And So Died Riabouchinska story
Detective Krovitch investigates the murder of juggler Luke Ockham in a theater. His suspicions fall on John Fabian, a ventriloquist with a fixation on his female dummy, Riabouchinska. Riabouchinska, seemingly acting independent of Fabian's control, insists on telling Krovitch the truth that Fabian killed Ockham, because Ockham threatened to expose Fabian and Riabouchinska's love affair to the world. Riabouchinska declares she can no longer love Fabian and stops moving, while Fabian is arrested by Krovitch. Directed by: Robert Stevenson. Story by: Ray Bradbury, Mel Dinelli.
10 total · 1 choice · 5 major · 4 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| obsessive love | choice | John's obsession with his dummy was clearly to the detriment of his marriage. |
| forbidden love | major | Fabian murdered Ockham because Ockham threatened to expose Fabian's love for a ventriloquist's doll to the world. |
| law enforcement | major | A police detective was investigating the murder of a juggler in a theater. |
| murder | major | A police detective was hot on Fabian's trail over the murder a juggler in a theater. |
| the entertainment industry | major | We saw some on stage and some behind the scenes goings on at a comedy club. |
| ventriloquism | major | The story explores the professional ventriloquist Fabian's pathological love for a ventriloquist's doll. We saw Fabian perform his ventriloquist act on stage. |
| anthropomorphic object come to life | minor | The dummy Jerry used to perform his ventriloquist act may have been inhabited by the mind of his former assistant. |
| extramarital affair | minor | Alice confessed having turned to another man for love in the past. |
| husband and wife | minor | John and Alice Fabian. |
| jealousy | minor | Fabian's wife confessed to being jealous of his female ventriloquist's dummy. |