WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:12.000 Auto Light and its 98,000 dealers bring you Miss Ethel Merman in tonight's presentation 00:12.000 --> 00:15.000 of Suspense. 00:15.000 --> 00:24.800 Tonight, Auto Light presents the story of a good-humored lady with a big voice and a 00:24.800 --> 00:28.120 soft-spoken boy with a very sharp knife. 00:28.120 --> 00:31.400 The story is called, Never Follow a Banjo Act. 00:31.400 --> 00:40.640 Our star, the queen of musical comedy, Miss Ethel Merman. 00:40.640 --> 00:43.560 This is Harlow Wilcox with $100,000 News. 00:43.560 --> 00:47.920 You may get your own church, hospital, or other community or national charity a big share 00:47.920 --> 00:49.200 of that sum. 00:49.200 --> 00:52.840 There's nothing to do except write your name and address on a registration form at any 00:52.840 --> 00:55.360 Auto Light family car dealer showroom. 00:55.360 --> 00:59.760 If you're one of 25 persons selected, you will name your favorite recognized charity 00:59.760 --> 01:04.200 or charities to share in this $100,000 Auto Light family gift. 01:04.200 --> 01:08.560 Now, it is my privilege to introduce Mr. Basil O'Connor, National Chairman of the March 01:08.560 --> 01:10.260 of Dimes. 01:10.260 --> 01:11.260 Thank you. 01:11.260 --> 01:16.480 I'm sure everybody in America will open his heart to this most generous offer. 01:16.480 --> 01:21.840 Of course, those selected can give to church, hospital, or any other recognized charity. 01:21.840 --> 01:27.880 But I for one am hoping a big share goes to my favorite charity, the March of Dimes, whose 01:27.880 --> 01:31.160 crucial campaign is underway. 01:31.160 --> 01:35.760 But for that once in a lifetime thrill, to be able to give thousands of dollars to the 01:35.760 --> 01:41.440 March of Dimes or any other charity, be sure to register with your local Auto Light family 01:41.440 --> 01:44.080 car dealer tomorrow. 01:44.080 --> 01:45.080 Thank you, Mr. O'Connor. 01:45.080 --> 01:49.840 Friends, visit your DeSoto, Hudson, Plymouth, Studebaker, Dodge, Willis, Nash, Packard, 01:49.840 --> 01:57.000 Kaiser, or Chrysler dealer, help your favorite charity share in $100,000. 01:57.000 --> 02:02.480 And now, Auto Light presents transcribed, Never Follow a Banjo Act, starring Miss Ethel 02:02.480 --> 02:07.080 Merman, hoping once again to keep you in suspense. 02:07.080 --> 02:19.960 You're a hero, a Nero, Apollo, the Wizard of Oz, you the kingdom, power and glory, 02:19.960 --> 02:31.960 the old, old, oldest of stories, the new, true, you've built your Rome in just one day. 02:31.960 --> 02:42.280 Life is mystic, a midsummer's night we live in, a Turkish delight, you're in heaven, 02:42.280 --> 02:50.280 it's swell when you're really in love. 02:50.280 --> 03:05.280 It's swell when you're really in love. 03:05.280 --> 03:12.280 How about that, folks? 03:12.280 --> 03:13.280 Great. 03:13.280 --> 03:14.280 I mean it, ladies and gentlemen. 03:14.280 --> 03:17.280 Rosie Jones, come on, take one more bow, Rosie. 03:17.280 --> 03:23.280 Oh, man, she really does come on, that girl. 03:23.280 --> 03:28.200 Well, ladies and gentlemen, all you lovely uptown types, you came, you saw, and you heard, 03:28.200 --> 03:33.280 the one and only, the immortal Rosie Jones, right at 52nd Street in the club nightshade. 03:33.280 --> 03:36.560 Hey, sing well and call his baby. 03:36.560 --> 03:39.560 And now we bring you Chico and his Mambo Rascals. 03:39.560 --> 03:42.560 Get it, boys. 03:42.560 --> 03:47.560 Sing melancholy, baby. 03:47.560 --> 03:52.640 Hey, no, doll, no. 03:52.640 --> 03:53.640 No what? 03:53.640 --> 03:54.640 Don't unhook. 03:54.640 --> 03:55.640 You got company coming back. 03:55.640 --> 03:56.640 Listen, Benny, if I've told you once, I've told you a million times... 03:56.640 --> 03:57.640 Yeah, but this is different, doll. 03:57.640 --> 03:58.640 Oh, this is different. 03:58.640 --> 03:59.640 Yeah, it's always different. 03:59.640 --> 04:00.640 Come on, come on, fix your hair. 04:00.640 --> 04:01.640 May I come in? 04:01.640 --> 04:02.640 It's open. 04:02.640 --> 04:03.640 I can't stop you. 04:03.640 --> 04:15.320 My name is Cram, Rosie, Ray Cram. 04:15.320 --> 04:16.560 I'd like to talk to you. 04:16.560 --> 04:18.560 Ray Cram, huh? 04:18.560 --> 04:19.560 Beat it, mister. 04:19.560 --> 04:23.440 I don't think you got the name right, or maybe you never heard of me. 04:23.440 --> 04:27.360 Every guy who wants to make a big impression back here claims he either is or is representing 04:27.360 --> 04:28.360 a big agent. 04:28.360 --> 04:30.160 Doll, this is Ray Cram. 04:30.160 --> 04:32.800 I assure you, Miss Jones, this is Mr. Cram. 04:32.800 --> 04:34.520 And who, my dear, are you? 04:34.520 --> 04:36.200 I'm Johnson, assistant to Mr. Cram. 04:36.200 --> 04:39.600 Tell you what, Mr. Cram, show me your driver's license. 04:39.600 --> 04:42.600 Oh, there you are. 04:42.600 --> 04:44.760 Oh, have a chair. 04:44.760 --> 04:45.760 Call me Ray. 04:45.760 --> 04:50.840 You know, I've been an admirer of yours for many years, Rosie. 04:50.840 --> 04:51.840 Many, many years. 04:51.840 --> 04:53.440 You can skip the many years stuff. 04:53.440 --> 04:55.760 I guess we all know how long I've been around. 04:55.760 --> 04:56.760 Sorry, Rosie. 04:56.760 --> 05:01.400 For some time, I've been casting about in my mind, speculating as to how your mature 05:01.400 --> 05:03.560 talents could best be utilized. 05:03.560 --> 05:04.560 Benny. 05:04.560 --> 05:06.040 Listen to Mr. Cram, doll. 05:06.040 --> 05:08.840 Benny, if this is a rib, so help me, I'll kill you. 05:08.840 --> 05:09.840 Go on, Mr. Cram. 05:09.840 --> 05:11.080 Well, last night it came to him. 05:11.080 --> 05:12.080 I know. 05:12.080 --> 05:14.000 You want me to replace Marilyn Monroe. 05:14.000 --> 05:18.760 Rosie, you're a sensitive, insecure girl because somehow these last few years have passed you 05:18.760 --> 05:19.760 by. 05:19.760 --> 05:22.360 But I want you to shut up and listen. 05:22.360 --> 05:23.360 All right. 05:23.360 --> 05:25.440 But so help me, if this is a rib... 05:25.440 --> 05:26.840 Shut up. 05:26.840 --> 05:28.680 You know I'm representing Terry Dane. 05:28.680 --> 05:31.720 And you know who he is and you know what I got, right? 05:31.720 --> 05:33.720 And no cracks. 05:33.720 --> 05:34.720 Right? 05:34.720 --> 05:36.360 Right, right, right. 05:36.360 --> 05:38.840 The hottest thing since Frankie was first discovered. 05:38.840 --> 05:39.840 That's it. 05:39.840 --> 05:41.320 We've had new ones and new ones. 05:41.320 --> 05:42.680 They come, they go. 05:42.680 --> 05:45.240 But this Terry Dane's a million dollars a year gross. 05:45.240 --> 05:51.320 With tousled hair, face you'd like to put in your lap and hug and kiss, and a voice like... 05:51.320 --> 05:53.800 Well, he answered to a maiden's prayer. 05:53.800 --> 05:56.080 Personally, I go for men. 05:56.080 --> 05:57.080 But what's the pitch? 05:57.080 --> 05:59.480 He goes for men, great little kidder, huh? 05:59.480 --> 06:02.800 Listen, Rosie, you ask me what's the pitch, I'll tell you. 06:02.800 --> 06:05.960 We're opening Terry at the new Cactus Retreat in Vegas, two weeks from Saturday. 06:05.960 --> 06:07.920 He gets 25 Gs a week. 06:07.920 --> 06:09.520 I read it in Billboard. 06:09.520 --> 06:10.520 Big deal. 06:10.520 --> 06:13.040 We need somebody to work with him, Rosie. 06:13.040 --> 06:17.860 Somebody who's got the experience and the talent and a voice you could lay bricks on. 06:17.860 --> 06:19.720 Somebody who can really go along with him. 06:19.720 --> 06:20.720 It is a rib. 06:20.720 --> 06:21.720 Will you shut up? 06:21.720 --> 06:26.000 So may my mother be struck dead if I should say one word that isn't the truth and sincere 06:26.000 --> 06:27.000 from the heart. 06:27.000 --> 06:28.000 Go on. 06:28.000 --> 06:29.720 Benny's paying you 275, Rosie. 06:29.720 --> 06:32.200 I want to buy you a contract from him. 06:32.200 --> 06:35.640 I'll give you an even grand, legitimate expenses plus transportation. 06:35.640 --> 06:37.560 You like? 06:37.560 --> 06:39.200 To work with Terry Dane. 06:39.200 --> 06:41.400 Four weeks guaranteed, maybe a bonus, who knows? 06:41.400 --> 06:42.400 Benny. 06:42.400 --> 06:43.940 I've seen the contract, Rosie. 06:43.940 --> 06:44.940 And you? 06:44.940 --> 06:46.520 I assure you, Miss Jarrett. 06:46.520 --> 06:49.120 I give you 10 seconds to give me a firm answer. 06:49.120 --> 06:51.900 Say yes, we finalize it here and now. 06:51.900 --> 06:54.200 You don't mind if I seem a bit in the dark. 06:54.200 --> 06:56.080 That's nine seconds. 06:56.080 --> 07:00.880 What happened to that big My Darling Died campaign your office was spreading when you 07:00.880 --> 07:05.120 had him singing I'll Never Smile Again and so forth over the cute little girl who was 07:05.120 --> 07:06.520 killed in that accident? 07:06.520 --> 07:07.520 Constance Green. 07:07.520 --> 07:09.600 Boy got over it. 07:09.600 --> 07:12.760 So why don't you get him another young thing like she was? 07:12.760 --> 07:16.080 Never follow a banjo act with a banjo act, Rosie. 07:16.080 --> 07:17.560 Whole show business model. 07:17.560 --> 07:19.520 Gee, she was cute. 07:19.520 --> 07:21.160 And that accident, what was it? 07:21.160 --> 07:24.520 She fell through a shower door or something, bled to death. 07:24.520 --> 07:25.520 Five seconds. 07:25.520 --> 07:28.920 Four, three, two, I'll take it. 07:28.920 --> 07:29.920 That's my girl, Rosie. 07:29.920 --> 07:33.880 Now, while you're signing these, gentlemen, if you'll just leave us alone for a minute. 07:33.880 --> 07:34.880 Sure thing, Mr. Cramp. 07:34.880 --> 07:38.800 Now, the pen just, yeah, that's it. 07:38.800 --> 07:40.160 Standard form, no writers? 07:40.160 --> 07:42.120 No writers, Rosie. 07:42.120 --> 07:47.000 But there's one thing I want to make clear right from the outset so there's no misunderstandings 07:47.000 --> 07:48.000 later. 07:48.000 --> 07:49.560 Why, Mr. Cramp. 07:49.560 --> 07:51.600 No, serious, dear. 07:51.600 --> 07:53.320 Bob Terry, keep away from him. 07:53.320 --> 07:54.320 Okay. 07:54.320 --> 07:55.520 Keep away, dear. 07:55.520 --> 07:58.220 He's a moody kid, terribly shy. 07:58.220 --> 08:00.720 Remember what I said before about liking men? 08:00.720 --> 08:02.560 Yeah, and that's what I call being mature. 08:02.560 --> 08:03.920 He's just a boy. 08:03.920 --> 08:04.920 You got no interest. 08:04.920 --> 08:05.920 You'll develop none. 08:05.920 --> 08:07.480 You'll keep clear, clean, and away. 08:07.480 --> 08:08.960 Is that right? 08:08.960 --> 08:09.960 Right. 08:09.960 --> 08:15.720 Oh, I'll make it look good on stage, Ray, but after hours, after hours, I'm going hunting 08:15.720 --> 08:20.920 for one of those Nevada cowpokes. 08:20.920 --> 08:22.680 Terry Dane. 08:22.680 --> 08:26.840 Me and Terry Dane. 08:26.840 --> 08:36.200 Do you like this, Rosie? 08:36.200 --> 08:46.560 It was a good arrangement, Terry. 08:46.560 --> 08:49.560 Go on. 08:49.560 --> 08:53.640 They're cueing your solo. 08:53.640 --> 08:55.840 Who cares about solos? 08:55.840 --> 08:56.840 I like duets. 08:56.840 --> 08:58.840 I like doing it with you, honey. 08:58.840 --> 09:01.040 You're a passionate one you are. 09:01.040 --> 09:03.440 So get on with you and passionize that mob, Terry. 09:03.440 --> 09:05.440 They're calling for an encore, sugar. 09:05.440 --> 09:07.440 An encore of humor, boy, of you. 09:07.440 --> 09:09.240 They like you, love you. 09:09.240 --> 09:10.600 Every last dame in the place. 09:10.600 --> 09:11.600 So get out there. 09:11.600 --> 09:12.600 Yes. 09:12.600 --> 09:13.600 They love me. 09:13.600 --> 09:14.600 It's true. 09:14.600 --> 09:18.720 Every last one of them out there. 09:18.720 --> 09:19.720 Rosie seems to. 09:19.720 --> 09:22.880 I don't intend to try to explain it. 09:22.880 --> 09:26.120 It's just a thing that happens to women when I sing. 09:26.120 --> 09:27.120 That's right. 09:27.120 --> 09:28.120 That's right. 09:28.120 --> 09:29.120 Now sing for them. 09:29.120 --> 09:30.120 That's the boy. 09:30.120 --> 09:34.120 But it's somehow it just doesn't seem to happen to you, Rosie. 09:34.120 --> 09:37.120 Now why would that be? 09:37.120 --> 09:42.120 Why would that be? 09:42.120 --> 09:57.480 Why would that be? 09:57.480 --> 10:00.320 Lady wages two bits on the 23 red. 10:00.320 --> 10:01.320 Rosie. 10:01.320 --> 10:02.480 Hello, Ray. 10:02.480 --> 10:04.280 Get me a two bit plunger. 10:04.280 --> 10:07.120 After your turn in the last show. 10:07.120 --> 10:08.120 Yeah? 10:08.120 --> 10:09.600 Gary was whispering to you. 10:09.600 --> 10:10.600 What about me? 10:10.600 --> 10:12.800 Oh, he wants me to join his fan club. 10:12.800 --> 10:13.800 Something. 10:13.800 --> 10:14.800 I don't know. 10:14.800 --> 10:15.800 And what else? 10:15.800 --> 10:16.800 Nothing else. 10:16.800 --> 10:17.800 You sure? 10:17.800 --> 10:20.400 Hey, look, what is this anyway? 10:20.400 --> 10:21.400 Nothing there. 10:21.400 --> 10:23.040 Keep up the good work. 10:23.040 --> 10:25.120 And keep on keeping away from Terry. 10:25.120 --> 10:26.120 That's right, dear. 10:26.120 --> 10:27.120 A pleasure. 10:27.120 --> 10:28.120 Bye now. 10:28.120 --> 10:29.120 Toodle-oo. 10:29.120 --> 10:32.120 Miss Jones, ma'am? 10:32.120 --> 10:35.120 Why, hello, Texas. 10:35.120 --> 10:38.640 Oh, my name ain't Texas, ma'am. 10:38.640 --> 10:39.640 It's Earl. 10:39.640 --> 10:40.640 Earl what? 10:40.640 --> 10:41.640 Earl. 10:41.640 --> 10:47.760 But that's such a short name for such a long man. 10:47.760 --> 10:52.360 I just wanted to tell you how much I like your singing, Miss Jones. 10:52.360 --> 10:53.360 Really? 10:53.360 --> 10:56.040 Oh, you're not just saying that. 10:56.040 --> 10:57.680 Oh, no, ma'am. 10:57.680 --> 10:59.680 You're one in a million, Earl. 10:59.680 --> 11:00.680 Yes, I'm. 11:00.680 --> 11:02.680 Blurt it out, Earl. 11:02.680 --> 11:06.720 Well, I'd sincerely like to buy you a drink, Miss Jones. 11:06.720 --> 11:26.240 Well, let's settle up, Pot, and get with it. 11:26.240 --> 11:30.160 You know, it's a right smart stretch since I've seen the sunrise, Earl. 11:30.160 --> 11:32.880 The finest time of the day, Miss Rosie. 11:32.880 --> 11:36.840 And look at those mountains, all purpley and gold. 11:36.840 --> 11:39.920 Yeah, man, could look at those mountains for quite a spell. 11:39.920 --> 11:43.560 Here's my bungalow, Earl, so I guess I'll be saying good night. 11:43.560 --> 11:45.400 Or is it good morning? 11:45.400 --> 11:48.120 Don't rightly know which to say, ma'am. 11:48.120 --> 11:52.120 Let's just make it so long till later. 11:52.120 --> 11:53.920 We still got that riding day? 11:53.920 --> 11:54.920 Yes, ma'am. 11:54.920 --> 11:56.520 Oh, yes, ma'am. 11:56.520 --> 11:59.520 So long, Podner. 11:59.520 --> 12:01.520 Bye. 12:01.520 --> 12:04.400 Who's there? 12:04.400 --> 12:06.400 Who's that in my bedroom? 12:06.400 --> 12:12.400 Hey, dream boy, what do you think you're doing in my bungalow? 12:12.400 --> 12:13.400 Dream boy, Terry. 12:13.400 --> 12:14.400 Oh, come on, Terry. 12:14.400 --> 12:15.400 Time to go home to your Betty bye. 12:15.400 --> 12:16.400 Got to look good tonight, paly. 12:16.400 --> 12:17.400 Yes, indeedy. 12:17.400 --> 12:18.400 So come on. 12:18.400 --> 12:19.400 Stand up. 12:19.400 --> 12:20.400 Hey, you're going to cut yourself playing with that butcher knife. 12:20.400 --> 12:21.400 Put it away. 12:21.400 --> 12:22.400 Oh, yes, ma'am. 12:22.400 --> 12:23.400 Oh, yes, ma'am. 12:23.400 --> 12:24.400 Oh, yes, ma'am. 12:24.400 --> 12:25.400 Oh, yes, ma'am. 12:25.400 --> 12:26.400 Oh, yes, ma'am. 12:26.400 --> 12:27.400 Oh, yes, ma'am. 12:27.400 --> 12:28.400 Oh, yes, ma'am. 12:28.400 --> 12:29.400 Oh, yes, ma'am. 12:29.400 --> 12:30.400 Oh, yes, ma'am. 12:30.400 --> 12:31.400 Oh, yes, ma'am. 12:31.400 --> 12:32.400 You look just like Connie. 12:32.400 --> 12:33.400 You're like Connie. 12:33.400 --> 12:34.400 Connie? 12:34.400 --> 12:39.280 You're like Connie. 12:39.280 --> 12:42.340 And like that other one when I was little. 12:42.340 --> 12:43.340 Connie? 12:43.340 --> 12:48.400 Oh, you mean Constance Green, that little girl who used to sing with you, the one who 12:48.400 --> 12:49.400 died? 12:49.400 --> 12:50.400 Connie was like you. 12:50.400 --> 12:51.600 Oh, we're not in the least. 12:51.600 --> 12:53.180 Connie didn't like me. 12:53.180 --> 12:57.380 Yeah, don't, don't snap that so close to me. 12:57.380 --> 12:58.380 Don't. 12:58.380 --> 12:59.380 Connie didn't like me. 12:59.380 --> 13:00.800 You don't like me. 13:00.800 --> 13:03.260 Everybody likes you, Terry. 13:03.260 --> 13:04.640 You don't? 13:04.640 --> 13:07.180 Yes, I do. I do. 13:07.180 --> 13:08.640 Why? 13:08.640 --> 13:11.180 Because when you sing, when you sing, 13:11.180 --> 13:14.480 it does something to me way inside. 13:14.480 --> 13:15.480 Does it? 13:15.480 --> 13:17.100 Yeah, it makes a lump in my throat, 13:17.100 --> 13:19.600 and I just want to swoon. 13:19.600 --> 13:20.600 You don't mean it. 13:20.600 --> 13:22.900 I do. I do. 13:22.900 --> 13:24.780 I've never heard anything like you, Terry, 13:24.780 --> 13:27.780 and your hair. Oh, I love your hair. 13:27.780 --> 13:31.040 I just wanted to... to... to tousle it. 13:31.040 --> 13:32.620 Do that. 13:32.620 --> 13:34.040 Do what? 13:34.040 --> 13:35.740 What you said. 13:35.740 --> 13:36.740 Huh? 13:36.740 --> 13:38.080 Don't you remember? 13:38.080 --> 13:41.040 Oh, that knife. It's... it's making me nervous. 13:41.040 --> 13:43.500 You don't like me, or you do what I said. 13:43.500 --> 13:45.540 Oh, oh, oh. 13:45.540 --> 13:47.460 Put down the knife, and I will. 13:47.460 --> 13:49.080 All right. 13:49.080 --> 13:51.380 Like this? 13:51.380 --> 13:54.040 Yes. 13:54.040 --> 13:55.580 Do you like to do that? 13:55.580 --> 13:57.340 Oh, oh, yes. I... 13:57.340 --> 14:00.100 I love to tousle your hair, Terry. 14:00.100 --> 14:01.600 You do? 14:01.600 --> 14:03.980 Yes, you do, don't you? 14:03.980 --> 14:06.020 I can tell. 14:06.020 --> 14:07.400 Yes, Terry. 14:07.400 --> 14:10.020 I'll bet you'd like to kiss my eyes now, Connie. 14:10.020 --> 14:12.740 Oh, yes. Yes. 14:12.740 --> 14:15.660 Tousle your hair and kiss your eyes. 14:15.660 --> 14:16.660 Yes. 14:16.660 --> 14:17.660 But I won't let you. 14:17.660 --> 14:20.580 It's time I went back to my bungalow. 14:20.580 --> 14:22.580 All right, honey, if you insist. 14:22.580 --> 14:25.580 When I saw you lying there, all in blood, 14:25.580 --> 14:28.580 I knew you finally loved me, and it was right. 14:28.580 --> 14:30.580 And it was right. 14:30.580 --> 14:33.580 Yes, yes, yes. 14:33.580 --> 14:35.580 Well, I'll see you tonight, darling. 14:35.580 --> 14:37.580 It's mean making you wait. 14:37.580 --> 15:01.580 Yes, yes, yes. 15:01.580 --> 15:07.580 Auto Light is bringing you Miss Ethel Merman in Never Follow a Banjo Act, 15:07.580 --> 15:13.580 tonight's presentation in radio's outstanding theater of thrills, Suspense. 15:25.580 --> 15:26.580 Hi, Harlow. 15:26.580 --> 15:29.580 Well, hello, Bob. Hey, got new Plymouth, eh? 15:29.580 --> 15:31.580 Yes, sir, and what a car. 15:31.580 --> 15:34.580 Just like they say, under the beauty, there is solid value. 15:34.580 --> 15:37.580 Say, you know, we're saluting Plymouth tonight on Suspense 15:37.580 --> 15:40.580 as a distinguished member of the Auto Light family. 15:40.580 --> 15:43.580 Plymouth's a distinguished member of my family, too, Harlow. 15:43.580 --> 15:46.580 The kids love its looks, my wife loves the comfort, 15:46.580 --> 15:48.580 and I really go for the economy. 15:48.580 --> 15:51.580 And we all go for a drive every time we can, 15:51.580 --> 15:55.580 because with Plymouth, driving is the real pleasure it should be. 15:55.580 --> 15:58.580 Hey, talking about drives, you get a choice of three, don't you, Bob? 15:58.580 --> 16:00.580 Yes, you do, Harlow. 16:00.580 --> 16:05.580 Synchro silent, or if you wish, automatic overdrive, or no shift high drive. 16:05.580 --> 16:08.580 They're all available on this great new Plymouth. 16:08.580 --> 16:12.580 And of course, you know, Harlow, four is Auto Light equipped. 16:12.580 --> 16:14.580 I sure do, Bob. 16:14.580 --> 16:16.580 You're justly proud of your new Plymouth, 16:16.580 --> 16:20.580 and Auto Light is also proud of its long association with Plymouth 16:20.580 --> 16:23.580 and Plymouth dealers everywhere. 16:23.580 --> 16:27.580 And now, Auto Light brings back to our Hollywood sound stage 16:27.580 --> 16:30.580 Miss Ethel Merman in Elliot Lewis's production of 16:30.580 --> 16:32.580 Never Follow a Banjo Act, 16:32.580 --> 16:54.580 a tale well calculated to keep you in suspense. 17:03.580 --> 17:05.580 Oh, good morning, Miss Jones. 17:05.580 --> 17:06.580 Let me in. 17:06.580 --> 17:07.580 How's that? 17:07.580 --> 17:11.580 It's me, Ray. Come out here. I've got to see you. 17:11.580 --> 17:14.580 Well, what are you doing up this time of day, dear? 17:14.580 --> 17:15.580 What's the problem, Rosie? 17:15.580 --> 17:19.580 It's your boy, your client, your tousle-headed million dollar gross. 17:19.580 --> 17:20.580 Ha, ha, ha. Terry? 17:20.580 --> 17:21.580 Yeah. 17:21.580 --> 17:23.580 Now, what's the rascal up to this morning? 17:23.580 --> 17:24.580 Murder. 17:24.580 --> 17:25.580 Very funny. 17:25.580 --> 17:27.580 Now, come on, Rosie, what's going on? 17:27.580 --> 17:28.580 You mean you don't know? 17:28.580 --> 17:30.580 Oh, no, what? No jokes, Rosie. 17:30.580 --> 17:32.580 Now, what's this about Terry? 17:32.580 --> 17:35.580 In words of one syllable, Ray, that boy is a nut. 17:35.580 --> 17:38.580 He was in my bedroom just now with a knife, this long, 17:38.580 --> 17:41.580 suggesting that I should maybe flip every time he opens his mouth. 17:41.580 --> 17:44.580 I tell you, he scared the living daylights out of me. 17:44.580 --> 17:45.580 This is serious. 17:45.580 --> 17:47.580 You bet it is. He darn near cut my throat. 17:47.580 --> 17:49.580 And all because he said I didn't like him. 17:49.580 --> 17:50.580 Didn't like him? 17:50.580 --> 17:51.580 Yeah. 17:51.580 --> 17:53.580 And you know what you said about the old show business motto, 17:53.580 --> 17:56.580 Never Follow a Banjo Act with a Banjo Act? 17:56.580 --> 17:57.580 Yeah. 17:57.580 --> 17:58.580 Well, Ray Cram, you've done it. 17:58.580 --> 18:01.580 He's got me all mixed up with her and something about lying in a pool of blood 18:01.580 --> 18:04.580 and, oh, this isn't for a baby. 18:04.580 --> 18:06.580 To that boy, I'm another Banjo Act. 18:06.580 --> 18:09.580 Well, well, what should we do? 18:09.580 --> 18:11.580 Call the police. Let them handle it. 18:11.580 --> 18:13.580 We can't very well do that, can we? 18:13.580 --> 18:16.580 Why not? The kid's sick. He's insane. He could do anything. 18:16.580 --> 18:18.580 Aren't you exaggerating a bit? 18:18.580 --> 18:19.580 No. 18:19.580 --> 18:22.580 Think now, dear. Don't you think it might have been just a little joke? 18:22.580 --> 18:25.580 Ray, nobody makes jokes like that. 18:25.580 --> 18:27.580 Sure they do. Don't they, Johnson? 18:27.580 --> 18:29.580 Yes, Mr. Cram. 18:29.580 --> 18:30.580 Quite often. 18:30.580 --> 18:33.580 So why don't we forget about this, huh, Rosie? 18:33.580 --> 18:35.580 Forget about it? 18:35.580 --> 18:38.580 Yeah, forget about it. 18:38.580 --> 18:39.580 Hey, now. 18:39.580 --> 18:41.580 You're getting a grand a week, dear. 18:41.580 --> 18:43.580 Top publicity, a swell time. 18:43.580 --> 18:46.580 So why don't you relax, hmm? 18:46.580 --> 18:50.580 I'll have a little talk with Terry. There'll be no more jokes, I promise. 18:50.580 --> 18:51.580 Okay? 18:51.580 --> 18:52.580 You know. 18:52.580 --> 18:55.580 Know what? That the kid's maybe a little loopy? 18:55.580 --> 18:57.580 You know. You know about him and that little knife of his. 18:57.580 --> 18:58.580 Don't raise your voice. 18:58.580 --> 19:01.580 And maybe you know how that other girl, that Connie, died. 19:01.580 --> 19:03.580 She fell through a shower door. 19:03.580 --> 19:04.580 I read about it. 19:04.580 --> 19:08.580 She was cut up pretty bad, wasn't she? 19:09.580 --> 19:10.580 Johnson. 19:10.580 --> 19:11.580 Yes, Mr. Cram. 19:11.580 --> 19:12.580 Give me a drink. 19:12.580 --> 19:13.580 Yes, Mr. Cram. 19:13.580 --> 19:14.580 You want a drink, Rosie? 19:14.580 --> 19:15.580 At six o'clock in the morning? 19:15.580 --> 19:18.580 What I want is a good explanation, and after that I want to use your phone. 19:18.580 --> 19:19.580 Now listen, Rosie, and listen good. 19:19.580 --> 19:21.580 You've been around a long time, dear, 19:21.580 --> 19:26.580 and you know what can sometimes happen to a Weisenheimer who goes popping off when it's uncalled for. 19:26.580 --> 19:30.580 But this is called for. That kid belongs in an asylum or someplace. 19:30.580 --> 19:32.580 That kid represents a million dollar gross. 19:32.580 --> 19:34.580 Of which you get 10%. 19:34.580 --> 19:36.580 Of which I get a whole lot less than that. 19:36.580 --> 19:39.580 He's divided up a half a dozen ways, Rosie. 19:39.580 --> 19:42.580 Some of the holders are very influential parties. 19:42.580 --> 19:47.580 One of the parties in particular wouldn't like it if anything happened to make the money stop coming in. 19:47.580 --> 19:49.580 That party's name's a secret. 19:49.580 --> 19:53.580 But I'm gonna tell it to you, Rosie, because you've been around and you'll appreciate this. 19:53.580 --> 19:54.580 Who? 19:54.580 --> 19:55.580 The syndicate. 19:55.580 --> 19:58.580 So explain. They're human beings, sort of. 19:58.580 --> 20:02.580 Tell them the truth. Tell them they bought in on something bad, just like you. 20:02.580 --> 20:07.580 You don't understand. I sold them their piece. Me, Ray Cram. 20:07.580 --> 20:08.580 You're in trouble. 20:08.580 --> 20:11.580 Not unless you talk, and if you do, you're in trouble too. 20:11.580 --> 20:12.580 Here's your drink, Mr. Cram. 20:12.580 --> 20:14.580 Ah, you put ice in it. 20:14.580 --> 20:15.580 I'm sorry, Mr. Cram. 20:15.580 --> 20:16.580 Ice hurts my caps. 20:16.580 --> 20:17.580 So sorry, Mr. Cram. 20:17.580 --> 20:18.580 Go on, fix it. 20:18.580 --> 20:19.580 Yes, Mr. Cram. 20:19.580 --> 20:22.580 How do you mean? I'll be in trouble too. 20:22.580 --> 20:27.580 The syndicate. I'd be forced to tell them who blew the whistle on their golden goose. 20:27.580 --> 20:30.580 And then, well, you know. 20:30.580 --> 20:31.580 Oh. 20:31.580 --> 20:34.580 So take the realistic view, huh, dear? 20:34.580 --> 20:39.580 We'll protect you. We'll keep Terry away from you. You've got nothing to worry about. 20:39.580 --> 20:43.580 Nothing to worry about? Now I'm real reassured. 20:43.580 --> 20:46.580 Look, Ray, couldn't I just slip out of town? 20:46.580 --> 20:53.580 No. I saw the boys after the show. They liked you. You stay. That's the word from the boys. 20:53.580 --> 20:56.580 You know, this is kind of a hysterical situation. 20:56.580 --> 20:58.580 Hell you are, Mr. Cram. 20:58.580 --> 21:01.580 Caps. They cost me $3,500. All they do is ache. 21:01.580 --> 21:03.580 I wish I were dead. 21:03.580 --> 21:05.580 And, uh, dear. 21:05.580 --> 21:07.580 Yes, dear? 21:07.580 --> 21:12.580 You're singing good on your solo, but don't sing too good on your duet. Don't take away from the boy. 21:12.580 --> 21:14.580 No, no. 21:14.580 --> 21:17.580 That's it, dear. Bye now. 21:34.580 --> 21:38.580 Dear, when you smiled at me, I heard a melody. 21:38.580 --> 21:42.580 It haunted me from the start. 21:42.580 --> 21:46.580 Something inside of me started a symphony. 21:46.580 --> 21:50.580 Zing went the strings of my heart. 21:50.580 --> 21:58.580 Twas like a breath of spring. I heard a robin sing about a nest set apart. 21:58.580 --> 22:02.580 All nature seemed to be in perfect harmony. 22:02.580 --> 22:06.580 Zing went the strings of my heart. 22:06.580 --> 22:10.580 Your eyes made skies seem blue again. What else could I do again? 22:10.580 --> 22:13.580 But keep repeating through again. 22:13.580 --> 22:19.580 I love you. Love you. 22:19.580 --> 22:24.580 I still recall the thrill. I guess I always will. 22:24.580 --> 22:28.580 I hoped we'll never depart. 22:28.580 --> 22:32.580 Dear, with your lips to mine, a rhapsody divine. 22:32.580 --> 22:37.580 Zing went the strings of my heart. 22:37.580 --> 22:44.580 Never could carry a tune. Never knew where to start. 22:44.580 --> 22:50.580 You came along when everything was wrong. 22:50.580 --> 22:57.580 And put a song in my heart. 22:57.580 --> 23:06.580 Dear, when you smiled at me, I heard a melody. 23:06.580 --> 23:10.580 Something inside of me started a symphony. 23:10.580 --> 23:14.580 Zing went the strings of my heart. 23:14.580 --> 23:22.580 Twas like a breath of spring. I heard a robin sing. 23:22.580 --> 23:26.580 All nature seemed to be in perfect harmony. 23:26.580 --> 23:31.580 Zing went the strings of my heart. 23:31.580 --> 23:38.580 Your eyes made skies seem blue again. What else could I do again? 23:38.580 --> 23:42.580 But keep repeating through again. 23:42.580 --> 23:49.580 I love you. Love you. 23:49.580 --> 23:54.580 I still recall the thrill. I guess I always will. 23:54.580 --> 23:59.580 I hoped we'll never depart. 23:59.580 --> 24:05.580 Dear, with your lips to mine, a rhapsody divine. 24:05.580 --> 24:19.580 Zing went the strings of my heart. 24:19.580 --> 24:27.580 Thank you. 24:27.580 --> 24:30.580 And now the moment you've all been waiting for. 24:30.580 --> 24:37.580 Ladies and gentlemen, Terry Dane. 24:37.580 --> 24:42.580 Oh, baby, hi, folks. Isn't she great? 24:42.580 --> 24:47.580 Isn't he great? 24:47.580 --> 24:48.580 Terry? 24:48.580 --> 24:49.580 Yeah, doll? 24:49.580 --> 24:51.580 What are you thinking about, Terry? 24:51.580 --> 24:52.580 All things. 24:52.580 --> 24:54.580 What kind of things, Terry? 24:54.580 --> 24:57.580 Moon, June, spoon, tune. 24:57.580 --> 24:58.580 Got a tune? 24:58.580 --> 24:59.580 Oh, I got a tune. 24:59.580 --> 25:00.580 Good little tune? 25:00.580 --> 25:04.580 Happy little tune. 25:04.580 --> 25:07.580 I like a happy little tune. Is there a boy in it? 25:07.580 --> 25:11.580 No, just a girl. 25:11.580 --> 25:13.580 What kind of a girl? 25:13.580 --> 25:18.580 A very quiet girl. And she was right. 25:18.580 --> 25:23.580 Right and dead and red as red can be. 25:23.580 --> 25:26.580 Oh, what are you going to sing, Terry? 25:26.580 --> 25:31.580 She was red. It was all red. 25:31.580 --> 25:33.580 Get hold of yourself. 25:33.580 --> 25:34.580 Quietly whispering. 25:34.580 --> 25:35.580 Sing. 25:35.580 --> 25:36.580 Don't they like me? 25:36.580 --> 25:37.580 Sing. 25:37.580 --> 25:42.580 I'll make them like me. Make you like me, Connie. 25:42.580 --> 25:45.580 And now that we've done our little crazy bit, folks, 25:45.580 --> 25:47.580 we're going to carry on in the... 25:47.580 --> 25:50.580 Bursts mine again. 25:50.580 --> 25:51.580 Look out! He's got a knife! 25:51.580 --> 25:53.580 Watch out! 25:53.580 --> 25:55.580 You can't close me out! 25:55.580 --> 25:58.580 Not out of your hearts! Connie, close me out! 25:58.580 --> 25:59.580 Hold him! Hold him! 25:59.580 --> 26:00.580 Rosie, get out there. Sing something. 26:00.580 --> 26:02.580 Oh, I'm dead. I'm ruined. 26:02.580 --> 26:03.580 Here, I've got his arm. 26:03.580 --> 26:04.580 Keep holding him. 26:04.580 --> 26:06.580 There's no business like show. 26:06.580 --> 26:10.580 Business like no business I know. 26:10.580 --> 26:12.580 Yes, sir, but it's all right, folks. 26:12.580 --> 26:14.580 Just one of those little things. 26:14.580 --> 26:31.580 And so, let's go on with the show. 26:31.580 --> 26:35.580 Ah, concern if I can figure what makes a fella like that tick. 26:35.580 --> 26:38.580 I think I'll play the black tonight. 26:38.580 --> 26:40.580 He went just plum loco, didn't he? 26:40.580 --> 26:44.580 Took six men to get him into that there special airplane. 26:44.580 --> 26:47.580 That's swan flying a man to the bug house. 26:47.580 --> 26:49.580 Too many banjos. 26:49.580 --> 26:52.580 That's all, partner. Too many banjos. 26:52.580 --> 26:56.580 I beg your pardon, ma'am, but I don't rightly follow you. 26:56.580 --> 27:21.580 Let it pass, handsome. Let it pass. 27:21.580 --> 27:27.580 Suspense. Presented by Auto Light. Tonight's star, Miss Ethel Merman. 27:27.580 --> 27:31.580 Friends, sign up tomorrow for the big Auto Light family charity drawing. 27:31.580 --> 27:35.580 If you are 18 years or older, you can be one of 25 persons selected 27:35.580 --> 27:39.580 to pick your favorite charity or charities to share in $100,000. 27:39.580 --> 27:42.580 As March of Dimes chairman Basil O'Connor said earlier, 27:42.580 --> 27:45.580 for that once in a lifetime thrill to be able to give thousands of dollars 27:45.580 --> 27:48.580 to the March of Dimes or any other recognized charity, 27:48.580 --> 27:52.580 be sure to register with your local Auto Light family card dealer tomorrow. 27:52.580 --> 27:55.580 Just fill out a registration form and have the dealer sign it. 27:55.580 --> 27:58.580 There's nothing to buy, nothing to write except your name and address. 27:58.580 --> 28:02.580 But you may help your church, hospital or other favorite recognized charity 28:02.580 --> 28:04.580 share in $100,000. 28:04.580 --> 28:09.580 So visit any DeSoto, Hudson, Plymouth, Studebaker, Dodge, Willis, Nash, Packard, 28:09.580 --> 28:19.580 Kaiser or Chrysler dealer tomorrow. 28:19.580 --> 28:21.580 Next week, a true story. 28:21.580 --> 28:26.580 The report of two murders and the heroic man responsible for these necessary atrocities. 28:26.580 --> 28:29.580 It's called Death at Skrankerood Pond. 28:29.580 --> 28:32.580 Our star, Mr. Jeff Chandler. 28:32.580 --> 28:35.580 That's next week on... 28:35.580 --> 28:38.580 Suspense. 28:38.580 --> 28:41.580 Suspense is transcribed and directed by Elliot Lewis. 28:41.580 --> 28:45.580 The music composed by Lucian Morrowick and conducted by Lud Gluskin. 28:45.580 --> 28:49.580 Never Follow a Banjo Act was written for suspense by James Poe. 28:49.580 --> 28:52.580 The duo pianist were Walter Gross and Vic Piemonte. 28:52.580 --> 28:57.580 In tonight's story, Shepherd Menken was heard as Terry with Joseph Kearns as Cram. 28:57.580 --> 29:02.580 Featured in the cast were Jerry Hausner, Ben Wright, Paul Fries and Jess Kirkpatrick. 29:02.580 --> 29:14.580 This is the CBS Radio Network.