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Welcome to the Great Detectives of Old
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Well, and celebrate ration of our four

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thousandth episode, We're bringing you an
episode of a Lucks Radio Theater. The

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original airdate February fifth, nineteen forty
five and the title is Laura Lux Presents

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Hollywood. The Lux Radio Theater brings
you Laura, starring Dana Andrews, gene

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Kearney, Vincent Price, and Otto
Krueger. Ladies and Gentlemen, your guest

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producer, mister Lionel Verrymore good evening, Ladies and gentlemen. Now, if

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there is one form of entertainment we
Americans are singularly partial to, it's the

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mystery or detective story, popularly known
as Who've Done It. One out of

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every four new works of fiction published
in this country is a mystery or detective

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story. Some three hundred new books
of this sort appear each year. Needless

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to say, you couldn't read all
of em if you try it. But

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tonight we're bringing you one of the
most intriguing mysteries of recent years, the

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current twentieth Century Fox hit Laura.
Our stars are Gene Tierney, who is

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just completing a bell for Adano at
twentieth Century Fox, Dana Andrews, and

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Vincent Price, all three in their
original screen roles, also the ever versatile

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Otto Frugal. Now. I think
one of the reasons mystery stories are so

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popular, especially in couple times like
these, is that they satisfy our sense

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of order. They take a troublesome
and seemingly hopeless situation and they put everything

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to rise simply by the use of
human intelligence and sensible methods. Of course,

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you could say the same about lots
of things, lucks Flakes, for

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instance. They take those troublesome problems
of how to wash find fabric safely so

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they'll wear longer and look better,
and they give a quick and very satisfactory

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solution, especially in these difficult times. Well, it's important to take care

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of what we have. It's little
wonder lucks flakes are so popular. Well,

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now it's curtain time, and here's
Act one of Laura, starring Dana

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Andrews as Mark McPherson, Gene Tenney
as Laura, Vincent Price as Shelby Carpenter,

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and Otto Kruger as Paul Lidiker.
Most people who read the newspaper or

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listen to the radio know the name
Paul Lidika. Mister Lydika is a legendary

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oracle of bobbed wire and forget me
not, who's in chanted pen an acid

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tongue have brought fame to hundreds and
oblivion to just as many. His New

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York apartment is a combination art gallery
and Roman back and now immersed in one

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of his marble pools. Mister Lydaka
has a visitor, Detective Lieutenant Mark,

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the person of the Hormicide Bureau.
Careful when you let's stuff is priceless,

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Oh, mister lideca quite an art
collection, and there those pieces you are

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pawing of, what are irreplaceable?
Nice little place you have, it's lavish.

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I call it home. You'll hear
about the murder abroad a hunt.

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I made my statement yesterday to Sergeant
Detective crane. I told him what I

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know. Now suppose you tell me
what you know? Right hand me that

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washcloth? Mister person, How good
a detective are you? I picked up

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a few facts. Our hunt was
killed the night before last bell rangs.

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He opened the door and someone pulled
the trigger of a shotgun. Wasn't nice

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arrange? If you found the shotgun? What else? I thought? Comes

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to me, mister Leidecker, who's
questioning? Who? May I remind you

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that you're a guest in my home? Yeah? That's right? What else?

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Huh? Well? Miss Hunter is
a very good looking girl, probably

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about twenty five, lived in a
swell apartment, had a maid named Bessie?

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And where did she get the wherewithal
to support such a monarch bullet company?

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Advertising agency? Had a good job
art director or something not or something.

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She has a lady cousin in town
and a couple of boyfriends, one

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named Shelby Carpenter and the other is
all Lidecker. Today is Sunday. Why

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haven't you tried to see me?
Because it's a peculiar case, and I

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wanted to think if you will wait, I'll go with you when you leave.

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Why murders my favorite crime? My
radio audience loves it. I know

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you'll visit all your suspects, and
i'd like to study the reaction they're on

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the list. Yourself, you know, be insulted if I weren't. Were

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you in love with Laura Hunt,
mister Lydecker, Was she in love with

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you? Laura considered me the wisest, the wittiest, the most interesting man

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she ever met. I was in
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Now, if you'll excuse me,
I'll get dressed. Or where shall we

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be stopping? First? Lieutenant,
I'd like to see Laura Hunt's cousin,

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Missus Anne Treadwell. Yeah, of
course, I'd like to ask a few

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questions, Missus Treadwell. I do
anything I can to help. Oh,

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good morning, Paul, Good morning. Huh you were fonder of your cousin,

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Missus Treadwell. I adored Laura,
Paul can tell you, I can

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tell you considerable. Did you approve
of miss Hunt's coming marriage to mister Carpenter?

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Why shouldn't I approve? I don't
know. Just what does Shelby Carpenter

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mean to you? Missus Treadwell?
To me, well, he comes here

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regularly, your friend acquaintance or are
you in love with him? This is

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beginning to assume fabulous aspect. What
are you driving at the truth? Are

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you in love with him? Why? No, I'm very fond of Shelby.

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Of course everybody is. I despise
him. You've been withdrawing a lot

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of cash from your bank, missus
Tredwell, fifteen hundred at the clip seventeen

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hundred. I needed that money.
The day you took out fifteen hundred,

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Carpenter deposited thirteen hundred and fifty.
When you withdrew seventeen, he deposited fifteen.

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Shooting crabs and oh she must die
be insulid like this. Shelby needed

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some money. I lent it to
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it as I please? Sure?
Sure? On Friday night you were home

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alone. Why didn't you go to
the concert with mister Carpenter? I didn't

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go because he didn't ask me.
Well, hello, oh, just talking

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about you, Carpenter. What a
coincidence to find you here? This is

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lieutenaner person. Yes we've met.
I didn't know you were here. I've

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been lying down. My hotel room
is so hot. And then all the

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reporters in the telephone. You know
how it is, Lieutenant. I've hardly

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slept her winks since it happened.
Is that a sign of guilt or innocence?

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First, I'm as eager to find
the murderer as you are. Lieutenant,

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and I were going to be married
this week. You know. Now

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he doesn't know, and neither do
I am a you, nor anyone else.

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Oh, Laura had not definitely made
up a mind of Mariam. She

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told me to herself she was going
to the country to think it over.

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Laura was extremely kind, but she'd
never have thrown her life away on a

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male beauty in distress. I suppose
you've heard loser's wine before a lutin.

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Yesterday you said you went to that
con said Friday night at the Carpenter.

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What did they play? Or some
Brahms and Beethoven's Neck or this place?

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Miss untetan a country. Have you
got a key to it? No,

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but I think there's one in her
apartment. I'll have a look and perhaps

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I could help you. Okay,
come along, you can start looking for

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that key now, miss Carpenter.
Oh, yes, yes, I'll try

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to day. Excuse that's the dame's
portrait on them all, isn't it?

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Will you stop calling Laura a dame? Look at the furnishing. Would you

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call this the home of a dame? Look at a portrait? I am

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not bad. It was painted by
Joseph Carter. He was in love with

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her. Then, have you ever
been in love with person? Darlin Washington

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Heights once got a fox fur out
of me. Have you ever known a

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woman who wasn't a doll or a
dame? Yeah? One, but she

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kept walking me past the furniture stores? Where are you going? Onnograph?

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Is a record on here? Selections
from Bitters Sweet, one of Laura's favorites.

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Not exactly classical, but very nice. You know a lot about music.

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I don't know a lot about anything, but I know a little about

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practically everything. Then why did you
say they played Brahms and Beethoven at that

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concert? They played nothing but Sabellius
did they well? To be perfectly honest,

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I fell asleep and I didn't hear
a note. I know it sounds

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funny, but I'm just a natural
born suspect. You see, I'm not

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the conventional type. Don't worry.
I fall asleep with concerts myself. Find

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that key no, maybe it's in
here in her desk. Yes, yes

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it is. I knew there must
be one round somewhere. It's funny the

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police looked on that desk row yesterday. The drawer was empty. You had

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the key right along, didn't you
comp it? Yes? I didn't want

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to give it to you while Laddak
it was present. I have private reasons

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that don't concern him. You have
private reasons, no doubt, to lie

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about that key. All. I'm
warning you to stop him playing I had

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anything to do with Laura's death.
Very well, I'll stop implying. I'll

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make a direct statement. You asked
for this point. Get out the two

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of you. Okay. We came
here to find a key, and I've

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got the key. Now let's get
out there. Nothing more you want from

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me, I'll run along You having
lunch, Lieutenant, So there's a rather

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a superior restaurant nearby. Okay?
Quiet a little placement to Ladak. Yeah,

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what's the matter. You wouldn't call
me a sentimental person, would you,

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Lieutenant? Well, dozens of times
we sat here this very table lot

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and I how long did you know
it? Nearly five years? I was

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just thinking we're here we're eating lunch. And it was at lunch that I

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first met Laura Gonequin Hotel. I
was alone. I looked up and I

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found a standing in front of me. You had a layoff. I am

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part I'm Laura hunt Well. I'd
like to talk something over with you from

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me, I am eating my lunch. Yes, but it's practically impossible to

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get to see you, and i'd
you're from some incredibly remote community to a

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good manners are unknown, or you
suffer from a common delusion that being a

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female exempts you from all the rules
of civilized conduct. Possibly, but I

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wanted to show this to you.
It's an ad for the fallest flow right

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pen. You are such a famous
writer and commentator. It would be tremendously

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helpful if you'd endorse what we say
about the flow right pen. I don't

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use a pen. I write with
a goose quill dipped in poison. You

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may tell your employers, well,
they don't know anything about this. It

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was all my idea. They'd give
anything to get your endorsement, and if

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I were the person getting it for
you, disregard completely as something far more

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important to me than your career.
My food. You mean don't you.

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But of course I never heard of
anything so selfish. In my case,

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self absorption is completely justified. I
have never discovered any subject quite so worthy

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of my attention. What in your
column on the radio, the things you

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say, You're filled with such understanding, such sentiments, Miss Hunt, you

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are beginning to bore me. You're
a poor man's delight. I feel very

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sorryful I've heard about two hours later
kept that food. You know. I

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went to her because I couldn't stop
thinking about her. I was more than

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slightly annoyed. But she had something, that girl, something far deeper than

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good looks. I went to bulletin
company proceeded to do something I have carefully

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avoided since the age of two.
I apologize. It was very nice of

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you to go to all this trouble
in a moment, Miss Hunt, for

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reasons which are too embarrassing to mention. I'd like to endorse the Wallace floor.

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I pen have you an ad.
You're a very strange man. Now.

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I'm sure you're sorry for the way
you acting. Let's not get psychiatric,

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but in a word, yes,
and you are a very kind Chris.

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No, I'm vicious. The real
secret of all my charm. But

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if you think me kind, I'll
call for you here at six we have

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dinner together. I can't make it
any later. Will you be ready?

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Be ready? Thanks. I started
then to help Laura. I did everything

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in the world for her. I
am a man reputedly of overwhelming ego,

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but this I admit without reserve.
It was Laura's own talent, her own

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incredible charm, that enabled her to
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Through me. Laura met everyone famous, the infamacy, and deferring always to

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my taste and judgment, she kept
to them all. She became as well

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known as my walking stick in White
Carnations, and like them, she was

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always with me when does Carpenter entered
the picture. But men couldn't keep away

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from Lauda. But she never regarded
them seriously. But me, her own

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discrimination ruled them out, and I
never had to intercede. She met the

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Carpenter one night at the party at
Anne Treadwell. She became attracted to him

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instantly, and I was shocked.
The fellow completely without talent, with as

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much depth of character as a saucer
of stale Gin. Shortly before I took

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a lot of home I overheard her
talking with corpenter on the till. So

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I spent my time doing what I've
always done. Nothing. Then tell me

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what does it feel like living on
the income from an estate? Oh?

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I once knew what it felt like, but the sheriff interfered with that over

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ten years ago. And why don't
you work for a living? Oh?

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I did ask a friend for a
job once, so all he did was

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laugh. He thought I was joking. When he saw I was sincere,

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he just got embarrassed. He said
he'd phoned me that was months ago.

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Do you really want a job?
Yes? I do. Then you've got

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one. What now you think I'm
joking? Well I'm not. You just

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be at bulletin Company tomorrow morning.
You're going to work with the one time

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they got engaged, they became attached
to each other very quickly. I concealed

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by annoyance with masterly self control.
But there was a situation, however ridiculous,

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that required my attention. As you
will see, it was for Laura's

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own good. Well, I've followed
them one night to this very restaurant.

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They have been working late on some
hyprotog True, Laura really make people brush

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their teeth more often the idea is
wonderful, Shelby, you sw the layouts.

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By the way, who's the model
you use? You don't remember where

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you hired it yourself? Diana red
first, Oh, Laura, you look

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wonderful. That's a quick switch of
something. Oh I like this one much

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better than toothpaste. Could you have
dinner with me tomorrow night, just like

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this? Maybe? And what about
the night after that, Shelby, I

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can't. What about three weeks from
tonight and all the night in between.

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Don't you think I have any other
India? What about two months from now

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and the month after that? And
what about next year? Then it's all

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settled. What about breakfast? What
about lunch? Beautiful lunches day after day?

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What about beautiful words? They mishunt
the way you talk, You'd think

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I was in love with you dialogue? Wasn't it a tenancy person? They

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knowing you were listening, they might
have snapped it up a bit. Laura

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knew that I had overheard them,
because I told hers so the following evening.

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By then I had some other information. I don't care what you found

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out about Shelby. It's the snooping
about Paul. It's the great, of

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course, But I thought you'd want
to know that sterling character almost went to

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jail last year for passing Robert chicks, and after that in Virginia he was

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expected of stealing his hostess as jewelry. Those are only insinuations. I know

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it's false. A man can change, can Lord of I Haven's sake?

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Open your eyes? So Copnor has
changed? Yes, he's changed, from

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you to do Diana Redfern running around
with her now a model from your own

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office? Oh? How can you
be so desperate? You know what you

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mean me? How can you try
so deliberately to hurt me? Hurt you?

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For Shelby and I are going to
be married next week. Ah,

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you gave him a cigarette case on
his birthday, didn't show a valuable case.

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Where did you get it from the
pawn shop where Diana Redfern took it

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after he gave it to him.
I don't believe it. He probably needed

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money and was too proud to borrow. Perhaps that's why this pawn ticket is

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in her name. How want that
this go any further? I'm going to

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telephone. You won't find images hotels
tonight, cartenters deserted Both you and miss

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Redfern. He's dining with a young
and wealthy widow someone you know, your

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cousin. He's been treating her rather
badly these days. Really, my dear,

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you don't think that Anne would give
him away to Oh it's nasty,

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I know it, but I must
make you realize. Now, suppose we

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visit cousin Anne. He would be
there. I know he won't. Oh,

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good evening, miss Laura. Good
evening, mister Ladaka. Hello magain.

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Oh I'm terribly sorry, but missus
Treadwell isn't at home. Satisfied Paul,

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Well, I suppose we just wait
for her. Oh please, mister

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Laura, come in, Laura,
Laura, dear, and Paul. We

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were just heaving dinner. Yes,
Laura, I didn't expect to see you

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tonight. You are, Laura in
a moment of supreme disaster. He's tripped.

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I was just telling an about our
getting married. Well, sit down

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on YouTube. Oh no, oh
thanks. I just stop by to give

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you this. It's aigarette case.
You must have misplaced it somewhere, Laura,

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not wait a minute? Night,
good night, then good night,

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Shelby. Was this episode of the
cigarette case, mister Ladaker. Last Wednesday

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night. On Friday, Laura had
lunch with a red fen girl. I

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wish I had been there, and
as I said in my statement, Laura

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and I would have had dinner that
night. At seven o'clock, my phone

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rang I had a sudden sensation of
depression before bolding up. Hello, Paul,

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I'm frightfully sorry, but I just
can't meet you. Well, there's

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nothing wrong on it. I mean
you're not ill. Oh no, no,

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I've just decided to go to the
country for a few days. Well

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in this storm. Well it's pouring
good glass, Paul. It will do

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me a lot of good to be
alone. Oh you're thinking about Carpenter.

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Of course, Please, I simply
must have time to pick this out for

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myself. Why don't give me back
to you. I don't know a call

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before I leave. Maybe you could
meet me. Well, of course I

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will, thank you, Paul,
good Bye, Goodbye, my dear.

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That was the last time I ever
heard her voice. This, this red

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phone girl. Where does she live
in Newark? She's in the phone book.

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I will never forgive myself for allowing
Laura to become involved with Carpenter.

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That was my fault. I should
have stopped it. Long ago somehow,

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and she's dead. Now it's too
late even to think about it. Well,

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yeah, too late even to think
about it. Oh, good bye,

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Lieutenant. Our saws will return with
that too, of Laura in a

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moment. Now here's what a young
girl said to me the other day,

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Mister Kennedy, why do you always
talk as if only housewives wash dishes.

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Now I'm work in an office from
nine to five thirty, but I'm a

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KP at home wash dishes every night
for five of us. Oh, mother

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cooks the dinner, but I clean
up afterwards, so she has a chance

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to talk with Dad and catch up
on mending for the kids. And I

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know a lot of other business girls
who do dishes too. So I asked

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her if she knew what dishpan hands
were. You bet I do. For

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a while, Mother brought home any
old kind of soap, strong chips,

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granules, bars. Well, sometimes
my hands were so red I wanted to

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wear it when I took dictation.
So that's why the dishpan tests you talk

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about interested me. Now you say
changing to lux takes dishpan hands away,

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And you're right. One day Mother
brought some lux flakes home and in just

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a few days, my hands look
nicer. Soon they were soft and smooth

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as you please. Then I said, maybe you're too young to worry about

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being fifty. But that's another advantage
with Lux. It goes a long way.

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Ounce per ounce does up to twice
as many dishes we've found as other

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leading soaps tested. Then she said, well, I can believe that too.

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Some of the soaps I used to
use didn't dissolve completely and made little

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gooey lumps in the dishpan. But
with Lux I get such quick an abundant

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SuDS. It dissolves so quickly.
So I've told mother to keep on getting

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lucks if she wants me to keep
on washing dishes. And now mister Barrymore

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returns to the microphone. Actual Laura
starring Jean Tinny is Laura, Dana Andrews

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is Mark mcphershon Vincent Prices showby Coppenter
and Otto Krueger as lighted. It's an

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hour later. In front of Laura
Hunt's apartment, Lieutenant Detective Mark McPherson picks

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up Sergeant Praying. Together they make
another thorough search of the girl's rules.

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Two things interest McPherson A pile of
Laura's letters and a bottle of scotch whiskey.

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If you're a thirsty, lieutenant,
I think you can do better than

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that. There, I'm not thirsty. When did you say that? Maide?

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Will do here any minute? Now, say where's mcavity in the basement.

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I've had the telephone tapped. He's
sitting on it. Who's going to

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use the phone besides us? Nobody
I know of? Still a good idea.

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I'm making a call now myself.
Put down on the basement and relieve

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mac. I'll wait here for the
maid. Coppenter's coming too. Okay,

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hello, Ascarnis's lieutenant McPherson Homicide Bureau. Laura Hunt's been buying liquor from you,

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hasn't she? Yeah? Did you
ever buy a brand of scotch called

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Black Pony? Are you sure of
that? Okay? Thanks? Oh,

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come on en, miss Clary.
Never mind that miss Clary stuff my name,

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Bessie. Have a chair. It
seems to me those letters, those

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letters belong to her. You've been
reading their private letters. I said,

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sit down, cops. I was
brought up to spit whenever I saw one.

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Okay, go ahead and spit it. That'll make you feel any better?

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What do you want to find out? Who killed Laura Hunt? How

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would I know you think I had
done it? To ask anyone, anyone

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who ever came here, why I'd
have worked for, scrubbed for, or

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done anything she would have wanted of
me? Pay her, no, pay

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her loyal Bessie wasn't only on account
of the wonderful thing she'd done for me.

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It was because she was so wonderful
herself. Miss Hunt was a real

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lady. Something cops wouldn't know about. How this bottle get into her cabinet?

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I put it there. It's cheap
scotch, Bessie, Laura Hunt wouldn't

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buy a cheap scotch. I found
it on a kitchen shelf Saturday morning.

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You know what that means. It's
somebody brought it here Friday night, and

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that somebody was here with it Friday
night. Now, who was it?

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I don't know. I didn't want
anybody to get any wrong idea bo her,

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God rest her soul. That's why
I put the bottle in the liquor

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cabinet. I done more than that. There were two glasses. I washed

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the mountain clean off the bottle too, destroying evidence. Bessie. I don't

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care. I'll do anything to keep
her name from being dragged through the mudd.

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Relax, Bessie, I'd like some
ice in the set up your mind.

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I'll get it. A couple of
highball glasses. I'm expecting somebody more

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cops. Oh, Shelby Carpenter,
and let him in, and then get

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the glasses. Come in. I
didn't expect you, missus. Fred Roll

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Oh, you eat them as to
light the care you'll be dropping you the

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hair dressing later. I only sent
for you, Carpenter, I know,

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so I thought I might as well
come along. Here's my excuse is equally

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feeble. I just dropped in to
inquire as the state of your health,

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Lieutenant insipid. I chose, but
I have a drink, Oh, Bessie.

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Two more glasses, yes, sir, Hello Bessie. What are you

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doing here? I'm paid up for
the week. I'm working regardless. Scott

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Slidecker, excellent. Will this do? It's black pony, I'm a guest

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here. It'll have to do.
Here's the ice from the glasses. You

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can skip mine, Lieutenant. I'm
not much of a daytime drink at all.

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It'll be all the better. You
can go home now, But I

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yes, sir, I'll go,
thank you. I remember when Laura brought

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these glasses. She loved him,
she loved all her things. So what

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are you gonna do? Sell them? I suppose. So if I'm appointed

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administrator, I'll probably call him Corey, Corey the art dealer. Yes,

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he can dispose it everything. It'll
be less gruesome that way, Not quite

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everything, Anne. There are two
or three things that belong to me that

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base, for instance, the antiquechoire
screen, and of course the clock.

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That's quite a hunk of clock.
You've got one just like it, haven't

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you. I noticed it in your
apartment. They were made two hundred years

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ago by Corbet Feast, two clocks
exactly the same, created at the order

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of the Prince of Wales. I
lent one to Laura. Oh really,

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poor, yes really, But the
vase is the gem of my collection and

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I intend to have back. I
can take it with me now. Nothing's

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leaving here, Lidak only you Is
that your point way of indicating dismissal Well,

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we're all leaving. I've got to
get back to headquarters. So but

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I don't understand, Lieutenant. I
thought you sent for me. I did

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well, don't you want to ask
me any questions? Nothing pressing? Oh

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right, see well I've bid you
goodbye. He vos missus elidec put it

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down. Oh good coin. There's
a slight touch of pleptomania. N yeah,

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back pressing. I'm back upstairs in
our apartment. How are you doing

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on the basement any course? Come
in this afternoon. I've just been looking

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to place over. I've only done
it forty times. Anything interesting, everything's

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interesting, especially that portrait, really
beautiful dollar that Yeah, I've read her.

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Let us smell the perfume, drank
a scotch, gone to her wardrobe.

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Wait a minute, yeah, someone
in the hall. Look at seven

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o'clock Orford will be along to relieve
you. Make sure Offered keeps his ear

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on that phone. Where is it? Yes, coming, Liedeker. You

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just happened to be passing by and
I noticed the lights on. By the

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way, have you sub let this
apartment? Mick person? You're here often

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enough to pay your rent? Any
objection? Yes, especially through your prying

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into Laura's letters that bundle in your
pocket. For instance. Now there they

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are, yours, the best of
the bunch. That's the trouble with getting

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murdered. It ruins your privacy,
and have detectives who buy portraits of murdered

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victims acclaimed to privacy. Lancaster Colly
tells me you already put in a bid

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for Laura's portrait. That's none of
your business, nickperson. Did it ever

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strike you that you're acting very strangely? So wonder that you don't come here

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with roses in the box of drug
store candy if you've been dreaming of Laura

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as your wife, by your side
at the policeman's ball or in the bleachers,

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or listening to the heroic saga of
how you acquired a silver shin bone

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and a gun battle with a gangster. Yeah, I say you have.

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Why don't you go home? I'm
busy. Perhaps we can come to terms

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now. You want her portrait perfectly
understandable. I want my positions, my

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VARs, my clock, my fire
screen. Now, if you're going,

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you better watch out, lieutenant.
You'll end up in the psychiatric ward.

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I don't think they've ever had a
patient who fell in love with a beautiful

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girl who died before he met her, or did you meet her? Well?

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Good night, first roses and a
box of drugstar candy. Have you've

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been dreaming of Laura as your wife? I can say you have You've been

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a one chat? You'll wind him
in the psychiatric ward. I don't think

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what's the matter with me? Maybe
you can tell me, you girl,

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I'm at portrait there, the beautiful, the most beautiful thing I've ever seen.

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Somebody cut you? Why why I
could sit here and look at you

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all night, all night long?
I could sit here. Who is it?

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Who's in there? You? You? What are you doing there?

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You're alive? If you don't get
out once I call the police, aren't

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you? Aren't you? I'm going
to call the police. But I am

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the police. You see my badge, credentials, mark my person. What's

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all this about? You don't know
what? You know? What's happened?

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No, haven't you seen a paper? Where have you been in the country.

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I I don't get a newspaper.
Haven't you got a radio? It

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was broken? Here? Look at
these headlines down this hunt. I'm very

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glad to see you. On Friday
night, somebody was murdered in this room.

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Why did you say until you open
the door just now, we thought

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it was you. Now do you
have any idea who it could have been?

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You don't know the girl died from
shotgun room's close range. No,

403
00:30:18,240 --> 00:30:21,880
apparently we don't know who had a
key to this apartment. Nobody except my

404
00:30:22,000 --> 00:30:25,680
maid. When did you say it
happened Friday night? You'd better take off

405
00:30:25,720 --> 00:30:27,359
the coat. It's dripping wet.
When did it start raining just a few

406
00:30:27,400 --> 00:30:30,319
minutes ago? It's cheeny outside and
was raining Friday night too, when I

407
00:30:30,400 --> 00:30:34,000
go, wait a minute, raining, Come with me, miss hunt Here,

408
00:30:34,279 --> 00:30:37,160
into your room. I want you
to please look in your closet.

409
00:30:37,480 --> 00:30:40,720
I simply don't let the closet,
Miss hut Here, open it up.

410
00:30:41,599 --> 00:30:44,880
Do all these doesn't belong to you? Certainly they belong to me, all

411
00:30:44,920 --> 00:30:47,559
of them. Everyone. Are you
out of your mind? Of course?

412
00:30:48,720 --> 00:30:52,359
What's this one? I don't know? You tell me why this dress isn't

413
00:30:52,400 --> 00:30:55,839
mine? It's hers, Diana red
Rains. She had it on when she

414
00:30:55,920 --> 00:30:59,359
came for lunch on Friday. Well, but this dress wasn't in here when

415
00:30:59,400 --> 00:31:03,119
I left. It was this redfriend
girl. Is she a girl about your

416
00:31:03,160 --> 00:31:04,559
size? Yes, she's a model. She works for her Yeah, since

417
00:31:04,559 --> 00:31:07,240
she lives in Newark, but she
hasn't been home her landlady said she'd gone

418
00:31:07,240 --> 00:31:10,799
to Philadelphia. That's right. We
have a branch office in Philadelphia. She

419
00:31:10,880 --> 00:31:12,400
had an assignment to you, but
she didn't go. It was postponed.

420
00:31:12,480 --> 00:31:15,720
She got relatives in the city and
at nuncle the same name. They live

421
00:31:15,759 --> 00:31:18,440
in the village. Thanks, where
are you going? That's to the telephone,

422
00:31:18,440 --> 00:31:22,359
Mit Hunt. I think miss redfriend
at the knuckle had better go to

423
00:31:22,440 --> 00:31:34,119
the morgue right away to make an
identification. Oh, right along, inspector.

424
00:31:36,640 --> 00:31:38,519
Well, that's that, Miss Hunt. They located the red print.

425
00:31:38,720 --> 00:31:41,440
Yes, we all to know soon, I, Miss Hunt, when you

426
00:31:41,480 --> 00:31:45,200
went to the country Friday, did
you see anyone you knew on the train?

427
00:31:45,519 --> 00:31:48,799
No? Then I got off at
Norwalk. I keep a car in

428
00:31:48,839 --> 00:31:52,279
a private garage near the station.
I drove to my house. It's about

429
00:31:52,319 --> 00:31:55,160
eighteen miles. What did you do
in the country? Worked in my garden?

430
00:31:55,279 --> 00:31:56,799
Didn't leave your place in all that
time? I keep everything I need

431
00:31:56,839 --> 00:32:00,960
in the house. I went there
expressly to be alone. M you were

432
00:32:00,440 --> 00:32:04,920
going to marry Shelby Coppenter this week? Yes, but she went away for

433
00:32:05,000 --> 00:32:07,279
a long weekend to be alone.
You know Shelby Carpenter has a key to

434
00:32:07,319 --> 00:32:09,960
this apartment. Why didn't you tell
me? Because I know nothing that's sore?

435
00:32:10,200 --> 00:32:13,559
Yes? How else did the red
friend girl get into the apartment?

436
00:32:13,799 --> 00:32:15,200
You knew she was in love with
Carpenter. I knew she was in love

437
00:32:15,240 --> 00:32:19,240
with him. He told me,
so was self. But I also know

438
00:32:19,319 --> 00:32:22,839
that she meant nothing to Shelby.
I understand him better than she was found,

439
00:32:23,359 --> 00:32:27,519
and I'm convinced that it was miss
redfernd. He was found in your

440
00:32:27,559 --> 00:32:30,640
dressing gown whatever you yourself told me. It was raining Friday night. Yourself

441
00:32:30,720 --> 00:32:34,599
just saw her dress. It's called
of wrinkles and rain spots. How did

442
00:32:34,640 --> 00:32:37,119
you get in here? Why?
Who brought her here? I haven't the

443
00:32:37,160 --> 00:32:39,119
slightest idea Look, Miss Hunt,
do you love this carpenter fellow so much

444
00:32:39,119 --> 00:32:43,079
you'd risk your own safety to protect
him? He must have brought her here.

445
00:32:43,559 --> 00:32:45,440
You suspect me? You think I
killed somebody in jealousy. I'm trying

446
00:32:45,480 --> 00:32:51,240
to get it the truth. I'm
sorry, quickly, routine. We'll see

447
00:32:51,279 --> 00:32:52,960
you in the morning, Miss Hunt. Meanwhile, don't leave this apartment,

448
00:32:53,000 --> 00:32:55,319
and don't use the telephone. But
I've got to use it. I've got

449
00:32:55,359 --> 00:33:00,359
to let my friends know I'm alive. Sorry, but i must insist anything

450
00:33:00,359 --> 00:33:05,160
should happen to you. Now,
I wouldn't like it. Right, there's

451
00:33:05,319 --> 00:33:07,319
one more thing. I know that
you went away to make up your mind

452
00:33:07,359 --> 00:33:13,920
whether you'd marry Shelley Coppenter or or
not. What did you decide? I

453
00:33:14,039 --> 00:33:16,359
decided not to marry him. Well, I'll be seeing you in the morning.

454
00:33:19,279 --> 00:33:34,039
Good night often. Yeah, watch
your Stu's pretty dark down here.

455
00:33:34,119 --> 00:33:37,480
Anything come through those ear phones?
Yeah? The girl all right? Kind

456
00:33:37,519 --> 00:33:42,000
of ball things up, doesn't it. Yeah? Say you seem pretty Hey,

457
00:33:42,039 --> 00:33:43,960
wait a minute. If she's done
on the number up there, give

458
00:33:44,000 --> 00:33:46,160
me those ear phones. Yeah,
Hello, she'll be This is Laura.

459
00:33:47,480 --> 00:33:51,000
Can you won't see anything on the
telephone? Meet me right away in front

460
00:33:51,039 --> 00:33:55,119
of the office. Can you leave
that? Yeah? Things are always pulling

461
00:33:55,119 --> 00:33:59,160
a switch on you. You stay
here often like ab the out front.

462
00:33:59,240 --> 00:34:00,640
Yeah, get headquar tell him to
send another man, Dinny right away.

463
00:34:00,799 --> 00:34:04,559
My cabint is going to tell the
girl about you. I think I'll stick

464
00:34:04,599 --> 00:34:16,599
by mister Carpenter. Se it.
Pause now for station identifications. This is

465
00:34:16,719 --> 00:34:40,119
CBS. They Columbia Broadcasting System.
In just a moment, our stars will

466
00:34:40,119 --> 00:34:45,840
be back with Act three of Laura. Now here's our Libby where they're hitting

467
00:34:45,840 --> 00:34:50,039
in the turban looking like a fortune
teller, I see the future of your

468
00:34:50,119 --> 00:34:52,000
stocking. Well, here's the lady. You would like to know how long

469
00:34:52,039 --> 00:34:55,920
the stockings will last. Suppose you
teller, how long have you had them?

470
00:34:57,000 --> 00:35:00,239
Now? Venue, I've worn them
twice. You will wear these stockings

471
00:35:00,360 --> 00:35:06,920
for three weeks more until Monday,
February twenty six. Why, how wonderful?

472
00:35:07,239 --> 00:35:09,920
How can you tell? It's simple? According to a washing expert,

473
00:35:10,199 --> 00:35:15,280
twenty three days is the average wearing
cycle of Rayon stockings. So if you've

474
00:35:15,320 --> 00:35:19,159
worn these two days already, you've
still got twenty one days or three weeks

475
00:35:19,239 --> 00:35:22,840
to go. But my stockings never
last that long. I must be way

476
00:35:22,920 --> 00:35:25,840
under average. Oh that's too bad. Perhaps I can help you. I

477
00:35:27,119 --> 00:35:31,400
see you in the evening washing stockings. I see cake, soap and rubbing.

478
00:35:31,559 --> 00:35:36,039
That's right. In this weather,
stockings get all splattered up the back

479
00:35:36,119 --> 00:35:37,440
and I have to rub the gup
of spots on. Well, I think

480
00:35:37,480 --> 00:35:42,000
that's your trouble. Then you see, stockings are delicate. They just can't

481
00:35:42,079 --> 00:35:45,000
take our's treatment like that. They
need gentle care, loop warm water and

482
00:35:45,079 --> 00:35:50,599
gentle lucks and no rubbing. If
they are spotted. Just take a few

483
00:35:50,639 --> 00:35:53,760
Luck slakes and your moistened fingers work
them in gently, then squeeze the sudds

484
00:35:53,760 --> 00:35:58,920
through the stocking. Rinse well and
dry rayons for at least twenty four hours.

485
00:35:59,360 --> 00:36:01,840
But proper care. I'm sure your
new stockings will last much longer.

486
00:36:02,119 --> 00:36:07,199
Yes, Strain tests show that Lux
stockings do last longer, actually twice as

487
00:36:07,280 --> 00:36:10,519
long as those washed with strong soap
or rubbed with cake soap. Twice the

488
00:36:10,599 --> 00:36:15,400
wear from every pair with Lux care. That's worthwhile, isn't it. So

489
00:36:15,920 --> 00:36:20,280
stick to Lux for stocking night Now, mister Barrymore returns to the microphone.

490
00:36:20,880 --> 00:36:23,679
Now, after the play, you're
invited to join us for a brief chat

491
00:36:23,800 --> 00:36:30,559
with our stars. Now here's Act
three of Laura, starring Dana Andrews's Mark,

492
00:36:30,960 --> 00:36:36,239
Jean Tienny as Laura, Vincent prices
Shelby Compenter and Otto Krueger as Leidika

493
00:36:45,840 --> 00:36:51,639
for three hours. Detective Lieutenant McPherson's
been following Shelby Compenter. Now in the

494
00:36:51,800 --> 00:36:55,559
black hours of night, he stops
his car near a lonely house eighteen miles

495
00:36:55,639 --> 00:37:00,840
from Nork and makes his way carefully
toward the front. All it's not quite

496
00:37:01,000 --> 00:37:06,360
shut. He peers through the crack
for a moment and then walks in,

497
00:37:07,519 --> 00:37:12,159
What are you doing with that shotgun? Cop under must admit this is somewhat

498
00:37:12,199 --> 00:37:16,079
embarrassing, Lieutenant. Let me see
that gun. It's been fired recently.

499
00:37:16,199 --> 00:37:20,000
Yes, I killed some rabbits with
it when, oh wow, back.

500
00:37:20,039 --> 00:37:22,119
I don't know exactly. I gave
the gun to Laura for protection. You

501
00:37:22,239 --> 00:37:24,960
haven't borrowed it lately. You didn't
just bring it back. You ought to

502
00:37:25,000 --> 00:37:29,880
know. You've been following me.
Realize that spot yourn. You brought Diana

503
00:37:29,920 --> 00:37:32,039
Red under Laura's apartment. You knew
how long it was she who was murdered.

504
00:37:32,480 --> 00:37:36,039
Didn't you know Laura would come back
any day and spill the whole thing?

505
00:37:36,840 --> 00:37:38,360
Or did you plan to kill her
too? Were you being fantastic?

506
00:37:38,480 --> 00:37:43,400
McPherson. You took a bottle of
black Pony to her house Friday night.

507
00:37:43,519 --> 00:37:45,000
I took it there over a week
ago, Bessie says, Friday night.

508
00:37:45,039 --> 00:37:47,840
I can't help what. Bessie says. Where's the key to Laura's apartment?

509
00:37:47,840 --> 00:37:51,199
I haven't got one. I never
had one. Okay, you didn't bring

510
00:37:51,239 --> 00:37:52,239
the Scots there Friday night? You
never had a key? How did you

511
00:37:52,280 --> 00:37:58,519
get in? Well, I come
on, talk thought all right. You

512
00:37:58,599 --> 00:38:01,000
see, Laura kept an extra key
in her office. I'd asked Diana to

513
00:38:01,079 --> 00:38:04,679
meet me in a restaurant. I
wanted to have it out with her once

514
00:38:04,719 --> 00:38:07,320
and for all. You know,
she thought, well, she thought she

515
00:38:07,480 --> 00:38:10,639
was in love with me. She
started to get hysterical. We had to

516
00:38:10,760 --> 00:38:14,280
leave. Well, I couldn't very
well take her to a room, and

517
00:38:14,360 --> 00:38:17,159
knew could I or to my hotel
room. So we started to walk.

518
00:38:17,920 --> 00:38:22,000
It began to rain suddenly, and
we got drenched. I thought of the

519
00:38:22,079 --> 00:38:23,960
key, and I stopped by the
office to get it. We couldn't find

520
00:38:24,000 --> 00:38:29,480
a tax in, so we walked
back to Laura's apartment. Diana went to

521
00:38:29,639 --> 00:38:31,960
Lara's bedroom. When she came out, she had on a dressing gun.

522
00:38:32,239 --> 00:38:37,800
Well, we taught argued maybe for
a couple of hours, and then the

523
00:38:37,880 --> 00:38:39,599
doorbell rang. Why didn't you go
to the door. I suppose one of

524
00:38:39,679 --> 00:38:43,719
Laura's friends had found me there.
What would they think of finding Diana there?

525
00:38:43,760 --> 00:38:45,519
I told her to say that Laura
had lent her the apartment. Anybody

526
00:38:45,559 --> 00:38:50,199
who knew Laura would have believed that. Don't stop. Well, I heard

527
00:38:50,239 --> 00:38:53,880
Diana open the door, and then
there was an awful explosion. By the

528
00:38:54,000 --> 00:38:58,719
time I reached the door was shut
again. Diana just lay there on the

529
00:38:58,760 --> 00:39:00,679
floor. Didn't you go out to
see who did it? I was too

530
00:39:00,760 --> 00:39:05,239
confused, too horrified to do anything. The hallway was dark. I don't

531
00:39:05,280 --> 00:39:07,039
remember what I did. I knew
I had to keep out of it,

532
00:39:07,119 --> 00:39:10,239
and keep Laura out of it too. The only thing on my mind was

533
00:39:10,280 --> 00:39:13,960
the safety of a person whose life
was dearer to me than my own.

534
00:39:14,039 --> 00:39:16,360
Don't you understand that? Did you
think Laura had killed her? Did you?

535
00:39:17,000 --> 00:39:21,440
I don't remember what I thought.
Do you think so now? No?

536
00:39:22,440 --> 00:39:24,760
On Saturday, when Detective Crane went
to see you, you seemed sincerely

537
00:39:24,840 --> 00:39:29,320
shocked. I was. I hadn't
expected the police to mistake Diana's body for

538
00:39:29,440 --> 00:39:32,559
Laura's, but your Elebi was already
the concert You're The minute Laura got back

539
00:39:32,559 --> 00:39:36,199
to town, it wouldn't stay.
I couldn't think that far ahead. I

540
00:39:36,360 --> 00:39:38,440
was groping for some way to keep
Laura's name out of it. I was

541
00:39:38,559 --> 00:39:44,119
heartbroken about Diana and panics drinking about
Laura. Okay, and tonight you met

542
00:39:44,239 --> 00:39:45,800
Laura in front of her office.
What did you talk about about what I

543
00:39:45,960 --> 00:39:50,039
just told you. What are you
turning on the radio for? It is

544
00:39:50,119 --> 00:39:52,480
here? If it works, why
don't you tell the truth? She said

545
00:39:52,480 --> 00:39:53,679
you here to get rid of that
gun. She doesn't even know I came

546
00:39:53,760 --> 00:40:00,800
here. It was my own idea
radio works, fine, I wouldn't I

547
00:40:00,960 --> 00:40:05,559
hope it wouldn't. All right,
we're driving back to New York. Oh,

548
00:40:06,000 --> 00:40:08,880
am, I under arrest. I
don't know. I don't leave town.

549
00:40:09,039 --> 00:40:21,320
It would be a very foolish thing
to do. Oh, good morning,

550
00:40:21,360 --> 00:40:23,559
lieutenant, Good morning. You know
I have a terrific end to call

551
00:40:23,599 --> 00:40:27,280
you Laura. Why don't you forget
that lieutenant business and just called me Mark?

552
00:40:28,280 --> 00:40:31,599
Especially since I brought you all these
groceries breakfast. You didn't buy any

553
00:40:31,639 --> 00:40:36,760
food when you went out last night. So you know I can fix backing

554
00:40:36,800 --> 00:40:38,400
an X game. You make coffee
or I spoke to Besse. She'll be

555
00:40:38,440 --> 00:40:42,360
a little late, and I told
her you were alive. She'd done and

556
00:40:42,480 --> 00:40:45,360
passed out. Yes, she phoned. Might have been a little more delicate

557
00:40:45,400 --> 00:40:47,239
about it. I suppose you set
the table, but we'll have to wait

558
00:40:47,239 --> 00:40:51,679
a little while after coffee. I've
asked Paul Ladegger to stop buy Would you

559
00:40:51,719 --> 00:40:53,760
tell him about me that I'm alive. No, why not? It's proof

560
00:40:53,880 --> 00:40:58,400
I'm not doing it for last Why
did you break your promise last night?

561
00:40:58,719 --> 00:41:01,199
I have to go out because I'll
never be bound to do anything in message

562
00:41:01,199 --> 00:41:05,360
of my own free will. The
red friend girl was in love with Carpenter.

563
00:41:05,440 --> 00:41:07,960
You admitted that. I also told
you he wasn't in love with her.

564
00:41:08,360 --> 00:41:15,199
Oh, I don't know. Just
sit still in here. Hello,

565
00:41:15,320 --> 00:41:20,440
Lutana Laura. Oh, good morning
darling. Hello, dear, excuse me,

566
00:41:20,519 --> 00:41:22,519
lieutenant, I'd like to kiss my
fiance. Good morning. Oh so

567
00:41:22,639 --> 00:41:27,280
it's on again. How do I
have to get a police permit? So?

568
00:41:27,440 --> 00:41:30,800
Now, who come in lineck at
the doors? On lights and lidacker

569
00:41:30,039 --> 00:41:32,760
right on my heels. Well make
person? If you thought over the dal

570
00:41:32,840 --> 00:41:47,559
I suggested, what about the portrait? And why? Oh I'll be all

571
00:41:47,639 --> 00:41:52,360
right now, nor what not?
Na, don't try to talk now,

572
00:41:52,760 --> 00:41:55,199
come on, I'll take him into
the bedroom. Just be quiet, poor

573
00:41:58,039 --> 00:42:09,000
Yeah, how is he all right? He's lying down? This is going

574
00:42:09,079 --> 00:42:13,400
just a little too far, mcperson. Your methods are vicious. Must have

575
00:42:13,440 --> 00:42:16,119
been a terrible shock to him seeing
me. Don't tell me you're in love?

576
00:42:16,119 --> 00:42:19,480
Will light? They get too stop
talking that way to miss hunt.

577
00:42:19,599 --> 00:42:22,159
Laura, why do you cover up
a guy like cop under? What story

578
00:42:22,239 --> 00:42:24,159
did he tell you when you met
him last night? I'd answer him down,

579
00:42:24,199 --> 00:42:28,119
shut up, I gotn't enough when
you come to arrestue right now,

580
00:42:28,840 --> 00:42:32,599
break my fast in the handcuffs,
rundle him after the host guard. I

581
00:42:32,719 --> 00:42:37,079
hope you'll forget my weak touch of
vangeina my idea. It's an old family

582
00:42:37,239 --> 00:42:40,920
custom. Did I interrupt the pinch
mc ferson. I've changed my mind for

583
00:42:42,039 --> 00:42:45,199
the moment, and in that case, but I order some food and liquor.

584
00:42:45,199 --> 00:42:47,559
Lot of people are coming to celebrate
you. To turn this afternoon a

585
00:42:47,719 --> 00:42:53,239
cocktail party. I did in the
quiet of your boudoir. Just now I

586
00:42:53,400 --> 00:42:57,519
called my man and he's calling all
our deal friends. Why did you do

587
00:42:57,679 --> 00:43:00,440
that? Well, perhaps our friends
can weave all the loose ends into a

588
00:43:00,519 --> 00:43:04,920
loose a mc person, you shouldn't
have gone to all that trouble. It's

589
00:43:04,920 --> 00:43:07,840
a lie that ger. I'd already
called him. Well, Laura, I'm

590
00:43:07,840 --> 00:43:22,519
sorry about the breakfast another time,
maybe shall be shall be come here?

591
00:43:22,639 --> 00:43:25,639
What's a matter? Doling? Your
party is a huge success, she'll be

592
00:43:25,800 --> 00:43:29,880
tell me. I must know why
did you go to the country last night,

593
00:43:30,079 --> 00:43:32,920
Laura, Well, you don't know. I was afraid you wouldn't think

594
00:43:32,920 --> 00:43:37,360
of hiding that shotgun. Shotgun the
one I gave you. Darling, you

595
00:43:37,440 --> 00:43:42,360
don't have to lie to me.
What's going on here? Nothing at all?

596
00:43:42,440 --> 00:43:45,960
And because you don't know it,
that McPherson man hasn't taken his eyes

597
00:43:45,000 --> 00:43:49,679
off you. I know. Maybe
it would be better if I well mingled

598
00:43:49,719 --> 00:43:54,159
with our guests. Na McPherson suspects
him, Shelby, he suspects me too.

599
00:43:54,559 --> 00:43:59,639
Don't be absurd. You would never
have done anything like that, Darling.

600
00:44:00,320 --> 00:44:04,559
Yes, you was interested in Lieutenant
McPherson. Is he using you?

601
00:44:04,960 --> 00:44:07,519
And I only met him last night? Sometimes that's more than long enough.

602
00:44:08,440 --> 00:44:13,599
Anyway, He's better for you than
Shelby. Anybody is Shelby's better for me?

603
00:44:14,079 --> 00:44:16,280
Why? Because I can afford him. He's no good? But he's

604
00:44:16,280 --> 00:44:21,960
what I wait a minute, he's
coming, Mark a whole Mark is it.

605
00:44:22,800 --> 00:44:24,719
I'm sorry to break up your party, Laura, but you haven't.

606
00:44:24,760 --> 00:44:29,360
You've been a model guest so far. I'm not joking. Get on your

607
00:44:29,400 --> 00:44:37,000
things. I'm taking you to headquarter. I'm going to get a cell and

608
00:44:37,039 --> 00:44:40,679
a denim dress is your office if
they try to out that Denham dress.

609
00:44:42,079 --> 00:44:44,199
I want to know what you Why
have you been holding out on me?

610
00:44:45,559 --> 00:44:47,519
You told me the radio what your
country place was broken? It was stop

611
00:44:47,599 --> 00:44:50,840
last night. I stopped in a
village on my way back. I asked

612
00:44:50,840 --> 00:44:52,440
the local handyman to fix it.
And how did he get in with the

613
00:44:52,519 --> 00:44:54,800
key? The key I always leave
under the flower part on the porch.

614
00:44:54,960 --> 00:44:59,400
All right, I'll accept that.
Why because you're too intelligent to make up

615
00:44:59,400 --> 00:45:01,079
a story I could check so easily. The main thing I want to know

616
00:45:01,239 --> 00:45:05,360
is why you pull that switch about
Shelby Compenter. You told me last night

617
00:45:05,400 --> 00:45:07,000
you decided not to marry him,
but today it was on again. Why

618
00:45:07,519 --> 00:45:10,519
I changed my mind? What went
on between you and Compenter when you met

619
00:45:10,599 --> 00:45:15,920
him last night? Or should I
guess he convinced you that if you broke

620
00:45:15,960 --> 00:45:20,079
your engagement now people would think you
believed that he killed Diana Redward. Yes,

621
00:45:20,679 --> 00:45:22,679
now I know the real reason why
you wanted to stay engaged. He

622
00:45:22,840 --> 00:45:28,519
thinks I did so you Are you
in love with him? No? I

623
00:45:28,719 --> 00:45:31,199
don't know how I could have been
come on, La, you're going home,

624
00:45:31,800 --> 00:45:35,000
but I thought I was. That's
what I wanted you to think you

625
00:45:35,119 --> 00:45:37,559
and a few other people I didn't
even book you know all this was just

626
00:45:37,679 --> 00:45:40,000
some sort of a game. I
was ninety nine percent certain about you,

627
00:45:40,079 --> 00:45:44,480
but I just had to make sure
that one percent out. Wasn't there an

628
00:45:44,480 --> 00:45:47,400
easy way to make sure you're you're
smiling? You're not? So, Yeah,

629
00:45:47,519 --> 00:45:51,639
Mark, I'm not still go back
to your body. If there's anything

630
00:45:51,719 --> 00:45:54,239
left of it, I'm going to
Lagas apartment. I'll got by it later

631
00:45:54,320 --> 00:46:07,639
on. I'm glad they've all gone. Laura, it's been a long time

632
00:46:07,719 --> 00:46:12,840
since we've been together. But Darling, what's the matter nothing? You're worried.

633
00:46:13,960 --> 00:46:16,159
Yes, McPherson, he's using you
for something. I don't think so,

634
00:46:16,360 --> 00:46:20,119
I don't deny he's infatuated with you
in some opped fashion, but he's

635
00:46:20,159 --> 00:46:23,360
in't capable of any Norman human relationship. He's been dealing too wrong with criminals.

636
00:46:24,400 --> 00:46:28,239
When you would attain them unattainable,
and he thought you were dead,

637
00:46:28,320 --> 00:46:30,920
That's when he wanted your most fell
in love with your portrait. He was

638
00:46:30,920 --> 00:46:32,760
glad when I came back because if
you were waiting for me, you know,

639
00:46:32,920 --> 00:46:37,400
he calls women dames. A dame
in Washington Heights one's got a frox

640
00:46:37,480 --> 00:46:40,719
for a coat out of it as
his very word. That doesn't mean anything,

641
00:46:40,800 --> 00:46:45,039
for he isn't like Laura, my
dear, you have one glaring weakness

642
00:46:45,519 --> 00:46:49,559
with you. A lean, strong
body is always the measure of a man,

643
00:46:49,960 --> 00:46:52,960
and you always get hurt. No
man is ever going to hurt me

644
00:46:52,039 --> 00:46:59,400
again. No, not even you. I hurt you, Laura, Look

645
00:46:59,400 --> 00:47:02,360
at me. You're a long time
finding out about Shelby. But that's all

646
00:47:02,400 --> 00:47:07,199
over. Now we'll be together again. Did you are just open up?

647
00:47:09,159 --> 00:47:15,519
Haven't you heard of science's latest triumph
the doorbell? I'm glad you're here.

648
00:47:15,599 --> 00:47:17,440
Lie that here. I've just been
to your apartment. Do you mind if

649
00:47:17,480 --> 00:47:22,199
I should search your pockets? I
found a shotgun. Oh but I wasted

650
00:47:22,280 --> 00:47:23,880
my time. It wasn't a gun
that killed Diana. Redmund. First he

651
00:47:23,920 --> 00:47:27,280
tell you he thinks you're innocent,
and then he proceeds to check up on

652
00:47:27,400 --> 00:47:30,159
you. I never said you're innocent
me. I'm talking about Lauda, my

653
00:47:30,239 --> 00:47:31,480
dear. This isn't tire and nook
could be a trick to throw you off.

654
00:47:31,519 --> 00:47:35,599
God, it could be, but
it isn't. I know. I

655
00:47:35,719 --> 00:47:38,639
believe in Mark, so I'm beginning
to get annoyed. Laura, it's the

656
00:47:38,719 --> 00:47:43,679
same obvious pattern. If McPherson weren't
full of muscles and good looks in a

657
00:47:43,880 --> 00:47:46,559
cheap sort of way, you'd see
through him in a second. Oh.

658
00:47:46,840 --> 00:47:50,800
I mean to be as kind about
this as I know how, But you're

659
00:47:50,800 --> 00:47:53,239
the one following the same obvious pattern. First that painter you thought was in

660
00:47:53,320 --> 00:47:55,400
love with me, then mis Shelby, and now I suppose Laura, what

661
00:47:55,440 --> 00:47:59,559
you're saying, and I don't think
we shouldee each other again. You're not

662
00:47:59,639 --> 00:48:01,400
yourself. Yes I am. For
the first time in ages. I know

663
00:48:01,519 --> 00:48:07,960
what I'm doing very well. I
hope you will never regret what promises to

664
00:48:08,000 --> 00:48:15,199
be a disgustingly earthly relationship. Oh, listen to my broadcast in ten minutes.

665
00:48:16,239 --> 00:48:22,519
I'm discussing the other great loves of
history. That was the most difficult

666
00:48:22,559 --> 00:48:25,920
thing I've had to do in my
whole life, and I still haven't found

667
00:48:25,960 --> 00:48:30,079
it. I haven't found it.
The gun that killed Diana Redmond. What

668
00:48:30,199 --> 00:48:34,639
are you Doing're gonna look at your
clock? He's got one just like it,

669
00:48:34,760 --> 00:48:37,960
hasn't it? Yes, but I
wasn't alone. Just now in lydeg

670
00:48:37,960 --> 00:48:42,039
As apartment, a guy named Sergeant
Crane came with me. Crane's old man

671
00:48:42,119 --> 00:48:45,079
as a clockmaker. And while I
wore myself out looking for a shotgun,

672
00:48:45,159 --> 00:48:47,480
all of a sudden did was drool
about lydag As clock. He said,

673
00:48:47,519 --> 00:48:51,639
probably there's not another one like it
in the world. Obviously he was wrong,

674
00:48:51,840 --> 00:48:53,360
and he showed me something about that
clock. A little feature with all

675
00:48:53,440 --> 00:48:58,800
clocks made by Kobet feasts underneath here. The other floor is a little spring.

676
00:48:59,440 --> 00:49:01,880
You push the spring and the whole
bottom compartment opens up to see like

677
00:49:02,000 --> 00:49:07,199
this. In the old days,
I guess people use the compartment for a

678
00:49:07,280 --> 00:49:10,800
kind of sake. Today they used
it for hiding other things, shotguns for

679
00:49:10,880 --> 00:49:15,840
instance. Yea, this is it, Laura. I'm sure of it.

680
00:49:15,159 --> 00:49:17,239
And it was put here by the
only man who knew about this clock,

681
00:49:17,280 --> 00:49:22,079
Paul Lydecker. When the red frond
girl opened the door, this whole way

682
00:49:22,199 --> 00:49:27,320
was dark. Lidecker saw a girl
assumed it was you. Fired. I

683
00:49:27,400 --> 00:49:29,360
figured if he couldn't have it for
himself, he was going to make sure

684
00:49:29,440 --> 00:49:31,599
no one else did. He heard
carpenters, so he hid behind the stairway

685
00:49:31,599 --> 00:49:35,280
outside in the corridor. Carpenter was
scared to day. He got out as

686
00:49:35,280 --> 00:49:37,639
fast as he could. Then Lydaca
slipped back in and tucked the gun away

687
00:49:37,639 --> 00:49:44,239
and the grandfather Clark. Since I
came back, I'm the one to play,

688
00:49:44,960 --> 00:49:47,480
not for anything I did, for
what I didn't do. I should

689
00:49:47,480 --> 00:49:52,039
have stopped seeing Paul long ago,
but I couldn't. I owed too much

690
00:49:52,119 --> 00:49:55,360
to him. I can understand all
that, but I can't understand why he

691
00:49:55,559 --> 00:49:59,599
tried so hard to protect Carpenter.
I was spreading you rest him. I

692
00:49:59,679 --> 00:50:01,719
knew he wasn't guilty, but I
knew Paul would do everything he could to

693
00:50:01,800 --> 00:50:05,360
incriminate him. It was his way
of getting rid of Shelby, just as

694
00:50:05,360 --> 00:50:07,800
he got rid of every other man
who might have meant something to me.

695
00:50:07,239 --> 00:50:10,920
For a charming, intelligent girl,
you've certainly surrounded yourself with a remarkable collection

696
00:50:10,960 --> 00:50:15,559
of the dopes. He look,
don't touch anything. I'm leaving the gun

697
00:50:15,639 --> 00:50:17,800
on the clock. I'll have it
picked up in the morning. You're going,

698
00:50:17,960 --> 00:50:22,400
yeah, I'm picking up like that
guy. I've got too, you

699
00:50:22,559 --> 00:50:27,599
know that. Try and get some
sleep with you. Maybe I can.

700
00:50:28,519 --> 00:50:30,679
I'll read a book, listen to
the radio. Will you call me later?

701
00:50:30,760 --> 00:50:36,000
Sure, Try and forget all this. It's just a bad dream.

702
00:50:37,119 --> 00:50:40,920
Good night all huh, good night, Mark, good night, and be

703
00:50:42,039 --> 00:50:58,719
careful please. And now, ladies
and gentlemen, with his final word for

704
00:50:58,800 --> 00:51:04,559
this evening, mister Paul Ldega,
as history has proved, love is eternal,

705
00:51:05,559 --> 00:51:09,599
the strongest motivation for men's actions throughout
centuries. Love is stronger than life.

706
00:51:09,639 --> 00:51:14,719
It reaches beyond the dark shadows of
death. May I remind you of

707
00:51:14,800 --> 00:51:20,280
some favorite lines of mine from Dawson's
poem. They are not long. The

708
00:51:20,440 --> 00:51:24,079
weeping and the laughter, and love
and desire and hate. I think they

709
00:51:24,119 --> 00:51:30,519
have no portion in us after we've
passed the gate. They are not long.

710
00:51:30,280 --> 00:51:37,960
The wine and roses out of a
misty dream. Our path emerges for

711
00:51:37,079 --> 00:51:44,800
a while, then it closes within
a dream. That's the way, Paul

712
00:51:44,880 --> 00:51:49,960
Niedecker by electrical transcription. This is
the There is a final irony to all

713
00:51:49,960 --> 00:51:52,679
of this. Laura. You know
how I despise melodrama and get here.

714
00:51:52,719 --> 00:51:58,480
I am a gun in my hand
about to kill you the best part of

715
00:51:58,559 --> 00:52:00,840
myself. That's what you are,
Laura. I think I'm going to leave

716
00:52:00,840 --> 00:52:02,719
you to the funker points of a
second rate police, but I think you're

717
00:52:02,760 --> 00:52:07,199
a dame. You'll find you point, young William. Don't you overestimate the

718
00:52:07,280 --> 00:52:10,400
man who thought I left a few
moments ago. No I did was waiting

719
00:52:10,480 --> 00:52:15,199
the hall, Laura, and then
I left myself in again with the key

720
00:52:15,280 --> 00:52:20,880
I've always had. I'm not going
to lose you, Laura. Don't blow

721
00:52:21,000 --> 00:52:25,760
Laura, leave, don't learn well. You'll find us together, Darling,

722
00:52:27,360 --> 00:52:30,639
as always we should have been,
as always we will be. Turn your

723
00:52:30,719 --> 00:52:37,679
face, Darling, please turn your
face. Sorry I had to do it.

724
00:52:37,880 --> 00:52:42,039
I've better let the bostion before he
bust down your door. Lara,

725
00:52:42,639 --> 00:52:45,840
it's sorry. Got into the window, Lieutenant from the fire escape. I'll

726
00:52:45,840 --> 00:52:49,599
call headquarters, I find detective,
and find detective. I am Laura,

727
00:52:51,039 --> 00:53:00,800
goodbye, goodbye, my love.
It's all right, Darling, it's all

728
00:53:00,880 --> 00:53:15,960
right. The bad dream is over. Our stars will effect for their curtain

729
00:53:15,039 --> 00:53:20,760
calls in a moment. The war
is far from over now there's no time

730
00:53:20,800 --> 00:53:25,559
to elact. Resident says army needs
eighteen thousand nurses. Congress discussities drafting women

731
00:53:25,719 --> 00:53:30,840
eighteen to fifty. This is the
crucial year of the war, and every

732
00:53:30,920 --> 00:53:34,199
woman, like every man, must
do her part. If you want to

733
00:53:34,239 --> 00:53:37,639
bring your son, your husband,
the boy down the street home, sooner.

734
00:53:37,159 --> 00:53:40,519
Do every single thing you can to
help Now. Even if you can't

735
00:53:40,519 --> 00:53:44,679
take a war job or be a
nurse, you can still help by saving

736
00:53:44,719 --> 00:53:49,039
every drop of used fat. You're
used kitchen fats make the medicines our nurse's

737
00:53:49,079 --> 00:53:52,280
need for our wounded men, and
the raw materials for synthetic rubber, life

738
00:53:52,360 --> 00:53:57,519
rats and airplane tires. The American
Fat Salvage Committee says fat salvage can no

739
00:53:57,639 --> 00:54:01,400
longer be regarded as a volunteer service. It is a serious wartime obligation that

740
00:54:01,599 --> 00:54:07,119
must not be neglected until every Chap
has driven back to Tokyo and the South

741
00:54:07,199 --> 00:54:12,559
Pacific Islands again become exporters of commercial
fats and oils. Yes, now the

742
00:54:12,679 --> 00:54:15,039
kitchens of America must help supply the
fats we used to get from lands the

743
00:54:15,119 --> 00:54:20,320
Japs still hold. Save the fat
from your broiler and frying pans, Skim

744
00:54:20,400 --> 00:54:23,280
it off the tops of soups and
stews and gravings, melt down table scraps,

745
00:54:23,280 --> 00:54:27,239
and sue it. Your butcher will
give you four cents and two red

746
00:54:27,320 --> 00:54:30,760
raction tokens for every pound you turn
in. Save every drop every day until

747
00:54:30,840 --> 00:54:36,039
Jay Day, the day the Japs
are licked. Now back to mister Barrymore

748
00:54:36,079 --> 00:54:40,559
and our stars. Well, now
that we've solved tonight's baffling crime for the

749
00:54:40,679 --> 00:54:46,000
help of Jane Tienny, Dana Andrews, Vincent Price and Otto Krueger, we

750
00:54:46,159 --> 00:54:51,719
invite our stars to the footlights where
the curtain calls. And I might add

751
00:54:51,840 --> 00:54:55,159
that for Dana, this is the
first appearance on our stage. Face to

752
00:54:55,199 --> 00:55:01,199
knat too, mister PAMLOA for you
too, Jean, where with Van Johnson

753
00:55:01,360 --> 00:55:06,960
here on a tenth anniversary show?
Lux Radio Theaters had a pretty good season

754
00:55:07,039 --> 00:55:09,400
for new stag. I hear you're
making a picture with Van Johnson, mister

755
00:55:09,440 --> 00:55:17,320
Barmont. Yeah, that's right,
between two women at mental roller Mayor.

756
00:55:19,039 --> 00:55:22,960
But I'll turn you a secret about
dinner. He's going romantic on us in

757
00:55:23,119 --> 00:55:27,559
his next picture. What pictures that, Dana? It's a Technicolor Vincent for

758
00:55:27,639 --> 00:55:30,519
twentieth century Fox State Fair. Who's
in it with you? Well, the

759
00:55:30,599 --> 00:55:37,360
largest group in the cast is fifty
four prize Hampshire Hogs. Let me get

760
00:55:37,400 --> 00:55:42,840
this straight, Dana. You're playing
a romantic role and you know one of

761
00:55:42,880 --> 00:55:46,079
those pigs ways eight hundred and eighty
pounds. Undoubtedly the biggest ham on the

762
00:55:46,119 --> 00:55:51,760
picture. I can see now why
there's a bacon shot that Joel the Hoggs

763
00:55:51,920 --> 00:55:54,800
going to pictures. Well, Dama, you said, those hogs a good

764
00:55:54,840 --> 00:55:59,880
example in acting, and we look
forward to producing State Fair in this theater

765
00:56:00,159 --> 00:56:02,199
someday. What are you going to
have on Lux for next week, mister

766
00:56:02,280 --> 00:56:08,079
Barnmore, Next Monday night, we
have from Paramount Studios a play and stars

767
00:56:08,239 --> 00:56:16,480
at hundreds of our listeners of requesting
the Whom the Bell Told with Katina pasimir

768
00:56:17,000 --> 00:56:24,280
A, Keen Tamira, Mikhail Razumi, I'm Gary Cooper and Ingrid Bergman.

769
00:56:30,039 --> 00:56:34,519
I can guess by the reaction in
our studio audience that it's the play you've

770
00:56:34,559 --> 00:56:38,000
all been looking forward to, and
I don't wonder. Based on the novel

771
00:56:38,119 --> 00:56:42,920
by Ernest Hemingway, it's one of
the great motion pictures of our time,

772
00:56:43,639 --> 00:56:47,519
with five great stars in their original
screen roles. Sounds like a wonderful evening,

773
00:56:47,559 --> 00:56:51,480
mister Barnmore, good night, good
night, right, good night,

774
00:56:51,599 --> 00:57:02,880
good night. I hope our sponsors, the makers of Lux thanks, join

775
00:57:04,000 --> 00:57:07,320
me in inviting you to be with
us again next Monday night, when the

776
00:57:07,400 --> 00:57:13,800
Lux Radio Theater presents Ingrid Bergman,
Gary Cooper, Katina paxing you a Keen

777
00:57:13,920 --> 00:57:27,480
Tamira and Mikhael Razumi in for Whom
the Bell Told. Laura was presented through

778
00:57:27,480 --> 00:57:31,039
the courtesy of twentieth Century Fox producers
of A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. Mister

779
00:57:31,119 --> 00:57:34,840
Barrymore can be heard on his own
program, The Mayor of the Town,

780
00:57:35,280 --> 00:57:38,360
every Saturday Night over the same network. Vincent Price is currently working on the

781
00:57:38,400 --> 00:57:44,039
twentieth Century Fox production Dragon Wick.
Otto Cooper will soon be seen in Samuel

782
00:57:44,079 --> 00:57:49,480
Goldwin's Technicolor picture wonder Man. Heard
in tonight's play were Lawis Corbett, Leo

783
00:57:49,599 --> 00:57:53,960
Cleary, Noreen Gamill, Dwaine Thompson, Charles Seal and Howard mcmair. Our

784
00:57:54,079 --> 00:57:59,280
music was directed by Lewis Silvers.
This program is broadcast to Our Fighting Forces

785
00:57:59,320 --> 00:58:04,639
overseas cooperation with the Armed Forces Radio
Service. Our Lux Radio Theater production of

786
00:58:04,760 --> 00:58:08,320
Laura, starring Dana Andrews, Jean
Tierney, Vincent Price and Otto Kruger,

787
00:58:08,679 --> 00:58:12,360
has come to you with the good
wishes of the makers of Lux Flakes,

788
00:58:12,840 --> 00:58:15,840
the tissue thin soap used by smart
housewives everywhere. This is your an answer,

789
00:58:15,880 --> 00:58:19,280
John M. Kennedy reminding you of
tune in again next Monday. Night

790
00:58:19,559 --> 00:58:22,400
to hear For Whom the Bell Tolls
with Kerry Cooper and Ingrid Bergman, Katina

791
00:58:22,440 --> 00:58:31,599
paxinu, Akim Tamirov and Mikhail Rassumni. There's less work in my cooking,

792
00:58:31,960 --> 00:58:36,920
no guesswork in my cooking. My
best work is my cooking. Since I

793
00:58:37,079 --> 00:58:42,280
have switched to Spry, let new
Easy makes Spry and Spry's amazing shortcut recipes

794
00:58:42,400 --> 00:58:45,840
help you serve more delicious meals with
far less work for lighter, better tasting

795
00:58:45,920 --> 00:58:52,159
cakes, tender, flaky pastry,
crispy degestable fried foods. Get sp r

796
00:58:52,400 --> 00:58:55,239
Y, Spry and be sure to
listen in next Monday Night to the Lux

797
00:58:55,360 --> 00:59:02,199
Radio Theater presentation of For Whom the
Bell Tolls with Gary, Katina Paksinum Tamirav

798
00:59:02,440 --> 00:59:09,559
and Niker Assume. This is CBS, the Columbia Broadcasting System. Welcome Back

799
00:59:09,679 --> 00:59:15,480
while a war classic, and I
think Otto Krueger does a good job in

800
00:59:15,599 --> 00:59:22,639
this as Lydiger, replacing Clifton Webb
who starred in the film version. Characters

801
00:59:22,679 --> 00:59:29,679
in this are are very well thought
out and really given quite a bit of

802
00:59:29,840 --> 00:59:36,280
dimension. The twist halfway into the
film really floored me the first time I

803
00:59:36,400 --> 00:59:42,599
saw it. I have to admit
that this was kind of an unforgettable twist,

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so I couldn't be taken in by
it, were surprised by it when

805
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I rewatched it prior to listening to
this episode. That's said, once you

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00:59:54,159 --> 01:00:00,679
get past the twist, you do
watch the film a little bit differently close

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that pointed to the actual solution.
And of course, the character of Lodaker

808
01:00:07,360 --> 01:00:12,599
really was at the center of this
even more than Laura, and I think

809
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that's the sort of thing he would
insist upon, and it kind of makes

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01:00:16,840 --> 01:00:25,519
Lodaker's whole bret to McPherson in the
middle seemed kind of ironic because while McPherson's

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behavior is, to put it mildly, a bit odd, Lodoker is the

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one who committed murder because he would
rather be the herald who pays tribute to

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01:00:40,000 --> 01:00:47,079
his own invented image of Laura Hunt
then who she actually is as a person.

814
01:00:47,679 --> 01:00:53,440
Everyone's flawed, Lodaker is the most
flawed, and under all that wit

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01:00:53,639 --> 01:01:02,000
and sophistication and refinement is a very
stop guy. And it's also interesting to

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01:01:02,199 --> 01:01:08,719
have Vincent Price in this sort of
role. This is before he became best

817
01:01:08,840 --> 01:01:15,039
known for his horror and heavy roles, and Laura was one of his big

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01:01:15,199 --> 01:01:21,519
breakthroughs in Hollywood. But overall,
a really fascinating film and a good radio

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adaptation. And I'm certain that,
just as we've done with things like Deadline

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01:01:28,000 --> 01:01:35,000
at Dawn and the thirty nine Stabs, will end up listening to other versions

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01:01:35,559 --> 01:01:39,760
of this story as well. But
this was the most promising and brought back

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01:01:40,199 --> 01:01:45,079
more of the original cast than any
of the other versions, so I hope

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01:01:45,079 --> 01:01:50,320
you enjoyed it. Now it's time
to thank our Patreon supporter of the day.

824
01:01:50,599 --> 01:01:55,440
Thank you to Ken, Patreon supporter
since January of twenty twenty, currently

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01:01:55,480 --> 01:02:00,280
supporting the show at the Shamus level
of four dollars or more promo month.

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Thank you so much for your support, Ken, and that will do it

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01:02:04,400 --> 01:02:07,440
for today. A reminder to make
sure that you never miss an episode,

828
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I encourage you to follow the podcast
using your favorite podcast software. Join us

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01:02:13,920 --> 01:02:21,320
back here tomorrow for an episode of
Sam Spade where interruptions nothing but interruptions.

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If I ever finished this picture,
it will be a miracle. Even if

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I live to finicion. Just look
what I'm forced to use for models.

832
01:02:28,119 --> 01:02:31,360
Wax dummy. That one is a
good likeness. Thank girl. Where is

833
01:02:31,400 --> 01:02:35,320
he? I can never find it? An I want to always out chasing

834
01:02:35,360 --> 01:02:38,639
birds somewhere and the dark skinned fellow
just disappeared. Had to copy him from

835
01:02:38,639 --> 01:02:43,320
memory. He looks familiarmous the battle. Who is he? I never asked

836
01:02:43,400 --> 01:02:45,480
him, just came wandering out of
the woods one day, soliciting our jobs,

837
01:02:45,480 --> 01:02:49,920
And there he was exactly what I
needed for the figure of the seak

838
01:02:49,960 --> 01:02:52,360
soldier in my painting six Solgy.
I mean he wasn't well, No,

839
01:02:52,679 --> 01:02:59,280
mister spade, seat man, seek
as I cage as an Indian. Oh,

840
01:03:00,119 --> 01:03:01,840
I can see you're interested in my
work. Have a good look at

841
01:03:01,880 --> 01:03:06,280
it. See here the figure of
the dancing girl against the sweep of the

842
01:03:06,360 --> 01:03:09,519
desert in the setting sun. The
weary soldier tries to submerge the horrors of

843
01:03:09,559 --> 01:03:15,360
battle, I mean, in the
contemplation of feminine beauty. But the sun's

844
01:03:15,440 --> 01:03:20,039
rays refracted in that crystal, focus
themselves upon the weapon in his hand,

845
01:03:20,400 --> 01:03:22,039
and he has reminded that he was
to revel while he can, for as

846
01:03:22,079 --> 01:03:27,639
surely as the sun rises on the
borrow, he must answer the arms.

847
01:03:28,320 --> 01:03:32,000
Great conception, isn't it he my
son's idea? Yes, I hope you'll

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01:03:32,000 --> 01:03:36,519
be with us then. In the
meantime, do send your comments to Box

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01:03:36,639 --> 01:03:42,000
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01:03:42,039 --> 01:03:45,159
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01:03:45,159 --> 01:03:51,639
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