1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:11,940 Now, Roma Wines, R-O-M-A, made in California for enjoyment throughout the world. 2 00:00:11,940 --> 00:00:16,000 Roma Wines present Suspense. 3 00:00:16,000 --> 00:00:23,800 Tonight, Roma Wines bring you Miss Faye Bainter as star of The Lucky Lady, a suspense play 4 00:00:23,800 --> 00:00:32,720 produced, edited and directed for Roma Wines by William Spear. 5 00:00:32,720 --> 00:00:39,800 Suspense, radio's outstanding theater of thrills, is presented for your enjoyment by Roma Wines. 6 00:00:39,800 --> 00:00:45,880 That's R-O-M-A, Roma Wines, those excellent California wines that can add so much pleasantness 7 00:00:45,880 --> 00:00:47,320 to the way you live. 8 00:00:47,320 --> 00:00:52,080 To your happiness and entertaining guests, to your enjoyment of everyday meals. 9 00:00:52,080 --> 00:00:57,760 Yes, right now a glass full would be very pleasant, as Roma Wines bring you Faye Bainter 10 00:00:57,760 --> 00:01:04,440 in a remarkable tale of Suspense. 11 00:01:04,440 --> 00:01:08,880 When the police accused George with the murder of those young actresses, I took up for him 12 00:01:08,880 --> 00:01:09,880 till the very last. 13 00:01:09,880 --> 00:01:15,200 Of course, I should have known better because Lady Susie didn't trust him, and Lady Susie 14 00:01:15,200 --> 00:01:16,880 is a smart cat. 15 00:01:16,880 --> 00:01:19,680 She has a way of picking winners among humans. 16 00:01:19,680 --> 00:01:23,040 On the surface, George didn't look like a criminal, big and gruff. 17 00:01:23,040 --> 00:01:27,680 There was nothing unusual looking about him except his hands. 18 00:01:27,680 --> 00:01:33,960 Still, that peculiar antagonism between George and Susie from the very first day came to 19 00:01:33,960 --> 00:01:36,240 work for me at Rehearsal House. 20 00:01:36,240 --> 00:01:39,080 It was a dismal afternoon. 21 00:01:39,080 --> 00:01:44,200 The rain had been pouring steadily for hours, and in the unreal half-light of the old brownstone 22 00:01:44,200 --> 00:01:51,520 parlor, those blunt twitching fingers seemed grotesquely alive with evil. 23 00:01:51,520 --> 00:01:56,960 I was frantic or I probably never would have hired you. 24 00:01:56,960 --> 00:01:57,960 What's your name? 25 00:01:57,960 --> 00:01:58,960 George. 26 00:01:58,960 --> 00:01:59,960 George. 27 00:01:59,960 --> 00:02:00,960 George Smith. 28 00:02:00,960 --> 00:02:01,960 Married. 29 00:02:01,960 --> 00:02:02,960 My wife's dead. 30 00:02:02,960 --> 00:02:03,960 Oh. 31 00:02:03,960 --> 00:02:04,960 Any children? 32 00:02:04,960 --> 00:02:05,960 One, a girl. 33 00:02:05,960 --> 00:02:06,960 Where is she? 34 00:02:06,960 --> 00:02:07,960 Dead. 35 00:02:07,960 --> 00:02:08,960 Oh. 36 00:02:08,960 --> 00:02:11,960 I don't talk about it, Mom, ever. 37 00:02:11,960 --> 00:02:12,960 I see. 38 00:02:12,960 --> 00:02:13,960 Any references? 39 00:02:13,960 --> 00:02:14,960 No, but I'm a good worker. 40 00:02:14,960 --> 00:02:17,200 Oh, goodness knows, that's what I need. 41 00:02:17,200 --> 00:02:18,800 You want me to stay on the place? 42 00:02:18,800 --> 00:02:19,800 Oh, yes, indeed. 43 00:02:19,800 --> 00:02:23,880 There's a small room down in the cellar that our last handyman used before he went to the 44 00:02:23,880 --> 00:02:25,440 munitions factory. 45 00:02:25,440 --> 00:02:26,440 It's quite comfortable. 46 00:02:26,440 --> 00:02:27,440 Come along. 47 00:02:27,440 --> 00:02:28,440 I'll show it to you. 48 00:02:28,440 --> 00:02:31,720 You're showing me the room? 49 00:02:31,720 --> 00:02:32,720 This means I'm hired? 50 00:02:32,720 --> 00:02:34,720 Well, for a while, at least. 51 00:02:34,720 --> 00:02:38,960 Of course, I don't like your not having references, but with the men's shortage... 52 00:02:38,960 --> 00:02:40,520 You won't regret hiring me, Mom. 53 00:02:40,520 --> 00:02:44,520 Well, in a girl's boarding house, we just do need a man for the heavy work. 54 00:02:44,520 --> 00:02:46,360 There's always the furnace to tend to... 55 00:02:46,360 --> 00:02:48,120 Only girls live here? 56 00:02:48,120 --> 00:02:49,600 Young actresses. 57 00:02:49,600 --> 00:02:52,320 I was one myself years ago. 58 00:02:52,320 --> 00:02:53,320 Actresses? 59 00:02:53,320 --> 00:02:56,760 Yes, poor dear, they don't have an easy time. 60 00:02:56,760 --> 00:03:01,120 That's why I opened this boarding house, just to help them out as much as I can. 61 00:03:01,120 --> 00:03:02,120 Actresses? 62 00:03:02,120 --> 00:03:03,120 Hmm. 63 00:03:03,120 --> 00:03:04,120 Pretty ones. 64 00:03:04,120 --> 00:03:06,240 Here's the door to the cellar. 65 00:03:06,240 --> 00:03:08,400 Now watch your step. 66 00:03:08,400 --> 00:03:10,200 Anybody home but you? 67 00:03:10,200 --> 00:03:11,960 Just me and Susie. 68 00:03:11,960 --> 00:03:15,440 No, no, you don't have to take my arm. 69 00:03:15,440 --> 00:03:16,440 Just hold on to the railing. 70 00:03:16,440 --> 00:03:17,440 It's a cat! 71 00:03:17,440 --> 00:03:18,440 A cat! 72 00:03:18,440 --> 00:03:19,440 Get away! 73 00:03:19,440 --> 00:03:20,440 Get away! 74 00:03:20,440 --> 00:03:21,440 Stop kicking my cat! 75 00:03:21,440 --> 00:03:22,440 You devil! 76 00:03:22,440 --> 00:03:23,440 Stop it, I say! 77 00:03:23,440 --> 00:03:24,440 Susie, come here! 78 00:03:24,440 --> 00:03:29,440 Mr. Smith, what do you mean? 79 00:03:29,440 --> 00:03:31,880 I'm sorry. 80 00:03:31,880 --> 00:03:32,880 I never liked cats. 81 00:03:32,880 --> 00:03:33,880 They bring me trouble. 82 00:03:33,880 --> 00:03:37,480 Then obviously, you're not the one for the job. 83 00:03:37,480 --> 00:03:38,820 But I gotta have this job. 84 00:03:38,820 --> 00:03:41,120 Not if you're going to treat my cat that way. 85 00:03:41,120 --> 00:03:44,040 Why this whole house revolves around Lady Susie. 86 00:03:44,040 --> 00:03:45,600 Lady what? 87 00:03:45,600 --> 00:03:48,280 Lady Susie, my cat. 88 00:03:48,280 --> 00:03:51,360 The girls here at the house call her Lucky Lady Susie. 89 00:03:51,360 --> 00:03:53,240 A cat Lucky? 90 00:03:53,240 --> 00:03:57,000 She's brought luck to many an actress right here in this house. 91 00:03:57,000 --> 00:04:02,600 Why the girls regard her as some people do a rabbit's foot or a luck charm. 92 00:04:02,600 --> 00:04:03,600 She's a tradition. 93 00:04:03,600 --> 00:04:07,120 Well, if she's that important, we'll get along. 94 00:04:07,120 --> 00:04:10,080 Won't we, Kitty? 95 00:04:10,080 --> 00:04:11,080 Nice Kitty? 96 00:04:11,080 --> 00:04:26,280 No, I wouldn't have hired George, but I had to have a handyman. 97 00:04:26,280 --> 00:04:30,280 But I think I realized right then that he was no good for the house. 98 00:04:30,280 --> 00:04:35,040 Even if he was startled, that was no excuse for a great big man to kick a harmless little 99 00:04:35,040 --> 00:04:36,160 pet. 100 00:04:36,160 --> 00:04:41,840 My mother always said, any man who isn't kind to animals is not to be trusted. 101 00:04:41,840 --> 00:04:43,560 But what with the war and... 102 00:04:43,560 --> 00:04:46,880 Well, George was a good worker. 103 00:04:46,880 --> 00:04:51,120 However, he and Lady Susie never did get along. 104 00:04:51,120 --> 00:04:55,160 Odd too, because she was friendly with everybody. 105 00:04:55,160 --> 00:05:01,320 By strange coincidence, girls that she'd scratched in a playful mood had achieved fame in the 106 00:05:01,320 --> 00:05:03,300 theater soon afterwards. 107 00:05:03,300 --> 00:05:08,360 Also lucky Lady Susie was pampered and coaxed by the young hopefuls at rehearsal house. 108 00:05:08,360 --> 00:05:12,600 The girls usually stopped by my parlor for tea every afternoon before going up to their 109 00:05:12,600 --> 00:05:13,600 rooms to change. 110 00:05:13,600 --> 00:05:19,560 Of course, Lady Susie was always here. 111 00:05:19,560 --> 00:05:20,560 More tea, Alice? 112 00:05:20,560 --> 00:05:21,560 No, thanks, Miss Plymouth. 113 00:05:21,560 --> 00:05:22,560 You, Jane? 114 00:05:22,560 --> 00:05:23,560 Half a cup, please. 115 00:05:23,560 --> 00:05:25,840 It may get me out of this blue mood. 116 00:05:25,840 --> 00:05:27,120 Here you are, Jane. 117 00:05:27,120 --> 00:05:28,720 And your usual cream. 118 00:05:28,720 --> 00:05:29,720 Thanks. 119 00:05:29,720 --> 00:05:31,960 Come here, Susie, and sit on my lap. 120 00:05:31,960 --> 00:05:34,680 Oh, if you'd just bring me a little luck. 121 00:05:34,680 --> 00:05:35,680 Now, Jane. 122 00:05:35,680 --> 00:05:38,320 I'll never get anywhere in the theater. 123 00:05:38,320 --> 00:05:39,760 Just keep on plugging, dear. 124 00:05:39,760 --> 00:05:40,760 You'll make it. 125 00:05:40,760 --> 00:05:43,640 Did anybody hear how Diane came out with a reading? 126 00:05:43,640 --> 00:05:45,000 She should be home any minute now. 127 00:05:45,000 --> 00:05:47,400 Poor dear, she's worked so long for a break. 128 00:05:47,400 --> 00:05:48,400 Haven't we all? 129 00:05:48,400 --> 00:05:50,000 Oh, but Diane will get along. 130 00:05:50,000 --> 00:05:51,520 I'm sure of it. 131 00:05:51,520 --> 00:05:54,080 She got the good luck token from Lady Susie last week. 132 00:05:54,080 --> 00:05:56,080 Miss Plymouth, girls, you darned... 133 00:05:56,080 --> 00:05:57,080 Diane! 134 00:05:57,080 --> 00:05:58,080 I made it, I made it. 135 00:05:58,080 --> 00:05:59,080 I got the part. 136 00:05:59,080 --> 00:06:00,080 No, dear, not tell us all about it, please. 137 00:06:00,080 --> 00:06:05,160 Oh, and all because of Miss Plymouth, the guardian angel of struggling young actresses. 138 00:06:05,160 --> 00:06:07,480 Who feeds us three meals a day. 139 00:06:07,480 --> 00:06:08,920 And never submits a bill. 140 00:06:08,920 --> 00:06:11,320 And has the most wonderful cat in the world. 141 00:06:11,320 --> 00:06:14,520 Susie, you know, don't you, that you're making me a famous actress? 142 00:06:14,520 --> 00:06:17,760 Now, Diane, Susie just gives you confidence in yourself. 143 00:06:17,760 --> 00:06:19,640 There's nothing to the superstition that... 144 00:06:19,640 --> 00:06:20,780 Oh, yes, there is. 145 00:06:20,780 --> 00:06:24,120 One tiny scratch from lucky lady and success is inevitable. 146 00:06:24,120 --> 00:06:28,200 Why, only last week she scratched Diane, and now, look, she'll be a star over now. 147 00:06:28,200 --> 00:06:29,200 Oh, yes. 148 00:06:29,200 --> 00:06:30,560 I think it... 149 00:06:30,560 --> 00:06:32,360 I'm very happy for you, Diane. 150 00:06:32,360 --> 00:06:33,360 Thanks. 151 00:06:33,360 --> 00:06:35,880 Oh, Susie, why don't you scratch me? 152 00:06:35,880 --> 00:06:37,680 Just a tiny scratch here on my head. 153 00:06:37,680 --> 00:06:38,680 Here's your tea, Diane. 154 00:06:38,680 --> 00:06:39,680 Miss Plymouth, oh, thanks. 155 00:06:39,680 --> 00:06:40,680 Fire feels good on a day like today. 156 00:06:40,680 --> 00:06:41,680 Come here, Lady Susie, let me tell you about my part. 157 00:06:41,680 --> 00:06:42,680 What's wrong with Lady Susie? 158 00:06:42,680 --> 00:06:43,680 Just keep talking, girls, until I get over to the door. 159 00:06:43,680 --> 00:06:44,680 I've got to tell you, it's the most... 160 00:06:44,680 --> 00:06:45,680 I thought so. 161 00:06:45,680 --> 00:06:46,680 George, what are you doing up here? 162 00:06:46,680 --> 00:06:47,680 I'm going to the bathroom. 163 00:06:47,680 --> 00:06:48,680 I'm going to the bathroom. 164 00:06:48,680 --> 00:06:49,680 I'm going to the bathroom. 165 00:06:49,680 --> 00:06:50,680 I'm going to the bathroom. 166 00:06:50,680 --> 00:06:51,680 I'm going to the bathroom. 167 00:06:51,680 --> 00:06:52,680 I'm going to the bathroom. 168 00:06:52,680 --> 00:06:53,680 I'm going to the bathroom. 169 00:06:53,680 --> 00:07:00,000 I'm going to the bathroom. 170 00:07:00,000 --> 00:07:05,760 I'm going to the bathroom. 171 00:07:05,760 --> 00:07:12,680 I'm going to the bathroom. 172 00:07:12,680 --> 00:07:14,920 So you got the part you wanted? 173 00:07:14,920 --> 00:07:15,920 That's fine. 174 00:07:15,920 --> 00:07:16,920 Oh, yes, George, isn't it thrilling? 175 00:07:16,920 --> 00:07:19,120 You'll be a great actress, Miss Diane. 176 00:07:19,120 --> 00:07:20,200 Nice kitty, hush. 177 00:07:20,200 --> 00:07:23,560 That will be all for now, George. 178 00:07:23,560 --> 00:07:24,960 But if you'd like me to fix the fire... 179 00:07:24,960 --> 00:07:27,260 When we need more wood, I'll call you. 180 00:07:27,260 --> 00:07:29,060 Yes, ma'am. 181 00:07:29,060 --> 00:07:31,160 Good evening, Miss Diane. 182 00:07:31,160 --> 00:07:34,760 He knows everything about us, doesn't he? 183 00:07:34,760 --> 00:07:37,860 I don't like it. The idea, he's listening at the door. 184 00:07:37,860 --> 00:07:41,260 Oh, come on. Now, Flemmy's harmless. He's lonely. 185 00:07:41,260 --> 00:07:42,960 Poor man does everything he can for us. 186 00:07:42,960 --> 00:07:45,960 You trust everybody, Diane. Too much. 187 00:07:45,960 --> 00:07:48,260 Well, it does seem safer with the man in the house. 188 00:07:48,260 --> 00:07:52,360 There's something sinister about him, and Susie doesn't trust him. 189 00:07:52,360 --> 00:07:56,360 The way she claws the rug and that strange yowl of hers, whenever he's around. 190 00:07:56,360 --> 00:07:57,760 I wonder why she does that. 191 00:07:57,760 --> 00:07:59,660 Could be a warning of some kind. 192 00:07:59,660 --> 00:08:03,460 Just be careful, girls. I don't want anything to happen. 193 00:08:03,460 --> 00:08:06,260 Oh, Miss Plym, thanks to lucky lady Susie. 194 00:08:06,260 --> 00:08:08,960 Nothing but good can happen to me from now on. 195 00:08:17,560 --> 00:08:19,460 Diane did become a success. 196 00:08:19,460 --> 00:08:23,560 The play was a hit, and overnight her fame had spread from Broadway to Hollywood. 197 00:08:23,560 --> 00:08:27,660 There were radio contracts, movie offices, magazine spreads. 198 00:08:27,660 --> 00:08:30,060 Diane was the toast of the hour. 199 00:08:30,060 --> 00:08:33,060 Lady Susie was enjoying her share of the fame, too. 200 00:08:33,060 --> 00:08:36,260 But Diane's press agent knew the value of a good story. 201 00:08:36,260 --> 00:08:39,960 He played up the superstition of Susie's ability to pick a winner. 202 00:08:39,960 --> 00:08:43,460 Diane and Lady Lucky had pictures taken together. 203 00:08:43,460 --> 00:08:49,060 Soon my shabby rehearsal house had become the residence for aspiring actresses. 204 00:08:49,060 --> 00:08:51,360 And I was turning girls away. 205 00:08:51,360 --> 00:08:57,060 Do you know, even with her fame, Diane refused to move to a better house. 206 00:08:57,060 --> 00:09:02,960 She stayed on in her little single room, with a one overhead bulb as though nothing had changed. 207 00:09:02,960 --> 00:09:07,260 At first she was so happy, it was a joy to be around her. 208 00:09:07,260 --> 00:09:09,260 But then it began. 209 00:09:09,260 --> 00:09:12,160 She'd stare into space for minutes at a time. 210 00:09:12,160 --> 00:09:15,160 There were worry lines between her eyes. 211 00:09:15,160 --> 00:09:19,460 Being an old actress, I knew too well what her trouble was. 212 00:09:19,460 --> 00:09:22,760 One night, Lady Susie and I stayed up later than usual, 213 00:09:22,760 --> 00:09:27,060 just to cheer her up when she came home from the theater. 214 00:09:27,060 --> 00:09:29,660 Hello. 215 00:09:29,660 --> 00:09:30,760 I am tired. 216 00:09:30,760 --> 00:09:33,960 You haven't been your cheerful self lately, Diane. 217 00:09:33,960 --> 00:09:37,460 Plimmy, you were a famous actress once, weren't you? 218 00:09:37,460 --> 00:09:38,660 Yes, dear. 219 00:09:38,660 --> 00:09:40,260 How long did it last? 220 00:09:40,260 --> 00:09:41,560 Your fame, I mean. 221 00:09:41,560 --> 00:09:43,260 Oh. 222 00:09:43,260 --> 00:09:46,560 Until a new toast to Broadway came along. 223 00:09:46,560 --> 00:09:49,660 Then I faded into obscurity again. 224 00:09:49,660 --> 00:09:52,160 Wasn't that terribly hard to take? 225 00:09:52,160 --> 00:09:54,760 It's so cruel. 226 00:09:54,760 --> 00:09:57,360 One never gets used to it, Diane. 227 00:09:57,360 --> 00:09:59,260 Plimmy, I couldn't bear it. 228 00:09:59,260 --> 00:10:00,960 To be unknown again? 229 00:10:00,960 --> 00:10:03,460 To go on living with only dreams of the past? 230 00:10:03,460 --> 00:10:05,960 Every actress has that fear, Diane. 231 00:10:05,960 --> 00:10:07,460 But don't worry, darling. 232 00:10:07,460 --> 00:10:07,960 Perhaps... 233 00:10:07,960 --> 00:10:10,160 I won't. 234 00:10:10,160 --> 00:10:11,160 Ah. 235 00:10:11,160 --> 00:10:13,660 Well, I guess I'll go upstairs now. 236 00:10:13,660 --> 00:10:15,860 Why don't you take Susie upstairs with you? 237 00:10:15,860 --> 00:10:16,960 She's good company. 238 00:10:16,960 --> 00:10:19,660 Oh, Miss Plim, you think of everything. 239 00:10:19,660 --> 00:10:22,260 Susie's just what I need. 240 00:10:22,260 --> 00:10:25,160 Now, don't you worry your pretty head about the future, dear. 241 00:10:25,160 --> 00:10:26,460 It'll take care of itself. 242 00:10:26,460 --> 00:10:27,660 Good night, Miss Plim. 243 00:10:27,660 --> 00:10:29,260 Good night, Diane. 244 00:10:34,560 --> 00:10:35,360 Miss Diane. 245 00:10:35,360 --> 00:10:36,760 Oh, George. 246 00:10:36,760 --> 00:10:37,760 I didn't mean to scare you. 247 00:10:37,760 --> 00:10:39,560 Oh, it's so dark out here in the hall. 248 00:10:39,560 --> 00:10:40,560 I didn't see you. 249 00:10:40,560 --> 00:10:42,560 You like that cat, Miss Diane. 250 00:10:42,560 --> 00:10:44,160 Oh, Susie's a good luck cat. 251 00:10:44,160 --> 00:10:45,960 Cats bring nothing but evil. 252 00:10:45,960 --> 00:10:47,960 You're up late, George. 253 00:10:47,960 --> 00:10:50,360 I stay up lots of nights till you come in. 254 00:10:50,360 --> 00:10:51,260 Oh? 255 00:10:51,260 --> 00:10:53,060 You're so pretty, Miss Diane. 256 00:10:53,060 --> 00:10:55,460 Your hair, your face. 257 00:10:55,460 --> 00:10:56,860 You walk nice. 258 00:10:56,860 --> 00:10:57,960 George, you shouldn't... 259 00:10:57,960 --> 00:10:59,460 Susie, Susie, hush, hush. 260 00:10:59,460 --> 00:11:00,560 She always yells that way. 261 00:11:00,560 --> 00:11:02,860 She don't like me, Miss Diane. 262 00:11:02,860 --> 00:11:05,360 She's just like the cat my daughter had. 263 00:11:05,360 --> 00:11:06,560 Your daughter? 264 00:11:06,560 --> 00:11:08,460 You make me think of my daughter, Miss Diane. 265 00:11:08,460 --> 00:11:09,560 She was pretty, too. 266 00:11:09,560 --> 00:11:11,960 She... was killed. 267 00:11:11,960 --> 00:11:13,960 Oh, George, I'm sorry. 268 00:11:13,960 --> 00:11:15,760 My daughter and my wife, they... 269 00:11:15,760 --> 00:11:17,460 was killed, sudden. 270 00:11:17,460 --> 00:11:18,560 Both at once. 271 00:11:18,560 --> 00:11:19,560 Oh, how horrible. 272 00:11:19,560 --> 00:11:20,560 I keep trying to forget. 273 00:11:20,560 --> 00:11:23,260 Then I see you and I remember all over again. 274 00:11:23,260 --> 00:11:24,460 George, you mean that I... 275 00:11:24,460 --> 00:11:25,760 I heard what you were saying to Miss Plim. 276 00:11:25,760 --> 00:11:28,260 You're worrying about your fame lasting. 277 00:11:28,260 --> 00:11:31,760 Miss Diane, you'll be famous as long as you live. 278 00:11:31,760 --> 00:11:33,360 I know you will. 279 00:11:33,360 --> 00:11:34,460 Thank you, George. 280 00:11:34,460 --> 00:11:36,960 Now, good night. 281 00:11:36,960 --> 00:11:39,460 Good night, Miss Diane. 282 00:11:39,460 --> 00:11:40,760 I'm sorry, Miss Diane. 283 00:11:40,760 --> 00:11:41,760 You're right. 284 00:11:41,760 --> 00:11:42,860 It's all right, Miss Diane. 285 00:11:42,860 --> 00:11:44,460 I'm really sorry. 286 00:11:44,460 --> 00:11:45,760 It's all right, I'm sorry. 287 00:11:45,760 --> 00:11:47,260 Oh, Susie, shh, shh. 288 00:11:47,260 --> 00:11:48,560 Susie, be quiet. 289 00:11:48,560 --> 00:11:51,560 Why are you so afraid of George? 290 00:11:51,560 --> 00:11:53,660 Susie, oh, heaven. 291 00:11:53,660 --> 00:11:56,160 Susie, the light bulb's burned out. 292 00:11:56,160 --> 00:11:58,460 Oh dear. 293 00:11:58,460 --> 00:11:59,760 Miss Plim. 294 00:11:59,760 --> 00:12:01,060 Oh, Miss Plim. 295 00:12:01,060 --> 00:12:02,560 Yes, Diane. 296 00:12:02,560 --> 00:12:04,760 The bulb's burned out and it's awfully dark up here. 297 00:12:04,760 --> 00:12:05,560 What'll I do? 298 00:12:05,560 --> 00:12:07,760 Oh, that's a shame, Diane. 299 00:12:07,760 --> 00:12:09,760 George? 300 00:12:09,760 --> 00:12:11,760 No, George will fix it. 301 00:12:11,760 --> 00:12:13,760 What's the matter with you, Susie? 302 00:12:13,760 --> 00:12:15,760 I thought cats could see in the dark. 303 00:12:15,760 --> 00:12:17,760 All right, all right, let's go over by the window. 304 00:12:17,760 --> 00:12:19,760 There's some light from the street lamp over there. 305 00:12:19,760 --> 00:12:21,760 There we are. 306 00:12:21,760 --> 00:12:23,760 Ah, this is better, huh, Susie? 307 00:12:23,760 --> 00:12:25,760 I wish George would hurry with that light. 308 00:12:25,760 --> 00:12:27,760 Susie, Susie, what's the trouble? 309 00:12:27,760 --> 00:12:29,760 Kitty, what... 310 00:12:29,760 --> 00:12:31,760 Oh, my God, Susie, 311 00:12:31,760 --> 00:12:33,760 what's the trouble? 312 00:12:33,760 --> 00:12:35,760 Oh, my God, Susie, 313 00:12:35,760 --> 00:12:37,760 what's the trouble? 314 00:12:37,760 --> 00:12:39,760 Who's there? 315 00:12:41,760 --> 00:12:43,760 George? 316 00:12:43,760 --> 00:12:45,760 Susie, Susie, 317 00:12:45,760 --> 00:12:47,760 you're scratching me. 318 00:12:47,760 --> 00:12:49,760 George? 319 00:12:49,760 --> 00:12:51,760 George, I know you're in this room. 320 00:12:51,760 --> 00:12:53,760 George, you... 321 00:12:53,760 --> 00:12:55,760 George... 322 00:12:55,760 --> 00:12:57,760 Let go of me! 323 00:12:57,760 --> 00:13:05,760 What's all this? What's... 324 00:13:05,760 --> 00:13:09,760 Of course, we all heard the screams coming from Diane's room, 325 00:13:09,760 --> 00:13:11,760 and I rushed upstairs at once. 326 00:13:11,760 --> 00:13:13,760 I walked into the room, and there lay Diane. 327 00:13:13,760 --> 00:13:15,760 I think all the girls knew instinctively, 328 00:13:15,760 --> 00:13:17,760 just as I did, that she was... 329 00:13:17,760 --> 00:13:19,760 George. 330 00:13:19,760 --> 00:13:23,760 That awful George was staring into her face 331 00:13:23,760 --> 00:13:27,760 as though he was in a kind of a trance. 332 00:13:27,760 --> 00:13:29,760 She's fainted. 333 00:13:29,760 --> 00:13:31,760 Where do you miss Diane? She's fainted. 334 00:13:31,760 --> 00:13:33,760 Fainted? 335 00:13:33,760 --> 00:13:35,760 She's dead. 336 00:13:49,760 --> 00:13:51,760 For suspense, Roma Wines 337 00:13:51,760 --> 00:13:53,760 are bringing you as star Faye Bainter 338 00:13:53,760 --> 00:13:55,760 in The Lucky Lady by Ruth Bartlett Vemeck. 339 00:13:55,760 --> 00:13:57,760 Roma Wines presentation tonight 340 00:13:57,760 --> 00:13:59,760 in radio's outstanding theater of thrills, 341 00:13:59,760 --> 00:14:01,760 Suspense. 342 00:14:09,760 --> 00:14:11,760 Between the acts of suspense, 343 00:14:11,760 --> 00:14:13,760 this is Truman Bradley for Roma Wines. 344 00:14:13,760 --> 00:14:15,760 Americans from coast to coast 345 00:14:15,760 --> 00:14:17,760 know how simple, inexpensive, and pleasureful 346 00:14:17,760 --> 00:14:19,760 entertaining can be 347 00:14:19,760 --> 00:14:21,760 when Roma Muscatel is served. 348 00:14:21,760 --> 00:14:23,760 If you've never enjoyed this rich, 349 00:14:23,760 --> 00:14:25,760 golden Roma wine, 350 00:14:25,760 --> 00:14:27,760 by all means try Roma Muscatel 351 00:14:27,760 --> 00:14:29,760 with cake, nuts, or any tasty snack 352 00:14:29,760 --> 00:14:31,760 the next time you have guests. 353 00:14:31,760 --> 00:14:33,760 You'll find Roma Muscatel 354 00:14:33,760 --> 00:14:35,760 ideal for low-cost entertaining, 355 00:14:35,760 --> 00:14:37,760 a taste delight with desserts, too. 356 00:14:37,760 --> 00:14:39,760 Yes, for only pennies a glass 357 00:14:39,760 --> 00:14:41,760 about the cost of a soft drink. 358 00:14:41,760 --> 00:14:43,760 Roma Muscatel brings you 359 00:14:43,760 --> 00:14:45,760 the distinctive fragrance, 360 00:14:45,760 --> 00:14:47,760 the warming taste richness 361 00:14:47,760 --> 00:14:49,760 of the world famous Muscat Grape. 362 00:14:49,760 --> 00:14:51,760 With Roma Muscatel, 363 00:14:51,760 --> 00:14:53,760 you enjoy all the taste luxury, 364 00:14:53,760 --> 00:14:55,760 the goodness of true wine, 365 00:14:55,760 --> 00:14:57,760 crushed from luscious, tender grapes 366 00:14:57,760 --> 00:14:59,760 grown in California's finest vineyards, 367 00:14:59,760 --> 00:15:01,760 then carefully, 368 00:15:01,760 --> 00:15:03,760 unhurriedly, 369 00:15:03,760 --> 00:15:05,760 guided to mellow perfection 370 00:15:05,760 --> 00:15:07,760 by Roma's master ventners, 371 00:15:07,760 --> 00:15:09,760 bottled at the winery to bring you 372 00:15:09,760 --> 00:15:11,760 unvarying goodness always. 373 00:15:11,760 --> 00:15:13,760 Enjoy Roma Muscatel tomorrow, 374 00:15:13,760 --> 00:15:15,760 now at the lowest prices in years. 375 00:15:15,760 --> 00:15:17,760 Insist on Roma, 376 00:15:17,760 --> 00:15:19,760 R-O-M-A, Roma Wine. 377 00:15:19,760 --> 00:15:21,760 Discover for yourself 378 00:15:21,760 --> 00:15:23,760 why more Americans enjoy Roma 379 00:15:23,760 --> 00:15:25,760 than any other wine. 380 00:15:25,760 --> 00:15:27,760 And now Roma wines bring back 381 00:15:27,760 --> 00:15:29,760 to our Hollywood sound stage 382 00:15:29,760 --> 00:15:31,760 Faye Bainter, who as Miss Leonora Plim 383 00:15:31,760 --> 00:15:33,760 in The Lucky Lady, 384 00:15:33,760 --> 00:15:35,760 continues a narrative well calculated 385 00:15:35,760 --> 00:15:37,760 to keep you in suspense. 386 00:15:37,760 --> 00:15:39,760 It was certainly a sad and dramatic scene 387 00:15:39,760 --> 00:15:41,760 as we all stood there in Diane's room 388 00:15:41,760 --> 00:15:43,760 looking down at her. 389 00:15:43,760 --> 00:15:45,760 Even more beautiful in death than she had been in life. 390 00:15:45,760 --> 00:15:47,760 George had that awful, 391 00:15:47,760 --> 00:15:49,760 vacant look on his face. 392 00:15:49,760 --> 00:15:51,760 Dad? 393 00:15:51,760 --> 00:15:53,760 She's dead? 394 00:15:53,760 --> 00:15:55,760 George, what happened? 395 00:15:55,760 --> 00:15:57,760 I sent you up here to fix a light bulb for Miss Diane. 396 00:15:57,760 --> 00:15:59,760 Then I heard her scream. 397 00:15:59,760 --> 00:16:01,760 What happened? 398 00:16:01,760 --> 00:16:03,760 When I came up to her, 399 00:16:03,760 --> 00:16:05,760 she was screaming. 400 00:16:05,760 --> 00:16:07,760 What happened? 401 00:16:07,760 --> 00:16:09,760 When I came up, it was dark. 402 00:16:09,760 --> 00:16:11,760 She left the door open and I stood in the room. 403 00:16:11,760 --> 00:16:13,760 I could see Miss Diane from the street lamp, 404 00:16:13,760 --> 00:16:15,760 but she couldn't see me. 405 00:16:15,760 --> 00:16:17,760 She was talking to the cat. 406 00:16:17,760 --> 00:16:19,760 I didn't mean to hurt her. 407 00:16:19,760 --> 00:16:21,760 The light was shining on her pretty hair. 408 00:16:21,760 --> 00:16:23,760 I just tried to touch it. 409 00:16:23,760 --> 00:16:25,760 Now she's dead. 410 00:16:25,760 --> 00:16:35,760 Pretty Miss Diane. 411 00:16:35,760 --> 00:16:37,760 There were no signs of violence, 412 00:16:37,760 --> 00:16:39,760 no unusual marks on her body. 413 00:16:39,760 --> 00:16:41,760 Diane lay as if she was asleep. 414 00:16:41,760 --> 00:16:43,760 When you police came, 415 00:16:43,760 --> 00:16:45,760 you were sure at first that poor George was guilty. 416 00:16:45,760 --> 00:16:47,760 But you could find no evidence to back up your suspicions. 417 00:16:47,760 --> 00:16:49,760 Besides, even though we didn't like him, 418 00:16:49,760 --> 00:16:51,760 everybody in the house was suspicious. 419 00:16:51,760 --> 00:16:53,760 You know, 420 00:16:53,760 --> 00:16:55,760 when we didn't like him, 421 00:16:55,760 --> 00:16:57,760 everybody in the house took up for George. 422 00:16:57,760 --> 00:16:59,760 The girls just couldn't believe that he was guilty. 423 00:16:59,760 --> 00:17:01,760 Then, too, the next day, 424 00:17:01,760 --> 00:17:03,760 a suicide note was discovered. 425 00:17:03,760 --> 00:17:05,760 The inspector found it 426 00:17:05,760 --> 00:17:07,760 between the pages of a recent success story 427 00:17:07,760 --> 00:17:09,760 about the lovely young actress. 428 00:17:09,760 --> 00:17:11,760 It said, 429 00:17:11,760 --> 00:17:13,760 I don't know how much longer the success is going to last, 430 00:17:13,760 --> 00:17:15,760 but I do know I couldn't stand being a nobody again. 431 00:17:15,760 --> 00:17:17,760 Just any day now, 432 00:17:17,760 --> 00:17:19,760 I'll be taking my final curtain call voluntarily. 433 00:17:19,760 --> 00:17:21,760 For only one day, 434 00:17:21,760 --> 00:17:23,760 can an actress achieve lasting fame. 435 00:17:23,760 --> 00:17:25,760 The note was signed, 436 00:17:25,760 --> 00:17:27,760 Diane. 437 00:17:27,760 --> 00:17:29,760 Later, it was announced to the papers 438 00:17:29,760 --> 00:17:31,760 that Diane Carville's death 439 00:17:31,760 --> 00:17:33,760 appeared to be suicide. 440 00:17:33,760 --> 00:17:35,760 However, before this announcement was made public, 441 00:17:35,760 --> 00:17:37,760 the inspector had paid me a visit. 442 00:17:37,760 --> 00:17:39,760 It's, uh, 443 00:17:39,760 --> 00:17:41,760 it's about George, Miss Plym. 444 00:17:41,760 --> 00:17:43,760 Yes, Inspector? 445 00:17:43,760 --> 00:17:45,760 The state's attorney is satisfied 446 00:17:45,760 --> 00:17:47,760 with the suicide verdict. 447 00:17:47,760 --> 00:17:49,760 But I'm not sure that the state's attorney 448 00:17:49,760 --> 00:17:51,760 is satisfied with the suicide verdict. 449 00:17:51,760 --> 00:17:53,760 But I'm not. But, Inspector? 450 00:17:53,760 --> 00:17:55,760 The screams George found in the room, 451 00:17:55,760 --> 00:17:57,760 it doesn't make sense that Diane Carville killed herself. 452 00:17:57,760 --> 00:17:59,760 Yes. But I can't prove anything. 453 00:17:59,760 --> 00:18:01,760 There's no evidence. Just, just this uncanny hunch. 454 00:18:01,760 --> 00:18:03,760 What do you want me to do, Inspector? 455 00:18:03,760 --> 00:18:05,760 I, uh, look. 456 00:18:05,760 --> 00:18:07,760 Look, I want you to let him go on working here 457 00:18:07,760 --> 00:18:09,760 as though nothing had happened. But, Inspector? 458 00:18:09,760 --> 00:18:11,760 Let him know you think he's innocent, that, uh, 459 00:18:11,760 --> 00:18:13,760 that the case is closed. I can't see how... 460 00:18:13,760 --> 00:18:15,760 Give him honey of rope. If he's guilty, he'll hang himself. 461 00:18:15,760 --> 00:18:17,760 Inspector, the safety of my girl. 462 00:18:17,760 --> 00:18:19,760 Possibly. On the other hand, he may be innocent. 463 00:18:19,760 --> 00:18:21,760 There's no evidence. 464 00:18:21,760 --> 00:18:23,760 No evidence. 465 00:18:23,760 --> 00:18:25,760 When his wife and daughter died, there was no evidence either. 466 00:18:31,760 --> 00:18:33,760 On the very day that George came back to work, 467 00:18:33,760 --> 00:18:35,760 Jane, the young actress I've told you about before, 468 00:18:35,760 --> 00:18:37,760 came running into the parlor all out of breath. 469 00:18:37,760 --> 00:18:39,760 Oh, Miss Plym. 470 00:18:39,760 --> 00:18:41,760 Why, Jane! 471 00:18:41,760 --> 00:18:43,760 I got it! I got it! I'm set with a guilt! 472 00:18:43,760 --> 00:18:45,760 Janey, oh, sit down, dear. 473 00:18:45,760 --> 00:18:47,760 Have a cup of tea, then tell me all about it. 474 00:18:47,760 --> 00:18:49,760 Well, it's the part in the play. 475 00:18:49,760 --> 00:18:51,760 And, and Elliot Mugent said that... 476 00:18:51,760 --> 00:18:53,760 Oh, Lady Susie, you wonderful creature. 477 00:18:53,760 --> 00:18:55,760 Lady Susie? 478 00:18:55,760 --> 00:18:57,760 Yes, last night. Look, here on my arm. 479 00:18:57,760 --> 00:18:59,760 But you didn't say anything about it. 480 00:18:59,760 --> 00:19:01,760 I didn't tell anybody. 481 00:19:01,760 --> 00:19:03,760 I've been trying so long that I couldn't be sure 482 00:19:03,760 --> 00:19:05,760 even Lucky Lady could change my luck. 483 00:19:05,760 --> 00:19:07,760 But she did. 484 00:19:07,760 --> 00:19:09,760 Well, of course, the cat had nothing to do with it, dear. 485 00:19:09,760 --> 00:19:11,760 You believe she charmed you, 486 00:19:11,760 --> 00:19:13,760 and you probably read better than you'd ever read before. 487 00:19:13,760 --> 00:19:15,760 No! 488 00:19:15,760 --> 00:19:17,760 Yes, George? 489 00:19:17,760 --> 00:19:19,760 I was passing in the hall, 490 00:19:19,760 --> 00:19:21,760 and I heard what Miss Jane said. I'm glad for you, Miss Jane. 491 00:19:21,760 --> 00:19:23,760 Thank you, George. 492 00:19:23,760 --> 00:19:25,760 Now, you'll be a famous actress, like Miss Diane... 493 00:19:25,760 --> 00:19:27,760 George! 494 00:19:27,760 --> 00:19:29,760 Excuse me, ma'am. 495 00:19:39,760 --> 00:19:41,760 Well, it happened to Jane, too. 496 00:19:41,760 --> 00:19:43,760 Just as Diane had done, 497 00:19:43,760 --> 00:19:45,760 Jane became the toast at the town. 498 00:19:45,760 --> 00:19:47,760 Then, right at the peak of her career, 499 00:19:47,760 --> 00:19:49,760 she died, mysteriously. 500 00:19:49,760 --> 00:19:51,760 And at rehearsal house. 501 00:19:51,760 --> 00:19:53,760 There was the burned-out light bulb, 502 00:19:53,760 --> 00:19:55,760 the horrible yowling of Lady Susie. 503 00:19:55,760 --> 00:19:57,760 But this time, 504 00:19:57,760 --> 00:19:59,760 George disappeared before the police arrived. 505 00:19:59,760 --> 00:20:01,760 A city-wide manhunt began for George. 506 00:20:01,760 --> 00:20:03,760 And in the meantime, 507 00:20:03,760 --> 00:20:05,760 just as I'd done for Diane, 508 00:20:05,760 --> 00:20:07,760 I wrote a letter of condolence to Jane's father. 509 00:20:07,760 --> 00:20:09,760 I'm glad for you, Miss Jane. 510 00:20:09,760 --> 00:20:11,760 I wrote a letter of condolence to Jane's parents, 511 00:20:11,760 --> 00:20:13,760 sending all the newspaper clippings, 512 00:20:13,760 --> 00:20:15,760 telling them what a blessing the poor child 513 00:20:15,760 --> 00:20:17,760 has succeeded in a life ambition 514 00:20:17,760 --> 00:20:19,760 before such a dreadful thing had happened. 515 00:20:19,760 --> 00:20:21,760 Jane's mother sent me 516 00:20:21,760 --> 00:20:23,760 a long, appreciative letter as Diane said done. 517 00:20:23,760 --> 00:20:25,760 And I pasted the two letters 518 00:20:25,760 --> 00:20:27,760 side by side in my scrapbook. 519 00:20:29,760 --> 00:20:31,760 It was about the sixth day after Jane's death 520 00:20:31,760 --> 00:20:33,760 that the inspector called me on the phone. 521 00:20:33,760 --> 00:20:35,760 Now, listen carefully, Miss Plym. 522 00:20:35,760 --> 00:20:37,760 What is it now, Inspector? 523 00:20:37,760 --> 00:20:39,760 Yes? Listen, lock yourself in your room 524 00:20:39,760 --> 00:20:41,760 and stay there until the police car arrives. 525 00:20:41,760 --> 00:20:43,760 A man who looked like George Smith was seen in your neighborhood a few minutes ago. 526 00:20:43,760 --> 00:20:45,760 Oh, Inspector. There's no time to talk. Lock yourself in. 527 00:20:45,760 --> 00:20:47,760 It may be your life next. This man is dangerous. 528 00:20:47,760 --> 00:20:49,760 But I've never handled a dangerous man before. 529 00:20:49,760 --> 00:20:51,760 Don't under any condition leave your room. 530 00:20:51,760 --> 00:20:53,760 He's probably sulking through your house right now. 531 00:20:53,760 --> 00:20:55,760 Oh, dear, I... That's all, Miss Plym. 532 00:20:55,760 --> 00:20:57,760 But Inspector, I... 533 00:20:57,760 --> 00:20:59,760 Oh, dear. Oh, dear. 534 00:20:59,760 --> 00:21:01,760 All alone and... 535 00:21:03,760 --> 00:21:05,760 Naturally, I was frightened, 536 00:21:05,760 --> 00:21:07,760 realizing that even at that moment, 537 00:21:07,760 --> 00:21:09,760 a criminal or worse, a maniac 538 00:21:09,760 --> 00:21:11,760 might be under my own roof. 539 00:21:11,760 --> 00:21:13,760 When the inspector hung up, my mind was confused. 540 00:21:13,760 --> 00:21:15,760 My heart thumping like a washing machine. 541 00:21:15,760 --> 00:21:17,760 It was then that I heard 542 00:21:17,760 --> 00:21:19,760 lucky Lady Susie. 543 00:21:19,760 --> 00:21:21,760 She was howling the way she always did 544 00:21:21,760 --> 00:21:23,760 when George was about, but it was even worse than usual. 545 00:21:23,760 --> 00:21:25,760 But now she sounded as though 546 00:21:25,760 --> 00:21:27,760 she were fighting in pain. 547 00:21:27,760 --> 00:21:29,760 The sound was coming from the direction of the cellar 548 00:21:29,760 --> 00:21:31,760 where George's room had been. 549 00:21:31,760 --> 00:21:33,760 The warnings of the inspector were gotten. 550 00:21:33,760 --> 00:21:35,760 The door was opened. 551 00:21:35,760 --> 00:21:37,760 All I could think of was that my poor little cat 552 00:21:37,760 --> 00:21:39,760 was probably being tortured. 553 00:21:39,760 --> 00:21:41,760 Susie! Lady Susie! 554 00:21:41,760 --> 00:21:43,760 Susie! 555 00:21:43,760 --> 00:21:45,760 I opened the door 556 00:21:45,760 --> 00:21:47,760 and I stood there weak and chilly all over. 557 00:21:47,760 --> 00:21:49,760 For there was George, 558 00:21:49,760 --> 00:21:51,760 angry as I'd never seen him with his big hands 559 00:21:51,760 --> 00:21:53,760 as he was trying to push poor 560 00:21:53,760 --> 00:21:55,760 Lady Susie into the furnace. 561 00:21:55,760 --> 00:21:57,760 She was rising and scratching with all her might. 562 00:21:57,760 --> 00:21:59,760 Lady, you had learned. 563 00:21:59,760 --> 00:22:01,760 I came in here since the first minute I came to this house. 564 00:22:01,760 --> 00:22:03,760 You brought nothing but bad luck. 565 00:22:03,760 --> 00:22:05,760 You made everybody mistrust me. 566 00:22:05,760 --> 00:22:07,760 George! George, drop that cat this instant! 567 00:22:09,760 --> 00:22:11,760 Miss Priam. 568 00:22:11,760 --> 00:22:13,760 George, I'm ashamed of you. 569 00:22:13,760 --> 00:22:15,760 Poor little Lady Susie, or you poor, poor little pet. 570 00:22:15,760 --> 00:22:17,760 Come here, kitty. 571 00:22:17,760 --> 00:22:19,760 There, there. 572 00:22:19,760 --> 00:22:21,760 George, I'm terribly angry with you, any grown man 573 00:22:21,760 --> 00:22:23,760 who would try to push a poor little helpless kitty 574 00:22:23,760 --> 00:22:25,760 into a burning furnace. 575 00:22:25,760 --> 00:22:27,760 The cat's brought nothing but trouble. 576 00:22:27,760 --> 00:22:29,760 Why, George, you don't look so well. 577 00:22:29,760 --> 00:22:31,760 The cat would be better off dead. 578 00:22:31,760 --> 00:22:33,760 It's brought nothing but evil. 579 00:22:33,760 --> 00:22:35,760 George, why don't you come upstairs? 580 00:22:35,760 --> 00:22:37,760 I was just making some tea. 581 00:22:37,760 --> 00:22:39,760 Tea? 582 00:22:39,760 --> 00:22:41,760 Come along, George. 583 00:22:41,760 --> 00:22:43,760 We'll talk it all over in the parlor. 584 00:22:43,760 --> 00:22:45,760 You know, the police are after me. 585 00:22:45,760 --> 00:22:47,760 Of course, George, but they'd never think of looking 586 00:22:47,760 --> 00:22:49,760 in my parlor for you. 587 00:22:49,760 --> 00:22:51,760 They blame me with Miss Jane's murder. 588 00:22:51,760 --> 00:22:53,760 All right, let's get the tea over with. 589 00:22:53,760 --> 00:22:55,760 We'll just let it steep a second. 590 00:22:55,760 --> 00:22:57,760 George, I can't forgive you. 591 00:22:57,760 --> 00:22:59,760 George, I can't forgive you 592 00:22:59,760 --> 00:23:01,760 for trying to kill my cat. 593 00:23:01,760 --> 00:23:03,760 Why would you do such a cruel thing? 594 00:23:03,760 --> 00:23:05,760 I hate cats. 595 00:23:05,760 --> 00:23:07,760 They're evil. 596 00:23:07,760 --> 00:23:09,760 I understand you're a dangerous criminal, George. 597 00:23:09,760 --> 00:23:11,760 What do you prefer, cream or lemon? 598 00:23:11,760 --> 00:23:13,760 Cream. 599 00:23:13,760 --> 00:23:15,760 It was my daughter's pet cat 600 00:23:15,760 --> 00:23:17,760 that turned over the kerosene lamp 601 00:23:17,760 --> 00:23:19,760 and set the house on fire. 602 00:23:19,760 --> 00:23:21,760 My wife and daughter were burned. 603 00:23:21,760 --> 00:23:23,760 I got the blame. 604 00:23:23,760 --> 00:23:25,760 There's your tea. 605 00:23:25,760 --> 00:23:27,760 I got the cup. 606 00:23:27,760 --> 00:23:29,760 Just the same, George. 607 00:23:29,760 --> 00:23:31,760 You shouldn't have mistreated Lady Susie. 608 00:23:31,760 --> 00:23:33,760 I'm going to turn you over to the police, you know. 609 00:23:33,760 --> 00:23:35,760 How's your tea? 610 00:23:35,760 --> 00:23:37,760 It's bitter, Mom. I don't like tea. 611 00:23:37,760 --> 00:23:39,760 No, no, don't turn me in, Mom. 612 00:23:39,760 --> 00:23:41,760 I tell you, I've got to get that cat. 613 00:23:41,760 --> 00:23:43,760 She got me in all this trouble. 614 00:23:43,760 --> 00:23:45,760 Drink your tea, George. 615 00:23:45,760 --> 00:23:47,760 Yes, Mom. 616 00:23:47,760 --> 00:23:49,760 Come on, open up in here. 617 00:23:49,760 --> 00:23:51,760 Is that the police? 618 00:23:51,760 --> 00:23:53,760 Yes, George. I'll have to let them in. 619 00:23:53,760 --> 00:23:55,760 I'm here. 620 00:23:55,760 --> 00:23:57,760 I'm... 621 00:23:57,760 --> 00:23:59,760 My head, I'll... 622 00:23:59,760 --> 00:24:01,760 I'll... 623 00:24:01,760 --> 00:24:03,760 My goodness. 624 00:24:03,760 --> 00:24:05,760 George is dead. 625 00:24:05,760 --> 00:24:07,760 Oh, well. 626 00:24:07,760 --> 00:24:09,760 Don't tear the door down. 627 00:24:09,760 --> 00:24:11,760 I'm coming. 628 00:24:19,760 --> 00:24:21,760 So you killed him, 629 00:24:21,760 --> 00:24:23,760 Miss Plym? 630 00:24:23,760 --> 00:24:25,760 Why, yes. You said he was a dangerous criminal, so I... 631 00:24:25,760 --> 00:24:27,760 How, Miss Plym? 632 00:24:27,760 --> 00:24:29,760 A little potassium bicloride 633 00:24:29,760 --> 00:24:31,760 in his tea. 634 00:24:31,760 --> 00:24:33,760 He thought it was sugar. 635 00:24:33,760 --> 00:24:35,760 Potassium? 636 00:24:35,760 --> 00:24:37,760 That's what I use for the girls, you know, Diane and Jane. 637 00:24:37,760 --> 00:24:39,760 What? 638 00:24:39,760 --> 00:24:41,760 You mean you murdered them? 639 00:24:41,760 --> 00:24:43,760 I gave them lasting fame. 640 00:24:43,760 --> 00:24:45,760 You what? 641 00:24:45,760 --> 00:24:47,760 Their names will remain in the history 642 00:24:47,760 --> 00:24:49,760 of the American theater forever 643 00:24:49,760 --> 00:24:51,760 because they died at the peak of their success. 644 00:24:51,760 --> 00:24:53,760 That's what they both wanted. 645 00:24:53,760 --> 00:24:55,760 But... 646 00:24:55,760 --> 00:24:57,760 But the suicide notes. 647 00:24:57,760 --> 00:24:59,760 Oh, I wrote those, of course. 648 00:24:59,760 --> 00:25:01,760 You see, all these years I've suffered 649 00:25:01,760 --> 00:25:03,760 the tortures of being a has-been, 650 00:25:03,760 --> 00:25:05,760 an actress who's no longer wanted. 651 00:25:05,760 --> 00:25:07,760 I didn't want those lovely girls 652 00:25:07,760 --> 00:25:09,760 to suffer. 653 00:25:09,760 --> 00:25:11,760 But how? 654 00:25:11,760 --> 00:25:13,760 The poison... 655 00:25:13,760 --> 00:25:15,760 Well, the time was right. 656 00:25:15,760 --> 00:25:17,760 I put bicloride under Lady Suzy's claws 657 00:25:17,760 --> 00:25:19,760 and sent her up to their rooms with them. 658 00:25:19,760 --> 00:25:21,760 That was perfectly natural, 659 00:25:21,760 --> 00:25:23,760 as the girls loved her so much anyway. 660 00:25:23,760 --> 00:25:25,760 The burned-out bulb was my idea, too. 661 00:25:25,760 --> 00:25:27,760 You see, when George went in to fix the light, 662 00:25:27,760 --> 00:25:29,760 he'd frighten Suzy. 663 00:25:29,760 --> 00:25:31,760 Then she'd scratch the girls. 664 00:25:31,760 --> 00:25:33,760 The poison would take effect almost immediately. 665 00:25:33,760 --> 00:25:35,760 I kept telling you 666 00:25:35,760 --> 00:25:37,760 George was innocent. 667 00:25:37,760 --> 00:25:39,760 But... But, Miss Plym... 668 00:25:39,760 --> 00:25:41,760 No, you were right about George. 669 00:25:41,760 --> 00:25:43,760 I never should have trusted him. 670 00:25:43,760 --> 00:25:45,760 Wasn't it dreadful 671 00:25:45,760 --> 00:25:47,760 what that horrible man tried to do to my cat? 672 00:26:01,760 --> 00:26:03,760 Suspense! 673 00:26:03,760 --> 00:26:05,760 Presented by Roma Wines. 674 00:26:05,760 --> 00:26:07,760 R-O-M-A. 675 00:26:07,760 --> 00:26:09,760 Made in California for enjoyment 676 00:26:09,760 --> 00:26:11,760 throughout the world. 677 00:26:11,760 --> 00:26:13,760 Before we hear again from Faye Bainter, 678 00:26:13,760 --> 00:26:15,760 of the Lucky Lady tonight's suspense play, 679 00:26:15,760 --> 00:26:17,760 this is Truman Bradley for Roma Wines. 680 00:26:17,760 --> 00:26:19,760 Here's an interesting comment 681 00:26:19,760 --> 00:26:21,760 on gracious dining from famous Elsa Maxwell, 682 00:26:21,760 --> 00:26:23,760 who says, 683 00:26:23,760 --> 00:26:25,760 Among smart American hostesses 684 00:26:25,760 --> 00:26:27,760 who know how much wine adds to mealtime pleasure, 685 00:26:27,760 --> 00:26:29,760 I notice more and more 686 00:26:29,760 --> 00:26:31,760 now serve Roma California Burgundy regularly. 687 00:26:31,760 --> 00:26:33,760 Dining with Roma Burgundy 688 00:26:33,760 --> 00:26:35,760 is a gracious, inexpensive custom 689 00:26:35,760 --> 00:26:37,760 I share and enjoy with my friends. 690 00:26:37,760 --> 00:26:39,760 Roma Burgundy adds new zest, 691 00:26:39,760 --> 00:26:41,760 brings out the flavor 692 00:26:41,760 --> 00:26:43,760 fullness of food, 693 00:26:43,760 --> 00:26:45,760 and lends charm and friendliness 694 00:26:45,760 --> 00:26:47,760 to the dinner table. 695 00:26:47,760 --> 00:26:49,760 Enrich your next dinner 696 00:26:49,760 --> 00:26:51,760 with the appetizing fragrance 697 00:26:51,760 --> 00:26:53,760 and tempting taste of good red Roma Burgundy. 698 00:26:53,760 --> 00:26:55,760 You'll agree it's true taste luxury 699 00:26:55,760 --> 00:26:57,760 at low cost. 700 00:26:57,760 --> 00:26:59,760 For Roma Burgundy costs just 701 00:26:59,760 --> 00:27:01,760 pennies a glass. 702 00:27:01,760 --> 00:27:03,760 So much for so little, 703 00:27:03,760 --> 00:27:05,760 because Roma is America's 704 00:27:05,760 --> 00:27:07,760 first choice wine. 705 00:27:07,760 --> 00:27:09,760 And you make substantial extra savings 706 00:27:09,760 --> 00:27:11,760 when you buy Roma Burgundy 707 00:27:11,760 --> 00:27:13,760 in the half gallon or gallon economy sizes. 708 00:27:13,760 --> 00:27:15,760 Enjoy Roma Burgundy tomorrow. 709 00:27:15,760 --> 00:27:17,760 Insist on Roma. 710 00:27:17,760 --> 00:27:19,760 R-O-M-A. 711 00:27:19,760 --> 00:27:21,760 Roma Wine. 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