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00:00:00The End
00:00:34The End
00:01:11And so until next week at the same time on the same station, remember, hear Estrelita tonight and go to
00:01:17sleep with love in your heart.
00:01:20Little star, you see me sad and lonely, please listen to my plea, my love is gone from me.
00:01:41Gentle star, will he return and tenderly whisper, dearest one, I love you so, my heart is yours alone.
00:02:11And guide him back to me.
00:02:26You have been listening to the songs of Estrelita.
00:02:30This is...
00:02:41Hello.
00:02:42Hello.
00:02:43The show was great tonight, Susan. No one would ever guess the new introduction was really going to be a
00:02:47commercial.
00:02:48Sure. My having to knock myself out later rushing through Estrelita to finish on time doesn't matter. Just as long...
00:02:55Oh, what difference does it make?
00:02:57Hungry? Molly's been waiting up.
00:02:59No, I'm not hungry.
00:03:00I was just asking.
00:03:02There's something I want to talk over with you. Only I don't mean talk over. I mean tell you.
00:03:07I've noticed there's been something on your mind ever since you got back from New Orleans. I'm glad you feel
00:03:12like talking about it. It may help you.
00:03:16I don't want any help. And I don't intend to talk it over. It's just something I've decided to tell
00:03:21you. And I'm going to tell you. I'm tired. I'm tired of everything and everybody and I'm through. I'm through
00:03:28for good.
00:03:28I'm glad you've decided to take a rest, Susan. You've been working much too hard. We can go away someplace.
00:03:34You want to know something? You're the biggest fool I ever met. You don't know what I'm talking about and
00:03:38yet you're trying to tell me...
00:03:38You better get some sleep, Susan. You're very tired.
00:03:41What makes you think you know everything better than anybody else?
00:03:43I don't think I know everything better than anybody else.
00:03:45Because you don't. Just because you and Mr. Luke Jordan...
00:03:47Well, that's what's bothering you, Susan. I don't mean anything to Luke Jordan. And there's no reason why I should.
00:03:52He doesn't owe me a single thing. Not anything at all.
00:03:55Oh, but I do, don't I? You made me what I am today, didn't you?
00:03:58Well, I don't think you did. I'd have been estrolita or something else. Probably something a whole lot greater if
00:04:03I'd never met you.
00:04:04I'm sure you would. And suppose you did make me estrolita. Only keep right on supposing. Suppose tomorrow morning there
00:04:09wasn't any estrolita.
00:04:10Suppose I finally decided to do something all by myself. Suppose I...
00:04:13Stop it, Susan!
00:04:26Stop it, Susan.
00:04:47Susan!
00:04:49Susan!
00:04:56Come on.
00:05:21Miss Sousa! Miss Sousa!
00:05:24Come in, Molly.
00:05:25I thought I heard a shot.
00:05:27Why? What happened?
00:05:29That gun.
00:05:31Did Miss Caldwell try to?
00:05:33This is Miss Washburn.
00:05:36Can I speak to Dr. Ferris?
00:05:37Please.
00:05:39Shouldn't we be trying to do something, Miss Marion?
00:05:41I'll take care of everything, Molly.
00:05:44Yes, Miss Marion.
00:05:45Hello, Dr. Ferris. This is Marion Washburn.
00:05:48There's...
00:05:49Miss Caldwell has just been shot.
00:05:51Can you come right up?
00:05:53We're on the 18th floor, you know.
00:05:56No, I won't touch a thing, I promise.
00:06:04The doctor will be up in a couple of minutes.
00:06:07But how did it happen?
00:06:09How could...
00:06:10Have the doctor come up as soon as he gets here.
00:06:12Yes, Miss Marion.
00:06:38Well?
00:06:39Well?
00:06:40Well, she's still alive.
00:06:42We have to get her to a hospital.
00:06:44At once.
00:06:49El Dorado.
00:06:505-9-0-9-8.
00:06:52What happened?
00:06:54This is an emergency.
00:06:55And I'm going to have to make an official report.
00:06:57It's my duty.
00:06:58Hello.
00:06:59This is Dr. Ferris.
00:07:01Send an ambulance to 880 Park Avenue.
00:07:03Right away.
00:07:05Miss Washburn's apartment.
00:07:08Isn't there something you could do right away?
00:07:10I'm not sure that even at the hospital...
00:07:13the bullet is very close to her heart.
00:07:25This is Miss Washburn.
00:07:27Will you please get me police headquarters?
00:07:34I'm Lieutenant Dunson.
00:07:35Miss Washburn?
00:07:41What's happened?
00:07:43There's been a shooting.
00:07:45I did it.
00:07:46You'll find her in her room.
00:07:48Upstairs.
00:07:49There's a doctor with her.
00:07:51Take a look.
00:07:52Right.
00:07:54It was right after she came home from her broadcast and...
00:07:56Who?
00:07:56Miss Caldwell.
00:07:58Esther needed the radio singer.
00:07:59Susan Caldwell is her real name.
00:08:01Tonight when she came home...
00:08:02Look, lady.
00:08:03I've got to warn and advise you.
00:08:04Anything you may say can be held against you.
00:08:06I have nothing to conceal.
00:08:08I never knew what to feel.
00:08:10Right after it happens, you can't shut them up.
00:08:12Three days later, they get a lawyer...
00:08:13and you can't get a word out of them...
00:08:14without a 10-ton truck and a bench warrant.
00:08:16Well, Lieutenant.
00:08:17Yes?
00:08:17Doc says she's got to get to the hospital right away.
00:08:19Matter of life and death.
00:08:20Probably death.
00:08:21Okay.
00:08:22I'll have to take you to the police station, Miss Washburn.
00:08:24I'm ready.
00:08:26I just have to get my coat.
00:08:28All right.
00:08:29Only about that coat.
00:08:30Sometimes they've got a bathroom where they go for the coat.
00:08:34And they get an idea about some kind of poison or a razor, maybe.
00:08:37Mind if I go with you?
00:08:39Not at all.
00:08:53Hello, Inspector.
00:08:54Miss Washburn?
00:08:57Yes, I'm Miss Washburn.
00:08:59Molly, will you get my coat, please?
00:09:02I'm Inspector Fowler.
00:09:04What's it over, Harry?
00:09:05She was just going to tell me.
00:09:07Said she shot a woman.
00:09:08Name of Caldwell.
00:09:10The doctor's up there with her now.
00:09:11She's breathing, but looks pretty serious.
00:09:14Oh.
00:09:15As long as you're here, I'll go up and give Fitz a hand, huh?
00:09:18Right.
00:09:22Am I under arrest?
00:09:23You'll have to come to the police station.
00:09:24You'll be booked.
00:09:26Probably only charge of felonious assault.
00:09:28Of course, if Miss Caldwell should die, you charge his homicide.
00:09:33You'll be allowed to make three calls from the station house.
00:09:36The officer in charge of myself will make them for you.
00:09:38Well, one will be to your lawyer, of course.
00:09:41You can start making up your mind now who you want to call for the other two.
00:09:43I don't want a lawyer.
00:09:45Miss Washburn.
00:09:47You'd better be getting along.
00:09:51You're the doctor?
00:09:52No.
00:09:53The inspector.
00:09:53That's not funny.
00:09:55Never is when there's been a shooting.
00:09:57I always figure if the Lord wanted you to have a bullet in you,
00:10:01you'd have been born with one.
00:10:05Are you sure you don't want to call your lawyer?
00:10:08No.
00:10:09Just the one call.
00:10:19I always turn philosophical about this time of night.
00:10:23Lieutenant,
00:10:24how do you decide whether people are telling the truth or not?
00:10:26It's very simple the way I look at it.
00:10:28To me, the minute anybody's arrested,
00:10:30from then on he's a liar,
00:10:31unless he's pleading guilty, of course.
00:10:33Well, she's pleading guilty.
00:10:35Give me the phone.
00:10:36Yeah.
00:10:41Come, come now, Mr. Jordan.
00:10:43You don't really mean to tell us that you can't identify the passage?
00:10:46I can identify it, but I've decided to wait.
00:10:48Because I've found out every time I identify anything right away,
00:10:51Mr. Harris and Mr. Pearson here
00:10:53say that's just what they were about to identify themselves.
00:10:55You have no idea what that music is, have you, Mr. Harris?
00:10:59Gentlemen?
00:11:00That's exactly what I was going to say.
00:11:02No idea.
00:11:04Me too.
00:11:05That's better.
00:11:07It's from Act One of Wagner's De Valkyrie.
00:11:10It's the orchestral passage in the middle section of Siegmund's love song.
00:11:15Correct.
00:11:16How do you do it, Mr. Jordan?
00:11:18I don't know.
00:11:19Genius, would you say?
00:11:20Well, I might not, but you would, wouldn't you?
00:11:22Just to throw people off the track, perhaps.
00:11:25Tonight, our board of experts has held our losses to two snapper lens cameras and two
00:11:29medalgo projectors.
00:11:30Next week, at the same time, in addition to our regular experts, Mr. Harris and Mr. Pearson,
00:11:35we will again have the privilege of having as our guest, Mr. Luke Jordan.
00:11:40Celebrated composer, concert pianist, wit, and all-around gadfly.
00:11:45What's the matter, Tommy?
00:11:46You're to call this number, Mr. Jordan.
00:11:47Very important, they said.
00:11:49It's a police station in Manhattan East Precinct.
00:11:52What have I done now?
00:11:56Here, here.
00:11:57Look, mister, it's not going to get you anyplace at all to carry on like this.
00:12:01You can't see, Miss Washburn, and that's all there is to it.
00:12:03What's the idea of letting me know where she is and not letting me see her?
00:12:06Answer me that.
00:12:12If I didn't know you were out of your mind, I'd lock you up.
00:12:15That's an idea. Lock me up.
00:12:17You're way off your base, smarty pants.
00:12:19There's a whole different tier and a whole different wing for the women prisoners.
00:12:25Here.
00:12:30Okay. Give him his number, Charlie.
00:12:33Port Washington, 8721.
00:12:39Hello, Matthews?
00:12:41Well, I'd like to speak to Mr. Matthews, please.
00:12:43I don't care whether he's retired. This is Luke Jordan. I've got to talk to Mr. Matthews.
00:12:48Never mind your orders. Wake him up. He'll talk to me.
00:12:52I tell you, I've got to talk to Mr. Matthews.
00:12:58I hung up.
00:12:59What do you know?
00:13:00You don't seem to be in charge of everything tonight, do you?
00:13:06Where can I pick up a cab?
00:13:08Out in the street, very likely.
00:13:09We used to have quite a collection right in here, all ready for passengers,
00:13:12but we cut it out, got in the way of business.
00:13:22I warn you, Mr. Jordan, I shall be compelled to send for the police.
00:13:26Mr. Matthews is not to be disturbed.
00:13:28He left strict orders that were to be no exceptions.
00:13:31There's already been an exception.
00:13:33I'm it.
00:13:35Mr. Jordan, sir, I'm an old man,
00:13:38but I intend to do my best to prevent you from...
00:13:41All right, Harold.
00:13:43I'm coming down.
00:13:48I'm sorry to disturb you like this, Brooke, but it's terribly important.
00:13:51It better be.
00:13:52You can go to bed now, Harold.
00:13:54Thank you, Mr. Matthews.
00:13:59What's this all about, Luke?
00:14:09I wish I could tell you there's some other way, but I can't.
00:14:12Susan was shot tonight.
00:14:14Susan, what's that?
00:14:15I went over to the police station, but there wasn't much I could find out.
00:14:18They've locked up Marion.
00:14:20Marion?
00:14:20She says she tried to kill Susan.
00:14:22I called you right away, but that bird brain of a buck...
00:14:24Never mind that.
00:14:25Now, what about Susan?
00:14:26You're not trying to break it gently.
00:14:27She's not...
00:14:28She's not dead now.
00:14:29But there's no telling.
00:14:31Nobody's allowed to see her.
00:14:32Uh, help yourself.
00:14:34Marion's being very stubborn.
00:14:36Says she doesn't want a lawyer.
00:14:37That's why I came out here.
00:14:38You're going to be her lawyer.
00:14:39First thing in the morning,
00:14:40you'll let the district attorney's office know that you're handling the case.
00:14:43I see no reason for me any longer to be involved with Susan
00:14:45or with anything that happens to her.
00:14:48In my book, when a man asks a woman to marry him,
00:14:50that sort of gets him involved with the things that happen to her.
00:14:54No?
00:14:54Since you seem determined to argue the matter,
00:14:56suppose I tell you that Susan let me know
00:14:57the day after she got back to New Orleans
00:14:59that she decided not to marry me.
00:15:01I know all about that.
00:15:02I can't figure it out any more than you can.
00:15:04But that has nothing to do with what we're talking about.
00:15:06You're one of the best lawyers in New York.
00:15:08And you're going to represent Marion.
00:15:11As long as Mother was alive,
00:15:12it was impossible for me to marry Susan.
00:15:14You know that.
00:15:14And I'm beginning to think now
00:15:15that she might not have been willing to marry me,
00:15:17even if Mother hadn't...
00:15:19It's completely out of the question
00:15:21for me to allow myself to get mixed up in this matter in any manner.
00:15:23You're going to be mixed up in it, all right.
00:15:25But you still have a choice
00:15:27as to whether you want to be Marion's lawyer,
00:15:29which is natural enough,
00:15:30your being an old friend of hers and of Susan's,
00:15:33or whether you want to be summoned by the prosecution as a witness.
00:15:45I still can't believe it.
00:15:46They always seem to be such close friends.
00:15:48I was over surprised you didn't recognize
00:15:50what an odd friendship that was.
00:15:52Marion's regular and genuine and,
00:15:54well, a lot of things that Susan just isn't.
00:15:57That's all right to say, isn't it?
00:15:58You did say you were through there, didn't you?
00:15:59And vice versa.
00:16:00Well, that's no reason for being so,
00:16:02so realistic about Susan.
00:16:04Realistic's the word for Susan, all right.
00:16:09It's being quite a night, isn't it, Luke?
00:16:11Just so I persuaded you to represent Marion.
00:16:16Thanks a lot.
00:16:18I'm going to get some sleep.
00:16:19You better do the same.
00:16:20Wait a minute, I'll let you out.
00:16:26Look, why do you think Marion would tell the police
00:16:28that she tried to kill Susan?
00:16:29Well, for one thing,
00:16:30maybe because she did try to kill Susan.
00:16:33Could be.
00:16:34Except for one other thing.
00:16:37Couldn't be.
00:16:37Not a chance in the world.
00:16:40I'm sure you realize, Mr. Matthews,
00:16:43that the district attorney's office
00:16:44will be obliged to oppose bail for Miss Washburn
00:16:47in every possible way.
00:16:48She's not going to run away, you know that.
00:16:50I also know we're apt to have a phone call any moment
00:16:52that can change this charge to homicide.
00:16:55It's only because we're holding on her short affidavit.
00:16:58But I have consented to the presence of Mr. Jordan
00:17:00at this meeting.
00:17:01I recognize your courtesy, believe me.
00:17:03I dare say if it weren't for me,
00:17:05you'd be applying light and cigarettes
00:17:06to the bottom of her feet.
00:17:07Please take it easy, Luke.
00:17:09Miss Washburn,
00:17:10Mr. Matthews says you've decided to give us
00:17:12your version of what happened.
00:17:13That is not exactly correct.
00:17:15I've advised Miss Washburn
00:17:16to make no statement of any kind.
00:17:18It is decidedly not in her interest.
00:17:20Yes.
00:17:21Shall I go ahead, Mr. Roberts?
00:17:23Please.
00:17:25Susan got back to the apartment
00:17:27about the same time as usual
00:17:28after her broadcast last night
00:17:30and, well, we got into a bit of an argument.
00:17:35About what?
00:17:36Marion, I advise you again
00:17:37you are under no obligations of any kind
00:17:39to answer any of Mr. Roberts' questions.
00:17:42She said she was going to quit for good.
00:17:46Then she went up to her room.
00:17:49It didn't take me long to make up my mind
00:17:51to tell her exactly how things stood.
00:17:53I saw no reason to take any more of her nonsense.
00:18:02Susan!
00:18:05Susan!
00:18:12I want to talk to you.
00:18:14Marion, I'm sorry if I upset you.
00:18:16We can talk about it tomorrow.
00:18:17We're going to talk about it right now.
00:18:19And I want you to get this straight once and for all.
00:18:21You're not going to give up your career.
00:18:23Marion, I'm not important enough for anybody
00:18:25to talk about my giving up my career.
00:18:27I'm just tired and I want to...
00:18:28You're not going to quit.
00:18:30You don't seem to understand.
00:18:31You're not just yourself alone.
00:18:32You're me too.
00:18:33Marion, I've never forgotten
00:18:34that if it weren't for you and Luke,
00:18:36that's why it's been so hard for me to...
00:18:38I could have given up being Estrelita long ago.
00:18:41Gotten married maybe or I guess
00:18:43probably gone back to selling curfumes at Normans.
00:18:46It's because I am so obvious...
00:18:47Everything I have or ever had
00:18:48or ever could have had went into creating you.
00:18:50You're myself, the way I could have been,
00:18:52the way I wanted to be.
00:18:53That's going to happen to me if you quit
00:18:55because you're talking about giving up my life
00:18:56and it is my life just as much as it's yours
00:18:58and I'm not going to let you give it up.
00:19:00I'm sorry, Marion.
00:19:01I've made up my mind.
00:19:02I really am quitting.
00:19:03You're not.
00:19:05There's nothing else for me to do.
00:19:07You see, you're right about your life being my life.
00:19:09That's exactly it.
00:19:10I've never had a life of my own.
00:19:12It's time I started one before.
00:19:13It's too late.
00:19:13I'm warning you for the last time.
00:19:15I'm sorry, Marion.
00:19:16Maybe I can make you change your mind.
00:19:18Marion!
00:19:25Molly heard the shot.
00:19:26Then she came rushing in.
00:19:27I called Dr. Ferris and then I called the police.
00:19:31Thank you very much, Ms. Washman.
00:19:36You see, she was me.
00:19:39I couldn't let her quit.
00:19:41Very straightforward story.
00:19:42Except that it's complete nonsense from beginning to end.
00:19:45If I'm allowed to express an opinion, Mr. Roberts,
00:19:48begging your highness's pardon, Mr. Roberts.
00:19:50Ms. Washman, where'd you get that revolver?
00:19:52It's a German Luger.
00:19:53When I was in France in 1944 with Susan, I...
00:19:57A soldier insisted upon giving it to me as a souvenir.
00:20:00And that soldier, of course, he had a name.
00:20:02I never knew his name.
00:20:04It was at a canteen.
00:20:06I played gin rummy with him.
00:20:08It was the last I ever saw of him.
00:20:10You've been very cooperative.
00:20:13As I understand it, Mr. Matthews,
00:20:16this is Ms. Washburn's story.
00:20:19It's a matter of record and general knowledge
00:20:23that Ms. Washburn possessed a voice
00:20:24of considerable quality herself at one time.
00:20:27She was becoming very successful when she lost that voice.
00:20:29Then she met Ms. Caldwell.
00:20:31Helped her. Helped her a great deal.
00:20:32But when it turned out that Ms. Caldwell was ungrateful...
00:20:35I didn't say she was ungrateful.
00:20:36It's just that she wanted to stop being a singer.
00:20:39And all you wanted was to stop her from stopping?
00:20:41I wouldn't let her. I couldn't.
00:20:42It would have been suicide, my suicide.
00:20:44Don't you understand?
00:20:44Marion, what are you trying to hide?
00:20:46Why don't you tell the truth, whatever it is?
00:20:47I am telling the truth.
00:20:49I'm very downtown now.
00:20:51May I drop you any place, Mr. Matthews?
00:20:53I haven't finished talking to Ms. Washburn.
00:20:55By all means.
00:20:56Marion, won't you please...
00:20:57Luke, will you stop it?
00:21:01We'd better go, Mr. Jordan.
00:21:09When Matthews finishes, Ms. Washburn,
00:21:11have the matron put her back in her cell.
00:21:12Yes, Inspector.
00:21:13And take that ice off her fingers.
00:21:14She didn't drop in for tea.
00:21:16She's under arrest.
00:21:20Inspector, do you mind if I ask you a question?
00:21:22You don't know any of the people involved in this case,
00:21:24but couldn't you sense that that story wasn't on the level?
00:21:27I did think it was a little pat.
00:21:29You'd be surprised how often the truth is pat.
00:21:33Outside of that, you've been on the police force as long as I have.
00:21:38You don't get a chance to do much sensing.
00:21:40I'm not talking about intuition.
00:21:42But I was watching you while she was telling her story,
00:21:44and I could tell that you were a little bewildered.
00:21:45The person and the story just don't fit.
00:21:48You can feel that, can't you?
00:21:49She did lose me at times.
00:21:50Esther Lita don't live her own life.
00:21:52She lives Ms. Washburn's too.
00:21:53Ms. Washburn wanted to stop her from committing suicide to save her life.
00:21:55Ms. Washburn, I mean.
00:21:56So she shot her.
00:21:57Not herself, but Esther Lita in this case.
00:21:59Because, I'll admit, Mr., that I've heard stories that make less sense than that.
00:22:07And yet, they happen to be true.
00:22:09Yeah.
00:22:10What are you doing for lunch, Inspector?
00:22:12Eating.
00:22:13How about having lunch at the direct expense of a taxpayer?
00:22:15I want to talk.
00:22:17I'd like a chance to show someone that,
00:22:19that Marion just couldn't have done it.
00:22:21I promise to eat slow.
00:22:28I'm afraid I'll have to be a little honest with you, Jordan.
00:22:31The way things are, it's not going to be hard for Roberts to show a jury why Ms. Washburn...
00:22:37He'll simply point out she was afraid she'd lose her meal ticket.
00:22:41That's a fear most people recognize, because they've got it themselves.
00:22:44Marion never looked on Susan as a meal ticket.
00:22:48Could be.
00:22:50But a meal ticket.
00:22:52You don't have to be looked on as a meal ticket.
00:22:55To be a meal ticket.
00:22:57You see, I've known Marion for a long time.
00:22:59We kind of started out together.
00:23:02I mean, I was a piano player and a song plugger,
00:23:04and there was this little place down in the village where I used to play for my meals in a
00:23:07room back in the kitchen.
00:23:09Marion used to sing there.
00:23:10Go, let him tarry, let him sink or let him swim.
00:23:15He doesn't care for me, nor I don't care for him.
00:23:20He can go and get another that I hope he will enjoy.
00:23:26For I'm going to marry a far nicer boy.
00:23:37He can go to his old mother and set her mind at ease.
00:23:46I hear she is a cross old woman, very hard to please.
00:23:53It's slighting me and talking ill is what she's always done.
00:23:57Because I was quoting her great big ugly son.
00:24:07Let him go, let him tarry, let him sink or let him swim.
00:24:12He doesn't care for me, nor I don't care for him.
00:24:18He can go and get another that I hope he will enjoy.
00:24:23For I'm going to marry a far nicer boy.
00:24:40Eighth?
00:24:41That's why I was singing.
00:24:42That's why I was playing.
00:24:44You know, one of these days you're going to be singing that song on Broadway,
00:24:47and I'm going to be walking up and down outside the theater.
00:24:49Picketing?
00:24:50No, I just won't have enough dough to buy a ticket.
00:24:52Oh, that'll be easy to fix.
00:24:53I'll just let you sit and wait in my dressing room, and then, well,
00:24:56then maybe I'll let you get rid of all the people who'll be waiting outside to get my autograph.
00:24:59Out of the way, people. Make way for Ms. Washburn.
00:25:03Then maybe I'll let you pinch me so I wake up.
00:25:05Ow!
00:25:06Nothing like a good rehearsal.
00:25:08You got a little more time?
00:25:10As long as they don't run out of coffee.
00:25:14Ms.
00:25:16Bring some more coffee, and keep on bringing coffee.
00:25:18Yes, sir.
00:25:19Marianne never got to be a star, but she was going to be one, no question of it.
00:25:23She'd been featured in a couple of musicals, and she wasn't born a year or two away.
00:25:26And I know what I...
00:25:28All right.
00:25:29I know what I'm talking about.
00:25:30I used to play the piano for her a lot.
00:25:32Rehearsals and benefits and that sort of thing.
00:25:35And then suddenly one night...
00:25:36What happened?
00:25:39I was in a dressing room.
00:25:42Lie down, Marianne.
00:25:43What's the matter?
00:25:44I'll get a doctor.
00:25:45Try to get Doc Kelvin.
00:25:46All right.
00:25:46What's the matter? What happened?
00:25:49Hello, Luke.
00:25:52I was almost finished my number, and...
00:25:54You're not to talk.
00:25:55She suddenly lost her voice in the middle of the second chorus.
00:25:58I didn't really lose my voice.
00:26:00Marianne.
00:26:00It just didn't sound like her voice.
00:26:02It's hard to explain.
00:26:04She probably needs a nice rest.
00:26:07I've got the queerest feeling.
00:26:09I...
00:26:09Marianne.
00:26:10She mustn't talk.
00:26:12You keep quiet.
00:26:13That means you don't say a word, understand?
00:26:16When you get your voice back, you can tell me all about it.
00:26:18I understand.
00:26:23I'm being very silly, huh?
00:26:24You say another word and I'll slug you.
00:26:28You're sweet.
00:26:33Five will get you ten.
00:26:34You don't even miss tomorrow night's show.
00:26:43But she did miss the next night's show.
00:26:46Well, they fooled her around for a while with an understudy,
00:26:48but they finally had to close.
00:26:50That's how good she was.
00:26:52What was the matter?
00:26:54To begin with, they thought it was just plain laryngitis.
00:26:56Then they found out it was some rare type of laryngitis
00:26:58none of the doctors knew anything about.
00:27:01It was pretty grim.
00:27:05Good coffee.
00:27:06It was months before they allowed her to use her voice at all.
00:27:09And then, I guess it was about a year later,
00:27:12she started in singing again.
00:27:13Privately.
00:27:15Finally, one day, she went around to Paul Camilla,
00:27:17your teacher's studio, to get a professional opinion.
00:27:20He was the best there was.
00:27:21She knew he'd give it to her straight.
00:27:29Well, what about it?
00:27:37What about it, Paul?
00:27:42You tell me.
00:28:01I'm just a woman that loved a man.
00:28:05But our house of love was built on sand.
00:28:09While it lasted, I was grand.
00:28:14okay Paul that's the way I used to say turn it off there's really nothing wrong
00:28:21with your voice there's just no voice come on Luke if you'd like to keep on
00:28:26working I could clear a little time Tuesdays and Fridays no thank you
00:28:30just a minute what is it Luke what did you do that for I thought I'd feel
00:28:40better I do too be seeing your professor don't take any fake grace notes you can
00:28:46still get a lot of parts not the kind of parts I want I want to sing
00:28:55I can't sing the way I want to even the way I used to it I just don't want to
00:29:00sing at all there are other things like what could open up a bookshop cat store
00:29:10I could get married you sure could remind me to talk to you about that very subject any day
00:29:16now you're proposing to me no
00:29:35great I'll accept afraid you won't now that we know we're both safe how about coming home with
00:29:43me and having dinner at my place glad to only I've got to stop in rehearsal off about a half
00:29:46an hour
00:29:52I've always wondered what would have happened if I hadn't persuaded Marion to drop in at that
00:29:55rehearsal for a few minutes anyway there was no way of knowing what we were going to run into when
00:30:00we left after about a half an hour of me helping to try out a lot of talent that didn't
00:30:03have any
00:30:21I want to bet they don't say where am I Luke you think I fainted here let me help you
00:30:29you better
00:30:30sit down over here and rest a bit Maribel my girlfriend over in handbags she told me this
00:30:42would happen person not eating for weeks only a cup of coffee in the morning what just now I did
00:30:47a
00:30:48tap dance for mr. Archer guess that did it no strength he said I couldn't dance good enough too
00:30:54find out for the show will you I work at Norman's perfumes Luke would you get a cab please don't
00:31:00I
00:31:00always I can't remember ever eating two plates of soup before I mean it's a meal of course you can
00:31:13still change your mind if you'd rather have a glass of milk no thanks this is what I'd like if
00:31:19I had an
00:31:19apartment an imitation fireplace with a gas log these things hold me oh Susie do you mind if I
00:31:27ask you a question no go right ahead what you were saying back there in the rehearsal hall about not
00:31:32eating for weeks just coffee in the morning what's the idea diet an election bet no money
00:31:38don't they pay you pretty well at Norman's well I think so it's none of your business Luke maybe
00:31:44she's sending money home oh no it's not that ever since I came to New York I've been fixing to
00:31:49go
00:31:49to this fortune teller I heard about one of the best a hundred dollars a visit why so I saved
00:31:55up how
00:31:56was I to know he really can't tell much in less than three visits you're on your feet all day
00:32:05at a
00:32:05perfume counter you go without food for weeks to pay a fortune teller a hundred dollars a visit
00:32:10there's no sense going unless you go to the best you said something about ever since you came to New
00:32:15York where do you come from Azusa Azusa California Azusa it's kind of a made-up word different letters
00:32:23they put them together that's how they got the name everything from A to Z USA Azusa I still don't
00:32:32get it what does the USA stand for United States of America everybody knows that oh the United States
00:32:42of America how'd you have to come to New York I thought maybe I'd get a job in a New
00:32:48York show but
00:32:50well to tell you the truth I got in kind of a little scandal back in Azusa so when Mrs.
00:32:54Pergale offered me this money to come to New York I grabbed it oh a little scandal Azusa tell us
00:33:00all about
00:33:00it but there wasn't much to it all Mrs. Pergale wanted was to get me out of Azusa and away
00:33:04from
00:33:05that crazy husband of hers oh that was all on well I figured she was out of her mind but
00:33:10it was her
00:33:11money as if I'd have anything to do with a man twice my age why I was 36 if he
00:33:15was a day I thought
00:33:16she was just joking when she said he'd asked her for divorce wouldn't you well I mm-hmm you see
00:33:22when you're working in a cafe you always have some regular customers that drop in for laughs how was I
00:33:26to know that Mr. Pergale would turn around tell Mrs. Pergale he wanted a divorce you should have
00:33:30heard the noise that made Azusa Mr. Pergale's about the richest man there you know smudge pots and pest
00:33:34control it's gotta be true nobody could invent that smudge pots and pest control now look you're
00:33:42not being the least bit funny oh he don't bother me you think you're so smart and I bet you
00:33:48don't
00:33:48even understand there wasn't ever a thing in the world between me and Mr. Pergale I apologize
00:33:54apology accepted and no offense taken I'm sure thank you very much I'm sure gladly I don't want to be
00:34:06selling perfume all my life now I don't see what else I didn't even ask Mr. Archer to listen to
00:34:12me
00:34:12sing for the course you know because if I could be that wrong about my dancing you sing too I
00:34:17just told
00:34:18you're probably awful don't you know I thought I knew but they don't seem to look at things in New
00:34:24York the way they do on Azusa how about singing us a little song I can play the piano pretty
00:34:28well
00:34:28I'll accompany you anything popular you'd like to sing I'd probably play it for you you know paradise
00:34:36paradise I should have guessed it just happens I do I think I'll take a little water first
00:34:41it clears your throat you know
00:35:03all clear whenever you're ready
00:35:13I'm just a woman that loved a man but our house of love was built on sand while it lasted
00:35:26all it was grand my love
00:35:34we lived and loved our day is through but each night in dreams
00:35:41it seems it started anew he comes to me like he used to do my love
00:35:55love and then he holds my hand
00:36:12hmmmm And then I understand Hmmmm
00:36:18and then I understand Hmmmm
00:36:23hmmmm
00:36:25His eyes afire with one desire
00:36:31Then a heavenly kiss
00:36:37Could I resist?
00:36:45And then he dims the light
00:36:56And then he holds me tight
00:37:10Each kiss, each fond caress
00:37:16Will lead the way to happiness
00:37:23He takes me to paradise
00:37:47She just happened to have one of those voices
00:37:50Of course the range wasn't more than four or five notes
00:37:52Give or take a note
00:37:55But they were the sorts that go down your spine
00:37:57And directly into your heart
00:38:00I know that's quite a detour
00:38:01But right from the beginning
00:38:02You might say she had a
00:38:04Well, she just had a voice with hormones
00:38:08And Marian knew right from the start
00:38:10That here was a voice she had to do something about
00:38:13And that's all it meant to her
00:38:14That's why it just doesn't fit
00:38:16Her caring anything about the money
00:38:18Or being jealous of Susan's success
00:38:20She might have been jealous of something else
00:38:22Besides Miss Caldwell's success
00:38:24You mean jealous of me?
00:38:26To tell the truth, I think she was once or twice
00:38:29But she was wrong
00:38:43Is this Miss Caldwell's room?
00:38:44That's right
00:38:45I'm Luke Jordan
00:38:46I'm an old friend of Miss Caldwell's
00:38:47They told me at the desk
00:38:49That nobody was allowed to
00:38:50But I thought maybe if I talked to you
00:38:52And told you how important it is
00:38:53You'd let me look in for just a second
00:38:55Not a chance
00:39:01What's her condition?
00:39:03She's been shot
00:39:04I know that
00:39:05So?
00:39:06Well, that's her condition
00:39:09Thanks
00:39:10There's no one allowed to hang around here
00:39:12The waiting room is down the hall
00:39:14There's another friend of hers there
00:39:16Cup of tea, officer
00:39:18Okay, a cup of tea
00:39:20That's the worst thing about these jobs
00:39:24Hey, chief
00:39:24That room marked waiting room
00:39:26Is that the waiting room?
00:39:41I beg your pardon
00:39:43I'm Luke Jordan
00:39:45They told me a friend of Miss Caldwell's
00:39:47Was waiting in here
00:39:48Do you know her?
00:39:50I know her
00:39:50What about it?
00:39:52Well, I thought I knew
00:39:52Most of the people she knew
00:39:53Seems like you don't know them all, huh?
00:39:57Have they told you anything
00:39:58About her condition?
00:39:59I'm waiting to see the doctor myself
00:40:02And if anything should happen to her
00:40:05I'm going to make it
00:40:05My own personal business
00:40:07To stay here in New York
00:40:08Until they send that
00:40:10Miss Marion Washburn
00:40:11To the electric chair
00:40:19What makes you so sure she did it?
00:40:21Are you crazy?
00:40:23Don't you read the papers?
00:40:24She confessed, didn't she?
00:40:25Who else could have done it?
00:40:27You know Miss Washburn?
00:40:28Met her in France
00:40:29Same time I met Susan
00:40:30At a canteen
00:40:32A couple of weeks ago
00:40:33Susan came down in New Orleans
00:40:34To entertain a third army reunion
00:40:36And I saw her again
00:40:38So you're the soldier
00:40:39She met at the canteen
00:40:40Any objections?
00:40:42The guy that goes around
00:40:43Giving away Lugers as souvenirs
00:40:45I liberated that Luger
00:40:47And if I wanted to give it to her
00:40:48That's my business
00:40:50You're getting yourself all worked up
00:40:52For no reason at all
00:40:52Mr.
00:40:55What did you say your name was?
00:40:56Lee Crenshaw
00:40:58And I don't aim to tell you
00:40:59That more than once
00:41:03What do you got against Marion?
00:41:04Isn't shooting Susan enough?
00:41:06I hope to hang her
00:41:12I got a notion, Mr. Crenshaw
00:41:14That before you leave New York
00:41:15I'm going to poke you in the nose
00:41:18Anytime
00:41:19Anytime
00:41:20A little less noise, please
00:41:23This is a hospital
00:41:25Yeah, I'm sorry, nurse
00:41:27I'll be seeing you, Mr. Crenshaw
00:41:30Anytime
00:41:32Anytime
00:41:41West 49th Street
00:41:43Between 8th and 9th Avenues
00:41:44Not on your day off
00:41:48A cop don't have a day off
00:41:49His wife ought to
00:41:52Got your shoes off, hmm?
00:41:54Hmm
00:41:56I kind of had an idea
00:41:57Let's have it
00:41:58Why aren't we going to the movies tonight?
00:42:01Well, I missed a Luke Jordan
00:42:02Called and said he'd like to see me
00:42:03So I thought maybe you'd like to invite him
00:42:05To stay for dinner
00:42:06It's about Estralita
00:42:07The one on the radio
00:42:10When you got herself killed last night
00:42:11I read the papers
00:42:13Even though I have got a husband
00:42:14Who knows all the top secrets
00:42:16I can still read the papers
00:42:17Got it all solved?
00:42:19Mm-hmm
00:42:20It's your Mr. Luke Jordan
00:42:22Really?
00:42:24Why?
00:42:25Well, it couldn't be Marion Washburn
00:42:27Why not?
00:42:28Jim
00:42:28Oh, I forgot
00:42:30She confessed, didn't she?
00:42:32That automatically eliminates her
00:42:33According to those detective stories
00:42:35You read, doesn't it?
00:42:36Only
00:42:37What makes you think
00:42:38It wasn't the butler?
00:42:39They didn't have a butler
00:42:42Hmm
00:42:42Right, girl
00:42:45It's the doorbell
00:42:46I know it's the doorbell
00:42:53I'm Luke Jordan
00:42:54Oh, come in
00:42:54I'm Mrs. Fowler
00:42:55How do you do?
00:42:56Hello, Jordan
00:42:57Well, hello, Inspector
00:42:58I'm sorry to break in on a quiet afternoon like this, Mrs. Fowler
00:43:01But when I called the inspector's office
00:43:02They told me that
00:43:03That's quite all right
00:43:04This is simply an extra office for the inspector
00:43:05But with all the comforts of home
00:43:07They don't let him walk around headquarters
00:43:09In his stocking feet, you know
00:43:10Mrs. Fowler never seems to realize
00:43:12That crime goes on 24 hours a day
00:43:14When I was a little girl
00:43:15That's what my mother told me about marriage
00:43:17Only I found out it wasn't so
00:43:19Won't you sit down, Mr. Jordan?
00:43:20Thank you
00:43:24Oh, uh, about your Mr. Lee Crenshaw
00:43:27How do you know about Lee Crenshaw?
00:43:29Why do you think we keep a policeman outside her door?
00:43:31Anybody inquiring?
00:43:32We check
00:43:35Born in a little place about 60 miles from New Orleans
00:43:37Lafitte Parish
00:43:38Had an excellent war record
00:43:39Been working in a sporting goods shop
00:43:41Since he got back from the war
00:43:42That's what the inspector found out just on his day off
00:43:45Without leaving home
00:43:47Carrier pigeon
00:43:48By the way, you're staying for dinner, if you like
00:43:52I'd like very much
00:43:55But I've told you
00:43:55I'm going to keep on talking about this
00:43:57Until we stumble on something or other
00:43:58That'll clear it up
00:43:59I've known for a long time
00:44:01The detective work was stumbling
00:44:03How come you to catch on?
00:44:06Why don't you start in where you left off, at lunch?
00:44:08At lunch?
00:44:10We had lunch together
00:44:12He told me how he and Miss Washburn met Estrelita
00:44:14Oh, he did, did he?
00:44:16All I know is that when you got home
00:44:18You ran out of small talk awfully quick
00:44:20Probably didn't even have lunch
00:44:22For all you said, to the contrary
00:44:24Nothing except how hot it was downtown
00:44:26And how hot it was downtown
00:44:31Go ahead, Jordan
00:44:31Yeah
00:44:34Well, I've never known anybody work harder than Marion did
00:44:37Trying to make a star out of Susan
00:44:39For one thing, she had to have all the ambition for both of them
00:44:43Susan was willing
00:44:44And it wasn't hard to take
00:44:45The notion she was going to be successful and famous
00:44:48But she never tied it up with anything she had to do about it
00:44:52That's how I became involved more than I might have been
00:44:54Susan, or Estrelita that is
00:44:57She fell in love with you, is that it?
00:45:00No, no
00:45:02Susan never fell in love with anybody
00:45:04Except Susan
00:45:06What I meant was that right from the beginning
00:45:08Susan had to be
00:45:09Well, she had to be kind of courted
00:45:11You had to remind her every second that she was going to be a great star
00:45:15She'd keep on complaining
00:45:16There she was, working hard all day at Norman's
00:45:19Norman's?
00:45:19Yeah, she used to sell perfumes there, you know
00:45:21No, I didn't know
00:45:22It was in the papers
00:45:23Thank you very much
00:45:25So it got to be my assignment
00:45:27To spend pretty nearly every minute of her spare time with her
00:45:29Because if I didn't
00:45:30She'd start making friends on her own
00:45:32That took up so much of her time
00:45:33There was a pretty good chance
00:45:34She wouldn't show up for the lessons Marion had arranged
00:45:36And not just voice, no, no
00:45:39Marion had to show her what to wear
00:45:40How to walk
00:45:41What to say, what not to say
00:45:43That can be pretty important
00:45:44Knowing what not to say
00:45:46I'll say
00:45:47So it didn't really break my heart
00:45:49When Marion decided to take Susan off to Paris
00:45:51What for?
00:45:52You don't need a what for to go to Paris
00:45:54Well, she thought it would give her a kind of veneer that she needed
00:45:58I heard from Marion now and then
00:46:00And then I didn't hear
00:46:02Then I got a letter
00:46:05She didn't say anything about my coming to Paris
00:46:07But I thought I ought to
00:46:08As quick as I could
00:46:12So I got myself a job in a tramp steamer
00:46:14They had what Ring Lardner used to call
00:46:16A three-piece orchestra
00:46:17Piano, piano, stool, and piano player
00:46:19I was the piano player
00:46:27Eu but I'm thedı cetera
00:46:33Alfred?
00:46:38Luc!
00:46:39May I come in?
00:46:42Jones Green
00:46:43Oh, Luc, I'm so glad to see you
00:46:44When did you get here?
00:46:46About an hour ago.
00:46:48How did you get here?
00:46:50Walked. I came as soon as I got your letter saying that you were worried about Susan, that I better
00:46:53come right over.
00:46:55I didn't write you that I wanted you to come right over.
00:47:00I know you didn't.
00:47:04So this is Paris. Paris, France.
00:47:07Oh, that I was worried about Susan.
00:47:09No, but you did write me two long letters in a row about how beautiful the chestnut trees were
00:47:13in the Champs-Elysees, and the Punch and Judy shows, and the kids in the Luxembourg gardens,
00:47:18and the lights on the bridges at night.
00:47:21And you never said one word about Susan.
00:47:24So I knew.
00:47:40Whatever it is, it can't be your fault.
00:47:46Don't you realize what we've done, what I've done, changed the whole course of her life.
00:47:53She would have been happy the way things were.
00:47:55She might have gone back home.
00:47:57To Azusa?
00:47:59Oh, you mustn't ever take people and try to make them something they're not.
00:48:02Something to suit yourself.
00:48:05Something you wanted of me.
00:48:07Pretend they're marionettes, control them by wires.
00:48:10Then they stop having a life of their own.
00:48:13Now I'm responsible for her as long as she lives, Luke.
00:48:17Well, I could argue that.
00:48:19But in the meantime, what really happened?
00:48:24Well, I haven't seen her for...
00:48:27It'll be six weeks tomorrow.
00:48:29Did you have a fight?
00:48:30No.
00:48:33It's just that one day she met a man.
00:48:36This one sold batter shoes to the Arabs in Marrakesh,
00:48:40and he put ideas into her head.
00:48:43For instance?
00:48:44He recommended her to the manager of a little opera company,
00:48:47who was just about to leave for North Africa.
00:48:50She didn't believe in all this study, so she left.
00:48:55Where is she now?
00:48:57Some little place in Algiers.
00:48:59I got a card from her yesterday.
00:49:04Oh, Luke.
00:49:05All the beautiful clothes I bought for her,
00:49:07and they were so right, and she left them all behind.
00:49:10She just took with her what she was wearing
00:49:12and a red chiffon dress she bought for herself
00:49:14the second day we were here.
00:49:16That's what you really mind, isn't it?
00:49:17The red chiffon, her following her own taste.
00:49:20If you want to know, I think she's been resenting me
00:49:22because she missed you.
00:49:23I've told you over and over again
00:49:24that Susan doesn't mean a thing to me at all.
00:49:26You don't have to yell.
00:49:27I do have to yell.
00:49:28You don't hear what I'm saying if I don't yell.
00:49:30Correct me if I'm wrong, Luke.
00:49:32You dropped whatever you were doing in New York, didn't you,
00:49:34and came here because you thought she was in some kind of trouble.
00:49:41All right.
00:49:44I dropped everything as soon as I figured out
00:49:46that Susan was in trouble.
00:49:49Let me have that card.
00:49:50I'll go bring her back.
00:49:58I didn't mean to holler at you.
00:49:59I hollered at you.
00:50:01You did, didn't you?
00:50:02Here.
00:50:04I imagine the sooner you go, the better.
00:50:06Can't I even stay in Paris long enough
00:50:08to get into a fight with a waiter?
00:50:10Oh, Luke.
00:50:12You have the most wonderful way
00:50:14of inviting a girl to dinner.
00:50:16I have, haven't I?
00:50:18You know something?
00:50:19I like Paris.
00:50:21You never have any trouble finding somebody to eat with.
00:50:26All I have to do is put on my jacket and my hat.
00:50:32A shoe salesman.
00:50:34And I have to go to Algiers.
00:50:35There you go, alias.
00:50:48This is Haja Mleicha.
00:50:50Sure.
00:50:51Do, do.
00:50:52Me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me.
00:50:53Me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me.
00:50:55Me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me.
00:50:58Ah, voilà .
00:51:03Bonjour, monsieur.
00:51:04Bonjour.
00:51:05Oh, American, mister.
00:51:07A table for you?
00:51:08Hey.
00:51:09We got an American bar.
00:51:11All kinds of cocktails.
00:51:13Whiskey.
00:51:14Scotch-type.
00:51:15Just like Americans like.
00:51:17I'll just have a beer now.
00:51:18Sure.
00:51:19By the way, I'm looking for a friend of mine.
00:51:20A girl's supposed to be here by the name of Susan Caldwell.
00:51:23Sure.
00:51:23Crazy American.
00:51:24Kills all the people.
00:51:25I get it.
00:51:41Oh, look.
00:51:50I'm so glad to see you.
00:51:51And I'm so glad to see you.
00:51:54Red chiffon, all right.
00:51:56What?
00:51:57Nothing.
00:51:59Okay.
00:52:02Marion got your card.
00:52:04Well, I was wondering how you got here.
00:52:06What happened to the opera company?
00:52:08That was the funniest thing.
00:52:10After everything this fellow told me, there wasn't any opera company.
00:52:13He was a liar.
00:52:15You don't say no opera company.
00:52:17Well, well, well.
00:52:17That Mr. LaSalle.
00:52:19He was the one that gave me the recommend to the opera company.
00:52:21That's the same fellow that sold the shoes, huh?
00:52:22Well, he won't be selling anything for a long time.
00:52:25I nearly scratched his eyes out.
00:52:26And a couple of the others, they tried to talk to me, too.
00:52:28I nearly broke one of their arms.
00:52:30I mean, one of them.
00:52:31I nearly broke his arm, I mean.
00:52:33What are you doing here?
00:52:35Well, I knew if I wrote Marion, she'd get me back to Paris right away.
00:52:37So I didn't write right away.
00:52:39Because I thought first I'd have a vacation.
00:52:41A vacation from Paris?
00:52:42That Marion, Luke, you've got no idea.
00:52:48What about that Marion?
00:52:49Well, she never let me alone for a minute.
00:52:51It was bad enough when she had me studying French.
00:52:53But when she started talking about me studying English.
00:52:56Well, you know, Luke, a person can take just so much.
00:52:59Yeah, a person certainly can.
00:53:01Well, if it wasn't for you...
00:53:04Luke, you'll never leave me, will you?
00:53:06I mean, even if I get to be successful, promise?
00:53:10I promise.
00:53:12Well, look.
00:53:13Marion's all alone back there in Paris.
00:53:15I think it'd be just common decency for you to...
00:53:17Oh, I'll go back to Paris if you say so.
00:53:20Because around here, if I never get to eat another row of sheep again, I'll...
00:53:24Oh, Luke, I'm so glad you came.
00:53:27I take it you mean that as a compliment, so thank you.
00:53:29You know, Luke, it's the funniest thing.
00:53:31The minute the ship leaves New York, every place you get to is full of foreigners.
00:53:35You don't say.
00:53:37Makes it tough, doesn't it?
00:53:38Well, it's been going on for a long time.
00:53:44Wait a minute.
00:53:45What's the matter?
00:53:47That piano player, if you'll pardon the expression.
00:53:51Five will get you ten, he's trying to play Estralita.
00:53:53Oh.
00:53:55What's that?
00:53:56Huh?
00:53:57What's Estralita?
00:53:59Oh, yeah, I forgot about you.
00:54:01Maybe if you hear it played right, you'll recognize it.
00:54:02Excuse me.
00:54:37Bye.
00:54:44Bye.
00:54:48Bye.
00:54:56Wait a minute.
00:54:57Oh, yes.
00:54:59What's it that's like?
00:55:01Bye.
00:55:03Keep burning for me with the flame of love
00:55:13Till your light with dawn becomes an ember
00:55:25Tell him of my love, O gentle star
00:55:36And guide him back to me
00:55:58And that winds up as good a ship's concert as I've ever heard
00:56:01Don't you agree, ladies and gentlemen?
00:56:03Sure you do
00:56:06Mother, would you excuse me a moment?
00:56:09By all means, Brooke
00:56:19Even on board ship, you know, it's a habit Brooke can't get away from
00:56:22He has to go backstage
00:56:30I beg your pardon, Miss Watchman
00:56:33I'm not sure if you remember me
00:56:34But a few years ago, I represented the client who had invested in the show you were in
00:56:38And I had the pleasure of...
00:56:39Of course, you were Mr. Matthews
00:56:41Yes, I am
00:56:41This is Miss Caldwell and Mr. Jordan
00:56:43Mr. Matthews
00:56:44How do you do?
00:56:45How do you do?
00:56:46Won't you sit down?
00:56:47Uh, chair, please
00:56:48Can't begin to tell you how much I enjoyed your singing just now
00:56:51Thank you
00:56:53Thank you
00:56:54They say that confession's good for the soul, Mr. Matthews
00:56:57I think I might as well confess
00:56:58Luke, are you sure?
00:57:00The fact is that we've been expecting you
00:57:01I mean, we've been hoping we could expect you
00:57:04I don't blame you for being confused
00:57:06You see, we're a group of conspirators and you're our intended victim
00:57:10Though really, we feel we'll be doing you a favor
00:57:12I had no idea you were so young, Mr. Matthews
00:57:15And you a distinguished lawyer and a scion of an old family woman
00:57:19And everything like that
00:57:20You see, Miss Caldwell's our protege and...
00:57:22Well, it's almost 100% true that we chose this boat
00:57:25Because we thought if you had a chance to hear Susan sing at the ship's concert
00:57:28Of course, the plot's been changed a little bit now
00:57:30You see, I was supposed to go over to your table in a little while and say
00:57:34Mr. Matthews, I'm not sure that you remember me
00:57:38But some years ago, I was in a show that was backed by one of your clients
00:57:41Oh dear, well, I can't imagine any happier auspices under which I could have been chosen to be
00:57:49The, uh...
00:57:51What is the word I'm looking for?
00:57:53Sucker?
00:57:56Well, frankly, there's one ruse I hardly approve of
00:57:59Of course, I don't know why it was necessary
00:58:00You tried to be one of a thousand ambitious singers
00:58:02Attempting to get an appointment with anybody important
00:58:05Oh, I don't think I'm as important as all that
00:58:07Your firm just handles the estate that owns Halloway's Hillside Inn, that's all
00:58:14You'll find Susan just an artist, pure and simple
00:58:16Absolutely no eye for business
00:58:19You see, we thought that if you liked her
00:58:22She might have a chance to get a professional start singing there
00:58:24But we do happen to represent them
00:58:27Well, the only question still open is whose name will be in bigger lights
00:58:32Halloway's or Estrelita's?
00:58:33Oh ho ho ho ho ho ho ho ho ho ho ho ho ho
00:58:37How do you love Susan?
00:58:53Oh ho ho ho ho ho ho ho ho ho ho?
00:59:02Aww
00:59:03of a diamond in the rough, wouldn't you say?
00:59:06She's really wonderful.
00:59:08And she's worked so hard.
00:59:10You know, even a natural voice like hers
00:59:12requires hours and days and weeks and months
00:59:15of simple drudgery to perfect.
00:59:23Well, my son truly seems to have a real gift
00:59:27for recognizing theatrical talent.
00:59:30You know, actually there are already quite a few people
00:59:32whom he has, well, discovered in a sense and helped along.
00:59:37I try to encourage him in this activity.
00:59:40It gives him an interest that I like.
00:59:50When it doesn't become too serious.
00:59:52Susan won't be a problem of any kind, Mrs. Matthews.
00:59:54I'll see to that.
00:59:57Well, I don't see how it can hurt the most promising
00:59:59songwriter of tomorrow, that's me,
01:00:01if he were to get married to an important musical comedy actress.
01:00:04Do you?
01:00:05Well, I think it would be an ideal arrangement.
01:00:08Mm-hmm.
01:00:09It certainly would.
01:00:13Thank you so very much.
01:00:15I think I'll go to bed, Brooke.
01:00:17Oh, of course, Mother.
01:00:19Good night.
01:00:19Good night, Mrs. Matthews.
01:00:20Good night.
01:00:21See you in the morning.
01:00:22Good night.
01:00:23Mother.
01:00:24Good night.
01:00:28Wow, you're doing all right.
01:00:30I'm glad you think so.
01:00:34Could I have the next dance, Miss Caldwell?
01:00:36Sure.
01:00:37Do you mind?
01:00:38No, not at all.
01:00:39I didn't know that you intended to marry Susan.
01:00:41Who said I did?
01:00:43You did.
01:00:44Huh?
01:00:46Well, that's right.
01:00:46I did, didn't I?
01:00:48What's the matter with you?
01:00:50Nothing.
01:00:50Nothing at all.
01:00:52Well, there's something, but I honestly have no idea what...
01:00:55Oh, it can be that silly crack I made about intending to marry Susan.
01:00:58It certainly can't.
01:00:59It was just for Mrs. Matthews' benefit.
01:01:04I know.
01:01:05It's been the long strain of not being sure.
01:01:08Now all at once there's no question that Susan's gonna make the grave.
01:01:11You're tired, that's all.
01:01:13I am.
01:01:14Indeed I am.
01:01:17Good night.
01:01:41Good night.
01:01:43What do you think now, knowing Marion and Susan a little better?
01:01:48Well, you're gonna have to do more than just prove that Miss Washburn's a pretty nice person.
01:01:53As for Estrelita, nice people now and then shoot other people who aren't nice people.
01:02:00Really, they do.
01:02:02And they go to jail for it, too.
01:02:16Just a minute, Molly.
01:02:23You wouldn't know where there might be a secret passage in the apartment, would you?
01:02:26No, I don't, Mrs. Fowler.
01:02:28Well, I guess I've cased about all you can case on the first visit.
01:02:35That's to eliminate fingerprints.
01:02:36Is that a fact?
01:02:38Nobody's to know I've been here.
01:02:39I may tell myself, but only at the proper time.
01:02:42My time.
01:02:42Yes, Mrs. Fowler.
01:02:44Here's your microscope.
01:02:46Magnifying glass.
01:02:47And your fingerprint dusting powder.
01:02:49And, uh...
01:02:50Oh, my melted wax, thank you.
01:02:52In all the years I've been on the police force.
01:02:55Well, I mean Inspector Fowler, if you want to get technical.
01:03:01Haven't you a theory of your own, Molly?
01:03:03Sure. I got a theory.
01:03:05Miss Susan didn't do it.
01:03:06Miss Marion didn't do it.
01:03:08Nobody else didn't do it, either.
01:03:10Well, somebody did it.
01:03:11So it narrows down now just to the one question.
01:03:14Who?
01:03:15Who did it?
01:03:16That's just what I keep thinking, too.
01:03:19Well, you'll let me know, won't you, when you hear about Miss Susan's condition?
01:03:21Oh, certainly.
01:03:22Oh, and would you mail this for me?
01:03:24Don't need a stamp.
01:03:25They pay when they get it back.
01:03:26The hotel does.
01:03:27Sure.
01:03:27Miss Susan gave to me the mail when she came back from New Orleans.
01:03:30Now, don't forget, Molly.
01:03:31The inspector isn't to know about these different tests I made.
01:03:34Well, he won't.
01:03:35Not from me, he won't.
01:03:36They aren't even the last word in scientific methods.
01:03:39Why, in London or Paris?
01:03:43Well, you mark my words, Molly.
01:03:45When we get to the bottom of this, we're going to find somebody incredibly clever at the top.
01:03:50Goodbye.
01:03:59Inspector Fowler?
01:04:00Yes?
01:04:01They'll be taking Miss Caldwell back to her room shortly.
01:04:03How is she?
01:04:03Yes.
01:04:04The doctor seems quite pleased.
01:04:06There wouldn't be any reason for him to be pleased or displeased at that crazy Marion Washburn.
01:04:10That'll do.
01:04:11Susan had a right to quit if she wanted to.
01:04:12And nobody's going to tell me that...
01:04:14You heard the inspector.
01:04:25No pictures till I see the doctor.
01:04:26How can one little picture hurt anybody?
01:04:28Quiet.
01:04:34How's it look, Doc?
01:04:34I think you'll be able to talk to her later in the day.
01:04:37Later in the day.
01:04:38Later in the day.
01:04:38That'll be fine.
01:04:49Reach for the sky, partner.
01:04:53Hello.
01:04:54I'll call you back.
01:04:54I'll call you back.
01:04:56Hello.
01:04:58Well, I just happened to be in the neighborhood.
01:05:00Nobody just happens to be in this neighborhood unless you're a bondsman.
01:05:04What happened about Estrolita?
01:05:06Looks good.
01:05:07Of course, you can't tell, though.
01:05:09Oh, fine.
01:05:10Can't tell me, you mean.
01:05:11Well, as I said, I just happened to be in the neighborhood, and I thought I'd like you to take
01:05:15me to lunch.
01:05:16I wasn't figuring on having any lunch.
01:05:24Come in.
01:05:29Sorry about taking so long, Inspector.
01:05:31But I had to wait.
01:05:32They had to send out for the ice cream to make the apple pie, apple pie a la mode.
01:05:37And Mabel just gave me this message for you.
01:05:39You can set the tray down, young man.
01:05:42Figuring on no lunch, eh?
01:05:43Sorry.
01:05:47What's the message, Fred?
01:05:52A fella called.
01:05:53Name of Luke Jordan.
01:05:55Had to hang right up, but said it was terribly important.
01:05:58Says for you to come to the furnace room at the Central South Hospital right away.
01:06:02Well, what are we waiting for?
01:06:04Well, I've decided to go, have I?
01:06:05Why, of course.
01:06:09I make more decisions.
01:06:18Hello, Inspector.
01:06:19Hello, Mr. Jordan.
01:06:20What's going on here?
01:06:22I have a mind to have you arrest this fella.
01:06:25What for?
01:06:27Okay.
01:06:30Well, after you left this morning, we both went along to see that Susan got to a room okay.
01:06:35For a hospital, they keep their furnace room awful dusty, don't they?
01:06:38So we got to talking.
01:06:40He wouldn't leave me alone.
01:06:41He kept asking questions.
01:06:42Well, he kept answering them, then, dope.
01:06:44Tell him what you told me.
01:06:45I didn't say anything I didn't say before.
01:06:48About the revolver.
01:06:49So he asked me again if I gave it to her, and I said, sure, I gave it to her.
01:06:53How was I to know he meant Marion Washburn by her?
01:06:56When I said her, I meant Susan.
01:06:58She's her, too.
01:07:00Did you give Miss Carver that revolver?
01:07:01I must be going nuts.
01:07:03It was in the paper, I tell you.
01:07:05And what difference does it make who I gave it to?
01:07:07I liberated it.
01:07:08And if you think you can do anything to a G.I. who liberates things...
01:07:11That's not the point.
01:07:12Then what is the point?
01:07:13He doesn't see it even yet.
01:07:14It's not as important as you think, Luke.
01:07:16That's what I've been trying to tell him.
01:07:17As long as she shot her and she did shoot her.
01:07:19Which hair?
01:07:20It's not going to do any good in her particular case.
01:07:22Nothing's going to do her any good, particular or unparticular.
01:07:25She's going to jail for sure.
01:07:26Shut up.
01:07:28Do you think you'll hear about Susan by six?
01:07:30That's what the doctor said.
01:07:31Well, I don't know what you're talking about, but the correct phrasing of that joke is,
01:07:35I think that's what the doctor ordered.
01:07:37We're going to try this again, Mr. Jordan.
01:07:39Anytime.
01:07:41Anytime.
01:07:45You may come in now, gentlemen.
01:07:55Hello.
01:07:56Hello, Susan.
01:07:57This gentleman is Mr. Roberts.
01:07:59He's the assistant district attorney.
01:08:01Ms. Caldwell.
01:08:03If you'd make it as brief as possible.
01:08:04Just be a minute, doctor.
01:08:07What really happened on the night of the 22nd, Ms. Caldwell?
01:08:10I mean, do you remember at all how you came to wake up to find yourself here in the hospital?
01:08:16I came home after the broadcast, and I finally managed to tell Marion that...
01:08:22That's Marion Washburn, you know.
01:08:24Yes, Ms. Caldwell.
01:08:26I told Marion that I wasn't continuing with my career.
01:08:31Well, Marion went into a rage, and then she tried to...
01:08:39I'm so tired.
01:08:41I'm afraid that will have to be all, gentlemen.
01:08:44We can return later for the details.
01:08:55Mr. Roberts, I'd like to ask the doctor a question, if you don't mind.
01:08:58Go right ahead.
01:08:58You...
01:09:00You haven't talked to Ms. Caldwell about this thing at all, have you?
01:09:02Certainly not.
01:09:02Has anyone else?
01:09:03Nobody else has been in or out of that room.
01:09:05Right, officer?
01:09:06Right, doctor.
01:09:07Now, if you'll excuse me.
01:09:08Hmm.
01:09:09I really must be on my way, Mr. Matthews.
01:09:10Good night.
01:09:11Good night.
01:09:13Mr. Matthews.
01:09:14Yes.
01:09:18Did Ms. Caldwell have anything to say?
01:09:19Did Susan tell the truth?
01:09:21She told the same story Marion did.
01:09:22That's impossible.
01:09:24It's time you started facing the facts, Luke.
01:09:26You know she didn't do it.
01:09:27Well, I guess so.
01:09:29But if you'd have heard what Susan said...
01:09:30I've heard Susan a lot of times.
01:09:32You just...
01:09:37Good night, Inspector Fowler.
01:09:38Luke.
01:09:43Come up to the house and have a bite to eat.
01:09:44I'll let Mary clean that coat.
01:09:46If you're through with furnaces for the day.
01:09:51You can't tell me they can send an innocent person to jail.
01:09:54You're not innocent if a jury says you're guilty.
01:09:56He always says that.
01:09:57It's enough to drive you crazy.
01:10:01I'm going down to see Mary, and I'm going to make her tell the truth.
01:10:03That's the spirit.
01:10:04And while you're out, I wonder if you'd mail that key for me.
01:10:07Sure.
01:10:07What's that?
01:10:08It's a hotel key.
01:10:09Just drop it in the mailbox.
01:10:10They pay when they get it back.
01:10:11I'll call you as soon as I've seen her.
01:10:14What's that key?
01:10:16Where's Lafitte Parish, Louisiana, Jim?
01:10:19Louisiana.
01:10:20Why?
01:10:21What about Lafitte Parish?
01:10:23Isn't that where Crenshaw comes from?
01:10:25Yes.
01:10:26What about Lafitte Parish?
01:10:27Oh, Miss Washburn's maid, Molly.
01:10:29She's Miss Caldwell's maid, too.
01:10:30She gave it to me to mail.
01:10:32Gave you what to mail?
01:10:33The key, Jim.
01:10:35The key.
01:10:36That's what we've been talking about, remember?
01:10:39It seems there was this Marion Washburn.
01:10:41Only she lost her voice.
01:10:42And then she met this girl from Azusa.
01:10:44Susan Caldwell.
01:10:45Well, that is, she and Luke Jordan met this girl.
01:10:48I'll tell you later who Luke Jordan is.
01:10:51How did the maid get the key?
01:10:52Well, Miss Caldwell gave it to her to mail when she got back from New Orleans.
01:10:56Only Miss Caldwell isn't the one who lost her voice.
01:10:58She's the one who...
01:11:01The fit 60 miles from going.
01:11:04I wonder, Mrs. Fowler, I wonder if I may be permitted to use my own phone.
01:11:09Strictly business, I assure you.
01:11:10My office.
01:11:13My downtown office, that is.
01:11:17Inspector Fowler, please.
01:11:20You know, I could get you committed.
01:11:22You're Inspector Fowler.
01:11:29Hello, Inspector Fowler.
01:11:31What about that Louisiana call, Morgan?
01:11:34What?
01:11:36Keep on trying.
01:11:39They get a busy number in Lafitte.
01:11:41How could there be a busy number in Lafitte?
01:11:50Well, come in.
01:11:51Don't tell me you saw Miss Washburn this quick.
01:11:53You know this key of yours?
01:11:54Oh.
01:11:54I was about to drop it in the mailbox in the corner when I looked at it.
01:11:57I think I got the same idea.
01:11:58So I went into the drugstore and phoned.
01:12:00And that's why the line was busy.
01:12:02Oh, you're being silly.
01:12:03You weren't calling the drugstore.
01:12:04I was calling the sheriff in Lafitte and so was he.
01:12:06Weren't you, Luke?
01:12:07Well?
01:12:08I think you and I have a little visit to make, Inspector.
01:12:11We certainly have.
01:12:12Me too.
01:12:12I'll tell you.
01:12:13I'll phone Matthews and tell him to meet us.
01:12:14I've done that.
01:12:15You don't mind if Mr. Matthews joins us, do you, Mary?
01:12:17Why, not at all.
01:12:18Have all your friends, if you like.
01:12:29Ha-ha!
01:12:30I knew it.
01:12:32Somebody read of the papers.
01:12:34That's how she knew what story to tell.
01:12:37And in this case, that's somebody.
01:12:39I repeat, that's somebody.
01:12:42That somebody is the nurse.
01:12:44Well, I never thought you could say that again.
01:12:48I'll take over now, Mary, if you don't mind.
01:12:51Now that I've cracked the case.
01:12:54Is it all right if we spend a few more minutes with Miss Caldwell, Doctor?
01:12:57Well, if helping to get at the real facts will make her feel any better,
01:13:01I think it might be very sound therapy.
01:13:07You see, Brooke, they gave me all those pills to sleep.
01:13:11And when I awoke and the nurse told me, well, I guess I just must have taken it for granted.
01:13:16I didn't know what I was doing.
01:13:18About this report we got from Lafitte Parish.
01:13:22Where was I?
01:13:23In Lafitte Parish, Louisiana, getting married to Mr. Lee Crenshaw.
01:13:27She's explained that, Luke.
01:13:28I know what Luke means, Brooke.
01:13:30I have explained it.
01:13:32But even I will never understand it.
01:13:34Never.
01:13:35Oh, if only you'd been there the way you are now, Brooke.
01:13:40Those two Sazeracs before dinner.
01:13:43And that 20-year-old rum they make right in their own backyard.
01:13:47What really happened between you and Marion?
01:13:51What happened?
01:13:51Go ahead, Susan.
01:13:54You're right, Brooke.
01:13:55I've got to tell.
01:13:57I owe it to someone.
01:14:00That's right.
01:14:01To Marion.
01:14:03Well, I guess I was kind of out of control after I left Marion in the living room.
01:14:09No matter how hard I tried, I simply couldn't get my being married to Lee out of my mind.
01:14:15How I ever could.
01:14:17And I was so much in love with you, Brooke.
01:14:20I couldn't think of anything else.
01:14:24Particularly once I got to my room.
01:14:46Sure.
01:14:57No matter how completely.
01:14:59You're Gonnaуют and have to run away the way!
01:15:03I need to be pretty fun, and be siebie!
01:15:04Ah!
01:15:08Good when you have to ask your правда to the jag.
01:15:10You had to watch the lyingfried freak.
01:15:13Come on.
01:15:37Susan?
01:15:40Susan?
01:15:45I'm tired.
01:15:48I've said everything I want to say.
01:15:49Now, please, leave me alone.
01:15:52What's wrong, Susan?
01:15:53If we talk it over, whatever it is,
01:15:55you'll probably find it really isn't as important as you think.
01:15:57You'll probably just be able to laugh it off.
01:16:00There's some things you can't laugh off.
01:16:04Is it anything I've done?
01:16:06I don't want to talk about it anymore.
01:16:08Very well, we won't talk about it anymore.
01:16:12Susan.
01:16:16I'm going downstairs to get a glass of milk.
01:16:19Would you like one?
01:16:20No, thank you.
01:16:21All I want is for you to get out of here.
01:16:23I could do with some sleep. I must look terrible.
01:16:27Get out of here!
01:16:28What are you doing with this revolver? I don't understand.
01:16:30Get out of here!
01:16:32Get out of here!
01:16:34Get out of here!
01:16:38Get out of here!
01:16:39Get out of here!
01:16:44Get out of here!
01:16:45Get out of here!
01:16:45Get out of here!
01:16:46Get out of here!
01:16:46Give it to me!
01:16:54Well, I've heard all I need.
01:16:56I got a hold of Robertson and have the charge withdrawn.
01:16:58Ms. Washburn released.
01:16:59I don't want to seem immodest.
01:17:01Well, I don't want to seem immodest.
01:17:01But all I can say is, you're all very lucky that I took an interest in this case.
01:17:06And the next time you feel like reading to a patient, try the encyclopedia.
01:17:12Why didn't you tell us all of this before?
01:17:14Didn't it occur to you that Marian might...
01:17:16She explained that too, Luke, and you know it.
01:17:17When the nurse read Susan in the newspapers, she knew Marian must have some reason for the story she told.
01:17:22And she was just waiting until she had a chance to see Marian before she divulged what had really happened.
01:17:28Oh.
01:17:29I apologize, Susan.
01:17:31Please forgive me.
01:17:32And don't worry, Susan.
01:17:33Please don't worry.
01:17:34The worst that'll happen, they'll pay you a thousand a week more next season.
01:17:39Come on, Mary.
01:17:40So nice to have met you, Mrs. Crenshaw.
01:17:47The nurse will give you some medicine, Miss Caldwell.
01:17:50A good night's sleep and you'll be perfectly okay in the morning.
01:17:52Thank you very much, doctor.
01:17:54Well, then I guess...
01:17:56Don't go.
01:17:57Not for a moment, Brooke.
01:17:59Please.
01:18:00Well, I don't know.
01:18:02A few minutes won't matter.
01:18:11I've really been dreadful.
01:18:12Have a night, Brooke.
01:18:30Everything's fine.
01:18:31Thank you, Lieutenant.
01:18:31Good luck.
01:18:32I don't mean you, Mr. Jordan.
01:18:34You've been a headache right from the beginning.
01:18:36You make me very happy, Lieutenant.
01:18:38Come on, you.
01:18:50No cabs.
01:18:51You suppose I'm allergic to cabs?
01:18:54Don't think you're gonna get off without a few words from me about your behavior, Miss Washburn, because you're not.
01:19:00You're completely crazy.
01:19:02Not just slap-happy or slightly barmy.
01:19:04You're crazy.
01:19:05Cabs!
01:19:07That's a funny thing about cabs.
01:19:09You wait and wait and wait.
01:19:10Finally, an empty one shows up and there's somebody in it.
01:19:12May I tell you something, Luke?
01:19:14I've been asking you to for days.
01:19:16I'm not sure.
01:19:18I'm the heroine I've been trying to make myself out to be.
01:19:21Because something tells me in a couple of days I might have told the truth.
01:19:27A jail can be very unattractive.
01:19:31Unless you're trying to finish your novel.
01:19:34What do you say we don't try to get a cab?
01:19:37We just walk.
01:19:38Up and down both sides of Madison Avenue, window shopping.
01:19:42Now you're being crazy.
01:19:44Good girl.
01:19:44That was a test question.
01:19:45It's supposed to be romantic walking up and down Madison Avenue, window shopping.
01:19:48But it's not.
01:19:49You only get yourself falling arches.
01:19:51Cab!
01:19:51Come on.
01:19:52In you go.
01:19:52Just a minute, Luke.
01:19:53Let's get this straight.
01:19:54We won't stop anywhere for any rehearsals.
01:19:57Right?
01:19:58Right.
01:20:00And if we see anybody faint, she stays fainted.
01:20:03Right?
01:20:03Right.
01:20:05And another thing.
01:20:07There's no law against being romantic in a cab, is there?
01:20:12Are you proposing to me?
01:20:15In you go.
01:20:18Once around Central Park, driver.
01:20:22Very slowly.
01:20:23That way!
01:20:35That way, absolutely.
01:20:57THE END
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