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sure you never miss an episode. Well, and celebrate ration of our four
thousandth episode, We're bringing you an episode of a Lucks Radio Theater. The
original airdate February fifth, nineteen forty five and the title is Laura Lux Presents
Hollywood. The Lux Radio Theater brings you Laura, starring Dana Andrews, gene
Kearney, Vincent Price, and Otto Krueger. Ladies and Gentlemen, your guest
producer, mister Lionel Verrymore good evening, Ladies and gentlemen. Now, if
there is one form of entertainment we Americans are singularly partial to, it's the
mystery or detective story, popularly known as Who've Done It. One out of
every four new works of fiction published in this country is a mystery or detective
story. Some three hundred new books of this sort appear each year. Needless
to say, you couldn't read all of em if you try it. But
tonight we're bringing you one of the most intriguing mysteries of recent years, the
current twentieth Century Fox hit Laura. Our stars are Gene Tierney, who is
just completing a bell for Adano at twentieth Century Fox, Dana Andrews, and
Vincent Price, all three in their original screen roles, also the ever versatile
Otto Frugal. Now. I think one of the reasons mystery stories are so
popular, especially in couple times like these, is that they satisfy our sense
of order. They take a troublesome and seemingly hopeless situation and they put everything
to rise simply by the use of human intelligence and sensible methods. Of course,
you could say the same about lots of things, lucks Flakes, for
instance. They take those troublesome problems of how to wash find fabric safely so
they'll wear longer and look better, and they give a quick and very satisfactory
solution, especially in these difficult times. Well, it's important to take care
of what we have. It's little wonder lucks flakes are so popular. Well,
now it's curtain time, and here's Act one of Laura, starring Dana
Andrews as Mark McPherson, Gene Tenney as Laura, Vincent Price as Shelby Carpenter,
and Otto Kruger as Paul Lidiker. Most people who read the newspaper or
listen to the radio know the name Paul Lidika. Mister Lydika is a legendary
oracle of bobbed wire and forget me not, who's in chanted pen an acid
tongue have brought fame to hundreds and oblivion to just as many. His New
York apartment is a combination art gallery and Roman back and now immersed in one
of his marble pools. Mister Lydaka has a visitor, Detective Lieutenant Mark,
the person of the Hormicide Bureau. Careful when you let's stuff is priceless,
Oh, mister lideca quite an art collection, and there those pieces you are
pawing of, what are irreplaceable? Nice little place you have, it's lavish.
I call it home. You'll hear about the murder abroad a hunt.
I made my statement yesterday to Sergeant Detective crane. I told him what I
know. Now suppose you tell me what you know? Right hand me that
washcloth? Mister person, How good a detective are you? I picked up
a few facts. Our hunt was killed the night before last bell rangs.
He opened the door and someone pulled the trigger of a shotgun. Wasn't nice
arrange? If you found the shotgun? What else? I thought? Comes
to me, mister Leidecker, who's questioning? Who? May I remind you
that you're a guest in my home? Yeah? That's right? What else?
Huh? Well? Miss Hunter is a very good looking girl, probably
about twenty five, lived in a swell apartment, had a maid named Bessie?
And where did she get the wherewithal to support such a monarch bullet company?
Advertising agency? Had a good job art director or something not or something.
She has a lady cousin in town and a couple of boyfriends, one
named Shelby Carpenter and the other is all Lidecker. Today is Sunday. Why
haven't you tried to see me? Because it's a peculiar case, and I
wanted to think if you will wait, I'll go with you when you leave.
Why murders my favorite crime? My radio audience loves it. I know
you'll visit all your suspects, and i'd like to study the reaction they're on
the list. Yourself, you know, be insulted if I weren't. Were
you in love with Laura Hunt, mister Lydecker, Was she in love with
you? Laura considered me the wisest, the wittiest, the most interesting man
she ever met. I was in complete accord with her on that point.
Now, if you'll excuse me, I'll get dressed. Or where shall we
be stopping? First? Lieutenant, I'd like to see Laura Hunt's cousin,
Missus Anne Treadwell. Yeah, of course, I'd like to ask a few
questions, Missus Treadwell. I do anything I can to help. Oh,
good morning, Paul, Good morning. Huh you were fonder of your cousin,
Missus Treadwell. I adored Laura, Paul can tell you, I can
tell you considerable. Did you approve of miss Hunt's coming marriage to mister Carpenter?
Why shouldn't I approve? I don't know. Just what does Shelby Carpenter
mean to you? Missus Treadwell? To me, well, he comes here
regularly, your friend acquaintance or are you in love with him? This is
beginning to assume fabulous aspect. What are you driving at the truth? Are
you in love with him? Why? No, I'm very fond of Shelby.
Of course everybody is. I despise him. You've been withdrawing a lot
of cash from your bank, missus Tredwell, fifteen hundred at the clip seventeen
hundred. I needed that money. The day you took out fifteen hundred,
Carpenter deposited thirteen hundred and fifty. When you withdrew seventeen, he deposited fifteen.
Shooting crabs and oh she must die be insulid like this. Shelby needed
some money. I lent it to him. I suppose I could do with
it as I please? Sure? Sure? On Friday night you were home
alone. Why didn't you go to the concert with mister Carpenter? I didn't
go because he didn't ask me. Well, hello, oh, just talking
about you, Carpenter. What a coincidence to find you here? This is
lieutenaner person. Yes we've met. I didn't know you were here. I've
been lying down. My hotel room is so hot. And then all the
reporters in the telephone. You know how it is, Lieutenant. I've hardly
slept her winks since it happened. Is that a sign of guilt or innocence?
First, I'm as eager to find the murderer as you are. Lieutenant,
and I were going to be married this week. You know. Now
he doesn't know, and neither do I am a you, nor anyone else.
Oh, Laura had not definitely made up a mind of Mariam. She
told me to herself she was going to the country to think it over.
Laura was extremely kind, but she'd never have thrown her life away on a
male beauty in distress. I suppose you've heard loser's wine before a lutin.
Yesterday you said you went to that con said Friday night at the Carpenter.
What did they play? Or some Brahms and Beethoven's Neck or this place?
Miss untetan a country. Have you got a key to it? No,
but I think there's one in her apartment. I'll have a look and perhaps
I could help you. Okay, come along, you can start looking for
that key now, miss Carpenter. Oh, yes, yes, I'll try
to day. Excuse that's the dame's portrait on them all, isn't it?
Will you stop calling Laura a dame? Look at the furnishing. Would you
call this the home of a dame? Look at a portrait? I am
not bad. It was painted by Joseph Carter. He was in love with
her. Then, have you ever been in love with person? Darlin Washington
Heights once got a fox fur out of me. Have you ever known a
woman who wasn't a doll or a dame? Yeah? One, but she
kept walking me past the furniture stores? Where are you going? Onnograph?
Is a record on here? Selections from Bitters Sweet, one of Laura's favorites.
Not exactly classical, but very nice. You know a lot about music.
I don't know a lot about anything, but I know a little about
practically everything. Then why did you say they played Brahms and Beethoven at that
concert? They played nothing but Sabellius did they well? To be perfectly honest,
I fell asleep and I didn't hear a note. I know it sounds
funny, but I'm just a natural born suspect. You see, I'm not
the conventional type. Don't worry. I fall asleep with concerts myself. Find
that key no, maybe it's in here in her desk. Yes, yes
it is. I knew there must be one round somewhere. It's funny the
police looked on that desk row yesterday. The drawer was empty. You had
the key right along, didn't you comp it? Yes? I didn't want
to give it to you while Laddak it was present. I have private reasons
that don't concern him. You have private reasons, no doubt, to lie
about that key. All. I'm warning you to stop him playing I had
anything to do with Laura's death. Very well, I'll stop implying. I'll
make a direct statement. You asked for this point. Get out the two
of you. Okay. We came here to find a key, and I've
got the key. Now let's get out there. Nothing more you want from
me, I'll run along You having lunch, Lieutenant, So there's a rather
a superior restaurant nearby. Okay? Quiet a little placement to Ladak. Yeah,
what's the matter. You wouldn't call me a sentimental person, would you,
Lieutenant? Well, dozens of times we sat here this very table lot
and I how long did you know it? Nearly five years? I was
just thinking we're here we're eating lunch. And it was at lunch that I
first met Laura Gonequin Hotel. I was alone. I looked up and I
found a standing in front of me. You had a layoff. I am
part I'm Laura hunt Well. I'd like to talk something over with you from
me, I am eating my lunch. Yes, but it's practically impossible to
get to see you, and i'd you're from some incredibly remote community to a
good manners are unknown, or you suffer from a common delusion that being a
female exempts you from all the rules of civilized conduct. Possibly, but I
wanted to show this to you. It's an ad for the fallest flow right
pen. You are such a famous writer and commentator. It would be tremendously
helpful if you'd endorse what we say about the flow right pen. I don't
use a pen. I write with a goose quill dipped in poison. You
may tell your employers, well, they don't know anything about this. It
was all my idea. They'd give anything to get your endorsement, and if
I were the person getting it for you, disregard completely as something far more
important to me than your career. My food. You mean don't you.
But of course I never heard of anything so selfish. In my case,
self absorption is completely justified. I have never discovered any subject quite so worthy
of my attention. What in your column on the radio, the things you
say, You're filled with such understanding, such sentiments, Miss Hunt, you
are beginning to bore me. You're a poor man's delight. I feel very
sorryful I've heard about two hours later kept that food. You know. I
went to her because I couldn't stop thinking about her. I was more than
slightly annoyed. But she had something, that girl, something far deeper than
good looks. I went to bulletin company proceeded to do something I have carefully
avoided since the age of two. I apologize. It was very nice of
you to go to all this trouble in a moment, Miss Hunt, for
reasons which are too embarrassing to mention. I'd like to endorse the Wallace floor.
I pen have you an ad. You're a very strange man. Now.
I'm sure you're sorry for the way you acting. Let's not get psychiatric,
but in a word, yes, and you are a very kind Chris.
No, I'm vicious. The real secret of all my charm. But
if you think me kind, I'll call for you here at six we have
dinner together. I can't make it any later. Will you be ready?
Be ready? Thanks. I started then to help Laura. I did everything
in the world for her. I am a man reputedly of overwhelming ego,
but this I admit without reserve. It was Laura's own talent, her own
incredible charm, that enabled her to rise to the top of her profession.
Through me. Laura met everyone famous, the infamacy, and deferring always to
my taste and judgment, she kept to them all. She became as well
known as my walking stick in White Carnations, and like them, she was
always with me when does Carpenter entered the picture. But men couldn't keep away
from Lauda. But she never regarded them seriously. But me, her own
discrimination ruled them out, and I never had to intercede. She met the
Carpenter one night at the party at Anne Treadwell. She became attracted to him
instantly, and I was shocked. The fellow completely without talent, with as
much depth of character as a saucer of stale Gin. Shortly before I took
a lot of home I overheard her talking with corpenter on the till. So
I spent my time doing what I've always done. Nothing. Then tell me
what does it feel like living on the income from an estate? Oh?
I once knew what it felt like, but the sheriff interfered with that over
ten years ago. And why don't you work for a living? Oh?
I did ask a friend for a job once, so all he did was
laugh. He thought I was joking. When he saw I was sincere,
he just got embarrassed. He said he'd phoned me that was months ago.
Do you really want a job? Yes? I do. Then you've got
one. What now you think I'm joking? Well I'm not. You just
be at bulletin Company tomorrow morning. You're going to work with the one time
they got engaged, they became attached to each other very quickly. I concealed
by annoyance with masterly self control. But there was a situation, however ridiculous,
that required my attention. As you will see, it was for Laura's
own good. Well, I've followed them one night to this very restaurant.
They have been working late on some hyprotog True, Laura really make people brush
their teeth more often the idea is wonderful, Shelby, you sw the layouts.
By the way, who's the model you use? You don't remember where
you hired it yourself? Diana red first, Oh, Laura, you look
wonderful. That's a quick switch of something. Oh I like this one much
better than toothpaste. Could you have dinner with me tomorrow night, just like
this? Maybe? And what about the night after that, Shelby, I
can't. What about three weeks from tonight and all the night in between.
Don't you think I have any other India? What about two months from now
and the month after that? And what about next year? Then it's all
settled. What about breakfast? What about lunch? Beautiful lunches day after day?
What about beautiful words? They mishunt the way you talk, You'd think
I was in love with you dialogue? Wasn't it a tenancy person? They
knowing you were listening, they might have snapped it up a bit. Laura
knew that I had overheard them, because I told hers so the following evening.
By then I had some other information. I don't care what you found
out about Shelby. It's the snooping about Paul. It's the great, of
course, But I thought you'd want to know that sterling character almost went to
jail last year for passing Robert chicks, and after that in Virginia he was
expected of stealing his hostess as jewelry. Those are only insinuations. I know
it's false. A man can change, can Lord of I Haven's sake?
Open your eyes? So Copnor has changed? Yes, he's changed, from
you to do Diana Redfern running around with her now a model from your own
office? Oh? How can you be so desperate? You know what you
mean me? How can you try so deliberately to hurt me? Hurt you?
For Shelby and I are going to be married next week. Ah,
you gave him a cigarette case on his birthday, didn't show a valuable case.
Where did you get it from the pawn shop where Diana Redfern took it
after he gave it to him. I don't believe it. He probably needed
money and was too proud to borrow. Perhaps that's why this pawn ticket is
in her name. How want that this go any further? I'm going to
telephone. You won't find images hotels tonight, cartenters deserted Both you and miss
Redfern. He's dining with a young and wealthy widow someone you know, your
cousin. He's been treating her rather badly these days. Really, my dear,
you don't think that Anne would give him away to Oh it's nasty,
I know it, but I must make you realize. Now, suppose we
visit cousin Anne. He would be there. I know he won't. Oh,
good evening, miss Laura. Good evening, mister Ladaka. Hello magain.
Oh I'm terribly sorry, but missus Treadwell isn't at home. Satisfied Paul,
Well, I suppose we just wait for her. Oh please, mister
Laura, come in, Laura, Laura, dear, and Paul. We
were just heaving dinner. Yes, Laura, I didn't expect to see you
tonight. You are, Laura in a moment of supreme disaster. He's tripped.
I was just telling an about our getting married. Well, sit down
on YouTube. Oh no, oh thanks. I just stop by to give
you this. It's aigarette case. You must have misplaced it somewhere, Laura,
not wait a minute? Night, good night, then good night,
Shelby. Was this episode of the cigarette case, mister Ladaker. Last Wednesday
night. On Friday, Laura had lunch with a red fen girl. I
wish I had been there, and as I said in my statement, Laura
and I would have had dinner that night. At seven o'clock, my phone
rang I had a sudden sensation of depression before bolding up. Hello, Paul,
I'm frightfully sorry, but I just can't meet you. Well, there's
nothing wrong on it. I mean you're not ill. Oh no, no,
I've just decided to go to the country for a few days. Well
in this storm. Well it's pouring good glass, Paul. It will do
me a lot of good to be alone. Oh you're thinking about Carpenter.
Of course, Please, I simply must have time to pick this out for
myself. Why don't give me back to you. I don't know a call
before I leave. Maybe you could meet me. Well, of course I
will, thank you, Paul, good Bye, Goodbye, my dear.
That was the last time I ever heard her voice. This, this red
phone girl. Where does she live in Newark? She's in the phone book.
I will never forgive myself for allowing Laura to become involved with Carpenter.
That was my fault. I should have stopped it. Long ago somehow,
and she's dead. Now it's too late even to think about it. Well,
yeah, too late even to think about it. Oh, good bye,
Lieutenant. Our saws will return with that too, of Laura in a
moment. Now here's what a young girl said to me the other day,
Mister Kennedy, why do you always talk as if only housewives wash dishes.
Now I'm work in an office from nine to five thirty, but I'm a
KP at home wash dishes every night for five of us. Oh, mother
cooks the dinner, but I clean up afterwards, so she has a chance
to talk with Dad and catch up on mending for the kids. And I
know a lot of other business girls who do dishes too. So I asked
her if she knew what dishpan hands were. You bet I do. For
a while, Mother brought home any old kind of soap, strong chips,
granules, bars. Well, sometimes my hands were so red I wanted to
wear it when I took dictation. So that's why the dishpan tests you talk
about interested me. Now you say changing to lux takes dishpan hands away,
And you're right. One day Mother brought some lux flakes home and in just
a few days, my hands look nicer. Soon they were soft and smooth
as you please. Then I said, maybe you're too young to worry about
being fifty. But that's another advantage with Lux. It goes a long way.
Ounce per ounce does up to twice as many dishes we've found as other
leading soaps tested. Then she said, well, I can believe that too.
Some of the soaps I used to use didn't dissolve completely and made little
gooey lumps in the dishpan. But with Lux I get such quick an abundant
SuDS. It dissolves so quickly. So I've told mother to keep on getting
lucks if she wants me to keep on washing dishes. And now mister Barrymore
returns to the microphone. Actual Laura starring Jean Tinny is Laura, Dana Andrews
is Mark mcphershon Vincent Prices showby Coppenter and Otto Krueger as lighted. It's an
hour later. In front of Laura Hunt's apartment, Lieutenant Detective Mark McPherson picks
up Sergeant Praying. Together they make another thorough search of the girl's rules.
Two things interest McPherson A pile of Laura's letters and a bottle of scotch whiskey.
If you're a thirsty, lieutenant, I think you can do better than
that. There, I'm not thirsty. When did you say that? Maide?
Will do here any minute? Now, say where's mcavity in the basement.
I've had the telephone tapped. He's sitting on it. Who's going to
use the phone besides us? Nobody I know of? Still a good idea.
I'm making a call now myself. Put down on the basement and relieve
mac. I'll wait here for the maid. Coppenter's coming too. Okay,
hello, Ascarnis's lieutenant McPherson Homicide Bureau. Laura Hunt's been buying liquor from you,
hasn't she? Yeah? Did you ever buy a brand of scotch called
Black Pony? Are you sure of that? Okay? Thanks? Oh,
come on en, miss Clary. Never mind that miss Clary stuff my name,
Bessie. Have a chair. It seems to me those letters, those
letters belong to her. You've been reading their private letters. I said,
sit down, cops. I was brought up to spit whenever I saw one.
Okay, go ahead and spit it. That'll make you feel any better?
What do you want to find out? Who killed Laura Hunt? How
would I know you think I had done it? To ask anyone, anyone
who ever came here, why I'd have worked for, scrubbed for, or
done anything she would have wanted of me? Pay her, no, pay
her loyal Bessie wasn't only on account of the wonderful thing she'd done for me.
It was because she was so wonderful herself. Miss Hunt was a real
lady. Something cops wouldn't know about. How this bottle get into her cabinet?
I put it there. It's cheap scotch, Bessie, Laura Hunt wouldn't
buy a cheap scotch. I found it on a kitchen shelf Saturday morning.
You know what that means. It's somebody brought it here Friday night, and
that somebody was here with it Friday night. Now, who was it?
I don't know. I didn't want anybody to get any wrong idea bo her,
God rest her soul. That's why I put the bottle in the liquor
cabinet. I done more than that. There were two glasses. I washed
the mountain clean off the bottle too, destroying evidence. Bessie. I don't
care. I'll do anything to keep her name from being dragged through the mudd.
Relax, Bessie, I'd like some ice in the set up your mind.
I'll get it. A couple of highball glasses. I'm expecting somebody more
cops. Oh, Shelby Carpenter, and let him in, and then get
the glasses. Come in. I didn't expect you, missus. Fred Roll
Oh, you eat them as to light the care you'll be dropping you the
hair dressing later. I only sent for you, Carpenter, I know,
so I thought I might as well come along. Here's my excuse is equally
feeble. I just dropped in to inquire as the state of your health,
Lieutenant insipid. I chose, but I have a drink, Oh, Bessie.
Two more glasses, yes, sir, Hello Bessie. What are you
doing here? I'm paid up for the week. I'm working regardless. Scott
Slidecker, excellent. Will this do? It's black pony, I'm a guest
here. It'll have to do. Here's the ice from the glasses. You
can skip mine, Lieutenant. I'm not much of a daytime drink at all.
It'll be all the better. You can go home now, But I
yes, sir, I'll go, thank you. I remember when Laura brought
these glasses. She loved him, she loved all her things. So what
are you gonna do? Sell them? I suppose. So if I'm appointed
administrator, I'll probably call him Corey, Corey the art dealer. Yes,
he can dispose it everything. It'll be less gruesome that way, Not quite
everything, Anne. There are two or three things that belong to me that
base, for instance, the antiquechoire screen, and of course the clock.
That's quite a hunk of clock. You've got one just like it, haven't
you. I noticed it in your apartment. They were made two hundred years
ago by Corbet Feast, two clocks exactly the same, created at the order
of the Prince of Wales. I lent one to Laura. Oh really,
poor, yes really, But the vase is the gem of my collection and
I intend to have back. I can take it with me now. Nothing's
leaving here, Lidak only you Is that your point way of indicating dismissal Well,
we're all leaving. I've got to get back to headquarters. So but
I don't understand, Lieutenant. I thought you sent for me. I did
well, don't you want to ask me any questions? Nothing pressing? Oh
right, see well I've bid you goodbye. He vos missus elidec put it
down. Oh good coin. There's a slight touch of pleptomania. N yeah,
back pressing. I'm back upstairs in our apartment. How are you doing
on the basement any course? Come in this afternoon. I've just been looking
to place over. I've only done it forty times. Anything interesting, everything's
interesting, especially that portrait, really beautiful dollar that Yeah, I've read her.
Let us smell the perfume, drank a scotch, gone to her wardrobe.
Wait a minute, yeah, someone in the hall. Look at seven
o'clock Orford will be along to relieve you. Make sure Offered keeps his ear
on that phone. Where is it? Yes, coming, Liedeker. You
just happened to be passing by and I noticed the lights on. By the
way, have you sub let this apartment? Mick person? You're here often
enough to pay your rent? Any objection? Yes, especially through your prying
into Laura's letters that bundle in your pocket. For instance. Now there they
are, yours, the best of the bunch. That's the trouble with getting
murdered. It ruins your privacy, and have detectives who buy portraits of murdered
victims acclaimed to privacy. Lancaster Colly tells me you already put in a bid
for Laura's portrait. That's none of your business, nickperson. Did it ever
strike you that you're acting very strangely? So wonder that you don't come here
with roses in the box of drug store candy if you've been dreaming of Laura
as your wife, by your side at the policeman's ball or in the bleachers,
or listening to the heroic saga of how you acquired a silver shin bone
and a gun battle with a gangster. Yeah, I say you have.
Why don't you go home? I'm busy. Perhaps we can come to terms
now. You want her portrait perfectly understandable. I want my positions, my
VARs, my clock, my fire screen. Now, if you're going,
you better watch out, lieutenant. You'll end up in the psychiatric ward.
I don't think they've ever had a patient who fell in love with a beautiful
girl who died before he met her, or did you meet her? Well?
Good night, first roses and a box of drugstar candy. Have you've
been dreaming of Laura as your wife? I can say you have You've been
a one chat? You'll wind him in the psychiatric ward. I don't think
what's the matter with me? Maybe you can tell me, you girl,
I'm at portrait there, the beautiful, the most beautiful thing I've ever seen.
Somebody cut you? Why why I could sit here and look at you
all night, all night long? I could sit here. Who is it?
Who's in there? You? You? What are you doing there?
You're alive? If you don't get out once I call the police, aren't
you? Aren't you? I'm going to call the police. But I am
the police. You see my badge, credentials, mark my person. What's
all this about? You don't know what? You know? What's happened?
No, haven't you seen a paper? Where have you been in the country.
I I don't get a newspaper. Haven't you got a radio? It
was broken? Here? Look at these headlines down this hunt. I'm very
glad to see you. On Friday night, somebody was murdered in this room.
Why did you say until you open the door just now, we thought
it was you. Now do you have any idea who it could have been?
You don't know the girl died from shotgun room's close range. No,
apparently we don't know who had a key to this apartment. Nobody except my
maid. When did you say it happened Friday night? You'd better take off
the coat. It's dripping wet. When did it start raining just a few
minutes ago? It's cheeny outside and was raining Friday night too, when I
go, wait a minute, raining, Come with me, miss hunt Here,
into your room. I want you to please look in your closet.
I simply don't let the closet, Miss hut Here, open it up.
Do all these doesn't belong to you? Certainly they belong to me, all
of them. Everyone. Are you out of your mind? Of course?
What's this one? I don't know? You tell me why this dress isn't
mine? It's hers, Diana red Rains. She had it on when she
came for lunch on Friday. Well, but this dress wasn't in here when
I left. It was this redfriend girl. Is she a girl about your
size? Yes, she's a model. She works for her Yeah, since
she lives in Newark, but she hasn't been home her landlady said she'd gone
to Philadelphia. That's right. We have a branch office in Philadelphia. She
had an assignment to you, but she didn't go. It was postponed.
She got relatives in the city and at nuncle the same name. They live
in the village. Thanks, where are you going? That's to the telephone,
Mit Hunt. I think miss redfriend at the knuckle had better go to
the morgue right away to make an identification. Oh, right along, inspector.
Well, that's that, Miss Hunt. They located the red print.
Yes, we all to know soon, I, Miss Hunt, when you
went to the country Friday, did you see anyone you knew on the train?
No? Then I got off at Norwalk. I keep a car in
a private garage near the station. I drove to my house. It's about
eighteen miles. What did you do in the country? Worked in my garden?
Didn't leave your place in all that time? I keep everything I need
in the house. I went there expressly to be alone. M you were
going to marry Shelby Coppenter this week? Yes, but she went away for
a long weekend to be alone. You know Shelby Carpenter has a key to
this apartment. Why didn't you tell me? Because I know nothing that's sore?
Yes? How else did the red friend girl get into the apartment?
You knew she was in love with Carpenter. I knew she was in love
with him. He told me, so was self. But I also know
that she meant nothing to Shelby. I understand him better than she was found,
and I'm convinced that it was miss redfernd. He was found in your
dressing gown whatever you yourself told me. It was raining Friday night. Yourself
just saw her dress. It's called of wrinkles and rain spots. How did
you get in here? Why? Who brought her here? I haven't the
slightest idea Look, Miss Hunt, do you love this carpenter fellow so much
you'd risk your own safety to protect him? He must have brought her here.
You suspect me? You think I killed somebody in jealousy. I'm trying
to get it the truth. I'm sorry, quickly, routine. We'll see
you in the morning, Miss Hunt. Meanwhile, don't leave this apartment,
and don't use the telephone. But I've got to use it. I've got
to let my friends know I'm alive. Sorry, but i must insist anything
should happen to you. Now, I wouldn't like it. Right, there's
one more thing. I know that you went away to make up your mind
whether you'd marry Shelley Coppenter or or not. What did you decide? I
decided not to marry him. Well, I'll be seeing you in the morning.
Good night often. Yeah, watch your Stu's pretty dark down here.
Anything come through those ear phones? Yeah? The girl all right? Kind
of ball things up, doesn't it. Yeah? Say you seem pretty Hey,
wait a minute. If she's done on the number up there, give
me those ear phones. Yeah, Hello, she'll be This is Laura.
Can you won't see anything on the telephone? Meet me right away in front
of the office. Can you leave that? Yeah? Things are always pulling
a switch on you. You stay here often like ab the out front.
Yeah, get headquar tell him to send another man, Dinny right away.
My cabint is going to tell the girl about you. I think I'll stick
by mister Carpenter. Se it. Pause now for station identifications. This is
CBS. They Columbia Broadcasting System. In just a moment, our stars will
be back with Act three of Laura. Now here's our Libby where they're hitting
in the turban looking like a fortune teller, I see the future of your
stocking. Well, here's the lady. You would like to know how long
the stockings will last. Suppose you teller, how long have you had them?
Now? Venue, I've worn them twice. You will wear these stockings
for three weeks more until Monday, February twenty six. Why, how wonderful?
How can you tell? It's simple? According to a washing expert,
twenty three days is the average wearing cycle of Rayon stockings. So if you've
worn these two days already, you've still got twenty one days or three weeks
to go. But my stockings never last that long. I must be way
under average. Oh that's too bad. Perhaps I can help you. I
see you in the evening washing stockings. I see cake, soap and rubbing.
That's right. In this weather, stockings get all splattered up the back
and I have to rub the gup of spots on. Well, I think
that's your trouble. Then you see, stockings are delicate. They just can't
take our's treatment like that. They need gentle care, loop warm water and
gentle lucks and no rubbing. If they are spotted. Just take a few
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through the stocking. Rinse well and dry rayons for at least twenty four hours.
But proper care. I'm sure your new stockings will last much longer.
Yes, Strain tests show that Lux stockings do last longer, actually twice as
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stick to Lux for stocking night Now, mister Barrymore returns to the microphone.
Now, after the play, you're invited to join us for a brief chat
with our stars. Now here's Act three of Laura, starring Dana Andrews's Mark,
Jean Tienny as Laura, Vincent prices Shelby Compenter and Otto Krueger as Leidika
for three hours. Detective Lieutenant McPherson's been following Shelby Compenter. Now in the
black hours of night, he stops his car near a lonely house eighteen miles
from Nork and makes his way carefully toward the front. All it's not quite
shut. He peers through the crack for a moment and then walks in,
What are you doing with that shotgun? Cop under must admit this is somewhat
embarrassing, Lieutenant. Let me see that gun. It's been fired recently.
Yes, I killed some rabbits with it when, oh wow, back.
I don't know exactly. I gave the gun to Laura for protection. You
haven't borrowed it lately. You didn't just bring it back. You ought to
know. You've been following me. Realize that spot yourn. You brought Diana
Red under Laura's apartment. You knew how long it was she who was murdered.
Didn't you know Laura would come back any day and spill the whole thing?
Or did you plan to kill her too? Were you being fantastic?
McPherson. You took a bottle of black Pony to her house Friday night.
I took it there over a week ago, Bessie says, Friday night.
I can't help what. Bessie says. Where's the key to Laura's apartment?
I haven't got one. I never had one. Okay, you didn't bring
the Scots there Friday night? You never had a key? How did you
get in? Well, I come on, talk thought all right. You
see, Laura kept an extra key in her office. I'd asked Diana to
meet me in a restaurant. I wanted to have it out with her once
and for all. You know, she thought, well, she thought she
was in love with me. She started to get hysterical. We had to
leave. Well, I couldn't very well take her to a room, and
knew could I or to my hotel room. So we started to walk.
It began to rain suddenly, and we got drenched. I thought of the
key, and I stopped by the office to get it. We couldn't find
a tax in, so we walked back to Laura's apartment. Diana went to
Lara's bedroom. When she came out, she had on a dressing gun.
Well, we taught argued maybe for a couple of hours, and then the
doorbell rang. Why didn't you go to the door. I suppose one of
Laura's friends had found me there. What would they think of finding Diana there?
I told her to say that Laura had lent her the apartment. Anybody
who knew Laura would have believed that. Don't stop. Well, I heard
Diana open the door, and then there was an awful explosion. By the
time I reached the door was shut again. Diana just lay there on the
floor. Didn't you go out to see who did it? I was too
confused, too horrified to do anything. The hallway was dark. I don't
remember what I did. I knew I had to keep out of it,
and keep Laura out of it too. The only thing on my mind was
the safety of a person whose life was dearer to me than my own.
Don't you understand that? Did you think Laura had killed her? Did you?
I don't remember what I thought. Do you think so now? No?
On Saturday, when Detective Crane went to see you, you seemed sincerely
shocked. I was. I hadn't expected the police to mistake Diana's body for
Laura's, but your Elebi was already the concert You're The minute Laura got back
to town, it wouldn't stay. I couldn't think that far ahead. I
was groping for some way to keep Laura's name out of it. I was
heartbroken about Diana and panics drinking about Laura. Okay, and tonight you met
Laura in front of her office. What did you talk about about what I
just told you. What are you turning on the radio for? It is
here? If it works, why don't you tell the truth? She said
you here to get rid of that gun. She doesn't even know I came
here. It was my own idea radio works, fine, I wouldn't I
hope it wouldn't. All right, we're driving back to New York. Oh,
am, I under arrest. I don't know. I don't leave town.
It would be a very foolish thing to do. Oh, good morning,
lieutenant, Good morning. You know I have a terrific end to call
you Laura. Why don't you forget that lieutenant business and just called me Mark?
Especially since I brought you all these groceries breakfast. You didn't buy any
food when you went out last night. So you know I can fix backing
an X game. You make coffee or I spoke to Besse. She'll be
a little late, and I told her you were alive. She'd done and
passed out. Yes, she phoned. Might have been a little more delicate
about it. I suppose you set the table, but we'll have to wait
a little while after coffee. I've asked Paul Ladegger to stop buy Would you
tell him about me that I'm alive. No, why not? It's proof
I'm not doing it for last Why did you break your promise last night?
I have to go out because I'll never be bound to do anything in message
of my own free will. The red friend girl was in love with Carpenter.
You admitted that. I also told you he wasn't in love with her.
Oh, I don't know. Just sit still in here. Hello,
Lutana Laura. Oh, good morning darling. Hello, dear, excuse me,
lieutenant, I'd like to kiss my fiance. Good morning. Oh so
it's on again. How do I have to get a police permit? So?
Now, who come in lineck at the doors? On lights and lidacker
right on my heels. Well make person? If you thought over the dal
I suggested, what about the portrait? And why? Oh I'll be all
right now, nor what not? Na, don't try to talk now,
come on, I'll take him into the bedroom. Just be quiet, poor
Yeah, how is he all right? He's lying down? This is going
just a little too far, mcperson. Your methods are vicious. Must have
been a terrible shock to him seeing me. Don't tell me you're in love?
Will light? They get too stop talking that way to miss hunt.
Laura, why do you cover up a guy like cop under? What story
did he tell you when you met him last night? I'd answer him down,
shut up, I gotn't enough when you come to arrestue right now,
break my fast in the handcuffs, rundle him after the host guard. I
hope you'll forget my weak touch of vangeina my idea. It's an old family
custom. Did I interrupt the pinch mc ferson. I've changed my mind for
the moment, and in that case, but I order some food and liquor.
Lot of people are coming to celebrate you. To turn this afternoon a
cocktail party. I did in the quiet of your boudoir. Just now I
called my man and he's calling all our deal friends. Why did you do
that? Well, perhaps our friends can weave all the loose ends into a
loose a mc person, you shouldn't have gone to all that trouble. It's
a lie that ger. I'd already called him. Well, Laura, I'm
sorry about the breakfast another time, maybe shall be shall be come here?
What's a matter? Doling? Your party is a huge success, she'll be
tell me. I must know why did you go to the country last night,
Laura, Well, you don't know. I was afraid you wouldn't think
of hiding that shotgun. Shotgun the one I gave you. Darling, you
don't have to lie to me. What's going on here? Nothing at all?
And because you don't know it, that McPherson man hasn't taken his eyes
off you. I know. Maybe it would be better if I well mingled
with our guests. Na McPherson suspects him, Shelby, he suspects me too.
Don't be absurd. You would never have done anything like that, Darling.
Yes, you was interested in Lieutenant McPherson. Is he using you?
And I only met him last night? Sometimes that's more than long enough.
Anyway, He's better for you than Shelby. Anybody is Shelby's better for me?
Why? Because I can afford him. He's no good? But he's
what I wait a minute, he's coming, Mark a whole Mark is it.
I'm sorry to break up your party, Laura, but you haven't.
You've been a model guest so far. I'm not joking. Get on your
things. I'm taking you to headquarter. I'm going to get a cell and
a denim dress is your office if they try to out that Denham dress.
I want to know what you Why have you been holding out on me?
You told me the radio what your country place was broken? It was stop
last night. I stopped in a village on my way back. I asked
the local handyman to fix it. And how did he get in with the
key? The key I always leave under the flower part on the porch.
All right, I'll accept that. Why because you're too intelligent to make up
a story I could check so easily. The main thing I want to know
is why you pull that switch about Shelby Compenter. You told me last night
you decided not to marry him, but today it was on again. Why
I changed my mind? What went on between you and Compenter when you met
him last night? Or should I guess he convinced you that if you broke
your engagement now people would think you believed that he killed Diana Redward. Yes,
now I know the real reason why you wanted to stay engaged. He
thinks I did so you Are you in love with him? No? I
don't know how I could have been come on, La, you're going home,
but I thought I was. That's what I wanted you to think you
and a few other people I didn't even book you know all this was just
some sort of a game. I was ninety nine percent certain about you,
but I just had to make sure that one percent out. Wasn't there an
easy way to make sure you're you're smiling? You're not? So, Yeah,
Mark, I'm not still go back to your body. If there's anything
left of it, I'm going to Lagas apartment. I'll got by it later
on. I'm glad they've all gone. Laura, it's been a long time
since we've been together. But Darling, what's the matter nothing? You're worried.
Yes, McPherson, he's using you for something. I don't think so,
I don't deny he's infatuated with you in some opped fashion, but he's
in't capable of any Norman human relationship. He's been dealing too wrong with criminals.
When you would attain them unattainable, and he thought you were dead,
That's when he wanted your most fell in love with your portrait. He was
glad when I came back because if you were waiting for me, you know,
he calls women dames. A dame in Washington Heights one's got a frox
for a coat out of it as his very word. That doesn't mean anything,
for he isn't like Laura, my dear, you have one glaring weakness
with you. A lean, strong body is always the measure of a man,
and you always get hurt. No man is ever going to hurt me
again. No, not even you. I hurt you, Laura, Look
at me. You're a long time finding out about Shelby. But that's all
over. Now we'll be together again. Did you are just open up?
Haven't you heard of science's latest triumph the doorbell? I'm glad you're here.
Lie that here. I've just been to your apartment. Do you mind if
I should search your pockets? I found a shotgun. Oh but I wasted
my time. It wasn't a gun that killed Diana. Redmund. First he
tell you he thinks you're innocent, and then he proceeds to check up on
you. I never said you're innocent me. I'm talking about Lauda, my
dear. This isn't tire and nook could be a trick to throw you off.
God, it could be, but it isn't. I know. I
believe in Mark, so I'm beginning to get annoyed. Laura, it's the
same obvious pattern. If McPherson weren't full of muscles and good looks in a
cheap sort of way, you'd see through him in a second. Oh.
I mean to be as kind about this as I know how, But you're
the one following the same obvious pattern. First that painter you thought was in
love with me, then mis Shelby, and now I suppose Laura, what
you're saying, and I don't think we shouldee each other again. You're not
yourself. Yes I am. For the first time in ages. I know
what I'm doing very well. I hope you will never regret what promises to
be a disgustingly earthly relationship. Oh, listen to my broadcast in ten minutes.
I'm discussing the other great loves of history. That was the most difficult
thing I've had to do in my whole life, and I still haven't found
it. I haven't found it. The gun that killed Diana Redmond. What
are you Doing're gonna look at your clock? He's got one just like it,
hasn't it? Yes, but I wasn't alone. Just now in lydeg
As apartment, a guy named Sergeant Crane came with me. Crane's old man
as a clockmaker. And while I wore myself out looking for a shotgun,
all of a sudden did was drool about lydag As clock. He said,
probably there's not another one like it in the world. Obviously he was wrong,
and he showed me something about that clock. A little feature with all
clocks made by Kobet feasts underneath here. The other floor is a little spring.
You push the spring and the whole bottom compartment opens up to see like
this. In the old days, I guess people use the compartment for a
kind of sake. Today they used it for hiding other things, shotguns for
instance. Yea, this is it, Laura. I'm sure of it.
And it was put here by the only man who knew about this clock,
Paul Lydecker. When the red frond girl opened the door, this whole way
was dark. Lidecker saw a girl assumed it was you. Fired. I
figured if he couldn't have it for himself, he was going to make sure
no one else did. He heard carpenters, so he hid behind the stairway
outside in the corridor. Carpenter was scared to day. He got out as
fast as he could. Then Lydaca slipped back in and tucked the gun away
and the grandfather Clark. Since I came back, I'm the one to play,
not for anything I did, for what I didn't do. I should
have stopped seeing Paul long ago, but I couldn't. I owed too much
to him. I can understand all that, but I can't understand why he
tried so hard to protect Carpenter. I was spreading you rest him. I
knew he wasn't guilty, but I knew Paul would do everything he could to
incriminate him. It was his way of getting rid of Shelby, just as
he got rid of every other man who might have meant something to me.
For a charming, intelligent girl, you've certainly surrounded yourself with a remarkable collection
of the dopes. He look, don't touch anything. I'm leaving the gun
on the clock. I'll have it picked up in the morning. You're going,
yeah, I'm picking up like that guy. I've got too, you
know that. Try and get some sleep with you. Maybe I can.
I'll read a book, listen to the radio. Will you call me later?
Sure, Try and forget all this. It's just a bad dream.
Good night all huh, good night, Mark, good night, and be
careful please. And now, ladies and gentlemen, with his final word for
this evening, mister Paul Ldega, as history has proved, love is eternal,
the strongest motivation for men's actions throughout centuries. Love is stronger than life.
It reaches beyond the dark shadows of death. May I remind you of
some favorite lines of mine from Dawson's poem. They are not long. The
weeping and the laughter, and love and desire and hate. I think they
have no portion in us after we've passed the gate. They are not long.
The wine and roses out of a misty dream. Our path emerges for
a while, then it closes within a dream. That's the way, Paul
Niedecker by electrical transcription. This is the There is a final irony to all
of this. Laura. You know how I despise melodrama and get here.
I am a gun in my hand about to kill you the best part of
myself. That's what you are, Laura. I think I'm going to leave
you to the funker points of a second rate police, but I think you're
a dame. You'll find you point, young William. Don't you overestimate the
man who thought I left a few moments ago. No I did was waiting
the hall, Laura, and then I left myself in again with the key
I've always had. I'm not going to lose you, Laura. Don't blow
Laura, leave, don't learn well. You'll find us together, Darling,
as always we should have been, as always we will be. Turn your
face, Darling, please turn your face. Sorry I had to do it.
I've better let the bostion before he bust down your door. Lara,
it's sorry. Got into the window, Lieutenant from the fire escape. I'll
call headquarters, I find detective, and find detective. I am Laura,
goodbye, goodbye, my love. It's all right, Darling, it's all
right. The bad dream is over. Our stars will effect for their curtain
calls in a moment. The war is far from over now there's no time
to elact. Resident says army needs eighteen thousand nurses. Congress discussities drafting women
eighteen to fifty. This is the crucial year of the war, and every
woman, like every man, must do her part. If you want to
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Do every single thing you can to help Now. Even if you can't
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Jay Day, the day the Japs are licked. Now back to mister Barrymore
and our stars. Well, now that we've solved tonight's baffling crime for the
help of Jane Tienny, Dana Andrews, Vincent Price and Otto Krueger, we
invite our stars to the footlights where the curtain calls. And I might add
that for Dana, this is the first appearance on our stage. Face to
knat too, mister PAMLOA for you too, Jean, where with Van Johnson
here on a tenth anniversary show? Lux Radio Theaters had a pretty good season
for new stag. I hear you're making a picture with Van Johnson, mister
Barmont. Yeah, that's right, between two women at mental roller Mayor.
But I'll turn you a secret about dinner. He's going romantic on us in
his next picture. What pictures that, Dana? It's a Technicolor Vincent for
twentieth century Fox State Fair. Who's in it with you? Well, the
largest group in the cast is fifty four prize Hampshire Hogs. Let me get
this straight, Dana. You're playing a romantic role and you know one of
those pigs ways eight hundred and eighty pounds. Undoubtedly the biggest ham on the
picture. I can see now why there's a bacon shot that Joel the Hoggs
going to pictures. Well, Dama, you said, those hogs a good
example in acting, and we look forward to producing State Fair in this theater
someday. What are you going to have on Lux for next week, mister
Barnmore, Next Monday night, we have from Paramount Studios a play and stars
at hundreds of our listeners of requesting the Whom the Bell Told with Katina pasimir
A, Keen Tamira, Mikhail Razumi, I'm Gary Cooper and Ingrid Bergman.
I can guess by the reaction in our studio audience that it's the play you've
all been looking forward to, and I don't wonder. Based on the novel
by Ernest Hemingway, it's one of the great motion pictures of our time,
with five great stars in their original screen roles. Sounds like a wonderful evening,
mister Barnmore, good night, good night, right, good night,
good night. I hope our sponsors, the makers of Lux thanks, join
me in inviting you to be with us again next Monday night, when the
Lux Radio Theater presents Ingrid Bergman, Gary Cooper, Katina paxing you a Keen
Tamira and Mikhael Razumi in for Whom the Bell Told. Laura was presented through
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every Saturday Night over the same network. Vincent Price is currently working on the
twentieth Century Fox production Dragon Wick. Otto Cooper will soon be seen in Samuel
Goldwin's Technicolor picture wonder Man. Heard in tonight's play were Lawis Corbett, Leo
Cleary, Noreen Gamill, Dwaine Thompson, Charles Seal and Howard mcmair. Our
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while a war classic, and I think Otto Krueger does a good job in
this as Lydiger, replacing Clifton Webb who starred in the film version. Characters
in this are are very well thought out and really given quite a bit of
dimension. The twist halfway into the film really floored me the first time I
saw it. I have to admit that this was kind of an unforgettable twist,
so I couldn't be taken in by it, were surprised by it when
I rewatched it prior to listening to this episode. That's said, once you
get past the twist, you do watch the film a little bit differently close
that pointed to the actual solution. And of course, the character of Lodaker
really was at the center of this even more than Laura, and I think
that's the sort of thing he would insist upon, and it kind of makes
Lodaker's whole bret to McPherson in the middle seemed kind of ironic because while McPherson's
behavior is, to put it mildly, a bit odd, Lodoker is the
one who committed murder because he would rather be the herald who pays tribute to
his own invented image of Laura Hunt then who she actually is as a person.
Everyone's flawed, Lodaker is the most flawed, and under all that wit
and sophistication and refinement is a very stop guy. And it's also interesting to
have Vincent Price in this sort of role. This is before he became best
known for his horror and heavy roles, and Laura was one of his big
breakthroughs in Hollywood. But overall, a really fascinating film and a good radio
adaptation. And I'm certain that, just as we've done with things like Deadline
at Dawn and the thirty nine Stabs, will end up listening to other versions
of this story as well. But this was the most promising and brought back
more of the original cast than any of the other versions, so I hope
you enjoyed it. Now it's time to thank our Patreon supporter of the day.
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If I ever finished this picture, it will be a miracle. Even if
I live to finicion. Just look what I'm forced to use for models.
Wax dummy. That one is a good likeness. Thank girl. Where is
he? I can never find it? An I want to always out chasing
birds somewhere and the dark skinned fellow just disappeared. Had to copy him from
memory. He looks familiarmous the battle. Who is he? I never asked
him, just came wandering out of the woods one day, soliciting our jobs,
And there he was exactly what I needed for the figure of the seak
soldier in my painting six Solgy. I mean he wasn't well, No,
mister spade, seat man, seek as I cage as an Indian. Oh,
I can see you're interested in my work. Have a good look at
it. See here the figure of the dancing girl against the sweep of the
desert in the setting sun. The weary soldier tries to submerge the horrors of
battle, I mean, in the contemplation of feminine beauty. But the sun's
rays refracted in that crystal, focus themselves upon the weapon in his hand,
and he has reminded that he was to revel while he can, for as
surely as the sun rises on the borrow, he must answer the arms.
Great conception, isn't it he my son's idea? Yes, I hope you'll
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