WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:18.880 Suspense. 00:18.880 --> 00:25.360 Auto Light and its 96,000 dealers present Mr. Eddie Cantor in Double Entry, a suspense 00:25.360 --> 00:36.080 play produced and edited by William Spear. 00:36.080 --> 00:38.960 Well, a weeping reindeer. 00:38.960 --> 00:39.960 What's wrong? 00:39.960 --> 00:41.600 I just lost my job. 00:41.600 --> 00:44.520 Oh, that's terrible and so near Christmas. 00:44.520 --> 00:45.840 By the way, what's your name? 00:45.840 --> 00:46.840 Donna. 00:46.840 --> 00:50.280 Well, tell me, Donna, how do Blitz and Dancer and Prancer feel about this? 00:50.280 --> 00:51.280 Oh, just awful. 00:51.280 --> 00:53.080 They've been fired too. 00:53.080 --> 00:58.840 You see, when Santa Claus, he is, or rather was our boss, first heard about your Auto 00:58.840 --> 01:04.000 Light stay full batteries, he decided to give up the sleigh and make his deliveries by car. 01:04.000 --> 01:06.720 Oh, Santa fell in love with those stay full features, eh? 01:06.720 --> 01:08.880 I guess so, but I don't know why. 01:08.880 --> 01:09.880 Oh, that's easy. 01:09.880 --> 01:13.840 You see, his Auto Light stay full battery needs water only three times a year in normal 01:13.840 --> 01:16.120 sleigh car use. 01:16.120 --> 01:21.760 And then too it gives him, pardon the expression, reindeer fast starts, even in the North Pole. 01:21.760 --> 01:25.880 Now what's more with those fiberglass retaining mats protecting every positive plate, Auto 01:25.880 --> 01:31.040 Light stay full batteries deliver 70% longer average life than batteries without stay full 01:31.040 --> 01:32.040 features. 01:32.040 --> 01:35.600 That's shown by recent tests based on SAE life cycle standards. 01:35.600 --> 01:38.000 Well, that doesn't make me any happier. 01:38.000 --> 01:40.160 Oh, come on, dear, cheer up. 01:40.160 --> 01:41.720 Tis the season to be jolly. 01:41.720 --> 01:45.760 Remember, you're always bright with Auto Light. 01:45.760 --> 01:53.160 Mr. Cantor appears as Eddie with Sydney Miller as Sam, his bosom friend in Double Entry, 01:53.160 --> 01:58.560 an unusual story of clerical crime at Christmas time. 01:58.560 --> 02:12.280 Altogether a most remarkable tale of suspense. 02:12.280 --> 02:15.840 It always balances in the double entry system. 02:15.840 --> 02:18.240 If it don't, you hang around until it does. 02:18.240 --> 02:20.840 Yeah, even Christmas week. 02:20.840 --> 02:24.320 That's what I've been doing all my life, keeping books. 02:24.320 --> 02:29.120 It's fascinating, positively fascinating. 02:29.120 --> 02:31.920 Look at them figures, beautiful, ain't they? 02:31.920 --> 02:33.240 Calligraphy, they call it. 02:33.240 --> 02:36.080 That's Greek for beautiful handwriting, you know. 02:36.080 --> 02:39.120 I bet in my day I've written billions of figures. 02:39.120 --> 02:40.780 Oh, hundreds of billions. 02:40.780 --> 02:42.720 And cash? 02:42.720 --> 02:46.280 Say I've handled so much cash, my fingers are calloused. 02:46.280 --> 02:51.200 Why once I even got water on the thumb from licking it to count money. 02:51.200 --> 02:52.200 But so what? 02:52.200 --> 02:53.200 What's cash? 02:53.200 --> 02:59.920 You go along every day counting it, piling it up, never thinking who owns it, never even 02:59.920 --> 03:02.760 think about what it will buy. 03:02.760 --> 03:07.720 Handling cash is just the same as adding figures. 03:07.720 --> 03:11.080 A job. 03:11.080 --> 03:17.000 Then one day something happens that makes you look on things different. 03:17.000 --> 03:22.680 There's no excitement in an office, no danger, no heroism, no adventure, not much chance 03:22.680 --> 03:25.780 to risk anything to do something for a pal. 03:25.780 --> 03:31.440 So if a guy gets a chance to do a favor, to help out a pal who's in a jam, well, maybe 03:31.440 --> 03:35.280 you look on cash a little different. 03:35.280 --> 03:39.560 All of a sudden cash is more than pieces of metal and bits of green paper. 03:39.560 --> 03:45.800 And if it's Christmas week, if it's Christmas Eve, and your pal is true blue, it's even 03:45.800 --> 03:46.800 more important. 03:46.800 --> 03:51.360 Eddie, Eddie, hand me that dixie cup, will you? 03:51.360 --> 03:53.320 Your ulcers bothering you again, Sam? 03:53.320 --> 03:55.400 Yeah, they're bad. 03:55.400 --> 03:57.240 These ledgers are driving me nuts. 03:57.240 --> 04:00.240 You got the wrong temperament for an accountant, Sam. 04:00.240 --> 04:03.540 You shouldn't let it get you down. 04:03.540 --> 04:05.240 Things can't go on like this, Eddie. 04:05.240 --> 04:06.800 What's the matter, Alice? 04:06.800 --> 04:07.800 Don't Alice understand you? 04:07.800 --> 04:08.800 No, no, no. 04:08.800 --> 04:09.800 That's not what I mean, Eddie. 04:09.800 --> 04:11.680 What do you mean, Sam? 04:11.680 --> 04:12.680 You wouldn't understand it. 04:12.680 --> 04:14.160 Oh, you always say that, Sam. 04:14.160 --> 04:15.840 I'm an understanding guy. 04:15.840 --> 04:16.840 That's what Mabel says. 04:16.840 --> 04:17.840 Mabel says. 04:17.840 --> 04:19.080 You understand Mabel. 04:19.080 --> 04:20.400 Does she understand you? 04:20.400 --> 04:21.400 Certainly, perfectly. 04:21.400 --> 04:23.280 A man's wife has to understand him. 04:23.280 --> 04:24.640 If she don't, what good is she? 04:24.640 --> 04:26.420 Oh, it's a nice way to look at it. 04:26.420 --> 04:28.020 If your wife understands you. 04:28.020 --> 04:29.280 Don't Alice understand you? 04:29.280 --> 04:31.480 No, Alice don't understand me. 04:31.480 --> 04:32.720 That's because you don't understand her. 04:32.720 --> 04:33.720 Will you shut up? 04:33.720 --> 04:37.320 Sometimes you're so smug. 04:37.320 --> 04:38.360 Oh, lay off, Sam. 04:38.360 --> 04:39.880 You can't go on like this. 04:39.880 --> 04:40.880 Like what? 04:40.880 --> 04:42.480 Grouchy all the time. 04:42.480 --> 04:45.440 You got something on your mind that Alice don't understand? 04:45.440 --> 04:46.560 Try me out. 04:46.560 --> 04:48.600 I won't throw no dishes at you. 04:48.600 --> 04:50.080 I can't tell you, Ed. 04:50.080 --> 04:51.400 It wouldn't matter anyway. 04:51.400 --> 04:52.400 You can't do nothing. 04:52.400 --> 04:55.760 Well, just telling your troubles helps sometimes. 04:55.760 --> 04:56.760 Talk, Sam. 04:56.760 --> 04:58.920 Talk, Sam. 04:58.920 --> 05:01.840 This is Eddie, your friend. 05:01.840 --> 05:02.840 Okay. 05:02.840 --> 05:03.840 It's the auditors. 05:03.840 --> 05:04.840 Oh, them guys? 05:04.840 --> 05:05.840 Yeah. 05:05.840 --> 05:06.840 Don't let them worry you. 05:06.840 --> 05:07.840 You had bookkeeping here, ain't you? 05:07.840 --> 05:08.840 You tell them. 05:08.840 --> 05:09.840 Don't let them tell you. 05:09.840 --> 05:10.840 I'm telling you, Eddie. 05:10.840 --> 05:11.840 They're getting awful close. 05:11.840 --> 05:12.840 What are you talking about? 05:12.840 --> 05:13.840 They're driving me nuts. 05:13.840 --> 05:14.840 Why, Sam? 05:14.840 --> 05:15.840 Eddie, I'm light. 05:15.840 --> 05:16.840 You mean? 05:16.840 --> 05:17.840 The books. 05:17.840 --> 05:18.840 They're light. 05:18.840 --> 05:19.840 They're short. 05:19.840 --> 05:20.840 You mean that... 05:20.840 --> 05:21.840 I'm a crook, Eddie. 05:21.840 --> 05:22.840 Yeah, and a bezel. 05:22.840 --> 05:23.840 And they're gonna get me. 05:23.840 --> 05:24.840 Those auditors, they're on to me. 05:24.840 --> 05:25.840 I know they are. 05:25.840 --> 05:26.840 I can feel them getting closer. 05:26.840 --> 05:27.840 I can feel them getting closer. 05:27.840 --> 05:28.840 I can feel them getting closer. 05:28.840 --> 05:29.840 I can feel them getting closer. 05:29.840 --> 05:30.840 I can feel them getting closer. 05:30.840 --> 05:33.840 I can feel them getting closer. 05:33.840 --> 05:36.840 Now, after nine years, they're on the trail. 05:36.840 --> 05:38.840 You were a crook, Sam. 05:38.840 --> 05:39.840 I don't believe it. 05:39.840 --> 05:40.840 Oh, I wish I were dreaming. 05:40.840 --> 05:43.840 Why, Sam, you're the fair-haired boy around here. 05:43.840 --> 05:45.840 All you had to do was ask... 05:45.840 --> 05:46.840 Ask who? 05:46.840 --> 05:47.840 Bartholomew, that tight-fisted... 05:47.840 --> 05:48.840 It's Alice. 05:48.840 --> 05:49.840 She used to blame I know. 05:49.840 --> 05:51.840 She wasn't satisfied with your salary. 05:51.840 --> 05:54.840 She wanted an ermine, capes, diamonds, a box at the opera. 05:54.840 --> 05:56.840 I know she drove you to it, Sam. 05:56.840 --> 05:57.840 Don't blame her, Eddie. 05:57.840 --> 05:59.840 This one, we can't blame on Alice. 05:59.840 --> 06:01.840 She doesn't even know anything about this caper. 06:01.840 --> 06:04.840 Well, if she didn't drive you to it, why'd you do it? 06:04.840 --> 06:06.840 All those kids on the block. 06:06.840 --> 06:08.840 They wanted to go to camp. 06:08.840 --> 06:10.840 Yeah, that's how it started, Eddie. 06:10.840 --> 06:13.840 With unknown benefactor. 06:13.840 --> 06:14.840 What? 06:14.840 --> 06:15.840 You don't make sense, Sam. 06:15.840 --> 06:18.840 It was just a hundred bucks or so at first. 06:18.840 --> 06:20.840 I figured to put it right back. 06:20.840 --> 06:22.840 Then the papers come out with... 06:22.840 --> 06:26.840 Unknown benefactor sends 20 kids to summer camp. 06:26.840 --> 06:28.840 Oh, that got me. 06:28.840 --> 06:30.840 That unknown benefactor. 06:30.840 --> 06:32.840 So that was you, huh? 06:32.840 --> 06:33.840 Yeah, yeah. 06:33.840 --> 06:36.840 And pretty soon I was taking out a hundred bucks here, 06:36.840 --> 06:37.840 a hundred bucks there, 06:37.840 --> 06:40.840 sending it off to all sorts of people and outfits. 06:40.840 --> 06:44.840 I sent though to help the Institute for Aged Cats. 06:44.840 --> 06:45.840 Oh. 06:45.840 --> 06:47.840 Yeah, then I was an unknown contributor 06:47.840 --> 06:49.840 to Help Save Vaudeville movement. 06:49.840 --> 06:50.840 And kids. 06:50.840 --> 06:52.840 I was always helping kids. 06:52.840 --> 06:54.840 A regular Scrooge. 06:54.840 --> 06:56.840 No, no, no, Santa Claus, Sam. 06:56.840 --> 06:57.840 Yeah, yeah, yeah. 06:57.840 --> 06:59.840 And it made me feel great. 06:59.840 --> 07:02.840 Of course, I'd cover up on the books here with a fake entry, 07:02.840 --> 07:05.840 hoping I'd hit on the market and be able to put it all back, you know. 07:05.840 --> 07:08.840 Yeah, but you were always unable to make a recoup. 07:08.840 --> 07:10.840 Kept getting in deeper. 07:10.840 --> 07:12.840 Sam Crockett, an embezzler. 07:12.840 --> 07:14.840 And for nine years... 07:14.840 --> 07:15.840 Don't say it, Eddie. 07:15.840 --> 07:16.840 Nine years. 07:16.840 --> 07:19.840 How much did you take in all that time? 07:19.840 --> 07:22.840 A hundred thousand dollars and 11 cents. 07:22.840 --> 07:24.840 Where am I gonna get that kind of money? 07:24.840 --> 07:26.840 I could dig up the 11 cents. 07:26.840 --> 07:28.840 Oh, wisecracks. 07:28.840 --> 07:29.840 That's all you're good for. 07:29.840 --> 07:31.840 Jail staring me in the face. 07:31.840 --> 07:32.840 What do you want me to say? 07:32.840 --> 07:33.840 What do you generally say? 07:33.840 --> 07:36.840 What do you generally say to your friend when he tells you he's a crook? 07:36.840 --> 07:37.840 I told you because... 07:37.840 --> 07:40.840 Well, because it feels good to get it off my chest. 07:40.840 --> 07:42.840 Nine years of hell. 07:42.840 --> 07:44.840 That's why you've been so nervous. 07:44.840 --> 07:46.840 That's where my ulcers come from. 07:46.840 --> 07:48.840 Every night working late, covering up. 07:48.840 --> 07:50.840 Sweating, worrying. 07:50.840 --> 07:52.840 Thinking of the ultimate end. 07:52.840 --> 07:54.840 The walls closing in on me, Eddie. 07:54.840 --> 07:55.840 And now... 07:55.840 --> 07:57.840 Oh, oh, oh. 07:57.840 --> 07:58.840 Hello? 07:58.840 --> 07:59.840 Hello, yes? 07:59.840 --> 08:01.840 Yes, Mr. Ptolemieu. 08:01.840 --> 08:02.840 Send Crockett in? 08:02.840 --> 08:03.840 Okay. 08:03.840 --> 08:05.840 My master's voice. 08:05.840 --> 08:07.840 Ptolemieu wants to see you. 08:07.840 --> 08:08.840 Wag your tail, Fido. 08:08.840 --> 08:10.840 Wag it? I can't even drag it. 08:10.840 --> 08:14.840 Say, Eddie, didn't I see the auditors go in there a minute ago? 08:14.840 --> 08:16.840 Yeah. 08:16.840 --> 08:19.840 Yeah, come to think they did, Sam. 08:19.840 --> 08:21.840 This is it, kid. 08:21.840 --> 08:22.840 Merry Christmas. 08:22.840 --> 08:23.840 Maybe it's not, Sam. 08:23.840 --> 08:24.840 I got a feeling. 08:24.840 --> 08:26.840 I'm not scared, Eddie. 08:26.840 --> 08:28.840 No, no, it's a relief. 08:28.840 --> 08:30.840 Now I'll sleep nights. 08:30.840 --> 08:32.840 Maybe my ulcer will clear up. 08:32.840 --> 08:34.840 What about those kids? 08:34.840 --> 08:40.840 Those kids are gonna take it hard when they read about their unknown benefactor doing time. 08:40.840 --> 08:42.840 A hundred grand. 08:42.840 --> 08:44.840 Holy... 08:44.840 --> 08:47.840 Wonder what he did with the 11 cents. 08:47.840 --> 08:49.840 Sales tax, I suppose. 08:49.840 --> 08:50.840 What a chump. 08:50.840 --> 08:52.840 Your name, Eddie? 08:52.840 --> 08:53.840 Yeah, what about it? 08:53.840 --> 08:54.840 What about it? 08:54.840 --> 08:56.840 I think freeze. 08:56.840 --> 08:59.840 Mr. Flint said to drop in and see if you want to place a bet today. 08:59.840 --> 09:00.840 Flint who? 09:00.840 --> 09:01.840 What do you mean, Flint who? 09:01.840 --> 09:02.840 Mike Flint. 09:02.840 --> 09:04.840 Ain't your name, Eddie? 09:04.840 --> 09:06.840 Sure, but I never heard of Mike Flint. 09:06.840 --> 09:07.840 You got the wrong Eddie. 09:07.840 --> 09:08.840 My name's Sullivan. 09:08.840 --> 09:10.840 Oh, he didn't tell me the last name. 09:10.840 --> 09:11.840 Oh, I don't know. 09:11.840 --> 09:13.840 He says look up Eddie in 411 Perry Trust building. 09:13.840 --> 09:15.840 This is 511. 09:15.840 --> 09:17.840 Oh, for Pete's sake. 09:17.840 --> 09:18.840 Wait a minute. 09:18.840 --> 09:19.840 Huh? 09:19.840 --> 09:20.840 Wait. 09:20.840 --> 09:22.840 You say you take bets on horses? 09:22.840 --> 09:25.840 I'll take a bet on a camel if he's running a tropical park. 09:25.840 --> 09:26.840 Are you a bookie? 09:26.840 --> 09:28.840 Well, I ain't no taxidermist pal. 09:28.840 --> 09:31.840 Say, I may be the right Eddie after all. 09:31.840 --> 09:33.840 Got any odds? 09:33.840 --> 09:36.840 Well, if you're on the level, Eddie... 09:36.840 --> 09:37.840 You're in the business. 09:37.840 --> 09:39.840 Do I look like a stool pigeon? 09:39.840 --> 09:40.840 Okay, Eddie. 09:40.840 --> 09:42.840 I guess you're okay. 09:42.840 --> 09:44.840 Odds, huh? 09:44.840 --> 09:45.840 You want odds? 09:45.840 --> 09:46.840 Well, let's see. 09:46.840 --> 09:49.840 A tropical park, I can give you 10 to 1 in the first race. 09:49.840 --> 09:50.840 Aleppo. 09:50.840 --> 09:53.840 Finish last in the field of 9 is only other start. 09:53.840 --> 09:54.840 Let's see the form. 09:54.840 --> 09:57.840 You see, odds is okay if you don't bet too heavy. 09:57.840 --> 09:59.840 Play odds like a side bet, Eddie. 09:59.840 --> 10:01.840 The thing to play is the jockey, not the horse. 10:01.840 --> 10:03.840 Now you take Sylvester. 10:03.840 --> 10:06.840 Won three yesterday, two on Monday, one on Sunday. 10:06.840 --> 10:07.840 Oh, he's hot, very hot. 10:07.840 --> 10:10.840 He can ride any dog into the money. 10:10.840 --> 10:12.840 Does he ride a long shot today? 10:12.840 --> 10:15.840 No, he's got two favorites and four short odds nags. 10:15.840 --> 10:17.840 He'll win, say, two races today. 10:17.840 --> 10:18.840 Maybe three. 10:18.840 --> 10:19.840 One for Santa Claus. 10:19.840 --> 10:21.840 Say, here's a 50 to one shot. 10:21.840 --> 10:22.840 Altruism. 10:22.840 --> 10:23.840 Altruism? 10:23.840 --> 10:24.840 I never heard of him. 10:24.840 --> 10:25.840 I got a hunch. 10:25.840 --> 10:26.840 Well, play it, play it. 10:26.840 --> 10:28.840 Always play hunches. 10:28.840 --> 10:30.840 Let's see who this altruism is. 10:30.840 --> 10:33.840 Mm-hmm, never raced before. 10:33.840 --> 10:34.840 Then how do you know he's no good? 10:34.840 --> 10:36.840 Well, I don't, but look who he's running against. 10:36.840 --> 10:39.840 War alarm, unbeaten in three starts. 10:39.840 --> 10:43.840 Test tube, last year's gold cup runner-up, and file clerk. 10:43.840 --> 10:45.840 Oh, say, there's a hunch for you, Eddie. 10:45.840 --> 10:48.840 I ain't no file clerk, and I'm playing altruism 10:48.840 --> 10:49.840 if you don't mind. 10:49.840 --> 10:51.840 Okay, Eddie, okay. 10:51.840 --> 10:53.840 Just give me your two bucks. 10:53.840 --> 10:54.840 Is that all I can bet? 10:54.840 --> 10:57.840 Oh, no, Eddie, but gee, I don't want to play you for a sucker. 10:57.840 --> 10:59.840 How about two grand? 10:59.840 --> 11:01.840 Oh, why don't you tie that bull to a fence? 11:01.840 --> 11:03.840 Will you take two grand on altruism? 11:03.840 --> 11:05.840 Under level, Eddie? 11:05.840 --> 11:07.840 Sure is tonight's Christmas Eve. 11:07.840 --> 11:09.840 Where would you get that kind of dough? 11:09.840 --> 11:10.840 Borrow it from the boss. 11:10.840 --> 11:12.840 Well, I'll have to get Flint's okay. 11:12.840 --> 11:13.840 Let me use your phone, huh? 11:13.840 --> 11:14.840 Go ahead. 11:14.840 --> 11:15.840 Two grand. 11:15.840 --> 11:16.840 Oh, that's not stage money, Eddie. 11:16.840 --> 11:18.840 Neither is 100 grand. Could you pay off? 11:18.840 --> 11:21.840 Well, sure, Flint will cover any bet I make. 11:21.840 --> 11:23.840 Hello, give me Flint. 11:23.840 --> 11:25.840 See, this Flint is a very smart cookie. 11:25.840 --> 11:26.840 Maybe he don't want it. 11:26.840 --> 11:27.840 Oh, hello, Mike. 11:27.840 --> 11:28.840 This is Fink. 11:28.840 --> 11:31.840 Look, there's a man's got 2,000 bucks he wants to put on an egg 11:31.840 --> 11:33.840 called altruism and a third a tropical. 11:33.840 --> 11:36.840 The odds are 50 to 1. How about it? 11:36.840 --> 11:37.840 Uh-huh. 11:37.840 --> 11:39.840 Yeah, but if he wins, Mike. 11:39.840 --> 11:42.840 Well, sure, I'm a gambler, but 50 to 1. 11:42.840 --> 11:44.840 Hey. 11:44.840 --> 11:46.840 The guy hung up. 11:46.840 --> 11:49.840 Funny guy this Flint. Am I a gambler, he says. 11:49.840 --> 11:53.840 Well, okay, Eddie, we'll play two grand on altruism's nose for you, okay? 11:53.840 --> 11:58.840 Well, all right, but it's a lot of dough to hand over to someone I never saw before. 11:58.840 --> 12:00.840 Well, I never saw you before either, mister. 12:00.840 --> 12:01.840 Yeah, but what chance are you taking? 12:01.840 --> 12:03.840 Look, quit stalling, Eddie. Are you betting or not? 12:03.840 --> 12:16.840 Okay, wait till I get the money. 12:16.840 --> 12:17.840 Here it is. 12:17.840 --> 12:24.840 1,000, 1,100, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10. 12:24.840 --> 12:26.840 Makes $2,000. 12:26.840 --> 12:27.840 Thanks, Eddie. 12:27.840 --> 12:29.840 What you shaking for? 12:29.840 --> 12:31.840 Is this your life savings or something? 12:31.840 --> 12:34.840 No, no, no, there's lots more where this came from. 12:34.840 --> 12:37.840 Oh, of course, of course, you're independently wealthy. 12:37.840 --> 12:41.840 Yeah, that's it, Fink. You're a card. 12:41.840 --> 12:45.840 Oh, card. Oh, gee, I almost forgot. Here's my card and here's your ticket. 12:45.840 --> 12:49.840 Now hang on to it. Might be worth 100 grand. 12:49.840 --> 12:52.840 Okay, Fink, I... 12:52.840 --> 12:55.840 Hey, you all right? You look kind of green. 12:55.840 --> 12:58.840 You've just been looking at too much dough, Fink. 12:58.840 --> 13:01.840 Well, maybe. Now, you drop around this afternoon about three. 13:01.840 --> 13:03.840 The address is on the card. Your dog is running in. 13:03.840 --> 13:06.840 Goodbye, altruism. 13:06.840 --> 13:07.840 So long, Fink. 13:07.840 --> 13:11.840 So long, Eddie. 13:11.840 --> 13:12.840 Hello? 13:12.840 --> 13:14.840 Sullivan, this is Mr. Bartholomew. 13:14.840 --> 13:15.840 Yes, sir. 13:15.840 --> 13:16.840 Speak up. 13:15.840 --> 13:16.840 Yes, sir. 13:16.840 --> 13:17.840 That's better, Sullivan. 13:17.840 --> 13:21.840 Sullivan, I want you to send a nice new $100 bill to the Second Street Mission. 13:21.840 --> 13:24.840 Put it in a plain envelope and don't write anything with it. 13:24.840 --> 13:29.840 Oh, wrap it in a piece of paper so no one will know what it is that the post office... 13:29.840 --> 13:32.840 I want to send a nice little anonymous gift as a surprise. 13:32.840 --> 13:35.840 A nice crisp $100 bill. 13:35.840 --> 13:37.840 Yes, sir, Mr. Bartholomew. 13:37.840 --> 13:39.840 Second Street Mission. 13:39.840 --> 13:42.840 I may send them a little something myself later. 13:42.840 --> 13:44.840 Yeah. 13:44.840 --> 13:46.840 Eddie. 13:46.840 --> 13:47.840 Eddie, it's okay. I got by. 13:47.840 --> 13:48.840 What? 13:48.840 --> 13:51.840 I'm clear. That auditor missed it. 13:51.840 --> 13:53.840 What's the matter? Aren't you glad? 13:53.840 --> 13:54.840 You mean you ain't going to jail? 13:54.840 --> 13:55.840 Oh, not this year. 13:55.840 --> 13:56.840 Are you sure, Sam? 13:56.840 --> 13:58.840 Positive, Eddie. The auditors are through. 13:58.840 --> 14:00.840 Not a chance of getting caught. 14:00.840 --> 14:01.840 Not a chance, Sam? 14:01.840 --> 14:03.840 Not a chance, Eddie. 14:03.840 --> 14:04.840 There could be a slip-up. 14:04.840 --> 14:06.840 No, no, no. There couldn't. 14:06.840 --> 14:08.840 What's the matter with you? Aren't you glad for me? 14:08.840 --> 14:11.840 Sure. Look, already I'm doing handsprings. 14:11.840 --> 14:14.840 Oh, boy, oh, boy. Of course, it doesn't solve things completely. 14:14.840 --> 14:15.840 You said it. 14:15.840 --> 14:17.840 I'm still short, but that's okay. 14:17.840 --> 14:18.840 Oh, sure? 14:18.840 --> 14:20.840 I'll think of something. I got a whole year. 14:20.840 --> 14:22.840 No more unknown benefactors, though. 14:22.840 --> 14:23.840 I'm very glad. 14:23.840 --> 14:25.840 Eddie, I don't quite get it, though. 14:25.840 --> 14:27.840 Bartholomew buttering me up. 14:27.840 --> 14:30.840 He says, we know everything is in good shape, Sam. 14:30.840 --> 14:33.840 No use putting these auditors to any more trouble. 14:33.840 --> 14:36.840 Just have them check the cash on hand, and that'll wind it up. 14:36.840 --> 14:37.840 The cash? 14:37.840 --> 14:38.840 Yeah. 14:38.840 --> 14:42.840 Sam, hand me that Dixie cup by the typewriter. 14:42.840 --> 14:43.840 Sure. You dry? 14:43.840 --> 14:44.840 Very. 14:44.840 --> 14:47.840 How are you going to get the hundred grand back in the books? 14:47.840 --> 14:48.840 Oh, I don't know. Why? 14:48.840 --> 14:50.840 Maybe I can raise some dough. 14:50.840 --> 14:52.840 You couldn't raise a Venetian blind. 14:52.840 --> 14:54.840 What are you worrying for? I'm out of a jam. 14:54.840 --> 14:55.840 And I'm in. 14:55.840 --> 14:58.840 What are you... What's on your mind? 14:58.840 --> 15:00.840 Just two or three years, that's all. 15:00.840 --> 15:03.840 Now I suppose you're going to tell me you've been swiping postage stamps. 15:03.840 --> 15:06.840 No, no, no, nothing as bad as that. Look, I'm your pal, Sam. 15:06.840 --> 15:07.840 Sure. 15:07.840 --> 15:08.840 I'd do anything for you. 15:08.840 --> 15:09.840 Then talk sense. 15:09.840 --> 15:13.840 I hated to think of you and Singsing for six months, Sam, so... 15:13.840 --> 15:16.840 I'm going there myself for a few years. 15:16.840 --> 15:17.840 What do you say? 15:17.840 --> 15:21.840 I took 2,000 bucks and bidded on a 50 to one shot of Tropical Park, Sam. 15:21.840 --> 15:22.840 No. 15:22.840 --> 15:23.840 Yes. 15:22.840 --> 15:23.840 No. 15:23.840 --> 15:24.840 Yes, I did it. Yes. 15:24.840 --> 15:25.840 Oh, no. 15:24.840 --> 15:25.840 Oh, yes. 15:25.840 --> 15:26.840 Tell me you're kidding me, Eddie. 15:26.840 --> 15:27.840 I did it for you, Sam, for Christmas. 15:27.840 --> 15:28.840 What? 15:28.840 --> 15:31.840 A guy don't get a chance to prove his friendship very often. 15:31.840 --> 15:34.840 Friendship? You talk of friendship at a time like this? 15:34.840 --> 15:36.840 We're both as good as in Singsing right now. 15:36.840 --> 15:37.840 And me the longest. 15:37.840 --> 15:38.840 I hope so. 15:38.840 --> 15:42.840 Of all the dumb tricks, and you didn't make any entries, huh? 15:42.840 --> 15:44.840 No, no, just took it, just... 15:44.840 --> 15:47.840 Eddie, Eddie, how'd you come to bid on a horse? 15:47.840 --> 15:49.840 You never made a bet. 15:49.840 --> 15:50.840 What bookies do you know? 15:50.840 --> 15:51.840 Here, here's his card. 15:51.840 --> 15:53.840 He just happened in by accident. 15:53.840 --> 15:56.840 A truck should just happen by accident to run over you. 15:56.840 --> 15:58.840 Maybe he'd give it back, Sam. 15:58.840 --> 15:59.840 Oh, sure, sure. 15:59.840 --> 16:00.840 Bookies are that way. 16:00.840 --> 16:02.840 Philanthropists. All of them. 16:02.840 --> 16:05.840 Besides, there's probably no such address as this. 16:05.840 --> 16:06.840 Oh, don't be hard on me, Sam. 16:06.840 --> 16:08.840 After all, I risked my own neck to save yours. 16:08.840 --> 16:09.840 No greater love. 16:09.840 --> 16:10.840 And maybe this horse will win. 16:10.840 --> 16:11.840 A 50 to one? 16:11.840 --> 16:12.840 Well? 16:12.840 --> 16:14.840 Let me see that card. 16:14.840 --> 16:15.840 Let... 16:16.840 --> 16:18.840 All we can do is try and get the dough back. 16:18.840 --> 16:19.840 He was awful nice, Sam. 16:19.840 --> 16:21.840 Oh, shut up. Nice. 16:21.840 --> 16:22.840 Look, fake an entry in the books, 16:22.840 --> 16:25.840 then we'll pay Mr. Think Freeze a call. 16:25.840 --> 16:26.840 Friendship. 16:26.840 --> 16:27.840 Yeah, friendship. 16:27.840 --> 16:29.840 We're in this together, pal. 16:38.840 --> 16:41.840 Auto Light is bringing you Mr. Eddie Kander in double entry. 16:41.840 --> 16:46.840 Tonight's production in Radio's Outstanding Theater of Thrills, Suspense. 16:52.840 --> 16:55.840 Happy days are here again. 16:55.840 --> 16:56.840 Jingle bells, jingle bells. 16:56.840 --> 16:58.840 Hey, Donner, why the sudden switch? 16:58.840 --> 17:02.840 You were sadder than a bride's first batch of biscuits a few minutes ago. 17:02.840 --> 17:03.840 Oh, Santa changed his mind. 17:03.840 --> 17:06.840 He's sticking to tradition, and I'm going back to work. 17:06.840 --> 17:07.840 Well, good for you. 17:07.840 --> 17:08.840 It's even better for you. 17:08.840 --> 17:11.840 Santa thinks your Auto Light stay full batteries are so good, 17:11.840 --> 17:13.840 he's decided to bring one to every car owner. 17:13.840 --> 17:16.840 Gosh, what a wonderful way to be greeted Christmas morning. 17:16.840 --> 17:19.840 Imagine finding one of these brawny bundles of endless energy, 17:19.840 --> 17:24.840 the Auto Light stay full battery that needs water only three times a year in normal car use, 17:24.840 --> 17:26.840 all wrapped up in red ribbon under your tree. 17:26.840 --> 17:28.840 But speaking of Christmas greetings, friends, 17:28.840 --> 17:31.840 I have a card here, and it's addressed to you. 17:31.840 --> 17:34.840 It says, may your holiday this year be the cheeriest ever, 17:34.840 --> 17:36.840 and it's signed, the Auto Light, folks. 17:36.840 --> 17:40.840 To that, let me add Merry Christmas wishes from all of us on Suspense. 17:40.840 --> 17:42.840 Happy holiday to you all. 17:43.840 --> 17:47.840 And now, Auto Light brings back to our Hollywood sound stage 17:47.840 --> 17:51.840 our star Eddie Kander with Sidney Miller in Double Entry. 17:51.840 --> 17:54.840 A tale well calculated to keep you in... 17:54.840 --> 18:06.840 Suspense. 18:06.840 --> 18:09.840 On the subway up to the bookies place, I didn't say a word. 18:09.840 --> 18:13.840 I just stared at the ads and kept thinking of how I'd messed things up 18:13.840 --> 18:15.840 and wondering what Sam was thinking. 18:15.840 --> 18:20.840 The window we sat near had bars on it, and I felt I was already in jail. 18:20.840 --> 18:22.840 Well, we got to the bookies. 18:22.840 --> 18:24.840 It was a great big large room. 18:24.840 --> 18:27.840 The track is now vast at Tropical Park. 18:27.840 --> 18:30.840 Ah, well, well, if it ain't the millionaire bookkeeper. 18:30.840 --> 18:31.840 Hi, Eddie. 18:31.840 --> 18:32.840 Oh, hello there, Fink. 18:32.840 --> 18:34.840 Welcome to our humble joint. 18:34.840 --> 18:36.840 Of course, it ain't like Hialeah. 18:36.840 --> 18:38.840 But it's as close to it as we can get in New York, I know. 18:38.840 --> 18:40.840 This is Sam Crockett, Fink, my friend. 18:40.840 --> 18:42.840 Oh, glad to meet you, Mr. Crockett. 18:42.840 --> 18:44.840 Smart man you got working with you. 18:44.840 --> 18:47.840 He's gonna make himself a pile of dough this afternoon, aren't you, Eddie? 18:47.840 --> 18:50.840 Look, look, fella, this is all a mistake. 18:50.840 --> 18:53.840 Eddie had no business betting $2,000 on a horse. 18:53.840 --> 18:55.840 The fact is, it wasn't his money. 18:55.840 --> 18:57.840 Well, I am surprised. 18:57.840 --> 18:59.840 You see, he was trying to help someone. 18:59.840 --> 19:02.840 So he helped himself to 2,000 bucks, huh? 19:02.840 --> 19:05.840 Fink, Fink, give us a break and return the money. 19:05.840 --> 19:07.840 We'll both go to jail if we don't put it back. 19:07.840 --> 19:09.840 Scratch slow boy number six. 19:09.840 --> 19:11.840 I'm very sorry, fellas, but I can't do nothing. 19:11.840 --> 19:13.840 I've turned in the dough. I just work here. 19:13.840 --> 19:15.840 I can't get that back. 19:15.840 --> 19:17.840 You've got to help us, Fink. 19:17.840 --> 19:19.840 Look, I'd like to, Crockett, but how can I? 19:19.840 --> 19:21.840 This is a business. 19:21.840 --> 19:24.840 Now suppose when I ask the boss, he says it's a contract. 19:24.840 --> 19:26.840 He can't back out, neither can you. 19:26.840 --> 19:29.840 Where would we be if we asked you to take your money back? 19:29.840 --> 19:31.840 Yeah, but don't you see we'll go to Sing Sing Sing. 19:31.840 --> 19:34.840 Two minutes to post time for the third at Tropical Placeship. 19:34.840 --> 19:36.840 That's now, men. 19:36.840 --> 19:38.840 Maybe those bills were counterfeit. 19:38.840 --> 19:40.840 You could tell the cashier the dough's no good, huh? 19:40.840 --> 19:43.840 How can I, Eddie? He can spot a phony from 50 yards. 19:43.840 --> 19:46.840 Look, think. The auditors are checking our books now. 19:46.840 --> 19:50.840 All I can say is I'm very sorry, and I hope this nag wins for you. 19:50.840 --> 19:52.840 But I can't do a thing about it. 19:52.840 --> 19:54.840 Oh, we're sunk, Eddie. 19:54.840 --> 19:56.840 I'm really sorry, boys. 19:56.840 --> 19:58.840 I should have known better than to take your dough. 19:58.840 --> 20:00.840 He sounded like he meant it, Sam. 20:00.840 --> 20:02.840 So what? Come on, let's go. 20:02.840 --> 20:05.840 Ain't you interested in hearing the race over the loudspeaker? 20:05.840 --> 20:06.840 No. 20:06.840 --> 20:08.840 Well, I am. It's me who started this. 20:08.840 --> 20:10.840 I'm going to get my money's worth. 20:10.840 --> 20:12.840 At Tropical in the third, a correction. 20:12.840 --> 20:14.840 Sylvester is riding altruism. 20:14.840 --> 20:16.840 Did you hear that, Sam? 20:16.840 --> 20:18.840 You mean we get a jockey? 20:18.840 --> 20:20.840 Don't be funny. Sylvester is hot. 20:20.840 --> 20:22.840 He's winning two or three races a day. 20:22.840 --> 20:24.840 At Tropical in the third, they're away at 317. 20:24.840 --> 20:26.840 They're off, Sam. I got ears. 20:26.840 --> 20:28.840 Oh, gosh. 20:28.840 --> 20:32.840 At the quarter, it's War Alarm, Dive Bomber, Calumet, Powell, Dunnean, 20:32.840 --> 20:35.840 Westwood, O'Fyle, Cliff, Ballion, Ned, 20:35.840 --> 20:38.840 Masjid, Niblic, Timit, Sow, Golden West, Test, 20:38.840 --> 20:41.840 Two Box, Shedblock, Early Riser, and... 20:41.840 --> 20:43.840 altruism. 20:43.840 --> 20:45.840 No wonder you got 50 to one. There's 50 horses. 20:45.840 --> 20:47.840 That's not a race. It's a caravan. 20:47.840 --> 20:49.840 Last place. Now are you satisfied? 20:49.840 --> 20:51.840 Okay, Sam, let's go. 20:51.840 --> 20:53.840 Seabiscuit couldn't win in a crowd like that 20:53.840 --> 20:55.840 unless he cut across the infield. 20:55.840 --> 20:56.840 Oh, you sure pick him. 20:56.840 --> 20:58.840 Come on. What are you waiting for? 20:58.840 --> 20:59.840 I'm not waiting. Quit pushing me. 20:59.840 --> 21:00.840 Am I pushing you? 21:00.840 --> 21:03.840 At the half, Ballion, Ned, Violet, 21:03.840 --> 21:06.840 War Alarm, a second, Test, Tuber, third, 21:06.840 --> 21:09.840 Dive Bomber, fourth, Dunnean, Calumet, Powell, 21:09.840 --> 21:12.840 Westwood, O'Fyle, Clark, Timit, Sow, 21:12.840 --> 21:15.840 Golden West, Early Riser, Masjid, Niblic, 21:15.840 --> 21:17.840 altruism, and... 21:17.840 --> 21:19.840 auction block has dropped out. 21:19.840 --> 21:22.840 That nag is taking the pause that refreshes. 21:22.840 --> 21:23.840 Well, he's come up. 21:23.840 --> 21:25.840 If enough drop out, he can win. 21:25.840 --> 21:27.840 Yeah, the race would have to last two days, huh? 21:27.840 --> 21:28.840 Why didn't they run it in heats? 21:28.840 --> 21:30.840 Well, might as well hang around till the end, huh, Sam? 21:30.840 --> 21:31.840 Well, I guess so. 21:31.840 --> 21:35.840 In the stretch, Ballion, Ned is still leading by a length, 21:35.840 --> 21:39.840 Test, Tuber, second, War Alarm, third, 21:39.840 --> 21:41.840 and coming up is altruism. 21:41.840 --> 21:43.840 Did he say altruism? 21:43.840 --> 21:44.840 He said it. Get the results. 21:44.840 --> 21:46.840 Hey, Porky, how about the finish? 21:46.840 --> 21:48.840 Coming over to line up, baby. 21:48.840 --> 21:51.840 Sylvester! Sylvester, ride, boy, ride, ride! 21:51.840 --> 21:53.840 Don't wring your hands. It's too late to pray. 21:53.840 --> 21:54.840 The race is over. 21:54.840 --> 21:55.840 Who's the winner? Who's the winner? 21:55.840 --> 21:56.840 How do I know? 21:56.840 --> 21:58.840 The wire is always a minute behind. 21:58.840 --> 21:59.840 Eddie, we've got a chance. 21:59.840 --> 22:01.840 Christmas comes but once a year. 22:01.840 --> 22:02.840 That's too close for comfort. 22:02.840 --> 22:05.840 Oh, why did Flint let me take that bet? 22:06.840 --> 22:09.840 The winner after 30 tropical... 22:09.840 --> 22:10.840 Shh! 22:10.840 --> 22:11.840 ...is altruism. 22:11.840 --> 22:12.840 Oh, my horse! 22:12.840 --> 22:14.840 Yours, mine. He won. He won. 22:14.840 --> 22:15.840 Sam, he won. 22:15.840 --> 22:16.840 No, he won't. 22:16.840 --> 22:18.840 He won, Eddie. 22:18.840 --> 22:19.840 Well, am I a chump now? 22:19.840 --> 22:21.840 You're a champ, Eddie, a champ. 22:21.840 --> 22:22.840 Oh, it was nothing, Sam. 22:22.840 --> 22:24.840 Only a sap could do it. 22:24.840 --> 22:25.840 Thanks, Sam. 22:25.840 --> 22:27.840 Holy smoke, this does it. 22:27.840 --> 22:28.840 Think, I almost forgot. 22:28.840 --> 22:30.840 You've got to fork over the money. 22:30.840 --> 22:33.840 Yeah, that just about busts this joint. 22:33.840 --> 22:34.840 Look, how about calling it off? 22:34.840 --> 22:35.840 Calling... 22:35.840 --> 22:37.840 Remember what you said about contracts? 22:37.840 --> 22:40.840 Well, yeah, if I'd have known they were switching Sylvester on that door. 22:40.840 --> 22:42.840 Come on, when do we get paid off? 22:42.840 --> 22:44.840 Well, right now, Crockett. 22:44.840 --> 22:45.840 Come on over to the cashier. 22:45.840 --> 22:47.840 Cash? Do we have to take cash? 22:47.840 --> 22:48.840 Oh, absolutely. 22:48.840 --> 22:49.840 Here, give me your ticket. 22:49.840 --> 22:50.840 Here. 22:50.840 --> 22:52.840 Now, here's the cashier at this window. 22:52.840 --> 22:54.840 100 grand, Speed. 22:54.840 --> 22:56.840 Look, the cashier don't bat an eye. 22:56.840 --> 22:57.840 I'm going to take the money... 22:57.840 --> 22:58.840 The cops! 22:58.840 --> 22:59.840 It's the rain! 22:59.840 --> 23:00.840 How about I go? 23:00.840 --> 23:01.840 Where's that cashier? 23:01.840 --> 23:12.840 He's going out the back door! 23:12.840 --> 23:15.840 Well, the cops jugged everyone in the place. 23:15.840 --> 23:18.840 Thinkin' the other gamblers got away with 100 grand. 23:18.840 --> 23:21.840 And we had to wait until Christmas morning for a hearing. 23:21.840 --> 23:25.840 But every silver lining has a rip in it. 23:25.840 --> 23:28.840 Oh, I don't see how they got away. 23:28.840 --> 23:31.840 Oh, am I sore. 23:31.840 --> 23:33.840 We sit here in the can and they're off with all that dough. 23:33.840 --> 23:35.840 We were framed, Sam. 23:35.840 --> 23:36.840 The whole thing was planned. 23:36.840 --> 23:38.840 Oh, you're crazy. 23:38.840 --> 23:40.840 How'd think no altruism would win? 23:40.840 --> 23:43.840 You can't turn on a police raid like a shower bath. 23:43.840 --> 23:45.840 Well, how are we ever going to find those guys? 23:45.840 --> 23:46.840 We won't. 23:46.840 --> 23:48.840 And if we do, it won't do us any good. 23:48.840 --> 23:51.840 Because you haven't got the ticket anymore. 23:51.840 --> 23:53.840 And even if you had, you couldn't force them to pay... 23:53.840 --> 23:56.840 because bookmaking isn't legal. It's gambling. 23:56.840 --> 23:59.840 Keep on. I love to hear your altar talk. 23:59.840 --> 24:02.840 And it fits so nicely with these surroundings. 24:02.840 --> 24:04.840 Might as well get used to it. 24:04.840 --> 24:06.840 We'll be living in quarters like this for some time. 24:06.840 --> 24:09.840 Quiet, Sam. Here comes the keeper. 24:09.840 --> 24:11.840 And he's got think with him. 24:11.840 --> 24:13.840 Good. He deserves to be in jail, the dirty... 24:13.840 --> 24:16.840 Hello, Eddie. I got something for you. 24:16.840 --> 24:19.840 I'm sorry. I'm just not interested in tips at all. 24:19.840 --> 24:22.840 Oh, no, Eddie. You don't understand. 24:22.840 --> 24:24.840 I just come to say Merry Christmas. 24:24.840 --> 24:26.840 And this, this is for you, Eddie. 24:26.840 --> 24:27.840 For me? 24:27.840 --> 24:29.840 What is that? Open it, Eddie. 24:29.840 --> 24:30.840 Are you? 24:30.840 --> 24:32.840 Look, Sam, 2,000 bucks. 24:32.840 --> 24:34.840 2,000 bucks? 24:34.840 --> 24:37.840 That's right. It's all I got. It's my own dough. 24:37.840 --> 24:40.840 Mike went blue town, so this is the best I can do, Eddie. 24:40.840 --> 24:45.840 Oh, gee, thanks, Finck. Thanks. You're a prince. 24:45.840 --> 24:56.840 Just call him Santa Claus. 24:56.840 --> 24:59.840 So there I was, back where I started, at scratch. 24:59.840 --> 25:03.840 All I had to do was to put the dough back in the cash drawer. 25:03.840 --> 25:07.840 They made us pay a $10 fine, and we got home in time for Christmas dinner. 25:07.840 --> 25:10.840 The next morning, we took the subway downtown. 25:10.840 --> 25:15.840 Sam read the paper, and I just stared at the ads as usual. 25:15.840 --> 25:18.840 Eddie, quite a story about altruism. 25:18.840 --> 25:22.840 Picture of Sylvester. Just a kid, 19, weighs 105. 25:22.840 --> 25:26.840 Look at that ad. It says to spell it backwards. 25:26.840 --> 25:29.840 If they want you to read it that way, why didn't they turn it around? 25:29.840 --> 25:31.840 Eddie, look. 25:31.840 --> 25:35.840 I don't know why they... What is it, Sam? 25:35.840 --> 25:37.840 Look, this picture. It's Bartholomew. 25:37.840 --> 25:40.840 They've arrested him. What for? 25:40.840 --> 25:41.840 Embezzlement, Eddie. 25:41.840 --> 25:42.840 But that's you, Sam. 25:42.840 --> 25:47.840 Listen to this. Bartholomew confessed to having embezzled company funds 25:47.840 --> 25:49.840 to the tune of a quarter of a million dollars 25:49.840 --> 25:53.840 when auditors discovered a shortage in cash of $2,000. 25:53.840 --> 25:56.840 So that's why he was hurrying those guys around. 25:56.840 --> 26:02.840 Let me see. What a business. Everyone in it is a crook. 26:02.840 --> 26:04.840 Hey, Sam. Sam, where you going? 26:04.840 --> 26:07.840 Back to the police station. I'm giving myself up. 26:07.840 --> 26:09.840 Giving yourself up? But Sam... 26:09.840 --> 26:12.840 No, Eddie. I'd never sleep again if I escaped scot-free. 26:12.840 --> 26:15.840 Besides, I'd like to get away from Alice for six months. 26:15.840 --> 26:36.840 But Sam... 26:36.840 --> 26:40.840 When nobody was looking, I slipped the $2,000 back into the cash drawer. 26:40.840 --> 26:44.840 And Sam... Well, Sam went to the police and gave himself up. 26:44.840 --> 26:47.840 But guess what? They didn't want him. 26:47.840 --> 26:49.840 They already had their man. 26:49.840 --> 26:52.840 Sam wrote out a confession, offered to show them the books, 26:52.840 --> 26:54.840 but they just laughed at him. 26:54.840 --> 26:56.840 Called him a publicity seeker. 26:56.840 --> 26:58.840 He pleaded with him, but it was no use. 26:58.840 --> 27:01.840 Even Bartholomew called him a fool. 27:01.840 --> 27:05.840 Imagine, Sam fought for the right to go to prison, and they laughed at him. 27:05.840 --> 27:09.840 Then he went to the newspapers, even to the district attorney, 27:09.840 --> 27:11.840 explaining what he'd done with the money. 27:11.840 --> 27:13.840 But they wouldn't believe him either. 27:13.840 --> 27:16.840 That's the thing that finally broke Sam's heart. 27:16.840 --> 27:20.840 No one would believe that he was the famous unknown benefactor. 27:20.840 --> 27:26.840 They told him, go on, Santa Claus, go back to your reindeer. 27:26.840 --> 27:32.840 Sam... Sam would have preferred a few quiet months in Sing Sing, Breaking Rocks. 27:32.840 --> 27:34.840 He could have got rid of his ulcers. 27:34.840 --> 27:38.840 He would have got away from Alice. But no. 27:38.840 --> 27:42.840 Here, Eddie. Hand me that dixie cup, will you? 27:42.840 --> 27:44.840 Are ulcers bothering you again, Sam? 27:44.840 --> 27:46.840 Yeah, yeah, something awful. 27:46.840 --> 27:49.840 Keeping ledgers straight is driving me nuts. 27:49.840 --> 27:51.840 Oh, Sam. 28:03.840 --> 28:06.840 Suspense presented by Auto Light. 28:06.840 --> 28:09.840 Tonight's star, Eddie Cantor with Sidney Miller. 28:09.840 --> 28:12.840 Suspense is a far cry from your Sunday night take it or leave it show. 28:12.840 --> 28:16.840 Not so far. 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