1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:07,000 Auto Light and its 98,000 dealers bring you Mr. Frank Lovejoy. 2 00:00:07,000 --> 00:00:12,000 In tonight's presentation of Suspense. 3 00:00:16,000 --> 00:00:23,000 Tonight, Auto Light presents a tale about a man who felt he was bigger and more important than anything else in the world. 4 00:00:23,000 --> 00:00:25,000 And lost his life trying to prove it. 5 00:00:25,000 --> 00:00:30,000 The story is called The Storm. Our star Mr. Frank Lovejoy. 6 00:00:37,000 --> 00:00:40,000 Well Harlow, March is here. And like a lion, you know. 7 00:00:40,000 --> 00:00:44,000 And I know the lion, Hap. It's you're always right with Auto Light. 8 00:00:44,000 --> 00:00:46,000 That's a good one, Harlow. 9 00:00:46,000 --> 00:00:50,000 None better, Hap, because Auto Light is the lifeline of your Auto Light equipped car. 10 00:00:50,000 --> 00:01:00,000 And every unit, including the coil, distributor, spark plugs, generator, regulator, battery, and starting motor are designed to give you the smoothest performance money can buy. 11 00:01:00,000 --> 00:01:03,000 And what does that Auto Light electrical system do, Harlow? 12 00:01:03,000 --> 00:01:09,000 Why, Hap, it goes to work the instant you press the starter and continues every second your engine runs. 13 00:01:09,000 --> 00:01:14,000 It works every time you blow your horn, turn on lights, radio, heater, and electric windshield wiper. 14 00:01:14,000 --> 00:01:24,000 And that's why it pays to treat the electrical system of your car to a periodic checkup at your car dealers or your nearest authorized Auto Light service station. 15 00:01:24,000 --> 00:01:32,000 You can locate your authorized Auto Light service station through the classified section of the telephone directory under automobile electrical service. 16 00:01:32,000 --> 00:01:37,000 Or call Western Union by number and ask for operator 25. 17 00:01:37,000 --> 00:01:44,000 And remember, from bumper to tail light, you're always right with Auto Light. 18 00:01:44,000 --> 00:01:56,000 And now, Auto Light presents Transcribe the Storm, starring Mr. Frank Lovejoy, hoping once again to keep you in suspense. 19 00:01:56,000 --> 00:02:08,000 No one really knows how it begins. 20 00:02:08,000 --> 00:02:15,000 The birth is invisible, attended only by sea birds that glide gracefully over the warm Caribbean sea. 21 00:02:15,000 --> 00:02:21,000 In the cool upper air, a gull hovers, then dips low toward a single unwary shrimp. 22 00:02:21,000 --> 00:02:30,000 Suddenly the bird falters, its wings beat awkwardly against a sudden turbulence at the edge of a great unseen tower of strange warm air. 23 00:02:30,000 --> 00:02:35,000 Three hundred miles around, the cool outer wind circles, then sweeps in. 24 00:02:35,000 --> 00:02:38,000 This is the meeting place. 25 00:02:38,000 --> 00:02:43,000 Three hundred miles of wind circle a tower of weak warm air. 26 00:02:43,000 --> 00:02:45,000 Conditions favorable. 27 00:02:45,000 --> 00:02:56,000 And the thing is porn. 28 00:02:56,000 --> 00:03:01,000 Sure, I know there was a storm coming. I could see it in Joyce's eyes. 29 00:03:01,000 --> 00:03:05,000 The last year and a half she changed. Why? 30 00:03:05,000 --> 00:03:08,000 Women, most of them down the wind, they're well off. 31 00:03:08,000 --> 00:03:13,000 After all, we've been through getting to be the top dance team in the country. You'd think she'd try to relax and enjoy it. 32 00:03:13,000 --> 00:03:17,000 We were big now, two thousand a week in a percentage. 33 00:03:17,000 --> 00:03:21,000 Nothing but the best places booked when and where we liked. 34 00:03:21,000 --> 00:03:25,000 We just finished in Miami. We were going to lie around for a month when the weather turned funny. 35 00:03:25,000 --> 00:03:28,000 Nothing really noticeable, just something in the air. 36 00:03:28,000 --> 00:03:31,000 That's when I got the phone call from Al Morgan. 37 00:03:31,000 --> 00:03:32,000 Mr. Larry Weston. 38 00:03:32,000 --> 00:03:33,000 This is him. 39 00:03:33,000 --> 00:03:39,000 This is a long distance operator, sir. We have a call from Sea Beach. Go ahead, please. 40 00:03:39,000 --> 00:03:40,000 Hello, Larry? 41 00:03:40,000 --> 00:03:41,000 Yeah, who's this? 42 00:03:41,000 --> 00:03:43,000 Al, Al Morgan. 43 00:03:43,000 --> 00:03:45,000 Oh, sure, Al. Long time no see. 44 00:03:45,000 --> 00:03:46,000 Yeah, how's Joyce? 45 00:03:46,000 --> 00:03:48,000 Good, good. How's that new hotel of yours? 46 00:03:48,000 --> 00:03:52,000 Ah, nice business, Larry. Yeah, we got a nice business for a new place. 47 00:03:52,000 --> 00:03:56,000 Look, I know I should go through your agent on that. 48 00:03:56,000 --> 00:03:58,000 No, no, no. Skip him. What's on your mind? 49 00:03:58,000 --> 00:04:02,000 It's the tag end of the season here at Sea Beach, but we still got a good crowd. 50 00:04:02,000 --> 00:04:05,000 Variety says you and Joyce got a month between dates and... 51 00:04:05,000 --> 00:04:09,000 Well, look, Al, we're not exactly hired up for work. 52 00:04:09,000 --> 00:04:12,000 Oh, I know, Larry. It's just that I'd like to keep this crowd. 53 00:04:12,000 --> 00:04:16,000 You'd hold him here. You and Joyce a real sock finish on the season. 54 00:04:16,000 --> 00:04:20,000 Just for a week, Larry. You know, for an old friend. 55 00:04:20,000 --> 00:04:27,000 Well, we don't work for peanuts anymore, Al. Um, it'll have to be 3,000 and 20%. 56 00:04:27,000 --> 00:04:31,000 Well, that's pretty steep, but I guess I can make it. 57 00:04:31,000 --> 00:04:34,000 Okay, wire the deal to my agent. How's the weather there? 58 00:04:34,000 --> 00:04:37,000 The weather? Oh, great. Best on the Gulf Coast. 59 00:04:37,000 --> 00:04:40,000 Kind of funny here in Miami. Something in the air. 60 00:04:40,000 --> 00:04:44,000 Well, that's Miami. When can you start? Today? 61 00:04:44,000 --> 00:04:46,000 Yeah, yeah, I guess so. We'll drive down. 62 00:04:46,000 --> 00:04:49,000 I sure appreciate this, Larry. Honest. 63 00:04:49,000 --> 00:04:53,000 So long, Al. Just tell your crowd we're on the way. 64 00:04:53,000 --> 00:04:57,000 Thanks. What? 65 00:04:57,000 --> 00:05:00,000 I said thanks for including me in. 66 00:05:00,000 --> 00:05:02,000 That's supposed to be some kind of a crack, Joyce. 67 00:05:02,000 --> 00:05:05,000 There was a time when you used to at least ask me about a date. 68 00:05:05,000 --> 00:05:07,000 Now I'm just part of the act. 69 00:05:07,000 --> 00:05:13,000 Look, will you get off my back? Al Morgan's new place at Sea Beach. Al knew us when. 70 00:05:13,000 --> 00:05:15,000 But you want to do a favor for an old friend? 71 00:05:15,000 --> 00:05:19,000 Sure, I can do a favor for an old friend. And without jacking the price a thousand. 72 00:05:19,000 --> 00:05:22,000 Cut it out, Willie. It's business. We're big business now. 73 00:05:22,000 --> 00:05:25,000 That's why Al wants us, and that's why he'll pay us $3,000. 74 00:05:25,000 --> 00:05:28,000 That's so hard to take. Sure, it's fine. 75 00:05:28,000 --> 00:05:34,000 But we're all business now. Everything's happened so fast for us, we've lost being man and wife. 76 00:05:34,000 --> 00:05:39,000 I like being man and wife, Larry. Not just a dance partner. 77 00:05:39,000 --> 00:05:44,000 Look, it's the air in Miami. That's what's bothering you. Come on, let's pack. 78 00:05:44,000 --> 00:05:50,000 Music 79 00:05:50,000 --> 00:05:58,000 High over Miami, clouds gather and move. Far to the south, the great cone of wind spins strongly now. 80 00:05:58,000 --> 00:06:02,000 Feeling adolescent strength, it starts moving across the sea. 81 00:06:02,000 --> 00:06:05,000 It feels for direction and curves northward. 82 00:06:05,000 --> 00:06:09,000 The ocean is patterned with great heaping swells racing before it. 83 00:06:09,000 --> 00:06:13,000 On the Gulf Coast beaches, the tide still rises normally. 84 00:06:13,000 --> 00:06:22,000 Then a wave, larger than usual, crashes unevenly across the sand. 85 00:06:22,000 --> 00:06:26,000 Sea Beach looks like quite a layout. A lot of money, a lot of class. 86 00:06:26,000 --> 00:06:32,000 Sure does. Oh, come on, snap out of it, will you? 87 00:06:32,000 --> 00:06:39,000 Hey, there's Al's Hotel. Look at that sign. The westerns, big as you can make them. 88 00:06:39,000 --> 00:06:43,000 Sure. We're big. 89 00:06:43,000 --> 00:06:52,000 Look, don't start anything. We're here for a week and the weather is nice. Try to get along, will you? 90 00:06:52,000 --> 00:06:57,000 Hi, Larry, Joyce. Hey, Al, some place you got. 91 00:06:57,000 --> 00:07:02,000 All right, on the beach. Nothing but the best. How are you, Joyce? It's been a long time. 92 00:07:02,000 --> 00:07:04,000 Hi, Al, it's really good to see you. 93 00:07:04,000 --> 00:07:10,000 Come on. You got one of the best suites in the place. Hey, boy, get these bags into 215, will you? 94 00:07:10,000 --> 00:07:15,000 Looks like a real nice place, Al. Strictly resort, Larry. Entertainment and the weather. 95 00:07:15,000 --> 00:07:19,000 I got my entertainment and if the weather stays just right, I... 96 00:07:19,000 --> 00:07:22,000 Hey, hey, that's some surf. 97 00:07:22,000 --> 00:07:28,000 Yeah, yeah, it started yesterday. Paper says big storm down in the gulf somewhere. They think it's moving this way. 98 00:07:28,000 --> 00:07:33,000 Scared off some of the guests, but when I got up that western sign, it stopped the checkouts cold. 99 00:07:33,000 --> 00:07:35,000 So where's storm bait, huh? 100 00:07:35,000 --> 00:07:40,000 Yeah, yeah, yeah, that's it. Ah, nothing to worry about, though. Not a cloud in the sky, is it? 101 00:07:40,000 --> 00:07:43,000 If you bleed the papers, you could die from worry. 102 00:07:43,000 --> 00:07:45,000 Mr. Morgan, Mr. Morgan, if you please. 103 00:07:45,000 --> 00:07:47,000 Oh, oh, yeah, P. Day. What can I do for you? 104 00:07:47,000 --> 00:07:51,000 It is the food, Monsieur. Toto, please, I am speaking. 105 00:07:51,000 --> 00:07:53,000 Oh, Mr. and Mrs. Weston, Monsieur P. Day. 106 00:07:53,000 --> 00:07:54,000 Hi. 107 00:07:54,000 --> 00:08:02,000 The dancing westerns? Oh, an honor. I have never seen you perform, but everyone knows you are magnificent. 108 00:08:02,000 --> 00:08:05,000 That's an awfully nice dog. 109 00:08:05,000 --> 00:08:12,000 Merci, Madame. I am sorry Colette and Madame Pompadour are not with me at the moment. They will meet you later, I hope. 110 00:08:12,000 --> 00:08:14,000 Something about the food, P. Day? 111 00:08:14,000 --> 00:08:21,000 Oh, this special diet for my dogs, Monsieur. I am afraid I lose the cooperation of the kitchen again. 112 00:08:21,000 --> 00:08:23,000 I'll take care of it. 113 00:08:23,000 --> 00:08:26,000 Merci. Now, how well until this evening? 114 00:08:26,000 --> 00:08:28,000 Viens, Toto. Viens. 115 00:08:28,000 --> 00:08:30,000 Oh, he's cute. 116 00:08:30,000 --> 00:08:34,000 You should see those dogs work. The four of them really put on a show. 117 00:08:34,000 --> 00:08:36,000 A dog act? 118 00:08:36,000 --> 00:08:37,000 Sure, they're good. 119 00:08:37,000 --> 00:08:40,000 Oh, wait a minute, Al. That just doesn't go. 120 00:08:40,000 --> 00:08:41,000 What do you mean, Al? 121 00:08:41,000 --> 00:08:44,000 Well, I mean Al didn't tell me he was running a circus. That's all. 122 00:08:44,000 --> 00:08:47,000 Look, Larry, P. Day's got a good actor. He wouldn't be here. 123 00:08:47,000 --> 00:08:49,000 That's swell, but we don't work with dog acts. 124 00:08:49,000 --> 00:08:50,000 Larry. 125 00:08:50,000 --> 00:08:54,000 It's simple, Joyce. If Al can hold his crowd with a dog act, fine. He doesn't need us. 126 00:08:54,000 --> 00:08:57,000 But he's got a contractor. What can I do? 127 00:08:57,000 --> 00:08:59,000 Larry, you're not serious. 128 00:08:59,000 --> 00:09:02,000 Can you get the boy to put the bags back in the car out? Come on, Joyce. Let's go. 129 00:09:02,000 --> 00:09:07,000 No, no, wait, wait, wait. I've already got your name up out there. 130 00:09:07,000 --> 00:09:11,000 Okay, Larry, I'll buy a few days' contract. 131 00:09:11,000 --> 00:09:14,000 Fine, fine. Now you understand, don't you, Al? I mean... 132 00:09:14,000 --> 00:09:16,000 Well, a dog act. 133 00:09:16,000 --> 00:09:18,000 Yeah, yeah, sure. I understand. 134 00:09:18,000 --> 00:09:21,000 Swell, swell. Then we'd better get ourselves on P. Day. 135 00:09:21,000 --> 00:09:22,000 You go ahead. 136 00:09:22,000 --> 00:09:25,000 Okay. 137 00:09:25,000 --> 00:09:30,000 Look, Al, that was Larry talking, not me. 138 00:09:30,000 --> 00:09:34,000 Yeah, I know, honey. He's changed, hasn't he? 139 00:09:34,000 --> 00:09:40,000 Yeah. We're a big team now. I guess that's it. He's got to prove it all the time. 140 00:09:40,000 --> 00:09:43,000 I don't know exactly what to do. 141 00:09:43,000 --> 00:09:46,000 He's really a nice guy, Joyce. It'll wear off. 142 00:09:46,000 --> 00:09:50,000 Thanks, Al. I hope you're right. 143 00:09:50,000 --> 00:10:05,000 Over the Gulf Coast shore, the sun shines warm on the slow, continuous beat of the heavy storm surf. 144 00:10:05,000 --> 00:10:08,000 The sky remains clear until late afternoon. 145 00:10:08,000 --> 00:10:14,000 Then, a slight yellowish haze, the first land warning, creeps into the darkening blue. 146 00:10:14,000 --> 00:10:18,000 The barometer is measured, and from Florida to Texas, 147 00:10:18,000 --> 00:10:23,000 red and black hurricane flags unfold in an oddly soft breeze. 148 00:10:23,000 --> 00:10:26,000 Precautionary. Nothing definite yet. 149 00:10:26,000 --> 00:10:29,000 The sunset is brilliant red. 150 00:10:29,000 --> 00:10:32,000 And later, there's a halo around the moon. 151 00:10:41,000 --> 00:10:45,000 Thank you. Thank you very much. 152 00:10:45,000 --> 00:10:49,000 Thank you very much, but that was our last encore, I'm afraid. 153 00:10:49,000 --> 00:10:53,000 Regardless of what the newspapers and radios have been saying about the weather, 154 00:10:53,000 --> 00:10:57,000 we'll be here tomorrow night with a very special performance. 155 00:11:04,000 --> 00:11:05,000 Yeah, I could... 156 00:11:05,000 --> 00:11:10,000 Sure. You're a little sloppy tonight, honey. You could stand some rehearsing. 157 00:11:10,000 --> 00:11:15,000 Oh, swell you two. You were great. And look around, not an empty seat in the place. 158 00:11:15,000 --> 00:11:16,000 Thank you. 159 00:11:16,000 --> 00:11:18,000 Yeah, yeah, it was a good crowd. Only Joyce wasn't there. 160 00:11:18,000 --> 00:11:21,000 Al, what's the real dope on this storm? 161 00:11:21,000 --> 00:11:26,000 Well, who knows? The hurricane flags are up, but none of the natives around here are getting excited. 162 00:11:26,000 --> 00:11:29,000 Few places boarded up, and nobody's leaving. Business as usual. 163 00:11:29,000 --> 00:11:31,000 Hey, you know, it might be fun. 164 00:11:31,000 --> 00:11:32,000 What? 165 00:11:32,000 --> 00:11:35,000 Well, to see if we can hold a crowd here in a hurricane. 166 00:11:35,000 --> 00:11:36,000 You're kidding. 167 00:11:36,000 --> 00:11:39,000 Us against a hurricane. I bet we could. 168 00:11:39,000 --> 00:11:42,000 It'd be a good act, Larry, but I hope you don't get the chance. 169 00:11:42,000 --> 00:11:44,000 Oh, Mr. Weston, Mr. Weston. 170 00:11:44,000 --> 00:11:47,000 Mr. Weston, I do hope you don't think I'm forward, 171 00:11:47,000 --> 00:11:51,000 but I did so admire you and your wife out there on the floor. 172 00:11:51,000 --> 00:11:54,000 I've seen a lot of dancing, but honestly... 173 00:11:54,000 --> 00:11:56,000 Well, thank you. 174 00:11:56,000 --> 00:11:58,000 I know you dance for a living, but could you... 175 00:11:58,000 --> 00:12:01,000 Would you please show me that backstair? 176 00:12:01,000 --> 00:12:02,000 Well, I have to ask my wife. 177 00:12:02,000 --> 00:12:05,000 Oh, please, Miss Weston, I'll die happy. 178 00:12:05,000 --> 00:12:07,000 Of course. Go right ahead. 179 00:12:07,000 --> 00:12:10,000 Well, there isn't much for a girl to learn, really. 180 00:12:10,000 --> 00:12:11,000 Quite so. 181 00:12:11,000 --> 00:12:14,000 Um, have a drink, Joyce? 182 00:12:14,000 --> 00:12:17,000 No, I don't think so, thanks. 183 00:12:17,000 --> 00:12:20,000 I know he was kidding, but for a minute, 184 00:12:20,000 --> 00:12:23,000 I thought Larry meant that about the hurricane. 185 00:12:23,000 --> 00:12:25,000 Tell him, good boy, huh? 186 00:12:25,000 --> 00:12:28,000 Low-racing clouds rush tirelessly by. 187 00:12:28,000 --> 00:12:30,000 More rain, more gusts of wind. 188 00:12:30,000 --> 00:12:37,000 The clouds grow heavier in the haze-filled sky. 189 00:12:37,000 --> 00:12:40,000 Oh, come on, Joyce, come on. Pick it up. 190 00:12:40,000 --> 00:12:42,000 All right, Larry, all right. 191 00:12:42,000 --> 00:12:45,000 Now, stop it, stop it, stop it. 192 00:12:45,000 --> 00:12:47,000 Look, it's 4 p.m. already. 193 00:12:47,000 --> 00:12:51,000 At 8 o'clock, we have an appointment downstairs doing a show. 194 00:12:51,000 --> 00:12:54,000 The rehearsal is for your benefit. What's the matter with you? 195 00:12:54,000 --> 00:12:56,000 Oh, the fun's gone out of it, Larry. 196 00:12:56,000 --> 00:12:58,000 Look, we've got to talk this out. 197 00:12:58,000 --> 00:13:00,000 Here it comes again. Listen, Joyce. 198 00:13:00,000 --> 00:13:03,000 I've got to say it, Larry. I've got to tell you what I feel. 199 00:13:03,000 --> 00:13:04,000 It's about the dog act. 200 00:13:04,000 --> 00:13:08,000 It's not the dog act. It's you. It's all you. 201 00:13:08,000 --> 00:13:12,000 You say we, us, but you really mean you. 202 00:13:12,000 --> 00:13:15,000 I used to feel close when we danced, 203 00:13:15,000 --> 00:13:19,000 but you're such a big, important showstopper all by yourself. 204 00:13:19,000 --> 00:13:21,000 There's no room for me anymore. 205 00:13:21,000 --> 00:13:24,000 If you're all through, we'll continue with the rehearsal. 206 00:13:24,000 --> 00:13:26,000 Please, Larry, listen to me. 207 00:13:26,000 --> 00:13:31,000 I love you, but I don't know you anymore. 208 00:13:31,000 --> 00:13:34,000 The way you push people around, nothing means anything to you. 209 00:13:34,000 --> 00:13:36,000 Nothing's important except... 210 00:13:36,000 --> 00:13:39,000 except that big sign, the Western. 211 00:13:39,000 --> 00:13:41,000 Well, sure it's important. 212 00:13:41,000 --> 00:13:43,000 The weather turns bad, people get scared, 213 00:13:43,000 --> 00:13:46,000 Al puts that sign up, and they stay. 214 00:13:46,000 --> 00:13:48,000 Now, can it, Joyce? Can it before I get to that? 215 00:13:48,000 --> 00:13:50,000 You don't really need a wife anymore, do you, Larry? 216 00:13:50,000 --> 00:13:52,000 All you need is someone to dance with. 217 00:13:52,000 --> 00:13:54,000 That's what you really feel, isn't it? 218 00:13:54,000 --> 00:13:56,000 All right, yes. 219 00:13:56,000 --> 00:13:59,000 I took you, I can take anybody. 220 00:13:59,000 --> 00:14:01,000 That dumb little blonde last night, 221 00:14:01,000 --> 00:14:04,000 as soon as we got out on the floor, I knew... 222 00:14:04,000 --> 00:14:06,000 Joyce, where do you think you're going? 223 00:14:06,000 --> 00:14:09,000 I don't know, Larry. I just don't know. 224 00:14:18,000 --> 00:14:19,000 Yeah. 225 00:14:19,000 --> 00:14:20,000 Uh, Larry? 226 00:14:20,000 --> 00:14:21,000 Yeah. 227 00:14:21,000 --> 00:14:22,000 I just heard it on the radio. 228 00:14:22,000 --> 00:14:25,000 They think the center of this storm may hit somewhere near Sea Beach. 229 00:14:25,000 --> 00:14:26,000 Oh? 230 00:14:26,000 --> 00:14:29,000 Yeah, could be a hundred miles either way. 231 00:14:29,000 --> 00:14:31,000 Some of the guests are kind of nervous. 232 00:14:31,000 --> 00:14:34,000 Hey, could you and Joyce come down and help me keep their minds off it? 233 00:14:34,000 --> 00:14:37,000 Sure, Al, sure, sure. What's a little hurricane? 234 00:14:37,000 --> 00:14:41,000 Um, is that blonde I danced with last night around? 235 00:14:41,000 --> 00:14:43,000 Oh, yeah, yeah, I saw her in the bar. 236 00:14:43,000 --> 00:14:45,000 Have her meet me on the floor. 237 00:14:45,000 --> 00:14:48,000 The sky-filling haze thickens. 238 00:14:48,000 --> 00:14:52,000 The barometer drops suddenly, and it can almost be felt. 239 00:14:52,000 --> 00:14:57,000 Then, seaward, on the edge of the horizon, a low gray curve appears. 240 00:14:57,000 --> 00:15:00,000 It climbs slowly, grows darker. 241 00:15:00,000 --> 00:15:05,000 Then stands there, congealing its power into an ugly, bluish-black mass. 242 00:15:05,000 --> 00:15:11,000 Then, steadied and deliberate, the great windmills of the storm. 243 00:15:11,000 --> 00:15:18,000 Then, steadied and deliberate, the great wind monster moves toward the land. 244 00:15:18,000 --> 00:15:41,000 Auto Light is bringing you Mr. Frank Lovejoy with Joan Banks in The Storm, 245 00:15:41,000 --> 00:15:48,000 tonight's presentation in radio's outstanding theater of thrills, Suspense. 246 00:15:56,000 --> 00:16:04,000 Say, Hap, do you know who developed the first two-unit, six-volt electrical system used as original equipment? 247 00:16:04,000 --> 00:16:06,000 Never gave it much thought, Harlow. 248 00:16:06,000 --> 00:16:13,000 Well, you should, Hap, because that development was the forerunner of the precision-made electrical system in modern cars. 249 00:16:13,000 --> 00:16:18,000 Now, I'll tell you, Auto Light engineers designed that system 41 years ago. 250 00:16:18,000 --> 00:16:20,000 I guess that was quite a feat, eh, Harlow? 251 00:16:20,000 --> 00:16:25,000 It sure was, Hap, and so are today's complete Auto Light electrical systems. 252 00:16:25,000 --> 00:16:32,000 They're installed as original equipment on many of our finest makes of cars, trucks, tractors, and boats. 253 00:16:32,000 --> 00:16:36,000 Those Auto Light electrical systems must really have it, Harlow. 254 00:16:36,000 --> 00:16:43,000 Yes, sir. Every unit is perfectly related by Auto Light engineering design and manufacturing skill 255 00:16:43,000 --> 00:16:47,000 to give the smoothest performance money can buy. 256 00:16:47,000 --> 00:16:52,000 So, friends, be sure you get the best for your Auto Light-equipped car. 257 00:16:52,000 --> 00:16:56,000 Insist on Auto Light original service parts. 258 00:16:56,000 --> 00:17:02,000 And remember, from bumper to tail light, you're always right with Auto Light. 259 00:17:02,000 --> 00:17:07,000 And now, Auto Light brings back to our Hollywood soundstage Mr. Frank Lovejoy 260 00:17:07,000 --> 00:17:16,000 in Elliot Lewis's production of The Storm, a tale well calculated to keep you in suspense. 261 00:17:16,000 --> 00:17:38,000 The sky darkens, lowering ominously, and from horizon to shore, the sea boils white with rage. 262 00:17:38,000 --> 00:17:41,000 The rain is continuous now, falling harder and harder. 263 00:17:41,000 --> 00:17:51,000 Then from the approaching edge of fury, the first flicking fingers gouge through the rain and touch land. 264 00:17:51,000 --> 00:17:52,000 Over here, Larry. 265 00:17:52,000 --> 00:17:53,000 Hello. 266 00:17:53,000 --> 00:17:56,000 Oh, hi. Hi. What did you say your name was, honey? 267 00:17:56,000 --> 00:18:00,000 Betty Ann. Betty Ann White. Do you want to see her with me? 268 00:18:00,000 --> 00:18:02,000 I couldn't round up much of an orchestra. 269 00:18:02,000 --> 00:18:04,000 That's okay. The piano's enough. 270 00:18:04,000 --> 00:18:05,000 Where's George? 271 00:18:05,000 --> 00:18:07,000 He's around. Look, Betty Ann. 272 00:18:07,000 --> 00:18:08,000 I'll go find her. 273 00:18:08,000 --> 00:18:12,000 What was the biggest thrill of my life, to dance with you last night, Mr. West? 274 00:18:12,000 --> 00:18:15,000 Oh, it's really tormenting, isn't it? 275 00:18:15,000 --> 00:18:16,000 You scared? 276 00:18:16,000 --> 00:18:17,000 Me? 277 00:18:17,000 --> 00:18:19,000 My, no. I've been through storms before. 278 00:18:19,000 --> 00:18:22,000 Come on. You know, you danced pretty good last night. 279 00:18:22,000 --> 00:18:23,000 Huh? 280 00:18:23,000 --> 00:18:25,000 How would you like to entertain the folks? 281 00:18:25,000 --> 00:18:29,000 Huh? You mean you and me? In front of those people? 282 00:18:29,000 --> 00:18:31,000 Sure, sure. You like to dance? 283 00:18:31,000 --> 00:18:34,000 I'd be some way, sir. That scares me. I just couldn't. 284 00:18:34,000 --> 00:18:38,000 Why, sure you can. Come on. I'll make you look great. 285 00:18:43,000 --> 00:18:57,000 The first winds churn up the beaches, whirl inland, shudder against walls and wind past, trees groan, the lighter branches crack and fly off, a board rattles on a flimsy wooden shack, tears loose and hurtles through the air. 286 00:18:57,000 --> 00:19:01,000 Come on, listen up, honey. They're all watching. 287 00:19:01,000 --> 00:19:03,000 I-I-I'm sorry. 288 00:19:03,000 --> 00:19:07,000 Relax. There's nothing to it. Now, spin toward the window. 289 00:19:07,000 --> 00:19:09,000 I think I got it now. You mean that thing? 290 00:19:09,000 --> 00:19:11,000 Spin, honey. Spin. 291 00:19:11,000 --> 00:19:13,000 I'm sorry. 292 00:19:13,000 --> 00:19:16,000 Betty! Betty! 293 00:19:16,000 --> 00:19:17,000 What happened? 294 00:19:17,000 --> 00:19:18,000 What happened? 295 00:19:18,000 --> 00:19:19,000 I mean, how did she? 296 00:19:19,000 --> 00:19:20,000 Barry, what happened? 297 00:19:20,000 --> 00:19:24,000 Oh, no. That was crazy. The window just shattered the glass. Hit her all over. I think she... 298 00:19:24,000 --> 00:19:29,000 Please, folks! She's going to be all right. If I go into the lobby or the bar, everything's going to be all right. 299 00:19:29,000 --> 00:19:32,000 Al, she's not gonna be all right. 300 00:19:32,000 --> 00:19:35,000 I know, I know. I'll get some of the boys to move her. Come on. 301 00:19:35,000 --> 00:19:40,000 Now, listen. Keep it quiet. The cops were by. They're warning everybody. The storm shifted. It's headed straight for C.B. 302 00:19:40,000 --> 00:19:41,000 Where's Joyce? 303 00:19:41,000 --> 00:19:44,000 I'm not sure. One of the bellboys saw her earlier. Said she looked pretty upset. 304 00:19:44,000 --> 00:19:46,000 I know, yeah. We had an argument. Where is she? 305 00:19:46,000 --> 00:19:47,000 Well, we checked all over. 306 00:19:47,000 --> 00:19:50,000 Joyce! Joyce! At Larry, we looked every place. 307 00:19:50,000 --> 00:19:51,000 You mean you let her go out? 308 00:19:51,000 --> 00:19:54,000 If she took the car, the cops will stop her to get her off the street. 309 00:19:54,000 --> 00:19:56,000 She didn't take the car. I got the keys in my pocket. 310 00:19:56,000 --> 00:19:58,000 Oh, no, wait, Larry. It's a hurricane. 311 00:19:58,000 --> 00:19:59,000 You can't go out there. 312 00:19:59,000 --> 00:20:01,000 I'm out, Al. Let me go. 313 00:20:01,000 --> 00:20:02,000 Larry! 314 00:20:02,000 --> 00:20:03,000 I gotta find Joyce. 315 00:20:07,000 --> 00:20:12,000 Joyce! Joyce! Joyce! 316 00:20:13,000 --> 00:20:15,000 It's wind. I can't see. 317 00:20:15,000 --> 00:20:17,000 Light off, will you? 318 00:20:17,000 --> 00:20:19,000 Light off, will you? 319 00:20:20,000 --> 00:20:24,000 That's it. Now we can get somewhere. 320 00:20:28,000 --> 00:20:35,000 The preliminary winds passed. A pause. And then, bruising, tearing, whining, the thing steps to the land. 321 00:20:35,000 --> 00:20:42,000 The sea drags up with it, roaring in twisted, foaming agony, and falls like cannon shot on all it can reach. 322 00:20:42,000 --> 00:20:47,000 The rain no longer falls but hammers sideways with a force of bullets. 323 00:20:47,000 --> 00:20:50,000 The palm trees bend almost sweep the ground. 324 00:20:50,000 --> 00:20:54,000 More stubborn fronts offer resistance, then suddenly wrench from their roots. 325 00:20:54,000 --> 00:21:02,000 The works of man tremble, shudder, and mighty man himself, caught in the open, is forced to return to all fours. 326 00:21:02,000 --> 00:21:07,000 Joyce! Joyce! Joyce, where are you? 327 00:21:07,000 --> 00:21:09,000 Hey! Hey, you! 328 00:21:09,000 --> 00:21:10,000 Joyce! 329 00:21:10,000 --> 00:21:12,000 This way, mister! This way! 330 00:21:12,000 --> 00:21:13,000 I can't! 331 00:21:13,000 --> 00:21:14,000 Roll! 332 00:21:14,000 --> 00:21:16,000 Can't make your hands and knees! 333 00:21:16,000 --> 00:21:17,000 Roll! 334 00:21:20,000 --> 00:21:22,000 Hey! Enough! 335 00:21:22,000 --> 00:21:24,000 Now, reach me your hand! 336 00:21:24,000 --> 00:21:25,000 I can't! 337 00:21:25,000 --> 00:21:26,000 Roll! 338 00:21:26,000 --> 00:21:28,000 Can't make your hands and knees! 339 00:21:28,000 --> 00:21:29,000 Roll! 340 00:21:29,000 --> 00:21:32,000 Hey, enough! Now, reach me your hand! 341 00:21:32,000 --> 00:21:34,000 Hey, that's it! 342 00:21:37,000 --> 00:21:39,000 There you are! 343 00:21:40,000 --> 00:21:42,000 You must be crazy, mister! 344 00:21:42,000 --> 00:21:43,000 How'd you get out there? 345 00:21:43,000 --> 00:21:44,000 I'm looking for my wife. 346 00:21:44,000 --> 00:21:47,000 You can't find her now. You're lucky you're still alive. 347 00:21:47,000 --> 00:21:49,000 She's out there. I've got to find her. 348 00:21:49,000 --> 00:21:53,000 Listen, I'm trying to help you. Somebody's taking her, taking care of her someplace, too. 349 00:21:53,000 --> 00:21:55,000 She's gonna be all right now. 350 00:21:55,000 --> 00:21:56,000 Come on back inside. 351 00:21:56,000 --> 00:21:57,000 No! You don't understand. 352 00:21:57,000 --> 00:22:01,000 There's only one thing you understand, mister. That's a hurricane. It cuts everything aside. 353 00:22:01,000 --> 00:22:03,000 Listen to me. I've got to find my wife. 354 00:22:03,000 --> 00:22:05,000 You gotta wait till the comm sets in. 355 00:22:05,000 --> 00:22:06,000 Comm? 356 00:22:06,000 --> 00:22:11,000 At a hurricane's eye. You can get to the police station, then. They'll know where to find your wife. 357 00:22:11,000 --> 00:22:17,000 One hour, two. The wind screams at a ninety, a hundred, a hundred and thirty miles an hour. 358 00:22:17,000 --> 00:22:20,000 The light grows black, fingered with a weird electric blue. 359 00:22:20,000 --> 00:22:26,000 Rooftops, flash in the streets. Broken power lines, spit ten thousand volt electrocutions. 360 00:22:26,000 --> 00:22:31,000 Man sits in his trembling shelter, torrented by the wind. 361 00:22:31,000 --> 00:22:15,580 The wind is so strong, it's like a 362 00:22:15,580 --> 00:22:22,580 A hurricane is coming. 363 00:22:22,580 --> 00:22:28,580 One hour, two. The wind screams at a ninety, a hundred, a hundred and thirty miles an hour. 364 00:22:28,580 --> 00:22:31,580 The light grows black, fingered with a weird electric blue. 365 00:22:31,580 --> 00:22:37,580 Rooftops, flash in the streets. Broken power lines, spit ten thousand volt electrocutions. 366 00:22:37,580 --> 00:22:43,580 Man sits in his trembling shelter, torters on the edge of security with hollow fear in his eyes. 367 00:22:43,580 --> 00:22:47,580 Then suddenly, without warning, the comm. 368 00:22:54,580 --> 00:22:59,580 A weird, uneasy silence, surrounded by the force of hell. 369 00:23:03,580 --> 00:23:06,580 Middle of the block there. That's the police station. 370 00:23:06,580 --> 00:23:07,580 How long does the comm last? 371 00:23:07,580 --> 00:23:10,580 Hard to tell. Hour, fifteen minutes. 372 00:23:10,580 --> 00:23:13,580 Come on. 373 00:23:23,580 --> 00:23:24,580 First, give me first aid. 374 00:23:24,580 --> 00:23:26,580 Now, listen, I gotta find my wife. 375 00:23:26,580 --> 00:23:27,580 What's her name? 376 00:23:27,580 --> 00:23:29,580 Weston, Joyce Weston. 377 00:23:29,580 --> 00:23:36,580 Mrs. Joyce Weston? Mrs. Joyce Weston? Mrs. Weston? 378 00:23:36,580 --> 00:23:38,580 Sorry, buddy. 379 00:23:38,580 --> 00:23:40,580 It's Larry, Joyce. 380 00:23:40,580 --> 00:23:42,580 What about the fire station? 381 00:23:42,580 --> 00:23:44,580 Could be. Red Cross is set up there. 382 00:23:44,580 --> 00:23:45,580 Where is it? 383 00:23:45,580 --> 00:23:47,580 Next block over Jackson Street. 384 00:23:47,580 --> 00:23:50,580 Hey, buddy, you better stay here. 385 00:24:03,580 --> 00:24:05,580 Her name is Weston, Joyce Weston. 386 00:24:05,580 --> 00:24:08,580 I'm busy with the injured, mister. You'll have to look yourself. 387 00:24:08,580 --> 00:24:11,580 Joyce. Joyce. 388 00:24:11,580 --> 00:24:14,580 Monsieur. Monsieur. Monsieur. 389 00:24:14,580 --> 00:24:15,580 Mr. Bidet. 390 00:24:15,580 --> 00:24:18,580 My dogs, monsieur. Have you seen my dogs? 391 00:24:18,580 --> 00:24:20,580 Look, I'm trying to find Joyce, my wife. 392 00:24:20,580 --> 00:24:22,580 But my dogs, they broke away. I went after them. 393 00:24:22,580 --> 00:24:24,580 Hey, will you listen to me? 394 00:24:24,580 --> 00:24:25,580 My dogs. 395 00:24:25,580 --> 00:24:28,580 Joyce. Joyce. 396 00:24:28,580 --> 00:24:29,580 Larry. 397 00:24:29,580 --> 00:24:30,580 You all right? 398 00:24:30,580 --> 00:24:32,580 I'm fine, Larry. I'm fine. 399 00:24:32,580 --> 00:24:33,580 Come on. 400 00:24:33,580 --> 00:24:34,580 Wait, I've got to help you. 401 00:24:34,580 --> 00:24:35,580 It'll keep. Come on. 402 00:24:35,580 --> 00:24:38,580 Larry, wait a minute. The storm isn't over. This is just the crowd. 403 00:24:38,580 --> 00:24:40,580 Yeah, I know. 404 00:24:42,580 --> 00:24:44,580 Why did you run out? Teach me a lesson. 405 00:24:44,580 --> 00:24:45,580 What? 406 00:24:45,580 --> 00:24:48,580 It was pretty small time, Joyce. You left me in a pretty bad hole. 407 00:24:48,580 --> 00:24:49,580 Wait a minute. Where are we going? 408 00:24:49,580 --> 00:24:51,580 Back to the hotel. They're waiting for us. 409 00:24:51,580 --> 00:24:53,580 You're crazy. 410 00:24:53,580 --> 00:24:57,580 And I was crazy to kid myself that you actually came looking for me. 411 00:24:57,580 --> 00:24:59,580 Look, Joyce, I'm not going to beg. I don't have to. 412 00:24:59,580 --> 00:25:01,580 Oh, you're so big. 413 00:25:01,580 --> 00:25:04,580 The Hurricane Supper, Larry Weston. 414 00:25:04,580 --> 00:25:07,580 And you believe it, don't you? You really believe it. 415 00:25:07,580 --> 00:25:10,580 Don't get me sore. They're waiting for us at the hotel now. 416 00:25:10,580 --> 00:25:12,580 No, not us, Larry. 417 00:25:12,580 --> 00:25:15,580 They're waiting for you, the Hurricane Supper. 418 00:25:15,580 --> 00:25:16,580 Joyce. 419 00:25:16,580 --> 00:25:17,580 I'm going back to the fire station. 420 00:25:17,580 --> 00:25:19,580 Come on, Larry. 421 00:25:19,580 --> 00:25:22,580 You don't need it, but life will look. 422 00:25:22,580 --> 00:25:24,580 Okay. 423 00:25:24,580 --> 00:25:26,580 Don't say I didn't give you the chance. 424 00:25:26,580 --> 00:25:31,580 Your small time, I made you and the whole life. 425 00:25:31,580 --> 00:25:34,580 I know how to beat me, make it the Hurricane. 426 00:25:34,580 --> 00:25:58,580 I'm big. I'm big. I'm big. 427 00:25:58,580 --> 00:26:01,580 The second wind struck, completing the infinite anger, 428 00:26:01,580 --> 00:26:04,580 then passed on over the lowlands to the hills, 429 00:26:04,580 --> 00:26:08,580 finally tearing its shrieking self apart. 430 00:26:08,580 --> 00:26:13,580 The sun shines once more on a whipped and torn earth. 431 00:26:13,580 --> 00:26:15,580 It is over. 432 00:26:15,580 --> 00:26:19,580 And those who lived through it stir humbly. 433 00:26:19,580 --> 00:26:45,580 Suspense, presented by Auto Light, tonight's star, Mr. Frank Lovejoy. 434 00:26:45,580 --> 00:26:49,580 This is Harlow Wilcox again speaking for Auto Light, 435 00:26:49,580 --> 00:26:54,580 world's largest independent manufacturer of automotive electrical equipment. 436 00:26:54,580 --> 00:26:58,580 Auto Light is proud to serve the greatest names in the industry. 437 00:26:58,580 --> 00:27:01,580 That's why during these early months of 53, 438 00:27:01,580 --> 00:27:05,580 the Auto Light family joins in saluting the leading car manufacturers 439 00:27:05,580 --> 00:27:09,580 who use Auto Light products as original equipment. 440 00:27:09,580 --> 00:27:13,580 Our Auto Light family is made up of the nearly 30,000 men and women 441 00:27:13,580 --> 00:27:16,580 in 28 great Auto Light plants from coast to coast 442 00:27:16,580 --> 00:27:20,580 and in still other Auto Light plants in many foreign countries 443 00:27:20,580 --> 00:27:25,580 and the more than 18,000 people who have invested a portion of their savings in Auto Light, 444 00:27:25,580 --> 00:27:30,580 as well as 98,000 Auto Light distributors and dealers in the United States 445 00:27:30,580 --> 00:27:34,580 and thousands more in Canada and throughout the world. 446 00:27:34,580 --> 00:27:39,580 Our Auto Light family will salute the Kaiser Fraser Sales Corporation 447 00:27:39,580 --> 00:27:42,580 on the next Auto Light Suspense television program. 448 00:27:42,580 --> 00:27:46,580 If you live in a television area, check the day and time of Suspense on television 449 00:27:46,580 --> 00:27:49,580 so that you will be sure to see this program. 450 00:27:49,580 --> 00:27:57,580 Music 451 00:27:57,580 --> 00:28:02,580 Next week, a story based on fact and written by a master of suspense, 452 00:28:02,580 --> 00:28:08,580 an adaptation of the 19th century born murder case called The Dead Alive. 453 00:28:08,580 --> 00:28:13,580 Author, Wilkie Collins. Our star, Mr. Herbert Marshall. 454 00:28:13,580 --> 00:28:19,580 That's next week on Suspense. 455 00:28:19,580 --> 00:28:22,580 Suspense is produced and directed by Elliot Lewis. 456 00:28:22,580 --> 00:28:26,580 The music composed by Lucian Morawick and conducted by Lutte Gluskin. 457 00:28:26,580 --> 00:28:28,580 Portions of the program were transcribed. 458 00:28:28,580 --> 00:28:32,580 The Storm was written for Suspense by Richard Chandley. 459 00:28:32,580 --> 00:28:35,580 In tonight's story, Joan Banks was heard as Joyce. 460 00:28:35,580 --> 00:28:38,580 Featured in the cast were Sharon Douglas, Joseph Kearns, 461 00:28:38,580 --> 00:28:41,580 Ralph Sedan, Jerry Hausner, and Jim Nusser. 462 00:28:41,580 --> 00:28:44,580 Your narrator, Larry Thor. 463 00:28:44,580 --> 00:28:47,580 Frank Lovejoy appeared through the courtesy of Warner Brothers 464 00:28:47,580 --> 00:28:53,580 and can soon be seen in House of Wax in three dimension and Warner color. 465 00:28:53,580 --> 00:29:02,580 And remember next week, Mr. Herbert Marshall in The Dead Alive. 466 00:29:02,580 --> 00:29:05,580 This is the CBS Radio Network.