(02:52-06:38) Scene 2:
Horton House-Living Room (Marie, Mickey, Addie, Ben, Julie)
[Pick up immediately with
the same cast]
MARIE: Look, I
don’t pretend to know why Julie did what she did, but I do know that she’s in a
state about it. My suggestion is that we talk about
it first.
BEN: Now, I don’t want to
be rude, Marie, but after all, you’re only Julie’s aunt. We’re her
parents.
MARIE: I know that, but
Julie and I are very close.
ADDIE: Well,
you can afford to be objective, Marie, but a mother has certain
responsibilities. We have to be hard on Julie
occasionally.
MICKEY: Maybe you’re not
hard enough.
BEN: Oh, what do you and
Marie know about it, Mickey? Neither one of you has ever had children.
MICKEY: Well,
what’s that got to do with the price of tomatoes? You know, my sixth grade
school teacher was an old maid spinster. But she had
more perception and understanding of her 33 pupils than all the moms
on Mother’s Day. You know, having children doesn’t
necessarily make you an expert.
BEN: Well, it sure helps.
MICKEY: And the mere act
of having a child doesn’t make you a model parent either.
BEN: Oh, give up, Mickey,
will you?
MARIE: What’s the point of
wrangling? It’s not our image we’re trying to preserve, it’s Julie’s. Isn’t
it?
BEN (changes
subject): All right Mickey, let’s get down to business. What exactly do the
police have on Julie?
MICKEY: All
right. They’ve got the stolen fur piece as evidence. They’ve got what the
detective saw plus statements from the other two
girls.
BEN: But Julie didn’t
actually remove that stole from the store, did she?
MICKEY: No.
BEN: Well, then, that
blows the shoplifting charge.
MICKEY: Not necessarily.
Julie’s a juvenile. Her intentions count just as much as the act itself.
BEN: Now, how can anyone
prove what her intentions were?
MICKEY: Well, what do you
think her intentions were?
BEN: Just seeing whether
she could get away with something…a childish prank. No more, no
less.
MICKEY: Ben, she took that
stole.
BEN: Well give her five
minutes more and she would have put it back.
MICKEY: Oh, you know that
for a fact?
BEN: Look,
look. She’s got a closet full of clothes, at least two fur pieces worth more
than that mink-dyed-raccoon or whatever it was. Well
why would she want to steal that?
MICKEY: That is something
you ha better ask Julie.
ADDIE: We’ve given her
absolutely anything she’s ever wanted. Julie hasn’t a reason under the sun to
steal.
MICKEY: Look,
what you two don’t understand is, is the law doesn’t give a tinker’s damn about
reasons. Facts are what count, and the fact in this
case is Julie was caught stealing.
BEN: Ah, Mickey, you keep
calling this a case.
MICKEY: That’s right, it
is a case.
BEN: No, no, not yet it
isn’t.
MICKEY: Well, what do you
mean by that?
BEN: Have you ever heard
of people dropping charges?
MICKEY: Are you suggesting
that that detective…
BEN (cuts him
off): Oh, forgot that myopic detective. No, I’m talking about Bartlett’s
department store. They haven’t made a formal charge
yet, have they?
MICKEY:
Bartlett’s has had a number of thefts recently. That’s why they alerted the
police department to put on a special detective.
BEN: Ah, you’re still not
answering my question. Has Bartlett’s made a formal charge?
MICKEY: Ben, if they
haven’t, they will.
BEN: Yeah, maybe, and
maybe not.
MICKEY: Well, now just
exactly what is that supposed to mean?
BEN: I deal
with Bartlett’s all the time. Only last month I handled a loan for them to
renovate the store. Wasn’t easy believe
me.
MICKEY: Oh, then the whole
case will be hushed up, huh?
BEN: In a matter of
minutes.
MICKEY: Is that the way
you want it?
BEN: Of course
it is. Nip the thing in the bud before it blossoms out and becomes cheap gossip
for every house in town.
MICKEY: Oh, yeah, nip it
in the bud, put wraps over it, pretend it never happened? Is that
it?
BEN: What do you think big
business is?
MICKEY: Ben, Julie’s not
big business, she’s your daughter. She’s a human being.
BEN: She got herself in a
scrape, and we’re going to get it wiped off the books.
MICKEY: Well, not I. Not
this lawyer, that’s not the way I operate.
BEN: Well lawyers are a
dime a dozen, I’ll get my own on this.
ADDIE: No, Ben, I want
Mickey to handle this, he’s Julie’s uncle. I feel better about it being kept in
the family.
BEN: Now Mickey doesn’t
want to handle it.
MICKEY: I never said that.
What I said was that I wasn’t about to handle it your way.
BEN: Well is your way any
better?
MICKEY: That depends on
what you expect.
BEN: Well I’ll
tell you what I expect. I want to get this dirty mess cleaned up before people
start to talk about it.
[JULIE enters in the
foyer]
MICKEY: Well,
you tell me something Ben. What really concerns you: helping Julie or saving
yourself a little embarrassment.
JULIE (very timidly):
H-hi.
ADDIE: Oh,
Julie.
[BEN and ADDIE walk over
to JULIE as the scene ends].
(06:38-09:35) Scene 3:
Horton House-Living Room (Marie, Mickey, Addie, Ben, Julie)
[Pick up immediately with
the same cast in the foyer].
ADDIE: Are you alright,
Julie?
JULIE: Yeah, sure I
am.
BEN: Now, Julie, your
mother and I are very concerned about you.
JULIE (sarcastically): How
was the party?
BEN: Never mind that
now.
JULIE (sarcastically): I’m
sorry I interrupted your fun.
ADDIE: Julie, we came as
quickly as we could.
JULIE: I
know.
ADDIE: Why did
you do it, darling? Oh, look if you really wanted that fur piece, you might have
asked me about it. After all, Christmas is
coming.
BEN: Sure, we would have
given it to you.
ADDIE: That’s right. You
know your father and I have never denied you anything, you know
that.
Oh why did you
steal?
[JULIE and the rest follow
her into the living room].
JULIE: I didn’t steal, it
was just a joke.
BEN: Well it
wasn’t a very funny joke, Julie. People saw you and now there’s a big thing
involving the police. I don’t call that funny. You
know the trouble with you young lady is that we’ve been too lenient with you.
Your mother let you hang around with
anybody…
ADDIE (interrupts): Well
now, just a minute, dear, it’s not my fault!
BEN: Oh, of
course it’s your fault! She’s only 16, you’re her mother. You should know what
she’s up to. That’s what a mother’s
for.
ADDIE: Oh, and what’s a
father for? Golf at the club, cocktails at the men’s bar, poker two nights a
week.
BEN: And making a darn
good living, don’t forget that.
ADDIE: Oh I don’t forget
it, you don’t let me. But we’d all appreciate if some of your time every now and
then…
BEN
(interrupts): Uh-uh, stones at glass houses, Addie. Now I’ve noticed you’ve
managed to keep your days busy. If it isn’t bridge,
why it’s tennis, or…
MARIE (interrupts): Will
you two stop bickering long enough to think about Julie’s trouble?
BEN: Ah, Marie, I’ve asked
you to stay out of it.
MARIE: Very well, I will.
JULIE: Aunt
Marie!
MARIE: Oh,
honey, I’m sorry. Your parents want me out of this. And frankly, I think it’s
time they begin to cope with the situation
themselves. Good night, Julie.
[MARIE exits]
MICKEY: Look, Ben, you
want to meet me in my office at noon tomorrow? We can go over all
this.
BEN: There may be no need
to meet. I’ve got one or two angles I want to try first.
MICKEY: You mind telling
me what they are, your angles?
BEN: No, not yet. I’ll
call you tomorrow at your office.
MICKEY: All right, I’ll
wait to hear from you. Good night, Julie, Addie.
ADDIE: Oh, thank you,
Mickey. We appreciate your help.
BEN: Yeah.
{MICKEY
exits]
BEN: Well, nothing like an
eager-beaver young ambulance chaser.
ADDIE: Mickey is a fine
lawyer, you know that.
BEN: Ah, he’s your brother
and I tolerate him, let’s leave it at that, hmm.
ADDIE: Look, Mom and Dad
will be down here soon if we don’t get out of here. Let’s all go home.
JULIE: I don’t want to go
home.
BEN: Now, what
do you mean you don’t want to go home? Well, you’ve got a lot of nerve telling
your mother and me what you wanted. Well, from now on
girl, it’s not going to be what you want. It’s going to be what we want! Do you read me?
JULIE (very mad): Yes, I
read you.
BEN: Well then, get your
coat on and come along.
JULIE: But!
BEN: Now!
[FADE OUT]
(09:35-13:42) Scene 4:
Salem Airport (Marie, Tony, Craig)
[A new day in
Salem. MARIE and TONY are at the airport, awaiting TONY’s departure on a flight
to Boston. CRAIG walks over holding a claim
check].
CRAIG: Well the bag’s
checked at gate two, Tony. Here’s the number.
[TONY puts the claim check
in his pocket].
TONY: Thanks,
Dad.
CRAIG: Jim going to meet
you at the airport?
TONY: Yes, if he can get
off class early enough. Otherwise I’ll just grab a cab over to his
apartment.
MARIE: I’m glad you’re
going to stay with Jim. It’ll be less cold and unfriendly like a
hotel.
TONY: Yeah, well if I know
Jimmy, we’ll spend most of our evenings just jesting about Salem.
CRAIG: Well, I suppose
there’s a lot of candidates to be checked, Tony. It’ll take time to process all
the data.
MARIE: Oh, Tony will get
it. I’m not worried.
CRAIG: And
spoken like a true bride. Well, now, if you kids will excuse me, I have to check
on my own flight. See you in a
minute.
TONY: Thanks,
Dad.
[CRAIG exits]
TONY: I’m going to miss
that guy.
MARIE: Hey, how about
me?
TONY: No, I mean after
we’re married, and living in Boston. I really am going to miss Dad.
MARIE: He’s going to miss
you too. You’ve been so close.
TONY: He’s a
very special guy. Hey, not because he’s my father, you know, I mean I’d feel the
same way about him even if he
wasn’t.
MARIE: You’re very much
like him.
TONY: Yeah, I
wish I was. No, Dad’s got strength. You know, like if he were in a lifeboat in
the middle of the Atlantic, somehow he’d survive. And
I think somehow he’d make everybody else survive too.
MARIE: Oh, I still think
he’s very much like you.
TONY: Thanks.
[TONY kisses MARIE’s
hand].
TONY: Like to
think so. I respect my father more than anybody else. Very proud of him. I mean
the way he pulled through after Mother died and kept
the house going. Looking after me and working night and
day.
MARIE: I
know.
TONY: I just hope that…I
hope I can do as well for my son.
MARIE: Or
daughter?
TONY: Yeah, or
daughter.
MARIE: Or
twins?
TONY: Now, that’s a very
nice idea. We could have one of both.
MARIE: Tony, if we do have
children, why don’t…
TONY (interrupts):
When.
MARIE (laughs): When we
have children.
TONY: See that’s better
because I am an only child, remember. And I fully intend to have three or four
children.
MARIE: Are you placing
your order now?
TONY: Yes, ma’am. You make
a note of it.
[MARIE and TONY
laugh].
MARIE: Look,
when you, uh, when you get word about the scholarship, I’ll apply for a transfer
from Salem to Cambridge.
TONY: In the middle of a
semester?
MARIE: Well,
with the holidays and everything it’s just a matter of a couple of months. Then
I can start off the new semester with you. Hey
wouldn’t it be fun to be on the same campus working?
TONY: Well
it’d be disconcerting, I’ll say that for it. I’d see you walking across campus,
and I’d think to myself “Hey, did she or did she
not send my shirts out to laundry?”
MARIE (insulted): That all
you’d be thinking?
TONY: No, no
I’d also be thinking “Hey, there’s my wife. Only why doesn’t she remember to
shut the windows in the morning so we don’t
freeze?”
MARIE: Tony!
[TONY and MARIE kiss as
CRAIG re-enters].
CRAIG: Hey, well back
again like the bad penny.
TONY: Oh, hi.
CRAIG: Okay,
Tony?
[TONY shakes CRAIG’s
hand].
TONY: Yeah, okay. Just,
uh, stay well, will you Dad? And, uh, do me a favor? Take care of my girl,
hmm?
[TONY kisses
MARIE]
CRAIG: I will.
MARIE: Goodbye,
darling.
CRIAG: You better hurry,
son, They’ll be announcing departure in a minute.
TONY: Yeah, well, okay, my
two favorite people.
MARIE: Oh,
Tony.
[MARIE rushes to TONY and
hugs him].
TONY:
Goodbye.
[TONY exits as MARIE
watches, longing for him already. FADE OUT].
(13:42-18:10) Scene 5:
Bartlett’s Department Store-Manager’s Office (Ben, Addie, Mr.
Franklin)
[MR. FRANKLIN,
the manager of Bartlett’s, is seen filling out some papers, seated at his desk.
The buzzer on his phone rings and he picks it up for
a ONE-WAY conversation.]
MR. FRANKLIN: Yes?…Oh, um,
send them in will you?
[MR. FRANKLIN hangs the
phone up and stands up as BEN and ADDIE open the door and enter].
BEN: Mr.
Franklin.
[BEN and MR. FRANKLIN
shake hands].
MR. FRANKLIN: Oh, how do
you do, Mr. Olson? It’s nice to see you again.
BEN: I don’t think you’ve
met my wife?
MR. FRANKLIN: Pleased to
meet you, Mrs. Olson. Won’t you sit down?
[BEN, ADDIE, and MR.
FRANKLIN all sit down].
BEN: Now, Mr.
Franklin, I’m a very busy man. So are you. Let’s not beat about the bush. I’m
sure you know why we’re here.
MR. FRANKLIN:
Yes, I’m afraid I do and it was a very distressing incident. And I certainly
regret it, particularly with people like you.
BEN: Ah, my
daughter never meant to take that fur piece, you understand Mr. Franklin? It was
a…well she and her girlfriends were merely indulging
in a rather childish prank.
MR. FRANKLIN: Regretful,
very regretful.
BEN: And the police have a
tendency to blow these things up way beyond their importance.
MR. FRANKLIN: Yes, I
suppose they do.
ADDIE: Oh, Julie is a good
girl, Mr. Franklin. Well, she’d never do anything deliberately bad.
MR. FRANKLIN: No, I’m sure
not, Mrs. Olson.
BEN: Now the police
haven’t a leg to stand on once the charges are dropped, you know that, don’t
you, Mr. Franklin?
MR. FRANKLIN: Yes, I
suppose that is true.
BEN (happy): Well then,
there it is. Bartlett’s drops the charges and the whole affair’s forgotten,
right?
[MR. FRANKLIN hesitates to
answer]
BEN (more urgently):
Right, Mr. Franklin?
MR. FRANKLIN: Well, I
don’t know that we can, ah, unfortunately…
BEN (interrupts):
Unfortunately what?
MR. FRANKLIN: The charges
against your daughter can’t be dropped.
ADDIE: What?
BEN: Well what do you mean
they can’t be dropped?
MR. FRANKLIN:
I’m terribly sorry, Mr. Olson. I hate to do this to a man in your position, but,
well actually I’m helpless. The machinery is already
in motion.
BEN: Now what are you
talking about, what machinery?
[MR. FRANKLIN stands
up]
MR. FRANKLIN:
Well you see, Mr. Olson, Bartlett’s like so many other big-chain stores are
affiliated with a national crime detection
association.
BEN: So?
MR. FRANKLIN:
So the association officials and the insurance company agents have seen the
whole affair, the attempted theft, on
television.
ADDIE (shocked):
Television?
[Close in on the
television in the office]
MR. FRANKLIN:
Closed-circuit television. Most offices in big department stores are equipped
with sets like these. And actually it’s our only
protection against the continual shoplifting that goes on. Not that your
daughter is a willful shoplifter, Mr.
Olson.
[BEN stands
up].
BEN: Ah, let me get this
straight, you mean to stay the whole incident my daughter was involved in was
televised?
MR. FRANKLIN:
On tape, and then transferred to film. And the film has already been shown to
the association and to the insurance
company.
BEN: Well, how did you
know in advance, that this incident was going to take place?
MR. FRANKLIN:
Well, we didn’t really know, but there’s been so many thefts here recently that
we have cameras trained on certain key spots in the
store all day long. And the fur department was one of them. There were six
thefts in that department last month. So one of
our cameras has been stationed in that department for the past week.
BEN: Well, I don’t believe
it. It sounds like something out of a cloak-and-dagger story.
MR. FRANKLIN: Well, it’s
true. I assure you I only wish it weren’t. For your sake.
[ADDIE stands
up].
ADDIE: But weren’t there
two other girls involved? Now, doesn’t your tape show them egging my daughter
on?
MR. FRANKLIN:
I’m afraid not, Mrs. Olson. There was only one girl involved in the actual
theft, and the camera shows her to be your
daughter.
ADDIE: Oh, oh I just can’t
believe it.
BEN: Oh, I don’t believe
it.
MR. FRANKLIN: Would you
like to see the film for yourselves?
BEN: You’ve got it to show
us?
MR. FRANKLIN:
Yes, and I can have it set up to play back on closed-circuit television so that
you and Mrs. Olson can view it here in the
office, if you have time that is.
BEN: We’ll make the
time.
MR. FRANKLIN: Very
well.
[MR. FRANKLIN picks up the
phone and pushes an extension for a ONE-WAY conversation].
MR. FRANKLIN:
Miss Leavitt, would you have Mr. Crispin set up the Olson film?…As quickly as
possible…We’d like to see it.
[MR. FRANKLIN hangs up the
phone as BEN and ADDIE look anxious and the scene ends.]
(18:10-20:07) Scene 6:
Horton House-Exterior (Marie, Craig)
[The “Days”
instrumental theme plays in the background. MARIE and CRAIG have returned home,
and CRAIG is dropping MARIE
off].
MARIE: Thanks for driving
me home, Mr. Merritt.
CRAIG: Of course. Well
Marie, I guess we’re a couple of grad widows now.
MARIE: I really am going
to miss him.
CRAIG: Yeah, me too. But
he’ll be back before you know it.
MARIE: That’s what I keep
reminding myself.
CRAIG: Oh, besides, you’re
going to be very busy with the wedding plans.
MARIE: Oh, that reminds
me. Mom asked if you would wear your uniform at the wedding.
CRAIG (laughs): She really
wants me to wear it?
MARIE: Well, she thinks it
would lend an impressive touch.
CRAIG: Well, I’m surely
then. I would be delighted.
MARIE: Mr.
Merritt, I hope you won’t miss Tony too much. I mean, after we go away to
Boston. Well, I hope you’ll come and visit us
often.
CRAIG: Of course. But I
want you to promise me something.
MARIE: What’s
that?
CRAIG: Well,
if…now mind you it’s a very big if. But if you and Tony decide to stay here in
Salem, I wish you’d come and move in with
me.
MARIE: With
you?
CRAIG: Sure.
It’s a big house and, well, I’ll be rattling around in there all by myself, and
anyhow I’m away on a flight most of the time. You and
Tony could have the house all to yourself.
MARIE: Well that’s a
lovely house.
CRAIG: It’s
yours.
MARIE: Well,
I’d have to ask Tony about it, of course. Now I’m hoping we don’t have to stay
in Salem. But if we do, as you say for any
reason, we’ll think about it.
CRAIG:
Promise?
MARIE: It’s the best offer
we’ve had all day.
CRAIG: Thanks,
Marie.
MARIE: Thank you.
Bye-bye.
CRAIG:
Goodbye.
[MARIE opens the front
door, enters the house, then closes the door. CRAIG exits. FADE OUT on the
closed door].
(20:07-21:00) Closing Hour Glass, Theme,
Credits with ED PRENTISS voiceover: "Be sure to
join us for the next episode of 'Days of Our
Lives'."
A CORDAY PRODUCTIONS
SCREEN GEMS PRESENTATION.
Pre-recorded.