WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:12.000 And now, tonight's presentation of radio's outstanding theater of thrills, Suspense. 00:12.000 --> 00:19.920 Tonight, the simple tale of a woman who finds herself accused of murder and yet has no remembrance 00:19.920 --> 00:23.640 of either the act itself or the person she is said to have killed. 00:23.640 --> 00:44.640 So now with Paula Winslow as Alice, here is tonight's Suspense play, Lost. 00:44.640 --> 00:46.320 It happened in New York. 00:46.320 --> 00:48.240 I was window shopping on Fifth Avenue. 00:48.240 --> 00:49.240 It was noon. 00:49.240 --> 00:54.240 The sun was warm, but a chill made me shiver. 00:54.240 --> 00:56.120 I started walking again. 00:56.120 --> 00:59.400 I reached 59th Street, Central Park. 00:59.400 --> 01:01.840 No more stores, no more windows. 01:01.840 --> 01:04.600 I wanted to walk in the park, but I didn't. 01:04.600 --> 01:07.280 I couldn't decide. 01:07.280 --> 01:08.280 Should I? 01:08.280 --> 01:09.280 Shouldn't I? 01:09.280 --> 01:11.160 Yes, no, do, don't. 01:11.160 --> 01:13.760 I knew I had to go someplace. 01:13.760 --> 01:15.520 I knew I had to meet somebody. 01:15.520 --> 01:21.640 It all happened so fast, like somebody closing a door. 01:21.640 --> 01:29.960 Suddenly, I couldn't remember who I had to meet or where or when. 01:29.960 --> 01:34.160 I started to walk fast, as fast as I could. 01:34.160 --> 01:39.280 I was almost running, up one block, down the next, back to Central Park. 01:39.280 --> 01:40.280 I had to keep moving. 01:40.280 --> 01:44.000 I had to run into something or somebody that would remind me. 01:44.000 --> 01:45.000 I had to. 01:45.000 --> 01:47.960 Then I saw a policeman in the middle of the street. 01:47.960 --> 01:49.200 He was directing traffic. 01:49.200 --> 01:51.200 I ran toward him. 01:51.200 --> 01:54.520 Lady, you tired of living? 01:54.520 --> 01:55.720 Oh, help me. 01:55.720 --> 01:56.720 Please help me. 01:56.720 --> 01:57.720 What's the matter? 01:57.720 --> 01:58.720 I'm lost. 01:58.720 --> 02:01.160 Well, this is 59th Street and Seventh Avenue. 02:01.160 --> 02:02.160 Downtown is that way. 02:02.160 --> 02:03.160 Where do you want to go? 02:03.160 --> 02:04.600 Well, I don't know. 02:04.600 --> 02:05.960 Come on, no left turn here. 02:05.960 --> 02:06.960 Keep going. 02:06.960 --> 02:07.960 What was that again, lady? 02:07.960 --> 02:12.000 Well, all these cars, these buildings, those people. 02:12.000 --> 02:14.240 This looks like New York. 02:14.240 --> 02:16.040 Yeah, this is New York. 02:16.040 --> 02:18.280 Well, how did I get here? 02:18.280 --> 02:20.960 Where are you from? 02:20.960 --> 02:21.960 I don't know. 02:21.960 --> 02:22.960 Huh? 02:22.960 --> 02:23.960 Well, I... 02:23.960 --> 02:29.200 All right, now, lady, now, don't cry. 02:29.200 --> 02:40.560 I don't even know my name. 02:40.560 --> 02:42.840 He asked me a few more questions. 02:42.840 --> 02:45.280 And he took me to the precinct station. 02:45.280 --> 02:47.920 He left me there with a detective named Mark Neal. 02:47.920 --> 02:51.080 Now, let's go over what we got so far, huh? 02:51.080 --> 02:52.160 All right. 02:52.160 --> 02:54.440 The name Alice is on the inside of your wedding ring. 02:54.440 --> 02:55.640 It's on the lining of your coat. 02:55.640 --> 02:58.480 It's on your dress and burned into the flap of your purse. 02:58.480 --> 02:59.480 Alice. 02:59.480 --> 03:02.240 Yeah, still not familiar, huh? 03:02.240 --> 03:03.240 No. 03:03.240 --> 03:05.920 Please, may I get up? 03:05.920 --> 03:06.920 Yeah, sure. 03:06.920 --> 03:08.960 Oh, where are you going? 03:08.960 --> 03:12.440 Well, I just want to walk. 03:12.440 --> 03:16.280 Back and forth in here is all right, as long as I can keep moving. 03:16.280 --> 03:20.280 Lieutenant, what's going to happen to me? 03:20.280 --> 03:24.960 Well, we'll try to find out who you are if you can just sit on for a few minutes. 03:24.960 --> 03:29.480 Oh, I'll try. 03:29.480 --> 03:32.680 The patrolman said you didn't seem scared with the traffic. 03:32.680 --> 03:33.960 Well, what does that mean? 03:33.960 --> 03:36.040 That you probably came from a big city. 03:36.040 --> 03:37.040 Here? 03:37.040 --> 03:38.040 New York? 03:38.040 --> 03:39.880 No, you'd have some kind of a key in your purse. 03:39.880 --> 03:42.800 My guess is that you're at some hotel, you left the key at the desk. 03:42.800 --> 03:44.720 Oh, help me, please. 03:44.720 --> 03:46.440 Your clothes are clean, they're not wrinkled. 03:46.440 --> 03:50.320 It means you didn't sleep in them last night, so you haven't been missing very long. 03:50.320 --> 03:51.840 But who am I? 03:51.840 --> 03:52.840 Who do I belong to? 03:52.840 --> 03:53.840 Oh, I'm sorry. 03:53.840 --> 03:54.840 I've got to walk. 03:54.840 --> 03:55.840 Okay. 03:55.840 --> 03:56.840 Let's go get your picture taken. 03:56.840 --> 03:57.840 Where? 03:57.840 --> 03:58.840 It's just down the hall. 03:58.840 --> 03:59.840 Thank you. 03:59.840 --> 04:00.840 Well, send your picture to all the papers and the TV. 04:00.840 --> 04:01.840 I'll be right back. 04:01.840 --> 04:02.840 I'll be right back. 04:02.840 --> 04:03.840 I'll be right back. 04:03.840 --> 04:04.840 I'll be right back. 04:04.840 --> 04:05.840 I'll be right back. 04:05.840 --> 04:06.840 I'll be right back. 04:06.840 --> 04:07.840 I'll be right back. 04:07.840 --> 04:08.840 I'll be right back. 04:08.840 --> 04:09.840 I'll be right back. 04:09.840 --> 04:10.840 Bye. 04:10.840 --> 04:11.840 Thank you. 04:11.840 --> 04:12.840 Bye. 04:12.840 --> 04:13.840 I'll be right back. 04:13.840 --> 04:14.840 Bye. 04:14.840 --> 04:15.840 Bye. 04:15.840 --> 04:16.840 Talk. 04:16.840 --> 04:17.840 Talk. 04:17.840 --> 04:18.840 I'm sorry. 04:18.840 --> 04:19.840 I'm sorry. 04:19.840 --> 04:20.840 I'm sorry. 04:20.840 --> 04:21.840 Oh, God, I'm sorry. 04:21.840 --> 04:22.840 I don't know. 04:22.840 --> 04:23.840 Can you please don't leave me? 04:23.840 --> 04:24.840 I don't know. 04:24.840 --> 04:25.840 I can't. 04:25.840 --> 04:26.840 I can't. 04:26.840 --> 04:27.840 I can't. 04:27.840 --> 04:28.840 I know. 04:28.840 --> 04:29.840 I know. 04:29.840 --> 04:30.840 I've got to go get my picture taken. 04:30.840 --> 04:31.840 I've got to go. 04:31.840 --> 04:32.840 I'm sorry. 04:32.840 --> 04:33.840 I'm sorry. 04:33.840 --> 04:34.840 Can I please don't leave me? 04:34.840 --> 04:35.840 I'm sorry. 04:35.840 --> 04:36.840 I'm sorry. 04:36.840 --> 04:37.840 I'm sorry. 04:37.840 --> 04:38.840 Please don't leave me. 04:38.840 --> 04:39.840 Alone. 04:39.840 --> 04:46.880 Alone in a city of eight million people. 04:46.880 --> 04:49.440 I knew three of them. 04:49.440 --> 04:54.280 A policeman near Central Park, a detective, and the nurse who brought me here to this 04:54.280 --> 04:55.960 ward. 04:55.960 --> 04:58.960 This hospital ward. 04:58.960 --> 05:00.960 Hello. 05:00.960 --> 05:06.640 Oh, do I... do I know you? 05:06.640 --> 05:07.640 I'm Dr. Corday. 05:07.640 --> 05:10.080 Oh, then you can help me. 05:10.080 --> 05:12.480 Please, I... I want to get out of here. 05:12.480 --> 05:13.640 I don't want to stay here. 05:13.640 --> 05:14.640 I can't. 05:14.640 --> 05:15.640 They made a mistake. 05:15.640 --> 05:16.640 Who did? 05:16.640 --> 05:17.640 Well, the hospital. 05:17.640 --> 05:19.520 I heard the nurse. 05:19.520 --> 05:20.520 I know what this is. 05:20.520 --> 05:22.920 The psycho ward for crazy people. 05:22.920 --> 05:25.320 Look, I'm not crazy. 05:25.320 --> 05:26.320 I'm not. 05:26.320 --> 05:33.160 I... I just can't... I just can't remember who I am. 05:33.160 --> 05:34.160 Go ahead. 05:34.160 --> 05:37.560 It'll do you good. 05:37.560 --> 05:41.320 You think I... I'll start remembering? 05:41.320 --> 05:43.280 Maybe not, but somebody will recognize you. 05:43.280 --> 05:44.280 You're a celebrity. 05:44.280 --> 05:48.800 You have pictures in all the papers, and it's been on every TV station in the city. 05:48.800 --> 05:51.640 And... and nobody's called? 05:51.640 --> 05:53.120 Not yet. 05:53.120 --> 05:57.840 Doctor, how... how long will this last? 05:57.840 --> 05:59.280 When will I start to remember? 05:59.280 --> 06:03.160 Maybe a day, a week, a month. 06:03.160 --> 06:04.360 Right now, you need some rest. 06:04.360 --> 06:05.800 Oh, I can't sleep now. 06:05.800 --> 06:07.840 Did you take that pill the nurse brought? 06:07.840 --> 06:08.840 Yes. 06:08.840 --> 06:09.840 You'll sleep. 06:09.840 --> 06:16.000 And we'll talk some more after you wake up. 06:16.000 --> 06:26.680 Have a good sleep? 06:26.680 --> 06:28.800 Well, I... I must have had. 06:28.800 --> 06:29.800 It's dark outside. 06:29.800 --> 06:30.800 What's the matter? 06:30.800 --> 06:31.800 Well, they... they moved me. 06:31.800 --> 06:36.080 They moved me while I was sleeping. 06:36.080 --> 06:37.080 It's all right. 06:37.080 --> 06:40.080 You're on another floor of the hospital. 06:40.080 --> 06:43.920 But those... those bars on the windows. 06:43.920 --> 06:44.920 Why did you move me? 06:44.920 --> 06:46.920 Why are those bars on the windows? 06:46.920 --> 06:47.920 Well, tell me, please. 06:47.920 --> 06:48.920 Tell me. 06:48.920 --> 06:51.000 I want you to concentrate on the game now. 06:51.000 --> 06:53.280 It's called word association. 06:53.280 --> 06:54.640 I'll say a word. 06:54.640 --> 06:57.800 You answer with the first word you think of. 06:57.800 --> 06:59.280 Black. 06:59.280 --> 07:00.920 White? 07:00.920 --> 07:02.400 Texas. 07:02.400 --> 07:03.400 Big. 07:03.400 --> 07:04.400 Blood. 07:04.400 --> 07:05.400 Red. 07:05.400 --> 07:06.400 Gun. 07:06.400 --> 07:07.400 Kill. 07:07.400 --> 07:08.400 Bullet. 07:08.400 --> 07:09.400 Dead. 07:09.400 --> 07:10.400 Murder. 07:10.400 --> 07:15.800 Well, why... why do you pick those words? 07:15.800 --> 07:16.800 Blood and bullet. 07:16.800 --> 07:17.800 Murder. 07:17.800 --> 07:18.800 Please answer. 07:18.800 --> 07:19.800 Murder. 07:19.800 --> 07:24.160 This... this is the prison ward, isn't it? 07:24.160 --> 07:25.720 It's just another floor of the hospital. 07:25.720 --> 07:28.120 It's the prison ward, isn't it? 07:28.120 --> 07:29.120 Yes. 07:29.120 --> 07:32.240 Well, I... I've been arrested. 07:32.240 --> 07:33.240 I've done something. 07:33.240 --> 07:39.600 But those words, blood and gun, I... I've killed somebody. 07:39.600 --> 07:40.600 You remember? 07:40.600 --> 07:42.440 Oh, then it's true. 07:42.440 --> 07:43.440 It's true. 07:43.440 --> 07:44.760 Alice, I want you to look at some pictures. 07:44.760 --> 07:45.760 Well, who did I kill? 07:45.760 --> 07:46.760 Who was it? 07:46.760 --> 07:47.760 Tell me. 07:47.760 --> 07:51.040 See if you recognize the people in these pictures. 07:51.040 --> 07:52.040 Try this one first. 07:52.040 --> 07:53.560 Oh, doctor, help me. 07:53.560 --> 07:54.560 Help me. 07:54.560 --> 07:56.880 Now, look at that picture. 07:56.880 --> 07:57.880 You know him? 07:57.880 --> 08:00.600 Well, should I? 08:00.600 --> 08:01.600 Do you? 08:01.600 --> 08:04.400 Well, I... I don't know. 08:04.400 --> 08:09.080 Is... is he the one... the man I killed? 08:09.080 --> 08:10.080 Is he? 08:10.080 --> 08:14.000 That's why you're showing me the picture, isn't it? 08:14.000 --> 08:16.000 He's... he's dead. 08:16.000 --> 08:17.000 Dead. 08:17.000 --> 08:20.000 And I killed him. 08:20.000 --> 08:23.000 No, Alice. 08:23.000 --> 08:24.000 What? 08:24.000 --> 08:25.000 She fainted. 08:25.000 --> 08:26.000 That's all right, Mr. Parker. 08:26.000 --> 08:28.000 Nurse. 08:28.000 --> 08:32.240 Well, let's bring back her memory. 08:32.240 --> 08:49.280 Maybe not completely, but she may at least remember you're her husband. 08:49.280 --> 08:51.880 This next one is my office, Mr. Parker. 08:51.880 --> 08:53.160 All right. 08:53.160 --> 08:56.200 Leave the door open so we can hear the nurse. 08:56.200 --> 08:58.920 Pull up a chair. 08:58.920 --> 08:59.920 Yeah. 08:59.920 --> 09:05.040 I didn't get much chance to talk to you before, Mr. Parker. 09:05.040 --> 09:07.960 Do you mind if I ask you a few questions? 09:07.960 --> 09:08.960 Fire away, Nelka. 09:08.960 --> 09:12.880 I think you said you and your wife came here from San Francisco? 09:12.880 --> 09:15.880 Yeah, about a month and a half ago. 09:15.880 --> 09:16.880 What brought you here? 09:16.880 --> 09:18.880 I'm a songwriter. 09:18.880 --> 09:21.760 I can write better stuff left-handed than a junkie here today. 09:21.760 --> 09:22.760 I see. 09:22.760 --> 09:28.200 Now, I'm not saying there are no good writers left, but look, Irving Berlin, an old man. 09:28.200 --> 09:31.040 Rodgers and Hammerstein are busy counting their money. 09:31.040 --> 09:33.760 Cole Porter has been. 09:33.760 --> 09:38.320 Tin Pan Alley is begging for a great young songwriter, and I'm their boy. 09:38.320 --> 09:39.320 Have you written any songs? 09:39.320 --> 09:40.320 A hundred-something. 09:40.320 --> 09:41.320 They're all great. 09:41.320 --> 09:42.320 What are they? 09:42.320 --> 09:43.320 Maybe I remember some of them. 09:43.320 --> 09:47.320 Well, none of them has been published yet, but that's politics. 09:47.320 --> 09:50.320 That's why we come to New York, to make the connection. 09:50.320 --> 09:53.440 You look a good deal younger than your wife. 09:53.440 --> 09:55.680 I'm 24, she's 36. 09:55.680 --> 09:57.880 But don't crack that I told you. 09:57.880 --> 09:58.880 I don't want to hurt her feelings. 09:58.880 --> 10:03.120 You happen to marry someone that much older. 10:03.120 --> 10:04.120 Want me to level with you? 10:04.120 --> 10:06.640 Well, it'll help me treat your wife. 10:06.640 --> 10:12.040 Well, Alice is no Marilyn Monroe. 10:12.040 --> 10:14.440 Want me to spell it out anymore? 10:14.440 --> 10:16.280 I take it she's rather wealthy. 10:16.280 --> 10:19.120 We ain't living at the Hotel Bentley on my royalty checks. 10:19.120 --> 10:21.600 How's the marriage going? 10:21.600 --> 10:23.040 Sometimes okay. 10:23.040 --> 10:24.040 And other times? 10:24.040 --> 10:27.200 They could have sold ringside seats. 10:27.200 --> 10:28.200 What do you fight about? 10:28.200 --> 10:30.560 Always the same thing. 10:30.560 --> 10:32.680 Alice is a nice girl. 10:32.680 --> 10:37.920 And I like to live the way that she can afford, but let's face it, I'm 24. 10:37.920 --> 10:39.320 I don't think I understand. 10:39.320 --> 10:43.440 Alice, she gets crazy jealous if I say hello to another girl. 10:43.440 --> 10:45.560 Is that why she shot Joyce Carla? 10:45.560 --> 10:47.680 I guess so. 10:47.680 --> 10:52.360 All I was trying to do was sell Carlyle some of my numbers. 10:52.360 --> 10:54.440 If she gives you a song a ride, you've got a real chance. 10:54.440 --> 10:58.040 For your wife's sake, I hope Miss Carlyle goes through. 10:58.040 --> 10:59.040 Huh? 10:59.040 --> 11:02.520 It'll have a terrible effect on Alice if Miss Carlyle dies. 11:02.520 --> 11:03.520 She's still alive? 11:03.520 --> 11:05.480 She had another transfusion about half an hour ago. 11:05.480 --> 11:06.720 Where is she? 11:06.720 --> 11:07.720 Downstairs, second floor. 11:07.720 --> 11:09.560 Look, I'd better get down and see how she is. 11:09.560 --> 11:10.560 She's still unconscious. 11:10.560 --> 11:12.560 I've been getting word from the detectives. 11:12.560 --> 11:13.640 Detectives? 11:13.640 --> 11:15.800 They're waiting around in case she regains consciousness. 11:15.800 --> 11:17.920 Oh, Dr. Corday. 11:17.920 --> 11:18.920 Yes, nurse. 11:18.920 --> 11:20.520 Mrs. Parker is asking for you. 11:20.520 --> 11:22.720 Oh, thank you. 11:22.720 --> 11:23.720 Run along, Mr. Parker. 11:23.720 --> 11:24.720 Yeah, sure. 11:24.720 --> 11:25.720 Yeah. 11:25.720 --> 11:27.840 Won't you remember me? 11:27.840 --> 11:33.280 You'll know when you walk in that door. 11:33.280 --> 11:36.440 Alice. 11:36.440 --> 11:42.960 You... you called me Alice. 11:42.960 --> 11:45.720 Honey, I'm Vance. 11:45.720 --> 11:46.720 Vance? 11:46.720 --> 11:50.200 Your husband, baby. 11:50.200 --> 11:51.200 We came here from San Francisco. 11:51.200 --> 11:52.200 Don't you remember? 11:52.200 --> 11:53.200 Oh, come on, honey. 11:53.200 --> 11:54.200 Let me hold you. 11:54.200 --> 11:55.200 Don't. 11:55.200 --> 11:56.200 Please, don't. 11:56.200 --> 11:57.200 Alice, it's me. 11:57.200 --> 11:58.200 It's Vance. 11:58.200 --> 11:59.200 Please, let me go. 11:59.200 --> 12:00.200 Hello, doctor. 12:00.200 --> 12:01.200 Hello, Mrs. Parker. 12:01.200 --> 12:02.200 Lieutenant. 12:02.200 --> 12:03.200 Hello, Mr. Neal. 12:03.200 --> 12:04.200 Lieutenant Neal. 12:04.200 --> 12:05.200 Mr. Parker. 12:05.200 --> 12:10.200 Will you... are you one of the detectives downstairs? 12:10.200 --> 12:11.200 Yes. 12:11.200 --> 12:18.680 And, uh, now I've got some bad news. 12:18.680 --> 12:20.680 Look, how is Miss Carlisle? 12:20.680 --> 12:21.680 Dead. 12:21.680 --> 12:42.480 So we're holding her wife for murder. 12:42.480 --> 12:48.680 You are listening to Lost, tonight's presentation in radio's outstanding theater of thrills, 12:48.680 --> 12:49.680 Suspense. 12:49.680 --> 13:00.880 Tomorrow night, Casey, CBS radio's crime photographer, totes his lens into plenty of 13:00.880 --> 13:04.160 danger as he investigates a miracle cure. 13:04.160 --> 13:08.840 Don't miss Life for Sale, the story on crime photographer tomorrow night over most of these 13:08.840 --> 13:10.400 same stations. 13:10.400 --> 13:15.920 And now we bring back to our Hollywood soundstage Paula Winslow as Alice in tonight's production 13:15.920 --> 13:16.920 of Lost. 13:16.920 --> 13:33.360 A tale well calculated to keep you in suspense. 13:33.360 --> 13:35.240 They asked me more questions. 13:35.240 --> 13:38.400 I couldn't answer any of them. 13:38.400 --> 13:42.160 Dead or alive, I didn't remember Joyce Carlisle. 13:42.160 --> 13:44.160 I didn't even remember myself. 13:44.160 --> 13:51.080 Alice Parker, San Francisco. 13:51.080 --> 13:54.000 Alice Parker, San... 13:54.000 --> 13:56.360 Honey, you quitting? 13:56.360 --> 14:01.040 Oh, it's no good, Vance. 14:01.040 --> 14:03.680 That's the first time you call me by my right name. 14:03.680 --> 14:05.400 Oh, why can't I remember? 14:05.400 --> 14:06.400 Why can't I remember? 14:06.400 --> 14:09.280 Honey, honey, you heard the head shrinker. 14:09.280 --> 14:10.480 Relax, forget it. 14:10.480 --> 14:11.480 But how can I? 14:11.480 --> 14:13.120 What can they do to you? 14:13.120 --> 14:15.560 They found your handkerchief in Joyce Carlisle's apartment. 14:15.560 --> 14:16.560 That's all they got. 14:16.560 --> 14:18.640 They don't even have the gun you used or witnesses. 14:18.640 --> 14:20.240 Well, I don't care about that. 14:20.240 --> 14:23.840 Besides, honey, they can't hang you for a murder you can't even remember. 14:23.840 --> 14:25.320 Vance, can't you understand? 14:25.320 --> 14:26.320 What? 14:26.320 --> 14:27.320 What ain't I have to? 14:27.320 --> 14:29.360 Whether they convict me isn't important. 14:29.360 --> 14:30.840 It's not. 14:30.840 --> 14:37.920 Look, even if they let me walk out now, I've got to live every day knowing I killed somebody. 14:37.920 --> 14:40.120 Oh, don't you see? 14:40.120 --> 14:42.120 Don't you understand at all? 14:42.120 --> 14:43.120 Honey, sure. 14:43.120 --> 14:52.120 Look, I'll get a lawyer tomorrow and you'll be out of here real quick. 14:52.120 --> 15:01.680 Just a minute. 15:01.680 --> 15:06.360 Good morning, Mr. Parker. 15:06.360 --> 15:07.360 Oh, hi, Lieutenant. 15:07.360 --> 15:08.920 What are you doing here? 15:08.920 --> 15:11.280 I'd like to look around your suite if I can. 15:11.280 --> 15:12.280 Oh, sure. 15:12.280 --> 15:13.280 Sure. 15:13.280 --> 15:14.280 Thank you. 15:14.280 --> 15:17.960 Come on in the bedroom while I grab a tie, huh? 15:17.960 --> 15:19.280 Just these two rooms, please. 15:19.280 --> 15:20.280 Yeah, that's it. 15:20.280 --> 15:23.480 If you tell me what you're looking for, maybe I can stay. 15:23.480 --> 15:25.920 Is this your wife's dressing? 15:25.920 --> 15:28.480 You were prowling for anything in particular? 15:28.480 --> 15:29.480 No, no. 15:29.480 --> 15:32.560 I just want to see if there's any sign your wife planned this. 15:32.560 --> 15:37.440 It makes a difference if it was premeditated. 15:37.440 --> 15:39.600 You ever see your wife with a gun? 15:39.600 --> 15:40.960 Oh, skied rifle? 15:40.960 --> 15:44.680 No, snub nosed,.22 caliber pistol, pearl handle. 15:44.680 --> 15:48.880 You told me you didn't have any murder weapon. 15:48.880 --> 15:49.880 We found it this morning. 15:49.880 --> 15:50.880 Where? 15:50.880 --> 15:53.320 Near the 59th Street entrance to the park. 15:53.320 --> 15:55.360 Close to where Alice talked to that cop? 15:55.360 --> 15:57.180 Yeah, two blocks. 15:57.180 --> 15:58.360 Any fingerprints on the gun? 15:58.360 --> 16:01.360 No, but it's the right gun. 16:01.360 --> 16:02.360 Anything at the night table, then? 16:02.360 --> 16:03.360 Yeah, phone books. 16:03.360 --> 16:05.360 Come on, you ready for the other room? 16:05.360 --> 16:08.360 Yeah, I guess so. 16:08.360 --> 16:11.760 2750 a day for these two rooms. 16:11.760 --> 16:15.160 Think of the softer touch and Crosby's agent. 16:15.160 --> 16:16.760 Do you have the key to this desk? 16:16.760 --> 16:17.760 Oh, yeah. 16:17.760 --> 16:19.760 Yeah, right here. 16:19.760 --> 16:20.760 It's a little... 16:20.760 --> 16:21.760 Thank you. 16:21.760 --> 16:22.760 How about that? 16:22.760 --> 16:24.280 2750 a copy. 16:24.280 --> 16:27.120 You think they throw in anything on the cuff? 16:27.120 --> 16:28.120 You want to watch TV? 16:28.120 --> 16:29.400 You drop two bits in that slot. 16:29.400 --> 16:33.360 Cost me a buck yesterday to watch a disc jockey. 16:33.360 --> 16:38.280 And speaking of dough, I know this ain't any time to add. 16:38.280 --> 16:40.800 Here, here are your keys. 16:40.800 --> 16:46.600 Look, you think they'll tie up Alice's loot while she's getting her marbles counted? 16:46.600 --> 16:47.600 I don't know. 16:47.600 --> 16:49.640 It'll ground me real good if they do. 16:49.640 --> 16:53.240 You know, today was payday and if she ain't around, I'll sign my check. 16:53.240 --> 16:55.240 I'll remind her when I get to the hospital. 16:55.240 --> 16:56.240 Oh, thanks, thanks a lot. 16:56.240 --> 16:58.800 And you tell her I'll be over later with the lawyer? 16:58.800 --> 16:59.800 You better check first. 16:59.800 --> 17:00.800 Why? 17:00.800 --> 17:01.800 She may be out. 17:01.800 --> 17:03.800 I'm taking her to Joyce Carlisle's apartment. 17:03.800 --> 17:05.640 Oh, come on. 17:05.640 --> 17:07.640 What do you guys want? 17:07.640 --> 17:10.720 They got a murder to solve. 17:10.720 --> 17:12.280 But you got it, Sal. 17:12.280 --> 17:15.040 So even if Alice did kill us, Canary, she was off a rocker. 17:15.040 --> 17:16.600 There's nothing you can do to her. 17:16.600 --> 17:18.880 Why are you taking her to Joyce's place? 17:18.880 --> 17:21.360 Ain't she had a bad enough time? 17:21.360 --> 17:26.040 You're welcome to come along. 17:26.040 --> 17:33.280 Good morning, Alice. 17:33.280 --> 17:37.560 Oh, hello, John. 17:37.560 --> 17:38.560 Hello, Doctor. 17:38.560 --> 17:39.960 Feel stronger today? 17:39.960 --> 17:42.880 Well, I think so. 17:42.880 --> 17:44.960 How much is two and two? 17:44.960 --> 17:46.280 What? 17:46.280 --> 17:48.840 How much is two and two? 17:48.840 --> 17:51.240 Four. 17:51.240 --> 17:52.240 How do you know? 17:52.240 --> 17:55.240 Well, I learned it. 17:55.240 --> 17:56.240 When? 17:56.240 --> 18:01.360 When I was a little girl. 18:01.360 --> 18:05.680 I had a special blue dress and... 18:05.680 --> 18:07.400 Go on. 18:07.400 --> 18:15.000 And they used to tease me and call me Alice Blue Gown. 18:15.000 --> 18:19.800 Doctor, it's coming back. 18:19.800 --> 18:23.440 I'm beginning to remember. 18:23.440 --> 18:25.960 I live in San Francisco. 18:25.960 --> 18:29.520 My name is Alice Lee Parker. 18:29.520 --> 18:30.520 Where are you? 18:30.520 --> 18:34.000 In New York with my husband. 18:34.000 --> 18:35.000 His name is Vance. 18:35.000 --> 18:36.880 How did you come here? 18:36.880 --> 18:39.120 On a train. 18:39.120 --> 18:42.480 We got here last week. 18:42.480 --> 18:43.480 Last week? 18:43.480 --> 18:44.480 On Friday. 18:44.480 --> 18:47.480 It's our second honeymoon. 18:47.480 --> 18:52.360 Vance took me out Saturday night to the Golden Angel. 18:52.360 --> 18:55.240 We danced together, every dance. 18:55.240 --> 18:56.840 He never looked at another girl. 18:56.840 --> 18:57.840 The Golden Angel? 18:57.840 --> 18:58.840 The nightclub. 18:58.840 --> 19:00.160 Oh, it was wonderful. 19:00.160 --> 19:02.640 You remember a girl who sang at the club? 19:02.640 --> 19:03.640 Yes. 19:03.640 --> 19:04.640 Yes, a pretty girl. 19:04.640 --> 19:05.640 We liked her. 19:05.640 --> 19:06.640 Her name was... 19:06.640 --> 19:07.640 Joyce? 19:07.640 --> 19:08.640 Yes. 19:08.640 --> 19:09.640 Joyce. 19:09.640 --> 19:10.640 Joyce. 19:10.640 --> 19:11.640 Carla. 19:11.640 --> 19:14.640 Oh, but no. 19:14.640 --> 19:18.840 No, that's the name of the girl I... 19:18.840 --> 19:19.840 You remember? 19:19.840 --> 19:23.440 No, I remember her name from last night. 19:23.440 --> 19:24.440 Last night? 19:24.440 --> 19:26.440 When the detective came in. 19:26.440 --> 19:28.480 He said she died. 19:28.480 --> 19:30.040 You remember shooting her? 19:30.040 --> 19:31.040 Oh, no. 19:31.040 --> 19:32.040 No, I... 19:32.040 --> 19:36.040 Oh, I thought I was all better. 19:36.040 --> 19:37.040 Oh, Vance. 19:37.040 --> 19:38.040 Oh, darling. 19:38.040 --> 19:39.040 Oh, darling. 19:39.040 --> 19:40.040 Easy, honey, easy. 19:40.040 --> 19:43.040 She's almost completely recovered. 19:43.040 --> 19:44.040 Doctor. 19:44.040 --> 19:45.040 Oh, good morning, Lieutenant. 19:45.040 --> 19:46.040 I didn't see you. 19:46.040 --> 19:49.040 Doctor, can you step out into the corridor for a minute? 19:49.040 --> 19:50.040 Sure. 19:50.040 --> 19:51.040 Pardon us. 19:51.040 --> 19:54.040 What is it? 19:54.040 --> 19:57.040 Does she remember the shooting? 19:57.040 --> 19:58.040 Not yet. 19:58.040 --> 20:02.040 There's still a gap, a kind of twilight zone of about a month. 20:02.040 --> 20:06.040 Is there any danger in her visiting Joyce Carlisle's apartment? 20:06.040 --> 20:07.040 On the contrary. 20:07.040 --> 20:09.040 It might snap her out of it entirely. 20:09.040 --> 20:10.040 Good. 20:10.040 --> 20:11.040 Good. 20:11.040 --> 20:15.040 I'll take her over there right now. 20:15.040 --> 20:28.040 Well, it's a pretty classy layout she had here, huh? 20:28.040 --> 20:30.040 Mrs. Parker, does the place look familiar? 20:30.040 --> 20:33.040 No, no, it doesn't. 20:33.040 --> 20:38.040 The next room is the den here. 20:38.040 --> 20:41.040 This is where it happened. 20:41.040 --> 20:43.040 Do you remember it now, honey? 20:43.040 --> 20:44.040 No. 20:44.040 --> 20:47.040 Miss Carlisle was sitting on that couch when she was shot. 20:47.040 --> 20:50.040 Oh, excuse me, that might be from me. 20:50.040 --> 20:51.040 Nella. 20:51.040 --> 20:53.040 Oh, Vance, but why? 20:53.040 --> 20:54.040 Why? 20:54.040 --> 20:55.040 Why what? 20:55.040 --> 20:57.040 Well, why did I... 20:57.040 --> 20:59.040 Why should I want to kill her? 20:59.040 --> 21:02.040 Oh, you thought that she was cutting your time. 21:02.040 --> 21:03.040 With you? 21:03.040 --> 21:06.040 Oh, natch, I kept telling you that, honey, but you wouldn't listen. 21:06.040 --> 21:07.040 All right, thanks. 21:07.040 --> 21:09.040 How could I do it? 21:09.040 --> 21:12.040 Well, finally adds up. 21:12.040 --> 21:16.040 You know, I first got suspicious when the murder gun showed up without fingerprints. 21:16.040 --> 21:17.040 Why? 21:17.040 --> 21:21.040 Because you weren't wearing gloves when you lost your memory and you had none in your purse. 21:21.040 --> 21:24.040 It looked like the gun was planted for us to find. 21:24.040 --> 21:27.040 Planted where it would look bad for you, Mrs. Parker. 21:27.040 --> 21:29.040 That phone call was from your hotel. 21:29.040 --> 21:31.040 Well, what have they got to do with this? 21:31.040 --> 21:34.040 Well, there's a tape in that coin box on your TV set. 21:34.040 --> 21:37.040 It records the time the coin drops in and the channel being watched. 21:37.040 --> 21:39.040 Come on, come on, let's get with it. 21:39.040 --> 21:44.040 You were watching channel two yesterday at 315 when your wife's picture was telecast. 21:44.040 --> 21:46.040 Anything wrong with it? 21:46.040 --> 21:48.040 It was a real good setup. 21:48.040 --> 21:52.040 Your wife in the hospital with amnesia so she can't remember whether she did it or not. 21:52.040 --> 21:55.040 You plant her handkerchief here where the police will find it. 21:55.040 --> 21:56.040 Vance. 21:56.040 --> 22:01.040 Your telephone charge slip shows that you called her here at 345 yesterday. 22:01.040 --> 22:04.040 Had to be you because your wife was in the hospital at that time. 22:04.040 --> 22:07.040 Now look, look, Joyce Carlisle was going to sing some of my songs. 22:07.040 --> 22:09.040 Why would I knock her off? 22:09.040 --> 22:12.040 We found out about that too from her piano player. 22:12.040 --> 22:16.040 You told Joyce Carlisle you were going to divorce your wife and marry her. 22:16.040 --> 22:19.040 That she was demanding action. 22:19.040 --> 22:45.040 So come on son, you can think up another story on the way to headquarters. 22:45.040 --> 22:50.040 Suspense, in which Paula Winslow starred as Alice. 22:50.040 --> 22:55.040 Next week, the ironic story of an actor who played his first part perhaps too well, 22:55.040 --> 22:59.040 leaving himself unable to better his performance. 22:59.040 --> 23:02.040 We call it rave notice. 23:02.040 --> 23:07.040 That's next week on Suspense. 23:07.040 --> 23:22.040 Suspense is produced and directed by Norman MacDonald with music composed by Lucian Morawick 23:22.040 --> 23:24.040 and conducted by Lud Bluskin. 23:24.040 --> 23:28.040 Lost was specially written for Suspense by Jerry D. Lewis. 23:28.040 --> 23:36.040 Featured in the cast were Bill Conrad, John Danaer, Tony Barrett and Herb Vigran. 23:36.040 --> 23:42.040 You enjoy City Hospital every Saturday in the daytime on the CBS Radio Network.