1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:18,720 Roma wines presents Suspense. 2 00:00:18,720 --> 00:00:23,920 Roma wines made in California for enjoyment throughout the world. 3 00:00:23,920 --> 00:00:24,920 Salud. 4 00:00:24,920 --> 00:00:26,920 Your health, Signor. 5 00:00:26,920 --> 00:00:32,560 Roma wines toast the world. The wine for your table is Roma wine. 6 00:00:32,560 --> 00:00:36,720 Made in California for enjoyment throughout the world. 7 00:00:36,720 --> 00:00:42,720 This is the man in black here for the Roma wine company of Fresno, California. 8 00:00:42,720 --> 00:00:46,600 To introduce this weekly half hour of Suspense. 9 00:00:46,600 --> 00:00:52,520 Tonight in Hollywood Roma wines bring you the MGM star Miss Lucille Ball. 10 00:00:52,520 --> 00:00:57,920 The Suspense play which stars Miss Ball, which is produced and directed by William Spear, 11 00:00:57,920 --> 00:01:01,600 is called Dime a Dance. 12 00:01:01,600 --> 00:01:07,400 It deals, as you will presently know, with Broadway life and sudden death. 13 00:01:07,400 --> 00:01:09,760 Both set to music. 14 00:01:09,760 --> 00:01:13,600 And so with Dime a Dance and with the performance of Lucille Ball as a red haired young lady 15 00:01:13,600 --> 00:01:22,840 named Ginger Allen, Roma wines again hope to keep you in Suspense. 16 00:01:22,840 --> 00:01:24,440 Have you ever danced to the murder? 17 00:01:24,440 --> 00:01:27,080 It doesn't cost anymore for the extra thrill. 18 00:01:27,080 --> 00:01:28,520 It's only a dime. 19 00:01:28,520 --> 00:01:30,960 How could I do it, you say? 20 00:01:30,960 --> 00:01:32,840 I had to to save my own life. 21 00:01:32,840 --> 00:01:36,880 I'm a practice dancer in Joyland Palace. 22 00:01:36,880 --> 00:01:41,920 One of the places just off Broadway in the 40s, you know the kind of place. 23 00:01:41,920 --> 00:01:47,720 Second rate dance bands like Frankie Frohman's 15 Frolicers. 24 00:01:47,720 --> 00:01:49,960 I was late to work that night. 25 00:01:49,960 --> 00:01:53,440 I ran down Broadway scrambling through the crowd to the entrance of the Joyland. 26 00:01:53,440 --> 00:01:54,440 Fifty beautiful girls upstairs, boys. 27 00:01:54,440 --> 00:01:55,440 Come in and count them yourself. 28 00:01:55,440 --> 00:01:56,440 No one makes it ten cents a dance. 29 00:01:56,440 --> 00:01:57,440 The men will just get started. 30 00:01:57,440 --> 00:01:58,440 The music is the very- 31 00:01:58,440 --> 00:01:59,440 Hello, Max. 32 00:01:59,440 --> 00:02:00,440 Hey, Ginger. 33 00:02:00,440 --> 00:02:01,440 You better step on him. 34 00:02:01,440 --> 00:02:02,440 Marina's looking for you. 35 00:02:02,440 --> 00:02:03,440 You're late. 36 00:02:03,440 --> 00:02:04,440 He's burning. 37 00:02:04,440 --> 00:02:05,440 I know. 38 00:02:05,440 --> 00:02:06,440 Has Julie come in yet? 39 00:02:06,440 --> 00:02:07,440 Not yet. 40 00:02:07,440 --> 00:02:08,440 Fifty beautiful girls waiting to dance with us. 41 00:02:08,440 --> 00:02:09,440 Step right in. 42 00:02:09,440 --> 00:02:12,440 Four seconds, please. 43 00:02:12,440 --> 00:02:17,440 All three of you, step. 44 00:02:17,440 --> 00:02:18,440 Good evening. 45 00:02:18,440 --> 00:02:20,440 So you finally decided to come, did you? 46 00:02:20,440 --> 00:02:21,440 Hi, I'm Marina. 47 00:02:21,440 --> 00:02:22,440 Sorry I'm late. 48 00:02:22,440 --> 00:02:23,440 Hey, Audubon. 49 00:02:23,440 --> 00:02:24,440 It's okay, Julie. 50 00:02:24,440 --> 00:02:25,440 All the cash customers are waiting. 51 00:02:25,440 --> 00:02:28,360 I sent out the girls before all the years are here and you say I'm playing favorites. 52 00:02:28,360 --> 00:02:29,520 Well, blame it on Julie. 53 00:02:29,520 --> 00:02:30,520 She gave me a stand-up tonight. 54 00:02:30,520 --> 00:02:31,520 All right, so I'll blame it on Julie. 55 00:02:31,520 --> 00:02:32,520 Where is she? 56 00:02:32,520 --> 00:02:33,520 Isn't she here? 57 00:02:33,520 --> 00:02:34,520 No, she ain't home neither because I phoned her there 15 minutes ago. 58 00:02:34,520 --> 00:02:35,520 I thought she was with you. 59 00:02:35,520 --> 00:02:36,520 And I thought she was here. 60 00:02:36,520 --> 00:02:37,520 Hey, if this is no gag, what happens if I call her? 61 00:02:37,520 --> 00:02:38,520 I'll call her. 62 00:02:38,520 --> 00:02:39,520 If this is no gag, what happens to her? 63 00:02:39,520 --> 00:02:40,520 Well, that's what I'm beginning to wonder. 64 00:02:40,520 --> 00:02:41,520 Go on in and get your stuff on. 65 00:02:41,520 --> 00:02:42,520 Julie will be all right. 66 00:02:42,520 --> 00:02:43,520 Yeah, maybe she slipped in while you were busy counting tickets or something. 67 00:02:43,520 --> 00:02:44,520 See you right away, Marina. 68 00:02:44,520 --> 00:02:45,520 Thanks for being late and being teacher's pet. 69 00:02:45,520 --> 00:02:46,520 We've been entertained by Mom here while waiting for you. 70 00:02:46,520 --> 00:02:47,520 All right, lay off. 71 00:02:47,520 --> 00:02:48,520 Mom, throw me that foot powder. 72 00:02:48,520 --> 00:02:49,520 Looks like a heavy night out there. 73 00:02:49,520 --> 00:02:50,520 My feet still hurt from last night. 74 00:02:50,520 --> 00:02:51,520 Here you are, dear. 75 00:02:51,520 --> 00:02:52,520 That's the way I am, girlie. 76 00:02:52,520 --> 00:02:53,520 What I like every once in a while is the good juicy moose. 77 00:02:53,520 --> 00:02:54,520 I'm not a moose. 78 00:02:54,520 --> 00:02:55,520 I'm a moose. 79 00:02:55,520 --> 00:02:56,520 I'm a moose. 80 00:02:56,520 --> 00:02:57,520 I'm a moose. 81 00:02:57,520 --> 00:02:58,520 I'm a moose. 82 00:02:58,520 --> 00:02:59,520 I'm a moose. 83 00:02:59,520 --> 00:03:08,520 I'm a moose. 84 00:03:08,520 --> 00:03:30,520 I'm a moose. 85 00:03:30,520 --> 00:03:45,520 I'm a moose. 86 00:03:45,520 --> 00:03:50,520 I'm a moose. 87 00:03:50,520 --> 00:04:09,520 I'm a moose. 88 00:04:09,520 --> 00:04:14,520 I'm a moose. 89 00:04:14,520 --> 00:04:17,720 That's your, Marino. Think we're giving a free show in here? 90 00:04:17,720 --> 00:04:22,120 Ah, you couldn't interest anybody in that chassis of yours even with a set of dishes thrown in. 91 00:04:22,120 --> 00:04:24,520 All right, all of you, file out. I got something to tell Ginger. 92 00:04:24,520 --> 00:04:27,920 Ah, come on, get out. 93 00:04:27,920 --> 00:04:29,920 Uh, Ginger, what I wanted to see you about... 94 00:04:29,920 --> 00:04:32,920 I know, I know, Marino. I put you in a spot. I'll be dressed in a minute, 95 00:04:32,920 --> 00:04:36,720 and if you ward off those garlic eaters tonight, I'll work twice as hard and make it up to you, Honest. 96 00:04:36,720 --> 00:04:39,720 I'm in no spot, Ginger, but you are. 97 00:04:39,720 --> 00:04:41,720 Marino, what's the matter? What's happened? 98 00:04:41,720 --> 00:04:43,320 The police want to see you, Ginger. 99 00:04:43,320 --> 00:04:46,120 Police? What for? I didn't do anything. 100 00:04:46,120 --> 00:04:48,320 I'm sorry, Ginger, but... 101 00:04:48,320 --> 00:04:49,720 Something's happened to Julie. 102 00:04:49,720 --> 00:04:52,120 That's what the police want to see you by. 103 00:04:52,120 --> 00:04:53,720 Julie's dead. 104 00:04:53,720 --> 00:04:54,720 Dead? 105 00:04:54,720 --> 00:04:55,720 Moted. 106 00:05:02,420 --> 00:05:07,520 Tonight in our suspense theater, death is a dancing thing. 107 00:05:07,520 --> 00:05:11,320 Roma Wines is bringing you Lucille Ball, a star of suspense. 108 00:05:11,320 --> 00:05:14,520 In the Cornell Woolwich story, dime a dance. 109 00:05:22,520 --> 00:05:26,920 You have heard the prologue for tonight's tale of suspense. 110 00:05:26,920 --> 00:05:31,320 Before we return to the scene of our drama, let me say just this. 111 00:05:31,320 --> 00:05:35,720 Few spots on the globe boast the unique and perfect combination of nature's gifts, 112 00:05:35,720 --> 00:05:38,520 which makes possible truly good wine. 113 00:05:38,520 --> 00:05:41,320 Wine which the whole world can enjoy. 114 00:05:41,320 --> 00:05:44,520 But wine experts will tell you that among those fortunate spots, 115 00:05:44,520 --> 00:05:47,920 none can surpass the vineyards of our own California. 116 00:05:47,920 --> 00:05:51,720 From these renowned California vineyards come Roma Wines. 117 00:05:51,720 --> 00:05:54,920 Wines so perfect in flavor, so delightful, 118 00:05:54,920 --> 00:05:58,120 that they are enjoyed in many countries of the world. 119 00:05:58,120 --> 00:06:01,120 To us in America, Roma Wines are an everyday treat, 120 00:06:01,120 --> 00:06:03,920 for we may buy them at an astonishingly low price, 121 00:06:03,920 --> 00:06:07,920 since we pay no import duties or expensive shipping costs. 122 00:06:07,920 --> 00:06:10,520 Do you enjoy a delicious, tangy sherry? 123 00:06:10,520 --> 00:06:14,320 Tomorrow, treat yourself to a glass of Roma California sherry. 124 00:06:14,320 --> 00:06:17,520 We're sure you will agree you've never tasted finer. 125 00:06:17,520 --> 00:06:23,920 With your first sip, you'll understand why Roma Wines are America's largest selling wine. 126 00:06:23,920 --> 00:06:28,120 Tomorrow, ask your dealer for your favorite type of Roma Wine, 127 00:06:28,120 --> 00:06:32,320 made in California for enjoyment throughout the world. 128 00:06:32,320 --> 00:06:36,720 And now it is with pleasure that Roma Wines bring back to our soundstage, 129 00:06:36,720 --> 00:06:39,720 Miss Lucille Ball in Dime a Dance. 130 00:06:39,720 --> 00:06:42,720 A tale well calculated to keep you in... 131 00:06:42,720 --> 00:06:44,720 ...sustains. 132 00:06:53,720 --> 00:06:57,320 All the way over in that police car with those two flat feet from homicide, 133 00:06:57,320 --> 00:07:00,320 I could see Marino's face when he said, murdered. 134 00:07:00,320 --> 00:07:02,320 Poor Marino. 135 00:07:02,320 --> 00:07:06,320 We got out and walked up to the third floor of the building, the Julie's room. 136 00:07:06,320 --> 00:07:08,320 Marino never said a word. 137 00:07:08,320 --> 00:07:10,320 All right, sister, in here. 138 00:07:10,320 --> 00:07:12,320 Is she... is she still in there? 139 00:07:12,320 --> 00:07:14,320 No, you won't have to look at her. 140 00:07:16,320 --> 00:07:18,320 Oh. 141 00:07:18,320 --> 00:07:19,320 How did it happen? 142 00:07:19,320 --> 00:07:20,320 Strangled. 143 00:07:20,320 --> 00:07:23,320 Why didn't she yell out? There were plenty of people around. 144 00:07:23,320 --> 00:07:25,320 Alec, Ginger, we're asking the question. 145 00:07:25,320 --> 00:07:29,320 Yeah, but since you raise it, we figured the person who could get close enough to kill Marino 146 00:07:29,320 --> 00:07:31,320 was someone she felt safe with. 147 00:07:31,320 --> 00:07:34,320 She was murdered by someone she trusted, by a friend. 148 00:07:34,320 --> 00:07:36,320 Well, I was the only friend she had. 149 00:07:36,320 --> 00:07:38,320 Yeah, so they'd tell us. 150 00:07:38,320 --> 00:07:40,320 Unless she had a boyfriend. 151 00:07:40,320 --> 00:07:41,320 And who was her boyfriend? 152 00:07:41,320 --> 00:07:42,320 Yeah. 153 00:07:42,320 --> 00:07:45,320 If she was strangled, where did all the blood come from? 154 00:07:47,320 --> 00:07:49,320 Flatfoot didn't answer Marino. 155 00:07:49,320 --> 00:07:53,320 He shut up all at once as if he didn't have the heart to tell us the rest of it. 156 00:07:53,320 --> 00:07:55,320 His eyes gave him away, though. 157 00:07:55,320 --> 00:07:58,320 I got the whole score just following his gaze around the room. 158 00:07:58,320 --> 00:08:00,320 First he looked at the little phonograph. 159 00:08:00,320 --> 00:08:04,320 By using bamboo needles, she could play it late at night. 160 00:08:04,320 --> 00:08:07,320 Soft, you know, so no one could hear it. 161 00:08:07,320 --> 00:08:13,320 The needle was worn down halfway, all shredded as though it had been played over and over. 162 00:08:14,320 --> 00:08:21,320 Then his eyes wandered to a flat piece of paper that had eight or ten shiny new dimes on it. 163 00:08:21,320 --> 00:08:24,320 Some had little brown flecks on them. 164 00:08:24,320 --> 00:08:37,320 Then his eyes went down to the rug, it was all pleated up in places, especially along the edges, as though something heavy, something lifeless, had been dragged back and forth over it. 165 00:08:40,320 --> 00:08:43,320 You mean he danced with her after he killed her? 166 00:08:43,320 --> 00:08:46,320 Gave her a dime a dance even then? 167 00:08:47,320 --> 00:08:49,320 Now will you tell us? 168 00:08:49,320 --> 00:08:50,320 Who was her boyfriend? 169 00:08:50,320 --> 00:08:51,320 Play that record. 170 00:08:51,320 --> 00:08:55,320 Maybe she'll remember some guy they both knew who was hept on the piece. 171 00:08:55,320 --> 00:08:57,320 He was the only one he played. 172 00:09:04,320 --> 00:09:12,320 You just must die for Butterfly. 173 00:09:12,320 --> 00:09:15,320 Turn it off! Stop it! Stop that music! 174 00:09:16,320 --> 00:09:18,320 That wasn't hers, she never had that record. 175 00:09:18,320 --> 00:09:20,320 Poor Butterfly, she hated it. 176 00:09:20,320 --> 00:09:23,320 She couldn't stand it. Someone brought that record here with him. 177 00:09:23,320 --> 00:09:26,320 Sure someone did. Maybe her boyfriend sort of... 178 00:09:26,320 --> 00:09:31,320 There was no boyfriend, it was someone who waited for her in that room in the dark and killed her before she could scream. 179 00:09:31,320 --> 00:09:35,320 It was the same madman who killed those two other dance hall girls. 180 00:09:35,320 --> 00:09:40,320 He pays a dime a dance. A dime a dance whether you're alive or dead. 181 00:09:40,320 --> 00:09:45,320 Back at the grind. The flat feet let me go, nobody told me anything. 182 00:09:45,320 --> 00:09:55,320 Sometime when you have nothing better to do you try dancing with a couple of hundred guys a night asking yourself each time one of them wraps his arms around you, is this the killer? 183 00:09:55,320 --> 00:09:58,320 Has he a knife in his hand behind my back? 184 00:09:58,320 --> 00:10:01,320 Say, can I see you a minute? 185 00:10:01,320 --> 00:10:02,320 Got a ticket? 186 00:10:02,320 --> 00:10:04,320 I'll be right back. 187 00:10:04,320 --> 00:10:10,320 Yeah, but I don't want to dance Ginger, I want to talk. 188 00:10:10,320 --> 00:10:12,320 Well it's your dime. 189 00:10:12,320 --> 00:10:15,320 Say, how do you know my name? 190 00:10:15,320 --> 00:10:17,320 What, just happened to? 191 00:10:17,320 --> 00:10:18,320 Who are you anyway? 192 00:10:18,320 --> 00:10:21,320 Recognize those two guys leaning against the wall? 193 00:10:21,320 --> 00:10:22,320 The two flat feet? 194 00:10:22,320 --> 00:10:24,320 And I'm the third, Nick's the name. 195 00:10:24,320 --> 00:10:27,320 What about Merk, about her boyfriend? 196 00:10:27,320 --> 00:10:31,320 Relax, we have proof it wasn't her boyfriend and it wasn't you. 197 00:10:31,320 --> 00:10:35,320 Oh, then you expect him to show up again after what he's done already, huh? 198 00:10:35,320 --> 00:10:37,320 We just got the report on those other two girls. 199 00:10:37,320 --> 00:10:40,320 They were killed by a maniac who played poor butterfly. 200 00:10:40,320 --> 00:10:43,320 Also the fingerprints in all three cases match. 201 00:10:43,320 --> 00:10:45,320 He'll keep it up until we get him. 202 00:10:45,320 --> 00:10:46,320 How do you know what he looks like? 203 00:10:46,320 --> 00:10:49,320 We don't, we only know he isn't through yet. 204 00:10:49,320 --> 00:10:51,320 That's why I was assigned to protect you. 205 00:10:51,320 --> 00:10:52,320 Protect me? 206 00:10:52,320 --> 00:10:53,320 Yep. 207 00:10:53,320 --> 00:10:57,320 Keep my eye on you all night while you work and then take you home right to your door. 208 00:10:57,320 --> 00:11:01,320 Now, Marina knows about the other two dicks, but no one knows about me. 209 00:11:01,320 --> 00:11:04,320 In fact, this headquarters told me not to tell even you. 210 00:11:04,320 --> 00:11:06,320 Then why did you? 211 00:11:06,320 --> 00:11:08,320 I just saw how touchy you are. 212 00:11:08,320 --> 00:11:11,320 I don't want you to misunderstand my intentions. 213 00:11:11,320 --> 00:11:13,320 Well, what if someone asks me who you are? 214 00:11:13,320 --> 00:11:15,320 Say, I'm your new boyfriend. 215 00:11:15,320 --> 00:11:17,320 Oh, don't get smart, I never had a boyfriend. 216 00:11:17,320 --> 00:11:18,320 Good, now you've got one. 217 00:11:18,320 --> 00:11:22,320 Oh, 35 girls on this musical chain gang, why do you pick on me? 218 00:11:22,320 --> 00:11:25,320 Because we found out one more thing about you. 219 00:11:25,320 --> 00:11:29,320 Because we found out one more thing about the killer's habits. 220 00:11:29,320 --> 00:11:33,320 The two girls that were murdered before Julie, both had red hair. 221 00:11:33,320 --> 00:11:35,320 Julie had red hair? 222 00:11:35,320 --> 00:11:38,320 Yeah, and so have you, baby. 223 00:11:44,320 --> 00:11:47,320 So I was set up as victim number four. 224 00:11:47,320 --> 00:11:49,320 Nice thought. 225 00:11:49,320 --> 00:11:54,320 But every night like the milkman, just when the girls filed out to feast the arms and eyes of the wolves, there was Nick. 226 00:11:54,320 --> 00:11:56,320 Now that was some comfort. 227 00:11:56,320 --> 00:11:58,320 Nothing personal, you understand. 228 00:11:58,320 --> 00:12:02,320 It was also a comfort to see those other two flat feet on the job night after night. 229 00:12:02,320 --> 00:12:03,320 How's Ginger? 230 00:12:03,320 --> 00:12:04,320 Fine, how's Nick? 231 00:12:04,320 --> 00:12:05,320 You're four minutes late. 232 00:12:05,320 --> 00:12:06,320 Miss me? 233 00:12:06,320 --> 00:12:11,320 Oh, I'm just a tax payer that wants to see a public servant earn his money. 234 00:12:11,320 --> 00:12:14,320 If the city got broke, I'd do this job for nothing. 235 00:12:14,320 --> 00:12:17,320 Uh-oh, your straw boss, Marino, is giving you the high side. 236 00:12:17,320 --> 00:12:21,320 I'll go see what he wants, you wait here. 237 00:12:21,320 --> 00:12:22,320 It's on your mind, Marino. 238 00:12:22,320 --> 00:12:24,320 Hey, who is that monkey hanging around you every night? 239 00:12:24,320 --> 00:12:26,320 He pays for his tickets, doesn't he? 240 00:12:26,320 --> 00:12:28,320 Yeah, but he never uses them. Who is he? 241 00:12:28,320 --> 00:12:29,320 My boyfriend. 242 00:12:29,320 --> 00:12:31,320 Oh, you know him long? 243 00:12:31,320 --> 00:12:32,320 Long enough. 244 00:12:32,320 --> 00:12:33,320 Take care of yourself, Ginger. 245 00:12:33,320 --> 00:12:36,320 Don't worry, Marino, I know my way around, but thanks. 246 00:12:36,320 --> 00:12:38,320 Besides, we're not running any matrimonial bureau around here. 247 00:12:38,320 --> 00:12:40,320 You've got to spread yourself around a little more. 248 00:12:40,320 --> 00:12:41,320 Share the wealth. There's other customers here. 249 00:12:41,320 --> 00:12:42,320 All right, all right. 250 00:12:42,320 --> 00:12:43,320 Now watch out, will you? 251 00:12:43,320 --> 00:12:44,320 All right. 252 00:12:47,320 --> 00:12:48,320 What did he want? 253 00:12:48,320 --> 00:12:49,320 Oh, nothing. 254 00:12:49,320 --> 00:12:50,320 Nick, is there any news? 255 00:12:50,320 --> 00:12:52,320 You know, it's a month since Judy was... 256 00:12:52,320 --> 00:12:54,320 No, no, no, no. Calm down, Redhead. 257 00:12:54,320 --> 00:12:55,320 That's just it, that red hair. 258 00:12:55,320 --> 00:12:57,320 Look, why won't you let me dye it? 259 00:12:57,320 --> 00:12:59,320 Oh, I've got my reasons. 260 00:12:59,320 --> 00:13:02,320 Yeah, yeah, yeah. You great big silent strong cop. 261 00:13:02,320 --> 00:13:04,320 That's right, those cops. 262 00:13:09,320 --> 00:13:12,320 And then came that night, that horrible night. 263 00:13:12,320 --> 00:13:15,320 I was late as usual, got to the dressing room 264 00:13:15,320 --> 00:13:17,320 planning to dress in no-seconds flat 265 00:13:17,320 --> 00:13:19,320 so I could get out on the floor and be with Nick. 266 00:13:19,320 --> 00:13:22,320 Somehow I felt that I was going to need him that night. 267 00:13:22,320 --> 00:13:26,320 Some instinct told me it was a matter of life or death. 268 00:13:26,320 --> 00:13:30,320 It's been a whole month since the last one. 269 00:13:30,320 --> 00:13:33,320 What I like every once in a while is a good, juicy murder. 270 00:13:33,320 --> 00:13:35,320 Come on, snap it up. 271 00:13:35,320 --> 00:13:38,320 What do you think I pay you girls for anyway? 272 00:13:38,320 --> 00:13:40,320 Who are you looking out the door for, Ginger? 273 00:13:40,320 --> 00:13:42,320 Now you take that killing machine. 274 00:13:42,320 --> 00:13:44,320 There was a real juicy case. 275 00:13:44,320 --> 00:13:46,320 Oh, shut up, Mom. Will you cut it out? 276 00:13:46,320 --> 00:13:47,320 Oh, I'm sorry, dearie. 277 00:13:47,320 --> 00:13:49,320 I keep forgetting you and she's been so cool. 278 00:13:49,320 --> 00:13:51,320 That's all right. I'm jittery. 279 00:13:51,320 --> 00:13:53,320 Laverne, have you seen my boyfriend? 280 00:13:53,320 --> 00:13:55,320 Not tonight. Maybe he got bored. 281 00:13:55,320 --> 00:13:57,320 Billy, have you seen Nick? You know, the tall, handsome... 282 00:13:57,320 --> 00:13:59,320 Not tonight, Redhead. I guess he's giving you the air. 283 00:13:59,320 --> 00:14:02,320 Come on, come on up. What am I paying you for? 284 00:14:02,320 --> 00:14:04,320 Come on. 285 00:14:04,320 --> 00:14:07,320 What's the matter, Ginger? You look like you've seen a ghost. 286 00:14:07,320 --> 00:14:08,320 What are you looking for out there? 287 00:14:08,320 --> 00:14:10,320 What's so fascinating about the clock? 288 00:14:10,320 --> 00:14:12,320 Marino, they're not there. Where are those two flat seats? 289 00:14:12,320 --> 00:14:13,320 How'd you know about that? 290 00:14:13,320 --> 00:14:15,320 Never mind that now. Where are they? 291 00:14:15,320 --> 00:14:16,320 Called off. 292 00:14:16,320 --> 00:14:18,320 That sounds scurry to me, but police headquarters figures 293 00:14:18,320 --> 00:14:20,320 they frightened off whoever they were looking for. 294 00:14:20,320 --> 00:14:22,320 But that's crazy. I'm gonna fall... 295 00:14:22,320 --> 00:14:24,320 I won't do no good. I told them anybody had to wait 296 00:14:24,320 --> 00:14:26,320 till it cooled off before trying again. 297 00:14:26,320 --> 00:14:28,320 Now is when we should have protection. 298 00:14:28,320 --> 00:14:30,320 Well, come on. Get out on the floor. Come on, Ollie. Out on the floor. 299 00:14:30,320 --> 00:14:32,320 All right, I'll be out in a second. Really, I will, Marino. 300 00:14:32,320 --> 00:14:33,320 Laverne. 301 00:14:32,320 --> 00:14:33,320 Yes, hi. 302 00:14:33,320 --> 00:14:35,320 As soon as Nick comes in, tell him to come right here. 303 00:14:35,320 --> 00:14:37,320 Tell him to tap on the door, will you? 304 00:14:35,320 --> 00:14:37,320 Sure enough, sugar. 305 00:14:39,320 --> 00:14:42,320 Hey, what are you looking at me like that for, Ginger? 306 00:14:42,320 --> 00:14:44,320 Look, Mom, I gotta talk to you. 307 00:14:44,320 --> 00:14:46,320 I can't go out there on the floor. I'm scared. 308 00:14:46,320 --> 00:14:48,320 But what are you tearing holes in me for? 309 00:14:48,320 --> 00:14:52,320 Mom, you and I were here in this room the last night Julie was alive. 310 00:14:52,320 --> 00:14:54,320 The night she must have been killed, remember? 311 00:14:54,320 --> 00:14:56,320 You poor kid. I always liked you. 312 00:14:56,320 --> 00:14:58,320 Look, we gotta remember. We've just got to. 313 00:14:58,320 --> 00:15:00,320 There was someone dancing with Julie that night. 314 00:15:00,320 --> 00:15:02,320 Some rum-dum. 315 00:15:02,320 --> 00:15:05,320 Julie said something about him. I can't remember what it was she said. 316 00:15:05,320 --> 00:15:07,320 Oh, you mean the one that hurt her hand? 317 00:15:07,320 --> 00:15:09,320 That's it. That's it. Hurt her hand. 318 00:15:09,320 --> 00:15:11,320 Then her wrist back when they were dancing. 319 00:15:11,320 --> 00:15:16,320 Yes, that's the guy. She said it was almost like as if he got a kick out of hurting her. 320 00:15:16,320 --> 00:15:17,320 Yeah. 321 00:15:16,320 --> 00:15:17,320 In a squint. 322 00:15:17,320 --> 00:15:19,320 Yeah, I know. What else? What else? 323 00:15:19,320 --> 00:15:21,320 Well, Julie called him a cement mixer. 324 00:15:21,320 --> 00:15:23,320 Oh, now we're getting somewhere, Mom. Think hard. 325 00:15:23,320 --> 00:15:26,320 Oh, he had Julie crazy, dancing like a slap-happy pug. 326 00:15:26,320 --> 00:15:28,320 I remember her describing it. 327 00:15:28,320 --> 00:15:32,320 He'd take three little steps to the right as if he was getting ready for a standing broad jump. 328 00:15:32,320 --> 00:15:33,320 That was it. 329 00:15:33,320 --> 00:15:37,320 Remember how Julie said she felt like screaming, for Pete's sake, if you're gonna jump, jump? 330 00:15:37,320 --> 00:15:40,320 Yeah, three steps to the right, and if you're gonna jump, jump. 331 00:15:40,320 --> 00:15:43,320 Hey, what are you doing, Ginger? 332 00:15:43,320 --> 00:15:46,320 Some detective work? Getting some clues? 333 00:15:46,320 --> 00:15:48,320 You know who we're talking about, Mom? 334 00:15:48,320 --> 00:15:50,320 The killer. 335 00:15:50,320 --> 00:15:51,320 Yeah. Oh! 336 00:15:51,320 --> 00:15:55,320 If he enjoyed hurting her like that, Mom, as a hunch he was still alive, 337 00:15:55,320 --> 00:15:57,320 he'd enjoy dancing with her after she was dead. 338 00:15:57,320 --> 00:16:00,320 Oh, his wife's son, Prune Face. Why, that... 339 00:16:00,320 --> 00:16:03,320 There's someone I gotta tell this to right away. Oh, where the... 340 00:16:03,320 --> 00:16:06,320 Nick! See you later, Mom. 341 00:16:06,320 --> 00:16:08,320 Hey. How's Ginger? 342 00:16:08,320 --> 00:16:11,320 Oh, Nick. How's Nick? 343 00:16:11,320 --> 00:16:14,320 Are you trembling? Sure it's me. Why not? 344 00:16:14,320 --> 00:16:16,320 I thought you were called off the case. 345 00:16:16,320 --> 00:16:17,320 We were. 346 00:16:17,320 --> 00:16:18,320 Then what are you doing here? 347 00:16:18,320 --> 00:16:20,320 Habit. Do you mind? 348 00:16:20,320 --> 00:16:23,320 No, you dumb ape, I don't mind. Boy, how I don't mind. 349 00:16:23,320 --> 00:16:26,320 And as long as it isn't duty anymore, 350 00:16:26,320 --> 00:16:30,320 do you mind if I do something to you that I've wanted to do for days? 351 00:16:30,320 --> 00:16:32,320 Well, it depends. 352 00:16:32,320 --> 00:16:33,320 I want to take you in my arms. 353 00:16:33,320 --> 00:16:37,320 All right, take me in your arms and dance. Anyway, for the time being. 354 00:16:37,320 --> 00:16:38,320 I'm a rotten dancer. 355 00:16:38,320 --> 00:16:40,320 You're telling me. 356 00:16:40,320 --> 00:16:43,320 Nick, Nick, we gotta talk. 357 00:16:43,320 --> 00:16:46,320 I just found out something about the killer that you ought to know. 358 00:16:46,320 --> 00:16:49,320 Later. I paid Marina for all the dances to the end. 359 00:16:49,320 --> 00:16:51,320 We can leave whenever you want. 360 00:16:51,320 --> 00:16:55,320 After this song, they play Dinah, and then comes the break. We can leave then. 361 00:16:55,320 --> 00:16:56,320 What makes you so sure? 362 00:16:56,320 --> 00:16:59,320 Well, the band always plays the song in the same order. 363 00:16:59,320 --> 00:17:03,320 Then they can sleep while they work. I tell time by them. 364 00:17:03,320 --> 00:17:08,320 Slime House Blues means it's 10.45, Lady with a Tramp means 11.15, 365 00:17:08,320 --> 00:17:11,320 Dinah means 11.30. Never changes except when there's a request number. 366 00:17:11,320 --> 00:17:14,320 You know, I like everything about you. 367 00:17:14,320 --> 00:17:16,320 I like everything about you, but you're dancing. 368 00:17:16,320 --> 00:17:20,320 Light up on my hand, will you? You're bending it upside down. It hurts my wrist. 369 00:17:20,320 --> 00:17:24,320 I told you I was a rotten dancer. 370 00:17:24,320 --> 00:17:27,320 Well, for Pete's sake, don't dance like you were priming for a standing broad jump. 371 00:17:27,320 --> 00:17:33,320 If you're going to jump, jump. 372 00:17:33,320 --> 00:17:35,320 That's not Dinah. 373 00:17:35,320 --> 00:17:39,320 No, certainly isn't. It's a request number. 374 00:17:39,320 --> 00:17:40,320 Who requested it? 375 00:17:40,320 --> 00:17:53,320 I did. 376 00:17:53,320 --> 00:17:56,320 What's the matter, baby? You look sick. 377 00:17:56,320 --> 00:18:01,320 I...I...I feel just awful. I...I do feel sick. 378 00:18:01,320 --> 00:18:03,320 Am I dancing that bad? 379 00:18:03,320 --> 00:18:06,320 No, no, I just...I...Nick, I'll have to stop at the air, I guess. 380 00:18:06,320 --> 00:18:10,320 I'll go in to get a drink of water. Yeah, drink of water in the ladies' room. 381 00:18:10,320 --> 00:18:14,320 Oh, I'm sorry. I'll wait here for you. 382 00:18:14,320 --> 00:18:27,320 I'll just be a minute. 383 00:18:27,320 --> 00:18:28,320 Operator? 384 00:18:28,320 --> 00:18:31,320 Operator. Operator, give me the police department, Homicide Squad. 385 00:18:31,320 --> 00:18:36,320 Police department, Homicide, right away. 386 00:18:36,320 --> 00:18:37,320 Homicide? 387 00:18:37,320 --> 00:18:44,320 Hello, Homicide. This is Ginger Allen at Joyland. The third man you assigned to our place is... 388 00:18:44,320 --> 00:18:46,320 Third man? What third man? 389 00:18:46,320 --> 00:18:49,320 Nick Ballester, the one you assigned to protect me. 390 00:18:49,320 --> 00:18:54,320 We have no Nick Ballester, and there was no man assigned by us to protect you. 391 00:18:54,320 --> 00:18:57,320 It's the killer. He's taking me out with him. I don't know where to. 392 00:18:57,320 --> 00:19:00,320 Look, I'll leave a trail of ticket stubs. Please come quick. 393 00:19:00,320 --> 00:19:01,320 Ginger. 394 00:19:01,320 --> 00:19:07,320 Goodbye, Katie. Sorry you couldn't work tonight. I'll fix it with Marino. 395 00:19:07,320 --> 00:19:08,320 How you feeling? 396 00:19:08,320 --> 00:19:10,320 You shouldn't have come in here, Nick. Did you see the sign? 397 00:19:10,320 --> 00:19:15,320 All that? Men keep out, violator subject to arrest? 398 00:19:15,320 --> 00:19:19,320 Didn't say positively. Besides, they wouldn't arrest a cop. 399 00:19:19,320 --> 00:19:21,320 Why couldn't you leave me in here alone? 400 00:19:21,320 --> 00:19:24,320 You were gone so long, I thought something had happened. 401 00:19:24,320 --> 00:19:27,320 Nothing's happened...yet. 402 00:19:27,320 --> 00:19:36,320 Don't ask me how, but I kept up a patter while we walked. 403 00:19:36,320 --> 00:19:40,320 All my brains were in my right hand to clutch those ticket stubs in my coat pocket. 404 00:19:40,320 --> 00:19:44,320 I kept dropping those stubs, making sure he didn't see. 405 00:19:44,320 --> 00:19:48,320 I tried to stay on the bright streets, but he led me to the lonely ones. 406 00:19:48,320 --> 00:19:52,320 The one we were on now was like a graveyard. No lights, no people. 407 00:19:52,320 --> 00:19:55,320 Suddenly I felt my blood run cold. 408 00:19:55,320 --> 00:19:59,320 My fingers in that right hand pocket fished around like a drowning man clutching for straw. 409 00:19:59,320 --> 00:20:04,320 The last ticket stub was gone. 410 00:20:04,320 --> 00:20:05,320 Ginger. 411 00:20:05,320 --> 00:20:06,320 Yes, Nick? 412 00:20:06,320 --> 00:20:09,320 I'm hungry. Would you like some chop suey? 413 00:20:09,320 --> 00:20:14,320 Like it? Oh, I'd love it. 414 00:20:14,320 --> 00:20:19,320 He ate that chop suey with an appetite, like a guy who had work to do. 415 00:20:19,320 --> 00:20:21,320 Work he was going to enjoy. 416 00:20:21,320 --> 00:20:26,320 I side-sneaked a glance at the jukebox without turning my head, you know, just my eyes. 417 00:20:26,320 --> 00:20:30,320 What a relief. All kinds of songs, but no poor butterfly. 418 00:20:30,320 --> 00:20:35,320 Nick was beginning to act nervous. He'd guzzle a cup of tea, pour another, keep looking over his shoulder, 419 00:20:35,320 --> 00:20:37,320 like he was worried somebody might be following him. 420 00:20:37,320 --> 00:20:41,320 Then he'd grin like he used to and reach over for my hand. 421 00:20:41,320 --> 00:20:45,320 He pressed my fingers till they hurt. Hard, like he never pressed them before. 422 00:20:45,320 --> 00:20:48,320 I guess...I guess he couldn't wait. 423 00:20:48,320 --> 00:20:50,320 And suddenly he stood up. 424 00:20:50,320 --> 00:20:54,320 Ask the weight of the check, Ginger. I'm just going to wash my hands. 425 00:20:54,320 --> 00:20:56,320 But it's time we left. 426 00:20:58,320 --> 00:21:00,320 Waiter. Waiter, quick. 427 00:21:00,320 --> 00:21:02,320 Yes, you men. What will you be? 428 00:21:02,320 --> 00:21:06,320 I'm leaving. When my boyfriend comes out, tell him you think I went back to the powder room. 429 00:21:06,320 --> 00:21:09,320 Gag. You know, he's a deadbeat. I want to shake him. 430 00:21:09,320 --> 00:21:11,320 Maybe...don't understand. 431 00:21:11,320 --> 00:21:13,320 Marino, how did you get here? 432 00:21:13,320 --> 00:21:16,320 Mom saw me, and I followed your ticket stub. He almost saw me. Come on, quick. 433 00:21:16,320 --> 00:21:18,320 Marino, thank heaven you got here. 434 00:21:18,320 --> 00:21:20,320 I'm going to get you a new one. 435 00:21:27,320 --> 00:21:31,320 Marino, I can't run anymore. I won't last the block. 436 00:21:31,320 --> 00:21:35,320 You won't have to. There's a vacant house in the middle of the block. 437 00:21:35,320 --> 00:21:38,320 Here, inside. Fair thought, I think I've seen him coming. 438 00:21:38,320 --> 00:21:39,320 It's all dark in here. 439 00:21:39,320 --> 00:21:43,320 No one lives here, that's why. Here, I'll light this search light. 440 00:21:43,320 --> 00:21:46,320 There's a stairway leading upstairs. 441 00:21:46,320 --> 00:21:49,320 Go ahead. Now watch it. Now don't trip. The stairs are broken. 442 00:21:49,320 --> 00:21:53,320 Here. Now. Do this door. 443 00:21:53,320 --> 00:21:54,320 Oh. 444 00:21:54,320 --> 00:21:57,320 Here's a candle and a match. 445 00:21:57,320 --> 00:21:59,320 Okay. 446 00:21:59,320 --> 00:22:03,320 There. Now we can see each other. Wait. 447 00:22:03,320 --> 00:22:04,320 Do you think we're safe? 448 00:22:04,320 --> 00:22:06,320 We'll know in a few minutes. 449 00:22:06,320 --> 00:22:09,320 Oh, Marino. 450 00:22:09,320 --> 00:22:10,320 Good job! 451 00:22:10,320 --> 00:22:11,320 Oh, damn. 452 00:22:11,320 --> 00:22:16,320 Put out that candle. Now hide. Right there. I'll take care of him. 453 00:22:27,320 --> 00:22:28,320 Ginger! 454 00:22:28,320 --> 00:22:29,320 Jim! 455 00:22:29,320 --> 00:22:31,320 All right, you ask for it! 456 00:22:31,320 --> 00:22:41,320 See about that. 457 00:22:41,320 --> 00:22:51,320 Marino. Who? 458 00:22:51,320 --> 00:22:57,320 Who is it? Who is it? Answer me. Answer me, please. 459 00:22:57,320 --> 00:23:07,320 Who? 460 00:23:07,320 --> 00:23:13,320 Oh, my God. 461 00:23:13,320 --> 00:23:16,320 Oh, go on. Kill me. Get it over with. 462 00:23:16,320 --> 00:23:18,320 Oh, why did you stop the music? 463 00:23:18,320 --> 00:23:20,320 We danced from the beginning of the record. 464 00:23:20,320 --> 00:23:21,320 Marino! 465 00:23:21,320 --> 00:23:26,320 Yeah. Yeah, Muriel. You think you can hide from me with different names and different faces? 466 00:23:26,320 --> 00:23:33,320 Marino! Why do you call me Muriel? What are you doing? I'm Ginger, don't you remember? I'm Ginger Allen. 467 00:23:33,320 --> 00:23:37,320 Each time you tell me a different name, Muriel, that you can't get away by changing names. 468 00:23:37,320 --> 00:23:38,320 Marino! 469 00:23:38,320 --> 00:23:43,320 The first time you changed your name was when you married me before I left for Europe with that operetta company. 470 00:23:43,320 --> 00:23:48,320 You remember? You all got to play poor butterfly when you promised to love me forever. 471 00:23:48,320 --> 00:23:50,320 Help me. Somebody help me. 472 00:23:50,320 --> 00:23:52,320 Yeah, well, the next time you changed your name was when you thought I was dead. 473 00:23:52,320 --> 00:23:59,320 Lived on my insurance and married another me. No matter how many times you changed your name, Muriel, I'll find you. 474 00:23:59,320 --> 00:24:07,320 No, not me. You killed her. You killed her, Marino, again and again. You only killed her last month, Marino. 475 00:24:07,320 --> 00:24:14,320 Next time I think I have, she rises again. This time I'm going to kill you and your lover. This is the last time. 476 00:24:14,320 --> 00:24:15,320 Oh, Nick! 477 00:24:15,320 --> 00:24:23,320 And now we dance. Now we dance. Dance. Whenever you're dying, the road you were going on, dance. 478 00:24:23,320 --> 00:24:25,320 And now we dance. And then you... 479 00:24:39,320 --> 00:24:40,320 How's Ginger? 480 00:24:40,320 --> 00:24:46,320 Oh, Nick. Oh, Nick. I thought he killed you. 481 00:24:46,320 --> 00:24:50,320 I got an awfully hard head. The police will be here in just a minute. 482 00:24:50,320 --> 00:24:59,320 Oh, Nick. How do you fit into this? Headquarters never heard of you. 483 00:24:59,320 --> 00:25:01,320 They were instructed to say that in case you called. 484 00:25:01,320 --> 00:25:05,320 What was the idea? You scared me to death! 485 00:25:05,320 --> 00:25:14,320 I figured Marino would follow Ginger and her boyfriend once he thought the police were off the case. And when he did, I had to have you thinking I was the killer, so you'd run off with him willingly. 486 00:25:14,320 --> 00:25:16,320 Why, you no good... 487 00:25:16,320 --> 00:25:22,320 It was the only way to find his hideout and the evidence we need. The phonograph, the record, and the attempted murder. 488 00:25:22,320 --> 00:25:30,320 At my expense, you big piece of... Another thing. How'd you know about dancing like a broad jumper and turning up my wrist? 489 00:25:30,320 --> 00:25:38,320 Oh, I listened outside the door to you and Mom talking about that in the dressing room tonight. Gave me a couple of neat pointers. 490 00:25:38,320 --> 00:25:42,320 I put them together with poor Butterfly so I could scare the daylights out of you. 491 00:25:42,320 --> 00:25:45,320 Oh, you did, too. Hang on, I'll ring your... 492 00:25:45,320 --> 00:25:49,320 Oh, calm down. No wife of mine is gonna have a redhead of temper. 493 00:25:49,320 --> 00:25:54,320 Wife of yours? You'll do anything to learn how to dance, won't you? 494 00:25:54,320 --> 00:25:56,320 Yeah, it looks that way. 495 00:25:56,320 --> 00:26:03,320 No wonder you didn't want me to dye my hair. You wanted that nice, premature gray color. 496 00:26:03,320 --> 00:26:29,320 And so closes Dime a Dance presented by Roma Wines and starring Lucille Ball, tonight's tale of... Suspense. 497 00:26:29,320 --> 00:26:32,320 In just a moment, we'll hear again from Miss Ball. 498 00:26:32,320 --> 00:26:37,320 First, though, let's visit a glamorous casino somewhere on the sunny Caribbean. 499 00:26:37,320 --> 00:26:42,320 Smartly dressed people stroll about the garden. The strains of a Cuban song float out. 500 00:26:42,320 --> 00:26:47,320 Two men watch from a table on the terrace. One is a Cuban, the other a North American. 501 00:26:47,320 --> 00:26:49,320 One is about to propose a toast... 502 00:26:49,320 --> 00:26:51,320 To your beautiful country, Jose. 503 00:26:51,320 --> 00:26:54,320 I drink to that. Now I propose a toast. 504 00:26:54,320 --> 00:27:00,320 To this wine in which we drink our toast. 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It's been a great pleasure to appear on Suspense this evening. 520 00:28:21,320 --> 00:28:27,320 Next week, I know you'll want to be listening, as I certainly will, to a very wonderful actor, Mr. Paul Lucas, 521 00:28:27,320 --> 00:28:32,320 who will appear in a Suspense play called, A World of Darkness. 522 00:28:32,320 --> 00:28:34,320 Thank you, Miss Ball. 523 00:28:34,320 --> 00:28:41,320 Lucille Ball appeared tonight through the courtesy of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, producers of Madame Curie. 524 00:28:41,320 --> 00:28:49,320 Don't forget then, next Thursday, same time, for Paul Lucas in Suspense. 525 00:28:49,320 --> 00:28:54,320 Presented by Roma Wines. R-O-M-A. 526 00:28:54,320 --> 00:29:15,320 Made in California for enjoyment throughout the world. 527 00:29:15,320 --> 00:29:19,320 This is the Columbia Broadcasting System.