1955 LOVE OF LIFE TV SHOW - Soap opera w/ commercials

[organ music]

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[organ music]

Although Hal Craig has fled,

apparently in panic from a showdown with

Paul Raven, he has
not yet left Barrowsville

and his presence in the home of an

acquaintance, a cage in surprise and

fright in today's startling new chapter

in Love of Life.

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[music]

[phone ringing]

Hello. Oh, hello there.
Who's this? Hey?

Oh, Marie! Ha ha ha.
Oh no, sweetie, I was just kidding.

I just tried to get a rise out of you.

Of course, I knew who you were.

Any time that
Alden Miller doesn't know

which lovely voice goes with which

beautiful face. Oh sure, you can dear.

You wanna' take a run over here?

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Hal. Hal Craig.

Right on the button, Alden.

You always work
quick that way.

What's the idea?
What do you want?

Ohhh, it's quiet here.

But, but what do you want?

A little short-term hospitality, Alden.

After all, we're, we're old friends.

Well, sure, but hospitality?

I'm hiding out, Alden.
Hiding out.

Yes, I know, I mean, I

know that you took a powder but -

[phone rings]

Just don't invite any
company to come calling.

[phone rings]

Hello? Oh, hello there. Oh look,
I, I, I guess we

got cut off.

Marie, I'm afraid I spoke a little

impulsively before.
Yes, I, I think we'd

better put our talk off till tomorrow.

You see, I've got a
client coming here

first thing in the
morning on a big deal

and, well, I haven't
done my homework.

I'll give you a ring, hmm?
All right, bye.

[click]

I don't get it, Hal.
If you're laying low,

why'd you even come back?

A little trouble I had
to take care of.

Oh?

Did you take care of it?

No.

Oh.

I was a little too late.

So you're going away again?

That's right.

Where do you hide out, anyway, Hal?
You must lead a double life or something.

Never mind where I go, Alden.
That's how come

nobody's ever found out.
I don't even tell

good friends, like you.

Okay, so when are
you coming back?

That's what I wanted

to talk to you about.

Oh? Well, fine.

You're still interested
in that little

proposition we once
talked about?

You mean the, the newspaper
and all that?

Mmm, that's right.

Well, yes, sure, but -

But what?

Well, I mean, I'm waiting to
see something happen

You don't think it will?

Look, Hal. All I know it's what I see.

You came to me and talked
about taking over Bearsville.

The next thing I know,
you've been run in on

a disorderly conduct
charge by Vanessa

Raven and her husband.
Then you jump bail

and vamos.

I tell you I'm going to do it.

Sure, it'll take time and some doing, but

I'm gonna' own this place,
lock, stock and barrel,

Alden. And I can set you up in a

pretty good spot.

Your brains, your guts and my name.

Is that the way you put it?

Yeah, sure, and some of
my money - don't forget that.

It's a good deal.

I'm willing.

Okay.

That is just one little
matter I've gotta get

cleaned up before I
come back, and you

can help me with it.

I can?

That's right.

Well, what is it?
There's one little

family I've got to get out of my hair.

[dramatic music]
Oh.

Oh, you, you mean the Dale sisters.

Uh huh. Vanessa Raven and her husband,

who hate my guts,
and Meg Harper, who likes

me just a little too much.

That's not the way I heard it

Oh, well, she's a little peeved with me at

the present time, but, well, let's not

discuss that right now.
They're all in my way,

Alden. Mostly because they all know

too much.
Well, how do you figure you can

do anything about it?

You mean, what am I going to do to them?

Yes.
Anything I can get away with.

No, I don't want to have
anything to do with it.

Now, Alden. you know I wouldn't ask

you to get your hands dirty.

What I want from you
is a little scouting work.

Spying, you mean.
Ha! Well, come on,

let's not get so fancy.
I know about you and your

ethics. Anyway, it's for a mighty big

stakes. You interested?
Go on, Hal. I'm listening.

Good. Now, here's what I
want you to find out.

[music]

G.I. Huh, national service life insurance,

they call it.
Term, ten-thousand, period.

You don't have any life
insurance, do you, Van?

No. Why should I have?
Huh? Well, nobody said you

should have it. Just
asked if you did have it.

See, there's a blank space
on your side of the form.

Well, what's that got
to do with adopting

a child?
Nothing. Hey, darling, take it easy.

Well, if they thought it was nothing,
they wouldn't put it on the form.

Van, it doesn't count against us, if

that's what you mean. Even if I didn't

have any insurance at all, well, sure it'd

be kind of a plus mark if we had a lot

of insurance.
'Be nice if we were rich, too

But don't worry.
It's not gonna disqualify us

because we don't have any.
Oh, let's see the rest of this.

Children and family.
Well, now that's silly.

That's one of the big
reasons we're adopting

Carol because I can't.

Van, this is just a form.
They didn't engrave

it especially for us.
I suppose if there were children

children they'd want to know,

wouldn't they?
Mmm hmm.

Do we put Beanie down here?
Yeah.

Put Beanie there and
where it says relationship,

put nephew. At least
that's pretty plain, huh?

It's almost as though
Meg boards him with us.

He's her family, you might say.
Yeah, but I mean,

he does live here.
He is related.

I suppose.
Besides, it, it sort of

acts in our favor as far as Carol is

concerned, you know,
the idea that Beanie

likes living with us here.

It brings up the whole
question of why he's here and Meg

and the steeplechase room
and all that.

Van, put Beanie's name right up there.

Paul, I hate this.
There's nothing get

upset about.
But why should we have to

fill this out at all?
This is the

procedure, that's all.
This is a form for

somebody who wants to get a child.

Look, child preferred,
age range, sex, more

than one, have you
applied for a child

from any other source?
Now we have we have,

we have Carol, Paul.
She's here.

Yes, I know. Okay,
now look, baby, we ignore this part,

but this is the form they use.
Oh, I hate it, all these questions.

Darling, these are questions that,
that they ask anybody

who's gonna adopt a child.
I thought we had a hard decision

to make, but once we made it, I
thought that would be it.

Then, when Dr. Stark hinted
that we might not be able

to get the adoption legalized, well it

just threw me
for an awful loop.

Now, listen. All Dr. Stark said was delay

this until things are in pretty good

shape. And they are.
Are they?

How do we know that
locket business is all settled?

But how Craig won't
make some kind of

trouble.
Look, he took off without a peep.

That's good enough for me.
Now, come on. Fill this out.

I wanna put it in the mail.

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[sigh]

Ohhh.
What?

Give the names of two

relatives in close touch with the family.

Well,
I can only think of one.

And that's Meg.
Well, put my mother down and your

Aunt Martha.
Ah she doesn't live very far

from here.

No, your mother's 400
miles away though, Paul.

Yeah, but Van, believe me,
that doesn't matter.

Just, just put her down anyway and

somebody in your family.
Paul, I'm not going to do this!

Now, don't be ridiculous.

It's prying and it's awful
and it, it makes

Carol sound like
some kind of a -

well, like we're renting
an automobile or something.

Van, please. The rules are the rules.

I won't. What do they
think she is? She's our

daughter.
Not yet. Not yet, she isn't.

She is, Paul.
Hey, darling, be

reasonable. Why?
Are they reasonable?

Are all those foolish
questions reasonable?

Is it reasonable to -
Paul, I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

What's the matter with me?
It's okay.

Now listen, Van, really, you
gotta' get a hold of yourself.

As far as Carol is concerned,
we got a good long way

to go yet.

It's only the beginning, you know?

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