PEYTON PLACE
Episode 49.
03-04-65
Betty and Rodney have their marriage annulled. Calvin's
belongings are appraised.
WA: This apartment above the drug store was the home of the late
Calvin Hanley. Now the place and its contents belong to his
son, Paul Hanley, including bitter memories and strange
secrets.
MEL: First night after Calvin Hanley's funeral.
Intro: The square, the Pillory, the Peyton Place Pharmacy. The
outside stairs going up to Calvin Hanley's apartment.
Scene 1: Apartment. The appraiser, Mr. Arvin, knocks on the door and is
let in by Paul.
Mr. Arvin continues the inventory. Paul opens a closet door
and drags out a locked trunk.
Scene 2: CLOSED
DUE TO DEATH OF PROP.
Allison goes into the Book Gallery and tells her mother that
she loves her.
Scene 3: Allison meets Elliot on the street and asks how Eli likes
Florida. Elliot ignores her at first. Then they begin to
chat.
Scene 4: Allison goes in to see her uncle, Matthew Swain. He asks if
she has come into the Clarion to point out a typographical
error. She says that she saw Rodney and Betty going into the
courthouse. She talks about the sign on the Pharmacy door:
CLOSED
DUE TO DEATH OF PROP.
Matthew has a framed headline on the north wall.
Scene 5: Allison runs across the square, past a cannon, and gets on a
municipal bus that has just pulled up. [Allison often rides
this bus to school. Later in the series, a school bus is used
by the court to take jurors to the scene of the Joe Chernak
death on the wharf, episode 186.]
Scene 6: In his medical office over the Clarion, Dr. Rossi is given his
mail by Julie Anderson. She also gives him the medical file on
a Mrs. Gail Chapman probably the mother of Abby Chapman,
Allison's friend. Julie tells Rossi that he has received a
postcard from Rome from Laura Brooks who is currently
vacationing across Europe.
Scene 7: In Judge Whitley's chambers, Betty is sworn in. Mr. McVeigh,
attorney for the plaintiff, Betty; and Theodore Dowell,
attorney for Rodney, the defendant are all acknowledged. Betty
is asked her name. She replies "Betty Harrington." She is
asked her maiden name. She answers, "Anderson, Betty
Anderson." She is asked her husband's name. She says, "Rodney
Harrington." Betty is asked her husband's middle name. She
admits that she doesn't know his middle name. " 'M'
something". She is informed that Rodney's middle name is
"Martin". Judge Whitley grants the annulment. And he
announces that the plaintiff is restored her maiden name.
Suddenly the hearing is complete. Betty is somewhat stunned by
the brevity of the hearing and questions, "That's all?"
Scene 8: Betty removes her wedding ring on the square. Dr. Rossi about
to get in his car, sees Betty, and walks over to her. She asks
the doctor what she should do with her wedding ring. She says
that in Reno, Nevada, divorcées throw their rings in the
river. Dr. Rossi completes the thought by saying the "Truckee
River." Betty asks if he has ever been there. He says that he
hasn't. [A lot of New Yorkers take great pride in never having
ventured very far west of the Hudson River.] He invites her to
eat lunch with him at the Colonial Post Inn.
Scene 9: Matthew runs into Constance and invites her to eat lunch with
him at the Inn. [Not that it matters at this point in time,
but Martin Peyton is a part owner of the Colonial Post Inn.]
Constance says that she will settle for hot minestrone at
Joe's. [Your reviewer has not yet figured out where Joe's is
located. It could possibly be on the wharf. But Matthew had
already said it was too cold to go the wharf.] They discuss
their concern that Allison seems confused and frightened. In
the chandlery window, Elliot, looking like a mannequin, stares
out. [The sign painted on the window reads as follows:
Radio Equipment
Marine Parts
Galley Equipment
Outboard Motors.
Scene 10: At the Colonial Post Inn, Betty orders tomato juice. Rossi
tells the waitress, "Make that two." Betty says that she is
under 21. Too young to have a drink, but old enough to have
lost a baby, old enough to have lost a husband. They talk.
The waitress brings two glasses of tomato juice. Betty drinks
her tomato juice. Rossi mentions Betty's vocal rendition to
young Lucy Adams and puppet Marcibel Lunchpocket.
Scene 11: Back at his office, Julie reports to Dr. Rossi he has had
several phone calls. The memos are on his desk. He tells her
he has seen and talked with Betty. Rossi brings up the
possibility of Betty becoming a nurse. Rossi says that nurse's
aide pay is $237 per month. Constance comes in to tell the
doctor she is having trouble sleeping and that her blood
pressure is up. She thinks it is nerves.
Scene 12: In the mansion, Attorney Theodore Dowell is talking with Leslie
about Catherine's will. Norman comes in and Dowell leaves.
Leslie calls Norman in to talk with him. He asks Norman why he
went to see Attorney Wainwright. Norman insists that he
doesn't want his father to try to prove that his mother was
incompetent. He says that he will testify against his father.
Rodney comes down the stairs and Leslie tells Norman to talk
to his brother and then leaves. Rodney tries to talk to
Norman. Norman is upset.
Scene 13: Paul Hanley is in the apartment over the Pharmacy moping
around. He unlocks his father's trunk and opens it.
Preview: Betty talks with head nurse Esther Choate. Dr. Robert Morton
talks with Norman. Allison talks with Constance about Elliot
Carson.
BA: The marriage was annuled.
EC: I don't wish to pry into your personal life. It's my job
to be sure that those we hire have indeed responsibility.
RM: And have agreed to testify that your mother was in
complete control of her faculties at all times.
NH: And he told my father.
RM: No.
AM: The last few times I saw him, he seemed so distant.
CM: Elliot Carson is a man who has a great deal on his mind,
Allison.
AM: More than he had when he first came back here?
Annulment
Annulled
Mr. Arvin-George Chandler.
Judge Whitley-uncredited.
Attorney McVeigh, lawyer representing Betty Anderson Harrington-uncredited.
Marcibel Lunchpocket-hand puppet.
It is inferred in the narration that the drug store and the apartment
above it were owned by Calvin and thus inherited by his son Paul
upon his death. Peyton owned the Peyton Professional Building which
included the Peyton Place Clarion and the professional offices,
including Rossi's office, located above it. A three-story building.
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