Into Thin Air story

ahp1x05 · 1955-10-30

Paris, 1899. British Mrs. Winthrop and her daughter Diana are on their way home via France, and check into a Paris hotel. Mrs. Winthrop is suddenly ill, and the hotel doctor sends Diana to his home for medicine. When Diana returns, the front-desk clerk and other hotel employees claim to have no recollection of her, nor is there any record that the Winthrops were ever there. Diana goes to the embassy, where her story is believed only by Basil Farnham. Diana and Basil demand to see the room, which is very different from Diana's description, but Diana rips off the wallpaper, proving that there is a conspiracy at hand. The cover-up is revealed to have been set in place by the French government, because Mrs. Winthrop, who is now dead, had the bubonic plague. Based on the Legend of the Vanishing Lady. Directed by: Don Medford. Story by: Marian Cockrell.

9 total · 6 major · 3 minor

Theme	Level	Motivation
coping with a loved one being in peril	major	Diana worried about her mother who was gravely ill and seemed to have vanished.
coping with a loved one being missing	major	Diana worried about her mother who was gravely ill and seemed to have vanished.
mother and daughter	major	Mrs. Winthrop and Diana.
the hospitality industry	major	Most of the story took place at a hotel and many of the characters were employed there.
what if I told the truth and nobody would believe me	major	Diana was adamant about having previously been at the hotel but the hotel staff gave every indication that they'd had no prior contact with her.
what if someone couldn't remember me anymore	major	When Diana returned to her hotel she found that the people there inexplicably did not remember her at all.
conspiracy theory	minor	Diana was chastised for insisting on facts that implied a ridiculous conspiracy.
medical occupation	minor	Mrs. Winthrop was briefly attended to by a physician.
the plague	minor	Mrs. Winthrop had succumbed to the bubonic plague, we learned.