PEYTON PLACE
Episode 5.
09-29-64
Julie Anderson falls down the stairs.
WA: This is the Anderson house. Julie Anderson has fallen down
a flight of stairs, her husband reports. And Dr. Michael
Rossi is making his first emergency call in Peyton Place.
Intro: Dr. Rossi drives up to the Anderson house. The GEO.
ANDERSON mailbox is visible.
Written by Franklin Barton
Directed by Walter Doniger
Scene 1: George Anderson lets the doctor in, calling him Russo.
Dr. Rossi corrects him. [In episode 3, Catherine Marie Peyton
Harrington calls him Rosey. He makes fun of his own name
in episode 439 when calling on Marsha Russell.] George tells
Dr. Rossi that he had carried Julie upstairs, that he
couldn't just leave her on the floor. Rossi tells him that
he shouldn't have moved Julie. Betty comes in and is
introduced to Dr. Rossi. Rossi goes upstairs. Betty
noticed Rossi's car outside and George tells her that Julie
will be okay. He downplays the extent of Julie's injuries.
Betty tells her father that Rodney broke off with her.
George tells Betty, she's much too good for Rodney.
Dr. Rossi comes down the stairs and tells George that he
has given Julie a sedagive and that George should bring her
to his office tomorrow. George introduces Rossi to his
daughter, Betty. [They are already acquainted.] George
complains about all the bad luck that he has had lately.
Rossi is annoyed and points out that it was Julie, not
George, who fell down the stairs.
Scene 2: In the Book Gallery, Constance is endeavoring to make a
sale to Catherine Peyton Harrington. George Anderson comes
in whistling and looking for something funny to give
to Julie. Constance angers George by trying to sell him a
novel. He eventually purchases a book entitled
"Sophisticates". George complains to Catherine that Rodney
dumped his daughter, Betty. Catherine doesn't seem at all
disturbed by this news and is rather catty to George, as is
her custom.
Scene 3: In his office, in the Peyton Professional Building, above
the Peyton Place Clarion, Dr. Rossi is talking with Julie
Anderson. [The Peyton Professional Building provides the
outside entrance to the Clarion newspaper office and the
professional offices upstairs.] He shows Julie an x-ray of
her hands. [This seems to be a inconsistency because there
is no indication of an x-ray machine in his office and he
hasn't checked in with the hospital yet.] They talk about
Betty. Rossi asks Julie if she thinks that George needs
help. She tells him that George is angry. Rossi assures
Julie that he wants to help the Anderson family in any way
he can.
Scene 4: George is waiting outside on the street as Julie leaves the
Peyton Professional Building. George gives Julie the
"Sophisticates" book that he just bought for her
from Constance.
Scene 5: Still in his office, Dr. Rossi talks to Laura Brooks, the
widow of Dr. Donald Brooks, the doctor he replaced, and who
is now working as his secretary.
Rossi opens a letter from Dr. Carl Landau and reads:
Michael, what are you doing in a provincial
outpost like that Peyton Place?
Rossi makes a reference to the perversity of computer punch
cards.
Scene 6: Allison rushes down the street and runs into Dr. Rossi
coming out of the Peyton Professional Building. Allison
excuses herself. They chat briefly.
Scene 7: Dr. Rossi goes into the Book Gallery, ostensibly to get
some post cards. He is really there to talk with
Constance. He asks her why she came to his office, to
talk. Constance is rather evasive. Rossi tells her he
doesn't want her to try to shut him out of her life.
Scene 8: In her upstairs bedroom, lying on her back in bed, with her
long blond hair flowing, Allison is listening to a
long-play (LP) album of "Romeo and Juliet," and reading as
the telephone rings. She runs downstairs to the livingroom
to answer it. [Back in those days, most middle-class
families had only one telephone. Her friend, Abby Chapman,
has called to talk about Rodney Harrington. [Only
Allison's side of the conversation is shown and heard.]
Allison says she's going on a second date with Rodney,
probably to the Shoreline Cafe teen hangout. Constance
comes in the front door so Allison ends the call.
Scene 9: Leslie Harrington comes home to the mansion as Rodney is
preparing for his date with Allison. Upstairs, they
discuss the other evening when Rodney went up to Leslie's
office and saw Leslie kissing Julie, Betty Anderson's
mother. Rodney asks Leslie, "Why did you have to pick on
the mother of the girl I was going out with." Rodney
informs Leslie that Betty's father, George Anderson, has
just driven up.
Leslie goes downstairs. Norman asks Rodney what is
bothering him. Rodney tells Norman that George has come
over to talk to their father, that George is back from a
sales trip. Norman tells Rodney that he overheard about
Leslie kissing Julie.
In the livingroom, Leslie wants to talk about business, but
George wants to talk about his daughter, Betty, and his
wife, Julie. They talk about the old school days and about
Julie's accident, that she fell down the stairs. George
asks Leslie to put off the Detroit-Cleveland sales trip for
a few days. George tells Leslie that he would like to take
Julie with him on the trip. Leslie says that he needs
Julie in the office. George says, "I need her, too,
Leslie." Leslie says that he will think it over.
From their upstairs window, Rodney and Norman have observed
George Anderson and their father.
Preview: In their bedroom in the mansion, Rodney and Norman talk
about Allison. At the Shoreline Cafe teen hangout, Norman
asks Allison if he can do anything to help.
RH: You tell me about Allison Mackenzie. I'll tell you,
Norm. She's a girl. She's a very healthy good
looking American small town girl. You put her on a
pedestal, Norm.
NH: And you're going to take her down?
NH: Can I do something?
AM: No. Just leave me alone.
Dr. Carl Landau-only mentioned.
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