The Wasp Woman (1959) ROGER CORMAN

[Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] so [Music] so [Music] foreign [Music] now don't get nasty my little friends your pup is not going to hurt you one bit just relax and sleep sleep sleep sleep and in the morning you'll find yourselves in your new home am i pissed [Music] so [Music] [Music] um [Music] [Music] so [Music] so [Music] good morning doc what you got there aaron i found some new friends listen [Music] you better be careful they can sting a man to death don't worry we understand each other they know who their friend is they can tell yeah but they know when you ain't too if you knew about wasps what i know you'd have no fear of them avoid no fear hey you give us a hand here hello there mr barker hell surprise to see you out here in the field sir oh how are things running at the front office smooth as honey renfro i see here you turned in over a thousand pounds of orange blossom honey and 400 of beeswax last month renfro congratulations you've made the top of the list again thank you sir holiday honey needs your kind of manner in front you stay with it and i can see a bright future for you with the company well i do try to do my best mr barker i try to take my inspiration from the bees always busy busy busy yes uh what about this fellow dr xenthrop cynthia boy there's a nut him and his bees you know wouldn't surprise me someday to see him flapping his arms taken off after some queen bee with the rest of the drones um well he's paid to do research on royal jelly i haven't had a progress report from him in a month oh he has a little workshop up there back of the orange grove keeps a few colonies i suppose i better go up there and take a look hey you where's this fellow zynthrup guys up where the extractor is up there hey this isn't a honeybee these are wasps wasps who's responsible for this most likely dr xenthrop sir i told you it was a crackpot synthra huh [Music] synthrop now look here zinfrep what's all this nonsense about wasps i'm so glad you dropped in mr vodka mr barker i'm on the verge of a great discovery discovery what do you mean well sir i almost perfected a new method of extracting royal jelly from the queen washington according to my figures you're better at extracting funds from the company now look here zinthrop over a thousand dollars last month for miscellaneous yes yes i know but mr bartlett let me just show you something just let me show you something already i've learned to slow the process of aging soon i shall be able to reverse it entirely what are you getting at zinthrip look what do you see see a big dog and a little dog let's say an old dog and a young dog all right so what well they're exactly the same age you see the little one greater has been given regular injections of my compound from the queen wasp just like i told you mr barker now look here zentra i understand about science and progress and all that but you were attained to extract queen bee royal jelly now it's a health food a cosmetic it's not a a miracle drug or an elixir of youth that sort of thing is impossible all but mr parkinson's i'm i'm sorry zinthrop but i'm gonna have to let you go you just don't seem to be one of the team yeah you understand good luck i'm sure you'll fit in somewhere fit in somewhere oh no now don't worry my friend we shall find a home somehow somewhere oh it's a sound impatient i know it's your beings huh they're hungry and they must be filled now now how would you like a nice juicy little caterpillar yeah you'd like that wouldn't you then oh you must eat them and be strong because oh a lot of work to do together yes sir [Music] a lot of work [Music] as you can see gentlemen sales for the last fiscal quarter have dropped fourteen and one-half percent there's not been a corresponding drop in our competitor sales i trust one of you gentlemen has a satisfactory explanation for this decline not one little suggestion gentlemen we'll start with you thompson as public relations manager no doubt you have some faint glimmering of what's happening to stalin products well thompson well you see i uh had no idea you're such an excellent public speaker thompson oh i'm sorry miss darling i guess i'm not feeling very well this morning i'm sorry you aren't i think i can tell you why stalin products are falling off so badly miss starlin we're listening lane where would you put the responsibility for this decline on you ms starlin i imagine you have arguments to support that contention we've all been looking at it for the past 20 minutes the most convincing argument is right on that graph may i show you thank you now right here in april is when starlin sales started falling off very clever of you lane would you mind waiting until i finished with stalin that's enough lane relax willis my apologies for the interruption go on thank you as i said sales began to fall in april but the reason for the fall was back here in february the starlin products have always been thought of as something of a a modern miracle in the cosmetics trade a firm built to a multi-million dollar a year business on the strength and appeal of of one person janice stalin from the beginning right through until february of this year only one woman's face was used to advertise those products your face ms starlin the public have come to accept you as a as a symbol well now after 16 years they see a different face they don't trust it they feel cheated the simple fact is that stalin cosmetics should have janice stalin's picture advertising them well that's about all i've got to say and i've done good job of saying it too i agree elaine makes a lot of sense on that score ms stalin i think i've had enough flattery for one morning gentlemen it was a very convincing argument to see the stars there's only one small factor you've overlooked not even janice stalin can remain a glamour girl forever miss darling yes mary there's mr xenthrop in reception he says he has an appointment thank you huh this has been a very informative get-together that'll be all for now take it easy hot shot something on your mind ms dolan you've done some work on royal jelly haven't you a little are there any real therapeutic values in it well i'd say so because uh a lot depends on each individual's reaction to the stuff what do you mean it's just that no two people reacted precisely the same way one man's meat's another man's poison oh that you think royal jelly can be beneficial in some cases queen bees said a lot of snow by it i'll accept that as an affirmative answer supposing a more powerful form of royal jelly could be obtained from the queen wasp for example i mean do you suppose that might have some rejuvenating effect on a human being i'd stay away from wasps if i were you miss darling socially the queen wasp is on level with a black widow spider they're both carnivorous they paralyze their victims and then take their time devouring them alive they kill their mates in the same way too strictly a one-sided romance well i'm not exactly interested in the love life of the queen wasp i want your opinion on the possibilities of using enzyme extracts from royal wasp jelly commercially well if you want an honest opinion miss stalin of course i want an honest opinion and my advice is forget about it thank you arthur anytime ms dolan i have mr xenthrop come in yes miss darling uh you can go in now sir oh oh come janice starlin enterprises [Music] is darling yes how do you do i'm afraid i won't be able to give you much time but it is i will give you the time i started oh yes plenty of time i give you ten maybe fifteen years i give you i want you to understand one thing very clearly mr center i expect absolute proof of what you claimed in your letter tangible proof not words such proof you shall get madame and more but i think i better show you in the laboratory yes look they look terrible why don't you put them out of their misery madam you ask for proof please be kind enough to look at proof you asked for may i proceed thank you now come come come in a few minutes madame you shall see a miracle you shall not believe oh no tricks you may look if you like i have no tricks well don't look at me i'm not changing [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] i don't believe it it's not possible [Music] i see you do not believe one animal so i bring two i uh i show you again yes yes i must be sure [Music] [Applause] [Music] all this darling with my uh secret heavy interest for you yes what are your terms mr central first i must have a laboratory equipped with everything i need for my research if we're successful well i ask for little percentage but i must get full credit to my discovery that is most important to me i'll have gordon draw out the contracts oh contrast contrast i do not need to give me your word good enough for me you amaze me frankly when i received your letter i thought you were just uh another eccentric but there was always a chance you might not be then you walk in here and show me nothing short of a miracle two miracles and you say that you'll accept my word that i won't cheat you you won't i know you're a good woman even if you do not like other people to know it however uh my formula may not be good for human beings i have not tested yet you will on me oh no no no no there might be danger those are my terms mr sintra janna stalin will be your next guinea pig very well though it may take a little time to prepare sufficient extract a week maybe more i'll make whatever arrangements you may need for your equipment thank you madam now i see how you're built all this i'm very close to losing it mr xenthrop maybe working together we can save janice darling enterprises maybe even make it bigger than ever before oh yes i'm sure the next three months we will see a rise in starlin sales that will surpass anything we've dared imagine mr xinthrop is working on the final stages of the development that will revolutionize the cosmetic industry he's to have a free hands in his experiments and will be answerable to no one but myself at the moment i cannot divulge the nature of mr xenthrop's experiments but i can assure you it will bring worldwide recognition to janice darling enterprises [Music] so [Music] i don't know this introvert must be the granddaddy of all confidence men taking a guy like stalin why doesn't somebody wise her up like you for instance bill what makes you think centrip really isn't on the level after all we don't even know what he's working on it could be very legitimate you're as bad as she is oh women men every time you're stuck to an answer you always come up with women you're not getting out of this one so easily i'd like to know why you think centric really hasn't got something well you can call it male intuition if you like it's just that there's something about this whole business it doesn't smell right the private laboratory the secret experiments xenthrop himself the only thing that's missing is a genie with a lamp you better leave the intuition to me i'll let you buy me dinner bye you dinner what's happening your sporting blood i thought we were going to toss for the check oh no you won the last three times all right look i'll make a deal with you dinner is on me if you promise to keep an eye on what goes on in there what do you want me to do read her mail and send you messages and secret code you could do worse oh no mr cooper not you too i've been trying to tell bright eyes here that i think xenthrop is a phony and a confidence man if i were sure of that i wouldn't be worried i think he's a lot more dangerous a quack well i don't follow you cope well a confidence man would just be interested in your money the only damage they can do is to your pocketbook a quack can be fatal [Music] so i says to him i says listen ivy i'm getting sick of this tv every night i mean you know we can do the same thing in a nightclub well oh [Music] good morning janice darlin enterprises i got two words for you drop dead twice irving cause me to tell me dr cyclops is on channel nine tonight what crust you've seen it twice already [Music] good morning [Music] is miss darling in her office now miss starlings in conference would you like to speak to her secretary oh no no no just say to ms darling i should like to see her when she has time yes was there something else mr xenther no no no no [Music] goodbye [Music] what a character a regular two eye doctor cyclone even the bow good morning may i see me zodling please he's a real weirdo i wonder what his game is who cares you know morton thinks he's a crackpot i heard him telling cooper so old bug eyes really has the execs worried what that's just it they don't know so anyway back to irving good morning and darling good morning good morning i couldn't get away any sooner is it important ms darling do you remember the big cat i showed you last week no what about it well i want you to look at him come no quite the difference yes that's incredible you're young again can you realize what that means you're a kitten again your whole life to live over how does it feel i think perhaps you'll be able to find out for yourself ms darling today today will be your first injection [Music] so doctors [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] mr gleeson of accounting on line three what is it gleason i sent you a memo mr xenthrop has cop launched to order anything he requires it is no concern of yours make out a check for the full amount sue mary can i talk to mr lane bill hey listen gleeson just got a bill for 2 300 [Applause] zinfrap enzyme extracts yes yes yes we are making progress there's great improvement in the tissue why is it taking so long it's the third week you forget my dear there's more to you than a little kitten now besides there's a difference in metabolism why not increase the dosage wouldn't that step up the process patience my dear patients who must dread lightly with care your hombres [Music] there you know i've been experimenting with the concentrated solution of the enzymes or a great deal more powerful than the solution i've been using in your injection oh yes and i think i think it will be better for lotions as an emollient lotion that will make estrogenic creams and all such products old-fashioned my dear stalin will be world famous bringing you to millions you're right xenthrop they're going to be a few red faces of my advertising department but i am right why your own mirror will tell you that i am right why you look at least five years younger than you look three weeks ago i know [Music] so [Music] [Applause] [Music] will you let me talk to bill a minute soon hey bill i think i've got it yeah i'm a nervous wreck [Music] lunch at lunch you'll have to translate for me coop i'm not very good at that technical stuff pseudo technical uh mr xinthrop's a very capable confidence man from what i read in this letter he claims he can stimulate the processes of rejuvenation through the use of enzymes extracted from wasps oh well what are you two sherlock's going to do about it right now i don't know frankly i'm getting tired of the whole business that woman's so intent on holding back time she's ready to fall for the first phony line she hears wasps bill face the facts mary janice starlin has built her whole life on youth and beauty now that she's losing them she's scared to death right now she's on cloud nine with that quack xenthrop that i'd hate to be around when she comes back down to earth well maybe we can let her down easy i think we owe her that much yeah what are we gonna do we can't just let zinther build up her hopes and then knock the props out from under her how can he do such a terrible thing poor jam there must be something we can do before it's too late he's got a mighty convincing argument very impressive to the layman ten to one he's got a record just as impressive a lot of ways to find out the answer might be right here in our hands heads i'm gonna keep this letter for a day or two wait a minute suppose she finds out it's gone i'm the only one with access to that desk she'll know i took it well it's a chance you have to take mary i think we can be pretty sure that coop knows what he's doing honey oh come on young lovers [Music] so [Music] [Music] foreign [Music] so [Music] oh [Music] so [Music] so [Music] me me [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] what is it maureen it is you mister of course it's me who did you think it was you look so different finish your nails maureen hmm i think your phone is ringing oh yes ms starlin good morning janice starlin enterprises gentlemen janice darlin enterprises is about to start on the most widespread publicity campaign in the history of the cosmetic industry our slogan will be return to youth with janice starlin when mr zinthrop arrives there will be a press interview and all questions regarding the rejuvenation process will be referred to him that'll be all for now gentlemen it's amazing it's wonderful marvelous i said that will be all for now gentlemen good morning oh not you mary wait a moment please yes mr mary isn't it wonderful it's a miracle a wonderful incredible miracle we were so worried about you we really thought you were in danger we even went to plotting how to how to rescue you from mr zinfrip it all seems so silly it seems ridiculous oh mary mary how old do i look tell me how old how old do i look tell me oh 23 maybe 22 12. that's how old i was when i started janice starlin enterprises do you realize what that means i'm back where i started 18 years ago with what it took 18 years to accomplish it's like a dream [Music] me [Music] [Music] [Music] 30 years ago a bunch of quacks were treating people with monkey glands seemed to work for a while and then the deterioration set in that's awful do you think that will happen to jan i don't know if i could just get inside of his lab and run a breakdown on what he's using [Music] um [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] hmm [Music] [Applause] [Music] mr zintro [Music] [Applause] [Music] mr zintro mr xenthrop [Music] so [Music] so [Music] [Applause] [Music] i want you to find it mr hellman i don't care what it costs we'll find him all right sooner or later we find them all time is vital mr hellman every hour he's gone it means more than you can possibly imagine well you haven't given me very much to go on no home address no former employer no phone this is just like starting from scratch mr zinthrock wasn't a a conventional employee he didn't go through regular personnel uh-huh you say he came here about a month ago well how did he come here miss darling he just didn't walk in off the street did he the letter right here in my drawer maybe uh one of the other drawers so that's what she meant what who meant starlin letter's been taken and you think you know who took it is that right by secretary miss dennison you got her address handy her phone number it might be better if i busted in on her cold this way she'll have a chance to prepare a story i know what i'm doing all right mary janet starlin but before i went to lunch i made a duplicate copy of mr zhendra's letter i was going to take that one to bill and mr cooper at first but then i thought that the original would be better have you got the copy yes it's in my desk get that copy miss dennison uh-huh 946 west 73rd street manhattan that's right get right on it jerry and check back with me as soon as you can [Music] so [Music] so yeah oh you're sure he's our boy uh-huh is he central emergency mm-hmm right well it looks like we've got him there's a john doe down at central emergency auto accident there's no identification on him but he was wearing a lab smock in phil xinthrop's description mary get my coat in line get a cab downstairs is he badly here head injury general contusions of the body he's had a severe injury and there's definite brain damage just how much we can't tell as yet how long before you'll know it's hard to say miss darling who's the best man for this kind of injury well there are several top specialists get the best i'll take full responsibility for the expenses yes mr [Music] i don't know i think at best we wait it's been three days since the accident jan and no sign of improvement he's still in a coma you heard what the doctor said he may never regain consciousness and even if he does who knows how badly his brain has been damaged well i'll give it another 48 hours he doesn't regain consciousness by then well you can take over the laboratory out there john is it's my decision [Music] [Music] um [Music] hmm it's incredible right in front of our noses i can't have used it all [Music] i could run a qualitative analysis [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] so always goes out of fritz right in the middle of a good program [Music] [Music] i want this to be the biggest advertising campaign in the history of cosmetic advertising every newspaper and magazine in the country will be flooded with our new slogan return to youth with janice darwin excuse me uh miss darling what is it thompson i think we should be a little conservative miss darling cosmetics are one thing medications another we're liable to run into trouble yes all advertising copy will be clear through your office well it's a touchy business you know max is right miss darling you don't have to second the motion name i want one thing understood very clearly now gentlemen janice stalin enterprises is going to bring the most fantastically saleable product ever developed by modern cosmetics to the public and i don't intend to be restricted by timidity on the part of my own staff is that clear [Music] are you all right mr harlot it's just just a little headache mary i'm fine can i get you something i'm alright thank you i have some aspirin in my cruise it's all right mary [Music] well that'll be all for now gentlemen [Music] [Applause] [Music] hi hi sweetie gee i sure hope they give the girls working at starlin first crack of that new stuff imagine being 18 again i guess if it can take 15 years off stalin i can take 10 of you what do you mean 10 face it honey this is maureen you're talking to yeah well if i were you i take a double dose then maybe irving wouldn't watch television so much so who says he looks at it i can't imagine what else he does three guesses say did cooper come in yet missed a board meeting this morning i bet starlin's having a fit he should worry see you later bye honey [Music] hi pretty puss you know where um miss darling's office is [Music] sweet number one la dee da the duchess of flatbush yourself how'd you like to have this phone wrapped around your ear wise guy it's more like it sister sweet number one [Music] thank you [Applause] mr arlen oh what is it mary is there anything i can do yes is uh is mr synthrop's room ready uh-huh the nurse is fixing the emergency equipment now and the ambulance is due any minute be sure to let me know when it arrives oh mary please before you go could you see if you could work that thing oh sure i've seen lots of oh simple enough that'll be all mary thank you we've had a room especially made over for you mr zintra and miss warren has a room of joining yours so there'll be someone near you at all times thank you thank you when you're feeling better mr center there are a few things i'd like to discuss with you good good we'll do everything we can to make you comfortable mr xenthrop i'm going to spend the nights here in my office so if anything develops i'll be in hand thank you thank you i must tell you something important but important but uh remember i'm sure it can wait right now the main thing is to get you back to hell take good care of him miss warren yes ms darling sure is funny about old coop and this is one day of work and you're ready to call missing person well he's a pretty conscientious guy honey if he felt sick or something he'd have called in relax we'll probably be in dragon interrupting something oh we were just having a little coffee clatch miss starlin we were talking about mr cooper what about mr cooper well about us missing the meeting this morning nobody's been able to reach him all day i wouldn't worry about that mr cooper's been here a long time probably feels he's entitled to take a day for himself now and then that's what i've been trying to tell mr lane oh by the way miss starlin how is mr zinthrop oh fine in a few days we'll uh start the layouts for the campaign oh i'm ready when you are boss look that's okay hey bill don't go get any ideas about the boss or me don't be silly i just wanted to know that i'm an eager member of the team still she is looking a lot younger these days isn't she you think xenthirt would give you any of those treatments you know break a watch or something [Music] guarantee this too [Music] [Music] what what's that what lie back now you just had a bad dream lie down now go to sleep such a horrible sound like like a nightmare it's a bad dream lie down tell mr green that personnel is his responsibility i have other things to think about than worrying whether the night watchman walked off the job well that's just it miss darling mr green feels that the watchman never left the building his lunch pail and his raincoat are still in the basement i don't want to hear anything more about it mary i reckon starlin we'll use these she swears she heard a scream from one of the other floors zinther heard it too but she convinced him he was having a bad dream oh maybe they both were that's not funny anymore mary there's something going on in that building and i'm gonna find out what it is wow have a look around cooper's lab for one thing after that i don't know hold it steady bill this is crazy we can really get in trouble i won't tire in this warrant but it is important right mr allen i'll be in my room synthrop syndrome you've got to help me something's happening something's happening to me i can't control it there is something i must remember but i can't try to think the wasp enzymes the extracts you you were experimenting with before the accident try to think well this is xenthrop's notebook mary notes on his experiments with jan well how did cooper get hold of it i don't know if only coop would show up mary look it's mr cooper's pipe but don't you get it he's going to go out without his pants and leave that pipe behind he's still somewhere in the building i bet a year's salary on it if he is he's dead [Music] and the night watchman [Music] there's only enough left for one more injection one more you've got to make more synthetic help me please [Music] [Applause] [Music] uh [Music] is he asleep i don't know [Music] phil don't touch him if anybody knows what's behind all this it's him bill look at [Music] [Applause] [Music] well her coat purse and everything else are still in there she wouldn't wobble out her purse bill let's get out of here i don't like it i can't i think the cat must warn her mr center who are you well there's nothing to be alarmed about mr zinther i'm bill lane and this is miss dennis and miss stalin's secretary the kirk what about a cat must warner injections must not take any more injections is miss darling in danger terrible danger i'm i must take it easy if you're still pretty weak mary see if you can get jan on the phone all right there's no answer oh miss darling is that you mary where are you we're in the building we're in mr xentrap's room something's happened there let me talk to him hello mr allen this is lane why are you and mary still in the building uh myself all right myself i must i must go on to i must help you must not hold me back i'm don't worry mr central we won't let anything happen to this dog hello hello what's going on down there stay in your office i'll be right up keep an eye on synthetic i'm going upstairs oh no no no take it easy you do not understand miss darling she's in danger i must warn you i'll have to stay here you go for jan when you get up there call the police you can't get outside on this phone all right all right [Applause] [Music] besides [Music] please open the door please will you please call the police what though look i don't have time to marry [Applause] i'm sorry i had to do that there's no diapers daria now what is this the enzymes the enzymes they've gone crazy sure mr center if i you just relax and take it easy everything will be all right we'll take care of those do not understand you do not understand that girl you shouldn't have sent her upstairs she's in danger you must stop her before it is too late okay as soon as the cops get here we'll talk oh you're full you fool this darling will kill her and tear her body to shreds stalin kill mary miss stalin is not a human being any longer the enzymes have changed she will destroy the girl as a female wasp would destroy her enemies and then devour the remains then bill found mr zinthrop's notebook in cooper's desk oh now there's no mistake we've got to call the police now now mary you're just getting a little excited who could possibly want to hurt mr coop i don't know it's not only mr cooper what [Music] [Applause] wow [Music] mary [Music] laboratory she's going to leprechaun get up the stairs [Music] mary oh [Music] [Applause] you're the one from here [Applause] [Music] [Music] mary [Music] [Music] so [Music] you

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Keywords: Roger Corman, Jack Hill, youth formula, horror, Susan Cabot, Anthony Eisley, Barboura Morris, Wasp Woman (1959)

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Length: 73min 5sec (4385 seconds)

Published: Fri Sep 27 2019