WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:18.000 And now, tonight's presentation of Radio's outstanding theater of thrills, Suspense. 00:18.000 --> 00:26.880 Tonight, we bring you a transcribed story of a mother, a father, a locked door, and 00:26.880 --> 00:28.200 a baby. 00:28.200 --> 00:30.360 We call it, The Cellar Door. 00:30.360 --> 00:36.880 So now, starring Paula Winslow and Parley Bear, here is tonight's Suspense play, The 00:36.880 --> 00:41.720 Cellar Door. 00:41.720 --> 01:02.760 Anne! 01:02.760 --> 01:11.320 Oh, I'm out in the kitchen! 01:11.320 --> 01:13.360 Well, the weather's great. 01:13.360 --> 01:15.480 We finally got a perfect Sunday. 01:15.480 --> 01:17.280 I thought you were going to wash the car. 01:17.280 --> 01:19.760 Well, I decided to mow the lawn instead. 01:19.760 --> 01:21.760 Yeah, I could hear you. 01:21.760 --> 01:22.760 Hi, Sandy. 01:22.760 --> 01:23.760 Hi. 01:23.760 --> 01:24.760 What's new? 01:24.760 --> 01:25.760 New. 01:25.760 --> 01:26.760 Hey, did you hear that, Ann? 01:26.760 --> 01:28.480 He can say anything now. 01:28.480 --> 01:31.040 You know that woman on the corner? 01:31.040 --> 01:32.040 What's her name? 01:32.040 --> 01:33.280 Oh, Miss Emerson. 01:33.280 --> 01:34.280 Yeah. 01:34.280 --> 01:37.440 She wouldn't believe me when I told her Sandy wasn't quite two. 01:37.440 --> 01:38.880 She thought he was three or four. 01:38.880 --> 01:40.320 Oh, really, Joe? 01:40.320 --> 01:41.320 That's right. 01:41.320 --> 01:42.320 Toast. 01:42.320 --> 01:43.320 Toast. 01:43.320 --> 01:44.680 We'll have lunch right after your bath, honey. 01:44.680 --> 01:45.680 Well, what's the schedule? 01:45.680 --> 01:51.600 Well, I'm going to bathe him now, lunch, and his nap, and then we can go to the park. 01:51.600 --> 01:54.520 I better drain some of that water out of the heater. 01:54.520 --> 01:55.520 Where's the bucket, Ann? 01:55.520 --> 01:56.520 Down in the basement? 01:56.520 --> 01:58.040 Oh, I moved everything onto the service porch. 01:58.040 --> 02:00.960 It was too tough going up and down those stairs. 02:00.960 --> 02:03.120 Hey, look. 02:03.120 --> 02:05.600 All those toys and he plays with an egg beater. 02:05.600 --> 02:07.880 Say, the water heater's all right, Joe. 02:07.880 --> 02:11.320 If you have to fix something, how about the light socket and the bedroom closet, huh? 02:11.320 --> 02:12.320 Hell, I'll fix them both. 02:12.320 --> 02:13.320 Oh, what was that? 02:13.320 --> 02:14.320 I don't know. 02:14.320 --> 02:17.320 Oh, it's those kids from across the street. 02:17.320 --> 02:22.720 Oh, they must have kicked that football in the yard again. 02:22.720 --> 02:24.160 Where are you going? 02:24.160 --> 02:25.160 They're killing the hedge. 02:25.160 --> 02:26.160 I'll be right back. 02:26.160 --> 02:27.160 Oh, come on, Sandy. 02:27.160 --> 02:28.160 We'll run the water into the tub. 02:28.160 --> 02:29.160 Hey, fellas, don't go through. 02:29.160 --> 02:30.160 The hedge is going around it. 02:30.160 --> 02:31.160 It's the only hedge I've got to my name. 02:31.160 --> 02:32.160 Sorry, I'm sorry. 02:32.160 --> 02:33.160 I'm sorry. 02:33.160 --> 02:34.160 I'm sorry. 02:34.160 --> 02:35.160 I'm sorry. 02:35.160 --> 02:36.160 I'm sorry. 02:36.160 --> 02:37.160 I'm sorry. 02:37.160 --> 02:38.160 I'm sorry. 02:38.160 --> 02:39.160 I'm sorry. 02:39.160 --> 02:40.160 I'm sorry. 02:40.160 --> 02:41.160 Where's your boat, honey? 02:41.160 --> 02:44.160 Can't take a bath without the boat. 02:44.160 --> 02:48.000 And right after your nap we'll go to the park and ride in the pony car. 02:48.000 --> 02:50.760 Oh, here's your boat. 02:50.760 --> 02:53.120 Now, look, don't go out in the hall, dear. 02:53.120 --> 02:54.120 You stay here. 02:54.120 --> 02:55.120 I'll be down in the basement, honey. 02:55.120 --> 02:56.120 Did you save the hedge? 02:56.120 --> 02:57.120 Yeah, I guess I'm getting old. 02:57.120 --> 02:58.120 I've been nursing that hedge for three years. 02:58.120 --> 02:59.120 Say, can you watch Sandy for a minute? 02:59.120 --> 03:00.120 I want to get a towel out of the kitchen. 03:00.120 --> 03:01.120 Sure. 03:01.120 --> 03:02.120 And turn the water heater up, Joe. 03:02.120 --> 03:03.120 Put the water heater in there. 03:03.120 --> 03:05.120 I want to get a towel out of the kitchen. 03:05.120 --> 03:06.120 Sure. 03:06.120 --> 03:08.120 And turn the water off, will you, honey? 03:08.120 --> 03:10.120 Right. 03:10.120 --> 03:13.120 We'll take on the ponies this afternoon, son, huh? 03:14.120 --> 03:16.120 Hey, Anne? Anne! 03:16.120 --> 03:18.120 What's wrong? 03:18.120 --> 03:19.120 Nothing, but look at Sandy. 03:19.120 --> 03:20.120 What'd he do? 03:20.120 --> 03:22.120 He took off his stockings. 03:22.120 --> 03:24.120 Oh, he's been doing that for months. 03:24.120 --> 03:27.120 Yeah, I know, but look how neatly he tucked them in his shoes. 03:27.120 --> 03:28.120 Just like I do. 03:28.120 --> 03:30.120 Cues. 03:30.120 --> 03:31.120 Hey. 03:31.120 --> 03:34.120 Oh, is there something wrong with putting my arms around you? 03:34.120 --> 03:36.120 No. 03:36.120 --> 03:39.120 You going to fix the light socket upstairs? 03:41.120 --> 03:43.120 After I drain the water heater. 03:45.120 --> 03:47.120 Sandy's bath's gonna get cold. 03:47.120 --> 03:49.120 Okay. I'm on my way. 03:50.120 --> 03:51.120 Oh, Joe! 03:51.120 --> 03:52.120 Yeah? 03:52.120 --> 03:54.120 Put a low flame under the pans on the stove, will you? 03:54.120 --> 03:55.120 Check. 03:55.120 --> 03:57.120 Thanks, dear. 03:57.120 --> 03:59.120 Oh, the water's just right. 03:59.120 --> 04:01.120 Come on. You take off your pants. 04:01.120 --> 04:02.120 No. 04:02.120 --> 04:04.120 Oh, you did it yesterday. 04:04.120 --> 04:06.120 Come on. Start with the buttons. 04:07.120 --> 04:08.120 Oh. 04:08.120 --> 04:10.120 Joe, can you answer the phone? 04:10.120 --> 04:11.120 What? 04:11.120 --> 04:12.120 Joe! 04:12.120 --> 04:14.120 I'm down in the basement. 04:14.120 --> 04:15.120 Oh. 04:15.120 --> 04:17.120 Well, I'll get it. 04:17.120 --> 04:19.120 Come on. Give me your hand, Sandy. 04:19.120 --> 04:21.120 We'll answer the phone together. 04:21.120 --> 04:22.120 Oh, you better let me carry you again. 04:22.120 --> 04:24.120 The floor's cold and you got your shoes off. 04:24.120 --> 04:26.120 There we go. 04:26.120 --> 04:27.120 Now, hang on. 04:27.120 --> 04:29.120 Phone. 04:29.120 --> 04:31.120 No. Phone. 04:31.120 --> 04:32.120 Phone. 04:34.120 --> 04:35.120 Hello? 04:36.120 --> 04:38.120 Oh, fine. 04:39.120 --> 04:41.120 Look, can I call you back, Mother? 04:41.120 --> 04:43.120 I was just gonna give Sandy his bath. 04:45.120 --> 04:46.120 He's... 04:46.120 --> 04:47.120 He's fine. 04:49.120 --> 04:50.120 No. 04:50.120 --> 04:52.120 No, he didn't have a cold after all. 04:52.120 --> 04:55.120 Mother, look, can I call... 04:58.120 --> 05:01.120 Mother, can I call you back? 05:03.120 --> 05:04.120 Yeah. 05:04.120 --> 05:05.120 All right. 05:05.120 --> 05:07.120 Yeah, all right. You call me back. 05:08.120 --> 05:11.120 Mm-hmm. About 15 or 20 minutes. 05:11.120 --> 05:13.120 Okay. 05:13.120 --> 05:15.120 Bye. 05:17.120 --> 05:19.120 To the bath, we hope. 05:19.120 --> 05:22.120 And? 05:22.120 --> 05:23.120 Oh, dear. 05:23.120 --> 05:25.120 What do you want? 05:25.120 --> 05:26.120 Who was it? 05:26.120 --> 05:27.120 My mother. 05:27.120 --> 05:29.120 Oh. 05:29.120 --> 05:31.120 Where are the fliers? 05:31.120 --> 05:32.120 In the kitchen. 05:32.120 --> 05:33.120 What? 05:33.120 --> 05:35.120 Will you throw them down to me? 05:35.120 --> 05:37.120 All right. 05:38.120 --> 05:40.120 Sandy, we may never have a bath. 05:40.120 --> 05:41.120 Toast. Toast. 05:41.120 --> 05:43.120 Yeah, lunch. Lunch. 05:43.120 --> 05:44.120 We'll have lunch and just... 05:44.120 --> 05:45.120 Down. Down. 05:45.120 --> 05:46.120 Okay. 05:46.120 --> 05:47.120 Okay, sweetie. 05:47.120 --> 05:49.120 I guess the floor's not that cold. 05:49.120 --> 05:51.120 Come on out in the kitchen with me. 05:51.120 --> 05:53.120 We gotta find Daddy the pliers. 05:56.120 --> 05:57.120 See? 05:57.120 --> 05:58.120 Pliers. 05:59.120 --> 06:00.120 Pliers. 06:00.120 --> 06:02.120 Lights on. 06:02.120 --> 06:03.120 No, honey. 06:03.120 --> 06:06.120 We only turn the lights on in the evening when it's dark. 06:07.120 --> 06:09.120 Come on. Let's go back in the hall. 06:09.120 --> 06:10.120 Hall? 06:10.120 --> 06:12.120 No. No. Hall. 06:12.120 --> 06:14.120 This is the hall. 06:14.120 --> 06:15.120 And? 06:15.120 --> 06:17.120 I'm right here. 06:17.120 --> 06:18.120 Well, throw them down. 06:19.120 --> 06:20.120 Oh, Joe. 06:20.120 --> 06:22.120 You shouldn't leave the cellar door open. 06:22.120 --> 06:24.120 Not with Sandy around. 06:24.120 --> 06:25.120 Well, I knew it was with you. 06:25.120 --> 06:26.120 You got the pliers? 06:26.120 --> 06:27.120 Yes. 06:27.120 --> 06:28.120 Well, throw them down. 06:28.120 --> 06:29.120 Look, Sandy. 06:29.120 --> 06:31.120 You wait right here in the hall. 06:31.120 --> 06:32.120 Now, only be gone a second. 06:32.120 --> 06:34.120 You wait right here. 06:34.120 --> 06:36.120 Hey, what are you doing? 06:36.120 --> 06:38.120 Well, I have to come down a few steps. 06:38.120 --> 06:40.120 I can't throw it around the bend in the stairs. 06:40.120 --> 06:41.120 Okay. 06:41.120 --> 06:42.120 I'll be right back, honey. 06:42.120 --> 06:44.120 And you stay right here. 06:44.120 --> 06:45.120 Right here. 06:50.120 --> 06:52.120 Okay. Here you are. Catch. 06:52.120 --> 06:53.120 Strike. 06:53.120 --> 06:54.120 Thank you. 06:55.120 --> 06:56.120 Hey, what's the rush? 06:56.120 --> 06:58.120 Well, I left Sandy in the hall. 06:58.120 --> 06:59.120 Oh, well, when do we eat? 06:59.120 --> 07:01.120 Oh, about ten minutes. 07:03.120 --> 07:04.120 Joe. 07:07.120 --> 07:08.120 Joe! 07:08.120 --> 07:09.120 What's wrong? 07:10.120 --> 07:11.120 The door's locked. 07:11.120 --> 07:14.120 I can't get out. 07:14.120 --> 07:15.120 Well, now, don't get excited. 07:15.120 --> 07:16.120 We'll get it open. 07:18.120 --> 07:20.120 Why didn't you put the catch on the lock? 07:20.120 --> 07:21.120 Well, I thought you had. 07:21.120 --> 07:23.120 The door was open. 07:24.120 --> 07:26.120 Did you have to close the door? 07:26.120 --> 07:29.120 What, do you want Sandy to fall down the stairs? 07:31.120 --> 07:32.120 Oh, hurry. 07:32.120 --> 07:33.120 He's just a baby. 07:33.120 --> 07:35.120 He might fall in the tub. 07:35.120 --> 07:36.120 He might... 07:36.120 --> 07:52.120 Anything could happen. 07:52.120 --> 07:55.120 You are listening to The Cellar Door, 07:55.120 --> 07:58.120 tonight's presentation in Radio's outstanding 07:58.120 --> 08:10.120 Theatre of Thrills, Suspense. 08:10.120 --> 08:12.120 If you're a veteran radio listener, 08:12.120 --> 08:15.120 you'll remember that there never was anything like it on the air. 08:15.120 --> 08:19.120 If you're new to radio, you'll soon realize you'd never heard anything like it. 08:19.120 --> 08:23.120 The radio workshop will continue after a few years' vacation 08:23.120 --> 08:27.120 to bring you the new, the exciting, the unusual in all fields of radio broadcasting. 08:27.120 --> 08:30.120 Dramas, music, operas, poetry and comedy. 08:30.120 --> 08:36.120 Hear the CBS radio workshop this Friday evening and every Friday. 08:37.120 --> 08:40.120 And now we bring back to our Hollywood sound stage, 08:40.120 --> 08:44.120 Parley Bear and Paula Winslow, starring in tonight's production, 08:44.120 --> 08:49.120 The Cellar Door, a tale well calculated to keep you in... 08:49.120 --> 09:16.120 Suspense. 09:16.120 --> 09:17.120 Try the lock. 09:17.120 --> 09:19.120 The lock's on the other side. 09:19.120 --> 09:21.120 The only thing here is the bolt that holds the lock. 09:21.120 --> 09:23.120 The only thing I'm breaking open is my shoulder. 09:23.120 --> 09:25.120 Well, you've got to get this door open. 09:25.120 --> 09:26.120 He's out there alone. 09:26.120 --> 09:27.120 I know it. 09:27.120 --> 09:29.120 Keep your voice down and relax. 09:29.120 --> 09:31.120 There's no use scaring the kid. 09:31.120 --> 09:33.120 Joe, there's water in the bathtub. 09:33.120 --> 09:35.120 There's a flame on the stove. 09:35.120 --> 09:36.120 Do something. 09:36.120 --> 09:41.120 Only get the door open. 09:41.120 --> 09:43.120 Hey, what's that? 09:43.120 --> 09:46.120 Oh, he's playing with an egg beater. 09:46.120 --> 09:48.120 At least he's still in the hall. 09:48.120 --> 09:50.120 Look, can't you pry it open? 09:50.120 --> 09:51.120 The hinges are on the other side. 09:51.120 --> 09:52.120 It's a spring lock. 09:52.120 --> 09:56.120 There's no way of turning the lock from here. 09:56.120 --> 09:58.120 Sandy? 09:58.120 --> 10:00.120 Sandy? 10:00.120 --> 10:01.120 Bye. 10:01.120 --> 10:02.120 Bye-bye. 10:02.120 --> 10:03.120 Oh. 10:03.120 --> 10:05.120 Bye-bye. 10:05.120 --> 10:08.120 Honey, I'll be right out. 10:08.120 --> 10:10.120 You wait there by the door. 10:10.120 --> 10:12.120 Mommy will be right out. 10:12.120 --> 10:13.120 What? 10:13.120 --> 10:14.120 Where are you going? 10:14.120 --> 10:18.120 See if I can find anything in the basement to smash open that door. 10:18.120 --> 10:19.120 Oh. 10:19.120 --> 10:22.120 Sandy? 10:22.120 --> 10:24.120 Sandy? 10:24.120 --> 10:27.120 Oh, Joe, hurry, will you? 10:27.120 --> 10:30.120 Sandy? 10:30.120 --> 10:32.120 Joe, he's not in the hall. 10:32.120 --> 10:33.120 I can't hear him. 10:33.120 --> 10:35.120 What happened to that old hammer I had down here? 10:35.120 --> 10:37.120 I don't know. 10:37.120 --> 10:39.120 Sandy? 10:39.120 --> 10:41.120 Sandy? 10:41.120 --> 10:43.120 I couldn't find anything but a screwdriver and the pliers. 10:43.120 --> 10:44.120 It should do the trick. 10:44.120 --> 10:45.120 He's not in the hall. 10:45.120 --> 10:46.120 He doesn't answer. 10:46.120 --> 10:47.120 Now, take it easy. 10:47.120 --> 10:49.120 Falling apart isn't going to help. 10:49.120 --> 10:54.120 Sandy? 10:54.120 --> 10:55.120 What are you doing? 10:55.120 --> 11:03.120 Well, if I can twist this bolt, it's part of the lock. 11:03.120 --> 11:04.120 Well, hurry. 11:04.120 --> 11:06.120 It's going to take a few seconds. 11:06.120 --> 11:08.120 See if you can get him back in the hall. 11:08.120 --> 11:10.120 Oh, okay. 11:10.120 --> 11:12.120 Sandy? 11:12.120 --> 11:16.120 Sandy? 11:16.120 --> 11:20.120 Joe, Joe, what was that? 11:20.120 --> 11:22.120 What was what? 11:22.120 --> 11:24.120 It sounded like water splashing. 11:24.120 --> 11:28.120 No, I didn't hear anything. 11:28.120 --> 11:30.120 I left the back door open. 11:30.120 --> 11:31.120 The screen door isn't locked. 11:31.120 --> 11:34.120 If he went outside, the traffic... 11:34.120 --> 11:36.120 This isn't going to work. 11:36.120 --> 11:41.120 I'll have to try something else. 11:41.120 --> 11:43.120 Oh, he's got his toy duck. 11:43.120 --> 11:45.120 Yeah, he's in the hall. 11:45.120 --> 11:47.120 Down by the bathroom. 11:47.120 --> 11:49.120 Sandy? 11:49.120 --> 11:52.120 Sandy? 11:52.120 --> 11:54.120 Sandy? 11:54.120 --> 11:56.120 I always give him the duck when he's in the water. 11:56.120 --> 11:59.120 Sandy, come down here by the door. 11:59.120 --> 12:03.120 Right here, Sandy, where Daddy's knocking. 12:03.120 --> 12:05.120 Bye-bye, Daddy. 12:05.120 --> 12:08.120 Sandy, stay right here. 12:08.120 --> 12:10.120 Let me talk to him. 12:10.120 --> 12:14.120 Sandy, come up to the door. 12:14.120 --> 12:18.120 Right here. 12:18.120 --> 12:22.120 Do you see the little knob, Sandy? 12:22.120 --> 12:24.120 Can you turn it for Daddy? 12:24.120 --> 12:26.120 Oh, he doesn't know what you're talking about. 12:26.120 --> 12:28.120 Oh, I've seen him play with every door knob in the house. 12:28.120 --> 12:30.120 But he can't reach it, Joe. 12:30.120 --> 12:31.120 He gets up on his chair. 12:31.120 --> 12:34.120 Sandy, get your chair, Sandy. 12:34.120 --> 12:37.120 Get your chair and bring it to the door. 12:37.120 --> 12:43.120 Look, Joe, can't you pry the door open? 12:43.120 --> 12:45.120 No, I can't. 12:45.120 --> 12:50.120 Sandy, get your chair and bring it to the door. 12:50.120 --> 12:53.120 Oh, he could be here till tomorrow morning, 12:53.120 --> 12:55.120 till the cleaning woman comes. 12:55.120 --> 12:57.120 Get your chair, Sandy. 12:57.120 --> 12:59.120 Joe. 12:59.120 --> 13:01.120 He's going for his chair. 13:01.120 --> 13:03.120 Oh, it's so stupid. 13:03.120 --> 13:05.120 Oh, for heaven's sake, stop beating yourself. 13:05.120 --> 13:06.120 It isn't going to open the door. 13:06.120 --> 13:07.120 I don't know why you closed it. 13:07.120 --> 13:08.120 I told you. 13:08.120 --> 13:10.120 Well, why didn't you pick him up and bring him with you? 13:10.120 --> 13:12.120 I should have been gone only a couple of seconds. 13:12.120 --> 13:14.120 I don't like to carry him down these stairs. 13:14.120 --> 13:15.120 They're so steep. 13:15.120 --> 13:16.120 Well, you know how the lock works. 13:16.120 --> 13:17.120 You were down in the basement. 13:17.120 --> 13:19.120 I thought you put the catch on the lock. 13:19.120 --> 13:21.120 But I left the door open. 13:21.120 --> 13:23.120 Oh, how many times have I told you, with Sandy in the house, 13:23.120 --> 13:25.120 not to leave the basement door open? 13:25.120 --> 13:29.120 Well, he was with you. 13:29.120 --> 13:31.120 Oh, what was that? 13:31.120 --> 13:35.120 Sounds like he's throwing the pots and pans out of the cupboard. 13:35.120 --> 13:37.120 No, I've got things cooking on the stove. 13:37.120 --> 13:39.120 Sandy! 13:39.120 --> 13:40.120 Sandy! 13:40.120 --> 13:41.120 Don't shout like that. 13:41.120 --> 13:43.120 You'll scare him half to death. 13:43.120 --> 13:46.120 Sandy! 13:46.120 --> 13:50.120 Sandy, bring your chair to the door. 13:57.120 --> 13:59.120 Oh, he's doing it. 13:59.120 --> 14:01.120 That's a good boy. 14:01.120 --> 14:06.120 Bring it right up to the door. 14:06.120 --> 14:10.120 That's right. 14:10.120 --> 14:14.120 Come on, closer. 14:18.120 --> 14:19.120 That's a good boy. 14:19.120 --> 14:22.120 Now, get on the chair, son. 14:22.120 --> 14:25.120 Get on the chair and turn the knob. 14:25.120 --> 14:26.120 Duck. 14:26.120 --> 14:29.120 Duck. 14:29.120 --> 14:31.120 Oh, he's gone for his duck. 14:31.120 --> 14:33.120 He probably left it in the kitchen. 14:33.120 --> 14:36.120 Well, he'll come back as soon as he finds the duck. 14:36.120 --> 14:39.120 Oh, I hope he didn't throw it in the tub. 14:39.120 --> 14:41.120 Joe, the window. 14:41.120 --> 14:42.120 Oh, it's too high. 14:42.120 --> 14:44.120 You could raise me up to the window. 14:44.120 --> 14:46.120 Sure, but you'd never get through. It's too narrow. 14:46.120 --> 14:47.120 I can wiggle through. 14:47.120 --> 14:48.120 It's too small. 14:48.120 --> 14:49.120 We could at least try. 14:49.120 --> 14:51.120 It's a waste of time, Ann. We can't afford it. 14:51.120 --> 14:52.120 You can't get through that window. 14:52.120 --> 14:54.120 Well, I will. 14:54.120 --> 14:55.120 Ann, stop it. 14:55.120 --> 14:56.120 Stop it. 14:56.120 --> 14:57.120 Let me go. 14:57.120 --> 14:58.120 That isn't going to help either. 14:58.120 --> 15:00.120 You can't tear down the door. 15:00.120 --> 15:01.120 Let go. 15:01.120 --> 15:02.120 Take it easy. 15:02.120 --> 15:04.120 Well, I... 15:04.120 --> 15:05.120 I can't help it. 15:05.120 --> 15:08.120 It's better not to frighten him. 15:08.120 --> 15:10.120 Sandy. 15:10.120 --> 15:12.120 Here's the duck. 15:12.120 --> 15:13.120 No. 15:13.120 --> 15:15.120 He's still looking for the duck. 15:15.120 --> 15:19.120 Sandy, come to the door. 15:19.120 --> 15:20.120 Daddy. 15:20.120 --> 15:21.120 Daddy. 15:21.120 --> 15:22.120 Daddy's right here, son. 15:22.120 --> 15:25.120 Now, turn the little knob. 15:25.120 --> 15:28.120 Climb up on your chair and turn it for Daddy. 15:28.120 --> 15:30.120 No. 15:30.120 --> 15:32.120 Climb on the chair, Sandy. 15:32.120 --> 15:33.120 Let me talk to him. 15:33.120 --> 15:35.120 You don't want to confuse him. 15:35.120 --> 15:40.120 Come on, Buster, up on the chair. 15:40.120 --> 15:41.120 He did it. 15:41.120 --> 15:42.120 Hang on to the doorknob, Sandy. 15:42.120 --> 15:44.120 It's all right. 15:44.120 --> 15:47.120 Turn the little shiny knob, Sandy. 15:47.120 --> 15:50.120 The one under the doorknob. 15:50.120 --> 15:54.120 The lock. 15:54.120 --> 15:55.120 Now look what you've done. 15:55.120 --> 15:56.120 He's playing with a doorknob. 15:56.120 --> 15:58.120 Well, he has to hang on to something. 15:58.120 --> 15:59.120 I don't want him to fall. 15:59.120 --> 16:00.120 Shh. 16:00.120 --> 16:03.120 The little knob below the doorknob, son. 16:03.120 --> 16:05.120 The little shiny one. 16:05.120 --> 16:06.120 That's the lock. 16:06.120 --> 16:07.120 Bye-bye. 16:07.120 --> 16:08.120 No, no, no. 16:08.120 --> 16:09.120 Stay right there, son. 16:09.120 --> 16:10.120 Don't go away. 16:10.120 --> 16:11.120 Don't go away. 16:11.120 --> 16:14.120 Now, turn the shiny one. 16:14.120 --> 16:17.120 Right here, where Daddy's tapping. 16:17.120 --> 16:19.120 Door. 16:19.120 --> 16:20.120 Door. 16:20.120 --> 16:21.120 Door. 16:21.120 --> 16:23.120 Oh, Joe. 16:23.120 --> 16:27.120 He's too young to understand. 16:27.120 --> 16:30.120 Watch the doorknob, Sandy. 16:30.120 --> 16:32.120 See? 16:32.120 --> 16:35.120 See how I turn the doorknob? 16:35.120 --> 16:39.120 Now, you turn the one under it. 16:39.120 --> 16:44.120 It's your turn now, Sandy. 16:44.120 --> 16:45.120 Good boy. 16:45.120 --> 16:48.120 Now, turn it all the way. 16:48.120 --> 16:50.120 He's turning it the wrong way. 16:50.120 --> 16:53.120 Turn it the other way, son, to your right. 16:53.120 --> 16:58.120 I mean, turn the other way. 16:58.120 --> 17:01.120 Once more, Sandy. 17:01.120 --> 17:04.120 Oh, he fell off the chair. 17:04.120 --> 17:06.120 Sandy, baby, are you all right? 17:06.120 --> 17:07.120 Okay, Sandy. 17:07.120 --> 17:10.120 Oh, as if he could tell us. 17:10.120 --> 17:11.120 No, he's all right. 17:11.120 --> 17:12.120 Sandy. 17:12.120 --> 17:16.120 Sandy, fix your chair. 17:16.120 --> 17:17.120 The game's over, Joe. 17:17.120 --> 17:18.120 Can't you break it open? 17:18.120 --> 17:21.120 You saw me try. 17:21.120 --> 17:25.120 Sandy, Sandy will be right out. 17:25.120 --> 17:29.120 You wait right there in the hall. 17:29.120 --> 17:31.120 Hey, we're right across McDonaldson's kitchen. 17:31.120 --> 17:33.120 Well, I don't think they're home. 17:33.120 --> 17:36.120 Ed! 17:36.120 --> 17:39.120 Ed! 17:39.120 --> 17:41.120 Ed! 17:41.120 --> 17:43.120 Oh, they couldn't possibly hear you. 17:43.120 --> 17:44.120 Yeah. 17:44.120 --> 17:45.120 Bye-bye. 17:45.120 --> 17:46.120 Sandy! 17:46.120 --> 17:51.120 Sandy, oh, come back and wait by the door. 17:51.120 --> 17:54.120 Oh, Sandy! 17:54.120 --> 17:57.120 I can hear him in the kitchen. 17:57.120 --> 17:59.120 Oh, there must be some way. 17:59.120 --> 18:02.120 If I could just get this bolt loose. 18:02.120 --> 18:04.120 Well, that's what you should have done in the first place. 18:04.120 --> 18:05.120 Well, it's frozen tight. 18:05.120 --> 18:06.120 Oh, it moved. 18:06.120 --> 18:11.120 That was the pliers, not the bolt. 18:11.120 --> 18:12.120 Sandy! 18:12.120 --> 18:13.120 He's still in the kitchen. 18:13.120 --> 18:14.120 Oh, don't be so sure. 18:14.120 --> 18:16.120 You always expect the worst. 18:16.120 --> 18:18.120 If the house was on fire, you wouldn't admit it. 18:18.120 --> 18:20.120 Well, I don't go around looking for trouble. 18:20.120 --> 18:22.120 What you mean is that I face things and you don't. 18:22.120 --> 18:26.120 No, what I mean is you're not happy unless there's something wrong, 18:26.120 --> 18:28.120 and if there isn't something wrong, you create it. 18:28.120 --> 18:29.120 I created this, I suppose. 18:29.120 --> 18:31.120 Yes, unconsciously. 18:31.120 --> 18:34.120 Look, I have told you a hundred times not to leave the basement door open. 18:34.120 --> 18:35.120 Tell me I created this. 18:35.120 --> 18:37.120 All right, it's my fault I did it. 18:37.120 --> 18:38.120 I'm to blame. 18:38.120 --> 18:39.120 I'm also to blame for this bolt. 18:39.120 --> 18:41.120 It won't turn, but it's my fault. 18:41.120 --> 18:42.120 Ow! 18:42.120 --> 18:44.120 Oh, that's how you always try to settle things. 18:44.120 --> 18:45.120 It's my fault. 18:45.120 --> 18:46.120 Only you never mean it. 18:46.120 --> 18:48.120 That's a fine defense. 18:48.120 --> 18:52.120 Well, I've had to learn a few, like at the Henderson's party the other night. 18:52.120 --> 18:54.120 The Henderson's party? 18:54.120 --> 18:56.120 That was over a month ago. 18:56.120 --> 18:57.120 Oh, what difference does it make? 18:57.120 --> 18:59.120 You know what I'm talking about. 18:59.120 --> 19:02.120 Oh, that's probably Mother. 19:02.120 --> 19:04.120 She was supposed to call back. 19:04.120 --> 19:06.120 Sandy's found his duck. 19:06.120 --> 19:09.120 He always picks up the phone unless I'm there to stop him. 19:09.120 --> 19:10.120 Well, let him pick it up. 19:10.120 --> 19:13.120 If we didn't come to the phone, she might get the idea there's something wrong. 19:13.120 --> 19:14.120 Sandy! 19:14.120 --> 19:15.120 Leave him alone. 19:17.120 --> 19:18.120 He's in the hall. 19:21.120 --> 19:23.120 Sounds like he's next to the phone. 19:25.120 --> 19:26.120 Oh! 19:26.120 --> 19:27.120 Was that the phone? 19:27.120 --> 19:28.120 He pulled it to the floor. 19:30.120 --> 19:33.120 Say hello to Grandma, Sandy. 19:34.120 --> 19:36.120 Say hello to Grandma. 19:36.120 --> 19:38.120 Grandma! 19:38.120 --> 19:41.120 I guess it doesn't make any difference whether it's Grandma or not. 19:41.120 --> 19:43.120 I can't hear him if you keep talking. 19:45.120 --> 19:47.120 No, I don't hear anything. 19:47.120 --> 19:48.120 Sandy! 19:48.120 --> 19:49.120 Sandy! 19:52.120 --> 19:54.120 No, he's not in the hall. 19:54.120 --> 19:56.120 Maybe they'll phone back. 19:56.120 --> 19:58.120 Oh, he never puts the receiver back. 19:58.120 --> 20:00.120 Sandy! 20:00.120 --> 20:02.120 Sandy, come out here in the hall. 20:04.120 --> 20:05.120 Can you hear him? 20:05.120 --> 20:06.120 No. 20:10.120 --> 20:11.120 Now what are you doing? 20:11.120 --> 20:16.120 The screwdriver isn't very sharp, but I think I can chisel enough of this door jam away to get the lock. 20:16.120 --> 20:17.120 That should work. 20:17.120 --> 20:18.120 Here, hold the pliers. 20:19.120 --> 20:20.120 Oh, hurry! 20:20.120 --> 20:22.120 Well, I'm going as fast as I can. 20:23.120 --> 20:24.120 Sandy! 20:25.120 --> 20:26.120 Sandy! 20:29.120 --> 20:31.120 If he was in the house, he could hear me. 20:31.120 --> 20:33.120 He may be back in his room playing. 20:33.120 --> 20:35.120 Oh, Joe, you haven't even gotten the paint on. 20:35.120 --> 20:37.120 Well, if I had a knife, I... 20:37.120 --> 20:39.120 There, we're beginning to get someplace. 20:40.120 --> 20:41.120 Could you hear that? 20:41.120 --> 20:42.120 What? 20:42.120 --> 20:43.120 The back door. 20:43.120 --> 20:44.120 He's gone outside. 20:44.120 --> 20:45.120 Oh, I didn't hear it. 20:45.120 --> 20:46.120 Well, how could you? 20:46.120 --> 20:48.120 I'm listening for him, too. 20:48.120 --> 20:49.120 Sandy! 20:51.120 --> 20:52.120 Sandy! 20:52.120 --> 20:54.120 Oh, he's gone outside. 20:54.120 --> 20:55.120 There you go again. 20:55.120 --> 20:56.120 Well, he could be outside. 20:56.120 --> 20:58.120 And he could be in his room. 20:58.120 --> 21:02.120 Oh, I hope so. 21:03.120 --> 21:04.120 Oh, is this going to work? 21:04.120 --> 21:05.120 What? 21:05.120 --> 21:07.120 Are you going to be able to open the door? 21:07.120 --> 21:08.120 Oh, don't start to break up. 21:08.120 --> 21:09.120 Not now. 21:09.120 --> 21:10.120 Well, you didn't answer me. 21:10.120 --> 21:12.120 It's going to work. 21:13.120 --> 21:14.120 Oh. 21:16.120 --> 21:17.120 How much longer? 21:17.120 --> 21:18.120 Five, maybe ten minutes. 21:18.120 --> 21:19.120 I don't know. 21:19.120 --> 21:22.120 It's like trying to crack cement with a toothpick. 21:25.120 --> 21:27.120 I hope he's in his room. 21:27.120 --> 21:28.120 He's in his room. 21:29.120 --> 21:30.120 I hope so. 21:32.120 --> 21:33.120 What was that? 21:33.120 --> 21:34.120 Something hit the window. 21:35.120 --> 21:36.120 Hey, it's a football. 21:36.120 --> 21:37.120 I can see part of it. 21:37.120 --> 21:39.120 It must be those kids from across the street. 21:39.120 --> 21:40.120 They'll come to get it. 21:40.120 --> 21:43.120 Look, Joe, don't start shouting until we see them. 21:43.120 --> 21:44.120 I can see his feet. 21:44.120 --> 21:47.120 Come around to the back door and let us out. 21:47.120 --> 21:49.120 We're trapped in a cage, son! 21:49.120 --> 21:50.120 We're trapped in here. 21:50.120 --> 21:51.120 Give me the pliers. 21:51.120 --> 21:53.120 Please help us! 21:53.120 --> 21:56.120 Oh, fine. 21:56.120 --> 21:59.120 I hit the pipes up above instead of the window. 22:00.120 --> 22:01.120 Where the hell are they going? 22:01.120 --> 22:03.120 Oh, they must have heard us. 22:03.120 --> 22:07.120 They probably thought we were shouting at them for kicking the football into our yard. 22:08.120 --> 22:10.120 Here, hold the pliers. 22:13.120 --> 22:14.120 Get closer. 22:14.120 --> 22:17.120 I'll be able to shove the lock back if I can get... 22:18.120 --> 22:19.120 Oh, no. 22:19.120 --> 22:23.120 Sandy! 22:23.120 --> 22:26.120 Even if he went into the yard, he might stay there. 22:26.120 --> 22:29.120 Oh, I hope he didn't get into the bathtub. 22:29.120 --> 22:32.120 He had his duck and the boat was already there. 22:32.120 --> 22:33.120 What time is it? 22:33.120 --> 22:35.120 Oh, I don't have my watch. 22:36.120 --> 22:39.120 He didn't put the receiver back or the phone would ring again. 22:41.120 --> 22:43.120 We've been in here at least an hour. 22:43.120 --> 22:45.120 Well, it won't be long now. 22:45.120 --> 22:48.120 Can you move over and give me a little more room? 22:48.120 --> 22:49.120 I'm flat against the wall. 22:49.120 --> 22:50.120 Okay, okay. 22:50.120 --> 22:52.120 Don't start taking it out on me. 22:52.120 --> 22:53.120 That's right. 22:53.120 --> 22:54.120 Start putting words in my mouth. 22:54.120 --> 22:59.120 Look, I don't have to go back a month, like the Henderson party, to find something to complain about. 22:59.120 --> 23:00.120 Complain? 23:00.120 --> 23:01.120 Oh, you make it sound so simple. 23:01.120 --> 23:03.120 One small complaint. 23:03.120 --> 23:06.120 If I knew what you were talking about, it might help. 23:06.120 --> 23:07.120 If you knew what I really... 23:07.120 --> 23:09.120 I felt like a fool. 23:09.120 --> 23:10.120 What did I do? 23:10.120 --> 23:12.120 I didn't do anything. 23:12.120 --> 23:15.120 I felt like a fool. 23:15.120 --> 23:16.120 What did I do? 23:16.120 --> 23:17.120 You know. 23:17.120 --> 23:18.120 No, I don't know. 23:18.120 --> 23:20.120 I don't have to tell you. 23:20.120 --> 23:22.120 Well, then I'll never know. 23:22.120 --> 23:23.120 Then you'll never... 23:23.120 --> 23:25.120 That's what's so infuriating about it. 23:25.120 --> 23:26.120 Oh, but... 23:26.120 --> 23:27.120 Sandy! 23:28.120 --> 23:29.120 Sandy! 23:30.120 --> 23:32.120 I think I heard him. 23:32.120 --> 23:33.120 Where? 23:35.120 --> 23:37.120 I thought I heard him down the hall. 23:39.120 --> 23:40.120 I don't hear him. 23:40.120 --> 23:42.120 Sandy! 23:42.120 --> 23:43.120 Sandy! 23:43.120 --> 23:44.120 Oh, keep working at the door. 23:44.120 --> 23:46.120 What do you think I'm doing? 23:48.120 --> 23:50.120 I tell you, it was uncomfortable. 23:50.120 --> 23:52.120 Oh, at the party. 23:52.120 --> 23:53.120 Yes, at the party. 23:53.120 --> 23:54.120 Oh. 23:54.120 --> 23:56.120 Well, you'll have to let me in on it. 23:56.120 --> 23:57.120 I'm in the dark. 23:57.120 --> 24:01.120 Well, did you have to insult everyone by talking to Healy all night? 24:01.120 --> 24:02.120 Oh. 24:02.120 --> 24:03.120 He's... 24:03.120 --> 24:04.120 He's 20. 24:04.120 --> 24:07.120 I'm 10, 12 years old. 24:07.120 --> 24:08.120 That's not the point. 24:08.120 --> 24:10.120 I'm only accusing you of being rude. 24:11.120 --> 24:13.120 What did I do that was so rude? 24:13.120 --> 24:14.120 You didn't mix with anyone. 24:14.120 --> 24:15.120 You didn't talk to anyone. 24:15.120 --> 24:17.120 You ignored everyone. 24:17.120 --> 24:20.120 Well, you're the one who told me how to act at parties. 24:20.120 --> 24:21.120 Oh, it's my fault. 24:21.120 --> 24:23.120 When I complained about these parties for business reasons 24:23.120 --> 24:25.120 and how much they bored me, 24:25.120 --> 24:27.120 you're the one who told me how to act at them. 24:27.120 --> 24:29.120 Oh, I'm sorry I even meant it. 24:29.120 --> 24:32.120 You said, find somebody interesting, hang on to them, 24:32.120 --> 24:33.120 spend the evening with them. 24:33.120 --> 24:35.120 All I did was take your advice. 24:35.120 --> 24:37.120 But you still have to acknowledge that there are other people present. 24:37.120 --> 24:39.120 Oh, for heaven's sake. 24:39.120 --> 24:41.120 Those people aren't interested in seeing me. 24:41.120 --> 24:43.120 They only want to see you. 24:43.120 --> 24:44.120 I'm your wife, so I go along. 24:44.120 --> 24:45.120 Oh, that is uncrude. 24:45.120 --> 24:47.120 You're the bright young man in town. 24:47.120 --> 24:49.120 That's why we go to parties like the Henderson's. 24:49.120 --> 24:50.120 Well, is that bad? 24:50.120 --> 24:51.120 Well, of course not. 24:51.120 --> 24:53.120 I'm always ready to be of help. 24:53.120 --> 24:54.120 Oh, don't go out of your way for me. 24:54.120 --> 24:56.120 Don't do me any favors. 24:56.120 --> 24:57.120 Oh, that's unfair. 24:57.120 --> 24:59.120 Yeah, now be a martyr. 24:59.120 --> 25:01.120 Sandy! 25:02.120 --> 25:04.120 Oh, why doesn't he answer? 25:04.120 --> 25:05.120 I'm hitting metal. 25:05.120 --> 25:07.120 A few more seconds and that's all. 25:08.120 --> 25:11.120 Well, from here on in, you can go to parties all by yourself. 25:11.120 --> 25:13.120 Oh, you think people only want to know you because of me? 25:13.120 --> 25:15.120 You envy my job, you envy everything I do. 25:15.120 --> 25:16.120 That's the problem. 25:16.120 --> 25:17.120 No, it's you. 25:17.120 --> 25:18.120 It's you. 25:18.120 --> 25:20.120 You're never satisfied. 25:20.120 --> 25:21.120 You want too much. 25:21.120 --> 25:23.120 Because you're not smashing success overnight. 25:23.120 --> 25:24.120 You take it out on me. 25:24.120 --> 25:25.120 All right, I'm a failure. 25:25.120 --> 25:27.120 Yes, in more ways than one. 25:27.120 --> 25:29.120 I'll tell you if it wasn't for the kid, I'd... 25:29.120 --> 25:30.120 But you can leave tonight. 25:30.120 --> 25:32.120 And I intend to. 25:33.120 --> 25:34.120 At last, there's a lock. 25:34.120 --> 25:38.120 Now, push on the door as I shove the lock back. 25:38.120 --> 25:40.120 Not yet! 25:41.120 --> 25:42.120 Okay. 25:43.120 --> 25:44.120 Now. 25:46.120 --> 25:47.120 What's wrong? 25:47.120 --> 25:48.120 The screwdriver slipped. 25:48.120 --> 25:49.120 That's what's wrong. 25:50.120 --> 25:51.120 You'll try again. 25:55.120 --> 25:56.120 Okay. 25:56.120 --> 25:57.120 Push. 26:00.120 --> 26:01.120 That's it. 26:01.120 --> 26:03.120 Oh, Sandy! 26:03.120 --> 26:04.120 Where are you? 26:04.120 --> 26:05.120 Sandy! 26:07.120 --> 26:08.120 Oh, he's not in the kitchen. 26:08.120 --> 26:09.120 Try the bathroom. 26:10.120 --> 26:11.120 Sandy! 26:12.120 --> 26:13.120 Sandy! 26:13.120 --> 26:14.120 His duck's in the tub. 26:15.120 --> 26:16.120 Maybe he's in his room. 26:16.120 --> 26:17.120 Look, I'll look there. 26:17.120 --> 26:18.120 You better look outside. 26:18.120 --> 26:19.120 All right. 26:19.120 --> 26:20.120 Sandy! 26:20.120 --> 26:21.120 Baby! 26:21.120 --> 26:22.120 It's Mommy! 26:22.120 --> 26:23.120 Sandy! 26:23.120 --> 26:24.120 Sandy! 26:24.120 --> 26:25.120 Sandy! 26:25.120 --> 26:26.120 Sandy! 26:26.120 --> 26:27.120 Sandy! 26:30.120 --> 26:31.120 Ann! 26:31.120 --> 26:32.120 Ann! 26:33.120 --> 26:34.120 Ann! 26:34.120 --> 26:36.120 I...I found him. 26:36.120 --> 26:37.120 Well, where are you? 26:38.120 --> 26:39.120 Don't shout. 26:40.120 --> 26:42.120 He's sound asleep. 26:44.120 --> 26:45.120 Is he okay? 26:46.120 --> 26:47.120 Yes. 26:48.120 --> 26:51.120 He got tired and went to sleep. 26:53.120 --> 26:54.120 Where'd you find him? 26:57.120 --> 26:58.120 In the hall closet. 26:58.120 --> 27:01.120 In the hall? 27:01.120 --> 27:02.120 Here. 27:03.120 --> 27:04.120 Let me take him. 27:05.120 --> 27:06.120 No. 27:07.120 --> 27:08.120 I'll hold him. 27:09.120 --> 27:10.120 Where are you going? 27:11.120 --> 27:12.120 To put him to bed. 27:13.120 --> 27:14.120 You want me to? 27:14.120 --> 27:15.120 No. 27:15.120 --> 27:16.120 I'll do it. 27:18.120 --> 27:19.120 What time is it? 27:20.120 --> 27:21.120 Eleven twenty-five. 27:22.120 --> 27:23.120 Oh, no. 27:23.120 --> 27:25.120 It can't be. 27:25.120 --> 27:27.120 We must have been in there a couple of hours. 27:27.120 --> 27:29.120 We were only in there about twenty minutes. 27:31.120 --> 27:32.120 Ann. 27:34.120 --> 27:35.120 Ann, I... 27:36.120 --> 27:38.120 I'm sorry about those things I said. 27:39.120 --> 27:41.120 You know I didn't mean him. 27:42.120 --> 27:44.120 You know I love you. 27:46.120 --> 27:48.120 Put the receiver back on the phone. 27:49.120 --> 27:51.120 Turn the flame off on the stove. 27:51.120 --> 27:55.120 Soon as I get him in bed, we'll have lunch. 28:16.120 --> 28:17.120 Suspense. 28:17.120 --> 28:19.120 Suspense. 28:20.120 --> 28:26.120 In which Paula Winslow and Parley Bear start in tonight's presentation of The Cellar Door. 28:26.120 --> 28:33.120 Next week, the story of a group of brave men who risk their lives in a desperate effort to save their fellow men. 28:33.120 --> 28:36.120 We call it Arctic Rescue. 28:36.120 --> 28:38.120 That's next week on... 28:38.120 --> 28:46.120 Suspense. 28:47.120 --> 28:50.120 Suspense is transcribed in Hollywood by Anthony Ellis. 28:50.120 --> 28:53.120 Tonight's strip was written by Bernard Girard. 28:53.120 --> 28:57.120 The music was composed by Rene Garagang and conducted by Wilbur Hack. 28:57.120 --> 29:00.120 Sound patterns by Bill James and Tom Hanley. 29:00.120 --> 29:04.120 Featured in the cast were Richard Beals and Byron Cain. 29:04.120 --> 29:12.120 Stay tuned for five minutes of CBS News to be followed on most of these stations by The Jack Carson Show. 29:12.120 --> 29:29.120 You hear America's favorite shows on the CBS Radio Network.