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03:08We'll change that last speech, see?
03:10Make it read,
03:12You see, my dear, Elsie really works for me.
03:15She is my sister.
03:17Yeah, that clears it up all right.
03:20Well, come on, folks.
03:21Now we'll take it once more,
03:22and you add to your speech,
03:24She's my sister, see?
03:26Come on, let's get going.
03:28Oh, all right.
03:29I'm not deaf.
03:38Hey, Smoke, bring that lamp over here, will you?
03:43Okay.
03:49That's perfectly all right.
03:51It was rather an embarrassing position for me, wasn't it?
03:53Yes.
03:54Well, I did my good deed for the day.
03:56Quiet, folks.
03:57Quiet, please.
03:58Oh, pardon me.
03:59Would you excuse me?
04:01Yes.
04:05Say, you'll have to get back here.
04:07You're in too close.
04:08Back here, please.
04:11Mike, bring me a double, Mike.
04:13Oh, I beg your pardon.
04:26Hello, Valerie.
04:27Hello.
04:27How are you?
04:28Hi.
04:28Sit down.
04:32Say, who was that young man
04:35who just kept me from falling?
04:37Oh, that's Bob Adair,
04:44a friend of Rex Forsythe.
04:46He's a reporter on the New York paper.
04:49Are you?
04:49Mm-hmm.
04:50Yes.
04:50How do you feel, Hunter?
04:51It's okay with me.
04:52All right, let's take it.
04:54All right, quiet, everybody.
04:55This is the tape.
04:57Grab the set, please.
04:59All right, camera.
05:01Chain 26 weekday.
05:02Elsie, Elsie, where is she?
05:16Jeffrey, what are you doing here?
05:17Is it strange for her husband,
05:21even a discarded husband,
05:22to visit his wife?
05:25Elsie won't answer.
05:27And why not, may I ask?
05:29I've called her away.
05:31She's going to my apartment
05:32to meet me.
05:34You see, my dear,
05:35Elsie really works for me.
05:37She's my sister.
05:40Cut.
05:41That's it.
05:45You can't do it.
05:45You beast.
05:50If people could see you like this,
05:52they'd know why I'm divorcing you.
05:54What's the matter with you, Andre?
05:56Now, don't start anything here.
05:58Now, come on, old man.
05:59Don't.
06:00What's in my affairs?
06:01I tell you, I can't stand it.
06:02That's Andre Leighton for you.
06:07Valerie, did you get what I wanted?
06:08Yes, Miss Gladden.
06:10They were sorry it took so long.
06:13I should think they would be.
06:15That's all right.
06:16Run along, dear.
06:17I'll see you at home.
06:18Yes, Miss Gladden.
06:19Will you dine there?
06:20Not this evening.
06:22There's a dinner party at Calvin Green's.
06:24Come on, I'll walk over
06:25to your dressing room.
06:28Did I say you could?
06:29Oh, come on.
06:32Okay, you're all set.
06:35Let's go.
06:36Oh, I'll meet you in the office, Bob.
06:41Okay, Rex.
06:45All right, boys.
06:46Wrap them up.
06:46Bring down your diffuser.
06:47You old grouch.
07:06Come on, Rex.
07:07What's the matter?
07:09What have I done now?
07:11Why did you ditch me for lunch
07:13and eat with Warren's sibling?
07:14He's my director.
07:17And the star always has to be nice
07:18to her director.
07:20You're nice to everybody.
07:22That's the trouble.
07:24You're just jealous.
07:26You know men are a part of my life.
07:29I know it too well.
07:32But you know who I rarely love,
07:35don't you?
07:36Oh, say that you love me, Rex.
07:44Oh, I suppose I'll end up
07:46by marrying you.
07:47Oh, but monsieur,
07:48I have not yet a divorce from Andre,
07:50my dear husband.
07:52Yes, and when he kissed you,
07:54I could have...
07:54Yes, and you showed it too.
07:57You're a funny old thing, Rex.
07:59But run along, Adair.
08:00I must dress.
08:01My bad luck,
08:05I can't take you
08:05to Cal Green's party tonight.
08:07But I've got to work
08:07on your next story.
08:09The office is riding me.
08:10Worse luck.
08:12Don't you worry, darling.
08:13There'll be a lot
08:14of nice men there.
08:15I won't be lonesome.
08:17You little devil.
08:21Run along.
08:22You little devil.
08:41You are beautiful.
08:42Ha, ha, ha.
08:52Who would have driven
08:54this bit of steel
08:55into your heart
08:55but have found a home
08:56instead in his?
08:58I didn't know then
08:59that you had made a fool
09:00of him as you have of me,
09:02as you have of dozens
09:02of others.
09:04Jeffrey, I swear.
09:06Worshipping you,
09:07I married you,
09:08took you from the gutter,
09:09made you a lady.
09:12And you betrayed me
09:13with my best friend.
09:15But the month
09:15for atonement is here.
09:16Behind you stretches
09:17our way of selfishness.
09:18Lies deceit.
09:19Ahead of you,
09:20darkness, oblivion.
09:21For like the media
09:22that flamed and died,
09:24you too shall die.
09:26Die, die, die, die, die, die, die.
09:33For the love of Pete.
09:36Why don't you get
09:36some air in here?
09:39They have a pretty
09:40fair story,
09:40this falling star thing.
09:42Why'd you steal the idea?
09:44Hey, no cracks
09:45out of you, fella.
09:46Come on,
09:46get on your feet.
09:47I gotta get to work.
09:48Oh, say,
09:52you're about to lose
09:53your starboarder at last.
09:55Great.
09:56Now I'll have a few
09:57peaceful days
09:58and sober nights
09:59for a change.
09:59Oh, yeah?
10:00Well, I could go
10:01for a few myself.
10:02Get off that.
10:03What's the matter?
10:05That city editor of yours
10:06got on his ear again?
10:07Oh, has he?
10:08Get a load of this.
10:09Mr. Robert Adair,
10:10care of Rex Forsyth,
10:12screenwriter,
10:13Eminent Studios,
10:14Hollywood, California.
10:15Now that you have solved
10:16the Donahue murder case
10:17and given Hollywood
10:18an eyeful of New York's
10:19worst reporter,
10:20I would deem it
10:21a great favor
10:21if you would see
10:22your way clear
10:23to come back to New York
10:23and give your newspaper
10:25a break.
10:26Love and kisses.
10:27A sarcastic mug.
10:29You know,
10:30I have a sneaking idea
10:30I will kiss the old buzzard
10:31and boy will he burn.
10:34Oh.
10:34Too bad there aren't
10:35a few more murders
10:36for you to solve.
10:37I'd like to have you
10:38stay on.
10:40Yeah,
10:40not wishing anybody
10:41any hard luck.
10:42Oh, say,
10:43you going to Cal Green's
10:43party tonight?
10:44No, confound it.
10:46I've got to try
10:47and get Irma's
10:47next story finished.
10:49Well, I'm going
10:49and boy,
10:50I'm going to put on
10:50a good old-fashioned bust.
10:52One that'll last me
10:53until I hit home.
10:55Is Miss Gladden going?
10:57Oh, she'll be there
10:58all right.
10:59Oh, by the way,
11:00who was that
11:01good-looker
11:01on the smith today?
11:02Who?
11:03Oh, you mean
11:04Valerie Christine?
11:05That's Irma's secretary.
11:07Smitten?
11:08Smitten?
11:09Smote.
11:11Boy.
11:12One of her
11:13and my heart
11:13did handspring.
11:14What are you doing?
11:29What are you doing?
11:29Let me go.
11:32Drop that gun.
11:33Drop what I say.
11:40What are you trying to do?
11:42Why don't you let me go?
11:43Go on.
11:43Wait up.
11:44Hurry up.
11:44Andre, get a hold of him.
11:45Andre, get out of here now.
11:46You're not going to here.
11:47Take your hands off of me.
11:51She's still my wife.
11:54He don't belong in here.
11:56He was making love to her.
11:57It's all his fault.
11:58I'm telling her.
11:58Now, now she's going to divorce me
12:00so she can marry.
12:02So she can marry him.
12:04That's who she wants to marry.
12:05Here, Rex, now never mind.
12:06Look at him.
12:07I don't think he loves him.
12:07Look at him.
12:09He thinks,
12:10he thinks she loves him.
12:12Just another fool.
12:13Like me.
12:14Like Sibley.
12:15Like everybody.
12:16Come on, Andre, old man.
12:17Come on.
12:18You too.
12:19My best friend.
12:21You love her too.
12:24Look at me.
12:26I was a star.
12:27Wasn't I?
12:28Of course you were, Andre.
12:29Of course.
12:29Well, she,
12:31she did this to me.
12:33I tried to kill her.
12:35Didn't I?
12:37But they,
12:38they can't help her.
12:39They can't.
12:39She belongs to me.
12:40To me.
12:41To me.
12:41Andre.
12:42You've got to stop this.
12:43You've got to.
12:45Warren.
12:46You can get him out of here.
12:47All right.
12:48Come on, Andre.
12:49Old man,
12:50I'm your friend
12:50and I understand.
12:51Come on, my office.
12:52Come on.
12:53All right.
12:55You understand.
12:56Of course I do.
12:57That's a good fellow.
13:04All right, Rex, old boy.
13:06Don't worry.
13:06We'll take care of everything.
13:13Rex, dear.
13:15Tell Norman to bring the car around.
13:18I, I want to get out of here.
13:20Are you all right?
13:22Maybe you better not go tonight.
13:24Oh, I'm all right.
13:25Run along now.
13:27Rex, please do as I ask.
13:30Oh, all right.
13:31I've got to get out of here.
13:48Raise up a minute.
13:49Come on.
13:50Andre, sit down, will you?
13:52You've made a fool of yourself once today.
13:54That's enough.
13:56I know what I'm doing.
13:58Yeah, I suppose you knew what you were doing
13:59when you tried to kill Irma.
14:06Did, did I do that?
14:09Yes, you did that.
14:13Oh, let me out of here.
14:14Come on.
14:15Sit down there.
14:16Now, you stay here until you pull yourself together.
14:20All right.
14:21All right.
14:21I suppose you will send him to the other side.
14:27It's very, very, very foreign.
14:46I suppose you will send him to the other side.
14:47No, no, no, no.
14:48No, no, no, no.
14:50I suppose you'll send this to your confounded paper now if I said that bushy-haired old editor of mine anything
14:55But a murder story I'd get the gate
15:00Chances look pretty good there for a minute didn't they
15:16Right
15:18You're not taking it too seriously. Are you old man? I
15:22Wouldn't intrude in the personal matters if I were you Bob
15:29Yeah, I guess you're right at that
15:36See you at the house
15:48Hest
15:54Oh
15:56Yeah
15:56I
15:57And
15:57And
15:59And
16:01And
17:02Oh, Miss Gladden.
17:17Yes, darling.
17:18Mrs. Sibley is waiting in the drawing room.
17:21Mrs. Sibley.
17:28How long has she been here?
17:30Quite some time, I believe.
17:31The maid let her in.
17:34All right.
17:35Tell her I'll see her.
17:36Here.
17:37Yes, Miss Gladden.
17:38Yes, sir.
17:45Okay.
18:45I suppose you know who I am.
19:02Oh, of course, Mrs. Sibley.
19:04Won't you sit down?
19:06I came here for just one reason, now, McGladden.
19:08To tell you that you can't get away with it.
19:12Really, Mrs. Sibley?
19:13I don't know what you mean.
19:14Then I'll tell you.
19:16You leave my husband alone.
19:18Do you understand?
19:20Don't be dramatic.
19:22Warren and I are simply good friends.
19:25Good friends.
19:32Devotedly, Warren.
19:38Good friends.
19:39And why not?
19:44Now you listen to me.
19:47But Miss Gladden said if you called again, she didn't want to see you.
19:51Well, tell her I'm here.
19:52Please.
19:53Or she'll see me.
19:54She's got to see me.
19:57Oh, all right.
19:58You wait here.
19:59Remember, Irma Gladden, I've warned you.
20:12Be careful.
20:13Oh, I'll be very, oh, so very careful.
20:17Mrs. Sibley.
20:24Is that my mail, Valerie?
20:26Yes, Miss Gladden.
20:28Oh, Miss Gladden.
20:29Yes, Norman.
20:31The young man who calls himself Robert Worth would like to see you.
20:36Will you tell the young man who calls himself Robert Worth?
20:39I don't care to see him.
20:41Yes, ma'am.
20:42So, that detective agency has come to life at last.
20:52Well, it's about time.
20:54Well, I've got to see her, I tell you.
20:56I'm going to see her.
20:57I tell you, she doesn't want to see her.
20:59Well, close that window and put out my pajamas.
21:01You're going to be in on what they call a cop.
21:03Please, dear.
21:03Sorry if she don't see me.
21:05Because I'm always...
21:06Oh, please let me in.
21:08I've got to see her.
21:09You don't understand.
21:29I've got to.
21:30Come on, beat it.
21:39Hello, sweetie.
21:49Oh, still got on your high hat?
21:51Miss Gladden wishes to see you in her boudoir.
21:53In the boudoir, boy.
21:56Uh-oh.
21:57You aren't jealous, are you, sweetie?
21:58I've got one-one-eight-one.
22:25I've got one-one-eight-one.
22:25Yes?
22:30It's me, Norman.
22:33Come in.
22:41Hello.
22:42Police headquarters.
22:44Yes, I'd like to talk to Captain Summers, please.
22:48Oh, hello.
22:54This is Irma Gladden, Captain.
22:58No, I'd rather not explain over the phone.
23:01It's in connection with what we talked about a few days ago.
23:06Yes, I do want someone arrested.
23:07Yes, 8.30 will be all right.
23:14You know my home?
23:17Beverly Drive.
23:19Yes, I'm going out, but I'll wait.
23:23Goodbye, Captain.
23:29Oh, Norman, I've forgotten about you.
23:32May I speak to you, please?
23:33Yes.
23:33Oh, Lord.
23:34Bye.
23:51Bye.
24:00Bye.
24:00Bye.
24:00Bye.
24:00Bye.
24:01Bye.
24:01Hiya, slave.
24:24I thought you were going to get swanked.
24:26Well, Cal Green switched bootleggers on me.
24:28It took the enamel right off the teeth.
24:30Good old black coffee.
24:35That's worse than Cal's gin.
24:41The One I Love by Rex Forsyth.
24:46What's the matter, Stuck?
24:48Plenty.
24:49I'll give you an idea.
24:51There are three men in love with the same girl.
24:56Are you trying to be funny?
24:58Oh, I'm sorry, old man.
25:00I didn't think.
25:10Was Irma there?
25:11Mm-hmm.
25:13The center of attraction, as usual, I suppose.
25:17Oh, she wasn't exactly lonesome.
25:20You know, Rex, there's something fascinating about that girl.
25:22What is it?
25:22I wish I knew.
25:27Some women are like that.
25:29Literature and legend are full of them.
25:32Yeah.
25:34And they usually ride for a fall, too.
25:38Some women are too fascinating for the wrong good.
25:40Yeah.
25:41Yeah.
25:41Yeah.
25:42Yeah.
26:12Toll service, Ms. Gladden.
26:34Ms. Gladden!
27:12Hello.
27:19That's for you.
27:21Oh, hello.
27:24Hello, Bob.
27:27This is Captain Summer speaking.
27:29I'm up at the Gladden place.
27:31Mr. Gladden's been murdered,
27:33and I want you to come up here as soon as you can.
27:34I'll be right over.
27:43Yeah, I know where it is.
27:44What's the matter?
27:57You'd better get a hold of something, old man.
28:00You're going to take a joke.
28:02What's happened, Bob?
28:05Irma's dead.
28:07Do you want to come along?
28:16Right.
28:19Yes.
28:20Of course.
28:21Six or seven stubs.
28:41One about every ten minutes.
28:44That means whoever was sitting with her talked at least an hour.
28:48Yeah.
28:50You say she left Calvin Greens alone about, uh, two o'clock, huh?
28:57Yeah, just about.
28:58Uh-huh.
28:59That would make it happen roughly about, uh, three or three thirty, eh?
29:05Mm-hmm.
29:07Let's see what his nibs has to say.
29:09Right.
29:16Well.
29:19Bullet ended right side.
29:20Passed upward through heart, and out under the shoulder.
29:23Death instantaneous.
29:24Well, see you later.
29:26Oh, it's cold long, Lord, Ma.
29:27Just another murder.
29:38Handed beside kind of a wallop, eh?
29:40Yeah, he's pretty much in love with her, I guess.
29:50Let's go.
29:57Not a clue, Rick.
30:14Maybe you'd like to run along home, Mr. Preside.
30:16I'll, I'll stay if you don't mind.
30:19Just as you say.
30:21Bob here was telling me what happened in the studio this afternoon.
30:25Would you mind if I ask a few questions?
30:27Anything.
30:28Anything to help.
30:29I think I'll go upstairs and look around a bit.
30:32Right.
30:32Delaney's up there snooping.
30:33Oh, Delaney.
30:35My old friend Delaney.
30:36Yeah.
30:36Has he found anybody at a question yet?
30:37No, not yet, but he's hoping.
30:43Now, I know it's tough on you,
30:46but could you give me the details as you remember them
30:48as to what happened in the studio this afternoon?
30:50Thank you, Ron.
30:52Thank you, Ron.
31:18When you get through smelling the floor, Sergeant, you can sniff on that for a while.
31:29You'll hear again.
31:32I thought you'd gone out of my life.
31:34Not yet.
31:35You think you're pretty smart, don't you, Bob Adair?
31:38Well, let me tell you something.
31:40Smells played a very important part in the famous Mulberry case.
31:46Now, let's see.
31:48It was in 19...
31:51Yes, 1913.
31:55The minute I entered that old lady's room, I got a whiff, an odor, see?
31:59It was lavender.
32:00Yes, sir, lavender.
32:03I said to myself, Delaney, this means something.
32:08Now, there was a son-in-law, see?
32:11And the minute I laid my eyes onto him, I know there was something queer.
32:15So I ran that smell down and down and down until I pinned it right on him.
32:22Hey!
32:23Oh, there you are.
32:25Sergeant, I have a clue.
32:27Good.
32:28What is it?
32:28A necktie.
32:30Great.
32:31Every murderer leaves a clue.
32:32Which means, Churchy's Lahami.
32:36I beg your pardon?
32:38Churchy's Lahami.
32:41That's French for find the man.
32:44Oh.
32:45And you find the man that owns that necktie, you've found the murder.
32:49It's a cinch.
32:50I think you're right, Sergeant.
32:51I'll turn it over to Captain Summers.
32:53Now, wait a minute.
32:54Now, wait a minute.
32:54You don't need to turn it over to him.
32:56Let me see it.
32:57Let me.
32:57I've got all the clues.
32:59All right.
33:02Say, what are you trying to do?
33:04Make a mug out of me?
33:06No, it's too late, Sergeant.
33:08Yeah?
33:11Hey.
33:12You know what?
33:14This is a clear case of robbery.
33:17Well, camouflage.
33:17The room's in too much of a mess.
33:19It's overdone.
33:21There's something deeper than robbery in this, Sergeant.
33:22That's what I thought.
33:24Come on, man.
33:27Oh, Captain Summers.
33:28Here he is.
33:29We picked him up on Hollywood Boulevard.
33:30Good work, Ed.
33:31Find anything?
33:32This.
33:39Delaney.
33:40You're there.
33:40I'll get to the bottom of this.
33:44Come here.
33:47When did you first enter Ms. Gladden's employee?
33:53A year ago.
33:54She discharged you, huh?
33:55Yeah, this afternoon.
33:58Where were you between 2.30 and 3.30 this morning?
34:01Walking home from Hollywood to 6th and Alvarado, where I live.
34:06This is Norman, Ms. Gladden's chauffeur.
34:10Chauffeur, eh?
34:11Well, is that a crime?
34:17Huggins found this on him.
34:19A report from a James agency substantiating Ms. Gladden's belief that he had stolen and pawned one of her rings.
34:25Oh!
34:27Where'd you get this?
34:29I took it from Ms. Gladden's boudoir.
34:32This afternoon, once you discharged me.
34:34There you are.
34:35Clean as a nose on your face.
34:38You stole her jewels.
34:39She fired you.
34:41You came back and killed her.
34:44Why?
34:45Well, what do you mean, is...
34:47What do I mean?
34:49You killed Irma Gladden, didn't you?
34:52Ah, noire.
34:53Hey, what's that?
34:56That's nuts in French.
34:59Another smart crack out of you and you're under arrest.
35:01Ah, you're an hour late, Blackfoot.
35:03That's enough.
35:05Were you here tonight?
35:08Yes, I was.
35:10I came back to ask Ms. Gladden to give me another chance.
35:14I wanted to square myself.
35:17Waited around until 1.30 and then started walking home like I told you.
35:21You're just full of virtues, ain't you?
35:24Well, we're holding you for larceny anyway.
35:26Who's going to press the charge, Sergeant?
35:29Now, you're a great help, now ain't you?
35:32Huh?
35:33See you.
35:34Book him on suspicion.
35:43Ms. Gladden?
35:47Oh, Ms. Gladden?
35:53Oh.
36:05Hey!
36:07Hey, hey, hey, hey.
36:08Come here, come here.
36:09Come here, come here.
36:09Listen.
36:10Please let me go.
36:10Wait a minute.
36:11Wait a minute.
36:12I don't want anything about this.
36:12Nobody gets away while Delaney is on the job.
36:15Please, please let me go.
36:16You'll tell it to the captain.
36:17Come on.
36:18Come on.
36:18Come on, come on, come on, I caught her, she's trying to beat it away from the house.
36:27Oh, I haven't done anything.
36:28Oh, Mr. Forsythe, please, please tell them who I am.
36:33This is Valerie Christine, Miss Gladden's secretary.
36:37I see.
36:39If you don't mind, I'll go now.
36:44All right.
36:44Do you want me along, old man?
36:50No, I'm all right.
36:52Good night.
36:55Were you running away, Miss Christine?
36:57Yes, why were you running away?
36:59I wasn't.
37:00I live here.
37:01I was coming home.
37:03I saw Miss Gladden.
37:06I was frightened.
37:07I didn't know what I was doing.
37:09I ran.
37:09You see, she admits it.
37:11Where were you between 2.30, 3.30?
37:13Easy, Delaney.
37:14You weren't home this evening?
37:16No.
37:17I received a message quite early to call on a friend.
37:21There was something strange about it because I, well, I, I stayed until just a little while ago.
37:28And my friend hadn't sent me a note at all.
37:31Let's see that note.
37:32I, I, I don't remember where I put it.
37:37Oh, I know.
37:38I left it up in Miss Gladden's boudoir.
37:40I was there when it came.
37:42You think it was a false message to get you away from the house?
37:44Yes, because I'll get it for you.
37:47Oh, no, you won't.
37:48It's all right, Delaney.
37:49All right.
38:00That dame will bear watching.
38:02I ought to question her, Cap.
38:08I think she did it.
38:11Don't think.
38:12I'll get it.
38:42Oh, stop it, oh, stop it, come on, come on, come on, I got him, I got him, I got him,
39:02put on the flight, somebody, I got him, I got him, I got him, I got him, I got him,
39:11I got him, I got him, I got him, I got him, I got him, I got him, I got him, I got him,
39:18I didn't know it was dark, I didn't know it was dark, open out the window, go on, you big sap,
39:24No...
39:30No...
39:37What?
39:42Wait a minute, wait a minute.
40:07Well, which way did he go? Which way did he go?
40:09Your guess is as good as mine, Cap.
40:10It's a good thing it is or I'd be in bad shape.
40:13Ed, go around and see what you can find the other side of the house.
40:15Okay. Delaney, I'll tell you what you'll do now.
40:17Good. What is it, Cap? What is it, Cap?
40:19Nothing. You'll just keep out of my way, that's all.
40:22Hmm.
40:27Here. Here's a glass of water for you.
40:30It will make you feel better.
40:31Oh, thanks.
40:38Is that the note that took you away from the house?
40:40Yes.
40:42Well, don't you want me to see it?
40:44Well, I...
40:45Please.
40:52Andre.
40:54From Andre Layton?
40:57Yes.
40:59Isn't there something you want to say?
41:00No, not now.
41:04Please.
41:06You can tell me about it later.
41:09Trust me, you won't.
41:11I really do want to help you.
41:13You're very kind.
41:16You know, you have a beautiful name.
41:20I'm glad you like it.
41:22Aren't you the least bit curious about my name?
41:24Oh, I already know it.
41:28Oh.
41:29Mind reader, eh?
41:30No.
41:31I asked someone.
41:34At the studio.
41:36Oh, and then you were curious, too.
41:39Well...
41:41Oh, does your head hurt much?
41:44No.
41:44It's all right.
41:45But I'm afraid there's something wrong with my heart.
41:53Here.
41:55All right.
41:55All right.
41:56All right.
41:57Did you find him?
41:58No.
41:59Disappeared into thin air.
42:00Are you serious, Bob?
42:01No, just a crack in my head.
42:03Is that door open or closed when you'll make your investigation?
42:07Why, uh...
42:09Why...
42:09It was open, of course.
42:10It was closed and locked.
42:12Whoever attacked Miss Christine was in that closet while we were in the room.
42:15Well, maybe it was...
42:16Who?
42:17Have you any idea who it might have been?
42:19Don't be afraid.
42:20Well, it may have been Robert Worth, Miss Gladden's first husband.
42:24She married him before she ever thought of Hollywood in her career.
42:28Then when she became famous, she divorced him.
42:30Threw him over.
42:32Just as she was ridding herself of Andre Layton for...
42:35For someone else.
42:36Who?
42:36Come on.
42:37Who?
42:38It's common knowledge that Rex Forsyth was madly in love with him.
42:42Oh, I see.
42:44What makes you think Robert Worth might have been in there?
42:46He tried to see Miss Gladden this afternoon.
42:49You see, he still loved her in spite of everything.
42:53Oh, I see.
42:54About that note, you found it, Miss Christine?
42:57We searched the room, but it wasn't here.
43:00Worth might have sent it.
43:01Probably did.
43:03Delaney, take some notes.
43:04Roundup, Robert Worth.
43:09Book him on suspicion of murder.
43:11I want to question Sibley and Sibley's wife.
43:15And Andre Layton.
43:17That chauffeur, too.
43:18My office in the morning.
43:21Got that down?
43:21Got what down?
43:22What are you looking for?
43:24Captain, I lost my pencil.
43:25Captain, I lost my pencil.
43:27You would, yeah.
43:28Next thing, you'll lose your job.
43:31Miss Christine, I want to see you.
43:32You, too, Bob.
43:34Good night.
43:35Good night.
43:35Captain, if I had somebody else to question, I'd get to the bottom of it.
43:38Do you want to tell me now?
43:40Yes, I'll tell.
43:41All I can.
43:42Well, let's go over to Henry's, and you can tell it to me over sandwiches and coffee.
43:46I'll get my coat.
43:47Yeah.
44:02Stop it, stop it.
44:13You put those papers there?
44:15Sure.
44:15Have you read any of them?
44:16No, sir.
44:23All right, listen to this.
44:26Who killed Irma Gladden?
44:28The police don't know, do we?
44:30No, we don't.
44:32There's another one.
44:35Sergeant Delaney reports the old bromide that the police expect to make an arrest shortly.
44:41Do we?
44:41No, we don't.
44:43Well, I thought...
44:43You thought with what?
44:48Here's another one.
44:49Listen to this.
44:51The progress thus far made by the police in the Gladden case would do credit to a correspondence
44:57school for detectives.
44:59Doc!
45:03I'll handle them newspapers.
45:04You'll handle them newspapers.
45:06You'll handle them.
45:07If I ever hear you say you'll handle them again, I'll break you.
45:12What have you done?
45:14What have we done?
45:15What?
45:15Nothing.
45:16Nothing.
45:18What a suspect.
45:19Can we pin anything on them?
45:20Can we pin anything on them?
45:22Shut up, I'll answer.
45:23No, we cannot.
45:28Lake.
45:30Says you was in a speakeasy all night.
45:33Forgot where?
45:34Can't remember where?
45:35Sibley, says he started for Kijuana, changed his mind and came back at four o'clock in the
45:41morning, but nobody saw him.
45:44Mrs. Sibley, says she was out all night looking for her husband.
45:47Couldn't find him.
45:48Admits that she thought of committing the crime.
45:52And that chauffeur, that chauffeur, he says he was walking home from Hollywood to Alvarado.
45:59Yeah.
46:00Yeah.
46:01And Robert Wirth.
46:02What happened to Robert Wirth?
46:04What happened to Robert Wirth?
46:05I don't know.
46:08You suppose I thought you knew?
46:09Well, I've got the dragnet out for him.
46:11You want the dragnet out for him?
46:12The dragnet.
46:14You probably lost the dragnet like it lost your pencil.
46:21Come in.
46:23Good day, Captain.
46:24Yeah, what's good about it?
46:26Well, the papers haven't been very kind so far, have they?
46:28Got something?
46:31Got something?
46:38Why, it's the note that took you away from the house that night.
46:40Signed, Andre.
46:41Andre Layton.
46:42It's a cinch.
46:43He did it.
46:44I thought so all along.
46:45Where'd you find it, Bob?
46:50Well, Captain, our cards are on the table.
46:52Andre Layton is Miss Christine's brother.
46:56What's the story, Bob?
46:58Well, even though Miss Gladden was divorcing Layton, he still loved her.
47:02So he sent to New York for Miss Valerie to come out here and take a position with her, as her secretary.
47:08He thought that she might be able to change things.
47:11You know, perhaps a good influence.
47:13Were you at your brother's house that night?
47:15Yes.
47:16He came in about 3.30.
47:19Terribly upset.
47:21He doesn't remember sending me the note.
47:23That isn't his handwriting.
47:25I checked on that.
47:26That'll have to be proved.
47:28I'm sorry, Miss Layton.
47:31The circumstances warrant placing your brother under arrest.
47:34Oh, no.
47:34Now, wait a minute.
47:36I didn't give you a bum steer on that Donahue case, did I?
47:39Well, no, you didn't.
47:41Well, then do me a favor.
47:42Hold off on Layton until tomorrow.
47:44Until we've all had a chance to look at Miss Gladden's last picture, Falling Star.
47:47What's that got to do with it?
47:49It might have a lot to do with it.
47:51I think you're crazy.
47:52You'll understand just as soon as you've seen the picture.
47:54Layton hasn't tried to get away.
47:56If you arrest him now, it'll ruin him.
47:59Do this for me.
48:01For us.
48:03Whom do you suspect?
48:05Well, it could be anyone of several.
48:07Ha, ha!
48:08Anyone of several!
48:10The idea is silly, preposterous.
48:12Make out a warrant for Layton's arrest.
48:14I'll handle it, Captain.
48:20Summer speaking.
48:22Delaney, wait.
48:25It's Robert Worth.
48:26All right, go ahead.
48:30I know who killed Irma Gladden.
48:33I saw it done.
48:35And I'm afraid for my life.
48:41Room 36, Stratton Arms Apartments.
48:44Lenny, get a car.
48:47Hurry.
48:48Right, Cap.
48:48Bob, you can come along, too.
48:49Where's your brother?
48:50At home.
48:50See that he stays there.
49:30Don't!
49:54Where?
49:56Where?
50:16Through the heart.
50:20Captain, I think I know the answer. And I'm serious as I've never been before in my life.
50:25Well?
50:27I want you to use your authority to have a private showing of Falling Star.
50:31And have everyone there that was connected with the picture.
50:37All right.
50:39Delaney, the ring.
50:41Ed, you stay here and take care of the body.
50:43All right, Chief.
50:44Elsie!
50:45Elsie!
50:46Is she?
50:49Geoffrey, what are you doing here?
50:50It's strange for her husband, even a discarded husband, to visit his wife.
50:51Elsie won't answer, my dear.
50:52And why not, may I ask?
50:53I've called her away.
50:54I've called her away.
50:55She's going to my apartment to meet me.
50:56You see, my dear, Elsie is really working for me.
50:57She is my sister.
50:58Oh, I see.
50:59She's here to spy on me.
51:00Well, my lord, now that you've discovered everything, what are you going to do about it?
51:02Well, it's strange for her husband, even a discarded husband, to visit his wife.
51:07Elsie won't answer, my dear.
51:08And why not, may I ask?
51:09I've called her away.
51:10She's going to my apartment to meet me.
51:13You see, my dear, Elsie is really working for me.
51:18She is my sister.
51:20Oh, I see.
51:21She's here to spy on me.
51:23Well, my lord, now that you've discovered everything, what are you going to do about it?
51:28Enid, you've made a fool of men for the last time.
51:37Geoffrey, I...
51:38What do you mean?
51:40I see you remember it.
51:42The token of our meeting in India.
51:44The dagger that saved your life.
51:47Geoffrey, what are you going to do?
51:51You remember the night?
51:53That star-flame brightly in the sky, then plunged into darkness.
51:57A drink-crazed fool would have plunged this bit of steel into your heart, but had found a home instead in his.
52:06Oh, I didn't know then that you had made a fool of him as you have of me a dozen others.
52:13Oh, Geoffrey, I swear.
52:15Wishipping you, I married you, took you out of the gutter, made you a lady.
52:24And then you betrayed me with my best friend.
52:28Geoffrey, I'm...
52:30That the moment for atonement is here.
52:33Behind you is a path of selfishness, lies, deceit.
52:39Before you, darkness, oblivion.
52:42Has that meteor flamed and died?
52:45So you, too, shall...
52:47Die.
52:48Geoffrey!
52:49No!
52:50Help!
52:51Geoffrey!
52:52Oh!
52:54Ow!
52:55Stop it!
52:56Stop it!
52:57Yes, I did it.
52:58I'd do it again.
52:59I killed her.
53:00I shot Robert Worth, too, because he knew.
53:03I knew that Valerie Christine was Andre Leighton's sister.
53:06I wrote the note to make it look as though he did it.
53:08I planned the whole thing, just as I wrote it for the screen, just as you saw it.
53:12What did she do to Robert Worth?
53:14Married him for a few paltry thousands.
53:16Made him as stepping stone to fame.
53:19And Andre Leighton, look at him.
53:21Look at him.
53:22You remember what he was, and see what he is now.
53:25A drink-crazed Hulk that was once a man.
53:28And Warren Sibley, my friend, Andre's friend, another fool like me.
53:32Yes, I went there that night, to her home.
53:35Pleaded with her to marry me.
53:37But she laughed at me.
53:38Said that I was a fool.
53:39Like him.
53:40Like Sibley.
53:41Like a dozen others.
53:42That I had served her a purpose, and that she was through with me.
53:44Through.
53:45Selfishness, lies, deceit.
53:48And you, if it hadn't been for you snooping around, reading my scripts, putting two and
53:53two together.
53:54Oh!
53:55Hey!
53:56Get that gun!
53:57Get that gun!
53:58I got it!
53:59Take care of this man.
54:00Come on.
54:01Oh!
54:02Come on!
54:03Speak to me!
54:04Yeah.
54:05Yes.
54:06No, no, no, no.
54:07Quit.
54:08Q-U-I-T.
54:09Quit.
54:10Q as in Quincy.
54:11U as in Eureka.
54:12I as in Idiot.
54:13T as in Tamale.
54:14Yeah.
54:15Quit.
54:16Yeah, quit.
54:17Yeah, quit.
54:18That's right.
54:19I will repeat the straight telegram, Colette.
54:21Going to Elbert Bailey, Managing Editor, The Daily Journal, New York Times.
54:22I will repeat the straight telegram, Colette.
54:24I will repeat the straight telegram, Colette.
54:25Going to Elbert Bailey, Managing Editor, The Daily Journal, New York City.
54:26Pull in your horns, Colette.
54:27I will repeat the straight telegram, Colette.
54:29You can't fire me, Colette.
54:30I will repeat the straight telegram, Colette.
54:31I will repeat the straight telegram, Colette.
54:32I will repeat the straight telegram, Colette.
54:34T as in Tamale.
54:37Yeah, quit.
54:39That's right.
54:40I will repeat the straight telegram, Colette.
54:43Going to Elbert Bailey, Managing Editor, The Daily Journal, New York City.
54:49Pull in your horns, comma, you big boob.
54:54Stop.
54:55You can't fire me, comma.
54:58I quit.
54:59Stop.
55:00Love and kisses.
55:01That's right.
55:02That's right.
55:05That's right.
55:06What is the signature, please?
55:09Who?
55:10Yes?
55:11Signature?
55:12Mr. Bob Adair.
55:13Mr. and Mrs. Bob Adair.
55:17Mr. and Mrs. Bob Adair.
55:32Mr. and Mrs. Bob Adair.
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