1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:11,600 And now, transcribe for tonight's presentation of radio's outstanding theater of thrills, 2 00:00:11,600 --> 00:00:12,600 Suspense. 3 00:00:12,600 --> 00:00:21,920 Tonight, the story of a motion picture producer and a young actress who finds to her dismay 4 00:00:21,920 --> 00:00:26,240 that she has rather more dramatic talent than even she ever hoped for. 5 00:00:26,240 --> 00:00:33,040 So now, starring Virginia Christine with Joseph Kearns, here is tonight's Suspense play, Shooting 6 00:00:33,040 --> 00:00:46,800 Star. 7 00:00:46,800 --> 00:00:50,960 These contract players, Dave, Martin Richards, Drake, Cantil. 8 00:00:50,960 --> 00:00:53,360 Tab Richards? 9 00:00:53,360 --> 00:00:54,360 But I thought... 10 00:00:54,360 --> 00:00:56,880 Oh, I play gin with him and he goes with my daughter. 11 00:00:56,880 --> 00:00:58,880 I don't do business that way. 12 00:00:58,880 --> 00:01:00,080 Well, I just meant... 13 00:01:00,080 --> 00:01:02,040 I meant I thought the boy was pretty good. 14 00:01:02,040 --> 00:01:03,360 I can't use him. 15 00:01:03,360 --> 00:01:05,360 Well, that's all, Dave. 16 00:01:05,360 --> 00:01:06,360 Yes. 17 00:01:06,360 --> 00:01:07,360 All right. 18 00:01:07,360 --> 00:01:08,360 Yes? 19 00:01:08,360 --> 00:01:09,360 Goodbye, J.D. 20 00:01:09,360 --> 00:01:12,280 Well, offer what you have to, but get her. 21 00:01:12,280 --> 00:01:14,840 Oh, and bring the papers to my place at Palm Desert. 22 00:01:14,840 --> 00:01:15,840 I'll sign them there. 23 00:01:15,840 --> 00:01:16,840 All right, goodbye. 24 00:01:16,840 --> 00:01:17,840 Goodbye. 25 00:01:17,840 --> 00:01:18,840 Yes? 26 00:01:18,840 --> 00:01:23,840 Benjamin Conn to see you, Mr. Zimmer. 27 00:01:23,840 --> 00:01:24,840 Oh, all right, send him in. 28 00:01:24,840 --> 00:01:25,840 Oh, and Miss Davis. 29 00:01:25,840 --> 00:01:26,960 Yes, Mr. Zimmer? 30 00:01:26,960 --> 00:01:27,960 Have my car sent around. 31 00:01:27,960 --> 00:01:28,960 Yes, Mr. Zimmer. 32 00:01:28,960 --> 00:01:29,960 Let's see. 33 00:01:29,960 --> 00:01:30,960 Well, good afternoon, J.D. 34 00:01:30,960 --> 00:01:31,960 Oh, hello, Ben. 35 00:01:31,960 --> 00:01:32,960 How's your arthritis? 36 00:01:32,960 --> 00:01:33,960 Oh, so good. 37 00:01:33,960 --> 00:01:34,960 Oh, it's too bad. 38 00:01:34,960 --> 00:01:35,960 Going to the desert for the weekend. 39 00:01:35,960 --> 00:01:36,960 That's the place. 40 00:01:36,960 --> 00:01:37,960 Bake it out. 41 00:01:37,960 --> 00:01:38,960 Yeah. 42 00:01:38,960 --> 00:01:39,960 Say, J.D., I want to talk to you about Gay Lansing. 43 00:01:39,960 --> 00:01:40,960 You've thought about her for Dark Lady. 44 00:01:40,960 --> 00:01:41,960 Yeah. 45 00:01:41,960 --> 00:01:42,960 It would be novel casting and she wants to try something different. 46 00:01:42,960 --> 00:01:43,960 I'm sure she'll be able to do it. 47 00:01:43,960 --> 00:01:44,960 I'm sure she'll be able to do it. 48 00:01:44,960 --> 00:01:45,960 I'm sure she'll be able to do it. 49 00:01:45,960 --> 00:01:46,960 I'm sure she'll be able to do it. 50 00:01:46,960 --> 00:01:54,960 I'm sure she'll be able to do it. 51 00:01:54,960 --> 00:02:20,360 Now, the way I see it, after this musical is over, we could have something really big 52 00:02:20,360 --> 00:02:21,360 in Gay. 53 00:02:21,360 --> 00:02:22,360 Go for the Italian type. 54 00:02:22,360 --> 00:02:23,360 Cut. 55 00:02:23,360 --> 00:02:24,360 All right, wrap it up. 56 00:02:24,360 --> 00:02:32,400 And take my shoes off. 57 00:02:32,400 --> 00:02:35,680 I have never been so tired. 58 00:02:35,680 --> 00:02:37,880 It's harder every time, Benny. 59 00:02:37,880 --> 00:02:40,740 Thank heavens this dance marathon is nearly over. 60 00:02:40,740 --> 00:02:42,400 And thank heavens it's my last. 61 00:02:42,400 --> 00:02:43,760 I've just seen Zimmer. 62 00:02:43,760 --> 00:02:46,160 Benny, what did he say about Dark Lady? 63 00:02:46,160 --> 00:02:47,160 He said no, Gay. 64 00:02:47,160 --> 00:02:48,160 No? 65 00:02:48,160 --> 00:02:50,160 They're signing Laura Bevin. 66 00:02:50,160 --> 00:02:51,160 Laura Bevin? 67 00:02:51,160 --> 00:02:53,160 Look, did you tell him that... 68 00:02:53,160 --> 00:02:55,600 Sorry, Gay, that's the way it is. 69 00:02:55,600 --> 00:02:57,200 I see. 70 00:02:57,200 --> 00:03:01,040 Well, I took off my dancing shoes too soon. 71 00:03:01,040 --> 00:03:04,840 So it's to be another super multicolored musical mishmash. 72 00:03:04,840 --> 00:03:06,840 Gay, they're not renewing. 73 00:03:06,840 --> 00:03:10,040 They're not what? 74 00:03:10,040 --> 00:03:14,360 They're dropping your option. 75 00:03:14,360 --> 00:03:15,360 That can't be right. 76 00:03:15,360 --> 00:03:17,800 Well, J.D. thinks the musical cycle is over. 77 00:03:17,800 --> 00:03:18,800 He thinks that... 78 00:03:18,800 --> 00:03:20,120 He thinks my cycle is over, is that it? 79 00:03:20,120 --> 00:03:23,000 No, he didn't say that, Gay. 80 00:03:23,000 --> 00:03:24,000 Just like that. 81 00:03:24,000 --> 00:03:25,320 Now, Gay, listen. 82 00:03:25,320 --> 00:03:28,640 Just this morning I was talking with Harry out of Modern Pictures, and he... 83 00:03:28,640 --> 00:03:29,640 Give me my coat. 84 00:03:29,640 --> 00:03:30,640 Where are you going? 85 00:03:30,640 --> 00:03:31,640 Does it matter? 86 00:03:31,640 --> 00:03:33,000 Oh, now, Gay, take it easy. 87 00:03:33,000 --> 00:03:35,320 Look, you go change and I'll drive you home. 88 00:03:35,320 --> 00:03:36,320 You'll feel better. 89 00:03:36,320 --> 00:03:37,320 Feel? 90 00:03:37,320 --> 00:03:38,320 Funny how I feel. 91 00:03:38,320 --> 00:03:42,680 I'm all numb and far away like I'm someone else. 92 00:03:42,680 --> 00:03:44,320 Gay, I'll figure something. 93 00:03:44,320 --> 00:03:46,920 I'll call J.D. at Palm Desert over the weekend. 94 00:03:46,920 --> 00:03:47,920 Gay? 95 00:03:47,920 --> 00:03:49,920 All numb and far away. 96 00:03:49,920 --> 00:03:56,920 Just like I was someone else. 97 00:03:56,920 --> 00:03:59,920 Yes? 98 00:03:59,920 --> 00:04:09,920 Oh, hello, Iris. 99 00:04:09,920 --> 00:04:15,160 Yeah, I just got here. 100 00:04:15,160 --> 00:04:19,800 I'm in the patio now, enjoying the hot sun and a long, tall cold one. 101 00:04:19,800 --> 00:04:20,800 I'll let Haynes go back. 102 00:04:20,800 --> 00:04:23,720 No, no, no, no, no, I'll be all right. 103 00:04:23,720 --> 00:04:26,920 I'll have my meal sent in. 104 00:04:26,920 --> 00:04:29,760 Is the Klan still at the house? 105 00:04:29,760 --> 00:04:33,800 Well, you let me know when they go, huh? 106 00:04:33,800 --> 00:04:36,800 All right, goodbye. 107 00:04:36,800 --> 00:04:39,800 Hello, J.D. 108 00:04:39,800 --> 00:04:44,800 Why, Gay, I didn't hear you when... 109 00:04:44,800 --> 00:04:48,320 Well, here, sit down. 110 00:04:48,320 --> 00:04:50,800 I understand you're dropping my contract. 111 00:04:50,800 --> 00:04:55,000 Well, Benny told you already, huh? 112 00:04:55,000 --> 00:04:59,080 I'm sorry about that, Gay, but stockholders feel... 113 00:04:59,080 --> 00:05:00,560 I want a new contract, J.D. 114 00:05:00,560 --> 00:05:04,880 I want it for 2,500 a week, seven years, no options, and I want the lead in Dark Lady. 115 00:05:04,880 --> 00:05:06,280 Oh, now look... 116 00:05:06,280 --> 00:05:08,480 I want you to call the studio now and arrange it. 117 00:05:08,480 --> 00:05:10,480 You're being ridiculous. 118 00:05:10,480 --> 00:05:14,880 After all, in today's market, it's the exhibitors who... 119 00:05:14,880 --> 00:05:16,880 I mean what I say, J.D. 120 00:05:16,880 --> 00:05:18,880 Gay. 121 00:05:18,880 --> 00:05:20,880 It's almost like an ornament, isn't it? 122 00:05:20,880 --> 00:05:24,880 So small in the pearl handle, but it shoots real bullets. 123 00:05:24,880 --> 00:05:26,880 I advise you to respect it. 124 00:05:26,880 --> 00:05:28,880 Oh, no, no, you're... 125 00:05:28,880 --> 00:05:29,880 Well, you're not yourself, Gay. 126 00:05:29,880 --> 00:05:31,880 Perhaps you just don't know me very well. 127 00:05:31,880 --> 00:05:34,880 Get on that phone, J.D., and be careful. 128 00:05:34,880 --> 00:05:40,880 Very well. 129 00:05:40,880 --> 00:05:44,880 Operator, get me Hollywood 1429. 130 00:05:44,880 --> 00:05:46,880 You know how foolish you're being, Gay. 131 00:05:46,880 --> 00:05:49,880 Why, if I even hinted, the Screen Act is gilded. 132 00:05:49,880 --> 00:05:52,880 Legal department, Mr. Mitchell, please. 133 00:05:52,880 --> 00:05:56,880 If I tell Owen to go ahead with this, legal is going to have a mess on their hands with Laura Bevin. 134 00:05:56,880 --> 00:05:58,880 Oh, hello, Owen. 135 00:05:58,880 --> 00:06:00,880 This is J.D. 136 00:06:00,880 --> 00:06:03,880 I want you to draw up a new contract for Gay Lansing. 137 00:06:03,880 --> 00:06:05,880 For seven years. 138 00:06:05,880 --> 00:06:07,880 No, that's right, seven. 139 00:06:07,880 --> 00:06:09,880 2,500 a week, no options. 140 00:06:09,880 --> 00:06:11,880 Apart. Put it in the contract. 141 00:06:11,880 --> 00:06:15,880 She's the star in Dark Lady. Put that in the contract. 142 00:06:15,880 --> 00:06:17,880 That's right. 143 00:06:17,880 --> 00:06:20,880 Well, you work that out. Goodbye. 144 00:06:20,880 --> 00:06:22,880 How far do you think you can go with this, Gay? 145 00:06:22,880 --> 00:06:26,880 Monday morning I'll cancel that contract, and you'll be blackballed by every studio in town. 146 00:06:26,880 --> 00:06:28,880 No. Oh, no. 147 00:06:28,880 --> 00:06:32,880 Because now, J.D., I'm going to kill you. 148 00:06:32,880 --> 00:06:34,880 Give me that back. 149 00:06:34,880 --> 00:06:37,880 Oh, my God. 150 00:06:37,880 --> 00:06:39,880 You have yourself to thank for that, J.D. 151 00:06:39,880 --> 00:06:43,880 You had me taught judo by an expert, remember, for that whack musical? 152 00:06:43,880 --> 00:06:45,880 Get up. 153 00:06:45,880 --> 00:06:47,880 Oh, Gay. 154 00:06:47,880 --> 00:06:49,880 Look, why don't we sit down? 155 00:06:49,880 --> 00:06:50,880 Let's talk this over. 156 00:06:50,880 --> 00:06:52,880 You think I'm unbalanced. 157 00:06:52,880 --> 00:06:55,880 No, no, I think you're... I think you're tired. 158 00:06:55,880 --> 00:06:58,880 I'm quite sane, J.D. I want you to understand that. 159 00:06:58,880 --> 00:06:59,880 Gay. 160 00:06:59,880 --> 00:07:02,880 Last year you used a folding wheelchair when your knee was bad. Where is it? 161 00:07:02,880 --> 00:07:04,880 I don't know. 162 00:07:04,880 --> 00:07:06,880 Back hall, maybe. 163 00:07:06,880 --> 00:07:07,880 We'll have a look then. 164 00:07:07,880 --> 00:07:09,880 Go on, J.D. 165 00:07:09,880 --> 00:07:11,880 Walk. 166 00:07:13,880 --> 00:07:15,880 Open the door. 167 00:07:18,880 --> 00:07:21,880 What a remarkable memory, J.D. 168 00:07:21,880 --> 00:07:23,880 All right. Open it. 169 00:07:23,880 --> 00:07:25,880 Oh, this is crazy. 170 00:07:27,880 --> 00:07:29,880 There. 171 00:07:29,880 --> 00:07:31,880 Now sit down. 172 00:07:31,880 --> 00:07:32,880 Go ahead. 173 00:07:32,880 --> 00:07:33,880 Oh, now look. 174 00:07:33,880 --> 00:07:35,880 Sit. 175 00:07:35,880 --> 00:07:38,880 The belt off of this trench coat should do nicely. 176 00:07:39,880 --> 00:07:43,880 Now this should hold you, and if I need you in another room, I can wheel you there. 177 00:07:43,880 --> 00:07:46,880 I won't have to keep the gun pointed. That's rude, I know. 178 00:07:47,880 --> 00:07:48,880 There. 179 00:07:48,880 --> 00:07:49,880 Are you comfortable? 180 00:07:49,880 --> 00:07:51,880 You know, this is a very poor joke. 181 00:07:51,880 --> 00:07:54,880 I don't like to do this, J.D. I'm not a criminal. 182 00:07:54,880 --> 00:07:57,880 I made the phone call. Your contract is being drawn up. What more... 183 00:07:57,880 --> 00:08:00,880 Do you remember the first time you saw me? 184 00:08:00,880 --> 00:08:03,880 Yes, you were in the chorus of one of Daly's reviews. 185 00:08:03,880 --> 00:08:05,880 Not the chorus. I had a specialty. 186 00:08:05,880 --> 00:08:08,880 Even at the first, I had a specialty. $40 a week. 187 00:08:08,880 --> 00:08:11,880 And I thought I'd arrived. I was 16. 188 00:08:11,880 --> 00:08:14,880 Then Zimmer Productions signed you up at ten times that figure. 189 00:08:14,880 --> 00:08:16,880 And I made The Sunshine Girl. 190 00:08:16,880 --> 00:08:19,880 Do you remember how things were with ZSP in those days? 191 00:08:19,880 --> 00:08:22,880 The studio was bankrupt, but I saved you. 192 00:08:22,880 --> 00:08:25,880 They liked The Sunshine Girl, and little by little I climbed to success 193 00:08:25,880 --> 00:08:27,880 with Zimmer Star Productions on my shoulders. 194 00:08:27,880 --> 00:08:30,880 All right, but the favor worked both ways, Gay. 195 00:08:30,880 --> 00:08:34,880 How many even talented girls attend premieres of their own pictures 196 00:08:34,880 --> 00:08:36,880 before they're 17? 197 00:08:36,880 --> 00:08:40,880 And did you know how I worked for those lights and premieres in contract? 198 00:08:40,880 --> 00:08:43,880 I danced my heart out. I even risked my life for you. 199 00:08:43,880 --> 00:08:45,880 You were never asked to do that. 200 00:08:45,880 --> 00:08:48,880 But when you had the bright idea of a dance routine atop a 30-foot globe, 201 00:08:48,880 --> 00:08:49,880 I did it. 202 00:08:49,880 --> 00:08:51,880 I still have nightmares about that day. 203 00:08:51,880 --> 00:08:55,880 Lights in my eyes, I whirl, I smile, the music goes faster and faster. 204 00:08:55,880 --> 00:08:57,880 I look down... 205 00:08:57,880 --> 00:08:59,880 I fall. 206 00:08:59,880 --> 00:09:02,880 It was eight months before I ever danced again. 207 00:09:02,880 --> 00:09:05,880 I know, I know, but you've always been our most reliable star. 208 00:09:05,880 --> 00:09:06,880 I have, haven't I? 209 00:09:06,880 --> 00:09:08,880 No undue husbands or scandals or tempers. 210 00:09:08,880 --> 00:09:10,880 All right, then. Why break your record? 211 00:09:10,880 --> 00:09:14,880 You use me up and throw me out. You've done enough to me in my career. 212 00:09:14,880 --> 00:09:18,880 Tomorrow, you will be the headlines, J.D. 213 00:09:18,880 --> 00:09:20,880 An unfortunate accident. 214 00:09:20,880 --> 00:09:22,880 What are you talking about? 215 00:09:22,880 --> 00:09:24,880 You don't swim, do you, J.D.? 216 00:09:24,880 --> 00:09:28,880 A villa in Palm Desert with a pool, a cottage at Carmel with a private beach, 217 00:09:28,880 --> 00:09:33,880 a ranch in Oregon with a private lake, but you don't swim, do you, J.D.? 218 00:09:33,880 --> 00:09:36,880 You wouldn't do that. You couldn't. 219 00:09:36,880 --> 00:09:39,880 No. Not yet. 220 00:09:39,880 --> 00:09:43,880 Tonight I'm going to set the time, say, nine o'clock. 221 00:09:43,880 --> 00:09:46,880 That will give you three hours and 40-odd minutes to think about it. 222 00:09:46,880 --> 00:09:49,880 Okay, they'll arrest you. You'll go to jail. 223 00:09:49,880 --> 00:09:51,880 Who's that? 224 00:09:51,880 --> 00:09:52,880 I don't know. 225 00:09:52,880 --> 00:09:54,880 I thought you weren't expecting anyone. 226 00:09:54,880 --> 00:09:55,880 I'm not. 227 00:09:55,880 --> 00:09:57,880 Who is it, J.D.? Let's not play games. 228 00:09:57,880 --> 00:10:00,880 Maybe it's the delivery boy. I ordered some liquor. 229 00:10:00,880 --> 00:10:03,880 Oh. I'll handle him. 230 00:10:03,880 --> 00:10:05,880 How? 231 00:10:05,880 --> 00:10:09,880 Never mind. Now I'm going to put you in the den and gag you. 232 00:10:09,880 --> 00:10:13,880 If I were you, J.D., I'd be very, very cooperative. 233 00:10:13,880 --> 00:10:16,880 It wouldn't bother me in the least to kill the delivery boy 234 00:10:16,880 --> 00:10:22,880 and then make it look as though you did it. 235 00:10:22,880 --> 00:10:44,880 You are listening to Shooting Star, tonight's presentation in radio's outstanding theater of thrills, Suspense. 236 00:10:44,880 --> 00:10:49,880 Hello, this is Marvin Miller. 237 00:10:49,880 --> 00:10:54,880 We'll return to our program in a moment, but first, here's something to think about. 238 00:10:54,880 --> 00:10:57,880 You probably remember these words from your school days. 239 00:10:57,880 --> 00:11:02,880 We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor. 240 00:11:02,880 --> 00:11:06,880 They're the final words of our Declaration of Independence. 241 00:11:06,880 --> 00:11:11,880 Following them are the signatures of 56 men, men of many talents. 242 00:11:11,880 --> 00:11:15,880 But to each of them, one thing was important, freedom. 243 00:11:15,880 --> 00:11:18,880 With a passionate faith, they believed in it and worked to bring it about. 244 00:11:18,880 --> 00:11:22,880 The freedoms which they declared have been endangered many times, 245 00:11:22,880 --> 00:11:26,880 but there have always been those with steady hearts and willing hands 246 00:11:26,880 --> 00:11:30,880 to defend and support the principles that free men live by. 247 00:11:30,880 --> 00:11:33,880 The American citizen recognizes his two responsibilities. 248 00:11:33,880 --> 00:11:38,880 First, to know what his rights are, and second, to know what his rights are. 249 00:11:38,880 --> 00:11:42,880 And second, to defend those rights. 250 00:11:42,880 --> 00:11:47,880 And now, we bring back to our Hollywood soundstage, Virginia Christine with Joseph Kearns, 251 00:11:47,880 --> 00:11:51,880 starring in tonight's production of Shooting Star, 252 00:11:51,880 --> 00:11:56,880 a tale well calculated to keep you in suspense. 253 00:11:56,880 --> 00:12:11,880 Suspense. 254 00:12:11,880 --> 00:12:18,880 Coming. 255 00:12:18,880 --> 00:12:21,880 Well, hello. 256 00:12:21,880 --> 00:12:24,880 Delivery for Mr. Zimmer. Bring them in? 257 00:12:24,880 --> 00:12:29,880 Yes, yes, come in. 258 00:12:29,880 --> 00:12:31,880 Where do you want this stuff? 259 00:12:31,880 --> 00:12:35,880 Well, over here in the bar. Do you mind? 260 00:12:35,880 --> 00:12:37,880 No. 261 00:12:37,880 --> 00:12:41,880 Why, it's hot for this late in the afternoon. 262 00:12:41,880 --> 00:12:44,880 Could you use a drink? 263 00:12:44,880 --> 00:12:47,880 Well, sure, why not? 264 00:12:47,880 --> 00:12:50,880 I'll get the glasses. You open the bottle. 265 00:12:50,880 --> 00:12:52,880 Which one? 266 00:12:52,880 --> 00:12:54,880 Bourbon. 267 00:12:54,880 --> 00:12:56,880 Ancient age, okay? 268 00:12:56,880 --> 00:12:58,880 Fine. 269 00:12:58,880 --> 00:13:02,880 Go ahead, pour. 270 00:13:02,880 --> 00:13:07,880 Say, I thought Mr. Zimmer was here alone this time. 271 00:13:07,880 --> 00:13:11,880 Well, he is technically. I'm his secretary. 272 00:13:11,880 --> 00:13:13,880 You don't say. 273 00:13:13,880 --> 00:13:14,880 Mm-hmm. 274 00:13:14,880 --> 00:13:15,880 Here you are. 275 00:13:15,880 --> 00:13:17,880 Thanks. 276 00:13:17,880 --> 00:13:19,880 Well, bottoms up. 277 00:13:19,880 --> 00:13:22,880 Why not? 278 00:13:22,880 --> 00:13:26,880 You know, you're awful cute. 279 00:13:26,880 --> 00:13:29,880 I get around. 280 00:13:29,880 --> 00:13:32,880 I'll bet you do. 281 00:13:32,880 --> 00:13:39,880 Come here. 282 00:13:39,880 --> 00:13:43,880 You, um, you gonna be here alone? 283 00:13:43,880 --> 00:13:44,880 Well. 284 00:13:44,880 --> 00:13:46,880 What's that? 285 00:13:46,880 --> 00:13:48,880 Nothing, I'm defrosting the refrigerator. 286 00:13:48,880 --> 00:13:50,880 Maybe you'd better go now. 287 00:13:50,880 --> 00:13:51,880 Go now? 288 00:13:51,880 --> 00:13:52,880 You'd better. 289 00:13:52,880 --> 00:13:54,880 Well, that's a quick switch. 290 00:13:54,880 --> 00:13:58,880 Uh, well, uh, I'll see you again maybe? 291 00:13:58,880 --> 00:14:00,880 Yes, maybe. 292 00:14:00,880 --> 00:14:02,880 Yeah, well, uh, bye. 293 00:14:02,880 --> 00:14:12,880 And, uh, give my compliments to the old man. 294 00:14:12,880 --> 00:14:15,880 I should be very angry with you, JD, for knocking over that vase. 295 00:14:15,880 --> 00:14:17,880 I'll remember that at nine o'clock. 296 00:14:17,880 --> 00:14:19,880 Meanwhile, I guess we can take this out. 297 00:14:19,880 --> 00:14:22,880 You, you witch. 298 00:14:22,880 --> 00:14:24,880 That delivery boy. 299 00:14:24,880 --> 00:14:26,880 You not only want to kill me, but my reputation as well. 300 00:14:26,880 --> 00:14:28,880 Your reputation. 301 00:14:28,880 --> 00:14:30,880 Shall I tell you something about your reputation, JD? 302 00:14:30,880 --> 00:14:33,880 You're known as a heartless, grasping, slave-driving tyrant. 303 00:14:33,880 --> 00:14:35,880 That's a bunch of rubbish. 304 00:14:35,880 --> 00:14:37,880 I'm a hardworking man who got ahead by my own efforts. 305 00:14:37,880 --> 00:14:40,880 How about that brother of yours who lent you $400 to get started? 306 00:14:40,880 --> 00:14:43,880 The rather small time brother that you don't even talk about now. 307 00:14:43,880 --> 00:14:45,880 I've paid him back a hundred times. 308 00:14:45,880 --> 00:14:48,880 And then there was a time when you took your own partner's wife away from him. 309 00:14:48,880 --> 00:14:50,880 He was making her life miserable. 310 00:14:50,880 --> 00:14:51,880 And what are you making it? 311 00:14:51,880 --> 00:14:53,880 A desert. 312 00:14:53,880 --> 00:14:55,880 You left her alone on your honeymoon and she's hardly seen you since. 313 00:14:55,880 --> 00:14:57,880 That's not true. 314 00:14:57,880 --> 00:14:59,880 I'm a busy man, but I'm a family man and I won't have you... 315 00:14:59,880 --> 00:15:02,880 You won't be considered a family man after the publicity you're going to get. 316 00:15:02,880 --> 00:15:06,880 But then you always taught me any publicity is good publicity. 317 00:15:06,880 --> 00:15:09,880 Even when Eric Allen eloped with someone else on the eve of our wedding, 318 00:15:09,880 --> 00:15:12,880 you had the publicity make a front-page ball of it. 319 00:15:12,880 --> 00:15:15,880 You can't keep down a story like that. 320 00:15:15,880 --> 00:15:17,880 You could have tried. You could have tried. 321 00:15:17,880 --> 00:15:18,880 All right, Kay. All right. 322 00:15:18,880 --> 00:15:21,880 Look, let's say you win. Let's say I've made mistakes. 323 00:15:21,880 --> 00:15:23,880 But I can always do better. 324 00:15:23,880 --> 00:15:26,880 Right now I'm tired. I'm hungry. 325 00:15:26,880 --> 00:15:28,880 And if you'll just take off these confounded robes, 326 00:15:28,880 --> 00:15:31,880 I'll agree to forget all about tonight. 327 00:15:31,880 --> 00:15:33,880 Come on. Come on. Now what do you say? 328 00:15:33,880 --> 00:15:36,880 And have you swear out a complaint the moment you're flown? 329 00:15:36,880 --> 00:15:39,880 No, no, I won't. You have my word. Look, I'll even put it in writing. 330 00:15:39,880 --> 00:15:42,880 Hmm. I'll think it over. 331 00:15:42,880 --> 00:15:44,880 I'll let you know at nine o'clock. 332 00:15:44,880 --> 00:15:46,880 But you do have a point, J.D. 333 00:15:46,880 --> 00:15:47,880 Of course. 334 00:15:47,880 --> 00:15:49,880 About being hungry. I am too starved. 335 00:15:49,880 --> 00:15:51,880 All right. We'll have some dinner sent over from the hotel. 336 00:15:51,880 --> 00:15:52,880 No. No, that's not. 337 00:15:52,880 --> 00:15:55,880 They'd send a waiter and I hate crowds. Don't you, J.D.? 338 00:15:55,880 --> 00:15:59,880 Let's see if you don't have a well-stocked larder to match that well-stocked bar. 339 00:15:59,880 --> 00:16:10,880 Won't you join me? 340 00:16:10,880 --> 00:16:14,880 Hmm. Pompano, artichoke hearts and branded peaches. 341 00:16:14,880 --> 00:16:18,880 Quite a snack. And it's only $7.24. 342 00:16:18,880 --> 00:16:20,880 You have plenty of time to enjoy it. 343 00:16:20,880 --> 00:16:22,880 Shall I untie you so you can eat? 344 00:16:22,880 --> 00:16:24,880 I'm not hungry now. 345 00:16:24,880 --> 00:16:25,880 Oh, but you must eat something. 346 00:16:25,880 --> 00:16:27,880 You were going to consider my offer. 347 00:16:27,880 --> 00:16:31,880 Oh, yes. But I wouldn't count on it, J.D. 348 00:16:31,880 --> 00:16:33,880 I'm afraid it's too late for mercy. 349 00:16:33,880 --> 00:16:34,880 Coffee? 350 00:16:34,880 --> 00:16:35,880 No. 351 00:16:35,880 --> 00:16:39,880 Let me slice you some of this edam. I have a nice sharp... 352 00:16:39,880 --> 00:16:41,880 Huh? What is it? 353 00:16:41,880 --> 00:16:43,880 There's a car turning in. 354 00:16:43,880 --> 00:16:45,880 Who do you know who drives a pale blue Cad convertible? 355 00:16:45,880 --> 00:16:47,880 It's my wife. It's Iris. 356 00:16:47,880 --> 00:16:49,880 She must have driven down an Iris-nose-jougue. 357 00:16:49,880 --> 00:16:51,880 You might just as well give up this game right now. 358 00:16:51,880 --> 00:16:53,880 Not necessarily. 359 00:16:53,880 --> 00:16:56,880 It's twilight. It's dim in the front room. 360 00:16:56,880 --> 00:16:58,880 What are you going to do? 361 00:16:58,880 --> 00:17:01,880 First, gag you again. I regret the necessity, J.D. 362 00:17:01,880 --> 00:17:04,880 Don't you lay a finger on my wife. Don't you touch her. I swear, gay, I swear. 363 00:17:14,880 --> 00:17:15,880 Yeah? 364 00:17:15,880 --> 00:17:17,880 Oh. 365 00:17:18,880 --> 00:17:19,880 Who are you? 366 00:17:19,880 --> 00:17:23,880 I'm the maid here from the hotel. Mr. Zimmer. He wanted some cleaning up done. 367 00:17:23,880 --> 00:17:25,880 Oh, I see. 368 00:17:25,880 --> 00:17:27,880 Well, I'm... I'm Mrs. Zimmer. 369 00:17:27,880 --> 00:17:30,880 I'll come in if you don't mind. I forgot my key. 370 00:17:30,880 --> 00:17:31,880 Where's Mr. Zimmer? 371 00:17:31,880 --> 00:17:33,880 Oh, he's out. 372 00:17:33,880 --> 00:17:34,880 Out? 373 00:17:33,880 --> 00:17:35,880 Yeah, to dinner. 374 00:17:35,880 --> 00:17:37,880 Well, I thought... 375 00:17:37,880 --> 00:17:39,880 Where was he going, did he say? 376 00:17:39,880 --> 00:17:41,880 I don't know. Some... some club somewhere. 377 00:17:41,880 --> 00:17:44,880 The Palm Club? Tennis club? 378 00:17:44,880 --> 00:17:46,880 Yeah, yeah. That might be at the tennis club. 379 00:17:46,880 --> 00:17:49,880 Oh. Well, I'll drive over and join him. 380 00:17:49,880 --> 00:17:51,880 That drive through the desert is simply posh for me. 381 00:17:51,880 --> 00:17:53,880 I think I'll get a drink of water. 382 00:17:53,880 --> 00:17:55,880 Oh, I'll get it for you. 383 00:17:55,880 --> 00:17:57,880 No. No, don't bother. I'll just run out to the kitchen and... 384 00:17:57,880 --> 00:18:01,880 I was so... so worried about him. About his going out. 385 00:18:01,880 --> 00:18:05,880 I tell you, he had the mark of the dead on him. 386 00:18:05,880 --> 00:18:07,880 Mark? 387 00:18:09,880 --> 00:18:11,880 What are you talking about? 388 00:18:11,880 --> 00:18:13,880 Well, I tell you, he had shadows in his eyes. 389 00:18:13,880 --> 00:18:17,880 It was just about ten minutes after the pain was gone from his heart. 390 00:18:17,880 --> 00:18:20,880 I told him to go to bed and let me bring him something. 391 00:18:20,880 --> 00:18:22,880 But he wouldn't do it. 392 00:18:22,880 --> 00:18:24,880 A telephone call and off he goes. 393 00:18:26,880 --> 00:18:29,880 Are you trying to say my husband had a heart attack? 394 00:18:29,880 --> 00:18:32,880 Yeah, slight perhaps. 395 00:18:32,880 --> 00:18:34,880 When did this happen? 396 00:18:34,880 --> 00:18:36,880 Well, not ten minutes after I got here. 397 00:18:36,880 --> 00:18:38,880 Oh, I knew it this morning. 398 00:18:38,880 --> 00:18:40,880 The minute I opened my eyes, I said, 399 00:18:40,880 --> 00:18:42,880 there's going to be trouble today. 400 00:18:42,880 --> 00:18:44,880 I said, there's going to be trouble today. 401 00:18:44,880 --> 00:18:46,880 Oh, do be quiet. 402 00:18:46,880 --> 00:18:48,880 I better get over there. 403 00:18:48,880 --> 00:18:51,880 Just leave the latch off the door. We won't be late. 404 00:18:51,880 --> 00:18:53,880 I hope you're not too late. 405 00:18:53,880 --> 00:18:55,880 Yeah, goodbye. 406 00:19:00,880 --> 00:19:03,880 I'm back, J.D. You can talk again now. 407 00:19:03,880 --> 00:19:05,880 What have you done to my wife? 408 00:19:05,880 --> 00:19:07,880 She's gone. Where is she? 409 00:19:07,880 --> 00:19:09,880 I sent her off to Palm Springs to search for you. 410 00:19:09,880 --> 00:19:11,880 She thinks I'm the maid and she thinks I'm a little odd. 411 00:19:11,880 --> 00:19:13,880 The maid? 412 00:19:13,880 --> 00:19:15,880 With the napkin round my head and my lipstick wiped off. 413 00:19:15,880 --> 00:19:18,880 You know, lipstick makes a remarkable difference to a woman. 414 00:19:18,880 --> 00:19:20,880 She'll be back. When she can't find me, she'll be back. 415 00:19:20,880 --> 00:19:22,880 Not in your lifetime, J.D. 416 00:19:22,880 --> 00:19:24,880 Shall we go into the living room? 417 00:19:24,880 --> 00:19:26,880 Allow me. 418 00:19:26,880 --> 00:19:29,880 The kitchen clock must have been a little slow. 419 00:19:29,880 --> 00:19:31,880 It's 22 minutes till nine. 420 00:19:31,880 --> 00:19:33,880 22 minutes, J.D. 421 00:19:33,880 --> 00:19:35,880 You want anything special to pass the time? 422 00:19:35,880 --> 00:19:37,880 Kay, Kay, look, I... 423 00:19:40,880 --> 00:19:42,880 Oh, no, no, no. 424 00:19:42,880 --> 00:19:45,880 No? No little enthusiasms, J.D. 425 00:19:45,880 --> 00:19:47,880 Then how about the radio? 426 00:19:47,880 --> 00:19:50,880 Hmm? 427 00:19:50,880 --> 00:19:52,880 Then I'll sit down. 428 00:19:54,880 --> 00:19:59,880 We shall have 21 minutes to wait, and I'm really very tired. 429 00:19:59,880 --> 00:20:01,880 Hmm. 430 00:20:01,880 --> 00:20:21,880 Odd how much planning a murder takes out of one. 431 00:20:21,880 --> 00:20:26,880 One more knot. Just one. My hands. 432 00:20:26,880 --> 00:20:31,880 There. 433 00:20:31,880 --> 00:20:38,880 Operator, get me the police. The police, quickly. 434 00:20:38,880 --> 00:20:41,880 Too late. 435 00:20:41,880 --> 00:20:44,880 Put down that phone. 436 00:20:44,880 --> 00:20:46,880 You thought I was asleep, but I wasn't. 437 00:20:46,880 --> 00:20:49,880 You might say I was acting. 438 00:20:49,880 --> 00:20:51,880 It's nine o'clock, J.D. 439 00:20:51,880 --> 00:20:52,880 No. 440 00:20:52,880 --> 00:20:54,880 Get up and walk towards the pool, J.D. 441 00:20:54,880 --> 00:20:56,880 No, Gay. 442 00:20:56,880 --> 00:20:58,880 Don't make me shoot you here, J.D. Get out of that wheelchair. 443 00:20:58,880 --> 00:21:00,880 Kay, Kay, please, you can't do this. 444 00:21:00,880 --> 00:21:02,880 You wouldn't get away with it. 445 00:21:02,880 --> 00:21:04,880 Now listen to me, Gay. I've been wrong. 446 00:21:04,880 --> 00:21:06,880 I'll make it up to you. You can have anything you want. 447 00:21:06,880 --> 00:21:07,880 Money, parts, anything. 448 00:21:07,880 --> 00:21:09,880 No, Gay, don't. Not my life. 449 00:21:09,880 --> 00:21:12,880 Don't take my life. Please, I beg you. 450 00:21:12,880 --> 00:21:17,880 I... I... I beg you. 451 00:21:17,880 --> 00:21:21,880 All right, J.D. 452 00:21:21,880 --> 00:21:24,880 The audition's over. 453 00:21:24,880 --> 00:21:28,880 It was rather drastic, but it was the only way I knew. 454 00:21:28,880 --> 00:21:31,880 It was all an act, J.D. 455 00:21:31,880 --> 00:21:34,880 After all, I had to prove to you that I could be something 456 00:21:34,880 --> 00:21:38,880 more than a song and dance girl. 457 00:21:38,880 --> 00:21:44,880 I'll see who's at the door. 458 00:21:44,880 --> 00:21:46,880 Oh, Miles. Benny. 459 00:21:46,880 --> 00:21:47,880 Hello, Gay. 460 00:21:47,880 --> 00:21:49,880 Good evening, Gay. 461 00:21:49,880 --> 00:21:52,880 Say, what is all this about? 462 00:21:52,880 --> 00:21:54,880 I was all set with Laura Bevin for Dark Lady 463 00:21:54,880 --> 00:21:56,880 when I got word you were to do it. 464 00:21:56,880 --> 00:21:58,880 We came down to learn what goes. 465 00:21:58,880 --> 00:22:01,880 J.D.'s right in there. You can ask him. 466 00:22:01,880 --> 00:22:03,880 Well, good evening, J.D. 467 00:22:03,880 --> 00:22:06,880 Now, what's this about... 468 00:22:06,880 --> 00:22:09,880 What's the matter with him? 469 00:22:09,880 --> 00:22:11,880 He's unconscious. 470 00:22:11,880 --> 00:22:14,880 Unconscious? But he was all right a minute ago. 471 00:22:14,880 --> 00:22:16,880 Well, I'll get some brandy. 472 00:22:16,880 --> 00:22:18,880 Don't. 473 00:22:18,880 --> 00:22:20,880 Don't bother. 474 00:22:20,880 --> 00:22:23,880 He's dead. 475 00:22:23,880 --> 00:22:25,880 Dead? 476 00:22:25,880 --> 00:22:29,880 Well, he can't be. 477 00:22:29,880 --> 00:22:31,880 He can't. 478 00:22:31,880 --> 00:22:34,880 J.D.! 479 00:22:34,880 --> 00:22:37,880 Look at the expression on his face. 480 00:22:37,880 --> 00:22:40,880 Yes. 481 00:22:40,880 --> 00:22:46,880 He looks scared. 482 00:22:46,880 --> 00:22:49,880 Scared to death. 483 00:22:49,880 --> 00:23:09,880 Suspense. 484 00:23:09,880 --> 00:23:11,880 In which Virginia Christine starred as Gay 485 00:23:11,880 --> 00:23:14,880 with Joseph Kearns as J.D. 486 00:23:14,880 --> 00:23:17,880 Next week, the story of a duel, an incomplete duel, 487 00:23:17,880 --> 00:23:20,880 since one of its participants chooses to wait 488 00:23:20,880 --> 00:23:22,880 and owe his adversary. 489 00:23:22,880 --> 00:23:24,880 We call it The Shot. 490 00:23:24,880 --> 00:23:34,880 That's next week on Suspense. 491 00:23:34,880 --> 00:23:37,880 Suspense is produced and transcribed by Norman MacDonald 492 00:23:37,880 --> 00:23:39,880 with music composed by Lucian Morawick 493 00:23:39,880 --> 00:23:41,880 and conducted by Wilbur Hatch. 494 00:23:41,880 --> 00:23:43,880 Shooting Star was specially written for Suspense 495 00:23:43,880 --> 00:23:45,880 by Ruth Born. 496 00:23:45,880 --> 00:23:47,880 Featured in the cast were Sam Edwards, John Danaer, 497 00:23:47,880 --> 00:23:51,880 Michael Ann Barrett, Jill Jarman, and John Large. 498 00:23:51,880 --> 00:23:54,880 Suspense is another worldwide presentation 499 00:23:54,880 --> 00:23:57,880 of the United States Armed Forces Radio and Television Service. 500 00:23:57,880 --> 00:24:20,880 Music 501 00:24:20,880 --> 00:24:49,880 Music 502 00:24:49,880 --> 00:25:17,880 Music 503 00:25:17,880 --> 00:25:19,880 Music