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00:00the home of mr. Gregory West one of America's most noted playwrights the
00:12office of mr. Gregory West mr. Gregory West shy quiet and at the moment very
00:19happy merry warm affectionate you really should be working you know you're
00:29nagging me I'm only thinking of posterity think of me instead don't I always yes
00:40you do dry enough we'll let the master decide
00:50perfect as always are you describing yourself mr.
01:01West let the mistress decide she's decided
01:14and the final ingredient mrs. Gregory West
01:21gregory greg not again I have to gregory I'm home darling no Greg
01:49what else can I do are you working are you so afraid I hope I'm not interrupting you
02:03darling I'll only be a moment I just want to come in and kiss you
02:12well I didn't expect you
02:24what's the matter dear something wrong
02:37how come your home so early dear didn't you like the movie no not very much
03:07I just decided I'd come home early
03:15have you uh been busy oh yes yes I got quite a bit done did you oh I see you dropped a glass
03:31you looking for something dear oh no I have I just thought I'd see if your room needed to be clean I don't think so
03:45what are you doing dear honey what are you doing hmm oh I am checking the wall oh
03:58what's that oh my scissors
04:13Gregory you wouldn't buy any chance have a uh a secret door in here would you a secret door
04:27that's what I said darling secret door well now what on earth would I want with a secret door in here
04:33yes whatever on earth for
04:39are you all right Victoria hmm oh well I don't know I'm not too sure really as a matter of fact I think I may be suffering from hallucinations oh you poor you know it's the strangest thing but I was just standing
05:01window only a moment to go right here you were yes i was and you'll never guess what i saw
05:11through that window gregory or at least you'll never guess what i thought i saw
05:15i couldn't possibly guess i thought i saw a woman in your arms
05:22did you yes isn't that just too ridiculous
05:32oh listen wouldn't you like to have me describe her to you oh let me let me she had uh masses of
05:41blonde hair and she wore one of those frumpy little blouses with a kind of tacky little brooch
05:46and one of those dreadful sort of peasant skirts but the funny thing was that she
05:52handed you a drink
05:53oh such detail it's quite remarkable yes isn't it of course if i had thought about it darling well i
06:02i would have realized how ridiculous it was i mean i would have realized if i'd thought about it for
06:06a minute that a man of your great and extraordinary taste couldn't possibly be interested in such a
06:14drab ugly little creature oh she's not so drab
06:18uh-huh didn't think i'd be home so early did you didn't think i'd be home the whole afternoon did you
06:28thought you had me fooled didn't you well let me tell you something gregory west
06:31i've had my eye on you for some time now didn't think i suspected the real reason for why you were
06:36always sending me out of the house on one protects then another did you i must be alone to work you
06:41said the great and famous playwright the great and famous philanderer
06:45now victoria look i can explain it it's so simple where is she i can explain everything
06:50do you remember well now wait do you remember my play fury in the night
06:54oh yes dear do you remember it you remember the character philip wainwright
06:59gregory just tell me one thing what's her name what what's her name mary but that doesn't
07:07mary how common oh now victoria please victoria just sit down here and listen to me let me explain
07:13i'm listening you know how sometimes i've told you that fictional characters come alive
07:18they come alive so vividly that they make decisions of their own a playwright may have
07:22worked out some kind of move for them but they refuse to do it they will not accept anybody they
07:28become so strong that sometimes they take over the whole story gregory i hardly see that this has
07:34anything please bear with me victoria i've born with you for years philip wainwright was the first
07:42one of my play characters to ever behave like that no matter what i had planned for him he bought he
07:48refused he wouldn't accept any of my decisions he became alive with a will of his own you understand
07:56i understand that you're trying to change the subject i'm not this is the subject philip
08:03wainwright became alive one night when i was working here right right up here in my office
08:13philip wainwright walked in through that door oh greg now really victoria you've got to believe me
08:21he walked in right through that door he came in here and he sat down in that chair
08:30alive real flesh and blood man
08:36and i created him
08:40oh my
08:41what are you doing i am afraid that psychiatry is the next on the agenda you've got to believe
08:54me victoria characters in my plays do come alive i've seen them i've talked to them i've even shaken
08:59hands with them you even made love to them remember yes honey no but you know how i work
09:06i dictate dialogue and stage business into the tape recorder i describe any character i want
09:13and if i do it well enough they come to life to life victoria and i don't even have to describe
09:20the characters in my plays anymore i can describe any character i want you should be put away
09:29now you said that you saw mary here right oh i saw her here all right then how did she get out that's
09:40what i'm trying to find out
09:44she could not have gone out through the window
09:49you know there are no secret doors in here
09:53but i'm going to show you how she got out of here because i want you to understand
09:59i take my scissors
10:10i snip off the part of the tape on which she is described
10:15i roll the tape into a little ball
10:21i throw it into the fireplace
10:24she's gone
10:27uncreated
10:29i'm going to have you committed
10:35you've got to believe me now you've got to
10:37now what do you think you're doing
10:38now just a minute i'm trying to save our marriage
10:44don't waste your time
10:48i could describe a dog or a cat or any character you want but i'm sure you would prefer to see mary and
10:54i've created mary so many times that she'll be much more available i'll just bet she is give me the key
11:00gregory
11:00her name
11:03is mary
11:04she's 30 years old
11:06she's 30 years old
11:06five feet six inches tall
11:09as well
11:16you know
11:18but with that quality of inner loveliness
11:21which brings real beauty to a woman
11:23you as soon as she is
11:24i want to talk about her
11:25gentlewoman, an understanding woman. She's dressed in a soft blouse, old-fashioned brooch,
11:36full skirt. Her hair is attractively arranged. She's coming up the front walk. She's crossing
11:46the porch. She's opening the front door. She's closing it. She's walking across the hall.
12:12Good afternoon, Mrs. West.
12:16Well?
12:37Why do you bring me here now? Because, oh, I'm sorry. Come in. Come in, Mary.
12:42Come in. There's nothing to be afraid of, Mrs. West. Do you believe me now, Victoria?
12:49I'll tell you what I believe, Gregory. I believe this is some sort of fiendish plot. You let
12:59her out of here through a secret door. Then you tell me this ridiculous story about bringing
13:03characters to life. Then you lock the door and pretend to bring her back to life. Then
13:07she comes in the front door and tries to make me believe that... You're trying to drive
13:11me insane, Gregory. You want to have me committed.
13:15The only reason I did this was because you were going to have me committed. You want
13:18to have me committed so that you can get all of our property, so that you can share our
13:22property with this, this... I just wanted to show you. Is that why you brought me? Just
13:27to show her? Now, please try to understand, Mary. After all, Victoria is my wife. Not any
13:33longer I'm not. Not after this diabolic conspiracy. Oh, now, Victoria, can't I do anything right?
13:38No. You haven't answered me, Greg. You don't really believe that I want to... Yes.
13:46Here we go again. Don't let me out of here, you monster. Gregory West, you let me out of
13:54here or I'm going to scream. I promise you I'm going to scream. What for? Again?
13:58Why do you do this to me, Greg? Well, I'm sorry, Mary, but what else can I do? I just got
14:10here, Greg. What else can I do? That's all you ever say. You wouldn't believe me, huh? You've
14:22got to make me show you, huh? You've got to make me force poor Mary to leave again. Victoria,
14:29sometimes I wonder... Don't bring me back again, Greg. Now, Mary... Just don't. I can't
14:41bear it any longer. Oh, forgive me, Mary, but she is my wife.
14:51Where is she? I told you. Where is she? You still don't believe me, huh? Gregory, where
15:11did she go? I told you. I uncreated her. Oh, dear.
15:21Now, don't you worry. We won't let it happen anymore. I promise you I won't do
15:28it again. The only reason I did it the first time was that, well, I was lonely. Oh, don't
15:34you see, Victoria? You're so perfect. You're so impeccable. You're so flawless. And, well,
15:40I was... I just felt inferior. I wouldn't have created Mary. I didn't create her to insult
15:44you. I was lonely. That was all. I wanted somebody to talk to. Oh. Someone that I'd feel comfortable
15:52with. Not like a worm. Well, you understand, don't you? Oh, yes. I understand. Oh, fine.
16:01We'll... we'll work it out. We'll work it out somehow. It's just that I... I feel so inadequate
16:06compared with you. Of course, that's really my fault. I guess I should have...
16:13Now, don't try to stop me, Gregory. Where are you going? I'm going to the nearest lawyer,
16:21and I'm going to have you put away for the rest of your unnatural life. Away from tape
16:25recorders and away from me. I'm going to live all by myself in perfect peace and harmony
16:30in this house, free of your diseased mind. No, Victoria. Yes, Victoria.
16:41A giant red-eyed elephant is standing in my hallway and will not let her pass. Oh, Gregory,
16:47don't be ridiculous. Gregory, don't be ridiculous.
16:49Gregory, would you please get that elephant out of my hall?
17:17No. Will you stay? Yes.
17:22Yes.
17:47You are stark staring, raving mad. You shouldn't say those kind of things, Victoria. Then you'll
18:03stay, hmm? You don't seriously think you're going to keep me in this house now, do you?
18:08Do you want me to do it again? No!
18:10Oh! No, no, I, I, uh, I'll stay here for the moment. But believe me, Gregory, the first
18:18opportunity I get, I'm going to have you put away. Believe me.
18:22I believe you. Well, I guess there's nothing else to do.
18:37How long has that been there?
18:39Oh, ever since you and I were, uh, married.
18:42What is that?
18:57What is this supposed to mean?
18:59Now, Victoria, shall I put this back in the safe, or shall I throw it in the fire?
19:14Gregory, you're not seriously trying to make me believe that...
19:18I am telling you, Victoria. Look at yourself. Regal. Beautiful. You could have any man in
19:26the world that you wanted. Haven't you ever wondered how you happened to get stuck with
19:30me? Well, I'm telling you. You're impeccable. Flawless. You're just the sort of wife that...
19:39I always used to think I wanted more than anything else in the world.
19:42Is this another one of your tawdry little tricks?
19:47Now, why do you think I got so upset when you came back here a while ago? Not because
19:51of Mary, but because you came back against my will for the first time. For the first time.
19:57Do you think you're frightening me?
20:02No, I guess not. Well, you're beyond that.
20:07I made you too strong.
20:08I forgot to add a little human frailty.
20:13Well, I asked for it. I'll put this back in the safe. I've got...
20:19Gregory, would you like to know what I think of your childish nonsense?
20:26This.
20:29Victoria!
20:31Oh, Greg. Greg, I feel so strange. I...
20:35You... You... You don't mean that you were telling me the truth.
20:47You were right.
20:49Victoria!
20:52Now, I told her... I told her...
20:55She just wouldn't listen to me.
21:00Her name...
21:01Her name is...
21:02Mrs. Victoria West.
21:04Shh...
21:05Why not leave well enough alone?
21:20Her name is Mary.
21:34Mrs. Mary West.
21:38She's 30.
21:41Five feet, six inches tall.
21:45Blonde hair.
21:46Nicely built.
21:52Clear complexion.
21:54She's...
21:56A plain, unassuming female.
21:59With that...
22:00Inner quality of loveliness...
22:03That makes a woman...
22:05Truly beautiful.
22:05She is dressed in a soft pink blouse...
22:12Old-fashioned brooch...
22:14Flowing skirt.
22:16Her hair is attractively arranged.
22:19She is in her husband's study...
22:22Preparing him a drink.
22:27We hope you enjoy tonight's romantic story...
22:30On the Twilight Zone.
22:31At the same time...
22:35We want you to realize...
22:36That it was, of course...
22:37Purely fictional.
22:39In real life...
22:40Such ridiculous nonsense...
22:42Could never...
22:42Rod!
22:47You shouldn't.
22:48I mean, you shouldn't say such things as...
22:59Nonsense.
23:01And ridiculous.
23:06Well, that's the way it goes.
23:08Leaving Mr. Gregory West...
23:28Still shy, quiet...
23:30Very happy...
23:31And apparently in complete control.