- Title: F-8184
- Summary: I'LL TAKE MILK: LEON ERROL, DOROTHY GRANGER, MYRNA DELL, PHIL WARREN, CLAIRE CARLTON, JASON ROBARDS, LEE FREDERICK. LEON THINKS HE'S STOLEN A BRACELET WHILE DRUNK AT A PARTY, AND DOROTHY GIVES IT TO HER NEWLY MARRIED NIECE
- Description:00:36:37 - CU ALARM CLOCK ON DRESSER, PANS TO SLEEPING PERSON. DOORBELL RINGING, WAKING PERSON SLAPPING ALARM CLOCK, THINKING ALARM IS GOING OFF 00:36:49 - CU FINGER PRESSING DOORBELL 00:36:51 - FULLY DRESSED MAN GETTING OUT OF BED 00:37:01 - CU FINGER PRESSING RINGING FRONT DOORBELL 00:37:05 - OLDER MAN COMING DOWN STAIRS, ANSWERING FRONT DOOR. EXCITED FUR WRAP WEARING WEALTHY WOMAN ENTERS & SHUTS FRONT DOOR, ATTACKING MAN IN CONVERSATION 00:37:52 - CU NEWSPAPER HEADLINE: "..NECKLACE STOLEN AT PARTY.." 00:37:57 - MAN STEPS BACK, POINTS AT NEWSPAPER ARTICLE WOMAN CONVINCES HIM THAT HE STOLE THE NECKLACE 00:38:10 - WORKED UP MAN SWEATING, PULLS OUT HANDKERCHIEF, STOLEN NECKLACE FALLS OUT OF HIS POCKET, BOTH PEOPLE BEND OVER TO RETRIEVE NECKLACE FROM THE FLOOR, MAN BECOMES ANXIOUS, WIPING FACE WITH HANDKERCHIEF. WOMAN CONVINCES HIM SHE'LL TAKE THE NECKLACE BACK 00:39:06 - MAN'S NIECE ENTERS, ANGRY THAT SHE WAS NOT MET AT TRAIN STATION, UNCLE CALMS HER DOWN BY GIVING HE STOLEN NECKLACE. HAPPY NIECE, NERVOUS UNCLE, JEALOUS WOMAN 00:39:59 - YOUNG COUPLE ENTERS, WOMAN CARRYING HER DOG WOMAN SHOWS OFF HER NEW NECKLACE, YOUNG COUPLE GOES UPSTAIRS 00:40:53 - COUPLE WHISPERING, PLOTTING, SCHEMING ON HOW TO GET NECKLACE BACK, WOMAN LEAVES 00:41:17 - FUR WEARING WOMAN OUTSIDE THE HOUSE SCHEMING WITH THUG CIGARETTE SMOKING GANGSTER, GRABS WOMAN BY THE ARMS MAN HANDLING WOMAN 00:41:27 - OLDER MAN SLEEPING IN TWIN BED, LOOKS AT WOMAN SLEEPING IN OTHER TWIN BED, SNEAKS OUT OF BED, CAREFUL NOT TO WAKE WOMAN. SHE WAKES UP STARTLING THE OLD MAN. HE MAKES EXCUSES FOR BEING UP 00:41:45 - OLD MAN IN SLEEPING GOWN IN UPSTAIRS HALLWAY, TIP TOES TO BEDROOM DOOR, IS STARTLED BY ANOTHER MAN, PRETENDS LIKE HE HAD THE WRONG ROOM, GOES BACK TO HIS ROOM 00:42:05 - SNEAKS BACK OUT AS SOON AS MAN GOES IN HIS BEDROOM, CAUGHT AGAIN BY SAME MAN 00:42:32 - OLD MAN CREEPING SNEAKING DOWN HALLWAY TO ANOTHER BEDROOM. SNEAKS INTO WOMAN'S BEDROOM, SNOOPING THROUGH WOMAN'S BELONGINGS, DOG WATCHES, DOG BARKS, MAN TELLS IT TO SHUSH. MAN GETS HIS HAND STUCK IN VASE, DOG BARKING, MAN RUNS OUT OF ROOM WITH VASE STUCK ON HIS HAND 00:43:20 - MAN IN HALLWAY TRYING DESPERATELY TO GET VASE OFF HIS HAND BEFORE HE GETS CAUGHT, DOG BARKING, HEARS DOORBELL, RUNS DOWN STAIRS 00:43:31 - ANSWERS FRONT DOOR, FUR WRAP WEARING WEALTHY WOMAN HELPS MAN GET VASE OFF HIS HAND, SHE PULLS IT OFF & FALLS DOWN OVER A CHAIR, SAVING THE VASE, TAKES NECKLACE & GOES TO LEAVE 00:44:03 - OPENS FRONT DOOR TO SEE POLICE CAR PATROLLING THE NEIGHBORHOOD. 1940s POLICE CAR. SHUTS DOOR THEY NERVOUSLY PASS NECKLACE BACK & FORTH, HE PUSHES WOMAN IN CLOSET JUST AS DOORBELL RINGS 00:44:19 - NERVOUS OLD MAN PUTS NECKLACE BACK IN VASE & ANSWERS DOOR, POLICEMAN & DETECTIVE BARGE IN DETECTIVE SEARCHES THE HOUSE FOR JEWEL THIEVES, OPENS CLOSET DOOR WHERE WOMAN IS HIDING, OLD MAN TRIES TO DIVERT HIS ATTENTION. DETECTIVE OPENS CLOSET, LOOKS AROUND, NO ONE IN THERE 00:45:11 - SLEEPING WOMAN AWAKENED BY DOG BARKING AT BEDROOM DOOR, GETS UP, LETS DOG OUT OF BEDROOM & GOES BACK TO BED 00:45:31 - DOG COMES DOWN STAIRS, TUGS ON LACE TABLE RUNNER, VASE ALMOST FALLS ON GROUND, DETECTIVE CATCHES VASE WITH STOLEN NECKLACE IN IT, MAN GRABS IT BACK, ESCORTS DETECTIVE TO FRONT DOOR, BREATHES SIGH OF RELIEF 00:46:31 - OPENS CLOSET, WOMAN HIDING ON CLOSET SHELF, DETECTIVE RINGS DOORBELL AGAIN, POKES HIS HEAD IN HOUSE, TALKS TO MAN, MAN CLOSES DOOR & BREATHES SIGH OF RELIEF, LETS WOMAN OUT OF CLOSET. 00:47:04 - DROPS NECKLACE ON THE FLOOR, DOG GRABS NECKLACE & PLAYS CAT & MOUSE GAME WITH MAN 00:47:50 - DOG RUNS UPSTAIRS INTO OWNER'S BEDROOM, MAN CREEPS SNEAKS INTO BEDROOM, DOG HIDING UNDER THE BED. GROWLS WHEN MAN TRIES TO GET NECKLACE 00:48:34 - WOMAN PUTS HER HAND UNDER THE BED TO PET DOG, PATS BALD MAN ON THE HEAD, REALIZES THERE'S A MAN HIDING UNDER HER BED, SCREAMS LOUDLY, MAN GRABS NECKLACE FROM DOG 00:48:47 - PEOPLE COME OUT FROM THEIR BEDROOMS HEARING WOMAN'S SCREAM. WOMAN RUNS OUT & SAYS "THERE'S A MAN IN MY ROOM" 00:48:51 - MAN IN HER ROOM SNEAKS OUT THE WINDOW & CLIMBS DOWN TRELLIS 00:49:03 - MALE GUEST SEARCHING WOMAN'S BEDROOM, LOOKING UNDER THE BED, IN CLOSET, FINDS NO ONE, WOMAN TRIES TO CONVINCE HIM SHE'S NOT CRAZY 00:49:24 - OLD MAN CLIMBING DOWN TRELLIS, POLICEMAN WAITING FOR HIM AT BOTTOM, OLD MAN TURNS & SEES COP, JUMPS STARTLED, CLUTCHES HIS HEART. COP MAKES HIM CLIMB BACK UP TRELLIS 00:50:36 - CLIMBS IN BEDROOM WINDOW, MAN SLEEPING IN ROOM SHUTS BLIND, BLIND FLAPS UP LOUDLY, WAKING UP SLEEPING MAN. INTRUDER QUICKLY HIDES UNDER BED. 00:50:59 - MAN UNDER THE BED LICKS HIS FINGERS TO MAKE MAN IN BED THINK HE'S THE DOG, BUT THE DOG IS ON THE BED WITH HIM, MAN UNDER THE BED GETS AWAY IN KNICK OF TIME, BUT IS SEEN GOING INTO HIS ROOM 00:51:17 - MAN TRIES TO OPENS HIS BEDROOM DOOR BUT THE OTHER MAN IN HOLDING IT SHUT, HE GOES TO BARGE THROUGH THE DOOR, OLD MAN OPENS IT AT SAME TIME, MAN FALLS ON BED, OLD MAN LOCKS HIM IN BEDROOM 00:51:43 - OLD MAN RUNS DOWNSTAIRS, OPENS CLOSET, GIVES WOMAN HIDING IN CLOSET NECKLACE & TELLS HER TO "GET OUTTA HERE". HE SHUTS THE DOOR & BREATHES SIGH OF RELIEF 00:51:54 - MAN HEARS PEOPLE CALLING HIS NAME, RUNS. ANGRY WIFE & COUPLE COME DOWN STAIRS, WIFE SHOUTING HIS NAME 00:52:06 - HE COMES OUT OF KITCHEN WITH GLASS OF MILK PLAYING DUMB. WIFE & MAN YELLING AT HIM. NERVOUS, HE SPILLS GLASS OF MILK IN MAN'S FACE. MAN WIPES MILK OUT OF HIS EYES 00:52:34 - DOORBELL RINGS, OLD MAN GOES TO ANSWER DOOR, DETECTIVE WITH THIEVES EXPLAIN SITUATION TO PEOPLE IN THE HOUSE. OLD MAN BREATHES SIGH OF RELIEF 00:53:18 - OLD MAN RUBS HIS HEAD SAYS "OH BOY, WHAT A NIGHT, ALL I NEED NOW IS A GOOD STRONG DRINK" WIFE GIVES HIM GLASS OF MILK, HE DRINKS IT & SPITS IT OUT, MILK ALL OVER HIS FACE 00:53:38 - TAPE ENDS
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1946
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1940s
- File Name: F-8184