WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:06.000 Now, the Roma Wine Company of Fresno, California presents... 00:06.000 --> 00:10.000 Suspense! 00:10.000 --> 00:24.000 Tonight, Roma wines bring you the suspenseful play called, A Guy Gets Lonely, starring Dane 00:24.000 --> 00:29.000 Clark. 00:29.000 --> 00:30.000 Suspense! 00:30.000 --> 00:33.000 Is presented for your enjoyment by Roma Wines. 00:33.000 --> 00:35.000 That's R-O-M-A. 00:35.000 --> 00:36.000 Roma Wines. 00:36.000 --> 00:41.000 Those excellent California wines that can add so much pleasantness to the way you live. 00:41.000 --> 00:43.000 To your happiness and entertaining guests. 00:43.000 --> 00:46.000 To your enjoyment of everyday meals. 00:46.000 --> 00:50.000 Yes, right now a glass full would be very pleasant. 00:50.000 --> 00:54.000 As Roma Wines bring you, A Remarkable Tale of Suspense. 00:54.000 --> 00:57.000 And with the drama called, A Guy Gets Lonely. 00:57.000 --> 01:01.000 And with the performance of Mr. Dane Clark as Eddie Lewis, Roma Wines hope indeed to 01:01.000 --> 01:02.000 keep you in... 01:02.000 --> 01:03.000 Suspense! 01:03.000 --> 01:20.000 Have you ever been lonely? 01:20.000 --> 01:21.000 Desperately lonely? 01:21.000 --> 01:26.000 Well, there's an emptiness in the pit of your stomach that no food can remove. 01:26.000 --> 01:30.000 There's a coldness about people's faces that make you shudder. 01:30.000 --> 01:33.000 And you do silly things when you're lonely. 01:33.000 --> 01:36.000 Maybe that explains what happened to me. 01:36.000 --> 01:38.000 Maybe. 01:38.000 --> 01:42.000 Anyhow, I was hanging around the shooting gallery in one of those Broadway penny arcades 01:42.000 --> 01:43.000 that night. 01:43.000 --> 01:46.000 One of those places where you can play a game of chess, get your fortune told, have ten 01:46.000 --> 01:48.000 shots at Hitler all fifteen cents. 01:48.000 --> 01:50.000 And I was alone as usual. 01:50.000 --> 01:55.000 Thinking the dull, drab, dreary things a guy thinks about when he's alone. 01:55.000 --> 01:59.000 And suddenly an old man standing next to me said... 01:59.000 --> 02:03.000 Well, my aim is not what it used to be. 02:03.000 --> 02:06.000 Oh, got a match, my boy? 02:06.000 --> 02:07.000 Match? 02:07.000 --> 02:09.000 Oh, sure, here. 02:09.000 --> 02:10.000 Oh, thank you. 02:10.000 --> 02:15.000 You haven't by any chance got a cigarette to go with that match, have you, son? 02:15.000 --> 02:18.000 Of course, here, take one. 02:18.000 --> 02:19.000 Thanks again. 02:19.000 --> 02:24.000 You know, with cigarettes so scarce nowadays, the only way a gentleman gets a smoke is to 02:24.000 --> 02:25.000 smoke himself. 02:25.000 --> 02:26.000 Yep. 02:26.000 --> 02:28.000 Thank you, thank you. 02:28.000 --> 02:31.000 What's the matter, kid? 02:31.000 --> 02:35.000 You look like your ship came in, only your mother-in-law was aboard. 02:35.000 --> 02:36.000 Oh, nothing. 02:36.000 --> 02:37.000 Oh, come on. 02:37.000 --> 02:42.000 Fess up to old Horace, I'm Beatrice Bearfax without the girdle. 02:42.000 --> 02:46.000 Well, I'm just fed up with this town, that's all. 02:46.000 --> 02:48.000 There's nothing wrong with this town, kid. 02:48.000 --> 02:50.000 It's like all other towns. 02:50.000 --> 02:51.000 Except the one you grew up in. 02:51.000 --> 02:53.000 I suppose you're right. 02:53.000 --> 02:56.000 You know what you need is a little diversion. 02:56.000 --> 02:58.000 Oh, here, my man. 02:58.000 --> 03:00.000 Load these guns up again, will you? 03:00.000 --> 03:01.000 Yes, sir, both guns, chum. 03:01.000 --> 03:02.000 Naturally. 03:02.000 --> 03:03.000 You'll try it again, won't you, son? 03:03.000 --> 03:04.000 All right, sir. 03:04.000 --> 03:05.000 Okay. 03:05.000 --> 03:08.000 You know, I think perhaps I've got just the right medicine for your homesickness, young 03:08.000 --> 03:09.000 fellow. 03:09.000 --> 03:10.000 Oh, what's that? 03:10.000 --> 03:11.000 A girl. 03:11.000 --> 03:12.000 A girl? 03:12.000 --> 03:13.000 Yes. 03:13.000 --> 03:14.000 Don't tell me you've never heard of them. 03:14.000 --> 03:15.000 Well, if you haven't, bless me. 03:15.000 --> 03:17.000 I don't want to be the one to tell you. 03:17.000 --> 03:19.000 No, that's not it. 03:19.000 --> 03:21.000 Here you are, sir, that'll be two bucks. 03:21.000 --> 03:22.000 Two dollars? 03:22.000 --> 03:23.000 That's right, chum. 03:23.000 --> 03:24.000 There's a war on in case you haven't heard. 03:24.000 --> 03:26.000 Ambulance is kind of hard to get nowadays. 03:26.000 --> 03:30.000 Oh, well, as a matter of fact, it's a little dark in here and my eyes aren't what they 03:30.000 --> 03:32.000 used to be, so perhaps I'll simply forget. 03:32.000 --> 03:33.000 No, no, no. 03:33.000 --> 03:34.000 Here's the money. 03:34.000 --> 03:35.000 Go on. 03:35.000 --> 03:36.000 Go ahead, Pop. 03:36.000 --> 03:37.000 Shoot. 03:37.000 --> 03:40.000 You wouldn't care to make a small wager on this, would you, my boy? 03:40.000 --> 03:41.000 As I say, my eyes. 03:41.000 --> 03:42.000 No, no, no, no, thanks. 03:42.000 --> 03:46.000 Well, as I was saying, son, I have a splendid idea. 03:46.000 --> 03:50.000 Now, tomorrow, being the Sabbath, my wife and I are bound for Minnewanka on a peaceful 03:50.000 --> 03:52.000 little fishing expedition. 03:52.000 --> 03:56.000 If you'd care to accompany us, there is a faint chance, just a faint chance, mind you, 03:56.000 --> 04:01.000 that I might round up a beautiful young lady who will make it a fortune. 04:01.000 --> 04:03.000 Well, wouldn't that be too much trouble? 04:03.000 --> 04:05.000 Oh, not at all, son. 04:05.000 --> 04:06.000 Meet me here tomorrow at nine. 04:06.000 --> 04:07.000 What do you say? 04:07.000 --> 04:08.000 Gee, that... 04:08.000 --> 04:10.000 Well, that's swell, except that... 04:10.000 --> 04:11.000 Except what? 04:11.000 --> 04:12.000 Oh, do you mind if I shoot first? 04:12.000 --> 04:13.000 No, no, go ahead. 04:13.000 --> 04:15.000 Except that I've never been fishing before in my life. 04:15.000 --> 04:17.000 Oh, don't worry about it. 04:17.000 --> 04:19.000 Hey, your eyes aren't too bad. 04:19.000 --> 04:27.000 With a fish, the big thing is not so much your experience as your bait. 04:35.000 --> 04:38.000 The idea of not being alone again on Sunday is what excited me. 04:38.000 --> 04:42.000 I didn't give much thought to the girl until I saw her. 04:42.000 --> 04:47.000 If you've ever seen a truly beautiful woman walking toward you, you'll know what I'm talking about. 04:47.000 --> 04:50.000 First, you see the tiny gray silhouette in the distance, 04:50.000 --> 04:53.000 and then the figure seems to spring to life. 04:53.000 --> 04:57.000 Each curve rums into place, and finally you see the smooth oval face 04:57.000 --> 05:00.000 and the long, aw-burned hair dancing in the breeze. 05:00.000 --> 05:04.000 And before you know it, you're in a trance, that's all. 05:04.000 --> 05:07.000 That must have been what happened to me when I first saw Jolly, 05:07.000 --> 05:11.000 because I don't remember much of anything until I heard myself saying... 05:11.000 --> 05:14.000 Oh, hey, what's that? 05:14.000 --> 05:15.000 A worm, silly. 05:15.000 --> 05:17.000 You can't fish without a worm. 05:17.000 --> 05:18.000 Do I have to? 05:18.000 --> 05:19.000 Well, of course. 05:19.000 --> 05:22.000 As captain of this boat, I promised to bring in more fish than horse. 05:22.000 --> 05:25.000 I order you to put that worm on the hook. 05:25.000 --> 05:27.000 No, it shakes. 05:27.000 --> 05:29.000 Rather gracefully, don't you think? 05:29.000 --> 05:32.000 Kind of reminds me of a shimmy queen in a burlesque show. 05:32.000 --> 05:34.000 Oh. 05:34.000 --> 05:36.000 There. Now you did it. 05:36.000 --> 05:38.000 Easy, wasn't it? 05:38.000 --> 05:39.000 Now drop your line in the water. 05:39.000 --> 05:41.000 Okay. 05:41.000 --> 05:43.000 Well, where's the fish? 05:43.000 --> 05:45.000 Patience, lad, patience. 05:45.000 --> 05:48.000 The fish haven't had a chance to read Dreadbird yet. 05:48.000 --> 05:50.000 Well, if they could only see you, Jolly, 05:50.000 --> 05:52.000 I doubt if they'd bother with my line at all. 05:52.000 --> 05:54.000 Oh, your line isn't bad, Eddie. 05:54.000 --> 05:56.000 This is so bad at all. 06:05.000 --> 06:09.000 I guess in the next few hours, I told her just about all I could remember about myself, 06:09.000 --> 06:12.000 about wanting to be an actor and leaving home 06:12.000 --> 06:14.000 and coming to this town and the disappointments 06:14.000 --> 06:18.000 and how I decided to go home while I still had some money left 06:18.000 --> 06:22.000 and how lonely I was, how terribly lonely I was. 06:22.000 --> 06:25.000 And before she left that night, she wouldn't let me take her home. 06:25.000 --> 06:27.000 I made a day for the next night. 06:27.000 --> 06:31.000 It's funny how quick you can get to feel that way about somebody when you're lonely. 06:31.000 --> 06:34.000 We met in the Astolabian after we talked for a while. 06:34.000 --> 06:39.000 Well, for a slow starter, you certainly pour it on in the backstretch. 06:39.000 --> 06:41.000 No, no, no, please don't laugh, Jolly. I'm pretty serious. 06:41.000 --> 06:42.000 About what? 06:42.000 --> 06:43.000 About you. 06:43.000 --> 06:45.000 How about me? 06:45.000 --> 06:48.000 Jolly, look, look, I was planning to go home today. 06:48.000 --> 06:52.000 I had the ticket in my pocket, and this morning I turned it in. 06:52.000 --> 06:53.000 Oh. 06:53.000 --> 06:58.000 Look, I still want to go home, Jolly, but I want you to go with me. 06:58.000 --> 07:00.000 You want what? 07:00.000 --> 07:02.000 I...I want you to marry me. 07:03.000 --> 07:04.000 Jolly? 07:04.000 --> 07:06.000 I heard. 07:06.000 --> 07:07.000 Well? 07:07.000 --> 07:09.000 You want an answer, no? 07:09.000 --> 07:10.000 Yes. 07:10.000 --> 07:11.000 No, Eddie. 07:12.000 --> 07:13.000 Oh, I... 07:13.000 --> 07:14.000 I'm sorry. 07:15.000 --> 07:17.000 Well, is there somebody else... 07:17.000 --> 07:18.000 No, it isn't that, Eddie. 07:18.000 --> 07:20.000 It isn't anything you could possibly imagine. 07:20.000 --> 07:24.000 It isn't even that I don't love you, because maybe I do. 07:24.000 --> 07:25.000 Jolly! 07:25.000 --> 07:29.000 But you see, Eddie, I was going to ask you something tonight, too, 07:29.000 --> 07:33.000 and it doesn't stack up very well against what you asked me. 07:33.000 --> 07:34.000 Jolly, what? What? 07:34.000 --> 07:35.000 Oh, I know it's silly. 07:35.000 --> 07:38.000 We've only known each other for 48 hours, and it shouldn't matter, but... 07:38.000 --> 07:40.000 Oh, it doesn't matter anyway, no. 07:40.000 --> 07:41.000 Jolly, you've got to tell me. 07:41.000 --> 07:43.000 It's just an old, old story, Eddie. 07:43.000 --> 07:46.000 Such an old story that you probably wouldn't even believe it. 07:46.000 --> 07:48.000 That's the trouble. 07:48.000 --> 07:50.000 Look, I believe anything you told me. 07:50.000 --> 07:55.000 It's about my mother out west and how I support her and how she needs an operation, and... 07:56.000 --> 07:59.000 I was going to ask you for $1,000. 08:00.000 --> 08:01.000 Is that all? 08:01.000 --> 08:02.000 That's enough. 08:02.000 --> 08:06.000 Oh, Jolly, why did you put me through such a cold sweat for a little thing like that? 08:06.000 --> 08:07.000 It's pretty complicated. 08:07.000 --> 08:09.000 Oh, what's complicated about it? 08:10.000 --> 08:12.000 Look, Jolly, look, here's a ring. 08:12.000 --> 08:15.000 It's all I've got right now, but I wish you'd wear it. 08:15.000 --> 08:17.000 Oh, it's beautiful. 08:17.000 --> 08:19.000 An old Samoan chief gave it to me when I was in Tahiti. 08:19.000 --> 08:21.000 Go ahead, look inside. 08:21.000 --> 08:24.000 The Eddie Lewis from Question Mall. 08:24.000 --> 08:26.000 Yeah, I had that engraved in it when I got back to the States. 08:26.000 --> 08:28.000 I never did know the old guy's name. 08:29.000 --> 08:30.000 Will you wear it? 08:31.000 --> 08:34.000 Eddie, I'll meet you here tomorrow for lunch. 08:34.000 --> 08:41.000 And if I'm wearing the ring, third finger left hand, you'll know that I do. 08:41.000 --> 08:42.000 All right. 08:43.000 --> 08:44.000 Jolly. 08:44.000 --> 08:45.000 Yes? 08:45.000 --> 08:46.000 Do you want the money now? 08:46.000 --> 08:47.000 No, Eddie, no. 08:47.000 --> 08:48.000 Not now. 08:48.000 --> 09:02.000 The next day I was there waiting for her way ahead of time again, but this time she was late. 09:02.000 --> 09:05.000 After a half hour, I began to get worried. 09:05.000 --> 09:07.000 Then I began to get scared. 09:07.000 --> 09:11.000 After a full hour had gone by and she still hadn't shown up, I was half crazy. 09:11.000 --> 09:14.000 Then I felt a hand on my arm and a voice peaking over my shoulder. 09:14.000 --> 09:16.000 You waiting for somebody? 09:16.000 --> 09:18.000 That's right. 09:18.000 --> 09:19.000 A lady? 09:19.000 --> 09:20.000 Yeah, what about it? 09:20.000 --> 09:23.000 Was your name the Eddie Lewis? 09:23.000 --> 09:24.000 Yes. 09:24.000 --> 09:27.000 Say, what do you know about the fact that I'm... 09:27.000 --> 09:32.000 We found your name written in lipstick on the back of a bathroom door up on the 10th floor. 09:32.000 --> 09:34.000 After it, it said, ask the lobby, 1 o'clock. 09:34.000 --> 09:37.000 So we sort of put two and two together. 09:37.000 --> 09:39.000 You see, I'm from headquarters, Eddie. 09:39.000 --> 09:40.000 What? 09:40.000 --> 09:41.000 I'm a detective. 09:41.000 --> 09:42.000 Detective? 09:42.000 --> 09:45.000 Listen, if you know anything about Jolly Andrews, I was supposed to meet you. 09:45.000 --> 09:47.000 I was supposed to meet her here about an hour ago and she hasn't... 09:47.000 --> 09:50.000 Would she have been wearing this ring by any chance? 09:50.000 --> 09:52.000 Well, that's right. That's my ring. 09:52.000 --> 09:53.000 Where is she? 09:53.000 --> 09:55.000 She's down at the city morgue, Eddie. 09:55.000 --> 09:56.000 She's dead. 10:06.000 --> 10:10.000 For suspense, Roma Wines are bringing you as star Mr. Dane Clark, 10:10.000 --> 10:14.000 whom you have heard in the first act of A Guy Gets Lonely, 10:14.000 --> 10:16.000 a radio play by Don Paul Nathanson, 10:16.000 --> 10:20.000 which is Roma Wines' presentation tonight of Suspense. 10:28.000 --> 10:33.000 Between the acts of suspense, this is Truman Bradley for Roma Wines. 10:33.000 --> 10:37.000 Gracious hostess, internationally known on entertaining, 10:37.000 --> 10:40.000 Elsa Maxwell's suggestions are always worthwhile. 10:40.000 --> 10:44.000 Spring is here and nature is again bursting into life. 10:44.000 --> 10:47.000 Let's bring some of this beauty to the dinner table. 10:47.000 --> 10:50.000 A centerpiece of spring flowers will brighten your table 10:50.000 --> 10:54.000 and there's no better way to awaken winter weary appetites 10:54.000 --> 10:58.000 than by serving cool Roma Burgundy with the meal. 10:58.000 --> 11:02.000 This glorious wine from California goes well with almost any food. 11:02.000 --> 11:05.000 So simple and yet how charming. 11:05.000 --> 11:09.000 A few flowers to give your table the gay note of spring, 11:09.000 --> 11:12.000 a bottle of cool delicious Roma Burgundy 11:12.000 --> 11:15.000 as the subtle accompaniment to a savory meal. 11:15.000 --> 11:17.000 You'll enjoy the tart piquancy, 11:17.000 --> 11:22.000 the fruity robust taste of this distinguished Roma Burgundy. 11:22.000 --> 11:27.000 Like all Roma wines, unvaryingly good, always high in quality. 11:27.000 --> 11:29.000 The result of selected grapes, 11:29.000 --> 11:33.000 slowly brought to perfection in California's choicest vineyards, 11:33.000 --> 11:36.000 gently pressed, then brought to fullest flavor 11:36.000 --> 11:40.000 by the ancient skill of Roma's famed wineries. 11:40.000 --> 11:44.000 Yet all this goodness is yours for only pennies a glass. 11:44.000 --> 11:49.000 Remember, more Americans enjoy Roma than any other wines. 11:49.000 --> 11:53.000 R-O-M-A, Roma wines. 11:53.000 --> 11:57.000 And now Roma wines bring back to our Hollywood sound stage, 11:57.000 --> 12:01.000 Dane Clark as Eddie in A Guy Gets Lonely, 12:01.000 --> 12:06.000 a play well calculated to keep you in suspense. 12:13.000 --> 12:16.000 My mind was going round like a merry-go-round, 12:16.000 --> 12:19.000 having an old mooch or like Horace walk up out of a clear sky 12:19.000 --> 12:21.000 and introduce you to a girl like Jorley, 12:21.000 --> 12:24.000 proposing to her after only 48 hours 12:24.000 --> 12:28.000 and then having a cop come along and tell you she's dead. 12:28.000 --> 12:31.000 They took me down to headquarters and I was there all day 12:31.000 --> 12:34.000 answering questions and trying to dope out what had happened myself. 12:34.000 --> 12:37.000 I even told them how she'd asked me for a thousand dollars, 12:37.000 --> 12:40.000 but they didn't pay much attention to anything I said. 12:40.000 --> 12:42.000 It's a simple case of suicide and that's that. 12:42.000 --> 12:45.000 But it couldn't be! Jorley wouldn't commit suicide? 12:45.000 --> 12:47.000 You recognized her, didn't you? 12:47.000 --> 12:48.000 Well, I... 12:48.000 --> 12:49.000 Well, what? 12:49.000 --> 12:51.000 People don't look quite the same 12:51.000 --> 12:54.000 after they've fallen ten stories on a concrete site. 12:54.000 --> 12:56.000 But you recognized her. 12:56.000 --> 12:59.000 Yes, yes, I recognized her, but why did she write my name on the inside of that door? 12:59.000 --> 13:02.000 How do I know what women think about before they jump out the window? 13:02.000 --> 13:03.000 I'm not Mr. Anthony. 13:03.000 --> 13:05.000 Well, look, maybe somebody followed her. 13:05.000 --> 13:07.000 Maybe somebody tried to force the door... 13:07.000 --> 13:09.000 There wasn't any lock on the door. 13:09.000 --> 13:11.000 Then it would have been that much easier. Maybe somebody... 13:11.000 --> 13:13.000 Look, Eddie, just what are you trying to make out of this? 13:13.000 --> 13:14.000 I don't know! 13:14.000 --> 13:17.000 All I know is it couldn't have been as simple as this! 13:17.000 --> 13:20.000 You wouldn't be thinking about murder, would you? 13:20.000 --> 13:21.000 Maybe. 13:21.000 --> 13:25.000 Now, Eddie, this sort of thing happens all the time. 13:25.000 --> 13:28.000 Look, I'll draw you a picture. 13:28.000 --> 13:30.000 A friendless girl meets guy. 13:30.000 --> 13:32.000 They start going together. 13:32.000 --> 13:33.000 Then she asks him for money. 13:33.000 --> 13:34.000 He doesn't give. 13:34.000 --> 13:35.000 The next day... 13:35.000 --> 13:37.000 Look, I told you we were going to get married. 13:37.000 --> 13:38.000 I'm doing the talking. 13:38.000 --> 13:41.000 She asks him for money and he doesn't give, see? 13:41.000 --> 13:45.000 The next day she writes his name on the handiest plain white surface and... 13:45.000 --> 13:47.000 Boom. 13:47.000 --> 13:49.000 Now, how does that look to you? 13:49.000 --> 13:50.000 All right, all right. 13:50.000 --> 13:52.000 But what about Horace? 13:52.000 --> 13:53.000 Have you tried to trace him? 13:53.000 --> 13:56.000 Yes, sure, sure. We tried to find Horace. 13:56.000 --> 13:57.000 Only we didn't. 13:57.000 --> 14:00.000 Mainly on account of he doesn't exist, if you ask me. 14:00.000 --> 14:03.000 I talked to him, I tell you! He introduced us! 14:03.000 --> 14:07.000 You don't have to go that far to explain how a man meets a girl nowadays, Eddie. 14:07.000 --> 14:10.000 Look, he did introduce us. He was an old man, white-haired, was in a shooting gallery... 14:10.000 --> 14:14.000 Eddie has a hobby of introducing guys to beautiful gals and nobody knows where he lives. 14:14.000 --> 14:17.000 And the only time you ever met him was in the Penny Arcade that's so busy 14:17.000 --> 14:21.000 they wouldn't remember George Washington being in there. 14:21.000 --> 14:25.000 That and the time you were seen together by a couple of lake trouts. 14:25.000 --> 14:27.000 I'll cut it out, will you, son? 14:27.000 --> 14:29.000 All right, go on home, Eddie. 14:29.000 --> 14:31.000 I wouldn't leave town just yet, though, if I were you. 14:31.000 --> 14:32.000 All right. 14:32.000 --> 14:33.000 And, uh, Eddie. 14:33.000 --> 14:34.000 Yeah? 14:34.000 --> 14:37.000 I wouldn't push that murder theory too far, either. 14:37.000 --> 14:39.000 Why? 14:39.000 --> 14:43.000 Because you know who's the only possible suspect for murder? 14:43.000 --> 14:54.000 That's right. You. 14:54.000 --> 14:56.000 First, I didn't know what to do or what to think. 14:56.000 --> 14:58.000 I didn't blame the cops. 14:58.000 --> 15:02.000 From where they sat, it just didn't make any sense any other way. 15:02.000 --> 15:06.000 And then all at once, I knew what I was going to do. 15:06.000 --> 15:09.000 First, I moved to another hotel just in case. 15:09.000 --> 15:12.000 And then I started growing a full beard and I dyed it black. 15:12.000 --> 15:14.000 And my hair, too. You see, I'm a natural blonde, 15:14.000 --> 15:17.000 so it turned out pretty good. Good enough to pass off for a night anyway. 15:17.000 --> 15:19.000 And I really am an actor. Maybe no Barry more, 15:19.000 --> 15:22.000 but enough to give a fair imitation of an accent. 15:22.000 --> 15:25.000 And I got some different clothes. And then I was ready. 15:25.000 --> 15:27.000 I began haunting that shooting gallery 15:27.000 --> 15:29.000 because I figured the old man had a system. 15:29.000 --> 15:32.000 But after about three weeks, I had about given up hope. 15:32.000 --> 15:35.000 When one Saturday night, I walked into a little place off Times Square 15:35.000 --> 15:37.000 and I saw him! 15:37.000 --> 15:40.000 My heart was jumping through hoops, but I just sort of 15:40.000 --> 15:43.000 swung it around, tried to look as down in the mouth as I could, 15:43.000 --> 15:45.000 kept my face out of the light. 15:45.000 --> 15:47.000 I felt pretty safe with the beard. 15:47.000 --> 15:49.000 So I went over and I stood next to him. 15:49.000 --> 15:54.000 Oh! Well, my aim seems to be off tonight. 15:54.000 --> 15:57.000 Oh, pardon me. Do you have a match? 15:57.000 --> 16:00.000 I reckon I do. Sure, here you are. 16:00.000 --> 16:02.000 Oh, thank you. 16:02.000 --> 16:07.000 My boy, would you like to try your skill at the shooting gallery? 16:07.000 --> 16:09.000 Perhaps a little wager? 16:09.000 --> 16:13.000 Oh, thanks. I've just about had enough shooting to last me a lifetime. 16:13.000 --> 16:16.000 I just come back from two years in the South Pacific. 16:16.000 --> 16:18.000 So that's where you got the beard? 16:18.000 --> 16:20.000 Yeah, a bunch of us fellas grew them down there. 16:20.000 --> 16:23.000 I promised my kinfolk I'd let them see it before I shaved it off. 16:23.000 --> 16:26.000 I'm not so sure I would shave it off. It's mightily becoming to you. 16:26.000 --> 16:27.000 Thank you. Thank you. 16:27.000 --> 16:29.000 Where are your folks? 16:29.000 --> 16:33.000 Texas. Got a mighty nice little ranch of my own down there. 16:33.000 --> 16:35.000 Sure do miss it. 16:35.000 --> 16:37.000 Kind of lonely, huh? 16:37.000 --> 16:39.000 You don't say that again, mister. 16:39.000 --> 16:43.000 Well, son, if you'd forgive an old man for sticking his nose in somebody's business where he's got no call to... 16:43.000 --> 16:45.000 Shanks, no. What's on your mind? 16:45.000 --> 16:48.000 I think I know just the medicine for you. 16:48.000 --> 16:50.000 What's that? 16:50.000 --> 16:52.000 A girl. 16:54.000 --> 16:58.000 That was it. That's what I've been waiting for. 16:58.000 --> 17:01.000 First I thought of taking the old devil out in the alley and sweating it out right then and there. 17:01.000 --> 17:03.000 Then I thought, no. 17:03.000 --> 17:06.000 No, there'll be a girl and I want to have a talk with that girl. 17:06.000 --> 17:10.000 In the meantime, the old man was going on about that fishing trip. 17:10.000 --> 17:16.000 If you'd care to join us, my boy, I think I can promise you a very pleasant afternoon. 17:16.000 --> 17:22.000 Well, I reckon I couldn't do that. Perhaps if you could make it tomorrow night. 17:22.000 --> 17:26.000 Well, now that might be arranged. Where would you like to have us meet you? 17:26.000 --> 17:31.000 Couldn't you just sort of give me the young lady's phone number? Tell her I was fixing it all? 17:31.000 --> 17:34.000 I'm afraid, you see, this particular young lady doesn't have a phone. 17:34.000 --> 17:38.000 Don't think I'm not downright grateful, Mr. Orr, that I wouldn't enjoy your company, but... 17:38.000 --> 17:40.000 But you'd rather be alone. 17:40.000 --> 17:44.000 Shucks. No, don't get me wrong. I'm no wolf or nothing like that. 17:44.000 --> 17:50.000 But when a fella has his first date with a gal more than two years, maybe you can't understand what that means. 17:50.000 --> 17:53.000 I think maybe I get the general idea, son. 17:53.000 --> 17:56.000 I'll tell her to look for a handsome Texan with a beard. 17:56.000 --> 17:59.000 Can you be here tomorrow night at, say, eight o'clock? 17:59.000 --> 18:01.000 I calculate I sure can. 18:01.000 --> 18:04.000 My boy, you've got yourself a date. 18:09.000 --> 18:12.000 The next night I was there in plenty of time. 18:12.000 --> 18:15.000 I had plans for that girl, lots of plans. 18:15.000 --> 18:18.000 As I got around toward eight o'clock, I kept looking toward the street entrance, 18:18.000 --> 18:21.000 but somehow I must have missed her because the next thing I knew, 18:21.000 --> 18:23.000 there was somebody standing beside me and I heard a voice. 18:23.000 --> 18:26.000 Hello there. I'm Joyce Arlen. 18:26.000 --> 18:30.000 It seemed as though minutes went by before I was able to say a word. 18:30.000 --> 18:34.000 If it hadn't been dark where I was sitting, she couldn't have but helped to see that something was wrong 18:34.000 --> 18:39.000 because the girl was Jorley, my Jorley, who was supposed to be dead, 18:39.000 --> 18:43.000 the Jorley that I'd seen it myself at the slam at the city morgue. 18:43.000 --> 18:48.000 And somehow, somehow I managed to pull myself together and start talking. 18:48.000 --> 18:50.000 You're Johnny Farrell, aren't you? 18:50.000 --> 18:53.000 Yeah, well, that's right. 18:53.000 --> 18:56.000 It was sure mighty nice of you to come. 18:56.000 --> 18:58.000 Oh, that's all right. I wasn't doing anything. 18:58.000 --> 19:02.000 Is there anything in particular you'd like to do now? 19:02.000 --> 19:04.000 No, nothing in particular. 19:04.000 --> 19:07.000 I thought maybe you'd like to go dancing or something like that. 19:07.000 --> 19:08.000 Only I... 19:08.000 --> 19:09.000 Only what? 19:09.000 --> 19:12.000 Well, I discovered a terrible thing just before you got here, Miss... 19:12.000 --> 19:13.000 Ma'am. 19:13.000 --> 19:15.000 You can call me Joyce. 19:15.000 --> 19:18.000 You see, I left my wallet up in my hotel room. 19:18.000 --> 19:19.000 Oh? 19:19.000 --> 19:22.000 If you all wouldn't mind stopping by, they would make me a drink. 19:22.000 --> 19:25.000 If you wouldn't mind stopping by, they would meet for a minute while I pick it up, 19:25.000 --> 19:26.000 then we could... 19:26.000 --> 19:28.000 I suppose while we're up there, I can look over your actions or... 19:28.000 --> 19:31.000 Oh, no, ma'am. I ain't that kind honest, I'm not. 19:31.000 --> 19:33.000 But if you don't want to go, it... 19:33.000 --> 19:35.000 Oh, what's the difference? Come on, let's go. 19:45.000 --> 19:47.000 You always keep it this dark in here? 19:47.000 --> 19:49.000 Well, there's a couple of bulbs burned out. 19:49.000 --> 19:51.000 I told them to have them fixed, but they... 19:51.000 --> 19:53.000 Where's that wallet? 19:53.000 --> 19:55.000 In the closet there, my other suit. 19:55.000 --> 19:57.000 Say, Joyce. 19:57.000 --> 19:58.000 Yes? 19:58.000 --> 20:01.000 Would you mind if I stepped in here and saw it slicked up a little before we went out? 20:01.000 --> 20:04.000 No, no. Go right ahead. 20:04.000 --> 20:07.000 I went into the bathroom and got out my razor. 20:07.000 --> 20:09.000 My plans were still the same. 20:09.000 --> 20:11.000 I excused myself a minute before we came upstairs, 20:11.000 --> 20:13.000 and I made the phone call that I planned to. 20:13.000 --> 20:16.000 There was a couple of little extra flourishes to be added on now 20:16.000 --> 20:18.000 that I hadn't figured out before. 20:18.000 --> 20:21.000 First I shaved off my beard. 20:21.000 --> 20:23.000 Then I went to work on the hair dye with some rubbing alcohol. 20:23.000 --> 20:25.000 It came out pretty easy. 20:25.000 --> 20:27.000 And I was almost ready when I heard her voice in the next room. 20:27.000 --> 20:29.000 Johnny! 20:29.000 --> 20:30.000 Yes? 20:30.000 --> 20:32.000 I think maybe I'd better go home. 20:32.000 --> 20:35.000 You mean you reckon you don't want to go out with me? 20:35.000 --> 20:37.000 Oh, well, it isn't you, Johnny, but... 20:37.000 --> 20:39.000 Well, what is it? 20:39.000 --> 20:41.000 You'll think I'm crazy if I tell you. 20:41.000 --> 20:43.000 No, no, I won't. What is it? 20:43.000 --> 20:47.000 Well, you sort of remind me of someone. 20:47.000 --> 20:49.000 Who? 20:49.000 --> 20:51.000 Oh, just someone I used to know. 20:51.000 --> 20:54.000 Oh, but, Joyce, I'm all ready to go now. 20:54.000 --> 20:55.000 Well... 20:55.000 --> 20:58.000 Only first I thought maybe we'd better have a little more light on the subject. 20:58.000 --> 21:00.000 I thought you said you didn't have any... 21:00.000 --> 21:02.000 Hello, Jolly. 21:02.000 --> 21:03.000 Eddie. 21:03.000 --> 21:04.000 That's right. 21:04.000 --> 21:05.000 Eddie, I thought you... 21:05.000 --> 21:07.000 You thought I'd never catch up with you. 21:07.000 --> 21:09.000 All right, Jolly, all right. Give. 21:09.000 --> 21:10.000 What? 21:10.000 --> 21:12.000 Come on, talk and talk fast. Who was that other girl? 21:12.000 --> 21:14.000 The one they thought was you, the one who's dead. 21:14.000 --> 21:16.000 Well, she was my sister. 21:16.000 --> 21:18.000 What happened to her? 21:18.000 --> 21:19.000 I don't know. 21:19.000 --> 21:21.000 What kind of a racket are you and the old man running anyway? 21:21.000 --> 21:24.000 Well, Horace is... He's my father, Eddie. 21:24.000 --> 21:25.000 He's my stepfather anyway. 21:25.000 --> 21:27.000 Oh, that's nice. It's very nice. 21:27.000 --> 21:28.000 He keeps it all in the family, huh? 21:28.000 --> 21:30.000 Oh, Eddie, you can think anything you want to. 21:30.000 --> 21:32.000 Nothing could be quite bad enough, but... 21:32.000 --> 21:35.000 Please believe me, I wasn't playing any games with you. 21:35.000 --> 21:36.000 No? 21:36.000 --> 21:37.000 No! 21:37.000 --> 21:39.000 That's why I sent Evelyn that day, my sister. 21:39.000 --> 21:43.000 I gave her your ring so you'd know she really came for me. 21:43.000 --> 21:45.000 I just couldn't face her myself. 21:45.000 --> 21:46.000 Face me with what? 21:46.000 --> 21:49.000 With what Horace and I had planned to do to you. 21:49.000 --> 21:50.000 The old shakedown, huh? 21:50.000 --> 21:52.000 I guess so. 21:52.000 --> 21:54.000 Evelyn was horrified anyway when she got wind of it. 21:54.000 --> 21:56.000 She was a funny girl. 21:56.000 --> 21:58.000 She belonged to one of those religious sects, 21:58.000 --> 22:03.000 and she said we'd have to atone for our sins and be punished. 22:03.000 --> 22:05.000 And now... 22:05.000 --> 22:08.000 Maybe you'd better start from the beginning. 22:08.000 --> 22:11.000 Well, that's about all. 22:11.000 --> 22:14.000 We were awfully hard up, 22:14.000 --> 22:16.000 and Mother really was sick. 22:16.000 --> 22:21.000 And I'd borrowed some money once from a man I'd met. 22:21.000 --> 22:25.000 I paid it back that time, but it gave Horace ideas. 22:25.000 --> 22:29.000 He weaseled and threatened and said our mother might die, and... 22:29.000 --> 22:33.000 Well, I'd had a couple of pretty raw deals pulled on me out here, 22:33.000 --> 22:36.000 and I just didn't care anymore, I guess. 22:36.000 --> 22:39.000 That is... 22:39.000 --> 22:40.000 Till I met you. 22:40.000 --> 22:42.000 And so you sent your sister to me to confess all, 22:42.000 --> 22:44.000 and she jumped out of the window instead. Is that what you think happened? 22:44.000 --> 22:46.000 I don't know. 22:46.000 --> 22:47.000 Then why didn't you tell me what you knew then? 22:47.000 --> 22:50.000 Well, I wouldn't have brought Evelyn back to life. 22:50.000 --> 22:53.000 And Horace said we'd all go to prison, and... 22:53.000 --> 22:56.000 You see, Mother didn't know what was going on. 22:56.000 --> 22:57.000 It would have broken her heart. 22:57.000 --> 22:59.000 Yes, but you went right back at it again. 22:59.000 --> 23:03.000 Well, Horace said if he'd had just a little money, he'd go away. 23:03.000 --> 23:05.000 He'd leave us alone and go back east. 23:05.000 --> 23:07.000 And I was supposed to be the next victim as Johnny Farrell 23:07.000 --> 23:08.000 with a ranch in Texas. 23:08.000 --> 23:11.000 No, Eddie, no. 23:11.000 --> 23:12.000 Not after I met you. 23:12.000 --> 23:13.000 No. 23:13.000 --> 23:15.000 No. 23:15.000 --> 23:18.000 You weren't before, were you? 23:18.000 --> 23:20.000 Oh, Eddie, maybe if you knew a little more about 23:20.000 --> 23:22.000 what a girl is up against in this town, you'd understand. 23:22.000 --> 23:24.000 Where is it? Where is it? 23:24.000 --> 23:25.000 Telegram. 23:25.000 --> 23:26.000 Telegram? 23:26.000 --> 23:27.000 Well... 23:27.000 --> 23:30.000 Ah, yes. I had a hunch about you, my boy. 23:30.000 --> 23:31.000 Horace! 23:31.000 --> 23:32.000 Why, you will... 23:32.000 --> 23:33.000 Oh, don't try anything foolish. 23:33.000 --> 23:37.000 I'm quite expert with this little gun, as you may recall, my boy. 23:37.000 --> 23:40.000 I suggest we close the door and have a nice quiet talk 23:40.000 --> 23:42.000 just between ourselves. 23:42.000 --> 23:44.000 That's better. 23:44.000 --> 23:46.000 So, in spite of all my admonitions, 23:46.000 --> 23:49.000 you still persist in this confessional mood, do you, my dear? 23:49.000 --> 23:50.000 Horace, what are you going to do? 23:50.000 --> 23:52.000 You young people may not see it quite my way, 23:52.000 --> 23:55.000 but I'm an old man and I don't fancy the notion 23:55.000 --> 23:58.000 of spending my remaining years behind bars. 23:58.000 --> 24:00.000 It's quite a penalty for extortion, you know? 24:00.000 --> 24:01.000 You're telling me. 24:01.000 --> 24:05.000 And so I'm afraid there's going to be a little accident up here, 24:05.000 --> 24:08.000 something like the accident that happened to poor Evelyn. 24:08.000 --> 24:09.000 So you did kill her! 24:09.000 --> 24:13.000 Well, technically, yes, I did assist her through that window 24:13.000 --> 24:15.000 after she insisted on making a scene. 24:15.000 --> 24:16.000 Why, you... 24:16.000 --> 24:17.000 Evelyn was always excitable, you know, 24:17.000 --> 24:19.000 really not quite normal, I'm afraid. 24:19.000 --> 24:20.000 Horace, you're mad. 24:20.000 --> 24:23.000 Now, my dear, I want you to write a little note. 24:23.000 --> 24:25.000 See, there's paper and pen over there on the desk. 24:25.000 --> 24:27.000 And you will say, 24:27.000 --> 24:29.000 Darling, forgive me, 24:29.000 --> 24:32.000 but it will be best this way for both of us. 24:32.000 --> 24:33.000 And sign your name. 24:33.000 --> 24:35.000 You must be mad to think I'd do such a thing. 24:35.000 --> 24:38.000 You wouldn't like to see me kill your lover here, would you? 24:38.000 --> 24:41.000 Oh, yes, these old eyes can still tell love when they see it. 24:41.000 --> 24:43.000 Jolly, look, don't do it, don't do it. 24:43.000 --> 24:45.000 Can't you see he's going to kill us both anyway? 24:45.000 --> 24:46.000 Horace, will you promise then? 24:46.000 --> 24:47.000 Of course I will. 24:47.000 --> 24:49.000 That's it, my dear. 24:49.000 --> 24:51.000 Write it down just as I told you. 24:51.000 --> 24:54.000 There's only one thing wrong with all this, Horace. 24:54.000 --> 24:55.000 You want to know what it is? 24:55.000 --> 24:56.000 Naturally. 24:56.000 --> 24:57.000 I've already called the police. 24:57.000 --> 24:59.000 They're waiting for me in the lobby right now. 24:59.000 --> 25:02.000 And if I'm not down there in about five minutes, they'll be up here. 25:02.000 --> 25:04.000 Oh, dear. This is embarrassing, isn't it? 25:04.000 --> 25:05.000 Isn't it? 25:05.000 --> 25:07.000 I think perhaps you'd better get on that telephone, my boy. 25:07.000 --> 25:10.000 Give directions for the officers to go away immediately. 25:10.000 --> 25:13.000 Say that you no longer have any need of them. 25:13.000 --> 25:16.000 Well, all right. 25:19.000 --> 25:21.000 Hello? Hello, desk? 25:21.000 --> 25:24.000 You know, those two men who are waiting in the lobby for me. 25:24.000 --> 25:26.000 Well, tell them... 25:26.000 --> 25:28.000 Tell them to get up here as fast as they can. 25:28.000 --> 25:29.000 Horace, no! 25:29.000 --> 25:31.000 Jolly, why you won't... 25:33.000 --> 25:35.000 Jolly, Jolly, are you all right? 25:35.000 --> 25:37.000 I think so. It's only my shoulder. 25:37.000 --> 25:39.000 Oh, darling, you shouldn't have gotten in the way. 25:39.000 --> 25:41.000 I'd rather have had it been me than you. 25:41.000 --> 25:43.000 Look, I'll call a doctor. 25:43.000 --> 25:45.000 What's going on here? We heard a shot. 25:45.000 --> 25:48.000 Look, there's the man who's responsible for the suicide of Jolly Andrews. 25:48.000 --> 25:51.000 Only it wasn't a suicide. He killed her. 25:51.000 --> 25:54.000 It wasn't Jolly Andrews. That's Jolly Andrews over here. 25:54.000 --> 25:55.000 What are you talking about? 25:55.000 --> 25:57.000 Hello, hello, hello? I've got to get a doctor. Wait a minute, will you? 25:57.000 --> 25:58.000 All right. 25:58.000 --> 25:59.000 Hello? 25:59.000 --> 26:01.000 Look, don't you understand? Look, that isn't Jolly Andrews. 26:01.000 --> 26:02.000 That's Jolly Andrews over there. 26:02.000 --> 26:04.000 You're not making sense, man. 26:04.000 --> 26:07.000 Look, fella, look. I met this guy at a hotel. 26:07.000 --> 26:10.000 And then we went fishing and then we put the worms on a hook. 26:10.000 --> 26:12.000 And then she was in a slam and she was dead. 26:12.000 --> 26:14.000 Only she's not dead. She's wonderful. We're going to get married. 26:14.000 --> 26:15.000 See, I love her. 26:15.000 --> 26:17.000 And then Horace and I were in the shooting gallery. 26:17.000 --> 26:19.000 Then I met him and I dyed my hair and I made a... 26:19.000 --> 26:21.000 ...flame taxis accent, see. 26:21.000 --> 26:22.000 And I met him one afternoon. 26:22.000 --> 26:24.000 I'd like to show him something over myself. 26:24.000 --> 26:26.000 Jolly's alive. 26:30.000 --> 26:32.000 And so closes, a guy gets lonely. 26:32.000 --> 26:37.000 In which Roma wines have brought you, Mr. Dane Clark, a star of tonight's study in... 26:37.000 --> 26:39.000 Suspense. 26:40.000 --> 26:47.000 Before our star returns to the microphone, let me say a word for Roma Wines, the sponsor of Suspense. 26:47.000 --> 26:52.000 Elsa Maxwell is known the world over for her great charm as a hostess. 26:52.000 --> 26:55.000 Now, here's a brief message from this noted authority. 26:55.000 --> 27:01.000 It is always a gracious act of hospitality to serve a glass of distinguished Roma wine. 27:01.000 --> 27:11.000 I suggest you try Roma California Toque, a wine of unusual versatility, enjoyable anytime, before or after meals. 27:11.000 --> 27:14.000 I serve it frequently with dessert or coffee. 27:14.000 --> 27:17.000 It's perfect with fruit or nuts or with any light snack. 27:17.000 --> 27:29.000 Follow Miss Maxwell's good suggestion. 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