1954, PLAYMATES with Natalie Wood and Alan Napier, a ghost story

Описание: This is "The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse" Aug 29, 1954 episode, "Playmates"
with Natalie Wood, Alan Napier played Alfred in the 1960’s Batman TV series, Moyna MacGill, Linda Green and Nelson Welch
A very young Natalie Wood plays the part of Monica who has been orphaned when she was a baby after her parents were killed in an accident. Monica’s reclusive Uncle Steven Everton takes her in where they have just moved to a very large and remote house in the English countryside. A Vicar from the Catholic church in the nearby village calls on the uncle to introduce himself and invite Mr. Everton and Monica to church. After meeting the young girl, the Vicar concludes that she appears to be depressed and invites her to Sunday School where she would have fun and learn to be more like other boys and girls. Uncle Everton declines the invitation with the explanation that he would be schooling the young lady in all of her studies including religion. He goes on to say that he is not happy with other children and that they are lacking. He blames this on public schools.
That same day the Vicar stops by Monica is ask by the housekeeper/tutor to go to her room to read as she was sitting in the way at the bottom of the stairs in the entryway. Monica claims she not like her room and instead goes to a larger room near hers. Inside this room is a window seat and a bench. After some time the house keeper relates to Uncle Everton that Monica spends most of her time in this room and can be heard dancing and singing but most disturbing are her bouts of conversation with herself. After a visit with Monica in the room that only she refers to as the school room her uncle is slightly perplexed when she claims that she plays with and learns things from her playmates and that there are many toys to play with in the empty room. After Uncle Steven walks out Monica begins to quietly calls out two names, Mary and Elsie. “Mary, Elsie, its alright. You can come out now”
I will not spoil the ending. Who are these imaginary friends of Monica’s? Watch and find out.