proposal dr foster it certainly is
00:56:42the minister would like to speak to you in his study miss hunter
00:56:47but oh you mean the real minister yes ma'am
00:56:50thank you i'll be right back
00:56:53you wanted to see me reverend
00:57:04where's pat the minister sent for her
00:57:13i'll be right back
00:57:36i'll be right back
00:57:41i'll be right back
00:57:48well pat
00:57:53i'll be right back
00:57:56i'll be right back
00:57:58i'll be right back
00:58:08please master don't leave me
00:58:27please master don't leave me
00:58:33that's it
00:58:50and
00:58:52Tobey, my son, where is Tobey, master?
00:59:18Tobey's gone.
00:59:18Alice.
00:59:19You shouldn't have left.
00:59:20Stop whimpering.
00:59:21How is the countess?
00:59:22Waiting as usual.
00:59:24Hurry up.
00:59:24Let's go.
00:59:42There was trouble?
00:59:43Yes, but we'll be finished before anyone finds us.
00:59:46But the bride, what would we do without them?
00:59:48Yes, we'll leave them here.
00:59:49Which means I would perish.
00:59:52We didn't hope that I'd find other girls.
00:59:54In the meantime, we take this one with us.
00:59:56What are you waiting for?
01:00:01Well, my dear, again 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.
01:00:11You will serve our purpose just as well.
01:00:14Now both of my sons are gone.
01:00:17You betrayed me, man.
01:00:21I heard enough.
01:00:22There's work to do.
01:00:23There's work to do.
01:00:23There's work to do.
01:00:24There's work to do.
01:00:24There's work to do.
01:00:24There's work to do.
01:00:25There's work to do.
01:00:25There's work to do.
01:00:26There's work to do.
01:00:26There's work to do.
01:00:27There's work to do.
01:00:28There's work to do.
01:00:28There's work to do.
01:00:29There's work to do.
01:00:29There's work to do.
01:00:29There's work to do.
01:00:30There's work to do.
01:00:31There's work to do.
01:00:31There's work to do.
01:00:32There's work to do.
01:00:33There's work to do.
01:00:34There's work to do.
01:00:35There's work to do.
01:00:36There's work to do.
01:00:37There's work to do.
01:00:38There's work to do.
01:00:39There's work to do.
01:00:40There's work to do.
01:00:41No! No!
01:00:55You betrayed me, master. You shouldn't have done it.
01:01:11You stay here and come with this room.
01:01:33Your hand isn't steady.
01:01:38I can't see.
01:02:08Pat!
01:02:16Pat.
01:02:18Pat.
01:02:19Is she dead?
01:02:20No. Just scared to death.
01:02:24All right. Break it up. We've got headlines to write.
01:02:28Do I get a byline?
01:02:30After this, you can have a clothesline with my shirt on it.
01:02:34I now pronounce you man and wife.
01:02:42Finally make a newspaper woman out of you and then you have to go and quit.
01:02:46And to think that this was the cause of it all.
01:02:50Pat.
01:03:00Pat.
01:03:04Pat.
01:03:06Pat.
01:03:08Pat.
01:03:10Pat.