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particularly in San Francisco, particularly for Shakespearean 27 00:01:47,080 --> 00:01:49,600 actors, was inclined to be sluggish. 28 00:01:49,600 --> 00:01:55,840 But it is true that I had never had the great leading roles, Hamlet, Othello, Lear, although 29 00:01:55,840 --> 00:02:00,040 my success in supporting parts amongst amateur groups had been little short of dazzling. 30 00:02:00,040 --> 00:02:05,040 It is also true that these successes were of some 15 seasons past. 31 00:02:05,040 --> 00:02:09,680 Still, the talent of your true artist is not to be thwarted or denied. 32 00:02:09,680 --> 00:02:14,760 But this was a matter which I had never properly succeeded in demonstrating to my wife, Elizabeth. 33 00:02:14,760 --> 00:02:18,720 Until at last, perforce, I was persuaded that the poor creature's life was dominated by 34 00:02:18,720 --> 00:02:20,760 only the most mercenary considerations. 35 00:02:20,760 --> 00:02:22,720 Face it, little man. 36 00:02:22,720 --> 00:02:25,880 You were washed up as an actor before you started. 37 00:02:25,880 --> 00:02:28,280 You've just been looking in the wrong part of this paper. 38 00:02:28,280 --> 00:02:29,280 Merciful heavens, desist! 39 00:02:29,280 --> 00:02:35,320 Have I not, in deference to your penurious concern, found you a border, young Longstreet? 40 00:02:35,320 --> 00:02:36,320 Him. 41 00:02:36,320 --> 00:02:38,920 A sublime specimen of lusty manhood. 42 00:02:38,920 --> 00:02:40,120 Don't try to change the subject. 43 00:02:40,120 --> 00:02:41,120 Yes, my dear. 44 00:02:41,120 --> 00:02:42,120 Oh, hey, here's something. 45 00:02:42,120 --> 00:02:43,120 Listen to this. 46 00:02:43,120 --> 00:02:44,120 Yes, my dear. 47 00:02:44,120 --> 00:02:51,280 A man with personality, poise, presence, to appear before the public, must be able to 48 00:02:51,280 --> 00:02:53,840 dress and act the part of impeccable good taste. 49 00:02:53,840 --> 00:02:55,840 What do you think of that? 50 00:02:55,840 --> 00:02:57,280 Why, sounds most promising. 51 00:02:57,280 --> 00:03:00,440 All right, little man, the job is practically yours. 52 00:03:00,440 --> 00:03:01,720 What is the nature of the position? 53 00:03:01,720 --> 00:03:04,000 Floorwalker at Burdock's department store. 54 00:03:04,000 --> 00:03:05,000 Floorwalker? 55 00:03:05,000 --> 00:03:06,000 My dear, that's impossible. 56 00:03:06,000 --> 00:03:09,400 But listen, I'm through supporting you as of today, understand? 57 00:03:09,400 --> 00:03:10,480 Yes, my dear, but then... 58 00:03:10,480 --> 00:03:12,840 And you'll take the job and like it. 59 00:03:12,840 --> 00:03:21,480 Yes, my dear. 60 00:03:21,480 --> 00:03:24,120 With deep misgivings, I accepted the position. 61 00:03:24,120 --> 00:03:29,560 Nevertheless, I carried my role with dignity, undismayed by the tittering clerks who found 62 00:03:29,560 --> 00:03:32,240 in my wing collar a curious novelty. 63 00:03:32,240 --> 00:03:35,200 Months passed. 64 00:03:35,200 --> 00:03:37,960 Uncomplainingly, I bore the yoke of my disgrace. 65 00:03:37,960 --> 00:03:42,640 But the strain of long hours began to tax my strength. 66 00:03:42,640 --> 00:03:46,840 One day I was feeling particularly unwell. 67 00:03:46,840 --> 00:03:51,080 I left the store early and picked up my car in the parking lot. 68 00:03:51,080 --> 00:03:54,480 My only thought was to reach the haven of our modest residence on the opposite side 69 00:03:54,480 --> 00:03:58,360 of San Francisco Bay, but even driving was an effort. 70 00:03:58,360 --> 00:04:02,840 I was faint by the time I reached the checking station on the approach to the Golden Gate 71 00:04:02,840 --> 00:04:03,840 Ridge. 72 00:04:03,840 --> 00:04:04,840 Hi, Mr. Matthews. 73 00:04:04,840 --> 00:04:05,840 Hey, you're early today. 74 00:04:05,840 --> 00:04:06,840 Hey, what's the matter? 75 00:04:06,840 --> 00:04:07,840 You look kind of... 76 00:04:07,840 --> 00:04:08,840 It's my head again, probably migraine. 77 00:04:08,840 --> 00:04:09,840 Ah, here's your check. 78 00:04:09,840 --> 00:04:12,840 You know, you ought to take better care of yourself, Mr. Matthews. 79 00:04:12,840 --> 00:04:13,840 Now if I was you... 80 00:04:13,840 --> 00:04:14,840 Yes, I'll be all right. 81 00:04:14,840 --> 00:04:15,840 Die, Mr. Matthews. 82 00:04:15,840 --> 00:04:16,840 Tell me, say it, will you? 83 00:04:16,840 --> 00:04:17,840 You... 84 00:04:17,840 --> 00:04:30,240 As I drove slowly across the great high span of the bridge and on through the Marin County 85 00:04:30,240 --> 00:04:37,680 Hills, I knew by some sixth sense, perhaps, that this would be the day. 86 00:04:37,680 --> 00:04:38,680 The discovery. 87 00:04:38,680 --> 00:04:42,480 Elizabeth, my wife, and our aborder young Longstreet. 88 00:04:42,480 --> 00:04:45,800 A broad-shouldered, athletic nitwit. 89 00:04:45,800 --> 00:04:47,280 A swimming beach idol. 90 00:04:47,280 --> 00:04:51,760 I was returning early, you understand, and unexpectedly. 91 00:04:51,760 --> 00:04:54,800 Cautiously I avoided the flagstone walk. 92 00:04:54,800 --> 00:04:56,800 On the soft lawn, my footsteps were noiseless. 93 00:04:56,800 --> 00:04:59,800 Quietly I crossed the porch. 94 00:04:59,800 --> 00:05:02,800 I drew open the door. 95 00:05:02,800 --> 00:05:06,080 Sure enough, suitcases packed for flights stood ready on the floor. 96 00:05:06,080 --> 00:05:07,080 Oh, Bert, you... 97 00:05:07,080 --> 00:05:09,080 Oh, Mr. Matthews, I... 98 00:05:09,080 --> 00:05:10,080 Oh, shame! 99 00:05:10,080 --> 00:05:11,080 Oh, despair! 100 00:05:11,080 --> 00:05:12,080 Oh, nuts! 101 00:05:12,080 --> 00:05:13,080 Don't look so shocked. 102 00:05:13,080 --> 00:05:14,240 What did you expect? 103 00:05:14,240 --> 00:05:17,480 This is my burden of grief, my cross to bear. 104 00:05:17,480 --> 00:05:18,480 Oh, shame! 105 00:05:18,480 --> 00:05:20,200 Where is thy blush? 106 00:05:20,200 --> 00:05:22,560 Come down off your high horse, Bert. 107 00:05:22,560 --> 00:05:24,600 You wanted to get rid of me, didn't you, while I'm leaving? 108 00:05:24,600 --> 00:05:26,480 If you don't like it, you know what you can do. 109 00:05:26,480 --> 00:05:31,720 In silence I have suffered your petty deceptions, your taunts, your gross vulgarities. 110 00:05:31,720 --> 00:05:34,640 But now at long last the worm turns. 111 00:05:34,640 --> 00:05:35,640 Put down that gun. 112 00:05:35,640 --> 00:05:37,240 Hey, hold on a minute, Mr. Matthews. 113 00:05:37,240 --> 00:05:39,040 My heart has turned to stone. 114 00:05:39,040 --> 00:05:40,040 Bert, you're ridiculous. 115 00:05:40,040 --> 00:05:41,680 Don't make me laugh. 116 00:05:41,680 --> 00:05:42,680 Ridiculous? 117 00:05:42,680 --> 00:05:47,000 On the contrary, my dear wife, I am, for the first time in 15 years, a man. 118 00:05:47,000 --> 00:05:48,000 Now listen, Mr. Matthews... 119 00:05:48,000 --> 00:05:49,000 Look at him. 120 00:05:49,000 --> 00:05:52,160 Always the tragic actor, the great tragedian. 121 00:05:52,160 --> 00:05:55,000 You're positively silly with that revolver trembling in your hand. 122 00:05:55,000 --> 00:05:56,000 Give it to me. 123 00:05:56,000 --> 00:05:57,000 Keep your distance. 124 00:05:57,000 --> 00:05:58,000 I warn you. 125 00:05:58,000 --> 00:05:59,000 Now look here, Mr. Matthews, Betty and I have got... 126 00:05:59,000 --> 00:06:00,000 Don't worry, handsome. 127 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:01,000 The little man won't shoot. 128 00:06:01,000 --> 00:06:02,600 I know him too well. 129 00:06:02,600 --> 00:06:03,600 Now give me that gun. 130 00:06:03,600 --> 00:06:04,600 I warned you. 131 00:06:04,600 --> 00:06:05,600 I said give me that gun. 132 00:06:05,600 --> 00:06:07,600 I told you that you had 40,000 lives. 133 00:06:07,600 --> 00:06:10,680 One is too poor, too weak for my revenge. 134 00:06:10,680 --> 00:06:11,680 Hey! 135 00:06:11,680 --> 00:06:12,680 Hit him, handsome. 136 00:06:12,680 --> 00:06:13,680 Well, we're on our way. 137 00:06:13,680 --> 00:06:14,680 Bring the suitcases, handsome. 138 00:06:14,680 --> 00:06:15,680 Should I hit him again, Betty? 139 00:06:15,680 --> 00:06:16,680 Oh, the little man won't bother us anymore. 140 00:06:16,680 --> 00:06:17,680 Oh, just one. 141 00:06:17,680 --> 00:06:18,680 For luck, huh? 142 00:06:18,680 --> 00:06:19,680 Suit yourself. 143 00:06:19,680 --> 00:06:20,680 Yeah. 144 00:06:20,680 --> 00:06:21,680 To remember me by. 145 00:06:21,680 --> 00:06:22,680 Be seeing you, little man. 146 00:06:22,680 --> 00:06:23,680 Wait. 147 00:06:23,680 --> 00:06:24,680 I'm sorry. 148 00:06:24,680 --> 00:06:25,680 I'm sorry. 149 00:06:25,680 --> 00:06:26,680 I'm sorry. 150 00:06:26,680 --> 00:06:27,680 I'm sorry. 151 00:06:27,680 --> 00:06:28,680 I'm sorry. 152 00:06:28,680 --> 00:06:29,680 I'm sorry. 153 00:06:29,680 --> 00:06:30,680 I'm sorry. 154 00:06:30,680 --> 00:06:31,680 I'm sorry. 155 00:06:31,680 --> 00:06:32,680 I'm sorry. 156 00:06:32,680 --> 00:06:33,680 I'm sorry. 157 00:06:33,680 --> 00:06:34,680 I'm sorry. 158 00:06:34,680 --> 00:06:35,680 Wait. 159 00:06:35,680 --> 00:06:36,680 So long, Matthews. 160 00:06:36,680 --> 00:06:37,680 Don't take any wooden nickels, huh? 161 00:06:37,680 --> 00:06:38,680 Elizabeth, wait. 162 00:06:38,680 --> 00:06:39,680 What for? 163 00:06:39,680 --> 00:06:40,680 We've got places to go. 164 00:06:40,680 --> 00:06:41,680 Please, Elizabeth. 165 00:06:41,680 --> 00:06:42,680 I...I am vanquished. 166 00:06:42,680 --> 00:06:43,680 It is I who must go. 167 00:06:43,680 --> 00:06:44,680 Pride compels it. 168 00:06:44,680 --> 00:06:45,680 I shall go far away. 169 00:06:45,680 --> 00:06:46,680 Disappear, vanish from your life forever. 170 00:06:46,680 --> 00:06:47,680 He's nuts. 171 00:06:47,680 --> 00:06:48,680 Quiet. 172 00:06:48,680 --> 00:06:49,680 What's this you're trying to say, Bert? 173 00:06:49,680 --> 00:06:50,680 You're offering to disappear? 174 00:06:50,680 --> 00:06:51,680 Vanish? 175 00:06:51,680 --> 00:06:52,680 Scram? 176 00:06:52,680 --> 00:06:53,680 Precisely. 177 00:06:53,680 --> 00:06:54,680 Put down the suitcases, handsome. 178 00:06:54,680 --> 00:06:55,680 Put down the suitcases, handsome. 179 00:06:55,680 --> 00:06:56,680 Put down the suitcases, handsome. 180 00:06:56,680 --> 00:06:57,680 Put down the suitcases, handsome. 181 00:06:57,680 --> 00:06:58,680 Put down the suitcases, handsome. 182 00:06:58,680 --> 00:06:59,680 Put down the suitcases, handsome. 183 00:06:59,680 --> 00:07:00,680 Put down the suitcases, handsome. 184 00:07:00,680 --> 00:07:05,680 Put down the suitcases, handsome. 185 00:07:05,680 --> 00:07:07,120 Put down the suitcases, handsome. 186 00:07:07,120 --> 00:07:08,120 Put down the suitcases, handsome. 187 00:07:08,120 --> 00:07:09,120 Put down the suitcases, handsome. 188 00:07:09,120 --> 00:07:10,120 Put down the suitcases, handsome. 189 00:07:10,120 --> 00:07:11,120 Put down the suitcases, handsome. 190 00:07:11,120 --> 00:07:12,120 Put down the suitcases, handsome. 191 00:07:12,120 --> 00:07:13,120 Put down the 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00:07:27,840 Twenty thousand dollars. 207 00:07:27,940 --> 00:07:29,640 Not an inconsiderable sum. 208 00:07:29,740 --> 00:07:31,240 Say, I'd forgotten about that. 209 00:07:31,340 --> 00:07:34,940 Yes, but softly, dear wife, softly let me finish. 210 00:07:35,040 --> 00:07:38,640 I was thinking rather of other advantages you would derive. 211 00:07:38,740 --> 00:07:40,640 My sudden death, presumptive of course, 212 00:07:40,740 --> 00:07:44,140 would give you freedom to marry your healthy milkweed. 213 00:07:44,240 --> 00:07:45,940 This handsome nonentity. 214 00:07:46,040 --> 00:07:47,940 Hey, hey, watch yourself, Matthews. 215 00:07:48,040 --> 00:07:49,340 I don't like that stuff. 216 00:07:49,440 --> 00:07:52,240 My deepest apologies, handsome. 217 00:07:52,340 --> 00:07:54,840 Now Elizabeth, the subject of the insurance. 218 00:07:54,840 --> 00:07:58,140 Even in my far off oblivion, I'll have need of money. 219 00:07:58,240 --> 00:08:00,340 I thought perhaps you would collect the money and... 220 00:08:00,440 --> 00:08:01,740 And what? 221 00:08:01,840 --> 00:08:03,140 Forward it to me. 222 00:08:03,240 --> 00:08:05,940 Oh, so that's it. 223 00:08:06,040 --> 00:08:07,440 You're not the fool I thought you were. 224 00:08:07,540 --> 00:08:10,540 There are mutual advantages, as I have indicated. 225 00:08:10,640 --> 00:08:12,840 I would have the twenty thousand dollars, 226 00:08:12,940 --> 00:08:15,240 a trifling reward for my sacrifice. 227 00:08:15,340 --> 00:08:19,540 You would have a well furnished home and, uh, handsome. 228 00:08:19,640 --> 00:08:21,540 Maybe you've got something. 229 00:08:21,640 --> 00:08:22,540 Let me think it over. 230 00:08:22,640 --> 00:08:23,540 I don't get it at all. 231 00:08:23,540 --> 00:08:25,440 You will, handsome, you will. 232 00:08:31,640 --> 00:08:33,940 Elizabeth agreed as I knew she would. 233 00:08:34,040 --> 00:08:36,440 She was in fact delighted. 234 00:08:36,540 --> 00:08:37,940 Longstreet gave us brief pause, 235 00:08:38,040 --> 00:08:41,440 but in the end my charming wife persuaded him. 236 00:08:41,540 --> 00:08:42,940 Due to early training in the theater, 237 00:08:43,040 --> 00:08:46,140 the strategy of my demise was masterful. 238 00:08:46,240 --> 00:08:48,340 After three days rehearsal with my two accomplices, 239 00:08:48,440 --> 00:08:51,140 I drove to the checking station of the Golden Gate Bridge. 240 00:08:51,140 --> 00:08:54,440 I was careful to enter the gate manned by my acquaintance. 241 00:08:54,540 --> 00:08:56,340 Ah, how you feeling today, Mr. Matthews? 242 00:08:56,440 --> 00:08:58,740 I protest, sir, with emphatic emphasis. 243 00:08:58,840 --> 00:08:59,740 Ah, I don't get you. 244 00:08:59,840 --> 00:09:03,140 This toll levy upon the use of a public thoroughfare by my conscience, 245 00:09:03,240 --> 00:09:05,640 it's unsocial, immoral, a downright swindle. 246 00:09:05,740 --> 00:09:07,340 Hey, hey, hey, what's got into you? 247 00:09:07,440 --> 00:09:08,440 Come on, pay your fare. 248 00:09:08,540 --> 00:09:10,440 I know you not, magpie. 249 00:09:10,540 --> 00:09:11,040 Huh? 250 00:09:11,140 --> 00:09:11,940 Are you carrion? 251 00:09:12,040 --> 00:09:12,540 Who, me? 252 00:09:12,640 --> 00:09:15,740 Are you fowl, flesh or fish? 253 00:09:15,840 --> 00:09:18,140 Here, vulture, your pound of flesh. 254 00:09:18,240 --> 00:09:19,440 Hey, look, Mr. Matthews, 255 00:09:19,440 --> 00:09:21,140 you better see a doctor. 256 00:09:21,240 --> 00:09:27,940 Doctor indeed. 257 00:09:28,040 --> 00:09:30,140 But the fellow would remember me. 258 00:09:30,240 --> 00:09:32,740 I drove slowly, watching in the rearview mirror, 259 00:09:32,840 --> 00:09:35,840 near the center of the great bridge, high above the foaming sea. 260 00:09:35,940 --> 00:09:38,840 Longstreet and Elizabeth pulled in behind me. 261 00:09:38,940 --> 00:09:40,440 A brake came in the traffic. 262 00:09:40,540 --> 00:09:41,940 I signaled Longstreet. 263 00:09:42,040 --> 00:09:44,540 He pulled his car alongside mine. 264 00:09:44,640 --> 00:09:46,540 Quickly, I leaped his car, leaving mine abandoned 265 00:09:46,640 --> 00:09:48,740 at the very center of the bridge. 266 00:09:48,740 --> 00:09:51,440 The abandoned car, the suicide note I'd left on the seat, 267 00:09:51,540 --> 00:09:54,440 would bear mute testimony to my tragic fate. 268 00:09:54,540 --> 00:09:57,240 And by my conscience, the word of the fellow at the checking 269 00:09:57,340 --> 00:09:59,740 station would tempt the scales. 270 00:09:59,840 --> 00:10:02,840 There remained but to vanish from the eyes of all who'd known me, 271 00:10:02,940 --> 00:10:06,440 and my desperate deed was done. 272 00:10:06,540 --> 00:10:08,440 Elizabeth and Longstreet drove me to Sacramento. 273 00:10:08,540 --> 00:10:10,640 I boarded the train for Mexico. 274 00:10:10,740 --> 00:10:14,840 The frail, meek little floor walker was no more. 275 00:10:14,940 --> 00:10:16,240 I was dead. 276 00:10:16,340 --> 00:10:17,240 Gone. 277 00:10:17,240 --> 00:10:18,740 Caput! 278 00:10:18,840 --> 00:10:20,340 Presumptive death indeed. 279 00:10:20,440 --> 00:10:22,340 In truth, I was reborn. 280 00:10:22,440 --> 00:10:25,840 And on some not too distant tomorrow, I would return. 281 00:10:25,940 --> 00:10:30,940 And the lives of Elizabeth and Hansom would be forfeit. 282 00:10:43,040 --> 00:10:46,240 For suspense, Roma wines are bringing you Hume Cronin 283 00:10:46,240 --> 00:10:49,740 in Make Mad the Guilty, Roma wines presentation tonight 284 00:10:49,840 --> 00:10:53,840 in radio's outstanding theater thrills, Suspense. 285 00:11:00,440 --> 00:11:03,140 Between the acts of suspense, this is Truman Bradley 286 00:11:03,240 --> 00:11:05,140 for Roma wines. 287 00:11:05,240 --> 00:11:08,340 There's a big reason why more Americans enjoy Roma 288 00:11:08,440 --> 00:11:10,340 than any other wines. 289 00:11:10,440 --> 00:11:13,840 It's because Roma gives you an extra pleasure dividend. 290 00:11:13,840 --> 00:11:17,940 In 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00:12:05,140 And now Roma wines bring back to our Hollywood soundstage 304 00:12:05,240 --> 00:12:08,340 Hume Cronin in Make Mad the Guilty. 305 00:12:08,340 --> 00:12:13,240 A tale well calculated to keep you in suspense. 306 00:12:13,340 --> 00:12:28,240 Yes, the frail and meek little floor walker was no more. 307 00:12:28,340 --> 00:12:31,240 In Mexico, a new man wore my shoes. 308 00:12:31,340 --> 00:12:33,740 I became a man of purpose and daring. 309 00:12:33,840 --> 00:12:35,740 Through the art of makeup and disguise, 310 00:12:35,740 --> 00:12:39,640 I gave myself a villainous and frightful appearance, 311 00:12:39,740 --> 00:12:42,140 corresponding to my new character. 312 00:12:42,240 --> 00:12:44,140 I returned boldly to San Francisco 313 00:12:44,240 --> 00:12:46,440 with no fear of recognition. 314 00:12:46,540 --> 00:12:48,440 Thus was I privileged to read in the local papers 315 00:12:48,540 --> 00:12:50,940 of my own suicide and later of my wife's marriage 316 00:12:51,040 --> 00:12:52,840 to young Longstreet. 317 00:12:52,940 --> 00:12:54,740 Weeks passed. 318 00:12:54,840 --> 00:12:57,440 I learned Elizabeth had received the insurance money. 319 00:12:57,540 --> 00:12:59,440 I was well aware, of course, that she had no intention 320 00:12:59,540 --> 00:13:01,640 of giving me any part of it. 321 00:13:01,740 --> 00:13:05,140 The moment of final settlement had arrived. 322 00:13:05,140 --> 00:13:09,540 Late at night, as befits one returning from the grave, 323 00:13:09,640 --> 00:13:15,540 I rang the bell at the cottage I once called home. 324 00:13:15,640 --> 00:13:18,040 It is I, your lately deceased husband. 325 00:13:18,140 --> 00:13:20,040 Bird, you... Hanson! 326 00:13:20,140 --> 00:13:22,040 May the dead enter with the quick. 327 00:13:22,140 --> 00:13:24,040 Permit me to force my entry. 328 00:13:24,140 --> 00:13:25,040 Hanson! 329 00:13:25,140 --> 00:13:27,040 On my word, you're frightened. 330 00:13:27,140 --> 00:13:30,040 Oh, that ridiculous makeup you have on. 331 00:13:30,140 --> 00:13:33,040 Why do you have to go around like a scarecrow frightening people? 332 00:13:33,140 --> 00:13:34,540 Hey, what goes on here? 333 00:13:34,540 --> 00:13:35,940 Curly Bird's here! 334 00:13:38,540 --> 00:13:40,240 Ah, handsome. 335 00:13:40,340 --> 00:13:42,840 In night shirt and armed with a kitchen knife. 336 00:13:42,940 --> 00:13:44,440 A heroic figure, to be sure. 337 00:13:44,540 --> 00:13:45,840 Matthews! 338 00:13:45,940 --> 00:13:47,040 Gosh, your face! 339 00:13:47,140 --> 00:13:49,040 The face of Lazarus, risen from the dead, 340 00:13:49,140 --> 00:13:51,040 transformed by the chemistry of death. 341 00:13:51,140 --> 00:13:52,840 Don't be funny, Bird. What do you want? 342 00:13:52,940 --> 00:13:54,140 The insurance money. 343 00:13:54,240 --> 00:13:56,040 Twenty thousand dollars. Are you surprised? 344 00:13:56,140 --> 00:13:57,940 Oh, you had no way to come back, Matthews. 345 00:13:58,040 --> 00:13:59,340 A bargain is a bargain. 346 00:13:59,440 --> 00:14:01,740 Here's all the money I have in the closet. 347 00:14:01,840 --> 00:14:03,040 Take it. 348 00:14:03,140 --> 00:14:03,940 Now will you go? 349 00:14:03,940 --> 00:14:06,840 May I repeat, a bargain is a bargain. 350 00:14:06,940 --> 00:14:09,140 Oh, Stan, you stupid. What are you waiting for? 351 00:14:09,240 --> 00:14:10,640 What do you want me to do, Benny? 352 00:14:10,740 --> 00:14:11,540 You shall I... 353 00:14:11,640 --> 00:14:13,940 The knife gleams in the hand of the shirt-tail killer. 354 00:14:14,040 --> 00:14:14,940 Get him, handsome. 355 00:14:15,040 --> 00:14:16,240 Now, Matthews, I mean I... 356 00:14:16,340 --> 00:14:17,340 Ah! 357 00:14:18,740 --> 00:14:22,540 Ah, you've observed this automatic in my hand. 358 00:14:22,640 --> 00:14:25,940 Also observe as I remove the safety catch. 359 00:14:26,040 --> 00:14:28,540 I see your face grows pale. 360 00:14:28,640 --> 00:14:30,340 Now, wait a minute, Bird. 361 00:14:30,440 --> 00:14:31,540 What do you want? 362 00:14:31,640 --> 00:14:33,340 Dear me, hadn't I made that clear? 363 00:14:33,340 --> 00:14:34,640 I thought I had. 364 00:14:34,740 --> 00:14:36,440 I want my twenty thousand dollars. 365 00:14:36,540 --> 00:14:37,940 Now, listen, Matthews, take it easy. 366 00:14:38,040 --> 00:14:39,140 We only collected it yesterday. 367 00:14:39,240 --> 00:14:40,040 Precisely. 368 00:14:40,140 --> 00:14:42,040 Hence my timely arrival this evening. 369 00:14:42,140 --> 00:14:42,840 Well? 370 00:14:42,940 --> 00:14:44,140 Bird, I can't give it to you. 371 00:14:44,240 --> 00:14:45,940 Tonight, I mean, I haven't got it. 372 00:14:46,040 --> 00:14:47,740 You forget, my dear, that I have lived with you 373 00:14:47,840 --> 00:14:50,540 in apparent connubial bliss for nearly 15 years. 374 00:14:50,640 --> 00:14:52,640 I know your habits all too well. 375 00:14:52,740 --> 00:14:55,140 I would venture to say that not only have you the money in cash, 376 00:14:55,240 --> 00:14:56,440 but that I know where you've hidden it. 377 00:14:56,540 --> 00:14:58,640 Oh, no, no. I know she didn't do that. 378 00:14:58,740 --> 00:14:59,740 No? 379 00:14:59,740 --> 00:15:01,240 And what is this? 380 00:15:01,340 --> 00:15:03,240 So you're dead. 381 00:15:03,340 --> 00:15:04,040 Why, you... 382 00:15:04,140 --> 00:15:06,440 I could have told you that she wasn't to be trusted. 383 00:15:06,540 --> 00:15:09,440 Dear me, you have so much to learn, handsome. 384 00:15:09,540 --> 00:15:11,440 And so little time to learn. 385 00:15:11,540 --> 00:15:13,040 No, no, Matthews, wait. 386 00:15:13,140 --> 00:15:14,040 Wait! 387 00:15:14,140 --> 00:15:15,240 Bird! 388 00:15:15,340 --> 00:15:17,440 Bird, you've killed him! 389 00:15:17,540 --> 00:15:19,440 Not I, dear wife. 390 00:15:19,540 --> 00:15:22,040 I, as you remember, have no existence. 391 00:15:22,140 --> 00:15:23,640 I am dead. 392 00:15:23,740 --> 00:15:24,640 But you... 393 00:15:24,740 --> 00:15:25,640 Bird! 394 00:15:25,740 --> 00:15:26,740 Good night. 395 00:15:26,840 --> 00:15:28,240 Parting is over. 396 00:15:28,240 --> 00:15:31,340 Good night. Parting is such sweet sorrow. 397 00:15:31,440 --> 00:15:34,740 Would I could stay to see you explain this whole thing to the police 398 00:15:34,840 --> 00:15:36,740 when it be morrow? 399 00:15:42,840 --> 00:15:45,140 Perhaps you see it now, eh? 400 00:15:45,240 --> 00:15:50,340 Perhaps now you fully understand the sweep and majesty and genius of it. 401 00:15:50,440 --> 00:15:52,740 For you must know I had planned it. 402 00:15:52,840 --> 00:15:56,540 Yes, planned it every step of the way from the day I introduced Elizabeth 403 00:15:56,540 --> 00:16:01,640 to Longstreet until the poor wretch was found hovering over his corpse. 404 00:16:01,740 --> 00:16:06,040 Had ever a man played and conceived so magnificent a role 405 00:16:06,140 --> 00:16:08,640 and in no tawdry theatre for the make-believe, 406 00:16:08,740 --> 00:16:12,840 but in the vast arena of life itself, 407 00:16:12,940 --> 00:16:15,340 there was but one thing lacking, 408 00:16:15,440 --> 00:16:20,540 that one ingredient so essential to the full savoring by the artist of his creative genius, 409 00:16:20,640 --> 00:16:22,040 an audience. 410 00:16:22,140 --> 00:16:23,540 And even that I have foreseen. 411 00:16:23,640 --> 00:16:26,240 I had my audience ready-made. 412 00:16:26,240 --> 00:16:27,540 Elizabeth. 413 00:16:27,640 --> 00:16:29,140 Elizabeth should be my audience. 414 00:16:29,240 --> 00:16:31,340 Her frantic protestations of innocence, 415 00:16:31,440 --> 00:16:35,440 her unbelieved cries and lamentations that the ingenuity of my pot 416 00:16:35,540 --> 00:16:39,240 would be meat and drink and the very breath of life to me. 417 00:16:44,640 --> 00:16:48,040 By a slight alteration of my appearance, I was able to attend her trial. 418 00:16:48,140 --> 00:16:49,940 Like a spectator at my own play, 419 00:16:50,040 --> 00:16:52,040 I could not have directed the performers better myself. 420 00:16:52,140 --> 00:16:53,640 And then, 421 00:16:53,640 --> 00:16:56,340 then this remarkable woman, 422 00:16:56,440 --> 00:17:01,940 with the murder weapon still figuratively reeking in her hand, 423 00:17:02,040 --> 00:17:06,240 has the temerity to tell this court and this jury 424 00:17:06,340 --> 00:17:09,840 that the crime was committed by a former husband 425 00:17:09,940 --> 00:17:12,840 who conveniently rose from the dead 426 00:17:12,940 --> 00:17:17,040 and then disappeared once more into limbo. 427 00:17:17,140 --> 00:17:18,040 Ha ha ha. 428 00:17:18,140 --> 00:17:20,940 Now, now, ladies and gentlemen of the jury, 429 00:17:21,040 --> 00:17:22,640 she is guilty. 430 00:17:22,640 --> 00:17:26,240 And the state asks that you find her guilty 431 00:17:26,340 --> 00:17:29,540 with full knowledge and consent to the penalty 432 00:17:29,640 --> 00:17:32,440 with which that guilt entails. 433 00:17:32,540 --> 00:17:33,640 The penalty of death. 434 00:17:33,740 --> 00:17:37,040 No, no, no, he's alive, he's alive. 435 00:17:48,840 --> 00:17:51,640 Now, ladies and gentlemen of the jury, have you reached a verdict? 436 00:17:51,640 --> 00:17:52,640 We have. 437 00:17:52,740 --> 00:17:55,140 I'll find you the defendant, Elizabeth Longstreet. 438 00:17:55,240 --> 00:17:56,540 Guilty or not guilty? 439 00:17:56,640 --> 00:17:57,640 Guilty. 440 00:18:08,540 --> 00:18:10,040 Dispatch this wire, please. 441 00:18:10,140 --> 00:18:11,140 All right. 442 00:18:11,240 --> 00:18:14,140 Mrs. Elizabeth Longstreet, death row. 443 00:18:14,240 --> 00:18:15,040 Oh. 444 00:18:15,140 --> 00:18:16,540 You can deliver it, can you not? 445 00:18:16,640 --> 00:18:18,540 Oh, sure, sure. 446 00:18:18,640 --> 00:18:20,740 You have a rendezvous with death. 447 00:18:20,740 --> 00:18:23,040 From the depth of experience, can assure you 448 00:18:23,140 --> 00:18:25,440 he is by no means an unfriendly companion. 449 00:18:25,540 --> 00:18:26,540 Unfriendly. 450 00:18:26,640 --> 00:18:27,640 Oh, unfriendly companion. 451 00:18:27,740 --> 00:18:31,140 Heartfelt sympathy, courage, courage. 452 00:18:31,240 --> 00:18:36,240 Uh, 39 words, let's see, that'll be 78 cents. 453 00:18:36,340 --> 00:18:37,340 Out of the dollar. 454 00:18:37,440 --> 00:18:38,640 Thank you. 455 00:18:38,740 --> 00:18:40,640 Really is sad when you come to think of it. 456 00:18:40,740 --> 00:18:42,040 I guess you were a friend of hers, huh? 457 00:18:42,140 --> 00:18:43,040 Hmm? 458 00:18:43,140 --> 00:18:44,940 No, in a sense, to be sure. 459 00:18:45,040 --> 00:18:45,940 Yes, in a sense. 460 00:18:46,040 --> 00:18:47,740 Oh, wait a minute, you didn't sign it. 461 00:18:47,840 --> 00:18:50,240 Just sign it, little man. 462 00:18:50,240 --> 00:18:51,240 No, I didn't. 463 00:18:55,340 --> 00:18:58,140 The next day I eagerly scanned the papers for the outburst 464 00:18:58,240 --> 00:19:01,640 that this sensational communication must certainly cause. 465 00:19:01,740 --> 00:19:03,240 But there was nothing. 466 00:19:03,340 --> 00:19:06,140 So I sent a letter, something a little more direct. 467 00:19:06,240 --> 00:19:08,140 I scanned the press and you. 468 00:19:08,240 --> 00:19:09,640 But still no sign. 469 00:19:09,740 --> 00:19:13,140 No single word to tell me how she had received it. 470 00:19:13,240 --> 00:19:14,640 What was it? 471 00:19:14,740 --> 00:19:16,140 A conspiracy of silence? 472 00:19:16,240 --> 00:19:19,140 I was like a player performing to a cold and empty house. 473 00:19:19,140 --> 00:19:22,040 Clearly some stronger medicine was needed. 474 00:19:25,640 --> 00:19:26,640 Yes, sir? 475 00:19:26,740 --> 00:19:30,040 Ah, lilies, the symbol of purity and death. 476 00:19:30,140 --> 00:19:32,040 They are lovely, aren't they? 477 00:19:32,140 --> 00:19:33,540 Fresh cut this morning, too. 478 00:19:33,640 --> 00:19:35,040 Sweet poetry of flowers. 479 00:19:35,140 --> 00:19:39,240 A most delicate yet firm reminder of my unwavering concern. 480 00:19:39,340 --> 00:19:41,540 Do you wish to make a purchase, sir, or? 481 00:19:41,640 --> 00:19:43,040 Oh, decidedly. 482 00:19:43,140 --> 00:19:44,240 Give me all you have. 483 00:19:44,340 --> 00:19:46,040 I wish them sent by special messenger. 484 00:19:46,140 --> 00:19:47,640 The season is propitious. 485 00:19:47,640 --> 00:19:49,540 Yes, sir. 486 00:19:49,640 --> 00:19:51,040 Where to, sir? 487 00:19:51,140 --> 00:19:53,040 To Mrs. Elizabeth Longstreet. 488 00:19:53,140 --> 00:19:54,540 To Hatchipi Prison. 489 00:19:54,640 --> 00:19:55,540 The death house. 490 00:19:55,640 --> 00:19:57,540 Mrs. Elizabeth? 491 00:19:57,640 --> 00:19:59,240 And would you mind writing a card? 492 00:19:59,340 --> 00:20:02,540 As you can see, my right hand has suffered a slight injury. 493 00:20:02,640 --> 00:20:05,040 Very well, sir. 494 00:20:05,140 --> 00:20:07,040 What do you wish me to write? 495 00:20:07,140 --> 00:20:11,540 Just say, from the little man who wasn't there. 496 00:20:11,540 --> 00:20:18,440 And sign it, Burt. 497 00:20:18,540 --> 00:20:20,440 My own name, you see. 498 00:20:20,540 --> 00:20:22,440 That surely would bring results. 499 00:20:22,540 --> 00:20:24,440 But no, nothing. 500 00:20:24,540 --> 00:20:26,440 Once again, nothing. 501 00:20:26,540 --> 00:20:27,440 I saw it now. 502 00:20:27,540 --> 00:20:29,440 She was playing with me, deliberately playing with me, 503 00:20:29,540 --> 00:20:32,440 concealing my communications from her jailers. 504 00:20:32,540 --> 00:20:34,440 And my time was running out. 505 00:20:34,540 --> 00:20:36,440 The execution was within the week. 506 00:20:36,540 --> 00:20:38,440 But I would move her. 507 00:20:38,440 --> 00:20:43,340 I'd move her in such wise as she would drown the stage with tears 508 00:20:43,440 --> 00:20:46,340 and cleave the general ear with hurried speech. 509 00:20:46,440 --> 00:20:49,340 Make mad the guilty. 510 00:20:49,440 --> 00:20:51,340 Okay, next. 511 00:20:51,440 --> 00:20:54,340 It's my understanding that the state law requires the presence of witnesses 512 00:20:54,440 --> 00:20:56,340 to a prison execution. 513 00:20:56,440 --> 00:20:57,340 I therefore request... 514 00:20:57,440 --> 00:20:58,340 Okay, who do you want to see go? 515 00:20:58,440 --> 00:20:59,340 Mrs. Elizabeth Longstreet. 516 00:20:59,440 --> 00:21:00,340 Let me see. 517 00:21:00,440 --> 00:21:01,340 That's Friday morning. 518 00:21:01,440 --> 00:21:02,340 What's your name? 519 00:21:02,440 --> 00:21:04,340 Bertram Mason. 520 00:21:04,440 --> 00:21:05,340 Let me see some identification. 521 00:21:05,440 --> 00:21:06,340 Driver license, anything you got. 522 00:21:06,440 --> 00:21:07,340 Identification? 523 00:21:07,340 --> 00:21:09,240 Anything, anything at all. 524 00:21:09,340 --> 00:21:10,240 Well, you see, I'm not... 525 00:21:10,340 --> 00:21:12,240 I'm sorry, but we've got to know who we invite to this party some other time. 526 00:21:12,340 --> 00:21:13,240 Hold on, sir. 527 00:21:13,340 --> 00:21:14,240 I demand... 528 00:21:14,340 --> 00:21:15,240 I said some other time. 529 00:21:15,340 --> 00:21:16,240 Now beat it, you hear me? 530 00:21:16,340 --> 00:21:22,240 She was slipping from my grasp, don't you see? 531 00:21:22,340 --> 00:21:25,240 The curtain was already beginning to descend. 532 00:21:25,340 --> 00:21:28,240 And still there was no audience to hear my curtain lies. 533 00:21:28,340 --> 00:21:32,240 That night I paced the streets in a torment of indecision. 534 00:21:32,340 --> 00:21:35,240 Then as dawn was breaking, I realized what I must do. 535 00:21:35,240 --> 00:21:38,140 A drastic, desperate measure. 536 00:21:38,240 --> 00:21:39,140 But I must take it. 537 00:21:39,240 --> 00:21:41,140 The execution was the following morning, 538 00:21:41,240 --> 00:21:45,140 and at the earliest moment I presented myself at the prison gate. 539 00:21:45,240 --> 00:21:46,140 Yeah? 540 00:21:46,240 --> 00:21:47,140 What did I do for you? 541 00:21:47,240 --> 00:21:49,140 It's imperative, absolutely imperative, 542 00:21:49,240 --> 00:21:51,140 that I be present at the execution of Elizabeth Longstreet. 543 00:21:51,240 --> 00:21:52,140 I'm sorry, mister. 544 00:21:52,240 --> 00:21:53,140 Now, wait. 545 00:21:53,240 --> 00:21:54,140 You don't understand. 546 00:21:54,240 --> 00:21:55,140 Can't be done. 547 00:21:55,240 --> 00:21:57,140 Now, if you were the relative saying you... 548 00:21:57,240 --> 00:21:58,140 That's it. 549 00:21:58,240 --> 00:21:59,140 That's what I'm trying to tell you. 550 00:21:59,240 --> 00:22:00,140 I am. 551 00:22:00,240 --> 00:22:01,140 I am related. 552 00:22:01,240 --> 00:22:02,140 Yeah? 553 00:22:02,240 --> 00:22:03,140 Well, that might be different. 554 00:22:03,240 --> 00:22:04,140 How are you related to it? 555 00:22:04,140 --> 00:22:05,040 I am her husband. 556 00:22:05,140 --> 00:22:06,040 Her husband? 557 00:22:06,140 --> 00:22:07,040 Oh. 558 00:22:07,140 --> 00:22:09,040 Now, don't try to get funny, mister. 559 00:22:09,140 --> 00:22:10,040 It just so happened she murdered her husband. 560 00:22:10,140 --> 00:22:11,040 No, no. 561 00:22:11,140 --> 00:22:12,040 Not him. 562 00:22:12,140 --> 00:22:13,040 Her former husband. 563 00:22:13,140 --> 00:22:16,040 The man whose name was mentioned so often at the trial. 564 00:22:16,140 --> 00:22:18,040 They thought I was dead, but I'm not. 565 00:22:18,140 --> 00:22:19,040 I am Burt Matthews. 566 00:22:19,140 --> 00:22:20,040 Oh, crackpot. 567 00:22:20,140 --> 00:22:22,040 Save it for a soapbox, brother. 568 00:22:22,140 --> 00:22:23,040 Now, wait. 569 00:22:23,140 --> 00:22:24,040 I can prove it. 570 00:22:24,140 --> 00:22:25,040 She will recognize it. 571 00:22:25,140 --> 00:22:26,040 Sure, sure. I know. 572 00:22:26,140 --> 00:22:27,040 Now, run along. 573 00:22:27,140 --> 00:22:28,040 I implore you. 574 00:22:28,140 --> 00:22:29,040 I beg you, call the warden. 575 00:22:29,140 --> 00:22:30,040 Tell him that there's a man here. 576 00:22:30,040 --> 00:22:30,940 What was that? 577 00:22:31,040 --> 00:22:32,940 It's not now she won't recognize you. 578 00:22:33,040 --> 00:22:33,940 What do you mean? 579 00:22:34,040 --> 00:22:34,940 I mean, that's it. 580 00:22:35,040 --> 00:22:35,940 It's all over. 581 00:22:36,040 --> 00:22:36,940 Finished. 582 00:22:37,040 --> 00:22:37,940 Oh, no. 583 00:22:38,040 --> 00:22:38,940 No. 584 00:22:39,040 --> 00:22:39,940 Not dead. 585 00:22:40,040 --> 00:22:40,940 That's right, brother. 586 00:22:41,040 --> 00:22:41,940 He's dead. 587 00:22:49,040 --> 00:22:50,940 Suddenly my life was empty. 588 00:22:51,040 --> 00:22:53,940 And all my plans of triumph were as ashes in my mouth. 589 00:22:54,040 --> 00:22:55,940 Hers had been the triumph, not mine. 590 00:22:56,040 --> 00:22:57,940 And I was the one who was going to die. 591 00:22:57,940 --> 00:22:59,840 Hers had been the triumph, not mine. 592 00:22:59,940 --> 00:23:01,840 Hers the tragic spectacle. 593 00:23:01,940 --> 00:23:03,840 Hers the hour upon the stage. 594 00:23:03,940 --> 00:23:06,840 Now in truth was I really dead. 595 00:23:06,940 --> 00:23:08,840 For who now would applaud my artistry? 596 00:23:08,940 --> 00:23:12,840 Who would believe my tale or even recognize my face? 597 00:23:12,940 --> 00:23:16,840 Only tragedy and death gain recognition. 598 00:23:16,940 --> 00:23:17,840 Yes. 599 00:23:17,940 --> 00:23:20,840 And therein was my answer. 600 00:23:20,940 --> 00:23:23,840 Therein at last would I breach the portals of undying fame, 601 00:23:23,840 --> 00:23:27,740 leaving behind me a manuscript setting forth the facts in full detail. 602 00:23:27,840 --> 00:23:30,740 I would actually die. 603 00:23:30,840 --> 00:23:36,740 The first man in history to die and come to life and die again since Lazarus. 604 00:23:42,840 --> 00:23:46,740 I searched the streets until I found a car with the keys and the ignition lock. 605 00:23:46,840 --> 00:23:47,740 I stole it. 606 00:23:47,840 --> 00:23:49,740 I drove to the Golden Gate Bridge. 607 00:23:49,840 --> 00:23:52,740 For I would not only die twice, I would die twice in the same place 608 00:23:52,740 --> 00:23:54,640 and the same way. 609 00:23:54,740 --> 00:23:56,640 I drove past the gate man and on. 610 00:23:56,740 --> 00:23:57,640 Hey, wait. 611 00:23:57,740 --> 00:23:59,640 On the very highest part of the parapet. 612 00:23:59,740 --> 00:24:03,640 I would stand while horrified onlookers gazed helplessly. 613 00:24:03,740 --> 00:24:09,640 Then as eager hands reached out to save my life, I would leap. 614 00:24:09,740 --> 00:24:12,640 I was dimly conscious of the siren behind me, but paid no heed. 615 00:24:12,740 --> 00:24:16,640 I drove faster and faster to my splendid doom. 616 00:24:17,740 --> 00:24:19,640 Suddenly I heard a chop and another. 617 00:24:19,640 --> 00:24:25,540 The car was out of control, swerving, lurching, swerving like a crazy thing. 618 00:24:30,640 --> 00:24:33,540 I think for a moment I lost consciousness. 619 00:24:33,640 --> 00:24:35,540 And the next I knew what I was doing, I had crawled from the wreckage 620 00:24:35,640 --> 00:24:38,540 and was staggering towards the rim of the bridge. 621 00:24:38,640 --> 00:24:40,540 And I was being pursued. 622 00:24:40,640 --> 00:24:45,540 Even now at this late hour some monstrous fate seemed bent on thwarting my design. 623 00:24:45,640 --> 00:24:47,540 Stop! 624 00:24:47,640 --> 00:24:48,540 Stop, stop, we're showt... 625 00:24:48,540 --> 00:24:50,440 No, no, they would not stop me. 626 00:24:50,540 --> 00:24:52,440 I would not be thwarted. 627 00:24:52,540 --> 00:24:54,440 I staggered on. 628 00:24:55,540 --> 00:24:58,440 Searing pain in my shoulder. 629 00:24:58,540 --> 00:24:59,440 I fell. 630 00:24:59,540 --> 00:25:02,440 I struggled my feet again. 631 00:25:02,540 --> 00:25:06,440 The railing was almost within my grasp. 632 00:25:06,540 --> 00:25:11,440 I shot that wending, tearing agony up the bullet through my chest. 633 00:25:11,540 --> 00:25:13,440 I was on my knees again. 634 00:25:13,540 --> 00:25:16,440 But I must, I must... 635 00:25:16,440 --> 00:25:21,340 I clawed at the steel railing painfully, painfully lifting myself up for a moment. 636 00:25:21,440 --> 00:25:25,340 I balanced, swaying, and then... 637 00:25:25,440 --> 00:25:27,340 ...Oblivion. 638 00:25:36,440 --> 00:25:41,340 I heard their voices coming to me from a long way off, like voices of the dead. 639 00:25:41,440 --> 00:25:44,340 All right, stand back, stand back, stand back. 640 00:25:44,340 --> 00:25:47,240 Why, this guy's playing for heaven's... 641 00:25:47,340 --> 00:25:49,240 Same license number. 642 00:25:49,340 --> 00:25:51,240 I wonder why he ran. 643 00:25:51,340 --> 00:25:54,240 Yeah, it's tough and he looks like such a heartless old guy. 644 00:26:04,340 --> 00:26:10,240 Please, please, is there no one to believe me? 645 00:26:10,340 --> 00:26:12,240 Just one. 646 00:26:12,240 --> 00:26:17,140 The lowliest of men, the tiniest of lisping children. 647 00:26:17,240 --> 00:26:19,140 Just one. 648 00:26:19,240 --> 00:26:22,140 Before this stage is dark. 649 00:26:22,240 --> 00:26:27,140 Before I shuffle off this mortal coil. 650 00:26:27,140 --> 00:26:41,040 Before I die. 651 00:26:41,140 --> 00:26:43,040 Suspense. 652 00:26:43,140 --> 00:26:45,040 Presented by Roma Wines. 653 00:26:45,140 --> 00:26:47,040 R-O-M-A. 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R-O-M-A. 664 00:27:28,940 --> 00:27:34,840 The greatest name in wine and your best buy in good taste. 665 00:27:34,940 --> 00:27:36,840 This is Hume Cronin. 666 00:27:36,940 --> 00:27:39,840 It's been a great pleasure appearing for you on Suspense. 667 00:27:39,940 --> 00:27:42,840 I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did. 668 00:27:42,940 --> 00:27:45,840 And I know you'd like to hear about next week's Suspense show... 669 00:27:45,940 --> 00:27:48,840 ...when Roma Wines will bring you June Havoc... 670 00:27:48,840 --> 00:27:53,740 ...in the story of a girl whose fatal resemblance to a famous movie star leads to murder. 671 00:27:53,840 --> 00:27:56,740 I'll see you soon, I hope. Thank you. Good night. 672 00:27:56,840 --> 00:27:59,740 Hume Cronin appeared by arrangement with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer... 673 00:27:59,840 --> 00:28:03,740 ...producers of Living in a Big Way, starring Gene Kelly and Marie McDonald. 674 00:28:03,840 --> 00:28:06,740 Tonight's Suspense play was by Irving Moore and Robert Richards... 675 00:28:06,840 --> 00:28:08,740 ...from an original story by Robert Rosson. 676 00:28:08,840 --> 00:28:15,740 Next Thursday, same time, you will hear Miss June Havoc as star of Suspense. 677 00:28:15,740 --> 00:28:20,640 Produced and directed by William Spear for the Roma Wine Company of Fresno, California.