PEYTON PLACE
Episode 2.
09-17-64
AM: Good morning, Mr. Foley.
TF: Good Morning, Allison.
WA: On this quiet street in Peyton Place something happened
last night that will change the entire life of Allison
Mackenzie, Rodney kissed Allison. Her mother, Constance,
saw it happen.
Intro: Tom Foley, the postman, places a bundle of mail in the
MacKENZIE mailbox. He says "Good morning" to Allison,
who is looking out her upstairs dormer window. He removes
a large manila envelope from the mailbox and waves it at
Allison.
Writer: Robert J. Shaw
Director: Walter Doniger
Scene 1: Allison rushes out of her room, which has a sloping ceiling
which is normal with a dormer window on the second floor, down
the stairs, and outside. She retrieves the mail and opens the
large manila envelope which contains a returned manuscript from
her publisher in New York City. Constance has been frying
bacon on the stove in the kitchen. She complains that she
hasn't learned how to keep the bacon from curling when she
cooks it. She sits at the breakfast table and picks up the
Clarion. She is shocked to see a photograph of Dr. Michael
Rossi on the front page. Allison comes in the kitchen and asks
Constance what is the matter. She says that Constance looks
like she had seen a ghost.
Scene 2: Outside view of the Peyton mansion. There is snow on the
ground and on two large evergreen trees. The security
fence is seen but does not show up prominently. Inside the
mansion, Leslie comes down the stairs, enters the dining
room, closes the door, and tells June that he will serve
himself. Leslie talks briefly with Rodney.
Back upstairs, Norman asks Rodney to turn down the music.
They talk about school and girls. Norman asks what is the
point of going to college. Rodney opines that Norman has
always been the brain. Norman asks Rodney if he has dumped
Betty. Rodney concedes that he has. He said they were
getting too deep and he is going to play the field. Norman
responds that he didn't know Allison was in the field.
Scene 3: Still at the mansion, Leslie talks to his wife, Catherine.
She tells him that she plans to go to Boston to see an art
exhibit and to visit her father, Martin Peyton. Leslie
says to give her father his love, and to tell him that
George Anderson called from New York and they expect to get
a big supply contract for the mill. Catherine threatens to
leave him.
Scene 4: Leslie comes down the stairs and turns left into the dining
room. He tells June, the cook, that he will serve himself.
Leslie tells Rodney that he wants to clear up any
misconceptions about the previous night. Rodney says he
doesn't have any misconceptions. Leslie and Rodney begin
to argue. He wants Rodney to forget what happened in his
office at the mill. Rodney asks Leslie why he had to pick
on the mother of the girl he was going around with.
Scene 5: Betty is talking on the phone to June, the cook, at the
Harrington house. She hangs up and then talks with her
mother, Julie. Julie fibs to Betty, telling her that she
was downstairs at the mill getting a file when Rodney came
in to see his father.
Scene 6: Dr. Rossi and Matthew Swain meet up in the square. This
time Matthew has his dog, Rip, with him. Rossi is reading
the Clarion. He wants more copies of the paper. Matthew
sends him to Constance Mackenzie for the additional copies.
It can be seen at the end of this scene that the Peyton
Professional Building has at least 3 stories.
Scene 7: Dr. Rossi goes in his office startling Laura Brooks who
almost falls into his arms from her two-foot-high
step-ladder. She introduces herself to the doctor.
Outside, the sign painter is seen removing the name of Dr.
Donald Brooks from the window. He presumably paints Dr.
Rossi's name above the words "Physician and Surgeon."
Laura offers to help the new doctor get started. He asks
her if she could set up two appointments. She complies.
Scene 8: Dr. Rossi goes in the Book Gallery. He buys five copies of
the Clarion, for fifty cents. They stare at each other,
each recognizing the other. Constance introduces herself
as Mrs. Mackenzie. He asks her if they had ever met
before. She denies it. A customer, Hattie, comes in and
asks Constance for an Agatha Christie mystery. Dr.
Rossi talks further with Constance. He says that he knows
her. She won't admit that she remembers him. He pays for
the newspapers and leaves. Constance puts a sign on the
door and leaves.
Scene 9: Constance goes up the street to the Clarion to see Matthew
Swain, who tries to calm her down. Constance' mother was
apparently a Swain by marriage and it appears that she was
probably Matthew Swain's cousin. Constance and Matthew are
said to be second cousins twice removed. Allison likes to
call Matthew "Uncle Matt."
Preview: Dr. Michael Rossi talks with Constance Mackenzie. Leslie
Harrington talks with Julie Anderson. Betty Anderson talks
with Rodney Harrington.
MR: I have to, because you act like you wish I never came to
Peyton Place.
CM: That's not true, that's not true.
LH: He's my son. He won't cause any trouble.
JA: There is trouble, Les.
LH: What?
JA: My daughter.
LH: Oh.
BA: I was the one who said we can't go steady, but that
was a long time ago, when the summer began.
RH: Don't do that, Betty, and don't accuse me. You wanted
to be with me.
BA: I love you.
Hattie, Book Gallery customer-uncredited.
Julie Anderson-Kasey Rogers. [Mrs. Larry Tate-Bewitched].
Laura Harrington Brooks-Patricia Breslin. [Twilight Zone].
Christine Gordon-uncredited.
June, the Harrington cook-uncredited.
There are 3 postmen identified in Peyton Place, Tom Foley, Roy Slater,
and Eddie.
Mrs. Hewitt's boarding house is often called a rooming house, and
sometimes even an apartment house. The rooms that Ann Colby Howard
rented were refered to as an apartment. When Ann died, it was said
that Mrs. Hewitt had trouble renting Ann's apartment. [There were
never any meals shown being served in the boarding house.]
MEL refers to the initials of your reviewer.
Intro refers to the scene over which the narrator, Warner Anderson,
introduces each episode.
CPI is used at times to refer to the Colonial Post inn, of which,
Peyton is part owner.
AG refers to the Andy Griffith Show.
TZ refers to Twilight Zone.
OL refers to Outer Limits.
WA refers to the narrator, Warner Anderson, who also played the role of
Matthew Swain, Owner, Editor, Publisher of the Peyton Place Clarion.
Warner Anderson was in the movies Destination Moon, Blackboard Jungle,
and was the presiding officer in the court-martial in the Caine Mutiny.
WBC refers to the White Blood Count.
EMT is Emergency Medical Technician.
Preview refers to the short preview at the end of most episodes.
most, but not all episodes ended with a preview.
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