Mary LaRoche

A frustrated father does battle with his stepdaughter's talking doll, whose vocabulary includes such phrases as 'I hate you' and 'I'm going to kill you'.

Mae Young runs out on her gambler boyfriend, changes her name, and takes a job in Kitty's saloon, where she makes fast friends with easygoing Tobe Hostader.

Quint is falsely accused of a crime, and the bigotry of some of the townspeople blinds them from the truth.

In a quiet suburban home, noted playwright Gregory West is admiring an attractive blonde woman, Mary, who is making him a martini. She chastises him for not working and he asks her to think of him. They kiss on the couch, unaware that a woman is at the window looking in: Victoria West, Gregory's wife. She enters the house and knocks at the door. Mary wonders if he's afraid and he tells her he has to 'do it' again. Gregory goes to his study door and unlocks it, and Victoria comes in to find that Mary has vanished.Victoria looks desperately around the study while Gregory feigns innocence. She notices he has a pair of scissors, and asks if he has a secret door while knocking on the walls. She finally admits she thought she saw someone through the window. They both share a laugh and Victoria describes the woman, which Gregory inadvertently fills in, giving himself away. Victoria demands an explanation and Gregory explains that when he describes his fictional characters on his Dictaphone, they become real. She assumes he's nuts and starts calling a psychiatrist, but he explains that he made Mary disappear by cutting out the piece of Dictaphone tape and burning it. When Victoria heads for the door, he convinces her to stay and starts dictating Mary in complete detail, describing how she comes into the house. Victoria manages to get the key from him and unlocks the door... only to hear footsteps outside. After a moment, Mary comes in.Victoria insists Gregory is making up the entire thing and Mary slipped out through a secret passage, and he's trying to drive her nuts. Mary is disappointed that Gregory only summoned her to prove a point. Victoria tries to get out but he locks the door again and demonstrates by burning the tape with Mary on it. Before she disappears, Mary tells him not to bring her back again. He asks for her forgiveness... and burns the tape. Mary disappears before Mary's astonished eyes. He promises not to do it again, b