America’s favorite girl detective takes on the headlines! Nancy Drew… Reporter (1939) blends clever mystery, humor, and youthful spirit in this fast-paced adaptation of the classic teen sleuth stories.
📽️ Plot Summary:
When Nancy Drew (Bonita Granville) enters a newspaper contest, she stumbles onto a real-life mystery involving a woman wrongly accused of murder. With her quick wits, determination, and help from Ted Nickerson, Nancy sets out to uncover the truth—proving she’s more than just a reporter.
🕰️ Year Released: 1939
🎭 Genre: Mystery, Adventure, Comedy
🎬 Directed by: William Clemens
🎞️ Starring: Bonita Granville, John Litel, Frankie Thomas
🎯 Why Watch It?
✔️ Bonita Granville’s spirited performance as Nancy Drew
✔️ A fun mix of mystery-solving and lighthearted comedy
✔️ A classic from Warner Bros.’ Nancy Drew series
✔️ Great for fans of vintage detective stories
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📽️ Plot Summary:
When Nancy Drew (Bonita Granville) enters a newspaper contest, she stumbles onto a real-life mystery involving a woman wrongly accused of murder. With her quick wits, determination, and help from Ted Nickerson, Nancy sets out to uncover the truth—proving she’s more than just a reporter.
🕰️ Year Released: 1939
🎭 Genre: Mystery, Adventure, Comedy
🎬 Directed by: William Clemens
🎞️ Starring: Bonita Granville, John Litel, Frankie Thomas
🎯 Why Watch It?
✔️ Bonita Granville’s spirited performance as Nancy Drew
✔️ A fun mix of mystery-solving and lighthearted comedy
✔️ A classic from Warner Bros.’ Nancy Drew series
✔️ Great for fans of vintage detective stories
🔔 Don’t forget to LIKE 👍 | COMMENT 💬 | SUBSCRIBE 🔔 for more classic mysteries & adventure gems!
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📺 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYSxyPafGbnT7hNTlq29mZQJKn7wrNglY
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00:00:00THE END
00:00:30Listen, let me be wrong for once. Write a new head.
00:00:52Hey, boy.
00:00:55Yes, sir?
00:00:56Did you find Tracy yet?
00:00:57No, sir. He's still out.
00:00:59When you find Mr. Tracy, would you ask him if he would condescend to want to take a little
00:01:02repertorial chore for me this afternoon?
00:01:05If you don't mind.
00:01:07Oh, no, sir. I don't mind.
00:01:08Don't stand there like an imbecile round him up.
00:01:11Yes, sir.
00:01:13Well, they're here, Mr. Boswick.
00:01:14Who's here?
00:01:15The students.
00:01:16What are they doing here?
00:01:18Mr. Boswick, don't you remember?
00:01:20It was a promotion tie-up to increase circulation.
00:01:22And what did I promise them?
00:01:25Well, they would have worked for you for three days as real reporters.
00:01:28And the one who submits the best story during that time was to receive $50.
00:01:33And a gold medal.
00:01:34Oh, I might have guessed it.
00:01:36I don't know why I let you talk me into these things.
00:01:39Last week you had the place filled with a lot of champion potato pickers.
00:01:42And now the place is going to be overcrowded with a lot of crazy cubs.
00:01:45I won't see them.
00:01:45Mr. Boswick, they're right beside you.
00:01:50Oh, Mr. Boswick, these are the young people you've been so anxious to meet.
00:01:54Miss Nancy Drew from the Brinwood School for Young Ladies.
00:01:57I'm very pleased to meet you.
00:01:57Hiya.
00:01:58Me too.
00:01:59Miss Phyllis Kimble of...
00:02:01Hiya, hiya, hiya.
00:02:03Oh, Mr. Boswick, are we really going to have real assignments just like real reporters?
00:02:07Why do all of us have that?
00:02:08Can I cover a scandal?
00:02:11Girls, boys.
00:02:12Mr. Boswick, won't you say a few words to the contestants?
00:02:16Yeah, very sure.
00:02:18Why, anyone is simple-minded enough to want to work on a newspaper, I've never been able to find out.
00:02:23Why, Mr. Boswick, journalism is a very noble and glorious career.
00:02:27With all the adventure and romance and everything, I should think you just love it.
00:02:31I do love it.
00:02:32I love every minute of it.
00:02:34I love my employees, too.
00:02:36Here, take one.
00:02:38All right.
00:02:39I won't look.
00:02:42What'd you get?
00:02:46I've got to write a story about a squirrel in the park.
00:02:49Where's the mayor live?
00:02:50Why?
00:02:50I've got to find out how many babies he kissed last week.
00:02:53A human interest story about a goldfish?
00:02:55Ladies' amateur poetry club.
00:02:57Cozy Nook Tea Room, 1 p.m.
00:02:59All right, now.
00:02:59Come on, get going.
00:03:00All right, children.
00:03:01Come on.
00:03:02Come on.
00:03:03And if it isn't news, you needn't bother coming back.
00:03:05Clever idea, isn't it?
00:03:06We'll go into that later.
00:03:07Mr. Boswick, I don't believe you take us seriously.
00:03:10My dear Miss, who is this?
00:03:11In regard to your supposition, I see you're not without perspicacity.
00:03:18I still haven't been able to find Mr. Tracy.
00:03:21Every time I depend upon a reporter, I'm double-crossed.
00:03:24Oh, all right.
00:03:25Leave a memo on his desk.
00:03:26Tell him to hurry over to the courthouse right away.
00:03:28They're holding an inquest on that Lambert woman.
00:03:30Yes, sir.
00:03:31Yes, sir.
00:03:31In the Sioux School children.
00:03:33Are you satisfied with your assignment, Miss Drew?
00:04:01Oh, I think it'll do.
00:04:03For a start.
00:04:04Mm-hmm.
00:04:12Dr. Carey, please.
00:04:17Raise your right hand.
00:04:19You swear the testimony you're about to give will be the truth.
00:04:21The whole truth is nothing but the truth.
00:04:23Help me God, I do.
00:04:24Dr. Carey, as autopsy surgeon, you examined the body of Kate Lambert?
00:04:29I did.
00:04:30And what did you find?
00:04:32That Miss Lambert's death was not caused by our failure, as Dr. Hibbert certified.
00:04:37Her death was caused by a poison, sodium farinide.
00:04:41What is sodium farinide?
00:04:43It's a chemical used in photography.
00:04:45Is such a chemical easily obtained?
00:04:47Oh, no.
00:04:48Only on special order from the manufacturer.
00:04:50It's a new agent, not yet on the open market.
00:04:53In fact, only those who are well-advanced in photography know anything about it.
00:04:56Miles Lambert.
00:05:03Mr. Lambert, you were the first to suspect your aunt had not met a natural death?
00:05:06I was.
00:05:08What aroused your suspicions?
00:05:10Well, for years, Dr. Hibbert had assured me that my aunt's heart condition was nothing
00:05:16to worry about.
00:05:17And when she died so suddenly, I was naturally very shocked and surprised.
00:05:21But even so, I didn't suspect anything until I happened to run across a scientific magazine
00:05:26in my aunt's library.
00:05:27There was an article in that magazine which had a great deal of significance to me in
00:05:31view of the circumstances.
00:05:33The article was about sodium farinide.
00:05:36And the portions of it dealing with the chemical's poisonous properties had been carefully marked
00:05:41in pencil.
00:05:44To whom does this magazine belong?
00:05:46It's addressed to Eula Denning.
00:05:49Did you mark this article, Miss Denning?
00:05:51Well, I...
00:05:51I must have...
00:05:53Why?
00:05:54I keep a file of all chemicals I work with, especially poisonous ones and their antidotes.
00:06:00Then you are interested in photography.
00:06:03Yes.
00:06:04How familiar are you with sodium farinide?
00:06:06Well, I...
00:06:07I know something about it.
00:06:10Miss Denning, what was your relationship to Kate Lambert?
00:06:13My mother was her companion for many years.
00:06:16After mother died, Miss Lambert took care of me.
00:06:20Isn't it true that under the terms of Miss Lambert's will, you were the sole beneficiary?
00:06:24Yes, but...
00:06:26Oh...
00:06:26But I didn't kill her.
00:06:29Why, Kate Lambert was the best friend I ever had.
00:06:32She put me through school, treated me as her own child.
00:06:35And yet you coerced her into making a will, leaving all her property to you.
00:06:38No.
00:06:39A will that was made less than a week before her death.
00:06:41No.
00:06:42I didn't do it.
00:06:44Someone must have taken the poison from the darkroom.
00:06:46Mr. Garrett, if you had the chemical tinned, that would prove I was innocent.
00:06:50How?
00:06:51Well, the murderous fingerprints would be on it.
00:06:53Not if they'd been removed.
00:06:55But they couldn't be removed.
00:06:56If anyone touched that chemical, the farini would etch the prints into the metal.
00:07:01A search has been made for the poison container, Miss Denning.
00:07:03It's missing.
00:07:04But it must be in the house somewhere.
00:07:06Miss Denning, you were the only person connected with the Lambert household with a knowledge of sodium farini.
00:07:11You were the only one who had access to Miss Lambert's room the night she died.
00:07:15And you were the only one who had motive to commit murder.
00:07:18I didn't kill her, I tell you.
00:07:19I didn't.
00:07:19I didn't kill her, I tell you.
00:07:21That's all.
00:07:25What's the verdict?
00:07:25The Denning girl's being held for trial.
00:07:27Murdered.
00:07:28What's up, baby?
00:07:36Something we didn't figure on.
00:07:38I gotta get out the Lambert drawn up on a tin can.
00:07:40Come back here!
00:08:00What's all this about a tin can?
00:08:02There's fingerprints on it.
00:08:03If the cops land at first, we're gonna be in a jam.
00:08:06A jam?
00:08:07How?
00:08:08Never mind how.
00:08:08If your Denning isn't sent up, she'll get all that old lady's dough.
00:08:12Oh, I see.
00:08:13And if she is sent up, the money goes to Miles Lambert.
00:08:17Not bad.
00:08:19How much do you get?
00:08:20Oh, Lambert's take care of me.
00:08:23Looks like I'll have to start being nice to Mr. Lambert.
00:08:25Don't you be nice to nobody but me, Lambert Pie.
00:08:27Hey.
00:08:38What?
00:09:01What?
00:09:05Be careful, baby.
00:09:30Officer, did a man come in here?
00:09:32The DA's closed up this joint, miss.
00:09:34No one can get in here without a foredaughter.
00:09:36I'm here to see to that.
00:09:38Oh, well, a man bumped into my fender and ran away and...
00:09:40Oh, a hidden runner, eh?
00:09:42Yes, and he must be around here someplace.
00:09:45It's the only place he could have gone.
00:09:47Well, in that case, Miss, you and I just take a look around.
00:09:49Oh, well, maybe you better go on that side of the house,
00:09:51and I'll go on this one, so he can't escape.
00:09:53Good idea, and if you spot him, yell.
00:09:55I'll come a-runner.
00:10:02Hey, what are you doing there?
00:10:04Why, I'm here to read the gas meter.
00:10:07That's the man, Officer.
00:10:08He's the one who smashed my fender.
00:10:10Oh, a runnin' hitter, hey?
00:10:12Yes, but I won't prefer charges if you'll pay to have it fixed.
00:10:16Well?
00:10:20A little squirt.
00:10:21It'll only cost me three and a half to have my fender fixed
00:10:23and about 50 cents for the gasoline I wasted coming out here,
00:10:26so here's a dollar back.
00:10:28All right, get along with you.
00:10:33Thanks a lot, Officer.
00:10:34He had an awful lot of money for a gas meterator.
00:10:37Maybe I'm in the wrong branch of the service.
00:10:40Did he say he was from the gas company?
00:10:42Yeah.
00:10:43Gee, that's kind of funny.
00:10:46I got it, Mr. Boswick, all about the Lambert inquest.
00:10:50I was a little delayed on account of a man ran into my fender,
00:10:52and I had-
00:10:53So it was you, huh?
00:10:54Oh, it was you, huh?
00:10:55You switched those assignment slips, didn't you?
00:10:58Well, I thought reporters always did things like that.
00:11:00At least they do in the movies.
00:11:02And besides, it says, write in my textbook on journalism,
00:11:04that a newspaper man or woman must stop at nothing to get news.
00:11:06And if she ever intends to impress the editor,
00:11:08she must be willing to do much more than just what the assignment calls for.
00:11:11So there.
00:11:12A thing like this would happen to me.
00:11:15I have it.
00:11:16Every word.
00:11:17Oh, it's sensational.
00:11:18I bet you, 2380, you never thought I could do it.
00:11:20Miss Drew, the story of the Lambert inquest
00:11:22was on the street a half hour ago.
00:11:25But, but that's impossible.
00:11:27I have it right here and...
00:11:32We were lucky enough to get it from the DA's office.
00:11:41Oh, dear.
00:11:43I was so sure I had a scoop and you'd have to stop the presses.
00:11:46Stop the presses?
00:11:47Or something.
00:11:48My dear little girlie,
00:11:49will you please take pity on a poor, tired old man?
00:11:52If another thing like this happens to me today,
00:11:54I'll lose my mind.
00:12:04Good morning, Dad.
00:12:05Good morning, Pep.
00:12:06Well, how's the Star reported this morning?
00:12:08Don't mention it.
00:12:10You watch.
00:12:11I'll show that Mr. Bostitch or whatever his name is.
00:12:13I'll get a story yet.
00:12:14That's the spirit.
00:12:15That's the spirit.
00:12:16Good morning, Miss Nancy.
00:12:17Good morning, Effie.
00:12:18Oh, doesn't that look good?
00:12:19Effie, you're an artist.
00:12:21Boy, oh, boy.
00:12:22What cuisine.
00:12:23Oh, shucks, Miss Nancy.
00:12:24That's just plain old cereal.
00:12:33Dad, I have a favor I want to ask of you.
00:12:35Go right ahead, darling.
00:12:36I'm in a very receptive mood this morning.
00:12:38Go right ahead.
00:12:39Well, Eula Denning needs a good lawyer,
00:12:41and I want you to defend her.
00:12:42No, I wouldn't want that case, Nancy.
00:12:44I've been reading about it,
00:12:45and I'm afraid the girl's guilty.
00:12:46There's not one bit of extenuating evidence.
00:12:48Just the same.
00:12:49I'll bet she didn't do it.
00:12:50What makes you think that?
00:12:51I don't know.
00:12:52I guess maybe it's just my woman's intuition.
00:12:54But she doesn't look like the type would poison anybody.
00:12:56Can't go by type, Nancy.
00:12:58One of the most charming women in history was a murderess,
00:13:00and she committed her crimes for far less than the Lambert estate.
00:13:03That's where the man with the funny ear came in.
00:13:05Funny ear?
00:13:06Funny ear, what are you talking about?
00:13:09This man sat next to me during the inquest,
00:13:11and afterwards got in the car with a woman and ran into my fender.
00:13:14Nancy, I'm going to take that car away from you if you start having accidents.
00:13:17But it wasn't my fault.
00:13:18I wasn't even in the car.
00:13:19That's why I followed him.
00:13:20I made him pay for that fender, too.
00:13:22Guess what, Dad?
00:13:23He went right out to that Lambert estate and tried to get in.
00:13:25Probably another reporter.
00:13:26Oh, I don't think so.
00:13:27He didn't look smart enough, and he acted awfully suspicious.
00:13:30Well, I wouldn't concern myself about it too much.
00:13:32Oh, no!
00:13:32You want it?
00:13:33Certainly.
00:13:34I'm saving it for last.
00:13:35Oh.
00:13:36Goodbye, darling.
00:13:37Bye-bye, Dad.
00:13:38Bye-bye, Dad.
00:13:39Bye-bye, Dad.
00:13:40Bye-bye, Dad.
00:13:41Bye-bye, Dad.
00:13:42Bye-bye, Dad.
00:13:43Bye-bye, Dad.
00:13:44Bye-bye, Dad.
00:13:45Bye-bye, Dad.
00:13:46Bye-bye, Dad.
00:13:47Bye-bye, Dad.
00:13:48Bye-bye, Dad.
00:13:49Bye-bye, Dad.
00:13:50Bye-bye, Dad.
00:13:51Bye-bye, Dad.
00:13:52Bye-bye, Dad.
00:13:53Bye-bye, Dad.
00:13:54Bye-bye, Dad.
00:13:55Bye-bye, Dad.
00:13:56Bye-bye, Dad.
00:13:57Bye-bye, Dad.
00:13:58Bye-bye, Dad.
00:13:59Bye-bye, Dad.
00:14:00Bye-bye, Dad.
00:14:01Bye-bye, Dad.
00:14:02Bye-bye, Dad.
00:14:03Bye-bye, Dad.
00:14:04Bye-bye, Dad.
00:14:05Bye-bye, Dad.
00:14:06Where are you, Ben?
00:14:08In the garage.
00:14:10What do you want?
00:14:12Come here, will you?
00:14:13Something very important.
00:14:15Oh, I'm busy.
00:14:30Well, where are you?
00:14:33Here.
00:14:36What's the matter? What are you hiding for?
00:14:38Somebody tried to blow up my car.
00:14:40Oh, stop it, will you?
00:14:41It's nothing to get excited over.
00:14:45Nothing to get excited over?
00:14:47How can you say a thing like that?
00:14:49Why, I might have been blown to bits right before my very eyes.
00:14:54It's just a game.
00:14:56A whistle bomb.
00:14:59You mean it's just a practical joke?
00:15:01Sure.
00:15:02It blows off when you press the starter.
00:15:03And boy, did you go into a tailspin.
00:15:07Ted Nickerson, I'll bet you put that thing in there.
00:15:09Oh, don't be an infant.
00:15:11I've got better things to do.
00:15:13Well, fine thing.
00:15:14It's going to be a menace to civilization.
00:15:16Anyone who deliberately do a trick like that ought to...
00:15:18Pipe down.
00:15:19We didn't do anything, we didn't do anything.
00:15:26I'm going to tell Ma, I'm you.
00:15:31Look, they got a load of them.
00:15:33They're not mine, they're killers.
00:15:34Killer Perkins, you grew up to be a fiend.
00:15:36But it was Mary's idea.
00:15:37It certainly was.
00:15:39Mary Nickerson, you ought to be a shing...
00:15:40Ted, aren't you going to speak to your sister?
00:15:44That gangster?
00:15:45She's out of my control.
00:15:46Oh, you're just jealous because you didn't think of it first.
00:15:48Give me those.
00:15:49Hey, those belong to my big brother.
00:15:51They don't now.
00:15:52Now, go on, get out of here.
00:15:54Before I lose control of myself, go on, get out of here.
00:15:57You thugs.
00:15:59I'm Noah Beck, Jordan.
00:16:00Don't you dare come in.
00:16:01Nice going, Nancy.
00:16:13The very idea.
00:16:15Just a nice quiet morning at the Drew's.
00:16:17Well, so long, I'll be seeing you.
00:16:18Where are you going?
00:16:20Now, where do you think I'd be going with this tennis racket?
00:16:22To shovel coal?
00:16:23I'll tell you where he's going.
00:16:26For ten cents.
00:16:27I wouldn't pay you a penny.
00:16:28I'm not that interested.
00:16:30Then what are you asking for?
00:16:32You get in the house.
00:16:34I'll tell you anyway.
00:16:35He's got a date with a beautiful girl.
00:16:40Oh, are you going to play tennis again with that woman?
00:16:43What do you mean, woman?
00:16:44She's only two years older than you are.
00:16:47Well, she'd rather play tennis.
00:16:48Why, all right.
00:16:49But I was sort of depending on you to help me.
00:16:51Oh, of course, my getting the best story for the paper isn't really so important.
00:16:55But you know how it is.
00:16:56The honor and everything would be nice.
00:16:57Oh, gosh, Nancy, now...
00:16:58Oh, it's all right.
00:16:59Go right ahead.
00:16:59Don't mind me.
00:17:00I just...
00:17:01Oh, by the way, I have something for you.
00:17:03Oh, you have?
00:17:04Well, what is it?
00:17:06Oh, it's nothing really.
00:17:07Just a little birthday present.
00:17:08I spent the four bucks.
00:17:11I had to fix the fender.
00:17:13Well, gee, Nancy, thanks.
00:17:16But my birthday isn't for two months yet.
00:17:18Is that so?
00:17:19Mm-hmm.
00:17:20Oh, well, now that you've seen it, you might as well keep it.
00:17:24Well, gee, thanks.
00:17:26I don't...
00:17:27Oh, gosh.
00:17:31Thanks.
00:17:32You're welcome.
00:17:33Wait a minute, Nancy.
00:17:35Look, I might postpone my tennis date if you really need me.
00:17:39Oh, don't bother.
00:17:40Don't bother.
00:17:40I was just going down to the jail to interview Eula Denning, and I wanted you to take your
00:17:44camera along.
00:17:45So far, she hasn't allowed anyone to take her picture.
00:17:48Well, then how do you expect me to get one?
00:17:49Oh, oh, I'd think of a way.
00:17:52Then you don't really need me.
00:17:54Well, reporters always take staff photographers when they're on important assignments, and
00:17:59besides, Dad doesn't like the idea of my going into a jail alone.
00:18:03I'll go with you.
00:18:04A jail is no place for children, Mary Nickerson.
00:18:06Oh, let her go.
00:18:07Maybe they'll lock her up.
00:18:08I should say not.
00:18:09Now go on, change your clothes, and wear your new hat.
00:18:12All right.
00:18:13I'll get your camera for you, Ted.
00:18:16Hurry now.
00:18:17I want to make the noon edition.
00:18:18And besides, maybe you'll have time to fix my fender.
00:18:20You're duped again.
00:18:28No cameras.
00:18:29Well, you see, I...
00:18:30Give the lady your camera, Ted.
00:18:32Huh?
00:18:33Well, okay.
00:18:35All right.
00:18:36Over there.
00:18:41Well, that's that.
00:18:43You should have known you couldn't get a camera in this place.
00:18:45I did.
00:18:45I did.
00:18:50What was in the case?
00:18:52I took out the camera and put in a block of wood.
00:18:54I think you've done something like this.
00:18:56Now look, you don't expect me to take a picture in here after what she said.
00:18:59Of course, silly.
00:19:01And if they catch us, we'll stay here.
00:19:03Oh, stop your worry.
00:19:05Put your hat on.
00:19:07Inside?
00:19:08Of course.
00:19:09You never saw a real newspaper man without his hat on, did you?
00:19:12Ah, they even eat in them.
00:19:13Oh, no, no, not like that.
00:19:17It looks awful.
00:19:19For God's sakes, what are you doing?
00:19:21You just gave it to me.
00:19:22No, no, no, no.
00:19:23Now let me fix it.
00:19:33Fix it is right.
00:19:34Oh, you ruined it.
00:19:45There.
00:19:46Now you look like a real reporter, not a store window dummy.
00:19:58Yes?
00:19:59Miss Denny?
00:20:00I'm Nancy Drew of the Tribune, and this is Mr. Nickerson, my photographer.
00:20:03Oh, a reporter.
00:20:05You seem so young.
00:20:07I guess I'd better explain.
00:20:09We're not real reporters.
00:20:10I just want to win a prize in journalism, and that's why I wanted an interview.
00:20:14What did you say your name was?
00:20:15Nancy Drew.
00:20:17Are you related to Carson Drew, the attorney?
00:20:20He's her father.
00:20:21Oh, I see.
00:20:23Miss Denny, do you know a man with a funny ear?
00:20:26It's all sort of folded up like.
00:20:28No, I don't.
00:20:30What do you ask?
00:20:30Well, there was one at the inquest, and I was wondering if he was a friend of yours.
00:20:34I don't know who he could be.
00:20:36Miss Denny, I don't think you did anything.
00:20:40That is, I mean, I think you're innocent.
00:20:42If it's all right with you, I'm going to ask my father to come and see you.
00:20:45Oh, if he only would.
00:20:46You see, there's, well, there's so much evidence against me.
00:20:51Why, it's even worse now than it was yesterday.
00:20:54Did they find something else?
00:20:56Police checked with the manufacturers and learned the only sale of sodium Fahrenheit made in this part of the country was to me.
00:21:02Uh-oh.
00:21:03Gee.
00:21:04Well, if you only had that tin can, the one the poison came in.
00:21:08You know, you told about it at the inquest yesterday.
00:21:10It's disappeared.
00:21:11Someone probably stole it.
00:21:13I saw it just the end of the day when I was cleaning out the darkroom.
00:21:16I can't understand why they didn't find it.
00:21:19It was...
00:21:20What's the matter?
00:21:21The tin was empty, but I didn't throw it away.
00:21:25I wanted to save it because the manufacturer's address was on it.
00:21:29Gee, think hard.
00:21:30Maybe you can remember what you did with it.
00:21:32I put some empty bottles and things in the basement in an old cupboard.
00:21:36That container must have been with them.
00:21:40Maybe it's still there.
00:21:41Yeah.
00:21:42You just leave it to me.
00:21:43And please don't tell anyone.
00:21:45Oh, I almost forgot.
00:21:46Miss Denny, may we take a picture of you?
00:21:48I don't mind.
00:21:50Hurry up, Ted.
00:21:52Thanks a lot, Miss Denny.
00:21:54And we'll let you know what happens.
00:22:03A little bit to your right.
00:22:04Look sad now.
00:22:05Hold it.
00:22:11Here, what's the big idea?
00:22:12What's going on out here?
00:22:14We're taking the quadrofoam to port it with the poor and foul.
00:22:16We'll get ham, scram, scram.
00:22:17Is the general one of the prisoners?
00:22:18Ted, I think we'd better be leaving.
00:22:19Well, what if you can't get in?
00:22:35It's still illegal.
00:22:36Not for a reporter.
00:22:37A reporter has the right to do things an ordinary person shouldn't.
00:22:40Ah, fool.
00:22:41Now, go ahead and do just exactly as I told you.
00:22:44Okay.
00:22:45But if anything happens, don't blame me.
00:22:47You don't want to subscribe to any magazines, do you?
00:23:00No.
00:23:01I didn't think you did.
00:23:04Are you watching this place?
00:23:06Yeah.
00:23:07Well, I guess you get kind of lonesome around here all by yourself, huh?
00:23:14Sometimes.
00:23:15I'm not very busy right now.
00:23:19If you like, I could play a little game of rummy or something.
00:23:23Say, that's an idea, son.
00:23:25Draw up a chair.
00:23:26Swell.
00:23:31Look, do you mind if I sit over there?
00:23:33I'm kind of superstitious.
00:23:35Oh, sure, sure.
00:23:45We ought to have something to shoot at, son.
00:23:48Say, any a point?
00:23:49A penny of it.
00:23:51Yeah, that'll be fine.
00:23:54I'll keep score for you.
00:24:12Don't do that.
00:24:13It puts me off of my game.
00:24:15Oh, I'm sorry.
00:24:43Oh, I'm sorry.
00:25:13what was that noise what noise i'd better investigate well you were just here in place
00:25:27maybe so
00:25:43your mother wants you to come home right away oh hello glad to see you again
00:25:53well i guess i'll have to be gone how do we stand i'll figure it out
00:26:01you got me in a fine mess i lost my whole week's allowance to that rummy shark well it was worth it
00:26:13i found the tin can yeah and ted that man with a funny ear was there he chased me out of the
00:26:18basement gosh nancy we took an awful chance maybe we shouldn't have done it we better get this tin
00:26:26right down to the police station and see if captain tweedy can find any fingerprints on it
00:26:43suffering cats look at the time my tennis date was at three oh but this is much more important
00:26:55than tennis if i pass her up this time she'll never play with me again don't you want to go
00:26:58at the playstation you don't need me you can tell me about it later goodbye
00:27:01where
00:27:09where
00:27:12here
00:27:13here
00:27:14here
00:27:25Captain Tweedy, of all people, it would have to be you.
00:27:55Well, why do you stay now?
00:28:01Come on, get away.
00:28:02Break it up.
00:28:08Hi, Dad.
00:28:09Hello, Pat.
00:28:10Gee, I'm glad you're home.
00:28:11You are.
00:28:12What are you doing up so late?
00:28:14You can get back to sleep.
00:28:16Good night.
00:28:17Oh, but Dad, I can't go to sleep.
00:28:20What's the matter?
00:28:21Nothing.
00:28:22No?
00:28:24Come on in.
00:28:25Tell me all about it.
00:28:30Now.
00:28:31Dad, you've always taught me to do right, haven't you?
00:28:34I've tried to, Nancy.
00:28:36Dad, if I believed in something I knew was right, I should always live up to it.
00:28:41More than that.
00:28:42Don't back down an inch.
00:28:44Supposing you made a promise that you knew was right, I bet you'd keep it.
00:28:48Certainly.
00:28:49The person who fails to live up to his promise is a weakening.
00:28:52And you'd never want me to break a promise, would you?
00:28:55Of course not, Nancy.
00:28:57If you make a promise in good faith, I'd expect you to live up to it, no matter what it cost you.
00:29:02And you'd help me live up to it?
00:29:04Certainly.
00:29:05What kind of a father do you think I am?
00:29:07Well, then, you're going to defend Eula Denning because I promised her you would.
00:29:11What?
00:29:12Not that.
00:29:13You just said you'd help me keep a promise.
00:29:15Nancy, you tricked me into this.
00:29:16You're always doing that to me.
00:29:18Now, I won't have...
00:29:20Well, all right.
00:29:22If you can give me any reason to believe that Eula Denning is innocent, I'll take her case.
00:29:27Oh, Dad!
00:29:28I knew you would!
00:29:30Well, Ted and I went out to that Lambert house this afternoon.
00:29:33I sneaked in and found that tin of sodium Fahrenheit, the one that Miss Denning claims could have had fingerprints on it.
00:29:37You two went out there alone?
00:29:38Uh-huh.
00:29:39And I know it was important evidence because that man with the funny ear chased me out of the basement.
00:29:43Dad, that's not the worst of it.
00:29:45When I was taking that tin down to the police, a woman stole it from me.
00:29:49So that proves other people are mixed up in it.
00:29:51You should have gone to the police in the first place.
00:29:53Oh, I know it.
00:29:54Everything's gone wrong.
00:29:56I've failed all around.
00:29:57Maybe I'm just not intelligent.
00:29:59That's right.
00:30:00Dad!
00:30:01Oh, I mean, darling, everybody makes mistakes.
00:30:07Don't you see, Dad?
00:30:08If Miss Denning's convicted, it'll be my fault.
00:30:10Because I was foolish and lost the only evidence that could maybe save her.
00:30:14I'm responsible.
00:30:15Well, don't worry, Nancy.
00:30:16I'll see Eula Denning first thing in the morning.
00:30:18Oh, Dad!
00:30:20Honestly, I feel ten years younger.
00:30:22Don't be too enthusiastic.
00:30:24So far, there isn't a stick of evidence we could take into court.
00:30:27There will be if you can get hold of that man with a funny ear.
00:30:29You think you'd know him again if you saw him?
00:30:31With that ear?
00:30:32I'll say.
00:30:33It looked like one of Effie's popovers.
00:30:34Oh, cauliflower ear.
00:30:35What?
00:30:36I thought of cauliflower a little less.
00:30:38What did you say?
00:30:39I can't understand you, Nancy.
00:30:41Well, how can you expect you splashing around like a seal after a fish?
00:30:45That's no way to talk to your father.
00:30:46Oh, they're the stockings!
00:30:47Oh, why don't you take them out of here?
00:30:49Here, here's a towel.
00:30:50Oh, dear.
00:30:51Now I'll have to start all over again.
00:30:53I said that that man's ear looked like one of Effie's popovers.
00:30:57I said it was probably a cauliflower ear.
00:30:59Oh.
00:31:00That might indicate that he was a boxer or a wrestler.
00:31:02Really?
00:31:03But what connection such a man could have with this case is more than I can see.
00:31:07Dad, I felt all along that that man with a funny ear was a clue.
00:31:10I think you ought to do something about him.
00:31:12I'm going to do something about a girl with a funny face.
00:31:15Come on, baby.
00:31:16You're going to bed.
00:31:17Oh, Dad, put me down.
00:31:18I'm no baby.
00:31:19You'll always be your daddy's baby.
00:31:20I won't be anybody's baby.
00:31:22Everybody loves a baby.
00:31:24That's why I'm in love with you.
00:31:26Pretty baby, baby.
00:31:27Oh, Dad.
00:31:28Pretty baby.
00:31:29Dad, don't be so silly.
00:31:31Oh.
00:31:33Good night, baby.
00:31:35Good night, baby.
00:31:37Good night, baby.
00:31:39I'm going to leave you now.
00:31:40Oh, Dad.
00:31:41We've got to talk this thing over.
00:31:43In the morning, the morning.
00:31:45The bright and early morning.
00:31:47The morning.
00:31:57Hello.
00:31:58I'm Nancy Drew.
00:32:00Charm, I'm sure.
00:32:01Draw up a chair.
00:32:04No, thank you.
00:32:05I've been standing all day.
00:32:07Do you keep pictures of all kinds of prize fighters and people like that?
00:32:10You should meet some of my wife's folks.
00:32:12But you came to the right place, sister.
00:32:13I know them all personally.
00:32:15What's your guy look like?
00:32:16Oh, you'll know him in a minute.
00:32:18He has a cauliflower ear.
00:32:19Here.
00:32:20If you're recognizing him, let me know.
00:32:34You and I are here.
00:32:35Here.
00:32:36Here, look at her.
00:32:37Here, go.
00:32:38Here.
00:32:39Here, take your hand.
00:32:40Here, take your hand.
00:32:41Here, take your hand.
00:32:42Here, take your hand.
00:32:43Hi.
00:32:44What do you want?
00:33:04Well, don't make me yell.
00:33:05Come here.
00:33:07Excuse me a second, Helen.
00:33:14How did you find me here?
00:33:16Hello, Ted.
00:33:18Oh, I get it.
00:33:19Where would one expect to find you these days?
00:33:22Ted's got a girlfriend.
00:33:23Ted's got a girlfriend.
00:33:25Quiet, small fly.
00:33:26She's not so pretty.
00:33:26I bet Ted thinks so.
00:33:28Look, what's on your mind?
00:33:29Look at this clipping I found.
00:33:31Here, let me see.
00:33:34Soxianthens.
00:33:34Who's that?
00:33:35He's the man I saw at the Lambert place.
00:33:37He used to be a boxer.
00:33:38And right now, he's at Maxie's Gymnasium on First Street.
00:33:40How do you know?
00:33:41Yeah, how do you know?
00:33:41Well, I just asked myself where I'd go if I were a prize fighter
00:33:45and decided it would be to a gymnasium.
00:33:47So I called up all the places in town
00:33:48and pretended I was Mr. Anson's girlfriend.
00:33:50Pretty soon, I found out he was at Maxie's.
00:33:52Then I hung up.
00:33:53Yeah.
00:33:54Well, it was nice of you to tell me about it.
00:33:56I...
00:33:57I got to get back.
00:33:58Goodbye, Ted.
00:33:59Certainly.
00:34:00I don't want to keep you.
00:34:01I just thought I'd let you know where I'll be
00:34:02in case Dad asks you.
00:34:03You're not going down to that gym alone.
00:34:05Of course I am.
00:34:06Something has to be done about Soxie right away.
00:34:08He's important evidence.
00:34:09So you came over here to tell me about it
00:34:11so I'll get in a jam with your father
00:34:12for letting you go there.
00:34:13I did no such thing.
00:34:15You're not responsible for me.
00:34:16We'll go with you, Nancy.
00:34:17We just love fights, don't we, killer?
00:34:19I hope to kiss a polecat.
00:34:21You two will not go.
00:34:22Why not?
00:34:23Why?
00:34:24Never mind.
00:34:25Oh, darn it, Nancy.
00:34:25Now you got me worried.
00:34:26Maybe I'd better go alone.
00:34:28Oh, I don't think you ought to, Ted.
00:34:29It's a pretty tough place.
00:34:30I can take care of myself and you too.
00:34:32Well, if you insist.
00:34:34Here.
00:34:35What's this?
00:34:36Your costume.
00:34:37You'll pose as another boxer
00:34:38by the name of One Round Lugan.
00:34:40Gains Soxie's confidence
00:34:41and who knows,
00:34:42maybe he'll incriminate himself.
00:34:43Say, you had this all figured out,
00:34:45didn't you?
00:34:45Why, Ted Nickerson,
00:34:46and I did not.
00:35:04Ten cents.
00:35:11Come here.
00:35:12What's the best?
00:35:13And any old lady's old girl.
00:35:16This is an awful joint.
00:35:19Ted, there he is.
00:35:23Ted, I'm positive that woman
00:35:24that stole the tin can from me yesterday
00:35:26is Soxie's girlfriend.
00:35:27Now all you have to do
00:35:28is get him to tell you her name
00:35:29and where she lives.
00:35:30Maybe you'd like to know
00:35:31if she's got any bridge work.
00:35:33How will that help?
00:35:34Do you remember?
00:35:35Captain Tweedy always said
00:35:36Cherchez la fin.
00:35:37Find the woman.
00:35:38Very smart thing he ever did say.
00:35:39Yeah, and he stole that.
00:35:41But it's true.
00:35:42You can always get information from women.
00:35:43They just love to talk.
00:35:44Yeah, I've noticed that.
00:35:47Go ahead now.
00:35:48I'll wait out here for you.
00:35:51Gosh, he doesn't look very friendly, does he?
00:35:54Remember, you're one-round Lugan.
00:36:03Wait a minute.
00:36:04What's the name?
00:36:05One-round Lugan.
00:36:06All right, champ,
00:36:07you'll be so honest, he's all right.
00:36:15Hiya, champ.
00:36:16Hiya, champ.
00:36:17Well, you sure train like one.
00:36:20I'm kind of new around this, Berg.
00:36:22Yeah, but I've been putting the boys
00:36:23on a camp or something, Frisco.
00:36:25Yeah?
00:36:26I'll be enough of that.
00:36:28Say, didn't I see you
00:36:29with a nice-looking dame
00:36:30the other night?
00:36:30What's your name?
00:36:31Oh, one-round Lugan.
00:36:32I'll bet that baby...
00:36:33One-round Lugan.
00:36:34Never heard of you.
00:36:35Well, I ain't very well-known
00:36:38around here yet.
00:36:39How about sparring a few rounds?
00:36:40That'll get you some attention.
00:36:42Oh, I ain't gonna do
00:36:44any training today.
00:36:46If you're a fighter,
00:36:46you're in training all the time.
00:36:49Well, I didn't bring my clothes.
00:36:51It's all right.
00:36:52I'll get you some.
00:36:53Hey, Jake.
00:36:54Yeah?
00:36:55Take the cap a pair of trunks.
00:36:57He's gonna show me
00:36:57how to do things out in Frisco.
00:36:59Oh, sure.
00:37:00Well, come on.
00:37:01But I'd really rather not.
00:37:05I want some gum, please.
00:37:22Max, it's Jim.
00:37:49This is Soxy Anthem's
00:37:51girlfriend speaking.
00:37:52Will you have him call me back
00:37:53as soon as he can?
00:37:54Wait a minute.
00:37:55He's right here.
00:38:00Hey, Soxy.
00:38:01Your girlfriend wants you
00:38:02to call her right away.
00:38:03Okay.
00:38:04Come on.
00:38:32No, no, not there.
00:38:34Come on.
00:38:35Through here.
00:38:35Hey.
00:38:37Get in there, will you?
00:38:38In you go.
00:38:41All right, Soxy.
00:38:43Warm up a little bit.
00:38:44A little.
00:38:45That's it.
00:38:51Ha-ha.
00:38:52No dames.
00:38:53Oh, but I've got to go in there.
00:38:55I'm his manager.
00:38:56His manager?
00:38:57Ted, what are you doing?
00:39:02Oh, gee, Nancy.
00:39:03I'm an awful mess.
00:39:05Well, I just learned something
00:39:05that might be an important clue.
00:39:07Come on.
00:39:07I want to go.
00:39:08So do I.
00:39:09But I can't.
00:39:10I've got to fight him.
00:39:12Fight him?
00:39:14Oh, Ted, you mustn't.
00:39:16I'll get mobbed or something
00:39:17if I don't.
00:39:18Oh, dear.
00:39:20Oh, look.
00:39:20Maybe he's out of condition.
00:39:22Yeah.
00:39:23Like an ox.
00:39:25Okay, one round.
00:39:26Let's go.
00:39:27Ready, Jake?
00:39:27All set.
00:39:31Well, goodbye, Nancy.
00:39:35Now, folks, we're going to have
00:39:36a little excitement.
00:39:37Three-round boxing exhibition
00:39:39between Soxy and Anthony's of Chicago,
00:39:41who we all know.
00:39:47And one-round Lugan,
00:39:48the Frisco flag.
00:39:51All right, boys,
00:39:52go to your corners
00:39:53and come out fighting.
00:39:56Why, one round.
00:39:57Your glove's untied.
00:39:58Here, let me fix it for you.
00:39:59Hmm?
00:40:04Nancy, you're a genius.
00:40:09Now, if I can only tag you.
00:40:13Come on, Monk, Ted.
00:40:15Come on.
00:40:16Come again, Ted.
00:40:17I mean Lugan.
00:40:19Lugan.
00:40:20Come on, Ted.
00:40:20Tag him on a whisker, Soxy.
00:40:26Ah, she didn't got no whiskers yet.
00:40:29He has, too.
00:40:32Whoa!
00:40:35Chalk one up!
00:40:40Oh, chase him for a change.
00:40:45How much time left?
00:40:46Come on, Ted.
00:40:47Come on, Ted.
00:40:48Don't be so nice to him.
00:40:52Come on, Ted.
00:40:53Hit him again.
00:40:54Hit him again.
00:40:55Come on.
00:40:56Come on, Lugan.
00:40:57Come on.
00:40:58Hit him.
00:40:59Get him.
00:41:00Get him.
00:41:01Come on, Ted.
00:41:01Now you got to...
00:41:02Ted!
00:41:07Ted!
00:41:09Ted!
00:41:10Ted, speak to me.
00:41:12Speak to me.
00:41:13Ted, what happened?
00:41:15That's what I was just about to ask you.
00:41:19Try 352449.
00:41:24Gee, I wonder what they're doing.
00:41:26I don't know, killer.
00:41:27Maybe they're both insane.
00:41:30Hello.
00:41:31This is Soxy Athens.
00:41:33Is my girlfriend there?
00:41:34No soap.
00:41:40Dear, there's only one more we can call, and that just has to be it.
00:41:44If you got the rest of them right.
00:41:46Oh, I'm sure I have.
00:41:47Yeah.
00:41:48Oh, look at me.
00:41:50I'm ruined.
00:41:52I won't even dare show up for my tennis lessons now.
00:41:55Tennis lessons?
00:41:56Ted, is that girl you've been playing with a tennis teacher?
00:41:59Sure.
00:42:00It's Helen Winfield, the champ.
00:42:02Those lessons cost me $150 a copy.
00:42:04Tennis teacher?
00:42:05Oh, that's wonderful.
00:42:07I mean, I'm sorry about your lessons, but...
00:42:09Hey, what's the matter with you?
00:42:11Nothing, nothing.
00:42:12Now try that other number.
00:42:13352440.
00:42:15Maybe you ought to be psychoanalyzed.
00:42:18Oh, I'm going home and get me a cookie.
00:42:21Get me one, too.
00:42:22I'm going to stay here and find out what it's all about.
00:42:24Okay, pal.
00:42:25Room clerk, Beldenberger Hotel.
00:42:34This is Mr. Soxie Antons.
00:42:36I...
00:42:36I'm calling her girlfriend.
00:42:38Well, she isn't here just now, Mr. Antons.
00:42:40It's the place.
00:42:42How'll I get her name?
00:42:43Mr. Teejik.
00:42:44Yeah, yeah.
00:42:46Uh, do you know where Miss Fultz went?
00:42:49No, I don't, but...
00:42:50I'll see if she left a message in your box.
00:42:52Soxie lives there, too.
00:42:53Really?
00:42:56No, there's no message, Mr. Antons.
00:42:58Shall I tell her you called?
00:43:00Just a moment.
00:43:01Well, Joe, did Miss Lucas take your cab?
00:43:04Yes.
00:43:04Why?
00:43:05Her name's Lucas.
00:43:06Yeah.
00:43:08She went to the Mandarin Cafe, Mr. Antons.
00:43:10Mandarin Cafe?
00:43:10Well, thank you very...
00:43:11Uh, thank you very much.
00:43:15Mandarin Cafe.
00:43:15Do you want any money?
00:43:26Well, there's no brag about it.
00:43:28Neither have I.
00:43:29Don't eat too much.
00:43:30Oh, boy, a Chinese place.
00:43:35Mary Nickerson.
00:43:36We just love Chinese places, don't we, killer?
00:43:38Yeah.
00:43:38For God's sakes, where did you hoodlums come from?
00:43:41Thought you'd get away from us, didn't you?
00:43:43Yeah.
00:43:44You're going home.
00:43:45We are not.
00:43:46We might get lost.
00:43:47We're going with you.
00:43:48Well, for my dead body...
00:43:49Mine, too.
00:43:50Well, I guess I'll just have to call up Nancy's father then.
00:43:55Oh, all right, all right.
00:43:56I suppose we'll have to do it.
00:43:58But on one condition.
00:43:59When the waiter takes your order, you say, I'm not hungry.
00:44:02But I am.
00:44:03How about you, killer?
00:44:04I'm starved.
00:44:05We haven't enough money.
00:44:06Are you going to cooperate with us or not?
00:44:08How about it, killer?
00:44:09Sure, we'll play ball.
00:44:11Okay, let's go.
00:44:12Wait a minute.
00:44:13Let's just try this once.
00:44:14Now, I'm the waiter.
00:44:16What do you have, Pess?
00:44:18Tatsui.
00:44:19No, no.
00:44:20Look, we're broke.
00:44:22We can't buy you any food.
00:44:24And would you settle for a glass of milk?
00:44:26Well, we might go that far.
00:44:28Okay, it's a deal.
00:44:31Ted, why do you have to have a sister?
00:44:34Ask more.
00:44:43Oh, I'm afraid this is a little too close to the orchestra.
00:44:54This will be fine.
00:44:55Thank you very much.
00:44:56Ted, did you see?
00:45:00She's right in the next booth with Miles Lambert.
00:45:02She is?
00:45:03Come on.
00:45:04Something's funny.
00:45:06I'm positive that Soxie's girl, and yet she's stepping out with Mr. Lambert.
00:45:10Do you suppose Soxie knows Lambert?
00:45:12Come on.
00:45:14Then be out.
00:45:15What for?
00:45:15Never mind.
00:45:19Never mind, Beth.
00:45:20Come on.
00:45:21Come on.
00:45:31Max's gym.
00:45:32Soxie!
00:45:33Soxie!
00:45:33hello mr anthems this is a friend would you be interested in knowing that miss
00:45:45lucas is dining with miles lambert at the mandarin cafe who's talking
00:46:03who'd you call i phone soxy about lambert miss lucas and was he mad
00:46:10suffering cats we may learn something important because when he gets here something's sure to
00:46:15happen yeah probably a tall one are you out of please oh i'll have some egg food young and you
00:46:24uh just tea and you too please glass of milk and chopped suey yes yes
00:46:38dad look
00:46:53you cheap little take it easy soxy sit down you've been planning to run out on me ever since you
00:47:15found out lambert is moving in on that old lady's dough shut up soxy as for you wise guy you want
00:47:21this damage is yours but the military hurt try and break you're gonna get a surprise i still got
00:47:26the tin can with fingerprints on it i don't know what to do with it why you
00:47:32i don't call her please no no don't do that
00:47:43like okay we don't want any publicity
00:47:46come on dolly
00:47:49get the checks i gotta call
00:47:53yes your daughter's on the phone mr group thank you hello nancy dad what happens to the lambert
00:48:09estate if eula denning is convicted goes to miss lambert's nearest relative miles lambert why do you
00:48:14ask oh i was just wondering thanks dad
00:48:20come on ted hurry up give me some dough i'm short
00:48:25that's all i have
00:48:2865 cent more please
00:48:30look mister that's all we got
00:48:32maybe you'll trust us huh
00:48:34oh sure sure you nice people i trust you oh thank you very much come on ted we've got to hurry 65 cent
00:48:41but you just said you trust us you see mister we got to go home and get the money from our folks
00:48:47but we'll come back 65 cent
00:48:50now look what you got us into we don't know nothing about it do we kill her
00:48:56no they invited us
00:48:58look mister we haven't got 65 cents
00:49:03cut check no 65 cent
00:49:05yeah that's right
00:49:06you wash dishes all the day maybe two three day
00:49:22oh hey there you go kitchen that way
00:49:24no fine
00:49:25no question that way
00:49:26now look
00:49:26oh i don't want to wash dishes
00:49:29i'm awful tired but i can supervise
00:49:32you're gonna wash dishes both of you it'll serve your rights too
00:49:35mister
00:49:37maybe she could entertain
00:49:38entertain
00:49:39yeah she's a famous singer
00:49:41i thought she was my pal
00:49:42what are you trying to do
00:49:43you must be winging
00:49:45i'm not sure she's sung all over the world
00:49:47all right
00:49:48you sing nice merrigan song
00:49:50no good
00:49:51washy-dishy
00:49:52come on quick
00:49:56what do they sing
00:49:57anything
00:49:58little bobeet
00:50:00oh dear
00:50:03we'll be in for life after this
00:50:04say mister can't you help her out
00:50:08little bobeet has lost her sheep but she knows just where to find them
00:50:20for they'll stand
00:50:22for they'll stand around the band
00:50:25wagging their tails behind them
00:50:30hi diddle diddle the cat heads
00:50:32fizzle the cow is beginning to croon
00:50:35oh little dog laughs laughs laughs because they're never in tune
00:50:40mary had a little lamb
00:50:43little lamb
00:50:44little lamb
00:50:45mary had a little lamb
00:50:48he said i'll see you later
00:50:50he went off to hear them jam
00:50:52he went off to hear them jam
00:50:53hear them jam
00:50:54hear them jam
00:50:55mary had a little lamb
00:50:57now he's an alligator
00:50:59oaks peas beans and barley grow
00:51:02oaks peas beans and barley grow
00:51:04can you or i or anyone know how
00:51:07oaks peas beans and barley grow
00:51:09grab yourself a partner
00:51:12grab yourself a partner
00:51:14open the ring and choose one in
00:51:17while we all daily laugh and sing
00:51:19twinkle twinkle little star
00:51:22how i wonder what you are
00:51:24up above the world so high
00:51:27like a diamond in the sky
00:51:29twinkle twinkle little star
00:51:34twinkle twinkle little star
00:51:37i want to do it
00:51:38i want to make your friends
00:51:41twinkle little star
00:51:44twinkle little star
00:51:46twinkle little star
00:51:48rock-a-bye baby in the tree top
00:51:53when the wind blows the cradle will rock
00:51:58when the bow breaks the cradle will fall
00:52:03And down will come, baby
00:52:05Cradle and on
00:52:10Rock it, my baby
00:52:13We all love music
00:52:22So go to town
00:52:24And rock it, my baby
00:52:27Rock my baby
00:52:29Rock my baby
00:52:32Rock it, my baby
00:52:35Say, do, say, do, see
00:52:36Rock it, I'm down
00:52:38Ah, Miss Drew
00:52:44We're all present
00:52:46Now, here's the $50 and the medal
00:52:49And now, if Mr. Bostwick has chosen the best news story
00:52:52Submitted by our charming...
00:52:54Give the prize to this one
00:52:56About the humane worker who invented a nutcracker for toothless squirrel
00:53:00That's me
00:53:01I won, I won
00:53:04It is but great
00:53:05Unless Miss Drew has a better story
00:53:07Oh, I have a story, Mr. Bostwick
00:53:09But it's very confidential
00:53:10You see, my father...
00:53:16Well, what is it?
00:53:18The fact is, Mr. Bostwick, some strange man called my father and said he had the missing tin of sodium faranine
00:53:27With fingerprints on it that would prove Eula Denning is innocent
00:53:31It would show up the real murderer of Kate Lambert
00:53:34Is this true?
00:53:35Why, Mr. Bostwick, you know my father's reputation and I wouldn't tell a lie
00:53:41Go on, go on
00:53:42Furthermore, the man is bringing the tin to my father's office this evening
00:53:48Terrific
00:53:49Miss Charlie, stop the presses
00:53:52You're wonderful, Miss Drew
00:53:53All page one for replay
00:53:55How to store it yet?
00:53:56Hey, rewrite!
00:53:57Don't stand there like a halfwit
00:53:59Give her the money
00:54:00She won
00:54:00And now, Miss Drew
00:54:03I take great pleasure in presenting you the check and the medal
00:54:07Give the check to the others
00:54:10And I'll just take the medal
00:54:11Come on, Ted
00:54:12We're in a hurry
00:54:12Remarkable
00:54:28Remarkable
00:54:30Isn't it a whopper?
00:54:31So Soxy Anthem's gonna spill the beans, eh?
00:54:34Well, well
00:54:35You don't understand, Sergeant Entwistle
00:54:37That story isn't true
00:54:38Must be true
00:54:40It's printed in the paper
00:54:40Nancy just made it up
00:54:42But the printed for it isn't true
00:54:43That's the trouble with the newspapers these days
00:54:45Well, it wasn't their fault
00:54:47I made the editor think the story was on the level
00:54:49Why?
00:54:51Oh, dear
00:54:52Sergeant Entwistle
00:54:53Are you sure Captain Tweedy won't be back?
00:54:55Sure, I'm sure
00:54:55He's in Chicago on a radio interview
00:54:57On how to avoid crime
00:54:59He's done it, all right
00:55:00Just the same
00:55:01I'll bet he'd understand
00:55:02Yeah
00:55:02What's Captain Tweedy got that I haven't got?
00:55:05Well, for one thing
00:55:06Look, Sergeant
00:55:09I put that story in the paper
00:55:10So the police could trap the real murderer of Kate Lambert
00:55:13Well, that's different
00:55:14How?
00:55:15Don't you see?
00:55:16That paper will be on the street any minute
00:55:18And if Lambert is really the murderer
00:55:19He'll go to Soxy's room after that tin can
00:55:21The minute he reads the story
00:55:22He'll think Soxy's going to double-cross him or something
00:55:24Miss Drew, I'm sort of influenced to think you've got something
00:55:28Of course I have
00:55:29Now, all you have to do is be at Soxy's place when Lambert arrives
00:55:31And arrest them both with the evidence
00:55:33Where's this guy Soxy lived?
00:55:35Room 815 Beldenburg Hotel
00:55:36We'll go along and help you identify them
00:55:38No, you kids can't come along
00:55:39Oh, but I've got to go along
00:55:40I want to get an eyewitness news story about how you handle the case
00:55:43When they read what I write, you'll probably be promoted
00:55:45Yeah?
00:55:46I see what you mean
00:55:47All right, you kids got to promise to keep out of trouble
00:55:50Oh, sure, we promise
00:55:51This is Sergeant Entwistle
00:55:53Send up a couple squad cars
00:55:55Oh, no, no
00:55:56You mustn't do that
00:55:57If those men see police around, they'll run away
00:55:59Or at least get rid of that tin
00:56:00Yeah, so see what you mean
00:56:02All right, I'll go along
00:56:03Capture them single-handed
00:56:04That'll be much better
00:56:05But if they even see you, then...
00:56:08Oh, don't worry about that
00:56:09They'll never know me
00:56:09I'll wear that disguise I wore on the Cullen case
00:56:11Here it is, Sergeant
00:56:12Oh, thanks
00:56:15Thank you
00:56:25Oh, careful
00:56:28Grandma's medicine
00:56:30Clumsy
00:56:31Good evening
00:56:33Good evening, young man
00:56:34Good evening, madam
00:56:35Will you register, Arthur?
00:56:36Huh?
00:56:37Oh, sure
00:56:38Grandma
00:56:38Grandma would like the same room she had the last time she was here
00:56:42What was it, Grandma?
00:56:43Why, let's see
00:56:44My memory ain't what it used to be
00:56:46Was it 8.15?
00:56:49Well, 8.15 is occupied, Mrs. Plopper
00:56:52But I can give you the one right next to it
00:56:53Oh, that'd be wonderful
00:56:54Yes, that'll have to do
00:56:56You see, I'll have to be up high on the count of my asthma
00:56:58I see
00:56:59Show Mrs. Plopper to 8.17
00:57:03Come, children
00:57:04How do they make these doors bigger?
00:57:08Careful
00:57:08Yes, Grandma
00:57:10Anything else, madam?
00:57:27No, thanks
00:57:28There you are
00:57:30Thank you
00:57:32Get those bags open
00:57:36Did I tell you about my skies?
00:57:40About here, Sergeant
00:57:40Okay
00:57:41Did I fool you?
00:57:43Did I fool you?
00:57:45Anything happens, I'll give you the signal
00:57:47Right
00:57:47There you are
00:58:03Let's see
00:58:04Look
00:58:04Good
00:58:05Jack
00:58:05You're
00:58:06Beautiful
00:58:06You're
00:58:07You're
00:58:08People
00:58:09You're
00:58:10You're
00:58:10You're
00:58:11You're
00:58:11You're
00:58:12You're
00:58:12You're
00:58:13You're
00:58:13You're
00:58:14You're
00:58:14You're
00:58:15You're
00:58:15You're
00:58:16Nothing
00:58:16Let's go.
00:58:20What do you mean by that you're going to be?
00:58:23Are you going to be a pet?
00:58:28I've got nothing, you're going to be a pet.
00:58:33Let's go.
00:58:34Let me do that, will you Nancy?
00:58:37Yeah.
00:58:38This one goes far off.
00:58:41I don't like this business, Nancy.
00:58:57Give me the wham-whams.
00:58:59I know, me too.
00:59:03I'll sit here.
00:59:04If you don't hear me, let me know.
00:59:06I can hear them.
00:59:11I can hear them.
00:59:41Oh, I'm so sorry.
00:59:52Why?
00:59:53I guess I must be in the wrong room.
00:59:59What's your name?
01:00:01Mrs. Plumford.
01:00:04Help, help.
01:00:06Get the wham-wham-wham.
01:00:07Help.
01:00:07Oh, my gosh.
01:00:13Oh, do something.
01:00:15Oh.
01:00:18Come on.
01:00:20Drop that phone.
01:00:21No, we weren't doing anything.
01:00:23Honest, we weren't.
01:00:24No, no, we were merely trying to-
01:00:25Shut up.
01:00:27Come on, get up, you.
01:00:27All right, get out of here.
01:00:42Come on.
01:00:46Upstairs.
01:00:47All right, hurry it up.
01:00:48All right, in here.
01:01:11Come on.
01:01:12All right, in here.
01:01:12I wonder what they did to Sergeant Entwistle.
01:01:29Gosh, I don't know.
01:01:30We've got to get out.
01:01:41Yeah, I know.
01:01:45All right, it's no use, Nancy.
01:01:47Let's yell.
01:01:48Yeah, together.
01:01:50Help!
01:01:51Help!
01:01:52Somebody let me-
01:01:54I hope you've got machine guns, Miss Plitcher.
01:01:56So do I.
01:01:57Say.
01:01:59Look.
01:02:03Nancy's car.
01:02:06Let's rip the air out of the tires.
01:02:07We ought to do something.
01:02:09Say.
01:02:10I just remembered.
01:02:19Hey, those are mine.
01:02:24Let's put them all on.
01:02:25Oh, boy.
01:02:28Help, somebody.
01:02:31There's not a chance, Nancy.
01:02:33Not a chance.
01:02:34With hundreds of people right under our feet,
01:02:36there must be some way out.
01:02:39What's that?
01:02:40Oh, it's just a fuse box.
01:02:43Say.
01:02:44Those are the fuses to the electric side.
01:02:47If we turn that off, we'd get some attention.
01:02:49Well, they wouldn't notice it for hours, maybe.
01:02:51By that time, it'll be too late.
01:02:53Bellman.
01:02:53Wait a minute.
01:02:57I've got an idea.
01:03:10There.
01:03:11That ought to create a sensation.
01:03:12And this'll help.
01:03:20Look.
01:03:21Get the engineer to fix it right away.
01:03:41Somebody's coming.
01:04:07We got to catch it
01:04:27Well, you are going to cross me
01:04:34Give me that
01:04:37I can't hurry up
01:04:47Right
01:04:47You're a punchy, Lambert
01:04:53That story in the paper was a phony
01:04:55Yeah, but you're still hanging under that tin can, aren't you?
01:04:57Sure, in case I have to prove you killed the old Danny
01:05:00I don't trust you
01:05:01You'll get your dough as soon as they convict you with Danny
01:05:03If I were going to double cross you, you don't think I'd tie up the law here, do you?
01:05:06Where did he come from?
01:05:09He was looking for that tin can
01:05:10Say, this is a frame
01:05:12They're getting away
01:05:29Come on, let's try this
01:05:48I'm getting away in my daughter's car
01:06:04I'm getting away in my daughter's car
01:06:24Get out of that car!
01:06:50Stop, you idiot!
01:06:52That's the car I'm chasing!
01:06:54What's this all about?
01:07:02That's him!
01:07:03That's the man that poisoned the Lambert woman!
01:07:05And here's the proof!
01:07:06Hi, Dad!
01:07:07Nancy, how many times have I told you not...
01:07:09Sergeant, how dare you allow my daughter...
01:07:11Calling car 21.
01:07:19Calling car 21.
01:07:21Proceed to Jem Movie Theater.
01:07:23Apprehend two kids, boy and girl about 13.
01:07:26Didn't like picture.
01:07:28Set off whistle bomb.
01:07:29That is all.
01:07:30Yeah.
01:07:36Yeah.
01:07:37Yeah.
01:07:40Yeah.
01:07:41Yeah.
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