1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:10,520 Now, the Roma Wine Company of Fresno, California presents... 2 00:00:10,520 --> 00:00:11,520 Suspense! 3 00:00:11,520 --> 00:00:27,840 Tonight, Roma Wines bring you Mr. Zachary Scott, the star of Murder Off Key, a suspense 4 00:00:27,840 --> 00:00:34,960 play produced, edited and directed for Roma Wines by William Spear. 5 00:00:34,960 --> 00:00:37,800 Suspense! 6 00:00:37,800 --> 00:00:43,120 Radio's outstanding theater of thrills is presented for your enjoyment by Roma Wines. 7 00:00:43,120 --> 00:00:45,800 That's R-O-M-A, Roma Wines. 8 00:00:45,800 --> 00:00:50,040 Those excellent California wines that can add so much pleasantness to the way you live, 9 00:00:50,040 --> 00:00:53,960 to your happiness and entertaining guests, to your enjoyment of everyday meals. 10 00:00:53,960 --> 00:00:59,000 Yes, right now a glass full would be very pleasant as Roma Wines bring you Mr. Zachary 11 00:00:59,000 --> 00:01:01,320 Scott in a remarkable tale of... 12 00:01:01,320 --> 00:01:02,320 Suspense! 13 00:01:02,320 --> 00:01:18,080 If I could just shut out that singing, I'd be alright. 14 00:01:18,080 --> 00:01:22,720 But it goes on pounding inside my head and I keep hearing vial of screech, those desperate 15 00:01:22,720 --> 00:01:24,000 urgent scales. 16 00:01:24,000 --> 00:01:28,200 The first time I heard her, I was sitting on the balcony outside the apartment and everything 17 00:01:28,200 --> 00:01:32,440 was unnaturally still, the way it is late at night. 18 00:01:32,440 --> 00:01:35,760 And maybe that's why her singing sounded louder than it actually was. 19 00:01:35,760 --> 00:01:40,400 But something abnormal about it is, though a control inside her had snapped and she couldn't 20 00:01:40,400 --> 00:01:44,720 stop that horrible noise that was coming from her throat, it went on over and over again, 21 00:01:44,720 --> 00:01:51,840 rising and falling and scraping the hot night into shreds. 22 00:01:51,840 --> 00:01:56,840 She's pretty terrible, isn't she? 23 00:01:56,840 --> 00:01:57,840 What? 24 00:01:57,840 --> 00:01:59,240 I'm over here on the next balcony. 25 00:01:59,240 --> 00:02:00,800 Oh, sorry, I didn't see you. 26 00:02:00,800 --> 00:02:01,800 What did you say? 27 00:02:01,800 --> 00:02:02,800 She's pretty terrible, isn't she? 28 00:02:02,800 --> 00:02:03,800 And she thinks that's a trained voice. 29 00:02:03,800 --> 00:02:04,800 Awful. 30 00:02:04,800 --> 00:02:05,800 Does she do it often or only when the moon is full? 31 00:02:05,800 --> 00:02:06,800 Oh, she goes on like that almost every evening. 32 00:02:06,800 --> 00:02:07,800 You must be new around here. 33 00:02:07,800 --> 00:02:08,800 I just got into New York this afternoon. 34 00:02:08,800 --> 00:02:09,800 Are you visiting Mr. Morley? 35 00:02:09,800 --> 00:02:10,800 Well, in a way, he went out of town and I'm staying in his apartment. 36 00:02:10,800 --> 00:02:11,800 I didn't mean to sound crying. 37 00:02:11,800 --> 00:02:12,800 I'm just saying that he's a very good man. 38 00:02:12,800 --> 00:02:13,800 I'm not going to be able to get away with this. 39 00:02:13,800 --> 00:02:14,800 I'm not going to be able to get away with this. 40 00:02:14,800 --> 00:02:15,800 I'm not going to be able to get away with this. 41 00:02:15,800 --> 00:02:22,080 I'm not going to be able to get away with this. 42 00:02:22,080 --> 00:02:28,640 I don't want to be a burden to you. 43 00:02:28,640 --> 00:02:35,460 I don't want to be a burden to you. 44 00:02:35,460 --> 00:02:38,460 Thank you for visiting Mr. Morley. 45 00:02:38,460 --> 00:02:39,460 Well, in a way, he went out of town and I'm staying in his apartment. 46 00:02:39,460 --> 00:02:40,460 I didn't mean to sound crying. 47 00:02:40,460 --> 00:02:41,460 But he told me he was going on a vacation, and I wondered if he'd left. 48 00:02:41,460 --> 00:02:42,460 Her family must be all deaf mutes. 49 00:02:42,460 --> 00:02:43,460 No, she lives alone. 50 00:02:43,460 --> 00:02:44,460 Well, that's not hard to understand. 51 00:02:44,460 --> 00:02:45,460 Hasn't the manager done anything about it? 52 00:02:45,460 --> 00:02:49,460 They could always try stra- strangling her. 53 00:02:51,460 --> 00:02:53,460 Oh, she heard you. 54 00:02:53,460 --> 00:02:55,460 Oh, do you think so? 55 00:02:55,460 --> 00:02:59,460 I hope so. Well, I must be going in. Good night. 56 00:02:59,460 --> 00:03:01,460 Good night. 57 00:03:01,460 --> 00:03:08,460 Roses are shining in St. Louis! 58 00:03:08,460 --> 00:03:13,460 It was in the lobby the next afternoon that I met her. 59 00:03:13,460 --> 00:03:18,460 When she came up to me, I knew instinctively that she was a songbird the night before. 60 00:03:18,460 --> 00:03:21,460 She was past middle age and was ignoring it. 61 00:03:21,460 --> 00:03:24,460 Her hair was dyed and piled up in coquettish curls, 62 00:03:24,460 --> 00:03:28,460 and she used some kind of heavy sweet perfume that was overpowering. 63 00:03:28,460 --> 00:03:33,460 She came tripping up with the usual old white poodle dog yapping at her heels. 64 00:03:33,460 --> 00:03:38,460 Pardon me. Would you hold this package for a moment? 65 00:03:38,460 --> 00:03:42,460 I have so many things. I'll never find my keys anywhere. 66 00:03:42,460 --> 00:03:43,460 Well, I was just... 67 00:03:43,460 --> 00:03:44,460 Thank you so much. 68 00:03:44,460 --> 00:03:49,460 Luna, Petty, is that nice, making such a fuss at this charming gentleman? 69 00:03:49,460 --> 00:03:50,460 Oh, no, he's... 70 00:03:50,460 --> 00:03:54,460 What will he think? Oh, I don't know what I'm going to do if this weather keeps up. 71 00:03:54,460 --> 00:03:55,460 Yes, it does. 72 00:03:55,460 --> 00:03:59,460 I've always been on the delicate side, and I've never been able to stand the heat. 73 00:03:59,460 --> 00:04:02,460 When my husband was alive, he's dead now. 74 00:04:02,460 --> 00:04:09,460 He always whistled away to the ocean the first warm day, even when I was in the theatre. 75 00:04:09,460 --> 00:04:11,460 Oh, my manager would be furious. 76 00:04:11,460 --> 00:04:12,460 Well, I can understand... 77 00:04:12,460 --> 00:04:15,460 I can't imagine where my key is. 78 00:04:15,460 --> 00:04:17,460 Would you hold Petty for me? 79 00:04:17,460 --> 00:04:18,460 Well, I don't know... 80 00:04:18,460 --> 00:04:19,460 Oh, thank you. 81 00:04:19,460 --> 00:04:22,460 You will not take me, Petty, even though he won't hurt you. 82 00:04:22,460 --> 00:04:25,460 Oh, my husband used to say to me, 83 00:04:25,460 --> 00:04:33,460 Violet, my real name is Imogene, but he called me Violet. It's always been my favorite color. 84 00:04:33,460 --> 00:04:39,460 Violet, he used to say, you must go to the sea, or you'll be withering those lovely petals of yours. 85 00:04:39,460 --> 00:04:42,460 Before I knew it, we were in Atlantic City. 86 00:04:42,460 --> 00:04:43,460 That's very nice. 87 00:04:43,460 --> 00:04:49,460 Oh, here's that horrid little key, on my key ring of all places. 88 00:04:49,460 --> 00:04:51,460 Well, those things sometimes happen. 89 00:04:51,460 --> 00:04:55,460 Thank you so much. I don't know what I would have done without you. 90 00:04:55,460 --> 00:04:57,460 My husband used to say, 91 00:04:57,460 --> 00:05:01,460 Violet, you're a woman who needs a man around. 92 00:05:01,460 --> 00:05:05,460 Of course, he was a pillar of strength himself. 93 00:05:05,460 --> 00:05:10,460 Oh, and to think of his dying of a gallbladder that way. 94 00:05:10,460 --> 00:05:11,460 Well, thank you again. 95 00:05:11,460 --> 00:05:13,460 Oh, what did you say your name is? 96 00:05:13,460 --> 00:05:14,460 Oh, Carlson. 97 00:05:14,460 --> 00:05:17,460 Oh, how nice! Carlson. 98 00:05:17,460 --> 00:05:22,460 Such a sturdy, dependable name. So suitable for a man. 99 00:05:22,460 --> 00:05:24,460 You must come up and have tea with me sometime. 100 00:05:24,460 --> 00:05:27,460 Well, I have a special Chinese brand. 101 00:05:27,460 --> 00:05:30,460 It smells like dead flowers. 102 00:05:30,460 --> 00:05:31,460 Going up? 103 00:05:31,460 --> 00:05:34,460 Going up, but only for until we meet again. 104 00:05:41,460 --> 00:05:45,460 That next meeting would be never, as far as I was concerned at that point, 105 00:05:45,460 --> 00:05:48,460 but it actually happened that night. 106 00:05:55,460 --> 00:05:58,460 She was at the scales again, about nine o'clock, 107 00:05:58,460 --> 00:06:00,460 and there was a desperate urgency in her singing. 108 00:06:00,460 --> 00:06:05,460 It was the last frantic attempt to stop the clock and the double chins and the fading light. 109 00:06:05,460 --> 00:06:10,460 Those pathetic scales had a shrill terror that made me embarrassed listening to them. 110 00:06:10,460 --> 00:06:14,460 Well, as though I were eavesdropping on some shameful secret. 111 00:06:14,460 --> 00:06:20,460 It was then that I went to leave the balcony and saw the sheet music lying behind the urn. 112 00:06:20,460 --> 00:06:24,460 My first impulse was a humanitarian one, and I threw it in the wastebasket. 113 00:06:24,460 --> 00:06:29,460 But for some unknown reason, I suddenly felt a kind of pity for that woman singing alone up there, 114 00:06:29,460 --> 00:06:33,460 and the next thing I knew, I was on my way upstairs with the music. 115 00:06:35,460 --> 00:06:37,460 Yes, what do you want? 116 00:06:37,460 --> 00:06:41,460 Oh, is Mrs. Violet in? 117 00:06:41,460 --> 00:06:43,460 Violet? 118 00:06:43,460 --> 00:06:46,460 I'm sorry, old boy. She must have given you the wrong number. 119 00:06:46,460 --> 00:06:48,460 Oh, I thought it was on this floor. 120 00:06:48,460 --> 00:06:51,460 Oh, hold on. If you mean Mrs. Pondek, that's the next apartment. 121 00:06:51,460 --> 00:06:53,460 Oh, sorry to have bothered you. 122 00:06:53,460 --> 00:06:56,460 Going in for tea, or do you have your own bank account? 123 00:06:56,460 --> 00:06:58,460 Thank you very much. 124 00:06:58,460 --> 00:07:03,460 Oh, not at all, not at all. I'm always glad to help a music lover. 125 00:07:08,460 --> 00:07:12,460 As I stood there in the hall, I began to think about that leer he had given me. 126 00:07:12,460 --> 00:07:15,460 I was about to turn back when the door opened. 127 00:07:15,460 --> 00:07:20,460 Oh, Mr. Carpenter, you've come for that tea after all. How nice. 128 00:07:20,460 --> 00:07:23,460 Oh, be quiet, petty. Be quiet. 129 00:07:23,460 --> 00:07:24,460 Oh, but I just found that... 130 00:07:24,460 --> 00:07:27,460 You've not heard the word. Come along. 131 00:07:29,460 --> 00:07:33,460 Violet had outdone herself in a trailing negligee of purple chiffon, 132 00:07:33,460 --> 00:07:36,460 and the usual clutching hand went with the outfit. 133 00:07:36,460 --> 00:07:42,460 There was something obscene about the hand fingers, heavy with diamonds, the nails polished too red. 134 00:07:42,460 --> 00:07:44,460 Obscene and pathetic. 135 00:07:44,460 --> 00:07:47,460 The room was heavy and operatic, just like her. 136 00:07:47,460 --> 00:07:52,460 There were glass cases and curio cabinets filled with every imaginable kind of glittering thing. 137 00:07:52,460 --> 00:07:59,460 Rings and bracelets, brooches, most of it in terrible taste, but all of it unquestionably expensive. 138 00:07:59,460 --> 00:08:03,460 Oh, admiring my collection? Most everyone does. 139 00:08:03,460 --> 00:08:06,460 Your friend Mr. Morley just... 140 00:08:06,460 --> 00:08:08,460 Oh, petty, petty, dear, be quiet. 141 00:08:08,460 --> 00:08:12,460 Oh, I do believe he's jealous of you. 142 00:08:12,460 --> 00:08:16,460 You know he has a thick sense about admirers. 143 00:08:16,460 --> 00:08:18,460 I remember when I was in the theatre. 144 00:08:18,460 --> 00:08:22,460 He used to carry on dreadfully when my dressing room was still with them. 145 00:08:22,460 --> 00:08:25,460 He was my husband in the legs. 146 00:08:25,460 --> 00:08:28,460 So now, sit down in this chair. 147 00:08:28,460 --> 00:08:32,460 I'm afraid all the others are too small for a big man like you. 148 00:08:32,460 --> 00:08:36,460 Well, I really came to return this music. It must have blown down on my balcony. 149 00:08:36,460 --> 00:08:41,460 Oh, roses of Picardy. It's always been one of my favorites. 150 00:08:41,460 --> 00:08:44,460 My husband simply adored it. 151 00:08:44,460 --> 00:08:50,460 I remember I sang it to him on Saturday night, and that Sunday afternoon he was dead. 152 00:08:50,460 --> 00:08:53,460 Well, that must have been quite a shock. 153 00:08:53,460 --> 00:08:58,460 Oh, I sometimes wonder that I've found the courage and strength to go on. 154 00:08:58,460 --> 00:09:02,460 Of course, my music has been a great consolation. 155 00:09:02,460 --> 00:09:05,460 Now, you sit right down. I won't be a no man. 156 00:09:05,460 --> 00:09:09,460 Petty will look after you, won't you, petty, huh? 157 00:09:09,460 --> 00:09:12,460 The roses are shining. 158 00:09:14,460 --> 00:09:18,460 You sit here and answer that. It's probably the elevator door. 159 00:09:21,460 --> 00:09:25,460 I've come to take the door... Oh, a new one. 160 00:09:25,460 --> 00:09:26,460 Yes, what is it? 161 00:09:26,460 --> 00:09:30,460 I came for Mrs. Pondacher's dog to take him for a walk. 162 00:09:30,460 --> 00:09:32,460 Here he is, and he's all yours. 163 00:09:32,460 --> 00:09:34,460 Thanks. Come on, Renton. 164 00:09:34,460 --> 00:09:36,460 Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah! 165 00:09:42,460 --> 00:09:45,460 I didn't care for the way the elevator boy smirked. 166 00:09:45,460 --> 00:09:49,460 And as I sat there in her apartment with that heavy perfume suffocating me, 167 00:09:49,460 --> 00:09:52,460 I cared less for the trapped feeling I was beginning to have. 168 00:09:52,460 --> 00:09:56,460 It wasn't until two days later in the garage that the trap closed. 169 00:10:02,460 --> 00:10:04,460 Good morning, Mr. Carlson. Can I do something for you? 170 00:10:04,460 --> 00:10:07,460 Oh, no, thanks, Joe. Just want to get my sunglasses out of the compartment. 171 00:10:07,460 --> 00:10:09,460 Well, your car's right over here. I cleaned it up for you. 172 00:10:09,460 --> 00:10:12,460 Gee, it was a mess, let me tell you. You must have run into something. 173 00:10:12,460 --> 00:10:15,460 What? The whole front was stuck with brown stuff and white fur, 174 00:10:15,460 --> 00:10:17,460 like you hit a dog or a cat, maybe. 175 00:10:17,460 --> 00:10:19,460 Funny, I don't remember hitting anything. 176 00:10:19,460 --> 00:10:22,460 Why, don't worry, I cleaned it off. 177 00:10:22,460 --> 00:10:24,460 Hey, Joe. Wait a minute. 178 00:10:24,460 --> 00:10:26,460 What, something wrong? 179 00:10:26,460 --> 00:10:28,460 Tell that help of yours my car isn't an ash can. 180 00:10:28,460 --> 00:10:30,460 They dumped all these old newspapers in the bag. 181 00:10:30,460 --> 00:10:32,460 Oh, gee, I'm sorry, Mr. Carlson. 182 00:10:32,460 --> 00:10:34,460 Well, just give them to me, I'll throw them out. 183 00:10:34,460 --> 00:10:36,460 Boy, they sure are a mess. 184 00:10:36,460 --> 00:10:38,460 Looks like something out of butcher shop, don't it? 185 00:10:38,460 --> 00:10:41,460 Well, it won't happen again, sir. You don't even bet your bottom dollar on that. 186 00:10:41,460 --> 00:10:46,460 When I came upstairs, I was still trying to figure out the angle of those stained old newspapers, 187 00:10:46,460 --> 00:10:48,460 but I didn't have long to wait. 188 00:10:48,460 --> 00:10:51,460 I found out the minute I stepped into the lobby. 189 00:10:51,460 --> 00:10:53,460 Oh, Mr. Carlson, thank heavens you're here. 190 00:10:53,460 --> 00:10:55,460 I've been out of my mind. It's Petty. 191 00:10:55,460 --> 00:10:57,460 He's disappeared. We can't find him anywhere. 192 00:10:57,460 --> 00:11:01,460 I just know he's being run over. I just know it. 193 00:11:01,460 --> 00:11:03,460 Run over? 194 00:11:03,460 --> 00:11:05,460 What? 195 00:11:05,460 --> 00:11:07,460 What do you mean, run over? 196 00:11:07,460 --> 00:11:11,460 I just know it. 197 00:11:11,460 --> 00:11:13,460 When did all this happen? 198 00:11:13,460 --> 00:11:15,460 Last night, when this wretched boy took him out. 199 00:11:15,460 --> 00:11:18,460 Now, look, Mrs. Pondekker, it's like I told you. 200 00:11:18,460 --> 00:11:22,460 I only stopped in for a cup of coffee, and the next thing I know, the dog is gone. 201 00:11:22,460 --> 00:11:24,460 Of course he's gone. 202 00:11:24,460 --> 00:11:27,460 Some uncouth person in that saloon undoubtedly made off with him. 203 00:11:27,460 --> 00:11:31,460 Well, there's only one thing to do, and that is to offer a large reward. 204 00:11:31,460 --> 00:11:33,460 Don't you agree, Mr. Carlson? 205 00:11:33,460 --> 00:11:37,460 Oh, yes, yes, that's a good idea. 206 00:11:43,460 --> 00:11:48,460 But I knew then, as sure as I was standing there, that nothing would bring Petty back. 207 00:11:48,460 --> 00:11:53,460 Just as I knew that he had been in my car sometime last night, lying on some old newspapers. 208 00:11:53,460 --> 00:11:59,460 That's why I wasn't too surprised at first when the heavy blond man with the soft voice came to see me. 209 00:11:59,460 --> 00:12:01,460 Mr. Frederick Carlson? 210 00:12:01,460 --> 00:12:02,460 Yes, that's right. 211 00:12:02,460 --> 00:12:03,460 I'm from headquarters. 212 00:12:03,460 --> 00:12:06,460 I'd like to ask you a couple of questions about this Pondekker business. 213 00:12:06,460 --> 00:12:07,460 Have they found the dog? 214 00:12:07,460 --> 00:12:09,460 You don't know about that, huh? 215 00:12:09,460 --> 00:12:10,460 Well, she mentioned it to me. 216 00:12:10,460 --> 00:12:12,460 You two were pretty friendly, weren't you? 217 00:12:12,460 --> 00:12:15,460 Well, I spoke to her a couple of times. 218 00:12:15,460 --> 00:12:17,460 Hey, what is this? 219 00:12:17,460 --> 00:12:20,460 I don't come into my place full of innuendos. I don't see that... 220 00:12:20,460 --> 00:12:23,460 There's no need to get excited, Mr. Carlson. 221 00:12:23,460 --> 00:12:26,460 I'm just checking up on the people who last saw her last. 222 00:12:26,460 --> 00:12:28,460 I still... 223 00:12:28,460 --> 00:12:30,460 What are you talking about? 224 00:12:30,460 --> 00:12:32,460 She's dead? 225 00:12:32,460 --> 00:12:34,460 Very much so. 226 00:12:34,460 --> 00:12:37,460 She was strangled sometime last night. 227 00:12:46,460 --> 00:12:53,460 For Suspense, Roma Wines are bringing you as star Mr. Zachary Scott in Murder Off Key by Gene Russ Curd. 228 00:12:53,460 --> 00:13:00,460 Roma Wines presentation tonight in radio's outstanding theater of thrills, Suspense. 229 00:13:06,460 --> 00:13:10,460 Between the acts of Suspense, this is Truman Bradley for Roma Wines. 230 00:13:10,460 --> 00:13:16,460 This holiday season will be a round of gay homecomings, joyous reunions and festive entertaining. 231 00:13:16,460 --> 00:13:20,460 To graciously greet your guests, to add warmth to the welcome, 232 00:13:20,460 --> 00:13:26,460 to give extra full pleasure to your holiday meals, be sure to have plenty of Roma Wines on hand. 233 00:13:26,460 --> 00:13:31,460 Roma California Wines offer you sherry, port, muscatel and tokay for entertaining, 234 00:13:31,460 --> 00:13:34,460 burgundy and sautern for mealtime enjoyment, 235 00:13:34,460 --> 00:13:39,460 and gay Roma California champagne to make any happy occasion unforgettable. 236 00:13:39,460 --> 00:13:43,460 Each of these fine Roma Wines brings you the goodness of luscious grapes, 237 00:13:43,460 --> 00:13:48,460 gathered at peak of flavor, gently pressed, then unhurriedly, 238 00:13:48,460 --> 00:13:53,460 brought to delicious perfection under the patient guidance of Roma's ancient winemaking skill, 239 00:13:53,460 --> 00:13:58,460 bottled at Roma's own famed wineries in California's choicest vineyard districts. 240 00:13:58,460 --> 00:14:02,460 Enjoy the taste luxury of fine Roma Wines more often, 241 00:14:02,460 --> 00:14:06,460 for Roma's new low prices enable you to save as much as one-fourth. 242 00:14:06,460 --> 00:14:11,460 Insist on Roma Wines. No other wines offer you so much for so little. 243 00:14:11,460 --> 00:14:15,460 That's why more Americans enjoy Roma than any other wine. 244 00:14:15,460 --> 00:14:19,460 Roma, R-O-M-A, Roma Wines. 245 00:14:19,460 --> 00:14:23,460 And now Roma Wines bring back to our Hollywood soundstage, 246 00:14:23,460 --> 00:14:27,460 Zachary Scott as Frederick Carlson in Murder Off Key, 247 00:14:27,460 --> 00:14:31,460 a play well calculated to keep you in suspense. 248 00:14:38,460 --> 00:14:43,460 The heavy blonde man with the soft voice asked a few more questions after that and then he left. 249 00:14:43,460 --> 00:14:49,460 The motive was robbery, very valuable jewelry and a great deal of money, everything gone. 250 00:14:49,460 --> 00:14:53,460 It seemed Violet was in the habit of drawing out large sums 251 00:14:53,460 --> 00:14:57,460 and keeping them around in old beaded purses and tarnished gilt boxes. 252 00:14:57,460 --> 00:15:02,460 It all fitted in with Violet who was so helpless without her pillar of strength 253 00:15:02,460 --> 00:15:05,460 and who sang those desperate jangling scales. 254 00:15:05,460 --> 00:15:08,460 Obviously she had no idea of financial matters. 255 00:15:08,460 --> 00:15:12,460 Somebody else had plenty of other ideas and l was one of them. 256 00:15:12,460 --> 00:15:16,460 l knew it that night when l went around to the corner automat. 257 00:15:16,460 --> 00:15:20,460 Yes, l was definitely one of them. There was no doubt about it. 258 00:15:22,460 --> 00:15:24,460 Do you mind if l join you, Mr. Carlson? 259 00:15:24,460 --> 00:15:29,460 lt was soft voice, smiling down at me over a cup of coffee and a piece of pie. 260 00:15:29,460 --> 00:15:31,460 Murder a la mode. 261 00:15:31,460 --> 00:15:35,460 l always come here for their apple pie. Have you ever tried it? 262 00:15:35,460 --> 00:15:37,460 Haven't gotten round to it. 263 00:15:37,460 --> 00:15:39,460 You should. lt's excellent. 264 00:15:39,460 --> 00:15:42,460 Have a sugar. Thank you. 265 00:15:43,460 --> 00:15:45,460 How'd you happen to come here for your vacation? 266 00:15:45,460 --> 00:15:48,460 Oh, l don't know. l was short on cash and then Morley wrote 267 00:15:48,460 --> 00:15:51,460 and suggested l stay in his place. lt seemed like a good idea at the time. 268 00:15:51,460 --> 00:15:53,460 You don't have that letter, do you? 269 00:15:53,460 --> 00:15:55,460 Say, what is this? 270 00:15:55,460 --> 00:15:58,460 No need to get excited, Mr. Carlson. l was just asking. 271 00:16:01,460 --> 00:16:03,460 Oh, you really should try this pie. 272 00:16:03,460 --> 00:16:06,460 The apples are just dried firm and taut. Dog. 273 00:16:06,460 --> 00:16:08,460 How should l know? 274 00:16:08,460 --> 00:16:10,460 l don't know. l'm just looking at it. 275 00:16:10,460 --> 00:16:12,460 You're looking at it from a different angle. 276 00:16:12,460 --> 00:16:15,460 l understand he was a regular burglar alarm. 277 00:16:15,460 --> 00:16:18,460 Always barked if anyone ever came to the door. 278 00:16:18,460 --> 00:16:21,460 And then he disappears the night before her death. 279 00:16:24,460 --> 00:16:27,460 Very convenient. Don't you agree? 280 00:16:27,460 --> 00:16:29,460 lt would look that way. 281 00:16:29,460 --> 00:16:32,460 Have some more of that sugar. Thank you. 282 00:16:33,460 --> 00:16:35,460 l never seem to get enough. 283 00:16:35,460 --> 00:16:37,460 Did you drive up to New York? 284 00:16:37,460 --> 00:16:39,460 l can skip that. 285 00:16:39,460 --> 00:16:41,460 There's no need to get excited, Mr. Carlson. 286 00:16:41,460 --> 00:16:43,460 l never suggested that you did. 287 00:16:43,460 --> 00:16:45,460 l was just asking a simple question. 288 00:16:45,460 --> 00:16:48,460 lf you haven't any more simple questions on your mind, l'll be going on. 289 00:16:48,460 --> 00:16:51,460 Of course. Don't let me detain you. 290 00:16:51,460 --> 00:16:54,460 l think l'll have another piece of this pie. 291 00:16:54,460 --> 00:16:57,460 You really should try it sometime, Mr. Carlson. 292 00:17:03,460 --> 00:17:06,460 As l walked away, l could feel him watching me. 293 00:17:06,460 --> 00:17:10,460 l was surprised to see his small eyes wary and suspicious. 294 00:17:10,460 --> 00:17:13,460 There was no doubt about it. l was the idea. 295 00:17:16,460 --> 00:17:18,460 l rode around on top of a bus for almost an hour. 296 00:17:18,460 --> 00:17:23,460 l kept thinking about the dog and that white fur in those stained newspapers. 297 00:17:23,460 --> 00:17:27,460 l knew l had to go to the garage and have another look at my car. 298 00:17:27,460 --> 00:17:29,460 The garage seemed deserted. 299 00:17:29,460 --> 00:17:33,460 Only one arc light cut the blackness and stretched silently ahead. 300 00:17:33,460 --> 00:17:36,460 l passed the office booth and l first heard the voices. 301 00:17:36,460 --> 00:17:39,460 There were two men and they were standing by my car. 302 00:17:39,460 --> 00:17:43,460 lt was a soft voice, full of apple pie and suspicion 303 00:17:43,460 --> 00:17:45,460 and wide awake on those two cups of coffee. 304 00:17:45,460 --> 00:17:47,460 l was asking Joe about my car. 305 00:17:47,460 --> 00:17:49,460 lt looked like he had something. 306 00:17:49,460 --> 00:17:51,460 But l couldn't say it was a dog. lt might have been a cat. 307 00:17:51,460 --> 00:17:53,460 But you're certain about the white fur. 308 00:17:53,460 --> 00:17:56,460 Was there anything else you noticed? 309 00:17:56,460 --> 00:17:58,460 No. No, l don't think... 310 00:17:58,460 --> 00:18:01,460 Well, yeah, there was them newspapers. 311 00:18:01,460 --> 00:18:04,460 At first l thought seeing how they were all stained, 312 00:18:04,460 --> 00:18:07,460 that maybe he had put in them whatever he had, you know. 313 00:18:09,460 --> 00:18:12,460 Excuse me, but somebody must be out there. 314 00:18:13,460 --> 00:18:17,460 Well, well, Mrs. Carlson, glad you came in. 315 00:18:17,460 --> 00:18:20,460 Perhaps you can clear up a few things for us. 316 00:18:20,460 --> 00:18:23,460 Look, l don't know anything about the newspapers or the stain, 317 00:18:23,460 --> 00:18:25,460 but l can tell you this much. 318 00:18:25,460 --> 00:18:27,460 l never ran over a dog and l can prove it. 319 00:18:27,460 --> 00:18:29,460 Well, then, that's all we're interested in. 320 00:18:29,460 --> 00:18:31,460 l haven't taken the car out since l came to New York. 321 00:18:31,460 --> 00:18:33,460 Joe here can tell you that. 322 00:18:33,460 --> 00:18:35,460 Well, you did take it out once, Mr. Carlson, the night before last. 323 00:18:35,460 --> 00:18:37,460 Are you crazy? 324 00:18:37,460 --> 00:18:39,460 Well, gee, l'm sorry, Mr. Carlson, 325 00:18:39,460 --> 00:18:41,460 but l remember you called me up and asked me to bring it around. 326 00:18:41,460 --> 00:18:44,460 Here. Here. You can look at my record book. 327 00:18:44,460 --> 00:18:46,460 You must have forgotten about it, 328 00:18:46,460 --> 00:18:49,460 because, uh, nine o'clock, nine o'clock. 329 00:18:49,460 --> 00:18:51,460 That must have been just about the time 330 00:18:51,460 --> 00:18:54,460 the elevator boy took the dog for his walk. 331 00:18:54,460 --> 00:18:57,460 From that time on, Soft Voice was after me. 332 00:18:57,460 --> 00:19:01,460 l was his man, and he didn't miss a trick. 333 00:19:01,460 --> 00:19:04,460 Now, you say you talked to Carlson last Saturday? 334 00:19:04,460 --> 00:19:06,460 Yes, l was sitting out on the balcony. 335 00:19:06,460 --> 00:19:08,460 Did he mention Mrs. Pondek in the conversation? 336 00:19:08,460 --> 00:19:11,460 He heard her singing. She had an awful voice. 337 00:19:11,460 --> 00:19:14,460 And he asked about her, whether she had a family or lived alone. 338 00:19:14,460 --> 00:19:17,460 l don't remember anything else, but it was the oddest thing. 339 00:19:17,460 --> 00:19:20,460 l mean, his suggesting strangling her, and now this. 340 00:19:20,460 --> 00:19:22,460 Makes you think he's a man. 341 00:19:22,460 --> 00:19:25,460 And Mr. Carlson came to your door the other night? 342 00:19:25,460 --> 00:19:29,460 Yes. Yes, he was asking for some woman by the name of Violet. 343 00:19:29,460 --> 00:19:32,460 At first, l never connected with Mrs. Pondek. 344 00:19:32,460 --> 00:19:36,460 She seemed a bit old for him, but you never can tell. 345 00:19:36,460 --> 00:19:39,460 Probably mutual interest in music. 346 00:19:43,460 --> 00:19:45,460 Yeah, that's right. l came to get the girl. 347 00:19:45,460 --> 00:19:47,460 l was just thinking about it. 348 00:19:47,460 --> 00:19:49,460 l was thinking about it. 349 00:19:49,460 --> 00:19:53,460 Yeah, that's right. l came to get the dog, and this Carlson guy opens the door. 350 00:19:53,460 --> 00:19:55,460 But l don't think nothing of it. 351 00:19:55,460 --> 00:19:58,460 Working on the elevator, you see a lot of that, you know. 352 00:19:58,460 --> 00:20:01,460 Some of the stuff l could tell you. 353 00:20:09,460 --> 00:20:12,460 lt was about this time that l began hearing those gales again. 354 00:20:12,460 --> 00:20:16,460 They were so shrill and desperate, l thought everyone else must hear them too. 355 00:20:16,460 --> 00:20:19,460 l even heard her on the elevator. 356 00:20:21,460 --> 00:20:23,460 What are you staring at? 357 00:20:23,460 --> 00:20:26,460 Nothing, Mr. Carlson. This is your floor. 358 00:20:26,460 --> 00:20:28,460 Do you think the police will catch a guy who'd done it? 359 00:20:28,460 --> 00:20:30,460 l don't know. 360 00:20:30,460 --> 00:20:33,460 l figure it must have been somebody who knew her and been in her place. 361 00:20:33,460 --> 00:20:36,460 Those old dames always go for the young guys. 362 00:20:36,460 --> 00:20:39,460 l say, find her boyfriend, and you got the killer. Am l right? 363 00:20:39,460 --> 00:20:41,460 Why ask me? How should l know? 364 00:20:41,460 --> 00:20:46,460 You don't have to get sore, Mr. Carlson. l was just asking. 365 00:20:46,460 --> 00:20:48,460 Well, what are you waiting for? Me? 366 00:20:48,460 --> 00:20:50,460 Nothing. 367 00:20:52,460 --> 00:20:55,460 Shut up. Stop it, do you hear me? 368 00:20:55,460 --> 00:20:57,460 The concert's over. 369 00:21:00,460 --> 00:21:02,460 Good evening, Mr. Carlson. 370 00:21:02,460 --> 00:21:04,460 Oh. 371 00:21:04,460 --> 00:21:07,460 l hope l didn't startle you, the elevator boy letting in. 372 00:21:07,460 --> 00:21:09,460 Well, what's on your mind? 373 00:21:09,460 --> 00:21:12,460 l just wanted to go over a few points with you. 374 00:21:12,460 --> 00:21:15,460 Do you know anything about a resort called Orchard Beach? 375 00:21:15,460 --> 00:21:17,460 lt's not far from here. 376 00:21:17,460 --> 00:21:20,460 Yes, l stayed there for a couple of weeks last summer. Why? 377 00:21:20,460 --> 00:21:22,460 Strange you never ran into Mrs. Pondekker. 378 00:21:22,460 --> 00:21:25,460 She played in the summer theater there. 379 00:21:25,460 --> 00:21:28,460 l told you l never saw her before l came here. 380 00:21:28,460 --> 00:21:31,460 lf you're trying to pin this on me, you're wasting your time. 381 00:21:31,460 --> 00:21:33,460 Look, how could l have planned this thing? 382 00:21:33,460 --> 00:21:36,460 l never even knew l was coming here until Morley wrote me and asked me. 383 00:21:36,460 --> 00:21:38,460 He'll tell you that. 384 00:21:38,460 --> 00:21:41,460 Well, he can't seem to contact Mr. Morley. 385 00:21:41,460 --> 00:21:43,460 You don't have his present address, do you? 386 00:21:43,460 --> 00:21:45,460 Carl said there was something about a camping trip, 387 00:21:45,460 --> 00:21:48,460 but he's bound to turn up in a couple of days and he'll set you straight on all this. 388 00:21:48,460 --> 00:21:51,460 That is, if he turns up alive. 389 00:21:51,460 --> 00:21:53,460 What do you mean by that? 390 00:21:53,460 --> 00:21:56,460 l was just considering a possibility. 391 00:21:56,460 --> 00:21:59,460 After all, if anything happened to Mr. Morley, 392 00:21:59,460 --> 00:22:05,460 he couldn't back up your story and he couldn't deny it either, could he? 393 00:22:05,460 --> 00:22:08,460 Well, l'll be getting along. 394 00:22:08,460 --> 00:22:10,460 Night, let's go. 395 00:22:20,460 --> 00:22:22,460 That night the scales were louder than ever. 396 00:22:22,460 --> 00:22:25,460 They went on, over and over, echoing in the room, 397 00:22:25,460 --> 00:22:28,460 shrill and urgent and l couldn't shut them out. 398 00:22:28,460 --> 00:22:31,460 Shut up, do you hear me? Shut up! 399 00:22:31,460 --> 00:22:34,460 What the devil's going on in here? 400 00:22:34,460 --> 00:22:36,460 Morley. 401 00:22:36,460 --> 00:22:39,460 Morley, good Lord, l thought you'd never turn up. 402 00:22:39,460 --> 00:22:41,460 Well, l always say it's nice to be wanted, 403 00:22:41,460 --> 00:22:45,460 but if l'm not too inquisitive, may l ask what you're doing in my place? 404 00:22:45,460 --> 00:22:48,460 l'm waiting for you so you can tell him about that letter. 405 00:22:48,460 --> 00:22:49,460 Letter? 406 00:22:49,460 --> 00:22:51,460 The one you wrote when you asked me to come here. 407 00:22:51,460 --> 00:22:54,460 Well, now, look, l don't care if you stayed here, but l didn't write you. 408 00:22:54,460 --> 00:22:56,460 But you must have, Morley. l read the letter. 409 00:22:56,460 --> 00:22:58,460 l tell you, l saw it. l held it in my hands. 410 00:22:58,460 --> 00:23:01,460 lt was real. 411 00:23:01,460 --> 00:23:03,460 All right, Carlson, don't be so tragic about it. 412 00:23:03,460 --> 00:23:05,460 After all, it's not a matter of life and death. 413 00:23:05,460 --> 00:23:07,460 lt certainly is. 414 00:23:07,460 --> 00:23:10,460 Look, Morley, you don't know what's been going on here. 415 00:23:10,460 --> 00:23:12,460 Ever since l got here... 416 00:23:21,460 --> 00:23:23,460 The whole thing's got me nearly crazy. 417 00:23:23,460 --> 00:23:25,460 That doesn't seem to be any way out. 418 00:23:25,460 --> 00:23:31,460 Well, Carlson, there's no point in sitting out here on the balcony all night. 419 00:23:31,460 --> 00:23:32,460 No. 420 00:23:32,460 --> 00:23:35,460 Oh, l'll admit you're in a bad jam, but it's not hopeless. 421 00:23:35,460 --> 00:23:36,460 They haven't arrested you. 422 00:23:36,460 --> 00:23:37,460 lt's only a matter of time. 423 00:23:37,460 --> 00:23:39,460 But they haven't any proof. 424 00:23:39,460 --> 00:23:42,460 And l can tell the police l wrote that letter. l suppose l can. 425 00:23:42,460 --> 00:23:45,460 Well, you'll have to be more convincing than that. No thanks. 426 00:23:45,460 --> 00:23:48,460 An ex in the news, and l might as well face it. 427 00:23:48,460 --> 00:23:51,460 Now, let's not be noble, Carlson. It's only a technicality. 428 00:23:51,460 --> 00:23:53,460 l think l can make them believe me. 429 00:23:53,460 --> 00:23:55,460 Too late now, they're here. 430 00:23:55,460 --> 00:23:56,460 Who's here? 431 00:23:56,460 --> 00:23:58,460 The police. The car just pulled up. 432 00:23:58,460 --> 00:23:59,460 Are you sure? 433 00:23:59,460 --> 00:24:01,460 Soft voice. Yeah. 434 00:24:01,460 --> 00:24:04,460 And l don't like the way he's bouncing with so much energy. 435 00:24:04,460 --> 00:24:05,460 Why should he come now? 436 00:24:05,460 --> 00:24:07,460 Someone must have tipped him off your back. 437 00:24:07,460 --> 00:24:09,460 He was anxious to see you as l was. 438 00:24:09,460 --> 00:24:11,460 Morley, is there back stairs here? 439 00:24:11,460 --> 00:24:12,460 Yes. Why? 440 00:24:12,460 --> 00:24:15,460 l'm going to try to get out. lf it's my only chance, will you help me? 441 00:24:15,460 --> 00:24:19,460 Sure. Certainly, Carlson. l'll show you where to go. l can at least do that. 442 00:24:19,460 --> 00:24:22,460 l had to try. l couldn't just lie down and take that rap, 443 00:24:22,460 --> 00:24:25,460 and there was no way under heaven l could escape it legally. 444 00:24:25,460 --> 00:24:28,460 l followed Morley off the balcony when we got to his living room. 445 00:24:28,460 --> 00:24:31,460 l was almost more than l could stand. 446 00:24:31,460 --> 00:24:35,460 Because the singing started again, but not the scales this time. 447 00:24:35,460 --> 00:24:37,460 Rose is a pickety. 448 00:24:37,460 --> 00:24:40,460 Rose is a pickety. She was going to follow me all my life. 449 00:24:40,460 --> 00:24:42,460 l almost dropped in my tracks. 450 00:24:42,460 --> 00:24:45,460 l was going to follow her all my life. 451 00:24:45,460 --> 00:24:49,460 l was going to follow her all my life. l almost dropped in my tracks. 452 00:24:49,460 --> 00:24:52,460 Something, l guess you'd call it a hunch. 453 00:24:52,460 --> 00:24:56,460 Something about the stiffness of Morley's back made me hang on. 454 00:24:56,460 --> 00:24:58,460 Then Morley swung around. 455 00:24:58,460 --> 00:25:01,460 lt was more than a hunch. Morley was sweating. 456 00:25:01,460 --> 00:25:04,460 l decided to play it for all it was worth. 457 00:25:04,460 --> 00:25:06,460 Who's that? 458 00:25:06,460 --> 00:25:08,460 Who's what? 459 00:25:08,460 --> 00:25:11,460 Don't you... don't you hear something? 460 00:25:11,460 --> 00:25:13,460 What are you talking about? 461 00:25:13,460 --> 00:25:16,460 Nothing. Come on, you'd better hurry. 462 00:25:16,460 --> 00:25:18,460 Well, l... l don't know. 463 00:25:18,460 --> 00:25:20,460 Hurry up, Carlson. 464 00:25:20,460 --> 00:25:22,460 l don't know. Now that l think of it, l don't know. 465 00:25:22,460 --> 00:25:24,460 But you said yourself! 466 00:25:24,460 --> 00:25:27,460 Yeah, but all my life l'd be ducking the law for something l didn't do. 467 00:25:27,460 --> 00:25:29,460 You said yourself at your only chance. 468 00:25:29,460 --> 00:25:31,460 Yeah, but that'd be worse than being convicted. 469 00:25:31,460 --> 00:25:33,460 Anyway, how could they convict me? 470 00:25:33,460 --> 00:25:35,460 The evidence is all circumstantial. 471 00:25:35,460 --> 00:25:37,460 There's an awful lot of evidence, Carlson. 472 00:25:37,460 --> 00:25:40,460 The dog being killed by your car, the threat you made against her, 473 00:25:40,460 --> 00:25:43,460 and the fact that she was there at Orchard Beach the same time she was there. 474 00:25:43,460 --> 00:25:45,460 Yeah, that's a clincher, all right. 475 00:25:45,460 --> 00:25:47,460 But how did you know? 476 00:25:47,460 --> 00:25:48,460 Why, you... 477 00:25:48,460 --> 00:25:51,460 How did you know l was at Orchard Beach? l never told you. 478 00:25:51,460 --> 00:25:53,460 You haven't talked a soft voice yet. 479 00:25:53,460 --> 00:25:56,460 Come on, Morley. Tell me how you did it. 480 00:25:56,460 --> 00:25:58,460 Tell me how you killed Mrs. Pondekker. 481 00:25:58,460 --> 00:25:59,460 You're out of your mind. 482 00:25:59,460 --> 00:26:01,460 How did you get the car business fixed? 483 00:26:01,460 --> 00:26:04,460 Did you disguise your voice and take the keys while l was out of the apartment? 484 00:26:04,460 --> 00:26:05,460 That'd be simple enough to do. 485 00:26:05,460 --> 00:26:06,460 Crazy. 486 00:26:06,460 --> 00:26:09,460 And that sheet music on the balcony, did you plant it? 487 00:26:09,460 --> 00:26:11,460 That's a beautiful frame-up. 488 00:26:11,460 --> 00:26:12,460 lt's a shame to ruin it. 489 00:26:12,460 --> 00:26:14,460 l don't have to ruin it. l can't... 490 00:26:14,460 --> 00:26:18,460 Now, no. You can't kill me, Morley. 491 00:26:18,460 --> 00:26:20,460 l'm your fuller guy. 492 00:26:20,460 --> 00:26:21,460 Remember? 493 00:26:21,460 --> 00:26:23,460 l can kill you in self-defense. 494 00:26:23,460 --> 00:26:26,460 l can kill a murderer who's living in my apartment who's threatened me. 495 00:26:26,460 --> 00:26:28,460 Unfortunately, the police didn't get here in time, 496 00:26:28,460 --> 00:26:30,460 and in simple self-defense, l had to... 497 00:26:30,460 --> 00:26:32,460 Oh, no. 498 00:26:32,460 --> 00:26:35,460 Yeah, but they did get here in time, Morley. 499 00:26:35,460 --> 00:26:38,460 Yes, Carlson. You're very lucky. 500 00:26:38,460 --> 00:26:39,460 How much did you hear? 501 00:26:39,460 --> 00:26:41,460 Enough. Enough. 502 00:26:41,460 --> 00:26:43,460 He was a slick boy. 503 00:26:43,460 --> 00:26:46,460 He had you measured for the new Soiree. 504 00:26:46,460 --> 00:26:48,460 How did you get him to open up? 505 00:26:48,460 --> 00:26:51,460 Well, in a way, l didn't. It was the roses of Picardy. 506 00:26:51,460 --> 00:26:52,460 Roses of... 507 00:26:52,460 --> 00:26:54,460 Well, l thought it was Mrs. Pondeker. 508 00:26:54,460 --> 00:26:57,460 And when she started roses of Picardy, Morley thought so, too. 509 00:26:57,460 --> 00:26:59,460 lt scared him green. 510 00:26:59,460 --> 00:27:01,460 Scared him more than me. 511 00:27:01,460 --> 00:27:05,460 You know, l thought everyone felt the same about Violet singing, 512 00:27:05,460 --> 00:27:07,460 but not the little girl next door. 513 00:27:07,460 --> 00:27:11,460 The only thing she had against Violet's voice was professional jealousy. 514 00:27:11,460 --> 00:27:15,460 She thought her voice was better, but Violet could drown her out. 515 00:27:15,460 --> 00:27:17,460 Listen. 516 00:27:17,460 --> 00:27:19,460 ?? 517 00:27:19,460 --> 00:27:21,460 ?? 518 00:27:21,460 --> 00:27:23,460 ?? 519 00:27:23,460 --> 00:27:26,460 Well, someone else will have to strangle her. 520 00:27:26,460 --> 00:27:28,460 ?? 521 00:27:28,460 --> 00:27:30,460 ?? 522 00:27:30,460 --> 00:27:32,460 ?? 523 00:27:32,460 --> 00:27:34,460 ?? 524 00:27:34,460 --> 00:27:38,460 ?? 525 00:27:38,460 --> 00:27:40,460 ?? 526 00:27:40,460 --> 00:27:42,460 ?? 527 00:27:42,460 --> 00:27:44,460 ?? 528 00:27:44,460 --> 00:27:46,460 ?? 529 00:27:46,460 --> 00:27:48,460 ?? 530 00:27:48,460 --> 00:27:51,460 This is Truman Bradley for Roma Wines, the sponsor of Suspense. 531 00:27:51,460 --> 00:27:54,460 Are you planning now for that Thanksgiving dinner next week? 532 00:27:54,460 --> 00:27:58,460 Well, here's a timely suggestion from famed hostess Elsa Maxwell. 533 00:27:58,460 --> 00:28:02,460 This Thanksgiving, many families will be together for the first time in years, 534 00:28:02,460 --> 00:28:06,460 enjoying the traditional turkey and trimmings and pumpkin pie. 535 00:28:06,460 --> 00:28:10,460 At dessert time, l suggest serving Roma California Muscatel. 536 00:28:10,460 --> 00:28:14,460 Roma Muscatel is a glorious ending to a festive meal. 537 00:28:14,460 --> 00:28:17,460 Yes, at dessert time or later in the evening, 538 00:28:17,460 --> 00:28:20,460 Golden Roma Muscatel is the choice refreshment wine. 539 00:28:20,460 --> 00:28:26,460 Served cool, Roma Muscatel is delicious with dessert or later with nuts or cake. 540 00:28:26,460 --> 00:28:30,460 A wine mellow indeed, bursting with gold and sweetness. 541 00:28:30,460 --> 00:28:33,460 Roma Muscatel brings you the distinctive fragrance 542 00:28:33,460 --> 00:28:37,460 and the warming taste richness of the famous Muscat Grape. 543 00:28:37,460 --> 00:28:42,460 Like all Roma wines, Roma Muscatel is a true wine, unvaryingly good always. 544 00:28:42,460 --> 00:28:46,460 Made in California, enjoyed throughout the world. 545 00:28:46,460 --> 00:28:50,460 Remember, because of uniformly fine quality at low cost, 546 00:28:50,460 --> 00:28:54,460 more Americans enjoy Roma than any other wine. 547 00:28:54,460 --> 00:28:59,460 Incest on Roma, R-O-M-A, Fine Roma Wines. 548 00:28:59,460 --> 00:29:03,460 Macary Scott appeared through the courtesy of Warner Brothers Studios 549 00:29:03,460 --> 00:29:06,460 and is currently appearing in Mildred Pierce. 550 00:29:06,460 --> 00:29:09,460 Next Thursday, we bring you Lloyd Nolan in... 551 00:29:09,460 --> 00:29:13,460 Suspense, radio's outstanding theater of thrills. 552 00:29:13,460 --> 00:29:17,460 Presented by Roma Wines, R-O-M-A. 553 00:29:17,460 --> 00:29:40,460 Made in California for enjoyment throughout the world. 554 00:29:40,460 --> 00:29:56,460 This is CBS, the Columbia Broadcasting System.