1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:06,800 The 24 저는 2 00:00:09,180 --> 00:00:11,200 months 3 00:00:19,300 --> 00:00:19,480 An 4 00:00:18,680 --> 00:00:21,100 hour 5 00:00:21,100 --> 00:00:37,940 This is the man in black, here again to introduce Columbia's program, Suspense. 6 00:00:37,940 --> 00:00:42,860 Our leading lady tonight is Miss Nancy Coleman, one of Hollywood's most powerful and resourceful 7 00:00:42,860 --> 00:00:48,300 young stars, whose performances you may have admired in King's Row, the current Warner 8 00:00:48,300 --> 00:00:52,860 Brothers picture, Edge of Darkness, and other noted films. 9 00:00:52,860 --> 00:01:00,860 The story called, Fear Paints a Picture, is tonight's tale of Suspense. 10 00:01:00,860 --> 00:01:04,980 If you've been with us on these Tuesday nights, you will know that suspense is compounded 11 00:01:04,980 --> 00:01:09,860 of mystery and suspicion and dangerous adventure. 12 00:01:09,860 --> 00:01:15,540 In this series, our tales are calculated to intrigue you, stir your nerves, to offer you 13 00:01:15,540 --> 00:01:24,140 a precarious situation, and then withhold a solution until the last possible moment. 14 00:01:24,140 --> 00:01:29,380 And so it is with Fear Paints a Picture and Miss Nancy Coleman's performance, we again 15 00:01:29,380 --> 00:01:32,380 hope to keep you in... 16 00:01:32,380 --> 00:01:42,500 Suspense. 17 00:01:42,500 --> 00:01:45,500 There is a picture hanging on a wall. 18 00:01:45,500 --> 00:01:49,740 You look at it casually, an extraordinary picture you will say, skillfully done. 19 00:01:49,740 --> 00:01:53,700 Look at those fine brush strokes, those superb colors. 20 00:01:53,700 --> 00:01:58,420 But isn't the subject matter a little bizarre? 21 00:01:58,420 --> 00:02:02,220 It is something more than just bizarre. 22 00:02:02,220 --> 00:02:07,420 But let us begin from the beginning with the death of Benjamin Powell, a rich and strange 23 00:02:07,420 --> 00:02:08,420 man. 24 00:02:08,420 --> 00:02:11,820 There were dark rumors about the Powells. 25 00:02:11,820 --> 00:02:14,860 His wife had died many years ago. 26 00:02:14,860 --> 00:02:16,220 No one knows how. 27 00:02:16,220 --> 00:02:21,700 But Benjamin Powell had a daughter, Julia, a high strung and neurotic girl. 28 00:02:21,700 --> 00:02:25,380 And many of us wondered about her, too. 29 00:02:25,380 --> 00:02:30,420 Benjamin Powell died, and in his last will and testament, he made Julia heir to all his 30 00:02:30,420 --> 00:02:33,900 considerable fortune, except that... 31 00:02:33,900 --> 00:02:37,740 But let me read you the will. 32 00:02:37,740 --> 00:02:45,340 I, Benjamin Powell, being of sound mind and in full possession of all my faculties, hereby 33 00:02:45,340 --> 00:02:53,860 request that after my death, my daughter Julia live with Mr. Harvey Lyons, my lifelong friend, 34 00:02:53,860 --> 00:03:01,300 until her twenty-third birthday, at which date all my worldly belongings will come into 35 00:03:01,300 --> 00:03:08,620 her possession, provided that nothing untoward happens to her by that time. 36 00:03:08,620 --> 00:03:13,340 But in the event that she is incapable of taking over my estate upon her twenty-third 37 00:03:13,340 --> 00:03:20,660 birthday, I hereby appoint Harvey and Laura Lyons as my final heirs, there being no other 38 00:03:20,660 --> 00:03:25,700 living blood relatives, and trust to their judgment that they will take care of Julia 39 00:03:25,700 --> 00:03:28,140 adequately and with kindness. 40 00:03:28,140 --> 00:03:30,860 Signed, Benjamin Powell. 41 00:03:30,860 --> 00:03:39,620 Three months later, seated around the huge ornate fireplace of the Dark Wainscoted living 42 00:03:39,620 --> 00:03:43,500 room, are three silent people. 43 00:03:43,500 --> 00:03:48,900 The heavy drapes that run from the high ceiling to the floor move softly in a gust of wind. 44 00:03:48,900 --> 00:03:52,540 At the past quarter hour, no one has spoken. 45 00:03:52,540 --> 00:03:57,580 Harvey reads his newspaper, Laura knits with nimble fingers, and Julia... 46 00:03:57,580 --> 00:04:01,300 Julia stares with unseeing eyes at an open book. 47 00:04:01,300 --> 00:04:03,980 You're not reading, Julia. 48 00:04:03,980 --> 00:04:05,820 I'm not concentrating. 49 00:04:05,820 --> 00:04:07,660 Are you feeling all right? 50 00:04:07,660 --> 00:04:08,660 I'm all right. 51 00:04:08,660 --> 00:04:11,020 You do look a little tired, Julia. 52 00:04:11,020 --> 00:04:12,580 Perhaps you'd better get some rest. 53 00:04:12,580 --> 00:04:14,900 I'm not tired, Harvey. 54 00:04:14,900 --> 00:04:16,020 I've been wanting to ask you. 55 00:04:16,020 --> 00:04:18,540 In a week, Julia will be twenty-three. 56 00:04:18,540 --> 00:04:20,540 Isn't that wonderful, Harvey? 57 00:04:20,540 --> 00:04:21,540 Next Tuesday's her birthday. 58 00:04:21,540 --> 00:04:22,540 We'll have a party. 59 00:04:22,540 --> 00:04:25,860 I'll get Old Tom and his fiddle, and we'll have a real old-fashioned party. 60 00:04:25,860 --> 00:04:28,500 Harvey, what did Father mean by the will? 61 00:04:28,500 --> 00:04:29,500 The will? 62 00:04:29,500 --> 00:04:31,540 Julia, perhaps you'd better go to bed. 63 00:04:31,540 --> 00:04:32,540 You look a little pale. 64 00:04:32,540 --> 00:04:36,620 The will said I might not be able to take over the estate by my twenty-third birthday. 65 00:04:36,620 --> 00:04:37,620 What does it mean? 66 00:04:37,620 --> 00:04:39,260 I don't remember that. 67 00:04:39,260 --> 00:04:41,380 I didn't read the will very carefully. 68 00:04:41,380 --> 00:04:42,800 Yes, you did, Harvey. 69 00:04:42,800 --> 00:04:44,220 You know what I'm talking about. 70 00:04:44,220 --> 00:04:46,340 Perhaps we'd better discuss it in the morning. 71 00:04:46,340 --> 00:04:47,340 You're tired, Julia. 72 00:04:47,340 --> 00:04:48,340 I'm not tired, Laura. 73 00:04:48,340 --> 00:04:49,340 Please, Julia. 74 00:04:49,340 --> 00:04:52,460 I'd rather you wouldn't ask me. 75 00:04:52,460 --> 00:04:54,740 That's a delicate handkerchief, Julia. 76 00:04:54,740 --> 00:04:56,860 Twisting it will only tear the lace. 77 00:04:56,860 --> 00:04:57,860 I'm sorry. 78 00:04:57,860 --> 00:04:58,860 I didn't realize it. 79 00:04:58,860 --> 00:05:00,540 It's one of your best handkerchiefs. 80 00:05:00,540 --> 00:05:01,540 It's no use, Laura. 81 00:05:01,540 --> 00:05:02,540 I've got to know. 82 00:05:02,540 --> 00:05:04,540 You're a very high-strung girl, Julia. 83 00:05:04,540 --> 00:05:07,820 I'd rather not upset you before bedtime. 84 00:05:07,820 --> 00:05:08,820 Upset me? 85 00:05:08,820 --> 00:05:12,340 You sort of get moody very often, Julia. 86 00:05:12,340 --> 00:05:13,340 Harvey. 87 00:05:13,340 --> 00:05:17,100 Laura, I'm not going to bed until I find out what all this means. 88 00:05:17,100 --> 00:05:18,780 I've got to find out. 89 00:05:18,780 --> 00:05:21,580 You don't like your room, do you? 90 00:05:21,580 --> 00:05:22,580 No, I don't. 91 00:05:22,580 --> 00:05:24,540 It's too big. 92 00:05:24,540 --> 00:05:26,140 The wallpaper. 93 00:05:26,140 --> 00:05:28,020 I don't like the pictures on the wall. 94 00:05:28,020 --> 00:05:30,060 There's nothing wrong with a big room. 95 00:05:30,060 --> 00:05:32,180 Everyone prefers a large room. 96 00:05:32,180 --> 00:05:33,580 Everyone likes pictures on the wall. 97 00:05:33,580 --> 00:05:35,620 Well, maybe it's the kind of pictures. 98 00:05:35,620 --> 00:05:37,300 Yes, it's the pictures. 99 00:05:37,300 --> 00:05:39,300 They rub me the wrong way. 100 00:05:39,300 --> 00:05:42,860 You see, your feelings about things are different. 101 00:05:42,860 --> 00:05:44,780 Different from the feelings of normal people. 102 00:05:44,780 --> 00:05:45,780 Normal people? 103 00:05:45,780 --> 00:05:46,780 Oh, I'm sorry. 104 00:05:46,780 --> 00:05:47,780 I shouldn't have... 105 00:05:47,780 --> 00:05:50,660 I can't stand this torturous way of telling her. 106 00:05:50,660 --> 00:05:52,740 I'll tell you, Julia. 107 00:05:52,740 --> 00:05:55,100 Your mother died in an asylum. 108 00:05:55,100 --> 00:05:57,340 She went mad after her 23rd year. 109 00:05:57,340 --> 00:06:00,380 It's been in the family for generations. 110 00:06:00,380 --> 00:06:01,380 I never saw my mother. 111 00:06:01,380 --> 00:06:02,380 I thought... 112 00:06:02,380 --> 00:06:03,980 We didn't want to tell you this. 113 00:06:03,980 --> 00:06:06,580 I wish we hadn't, but you forced us. 114 00:06:06,580 --> 00:06:10,060 You mean I'm liable to become insane? 115 00:06:10,060 --> 00:06:14,340 Well, you see, any one of us can become insane. 116 00:06:14,340 --> 00:06:16,940 There's nothing wrong with me. 117 00:06:16,940 --> 00:06:18,420 I'm perfectly all right. 118 00:06:18,420 --> 00:06:20,900 I'm as sane as anyone. 119 00:06:20,900 --> 00:06:23,500 Being high-strung doesn't make me mad. 120 00:06:23,500 --> 00:06:24,500 I don't like it here. 121 00:06:24,500 --> 00:06:25,500 I don't like this house. 122 00:06:25,500 --> 00:06:26,500 I'm sane. 123 00:06:26,500 --> 00:06:27,500 I'm sane. 124 00:06:27,500 --> 00:06:28,500 Of course you are, Julia. 125 00:06:28,500 --> 00:06:31,500 There's nothing the matter with you. 126 00:06:31,500 --> 00:06:33,340 You'll be all right. 127 00:06:33,340 --> 00:06:35,540 Your father wasn't sure, that's all. 128 00:06:35,540 --> 00:06:37,860 You're as sane as any of us. 129 00:06:37,860 --> 00:06:39,940 Come along, I'll take you to your room. 130 00:06:39,940 --> 00:06:49,380 We'll have a cup of tea together. 131 00:06:49,380 --> 00:06:51,140 How is she, Laura? 132 00:06:51,140 --> 00:06:52,140 She's calmed down. 133 00:06:52,140 --> 00:06:53,140 Is she asleep? 134 00:06:53,140 --> 00:06:54,140 No, Harvey, she's reading. 135 00:06:54,140 --> 00:06:55,140 That must be Dr. Barrows. 136 00:06:55,140 --> 00:06:56,140 I'll open the door. 137 00:06:56,140 --> 00:06:57,140 Hello, Dr. Barrow. 138 00:06:57,140 --> 00:06:58,140 How do you do, Mr. Lyon? 139 00:06:58,140 --> 00:06:59,140 Come in, come in. 140 00:06:59,140 --> 00:07:00,140 Thank you. 141 00:07:00,140 --> 00:07:01,140 This is my wife, Laura. 142 00:07:01,140 --> 00:07:02,140 How do you do? 143 00:07:02,140 --> 00:07:03,140 I'm glad to meet you, Doctor. 144 00:07:03,140 --> 00:07:04,140 Let me take your things. 145 00:07:04,140 --> 00:07:05,140 The maid will have your room ready in a few minutes. 146 00:07:05,140 --> 00:07:06,140 That's very good of you. 147 00:07:06,140 --> 00:07:07,140 Here, sit down and make yourself comfortable. 148 00:07:07,140 --> 00:07:08,140 Thank you. 149 00:07:08,140 --> 00:07:09,140 I'll be right back. 150 00:07:09,140 --> 00:07:10,140 I'll be right back. 151 00:07:10,140 --> 00:07:11,140 I'll be right back. 152 00:07:11,140 --> 00:07:12,140 I'll be right back. 153 00:07:12,140 --> 00:07:13,140 I'll be right back. 154 00:07:13,140 --> 00:07:14,140 I'll be right back. 155 00:07:14,140 --> 00:07:15,140 I'll be right back. 156 00:07:15,140 --> 00:07:20,260 I'll be right back. 157 00:07:20,260 --> 00:07:25,340 I'll be right back. 158 00:07:25,340 --> 00:07:31,700 I'll be right back. 159 00:07:31,700 --> 00:07:46,060 I'll be right back. 160 00:07:46,060 --> 00:08:02,980 I'll be right back. 161 00:08:02,980 --> 00:08:11,220 I'll be right back. 162 00:08:11,220 --> 00:08:12,720 Oh, you knew Mr. Powell, did you? 163 00:08:12,720 --> 00:08:14,720 Oh, yes, for quite a number of years. 164 00:08:14,720 --> 00:08:16,220 I treated his wife. 165 00:08:16,220 --> 00:08:17,720 Poor Mrs. Powell. 166 00:08:17,720 --> 00:08:18,720 She went mad. 167 00:08:18,720 --> 00:08:20,720 Started somewhat the same way as Julia. 168 00:08:20,720 --> 00:08:22,720 Oh, I wouldn't make that comparison. 169 00:08:22,720 --> 00:08:25,720 So far, there's no basis for any such theory. 170 00:08:25,720 --> 00:08:28,720 Well, then, let's say that Julia has strong dislikes. 171 00:08:28,720 --> 00:08:31,720 Took a hate to the pictures in her room. 172 00:08:31,720 --> 00:08:33,720 Pictures, eh? 173 00:08:33,720 --> 00:08:38,720 Um, I'd like to go up and see her, if she's not asleep. 174 00:08:38,720 --> 00:08:39,720 Well, I guess it's all right. 175 00:08:39,720 --> 00:08:41,220 She's not asleep yet. 176 00:08:41,220 --> 00:08:42,720 Her room's the second from the right, 177 00:08:42,720 --> 00:08:44,720 as you reach the top of the stairs. 178 00:08:44,720 --> 00:08:45,720 Thank you. 179 00:08:45,720 --> 00:08:47,720 I'll just stop in for a few minutes. 180 00:08:53,720 --> 00:08:56,720 Come in. 181 00:08:57,720 --> 00:08:59,720 Hello, Julia. 182 00:08:59,720 --> 00:09:01,720 You remember me, don't you? 183 00:09:01,720 --> 00:09:02,720 No, not exactly. 184 00:09:02,720 --> 00:09:05,720 I'm Dr. Barrow, a friend of your father. 185 00:09:05,720 --> 00:09:06,720 I treated your mother. 186 00:09:06,720 --> 00:09:07,720 My mother? 187 00:09:07,720 --> 00:09:09,720 No, no, don't be alarmed. 188 00:09:09,720 --> 00:09:12,720 I'm staying with your guardians for a few weeks. 189 00:09:12,720 --> 00:09:15,720 Do you mind if I come in for a few minutes? 190 00:09:15,720 --> 00:09:17,720 No. 191 00:09:18,720 --> 00:09:20,720 Well, this is a fine room, Julia. 192 00:09:20,720 --> 00:09:22,720 A very comfortable one. 193 00:09:22,720 --> 00:09:23,720 I don't like it. 194 00:09:23,720 --> 00:09:25,720 It's too big, makes me uncomfortable. 195 00:09:25,720 --> 00:09:28,720 Nonsense. You're just imaginative. 196 00:09:28,720 --> 00:09:31,720 You think someone might be hiding in here while you're asleep. 197 00:09:31,720 --> 00:09:32,720 Is that it? 198 00:09:32,720 --> 00:09:34,720 It isn't that. 199 00:09:34,720 --> 00:09:37,720 Don't you like that picture, Julia? 200 00:09:37,720 --> 00:09:38,720 What picture? 201 00:09:38,720 --> 00:09:39,720 The one you're staring at. 202 00:09:39,720 --> 00:09:41,720 I wasn't staring at it. I just... 203 00:09:41,720 --> 00:09:43,720 Just looking at it, eh? 204 00:09:43,720 --> 00:09:45,720 Looks like a fine painting. 205 00:09:45,720 --> 00:09:46,720 I don't like it. 206 00:09:46,720 --> 00:09:48,720 I'm going to have it removed. 207 00:09:48,720 --> 00:09:51,720 You can if you like, Julia, but I don't think you should. 208 00:09:51,720 --> 00:09:54,720 It's an unpleasant picture. It gives me nightmares. 209 00:09:54,720 --> 00:09:55,720 Look at it. 210 00:09:55,720 --> 00:09:58,720 That frightful-looking man about to come through the doorway 211 00:09:58,720 --> 00:10:02,720 and the unsuspecting girl sitting in a chair with her back towards him. 212 00:10:02,720 --> 00:10:05,720 He's not frightful-looking at all. 213 00:10:05,720 --> 00:10:07,720 It's just the black scarf around his neck. 214 00:10:07,720 --> 00:10:09,720 He's about to kill her. 215 00:10:09,720 --> 00:10:11,720 You certainly have a vivid imagination. 216 00:10:11,720 --> 00:10:13,720 I'm sure the artist had no such idea in mind. 217 00:10:13,720 --> 00:10:15,720 I hate the picture. 218 00:10:15,720 --> 00:10:17,720 I'm going to ask Harvey to take it out of here. 219 00:10:17,720 --> 00:10:19,720 No, Julia, you mustn't be afraid of it. 220 00:10:19,720 --> 00:10:22,720 The longer you keep looking at it, the less afraid of it you'll be. 221 00:10:22,720 --> 00:10:25,720 You've got to conquer your fears or... 222 00:10:25,720 --> 00:10:27,720 Or they'll conquer you. 223 00:10:27,720 --> 00:10:30,720 That picture has a horrible fascination for me. 224 00:10:30,720 --> 00:10:32,720 I can't take my eyes from it. 225 00:10:32,720 --> 00:10:35,720 Last night, I dreamed that the man in the picture 226 00:10:35,720 --> 00:10:39,720 came through the door with a knife in his hand and killed a girl. 227 00:10:39,720 --> 00:10:41,720 It was an awful dream. 228 00:10:41,720 --> 00:10:43,720 But that was only a dream. 229 00:10:43,720 --> 00:10:46,720 If I take that painting off the wall, you'll find other things to be afraid of. 230 00:10:46,720 --> 00:10:49,720 Now, you do as I say. Forget about that picture. 231 00:10:49,720 --> 00:10:50,720 Get a good night's sleep. 232 00:10:50,720 --> 00:10:53,720 Nothing like a good night's sleep to lift your spirits. 233 00:10:53,720 --> 00:10:55,720 If that picture fascinates you, keep looking at it. 234 00:10:55,720 --> 00:10:57,720 Don't be afraid of it. 235 00:10:57,720 --> 00:10:59,720 Will you do that? 236 00:10:59,720 --> 00:11:01,720 Yes, Dr. Barrow, if you say so. 237 00:11:01,720 --> 00:11:04,720 That's fine. I'll see you in the morning. 238 00:11:04,720 --> 00:11:05,720 Good night, Julia. 239 00:11:05,720 --> 00:11:07,720 Good night. 240 00:11:15,720 --> 00:11:19,720 In this big rambling house of Harvey Lyons, midnight came and went. 241 00:11:19,720 --> 00:11:21,720 One by one, the lights went out. 242 00:11:21,720 --> 00:11:24,720 And soon the whole house was blackened by the cover of night. 243 00:11:24,720 --> 00:11:27,720 Not a single light gleamed from any window. 244 00:11:27,720 --> 00:11:30,720 The ominous rumble of an approaching thunderstorm. 245 00:11:31,720 --> 00:11:34,720 Julia's room, the large room with its many pictures. 246 00:11:34,720 --> 00:11:36,720 She was dreaming. 247 00:11:36,720 --> 00:11:39,720 Dreaming again of the man in the picture. 248 00:11:39,720 --> 00:11:42,720 The figure with the flowing black scarf is alive. 249 00:11:42,720 --> 00:11:44,720 And his hands grow longer and longer. 250 00:11:44,720 --> 00:11:47,720 Julia tosses in her sleep, as if trying to avoid him. 251 00:11:47,720 --> 00:11:49,720 Trying not to look at him. 252 00:11:49,720 --> 00:11:52,720 Oh, oh. 253 00:11:54,720 --> 00:11:56,720 Who's there? 254 00:11:57,720 --> 00:11:59,720 Oh. 255 00:11:59,720 --> 00:12:01,720 It was only thunder. 256 00:12:01,720 --> 00:12:04,720 What a terrible dream. 257 00:12:04,720 --> 00:12:06,720 That awful picture. 258 00:12:08,720 --> 00:12:10,720 What was that? 259 00:12:10,720 --> 00:12:12,720 There's someone in this room. 260 00:12:12,720 --> 00:12:14,720 Someone's hiding in this room. 261 00:12:14,720 --> 00:12:17,720 The light. Where's the switch? Where is it? 262 00:12:17,720 --> 00:12:19,720 Oh, here. 263 00:12:22,720 --> 00:12:24,720 There's no one here. 264 00:12:27,720 --> 00:12:29,720 It's coming from the ceiling. 265 00:12:29,720 --> 00:12:31,720 From up above me. 266 00:12:31,720 --> 00:12:33,720 It's my imagination. 267 00:12:33,720 --> 00:12:36,720 There's nobody there at this hour. Nobody. 268 00:12:37,720 --> 00:12:39,720 I've got to go back to sleep. 269 00:12:39,720 --> 00:12:41,720 Dr. Burrow said I need sleep. 270 00:12:41,720 --> 00:12:47,720 I... 271 00:12:49,720 --> 00:12:51,720 Julia, Julia, what happened? 272 00:12:51,720 --> 00:12:53,720 What are you doing out here in the hallway? 273 00:12:53,720 --> 00:12:55,720 Pull yourself together, Julia. 274 00:12:55,720 --> 00:12:57,720 That man. That man. 275 00:12:57,720 --> 00:12:58,720 What man? 276 00:12:58,720 --> 00:13:00,720 The man in the picture. He's moved. 277 00:13:00,720 --> 00:13:02,720 What do you mean? 278 00:13:02,720 --> 00:13:05,720 The man at the door. He's not at the door. He's inside the room. 279 00:13:05,720 --> 00:13:06,720 You must have been dreaming. 280 00:13:06,720 --> 00:13:08,720 Of course, dear. It was only a dream. 281 00:13:08,720 --> 00:13:09,720 I heard a scream and I... 282 00:13:09,720 --> 00:13:11,720 Julia, what's happened to you? 283 00:13:11,720 --> 00:13:13,720 She says she saw a man in one of the paintings move. 284 00:13:13,720 --> 00:13:14,720 Oh, I see. 285 00:13:14,720 --> 00:13:17,720 He did move. I saw it. He's not outside the door anymore. He's inside. 286 00:13:17,720 --> 00:13:19,720 You dreamed that, Julia? 287 00:13:19,720 --> 00:13:20,720 That's what I said. 288 00:13:20,720 --> 00:13:22,720 It wasn't a dream. 289 00:13:22,720 --> 00:13:25,720 A thunder wakened me. I woke up and heard footsteps coming from the ceiling. 290 00:13:25,720 --> 00:13:29,720 I thought it was my imagination and then I looked at the picture. 291 00:13:29,720 --> 00:13:32,720 The picture I told you I didn't like, Doctor. 292 00:13:32,720 --> 00:13:34,720 The man was inside the room. 293 00:13:34,720 --> 00:13:35,720 That's hardly possible, Julia. 294 00:13:35,720 --> 00:13:37,720 Figures and pictures can't move. 295 00:13:37,720 --> 00:13:39,720 Of course not. It was just a bad dream. 296 00:13:39,720 --> 00:13:40,720 No, it's true. I saw it. 297 00:13:40,720 --> 00:13:42,720 Come along, Julia. We'll all take a look at the picture. 298 00:13:42,720 --> 00:13:44,720 No, I don't want to go back into the room. 299 00:13:44,720 --> 00:13:46,720 Now, now, now. There's nothing to be afraid of. 300 00:13:46,720 --> 00:13:48,720 Come on, Julia. Don't be frightened. 301 00:13:48,720 --> 00:13:50,720 You've got to fight off these delusions. 302 00:13:50,720 --> 00:13:52,720 Here, give me your hand. Come along. 303 00:13:59,720 --> 00:14:01,720 Well, now, what picture was it? 304 00:14:01,720 --> 00:14:02,720 The one near the bed. 305 00:14:02,720 --> 00:14:04,720 Oh, yes. The picture by Gregory. 306 00:14:04,720 --> 00:14:06,720 It's one of our oldest paintings. 307 00:14:06,720 --> 00:14:08,720 It's the same as I saw it a few hours ago. 308 00:14:09,720 --> 00:14:10,720 Look at it, Julia. 309 00:14:10,720 --> 00:14:12,720 I... I can't believe it. 310 00:14:12,720 --> 00:14:15,720 The man with the black scarf is still outside the door. 311 00:14:15,720 --> 00:14:19,720 And he'll stay there until that picture crumbles to dust. 312 00:14:19,720 --> 00:14:22,720 I could have sworn I saw him inside the room approaching the girl. 313 00:14:22,720 --> 00:14:24,720 Dreams can be very vivid. 314 00:14:24,720 --> 00:14:27,720 And there are no footsteps coming from the storeroom. 315 00:14:27,720 --> 00:14:30,720 I must be out of my mind. I could have sworn... 316 00:14:30,720 --> 00:14:32,720 It's nothing at all, Julia. 317 00:14:32,720 --> 00:14:36,720 All of us occasionally have vivid, realistic dreams. 318 00:14:36,720 --> 00:14:40,720 Once I dreamed I was being chased by a herd of elephants. 319 00:14:40,720 --> 00:14:45,720 It was so real, I heard the thundering footsteps even after I woke up. 320 00:14:45,720 --> 00:14:46,720 It was so real... 321 00:14:46,720 --> 00:14:49,720 Delusions can be very real and horrifying. 322 00:14:49,720 --> 00:14:53,720 You do believe, don't you, Julia, that it was only a nightmare? 323 00:14:53,720 --> 00:14:55,720 Yes, I... I think so. 324 00:14:55,720 --> 00:14:59,720 If Julia wants to, I'll take the picture out of her room. 325 00:14:59,720 --> 00:15:00,720 I don't think it's wise. 326 00:15:00,720 --> 00:15:02,720 You have to fight these unreasonable fears. 327 00:15:02,720 --> 00:15:04,720 That's true, Julia. Never give in to them. 328 00:15:04,720 --> 00:15:07,720 Well, I don't crave I keep looking at that picture. 329 00:15:07,720 --> 00:15:09,720 It might be the other way around, Julia. 330 00:15:09,720 --> 00:15:14,720 If you run away from it, the mental disease prevalent in your family will take firm hold in you. 331 00:15:14,720 --> 00:15:19,720 You will get worse and worse, as Dr. Barrow says, until you be afraid of your own shadow. 332 00:15:19,720 --> 00:15:22,720 You'll be afraid of everything, of everyone you meet. 333 00:15:22,720 --> 00:15:27,720 Afraid to be alone, afraid to be with people, afraid of yourself, afraid of your own clutching finger. 334 00:15:27,720 --> 00:15:28,720 No, no, don't tell me anymore. 335 00:15:28,720 --> 00:15:32,720 Please, Mr. Lyons, there's no need for this kind of talk. 336 00:15:32,720 --> 00:15:34,720 Julia, look at the picture. 337 00:15:34,720 --> 00:15:38,720 It's nothing but some paint on a canvas with a frame around it. 338 00:15:38,720 --> 00:15:40,720 There's nothing about it that can harm you. 339 00:15:40,720 --> 00:15:42,720 And the danger lies in yourself. 340 00:15:42,720 --> 00:15:48,720 You've got to keep staring at it as often as you can by candlelight or in the dark. 341 00:15:48,720 --> 00:15:51,720 Until you've learned to laugh at it, it won't be easy. 342 00:15:51,720 --> 00:15:53,720 I'll try. 343 00:15:53,720 --> 00:15:56,720 That's fine. I knew you had courage. 344 00:15:56,720 --> 00:15:59,720 I'll get you a sedative so that you'll be able to sleep. 345 00:15:59,720 --> 00:16:01,720 I'll be all right in the morning. 346 00:16:01,720 --> 00:16:03,720 I'm sorry I became hysterical. 347 00:16:03,720 --> 00:16:06,720 And I'm sure you won't let yourself go anymore. 348 00:16:06,720 --> 00:16:07,720 I promise. 349 00:16:07,720 --> 00:16:09,720 You're sure you're not afraid, no? 350 00:16:09,720 --> 00:16:12,720 No, I'll be all right. 351 00:16:12,720 --> 00:16:34,720 I'm sure I'll be all right. 352 00:16:34,720 --> 00:16:36,720 Well, Julia, it's eleven o'clock. 353 00:16:36,720 --> 00:16:37,720 You know what Dr. Barrow says. 354 00:16:37,720 --> 00:16:39,720 I'm not at all sleepy, Laura. 355 00:16:39,720 --> 00:16:40,720 I'd rather stay up for a while. 356 00:16:40,720 --> 00:16:42,720 I'm in the middle of a fascinating story. 357 00:16:42,720 --> 00:16:44,720 You run along. I'll go to bed presently. 358 00:16:44,720 --> 00:16:46,720 Is anything wrong, Julia? 359 00:16:46,720 --> 00:16:49,720 No, of course not. Everything's fine, Laura. 360 00:16:49,720 --> 00:16:51,720 You're afraid to go to sleep, aren't you, Julia? 361 00:16:51,720 --> 00:16:53,720 No, no, it isn't that. 362 00:16:53,720 --> 00:16:55,720 Is that picture bothering you again? 363 00:16:55,720 --> 00:16:57,720 Yes. 364 00:16:57,720 --> 00:16:59,720 Last night I heard footsteps again. 365 00:16:59,720 --> 00:17:04,720 Sound woke me and the figure in the picture, it moved. 366 00:17:04,720 --> 00:17:06,720 It moved closer to the girl. 367 00:17:06,720 --> 00:17:08,720 How terrible. 368 00:17:08,720 --> 00:17:10,720 Why didn't you call me? 369 00:17:10,720 --> 00:17:11,720 We thought you were over it. 370 00:17:11,720 --> 00:17:13,720 It hasn't bothered you these past three nights. 371 00:17:13,720 --> 00:17:15,720 Well, I didn't want anyone to know. 372 00:17:15,720 --> 00:17:18,720 I took some sleeping tablets and I fell asleep again. 373 00:17:18,720 --> 00:17:21,720 In the morning, the picture was the same as ever. 374 00:17:21,720 --> 00:17:24,720 That's a brave girl. 375 00:17:24,720 --> 00:17:26,720 Laura. 376 00:17:26,720 --> 00:17:28,720 Laura, do you think I'm crazy? 377 00:17:28,720 --> 00:17:29,720 Of course not. 378 00:17:29,720 --> 00:17:32,720 You're as sane as...as sane as I am. 379 00:17:32,720 --> 00:17:34,720 Tell me the truth. I must know. 380 00:17:34,720 --> 00:17:36,720 You're just nervous and high strung 381 00:17:36,720 --> 00:17:38,720 and you have a vivid imagination, that's all. 382 00:17:38,720 --> 00:17:40,720 You're trying to soothe me. 383 00:17:40,720 --> 00:17:44,720 Why didn't you tell the doctor that you thought the picture moved? 384 00:17:44,720 --> 00:17:46,720 I was ashamed. 385 00:17:46,720 --> 00:17:49,720 You shouldn't be ashamed. Dr. Barrow is here to help you get well. 386 00:17:49,720 --> 00:17:51,720 I don't think you're... 387 00:17:51,720 --> 00:17:53,720 Oh, that must be Harvey and Dr. Barrow now. 388 00:17:53,720 --> 00:17:55,720 Hello, Laura. 389 00:17:55,720 --> 00:17:57,720 I've arranged to have Old Tom and his fiddle here tomorrow night 390 00:17:57,720 --> 00:18:00,720 for Julia's birthday and I've invited the Grovers. 391 00:18:00,720 --> 00:18:01,720 They'll be delighted to come. 392 00:18:01,720 --> 00:18:03,720 That is if Julia's feeling well. 393 00:18:03,720 --> 00:18:05,720 Julia, you should be in bed. It's after 11. 394 00:18:05,720 --> 00:18:06,720 She's afraid to go to sleep. 395 00:18:06,720 --> 00:18:07,720 Please, Laura. 396 00:18:07,720 --> 00:18:09,720 It's the footsteps in the picture again, isn't it? 397 00:18:09,720 --> 00:18:11,720 Yes, doctor, it moved again. 398 00:18:11,720 --> 00:18:15,720 At least I thought it moved, but I...I went back to sleep. 399 00:18:15,720 --> 00:18:16,720 Well, that's an improvement. 400 00:18:16,720 --> 00:18:18,720 At least you didn't get hysterical 401 00:18:18,720 --> 00:18:20,720 and try to run away like the last time. 402 00:18:20,720 --> 00:18:22,720 You were all right for a few nights. 403 00:18:22,720 --> 00:18:23,720 It's come back. 404 00:18:23,720 --> 00:18:24,720 There isn't much I can do for you, Julia, 405 00:18:24,720 --> 00:18:26,720 except to tell you to go to sleep. 406 00:18:26,720 --> 00:18:29,720 Fight off these delusions. You've got to do that. 407 00:18:29,720 --> 00:18:31,720 Come, Julia, I'll go with you to your room. 408 00:18:31,720 --> 00:18:34,720 Well, perhaps you can sleep in my room tonight, Laura. 409 00:18:34,720 --> 00:18:36,720 Just tonight. 410 00:18:36,720 --> 00:18:38,720 I feel a lot more comfortable tomorrow night. 411 00:18:38,720 --> 00:18:40,720 I'll be able to face it alone much better. 412 00:18:40,720 --> 00:18:43,720 No, Julia, that would be an admission of defeat. 413 00:18:43,720 --> 00:18:46,720 All right, if you think it's best. 414 00:18:46,720 --> 00:18:47,720 Good night. 415 00:18:47,720 --> 00:18:48,720 Good night, Julia. 416 00:18:48,720 --> 00:18:52,720 Well, keep up your courage. 417 00:18:52,720 --> 00:18:54,720 It doesn't look so good, does it, doctor? 418 00:18:54,720 --> 00:18:56,720 Well, not too good, but it's not hopeless. 419 00:18:56,720 --> 00:18:59,720 She has an unstable mind subject to delusions, 420 00:18:59,720 --> 00:19:01,720 which become very real to her. 421 00:19:01,720 --> 00:19:03,720 Her obsession about the picture is not so bad. 422 00:19:03,720 --> 00:19:06,720 We all suffer occasionally from optical illusions, 423 00:19:06,720 --> 00:19:09,720 but hearing footsteps coming from the storeroom above her... 424 00:19:09,720 --> 00:19:12,720 The storeroom? How did you know there's a storeroom above her? 425 00:19:12,720 --> 00:19:14,720 Your wife told me. 426 00:19:14,720 --> 00:19:17,720 Oh, of course. Well, that storeroom hasn't been opened in years. 427 00:19:17,720 --> 00:19:20,720 I guess there's no point in investigating it, is there? 428 00:19:20,720 --> 00:19:21,720 I don't think so. 429 00:19:21,720 --> 00:19:23,720 Those footsteps, like the moving figure in the painting, 430 00:19:23,720 --> 00:19:25,720 are all in her mind. 431 00:19:25,720 --> 00:19:28,720 Her mother behaved just like that before she went mad, didn't she? 432 00:19:28,720 --> 00:19:31,720 Well, there's some similarity. 433 00:19:31,720 --> 00:19:34,720 You haven't been to the storeroom recently, have you? 434 00:19:34,720 --> 00:19:37,720 No, I just mentioned to you that it hasn't been opened in years. 435 00:19:37,720 --> 00:19:38,720 Oh, yes, so you did. 436 00:19:38,720 --> 00:19:40,720 Forgive me for not listening more closely. 437 00:19:40,720 --> 00:19:43,720 That's perfectly all right, doctor. 438 00:19:43,720 --> 00:19:47,720 Well, I just hope that Julia will be well for her birthday party tomorrow. 439 00:19:47,720 --> 00:19:49,720 Oh, I had no idea she was having a birthday. 440 00:19:49,720 --> 00:19:51,720 How old will Julia be? 441 00:19:51,720 --> 00:19:53,720 She'll be 23. 442 00:19:53,720 --> 00:19:55,720 Well, I must remember to get her a gift. 443 00:19:57,720 --> 00:19:59,720 Well, I guess I'll go to bed. 444 00:19:59,720 --> 00:20:02,720 So will I. I'll see you in the morning. 445 00:20:08,720 --> 00:20:11,720 But Julia wasn't thinking about her birthday. 446 00:20:11,720 --> 00:20:14,720 During the 10 or 15 minutes she spent in Laura's room, 447 00:20:14,720 --> 00:20:16,720 fear fluttered in her heart. 448 00:20:16,720 --> 00:20:19,720 When she finally stood alone inside her own room, 449 00:20:19,720 --> 00:20:23,720 panic, black, unreasoning panic began to take hold of her. 450 00:20:23,720 --> 00:20:27,720 In wild haste, she began to undress, never looking at the picture. 451 00:20:27,720 --> 00:20:30,720 I won't look at it. I won't. 452 00:20:30,720 --> 00:20:34,720 I'll go right to sleep. I'll take some pills and fall asleep. 453 00:20:36,720 --> 00:20:38,720 What was that? 454 00:20:38,720 --> 00:20:40,720 Oh. 455 00:20:40,720 --> 00:20:42,720 It was nothing. 456 00:20:42,720 --> 00:20:44,720 Nothing at all. 457 00:20:44,720 --> 00:20:47,720 All I have to do is keep from looking at the picture. 458 00:20:47,720 --> 00:20:49,720 I won't look at it. 459 00:20:49,720 --> 00:20:52,720 It can't do me any harm if I don't see it. 460 00:20:52,720 --> 00:20:55,720 I mustn't even think of it. 461 00:20:55,720 --> 00:20:59,720 I'll think about the trip I made to South America. 462 00:20:59,720 --> 00:21:01,720 It was a wonderful trip. 463 00:21:01,720 --> 00:21:03,720 The sunset. 464 00:21:03,720 --> 00:21:05,720 I was there. 465 00:21:08,720 --> 00:21:10,720 Footsteps. 466 00:21:10,720 --> 00:21:12,720 Those footsteps again. I mustn't hear it. 467 00:21:12,720 --> 00:21:14,720 I mustn't hear it. 468 00:21:15,720 --> 00:21:17,720 It was a wonderful trip. 469 00:21:17,720 --> 00:21:19,720 The blue Caribbean. 470 00:21:19,720 --> 00:21:21,720 The reuse of beautiful city. 471 00:21:21,720 --> 00:21:24,720 Shukulov mountain, the music, the dancing. 472 00:21:24,720 --> 00:21:26,720 Those footsteps. 473 00:21:28,720 --> 00:21:30,720 It's not footsteps. 474 00:21:30,720 --> 00:21:33,720 It's just my heart beating. 475 00:21:33,720 --> 00:21:35,720 I'll close my eyes. 476 00:21:35,720 --> 00:21:38,720 I'll sleep. Sleep. 477 00:21:39,720 --> 00:21:41,720 Why can't I sleep? 478 00:21:42,720 --> 00:21:45,720 Oh, Lord, let me sleep. 479 00:21:45,720 --> 00:21:48,720 I don't want to look at the picture. 480 00:21:48,720 --> 00:21:50,720 I won't. 481 00:21:50,720 --> 00:21:52,720 I know what I'll see. 482 00:21:52,720 --> 00:21:54,720 He'll be closer to her. 483 00:21:54,720 --> 00:21:56,720 Maybe he'll have killed her. 484 00:21:56,720 --> 00:21:58,720 I mustn't open my eyes. 485 00:21:58,720 --> 00:22:00,720 I mustn't. I won't. I... 486 00:22:05,720 --> 00:22:07,720 I've got to look at it. 487 00:22:12,720 --> 00:22:14,720 He's moved. 488 00:22:14,720 --> 00:22:16,720 He's close to the girl. 489 00:22:16,720 --> 00:22:18,720 I'm not dreaming. It's real. 490 00:22:19,720 --> 00:22:20,720 The girl? 491 00:22:20,720 --> 00:22:22,720 It's me. 492 00:22:22,720 --> 00:22:24,720 That girl is me. Me. 493 00:22:24,720 --> 00:22:26,720 I can't stand it. I can't. I can't. 494 00:22:30,720 --> 00:22:32,720 Laura. Laura. 495 00:22:33,720 --> 00:22:36,720 Oh, Laura. Laura, let me in. Let me in. 496 00:22:36,720 --> 00:22:38,720 Julia. Oh, you poor girl. 497 00:22:38,720 --> 00:22:40,720 Here, sit down. 498 00:22:40,720 --> 00:22:42,720 Now, stop crying and tell me all about it. 499 00:22:42,720 --> 00:22:44,720 Tell me in detail. Don't be ashamed. 500 00:22:44,720 --> 00:22:46,720 Get it out of you. It'll do you good to talk. 501 00:22:46,720 --> 00:22:48,720 It's the same thing again and again. 502 00:22:48,720 --> 00:22:50,720 I try not to look at the picture. 503 00:22:50,720 --> 00:22:53,720 I tried so very hard, but it was hopeless. 504 00:22:53,720 --> 00:22:55,720 I had to. 505 00:22:56,720 --> 00:22:59,720 The figure with the black scarf was inside the room. 506 00:22:59,720 --> 00:23:02,720 A knife in his hand, very close to the girl. 507 00:23:02,720 --> 00:23:05,720 But this time the girl had turned around and it was my face. 508 00:23:05,720 --> 00:23:07,720 My face. 509 00:23:07,720 --> 00:23:09,720 Did you hear any footsteps? 510 00:23:09,720 --> 00:23:11,720 Yes. 511 00:23:11,720 --> 00:23:13,720 I heard them as soon as I got into the room. 512 00:23:13,720 --> 00:23:15,720 You think it's very real. 513 00:23:15,720 --> 00:23:17,720 Don't you, Julia? 514 00:23:17,720 --> 00:23:19,720 Despite the fact that everyone says it's a delusion. 515 00:23:19,720 --> 00:23:21,720 It's very real to me. I must be really insane. 516 00:23:21,720 --> 00:23:23,720 I'm going crazy. 517 00:23:23,720 --> 00:23:25,720 Don't say that. 518 00:23:25,720 --> 00:23:27,720 It's no use. I'm not getting any better. 519 00:23:27,720 --> 00:23:29,720 It's getting worse and worse. 520 00:23:29,720 --> 00:23:31,720 Don't give up. You mustn't. 521 00:23:31,720 --> 00:23:33,720 Come along. I'll go to your room with you. 522 00:23:33,720 --> 00:23:35,720 I'll stay there until you fall asleep. 523 00:23:35,720 --> 00:23:37,720 Unless you want to stay here. 524 00:23:37,720 --> 00:23:39,720 I don't know. I don't know what to do. 525 00:23:39,720 --> 00:23:41,720 Will you stay with me, Laura? 526 00:23:41,720 --> 00:23:43,720 Yes, Julia. 527 00:23:43,720 --> 00:23:45,720 Come, let's go back. 528 00:23:51,720 --> 00:23:53,720 Well, the picture doesn't seem to... 529 00:23:53,720 --> 00:23:55,720 What's the matter, Laura? 530 00:23:55,720 --> 00:23:57,720 Nothing. Nothing at all. 531 00:23:57,720 --> 00:23:59,720 There. 532 00:23:59,720 --> 00:24:01,720 Did you hear it? Footsteps? 533 00:24:01,720 --> 00:24:03,720 It was probably a bird creaking. 534 00:24:03,720 --> 00:24:05,720 Now you go to sleep. I think everything will be all right in the morning. 535 00:24:05,720 --> 00:24:07,720 You won't leave me? 536 00:24:07,720 --> 00:24:09,720 No, Julia. I'll be here. 537 00:24:09,720 --> 00:24:11,720 Thank you, Laura. 538 00:24:11,720 --> 00:24:13,720 Thank you very much. 539 00:24:19,720 --> 00:24:23,720 Laura stayed in Julia's room until she was sure that she was fast asleep. 540 00:24:23,720 --> 00:24:25,720 Then carefully she tiptoed out of the room, 541 00:24:25,720 --> 00:24:27,720 closing the door gently behind her. 542 00:24:27,720 --> 00:24:31,720 Julia slept peacefully, feeling safe and secure. 543 00:24:31,720 --> 00:24:33,720 Several hours passed and then... 544 00:24:33,720 --> 00:24:35,720 Suddenly Julia awoke. 545 00:24:35,720 --> 00:24:38,720 She sat bold upright and wide awake with her heart pounding away. 546 00:24:38,720 --> 00:24:40,720 Laura. 547 00:24:40,720 --> 00:24:42,720 Laura, is that you? 548 00:24:42,720 --> 00:24:44,720 Laura! 549 00:24:44,720 --> 00:24:46,720 Oh, she's gone. 550 00:24:46,720 --> 00:24:48,720 She's left me alone. 551 00:24:48,720 --> 00:24:50,720 But I'm not alone. 552 00:24:50,720 --> 00:24:52,720 Something woke me. 553 00:24:52,720 --> 00:24:54,720 The picture. 554 00:24:54,720 --> 00:24:56,720 It's the picture. 555 00:24:56,720 --> 00:24:58,720 I must look at it again. 556 00:24:58,720 --> 00:25:00,720 If he's moved again, I... 557 00:25:00,720 --> 00:25:02,720 I don't know what I'll do. 558 00:25:02,720 --> 00:25:06,720 I'll turn around and look straight at it. 559 00:25:06,720 --> 00:25:10,720 I'll look straight at it. 560 00:25:10,720 --> 00:25:12,720 Oh! 561 00:25:12,720 --> 00:25:14,720 He's killed the girl. 562 00:25:14,720 --> 00:25:16,720 He stabbed her. 563 00:25:16,720 --> 00:25:18,720 He stabbed me. I'm the girl. 564 00:25:18,720 --> 00:25:22,720 Oh, I've got to get out! Out! 565 00:25:24,720 --> 00:25:26,720 It's no use. 566 00:25:26,720 --> 00:25:28,720 I've lost. 567 00:25:28,720 --> 00:25:30,720 I've lost everything. 568 00:25:30,720 --> 00:25:32,720 My reason. My sanity. 569 00:25:32,720 --> 00:25:34,720 I can't fight anymore. 570 00:25:34,720 --> 00:25:36,720 I can't fight against... 571 00:25:36,720 --> 00:25:38,720 you and the black scarf. 572 00:25:38,720 --> 00:25:40,720 And now... 573 00:25:40,720 --> 00:25:42,720 you're here. 574 00:25:42,720 --> 00:25:44,720 I can touch you. 575 00:25:44,720 --> 00:25:46,720 I can feel you. 576 00:25:46,720 --> 00:25:48,720 It's real this time. 577 00:25:48,720 --> 00:25:52,720 What do you want me to do? 578 00:25:52,720 --> 00:25:54,720 No? 579 00:25:54,720 --> 00:25:56,720 I won't run away. 580 00:25:56,720 --> 00:26:00,720 I won't scream. 581 00:26:00,720 --> 00:26:02,720 Do I want to spend the rest of my life 582 00:26:02,720 --> 00:26:06,720 in an asylum like my mother? 583 00:26:06,720 --> 00:26:08,720 No, I don't. 584 00:26:08,720 --> 00:26:10,720 I don't. 585 00:26:10,720 --> 00:26:14,720 You're pointing at the window. 586 00:26:14,720 --> 00:26:18,720 You want me to open the window? 587 00:26:18,720 --> 00:26:20,720 Yes. 588 00:26:20,720 --> 00:26:22,720 I'll open it. 589 00:26:26,720 --> 00:26:30,720 You say it will be best for everybody if I jump. 590 00:26:30,720 --> 00:26:32,720 Yes. 591 00:26:32,720 --> 00:26:34,720 The only way out. 592 00:26:34,720 --> 00:26:36,720 The only way. 593 00:26:36,720 --> 00:26:38,720 I'll do it. 594 00:26:38,720 --> 00:26:40,720 I'll do it now without thinking. 595 00:26:40,720 --> 00:26:42,720 It will only take a moment. 596 00:26:42,720 --> 00:26:44,720 Julia! 597 00:26:44,720 --> 00:26:46,720 Julia! 598 00:26:46,720 --> 00:26:48,720 Stop! 599 00:26:48,720 --> 00:26:50,720 We came just in time. I've got her. Is she safe? 600 00:26:50,720 --> 00:26:52,720 I'm safe. 601 00:26:52,720 --> 00:26:54,720 You can come out from behind that chair, my friend. 602 00:26:54,720 --> 00:26:56,720 Come out or I'll shoot. 603 00:26:56,720 --> 00:26:58,720 I don't understand. My head's going round in a circle. 604 00:26:58,720 --> 00:27:00,720 I'm not disturbing you. 605 00:27:00,720 --> 00:27:02,720 The procedure was a little unusual. 606 00:27:02,720 --> 00:27:04,720 I'll do the explaining, Dr. Barrow. 607 00:27:04,720 --> 00:27:06,720 You tried to drive Julia crazy. 608 00:27:06,720 --> 00:27:08,720 Tried to drive me crazy? 609 00:27:08,720 --> 00:27:10,720 That's right. He tried to do it with the picture. 610 00:27:10,720 --> 00:27:12,720 You're all making a serious mistake. 611 00:27:12,720 --> 00:27:14,720 Mistake? Look at the picture. 612 00:27:14,720 --> 00:27:16,720 The figure is inside the room stabbing the girl. 613 00:27:16,720 --> 00:27:18,720 No, it wasn't your imagination, Julia. 614 00:27:18,720 --> 00:27:20,720 He painted several pictures, each one of them with a figure close to the girl. 615 00:27:20,720 --> 00:27:22,720 He used the storeroom upstairs. That's why you heard footsteps. 616 00:27:22,720 --> 00:27:24,720 I got suspicious when I found a black scarf in his room. 617 00:27:24,720 --> 00:27:26,720 And when I looked at the picture a little while ago, it was full of dust. 618 00:27:26,720 --> 00:27:28,720 I saw it off myself a few hours before. 619 00:27:28,720 --> 00:27:30,720 Yes, and Dr. Barrow seemed to know there was a storeroom above you. 620 00:27:30,720 --> 00:27:32,720 I couldn't understand how he knew that since it had been closed for years. 621 00:27:32,720 --> 00:27:34,720 But why? Why should he want to drive me crazy? 622 00:27:34,720 --> 00:27:36,720 Because he's not Dr. Barrow. 623 00:27:36,720 --> 00:27:38,720 He's Ralph Powell, your cousin, who disappeared many years ago. 624 00:27:38,720 --> 00:27:40,720 Everyone thought he was dead. 625 00:27:40,720 --> 00:27:44,720 After I got suspicious, Harvey and I went up to the storeroom and found a lot of pictures he's been painting. 626 00:27:44,720 --> 00:27:46,720 This scoundrel is a very talented artist. 627 00:27:46,720 --> 00:27:48,720 He's been changing the pictures on the wall. 628 00:27:48,720 --> 00:27:52,720 His plan was to drive you insane and then contest the will since he's your nearest blood relative. 629 00:27:52,720 --> 00:27:54,720 Oh, horrible. And I really thought he... 630 00:27:54,720 --> 00:27:56,720 I had no intention of killing, Julia. 631 00:27:56,720 --> 00:27:58,720 I swear I didn't. I just wanted to frighten her. 632 00:27:58,720 --> 00:28:00,720 I almost jumped out of the window. 633 00:28:00,720 --> 00:28:02,720 I might have been dead right now, lying dead outside. 634 00:28:02,720 --> 00:28:04,720 Don't think about it, Julia. 635 00:28:04,720 --> 00:28:06,720 It's all over now. 636 00:28:06,720 --> 00:28:08,720 You're all right. 637 00:28:08,720 --> 00:28:10,720 I'm not insane. 638 00:28:10,720 --> 00:28:12,720 Of course not, Julia. 639 00:28:12,720 --> 00:28:14,720 Oh, I almost forgot. 640 00:28:14,720 --> 00:28:16,720 It's already Tuesday. 641 00:28:16,720 --> 00:28:18,720 Happy birthday, Julia. 642 00:28:18,720 --> 00:28:20,720 How does it feel to be 23 years old? 643 00:28:20,720 --> 00:28:24,720 It feels wonderful. 644 00:28:24,720 --> 00:28:42,720 And so closes Fear Paints a Picture starring Nancy Coleman, tonight's tale of... 645 00:28:42,720 --> 00:28:46,720 Suspense. 646 00:28:46,720 --> 00:28:54,720 Appearing with Miss Coleman were Edwin Maxwell as Harvey Lyons, Fred McKay as Dr. Barrow, and Beatrice Benaderi as Laura. 647 00:28:54,720 --> 00:29:10,720 This is your narrator, the man in black, who conveys to you Columbia's invitation to spend this half hour in suspense with us again next Tuesday when our star will be Mr. Peter Lorre in the suspense play called The Moment of Darkness. 648 00:29:10,720 --> 00:29:22,720 William Spear, the producer, Ted Bliss, the director, Lucian Marowick, the composer, Ladd Kluskin, the musical director, and Sigmund Miller, the author, collaborated on tonight's Suspense. 649 00:29:22,720 --> 00:29:40,720 This is the Columbia Broadcasting System.