WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:05.000 Now, Roma Wines present... 00:05.000 --> 00:10.000 Suspense! 00:10.000 --> 00:22.000 Tonight, my wife Geraldine, starring Edward G. Robinson. 00:22.000 --> 00:26.000 Suspense is presented for your enjoyment by Roma Wines. 00:26.000 --> 00:29.000 That's R-O-M-A, Roma Wines. 00:29.000 --> 00:34.000 Those excellent California wines that can add so much pleasantness to the way you live. 00:34.000 --> 00:36.000 To your happiness and entertaining guests. 00:36.000 --> 00:39.000 To your enjoyment of everyday meals. 00:39.000 --> 00:45.000 Yes, right now a glass full would be very pleasant, as Roma Wines bring you... 00:45.000 --> 00:49.000 Suspense! 00:49.000 --> 00:54.000 This is the man in black, here for the Roma Wine Company of Fresno, California. 00:54.000 --> 00:57.000 To raise the curtain on another study in suspense. 00:57.000 --> 01:02.000 Tonight from Hollywood, Roma Wines bring you a star, Mr. Edward G. Robinson. 01:02.000 --> 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. 01:10.000 --> 01:16.000 And so with my wife Geraldine and with the performance of Edward G. Robinson in the role of Geraldine's husband, 01:16.000 --> 01:18.000 we again hope to keep you in... 01:18.000 --> 01:24.000 Suspense! 01:24.000 --> 01:28.000 Mr. Graham? Mr. Graham? 01:28.000 --> 01:30.000 I know you're in there, Mr. Graham. 01:30.000 --> 01:33.000 You'd better open up. It's important. 01:33.000 --> 01:37.000 All right, I'll use my pasque then. 01:37.000 --> 01:42.000 Oh! Why are you sitting in the dark, Mr. Graham? 01:42.000 --> 01:44.000 Go away. Leave me alone. 01:44.000 --> 01:46.000 I have something to tell you. 01:46.000 --> 01:50.000 How can you sit here in the dark alone at a time like this? 01:50.000 --> 01:55.000 It gives me the creeps. Where's that light switch? 01:55.000 --> 01:58.000 Now, isn't that better with the lights on? 01:58.000 --> 02:01.000 What do you want? Why do you keep bothering me? 02:01.000 --> 02:03.000 I told you I'm not hungry. 02:03.000 --> 02:07.000 All right. I just brought this soup along in case. 02:07.000 --> 02:10.000 Now, listen to what I have to say, Mr. Graham. 02:10.000 --> 02:13.000 Well, I can't very well help myself, can I? 02:13.000 --> 02:17.000 That detective is coming back for you. He'll be here in just a few minutes. 02:17.000 --> 02:19.000 Why are you telling me this? 02:19.000 --> 02:24.000 I don't know. It won't do you any good unless I want it to. 02:24.000 --> 02:26.000 What are you driving at? 02:26.000 --> 02:28.000 Did you kill your wife, Mr. Graham? 02:28.000 --> 02:32.000 Ha ha ha ha. Oh, that's a good one. 02:32.000 --> 02:36.000 And the others. Did you really kill all those women? 02:36.000 --> 02:38.000 All what women? 02:38.000 --> 02:43.000 They say you're that wife killer, the one the newspaper's called the Black Widower. 02:43.000 --> 02:47.000 Well, aren't you afraid being all alone in the same room with the Black Widower? 02:47.000 --> 02:53.000 No, not exactly. Besides, they say he only kills women he's married to. 02:53.000 --> 02:58.000 Well, then I should propose to you without further delay, Miss Barton. 02:58.000 --> 03:01.000 Please, please don't joke. There's not time for it. 03:01.000 --> 03:04.000 I know a way for you to get out without being seen. 03:04.000 --> 03:06.000 There are police all around the house, but I know a way... 03:06.000 --> 03:08.000 I'm not interested. 03:08.000 --> 03:13.000 I wasn't going to tell you anyway. Not unless I discovered it wasn't true. 03:13.000 --> 03:15.000 About your being that murderer. 03:15.000 --> 03:19.000 Well, the police say I killed Geraldine. They ought to know. 03:19.000 --> 03:21.000 They found her body, Mr. Graham. 03:21.000 --> 03:27.000 Ha ha ha ha. Found her. Found Geraldine. Ha ha ha ha. 03:27.000 --> 03:30.000 Oh, no, no. This is too good. 03:30.000 --> 03:32.000 Who identified her? You? 03:32.000 --> 03:36.000 You forget, Mr. Graham. I scarcely ever saw her close enough to identify her. 03:36.000 --> 03:38.000 Yes, but you did see her. 03:38.000 --> 03:43.000 Well, after all, a person could hardly live in the same house for close on to six months 03:43.000 --> 03:47.000 without catching a glimpse of Geraldine. 03:47.000 --> 03:49.000 Yes, yes, of course. 03:49.000 --> 03:51.000 Mr. Graham, you haven't much time. 03:51.000 --> 03:55.000 What do you want, Miss Barton? A nice, juicy confession? 03:55.000 --> 03:57.000 Yes, that would be useful, wouldn't it? 03:57.000 --> 03:59.000 We'd never have to take in rumours again. 03:59.000 --> 04:01.000 You could charge admission to this house. 04:01.000 --> 04:05.000 And this is the room where the black widower confessed all to me. 04:05.000 --> 04:07.000 I couldn't help it, he said. It was a compulsion. 04:07.000 --> 04:10.000 I loved her, but I had to kill her. It was just like all the others. 04:10.000 --> 04:12.000 I'm sorry, Mr. Graham. I won't bother you again. 04:12.000 --> 04:14.000 If you need anything, well, I'll go. 04:14.000 --> 04:16.000 No, wait. 04:17.000 --> 04:19.000 I've hurt your feelings, haven't I? 04:21.000 --> 04:23.000 Sit down. 04:23.000 --> 04:25.000 It's better with you here. 04:25.000 --> 04:27.000 Really, it is. 04:27.000 --> 04:30.000 Just tell me one thing and I'll go, Mr. Graham. 04:31.000 --> 04:36.000 Did you kill her? Not the others, but her. 04:37.000 --> 04:39.000 Well, why Geraldine especially? 04:39.000 --> 04:42.000 Because you loved her so. 04:42.000 --> 04:46.000 It was the most beautiful thing that ever happened to me. 04:46.000 --> 04:49.000 Sharing your happiness with her. 04:49.000 --> 04:51.000 The talks we used to have about her. 04:51.000 --> 04:53.000 The way you used to... 04:53.000 --> 04:55.000 Oh, stop it, stop it! 04:55.000 --> 04:57.000 I'm sorry. 04:58.000 --> 05:00.000 I'll tell you. 05:00.000 --> 05:02.000 You won't believe it, but I'll tell you. 05:02.000 --> 05:04.000 Oh, please. Please do, Mr. Graham. 05:04.000 --> 05:11.000 And this may seem strange, but I shall have to exact a solemn promise from you. 05:11.000 --> 05:13.000 Never tell anyone what I'm about to reveal. 05:13.000 --> 05:17.000 I suppose it's wrong, but very well. 05:17.000 --> 05:19.000 You have my promise. 05:19.000 --> 05:24.000 Well, to begin with, I couldn't possibly have killed Geraldine. 05:24.000 --> 05:26.000 Then they've made a mistake. She's still alive. 05:26.000 --> 05:28.000 No, she's not alive. 05:28.000 --> 05:30.000 Oh, you knew that all along? 05:30.000 --> 05:32.000 Of course. 05:32.000 --> 05:36.000 Actually, my wife Geraldine never even existed. 05:47.000 --> 05:52.000 Tonight for Suspense, Roma Wines are bringing you as star Mr. Edward G. Robinson, 05:52.000 --> 05:56.000 whom you have heard in the prologue to My Wife Geraldine, 05:56.000 --> 06:00.000 a radio play by Robert Tallman from a story by Lawrence Marcus. 06:00.000 --> 06:03.000 Tonight's tale of Suspense. 06:10.000 --> 06:13.000 This is Truman Bradley for Roma Wines. 06:13.000 --> 06:19.000 To millions all over the world, the name Elsa Maxwell stands for gracious hospitality. 06:19.000 --> 06:25.000 Her suggestions on entertaining are eagerly sought, and here's an especially timely one. 06:25.000 --> 06:31.000 Having a simple dinner for friends during these days of food rationing calls for imagination, 06:31.000 --> 06:37.000 yet any hostess can complement family and guests and make simple foods temptingly attractive. 06:37.000 --> 06:45.000 I suggest the simple and inexpensive touch that Roma lends, making party fare out of the most ordinary supper. 06:45.000 --> 06:51.000 Serve cool Roma red burgundy with the meal. 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It costs only pennies a glass. 07:41.000 --> 07:47.000 Remember, more Americans enjoy Roma than any other wine. 07:47.000 --> 07:51.000 R-O-M-A, Roma wines. 07:51.000 --> 07:59.000 And now it is with pleasure that we bring back to our sound stage Edward G. Robinson in My Wife Geraldine. 07:59.000 --> 08:03.000 A tale well calculated to keep you in suspense. 08:03.000 --> 08:14.000 MUSIC 08:14.000 --> 08:19.000 I'd better go back to the beginning, before Geraldine, shall we say. 08:19.000 --> 08:23.000 I was a bachelor, Miss Barton, what they call a confirmed bachelor. 08:23.000 --> 08:28.000 My mother was left a widow at the time of my life when most young men started going out with girls. 08:28.000 --> 08:33.000 She was an invalid. Well, you know how it is. It's an old story. 08:33.000 --> 08:38.000 In those days, Geraldine was only a sort of vague picture in my mind. 08:38.000 --> 08:43.000 She didn't have any names. She was only the girl that I hoped one day to marry. 08:43.000 --> 08:47.000 As the years passed by, the hope faded. 08:47.000 --> 08:52.000 But as it faded, the image of the girl became more vivid. 08:52.000 --> 08:59.000 I, uh, I'd always admired Geraldine Farrar, and so I named my dream girl Geraldine. 08:59.000 --> 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. 09:05.000 --> 09:07.000 They were all married men. 09:07.000 --> 09:13.000 Good morning, Holmes. Morning, Jackson. Smith. 09:13.000 --> 09:15.000 Oh, hello, Graham. 09:15.000 --> 09:18.000 Say, fellas, did I tell you my wife's expecting again? 09:18.000 --> 09:19.000 You don't say. 09:19.000 --> 09:21.000 Well, congratulations, Smith, old boy. 09:21.000 --> 09:22.000 Thanks. 09:22.000 --> 09:23.000 How's about a bet? 09:23.000 --> 09:24.000 Five bucks says it's another girl. 09:24.000 --> 09:27.000 I'm betting on twins. Odds are a million to one. 09:27.000 --> 09:28.000 What's your bet, Graham? 09:28.000 --> 09:33.000 Hmm? Oh, uh, my bet? Oh, well, I don't have any children, you see, and I... 09:33.000 --> 09:36.000 What's your wife raise? Pekingese poodles? 09:36.000 --> 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. 09:41.000 --> 09:48.000 Well, uh, my wife, uh, I mean, uh, Geraldine, uh, well, I'll show you her picture some day. 09:48.000 --> 09:52.000 She must be a raving beauty. Graham wouldn't be so quiet about it. 09:52.000 --> 09:58.000 I always knew Graham was nursing some secret. Now it's out. An extravagant wife. 09:58.000 --> 10:03.000 No, Geraldine is not extravagant. I don't like your tone of voice, Holmes. You're speaking of my wife. 10:03.000 --> 10:05.000 Oh, no, wait a minute. He was only... 10:05.000 --> 10:06.000 He's been married very long, Graham. 10:06.000 --> 10:08.000 I don't believe he's married at all. 10:08.000 --> 10:14.000 Oh, you don't? Well, let me tell you something. Not all marriages are like yours. Some people stay in love. 10:14.000 --> 10:18.000 I think I may safely say that Geraldine and I will always be in love. 10:18.000 --> 10:33.000 Well, that was how it started. When I thought about it afterwards, I was astonished at my behavior. 10:33.000 --> 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. 10:41.000 --> 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. 10:51.000 --> 10:53.000 Uh, come in, come in. 10:53.000 --> 10:54.000 Uh, you sent for me, Mr. Potter? 10:54.000 --> 10:56.000 Yes, yes, Graham. Have a chair. 10:56.000 --> 10:57.000 Here you are. 10:57.000 --> 10:58.000 Oh, thanks. 10:58.000 --> 11:06.000 Well, the cat's out of the bag. Congratulations. You're in for a promotion in the raise and pay. 11:06.000 --> 11:08.000 Oh, well, thank you, Mr. Potter. 11:08.000 --> 11:11.000 Not at all, not at all. Glad to have another married man on our payroll. 11:11.000 --> 11:12.000 Oh. 11:12.000 --> 11:14.000 Ah, it's the technicality, Graham. 11:14.000 --> 11:15.000 Yes, sir. 11:15.000 --> 11:19.000 So as to justify this raise with our main office, will you bring around your marriage license? 11:19.000 --> 11:20.000 Yes, but, Mr. Potter... 11:20.000 --> 11:23.000 It's a company rule, Graham. Got to do it. 11:23.000 --> 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. 11:33.000 --> 11:36.000 Yes, sir. Some women will marry anybody. 11:36.000 --> 11:38.000 Even you, eh, Graham? 11:38.000 --> 11:40.000 Well, no offense, old man. 11:40.000 --> 11:44.000 Well, I, uh, I guess I'd better be getting back to the job. 11:44.000 --> 11:46.000 That's the spirit. Don't forget that marriage license. 11:46.000 --> 11:58.000 No, sir. I won't forget. 11:58.000 --> 12:00.000 Yes, sir. 12:00.000 --> 12:02.000 Are you, uh, Fred Bell? 12:02.000 --> 12:03.000 Yeah. 12:03.000 --> 12:06.000 Well, look, I'm in sort of a spot. 12:06.000 --> 12:14.000 You know, I've just changed jobs and for the record, you understand, I have to show them my marriage license. 12:14.000 --> 12:17.000 By George, I've lost it and I don't know what to do. 12:17.000 --> 12:19.000 Who sent you here, mister? 12:19.000 --> 12:22.000 A fellow roomer in my hotel, Frank McGuire. 12:22.000 --> 12:35.000 Oh. Well, you know, I'm sticking my neck way out on this. It's going to cost you dough. 12:35.000 --> 12:41.000 And now, now it became necessary for me to change my mode of life even more. 12:41.000 --> 12:46.000 I could scarcely go on living in bachelor quarters with Geraldine. 12:46.000 --> 12:53.000 And that brought me to you, Miss Parton. Remember? 12:53.000 --> 12:55.000 Yes? 12:55.000 --> 13:01.000 Oh, I saw your advertisement in the morning herald. A furnished apartment. 13:01.000 --> 13:04.000 Oh, yes. Come in, won't you? 13:04.000 --> 13:06.000 Thank you. 13:06.000 --> 13:08.000 You better set your bag down on the hall here. 13:08.000 --> 13:11.000 No use lugging it upstairs till you've seen the place. 13:11.000 --> 13:13.000 Yes, yes, yes. It's a good idea. 13:13.000 --> 13:14.000 Right up these stairs. 13:14.000 --> 13:16.000 Thank you. 13:16.000 --> 13:18.000 Is it just you alone? 13:18.000 --> 13:22.000 Oh, no, no, no, no. Myself and wife. 13:22.000 --> 13:23.000 Oh. 13:23.000 --> 13:30.000 Well, she works late in the war plans, so she gave me the rather unpleasant job of finding a place. 13:30.000 --> 13:35.000 Well, this is it. Two rooms and a small kitchen. 13:35.000 --> 13:37.000 The bath's in there. 13:37.000 --> 13:40.000 Yes. Looks very nice. 13:40.000 --> 13:43.000 Set a good vanity table for your wife. 13:43.000 --> 13:46.000 Oh, yes, yes. I'm sure she'd like that especially. 13:46.000 --> 13:49.000 There's plenty of closet space for her clothes. 13:49.000 --> 13:50.000 Her clothes? 13:50.000 --> 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. 13:54.000 --> 13:59.000 Oh, oh, oh, no, no, no, no, of course not. Oh, goodness, no. 13:59.000 --> 14:04.000 I don't give a hang for clothes myself. Maybe that's why I'm an old maid. 14:04.000 --> 14:08.000 Oh, no, you don't. Well, what is the rent? 14:08.000 --> 14:13.000 Ten dollars a week. We could get more, but since your wife is... 14:13.000 --> 14:20.000 Well, all right, I'll take it. Here. Here's the first month's rent. 14:20.000 --> 14:22.000 Well, I'd better give you a receipt for this. 14:22.000 --> 14:28.000 Well, it's not necessary, but my wife likes to hang on such things for some reason. 14:28.000 --> 14:32.000 So you better make it out to her. Mrs. Graham, Geraldine Graham. 14:32.000 --> 14:34.000 All right, Mr. Graham. 14:34.000 --> 14:38.000 Now, I better go back to our old place and bring over the rest of our clothes. 14:44.000 --> 14:47.000 What size does your wife wear, Mr. Graham? 14:47.000 --> 14:51.000 Why, I don't know exactly. What size do you wear? 14:51.000 --> 14:55.000 Well, I wear a 16. She'll probably be in to have them altered anyway. 14:55.000 --> 14:58.000 Now, here's a little model that just came in. 14:58.000 --> 15:05.000 Oh, no, no, no, no, that won't do at all. That's much too fussy for Geraldine. 15:05.000 --> 15:08.000 Well, perhaps it would help if you could describe her for me. 15:08.000 --> 15:15.000 Well, she has a kind of a gentle dignity and bearing, if you know what I mean. 15:15.000 --> 15:22.000 Her hair is pathy-colored with little gold lights in it and her eyes. 15:22.000 --> 15:26.000 Her eyes are a kind of a luminous gray-green color. 15:26.000 --> 15:32.000 Some days they look green and other days they're gray with gold flecks in them. 15:32.000 --> 15:39.000 Her features are delicate but strongly molded, sensitive but not fragile. 15:39.000 --> 15:43.000 And her skin is fair, almost translucent with just a sprinkling of freckles 15:43.000 --> 15:46.000 when she's been out in the sun for a day. 15:46.000 --> 15:50.000 She tries to cover them up, of course, as all women do when she's... 15:50.000 --> 15:52.000 Well, she's not exactly... 15:52.000 --> 15:54.000 How long have you been married? 15:54.000 --> 15:58.000 Why, only a short time? 15:58.000 --> 15:59.000 I thought so. 15:59.000 --> 16:03.000 Well, I'm not much good at describing people, especially people I know awfully well. 16:03.000 --> 16:08.000 On the contrary, you're almost too good at it. You've made me feel I've met her. 16:16.000 --> 16:21.000 You see, she was becoming more and more definite all the time. 16:21.000 --> 16:25.000 Remember how you dropped in to see me? Us, that day? 16:25.000 --> 16:27.000 Oh, come in, Miss Barton. 16:27.000 --> 16:29.000 I thought I could help you with your unpacking. 16:29.000 --> 16:32.000 Well, perhaps you could help with my wife's things. 16:32.000 --> 16:35.000 She gets home so late, I'd like to have everything arranged for her. 16:35.000 --> 16:39.000 Oh, what lovely clothes! And that suit! 16:39.000 --> 16:42.000 Why, just look at that suit. It's new, isn't it? 16:42.000 --> 16:45.000 Well, I think it is. I'm not sure. 16:45.000 --> 16:48.000 Of course it is. This is the suit I've had my eye on. 16:48.000 --> 16:49.000 I wanted it for Easter. 16:49.000 --> 16:50.000 Oh, I'm so sorry. 16:50.000 --> 16:53.000 Why, she's just my size, too. 16:53.000 --> 16:56.000 Oh, I... Yes, yes, I believe she is. 16:56.000 --> 17:00.000 Well, she must be just about my coloring, too, judging from her clothes. 17:00.000 --> 17:05.000 Well, yes, yes, there is something about the hair and eyes... 17:05.000 --> 17:07.000 Oh, I can't wait to see what she's like. 17:07.000 --> 17:11.000 Well, don't be surprised if you don't see her for some time. 17:11.000 --> 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. 17:17.000 --> 17:21.000 Well, I must say, you're a gentleman to put up with it. 17:21.000 --> 17:24.000 Well, she gets a kick out of this war job. 17:24.000 --> 17:27.000 And after all, it's only for the duration. 17:27.000 --> 17:30.000 You must be very much in love, Mr. Graham. 17:30.000 --> 17:38.000 Well, Geraldine and I are an unusual couple, Miss Barton. 17:38.000 --> 17:53.000 But so far, I believe that our marriage is an unqualified success. 17:53.000 --> 17:56.000 And so the legend of Geraldine grew. 17:56.000 --> 18:00.000 The fellows at my office used to kid me about my ideal marriage. 18:00.000 --> 18:02.000 Hey, Jack, what's the matter with Graham? 18:02.000 --> 18:04.000 He hasn't phoned his wife for nearly an hour. 18:04.000 --> 18:06.000 Oh, come now. 18:06.000 --> 18:07.000 Maybe they had a fight. 18:07.000 --> 18:10.000 Oh, Romeo and Geraldine Graham. 18:10.000 --> 18:11.000 How do you do it, Graham? 18:11.000 --> 18:14.000 Well, my wife broke a plate over my head at our honeymoon breakfast. 18:14.000 --> 18:16.000 We've had to buy three new sets of dishes every year. 18:16.000 --> 18:18.000 How do I do it? 18:18.000 --> 18:21.000 Watch this. I'll give you a lesson. 18:21.000 --> 18:24.000 I pick up the phone and dial a number at random. 18:24.000 --> 18:28.000 It was a little act I put on every day for their benefit. 18:28.000 --> 18:30.000 Unique Garage, Harry speaking. 18:30.000 --> 18:32.000 Hello, darling. 18:32.000 --> 18:33.000 You still love me? 18:33.000 --> 18:35.000 Hey, you got the wrong party, bud. 18:35.000 --> 18:36.000 This is the Unique Garage. 18:36.000 --> 18:37.000 Of course I do. 18:37.000 --> 18:38.000 Huh? 18:38.000 --> 18:40.000 Say it again, honey, just like that. 18:40.000 --> 18:41.000 Okay, you dumb. 18:41.000 --> 18:43.000 This is the Unique Garage, Harry speaking. 18:43.000 --> 18:44.000 Now, what do you want? 18:44.000 --> 18:46.000 Of course I don't mind you buying a new hat. 18:46.000 --> 18:50.000 Was it the crazy little one with the bird on it, the one you told me about? 18:50.000 --> 18:51.000 Listen, I got no time for gags. 18:51.000 --> 18:52.000 Are you a friend of somebody here? 18:52.000 --> 18:55.000 Well, what do you say we go out to a show tonight and break it in, hmm? 18:55.000 --> 18:56.000 Break what in? 18:56.000 --> 18:58.000 Why, of course I'd missed you. 18:58.000 --> 19:02.000 I can't be away from you for ten seconds without feeling lost and lonely. 19:02.000 --> 19:04.000 Darling. 19:04.000 --> 19:07.000 I'm sorry, darling, but I got a heavy date tonight at the El Marroco. 19:07.000 --> 19:09.000 Goodbye, you lush. 19:09.000 --> 19:12.000 Oh, honey, you haven't been seeing him again. 19:12.000 --> 19:15.000 Yes, I know he's a friend of your sister's. 19:15.000 --> 19:18.000 Yes, I mean your sister Geraldine, but... 19:18.000 --> 19:22.000 I know Geraldine, but I don't want that man around the house. 19:22.000 --> 19:24.000 Hmm? 19:24.000 --> 19:27.000 Yes, always and always, darling. 19:27.000 --> 19:30.000 Goodbye. 19:30.000 --> 19:33.000 How clever I thought myself that day. 19:33.000 --> 19:36.000 Injecting that little discordant note. 19:36.000 --> 19:41.000 Just that hint of jealousy into my one-sided conversation with Geraldine. 19:41.000 --> 19:45.000 How could I have known that it would be used against me later? 19:45.000 --> 19:49.000 How could I have known that my whole new life was to fall to pieces? 19:49.000 --> 19:52.000 Because it was that afternoon that the accident happened. 19:52.000 --> 19:56.000 A piece of equipment struck me in the head. 19:56.000 --> 20:02.000 When I regained consciousness, Mr. Potter was sitting beside my bed there in the company hospital. 20:02.000 --> 20:04.000 Where is she? 20:04.000 --> 20:06.000 Look, she's got to be notified, old fella. 20:06.000 --> 20:08.000 Next to kin, you know. It's the law, I believe. 20:08.000 --> 20:10.000 If she isn't at home... 20:10.000 --> 20:13.000 Now, please, please don't ask me any more questions. 20:13.000 --> 20:15.000 Now, now, look here, Graham. Forget that I'm your employer. 20:15.000 --> 20:17.000 Think of me as a friend. You can tell me. 20:17.000 --> 20:18.000 What is it? Has she left you? 20:18.000 --> 20:19.000 No. 20:19.000 --> 20:20.000 Well, then where is she? 20:20.000 --> 20:22.000 Well, I won't say any more. 20:22.000 --> 20:24.000 I... 20:24.000 --> 20:27.000 I was going to tell you everything, but I know you wouldn't believe me. 20:27.000 --> 20:29.000 I'll just say this. There's no use... 20:29.000 --> 20:31.000 No use you're looking for her. You won't find her. 20:31.000 --> 20:33.000 You want the police mixed up in this, do you, Graham? 20:33.000 --> 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. 20:51.000 --> 20:56.000 Well, you know the rest of the story, Miss Barton. 20:56.000 --> 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. 21:03.000 --> 21:09.000 I didn't know they'd find her body quite so soon. 21:09.000 --> 21:14.000 But I'm rather glad they did. Now, my secret will never be known. 21:14.000 --> 21:17.000 Geraldine is as real in death as she was to me in life. 21:17.000 --> 21:21.000 Oh, Mr. Graham, aren't you glad you told me your story? 21:21.000 --> 21:28.000 Yes. Yes, I... I knew you'd understand somehow. 21:28.000 --> 21:31.000 Yes, but remember your promise. 21:31.000 --> 21:36.000 But, Mr. Graham, you can't let yourself be hanged for the murder of a woman who never existed. 21:36.000 --> 21:40.000 Now, listen to me. When that detective comes back, tell him all these things. 21:40.000 --> 21:43.000 No, I will not, Miss Barton. Let them think I'm the black widower. 21:43.000 --> 21:44.000 Oh, but... 21:44.000 --> 21:46.000 I even forged the marriage license. 21:46.000 --> 21:48.000 Oh, Mr. Graham, if only I'd known you then... 21:48.000 --> 21:52.000 I'd have a police description. Now, it's all too perfect. 21:52.000 --> 21:56.000 Apparently, this black widower and I look startlingly alike. 21:56.000 --> 21:58.000 But you see, it's quite hopeless. 21:58.000 --> 22:02.000 Mr. Graham, that's the detective now. What are you going to do? 22:02.000 --> 22:09.000 Nothing. I'm tired. I'll be glad to get it over. 22:09.000 --> 22:12.000 I couldn't bear to tell them about Geraldine. 22:12.000 --> 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. 22:17.000 --> 22:20.000 I don't care about saving my own life at that cost. 22:20.000 --> 22:21.000 Oh, please. 22:21.000 --> 22:25.000 That's why I made you give me your solemn promise to keep our secret, Miss Barton. 22:25.000 --> 22:31.000 But before they come in, I'd... I'd just like to say... 22:31.000 --> 22:34.000 You've been wonderful. 22:34.000 --> 22:41.000 You... you know, you're rather like Geraldine. 22:41.000 --> 22:46.000 Mr. Graham, oh, George, my poor, poor daughter. 22:46.000 --> 22:49.000 All right, put the bracelets on them, Riley. Bring the woman along for questioning. 22:49.000 --> 22:52.000 Just a moment, officer. You're making a terrible mistake. Listen to me. 22:52.000 --> 22:54.000 He is not the black widower. 22:54.000 --> 22:58.000 We know that, lady. They picked that one up in Albany a couple of hours ago. 22:58.000 --> 23:00.000 You found the black widower? Oh, George. 23:00.000 --> 23:02.000 What's that? My goodness. 23:02.000 --> 23:05.000 But your friend, Mr. Graham, here has still got some explaining to do. 23:05.000 --> 23:06.000 Such as? 23:06.000 --> 23:11.000 Such as what happened to his wife. We've got a corpus delicti and everything, you know. 23:11.000 --> 23:12.000 Well, very well, officer. I guess I... 23:12.000 --> 23:14.000 Will you be quiet, George? 23:14.000 --> 23:17.000 Officer, can I believe the evidence of my own ears? 23:17.000 --> 23:20.000 Do you say there is some question regarding Mr. Graham's wife? 23:20.000 --> 23:22.000 That's right. His wife. 23:22.000 --> 23:26.000 Well, it seems to me that a lot of trouble could have been spared if you had asked me about it. 23:26.000 --> 23:28.000 What... what do you mean? 23:28.000 --> 23:30.000 Now, please, please, my dear. You promised... 23:30.000 --> 23:34.000 Please, you see, I... I am Geraldine Graham. 23:34.000 --> 23:38.000 Well, I don't... Hey, listen, what's this? You're his wife. 23:38.000 --> 23:40.000 He has no other. 23:40.000 --> 23:42.000 Now, please, please. It's very kind of you, but it's no use. 23:42.000 --> 23:47.000 You see, officer, you won't believe me, but Geraldine never existed. 23:47.000 --> 23:50.000 Officer, my husband has had a very serious accident. 23:50.000 --> 23:53.000 He isn't quite right in the head yet, and you are not helping matters. 23:53.000 --> 23:55.000 Oh. Riley, get that phone, will you? 23:55.000 --> 23:56.000 Sure. 23:56.000 --> 23:59.000 Now, then, let's get this straight once and for all. 23:59.000 --> 24:01.000 Riley speaking. 24:01.000 --> 24:03.000 What? Yeah? 24:03.000 --> 24:04.000 Hold everything. 24:04.000 --> 24:05.000 Ah? 24:05.000 --> 24:06.000 Hey, his headquarters on the phone. 24:06.000 --> 24:09.000 They have identified that woman's corpus delicti. 24:09.000 --> 24:11.000 Her name is Eumansud Bovac. 24:11.000 --> 24:12.000 She fell off a tugboat. 24:12.000 --> 24:15.000 Well, why didn't they say so in the first place? 24:15.000 --> 24:20.000 Well, folks, it looks like we had a little misunderstanding all around. 24:20.000 --> 24:22.000 You know how it is. 24:22.000 --> 24:24.000 Well, take care of yourself, Mr. Graham. 24:24.000 --> 24:27.000 Goodbye, Mrs. G. I'm pleased to have made your acquaintance. 24:27.000 --> 24:30.000 Come on, Riley, come on. Let's get out of here. 24:30.000 --> 24:33.000 Miss... Miss Barton, uh... 24:33.000 --> 24:35.000 Uh, Agnes. 24:35.000 --> 24:36.000 I don't really know... 24:36.000 --> 24:38.000 George. 24:38.000 --> 24:40.000 Yes? 24:40.000 --> 24:43.000 What was Geraldine like? 24:43.000 --> 24:48.000 I mean, what did she look like? 24:48.000 --> 24:51.000 Well, really, my dear, I... 24:51.000 --> 24:53.000 Well, uh... 24:53.000 --> 24:55.000 Geraldine? 24:55.000 --> 25:03.000 Well, she has a kind of a gentle dignity and a grace of bearing. 25:03.000 --> 25:07.000 Her hair is taffy-colored with little gold lights in it. 25:07.000 --> 25:09.000 And her eyes... 25:09.000 --> 25:14.000 Well, her eyes are a kind of luminous gray-green color. 25:14.000 --> 25:19.000 Her skin is fair, almost translucent, with just a sprinkling of freckles 25:19.000 --> 25:21.000 when she's been out in the sun for a day. 25:21.000 --> 25:24.000 She tries to cover them up, of course, as all women do, and... 25:24.000 --> 25:27.000 I always do. 25:27.000 --> 25:32.000 You know, George, I was just looking in the mirror here while you were... 25:32.000 --> 25:36.000 You know, my hair is taffy-colored. 25:36.000 --> 25:39.000 And the little gold lights in it... 25:39.000 --> 25:42.000 That was very observant of you, George. 25:42.000 --> 25:45.000 And my eyes... 25:45.000 --> 25:50.000 Would you really say gray-green? 25:50.000 --> 25:53.000 My goodness. 25:53.000 --> 25:57.000 My goodness, I do believe... 25:57.000 --> 26:00.000 Miss Barton, uh, uh, Agnes... 26:00.000 --> 26:02.000 You suppose... 26:02.000 --> 26:04.000 That we could be married immediately. 26:04.000 --> 26:06.000 I rather think that can be arranged. 26:06.000 --> 26:10.000 And thank you for your nice proposal. 26:10.000 --> 26:13.000 My dear... 26:13.000 --> 26:14.000 Darling. 26:14.000 --> 26:17.000 Oh! 26:17.000 --> 26:22.000 George, what is Geraldine going to think of all this? 26:22.000 --> 26:40.000 She'll be furious. 26:40.000 --> 26:44.000 And so closes my wife Geraldine, starring Edward G. 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