1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:05,000 Now, Roma Wines present... 2 00:00:05,000 --> 00:00:10,000 Suspense! 3 00:00:10,000 --> 00:00:22,000 Tonight, my wife Geraldine, starring Edward G. 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Robinson. 14 00:01:02,000 --> 00:01:10,000 In the story of an amazing hoax and a phantom love that led a man along the steep and dangerous by-paths of sanity. 15 00:01:10,000 --> 00:01:16,000 And so with my wife Geraldine and with the performance of Edward G. Robinson in the role of Geraldine's husband, 16 00:01:16,000 --> 00:01:18,000 we again hope to keep you in... 17 00:01:18,000 --> 00:01:24,000 Suspense! 18 00:01:24,000 --> 00:01:28,000 Mr. Graham? Mr. Graham? 19 00:01:28,000 --> 00:01:30,000 I know you're in there, Mr. Graham. 20 00:01:30,000 --> 00:01:33,000 You'd better open up. It's important. 21 00:01:33,000 --> 00:01:37,000 All right, I'll use my pasque then. 22 00:01:37,000 --> 00:01:42,000 Oh! Why are you sitting in the dark, Mr. Graham? 23 00:01:42,000 --> 00:01:44,000 Go away. Leave me alone. 24 00:01:44,000 --> 00:01:46,000 I have something to tell you. 25 00:01:46,000 --> 00:01:50,000 How can you sit here in the dark alone at a time like this? 26 00:01:50,000 --> 00:01:55,000 It gives me the creeps. Where's that light switch? 27 00:01:55,000 --> 00:01:58,000 Now, isn't that better with the lights on? 28 00:01:58,000 --> 00:02:01,000 What do you want? Why do you keep bothering me? 29 00:02:01,000 --> 00:02:03,000 I told you I'm not hungry. 30 00:02:03,000 --> 00:02:07,000 All right. I just brought this soup along in case. 31 00:02:07,000 --> 00:02:10,000 Now, listen to what I have to say, Mr. Graham. 32 00:02:10,000 --> 00:02:13,000 Well, I can't very well help myself, can I? 33 00:02:13,000 --> 00:02:17,000 That detective is coming back for you. He'll be here in just a few minutes. 34 00:02:17,000 --> 00:02:19,000 Why are you telling me this? 35 00:02:19,000 --> 00:02:24,000 I don't know. It won't do you any good unless I want it to. 36 00:02:24,000 --> 00:02:26,000 What are you driving at? 37 00:02:26,000 --> 00:02:28,000 Did you kill your wife, Mr. Graham? 38 00:02:28,000 --> 00:02:32,000 Ha ha ha ha. Oh, that's a good one. 39 00:02:32,000 --> 00:02:36,000 And the others. Did you really kill all those women? 40 00:02:36,000 --> 00:02:38,000 All what women? 41 00:02:38,000 --> 00:02:43,000 They say you're that wife killer, the one the newspaper's called the Black Widower. 42 00:02:43,000 --> 00:02:47,000 Well, aren't you afraid being all alone in the same room with the Black Widower? 43 00:02:47,000 --> 00:02:53,000 No, not exactly. Besides, they say he only kills women he's married to. 44 00:02:53,000 --> 00:02:58,000 Well, then I should propose to you without further delay, Miss Barton. 45 00:02:58,000 --> 00:03:01,000 Please, please don't joke. There's not time for it. 46 00:03:01,000 --> 00:03:04,000 I know a way for you to get out without being seen. 47 00:03:04,000 --> 00:03:06,000 There are police all around the house, but I know a way... 48 00:03:06,000 --> 00:03:08,000 I'm not interested. 49 00:03:08,000 --> 00:03:13,000 I wasn't going to tell you anyway. Not unless I discovered it wasn't true. 50 00:03:13,000 --> 00:03:15,000 About your being that murderer. 51 00:03:15,000 --> 00:03:19,000 Well, the police say I killed Geraldine. They ought to know. 52 00:03:19,000 --> 00:03:21,000 They found her body, Mr. Graham. 53 00:03:21,000 --> 00:03:27,000 Ha ha ha ha. Found her. Found Geraldine. Ha ha ha ha. 54 00:03:27,000 --> 00:03:30,000 Oh, no, no. This is too good. 55 00:03:30,000 --> 00:03:32,000 Who identified her? You? 56 00:03:32,000 --> 00:03:36,000 You forget, Mr. Graham. I scarcely ever saw her close enough to identify her. 57 00:03:36,000 --> 00:03:38,000 Yes, but you did see her. 58 00:03:38,000 --> 00:03:43,000 Well, after all, a person could hardly live in the same house for close on to six months 59 00:03:43,000 --> 00:03:47,000 without catching a glimpse of Geraldine. 60 00:03:47,000 --> 00:03:49,000 Yes, yes, of course. 61 00:03:49,000 --> 00:03:51,000 Mr. Graham, you haven't much time. 62 00:03:51,000 --> 00:03:55,000 What do you want, Miss Barton? A nice, juicy confession? 63 00:03:55,000 --> 00:03:57,000 Yes, that would be useful, wouldn't it? 64 00:03:57,000 --> 00:03:59,000 We'd never have to take in rumours again. 65 00:03:59,000 --> 00:04:01,000 You could charge admission to this house. 66 00:04:01,000 --> 00:04:05,000 And this is the room where the black widower confessed all to me. 67 00:04:05,000 --> 00:04:07,000 I couldn't help it, he said. It was a compulsion. 68 00:04:07,000 --> 00:04:10,000 I loved her, but I had to kill her. It was just like all the others. 69 00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:12,000 I'm sorry, Mr. Graham. I won't bother you again. 70 00:04:12,000 --> 00:04:14,000 If you need anything, well, I'll go. 71 00:04:14,000 --> 00:04:16,000 No, wait. 72 00:04:17,000 --> 00:04:19,000 I've hurt your feelings, haven't I? 73 00:04:21,000 --> 00:04:23,000 Sit down. 74 00:04:23,000 --> 00:04:25,000 It's better with you here. 75 00:04:25,000 --> 00:04:27,000 Really, it is. 76 00:04:27,000 --> 00:04:30,000 Just tell me one thing and I'll go, Mr. Graham. 77 00:04:31,000 --> 00:04:36,000 Did you kill her? Not the others, but her. 78 00:04:37,000 --> 00:04:39,000 Well, why Geraldine especially? 79 00:04:39,000 --> 00:04:42,000 Because you loved her so. 80 00:04:42,000 --> 00:04:46,000 It was the most beautiful thing that ever happened to me. 81 00:04:46,000 --> 00:04:49,000 Sharing your happiness with her. 82 00:04:49,000 --> 00:04:51,000 The talks we used to have about her. 83 00:04:51,000 --> 00:04:53,000 The way you used to... 84 00:04:53,000 --> 00:04:55,000 Oh, stop it, stop it! 85 00:04:55,000 --> 00:04:57,000 I'm sorry. 86 00:04:58,000 --> 00:05:00,000 I'll tell you. 87 00:05:00,000 --> 00:05:02,000 You won't believe it, but I'll tell you. 88 00:05:02,000 --> 00:05:04,000 Oh, please. Please do, Mr. Graham. 89 00:05:04,000 --> 00:05:11,000 And this may seem strange, but I shall have to exact a solemn promise from you. 90 00:05:11,000 --> 00:05:13,000 Never tell anyone what I'm about to reveal. 91 00:05:13,000 --> 00:05:17,000 I suppose it's wrong, but very well. 92 00:05:17,000 --> 00:05:19,000 You have my promise. 93 00:05:19,000 --> 00:05:24,000 Well, to begin with, I couldn't possibly have killed Geraldine. 94 00:05:24,000 --> 00:05:26,000 Then they've made a mistake. She's still alive. 95 00:05:26,000 --> 00:05:28,000 No, she's not alive. 96 00:05:28,000 --> 00:05:30,000 Oh, you knew that all along? 97 00:05:30,000 --> 00:05:32,000 Of course. 98 00:05:32,000 --> 00:05:36,000 Actually, my wife Geraldine never even existed. 99 00:05:47,000 --> 00:05:52,000 Tonight for Suspense, Roma Wines are bringing you as star Mr. Edward G. Robinson, 100 00:05:52,000 --> 00:05:56,000 whom you have heard in the prologue to My Wife Geraldine, 101 00:05:56,000 --> 00:06:00,000 a radio play by Robert Tallman from a story by Lawrence Marcus. 102 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:03,000 Tonight's tale of Suspense. 103 00:06:10,000 --> 00:06:13,000 This is Truman Bradley for Roma Wines. 104 00:06:13,000 --> 00:06:19,000 To millions all over the world, the name Elsa Maxwell stands for gracious hospitality. 105 00:06:19,000 --> 00:06:25,000 Her suggestions on entertaining are eagerly sought, and here's an especially timely one. 106 00:06:25,000 --> 00:06:31,000 Having a simple dinner for friends during these days of food rationing calls for imagination, 107 00:06:31,000 --> 00:06:37,000 yet any hostess can complement family and guests and make simple foods temptingly attractive. 108 00:06:37,000 --> 00:06:45,000 I suggest the simple and inexpensive touch that Roma lends, making party fare out of the most ordinary supper. 109 00:06:45,000 --> 00:06:51,000 Serve cool Roma red burgundy with the meal. If possible, too, dine by candlelight. 110 00:06:51,000 --> 00:06:56,000 The tart piquancy of deliciously robust Roma California burgundy 111 00:06:56,000 --> 00:07:00,000 and the soft flattering lighting heightens the pleasure of dining. 112 00:07:00,000 --> 00:07:06,000 Remember, though, the important thing is to serve and enjoy good Roma wine with the dinner. 113 00:07:06,000 --> 00:07:12,000 Dinner by candlelight with brilliant distinctive Roma wine. Truly an appealing idea. 114 00:07:12,000 --> 00:07:20,000 And as Miss Maxwell suggests, delicious Roma California burgundy is the subtle note that tones up the occasion. 115 00:07:20,000 --> 00:07:25,000 Roma burgundy, like all Roma wines, is of unvarying goodness. 116 00:07:25,000 --> 00:07:30,000 The goodness of selected grapes picked at their best in California's choicest vineyards, 117 00:07:30,000 --> 00:07:36,000 then guided to flavorfulness by the ancient winemaking skill of Roma's famed wineries. 118 00:07:36,000 --> 00:07:41,000 Serve Roma wine regularly. It costs only pennies a glass. 119 00:07:41,000 --> 00:07:47,000 Remember, more Americans enjoy Roma than any other wine. 120 00:07:47,000 --> 00:07:51,000 R-O-M-A, Roma wines. 121 00:07:51,000 --> 00:07:59,000 And now it is with pleasure that we bring back to our sound stage Edward G. Robinson in My Wife Geraldine. 122 00:07:59,000 --> 00:08:03,000 A tale well calculated to keep you in suspense. 123 00:08:03,000 --> 00:08:14,000 MUSIC 124 00:08:14,000 --> 00:08:19,000 I'd better go back to the beginning, before Geraldine, shall we say. 125 00:08:19,000 --> 00:08:23,000 I was a bachelor, Miss Barton, what they call a confirmed bachelor. 126 00:08:23,000 --> 00:08:28,000 My mother was left a widow at the time of my life when most young men started going out with girls. 127 00:08:28,000 --> 00:08:33,000 She was an invalid. Well, you know how it is. It's an old story. 128 00:08:33,000 --> 00:08:38,000 In those days, Geraldine was only a sort of vague picture in my mind. 129 00:08:38,000 --> 00:08:43,000 She didn't have any names. She was only the girl that I hoped one day to marry. 130 00:08:43,000 --> 00:08:47,000 As the years passed by, the hope faded. 131 00:08:47,000 --> 00:08:52,000 But as it faded, the image of the girl became more vivid. 132 00:08:52,000 --> 00:08:59,000 I, uh, I'd always admired Geraldine Farrar, and so I named my dream girl Geraldine. 133 00:08:59,000 --> 00:09:05,000 I used to ride the commuting train to my job in the city, and I got to know all the regular commuters who rode in the same smoking car. 134 00:09:05,000 --> 00:09:07,000 They were all married men. 135 00:09:07,000 --> 00:09:13,000 Good morning, Holmes. Morning, Jackson. Smith. 136 00:09:13,000 --> 00:09:15,000 Oh, hello, Graham. 137 00:09:15,000 --> 00:09:18,000 Say, fellas, did I tell you my wife's expecting again? 138 00:09:18,000 --> 00:09:19,000 You don't say. 139 00:09:19,000 --> 00:09:21,000 Well, congratulations, Smith, old boy. 140 00:09:21,000 --> 00:09:22,000 Thanks. 141 00:09:22,000 --> 00:09:23,000 How's about a bet? 142 00:09:23,000 --> 00:09:24,000 Five bucks says it's another girl. 143 00:09:24,000 --> 00:09:27,000 I'm betting on twins. Odds are a million to one. 144 00:09:27,000 --> 00:09:28,000 What's your bet, Graham? 145 00:09:28,000 --> 00:09:33,000 Hmm? Oh, uh, my bet? Oh, well, I don't have any children, you see, and I... 146 00:09:33,000 --> 00:09:36,000 What's your wife raise? Pekingese poodles? 147 00:09:36,000 --> 00:09:41,000 Yeah. Now that I think of it, you've never mentioned your wife in all the times we've been riding together, Graham. 148 00:09:41,000 --> 00:09:48,000 Well, uh, my wife, uh, I mean, uh, Geraldine, uh, well, I'll show you her picture some day. 149 00:09:48,000 --> 00:09:52,000 She must be a raving beauty. Graham wouldn't be so quiet about it. 150 00:09:52,000 --> 00:09:58,000 I always knew Graham was nursing some secret. Now it's out. An extravagant wife. 151 00:09:58,000 --> 00:10:03,000 No, Geraldine is not extravagant. I don't like your tone of voice, Holmes. You're speaking of my wife. 152 00:10:03,000 --> 00:10:05,000 Oh, no, wait a minute. He was only... 153 00:10:05,000 --> 00:10:06,000 He's been married very long, Graham. 154 00:10:06,000 --> 00:10:08,000 I don't believe he's married at all. 155 00:10:08,000 --> 00:10:14,000 Oh, you don't? Well, let me tell you something. Not all marriages are like yours. Some people stay in love. 156 00:10:14,000 --> 00:10:18,000 I think I may safely say that Geraldine and I will always be in love. 157 00:10:18,000 --> 00:10:33,000 Well, that was how it started. When I thought about it afterwards, I was astonished at my behavior. 158 00:10:33,000 --> 00:10:41,000 I got as angry at the sliding remarks they had made about Geraldine as if Geraldine had been a real person and really my wife. 159 00:10:41,000 --> 00:10:51,000 Well, they all wanted to believe in Geraldine. And after my mother died, she became more and more real to me and more and more necessary. 160 00:10:51,000 --> 00:10:53,000 Uh, come in, come in. 161 00:10:53,000 --> 00:10:54,000 Uh, you sent for me, Mr. Potter? 162 00:10:54,000 --> 00:10:56,000 Yes, yes, Graham. Have a chair. 163 00:10:56,000 --> 00:10:57,000 Here you are. 164 00:10:57,000 --> 00:10:58,000 Oh, thanks. 165 00:10:58,000 --> 00:11:06,000 Well, the cat's out of the bag. Congratulations. You're in for a promotion in the raise and pay. 166 00:11:06,000 --> 00:11:08,000 Oh, well, thank you, Mr. Potter. 167 00:11:08,000 --> 00:11:11,000 Not at all, not at all. Glad to have another married man on our payroll. 168 00:11:11,000 --> 00:11:12,000 Oh. 169 00:11:12,000 --> 00:11:14,000 Ah, it's the technicality, Graham. 170 00:11:14,000 --> 00:11:15,000 Yes, sir. 171 00:11:15,000 --> 00:11:19,000 So as to justify this raise with our main office, will you bring around your marriage license? 172 00:11:19,000 --> 00:11:20,000 Yes, but, Mr. Potter... 173 00:11:20,000 --> 00:11:23,000 It's a company rule, Graham. Got to do it. 174 00:11:23,000 --> 00:11:33,000 For all we know, you might be this black widower fellow, the one that's married all those women on fake marriage licenses and then killed them for their cash and jewelry. 175 00:11:33,000 --> 00:11:36,000 Yes, sir. Some women will marry anybody. 176 00:11:36,000 --> 00:11:38,000 Even you, eh, Graham? 177 00:11:38,000 --> 00:11:40,000 Well, no offense, old man. 178 00:11:40,000 --> 00:11:44,000 Well, I, uh, I guess I'd better be getting back to the job. 179 00:11:44,000 --> 00:11:46,000 That's the spirit. Don't forget that marriage license. 180 00:11:46,000 --> 00:11:58,000 No, sir. I won't forget. 181 00:11:58,000 --> 00:12:00,000 Yes, sir. 182 00:12:00,000 --> 00:12:02,000 Are you, uh, Fred Bell? 183 00:12:02,000 --> 00:12:03,000 Yeah. 184 00:12:03,000 --> 00:12:06,000 Well, look, I'm in sort of a spot. 185 00:12:06,000 --> 00:12:14,000 You know, I've just changed jobs and for the record, you understand, I have to show them my marriage license. 186 00:12:14,000 --> 00:12:17,000 By George, I've lost it and I don't know what to do. 187 00:12:17,000 --> 00:12:19,000 Who sent you here, mister? 188 00:12:19,000 --> 00:12:22,000 A fellow roomer in my hotel, Frank McGuire. 189 00:12:22,000 --> 00:12:35,000 Oh. Well, you know, I'm sticking my neck way out on this. It's going to cost you dough. 190 00:12:35,000 --> 00:12:41,000 And now, now it became necessary for me to change my mode of life even more. 191 00:12:41,000 --> 00:12:46,000 I could scarcely go on living in bachelor quarters with Geraldine. 192 00:12:46,000 --> 00:12:53,000 And that brought me to you, Miss Parton. Remember? 193 00:12:53,000 --> 00:12:55,000 Yes? 194 00:12:55,000 --> 00:13:01,000 Oh, I saw your advertisement in the morning herald. A furnished apartment. 195 00:13:01,000 --> 00:13:04,000 Oh, yes. Come in, won't you? 196 00:13:04,000 --> 00:13:06,000 Thank you. 197 00:13:06,000 --> 00:13:08,000 You better set your bag down on the hall here. 198 00:13:08,000 --> 00:13:11,000 No use lugging it upstairs till you've seen the place. 199 00:13:11,000 --> 00:13:13,000 Yes, yes, yes. It's a good idea. 200 00:13:13,000 --> 00:13:14,000 Right up these stairs. 201 00:13:14,000 --> 00:13:16,000 Thank you. 202 00:13:16,000 --> 00:13:18,000 Is it just you alone? 203 00:13:18,000 --> 00:13:22,000 Oh, no, no, no, no. Myself and wife. 204 00:13:22,000 --> 00:13:23,000 Oh. 205 00:13:23,000 --> 00:13:30,000 Well, she works late in the war plans, so she gave me the rather unpleasant job of finding a place. 206 00:13:30,000 --> 00:13:35,000 Well, this is it. Two rooms and a small kitchen. 207 00:13:35,000 --> 00:13:37,000 The bath's in there. 208 00:13:37,000 --> 00:13:40,000 Yes. Looks very nice. 209 00:13:40,000 --> 00:13:43,000 Set a good vanity table for your wife. 210 00:13:43,000 --> 00:13:46,000 Oh, yes, yes. I'm sure she'd like that especially. 211 00:13:46,000 --> 00:13:49,000 There's plenty of closet space for her clothes. 212 00:13:49,000 --> 00:13:50,000 Her clothes? 213 00:13:50,000 --> 00:13:54,000 Well, if she's anything like most women, I'll bet that isn't all of her clothes in that one suitcase. 214 00:13:54,000 --> 00:13:59,000 Oh, oh, oh, no, no, no, no, of course not. Oh, goodness, no. 215 00:13:59,000 --> 00:14:04,000 I don't give a hang for clothes myself. Maybe that's why I'm an old maid. 216 00:14:04,000 --> 00:14:08,000 Oh, no, you don't. Well, what is the rent? 217 00:14:08,000 --> 00:14:13,000 Ten dollars a week. We could get more, but since your wife is... 218 00:14:13,000 --> 00:14:20,000 Well, all right, I'll take it. Here. Here's the first month's rent. 219 00:14:20,000 --> 00:14:22,000 Well, I'd better give you a receipt for this. 220 00:14:22,000 --> 00:14:28,000 Well, it's not necessary, but my wife likes to hang on such things for some reason. 221 00:14:28,000 --> 00:14:32,000 So you better make it out to her. Mrs. Graham, Geraldine Graham. 222 00:14:32,000 --> 00:14:34,000 All right, Mr. Graham. 223 00:14:34,000 --> 00:14:38,000 Now, I better go back to our old place and bring over the rest of our clothes. 224 00:14:44,000 --> 00:14:47,000 What size does your wife wear, Mr. Graham? 225 00:14:47,000 --> 00:14:51,000 Why, I don't know exactly. What size do you wear? 226 00:14:51,000 --> 00:14:55,000 Well, I wear a 16. She'll probably be in to have them altered anyway. 227 00:14:55,000 --> 00:14:58,000 Now, here's a little model that just came in. 228 00:14:58,000 --> 00:15:05,000 Oh, no, no, no, no, that won't do at all. That's much too fussy for Geraldine. 229 00:15:05,000 --> 00:15:08,000 Well, perhaps it would help if you could describe her for me. 230 00:15:08,000 --> 00:15:15,000 Well, she has a kind of a gentle dignity and bearing, if you know what I mean. 231 00:15:15,000 --> 00:15:22,000 Her hair is pathy-colored with little gold lights in it and her eyes. 232 00:15:22,000 --> 00:15:26,000 Her eyes are a kind of a luminous gray-green color. 233 00:15:26,000 --> 00:15:32,000 Some days they look green and other days they're gray with gold flecks in them. 234 00:15:32,000 --> 00:15:39,000 Her features are delicate but strongly molded, sensitive but not fragile. 235 00:15:39,000 --> 00:15:43,000 And her skin is fair, almost translucent with just a sprinkling of freckles 236 00:15:43,000 --> 00:15:46,000 when she's been out in the sun for a day. 237 00:15:46,000 --> 00:15:50,000 She tries to cover them up, of course, as all women do when she's... 238 00:15:50,000 --> 00:15:52,000 Well, she's not exactly... 239 00:15:52,000 --> 00:15:54,000 How long have you been married? 240 00:15:54,000 --> 00:15:58,000 Why, only a short time? 241 00:15:58,000 --> 00:15:59,000 I thought so. 242 00:15:59,000 --> 00:16:03,000 Well, I'm not much good at describing people, especially people I know awfully well. 243 00:16:03,000 --> 00:16:08,000 On the contrary, you're almost too good at it. You've made me feel I've met her. 244 00:16:16,000 --> 00:16:21,000 You see, she was becoming more and more definite all the time. 245 00:16:21,000 --> 00:16:25,000 Remember how you dropped in to see me? Us, that day? 246 00:16:25,000 --> 00:16:27,000 Oh, come in, Miss Barton. 247 00:16:27,000 --> 00:16:29,000 I thought I could help you with your unpacking. 248 00:16:29,000 --> 00:16:32,000 Well, perhaps you could help with my wife's things. 249 00:16:32,000 --> 00:16:35,000 She gets home so late, I'd like to have everything arranged for her. 250 00:16:35,000 --> 00:16:39,000 Oh, what lovely clothes! And that suit! 251 00:16:39,000 --> 00:16:42,000 Why, just look at that suit. It's new, isn't it? 252 00:16:42,000 --> 00:16:45,000 Well, I think it is. I'm not sure. 253 00:16:45,000 --> 00:16:48,000 Of course it is. This is the suit I've had my eye on. 254 00:16:48,000 --> 00:16:49,000 I wanted it for Easter. 255 00:16:49,000 --> 00:16:50,000 Oh, I'm so sorry. 256 00:16:50,000 --> 00:16:53,000 Why, she's just my size, too. 257 00:16:53,000 --> 00:16:56,000 Oh, I... Yes, yes, I believe she is. 258 00:16:56,000 --> 00:17:00,000 Well, she must be just about my coloring, too, judging from her clothes. 259 00:17:00,000 --> 00:17:05,000 Well, yes, yes, there is something about the hair and eyes... 260 00:17:05,000 --> 00:17:07,000 Oh, I can't wait to see what she's like. 261 00:17:07,000 --> 00:17:11,000 Well, don't be surprised if you don't see her for some time. 262 00:17:11,000 --> 00:17:17,000 She comes in quite late and leaves so early in the morning that sometimes even I wonder if she's really been home or if I just imagined it. 263 00:17:17,000 --> 00:17:21,000 Well, I must say, you're a gentleman to put up with it. 264 00:17:21,000 --> 00:17:24,000 Well, she gets a kick out of this war job. 265 00:17:24,000 --> 00:17:27,000 And after all, it's only for the duration. 266 00:17:27,000 --> 00:17:30,000 You must be very much in love, Mr. Graham. 267 00:17:30,000 --> 00:17:38,000 Well, Geraldine and I are an unusual couple, Miss Barton. 268 00:17:38,000 --> 00:17:53,000 But so far, I believe that our marriage is an unqualified success. 269 00:17:53,000 --> 00:17:56,000 And so the legend of Geraldine grew. 270 00:17:56,000 --> 00:18:00,000 The fellows at my office used to kid me about my ideal marriage. 271 00:18:00,000 --> 00:18:02,000 Hey, Jack, what's the matter with Graham? 272 00:18:02,000 --> 00:18:04,000 He hasn't phoned his wife for nearly an hour. 273 00:18:04,000 --> 00:18:06,000 Oh, come now. 274 00:18:06,000 --> 00:18:07,000 Maybe they had a fight. 275 00:18:07,000 --> 00:18:10,000 Oh, Romeo and Geraldine Graham. 276 00:18:10,000 --> 00:18:11,000 How do you do it, Graham? 277 00:18:11,000 --> 00:18:14,000 Well, my wife broke a plate over my head at our honeymoon breakfast. 278 00:18:14,000 --> 00:18:16,000 We've had to buy three new sets of dishes every year. 279 00:18:16,000 --> 00:18:18,000 How do I do it? 280 00:18:18,000 --> 00:18:21,000 Watch this. I'll give you a lesson. 281 00:18:21,000 --> 00:18:24,000 I pick up the phone and dial a number at random. 282 00:18:24,000 --> 00:18:28,000 It was a little act I put on every day for their benefit. 283 00:18:28,000 --> 00:18:30,000 Unique Garage, Harry speaking. 284 00:18:30,000 --> 00:18:32,000 Hello, darling. 285 00:18:32,000 --> 00:18:33,000 You still love me? 286 00:18:33,000 --> 00:18:35,000 Hey, you got the wrong party, bud. 287 00:18:35,000 --> 00:18:36,000 This is the Unique Garage. 288 00:18:36,000 --> 00:18:37,000 Of course I do. 289 00:18:37,000 --> 00:18:38,000 Huh? 290 00:18:38,000 --> 00:18:40,000 Say it again, honey, just like that. 291 00:18:40,000 --> 00:18:41,000 Okay, you dumb. 292 00:18:41,000 --> 00:18:43,000 This is the Unique Garage, Harry speaking. 293 00:18:43,000 --> 00:18:44,000 Now, what do you want? 294 00:18:44,000 --> 00:18:46,000 Of course I don't mind you buying a new hat. 295 00:18:46,000 --> 00:18:50,000 Was it the crazy little one with the bird on it, the one you told me about? 296 00:18:50,000 --> 00:18:51,000 Listen, I got no time for gags. 297 00:18:51,000 --> 00:18:52,000 Are you a friend of somebody here? 298 00:18:52,000 --> 00:18:55,000 Well, what do you say we go out to a show tonight and break it in, hmm? 299 00:18:55,000 --> 00:18:56,000 Break what in? 300 00:18:56,000 --> 00:18:58,000 Why, of course I'd missed you. 301 00:18:58,000 --> 00:19:02,000 I can't be away from you for ten seconds without feeling lost and lonely. 302 00:19:02,000 --> 00:19:04,000 Darling. 303 00:19:04,000 --> 00:19:07,000 I'm sorry, darling, but I got a heavy date tonight at the El Marroco. 304 00:19:07,000 --> 00:19:09,000 Goodbye, you lush. 305 00:19:09,000 --> 00:19:12,000 Oh, honey, you haven't been seeing him again. 306 00:19:12,000 --> 00:19:15,000 Yes, I know he's a friend of your sister's. 307 00:19:15,000 --> 00:19:18,000 Yes, I mean your sister Geraldine, but... 308 00:19:18,000 --> 00:19:22,000 I know Geraldine, but I don't want that man around the house. 309 00:19:22,000 --> 00:19:24,000 Hmm? 310 00:19:24,000 --> 00:19:27,000 Yes, always and always, darling. 311 00:19:27,000 --> 00:19:30,000 Goodbye. 312 00:19:30,000 --> 00:19:33,000 How clever I thought myself that day. 313 00:19:33,000 --> 00:19:36,000 Injecting that little discordant note. 314 00:19:36,000 --> 00:19:41,000 Just that hint of jealousy into my one-sided conversation with Geraldine. 315 00:19:41,000 --> 00:19:45,000 How could I have known that it would be used against me later? 316 00:19:45,000 --> 00:19:49,000 How could I have known that my whole new life was to fall to pieces? 317 00:19:49,000 --> 00:19:52,000 Because it was that afternoon that the accident happened. 318 00:19:52,000 --> 00:19:56,000 A piece of equipment struck me in the head. 319 00:19:56,000 --> 00:20:02,000 When I regained consciousness, Mr. Potter was sitting beside my bed there in the company hospital. 320 00:20:02,000 --> 00:20:04,000 Where is she? 321 00:20:04,000 --> 00:20:06,000 Look, she's got to be notified, old fella. 322 00:20:06,000 --> 00:20:08,000 Next to kin, you know. It's the law, I believe. 323 00:20:08,000 --> 00:20:10,000 If she isn't at home... 324 00:20:10,000 --> 00:20:13,000 Now, please, please don't ask me any more questions. 325 00:20:13,000 --> 00:20:15,000 Now, now, look here, Graham. Forget that I'm your employer. 326 00:20:15,000 --> 00:20:17,000 Think of me as a friend. You can tell me. 327 00:20:17,000 --> 00:20:18,000 What is it? Has she left you? 328 00:20:18,000 --> 00:20:19,000 No. 329 00:20:19,000 --> 00:20:20,000 Well, then where is she? 330 00:20:20,000 --> 00:20:22,000 Well, I won't say any more. 331 00:20:22,000 --> 00:20:24,000 I... 332 00:20:24,000 --> 00:20:27,000 I was going to tell you everything, but I know you wouldn't believe me. 333 00:20:27,000 --> 00:20:29,000 I'll just say this. There's no use... 334 00:20:29,000 --> 00:20:31,000 No use you're looking for her. You won't find her. 335 00:20:31,000 --> 00:20:33,000 You want the police mixed up in this, do you, Graham? 336 00:20:33,000 --> 00:20:39,000 Oh, I don't care. I'll go to prison. I'll do whatever I must, but I won't answer any more questions about Geraldine. 337 00:20:51,000 --> 00:20:56,000 Well, you know the rest of the story, Miss Barton. 338 00:20:56,000 --> 00:21:03,000 When they released me from the hospital this morning, I knew it was only a matter of time until I'd be arrested for the murder of Geraldine. 339 00:21:03,000 --> 00:21:09,000 I didn't know they'd find her body quite so soon. 340 00:21:09,000 --> 00:21:14,000 But I'm rather glad they did. Now, my secret will never be known. 341 00:21:14,000 --> 00:21:17,000 Geraldine is as real in death as she was to me in life. 342 00:21:17,000 --> 00:21:21,000 Oh, Mr. Graham, aren't you glad you told me your story? 343 00:21:21,000 --> 00:21:28,000 Yes. Yes, I... I knew you'd understand somehow. 344 00:21:28,000 --> 00:21:31,000 Yes, but remember your promise. 345 00:21:31,000 --> 00:21:36,000 But, Mr. Graham, you can't let yourself be hanged for the murder of a woman who never existed. 346 00:21:36,000 --> 00:21:40,000 Now, listen to me. When that detective comes back, tell him all these things. 347 00:21:40,000 --> 00:21:43,000 No, I will not, Miss Barton. Let them think I'm the black widower. 348 00:21:43,000 --> 00:21:44,000 Oh, but... 349 00:21:44,000 --> 00:21:46,000 I even forged the marriage license. 350 00:21:46,000 --> 00:21:48,000 Oh, Mr. Graham, if only I'd known you then... 351 00:21:48,000 --> 00:21:52,000 I'd have a police description. Now, it's all too perfect. 352 00:21:52,000 --> 00:21:56,000 Apparently, this black widower and I look startlingly alike. 353 00:21:56,000 --> 00:21:58,000 But you see, it's quite hopeless. 354 00:21:58,000 --> 00:22:02,000 Mr. Graham, that's the detective now. What are you going to do? 355 00:22:02,000 --> 00:22:09,000 Nothing. I'm tired. I'll be glad to get it over. 356 00:22:09,000 --> 00:22:12,000 I couldn't bear to tell them about Geraldine. 357 00:22:12,000 --> 00:22:17,000 I couldn't stand for people to read about her and me in the papers and go about making cruel jokes over us. 358 00:22:17,000 --> 00:22:20,000 I don't care about saving my own life at that cost. 359 00:22:20,000 --> 00:22:21,000 Oh, please. 360 00:22:21,000 --> 00:22:25,000 That's why I made you give me your solemn promise to keep our secret, Miss Barton. 361 00:22:25,000 --> 00:22:31,000 But before they come in, I'd... I'd just like to say... 362 00:22:31,000 --> 00:22:34,000 You've been wonderful. 363 00:22:34,000 --> 00:22:41,000 You... you know, you're rather like Geraldine. 364 00:22:41,000 --> 00:22:46,000 Mr. Graham, oh, George, my poor, poor daughter. 365 00:22:46,000 --> 00:22:49,000 All right, put the bracelets on them, Riley. Bring the woman along for questioning. 366 00:22:49,000 --> 00:22:52,000 Just a moment, officer. You're making a terrible mistake. Listen to me. 367 00:22:52,000 --> 00:22:54,000 He is not the black widower. 368 00:22:54,000 --> 00:22:58,000 We know that, lady. They picked that one up in Albany a couple of hours ago. 369 00:22:58,000 --> 00:23:00,000 You found the black widower? Oh, George. 370 00:23:00,000 --> 00:23:02,000 What's that? My goodness. 371 00:23:02,000 --> 00:23:05,000 But your friend, Mr. Graham, here has still got some explaining to do. 372 00:23:05,000 --> 00:23:06,000 Such as? 373 00:23:06,000 --> 00:23:11,000 Such as what happened to his wife. We've got a corpus delicti and everything, you know. 374 00:23:11,000 --> 00:23:12,000 Well, very well, officer. I guess I... 375 00:23:12,000 --> 00:23:14,000 Will you be quiet, George? 376 00:23:14,000 --> 00:23:17,000 Officer, can I believe the evidence of my own ears? 377 00:23:17,000 --> 00:23:20,000 Do you say there is some question regarding Mr. Graham's wife? 378 00:23:20,000 --> 00:23:22,000 That's right. His wife. 379 00:23:22,000 --> 00:23:26,000 Well, it seems to me that a lot of trouble could have been spared if you had asked me about it. 380 00:23:26,000 --> 00:23:28,000 What... what do you mean? 381 00:23:28,000 --> 00:23:30,000 Now, please, please, my dear. You promised... 382 00:23:30,000 --> 00:23:34,000 Please, you see, I... I am Geraldine Graham. 383 00:23:34,000 --> 00:23:38,000 Well, I don't... Hey, listen, what's this? You're his wife. 384 00:23:38,000 --> 00:23:40,000 He has no other. 385 00:23:40,000 --> 00:23:42,000 Now, please, please. It's very kind of you, but it's no use. 386 00:23:42,000 --> 00:23:47,000 You see, officer, you won't believe me, but Geraldine never existed. 387 00:23:47,000 --> 00:23:50,000 Officer, my husband has had a very serious accident. 388 00:23:50,000 --> 00:23:53,000 He isn't quite right in the head yet, and you are not helping matters. 389 00:23:53,000 --> 00:23:55,000 Oh. Riley, get that phone, will you? 390 00:23:55,000 --> 00:23:56,000 Sure. 391 00:23:56,000 --> 00:23:59,000 Now, then, let's get this straight once and for all. 392 00:23:59,000 --> 00:24:01,000 Riley speaking. 393 00:24:01,000 --> 00:24:03,000 What? Yeah? 394 00:24:03,000 --> 00:24:04,000 Hold everything. 395 00:24:04,000 --> 00:24:05,000 Ah? 396 00:24:05,000 --> 00:24:06,000 Hey, his headquarters on the phone. 397 00:24:06,000 --> 00:24:09,000 They have identified that woman's corpus delicti. 398 00:24:09,000 --> 00:24:11,000 Her name is Eumansud Bovac. 399 00:24:11,000 --> 00:24:12,000 She fell off a tugboat. 400 00:24:12,000 --> 00:24:15,000 Well, why didn't they say so in the first place? 401 00:24:15,000 --> 00:24:20,000 Well, folks, it looks like we had a little misunderstanding all around. 402 00:24:20,000 --> 00:24:22,000 You know how it is. 403 00:24:22,000 --> 00:24:24,000 Well, take care of yourself, Mr. Graham. 404 00:24:24,000 --> 00:24:27,000 Goodbye, Mrs. G. I'm pleased to have made your acquaintance. 405 00:24:27,000 --> 00:24:30,000 Come on, Riley, come on. Let's get out of here. 406 00:24:30,000 --> 00:24:33,000 Miss... Miss Barton, uh... 407 00:24:33,000 --> 00:24:35,000 Uh, Agnes. 408 00:24:35,000 --> 00:24:36,000 I don't really know... 409 00:24:36,000 --> 00:24:38,000 George. 410 00:24:38,000 --> 00:24:40,000 Yes? 411 00:24:40,000 --> 00:24:43,000 What was Geraldine like? 412 00:24:43,000 --> 00:24:48,000 I mean, what did she look like? 413 00:24:48,000 --> 00:24:51,000 Well, really, my dear, I... 414 00:24:51,000 --> 00:24:53,000 Well, uh... 415 00:24:53,000 --> 00:24:55,000 Geraldine? 416 00:24:55,000 --> 00:25:03,000 Well, she has a kind of a gentle dignity and a grace of bearing. 417 00:25:03,000 --> 00:25:07,000 Her hair is taffy-colored with little gold lights in it. 418 00:25:07,000 --> 00:25:09,000 And her eyes... 419 00:25:09,000 --> 00:25:14,000 Well, her eyes are a kind of luminous gray-green color. 420 00:25:14,000 --> 00:25:19,000 Her skin is fair, almost translucent, with just a sprinkling of freckles 421 00:25:19,000 --> 00:25:21,000 when she's been out in the sun for a day. 422 00:25:21,000 --> 00:25:24,000 She tries to cover them up, of course, as all women do, and... 423 00:25:24,000 --> 00:25:27,000 I always do. 424 00:25:27,000 --> 00:25:32,000 You know, George, I was just looking in the mirror here while you were... 425 00:25:32,000 --> 00:25:36,000 You know, my hair is taffy-colored. 426 00:25:36,000 --> 00:25:39,000 And the little gold lights in it... 427 00:25:39,000 --> 00:25:42,000 That was very observant of you, George. 428 00:25:42,000 --> 00:25:45,000 And my eyes... 429 00:25:45,000 --> 00:25:50,000 Would you really say gray-green? 430 00:25:50,000 --> 00:25:53,000 My goodness. 431 00:25:53,000 --> 00:25:57,000 My goodness, I do believe... 432 00:25:57,000 --> 00:26:00,000 Miss Barton, uh, uh, Agnes... 433 00:26:00,000 --> 00:26:02,000 You suppose... 434 00:26:02,000 --> 00:26:04,000 That we could be married immediately. 435 00:26:04,000 --> 00:26:06,000 I rather think that can be arranged. 436 00:26:06,000 --> 00:26:10,000 And thank you for your nice proposal. 437 00:26:10,000 --> 00:26:13,000 My dear... 438 00:26:13,000 --> 00:26:14,000 Darling. 439 00:26:14,000 --> 00:26:17,000 Oh! 440 00:26:17,000 --> 00:26:22,000 George, what is Geraldine going to think of all this? 441 00:26:22,000 --> 00:26:40,000 She'll be furious. 442 00:26:40,000 --> 00:26:44,000 And so closes my wife Geraldine, starring Edward G. 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