A vain, querulous woman can't get a divorce from her husband. Luckily, he loves to garden. And he's just dug a nice big hole in the backyard.A vain, querulous woman can't get a divorce from her husband. Luckily, he loves to garden. And he's just dug a nice big hole in the backyard.A vain, querulous woman can't get a divorce from her husband. Luckily, he loves to garden. And he's just dug a nice big hole in the backyard.
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- TriviaThe story credit is listed as "Based on a story by Raymond Mason as published in the Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine".
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[introduction]
Alfred Hitchcock: [Dressed in his customary suit and a transparent space helmet, Hitchcock is climbing down the ladder from a UFO-like spaceship. He turns and walks forward to speak to the audience through his space helmet] Good evening. I've been on Mars where I went for the opening of a new television station. It's all part of a scheme to take the best of our cultural advances to the Martians, or, er, Martinis, as they prefer to be called. They are highly intelligent and my attempts to educate them were quite successful. Within a matter of minutes, they were able to spell out, "Earthman, go home," using my two companions to form the letters. It was very gratifying. As you have doubtless already guessed, tonight's play is entitled "Martha Mason, Movie Star."
- SoundtracksFuneral March of a Marionette
Written by Charles Gounod
I'm somebody that likes a few celebrities (practically everybody I like is either old, dead or has beens). I innocencently like the celebs I enjoy. It hasn't turned into an obsession. I find 'stans' to be quite creepy tbh. I think our leading actress deserves major credit for turning this into a comedic piece instead of making the viewer think her character is just pathetic.
Mabel is a drama queen tuned up all the way. She's absolutely obsessed with the actress Martha Mason and thinks she looks just like her and she thinks others thinks she looks like Martha as well.
Martha's married to Henry. He puts up better with the Martha obsession better than a lot of people would imo. Henry's into gardening. Too bad Mabel doesn't realize that just like a movie star is her whole life, Henry has some hobbies that it'd be nice if she said something positive about instead of acting in disdain over.
Henry's done it now. He tells Mabel that she looks as much like Martha Mason as he does. Mabel slams him over the head with a shovel and buries him in the garden. I should mention this all taking place outside in broad daylight. Good thing nobody came out to check the mail or heading to the car to run errands, eh? Anyway, Mabel's got him buried. Time to craft up a story to explain Henry's disappearance. Mabel comes up with a story involving Henry running off with another woman. Mabel's on the phone drama queening with Henry's boss and she's 'reading' a blank piece of paper that's supposed to be the letter Henry left behind. Mabel can't help herself. Even writing a letter from Henry's point of view she can't help to mention Martha Mason and Henry's boss is even confused by that tidbit. What's he going on about? Anyway, Henry's boss says he'll say he sent Henry on a business trip to explain his absence and so they won't be the talk of the town. Henry's boss clearly doesn't know Mabel that well because no doubt she's been drama queening it up all over town and telling everybody Henry left her for another woman.
Mabel's called down to the police station and she's clearly been putting on airs around town with how she's dressed. Mabel's about to get a shocker. Henry DID have another woman and she's also in the police station saying Henry wouldn't leave without her. The cops tell Mabel they saw how well Henry's flowers were growing and they they found Henry. Mabel drama queens it up to the very last minute.
I meant what I said in the header. I would've loved to have seen Mabel's behavior in court and even prison. Perhaps even have a scene with Martha Mason as she's seen filing a restraining order against Mabel.
- glitterrose
- Jul 10, 2022
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- Runtime30 minutes
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- 1.33 : 1