A Stolen Life Page #8

Synopsis: Kate Bosworth and her twin sister Patricia fall in love with Nantucket lighthouse inspector Bill Emerson. Patricia and Bill are married. To forget, Kate returns to painting. Bill goes to Chile; Kate and Patricia go sailing; Patricia is washed overboard and drowned. Kate's boat capsizes and, when she recovers consciousness ashore, she (believed to be Patricia) is told that Bill is returning from Chile.
Genre: Drama
Director(s): Curtis Bernhardt
Production: Warner Bros.
 
IMDB:
7.4
APPROVED
Year:
1946
109 min
294 Views


THERE'S SOMETHING

BEHIND ALL THIS.

OH, NO!

NO, THERE ISN'T.

YOU MUST BELIEVE THAT.

I LOVE BILL.

I ALWAYS WILL.

PAT, YOU CAN'T MEAN THIS AFTER

ALL WE'VE MEANT TO EACH OTHER.

SO IT WAS JUS AN INTERLUDE WITH YOU.

YES, THAT'S WHAT IT WAS.

YOU DIRTY LITTLE

DOUBLE-CROSSER.

YOU'RE DOING TO ME WHAT YOU DID

WITH ALL THE OTHERS, AREN'T YOU?

YOU DIDN'T THINK

I KNEW ABOUT THEM.

DON'T THINK THAT PEOPLE HAVEN'T HEARD

ABOUT YOUR ROTTEN LITTLE SCANDALS.

THINGS GET AROUND,

YOU KNOW.

YOU'RE NOT A VERY

DISCREET PERSON.

I WISH I-

GET OUT.

I CAN'T FACE HIM.

I CAN'T. I CAN'T.

WHY THE SUITCASE, PAT?

I'M LEAVING, BILL.

MAY I ASK WHY?

YOU WERE RIGHT.

IT WOULDN' HAVE WORKED OUT.

I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN

IT WOULDN'T.

YOU'VE SEEN TALBOT.

YOU'RE STILL IN LOVE

WITH HIM-IS THAT IT?

OH, NO.

I DON'T WAN TO TALK ABOUT IT.

WELL, IF YOU'RE NO STILL IN LOVE WITH HIM,

THEN WHY ARE:

YOU LEAVING?

OH, BILL. YOU CAN' WANT ME TO STAY, CAN YOU?

NOT AFTER-

YOU SAID THE ONLY THING

TO BE STRAIGHTENED OU BETWEEN US WAS

THE TALBOT BUSINESS.

WHAT ABOUT THE OTHERS?

MUCH WORSE.

SURELY YOU KNEW:

ABOUT THEM.

IF YOU DIDN'T,

YOU WERE A FOOL.

DON'T YOU KNOW YOU'VE BEEN THE

LAUGHINGSTOCK OF THIS WHOLE TOWN?

WELL, HELLO, MY DEAR.

HELLO, FREDDIE.

LET ME TAKE:

YOUR COAT.

ALL RIGHT.

I HAVE YOUR ROOM READY.

OH, THAT'S SWEE OF YOU, FREDDIE.

I HOPE I WON'T BE

A NUISANCE.

OH, NONSENSE.

IT'S A ROTTEN

NIGHT OUT, ISN'T IT?

I LIKE THE FOG.

MY, YOU LOOK

PRETTY WELL ALL IN.

SHALL I GET YOU:

SOME TEA?

NO, THANK YOU.

AHH.

NOW THAT I'M HERE,

I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY.

I HAD SO MANY THINGS

TO TELL YOU.

YOU SEE, I'VE LEFT BILL.

THAT ISN'T WHA I WANTED TO SAY AT ALL.

FREDDIE, IF I WERE

TO TELL YOU-

WAIT A MINUTE.

I BELIEVE I KNOW WHA YOU WANT TO TELL ME...

KATE.

HOW LONG HAVE YOU KNOWN?

WELL, I SUSPECTED

JUST AFTER THE ACCIDENT,

BUT I TRIED TO PUT SUCH

THOUGHTS OUT OF MY MIND.

AND THEN WHEN YOU CALLED AND

SAID YOU WERE COMING HERE,

OF COURSE, I KNEW.

IT'S ABSOLUTELY UNBELIEVABLE

THAT YOU WOULD DO SUCH A THING.

IT SEEMED MY ONLY CHANCE

FOR HAPPINESS.

BUT YOU WERE NEVER

A LIAR, KATE.

HOW COULD YOU THINK

YOU COULD LIVE A LIE?

I DIDN'T THINK.

I JUST LET IT HAPPEN.

OH, IT WAS

SO SIMPLE AT FIRST.

IT WASN'T GOING

TO HURT ANYBODY.

BUT AFTER:

I'D FOUND OUT HOW...

HOW PA HAD TREATED BILL,

I COULDN'T GO

THROUGH WITH IT.

SHE HURT HIM:

SO TERRIBLY.

HE'LL NEVER FORGET.

NO MATTER WHA I TRY TO DO,

IT WILL ALWAYS:

BE THERE.

WHAT ARE:

YOU GOING TO DO?

I DON'T KNOW.

I WANT TO DO WHA WILL HURT HIM THE LEAST.

TO A MAN LIKE BILL,

THE TRUTH IS THE ONLY WAY.

FREDDIE, WOULD YOU FORGIVE

ME IF I WENT UP TO MY ROOM?

CERTAINLY.

YOU SEE, FREDDIE,

BILL NEVER LOVED ME.

I'VE NEVER

BROUGHT ANYONE HERE BEFORE.

THE ONE TIME THA I WISH I COULD PAIN IS WHEN I'M HERE.

KATIE, DO YOU SUPPOSE

YOU COULD CATCH THIS?

I'LL MISS YOU,

TOO, KATIE.

YOU KNOW THAT.

KATIE!

OH, KATIE.

OH, KATIE, I KNEW

I'D FIND YOU HERE.

THEN YOU KNOW.

YES, I KNOW.

I CAN'T EVEN ASK YOU

TO FORGIVE ME.

I DON'T WANT YOU

TO ASK ME ANYTHING.

I DON'T WANT YOU

TO TELL ME ANYTHING.

YOU'RE ALREADY SUFFERED

SO MUCH FOR BOTH OF US.

OH, BILL. BILL.

EVEN BACK AT THE LIGHTHOUSE

THAT NIGHT, YOU KNEW.

I WAS THE ONE:

WHO DIDN'T.

I WASN'T READY.

OH, YES, I FELL

IN LOVE WITH PAT,

BUT IT WAS:

NEVER RIGHT-

NOT THE WAY THAT WE WERE

ALWAYS RIGHT FOR EACH OTHER.

I KNOW THAT NOW.

OH, KATIE.

LET'S-LET'S FORGE EVERYTHING THAT'S HAPPENED

AS THOUGH WE NEVER

LEFT THE ISLAND.

CAN YOU DO THAT?

OH, KATIE,

I LOVE YOU SO MUCH.

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Catherine Turney

Catherine Turney (December 26, 1906 – September 9, 1998) was an American writer and screenwriter born in Chicago, Illinois active from the 1930s to the 1970s. She was one of the first women writers to become a contract worker at Warner Brothers, where she worked from 1943–1948 on films such as The Man I Love, A Stolen Life, and My Reputation. more…

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