1 00:00:28,320 --> 00:00:35,759 Welcome to Great Detectives of Old Time Radio from Boise, Idaho. This is 2 00:00:35,799 --> 00:00:39,960 your host, Adam Graham. If you have a comment, email it to 3 00:00:40,039 --> 00:00:45,840 me Box thirteen at Great Detectives dot net. Follow us on Twitter at Radio 4 00:00:45,920 --> 00:00:51,439 Detectives, and check us out on Instagram, Instagram, dot com, slash 5 00:00:51,520 --> 00:00:56,439 Great Detectives and if you are enjoying this podcast, please follow us using your 6 00:00:56,479 --> 00:01:03,200 favorite podcast software. Today is our four thousand and fiftieth episode special and we're 7 00:01:03,280 --> 00:01:11,159 celebrating with an episode of Screen Gild Theater featuring Brian don Levy. The original 8 00:01:11,200 --> 00:01:15,000 airdate on this one is me the first of nineteen forty four and the title 9 00:01:15,239 --> 00:01:45,120 is I'm Not to Remember. Lady Esther presents the Screen Gild players. The 10 00:01:45,239 --> 00:01:51,560 Lady Ester screen Gild play Tonight and Night to Remember the Starling Players. This 11 00:01:51,680 --> 00:02:08,680 is the seal Down. This is Brian down Levy to Night. Lady Esther 12 00:02:08,879 --> 00:02:14,840 presents the Screen Guild players in Columbia Pictures comedy of Murder and Blackmail in Greenwich 13 00:02:14,919 --> 00:02:20,319 Village, A Night to Remember. It stars Brian Dunlevy as Jeoffrey Troy and 14 00:02:20,439 --> 00:02:24,599 Lucille Ball as his wife Nancy. The Lady Esther screen Guild players in a 15 00:02:24,719 --> 00:02:46,240 night to remember. The address was thirty nine Gay Street, New York. 16 00:02:47,240 --> 00:02:52,599 I had a strange feeling about the place right from the start. First the 17 00:02:52,719 --> 00:03:02,599 scream and then, Jeff, Jeff, something crawling across the floor. Thirty 18 00:03:02,680 --> 00:03:08,639 nine Gay Street, New York. You know, an artist might call that 19 00:03:09,159 --> 00:03:15,319 Greenwich Village. A social worker might call it the slums. Sure. I 20 00:03:15,560 --> 00:03:19,800 pointed all that out to Nancy, but she was sort of sensitive, I 21 00:03:19,840 --> 00:03:23,840 guess, because you see, she'd rented the place without even asking me. 22 00:03:23,919 --> 00:03:27,800 And well, anyway, you know how women are now, Jeff, I've 23 00:03:27,800 --> 00:03:30,520 said it all before many times, and I'll say it again. If you're 24 00:03:30,560 --> 00:03:35,479 going to write a novel about Greenwich Village, then you ought to live in 25 00:03:35,599 --> 00:03:45,240 Greenwich Village, you funny man. Quite frankly, I didn't like number thirty 26 00:03:45,319 --> 00:03:47,800 nine Gay Street. I don't think you would have liked it either. One 27 00:03:47,840 --> 00:03:53,879 of those musty old brownstone fronts they'd cut up into small apartments. And when 28 00:03:53,879 --> 00:03:59,280 we went up the steps that night and entered the hall, our landlord wasn't 29 00:03:59,360 --> 00:04:02,759 exactly enjoyed to see. I wasn't expecting you, missus, try and not 30 00:04:02,879 --> 00:04:06,120 till Thursday. Well, I thought, as long as the apartment was vacant. 31 00:04:06,400 --> 00:04:09,759 You see, my husband as a writer, and he's very anxious to 32 00:04:09,759 --> 00:04:12,599 get to work. Yes, we'll be glad to pay her for the three 33 00:04:12,639 --> 00:04:14,120 extra days. Oh no, no, no, no, no, it 34 00:04:14,159 --> 00:04:15,600 isn't that. No. No. You see, I haven't had the lights 35 00:04:15,600 --> 00:04:19,480 turned on, and the apartment isn't cleaned yet. And I mean perhaps of 36 00:04:19,519 --> 00:04:24,120 you to stay at the hotel tonight. Tomorrow. I could have everything ready. 37 00:04:24,160 --> 00:04:26,720 Oh, but our furniture is on the way from Connecticut. It ought 38 00:04:26,720 --> 00:04:29,439 to be here in an hour or so. I guess we'll just have to 39 00:04:31,040 --> 00:04:36,639 Jeff, what was that? Well, it wasn't the six o'clock whistle If 40 00:04:38,160 --> 00:04:42,040 it came from downstairs, missus, try, I assure you it's nothing at 41 00:04:42,079 --> 00:04:46,920 all. Mister Turner, it happens again. What happened down in the basement? 42 00:04:46,000 --> 00:04:53,000 That thing, whatever it is, it crawled across my feet. You 43 00:04:53,040 --> 00:04:58,240 go to my apartment and wait for me there, Yes, yes, say 44 00:04:59,160 --> 00:05:01,680 what achieve me? Oh you mustn't mind her, mister Troy. She's my 45 00:05:01,759 --> 00:05:04,680 janitor, you see, an excellent work, as strong as an ox. 46 00:05:04,720 --> 00:05:11,839 But when she works in the basement she gets hallucinations. That's absurd. Isn't 47 00:05:11,839 --> 00:05:16,600 it. Yeah, yeah, silly. Well, if you'll lend us some 48 00:05:16,720 --> 00:05:20,519 candles, mister Turner, we'll have a look at our little nest. Come 49 00:05:20,519 --> 00:05:24,439 along, Nancy, Let you and me go up. Huh, Jeff, 50 00:05:25,519 --> 00:05:29,240 it isn't up, it's down. Well, then let's go down and see 51 00:05:29,240 --> 00:05:39,000 our look down. I forgot to tell you it's the basement apartment. It 52 00:05:39,040 --> 00:05:43,480 didn't look so bad. I had a candle light. The living room was 53 00:05:43,600 --> 00:05:46,480 pretty fair size, one door opening on the street and another opening on the 54 00:05:46,519 --> 00:05:49,800 hall. And the bedroom had a door that opened right on a garden. 55 00:05:50,879 --> 00:05:55,759 That's what I had. Nancy so excited. Oh, just imagine darling a 56 00:05:55,920 --> 00:05:59,120 garden right outside your bedroom in the heart of New York. Why we can 57 00:05:59,199 --> 00:06:02,240 even have a victory? Good soil too, lots of iron in it. 58 00:06:02,399 --> 00:06:06,279 How do you know? Well, isn't that a horseshoe lying there? Jeff? 59 00:06:06,279 --> 00:06:10,920 If you found a lucky piece, pick it up where all I wear 60 00:06:11,000 --> 00:06:15,160 it? You just hold it tight. Make a wish? Oh, okay, 61 00:06:15,199 --> 00:06:17,839 I've made it. Would you wish? Well? While we're waiting for 62 00:06:17,839 --> 00:06:20,839 our furniture, I wish we could find a restaurant where they still have some 63 00:06:20,959 --> 00:06:33,319 steaks. Cute name for a restaurant. Polly's stable must be a good place 64 00:06:33,360 --> 00:06:41,439 to put on the feedbag. You fun, amen house everything well, a 65 00:06:41,519 --> 00:06:45,079 martinis a swell, but I need some toast toast? What kind? Why 66 00:06:45,160 --> 00:06:46,040 to rise? Oh, it doesn't matter. I just want to stick it 67 00:06:46,120 --> 00:06:50,160 under the leg of this table. Look, Jeff, while you ordered dinner, 68 00:06:50,160 --> 00:06:53,480 I'll go and phone the cleaners about our drapes. Well, I'm pretty 69 00:06:53,519 --> 00:06:56,000 hungry and so we could be back soon. Huh. And two shakes of 70 00:06:56,000 --> 00:07:09,079 a dry martini. Hey, listen, Dolly, it made me the river. 71 00:07:09,199 --> 00:07:15,600 It's gosh. That's in the next booth, early nine, the base 72 00:07:15,680 --> 00:07:23,839 for the part you heard me. That's all thirty nine Gay Street, the 73 00:07:23,839 --> 00:07:30,480 basement apartment. Oh gee, Jeff, Jeff, Well, I was in 74 00:07:30,519 --> 00:07:32,439 the telephone booth. I oh, excuse me. I didn't realize the waitress 75 00:07:32,480 --> 00:07:35,680 was still here. She isn't the waitress. She owns the giant. Darling. 76 00:07:35,839 --> 00:07:40,279 Meet Polly, Polly, Meet Darling, Hello darling. How do you 77 00:07:40,360 --> 00:07:44,519 do now? Nancy? You were saying, did you see that man at 78 00:07:44,519 --> 00:07:46,040 the bar with the hair growing down his bard in the scar on his chin. 79 00:07:46,600 --> 00:07:50,079 Well, I heard him threatening someone in the next booth, telling him 80 00:07:50,079 --> 00:07:54,120 to meet him in our apartment. Well, I couldn't meet in the telephone 81 00:07:54,120 --> 00:07:59,199 booth, so I guess if they want our apartment? I distinctly heard him 82 00:07:59,199 --> 00:08:01,600 say, thirty nine Street, the basement apartment, thirty nine Gay Street. 83 00:08:01,759 --> 00:08:05,519 Yes, do you know the place? Oh? Sure, I live there 84 00:08:05,560 --> 00:08:07,279 myself on the second floor. Oh you do well? And maybe you know 85 00:08:07,319 --> 00:08:09,759 who? Yes? Maybe we're awful busy tonight, see you later, folks. 86 00:08:09,800 --> 00:08:13,160 Enjoy your dinner, Jeff, she acted so strangely. What's it all 87 00:08:13,160 --> 00:08:18,199 about? Okay, better find out I'm going over and have a talk with 88 00:08:18,279 --> 00:08:22,040 that guy. No, Jeff, don't well, now you just wait there, 89 00:08:22,120 --> 00:08:28,560 Nancy, Hi, you pell? I'm not your pall and keep their 90 00:08:28,600 --> 00:08:33,440 hands to yourself. Hey, hey, just a minute, who do you 91 00:08:33,559 --> 00:08:37,360 think you're shoving? I don't like it. No, maybe I like this 92 00:08:37,600 --> 00:08:43,320 better? Ye ye, Jeff Darling, open your eyes. Speak to me. 93 00:08:45,440 --> 00:08:48,799 Is that guy still here? No, he's gone, he ran out. 94 00:08:48,879 --> 00:08:54,799 Okay, honey, what do we talk about? My hero? Now 95 00:08:54,799 --> 00:09:09,440 you'll need two steaks. Won't be your stomach, I won't be your eye. 96 00:09:09,399 --> 00:09:13,240 Huh, Home sweet home, And there's no place on earth I'd rather 97 00:09:13,360 --> 00:09:18,679 not be, Jeff, it's off were dark in here. Yeah, lucky, 98 00:09:18,720 --> 00:09:22,919 we bought these extra candles there were that gives us some light. But 99 00:09:22,960 --> 00:09:26,559 don't you understand I left the candle it when we went out to dinner. 100 00:09:26,600 --> 00:09:31,120 Oh well, it's blown out. Any little draft could do ou what's the 101 00:09:31,159 --> 00:09:33,240 matter? Oh? My foot a stuff? Mate? Hey, look it's 102 00:09:33,279 --> 00:09:37,360 a darn horse shoe, my lucky piece. No less, that's odd. 103 00:09:37,559 --> 00:09:41,200 What's it doing on the floor you put on the windowsill? See that's right? 104 00:09:41,759 --> 00:09:45,679 How did it get on the Jeff, listen to hear that noise? 105 00:09:46,639 --> 00:09:52,600 Sounds like water running in the bathroom. I'd better have a look. Hey, 106 00:09:52,679 --> 00:09:54,759 not without me? All right, all right here, put the candle 107 00:09:54,799 --> 00:10:01,360 down on the floor. That's it, steady though it was being ad Nancy, 108 00:10:01,240 --> 00:10:09,039 look from the candle moving. Gosh, Hey, what's so funny. 109 00:10:09,440 --> 00:10:15,360 Look it's a turtle. It must have come in from the garden. You 110 00:10:15,480 --> 00:10:18,600 put the candle right down on its back. Hey, I'll bet that's what's 111 00:10:18,639 --> 00:10:22,679 been scaring missus salder too. Come on, now, let's have a look 112 00:10:22,679 --> 00:10:28,279 at that bathroom here all Nancy. You see there's some water running out of 113 00:10:28,320 --> 00:10:31,000 the tub. That's what I mean. Where did the water come from? 114 00:10:31,360 --> 00:10:37,399 Well, we didn't fill that tub. That's right, we didn't. Oh, 115 00:10:37,440 --> 00:10:43,000 I know that guy from the restaurant came in here to take a bath, 116 00:10:43,120 --> 00:10:46,279 but he was very modest, so he blew out the candle and he 117 00:10:46,360 --> 00:10:52,159 pitched horseshoes to drive himself off. You funny man. Oh, well, 118 00:10:52,200 --> 00:10:58,639 there's no use getting all upset, Nancy. Who's sir? Maybe he's back 119 00:10:58,679 --> 00:11:03,759 again, Jet, don't go, don't worry. I don't love a rniture 120 00:11:03,799 --> 00:11:09,840 here. Oh it's just the furniture. Yeah, imagine being scared by an 121 00:11:09,840 --> 00:11:22,320 overstuffed chair. It was quiet enough the rest of that night, but in 122 00:11:22,360 --> 00:11:24,639 the morning things really started to happen. First of all, the police woke 123 00:11:24,720 --> 00:11:30,279 us up, sorry to get you folks out of bed, but the neighbors 124 00:11:30,320 --> 00:11:33,399 complained, fella lying in your garden without any clothes in our garden. Well 125 00:11:33,440 --> 00:11:35,840 he's got a nerve. But going out there and get him out of there, 126 00:11:37,000 --> 00:11:39,519 wake him up, Well I wish I could. It happens to be 127 00:11:39,600 --> 00:11:45,879 dead. And then later when they had us look at the courts, Nancy 128 00:11:45,960 --> 00:11:48,960 had to go and bloort, Why Jeff, Jeff, it's the man. 129 00:11:48,039 --> 00:12:01,360 You had a fight within the restaurant last night. Now just let me get 130 00:12:01,360 --> 00:12:03,720 this straight, mister Troy, about this exchange blows last night, Inspector, 131 00:12:03,720 --> 00:12:07,519 there wasn't any exchange. Only two blows were struck. He struck my husband 132 00:12:07,559 --> 00:12:11,000 and my husband struck the floor. No, Nancy pushed them once, didn't 133 00:12:11,000 --> 00:12:13,879 I what's one little push? You didn't murder him, did you? O 134 00:12:15,200 --> 00:12:18,720 me say, Inspector, I got a little dope for you. The guy's 135 00:12:18,799 --> 00:12:22,799 name was Coughlin. Lewis Coughlin had an apartment up on the third floor. 136 00:12:22,000 --> 00:12:24,320 Who told you that? Oh, you wouldn't guess in a million years. 137 00:12:24,559 --> 00:12:28,320 Remember during prohibition this place was a speakeasy, Joe's Place. It was called 138 00:12:28,600 --> 00:12:31,360 Joe had a partner, Eddie Turner. Yeah, that's right. Remember we 139 00:12:31,399 --> 00:12:35,039 grilled him and when Joe disappeared, well, little Eddy's still around. In 140 00:12:35,080 --> 00:12:39,360 fact, he's a landlord. That's joint. That's interesting, Inspector Hankin. 141 00:12:39,279 --> 00:12:41,759 My name is Lingol. I have an apartment in this building. That's right, 142 00:12:41,840 --> 00:12:43,519 Chief, I got his name on the list. I want you to 143 00:12:43,519 --> 00:12:46,399 know, sir, if I can help in any way, Thank you, 144 00:12:46,440 --> 00:12:48,200 mister Lingle. We may call on you. I'm in the phone book the 145 00:12:48,399 --> 00:12:52,159 Lingle Arts Studios any time at all, inspector, any time at all, 146 00:12:52,080 --> 00:12:56,840 Inspector, if you don't mind my putting in a world at all. Mister 147 00:12:56,879 --> 00:13:01,080 Troy, Well, I think you should have questioned him after that conversation. 148 00:13:01,200 --> 00:13:03,519 My wife overheard. You should question everyone in this house, mister Troy. 149 00:13:03,639 --> 00:13:07,440 Remember you live here too. Oh that's silly. Jeff isn't the murderer is 150 00:13:07,480 --> 00:13:11,399 type? Didn't say he was man bawling. Let's go up and look at 151 00:13:11,440 --> 00:13:13,879 Kaufman's apartment. Wait a minute, inspector, just look at these books. 152 00:13:15,240 --> 00:13:18,840 Murdering the Laundry, Murder in the Air, Murdering the Subway. Must be 153 00:13:18,879 --> 00:13:22,440 a couple of dozen of them. Somebody got murder on the brain. Mister 154 00:13:22,480 --> 00:13:26,200 Troy. You said you were a novelist. You didn't buy chance? You 155 00:13:26,320 --> 00:13:30,879 bet? I wrote every one of them. Murder Mysteries by Jeffrey Yord. 156 00:13:31,679 --> 00:13:35,879 That's my name spelled backwards. T R O Y y O RT. You 157 00:13:35,960 --> 00:13:39,679 get it. Yes, didn't you write a book called Murder in Prison? 158 00:13:39,799 --> 00:13:41,639 I sure did. How'd you like, an inspector, Well, I thought 159 00:13:41,639 --> 00:13:46,879 it was the kind of a detective story that knits nits. Oh, you 160 00:13:46,960 --> 00:13:50,399 mean all the clues fall into one place? No? I mean nits k 161 00:13:50,840 --> 00:13:58,679 n I t s you spell that backwards, took and I and mister Hankins, 162 00:13:58,720 --> 00:14:07,639 you're not a detective critic. Well, I guess that made me pretty 163 00:14:07,679 --> 00:14:11,159 mad, made me want to show the inspector up. So while Nancy was 164 00:14:11,159 --> 00:14:15,919 throwing some breakfast together, I sort of wandered through the halls looking for clues. 165 00:14:16,480 --> 00:14:18,000 That was how I ran into Polly, you know, the girl we 166 00:14:18,080 --> 00:14:22,840 met the night before. Well, one thing led to another, and then 167 00:14:22,960 --> 00:14:26,279 she asked me in to have some coffee, and that's when it happened. 168 00:14:26,320 --> 00:14:30,519 I noticed a letter lying on the coffee table, and quite casually I read 169 00:14:30,559 --> 00:14:37,360 the address to mister Andrew Brule five oh seven West twelfth. Only Polly seemed 170 00:14:37,399 --> 00:14:39,480 to get upset and she made a grab for the letter, but I got 171 00:14:39,480 --> 00:14:41,639 it first, and just to tease her, you know, just for a 172 00:14:41,759 --> 00:14:46,200 gag. There we are sort of wrestling for it, and I guess she 173 00:14:46,279 --> 00:14:50,000 has her arms around me, when all of a sudden Nancy shows up. 174 00:14:50,080 --> 00:14:54,080 Excuse me, I didn't mean to win to rock. Oh that's all right, 175 00:14:54,120 --> 00:14:56,799 sweet, We were just kidding around, yes, over this letter. 176 00:14:56,039 --> 00:14:58,879 Well, when you get through playing post office, mister Troy, your break 177 00:15:00,039 --> 00:15:05,799 fist is ready, say I think she's mad. Let her go and he 178 00:15:05,919 --> 00:15:11,440 cleaning. Nancy. Oh Nancy, wait a minute, you stay away from 179 00:15:11,440 --> 00:15:13,600 me, you you blue beer. Oh Nancy, you're not jealous, darling. 180 00:15:13,679 --> 00:15:16,720 That's silly. You're never jealous. I suppose, of course, I'm 181 00:15:16,799 --> 00:15:20,240 not about when you're saying me that roast. You aren't jealous. Oh no, 182 00:15:20,519 --> 00:15:24,360 just snad enough to car that's arling. I am not. You are 183 00:15:24,360 --> 00:15:28,320 mad enough to call, say, mister Troy, I want to speak to 184 00:15:28,360 --> 00:15:31,639 you. Now, look what you've done. Let's get down to your partner, 185 00:15:31,679 --> 00:15:41,320 folks. A few more questions I'd like to ask, mister Troy. 186 00:15:41,399 --> 00:15:45,360 Did you ever see this horseshoe before? Oh? Sure, that's my lucky 187 00:15:45,399 --> 00:15:48,679 piece. Wasn't so lucky for Lewis Kaufman? What do you mean? I 188 00:15:48,759 --> 00:15:50,799 mean there's gride noto on it, and these fans of hair from the dead 189 00:15:50,879 --> 00:15:56,919 man's head. Wait a minute, are you saying that this horseshoe was the 190 00:15:56,000 --> 00:16:00,480 murder weapon? Now you're getting hot, and I do mean heart most say 191 00:16:00,600 --> 00:16:03,600 cheap. We check the fingerprints and out horseshoe. There, he's all right. 192 00:16:03,759 --> 00:16:08,879 Who's yours? Oh okay, try get your hat and coat. Wait 193 00:16:08,879 --> 00:16:12,200 a minute, he hasn't done anything. He wouldn't hurt a fly. Jeff, 194 00:16:12,240 --> 00:16:15,240 Darling, don't go. You haven't even had your breakfast. That's all 195 00:16:15,320 --> 00:16:18,440 right, baby, don't you worry. I had a cup of coffee upstairs 196 00:16:18,440 --> 00:16:22,480 with Polly. Oh with Polly. Take him along, Inspector, and I 197 00:16:22,480 --> 00:16:41,320 hope he gets light. Lady Esther has presided Act one of A Night to 198 00:16:41,440 --> 00:16:47,240 Remember, starring Lucille Ball and Brian Dunlevy. In just a moment, we 199 00:16:47,320 --> 00:16:51,639 will hear the Lady Esther screen Guild players in act two. But first a 200 00:16:51,720 --> 00:16:56,080 word from our hostess, Lady Esther. Every time I see the rush when 201 00:16:56,080 --> 00:17:00,679 you spring bonnets, I think how much wise are those women would be to 202 00:17:00,720 --> 00:17:03,680 get themselves a new spring face. I can almost hear you say that's not 203 00:17:03,759 --> 00:17:07,759 so easy, but it is. Do you realize that the face powder you 204 00:17:07,880 --> 00:17:12,200 use can either make your skin look old, dry and lifeless, or it 205 00:17:12,240 --> 00:17:17,319 can do just the reverse. It can make your skin look so radiantly fresh 206 00:17:17,359 --> 00:17:22,160 and alive that people instinctively turn to look at you. Lady Ester. Face 207 00:17:22,200 --> 00:17:26,839 powder is made altogether differently from other powders. It is deliberately planned to make 208 00:17:26,880 --> 00:17:30,720 your skin look more youthful, smoother, more appealing, and one thing more 209 00:17:32,200 --> 00:17:36,279 to keep you more attractive for hours and hours. You see, my lady 210 00:17:36,400 --> 00:17:41,240 ester Face powder isn't mixed in the usual way. It's blown by twin hurricanes, 211 00:17:41,960 --> 00:17:45,400 blown with such terrific force that all the tiny particles of color and powder 212 00:17:45,440 --> 00:17:52,519 are merged into a smooth, velvety blending. This method transforms lady ester face 213 00:17:52,559 --> 00:17:56,680 powder, transforms it from the ordinary powdery particles that blow right off into a 214 00:17:56,759 --> 00:18:02,160 delicate film of beauty that clings to your face for hours. You will feel 215 00:18:02,200 --> 00:18:06,319 and see the difference the instant your puff touches your face. You'll see how 216 00:18:06,359 --> 00:18:11,039 wonderfully smooth your skin becomes, how little lines and blemishes disappear. Try a 217 00:18:11,119 --> 00:18:15,440 lady as to face powder and look more youthful, more glamorous, not just 218 00:18:15,599 --> 00:18:33,799 for minutes, but for hours and hours. Lady Esther presents the second act 219 00:18:33,839 --> 00:18:38,000 of A Night to Remember, starring Brian don Levy as Jeff Troy and Lucie 220 00:18:38,000 --> 00:18:55,799 your Ball as his wife, Nancy. Jeff continues our story. Well, 221 00:18:56,079 --> 00:18:59,960 they kept me down at headquarters all that day, but then some new developer 222 00:19:00,000 --> 00:19:03,279 and turns up so that evening they let me go. Nothing else happened till 223 00:19:03,359 --> 00:19:14,160 late that night. I guess I must have been sleeping pretty soundly when Jip 224 00:19:15,319 --> 00:19:21,359 Jip wak up. There's somebody in this apartment. I can hear him walking 225 00:19:21,400 --> 00:19:29,000 around. Well, tell let me sit down in this apartment. Hear that 226 00:19:29,079 --> 00:19:33,519 sound. I wish I didn't. Don't go out there. You might get 227 00:19:33,599 --> 00:19:36,680 killed. Yeah, I know, but if I just stay here and listen, 228 00:19:36,880 --> 00:19:41,559 I'll die of fright. Your golf bag is standing here in the corner. 229 00:19:41,000 --> 00:19:44,559 Maybe you can hit him with a golf club. I don't know. 230 00:19:45,200 --> 00:19:48,640 I could never hit a ball. Oh well we'll try it. Come on, 231 00:19:51,160 --> 00:19:53,200 there he is, Jip. I can see him outline against the window. 232 00:19:53,559 --> 00:20:00,599 Were Okay, don't move now, I've got you. Oh dear, 233 00:20:03,559 --> 00:20:06,000 sure you got him, only didn't know about it. Now he's gone. 234 00:20:06,119 --> 00:20:07,680 This is no time to argue. Nancy. Turn on a light. Okay, 235 00:20:08,279 --> 00:20:11,839 hey, Nancy. Look, he dropped his knife and knocked over the 236 00:20:11,880 --> 00:20:14,920 screen. If men weren't so clumsy, they hey, honey, this isn't 237 00:20:14,920 --> 00:20:17,720 our screen. I know. Mister Turner Lennard to me to cover the window 238 00:20:17,759 --> 00:20:21,160 lard rapes got back. Well, there must be something about this screen. 239 00:20:21,240 --> 00:20:25,359 That. Sure, there it is. He was scraping something off with that 240 00:20:25,480 --> 00:20:30,880 knife, see it. Nancy's something oh seven West twelfth Street. That first 241 00:20:30,960 --> 00:20:36,039 number looks like it might be a five five seven West twelve. Hey, 242 00:20:36,119 --> 00:20:40,240 that sounds familiar. I wonder where I wait a minute, I know five 243 00:20:40,319 --> 00:20:44,599 oh seven West twelfth. That was what was on Polly's letter, the one 244 00:20:44,640 --> 00:20:48,799 she had to wrestle you for. And the name was Brule Andrew Brule, 245 00:20:48,960 --> 00:20:52,440 and somebody didn't want us to know it. Well, it wasn't Polly. 246 00:20:52,480 --> 00:20:53,920 It was a man. Yeah, and it wasn't Turner. He's not that 247 00:20:53,920 --> 00:21:02,920 big. Listen who's that? Will ask? Yes, who's there? It's 248 00:21:02,960 --> 00:21:04,359 me, mister Lingle. I heard a noise. I thought there might be 249 00:21:04,400 --> 00:21:08,799 some trouble. Can I be of any help? Well, if you find 250 00:21:08,839 --> 00:21:14,359 a stray heart in your throat, it's mine. It's all right, mister 251 00:21:14,440 --> 00:21:18,599 Lingle. Everything's under control. Thank you. Oh that's fine. Oh good 252 00:21:18,680 --> 00:21:22,519 night, Such a nice man, always wanting to help. Well, lad 253 00:21:22,519 --> 00:21:26,920 doesn't answer the question of mister Brule. Say, Nancy, call me a 254 00:21:26,000 --> 00:21:29,480 cab with you. I'm going in and put some clothes on it. Yeah, 255 00:21:29,519 --> 00:21:33,160 it's after one o'clock. Well, if mister Brule is a respectable guy. 256 00:21:33,200 --> 00:21:34,640 He'll be home in the sleep and I'm going to wake him up. 257 00:21:34,680 --> 00:21:40,599 Oh that's well, except for one slight mistake. Mistake. Yes, we're 258 00:21:40,680 --> 00:21:52,759 going to wake him up. Yes, what is it? Oh? Good 259 00:21:52,759 --> 00:21:56,960 evening, madam. I'm sorry to disturb you, but it's very urgent that 260 00:21:56,079 --> 00:22:00,119 I see mister Brule. Ain't no mister Brule here evening? Its morning, 261 00:22:00,119 --> 00:22:04,480 and you ought to be ashamed. Good night, m cute kid, Jeff, 262 00:22:04,480 --> 00:22:08,119 are you sure you had the right address? Absolutely positive? You know, 263 00:22:08,240 --> 00:22:11,400 Nancy, it's funny his mail should be sent to a place where he 264 00:22:11,400 --> 00:22:15,920 doesn't even live. I think we ought to check with a post office, 265 00:22:15,920 --> 00:22:18,880 you know, darling. Not tonight. Well, no, I guess it 266 00:22:18,920 --> 00:22:33,039 can wait for morning. Here's the clerk. Now, I'll go ahead, 267 00:22:33,119 --> 00:22:38,240 Jeff. Ask him. My name is Brule, Andrew Brule, five h 268 00:22:38,359 --> 00:22:42,359 seven West twelve. I haven't been getting my mail lately. Would you please 269 00:22:42,440 --> 00:22:47,279 check and see if there's something wrong? Why, mister Brule? You gave 270 00:22:47,359 --> 00:22:51,440 us instructions over a year ago to hold all mail in general delivery, don't 271 00:22:51,440 --> 00:22:56,240 you remember? Oh he's so absent minded? Who's that? So? Sometimes 272 00:22:56,240 --> 00:23:00,680 even forgets he's married. Well, let certainly clears things up for me, 273 00:23:02,599 --> 00:23:07,160 does mister Brule? I guess you just forgot you. You called up here 274 00:23:07,160 --> 00:23:11,079 about an hour ago. I did. Surely you asked if anyone had tried 275 00:23:11,119 --> 00:23:15,000 to pick up your mail. Solid kind of worry. Oh, he's just 276 00:23:15,039 --> 00:23:18,200 the worrying type. Come along here, the rub is waiting. Come on, 277 00:23:18,359 --> 00:23:21,599 Yes, so well, thanks, old man, much obliged. Not 278 00:23:21,720 --> 00:23:26,000 at all, mister Brule. Don't Jeff, what do you think? H 279 00:23:26,640 --> 00:23:30,160 I think mister Brule is worrying too. It's pretty clear now, Nancy. 280 00:23:30,200 --> 00:23:33,559 He's mixed up in this murder some way, and he knows that we've gotten 281 00:23:33,559 --> 00:23:37,559 a line on him. Hell, next thing, I guess he'll come after 282 00:23:37,680 --> 00:23:41,960 us. Jeff, what do we do? What can we do? Just 283 00:23:41,039 --> 00:23:56,720 sit type and wait and when he comes, we'll Jeff, what time is 284 00:23:56,720 --> 00:24:02,880 it now? Just a few minutes to midnight? Midnight? M hm? 285 00:24:03,680 --> 00:24:07,440 Say what are you so scared about. We've got all the lights on. 286 00:24:07,599 --> 00:24:11,400 I've got my trusty mid iron here and hey, hey the lights. Who 287 00:24:11,440 --> 00:24:18,599 turned those lights off? Not me? And it must have been the fuse 288 00:24:18,680 --> 00:24:26,440 boxes out there in the hall. Jeff, there's something coming through the door. 289 00:24:27,200 --> 00:24:32,759 Steady nose, steady Nancy. All right, you whoever you are, 290 00:24:32,880 --> 00:24:37,480 better give up. I got you, covered him, I got him, 291 00:24:38,039 --> 00:24:41,480 I Nancy, I got him. Give me a hand with it. Yeah, 292 00:24:41,480 --> 00:24:45,599 I saw them with something, Nancy, cheer anything. I'm happy daring 293 00:24:47,400 --> 00:24:49,400 take that to a nasty man. I'll teach you to hurt Jeff. I'll 294 00:24:49,440 --> 00:24:56,079 teach you to Hey, Hey, what hit me? Jeff? Hits you? 295 00:24:56,720 --> 00:24:59,839 Oh? Darlly, I'm sorry. It's so dark in here? Maybe, 296 00:25:00,240 --> 00:25:03,799 but I can see stars. Hey, the murderer? Why did he 297 00:25:03,880 --> 00:25:07,079 go? I don't know that was a Georg Jeff. He must have gone 298 00:25:07,079 --> 00:25:14,680 out. Hey, listen, police whistles. How did the cops get here? 299 00:25:14,720 --> 00:25:18,079 How do you think I call him this afternoon? Look the lights are 300 00:25:18,119 --> 00:25:19,559 on again. I must have fixed the fud? Say, did you call 301 00:25:19,599 --> 00:25:23,720 the cops or the electricians? Nice work, missus, Troy. We nabbed 302 00:25:23,759 --> 00:25:29,039 him, all right. Who wasn't Inspector mister Andrew Brule alias mister Lingle, 303 00:25:29,279 --> 00:25:32,720 Mister Lingle who lives upstairs, the one who wanted to help? Oh? 304 00:25:32,799 --> 00:25:36,279 That was affront, like his art studios were just affront for his blackmailing, 305 00:25:36,440 --> 00:25:40,359 blackmailing. Sure he was collecting from every person in this house, and they 306 00:25:40,359 --> 00:25:42,640 didn't know that brul and Lingle were one of the same. But how could 307 00:25:42,680 --> 00:25:47,279 he blackmail all these people? Oh, easy enough, just get something on 308 00:25:47,319 --> 00:25:49,759 them that might embarrass them. Funny the things that people will try to hide. 309 00:25:51,119 --> 00:25:53,240 Since he only spoke over the phone to them, they never guessed who 310 00:25:53,240 --> 00:25:56,640 he was. Yeah, but what about Kaufman? Why was he killed? 311 00:25:56,799 --> 00:26:00,519 Well, I guess Kaufman was the only one who suspect to the truth, 312 00:26:00,599 --> 00:26:03,720 and when he insisted on having a showdown, Lingle had to kill him to 313 00:26:03,799 --> 00:26:10,519 keep him quiet. Well, I guess that's that case, Inspector. I 314 00:26:10,640 --> 00:26:14,079 sure am glad. I was in on the finish finishes right, mister Troy, 315 00:26:14,319 --> 00:26:18,079 only it might have been yours. We just took this knife off Lingle. 316 00:26:18,599 --> 00:26:25,680 Pretty mean looking, isn't it. I mean he was going to missus 317 00:26:25,720 --> 00:26:30,200 Troy's He's fainted. Oh dear, oh dear, Jeff, open your eyes. 318 00:26:30,960 --> 00:26:33,759 Darling get up, Please, get up. You've got to get up, 319 00:26:33,839 --> 00:26:52,079 jif you got your good suit on. Thank you Lucille Ball and Brian 320 00:26:52,160 --> 00:26:56,720 don Levy for the most entertaining a half hour. Well we ought to thank 321 00:26:56,759 --> 00:27:00,680 you, mister Bradley, because it's really been fun. All of us appreciate 322 00:27:00,720 --> 00:27:04,279 an invitation to play here because we know what wonderful work is being done by 323 00:27:04,279 --> 00:27:08,319 the Motion Picture Relief Fund in its country house in Clinic, a work made 324 00:27:08,319 --> 00:27:12,559 possible by these radio broadcasts. Brian don Levy will be back in a moment, 325 00:27:12,839 --> 00:27:17,559 but first, a word from one of America's foremost beauty authorities, Lady 326 00:27:17,680 --> 00:27:22,440 Esther. Thank you miss Ball. Ladies, if you've ever watched an artist 327 00:27:22,480 --> 00:27:26,279 paint a portrait, you know he can make his subject look younger or older 328 00:27:26,480 --> 00:27:30,319 just by the way he tones her skin. Think about that, because you 329 00:27:30,440 --> 00:27:33,279 do exactly the same thing with your face powder. You make your face look 330 00:27:33,319 --> 00:27:38,559 younger or older. Any artist studying my nine different shades of Lady Esther face 331 00:27:38,599 --> 00:27:45,119 powder recognizes them at once as young skin tones. I proved what a difference 332 00:27:45,119 --> 00:27:48,359 they make in an experiment the other day. At a dinner party, a 333 00:27:48,400 --> 00:27:52,440 woman I'd never seen before was seated opposite me. She looked rather middle aged, 334 00:27:52,559 --> 00:27:56,240 rather plain, and didn't attract much attention. After dinner, I struck 335 00:27:56,279 --> 00:28:00,279 up a conversation with her, knowing my interest in beauty, She confided that 336 00:28:00,319 --> 00:28:03,920 she hated her drag plain look, but it's my age, She said, 337 00:28:03,960 --> 00:28:07,200 what can I do? Well, we went into a dressing room and I 338 00:28:07,240 --> 00:28:11,759 removed her hard, caky makeup that made her face look so dry. Instead, 339 00:28:11,799 --> 00:28:15,279 I applied my own shade of Lady ester face powder, which fortunately was 340 00:28:15,319 --> 00:28:19,640 her shade too. She looked and looked. She was simply enchanted. Her 341 00:28:19,640 --> 00:28:26,000 face did seem altogether different, so radiant, so smooth, with almost a 342 00:28:26,000 --> 00:28:30,480 little girl freshness. It's all due, I explained to the different way Lady 343 00:28:30,559 --> 00:28:34,079 ester face powder is made. It's blown by twin hurricanes to give it those 344 00:28:34,160 --> 00:28:38,480 young, translucent shades, that velvety texture, and to keep it clinging to 345 00:28:38,519 --> 00:28:44,160 your skin for hours. Perhaps you'd like to try an experiment on your face, 346 00:28:44,640 --> 00:28:47,720 So why not get a box of Lady Ester Face powder to night? 347 00:28:57,160 --> 00:29:02,079 And now kill Again is banned on, Thank you, mister Ball. People 348 00:29:02,079 --> 00:29:07,079 are beginning to wonder how they will fair post war. They're asking, will 349 00:29:07,200 --> 00:29:15,079 high incomes continue? Will there be jobs for all? Well, seriously, 350 00:29:15,160 --> 00:29:21,200 nobody knows, but we all know this money invested now in war bonds is 351 00:29:21,240 --> 00:29:26,480 the best way you can safeguard your post war security. For every three dollars 352 00:29:26,480 --> 00:29:30,200 you invest now in war bonds, you get four dollars at maturity and in 353 00:29:30,240 --> 00:29:34,240 an emergency, your bonds can be converted into cash anytime. So isn't the 354 00:29:34,240 --> 00:29:40,039 plain good sense to buy all you can put every cent you can spare into 355 00:29:40,160 --> 00:29:56,000 safe, profitable, patriotic war bonds. Next week, the Lady uster Spring 356 00:29:56,000 --> 00:30:02,240 Guild players will present Dark Angel. It will starve Donald Chris Merle Oberon and 357 00:30:02,559 --> 00:30:07,079 Ronald Coleman. Be sure to listen. The seal Ball appears through the courtesy 358 00:30:07,119 --> 00:30:11,119 of Metro Golden Mayor, producers of White Clips of Dover. Bryan dun Levy 359 00:30:11,119 --> 00:30:15,559 appears through the courtesy of Paramount producers of The Hitler Gang. Music on the 360 00:30:15,640 --> 00:30:21,200 night's program was arranged and conducted by Wilburhatch. To try Lady Esther for purpose 361 00:30:21,279 --> 00:30:25,720 face cream. Just get the smallest sized jar. Later you can get the 362 00:30:25,759 --> 00:30:30,440 economic a large jar and keep refilling the small one for convenience. This is 363 00:30:30,480 --> 00:30:34,640 Truman Bradley speaking for Lady Esther, saying thank you and good night everyone. 364 00:30:36,599 --> 00:31:00,519 This will see me as the Columbia Broadcasting System. Welcome back. Well, 365 00:31:00,559 --> 00:31:07,400 this is actually the first time in sixteen years of old time radio podcasting that 366 00:31:07,519 --> 00:31:12,960 I've recorded an episode featuring Lucille Ball. I think I may have recorded an 367 00:31:14,119 --> 00:31:18,839 app extra featuring her, but unless I did something during the war, and 368 00:31:18,319 --> 00:31:25,119 the podcasts not any recent conflict, I've never had her on the podcast, 369 00:31:25,200 --> 00:31:27,720 so it's a trait to have her, even though I don't think this was 370 00:31:27,759 --> 00:31:33,400 a role that really allaned her a whole lot. I did watch the movie 371 00:31:33,480 --> 00:31:37,839 beforehand, and I won't go into too many details, but in many cases 372 00:31:37,880 --> 00:31:44,160 it was an okay film. It starred Brian A. Hearn and Loretta Young 373 00:31:44,400 --> 00:31:48,319 in the roles that were played by Brian Don Levy and Lucille Ball in this 374 00:31:48,400 --> 00:31:55,039 particular adaptation. It had a good premise, It meandered a little bit, 375 00:31:55,319 --> 00:31:59,880 and I think the radio story is a bit more compact. The story was 376 00:32:00,200 --> 00:32:07,960 interesting. It featured Sidney Tollier not playing Charlie Chen but playing the police officer. 377 00:32:07,279 --> 00:32:14,079 Also had a really different style of comedy, went for a lot more 378 00:32:14,119 --> 00:32:19,119 of a subtle feel, which when you think about all of the screwball comedies, 379 00:32:19,279 --> 00:32:25,319 really makes this a bit unique for a detective film. But part of 380 00:32:25,519 --> 00:32:34,279 what it was doing was poking fun at the conventions of the amateur sleuth story 381 00:32:34,480 --> 00:32:40,680 by having mundane ordinary things happening, and in particular by having the police be 382 00:32:40,839 --> 00:32:47,599 competent. They had one moment in the movie where Jeff, the Mystery Rider, 383 00:32:47,920 --> 00:32:54,039 tells of an encounter with a suspicious person and demanded the police bring her 384 00:32:54,079 --> 00:33:00,759 in. However, an officer had already arrested her to bring her in for 385 00:33:00,880 --> 00:33:06,720 questioning, and immediately brought her in, which is a parody on the idea 386 00:33:06,839 --> 00:33:12,079 where the amateur sleuth tells the police to bring someone in for questioning and the 387 00:33:12,160 --> 00:33:15,359 police are just waiting on pins and kneels for the amateur sleuth to say, 388 00:33:15,519 --> 00:33:19,519 oh, yeah, you've got to bring this person in to be questioned. 389 00:33:19,559 --> 00:33:23,400 And that's the sort of humor that tended to predominate. And the plot, 390 00:33:23,440 --> 00:33:28,559 as I said, was pretty involved. It got simplified a lot. I 391 00:33:28,599 --> 00:33:34,920 almost wonder if it was too simplified. I did the Green Guild Theater version 392 00:33:35,079 --> 00:33:38,960 of it because it featured Bryan don Levy and we also get to hear a 393 00:33:38,960 --> 00:33:45,000 little bit of Lucille Ball. But there is a lux Radio theater version and 394 00:33:45,119 --> 00:33:49,079 we may end up playing that eventually, which may fill it out a bit 395 00:33:49,119 --> 00:33:51,960 more. Now, one thing I will say about this, if you are 396 00:33:52,000 --> 00:33:58,200 interested in finding it, you want to be sure that you look for nineteen 397 00:33:58,359 --> 00:34:04,880 forty two film to remember. If you do a search for a not to 398 00:34:04,960 --> 00:34:07,800 remember on its own, you end up coming up with a nineteen fifty eight 399 00:34:07,880 --> 00:34:14,679 film that's about the sinking of the Titanic. So ironically, this film is 400 00:34:14,719 --> 00:34:19,840 the forgotten not to remember. Well, now it's time to thank our Patreon 401 00:34:20,000 --> 00:34:24,960 supporter of the day, and thank you to John, Patreon supporter since October 402 00:34:25,199 --> 00:34:30,360 of twenty seventeen, currently supporting us at the rookie level of two dollars or 403 00:34:30,400 --> 00:34:35,559 more per month. Thank you so much for your support, John, And 404 00:34:35,679 --> 00:34:38,280 that will do it for today. If you are enjoying this podcast, I 405 00:34:38,440 --> 00:34:44,480 encourage you to follow us using your favorite podcast software. We'll be back tomorrow 406 00:34:44,800 --> 00:34:53,440 with an episode of Sam Spade where Yeah right, so that's I read You're 407 00:34:53,480 --> 00:34:59,800 in Cleveland. Yeah, well Cleveland's game as our loss. I liked you. 408 00:35:00,000 --> 00:35:02,199 Maybe they had a hot spell in claymood. Huh he never bothered me. 409 00:35:02,559 --> 00:35:07,280 Yeah, you ought to be used to that by Now let's talk about 410 00:35:07,320 --> 00:35:09,480 you. Stay. How is dines please eat? Yeah? So I noticed 411 00:35:09,800 --> 00:35:15,400 your life bottom yea, I am depending it all the time. Regular ways 412 00:35:15,400 --> 00:35:20,360 are unders now. I was staying sure, sure, yeah, yeah, 413 00:35:20,440 --> 00:35:23,239 making a little deal. Yeah, who waits? Fine corns on rye, 414 00:35:24,320 --> 00:35:30,760 that's one corn? Are you? The cup blasted it up? So you 415 00:35:30,880 --> 00:35:32,679 said right this week? That's all right here? No, no, no, 416 00:35:34,000 --> 00:35:35,920 I'll fix it up. So only thick I get it. I said, 417 00:35:35,960 --> 00:35:37,280 wait's all right now? How about a cup of carp here? And 418 00:35:37,280 --> 00:35:40,440 I'm all at Denny. Yeah, I said you were going off duty. 419 00:35:40,719 --> 00:35:44,800 Yeah, I know, I'm just finishing up a couple of orders. Are 420 00:35:44,800 --> 00:35:49,159 you here, I'll get my never mind the heck, come on, Dunny, 421 00:35:49,400 --> 00:35:52,119 I'm hopped out front. I hate to getting wrong with the tops. 422 00:35:52,199 --> 00:35:55,400 Yeah, okay, let's coup a boss. I already told the boys get 423 00:35:55,440 --> 00:36:00,599 going, sir, just stay there and enjoy your family. Yeah, so 424 00:36:00,840 --> 00:36:07,679 on a waiter of course, of the guy who called me a white faced 425 00:36:07,719 --> 00:36:13,320 young kid sweating with his black tip under his left bend. They walked outside 426 00:36:13,360 --> 00:36:15,079 and got into a car park in front of the restaurant of all things, 427 00:36:15,079 --> 00:36:20,320 a limousine or deliveried shoulder. I watched through the front doors that pulled away, 428 00:36:20,320 --> 00:36:22,840 picked up the Lisa's number, and called the deparmit of motivating the car 429 00:36:22,960 --> 00:36:27,039 along a mic Sheldon. None of the voters of the North Beach section of 430 00:36:27,199 --> 00:36:30,239 Uncle Mike, a white head, jolly faced gentleman of dulbious means and still 431 00:36:30,320 --> 00:36:35,159 more dulbious methods, who had something to do with politics. What he had 432 00:36:35,199 --> 00:36:37,239 to do with a weasel like Freddie Mulloy, much as a poor waiter boy 433 00:36:37,239 --> 00:36:42,000 at Barney's, was something to frinder. I cidled back in my book and 434 00:36:42,039 --> 00:36:45,079 attack the corn beef on wheat my head teeth. Instead of going all the 435 00:36:45,119 --> 00:36:49,239 way through the sandwich, which is the way I like it, struck something 436 00:36:49,320 --> 00:36:52,039 firm and unyielding. I falls in between the lettuce and the bread of wax 437 00:36:52,079 --> 00:36:57,400 paper envelope. In so I was a fifty dollar bill and a small photograph 438 00:36:57,400 --> 00:37:01,239 of a blonde Then either waiter had spilled great words in the corner. I 439 00:37:01,239 --> 00:37:05,800 hope you'll be with us then. In the meantime, do send your comments 440 00:37:05,840 --> 00:37:10,480 to Box thirteen at Great Detectives dot net, follow us on Twitter at Radio 441 00:37:10,519 --> 00:37:15,960 Detectives, and check us out on Instagram, Instagram, dot com slash Great 442 00:37:15,960 --> 00:37:22,599 Detectives from Boise, Idaho. This is your host, Adam graham Son and off