1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:05,000 Suspense. 2 00:00:05,000 --> 00:00:13,120 Tonight's suspense brings you Miss Claire Trevor as star. 3 00:00:13,120 --> 00:00:15,400 But first a word from your announcer. 4 00:00:15,400 --> 00:00:27,600 In hotels, restaurants and homes of distinction, the choice in wines is C-R-E-S-T-A, B-L-A-N-C-A, 5 00:00:27,600 --> 00:00:30,320 Cresta Blanca. 6 00:00:30,320 --> 00:00:31,960 Cresta Blanca. 7 00:00:31,960 --> 00:00:36,120 Yes, the best serve Cresta Blanca wines. 8 00:00:36,120 --> 00:00:41,280 Those choice selections created to please the most discriminating tastes. 9 00:00:41,280 --> 00:00:46,640 And there's a magnificent Cresta Blanca wine to distinguish your dining, to enrich your 10 00:00:46,640 --> 00:00:47,640 entertaining. 11 00:00:47,640 --> 00:00:52,840 So, always pour Cresta Blanca wines from the finest of the vines. 12 00:00:52,840 --> 00:00:57,160 Shenley's Cresta Blanca Wine Company, Livermore, California. 13 00:00:57,160 --> 00:01:05,800 And now, Shenley brings you Radio's outstanding theater of thrills, Suspense. 14 00:01:05,800 --> 00:01:08,080 Presented by Roma Wines. 15 00:01:08,080 --> 00:01:10,240 That's R-O-M-A. 16 00:01:10,240 --> 00:01:13,040 Roma Wines of Fresno, California. 17 00:01:13,040 --> 00:01:18,880 Tonight's star, Miss Claire Trevor in The Blue Hour, a suspense play produced, edited 18 00:01:18,880 --> 00:01:22,680 and directed for Shenley by William Spear. 19 00:01:22,680 --> 00:01:28,240 Just one more. 20 00:01:28,240 --> 00:01:30,560 Just one more, Mr. Paul. 21 00:01:30,560 --> 00:01:32,840 Are you sure you don't know who killed White, not even a guest? 22 00:01:32,840 --> 00:01:33,840 Just one more. 23 00:01:33,840 --> 00:01:34,840 Oh, boys. 24 00:01:34,840 --> 00:01:35,840 Oh, oh, oh. 25 00:01:35,840 --> 00:01:36,840 Please. 26 00:01:36,840 --> 00:01:37,840 Oh, all right, boys, the show's over. 27 00:01:37,840 --> 00:01:38,840 We're taking off now. 28 00:01:38,840 --> 00:01:39,840 See you on Broadway. 29 00:01:39,840 --> 00:01:40,840 Goodbye. 30 00:01:40,840 --> 00:01:41,840 Goodbye. 31 00:01:41,840 --> 00:01:42,840 You've all been just grand. 32 00:01:42,840 --> 00:01:43,840 Just grand, boys. 33 00:01:43,840 --> 00:01:44,840 Love you all. 34 00:01:44,840 --> 00:01:45,840 Bye. 35 00:01:45,840 --> 00:01:46,840 Goodbye. 36 00:01:46,840 --> 00:01:47,840 Hey, stewardess. 37 00:01:47,840 --> 00:01:56,080 Where's my seat, honey? 38 00:01:56,080 --> 00:02:07,400 Well, that was that. 39 00:02:07,400 --> 00:02:11,000 From then on, I had a nice quiet ride into New York with nothing to do but look down 40 00:02:11,000 --> 00:02:12,000 at the scene rate. 41 00:02:12,000 --> 00:02:15,200 You never know when the breaks are going to come in show business. 42 00:02:15,200 --> 00:02:18,520 I've been hoofing for six years now and the best I ever did was a one night stand and 43 00:02:18,520 --> 00:02:20,280 some greasy clip joint. 44 00:02:20,280 --> 00:02:25,480 I know I'm no ballerina from the Ballet Rooster Monte Carlo, but I can do a couple of whirls 45 00:02:25,480 --> 00:02:26,480 without breaking my neck. 46 00:02:26,480 --> 00:02:27,480 And besides, I got looks. 47 00:02:27,480 --> 00:02:28,480 That's what the men ask for. 48 00:02:28,480 --> 00:02:32,880 At least that's what Jason White asked for. 49 00:02:32,880 --> 00:02:37,360 He was my only connection with high society before he passed away. 50 00:02:37,360 --> 00:02:41,400 Oh, don't feel sorry for me because his getting bumped off was my break. 51 00:02:41,400 --> 00:02:43,360 They had my legs in every paper in Chicago. 52 00:02:43,360 --> 00:02:45,880 That's how I happened to come to New York. 53 00:02:45,880 --> 00:02:51,080 I got a contract to dance at an extremely chic joint called the Blue Hour with a minimum, 54 00:02:51,080 --> 00:02:52,080 mind you. 55 00:02:52,080 --> 00:02:57,360 All the way from Chicago, I worried no one would meet me when I arrived, but I was wrong. 56 00:02:57,360 --> 00:03:00,600 There were about nearly a million reporters at LaGuardia Airport. 57 00:03:00,600 --> 00:03:06,200 You'd have thought I was Miss America, a, a Bueller or somebody. 58 00:03:06,200 --> 00:03:08,440 I was really intriguing to miss her. 59 00:03:08,440 --> 00:03:09,440 He showed up. 60 00:03:09,440 --> 00:03:10,440 That man, Mahoney. 61 00:03:10,440 --> 00:03:13,480 How about one more picture, Miss LaPaule? 62 00:03:13,480 --> 00:03:14,480 A little more leg? 63 00:03:14,480 --> 00:03:15,480 Ah, that's it. 64 00:03:15,480 --> 00:03:16,480 Thank you. 65 00:03:16,480 --> 00:03:17,480 Oh, thank you, boys. 66 00:03:17,480 --> 00:03:20,800 Come around and see me at the Blue Hour. 67 00:03:20,800 --> 00:03:24,440 I'll give an extra good show if I know you're there. 68 00:03:24,440 --> 00:03:29,200 Well, you're pretty smooth at extra good shows, aren't you? 69 00:03:29,200 --> 00:03:30,200 I beg your pardon? 70 00:03:30,200 --> 00:03:31,200 Oh, it's you. 71 00:03:31,200 --> 00:03:32,200 Yeah, yeah, yeah. 72 00:03:32,200 --> 00:03:33,200 Mahoney's her name. 73 00:03:33,200 --> 00:03:34,200 Alec Mahoney. 74 00:03:34,200 --> 00:03:35,200 I didn't ask your name. 75 00:03:35,200 --> 00:03:36,200 My, my, you're touchy. 76 00:03:36,200 --> 00:03:37,200 Wouldn't you like to know? 77 00:03:37,200 --> 00:03:40,560 Carry your bag for you. 78 00:03:40,560 --> 00:03:43,160 I can afford a porter. 79 00:03:43,160 --> 00:03:45,120 Oh, I, uh, I'd like to speak to you. 80 00:03:45,120 --> 00:03:46,280 Call me up sometime. 81 00:03:46,280 --> 00:03:47,600 Who killed Jason White? 82 00:03:47,600 --> 00:03:49,600 Cop or reporter? 83 00:03:49,600 --> 00:03:50,600 Why? 84 00:03:50,600 --> 00:03:51,880 You got two different answers? 85 00:03:51,880 --> 00:03:55,800 Look, Mahoney, if you could read, you'd know from the papers I had nothing to do with Jason 86 00:03:55,800 --> 00:03:56,800 White's death. 87 00:03:56,800 --> 00:03:57,800 I never read the papers, honey. 88 00:03:57,800 --> 00:03:58,800 I'm a reporter. 89 00:03:58,800 --> 00:04:00,080 Well, I already gave my interview. 90 00:04:00,080 --> 00:04:01,080 Now, leave me alone, Mahoney. 91 00:04:01,080 --> 00:04:03,080 I went through all this with the Chicago police. 92 00:04:03,080 --> 00:04:04,080 Yeah, yeah, yeah. 93 00:04:04,080 --> 00:04:05,080 I know, I know. 94 00:04:05,080 --> 00:04:06,620 Well, then why the sudden interest? 95 00:04:06,620 --> 00:04:07,620 Because the whole thing smells. 96 00:04:07,620 --> 00:04:08,620 Move, Mahoney. 97 00:04:08,620 --> 00:04:09,620 You're beginning to blow me. 98 00:04:09,620 --> 00:04:14,080 Why were you afraid to tell the police you were at Jason White's apartment the night 99 00:04:14,080 --> 00:04:15,080 he was killed? 100 00:04:15,080 --> 00:04:16,080 What are we playing? 101 00:04:16,080 --> 00:04:17,080 20 questions? 102 00:04:17,080 --> 00:04:18,080 No, no, no, no. 103 00:04:18,080 --> 00:04:19,080 Just, uh, hunches, honey. 104 00:04:19,080 --> 00:04:20,080 Hunches, hmm? 105 00:04:20,080 --> 00:04:23,680 Look, Mahoney, Jason White was a nice guy. 106 00:04:23,680 --> 00:04:24,680 He liked me. 107 00:04:24,680 --> 00:04:25,680 I liked his money. 108 00:04:25,680 --> 00:04:27,800 We got along swell as long as he was spending it on me. 109 00:04:27,800 --> 00:04:29,800 Did you kill him because he stopped spending it? 110 00:04:29,800 --> 00:04:33,480 If that's another hunch, get out of my way before I haul off on you. 111 00:04:33,480 --> 00:04:34,480 Oh, now look, honey. 112 00:04:34,480 --> 00:04:36,720 There's just two things you can do for me. 113 00:04:36,720 --> 00:04:37,720 Drop dead. 114 00:04:37,720 --> 00:04:48,240 Why didn't Phil so good after parting with Mahoney? 115 00:04:48,240 --> 00:04:52,000 He made me feel uneasy, as if he knew something important. 116 00:04:52,000 --> 00:04:56,040 He seemed awfully nosy about who killed Jason White. 117 00:04:56,040 --> 00:04:57,040 He sure would have made a good lawyer. 118 00:04:57,040 --> 00:04:58,040 Besides, he wasn't half bad looking. 119 00:04:58,040 --> 00:05:03,040 Just the same, I hope to never see him again. 120 00:05:03,040 --> 00:05:06,400 I finally got a cab and decided to go straight over to the Blue Hour. 121 00:05:06,400 --> 00:05:10,280 Come to think of it, they didn't have anyone meet me at the airport. 122 00:05:10,280 --> 00:05:14,280 They've got some nerve treating their star attraction that way. 123 00:05:14,280 --> 00:05:16,560 I'd tell them a thing or two. 124 00:05:16,560 --> 00:05:20,160 I couldn't believe my eyes when I took a gander at the Blue Hour. 125 00:05:20,160 --> 00:05:24,120 It was the most beautiful place I ever saw. 126 00:05:24,120 --> 00:05:26,080 Extremely chic. 127 00:05:26,080 --> 00:05:30,760 The walls and ceilings were covered with real satin, and the floors were so clean they glistened. 128 00:05:30,760 --> 00:05:35,600 There were enough mirrors around to pot a 4,000 noses at the same time. 129 00:05:35,600 --> 00:05:39,600 And there was an honest-to-goodness band, ten pieces. 130 00:05:39,600 --> 00:05:41,600 They were rehearsing as I entered. 131 00:05:41,600 --> 00:05:45,840 Oh, anybody would look good on that stage with that music. 132 00:05:45,840 --> 00:05:48,000 And I wasn't going to be the exception. 133 00:05:48,000 --> 00:05:51,200 I was in such a daze, I didn't see him come along inside of me. 134 00:05:51,200 --> 00:05:54,720 But somehow he had the knack of making you feel his presence. 135 00:05:54,720 --> 00:05:55,720 Miss LaPaule? 136 00:05:55,720 --> 00:05:56,720 Oh, yeah. 137 00:05:56,720 --> 00:05:57,720 How did you know? 138 00:05:57,720 --> 00:06:00,120 You're quite famous these days. 139 00:06:00,120 --> 00:06:01,120 I'm Anthony LaCatta. 140 00:06:01,120 --> 00:06:03,640 Pleased to meet you, Mr. LaCatta. 141 00:06:03,640 --> 00:06:05,040 I love your joint. 142 00:06:05,040 --> 00:06:07,480 I mean, the place. 143 00:06:07,480 --> 00:06:08,480 Extremely chic. 144 00:06:08,480 --> 00:06:10,480 I know I'm going to like working here. 145 00:06:10,480 --> 00:06:11,480 I hope so. 146 00:06:11,480 --> 00:06:12,480 Follow me, Miss LaPaule. 147 00:06:12,480 --> 00:06:15,480 Oh, that band is certainly out of this world. 148 00:06:15,480 --> 00:06:17,480 I'm glad you like it. 149 00:06:17,480 --> 00:06:19,480 This way, Miss LaPaule. 150 00:06:19,480 --> 00:06:21,480 I've never seen anything like it. 151 00:06:21,480 --> 00:06:22,480 Won't you sit down? 152 00:06:22,480 --> 00:06:25,480 Thanks, I could use a seat. 153 00:06:25,480 --> 00:06:27,760 Those reporters gave me a good going over this morning. 154 00:06:27,760 --> 00:06:28,760 What'd you tell them? 155 00:06:28,760 --> 00:06:31,200 Well, the usual stuff, like how many offers I had. 156 00:06:31,200 --> 00:06:33,760 And I picked your club because it was the best in town. 157 00:06:33,760 --> 00:06:35,280 And I gave them a couple of good shots. 158 00:06:35,280 --> 00:06:37,080 Did you tell them anything about Jason White? 159 00:06:37,080 --> 00:06:39,160 Well, they were the usual questions. 160 00:06:39,160 --> 00:06:40,160 What usual questions? 161 00:06:40,160 --> 00:06:42,080 Like, did I love him? 162 00:06:42,080 --> 00:06:43,080 Do I miss him? 163 00:06:43,080 --> 00:06:44,880 Do I have any idea who killed him? 164 00:06:44,880 --> 00:06:45,880 Do you? 165 00:06:45,880 --> 00:06:51,080 Look, Mr. LaCatta, I want to be a dancer, not an information, please. 166 00:06:51,080 --> 00:06:54,920 I'm sorry, Miss LaPaule, but I'm very interested in crime. 167 00:06:54,920 --> 00:06:57,000 Unsolved crimes. 168 00:06:57,000 --> 00:06:58,000 Just a hobby. 169 00:06:58,000 --> 00:06:59,000 Cigarette? 170 00:06:59,000 --> 00:07:00,000 Oh, thank you. 171 00:07:00,000 --> 00:07:03,000 When do I start working, Mr. LaCatta? 172 00:07:03,000 --> 00:07:05,000 You're on salary already. 173 00:07:05,000 --> 00:07:06,840 Oh, gee, thank you. 174 00:07:06,840 --> 00:07:08,400 I could start rehearsing right away. 175 00:07:08,400 --> 00:07:09,760 I'd be ready by tomorrow night. 176 00:07:09,760 --> 00:07:14,800 Well, you must be very tired from the ordeal of everything that happened in Chicago. 177 00:07:14,800 --> 00:07:17,640 You take a two-week rest, then we're going to see. 178 00:07:17,640 --> 00:07:18,640 Two weeks? 179 00:07:18,640 --> 00:07:21,920 Well, I'll be deader than a mackerel by then. 180 00:07:21,920 --> 00:07:25,280 Mr. LaCatta, I'm hot as a firecracker now. 181 00:07:25,280 --> 00:07:28,080 How long do you think this publicity can last? 182 00:07:28,080 --> 00:07:30,920 I'm sorry, Miss LaPaule, I don't think it's possible. 183 00:07:30,920 --> 00:07:32,240 You don't think it's possible? 184 00:07:32,240 --> 00:07:34,240 Well, I like that. 185 00:07:34,240 --> 00:07:37,720 I've waited six years for this kind of a chance, and I'm not going to sit on my... 186 00:07:37,720 --> 00:07:40,360 I'm not going to just sit and watch it fizzle out. 187 00:07:40,360 --> 00:07:44,120 Unfortunately, Miss LaPaule, you must be satisfied with the arrangement. 188 00:07:44,120 --> 00:07:45,120 Satisfied my foot. 189 00:07:45,120 --> 00:07:46,400 I'll get a job somewhere else. 190 00:07:46,400 --> 00:07:48,440 You're forgetting one small detail, Miss LaPaule. 191 00:07:48,440 --> 00:07:50,360 You're on the contract to me. 192 00:07:50,360 --> 00:07:51,600 I'm going to see that you stay there. 193 00:07:51,600 --> 00:07:52,960 Well, I don't get it. 194 00:07:52,960 --> 00:07:56,240 You chased me around in Chicago as if I was studded with diamonds. 195 00:07:56,240 --> 00:07:57,240 You are very valuable. 196 00:07:57,240 --> 00:07:58,240 What's the game, LaCatta? 197 00:07:58,240 --> 00:07:59,240 Don't you know? 198 00:07:59,240 --> 00:08:00,240 No, I don't know. 199 00:08:00,240 --> 00:08:06,280 What a shame, Miss LaPaule. 200 00:08:06,280 --> 00:08:19,000 I'm sure that before you finished here, you'll play the game very well. 201 00:08:19,000 --> 00:08:20,480 I didn't like it. 202 00:08:20,480 --> 00:08:25,160 I didn't like it at all because it didn't take a Sam Spade to figure out that the game 203 00:08:25,160 --> 00:08:29,920 he was playing had something to do with a guy I knew called Jason White. 204 00:08:29,920 --> 00:08:47,200 And Jason White was murdered. 205 00:08:47,200 --> 00:08:51,960 For Suspense, Roma Wines are bringing you Miss Claire Trevor in the Blue Hour. 206 00:08:51,960 --> 00:09:01,600 Roma Wines presentation tonight in Radio's Outstanding Theatre of Thrills, Suspense. 207 00:09:01,600 --> 00:09:12,560 Suspense, Radio's Outstanding Theatre of Thrills is presented by Better Tasting, Roma Wines. 208 00:09:12,560 --> 00:09:18,480 That's R-O-M-A, Roma Wines, America's favorite wines. 209 00:09:18,480 --> 00:09:23,400 Have you discovered how much Roma California wines can heighten your enjoyment of everyday 210 00:09:23,400 --> 00:09:24,600 meals? 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238 00:11:27,760 --> 00:11:30,200 I'm Mahoney. 239 00:11:30,200 --> 00:11:34,680 Hello there, beautiful. 240 00:11:34,680 --> 00:11:35,680 Shut up and come in. 241 00:11:35,680 --> 00:11:40,400 Well, I'm honored, Miss LaPaule. 242 00:11:40,400 --> 00:11:43,080 Tell me, is this to be a social visit or a... 243 00:11:43,080 --> 00:11:44,080 I'm scared. 244 00:11:44,080 --> 00:11:45,080 I need help. 245 00:11:45,080 --> 00:11:47,240 Well, your attitude seems to have changed. 246 00:11:47,240 --> 00:11:49,160 Did you see a man outside? 247 00:11:49,160 --> 00:11:50,160 An autograph hunter? 248 00:11:50,160 --> 00:11:51,880 More like a headhunter. 249 00:11:51,880 --> 00:11:54,320 He's planted there to watch me. 250 00:11:54,320 --> 00:11:55,320 Who planted him? 251 00:11:55,320 --> 00:11:57,360 Anthony LaCatta of the Blue Hour. 252 00:11:57,360 --> 00:11:59,360 LaCatta, huh? 253 00:11:59,360 --> 00:12:02,760 Well, this is developing faster than I figured. 254 00:12:02,760 --> 00:12:03,760 He sure is impatient. 255 00:12:03,760 --> 00:12:04,760 Nuts, he's impatient. 256 00:12:04,760 --> 00:12:08,160 He's making me sit around doing nothing for two weeks. 257 00:12:08,160 --> 00:12:09,720 It's some game we're playing. 258 00:12:09,720 --> 00:12:12,760 Only I don't like games and I'm scared. 259 00:12:12,760 --> 00:12:15,760 Well, well, you do have human instincts. 260 00:12:15,760 --> 00:12:18,040 Oh, Mahoney, what's going on? 261 00:12:18,040 --> 00:12:19,920 Why am I involved? 262 00:12:19,920 --> 00:12:21,920 Close the faucet on those crocodile tears, Anthony. 263 00:12:21,920 --> 00:12:23,320 Why don't you believe me? 264 00:12:23,320 --> 00:12:24,840 Because you're not playing square with me. 265 00:12:24,840 --> 00:12:27,680 What do you want from me, Mahoney? 266 00:12:27,680 --> 00:12:28,680 The truth. 267 00:12:28,680 --> 00:12:29,680 Oh, why... 268 00:12:29,680 --> 00:12:32,560 You were in Jason White's apartment the night he was killed. 269 00:12:32,560 --> 00:12:34,560 Weren't you? 270 00:12:34,560 --> 00:12:36,680 Yes, I was. 271 00:12:36,680 --> 00:12:38,640 What were you doing there? 272 00:12:38,640 --> 00:12:40,640 I went to see him. 273 00:12:40,640 --> 00:12:41,640 Oh. 274 00:12:41,640 --> 00:12:43,120 Oh, just like that, huh? 275 00:12:43,120 --> 00:12:45,000 He called me and asked me to come right up. 276 00:12:45,000 --> 00:12:48,440 Do you always run when a man asks you to come up to his apartment? 277 00:12:48,440 --> 00:12:49,440 He sounded frightened. 278 00:12:49,440 --> 00:12:51,440 He told me to hurry. 279 00:12:51,440 --> 00:12:55,080 I grabbed a taxi and got there as fast as I could. 280 00:12:55,080 --> 00:12:59,960 I knocked several times, but there was no answer, so I walked in. 281 00:12:59,960 --> 00:13:05,080 Every light in the place was lit and every chair, table and drawer was upset. 282 00:13:05,080 --> 00:13:07,080 You know that from the newspaper stories. 283 00:13:07,080 --> 00:13:10,760 Jason was sitting in the one and only chair left upright. 284 00:13:10,760 --> 00:13:13,160 I remember he smiled as I walked in. 285 00:13:13,160 --> 00:13:18,520 You got here very quickly, my dear. 286 00:13:18,520 --> 00:13:19,960 Thank you. 287 00:13:19,960 --> 00:13:21,920 Jason, what happened? 288 00:13:21,920 --> 00:13:22,920 What's been going on here? 289 00:13:22,920 --> 00:13:23,920 Oh, forget about that. 290 00:13:23,920 --> 00:13:27,160 Come over here beside me. 291 00:13:27,160 --> 00:13:28,600 I don't understand this. 292 00:13:28,600 --> 00:13:29,600 Never mind, my dear. 293 00:13:29,600 --> 00:13:30,600 It's unimportant. 294 00:13:30,600 --> 00:13:33,360 Listen to me carefully. 295 00:13:33,360 --> 00:13:34,360 You sound sick. 296 00:13:34,360 --> 00:13:35,360 What's the matter? 297 00:13:35,360 --> 00:13:36,360 Nothing, my dear. 298 00:13:36,360 --> 00:13:37,360 Don't worry. 299 00:13:37,360 --> 00:13:38,360 Here, take this. 300 00:13:38,360 --> 00:13:39,360 It's a bottle of perfume. 301 00:13:39,360 --> 00:13:49,800 Yes, I've had it for you for a long time, but like most men, I forgot to give it to you. 302 00:13:49,800 --> 00:13:50,800 Take it now. 303 00:13:50,800 --> 00:13:52,800 You mean you had me rush all the way up here for this? 304 00:13:52,800 --> 00:13:53,800 What's the gag? 305 00:13:53,800 --> 00:13:54,800 Jason, Jason, you're bleeding. 306 00:13:54,800 --> 00:13:55,800 You've been hurt. 307 00:13:55,800 --> 00:13:56,800 I'll call a doctor. 308 00:13:56,800 --> 00:13:57,800 No, Lois, please don't do that. 309 00:13:57,800 --> 00:13:58,800 I'd rather have it this way. 310 00:13:58,800 --> 00:13:59,800 Who did it, Jason? 311 00:13:59,800 --> 00:14:00,800 I don't know. 312 00:14:00,800 --> 00:14:01,800 Lois promised me one thing. 313 00:14:01,800 --> 00:14:02,800 Don't open that bottle of perfume until they catch and convict whoever attacked me. 314 00:14:02,800 --> 00:14:03,800 If you do, your life will be in danger. 315 00:14:03,800 --> 00:14:04,800 I promised Jason. 316 00:14:04,800 --> 00:14:05,800 You'd better go now. 317 00:14:05,800 --> 00:14:06,800 I'll see you soon. 318 00:14:06,800 --> 00:14:07,800 I'll see you soon. 319 00:14:07,800 --> 00:14:08,800 I'll see you soon. 320 00:14:08,800 --> 00:14:09,800 I'll see you soon. 321 00:14:09,800 --> 00:14:10,800 I'll see you soon. 322 00:14:10,800 --> 00:14:11,800 I'll see you soon. 323 00:14:11,800 --> 00:14:12,800 I'll see you soon. 324 00:14:12,800 --> 00:14:13,800 I'll see you soon. 325 00:14:13,800 --> 00:14:24,800 I'll see you soon. 326 00:14:24,800 --> 00:14:39,800 I'll see you soon. 327 00:14:39,800 --> 00:14:51,300 Jason, Jason. 328 00:14:51,300 --> 00:14:53,560 And that's exactly what happened, Mahoney, I swear. 329 00:14:53,560 --> 00:14:55,320 Do you still have that bottle of perfume? 330 00:14:55,320 --> 00:14:56,320 Of course I have. 331 00:14:56,320 --> 00:14:57,320 May I see it? 332 00:14:57,320 --> 00:14:58,320 Thinking of using it? 333 00:14:58,320 --> 00:14:59,320 Perhaps. 334 00:14:59,320 --> 00:15:03,320 I keep it in my makeup kit. 335 00:15:03,320 --> 00:15:05,320 Here. 336 00:15:05,320 --> 00:15:08,320 Wow. 337 00:15:08,320 --> 00:15:09,320 Very interesting. 338 00:15:09,320 --> 00:15:11,320 Did you notice the name of this perfume? 339 00:15:11,320 --> 00:15:12,320 Yeah, it's in French. 340 00:15:12,320 --> 00:15:15,320 I have a hard enough time with my English. 341 00:15:15,320 --> 00:15:16,320 Le Bleu. 342 00:15:16,320 --> 00:15:17,320 Huh? 343 00:15:17,320 --> 00:15:18,320 Sounds like your tongue got stuck. 344 00:15:18,320 --> 00:15:19,320 Oh, I get by, honey. 345 00:15:19,320 --> 00:15:20,320 I get by. 346 00:15:20,320 --> 00:15:22,840 Bleu means the hour and bleu means blue. 347 00:15:22,840 --> 00:15:25,320 The hour blue, or better known as the blue hour. 348 00:15:25,320 --> 00:15:26,320 The blue hour? 349 00:15:26,320 --> 00:15:28,320 That's the same name as the nightclub. 350 00:15:28,320 --> 00:15:30,440 Well, well, well, you catch on fast, don't you? 351 00:15:30,440 --> 00:15:32,440 And here's something else for you to mull over. 352 00:15:32,440 --> 00:15:35,320 Jason White bought a diamond in Antwerp in 1929 called the blue hour. 353 00:15:35,320 --> 00:15:38,320 It was called that because it was a perfect blue white stone worth about a half a million 354 00:15:38,320 --> 00:15:39,320 bucks. 355 00:15:39,320 --> 00:15:40,320 Holy mackerel. 356 00:15:40,320 --> 00:15:42,320 Now, do you know what's in this bottle? 357 00:15:42,320 --> 00:15:43,320 Perfume? 358 00:15:43,320 --> 00:15:47,320 If you're telling the truth, honey, the blue hour diamond is floating around in there. 359 00:15:47,320 --> 00:15:51,320 You mean 500 grand worth of...oh, brother. 360 00:15:51,320 --> 00:15:52,320 Yeah. 361 00:15:52,320 --> 00:15:54,320 Well, we'll find out in just a minute. 362 00:15:54,320 --> 00:15:55,320 No, no, don't. 363 00:15:55,320 --> 00:15:59,320 I told you what Jason said about my life being in danger if that's open before his murderer 364 00:15:59,320 --> 00:16:00,320 is convicted. 365 00:16:00,320 --> 00:16:02,320 Sugar face, your life is already in danger. 366 00:16:02,320 --> 00:16:04,320 Well, cross your fingers. 367 00:16:04,320 --> 00:16:07,320 Here goes. 368 00:16:07,320 --> 00:16:11,320 Oh, my holy. 369 00:16:11,320 --> 00:16:15,320 Oh, brother, look at that thing dazzle. 370 00:16:15,320 --> 00:16:18,320 Oh, gee, it's beautiful. 371 00:16:18,320 --> 00:16:20,320 So that's the blue hour diamond. 372 00:16:20,320 --> 00:16:24,320 Boy, on my finger would that look extremely chic. 373 00:16:24,320 --> 00:16:25,320 Look, baby. 374 00:16:25,320 --> 00:16:29,320 Look, if you want to live to enjoy it, we've got to beat the early bird to the worm. 375 00:16:29,320 --> 00:16:30,320 Now, here. 376 00:16:30,320 --> 00:16:31,320 Sit down here. 377 00:16:31,320 --> 00:16:33,320 You've got a full evening in front of you, honey. 378 00:16:33,320 --> 00:16:43,320 Now, here, here's what you're going to do. 379 00:16:43,320 --> 00:16:46,320 Alec wasn't kidding when he said we had a full evening in front of us. 380 00:16:46,320 --> 00:16:49,320 He had a plan and I had to memorize it. 381 00:16:49,320 --> 00:16:51,320 I was going to do some acting. 382 00:16:51,320 --> 00:16:53,320 And here I come to New York to be a dancer. 383 00:16:53,320 --> 00:16:58,320 I was so mixed up with all that happened, I wasn't sure of anything except that I fell 384 00:16:58,320 --> 00:17:00,320 in love with Alec Mahoney. 385 00:17:00,320 --> 00:17:06,320 He didn't know it yet, but as soon as things were settled, I was going to let him know. 386 00:17:06,320 --> 00:17:10,320 Meanwhile, I felt that Mahoney was staging a play and I was his leading lady. 387 00:17:10,320 --> 00:17:15,320 He said things, had me repeat them till I thought I'd scream, but he assured me one 388 00:17:15,320 --> 00:17:17,320 mistake would be fatal. 389 00:17:17,320 --> 00:17:20,320 He then picked out my chicest evening gown and had me put it on. 390 00:17:20,320 --> 00:17:25,320 I thought I detected a gleam in his eye as I paraded before him, but he pulled himself 391 00:17:25,320 --> 00:17:29,320 together, gave me a quick pat on the shoulder and left. 392 00:17:29,320 --> 00:17:31,320 I waited ten minutes by the clock. 393 00:17:31,320 --> 00:17:35,320 We still had LaCava's fair-haired boy waiting outside. 394 00:17:35,320 --> 00:17:38,320 I then opened the door noisily and stepped out. 395 00:17:38,320 --> 00:17:40,320 Hey, you going someplace? 396 00:17:40,320 --> 00:17:42,320 Look, stupid, I'm going down to the Blue Hour. 397 00:17:42,320 --> 00:17:45,320 If you want to come along, just fall in line behind Teacher. 398 00:17:45,320 --> 00:17:47,320 Net-ta! 399 00:17:47,320 --> 00:17:49,320 Tommy. 400 00:17:49,320 --> 00:17:51,320 Good evening, Mr. LaCatta. 401 00:17:51,320 --> 00:17:53,320 What are you doing here? 402 00:17:53,320 --> 00:17:55,320 I came to see you. 403 00:17:55,320 --> 00:17:57,320 Was it something you didn't understand this afternoon? 404 00:17:57,320 --> 00:17:59,320 On the contrary. 405 00:17:59,320 --> 00:18:01,320 It was all too clear. 406 00:18:01,320 --> 00:18:04,320 Aren't you going to ask me to sit down, Tony? 407 00:18:04,320 --> 00:18:06,320 Sit down. 408 00:18:06,320 --> 00:18:08,320 And don't call me Tony. 409 00:18:08,320 --> 00:18:10,320 I'm going to ask you to sit down. 410 00:18:10,320 --> 00:18:12,320 I'm going to ask you to sit down. 411 00:18:12,320 --> 00:18:14,320 I'm going to ask you to sit down. 412 00:18:14,320 --> 00:18:16,320 I'm going to ask you to sit down. 413 00:18:16,320 --> 00:18:18,320 And don't call me Tony. My name's Anthony. 414 00:18:18,320 --> 00:18:20,320 I'm sorry, Anthony. 415 00:18:22,320 --> 00:18:24,320 You look pretty good for a second-rater. 416 00:18:24,320 --> 00:18:26,320 See, I'm flattered. 417 00:18:26,320 --> 00:18:28,320 I still don't know why you're here. 418 00:18:28,320 --> 00:18:31,320 I came to play the game. 419 00:18:31,320 --> 00:18:33,320 I see. 420 00:18:33,320 --> 00:18:35,320 What caused this sudden change of mind? 421 00:18:35,320 --> 00:18:38,320 It's a woman's prerogative, isn't it? 422 00:18:38,320 --> 00:18:40,320 Maybe. 423 00:18:40,320 --> 00:18:43,320 You see, I know something about you. 424 00:18:43,320 --> 00:18:45,320 And I think you've guessed something about me. 425 00:18:45,320 --> 00:18:47,320 Stop beating around the bush. 426 00:18:47,320 --> 00:18:49,320 All right, Anthony. 427 00:18:49,320 --> 00:18:51,320 I know you killed Jason White. 428 00:18:51,320 --> 00:18:55,320 For the dumb babe, you think you know an awful lot. 429 00:18:55,320 --> 00:18:58,320 I was in the room when you killed Jason. 430 00:18:58,320 --> 00:19:00,320 Can you prove it? 431 00:19:00,320 --> 00:19:02,320 If I tried hard enough, I might be able to. 432 00:19:02,320 --> 00:19:04,320 But that's not why I'm here. 433 00:19:04,320 --> 00:19:08,320 Then what did cause this social visit? 434 00:19:08,320 --> 00:19:11,320 I think you know I have the Blue Hour Diamond. 435 00:19:11,320 --> 00:19:13,320 I have. 436 00:19:13,320 --> 00:19:16,320 Put your eyes back in your head, Anthony. 437 00:19:16,320 --> 00:19:18,320 So you do have it. 438 00:19:18,320 --> 00:19:20,320 Up to this point, you only thought I had it. 439 00:19:20,320 --> 00:19:21,320 Isn't that right? 440 00:19:21,320 --> 00:19:22,320 What's the deal? 441 00:19:22,320 --> 00:19:24,320 I'll make it short and simple. 442 00:19:24,320 --> 00:19:26,320 I need money. 443 00:19:26,320 --> 00:19:28,320 I couldn't possibly pass that rock. 444 00:19:28,320 --> 00:19:30,320 You know your way around. 445 00:19:30,320 --> 00:19:31,320 Pass it. 446 00:19:31,320 --> 00:19:33,320 Split 50-50. 447 00:19:33,320 --> 00:19:35,320 And I'll forget I ever saw you in Jason's apartment. 448 00:19:35,320 --> 00:19:37,320 I never said I was there. 449 00:19:37,320 --> 00:19:38,320 So you didn't. 450 00:19:38,320 --> 00:19:39,320 Give me the diamond. 451 00:19:39,320 --> 00:19:40,320 Don't be stupid. 452 00:19:40,320 --> 00:19:41,320 I never carry it around. 453 00:19:41,320 --> 00:19:42,320 It's too heavy. 454 00:19:42,320 --> 00:19:43,320 Where is it? 455 00:19:43,320 --> 00:19:45,320 Come to my apartment in about half an hour, 456 00:19:45,320 --> 00:19:48,320 and come yourself, Anthony. 457 00:19:48,320 --> 00:19:50,320 Leave that hairy ape home. 458 00:19:50,320 --> 00:19:53,320 If there's any funny business, you'll never get it. 459 00:19:53,320 --> 00:19:54,320 I'll be there. 460 00:19:54,320 --> 00:19:55,320 I'll own. 461 00:19:55,320 --> 00:19:57,320 I'm sure you'll do as I say, Anthony, 462 00:19:57,320 --> 00:20:00,320 because that diamond must mean a lot to you. 463 00:20:00,320 --> 00:20:03,320 After all, you committed murder for it. 464 00:20:03,320 --> 00:20:05,320 When I left the carter's office, 465 00:20:05,320 --> 00:20:08,320 the taxi back to my apartment felt like a Turkish bath. 466 00:20:08,320 --> 00:20:12,320 But so far, everything went exactly as Mahoney said it would. 467 00:20:12,320 --> 00:20:14,320 He would have been proud of me. 468 00:20:14,320 --> 00:20:16,320 I didn't muffle on. 469 00:20:16,320 --> 00:20:20,320 Now, the worst that could happen to me was getting killed. 470 00:20:20,320 --> 00:20:22,320 The prospect of this didn't appeal at all. 471 00:20:22,320 --> 00:20:26,320 Besides, it took me 25 years to find a guy like Mahoney. 472 00:20:26,320 --> 00:20:28,320 I was a little girl. 473 00:20:28,320 --> 00:20:30,320 I was a little boy. 474 00:20:30,320 --> 00:20:34,320 Besides, it took me 25 years to find a guy like Mahoney. 475 00:20:34,320 --> 00:20:37,320 I wanted to stay around and enjoy him. 476 00:20:37,320 --> 00:20:39,320 Once I got back to my apartment, 477 00:20:39,320 --> 00:20:41,320 I had nothing to do but wait for the carter. 478 00:20:41,320 --> 00:20:44,320 That's like waiting for poison to take effect. 479 00:20:44,320 --> 00:20:47,320 I turned on every light and the radio. 480 00:20:47,320 --> 00:20:50,320 I figured the soft music would help my nerves relax. 481 00:20:50,320 --> 00:20:52,320 It didn't. 482 00:20:52,320 --> 00:20:54,320 I smoked 16 cigarettes. 483 00:20:54,320 --> 00:20:56,320 I know, I counted them. 484 00:20:56,320 --> 00:20:58,320 I was sitting there trying to keep my mind, 485 00:20:58,320 --> 00:21:00,320 as it is, off of unpleasant things. 486 00:21:00,320 --> 00:21:03,320 And then...then I heard it. 487 00:21:03,320 --> 00:21:05,320 It was the window opening. 488 00:21:05,320 --> 00:21:08,320 Very softly in my bedroom. 489 00:21:08,320 --> 00:21:11,320 Somebody had come up the fire escape into my room. 490 00:21:11,320 --> 00:21:13,320 I should have known that the carter wouldn't take a chance 491 00:21:13,320 --> 00:21:15,320 and come to see me alone like I told him. 492 00:21:15,320 --> 00:21:17,320 He had one of his gorillas in my other room 493 00:21:17,320 --> 00:21:19,320 to make sure that I'd be in his power. 494 00:21:19,320 --> 00:21:21,320 This apparently had not occurred to Mahoney, 495 00:21:21,320 --> 00:21:23,320 who thought he was so smart. 496 00:21:23,320 --> 00:21:27,320 I got up from the couch and stood there listening. 497 00:21:27,320 --> 00:21:29,320 The guy in there was coming closer 498 00:21:29,320 --> 00:21:31,320 because I heard him knock my sewing basket over. 499 00:21:31,320 --> 00:21:33,320 I looked around for an effective weapon. 500 00:21:33,320 --> 00:21:35,320 Then I spotted it. 501 00:21:35,320 --> 00:21:38,320 Just the thing. My big makeup case. 502 00:21:38,320 --> 00:21:41,320 I picked it up, hefted it, 503 00:21:41,320 --> 00:21:43,320 and I quietly kicked off my shoes 504 00:21:43,320 --> 00:21:45,320 and strolled over to the bedroom doorway. 505 00:21:45,320 --> 00:21:47,320 I leaned back against the wall out of sight 506 00:21:47,320 --> 00:21:49,320 as the door started to open. 507 00:21:49,320 --> 00:21:51,320 I could see that big gorilla standing there 508 00:21:51,320 --> 00:21:54,320 with a gun in the dark, with his hat pulled down over his face. 509 00:21:54,320 --> 00:21:56,320 Then he started to push his face out into the room. 510 00:21:56,320 --> 00:21:58,320 Now look. 511 00:21:58,320 --> 00:22:00,320 He fell back into the bedroom, 512 00:22:00,320 --> 00:22:04,320 and I shut the door and stood there. 513 00:22:04,320 --> 00:22:09,320 Oh, Mahoney, wherever you are, don't fail me now. 514 00:22:09,320 --> 00:22:11,320 Who is it? 515 00:22:11,320 --> 00:22:13,320 La Cara. 516 00:22:13,320 --> 00:22:15,320 Oh, come in, Anthony. 517 00:22:15,320 --> 00:22:17,320 I'm glad to see your prompt. 518 00:22:17,320 --> 00:22:19,320 It's a sign of good upbringing. 519 00:22:19,320 --> 00:22:21,320 You've got to play that radio. 520 00:22:21,320 --> 00:22:23,320 Oh, I'm sorry. 521 00:22:23,320 --> 00:22:26,320 You shouldn't keep such late hours, Anthony. 522 00:22:26,320 --> 00:22:27,320 It's making you nervous. 523 00:22:27,320 --> 00:22:28,320 Where's the diamond? 524 00:22:28,320 --> 00:22:30,320 Gee, you're in a hurry. Got a date? 525 00:22:30,320 --> 00:22:31,320 I've got to get back to the club. 526 00:22:31,320 --> 00:22:33,320 All right, Anthony, but remember, 527 00:22:33,320 --> 00:22:35,320 I don't care what you do with the diamond. 528 00:22:35,320 --> 00:22:37,320 I just want 250 grand. 529 00:22:37,320 --> 00:22:39,320 Our share, is that clear? 530 00:22:39,320 --> 00:22:40,320 You'll get your share. 531 00:22:40,320 --> 00:22:42,320 Good. Here's the diamond. 532 00:22:42,320 --> 00:22:45,320 Had it in my handbag all evening. 533 00:22:45,320 --> 00:22:48,320 Oh, the blue hour. 534 00:22:48,320 --> 00:22:50,320 I saw it only once, 535 00:22:50,320 --> 00:22:53,320 but I knew then that someday I'd have to have it. 536 00:22:53,320 --> 00:22:57,320 You saw an ant trip in 1929. Isn't that right, Anthony? 537 00:22:57,320 --> 00:22:58,320 How do you know? 538 00:22:58,320 --> 00:22:59,320 I have a crystal ball. 539 00:22:59,320 --> 00:23:00,320 You know too much. 540 00:23:00,320 --> 00:23:02,320 Not any more than you do now, Anthony. 541 00:23:02,320 --> 00:23:05,320 What was that reporter Mahoney doing here this evening? 542 00:23:05,320 --> 00:23:06,320 Mahoney? I don't recall. 543 00:23:06,320 --> 00:23:08,320 My man told me he was here. 544 00:23:08,320 --> 00:23:09,320 Oh, oh, yeah, yeah. 545 00:23:09,320 --> 00:23:12,320 He came for an exclusive interview of my life. 546 00:23:12,320 --> 00:23:15,320 Did he tell you it was going to end tonight? 547 00:23:15,320 --> 00:23:16,320 No. 548 00:23:16,320 --> 00:23:18,320 You think for one minute I was going to let you run loose, 549 00:23:18,320 --> 00:23:20,320 knowing what you do about me. 550 00:23:20,320 --> 00:23:23,320 I still don't know how you could have been in that apartment 551 00:23:23,320 --> 00:23:24,320 when I had to kill Jason. 552 00:23:24,320 --> 00:23:26,320 So you did kill him. Mahoney was right. 553 00:23:26,320 --> 00:23:29,320 Oh, Mahoney. I thought so. 554 00:23:29,320 --> 00:23:31,320 Only don't count on him, sister, 555 00:23:31,320 --> 00:23:33,320 because my boys are out looking for him now. 556 00:23:33,320 --> 00:23:37,320 Anthony, let's talk this over, huh? 557 00:23:37,320 --> 00:23:40,320 You can keep the diamond. It's yours. 558 00:23:40,320 --> 00:23:43,320 You should have stuck to those clip joints back in Chicago. 559 00:23:43,320 --> 00:23:44,320 That's where you belong. 560 00:23:44,320 --> 00:23:45,320 No. No! 561 00:23:45,320 --> 00:23:49,320 There you're press... 562 00:23:49,320 --> 00:23:51,320 Lois. Lois, are you all right? 563 00:23:51,320 --> 00:23:53,320 It's me, Mahoney. Mahoney. 564 00:23:53,320 --> 00:23:55,320 Are you all right, beautiful? Are you all right? 565 00:23:55,320 --> 00:23:56,320 I'm alive. 566 00:23:56,320 --> 00:23:57,320 Oh, good. 567 00:23:57,320 --> 00:24:00,320 Well, what did you have to hit me on the head for, you big dope? 568 00:24:00,320 --> 00:24:01,320 Was that you? 569 00:24:01,320 --> 00:24:03,320 Oh, you know, I almost didn't make it. 570 00:24:03,320 --> 00:24:06,320 Well, I never would have spoken to you again, Mahoney. 571 00:24:06,320 --> 00:24:09,320 In fact, I never would have spoken to anybody again, would I? 572 00:24:09,320 --> 00:24:11,320 Oh, you're going to be all right now, honey. 573 00:24:11,320 --> 00:24:13,320 I must have lost four pounds tonight. 574 00:24:13,320 --> 00:24:16,320 Well, I never heard a woman complain about that before. 575 00:24:16,320 --> 00:24:19,320 Come on. Come on, get up, honey. You're all right. 576 00:24:19,320 --> 00:24:21,320 You're not hurt. 577 00:24:21,320 --> 00:24:22,320 Hey, what's wrong? 578 00:24:22,320 --> 00:24:25,320 Nothing. I'm just saying my prayers. 579 00:24:37,320 --> 00:24:40,320 Okay, Miss LaPaule, would you mind facing the sun 580 00:24:40,320 --> 00:24:42,320 just a little more so we can see the sparkle? 581 00:24:42,320 --> 00:24:43,320 That's it. 582 00:24:43,320 --> 00:24:46,320 Hey, are you going to collect the reward for turning up White's killer? 583 00:24:46,320 --> 00:24:48,320 Yeah, Miss LaPaule, what about that? 584 00:24:48,320 --> 00:24:51,320 Well, I didn't turn him up. Somebody else did. 585 00:24:51,320 --> 00:24:52,320 Not the way I heard it. 586 00:24:52,320 --> 00:24:54,320 Well, why are you going back to Chicago all of a sudden? 587 00:24:54,320 --> 00:24:57,320 Oh, that's all, boys. I'm sorry. 588 00:24:57,320 --> 00:24:58,320 Well, goodbye, Miss LaPaule. 589 00:24:58,320 --> 00:25:01,320 Bye. Bye. 590 00:25:03,320 --> 00:25:07,320 Well, now you're really famous, aren't you? 591 00:25:07,320 --> 00:25:12,320 Mahoney, I thought when I didn't hear from you, I thought... 592 00:25:12,320 --> 00:25:14,320 Well, I've been busy. 593 00:25:14,320 --> 00:25:17,320 You didn't think I was going to let you run out on me, did you? 594 00:25:17,320 --> 00:25:22,320 Oh, that. I never really thought about it one way or the other. 595 00:25:22,320 --> 00:25:23,320 No? 596 00:25:23,320 --> 00:25:28,320 No, I'm still extremely angry with you, as you may well imagine. 597 00:25:28,320 --> 00:25:30,320 You haven't even bothered to explain. 598 00:25:30,320 --> 00:25:33,320 Well, honey, it was this way. 599 00:25:33,320 --> 00:25:35,320 LaCotta was with Jason White on his trip to Antwerp, 600 00:25:35,320 --> 00:25:37,320 and he saw Jason buy the Blue Hour Diamond. 601 00:25:37,320 --> 00:25:40,320 He offered him all sorts of dough for it, but he wouldn't sell. 602 00:25:40,320 --> 00:25:42,320 And LaCotta never got over it. 603 00:25:42,320 --> 00:25:44,320 Holy mackerel. 604 00:25:44,320 --> 00:25:46,320 Well, he's over it now. 605 00:25:46,320 --> 00:25:49,320 There's just one thing I want to know from you, Mahoney. 606 00:25:49,320 --> 00:25:52,320 How did you know LaCotta killed Jason White? 607 00:25:52,320 --> 00:25:53,320 Why, I didn't. 608 00:25:53,320 --> 00:25:57,320 You... you... you mean everything I did? 609 00:25:57,320 --> 00:26:00,320 Risking my life, playing games with a maniac, 610 00:26:00,320 --> 00:26:01,320 was it all because you had a hunch? 611 00:26:01,320 --> 00:26:04,320 That's right, baby. Never go wrong, Mahoney. 612 00:26:04,320 --> 00:26:06,320 Oh! 613 00:26:06,320 --> 00:26:10,320 Well, what are you going to do now, beautiful? 614 00:26:10,320 --> 00:26:12,320 You're a rich woman now, you know. 615 00:26:12,320 --> 00:26:13,320 How do you think that? 616 00:26:13,320 --> 00:26:15,320 Well, the diamond legally belongs to you. 617 00:26:15,320 --> 00:26:17,320 I think it would hold up in court. 618 00:26:17,320 --> 00:26:19,320 Well, I know one thing for sure. 619 00:26:19,320 --> 00:26:21,320 I'm giving up the ballet. 620 00:26:21,320 --> 00:26:25,320 And for two things, I think I'll get married. 621 00:26:25,320 --> 00:26:29,320 Oh. Society, I suppose. 622 00:26:29,320 --> 00:26:32,320 Holy mackerel, you're a big dope, Mahoney. 623 00:26:32,320 --> 00:26:37,320 It takes a lot of courage for a girl to do what I'm about to do. 624 00:26:37,320 --> 00:26:39,320 Will you marry me? 625 00:26:39,320 --> 00:26:43,320 Oh, I suppose so. 626 00:26:43,320 --> 00:27:08,320 Oh, you sure? 627 00:27:08,320 --> 00:27:10,320 Suspense! 628 00:27:10,320 --> 00:27:14,320 Two Hour, starring Claire Trevor, presented by Roma Wines. 629 00:27:14,320 --> 00:27:17,320 That's R-O-M-A, Roma Wines, 630 00:27:17,320 --> 00:27:22,320 selected from the world's greatest reserves of fine wines. 631 00:27:22,320 --> 00:27:27,320 You get more enjoyment for your money when you serve Roma Wines, 632 00:27:27,320 --> 00:27:31,320 because Roma makes absolutely sure of better taste 633 00:27:31,320 --> 00:27:35,320 by pressing only the choicest California grapes, 634 00:27:35,320 --> 00:27:39,320 then with age-old skills and wine-making resources 635 00:27:39,320 --> 00:27:41,320 unmatched in America. 636 00:27:41,320 --> 00:27:44,320 Roma master ventners guide this luscious grape treasure 637 00:27:44,320 --> 00:27:48,320 unhurriedly to taste perfection. 638 00:27:48,320 --> 00:27:53,320 These finer wines are laid aside with mellow Roma wines of years before, 639 00:27:53,320 --> 00:27:57,320 and from these, Roma later selects for your pleasure. 640 00:27:57,320 --> 00:28:01,320 This weekend, treat your family and friends to glorious, 641 00:28:01,320 --> 00:28:06,320 nut-like Roma sherry, fruity Roma port, or mellow Roma muscatel. 642 00:28:06,320 --> 00:28:09,320 You'll enjoy these fine Roma wines, 643 00:28:09,320 --> 00:28:13,320 so delicious, so inexpensive, too. 644 00:28:13,320 --> 00:28:17,320 That's why Roma, that's R-O-M-A, Roma Wines, 645 00:28:17,320 --> 00:28:21,320 are America's largest selling wines. 646 00:28:21,320 --> 00:28:24,320 Miss Trevor will next be seen in the independent artist production, 647 00:28:24,320 --> 00:28:26,320 The Velvet Touch. 648 00:28:26,320 --> 00:28:29,320 Tonight's play was by Marty Schwartz. 649 00:28:29,320 --> 00:28:35,320 Next Thursday, you will hear Kirk Douglas as star of Suspense! 650 00:28:35,320 --> 00:28:37,320 Produced and directed by William Spear 651 00:28:37,320 --> 00:28:41,320 for the Roma Wine Company of Fresno, California. 652 00:28:41,320 --> 00:28:52,320 Daylight saving time ends in certain areas September the 28th. 653 00:28:52,320 --> 00:28:56,320 This may change the time at which Suspense is heard in your community. 654 00:28:56,320 --> 00:28:59,320 Please check your local newspaper for the time at which this program 655 00:28:59,320 --> 00:29:14,320 will be heard next Thursday and each Thursday thereafter. 656 00:29:14,320 --> 00:29:17,320 In the coming weeks, Suspense will present such stars as Louis Jourdan, 657 00:29:17,320 --> 00:29:20,320 Agnes Moorhead, and others. 658 00:29:20,320 --> 00:29:23,320 Make it a point to listen each Thursday to Suspense! 659 00:29:23,320 --> 00:29:31,320 Radio's outstanding theatre of thrills. 660 00:29:31,320 --> 00:29:54,320 This is CBS The Columbia Broadcasting System.