FROM THE VAULT: JULIE PREPARES TO MEET DOUG
In celebration of Susan Seaforth Hayes' upcoming 50th anniversary of playing Julie on December 11, here's a look back at Episode # 1134, which aired May 7, 1970. In this episode, Julie meets a charming man named Doug Williams. Here are the scenes leading up to their first meeting. Those scenes will be posted this weekend. (Note: Although Brent had already started going by the name Doug, his lines were still being listed as Brent).
EPISODE # 1134
AIRDATE: May 7, 1970
ACT TWO
INT. SUSAN'S LIVING ROOM (PICK UP SUSAN AND BRENT IN MID-CONVERSATION)
BRENT: Now, you know Salem better than I do. Name the best restaurant and I'll take you there. You deserve to be seen by as many people as possible.
SUSAN: You know, you can be very charming. Which I appreciate. Because the people we will be with tonight...
BRENT (puzzled): The people we will be with?
SUSAN: Did I forget to tell you? We're going to have dinner with Scott and Julie Banning...friends of mine. They want me to see their new apartment.
BRENT: Oh. Whatever you say, it's fine with me.
SUSAN: Actually, both Scott and Julie are rather important people to me. I'd appreciate it if you'd make a special effort to let our hostess feel that she, and the evening, have been a great success.
BRENT: Consider it done. (a little puzzled) You say they are rather important people to you?
SUSAN: I'm rather fond of their son, David.
BRENT: All right, I'll turn on all my charm.
SUSAN: They'll probably want to know about you, so let's say you're an investment counselor who's just moved to Salem and who plans to open an office here very soon.
BRENT (with a smile): In other words, soft-pedal my career as a dancing instructor and nightclub entertainer!
(SUSAN STUDIES HIM A MOMENT, VERY SOBER)
SUSAN: Let me put it this way...just be yourself. I find you...have a real charm about you, Doug. You can be very disarming when you want to be. And...for my sake...I want you to be this way tonight.
BRENT: I don't track you as to why tonight is so important to you...
SUSAN: Let's say I want my friends to like you as much as I do.
BRENT: That's a very nice compliment, Susan. I wasn't at all sure I had made a good impression on you...
SUSAN: If you make half as good an impression on our hostess...I'll be most happy. And, if the evening goes well, I wish you would suggest that the four of us go out to the Collonade Room tomorrow evening. It will be my party, Doug...but I want the invitation to come from you.
BRENT: How will I know if the evening has gone well or not?
SUSAN: You'll be able to tell by looking at me.
BRENT: I'm not quite certain what this is all about, Susan. But I've felt that way from the first moment I met you.
SUSAN: It's my guess that women always follow your lead, don't they?
BRENT: They always have.
SUSAN: Do you mind playing the game my way for a change?
BRENT: Where you're concerned, I'll play any game you have in mind. (beat, with meaning) Gladly.
(AND TAKE THE TWO OF THEM, STUDYING EACH OTHER, ENJOYING THE FENCING MATCH)
ACT THREE
FADE IN: INT. SCOTT AND JULIE'S LIVING ROOM (OPEN ON JULIE, PUTTING OUT A TRAY OF HORS D'OEUVRES, CHECKING ON LAST-MINUTE ARRANGEMENTS. THERE ARE FRESH FLOWERS IN THE ROOM, EVERYTHING LOOKS LOVELY, INCLUDING JULIE, WHO WEARS A BECOMING HOSTESS GOWN. CAMERA PULLS BACK TO INCLUDE SCOTT, AS JULIE SMILES AT HIM)
JULIE: I hope everything goes all right tonight...
SCOTT: You're...a little nervous, aren't you?
JULIE: I suppose I am, a little. I can't help wondering what Susan's attitude will be, if there won't be undercurrents...
SCOTT: If there are, she'll hide them...for David's sake.
JULIE (very simply): Thank you, Scott...for trying to remember to call our son...David.
SCOTT: I don't want to confuse him...more than necessary.
JULIE: I'm very grateful to Susan, for coming over tonight. I know she's doing it for David, more than anyone else.
(AT THIS MOMENT, THE DOORBELL RINGS. TAKE JULIE, LOOKING AT SCOTT. THERE IS A MOMENT'S HESITATION)
JULIE: You know something? I'm glad Susan's bringing a date. I think it was very...wise of her. Because we'll all have to pretend a little, in front of a stranger.
(AND ON THAT NOTE, SHE TURNS TO ANSWER THE DOOR)
COMING THIS WEEKEND: Julie meets Doug!
In celebration of Susan Seaforth Hayes' upcoming 50th anniversary of playing Julie on December 11, here's a look back at Episode # 1134, which aired May 7, 1970. In this episode, Julie meets a charming man named Doug Williams. Here are the scenes leading up to their first meeting. Those scenes will be posted this weekend. (Note: Although Brent had already started going by the name Doug, his lines were still being listed as Brent).
EPISODE # 1134
AIRDATE: May 7, 1970
ACT TWO
INT. SUSAN'S LIVING ROOM (PICK UP SUSAN AND BRENT IN MID-CONVERSATION)
BRENT: Now, you know Salem better than I do. Name the best restaurant and I'll take you there. You deserve to be seen by as many people as possible.
SUSAN: You know, you can be very charming. Which I appreciate. Because the people we will be with tonight...
BRENT (puzzled): The people we will be with?
SUSAN: Did I forget to tell you? We're going to have dinner with Scott and Julie Banning...friends of mine. They want me to see their new apartment.
BRENT: Oh. Whatever you say, it's fine with me.
SUSAN: Actually, both Scott and Julie are rather important people to me. I'd appreciate it if you'd make a special effort to let our hostess feel that she, and the evening, have been a great success.
BRENT: Consider it done. (a little puzzled) You say they are rather important people to you?
SUSAN: I'm rather fond of their son, David.
BRENT: All right, I'll turn on all my charm.
SUSAN: They'll probably want to know about you, so let's say you're an investment counselor who's just moved to Salem and who plans to open an office here very soon.
BRENT (with a smile): In other words, soft-pedal my career as a dancing instructor and nightclub entertainer!
(SUSAN STUDIES HIM A MOMENT, VERY SOBER)
SUSAN: Let me put it this way...just be yourself. I find you...have a real charm about you, Doug. You can be very disarming when you want to be. And...for my sake...I want you to be this way tonight.
BRENT: I don't track you as to why tonight is so important to you...
SUSAN: Let's say I want my friends to like you as much as I do.
BRENT: That's a very nice compliment, Susan. I wasn't at all sure I had made a good impression on you...
SUSAN: If you make half as good an impression on our hostess...I'll be most happy. And, if the evening goes well, I wish you would suggest that the four of us go out to the Collonade Room tomorrow evening. It will be my party, Doug...but I want the invitation to come from you.
BRENT: How will I know if the evening has gone well or not?
SUSAN: You'll be able to tell by looking at me.
BRENT: I'm not quite certain what this is all about, Susan. But I've felt that way from the first moment I met you.
SUSAN: It's my guess that women always follow your lead, don't they?
BRENT: They always have.
SUSAN: Do you mind playing the game my way for a change?
BRENT: Where you're concerned, I'll play any game you have in mind. (beat, with meaning) Gladly.
(AND TAKE THE TWO OF THEM, STUDYING EACH OTHER, ENJOYING THE FENCING MATCH)
ACT THREE
FADE IN: INT. SCOTT AND JULIE'S LIVING ROOM (OPEN ON JULIE, PUTTING OUT A TRAY OF HORS D'OEUVRES, CHECKING ON LAST-MINUTE ARRANGEMENTS. THERE ARE FRESH FLOWERS IN THE ROOM, EVERYTHING LOOKS LOVELY, INCLUDING JULIE, WHO WEARS A BECOMING HOSTESS GOWN. CAMERA PULLS BACK TO INCLUDE SCOTT, AS JULIE SMILES AT HIM)
JULIE: I hope everything goes all right tonight...
SCOTT: You're...a little nervous, aren't you?
JULIE: I suppose I am, a little. I can't help wondering what Susan's attitude will be, if there won't be undercurrents...
SCOTT: If there are, she'll hide them...for David's sake.
JULIE (very simply): Thank you, Scott...for trying to remember to call our son...David.
SCOTT: I don't want to confuse him...more than necessary.
JULIE: I'm very grateful to Susan, for coming over tonight. I know she's doing it for David, more than anyone else.
(AT THIS MOMENT, THE DOORBELL RINGS. TAKE JULIE, LOOKING AT SCOTT. THERE IS A MOMENT'S HESITATION)
JULIE: You know something? I'm glad Susan's bringing a date. I think it was very...wise of her. Because we'll all have to pretend a little, in front of a stranger.
(AND ON THAT NOTE, SHE TURNS TO ANSWER THE DOOR)
COMING THIS WEEKEND: Julie meets Doug!
