Portrait of Jocelyn story
Married couple Mark and Debbie's first anniversary is ruined when a portrait they commissioned is revealed to be of Mark's first wife, Jocelyn, who has been missing for five years. Debbie believes that Mark stills loves Jocelyn and urges him to find the truth. With the help of Mark's friend Jeff, Mark tracks down the painter, Arthur Clymer, who claims to have been married to Jocelyn and killed her in a jealous rage. Mark attacks Clymer, because he described how Mark killed Jocelyn five years ago. Clymer is actually a police officer, and worked together with Jeff to get a confession out of Mark. Directed by: Robert Stevens. Story by: Edgar Marvin, Harold Swanton.
10 total · 4 major · 6 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| husband and wife | major | Mark and Debbie Halliday. |
| romantic jealousy | major | Debbie was jealous of Mark's ex-wife. |
| romantic love | major | Mark confessed in the end, as Jocelyn had rightly accused him, that he still loved Jocelyn after all these years. |
| spouse murder | major | It transpires that Mark had in fact killed his ex-wife five years ago. |
| doppelgänger | minor | The possibility was briefly entertained that Jocelyn had a look-alike, which would have explain the mysterious portrait. |
| extramarital affair | minor | Jocelyn had been caught red-handed by Mark who killed her in a rage. |
| law enforcement | minor | Arthur revealed himself to be a police officer. |
| painting | minor | Arthur pretended to be the artist who'd painted a portrait of Jocelyn. |
| remorse | minor | Arthur claimed to feel remorse about killing Jocelyn. |
| sculpture | minor | Arthur pretended to be the artist who'd sculpted a bust of Jocelyn. |