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🕯️🌹 In this chilling Bela Lugosi thriller, The Corpse Vanishes (1942), young brides are mysteriously dying at the altar—and their bodies are disappearing! What sinister secret lurks behind these vanishing corpses? Enter the cryptic world of mad science and morbid obsession.
📽️ Plot Summary:
When a rash of beautiful brides mysteriously die on their wedding day and their bodies are stolen, a nosy reporter follows the clues to a reclusive scientist (Lugosi) whose experiments in suspended life may be to blame. Can she escape his deadly plan?
🕰️ Year Released: 1942
🎭 Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
🎬 Directed by: Wallace Fox
🎞️ Starring: Bela Lugosi, Luana Walters, Tristram Coffin
🎯 Why Watch It?
✔️ Classic Bela Lugosi at his eerie best
✔️ Gothic vibes, crypts, and creepy fog-filled forests
✔️ Bride-snatching suspense with a twisted sci-fi twist
✔️ A public domain horror gem from the Golden Age
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💐⚰️ Love never dies... but in The Corpse Vanishes, the bride sure does. Enter Bela Lugosi’s sinister world of eternal youth and death!
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📽️ Plot Summary:
When a rash of beautiful brides mysteriously die on their wedding day and their bodies are stolen, a nosy reporter follows the clues to a reclusive scientist (Lugosi) whose experiments in suspended life may be to blame. Can she escape his deadly plan?
🕰️ Year Released: 1942
🎭 Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
🎬 Directed by: Wallace Fox
🎞️ Starring: Bela Lugosi, Luana Walters, Tristram Coffin
🎯 Why Watch It?
✔️ Classic Bela Lugosi at his eerie best
✔️ Gothic vibes, crypts, and creepy fog-filled forests
✔️ Bride-snatching suspense with a twisted sci-fi twist
✔️ A public domain horror gem from the Golden Age
🔔 Don't forget to LIKE 👍 | COMMENT 💬 | SUBSCRIBE 🔔 for more vintage frights, Bela Lugosi classics, and timeless public domain horror!
👇 More Classic Horror & Sci-Fi Awaits:
📺 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYSxyPafGbnT7hNTlq29mZQJKn7wrNglY
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💐⚰️ Love never dies... but in The Corpse Vanishes, the bride sure does. Enter Bela Lugosi’s sinister world of eternal youth and death!
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00:00:00THE END
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00:00:59Do you take this man to be your legal, lawfully wedded husband?
00:01:05To love, honor, and obey until death do you part?
00:01:09I do.
00:01:12Take her into the ante room.
00:01:23Yes, sir.
00:01:29Dr. Rayburn, 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, the undertaker.
00:01:40She's dead.
00:01:41She's dead.
00:02:11Here you are.
00:02:23You can go now.
00:02:24Is that all?
00:02:25Gee, thanks.
00:02:33Good evening, Dr. Rayburn.
00:02:35I'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.
00:02:43There weren't our men.
00:02:44Well, I've heard of ambulance chasing, but this is something new.
00:02:47New?
00:02:48It's sensational.
00:02:49Another 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.
00:03:18Go on.
00:03:19Keep talking.
00:03:20Well, what I told you, I was standing on the corner, minding my own business, when along comes a step wagon.
00:03:25A guy poked his head out in a window and asked me if I want to make a couple of bucks.
00:03:29How many men were with that hearse?
00:03:30Two, at least all I could see.
00:03:33What'd they look like?
00:03:34I don't know.
00:03:35It was dark.
00:03:36I didn't pay no attention to faces.
00:03:38You noticed the license.
00:03:39What?
00:03:40With two bucks staring me in the face?
00:03:41Come on, tell the truth.
00:03:43What'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.
00:03:48As 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.
00:04:08We want protection.
00:04:09I'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.
00:04:16Well, really, Mother, I think you're making much ado about nothing.
00:04:19You're not worried, are you?
00:04:21Not 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 Riley to wait. I'll pick him up.
00:04:37That's the Wentworth, Mother and Daughter, isn't it?
00:04:39Is the wedding called off?
00:04:40Certainly not.
00:04:41And 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.
00:04:56Yeah.
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.
00:05:09Hey, this is the most exclusive wedding of the year.
00:05:12What 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.
00:05:18Get 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 if I'd bitch it.
00:05:33I'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.
00:05:58Oh, Alice!
00:05:59Oh, Alice, you're perfectly beautiful.
00:06:01Do I look all right?
00:06:03Oh, yes, I'm so grateful.
00:06:05Oh, 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.
00:06:13We'll wait for us.
00:06:14Can I help it if we had a blowout?
00:06:16Serves, you're 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.
00:06:29Oh, Dwight, you mustn't come in here.
00:06:57It's bad luck.
00:06:58Oh, not even a peek.
00:07:00Not 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, of course.
00:07:12Good girl, it's welcome.
00:07:18Well, Mother, you're about to lose me.
00:07:20I 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, one word.
00:07:42Oh, thank you.
00:07:47From Dwight, no doubt.
00:07:49Oh, wear this next to your heart, darling.
00:07:55All my love.
00:07:59What an unusual orchid.
00:08:02Why, I never saw one like it before.
00:08:04It's lovely.
00:08:05It's beautiful.
00:08:06The 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.
00:08:43Alice.
00:08:44Oh, Alice.
00:08:46Oh, Alice.
00:08:47Alice.
00:08:48Alice.
00:08:49Oh, darling.
00:08:49Oh, darling.
00:08:50Darling, are you all right?
00:08:51Oh, Alice, dear.
00:08:52Alice.
00:08:53Alice.
00:08:54What happened again?
00:08:55I just got the picture of the month.
00:08:56I just got the picture of the month.
00:08:58I just got the picture of the year, Mrs. Wentworth.
00:08:59Are you sure?
00:09:00We're going to go.
00:09:01Yes.
00:09:01You're going to go.
00:09:02I saw the picture of the month.
00:09:04I'm going home.
00:09:05Give me.
00:09:06I'll go.
00:09:07I'm going home.
00:09:08I see.
00:09:18I've got the picture of the year.
00:09:20I'll get my eyes.
00:09:21There's a good idea.
00:09:22Sir, my son.
00:09:24I'll get the picture of the month.
00:09:25I'll get it the picture.
00:09:27Yes?
00:09:27I 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.
00:09:48Why, that looks like the one the bride wore.
00:09:50What are you doing with it?
00:09:52Presenting 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.
00:10:16You're not going to pass out, too, are you?
00:10:17No. No, I'm okay.
00:10:25You stay right here.
00:10:35You stay right here.
00:10:35Get out of it.
00:10:56What 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.
00:11:41Calling all cars, calling all cars, another abduction of a girl's corpse, grunette, 22 years of age, stop and search all trucks and suspicious looking cars, that is all, Burnside.
00:11:54We're going to take a look inside this rig.
00:12:09Sure thing, officer.
00:12:11Hey, Pete.
00:12:12It's a corpse all right, but not the one we're looking for.
00:12:26Hey, Pete.
00:12:28It's a corpse all right, but not the one we're looking for.
00:12:30All right, go ahead.
00:12:36Change that headline to read as wedlock challenged, then set up an editorial attacking the DA's office for playing models while some madman runs away with the bodies of dead brides.
00:12:51Okay, Mr. Keenan.
00:12:52Send me up the proofs right away.
00:12:54Oh, so it's you.
00:12:56Well, 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.
00:13:05She wore this orchid.
00:13:06Listen, Miss Hunter.
00:13:08I 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.
00:13:24I 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.
00:13:35All right, perhaps it's a coincidence.
00:13:37It still doesn't spell anything.
00:13:40Then 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, her 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.
00:13:58Okay, Mr. Keenan.
00:14:00Yes.
00:14:18Let's go!
00:14:19Let's go.
00:14:49My little family.
00:14:52You're all so very faithful.
00:14:54Master, the Countess is waiting.
00:14:55Upstairs.
00:14:57There.
00:14:57Oh, you must hurry.
00:14:59Mike.
00:15:19Are you suffering, my beloved?
00:15:40You're terribly.
00:15:41You must hurry.
00:15:42I'm so sorry, but I was detained.
00:15:47Please forgive me.
00:15:48Forgive you.
00:15:50You might waste time.
00:15:52While I wait here, die.
00:15:55Die.
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?
00:16:10Hurry.
00:16:10Hurry.
00:16:10Hurry.
00:16:39You're halfway.
00:16:41Hurry.
00:16:41Let's go.
00:16:41Shh.
00:16:41Bye.
00:16:43Bye.
00:16:50Bye.
00:16:56Bye.
00:16:57Bye.
00:16:57Wait.
00:16:58Bye.
00:16:59Bye.
00:17:00Bye.
00:17:00Bye.
00:17:00Bye.
00:17:01Bye.
00:17:02Bye.
00:17:02Bye.
00:17:03Bye.
00:17:03Bye.
00:17:04Bye.
00:17:04Bye.
00:17:05Oh, my God.
00:17:35Oh, courage, my dear, courage.
00:18:05Oh, my God.
00:18:35Why do you beat my son so hard?
00:18:47Because he's a beast, an animal.
00:18:48And someday I shall have to destroy him.
00:18:51My poor son, why was he ever born?
00:19:05Can 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.
00:19:33Come on, dear.
00:19:36Look after the girl, Parker.
00:19:38Yes, ma'am.
00:19:39None of the folks 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.
00:19:57But if you wish to find out more about them,
00:20:00I suggest that you look up a man by the name of 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.
00:20:12He lives up at Brookdale now.
00:20:15Thank you, Mr. Smith.
00:20:16You're quite welcome.
00:20:24Looks like that box has got a coffin in it, Jed.
00:20:26Sure it 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.
00:20:40Go ahead.
00:20:40Take it away.
00:20:41Glad to get rid of it.
00:20:46Taxi lady?
00:20:55Yes.
00:20:56Right this way.
00:21:00Where to, miss?
00:21:01To the home of Professor Lorenz.
00:21:03Lorenz, I'm sorry.
00:21:03I 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.
00:21:09I'm sorry.
00:21:10I just...
00:21:11Is this the only taxi in town?
00:21:13Yes, ma'am, it is.
00:21:15Look, I've simply got to get to the Lorenz place.
00:21:17I'll make it worth your while.
00:21:18Oh, I'm sorry, lady, but...
00:21:20Uh, that truck's going up there.
00:21:22You might get a ride with him, that is,
00:21:23if 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?
00:21:36To see the professor.
00:21:36Does he expect you?
00:21:37No, but I...
00:21:38Then we can't take you.
00:21:39Oh, my God.
00:21:44Get 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.
00:22:26You've got my bag.
00:22:28Oh.
00:22:29Would you mind giving me a lift?
00:22:59Well, certainly not.
00:23:00Where are you going?
00:23:01I'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.
00:23:06My 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.
00:23:18I 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.
00:23:44I expect you to find them both a bit eccentric.
00:24:14Toby, tell your master I'm here.
00:24:28Cheerful little fellow, isn't he?
00:24:30I told you they were eccentric.
00:24:32I'm inclined to believe you.
00:24:33Get 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.
00:24:59How do you do?
00:25:00We have been expecting you.
00:25:02So you found my bag in your truck.
00:25:04Yes.
00:25:05There it is.
00:25:06Miss 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?
00:25:12No one asked you to come here.
00:25:13You are not welcome.
00:25:15Control yourself, my dear.
00:25:18I'm sure Miss Hunter meant no harm.
00:25:20Please forgive my wife.
00:25:21She's not well.
00:25:22Come.
00:25:23You had better retire.
00:25:23So 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.
00:25:40We have nothing to fear.
00:25:41I'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, please, seated.
00:26:01What do you wish to interview me about?
00:26:03Orchids.
00:26:04Orchids?
00:26:05Yes.
00:26:05I understand that you're an authority on the subject.
00:26:09They were once my hobby.
00:26:11But I haven't grown any for several years.
00:26:15Which species are you interested in?
00:26:18A 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.
00:26:28I'll show it to you.
00:26:30Where did you get it?
00:26:32Oh, um, 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 you're in, if you can wait until morning, I'll drive you back here then.
00:26:51If that's agreeable, Professor Orinz...
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.
00:26:59Just as you wish.
00:27:01I 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.
00:27:16I'm afraid that would be an imposition since you've so much work to do.
00:27:20I'll stay.
00:27:25Toby, we'll show you to your rooms.
00:27:27Toby, 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.
00:27:42Why did you ask her to spend the night here?
00:27:58A very special reason.
00:28:01What do you think?
00:28:17I guess you sleep very good maybe a few times I stayed overnight here I slept unusually well
00:28:34it must be wonderful to have nerves like that tell me just how well do you know these people
00:28:40why actually not very well I've only recently moved into the village you know a young doctor
00:28:45trying to establish a practice well I must be keeping you from your work good night doctor good night
00:28:53what do you want yes you are beautiful how did you get in here
00:29:15so young such lovely skin sometimes you too will be a bride
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00:33:57Dr. Foster.
00:34:10What's wrong?
00:34:11I just saw someone in my room.
00:34:12A horrible looking creature.
00:34:13He disappeared back there.
00:34:22Apparently, he's not here now.
00:34:43Where did you see him?
00:34:44Leaning over my bed.
00:34:46Of course, you might have been dreaming.
00:34:47I'm positive I wasn't.
00:34:49Earlier in the evening, Mrs. Lorenz suddenly appeared and then disappeared.
00:34:53Do you suppose there's another entrance to this room?
00:34:55Why, I doubt it.
00:34:57Why don't you try to go back to sleep?
00:34:58No one's going to harm you.
00:35:00I'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.
00:35:09We 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.
00:35:16It was no trouble.
00:35:17If you're frightened, call me again.
00:35:19Good night.
00:35:20Good night.
00:35:20What is the trouble?
00:35:31The angel.
00:35:33He has disturbed our guests.
00:35:36Always the angel.
00:35:38He is a menace to us.
00:35:40Yes.
00:35:42I think the time has come to dispose of him.
00:35:50I think the time has come to sleep.
00:36:20I think the time has come to sleep.
00:36:50I think the time has come to sleep.
00:36:51I think the time has come to sleep.
00:36:52I think the time has come to sleep.
00:36:53I think the time has come to sleep.
00:36:54I think the time has come to sleep.
00:36:55I think the time has come to sleep.
00:36:56I think the time has come to sleep.
00:36:57I think the time has come to sleep.
00:36:58I think the time has come to sleep.
00:36:59I think the time has come to sleep.
00:37:00I think the time has come to sleep.
00:37:01I think the time has come to sleep.
00:37:02I think the time has come to sleep.
00:37:03I think the time has come to sleep.
00:37:04I think the time has come to sleep.
00:37:05I think the time has come to sleep.
00:37:06I think the time has come to sleep.
00:37:07I think the time has come to sleep.
00:37:08I think the time has come to sleep.
00:37:09I think the time has come to sleep.
00:40:10Don't be afraid, angel.
00:40:20I would not hurt you.
00:40:54Good morning, Miss Hunter.
00:41:01Good morning.
00:41:02Just a minute, Dr. Foster.
00:41:04I want to see you.
00:41:14Good morning, Miss Hunter.
00:41:15Good morning.
00:41:16Good morning.
00:41:17Just a minute, Dr. Foster.
00:41:18I want to see you.
00:41:21Oh, I'm sorry.
00:41:28I 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?
00:41:36Come 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.
00:41:51I saw lots of girls in crips down underneath this house.
00:41:55What was that you were saying, Miss Hunter?
00:41:57Why have you a mausoleum in the basement?
00:42:00Mausoleum, what 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, this 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.
00:42:25If 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.
00:42:38Yes, I suppose so.
00:42:41Oh, Professor, that 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.
00:42:58I can't really find it.
00:42:59I want to hear you.
00:43:00Let's ober up.
00:43:01I'm going, and no.
00:43:02Let's ober up here.
00:43:03I'm going.
00:43:04I know.
00:43:05I want you to read it now.
00:43:06I kind of hear you, don't you?
00:43:07Look at me.
00:43:08I'm going to read it now.
00:43:10I didn't read it.
00:43:11I'm on me.
00:43:12I'm gonna read it now.
00:43:13I'm going to read it now.
00:43:14He's trying to read it now.
00:43:15I remember you, young people.
00:43:16I'm looking for you up for a while, please.
00:43:17I know I'm sure, but you're so excited.
00:43:18You can watch it now.
00:43:19I'm going to read it now.
00:43:20I am looking for you.
00:43:22Shall we go into breakfast?
00:43:23No, thank you.
00:43:24I've got to get back to the city.
00:43:25Will you drive me to the station, Dr. Foster?
00:43:27I'll be glad to.
00:43:28But what about the interview?
00:43:29Well, that'll have to wait until some other time.
00:43:30I just remembered an appointment at the office.
00:43:31So I've got to catch the next train.
00:43:33You'll excuse me, Countess?
00:43:34Yes, I will excuse you.
00:43:36Oh, Professor.
00:43:37Oh, Professor, do you also make a hobby of collecting coffins?
00:43:40Why, yes, in a manner of speaking.
00:43:42I find a coffin much more comfortable than a bed.
00:43:45Many people do so, my dear.
00:43:47Is it so strange that I accept one while waiting for eternal rest?
00:43:50Why, yes, in a manner of speaking.
00:43:52I find a coffin much more comfortable than a bed.
00:43:56Many people do so, my dear.
00:43:58Is it so strange that I accept one while waiting for eternal rest?
00:44:03No, I suppose not.
00:44:08Well, thank you for your hospitality.
00:44:10Goodbye.
00:44:14I trust we will meet again.
00:44:16It has been so nice meeting you.
00:44:26Don't tell me I'm still dreaming.
00:44:28What do you mean?
00:44:29That gravedigger.
00:44:30He's real, isn't he?
00:44:33Oh, 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.
00:44:45Are 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.
00:44:54Yes.
00:45:13Well, I've enjoyed meeting you, Miss Hunter.
00:45:14I hope to have a pleasure seeing you again.
00:45:16I have a hunch you will, Dr. Foster.
00:45:18Oh, tell me.
00:45:21Just why did you come up here?
00:45:22Or is it the secret?
00:45:24It is, but...
00:45:26Somehow 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.
00:45:33I think I have a clue.
00:45:35You 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 dream.
00:45:48They're exactly like the one that disappeared from my bag.
00:45:51Where did you get them?
00:45:52I found them on the floor beside my bed this morning.
00:45:55The person who came into my room last night must have brought these with him.
00:45:58That seems like a logical explanation.
00:46:00There's no question about it.
00:46:02Honestly, Doctor, don't you remember meeting me in the hallway last night?
00:46:06No, I don't.
00:46:08And if I did, I...
00:46:09I must have been asleep.
00:46:10Either that, or you were hypnotized.
00:46:14Yes, that's quite possible.
00:46:23Well, watch your step.
00:46:25And if you discover anything, phone me.
00:46:26That's a promise.
00:46:27Goodbye.
00:46:28Not goodbye. Au 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 phones.
00:46:39suspects that the police are bringing in.
00:46:41Well, now get 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 a developer.
00:46:56Doyle, where's Lefty?
00:46:57Over at Central Station.
00:46:58The only thing he gets over there is the 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?
00:47:06You can't do that to me.
00:47:07Listen.
00:47:08Just 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?
00:47:15What have you uncovered?
00:47:16Well, 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.
00:47:28Dreaming?
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.
00:47:43Yet I found these in my bedroom this morning.
00:47:48Listen, Lizzie, you didn't go off someplace and get married, did you?
00:47:51No, I didn't.
00:47:52But I saw the bodies of those other missing brides.
00:47:55All 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.
00:48:11Yeah, you're suffering the same way I am.
00:48:13I see brides everywhere.
00:48:14I hear wedding bells ringing in my ears.
00:48:17I saw a dead man, too.
00:48:18A monstrosity.
00:48:21You're 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.
00:48:34Mr. Keenan, there's Dr. Foster here.
00:48:37He sits on seeing Miss Hunter.
00:48:39Tell 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.
00:48:47Hey, 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.
00:48:58Very glad to meet you.
00:48:59How do you know?
00:49:00This cub reporter of mine has been telling me a weird story
00:49:02about a certain Dr. Lorenz up in your neighborhood.
00:49:05It's weird, all right, but I'm confident it's true.
00:49:07After you left, I looked around the station
00:49:09to 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.
00:49:23This 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?
00:49:38She admits that you don't remember talking to her.
00:49:41I could have talked to her while in a synonymalistic state,
00:49:43under the influence of hypnotism.
00:49:45Oh, 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?
00:49:52My short acquaintance with him has convinced me
00:49:54that he's a man of unlimited talents.
00:49:56He's strange, peculiar.
00:49:58I'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 at 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?
00:50:19Come on, tell us all you know.
00:50:21The peculiar fact about her is that,
00:50:23although she has the appearance of a young woman,
00:50:25her 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 should 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,
00:50:45are being used by Lorenz in some manner
00:50:47as human guinea pigs to sustain his wife in a youthful state.
00:50:50Oh, 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?
00:51:24Well, he steals dead brides, doesn't he?
00:51:26Oh, now, look, Pat, do you want to be a June bride?
00:51:28Well, 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,
00:51:40you can't pass up an opportunity like this.
00:51:42There she is.
00:51:52Cigarette?
00:51:53Hey, she's cute.
00:51:55Well, would you like to dance?
00:51:58Later.
00:51:59Business before pleasure, you know.
00:52:01Hello, Peggy.
00:52:02Hello, Pat.
00:52:03Ms. Woods, Dr. Foster.
00:52:05Good evening, Ms. Woods.
00:52:06How do you do?
00:52:07I have something important to tell you.
00:52:08I'm all ears.
00:52:09Let's go to your dressing room.
00:52:11Okay.
00:52:12I won't be long.
00:52:13All right.
00:52:20Peggy, I've landed a good part for you.
00:52:22A chance to prove your talent.
00:52:24Really?
00:52:25What is it, a picture or a play?
00:52:26Neither one.
00:52:27My 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, a circulation stunt?
00:52:35No.
00:52:36You've heard of the case of the vanishing bride.
00:52:38Sure.
00:52:39Well, this is a plan we have to trap the person
00:52:40who's been stealing their bodies.
00:52:42Are you kidding?
00:52:43Certainly not.
00:52:44The job will pay you plenty.
00:52:46How 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.
00:52:53Nix, count me out.
00:52:54Listen, Peggy.
00:52:55I'm offering you a chance to get your picture on the front page
00:52:58of every newspaper in this country.
00:53:00Overnight 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?
00:53:14She's the most unusual type.
00:53:17Such fascinating eyes.
00:53:19She'll make a charming addition to our family.
00:53:22June 20th.
00:53:24June 20th.
00:53:25A day you shall not forget.
00:53:33Farga.
00:53:34What are you doing in this part of the house?
00:53:36Master.
00:53:37I 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.
00:53:45You 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.
00:53:54Master.
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.
00:54:17Providing 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.
00:54:26I hope you're right.
00:54:36Well, Blushing Bride, here's where you go on for your big scene.
00:54:39Or big flop.
00:54:40My knees are shaking.
00:54:41There's nothing to be afraid of.
00:54:43Here's your bouquet and the phony orchid.
00:54:45Now, don't forget to put on your act.
00:54:47Leave that to me.
00:54:48You got plenty of photographers out there?
00:54:49Certainly.
00:54:50And what about the cops?
00:54:51How many times do I have to tell you nothing's going to happen to you?
00:54:54Oh, Miss Hunter.
00:54:55Yes?
00:54:56Uh, I wanted to ask you.
00:54:58In 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.
00:55:05Obey.
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.
00:55:17Well, I suppose it is.
00:55:19Well, if you need me, you'll find me in my study.
00:55:23You've been grand, Reverend.
00:55:24Well, you'd better go get ready.
00:55:26What do I do now?
00:55:27Just march down the aisle and don't forget to faint at the altar.
00:55:30Well, here goes nothing.
00:55:35How's everything going?
00:55:36All right so far, I guess.
00:55:37Good.
00:55:38The ceremony's about to begin.
00:55:40I certainly hope somebody shows up besides these ham actors I'm paying.
00:55:43You know, it seems to me that if Lorenz were ready to strike, he'd have sent an orchid.
00:55:46Just a minute.
00:55:47I'll take that.
00:55:48Did you say orchid?
00:55:49And I'll take you with it.
00:55:53There you are.
00:55:54Looks like our man's going to pounce all right.
00:55:56It looks like you're right.
00:55:57All right.
00:55:59All right.
00:56:00Good.
00:56:01I'll take you with it.
00:56:02Good night.
00:56:03Good night.
00:56:04Good night.
00:56:06Good night.
00:56:07Good night.
00:56:09Good night.
00:56:18Good night.
00:56:21It 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.
00:57:13I'll be right back.
00:57:36Oh, Pat.
00:57:48Oh, Pat.
00:57:48I'll be right back.
00:58:00Hey.
00:58:02Please, master, don't leave me.
00:58:32Please, master, don't leave me.
00:59:02Please, master, don't leave me.
00:59:12Toby, my son, where is Toby, master?
00:59:17Toby'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.
00:59:23Hurry up.
00:59:24Let's go.
00:59:25There was trouble.
00:59:42Yes, but we'll be finished before anyone finds us.
00:59:45But the bride, what will we do without him?
00:59:47Yes, we'll leave him here.
00:59:48Which means I will perish.
00:59:49Oh, it isn't hopeless I find other girls.
00:59:50In the meantime, we take this one with us.
00:59:51What are you waiting for?
00:59:52Well, my dear, again we meet, only under different circumstances.
01:00:04I would have preferred that you would be a bride, but it really doesn't matter.
01:00:09You will serve our purpose just as well.
01:00:12Now both of my sons are gone.
01:00:13You betrayed me, Matt.
01:00:14I heard enough.
01:00:15There's work to do.
01:00:16You betrayed me, Matt.
01:00:17You betrayed me, Matt.
01:00:18I heard enough.
01:00:19There's work to do.
01:00:20You betrayed me, Matt.
01:00:21I heard enough.
01:00:22There's work to do.
01:00:46There's work to do.
01:00:47There's no way.
01:00:49There's no way.
01:00:51No!
01:00:52No!
01:00:53No!
01:00:54You betrayed me, Matt.
01:00:55You shouldn't have done it.
01:01:16You stay here and cover this.
01:01:36Your hand is unsteady.
01:01:37I can't see.
01:01:46Pat!
01:02:07Pat!
01:02:13Pat!
01:02:14Pat!
01:02:15Is she dead?
01:02:16No.
01:02:17Just scared to death.
01:02:20All right.
01:02:22Break it up.
01:02:23We've got headlines to write.
01:02:24Do I get a byline?
01:02:26After 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.
01:02:41Don't quit.
01:02:42And to think that this was the cause of it all.
01:02:52Oh!
01:02:53Oh!
01:02:54Oh!
01:02:55Oh!
01:02:56Oh!
01:02:57Oh!
01:02:58Oh!