Not Rated | 30min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, TV Series | Episode aired 12 January 1960
In 1906 San Francisco, many famous people gather at a hotel to hear renowned opera singer Enrico Caruso perform. However, a bellboy at the hotel suddenly has visions of impending mass destruction and death, but he can't get anyone to listen to him.
Director: John Newland
Writers: Merwin Gerard, Lawrence B. Marcus
Stars: John Newland, David Opatoshu, Olan Soule
In 1906 San Francisco, many famous people gather at a hotel to hear renowned opera singer Enrico Caruso perform. However, a bellboy at the hotel suddenly has visions of impending mass destruction and death, but he can't get anyone to listen to him.
Director: John Newland
Writers: Merwin Gerard, Lawrence B. Marcus
Stars: John Newland, David Opatoshu, Olan Soule
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00:00You're about to see an incredible human document, an encounter with forces that no one on this
00:07earth really understands.
00:10You may find it shocking, impossible, but it is nevertheless evidence of a universe
00:16beyond the power of our five senses.
00:34It's a great pleasure to have you with us, senora.
00:36Senor.
00:46Perkins, give me a lift.
00:53I'll be off at seven.
00:57Running us ragged, huh?
00:59Oh, boy.
01:01Never seen the likes.
01:03They're registering in droves.
01:05Guess it's Caruso, all right.
01:09You shouldn't do that.
01:11Why not?
01:13It isn't right, that's all.
01:15So it's not right.
01:17Here, come on.
01:19Have one on Sandow, the world's strongest man.
01:21Thanks.
01:23I don't drink.
01:25You mean not anymore.
01:27All right, not anymore.
01:29You mean not when somebody's looking.
01:37World's strongest man.
01:39Did you see him fight that lion out at the park Sunday?
01:41A dollar a ticket.
01:43For what?
01:45You've got better teeth than that lion.
01:49Just a minute.
01:53That's what I call mellow.
01:55They catch you at your job.
01:57You ought to know.
01:59Anyway, who's going to catch me?
02:02A dollar a ticket.
02:04Take a piece of that ice.
02:06It's so hot, I could pass out.
02:08Sure, help yourself.
02:34April 17th.
02:361906.
02:38San Francisco.
02:40Every hotel lobby in town is filled.
02:42Filled with people all hoping to catch a glimpse
02:44of the world.
02:46It's like a dream.
02:48It's like a dream.
02:50It's like a dream.
02:52It's like a dream.
02:54It's like a dream.
02:56It's like a dream.
02:58It's like a dream.
03:00It's like a dream.
03:02Filled with people all hoping to catch a glimpse
03:04of the visiting celebrities.
03:06Mrs. Patrick Campbell, the great star of the theater.
03:08Sandow, the world's strongest man.
03:12Enrico Caruso,
03:14who tonight will sing Garmin
03:16at the opera.
03:18However.
03:20No one's paying the slightest attention
03:22to this man.
03:24To this bellboy.
03:26No attention whatsoever, and that's unfortunate.
03:28fortunate. Because on this day. This man is far and away the most important human
03:35being in San Francisco.
04:28He's waking up. He'll be all right. Thank you. I called the hotel doctor. I'm terribly
04:45sorry about all this inconvenience. Oh, inconvenience. You should be sorry for him. Look how pale
04:51it is. I guess I fainted, Mr. Adams. If you were feeling ill, Perkins, you should have
04:57reported to the bell captain. Better take him on bed. Be careful for your back, Papa.
05:03I'm all right now. If you get up so quick, you're going to faint again. You really shouldn't
05:07trouble yourselves. The doctor will be here at any moment. Couldn't you make it to your
05:12own room, Perkins? Sir, I'm perfectly all right. Really, I am. I don't need a doctor.
05:18Look how blue his lips are. Sit down for a moment. I don't have to. I'm all right now.
05:25Then attempt to send your bandettis' luggage at once. Yes, sir. Oh, and bring a vase for
05:30their flowers. Yes, sir. He's quite all right, madame. How do you know? I trust your stay
05:36with us will be quite comfortable, madame. Good day. Good day, sir. I trust you'll be
05:47quite comfortable with us. We're going to try. This one room is bigger than our whole
05:55village back in Sicily. And Rosa, your uncle who said I was no good. Ma, what did he say
06:03now? The way that you get the bill, Mr. Smart Man. Hey, are you still blue? I'm all right
06:13now, really. Good. We want our kids in Salinas to know we got here all right. How we do? Well,
06:21the best way is to send a telegram. There's an office downstairs. With us, the English is not
06:27so hundred percent. You help us with the words? Sure. I'll bring up a blank as soon as I get
06:36the vase. You know, Mr. Bandit and me, we were married 40 years ago today. Congratulations. And
06:46the children and the grandchildren and the bambini and the family, they want to give us a big party.
06:51We're not off. We're going to be by ourselves in a fancy hotel. Me and this pretty signorina.
07:01Signorina. What that man gonna think about me? I'm really his wife, you know. Oh, you're getting
07:07crazier every year. This for you. Five dollars. Thank you. Use some of that money to buy some
07:20herbs. When you come back, I'll tell you the name. They're gonna make you feel better. Yes,
07:25ma'am. I hope you both have many more years of happiness together. We hope so, too. He's a nice
07:39man, but five dollars. So I'm a sport. Tonight, Caruso. And then I take you dancing. And after,
07:52drinking wine until, who knows, three, four o'clock in the morning. And tomorrow I call for the kids.
08:00Come for Papa's funeral.
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09:22Earthquake. Earthquake! Earthquake! Run for your lives! Earthquake! Earthquake! Please, please,
09:43earthquake! Run for your lives! Earthquake! I saw it. I saw it. I saw the whole city breaking
09:49into pieces. People crushed under falling rocks. I wasn't dreaming. It was real. Run for your lives!
09:54Run! Earthquake! Earthquake! Earthquake! What does he mean? Poor men. Earthquake! Earthquake! Get out!
10:03Get out! Save yourself! Run for your lives! Believe me! Get out! It's an earthquake! It's an
10:09earthquake! Get out! Sir, please, get out! Please, believe me, get out now! Now, please, save yourself!
10:15Run for your lives! You, don't, don't sit there! Get out! Get out! It's an earthquake! I'm telling you, there's an earthquake on the way! No! Get out! It's an earthquake! I'm telling you, there's an earthquake on the way! Run! Run for your lives! Out! Save yourself! Save yourself! Get out!
10:32Cara, has it truly been 40 years? And I thank you for that.
10:41But you should be happy, not like this. I'm sorry, but that poor man, he upset me. I told you he's sick. Yes, you told me.
11:11What time is it? Why'd you lock me up like that? It must be almost 5 o'clock. If it wouldn't embarrass the hotel, I should press charges against you, Perkins, and send you to jail. Now, pack your things and get out. Get out. Get out.
11:32Look, Mr. Adams, I've been sitting here, thinking about it. Calm down. At first, I was gullible enough to believe you were ill. What are you talking about? Spreading panic all over the hotel. But I saw an earthquake. Now, let's stop these little games. Harris, come in here.
11:50Now then, Harris has told me all about it. I sure hated to, Gerald, but what could I do? I warned you. Warned? If you ever so much as ever try to get another job in this town... Warned about what?
12:09Mr. Sandow complained. What could I do? Stealing whiskey. Stealing? Getting drunk, terrifying the guests. I didn't steal any whiskey. Oh, come on, Gerald. Look, he's saying that to save his own neck.
12:26Mr. Adams, I got an awful lot of orders. Very well. Get back to work. You be out of here in five minutes. I tell you, it was Harris. I find nothing in Harris' records about being in hospitals because of alcohol.
12:40That was years ago. Please, Mr. Adams, listen to me. All right, fire me. I don't care, but listen to me. I've been sitting down here trying to figure out what happened. I know what happened.
12:54No, no, no, please listen to me. This may sound absolutely ridiculous, but maybe I was given a power to sort of look ahead so that I could warn the people and save them from dying.
13:10I tell you, I saw an earthquake. Perkins, have you lost your mind? Out there. I saw those walls crumbling and upstairs in the pantry, the shelves. And then there was that noise. And there was a clock. And the clock said 513.
13:37And that is when it's supposed to happen. Please take me seriously. Even if it is one chance in a million, it's almost 513. Indeed it is. Well, then do something. Such as?
13:51Warn the people. Even if it is a false alarm. 513, you said? Yes. It is now exactly 522. Let us hope that all our earthquakes prove so mild. You be out of here in five minutes.
14:21You tell the chef not to be surprised when he gets the bill. For a zucchini like that, he's got to pay, especially when he takes me away from my afternoon nap.
14:51What's the matter with you? Did the horse hurt you? Are you all right, mister? Are you all right?
15:21Then why did you scream like that? Come on, we got to finish unloading. I have to be back here tomorrow bright and early. I hope the dinner party is a big success and that Caruso's singing is as good as my zucchini.
15:41Say, wait. What you said about tomorrow bright and early, what time do you get here tomorrow? Same as always. Why? What time? What time? What's it to you? About five. Well, if you already know, then why ask?
16:02Don't come back here tomorrow. Why? Because if you do, you'll be killed. No, I know. Listen, it isn't 513 tonight. It's 513 tomorrow morning. I know. Believe me, I know. I know. Get away from me. No, I know. Don't go. Get up. Please. Wait. Wait. I know. Don't. Stay there. Don't come back here.
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18:02Don Jose had too many chins.
18:08Come to touch pasta.
18:27Excuse me.
18:28Yes?
18:30I've been to all the other papers, but they won't believe me.
18:36About what?
18:38I saw it.
18:40Please, you must listen to me.
18:43It should be put into the headlines.
18:45I'm just the drama critic.
18:47The news office will open at 8 o'clock tomorrow morning.
18:49Oh, 8 o'clock's too late.
18:52Could you wait till I finish this review? The printer will be in to pick it up any minute.
18:56No, I can't wait. Don't you understand?
18:58If I'm wrong, let them laugh at me. I don't care.
19:01But if I'm right, then the people will be warned and lives will be saved.
19:06When's the world going to end this time?
19:10Oh, I'm sorry.
19:12No disrespect, men, but frankly, there have been so many of you fellas around the last couple of years that, well, I suppose one gets jaded.
19:21It's not the world that's going to end.
19:25It's San Francisco!
19:29I couldn't have been dreaming.
19:31I was awake each time.
19:34I saw it as clearly as anything I've seen in all my life.
19:39You saw what?
19:40The earthquake!
19:47Call them ready yet, Mr. Stevens?
19:49Yes, Harry.
19:53This gentleman's been telling me something quite extraordinary.
19:57My first inclination was to have him thrown out of here, but...
20:00I can't explain it.
20:03I have the strangest impulse to...
20:07Sir.
20:10You tell me what's going on.
20:13I don't know.
20:15Sir.
20:18You tell him about the... the hallucination or whatever you call it.
20:23And if he doesn't laugh out loud, I just might make a jackass of myself and wake up the editor.
20:29Don't wake up the editor, Mr. Stevens.
20:32I've heard all his hallucinations.
20:35Ask him about the one he had the night my mother died.
20:39Harry.
20:41Harry.
20:42What is it?
20:43Harry, please.
20:44He'd been dead drunk for a week. He came staggering home a couple of hours after she was dead.
20:48Harry, I'm... I'm not drunk.
20:50Ask him about that hallucination.
20:51Harry!
20:54He's my father, but I wouldn't admit it.
20:57I just don't want you to get in any trouble.
20:58Harry.
21:00Harry, look at me. I'm not drunk. Look at me. I'm not drunk.
21:03He doesn't look drunk, ma'am.
21:06He hasn't been sober in 40 years.
21:08Harry!
21:10I didn't want to come.
21:12But it was the last place.
21:15I saw the earthquake.
21:17I saw the people being killed.
21:19You still don't think he isn't drunk?
21:21Harry!
21:22Oh, I've seen this way a thousand times.
21:25You wanted to call the editor. Well, let me make a call for you.
21:28Central, get me the police.
21:29No.
21:30Hello. I want a police wagon.
21:31No, Harry, please! No!
21:33No, Harry! No!
21:35No! No!
21:43You finally got him quiet, huh?
21:44Yeah, but what a night.
21:46Oh, sure.
21:47It's almost a quarter after five.
21:49In 45 minutes we can go home.
21:57Over there!
21:58Over there!
22:12Over there!
22:30If you had not talked me into leaving,
22:33we would be down there.
22:35It was not me, Papa.
22:37It was him.
22:38That man.
22:39He was not sick.
22:41He knew.
22:43How.
23:00This fire
23:02will burn for another 20 hours
23:06and will leave San Francisco in ashes.
23:09As in many other disasters,
23:11there will emerge legends of psychic phenomena
23:14which no one can prove
23:16or disprove.
23:19The hallucination of Gerald Perkins
23:22is only one example.
23:24Another, well, legend, if you will,
23:27is the unexplainable message received by a railroad telegrapher
23:31in Ogden, Utah,
23:33telling of the earthquake
23:35urging that medical and food supplies
23:37be sent to the stricken area at once.
23:40Thousands of such messages were sent out
23:43after the earthquake.
23:45But this one was received
23:47four hours before.
23:50One more thing.
23:52The law requires that all such communications
23:54list the place of origin.
23:58This message
23:59had no such listing.
24:01No one ever knew
24:02where it came from.
24:05A message from...
24:07where?
24:09About an event that had not yet taken place.
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