1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:11,800 Now, Roma Wines, R-O-M-A, made in California for enjoyment throughout the world. 2 00:00:11,800 --> 00:00:16,000 Roma Wines presents Suspense. 3 00:00:16,000 --> 00:00:24,920 Tonight, Roma Wines bring you Dame May Whitty as star of My Dear Niece, a suspense play 4 00:00:24,920 --> 00:00:31,720 produced, edited, and directed for Roma Wines by William Spear. 5 00:00:31,720 --> 00:00:41,040 Suspense, radio's outstanding theater of thrills, is presented for your enjoyment by Roma Wines. 6 00:00:41,040 --> 00:00:44,320 That's R-O-M-A, Roma Wines. 7 00:00:44,320 --> 00:00:49,320 Those excellent California wines that can add so much pleasantness to the way you live, 8 00:00:49,320 --> 00:00:54,160 to your happiness and entertaining guests, to your enjoyment of everyday meals. 9 00:00:54,160 --> 00:01:00,920 Yes, right now a glass full would be very pleasant as Roma Wines bring you Dame May Whitty 10 00:01:00,920 --> 00:01:09,760 in a remarkable tale of Suspense. 11 00:01:09,760 --> 00:01:14,640 My Dear Niece, I'm writing you this letter in explanation of certain recent actions of 12 00:01:14,640 --> 00:01:18,680 mine about which you're probably curious. 13 00:01:18,680 --> 00:01:23,320 As you know, since that day four years ago when your dear uncle died, may he rest in 14 00:01:23,320 --> 00:01:27,640 peace, I've been living a busy, if lonely, life. 15 00:01:27,640 --> 00:01:32,280 Fortunately the city is small itself and one has many friends, but they in no way could 16 00:01:32,280 --> 00:01:35,240 make up for the loneliness I felt. 17 00:01:35,240 --> 00:01:40,200 As you recall, you're continually urging me to try to get some sort of a position, and 18 00:01:40,200 --> 00:01:46,520 so finally I took your advice and placed an advertisement in our local paper. 19 00:01:46,520 --> 00:01:50,720 It was six weeks ago this next Friday that I inserted the ad. 20 00:01:50,720 --> 00:01:54,040 I'm sure you must have chuckled when you read it. 21 00:01:54,040 --> 00:02:01,120 Widowed woman, genteel, some secretarial experience, drives own car, desires position of interest 22 00:02:01,120 --> 00:02:03,640 with reliable business house. 23 00:02:03,640 --> 00:02:10,440 Address Miss Emily Rogers, Box 2B or phone Hilton 22412. 24 00:02:10,440 --> 00:02:14,160 I was somewhat surprised to receive a reply the next morning. 25 00:02:14,160 --> 00:02:15,160 I'd finished my breakfast. 26 00:02:15,160 --> 00:02:16,160 Yes, you're right. 27 00:02:16,160 --> 00:02:20,280 I still drink a cup of hot water from arising each morning. 28 00:02:20,280 --> 00:02:23,920 I'd finished at all events when the phone rang. 29 00:02:23,920 --> 00:02:24,920 Hello? 30 00:02:24,920 --> 00:02:26,920 Mrs. Emily Rogers, please. 31 00:02:26,920 --> 00:02:28,240 This is she speaking. 32 00:02:28,240 --> 00:02:31,200 I'm calling about the ad you ran in the evening paper yesterday. 33 00:02:31,200 --> 00:02:32,280 Oh yes. 34 00:02:32,280 --> 00:02:36,000 I think I can offer you a position you'd be interested in, Mrs. Rogers. 35 00:02:36,000 --> 00:02:37,000 My name is Bruce. 36 00:02:37,000 --> 00:02:38,320 How do you do, Mr. Bruce? 37 00:02:38,320 --> 00:02:42,960 We have a very small publishing house, Mrs. Rogers, and need someone to take care of any 38 00:02:42,960 --> 00:02:46,480 of the contacts we might wish to make in your part of the country. 39 00:02:46,480 --> 00:02:47,960 Oh, aren't you from Hilton then? 40 00:02:47,960 --> 00:02:48,960 No. 41 00:02:48,960 --> 00:02:50,880 Our offices are in Los Angeles. 42 00:02:50,880 --> 00:02:54,240 We'd pay you $50 a week providing you could use your home as an office, although there 43 00:02:54,240 --> 00:02:56,480 wouldn't be much office work required. 44 00:02:56,480 --> 00:03:01,160 As I say, the position primarily would be one of establishing contacts. 45 00:03:01,160 --> 00:03:02,160 Right. 46 00:03:02,160 --> 00:03:03,760 It sounds fine, Mr. 47 00:03:03,760 --> 00:03:04,760 Bruce. 48 00:03:04,760 --> 00:03:05,760 It sounds fine, Mr. Bruce. 49 00:03:05,760 --> 00:03:06,760 Good, good. 50 00:03:06,760 --> 00:03:10,520 Well then consider yourself under salary beginning immediately, Mrs. Rogers. 51 00:03:10,520 --> 00:03:14,160 I'll phone you again as soon as there's something more definite for you to do. 52 00:03:14,160 --> 00:03:21,800 And that's how I got the job. 53 00:03:21,800 --> 00:03:25,800 I assumed naturally that I would immediately receive instructions from Mr. Bruce as to 54 00:03:25,800 --> 00:03:28,720 how I should go about establishing contacts. 55 00:03:28,720 --> 00:03:34,800 The first word I had after the telephone conversation was when the postman arrived the next Saturday 56 00:03:34,800 --> 00:03:38,360 with an envelope for me containing a check for $50. 57 00:03:38,360 --> 00:03:43,260 There was no return address on the envelope and the check was a personal one bearing no 58 00:03:43,260 --> 00:03:44,260 company name. 59 00:03:44,260 --> 00:03:45,260 It was signed R.L. 60 00:03:45,260 --> 00:03:46,260 Bruce. 61 00:03:46,260 --> 00:03:56,260 Three weeks went by in this fashion. 62 00:03:56,260 --> 00:04:00,960 Each Saturday I would receive the $50 check in the mail, but always the envelope was without 63 00:04:00,960 --> 00:04:04,840 a return address and the check was a personal check. 64 00:04:04,840 --> 00:04:09,480 All the envelopes were postmarked Los Angeles, but other than that I haven't the smallest 65 00:04:09,480 --> 00:04:14,320 clue as to the identity of the company by which I was employed. 66 00:04:14,320 --> 00:04:17,680 I've always believed that money is very precious. 67 00:04:17,680 --> 00:04:23,840 And as your uncle, may his soul rest in peace, used to say, no self-respecting person would 68 00:04:23,840 --> 00:04:27,360 accept it without doing a lick of work for it. 69 00:04:27,360 --> 00:04:29,640 I was dissatisfied at the arrangement. 70 00:04:29,640 --> 00:04:33,360 I would tell this Mr. Bruce when he phoned that I wished to resign my position with his 71 00:04:33,360 --> 00:04:35,760 small publishing house. 72 00:04:35,760 --> 00:04:41,280 It was on the Wednesday after we arrived with the third check that I again received a telephone 73 00:04:41,280 --> 00:04:43,040 call from Mr. Bruce. 74 00:04:43,040 --> 00:04:46,480 He was charming as he'd been on the first call. 75 00:04:46,480 --> 00:04:48,760 And before I had the chance to tell him if I wished to resign. 76 00:04:48,760 --> 00:04:51,400 Well, I have your first assignment for you Mrs. Rogers. 77 00:04:51,400 --> 00:04:53,560 Oh, I wanted to talk to you about that Mr. Bruce. 78 00:04:53,560 --> 00:04:54,560 Oh, getting impatient were you? 79 00:04:54,560 --> 00:04:55,560 Well, this will keep you busy for a while. 80 00:04:55,560 --> 00:04:56,560 Really? 81 00:04:56,560 --> 00:04:57,560 Yes, and Mr. Paul Stevens will arrive in Hilton this afternoon. 82 00:04:57,560 --> 00:05:02,560 Now he's one of our most promising new authors and I'm going to have to ask a big favor of 83 00:05:02,560 --> 00:05:03,560 you Mrs. Rogers. 84 00:05:03,560 --> 00:05:06,560 What sort of a favor Mr. Bruce? 85 00:05:06,560 --> 00:05:13,720 Well, Mr. Stevens has some rewriting on a novel we plan publishing in a few months and too 86 00:05:13,720 --> 00:05:15,760 many people interrupt him here in Los Angeles. 87 00:05:15,760 --> 00:05:20,320 So I wonder if you could put him up at your home until he finishes. 88 00:05:20,320 --> 00:05:21,320 Why, I don't know. 89 00:05:21,320 --> 00:05:26,000 Oh, he'll be no bother Mrs. Rogers and of course all expenses will be covered. 90 00:05:26,000 --> 00:05:28,000 He has an awful lot of work to do. 91 00:05:28,000 --> 00:05:30,640 Well, yes I suppose I could. 92 00:05:30,640 --> 00:05:32,480 Oh, that's fine, that's fine. 93 00:05:32,480 --> 00:05:33,960 It's just a place for him to get away. 94 00:05:33,960 --> 00:05:35,960 Oh, and one more favor. 95 00:05:35,960 --> 00:05:36,960 Yes? 96 00:05:36,960 --> 00:05:39,160 Just so we're sure he's not bothered. 97 00:05:39,160 --> 00:05:49,000 Please don't tell anyone he's staying with you. 98 00:05:49,000 --> 00:05:52,200 And that's all I knew of the job my dear niece. 99 00:05:52,200 --> 00:05:57,400 Well at last I'd be doing something for my pay which to me was very important. 100 00:05:57,400 --> 00:06:02,160 I waited around the house all day afraid to leave, even to do my shopping, for fear I'd 101 00:06:02,160 --> 00:06:04,600 miss the telephone call from Mr. Stevens. 102 00:06:04,600 --> 00:06:10,720 It was quite late in the afternoon, almost five o'clock when the telephone rang. 103 00:06:10,720 --> 00:06:11,720 Hello? 104 00:06:11,720 --> 00:06:12,720 Mrs. Rogers? 105 00:06:12,720 --> 00:06:13,720 This is Mrs. Rogers. 106 00:06:13,720 --> 00:06:16,720 This is Paul Stevens, Mrs. Rogers. 107 00:06:16,720 --> 00:06:19,120 Oh yes, Mr. Stevens. 108 00:06:19,120 --> 00:06:20,680 I've been expecting your call. 109 00:06:20,680 --> 00:06:21,880 Where are you? 110 00:06:21,880 --> 00:06:22,880 I've come and pick you up. 111 00:06:22,880 --> 00:06:23,880 Oh, that's very kind of you. 112 00:06:23,880 --> 00:06:24,880 I'm at the corner, just a minute. 113 00:06:24,880 --> 00:06:29,960 The corner of Brookside and Sierra Madre. 114 00:06:29,960 --> 00:06:32,400 The corner of Brookside and Sierra Madre, fine. 115 00:06:32,400 --> 00:06:37,000 I've been driving a Black Buick Convertible and the right fender's dented. 116 00:06:37,000 --> 00:06:39,200 A parking station attendant did it. 117 00:06:39,200 --> 00:06:40,200 Black Buick Convertible. 118 00:06:40,200 --> 00:06:41,200 I'll be waiting. 119 00:06:41,200 --> 00:06:42,200 Bye. 120 00:06:42,200 --> 00:06:43,200 Goodbye, Mr. Stevens. 121 00:06:43,200 --> 00:06:44,200 Oh, oh, Mr. Stevens. 122 00:06:44,200 --> 00:06:51,440 I remembered I hadn't asked Mr. Stevens what he looked like so that I would be able to 123 00:06:51,440 --> 00:06:52,440 recognize him. 124 00:06:52,440 --> 00:06:56,880 Oh, but then I thought that Brookside and Sierra Madre is not a busy intersection and 125 00:06:56,880 --> 00:07:00,680 all the chances of there being more than one stranger at the corner were slight. 126 00:07:00,680 --> 00:07:06,080 I left the house immediately and drove through town to where Brookside crosses Sierra Madre. 127 00:07:06,080 --> 00:07:12,040 The first nervousness I felt was when arriving at the corner, I found myself faced with this 128 00:07:12,040 --> 00:07:13,040 problem of identification. 129 00:07:13,040 --> 00:07:18,040 There were many cars and a rather large and excited crowd gathered at the corner. 130 00:07:18,040 --> 00:07:19,040 Come on now, stand back everybody, please. 131 00:07:19,040 --> 00:07:20,040 Oh, hello there, Mrs. Rogers. 132 00:07:20,040 --> 00:07:21,040 Officer, what happened? 133 00:07:21,040 --> 00:07:22,040 A hit and run accident a few minutes ago. 134 00:07:22,040 --> 00:07:23,040 Oh, how dreadful. 135 00:07:23,040 --> 00:07:27,040 Who was hit? 136 00:07:27,040 --> 00:07:30,040 A man about 35, no one I know. 137 00:07:30,040 --> 00:07:32,040 Was he badly hurt? 138 00:07:32,040 --> 00:07:33,040 He's dead. 139 00:07:33,040 --> 00:07:35,040 Oh, oh, that's awful. 140 00:07:35,040 --> 00:07:37,040 Yeah, oh, please, now back. 141 00:07:37,040 --> 00:07:44,520 Officer, I, well, I was supposed to meet someone, a gentleman here, a Mr. Paul Stevens. 142 00:07:44,520 --> 00:07:46,720 I don't suppose that this poor gentleman could be... 143 00:07:46,720 --> 00:07:49,320 Well, now, the ambulance will be here in a few minutes, Mrs. Rogers. 144 00:07:49,320 --> 00:07:51,600 I'll call you when we find out who it is, if you like. 145 00:07:51,600 --> 00:07:52,600 Would you? 146 00:07:52,600 --> 00:07:53,600 I'd be very grateful. 147 00:07:53,600 --> 00:07:54,600 I'll call you later. 148 00:07:54,600 --> 00:07:55,600 All right, now, please, kids, stand back. 149 00:07:55,600 --> 00:07:56,600 Mrs. Rogers? 150 00:07:56,600 --> 00:07:57,600 Yes? 151 00:07:57,600 --> 00:07:59,920 I, I'm sorry to have kept you waiting. 152 00:07:59,920 --> 00:08:00,920 I'm Paul Stevens. 153 00:08:00,920 --> 00:08:01,920 Mr. Stevens? 154 00:08:01,920 --> 00:08:02,920 Oh, I'm so relieved. 155 00:08:02,920 --> 00:08:03,920 Hmm? 156 00:08:03,920 --> 00:08:04,920 Well, of course, please get in. 157 00:08:04,920 --> 00:08:05,920 The accident upset me. 158 00:08:05,920 --> 00:08:06,920 I was afraid for a minute it was you. 159 00:08:06,920 --> 00:08:07,920 No, no, it wasn't me. 160 00:08:07,920 --> 00:08:08,920 Won't you get in? 161 00:08:08,920 --> 00:08:09,920 Thank you. 162 00:08:09,920 --> 00:08:10,920 Have you had your dinner? 163 00:08:10,920 --> 00:08:11,920 Yes, yes, thank you. 164 00:08:11,920 --> 00:08:12,920 I'd like to go to your house if you don't mind. 165 00:08:12,920 --> 00:08:13,920 Well, of course, Mr. Stevens. 166 00:08:13,920 --> 00:08:14,920 It won't take long. 167 00:08:14,920 --> 00:08:34,880 I was really terribly relieved, and I thought what a warrior I was, because for a few minutes, 168 00:08:34,880 --> 00:08:37,880 I really had been sure that Paul Stevens was dead. 169 00:08:37,880 --> 00:08:40,680 But now everything was fine. 170 00:08:40,680 --> 00:08:46,240 I tried making conversation with Mr. Stevens on the drive home, but he seemed tired, not 171 00:08:46,240 --> 00:08:47,240 inclined to talk. 172 00:08:47,240 --> 00:08:51,560 And so we drove quietly back through town and to my house. 173 00:08:51,560 --> 00:08:56,440 We went inside, and I showed Mr. Stevens up to his room, and then went into the living 174 00:08:56,440 --> 00:08:57,440 room to tidy up. 175 00:08:57,440 --> 00:09:00,440 The telephone rang as I was setting out some ashtrays. 176 00:09:00,440 --> 00:09:01,440 Hello? 177 00:09:01,440 --> 00:09:02,440 Hello, Mrs. Rogers. 178 00:09:02,440 --> 00:09:03,440 This is Officer Barnes. 179 00:09:03,440 --> 00:09:04,440 Oh, yes, Officer. 180 00:09:04,440 --> 00:09:05,440 I'm glad you called. 181 00:09:05,440 --> 00:09:06,440 I wanted to tell you that I met Mr. 182 00:09:06,440 --> 00:09:07,440 I think that I identified you with the police. 183 00:09:07,440 --> 00:09:10,880 Yes, that's what I wanted to tell you, Officer. 184 00:09:10,880 --> 00:09:13,880 The name was Paul Stevens, all right. 185 00:09:13,880 --> 00:09:17,880 We had a hand bill on him, as how we know. 186 00:09:17,880 --> 00:09:22,240 He was wanted for a payroll robbery in L.A. And he wasn't hit by a car. 187 00:09:22,240 --> 00:09:23,240 He was thrown from a car. 188 00:09:23,240 --> 00:09:24,240 He was murdered. 189 00:09:24,240 --> 00:09:25,240 Hello? 190 00:09:25,240 --> 00:09:26,240 I couldn't answer. 191 00:09:26,240 --> 00:09:37,240 I stood there, frozen, with the telephone receiver in my hand, looking up at the phone 192 00:09:37,240 --> 00:09:41,720 and looking at the dirt of the hallway, where the man who called himself Paul Stevens stood 193 00:09:41,720 --> 00:10:04,920 smiling tightly, holding a gun in his hand, a gun that is pointed right at me. 194 00:10:04,920 --> 00:10:10,360 For Suspense, Roma Wines are bringing you a star, Dame May Whitty, in My Dear Niece, 195 00:10:10,360 --> 00:10:11,360 by Elliot Lewis. 196 00:10:11,360 --> 00:10:25,240 Roma Wines' presentation tonight in radio's outstanding theater of thrills, Suspense. 197 00:10:25,240 --> 00:10:30,760 Between the acts of suspense, this is Truman Bradley for Roma Wines. 198 00:10:30,760 --> 00:10:36,480 Being graciously, smartly, and inexpensively is no problem to the millions of good hostesses 199 00:10:36,480 --> 00:10:40,120 who regularly serve Roma Muscatel. 200 00:10:40,120 --> 00:10:46,320 Because Roma Muscatel is a pleasureful taste delight with nuts or cake, a luxurious compliment 201 00:10:46,320 --> 00:10:47,320 to dessert. 202 00:10:47,320 --> 00:10:50,960 It adds so much to friendly hours with guests. 203 00:10:50,960 --> 00:10:55,040 Yet Roma Muscatel costs only pennies a glass. 204 00:10:55,040 --> 00:10:59,080 Enrich your happy hours at home with Roma Muscatel. 205 00:10:59,080 --> 00:11:06,280 Enjoy often the distinctive muscat grape fragrance, warming golden radiance, and naturally sweet 206 00:11:06,280 --> 00:11:08,400 mellow goodness. 207 00:11:08,400 --> 00:11:14,560 Like all Roma wine, Roma Muscatel is a true wine, crushed from choicest grapes, grown 208 00:11:14,560 --> 00:11:22,080 in California's finest vineyards, then unhurriedly guided to tempting taste perfection by the 209 00:11:22,080 --> 00:11:25,960 age-old skill of Roma's master ventners. 210 00:11:25,960 --> 00:11:31,280 Hold at the famous Roma Winery to bring you unburying goodness always. 211 00:11:31,280 --> 00:11:36,120 Get Roma Muscatel tomorrow, now at the lowest prices in years. 212 00:11:36,120 --> 00:11:45,720 Remember, for uniformly fine quality at low cost, insist on Roma, R-O-M-A, Roma Wine, made 213 00:11:45,720 --> 00:11:50,540 in California, for enjoyment throughout the world. 214 00:11:50,540 --> 00:11:55,920 And now, Roma Wines bring back to our Hollywood town stage, Dame Mae Whitty, as Aunt Elizabeth 215 00:11:55,920 --> 00:12:12,640 Emily, in My Dear Niece, a play well calculated to keep you in suspense. 216 00:12:12,640 --> 00:12:15,840 My mouth felt frozen, my throat dry. 217 00:12:15,840 --> 00:12:20,520 I stared fascinated down the barrel of a gun pointing at me. 218 00:12:20,520 --> 00:12:21,520 Mrs. Rogers? 219 00:12:21,520 --> 00:12:24,520 Are you there, Mrs. Rogers? 220 00:12:24,520 --> 00:12:26,120 Hello? 221 00:12:26,120 --> 00:12:27,720 Hello? 222 00:12:27,720 --> 00:12:30,240 Thank them and hang up. 223 00:12:30,240 --> 00:12:31,240 Hello, Mrs. Rogers. 224 00:12:31,240 --> 00:12:33,240 Are you all right? 225 00:12:33,240 --> 00:12:34,240 Yes. 226 00:12:34,240 --> 00:12:36,560 Yes, I'm all right, officer. 227 00:12:36,560 --> 00:12:37,560 I was... 228 00:12:37,560 --> 00:12:38,920 Thank them and hang up. 229 00:12:38,920 --> 00:12:39,920 I was... 230 00:12:39,920 --> 00:12:40,920 Thank you, officer. 231 00:12:40,920 --> 00:12:52,600 He walked away from me then and sat across the room where he could watch me and also see 232 00:12:52,600 --> 00:12:55,120 anyone who might come to the front door. 233 00:12:55,120 --> 00:12:57,440 The gun rusted in his lap. 234 00:12:57,440 --> 00:13:00,080 I stood and stared at him. 235 00:13:00,080 --> 00:13:01,080 My mind raced. 236 00:13:01,080 --> 00:13:04,360 I tried to think of what to do. 237 00:13:04,360 --> 00:13:06,960 I was surprised when he spoke. 238 00:13:06,960 --> 00:13:08,840 Sit down, if you like. 239 00:13:08,840 --> 00:13:09,840 Who are you? 240 00:13:09,840 --> 00:13:11,720 Why did you tell me you were Mr. Stevens? 241 00:13:11,720 --> 00:13:12,720 Sit down. 242 00:13:12,720 --> 00:13:13,720 Who are you? 243 00:13:13,720 --> 00:13:16,560 How dare you pretend to be Mr. Stevens? 244 00:13:16,560 --> 00:13:17,560 I'm stupid. 245 00:13:17,560 --> 00:13:18,560 What? 246 00:13:18,560 --> 00:13:20,320 I didn't think they'd find out who he was. 247 00:13:20,320 --> 00:13:21,720 I didn't know he was hot. 248 00:13:21,720 --> 00:13:22,720 You killed... 249 00:13:22,720 --> 00:13:23,720 Yes. 250 00:13:23,720 --> 00:13:24,720 I killed Paul Stevens. 251 00:13:24,720 --> 00:13:25,720 That's all he would say. 252 00:13:25,720 --> 00:13:28,720 I tried to find out who he was and why he'd chosen me and why he killed Mr. Stevens and 253 00:13:28,720 --> 00:13:32,040 what he was going to do next, but he wouldn't answer me. 254 00:13:32,040 --> 00:13:33,760 He wouldn't say anything. 255 00:13:33,760 --> 00:13:37,400 He looked over at me occasionally and smiled. 256 00:13:37,400 --> 00:13:42,200 It was beginning to get dark and I got up. 257 00:13:42,200 --> 00:13:45,200 I was very nervous. 258 00:13:45,200 --> 00:13:51,960 He looked over at me occasionally and smiled. 259 00:13:51,960 --> 00:13:53,800 It was beginning to get dark and I got up to turn on the lights. 260 00:13:53,800 --> 00:13:54,800 What are you doing? 261 00:13:54,800 --> 00:13:55,800 It's dark. 262 00:13:55,800 --> 00:13:56,800 I thought I... 263 00:13:56,800 --> 00:13:57,960 I like it dark. 264 00:13:57,960 --> 00:13:59,720 My house doesn't look well in the dark. 265 00:13:59,720 --> 00:14:02,040 We'll be going out in a few minutes, Mrs. Rogers. 266 00:14:02,040 --> 00:14:03,840 Where are we going? 267 00:14:03,840 --> 00:14:06,240 Oh, we're going out for dinner, Mrs. Rogers. 268 00:14:06,240 --> 00:14:08,800 You're going to be my dinner guest. 269 00:14:08,800 --> 00:14:10,520 Why did the cop call you? 270 00:14:10,520 --> 00:14:12,360 How did you know he called me? 271 00:14:12,360 --> 00:14:13,560 The phone upstairs. 272 00:14:13,560 --> 00:14:16,120 I was expecting a call. 273 00:14:16,120 --> 00:14:17,320 Why did he call you? 274 00:14:17,320 --> 00:14:18,320 I thought you were dead. 275 00:14:18,320 --> 00:14:19,320 I... 276 00:14:19,320 --> 00:14:20,640 I mean, I thought Mr. Stevens was dead. 277 00:14:20,640 --> 00:14:21,640 I... 278 00:14:21,640 --> 00:14:22,640 All right, all right. 279 00:14:22,640 --> 00:14:25,680 Get your face on, Mrs. Rogers. 280 00:14:25,680 --> 00:14:33,200 I have a very important engagement. 281 00:14:33,200 --> 00:14:37,920 We left the house then, got in the car and drove to a restaurant I'd never been in before. 282 00:14:37,920 --> 00:14:40,840 It's on the highway out past the other side of town. 283 00:14:40,840 --> 00:14:43,640 It has quite a bad reputation. 284 00:14:43,640 --> 00:14:47,400 The man didn't know where it was, but he knew the name. 285 00:14:47,400 --> 00:14:50,800 All the while I was trying to remember who he was. 286 00:14:50,800 --> 00:14:55,400 I say remember because there was something familiar about him. 287 00:14:55,400 --> 00:15:01,680 But what that something was, my dear niece, I couldn't for the life of me think. 288 00:15:01,680 --> 00:15:06,240 An attendant took the car when we arrived at the road house and we went inside. 289 00:15:06,240 --> 00:15:12,360 We just sat down at a table when a small and very thin dark complexion man slid into the 290 00:15:12,360 --> 00:15:15,640 seat next to the man who was Mr. Stevens. 291 00:15:15,640 --> 00:15:16,720 What are you doing here? 292 00:15:16,720 --> 00:15:17,720 I had to come. 293 00:15:17,720 --> 00:15:18,720 It didn't work. 294 00:15:18,720 --> 00:15:19,720 They found out who he was. 295 00:15:19,720 --> 00:15:20,720 Why didn't you stay hidden? 296 00:15:20,720 --> 00:15:22,480 She knows I'm not Stevens. 297 00:15:22,480 --> 00:15:23,480 The cop told him. 298 00:15:23,480 --> 00:15:24,920 You could stay at her house anyway, couldn't you? 299 00:15:24,920 --> 00:15:26,840 You have to come out where people can pick you up. 300 00:15:26,840 --> 00:15:28,320 Take it easy, Al. 301 00:15:28,320 --> 00:15:29,320 Nuts easy. 302 00:15:29,320 --> 00:15:30,320 What's the matter with you? 303 00:15:30,320 --> 00:15:32,920 Mary figures out a foolproof way for you to get rid of a guy and hide out right under 304 00:15:32,920 --> 00:15:35,880 the cop's noses and then you go and louse up the whole deal. 305 00:15:35,880 --> 00:15:37,000 It's not louse up the deal. 306 00:15:37,000 --> 00:15:38,800 It will be if you don't get away quick. 307 00:15:38,800 --> 00:15:39,800 Maybe, maybe. 308 00:15:39,800 --> 00:15:42,200 Oh, I don't think you've met Mrs. Rogers. 309 00:15:42,200 --> 00:15:45,840 Mrs. Rogers, this is Mr. Al Newholt who owns this restaurant. 310 00:15:45,840 --> 00:15:46,840 Yes. 311 00:15:46,840 --> 00:15:47,840 Hiya. 312 00:15:47,840 --> 00:15:49,920 Look, you better get back to L.A. 313 00:15:49,920 --> 00:15:50,920 What good would it do? 314 00:15:50,920 --> 00:15:56,640 Have you got any contacts in that part of the country? 315 00:15:56,640 --> 00:15:58,840 Suddenly I knew. 316 00:15:58,840 --> 00:16:04,240 I knew who the man was because as he talked to Al, I remembered that voice. 317 00:16:04,240 --> 00:16:08,920 We need someone to take care of any contacts we might wish to make in your part of the 318 00:16:08,920 --> 00:16:09,920 country. 319 00:16:09,920 --> 00:16:10,920 It was Mr. Bruce. 320 00:16:10,920 --> 00:16:17,000 The same Mr. Bruce who'd given me my job and sent me the checks and who'd called me 321 00:16:17,000 --> 00:16:21,160 that morning and told me to inspect Mr. Stevens that afternoon and to put up Mr. Stevens at 322 00:16:21,160 --> 00:16:22,160 my home for a while. 323 00:16:22,160 --> 00:16:23,160 How did they find out? 324 00:16:23,160 --> 00:16:24,160 What? 325 00:16:24,160 --> 00:16:25,800 You said they found out who he was. 326 00:16:25,800 --> 00:16:26,800 How? 327 00:16:26,800 --> 00:16:27,800 It was hot. 328 00:16:27,800 --> 00:16:28,800 They had pictures and prints on him. 329 00:16:28,800 --> 00:16:30,280 I jumped him at the corner just before I met her. 330 00:16:30,280 --> 00:16:31,280 You're Mr. Bruce. 331 00:16:31,280 --> 00:16:33,280 He did that payroll job. 332 00:16:33,280 --> 00:16:34,280 What did you say? 333 00:16:34,280 --> 00:16:35,280 He's Mr. Bruce. 334 00:16:35,280 --> 00:16:36,280 That's very good, Mrs. Rogers. 335 00:16:36,280 --> 00:16:37,280 How did you know? 336 00:16:37,280 --> 00:16:38,280 I just remembered your voice. 337 00:16:38,280 --> 00:16:39,280 It doesn't make any difference. 338 00:16:39,280 --> 00:16:40,280 You know too much about this anyway. 339 00:16:40,280 --> 00:16:41,280 Doesn't make any difference. 340 00:16:41,280 --> 00:16:42,280 You want me to take her with me out? 341 00:16:42,280 --> 00:16:43,280 I don't want her around here. 342 00:16:43,280 --> 00:16:44,280 Somebody might have seen her car drive in. 343 00:16:44,280 --> 00:16:45,280 They'd look. 344 00:16:45,280 --> 00:16:46,280 I think we'll go back to her house and start fresh. 345 00:16:46,280 --> 00:16:47,280 That way it'll be harder checking where she went. 346 00:16:47,280 --> 00:16:48,280 Whatever you do, do it now. 347 00:16:48,280 --> 00:16:49,280 The crowd starts coming for dinner soon and someone will see you. 348 00:16:49,280 --> 00:16:50,280 Yeah, yeah, okay. 349 00:16:50,280 --> 00:16:51,280 I'll be right back. 350 00:16:51,280 --> 00:16:52,280 I'll be right back. 351 00:16:52,280 --> 00:16:53,280 I'll be right back. 352 00:16:53,280 --> 00:16:54,280 I'll be right back. 353 00:16:54,280 --> 00:16:55,280 I'll be right back. 354 00:16:55,280 --> 00:16:56,280 I'll be right back. 355 00:16:56,280 --> 00:17:03,280 I'll be right back. 356 00:17:26,280 --> 00:17:27,280 I can't describe my fright. 357 00:17:27,280 --> 00:17:28,280 It all seemed so hopeless. 358 00:17:28,280 --> 00:17:29,280 I suppose I was more resigned than frightened. 359 00:17:29,280 --> 00:17:30,280 We drove back through town. 360 00:17:30,280 --> 00:17:31,280 Mr. Bruce sitting very quietly next to me in the front seat. 361 00:17:31,280 --> 00:17:32,280 My car's not new, as you know, and although I often have trouble with it, I never before 362 00:17:32,280 --> 00:17:33,280 had the horn staked. 363 00:17:33,280 --> 00:17:34,280 But that night it stuck right on the corner of Brookside and Sierra Madre. 364 00:17:34,280 --> 00:17:35,280 Stop blowing your horn. 365 00:17:35,280 --> 00:17:36,280 I'm sorry, Mr. Bruce. 366 00:17:36,280 --> 00:17:37,280 I'm not blowing my horn. 367 00:17:37,280 --> 00:17:38,280 It's gotten stuck. 368 00:17:38,280 --> 00:17:39,280 I'm sorry. 369 00:17:39,280 --> 00:17:40,280 I'm sorry. 370 00:17:40,280 --> 00:17:41,280 I'm sorry. 371 00:17:41,280 --> 00:17:42,280 I'm sorry. 372 00:17:42,280 --> 00:17:43,280 I'm sorry. 373 00:17:43,280 --> 00:17:44,280 I'm sorry. 374 00:17:44,280 --> 00:17:45,280 I'm sorry. 375 00:17:45,280 --> 00:17:46,280 I'm sorry. 376 00:17:46,280 --> 00:17:47,280 I'm sorry. 377 00:17:47,280 --> 00:17:48,280 I'm sorry. 378 00:17:48,280 --> 00:17:49,280 I'm sorry. 379 00:17:49,280 --> 00:17:50,280 I'm sorry. 380 00:17:50,280 --> 00:17:51,280 I'm sorry. 381 00:17:51,280 --> 00:17:52,280 I'm sorry. 382 00:17:52,280 --> 00:17:56,280 I'm sorry, Mr. Bruce, I'm not blowing my horn, it's gotten stuck. 383 00:17:56,280 --> 00:17:57,280 Stop the car. 384 00:17:57,280 --> 00:17:58,280 Stop the car. 385 00:17:58,280 --> 00:18:03,280 Now, say where you are and don't try to drive away, see? 386 00:18:03,280 --> 00:18:06,280 Yes, I see. 387 00:18:06,280 --> 00:18:11,280 Okay, let's get out of here. 388 00:18:11,280 --> 00:18:16,280 You got the horn fixed, Mrs. Rogers? 389 00:18:16,280 --> 00:18:17,280 Who's that? 390 00:18:17,280 --> 00:18:18,280 Evening, Mrs. Rogers. 391 00:18:18,280 --> 00:18:19,280 Tell him everything's all right. 392 00:18:19,280 --> 00:18:20,280 Want me to fix that horn for you? 393 00:18:20,280 --> 00:18:21,280 Mr. Merritt. 394 00:18:21,280 --> 00:18:22,280 No, thank you. 395 00:18:22,280 --> 00:18:23,280 It's all right. 396 00:18:23,280 --> 00:18:28,280 Oh, don't it take me a second to fix it so you can use it? 397 00:18:28,280 --> 00:18:29,280 Never mind. 398 00:18:29,280 --> 00:18:31,280 Mr. Mayors, this is Mr. Paul Stevens. 399 00:18:31,280 --> 00:18:33,280 Oh, pleased to meet you. 400 00:18:33,280 --> 00:18:34,280 How are you? 401 00:18:34,280 --> 00:18:36,280 I see you pulled them wires to stop the horn. 402 00:18:36,280 --> 00:18:40,280 I usually take care of Mrs. Rogers' car myself, makes me feel funny when something goes wrong 403 00:18:40,280 --> 00:18:41,280 with it. 404 00:18:41,280 --> 00:18:42,280 Oh, of course. 405 00:18:42,280 --> 00:18:43,280 I'll bring it in in the morning, Mr. Mayors. 406 00:18:43,280 --> 00:18:45,280 Oh, no sense you're bothering Mrs. Rogers. 407 00:18:45,280 --> 00:18:48,280 I'll go along with you now, if you like, and take you home. 408 00:18:48,280 --> 00:18:49,280 Not today, driving without a horn. 409 00:18:49,280 --> 00:18:50,280 Oh, I think that's an excellent idea. 410 00:18:50,280 --> 00:18:55,280 I believe you said you wanted to show me the town this evening, Mrs. Rogers. 411 00:18:55,280 --> 00:18:56,280 Wouldn't you need the car? 412 00:18:56,280 --> 00:18:57,280 Well, I suppose... 413 00:18:57,280 --> 00:19:00,280 I was looking forward to the drive. 414 00:19:00,280 --> 00:19:01,280 You don't mind? 415 00:19:01,280 --> 00:19:02,280 No, of course. 416 00:19:02,280 --> 00:19:06,280 You'll pick the car up, though, in the morning, Mr. Mayors. 417 00:19:06,280 --> 00:19:09,280 I had promised Mr. Stevens I'd take him for a ride. 418 00:19:09,280 --> 00:19:10,280 Sure, of course. 419 00:19:10,280 --> 00:19:12,280 Thanks for your trouble, Mr. Mayors. 420 00:19:12,280 --> 00:19:13,280 Oh, glad to help. 421 00:19:13,280 --> 00:19:14,280 It is such a little town. 422 00:19:14,280 --> 00:19:17,280 We all know each other and like each other and like to help each other. 423 00:19:17,280 --> 00:19:19,280 That so, Mrs. Rogers? 424 00:19:19,280 --> 00:19:20,280 Yes. 425 00:19:20,280 --> 00:19:22,280 Well, good night, Mrs. Rogers. 426 00:19:22,280 --> 00:19:25,280 And I'm glad to have met you, Mr. Stevens. 427 00:19:33,280 --> 00:19:35,280 The rest of the drive was uneventful. 428 00:19:35,280 --> 00:19:40,280 The streetlights were on now, and flashes applied from them darted into the car 429 00:19:40,280 --> 00:19:45,280 and lighted up the sullen face of the man who sat tensely by my side. 430 00:19:45,280 --> 00:19:49,280 I tried to remember all the conversations I'd had with him, 431 00:19:49,280 --> 00:19:53,280 to find the reason for his choosing me out of all the people who must have placed 432 00:19:53,280 --> 00:19:57,280 advertisements that day as the person with whom he would hide out. 433 00:19:57,280 --> 00:20:03,280 For by now, my dear niece, I was convinced that Mr. Bruce had deliberately set out 434 00:20:03,280 --> 00:20:08,280 to murder Mr. Stevens for some reason and hide out in my house where the police 435 00:20:08,280 --> 00:20:10,280 were the most unlikely to look for him. 436 00:20:10,280 --> 00:20:12,280 But why my house? 437 00:20:12,280 --> 00:20:15,280 Why had he chosen me? 438 00:20:15,280 --> 00:20:20,280 When we got to my house, Mr. Bruce directed me to leave my car on the street, 439 00:20:20,280 --> 00:20:23,280 and we went up the dark pathway to the front door. 440 00:20:23,280 --> 00:20:28,280 Mr. Bruce a few steps behind me, all the way. 441 00:20:28,280 --> 00:20:30,280 Quite dark tonight, isn't it? 442 00:20:30,280 --> 00:20:32,280 Yes. 443 00:20:32,280 --> 00:20:34,280 Why are we going inside? 444 00:20:34,280 --> 00:20:36,280 I have to make a phone call. 445 00:20:36,280 --> 00:20:38,280 I see. 446 00:20:38,280 --> 00:20:46,280 Open the door. 447 00:20:46,280 --> 00:20:47,280 Douse that light. 448 00:20:47,280 --> 00:20:48,280 Pardon me? 449 00:20:48,280 --> 00:20:49,280 Turn off the light. 450 00:20:49,280 --> 00:20:51,280 Oh, sorry. 451 00:20:51,280 --> 00:20:53,280 Now, pull the blinds down out of that window. 452 00:20:53,280 --> 00:21:00,280 Yes. 453 00:21:00,280 --> 00:21:02,280 All right. 454 00:21:02,280 --> 00:21:03,280 Now the light. 455 00:21:03,280 --> 00:21:05,280 Yes. 456 00:21:05,280 --> 00:21:06,280 Get the telephone. 457 00:21:06,280 --> 00:21:24,280 Ask long distance for Crestview 9177 in Los Angeles. 458 00:21:24,280 --> 00:21:26,280 Operator. 459 00:21:26,280 --> 00:21:28,280 I'd like long distance, please. 460 00:21:28,280 --> 00:21:31,280 Crestview 9177 in Los Angeles. 461 00:21:31,280 --> 00:21:34,280 Crestview 9177. 462 00:21:34,280 --> 00:21:38,280 One moment, please. 463 00:21:38,280 --> 00:21:40,280 Los Angeles. 464 00:21:40,280 --> 00:21:44,280 Hilton calling Crestview 9177. 465 00:21:44,280 --> 00:21:47,280 Crestview 9177. 466 00:21:47,280 --> 00:21:56,280 One moment, please. 467 00:21:56,280 --> 00:21:57,280 Hello. 468 00:21:57,280 --> 00:21:58,280 All right. 469 00:21:58,280 --> 00:21:59,280 Give it to me. 470 00:21:59,280 --> 00:22:01,280 Mary, look. 471 00:22:01,280 --> 00:22:03,280 Meet me at Owls as soon as you can get here. 472 00:22:03,280 --> 00:22:04,280 Yes, I'm coming. 473 00:22:04,280 --> 00:22:05,280 I'll call you later. 474 00:22:05,280 --> 00:22:08,280 Hurry up. 475 00:22:08,280 --> 00:22:12,280 Now, do you have any food for the animals before we leave? 476 00:22:12,280 --> 00:22:13,280 Where are we going? 477 00:22:13,280 --> 00:22:16,280 Oh, a little trip. 478 00:22:16,280 --> 00:22:17,280 Are you ready to go? 479 00:22:17,280 --> 00:22:19,280 Don't answer that. 480 00:22:19,280 --> 00:22:22,280 The operator might be calling. 481 00:22:22,280 --> 00:22:24,280 I wonder. 482 00:22:24,280 --> 00:22:25,280 Okay. 483 00:22:25,280 --> 00:22:26,280 Answer it. 484 00:22:26,280 --> 00:22:30,280 But I'm right here. 485 00:22:30,280 --> 00:22:31,280 Hello. 486 00:22:31,280 --> 00:22:33,280 Mrs. Rogers, Mrs. Officer Barnes. 487 00:22:33,280 --> 00:22:35,280 Say, oh, yes, operator. 488 00:22:35,280 --> 00:22:36,280 Oh, yes, operator. 489 00:22:36,280 --> 00:22:38,280 Is he still there? 490 00:22:38,280 --> 00:22:39,280 Say yes or no, operator. 491 00:22:39,280 --> 00:22:40,280 Yes, operator. 492 00:22:40,280 --> 00:22:42,280 I'll stall him a while. 493 00:22:42,280 --> 00:22:43,280 We're coming after him. 494 00:22:43,280 --> 00:22:50,280 Thank you, operator. 495 00:22:50,280 --> 00:22:53,280 Dear Mr. Mayors, he'd understood me. 496 00:22:53,280 --> 00:22:55,280 And he told the police. 497 00:22:55,280 --> 00:22:57,280 And they were going to save me. 498 00:22:57,280 --> 00:22:59,280 Well, you just can't imagine. 499 00:22:59,280 --> 00:23:02,280 I felt exactly like the heroine in a motion picture. 500 00:23:02,280 --> 00:23:05,280 I simply had to prevent Mr. Brooks from leaving the house. 501 00:23:05,280 --> 00:23:08,280 Just a few minutes, the officer said. 502 00:23:08,280 --> 00:23:10,280 Just time enough for them to get here. 503 00:23:10,280 --> 00:23:11,280 All right. 504 00:23:11,280 --> 00:23:13,280 Let's get going. 505 00:23:13,280 --> 00:23:15,280 I wish I knew where we were going. 506 00:23:15,280 --> 00:23:17,280 Do I have to take anything with me? 507 00:23:17,280 --> 00:23:19,280 Will we be gone long? 508 00:23:19,280 --> 00:23:21,280 Yeah. 509 00:23:21,280 --> 00:23:23,280 A long time. 510 00:23:23,280 --> 00:23:25,280 Then I need several changes of clothes. 511 00:23:25,280 --> 00:23:27,280 Let me think. 512 00:23:27,280 --> 00:23:29,280 My brown suit. 513 00:23:29,280 --> 00:23:30,280 Would the gray be better? 514 00:23:30,280 --> 00:23:31,280 It's older, but... 515 00:23:31,280 --> 00:23:32,280 Come on, come on. 516 00:23:32,280 --> 00:23:33,280 You won't need anything. 517 00:23:33,280 --> 00:23:35,280 Oh, the heater. 518 00:23:35,280 --> 00:23:36,280 What? 519 00:23:36,280 --> 00:23:38,280 I left the heater on in the other room. 520 00:23:38,280 --> 00:23:39,280 I'd better turn it off. 521 00:23:39,280 --> 00:23:42,280 I wouldn't like anything to catch on fire when we are gone. 522 00:23:42,280 --> 00:23:43,280 Fire? 523 00:23:43,280 --> 00:23:45,280 You mean those heaters could set the house on fire? 524 00:23:45,280 --> 00:23:47,280 No, no, no, not really. 525 00:23:47,280 --> 00:23:48,280 I meant that... 526 00:23:48,280 --> 00:23:52,280 Well, I'd rather not pay a gas bill that's been run up against me... 527 00:23:52,280 --> 00:23:54,280 because I neglected to turn the heater off. 528 00:23:54,280 --> 00:23:57,280 All right, all right, but make it fast. 529 00:24:03,280 --> 00:24:05,280 Well? 530 00:24:07,280 --> 00:24:09,280 Come on, what's the trouble? 531 00:24:09,280 --> 00:24:11,280 This thing always sticks. 532 00:24:11,280 --> 00:24:12,280 I never can fix it. 533 00:24:12,280 --> 00:24:14,280 I remember I did it last fall. 534 00:24:14,280 --> 00:24:17,280 I was just starting off to meet my niece Mary. 535 00:24:17,280 --> 00:24:19,280 And... 536 00:24:19,280 --> 00:24:21,280 Here, let me do it. 537 00:24:21,280 --> 00:24:23,280 There. 538 00:24:23,280 --> 00:24:24,280 Thank you. 539 00:24:24,280 --> 00:24:26,280 Now I feel better about it. 540 00:24:26,280 --> 00:24:28,280 Sure, there must be something I've forgotten. 541 00:24:28,280 --> 00:24:29,280 Now let me think. 542 00:24:29,280 --> 00:24:31,280 Come on, come on. 543 00:24:31,280 --> 00:24:33,280 Now you're ready? 544 00:24:33,280 --> 00:24:34,280 Yes. 545 00:24:34,280 --> 00:24:36,280 I'm ready. 546 00:24:41,280 --> 00:24:45,280 It was quiet on my street, peaceful and dark. 547 00:24:45,280 --> 00:24:47,280 All the neighbors' lights were out, 548 00:24:47,280 --> 00:24:49,280 except for the gauges across the way. 549 00:24:49,280 --> 00:24:52,280 One light was on upstairs in the back of their house. 550 00:24:52,280 --> 00:24:56,280 It threw a diffused pattern diagonally across the pavement. 551 00:24:56,280 --> 00:25:00,280 And I thought for a minute that I saw a figure move suddenly towards us. 552 00:25:00,280 --> 00:25:02,280 Mr. Bruce motioned to me to go ahead, 553 00:25:02,280 --> 00:25:06,280 and I walked slowly down the path towards the car. 554 00:25:06,280 --> 00:25:10,280 I could feel Mr. Bruce a few steps behind me. 555 00:25:12,280 --> 00:25:14,280 Suddenly, it happened. 556 00:25:14,280 --> 00:25:15,280 All of them high, Bruce. 557 00:25:15,280 --> 00:25:16,280 What? Get down, Mrs. Rogers. 558 00:25:16,280 --> 00:25:17,280 What? 559 00:25:17,280 --> 00:25:19,280 Oh, there you are. 560 00:25:19,280 --> 00:25:21,280 Oh, my God. 561 00:25:26,280 --> 00:25:28,280 How did you know? 562 00:25:28,280 --> 00:25:30,280 Mrs. Rogers, are you all right? 563 00:25:30,280 --> 00:25:32,280 Yes, I... 564 00:25:32,280 --> 00:25:34,280 I'm all right. 565 00:25:34,280 --> 00:25:36,280 Thank you. 566 00:25:36,280 --> 00:25:49,280 I'm all right. 567 00:25:49,280 --> 00:25:53,280 And there it is, Mary, the explanation I promised you. 568 00:25:53,280 --> 00:25:59,280 I felt as your aunt that I should tell you how you happened to be in the penitentiary. 569 00:25:59,280 --> 00:26:03,280 When Mr. Allen, the roadhouse, first mentioned your name, I was suspicious. 570 00:26:03,280 --> 00:26:09,280 But not until Mr. Bruce made the phone call to you did I begin to piece the story together. 571 00:26:09,280 --> 00:26:11,280 You had suggested the advertisement. 572 00:26:11,280 --> 00:26:14,280 Your husband answered it and employed me. 573 00:26:14,280 --> 00:26:18,280 If only you'd told me, my dear, that you'd gotten married when you were in Los Angeles. 574 00:26:18,280 --> 00:26:22,280 After all, I'm your only living relative, and I could have come to your wedding. 575 00:26:22,280 --> 00:26:25,280 Then this whole thing wouldn't have happened, would it, dear? 576 00:26:25,280 --> 00:26:28,280 Because I would have known Mr. Bruce all the time. 577 00:26:28,280 --> 00:26:31,280 Let me know after the trial what your new address is to be, 578 00:26:31,280 --> 00:26:33,280 and I'll continue writing. 579 00:26:33,280 --> 00:26:48,280 As always, Aunt Emily. 580 00:26:48,280 --> 00:26:50,280 Suspense. 581 00:26:50,280 --> 00:26:52,280 Presented by Roma Wines. 582 00:26:52,280 --> 00:26:54,280 R-O-M-A. 583 00:26:54,280 --> 00:26:59,280 Made in California for enjoyment throughout the world. 584 00:26:59,280 --> 00:27:04,280 Before we hear again from Dame Mae Whitty, the star of My Dear Niece, tonight's suspense play, 585 00:27:04,280 --> 00:27:08,280 This is Truman Bradley for Roma Wines. 586 00:27:08,280 --> 00:27:12,280 Here's a hospitality tip on how to flatter your guests when entertaining. 587 00:27:12,280 --> 00:27:16,280 So easy, so smart, and so economical, too. 588 00:27:16,280 --> 00:27:22,280 Famed hostess Elsa Maxwell offers this suggestion from her own great entertaining experience. 589 00:27:22,280 --> 00:27:31,280 I find, says Miss Maxwell, that keeping a selection of Roma wine on hand enables me to please all my guests all the time. 590 00:27:31,280 --> 00:27:38,280 Yes, there's a Roma California wine to delight everyone, and you flatter your guests when you give them a choice. 591 00:27:38,280 --> 00:27:43,280 To add warmth to your welcome, serve red, red Roma port. 592 00:27:43,280 --> 00:27:45,280 Perfect at the end of a meal, too. 593 00:27:45,280 --> 00:27:49,280 Many prefer glorious, golden-amber Roma sherry. 594 00:27:49,280 --> 00:27:58,280 Others, the rich distinctive fragrance and taste of golden Roma muscatel, or the flame-bright radiance of Roma touquet. 595 00:27:58,280 --> 00:28:04,280 And you can afford all these Roma wines easily, for Roma is now at the lowest prices in years. 596 00:28:04,280 --> 00:28:08,280 No other wine offers you so much, or so little. 597 00:28:08,280 --> 00:28:10,280 Get Roma wine tomorrow. 598 00:28:10,280 --> 00:28:11,280 Insist on Roma. 599 00:28:11,280 --> 00:28:13,280 R-O-M-A. 600 00:28:13,280 --> 00:28:15,280 Roma wine. 601 00:28:15,280 --> 00:28:22,280 Discover for yourself why more Americans enjoy Roma than any other wine. 602 00:28:22,280 --> 00:28:28,280 Mrs. Maywitty, as always, it's been a great pleasure to me to appear on Suspense. 603 00:28:28,280 --> 00:28:35,280 And I, I want to thank Mr. Spear for his usual splendid help, and Mr. Wally Mayer as Mr. Bruce for his excellent support, 604 00:28:35,280 --> 00:28:40,280 and all the other members of the cast who've all been so helpful. 605 00:28:40,280 --> 00:28:50,280 About next Thursday's Suspense, it seems that a gentleman of questionable reputation, a racetrack swindler, who is, I believe the phrase is, hot, 606 00:28:50,280 --> 00:28:55,280 answers an advertisement which apparently offers him free transportation from New York to California. 607 00:28:55,280 --> 00:29:04,280 How this leads to the committing of one murder and the uncovering of another should give that excellent actor, George Caloris, something to get his teeth into. 608 00:29:04,280 --> 00:29:08,280 I'll be listening, as I'm sure you will be, next Thursday. 609 00:29:08,280 --> 00:29:11,280 And don't forget the March of Dimes. 610 00:29:11,280 --> 00:29:12,280 Thank you. 611 00:29:12,280 --> 00:29:14,280 Thank you, Dame Maywitty. 612 00:29:14,280 --> 00:29:24,280 Next Thursday, same time, Roma wines will bring you Mr. George Caloris as star of Suspense, radio's outstanding theatre of thrills. 613 00:29:24,280 --> 00:29:29,280 Produced by William Spear for the Roma Wine Company of Fresno, California. 614 00:29:29,280 --> 00:29:39,280 This is CBS, the Columbia Broadcasting System.