In "Overture in Two Keys," Joan Bennett stars as a wife who becomes involved with one of her husband's students.
As the episode opens, Mrs. Franzie Allen is in a hospital bed. She tells the nurse that she can't sleep despite the medicine she is being given. The nurse tells her that the problem is all in her mind.
Franzie ponders the irony. She is in a hosptial bed now because that was the very problem with her second husband, Mark. His troubles were all in his mind...troubles that began after he killed her first husband!
Everything had started innocently enough the day that Mark Allen arrived in California to study...
"Overture in Two Keys" was written by Marvin Wald and Pamela Wilcox. William Spier produced and directed. Joan Bennett starred. Also appearing were Howard Duff, Hans Conried and William Johnstone. This episode aired on January 16, 1947.
hi! apologies if it’s hiding in plain sight, but i’m trying to find out who wrote the music for this episode. it went beyond the usual interstitial music since there was what i think was an original piano piece that figured in the plot.
i’m guessing it’s bernard hermann (since there’s true dissonance in the piano piece - it sounds like actual classical music of the period).
thanks for any information!!
Posted by: mark orton | February 17, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Hi Mark, Thanks for the question. It is a good one. But, I am afraid I don't know the answer!
Posted by: Christine | February 19, 2025 at 11:51 AM