The Other Side of Midnight Page #6

He is with

the United States Air Corps in the Pacific.

14th Fighter Group, 48th Squadron:

And he's been credited with having downed

several Japanese aircraft:

Also.

In December-

Go on:

Mademoiselle.

In December of 1941:: :

Captain Douglas.

Married a, uh.

Catherine Alexander.

A public relations specialist

in Washington, D: C:

May I assume that you no longer

wish for me to pursue the matter further?

You may assume no such thing:

Captain Douglas will always

be a good friend and-

and a man I will continue

to have an honest affection for:

Please, continue to tell me

of his whereabouts and welfare:

As you wish, mademoiselle:

[Chattering]

[Bicycle Bell Rings]

[Mouths Words]

[Chattering]

[Chattering]

Monsieur, I ask you

to please listen to what I say.

Before you get angry

at my impertinence:

I have had a hard life

and have come a long way to find you:

You are the only one who can help me,

and I hope that you will:

Go on:

My brother is in the army:

On the eve of battle, he deserted:

Monsieur, it could not have been

any other way:
He's only 15:

The emperor is wrong

to have conscripted boys so young:

It is to his discredit

that he has done so:

[Chuckles]

And what about Janine's speech, page 97?

Do you know that?

Yes:

I'm not proud of the way

I've lived my life.

But neither will I ask you-

any of you-

to understand why

I chose to do it that way:

Believe only that

in the name of love-

"In the name of love, I lived:"

In the name of love, I lived.

And in the name of love, I died:

- Who gave you the script?

- Philippe Sorel: I read with him:

- Philippe is wrong for the film:

- But I am not:

I know you're looking for someone new

to play Janine of the Flowers:

I'm very new:

I've not said 12 words on camera:

- [Chuckles] How encouraging:

- Oh, yes, but, uh-

The way you surprised me- uh, it made me

most receptive to your reading, you know:

And, uh, also, it's not easy to do

what you are doing without being vulgar:

You have style and courage:

Philippe said that

you're always here at noon: That's all:

But, um, Philippe and you-

You are what?

- Friends:

- Friends:

Then we shall be friends:

What's your name?

- Noelle Page:

- Noelle Page:
Noelle Page:

I would like to not have it changed:

There is someone I would

have know about me.

When I become a star:

[Laughs]

"Become a star:
"

Noelle, you do have style:

Now, we must see if

you also have talent:

Oh:

You make love like a star:

Perhaps you'll be a star:

I want you to make me a star:

Oh, that I can't do:

But what I can do

is to make you an actress.

Providing, of course,

you have some ability.

Besides this, um, inspiring

ad-lib performance:

I want the part of Janine:

Then you have to work for it:

[Glass Shatters]

Well, this is a fine audition:

You-You-You have the instinct.

For knowing exactly.

How this part should be played:

You are three lessons

to the good and.

Tomorrow we begin your work.

If I'm still alive:

[Horns Honking]

[Man]

After the war ended in Europe.

We established direct communications

with the United States:

But, uh, Lieutenant Colonel Douglas has been

in the Pacific and is not so easy to track:

The war in the Pacific has been over

for two months, Monsieur Barbet:

The lines must be open

there too by now:

I have connections throughout the Western

world, mademoiselle: But, uh, Japan-

You are paid to find him:

You're paid well:

Find him:

I'm sure I will.

Eventually:

Find him now:

Where could he be?

Oh, Bill, dont give me that:

He must've landed in San Francisco

over a hundred hours ago:

No, he did not call: Nobody has called,

and that was over six hours ago:

Look, Bill, will you please be a friend

and find him? Do anything:

- Run an ad, call the cops, send out the militia-

- [Doorbell Ringing]

- Hi:

- Hi:

Uh, I'm your new roommate:

The dean of women sent me over:

My name's Larry:

Hi, I'm Cathy:

Uh, let me show you around:

Um, this is the living room:

This is the bar:

And this is the chair:

This is the bedroom:

This is the girl:

That's the boy:

Oh!

.(music) [Humming]

Wheat speculators,

fortunes made in soybeans:

Boy, it sure looks like

a whole bunch of people got rich during the war:

Honey, you came back:

A lot of other men didn't:

Yeah:

You're right:

So, what are we gonna do

now that you're back.

And there's no room for you

on Mount Rushmore?

Well, I was kind of thinking

I'd play shortstop for the Yankees:

That's a very good idea:

I could meet you in the locker room.

And we can fool around:

You realize the only thing I know how to do

is fly, and a duck can do that:

What about the commercial airlines?

What about 'em?

There's seven of them.

And 14,000 decommissioned pilots:

Well, how about United?

I mean, how about

a 2:
00 p: M: Appointment with the guy.

That heads up the whole damn thing?

- Could that be done?

- From Bill Fraser, one phone call:

Yeah:

I'll call him:

He completed the United Airlines

training program.

Despite some disciplinary problems:

For some months, it went well.

Until the colonel hit a superior officer

and was summarily discharged:

He applied for positions at Pan American,

T:
W: A: And American.

And was rejected:

He is having difficulty

adjusting to civilian life:

What about his personal life?

There is friction in his marriage:

During the war,

with the colonel away.

Like many wives of servicemen.

Madame Douglas manifested

a small drinking problem.

Which has, as a result

of that friction.

Now recurred to some slight degree:

And, uh-

That is all:

Thank you:

Can you tell me how long you wish me

to continue with this investigation?

Until I tell you otherwise:

.(music) [Classical]

You know how much

I hate things like this:

- Why do you insist that I attend?

- My dear, I do not insist:

- Your host insists:

- I've never met the man:

How does he come to have

such a power over me?

Constantin Demeris is not

the kind of man to whom people say no:

Though you seem to say it

to him with some frequency:

I still don't understand why he wants me

to attend his foolish dinner:

Because he's a king,

and you are the queen:

It is perfectly normal:

Excuse me:

- Constantin:

- Armand:

May I introduce Mademoiselle Noelle Page:

Constantin Demeris:

Good evening:
I am so pleased

that you were able to come here tonight:

How could I ignore

such a gracious invitation?

Well, you ignored two others:

Did I? My:

And what would have happened

if I ignored this one?

[Chuckles]

It would have been the last one:

Excuse me:

My family was very poor:

My father was a stevedore:

There were 14 children.

And we had to fight

for our bread at the table:

I was lucky:

I was born with a talent for mathematics:

I learned to quickly estimate

the odds against me:

And then, I beat them:

Some people encouraged me

along the way:

Others snubbed or cheated me:

But in my mind, in my heart.

There is an indelible record

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