PEYTON PLACE Episode 38. 01-26-65 Betty goes to visit Sharon Purcell. WA: New York City, Friday night. Oper: Please deposit 85 cents for three minutes. Betty deposits three quarters and a dime. WA: Betty Anderson Harrington is making a long distance call to her mother in Peyton Place. At that precise moment, Julie Anderson is leaving the house for an impulsively made last minute date with Leslie Harrington. The telephone rings in the Anderson house. WA: Only a second of mistiming and the pattern is set that will change the lives of three families for months to come. Now it is Saturday morning in New England the time for the young to blow off steam and for the rest of us to tidy up the details of our lives. Intro: New York City traffic. Betty calling home from a pay phone. Julie and Leslie leaving the house, walking to the car. Betty on the phone. Leslie's car. Betty on the phone. Phone ringing in the Anderson house. Betty still on the phone. Snowy hillside. Children pulling a sled outside of Carson and Son Chandlery. Scene 1: Elliot Carson sees Paul Hanley through the window of the Chandlery. He taps on the window. Elliot comes out and says that Paul knows him. Elliot asks Paul to come inside. Elliot says that he heard Paul had been away. Paul went to Yale for a BS and received his masters at Cambridge. Paul says he spent 2 years in Paris. He was in Vienna briefly. Paul says he was in Europe studying and teaching. Paul says he is glad that Elliot is back. Paul said that his testimony was not the only evidence that convicted him. Paul said he knew what his sister was like. Scene 2: A small boy, named Willy, is running down the street and falls in front of Allison who is coming out of the Book Gallery. Allison tells him to be careful that the pond won't melt. Rodney and Norman walk up and talk with Allison. Norman mentions that Laura is off to Europe. Rodney suggests they all go. Norman says he has some change. Allison says that she makes 80 cents an hour working for Constance. [Minimum wage was $1.25.] Rodney asks Allison if she told Betty about her father. Norman offers to buy her a cup of cocoa. Scene 3: Norman and Allison are eating in the Pharmacy. Jimmy is seen for about one second. He is mentioned in a later episode. That he was fired for flirting with the girls. They talk. Calvin Hanley is seen in the background. Scene 4: Rodney goes to the Anderson house and talks with Julie. Julie fusses at Rodney. Rodney tells her that Allison told Betty that Julie had moved back home and she would call there. Julie went to the sanitarium alone. Rodney says next time, call him. Scene 5: George is being interviewed for the second time by Dr. Kessler. He asks George if he knows where he is. And who is Betty. The orderly comes in and gets George. George leaves. Kessler talks in his dictaphone. Scene 6: At Sharon's New York City apartment, Betty rings the doorbell and is let in. Sharon says that her old roommate, Libby, is in the Greek isles. Betty tells Sharon that she tried to call home. She was told that Julie has moved back home so she assumes that her mother and father are back together. Sharon asks Betty to stay. Scene 7: Paul comes into the Book Gallery to talk with Constance. Paul wants to get something for the weekend. Allison shows up and talks with Paul. Paul tells Allison he received his enrolment list and he saw her name. Paul leaves. Allison leaves. Allison runs into Elliot coming out of the Chandlery. Elliot goes in to visit Constance. They talk. Dr. Rossi comes in and greets them both. He tells Elliot that he thinks Eli has a gall bladder problem. Elliot asks if an operation will be necessary. Preview: Dr. Rossi talks to Constance. Paul talks to Allison. Calvin talks to Matthew. MR: Elliot belongs to the past. CM: Michael, he's here, now. MR: So am I. PH: What about killing? AM: I think there are times when people have to fight. PH: Fight and kill. Then what happens to that old commandment, Thou shalt not kill? CH: I wasn't strict enough. If I had been, she wouldn't have married Elliot. He killed her. MS: If he did kill her. CH: He's guilty. According to the IRS, the term "former brother-in-law" is a non-term. A divorce or death does not disconnect "in-laws". A man can still properly claim his former wife's mother as his "mother-in-law" for federal income-tax deduction purposes. Sharon Purcell-Dayna Ceder. Paul Hanley-Richard Evans. Minimum wage was $1.25. Dr. Kessler-John Zaremba. PREV HOME NEXT