Hollywood Half Hour - Dream Job - PT2
Hollywood Half Hour - Dream Job - PT2
Hollywood Half Hour - Dream Job - PT2: starring Vincent Price and Joan Leslie. Vincent Price cataloged as Mr. Cooper Fielding, Joan Leslie as Ada Jordan.
Hollywood Half Hour - Dream Job - PT2
CU cocktail tray, pan out to small formal gathering in parlor, there is Ada Jordan, Mr. Cooper Fielding, Great Aunt Martha & two elderly male dinner guests, Ada becomes increasingly upset as everyone in town has been made to believe that she is Mr. Fielding s long lost "peculiar" sister Bernice. Ada runs out of the room while Cooper continues to spin more tails, trying to make her look insane, telling his guests that she has threatened suicide.
Hollywood Half Hour - Dream Job - PT2
MS Ada in her bedroom, packing her suitcase to leave ASAP, she opens the door for the elderly neighborhood doctor who believes that the woman before him is Cooper Fielding s sister Bernice, Ada insists that she's not & continues to pack, the Doc fills her in w/the background information like the fact that Cooper & Bernice are to inherit their dead father's estate, it s all becoming clear to Ada now, the estate couldn't be settled until Bernice was found & Ada was handpicked to play the role.
Hollywood Half Hour - Dream Job - PT2
MS Ada lying in bed mulling over the situation, her VO dialog recaps the story of how she was brought to this southern home under false pretenses, now realizing that she was handpicked by Cooper to play the role of Bernice, Cooper Fielding s long lost insane sister, you see Cooper can't claim his half of his father's estate until the family is under one roof, she springs out of bed when there is a knock at her bedroom door. MS Cooper in the hallway knocking, when Ada doesn't response he tries to open the door, CU door knob turning. CU panic on Ada's face when she realizes Copper might be planning to kill her, if he did so he can claim the entire estate.
Hollywood Half Hour - Dream Job - PT2
MSs Ada walking down dark road, looking behind her in fear, looking to see if anyone is following. MS as Ada approaches train station, she tries to buy a ticket to New York but is recognized as Bernice Fielding, not Ada Jordan, the ticket clerk won't sell her a ride. The Sheriff whom she met earlier in the evening approaches, Ada attempts to explain the situation about Cooper hiring her in NY, that she's not Bernice Fielding, she shuffles through her purse looking for legitimate ID but someone has removed them, Sheriff claims that she is a sick girl, he has been told lies about a suicide attempt, the sheriff forcefully grabs Ada by the wrist to take her "home".
Hollywood Half Hour - Dream Job - PT2
Back at the house...MS Cooper Fielding holding onto Ada's wrist, unwilling to let her go, with anger in his voice he tells her that they will be sailing on the bay where it's "very beautiful and very deep". MS Great Aunt Martha on the patio reading a book. MS parlor as Ada attempts to break free from Cooper's evil grip, she breaks free, knocks him down & runs upstairs. Cooper is following close behind.
Hollywood Half Hour - Dream Job - PT2
MS as Ada dashes into the attic tower room, Cooper is right behind "you can't go any farther, unless you want to jump", Ada looks out the window. High angle LS looking down as ocean waves beating against rocks. MS in the room as Cooper forcefully grabs Ada, they struggle as he tries to push her out the window. Cooper finally admits his evil plan to have Ada pose as his sister Bernice & then to kill her to collect the inheritance. The story twists as wheelchair bound Aunt Martha shows up, walking toward Cooper with a gun, Cooper releases Ada from the death grip, Martha walks closer as Cooper walks backwards & falls out the window.
Hollywood Half Hour - Dream Job - PT2
The is a sigh of relief in the attic once the evil Cooper Fielding had fallen to his death, Aunt Martha admits that she know the young woman Cooper brought home was not her niece Bernice, the elderly lady played along until Cooper revealed his true self, now the real Bernice is safe to come home.
Hollywood Half Hour - Dream Job - PT2
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