WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:20.000 Suspense. 00:20.000 --> 00:26.160 Auto Light and its 96,000 dealers present tonight two stars, Mr. Charles Lawton and 00:26.160 --> 00:32.160 Miss June Havoc in Blind Date, a suspense play produced and edited by William Spear. 00:32.160 --> 00:40.440 Say, Hap, have you heard the one about the car that lost its head in a clutch, 00:40.440 --> 00:45.200 got its block knocked off and hasn't had a break since? Slow down, Harlow, that story won't hold 00:45.200 --> 00:49.520 water. Well, maybe not, but here's one that will, the story of the Auto Light Stayful Battery, 00:49.520 --> 00:54.520 the battery that needs water only three times a year in normal car use. Auto Light Stayful 00:54.520 --> 00:58.640 Batteries with their greater liquid reserve help to eliminate one of the major causes of 00:58.640 --> 01:03.040 battery failure. Still more, Harlow? 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Say, just what do you mean 02:00.480 --> 02:04.560 coming into a lady's dressing room without knocking? Hi, cutie. I never heard of a 02:04.560 --> 02:09.000 cowboy who didn't know how to say, are you decent? Oh, relax, relax. Take it easy. We 02:09.000 --> 02:13.240 can't all be double-jointed. All right, what do you want? He's outside. Who is outside? 02:13.240 --> 02:17.320 Oh, some John you won't like. Says he's got a date with you. Oh, baby, you're closing the 02:17.320 --> 02:21.400 night. Tomorrow you'll be in far-off Detroit. Then you'll wish you'd done the loop with me 02:21.400 --> 02:26.160 once. Come on, let you and me do our own circuit tonight. I have a date. Thank you. Oh. Now, 02:26.160 --> 02:30.280 will you go out and tell him to come in, if you please? You can do better than him. Yeah? 02:30.280 --> 02:37.000 Yeah. Me. Oh. Oh, you know, you got real talent, honey. You need somebody to watch out for you. 02:37.000 --> 02:41.240 In the profession, I mean. Now, what's a cute little trick like you taking fourth billing to 02:41.240 --> 02:46.520 a lot of hoofers? Look. Oh, Gloria, baby, this is your last night. I told you before, 02:46.520 --> 02:51.120 I don't like to be touched by you or anybody else. You need to think you mean it. Get out of here. 02:51.120 --> 02:58.000 Okay, okay. Your stage door, Johnny, ain't gonna be no improvement. Believe me. The idea, 02:58.000 --> 03:08.000 the very idea. Doggone it. Where did I put that? I believe I'm on time. The clock on the 03:08.000 --> 03:14.920 regular tower has just struck 11. I'm Vincent Hawthorne. Oh, yes. She walks in beauty like the 03:14.920 --> 03:21.840 night of cloudless climbs and starry skies. Huh? Come again? I'm not what you expected, 03:21.840 --> 03:28.800 of course. Won't you come in, Mr. Hawthorne? Here, let me take your hat, Mr. Hawthorne. 03:28.800 --> 03:33.360 I'll only be a minute. I'm leaving Chicago. I close tonight, you know, Detroit tomorrow. 03:33.360 --> 03:41.600 I was delayed at packing and all. I'm not quite dressed. Props, anyway. A theatrical trunk. This 03:41.600 --> 03:51.240 is a big thrill to me. Gloria Le Fay. Theater. Rush. Gloria Le Fay. Trends in bends. Yeah, 03:51.240 --> 03:57.800 that's me. Well, well, this is my first experience in meeting an artist. Wow, really? Gloria. It's a 03:57.800 --> 04:03.920 lovely name, Gloria. It fits you. You're a very lovely girl. I, I, I... She had a woman's mouth 04:03.920 --> 04:11.440 with all its pearls complete. And for her eyes, what could such eyes do there but weep and weep 04:11.440 --> 04:18.480 that they were born so fair. Well, it's something of your own. I only wish it were. There's a narrative 04:18.480 --> 04:22.880 poem of Keats about a woman who turned into a serpent. Well, gee, that's a cheerful little 04:22.880 --> 04:30.480 earful, I must say. And what do you got there? That's a flower, a rose for you here. Oh, thanks. 04:30.480 --> 04:36.120 Yeah, I like roses. I thought it looked nice in your hair, Gloria. Oh, yeah, well, thanks. Thanks a 04:36.120 --> 04:43.800 lot. That's real nice. For your hair, yes. And this. Now, this is something for both of us. Is that 04:43.800 --> 04:50.120 whiskey? No, no, hardly. It's wine. It's shabby. It is a fine bouquet. Should lend a note of cheer 04:50.120 --> 04:56.720 to our little dressing room. And two glasses. Gee, I thought of everything. Fine wine should always 04:56.720 --> 05:01.520 be sipped from crystal, don't you think? I planned on going out. Oh, yes, certainly, but I thought... 05:01.520 --> 05:10.720 I'll only be a minute. I'll finish dressing behind the screen. Same, Mr. Hawthorne. Oh, yes? What's 05:10.720 --> 05:17.920 your first name? Vincent, my dear. Oh, say Vincent. Oh, thank you. Vincent, just so we get everything 05:17.920 --> 05:25.280 clear on both sides, I... Well, it's a funny situation, you see, because I don't quite know... 05:25.280 --> 05:30.760 Are you concerned because we are having what is called a blind date? Yeah, that's it. Yeah, you were in 05:30.760 --> 05:35.920 my mind. I just wanted it to be understood on both sides that I am not in the habit. Of course not. 05:35.920 --> 05:43.200 But lately, I've been thinking that after all, how is an artiste like myself, who spent practically 05:43.200 --> 05:47.600 all her life training for a profession and then finally goes out on the road since vaudeville's 05:47.600 --> 05:52.400 coming back now, you know, how's she ever going to meet people? Get the point? Certainly. Of course, 05:52.400 --> 05:56.640 I understand that completely. We'll just have our little midnight supper. I was coming to that. When 05:56.640 --> 06:01.840 I was a little girl, say, by the way, did you ever catch an act called Diane? Diane? I'm not 06:01.840 --> 06:09.120 quite positive. Well, you'd hardly have forgotten her if you had. Diane was my mother. Oh, indeed. 06:09.120 --> 06:14.880 She was an... An acrobatic dancer. Yeah. It's almost entirely her act that I'm doing. Really? 06:14.880 --> 06:19.440 Well, when we were playing Chicago once, when I was a little girl, we went to a little restaurant 06:19.440 --> 06:24.400 off the Gold Coast, which enjoyed largely theatrical clientele. It's called Gregory's. 06:24.400 --> 06:32.400 I thought we'd go there. Are you game, Mr. Halberd? It sounds delightful. You say that your mother is 06:32.400 --> 06:41.120 dead? Yes. Diane died three months ago. I'm terribly, terribly sorry, my dear. Well, thanks. 06:43.840 --> 06:48.880 You were very close to your mother, weren't you? She was an artiste too. And she taught you how to 06:48.880 --> 06:55.120 accomplish all of those remarkable feats that you've been performing on the stage. 06:55.920 --> 07:02.000 Diane taught me everything I know. It's really remarkable what you do at the end of your act, 07:02.000 --> 07:07.840 when you stand on that chair and bend all the way back so slowly and then take the goblet of wine 07:07.840 --> 07:14.480 with your teeth and drink it. Well, thank you. I've worked hard. Of course, either you are double 07:14.480 --> 07:22.080 jointed or you're not. Of course. What did she die of? You might say that when Vaudeville began to die, 07:22.960 --> 07:30.080 mother began to die too. It wasn't the money, but with radio and you see, you have to see a dancer 07:30.080 --> 07:34.800 and radio. In view of those circumstances, you could almost say that your mother was murdered. 07:38.400 --> 07:43.520 Say, where do you live? I was born in London. London. We were thinking about playing Australia 07:43.520 --> 07:48.240 once. London is a great many miles from Australia, Gloria. I'd sure like to get over to London. They 07:48.240 --> 07:54.960 say Australia is great. London is a very lonely place. Palladium, I'll bet that's a big one. It's full of lonely people. 07:54.960 --> 08:00.640 Oh, say, let's not. The world is full of lonely people, Gloria. In your short lifetime, has that 08:00.640 --> 08:05.360 fact come to your attention? Well, really, that kind of talk can ruin an evening. You're going to talk 08:05.360 --> 08:12.800 like that. I don't know about us. Well, here we... Hey, what are you doing? Put away that knife. 08:12.800 --> 08:17.600 I'm just opening our bottle, Gloria. Oh, I told you, I don't want to drink here. I want to go to 08:17.600 --> 08:21.440 Gregory's. Come on, come on, let's put the show on the road. Here's one for the road. A glass of wine 08:21.440 --> 08:28.000 will do us both good. No, I don't like the looks of that knife. Nobody needs a knife that big to open 08:28.000 --> 08:32.640 a bottle with. This is a trick knife, see? You press the little button and the knife's gone. Just like 08:32.640 --> 08:38.160 that, it disappears into the handle. Well, I don't like it. People get hurt with knives. No, no, you're 08:38.160 --> 08:43.440 wrong. You're wrong about that. People get... Knife's a very handy instrument. A good knife is hard to 08:43.440 --> 08:48.720 find. A good knife is a friend, Gloria. The only friend you can depend on sometimes. They say steel 08:48.720 --> 08:54.320 is cold, but it's really warm. It's warm as the human body. Well, just for your information, I don't 08:54.320 --> 08:58.160 like your knife. And while we're at it, I don't think I like you either. I'm very sorry, Gloria. 08:58.160 --> 09:02.320 I'm sorry that my knife frightened you. I don't know. I think maybe you'd better go. Please, Gloria, 09:02.320 --> 09:06.800 don't be angry with me. I'm most anxious to take you to Gregory's, where you once went with your 09:06.800 --> 09:12.640 mother many, many years ago. I don't know. I think... We'll have something that you didn't have at that 09:12.640 --> 09:21.680 time, champagne. A quiet corner by candlelight will be music. I... See, what does a girl do when she 09:21.680 --> 09:28.000 draws a gentleman like you, huh? Why, she has a little glass of wine to celebrate. 09:28.000 --> 09:29.280 It's... 09:35.760 --> 09:36.800 A good, good. Here we go. 09:40.000 --> 09:44.320 You haven't said anything about my dress. One for you. One for me. 09:47.120 --> 09:55.120 Here's to a pleasant evening, Vincent. No, Gloria. Here's to us. Well, okay then. Here's to us. 09:55.120 --> 10:02.240 Ah, there. That's a little better. That's nice. Vincent, I'd like to ask you a personal question. 10:02.240 --> 10:08.720 Certainly. What does somebody like you do for a living? Oh, I was a part of Rembrandt and Silvers. 10:09.440 --> 10:15.600 Yeah? Sounds like a soft shoe. No, they're wine merchants. Oh. 10:16.720 --> 10:22.400 Gloria, when you bend back like you do and you drink out of that glass, 10:22.400 --> 10:28.640 is that wine you drink? Oh, of course not. That's only colored water. Oh. 10:30.000 --> 10:33.760 Did you know that the cork in the bottle is sometimes more expensive than the wine itself? 10:33.760 --> 10:37.360 Hmm. We don't say. Yes, it's imported from Spain, you know. 10:37.360 --> 10:43.760 Imported. That's what costs money, you see. Hmm. Another thing I have wondered about. 10:44.480 --> 10:49.360 Is it true that it's bad luck to whistle in a dressing room? No, that's silly. That's a chorus 10:49.360 --> 10:56.880 girl superstition. Artists, they don't worry about that. Oh, I see. I'm most grateful that 10:56.880 --> 11:04.480 you answered my note this afternoon. Vincent, why did you send the note to me with those six 11:04.480 --> 11:10.480 beautiful Cardoza sisters on the same bill? I thought them very ordinary girls. They were 11:10.480 --> 11:16.720 not the least beautiful. I'm not beautiful like you. No? Well, no. What made you answer my note? 11:16.720 --> 11:24.080 I had three birds this morning. Birds? Uh-huh. Tea leaves. Oh, yes. That means good luck. 11:24.080 --> 11:29.280 And then when I got your note, naturally, I took it to Mamie. She does handwriting too. 11:29.280 --> 11:35.680 And she said, you must be a fine gentleman. And otherwise, I wouldn't have answered you because 11:35.680 --> 11:43.280 I've never had a blind date before. Then I'm most grateful to Mamie. Well, I think it's about time 11:43.280 --> 11:49.440 we left. Oh, I don't know, Gloria. I see that you have a portable phonograph to travel with that. 11:49.440 --> 11:53.280 That's an old one. It's no good. It doesn't work too well. I've got to have it fixed. I'm very fond 11:53.280 --> 11:58.480 of music, Gloria. What have you got? It doesn't work. Let's try one before we leave. Hey, Mr. 11:58.480 --> 12:02.960 Looknight. What about this one? Moonlight Madonna. Why, that's the music you use in your act. 12:02.960 --> 12:07.440 It's plain. I told you that phonograph doesn't work. Oh, come on. Why don't you... 12:07.440 --> 12:13.600 You're wrong, Gloria. I see that that works fine, you see. 12:13.600 --> 12:16.080 All right. Now, come on. I finished my drink. Let's go. 12:16.080 --> 12:21.680 Could we have another one and listen to the record? No. I've had enough and you've had enough too. 12:21.680 --> 12:24.960 So let's get the... Must you wear that fur piece? 12:25.760 --> 12:31.920 For your information, Mr. Wiseguy, this fur piece was given to Diane by Mr. Nat Kalsheim 12:31.920 --> 12:38.080 of the Morris office and is practically unobtainable on today's market. You just can't get it nowadays. 12:38.080 --> 12:45.040 I can wear this anywhere, anywhere at all. What I mean, Gloria, is that it doesn't do you justice. 12:45.040 --> 12:52.000 Nothing, nothing is beautiful enough for a girl with lips. Don't you touch me. Oh. Don't you ever 12:52.000 --> 12:56.240 touch me, see. You, you, you shouldn't have done that. When I was a little girl, one night I was 12:56.240 --> 13:00.480 standing in the wings watching Diane on a stagehand kiss the floor. I was so happy. 13:00.480 --> 13:06.160 Diane on a stagehand kissed me on the neck and I just... He's still carrying the scar in his forehead. 13:06.160 --> 13:11.840 I took the heel on my shoe and I hit him. And he... Listen, don't you ever try to touch me again, see. 13:11.840 --> 13:16.480 Never. Come on now. We had our wine. It's a quarter after 11 and we're going to go. 13:16.480 --> 13:19.840 We're going right now. Do you understand? We didn't hear the rest of this record, Gloria. 13:19.840 --> 13:24.560 You get out. You get out of my dressing room. I do not want to leave yet, Gloria. 13:24.560 --> 13:31.120 I'll show you, you... Hey, what are you... What are you... It's no use. I have the key. 13:31.120 --> 13:36.880 You have... Bill! Bill! Come on, you're not me, Bill! Bill! 13:36.880 --> 13:43.680 Bill is the name of the stage nobleman that I met coming in. A liberal gratuity, a gentle hint, 13:43.680 --> 13:49.280 and he obligingly left you and me alone, Gloria. 13:49.280 --> 13:58.480 And there we were in the dressing room, backstage in that empty theater. Mr. Hawthorne, his knife, and me. 14:11.440 --> 14:16.480 Auto Light is bringing you Mr. Charles Lawton and Miss June Havoc in Blind Eight. 14:16.480 --> 14:22.480 Tonight's production in Radio's outstanding theater of thrills, Suspense. 14:30.640 --> 14:36.880 Hey, Hap, listen to this. A letter from my old Arab pal, Hassam Ben Aad, the Karachi camel keeper. 14:36.880 --> 14:42.960 Dear Harlow, he says, you win wager. I now have a dozen droopy dromedaries dying for a drink. 14:42.960 --> 14:47.760 What was the wager, Harlow? Oh, I bet him Auto Light Stay Full batteries could go without water 14:47.760 --> 14:52.320 longer than his camels. Oh, no. Why, sure. 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And now Auto Light brings back to our Hollywood sound stage, 15:33.600 --> 15:41.040 Charles Lawton and June Havoc in Blind Date, a tale well calculated to keep you in suspense. 15:45.600 --> 15:50.000 Get out. Get out of my dressing room. There is no reason to be afraid of me, Gloria. You take your 15:50.000 --> 15:56.560 while and sit down and listen to the music. I don't want it. Now, why did you do that? 15:56.560 --> 16:00.960 Because I don't want to have another drink here. I want to leave. Unlock that door. Don't you be 16:00.960 --> 16:05.680 impatient, Gloria. We'll leave in a minute. Why can't we leave now? I want to get out for 16:06.240 --> 16:11.360 some fresh air. You aren't frightened? No, I'm not. Why are you... You promised to take me to 16:11.360 --> 16:17.120 Gregory's for supper. I've done four shows a day for six days and I'd like to relax and tomorrow 16:17.120 --> 16:22.320 I've got to go. Of course you would. Listen, I'll even change my fur piece, Mr. Hawthorne. 16:23.200 --> 16:28.880 You know, Gloria, loneliness is a terrible thing. You can wander in a city of a million people and 16:28.880 --> 16:33.680 yet have no one to speak with and you wonder and you think there is no cure for loneliness 16:33.680 --> 16:39.440 and there is a cure. As I watched you there dancing on the stage, I knew that loneliness has a cure. 16:40.240 --> 16:45.440 Just a simple kiss will banish loneliness forever. Well, you're not going to kiss me. 16:45.440 --> 16:49.600 I'll tell you that much. I don't care how lonely you are. And I'm sick of this record. 16:50.400 --> 16:53.920 I wish I'd never answered your note. I'll tell you that much. But you did answer it and here we are. 16:54.720 --> 16:58.720 Girl can make a mistake. No, Gloria, you didn't make a mistake. I'm a humble man and I apologize 16:58.720 --> 17:03.920 to you. Unlock the door. I have been studying you, Gloria, ever since I came into the dressing room 17:03.920 --> 17:09.840 tonight. There is more to you than just a pretty face. Oh, that kind of talk doesn't impress me. 17:09.840 --> 17:14.880 That kind of talk will get you exactly nowhere. Unlock the door. Now, what if I told you that 17:14.880 --> 17:19.360 you'd successfully passed the test? I really have been testing you. Oh, yeah. Yeah, when first I saw 17:19.360 --> 17:22.960 you six days ago, I knew there was a lot more to you than just a pretty face and that's why I've 17:22.960 --> 17:27.760 been to see you dance every day. I wanted to make sure and I came here tonight to test you. 17:27.760 --> 17:32.400 Well, what do you mean? When I tried to kiss you, that was the test. I had to find out what you were 17:32.400 --> 17:37.120 like. A man has to be careful too about a girl, I mean. And when you wouldn't let me kiss you, 17:37.120 --> 17:45.120 I knew you were someone that I could... Oh, oh, oh, Gloria. Yeah, I don't get you at all. 17:45.600 --> 17:50.560 Now you're almost as if you were going to cry. I have a confession, Gloria. I have cried a great 17:50.560 --> 18:00.160 deal in my life. Really? Have you really? A very great deal. Huh. Well, well then look, now that 18:00.160 --> 18:05.200 I've passed your test, you know what kind of a girl I am, don't you? I know exactly what kind of a 18:05.200 --> 18:08.720 girl you are, Gloria. All right, and then we understand each other. And I know you and you know me. 18:08.720 --> 18:14.560 All right, then, then come on, let's put the show on the road. There is just one thing. What? It's 18:14.560 --> 18:20.640 your dress. Well, so now it's my dress, is it? Yes. First it was with my fur piece and now it's my dress. 18:20.640 --> 18:25.840 It's a very, very beautiful dress. But before we go out, I would like to see you for the last time 18:26.400 --> 18:32.080 in the costume you wear for your act. Oh, you would. Just what do you think? I like the green one best, 18:32.080 --> 18:36.720 the golden spotlight. Well, it's not here. I've already sent the trunk to the station. I don't 18:36.720 --> 18:40.800 believe that. What's this then? That's, that's my other trunk. You give me the key, will you? I will. 18:40.800 --> 18:47.520 All right, then I'll open it my own way. Put the knife away, will you? I told you, Gloria, a knife is a very handy 18:47.520 --> 18:51.520 instrument. It's a very handy instrument. Stop that, will you? Stop that, you're going to break the lock. 18:51.520 --> 19:00.640 Get away from that trunk. Don't you do that. Don't you ever try to take my knife away from me. 19:01.920 --> 19:05.600 Don't you ever try to take my knife away from me. 19:05.600 --> 19:09.200 I asked you to do a simple little thing. I asked you to wear your costume for me because you look 19:09.200 --> 19:13.920 very pretty in it. A simple thing like that. It'd take only a minute of your time. You say it's packed 19:13.920 --> 19:17.920 and shipped, but I don't think it is. I'm going to find out whether it is. It's all right. I am going to find out. 19:19.920 --> 19:25.120 There, I've got it. And here's the dress right on top. Your beautiful green costume. I won't put it on, 19:25.120 --> 19:28.960 now, do you hear me? I won't put it on for you or for anybody else. On top of everything else, 19:28.960 --> 19:32.960 you've broken my trunk. I just had that lock. Go behind that screen and put it on. I will not. Go on. 19:32.960 --> 19:42.800 All right. All right. All right. I'll put it on. That's a good girl. 19:45.280 --> 19:52.160 You know, Gloria, I didn't mean anything by showing you my knife. It's only just that I 19:52.160 --> 19:57.600 want to see you. I want to see you exactly as you look when you're performing on the stage. You're 19:57.600 --> 20:07.600 so beautiful, Gloria. Your eyes are greener than the sea. You're so lovely. And all that isn't going 20:07.600 --> 20:12.480 to make me forget that knife or what you've done either. I'm just a humble man. I'm a human being 20:12.480 --> 20:18.080 the same as you are, but I'm only lonely, Gloria. I'm terribly, unendurably lonely. You've got friends 20:18.080 --> 20:25.760 all right. How does that go? I have no friends, said Lamia. No, not one. My presence in wide 20:25.760 --> 20:34.720 currents, hardly known. My parents' bones are in their dusty urns, sepulchred where no kindly 20:34.720 --> 20:43.760 incense burns. Seeing all their luckless race are dead, save me. And I neglect the holy right for 20:43.760 --> 20:52.240 the... Have you put on the costume? Yeah. Well, now here it is. All right. Now you take your look, Mr. Hawthorne. 20:52.240 --> 20:59.120 Well. That's lovely. It is. All right. All right then. Then I can... 21:01.280 --> 21:07.120 What are you doing? How can you perform without music? Perform? Why else would I ask you to put 21:07.120 --> 21:11.040 on your costume? You better dance for me. I'm not putting on a special act for anybody. 21:12.720 --> 21:20.160 You can't imagine the effect that this has on me. It is the way you twist and turn slowly and silently. 21:20.160 --> 21:28.640 So slow, so lovely and so alone. Oh, so very much alone. Alone? How could I be alone in a theater full 21:28.640 --> 21:33.280 of people? You can be alone in a city of a million people. You had no one in that theater, Gloria, 21:33.280 --> 21:37.200 even though it was crowded. And now here in your dressing room, you have me to watch you and you 21:37.200 --> 21:43.520 can perform for me alone. Hey, what's the idea of turning off the lights? All but the ones around 21:43.520 --> 21:47.520 your mirror. You see, that's your spotlight. You're on stage. Now that's for me and no one else. 21:47.520 --> 21:53.280 Don't you scream again. Don't you scream whatever you do. That upsets me. 21:57.280 --> 22:02.560 Look, Vincent, if I do my act for you, if I do it just the way I do it on the stage, 22:02.560 --> 22:07.920 only only this time just for you, if I do it for you like that, will you please go away? Yes, 22:07.920 --> 22:12.240 yes, Gloria. That's all I want you to do. I just want you to do it as if you were on the stage. 22:12.240 --> 22:18.000 All right, all right then. Sure. Sure. 22:37.120 --> 22:41.520 Why can't you do that for me? Why you went clumsy in the theater when all those other people were 22:41.520 --> 22:44.720 watching? I'm sorry, I'm sorry. It's such a small room and when I do my kicks, I can't. 22:44.720 --> 22:47.920 Never mind, never mind. You go on, will you? No, I said no. That's right. 22:47.920 --> 23:11.680 Oh, slowly, slowly. Please remember to do it slowly. 23:18.000 --> 23:22.240 I'm a decent self-respecting girl. I accepted your invitation. I thought you were going to be nice 23:22.240 --> 23:27.920 because you're handwriting. You got me so scared. I don't know what I want you to do or say. I just 23:27.920 --> 23:33.120 can't see the please. Why can't you go away? Why don't you get out of my dressing room and leave me 23:33.120 --> 23:43.360 alone? I hate you. I hate you. You hate me. You hate me. I knew that when I came in that door tonight 23:43.360 --> 23:48.640 that you hated me. And I'm accustomed to being hated. And let me tell you something. Every girl 23:48.640 --> 23:54.320 with a nice dress and a pretty face hates me, Gloria. I don't care anymore. I was lonely. I 23:54.320 --> 23:58.640 went to the theater. I saw you there on the stage. I thought you were beautiful. I thought if I could 23:58.640 --> 24:03.040 see you alone in the same costume that you can wear it just for me and perform just for me, 24:03.040 --> 24:06.400 that I wouldn't be lonely anymore. That'd be enough. But it isn't enough. 24:07.040 --> 24:10.960 Don't, don't, don't, don't you come near me. Don't you touch me. A kiss is the cheapest thing in the 24:10.960 --> 24:17.840 world. A kiss means nothing to you. To me it means everything. A kiss would cure my loneliness, 24:17.840 --> 24:21.760 Gloria. I will never kiss you again. I think you will. I think you will. 24:23.520 --> 24:28.720 My knife. Oh please, please. Now then, just touch your head. 24:30.480 --> 24:40.400 That's right. Now. Vincent, darling. What'd you say? I said darling. Why did you say that? 24:40.400 --> 24:45.120 What would you say if I really kissed you? What do you mean? You said it. A kiss means 24:45.120 --> 24:50.080 everything to you. Do you want me to really kiss you? I can't believe it. Oh, I'd kiss you. 24:50.080 --> 24:58.160 Really I would, but. But what? No, I'm, I'm afraid of your knife. Do you actually want to kiss me? 24:58.720 --> 25:04.640 Yes, I guess. But, but the knife scares me. Oh, I never meant to use that, Gloria. Here, you take it. 25:04.640 --> 25:18.080 Here. Now. I'll kill you. I'll kill you. Kill, kill, kill, kill. 25:18.080 --> 25:30.960 No. What have I done? What have I done? What have I done? 25:30.960 --> 25:48.240 Oh, they'd been looking for him ever since he left London. They knew all about him. 25:49.680 --> 25:56.400 So they let me go. Self-defense. Loneliness is a terrible thing, he said. 25:56.400 --> 26:05.600 I'll never have another blind date as long as I live. 26:26.800 --> 26:38.800 Suspense presented by Auto Light. Tonight's stars, Charles Lawton and June Havoc in Blind Date. 26:39.520 --> 26:44.560 Mr. Lawton, if you'll release Miss Havoc from your clutches, I'd like to get her in mine. 26:45.200 --> 26:50.000 From clutches to cliches. Well, we might say that, yes, Mr. Lawton. All right, Mr. Wilcox, 26:50.000 --> 26:54.800 I'll do that. 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Remember, you're always right with Auto Light. 28:26.480 --> 28:32.320 Next Thursday for Suspense, Van Johnson will be our star. The play is called Defense Rests, 28:32.320 --> 28:38.080 and it is, as we say, a tale well calculated to keep you in suspense. 28:49.200 --> 28:54.160 Tonight's Suspense play was produced and edited by William Spear and directed by Norman MacDonald. 28:54.720 --> 28:59.280 Music for Suspense is composed by Lucian Morrowek and conducted by Lud Bluskin. 28:59.280 --> 29:04.880 Blind Date was a radio play by E. Jack Newman and Harrison Negley. During the next 10 weeks, 29:04.880 --> 29:10.160 Charles Lawton will appear at Eastern universities and concert halls reading from his favorite books. 29:10.720 --> 29:14.960 June Havoc will soon be seen starring in the Universal International Picture, The Story of 29:14.960 --> 29:20.320 Molly X. In the coming weeks, you will hear such stars as Edward Arnold, Betty Davis, and Victor 29:20.320 --> 29:29.920 Mottour. 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