Full Transcript for The Actor

00:02:13.699 23. 40 00:02:13.699 --> 00:02:14.849 23. 41 00:02:14.849 --> 00:02:17.360 Blue eyes, brown hair. Height? 42 00:02:18.560 --> 00:02:25.280 Five feet, too. Weight? 110 pounds without my shoes. 43 00:02:25.280 --> 00:02:26.259 110. Married? 44 00:02:27.030 --> 00:02:29.150 No. No, I'm not married. 45 00:02:30.169 --> 00:02:30.669 Occupation? 46 00:02:31.650 --> 00:02:32.530 Occupation. 47 00:02:32.550 --> 00:02:33.389 Yeah, where do you work? 48 00:02:34.669 --> 00:02:39.699 At Kane's department store. I sell gloves, men's gloves. That's 49 00:02:39.719 --> 00:02:41.219 where it started, Kane. 50 00:02:43.289 --> 00:02:44.949 Yes, that's where it started, at Cane's. 51 00:02:45.509 --> 00:02:47.530 It had been a long, long afternoon behind the counter, 52 00:02:47.590 --> 00:02:52.949 and the girls were glad to hear the closing bell. Ah, 53 00:02:53.069 --> 00:02:54.069 saved by the bell. 54 00:02:54.370 --> 00:02:57.530 I was just ready to pass out with exhaustion. Oh, 55 00:02:57.569 --> 00:02:58.849 my feet are killing. 56 00:02:58.590 --> 00:02:59.310 Me, Jeannie. 57 00:02:59.340 --> 00:03:01.819 You make out your sails, Tally Ethel? You think I've 58 00:03:01.840 --> 00:03:05.009 got eight hands like an octopus? I'm just starting now, 59 00:03:05.030 --> 00:03:07.189 and I better hurry. I've got a date with Harry. Oh? Well, 60 00:03:07.210 --> 00:03:09.669 you want to come along? 61 00:03:09.729 --> 00:03:10.590 With you and Harry? 62 00:03:10.610 --> 00:03:13.199 Yeah, he could get another guy. Oh, thanks, Ethel, but 63 00:03:13.240 --> 00:03:16.639 not tonight. Why, what goes with you? Don't you ever 64 00:03:16.659 --> 00:03:18.939 want to have any fun? I like my fun, same 65 00:03:18.979 --> 00:03:22.599 as anyone else. Only, well, not tonight, Ethel. 66 00:03:22.639 --> 00:03:25.099 Not tonight, not tomorrow night, not next month. 67 00:03:25.500 --> 00:03:29.150 Are you waiting for the perfect man? Maybe. Ah, there 68 00:03:29.169 --> 00:03:33.050 ain't no such animal. Oh, but you can't be too particular, Jeannie. 69 00:03:33.090 --> 00:03:35.110 Unless you want to sell gloves for old man Martin 70 00:03:35.129 --> 00:03:36.009 for the rest of your life. 71 00:03:36.909 --> 00:03:38.310 Just take Harry, for instance. 72 00:03:38.530 --> 00:03:40.590 He's no Van Johnson, but he's got his points. 73 00:03:40.650 --> 00:03:42.689 Harry's nice, but he's not my type. 74 00:03:42.729 --> 00:03:45.330 Now, who is your type, that Johnson dream? 75 00:03:45.669 --> 00:03:48.550 I'm not interested so much in looks as I am 76 00:03:48.590 --> 00:03:49.229 in character. 77 00:03:50.110 --> 00:03:52.379 I want to marry a man, Ethel, a human being. 78 00:03:52.400 --> 00:03:54.120 Not a Colorado. 79 00:03:54.180 --> 00:03:55.960 What do you think Harry is, a horse? 80 00:03:56.199 --> 00:03:59.580 Oh, you don't know what I mean. You see, Ethel... 81 00:04:00.020 --> 00:04:02.990 I never had much education. So that man's got to 82 00:04:03.030 --> 00:04:06.430 be smart. He's got to have manners, too. Smart manners. 83 00:04:07.330 --> 00:04:11.129 Like they have in France. He won't look silly, for instance, 84 00:04:11.830 --> 00:04:13.210 when he kisses my hand. 85 00:04:14.590 --> 00:04:15.150 What else? 86 00:04:15.550 --> 00:04:18.920 He'll dress in taste. Not like a clothes horse, but 87 00:04:18.939 --> 00:04:22.160 like a gentleman. He'll be interested in good books and 88 00:04:22.540 --> 00:04:23.579 classical music. 89 00:04:24.139 --> 00:04:26.279 He'll take me to the art galleries and explain what 90 00:04:26.300 --> 00:04:31.139 the pictures mean. And when he talks, his voice will 91 00:04:31.180 --> 00:04:35.379 be soft and gentle and clever, like a man of 92 00:04:35.399 --> 00:04:35.939 the world. 93 00:04:36.170 --> 00:04:36.870 I beg your pardon? 94 00:04:37.730 --> 00:04:37.949 What? 95 00:04:38.670 --> 00:04:41.209 May I see those gloves, please? They're on the first shelf. 96 00:04:41.310 --> 00:04:42.089 I'm sorry, mister. 97 00:04:42.110 --> 00:04:43.110 The store's closed. 98 00:04:43.790 --> 00:04:44.990 Oh, that's too bad. 99 00:04:45.069 --> 00:04:45.970 It's all right, Ethel. 100 00:04:46.069 --> 00:04:48.449 I'll open up my book again and take care of 101 00:04:48.470 --> 00:04:49.110 the gentle one. 102 00:04:49.129 --> 00:04:50.550 No, it's your time. 103 00:04:51.750 --> 00:04:54.290 That's awfully kind of you. I hope I'm not putting 104 00:04:54.310 --> 00:04:55.129 you to too much trouble. 105 00:04:55.889 --> 00:04:58.389 No. No trouble at all. 106 00:04:59.990 --> 00:05:03.889 Is something wrong? Wrong? The way you stare at me. 107 00:05:04.810 --> 00:05:06.750 My tie... Oh, excuse me. 108 00:05:08.029 --> 00:05:12.170 I was just thinking of something. Are these the gloves 109 00:05:12.189 --> 00:05:12.529 you mean? 110 00:05:13.790 --> 00:05:14.310 Yes, please. 111 00:05:14.310 --> 00:05:16.230 $ 7. 98 plus tax. 112 00:05:16.910 --> 00:05:18.310 They're extremely smart. 113 00:05:19.110 --> 00:05:23.149 Yeah. They're good looking, all right. What is your size? 114 00:05:23.389 --> 00:05:24.730 Eight and a half. 115 00:05:24.790 --> 00:05:25.569 These ought to fit. 116 00:05:25.629 --> 00:05:27.649 May I try them on? Oh, sure. 117 00:05:27.670 --> 00:05:34.149 And Take your time. I'm in no hurry. I'm in 118 00:05:34.189 --> 00:05:35.310 no hurry at all. 119 00:05:37.430 --> 00:05:38.500 Jeannie could hardly believe it. 120 00:05:38.889 --> 00:05:41.269 There he was, the man she'd always dreamed about standing 121 00:05:41.329 --> 00:05:43.649 right in front of her. He wasn't handsome, but he 122 00:05:43.689 --> 00:05:47.379 was tall. And his clothes were neat. Jeannie always used 123 00:05:47.399 --> 00:05:49.139 to think a derby hat was rather silly on a man, 124 00:05:49.160 --> 00:05:50.939 but on this one, it was different. 125 00:05:51.540 --> 00:05:54.620 Everything seemed so different about him. And his voice. 126 00:05:55.699

--> 00:05:57.939 Well, when Jeannie heard his voice, the picture was complete. 127 00:05:58.800 --> 00:06:01.180 And what a wonderful picture it was. But then Jeannie 128 00:06:01.220 --> 00:06:03.319 remembered that he'd buy his gloves, he'd pay for them, 129 00:06:03.339 --> 00:06:05.339 and she'd never see him again. She tried to think 130 00:06:05.360 --> 00:06:07.110 of something to say to keep him there. But he 131 00:06:07.139 --> 00:06:12.649 only smiled politely, made his purchase, and walked away. And 132 00:06:12.689 --> 00:06:15.129 Jeannie felt she was watching him walk right out of 133 00:06:15.149 --> 00:06:15.709 her life. 134 00:06:16.829 --> 00:06:18.290 Jeannie! Huh? 135 00:06:18.829 --> 00:06:20.649 What are you dreaming about? I. 136 00:06:21.949 --> 00:06:23.730 nothing. Did you make the sale? 137 00:06:24.189 --> 00:06:24.470 Yeah. 138 00:06:25.399 --> 00:06:26.560 Yeah, I made the sale. 139 00:06:26.920 --> 00:06:27.639 Hey, look. 140 00:06:27.680 --> 00:06:28.620 He forgot his wallet. 141 00:06:28.980 --> 00:06:29.420 His wallet? 142 00:06:29.600 --> 00:06:31.220 Yeah, on the counter over here. Oh, I'll take care 143 00:06:31.259 --> 00:06:32.060 of it. Give it to me. 144 00:06:32.160 --> 00:06:33.439 Hey, hey, what's your hurry? 145 00:06:34.259 --> 00:06:36.279 Uh, see if it's got any identification. 146 00:06:36.300 --> 00:06:40.180 Well, there's a card in here and a license. His 147 00:06:41.740 --> 00:06:42.819 name is Courtney. 148 00:06:44.220 --> 00:06:47.379 Keith Courtney. Huh, pretty fancy. 149 00:06:47.730 --> 00:06:49.850 You better turn that over to the section manager. 150 00:06:49.930 --> 00:06:51.889 Oh, it's all right, Ethel. I can handle it. 151 00:06:52.189 --> 00:06:52.629 What? 152 00:06:52.689 --> 00:06:55.990 Oh, just to make sure he gets it. I'll, uh, 153 00:06:56.850 --> 00:06:58.370 I'll deliver it myself. 154 00:06:59.810 --> 00:07:02.149 The young man's address was in the 40s, a small hotel. 155 00:07:02.769 --> 00:07:05.430 Not an elegant place, Jeannie thought, but dignified. 156 00:07:06.189 --> 00:07:07.870 She waited in the lobby while the desk clerk called 157 00:07:07.910 --> 00:07:10.329 his room. It only took him two minutes to come down, 158 00:07:10.379 --> 00:07:15.259 but sometimes two short minutes can seem like two long years. 159 00:07:16.120 --> 00:07:16.579 Good evening. 160 00:07:17.480 --> 00:07:19.120 You, you remember me? 161 00:07:19.779 --> 00:07:22.839 Of course. You are the charming young lady who waited 162 00:07:22.920 --> 00:07:23.660 on me in the stores. 163 00:07:25.420 --> 00:07:27.259 You're kind of absent-minded, aren't you? 164 00:07:28.360 --> 00:07:28.660 I am. 165 00:07:29.060 --> 00:07:30.819 You left this wallet on the counter. 166 00:07:33.879 --> 00:07:35.220 Oh, thank you. Thank you so much. 167 00:07:35.259 --> 00:07:37.980 I thought I'd lost it. You know, that's happened to 168 00:07:38.019 --> 00:07:41.180 me once before. I really should be more careful. 169 00:07:41.819 --> 00:07:42.639 You really should. 170 00:07:43.720 --> 00:07:44.459 There wasn't much. 171 00:07:44.360 --> 00:07:47.439 Money in it, but there were the pictures. My family, 172 00:07:47.480 --> 00:07:50.519 you see. I would have hated to lose those snapshots. 173 00:07:50.980 --> 00:07:52.980 Well, you got them back now. 174 00:07:54.439 --> 00:07:55.399 So I guess I'll go. 175 00:07:55.430 --> 00:07:59.870 No, just a minute, please. You've got a great deal 176 00:07:59.889 --> 00:08:01.040 of trouble to return this to me. 177 00:08:01.089 --> 00:08:01.990 Oh, that's all right. 178 00:08:02.009 --> 00:08:07.550 When one returns a wallet, there's usually a reward. Well, 179 00:08:07.829 --> 00:08:10.370 in this case, we might reverse the procedure. 180 00:08:11.350 --> 00:08:12.079 I don't get it. 181 00:08:13.329 --> 00:08:16.879 I'd reap the reward myself if you'd have dinner with me. 182 00:08:16.899 --> 00:08:19.139 Or have you made a previous appointment? 183 00:08:20.519 --> 00:08:23.800 No, I haven't got anything much to do. 184 00:08:24.569 --> 00:08:25.269 Then you'll accept? 185 00:08:26.110 --> 00:08:30.110 Oh, sure. I mean, oh, sure. 186 00:08:31.649 --> 00:08:33.870 He took Jeannie to a little Italian place on 46th. 187 00:08:34.250 --> 00:08:36.490 But Jeannie could hardly think of food. She just kept 188 00:08:36.529 --> 00:08:38.809 listening to his voice and watching him smile as he 189 00:08:38.830 --> 00:08:41.730 told her all about himself and about his work. He 190 00:08:41.750 --> 00:08:43.960 wanted to be an actor, oh, ever since he could remember. 191 00:08:43.980 --> 00:08:47.059 And he was looking for a break. He didn't want 192 00:08:47.100 --> 00:08:48.559 to be a movie star and make a lot of money. 193 00:08:49.360 --> 00:08:52.230 Shakespeare and Ibsen were more his style. He said right 194 00:08:52.259 --> 00:08:54.570 now he wasn't working. He was at liberty and available 195 00:08:54.590 --> 00:08:57.649 for the right part. Jeannie crossed her fingers and hoped 196 00:08:57.669 --> 00:08:59.730 that he was at liberty and available for the right girl. 197 00:09:01.009 --> 00:09:02.049 After dinner, they took a walk. 198 00:09:02.809 --> 00:09:04.590 And Jeannie noticed how he always tried to keep on 199 00:09:04.610 --> 00:09:06.730 her left or right, whichever was nearest to the street. 200 00:09:08.129 --> 00:09:10.759 Other men she'd met were never quite so thoughtful. But 201 00:09:10.779 --> 00:09:12.539 then Keith wasn't like other men. 202 00:09:13.200 --> 00:09:15.059 And Jeannie knew that from the moment she saw him. 203 00:09:16.879 --> 00:09:17.240 Jeannie? 204 00:09:17.259 --> 00:09:18.539 Yes, Keith? 205 00:09:18.799 --> 00:09:23.429 It's been a wonderful evening. Yes. You know, somehow it's 206 00:09:23.450 --> 00:09:26.549 been perfect. Nothing has spoiled it. For me. 207 00:09:26.889 --> 00:09:27.570 Or for me. 208 00:09:29.240 --> 00:09:30.799 Jeannie, may I see you

again? You. 209 00:09:31.940 --> 00:09:32.759 You really want to? 210 00:09:33.440 --> 00:09:33.919 Very much. 211 00:09:34.860 --> 00:09:35.320 All right. 212 00:09:36.480 --> 00:09:37.080 Tomorrow night? 213 00:09:38.019 --> 00:09:39.340 That's kind of soon, isn't it? 214 00:09:40.279 --> 00:09:42.500 Too soon for you? No. 215 00:09:43.649 --> 00:09:45.129 It's not too soon for me. 216 00:09:45.470 --> 00:09:46.190 Then we have a date. 217 00:09:46.850 --> 00:09:50.169 Tomorrow night and... I hope for many nights to come. 218 00:09:51.070 --> 00:09:54.360 For many nights to come. That sounded wonderful to Jeannie Clare. 219 00:09:54.860 --> 00:09:57.259 It sounded like forever. But she didn't know that forever 220 00:09:57.299 --> 00:10:00.480 could be a very short time. Jeannie saw him every 221 00:10:00.519 --> 00:10:02.899 night for four weeks in a row. They went everywhere together, 222 00:10:02.940 --> 00:10:05.740 to interesting places, to museums and art shows, a concert 223 00:10:05.759 --> 00:10:06.039 or two. 224 00:10:06.279 --> 00:10:08.960 Every once in a while, the theater. Not a moving picture. 225 00:10:09.639 --> 00:10:10.120 The theater. 226 00:10:10.639 --> 00:10:14.970 The legitimate stage, as Keith put it. Well, when you've 227 00:10:14.990 --> 00:10:17.370 never been in love before and you meet the perfect man... 228 00:10:17.779 --> 00:10:19.440 You don't have to think very hard to find out 229 00:10:19.480 --> 00:10:23.139 where you stand. After a while, Jeannie stopped telling herself 230 00:10:23.159 --> 00:10:25.730 to be sensible and to wait. She was crazy about him, 231 00:10:25.740 --> 00:10:27.960 that was that. And then one day, he got a job. 232 00:10:28.480 --> 00:10:30.639 He wanted to celebrate and treat Jeannie to something special. 233 00:10:31.360 --> 00:10:33.159 They had dinner and danced a lot, then took the 234 00:10:33.200 --> 00:10:33.799 subway home. 235 00:10:39.159 --> 00:10:42.720 Jeannie, I've got something to tell you. 236 00:10:44.080 --> 00:10:44.759 Really, Keith? 237 00:10:46.570 --> 00:10:52.279 First of all, Let me say then, you're the nicest 238 00:10:52.320 --> 00:10:55.100 girl I ever met in my life. Gee. 239 00:10:56.539 --> 00:11:02.940 And you understand me more than anyone else I've ever known. Jeannie, 240 00:11:03.039 --> 00:11:07.120 I haven't let our relationship get too personal up to 241 00:11:07.159 --> 00:11:07.759 now because. 242 00:11:10.080 --> 00:11:12.559 Well, somehow I felt I didn't have a right to. 243 00:11:13.720 --> 00:11:15.799 You shouldn't have felt like that. 244 00:11:15.820 --> 00:11:16.200 Oh, well. 245 00:11:17.399 --> 00:11:20.470 It was mostly money, I guess. I... I didn't have 246 00:11:20.509 --> 00:11:24.269 very much saved up. And an actor never knows when 247 00:11:24.289 --> 00:11:25.210 he's going to get another job. 248 00:11:25.350 --> 00:11:26.490 But you've got one now. 249 00:11:26.669 --> 00:11:31.649 Yeah. Oh, Jeannie, it's a wonderful part. You know, if 250 00:11:31.669 --> 00:11:38.460 this play clicks... Well, when and if that happens, Jeannie, 251 00:11:40.259 --> 00:11:41.440 I'll have something more to tell you. 252 00:11:42.620 --> 00:11:46.169 You couldn't tell me now? 253 00:11:46.600 --> 00:11:52.950 No, not just yet. But if you want to, you 254 00:11:52.970 --> 00:11:56.389 can guess, and you'll probably be right. 255 00:11:59.009 --> 00:12:02.929 I think I know Keith, and I'm very glad. 256 00:12:04.669 --> 00:12:07.559 You know, sometimes I think I'm a very. 257 00:12:07.379 --> 00:12:08.659 Lucky girl, Keith. 258 00:12:08.679 --> 00:12:09.080 Why? 259 00:12:09.679 --> 00:12:12.700 Well, things happen if you wait for them long enough, 260 00:12:12.759 --> 00:12:15.299 and the things that happen are usually nice. 261 00:12:16.860 --> 00:12:19.360 Not like that poor kid, or whoever she was. 262 00:12:20.169 --> 00:12:20.750 What poor kid? 263 00:12:21.169 --> 00:12:23.129 See the paper that man is reading across the aisle? 264 00:12:23.149 --> 00:12:25.250 Oh, yeah? 265 00:12:25.470 --> 00:12:28.730 Look what that headline says. Young girl slain by maniacs. 266 00:12:30.210 --> 00:12:30.970 Isn't it awful? 267 00:12:32.289 --> 00:12:32.720 Horrible. 268 00:12:33.629 --> 00:12:36.620 Maybe it's selfish of me to say so. And I'm 269 00:12:36.720 --> 00:12:39.340 sure glad things like that only happen to other people. 270 00:12:39.360 --> 00:12:41.759 And I only have to read about them in the papers. 271 00:12:43.539 --> 00:12:47.840 I'm sure glad only nice things happen to me. 272 00:13:08.850 --> 00:13:10.590 When Keith said goodnight at the door, he bent down 273 00:13:10.610 --> 00:13:12.850 and kissed Jeannie's hand. And Jeannie seemed to know even 274 00:13:12.870 --> 00:13:14.090 before he did it that that was just the thing 275 00:13:14.110 --> 00:13:16.669 he'd do. When she got inside her room, she was 276 00:13:16.710 --> 00:13:19.009 much too excited to sleep. So she tried to read 277 00:13:19.070 --> 00:13:20.750 a while, and she opened the paper Keith had bought 278 00:13:20.769 --> 00:13:24.309 her as he left the subway. Then Jeannie saw that 279 00:13:24.370 --> 00:13:26.950 headline again. It gave a full description of the murder 280 00:13:26.970 --> 00:13:29.490 and where the victim was found. The girl was 24 281 00:13:29.490 --> 00:13:32.070 and pretty. She'd been keeping company with an unknown man 282 00:13:32.110 --> 00:13:33.990 and a description by one of the neighbors tallied with 283 00:13:34.009 --> 00:13:35.690 a description of a maniac who killed another girl a 284 00:13:35.690 --> 00:13:36.259 week before her. 285 00:13:37.299 --> 00:13:39.759 The description followed, and Jeannie read it aloud to herself. 286 00:13:40.659 --> 00:13:46.620 Five feet ten, nice-looking, dressed in perfect taste. He flatters 287 00:13:46.659 --> 00:13:49.759 the girls he meets with his continental manners. 288 00:13:50.879 --> 00:13:52.720 And his voice is low

and soft. 289 00:13:53.740 --> 00:13:56.000 He's never seen without a derby hat. 290 00:13:56.940 --> 00:13:58.440 His gloves are always new. 291 00:13:58.460 --> 00:14:02.490 And by profession, he claims to be an actor. 292 00:14:05.179 --> 00:14:06.620 You know, there are people in the world who never 293 00:14:06.639 --> 00:14:08.259 grow old, even though they live to be a. 294 00:14:08.259 --> 00:14:11.340 Hundred years old. Somehow they shoulder their cares very lightly, 295 00:14:11.360 --> 00:14:13.059 and their minds remained young and strong. 296 00:14:13.840 --> 00:14:16.120 Jeannie Clare's mind was young and it was strong, but 297 00:14:16.139 --> 00:14:17.879 she grew up far beyond her years when she read 298 00:14:17.919 --> 00:14:20.639 that paper. She just sat there and shook her pretty 299 00:14:20.659 --> 00:14:22.659 head in a funny sort of a way. You could 300 00:14:22.679 --> 00:14:24.480 see she didn't want to believe what she read. She 301 00:14:24.500 --> 00:14:27.679 was trying to convince herself it was only a coincidence. Well, Jeannie, 302 00:14:27.730 --> 00:14:29.549 perhaps it is. There are many men who could answer 303 00:14:29.570 --> 00:14:31.990 that description, and lots of them could be actors. Only 304 00:14:32.029 --> 00:14:33.750 this particular man is the man you love. 305 00:14:33.809 --> 00:14:34.289 Remember that. 306 00:14:35.370 --> 00:14:38.029 But suddenly Jeannie noticed another fact. The man they were 307 00:14:38.090 --> 00:14:40.509 after had come from Chicago. They traced him to New 308 00:14:40.549 --> 00:14:44.450 York from there. Well, that was different. Hadn't Keith told 309 00:14:44.470 --> 00:14:45.309 her his folks lived in St. 310 00:14:45.350 --> 00:14:48.700 Louis? Of course he had. At least twice. Jeannie laughed 311 00:14:48.740 --> 00:14:49.129 in relief. 312 00:14:50.379 --> 00:14:53.019 Then fell asleep on the couch from sheer nervous exhaustion. 313 00:14:54.480 --> 00:14:56.080 The next evening as she and Keith walked up the 314 00:14:56.120 --> 00:14:58.519 street after dinner... Jeannie was ashamed of herself for ever 315 00:14:58.559 --> 00:15:00.799 having the thought she'd had. He was so tall and 316 00:15:00.820 --> 00:15:02.840 straight in his well-kept clothes... and she felt proud just 317 00:15:02.860 --> 00:15:05.419 to be walking by his side... Somehow he was even 318 00:15:05.480 --> 00:15:08.200 nicer than he'd ever been before. And he started to 319 00:15:08.240 --> 00:15:09.230 tell her about the play he was in. 320 00:15:09.240 --> 00:15:11.519 It was a melodrama, Jeannie. 321 00:15:11.840 --> 00:15:12.299 A what? 322 00:15:13.080 --> 00:15:14.600 You know, a play about crime. 323 00:15:14.940 --> 00:15:15.120 Oh. 324 00:15:16.000 --> 00:15:18.909 Not the usual one, though. I think it ought to 325 00:15:18.919 --> 00:15:19.259 be a hit. 326 00:15:19.470 --> 00:15:20.399 I hope so, Keith. 327 00:15:20.429 --> 00:15:24.690 You know, I guess ordinarily I wouldn't

have taken a 328 00:15:24.710 --> 00:15:25.289 part like that. 329 00:15:26.450 --> 00:15:28.649 Ah, you know the way I am, Jeannie. I worship Shakespeare. 330 00:15:28.669 --> 00:15:29.889 I'd rather. 331 00:15:29.909 --> 00:15:32.610 I'd rather carry a sword and a hammer than have 332 00:15:32.649 --> 00:15:33.970 a lead in any comedy in town. 333 00:15:35.500 --> 00:15:37.659 But, uh, I don't know. 334 00:15:37.679 --> 00:15:41.330 This part should give me the foothold I need. At 335 00:15:41.370 --> 00:15:42.990 least I'll start to make enough money to plan for 336 00:15:43.009 --> 00:15:43.429 the future. 337 00:15:43.450 --> 00:15:49.309 You mean you took this part just for me, Keith? 338 00:15:49.350 --> 00:15:50.509 Let's say I took it for both of us, and 339 00:15:51.029 --> 00:15:54.179 we'll let it go at that, huh? Hey, would you 340 00:15:54.220 --> 00:15:55.230 like to see a rehearsal one day? 341 00:15:55.320 --> 00:15:56.379 Oh, I sure would. 342 00:15:56.419 --> 00:15:58.740 You won't let it scare you, I hope. Scare me? Well, 343 00:15:58.759 --> 00:15:59.860 the play is pretty violent. 344 00:16:00.539 --> 00:16:01.340 In fact, it's quite a shock. 345 00:16:02.620 --> 00:16:04.879 You see, it involves a homicidal maniac, a man who 346 00:16:04.899 --> 00:16:05.980 likes to kill for pleasure. 347 00:16:06.000 --> 00:16:06.679 Huh? 348 00:16:08.179 --> 00:16:12.799 You dropped your purse. Hey, Jeannie, you've broken your mirror. 349 00:16:12.820 --> 00:16:15.720 Can you hear me? 350 00:16:16.620 --> 00:16:17.159 Yes, Jeannie. 351 00:16:18.090 --> 00:16:20.129 Someday I'd like to meet your folks. 352 00:16:20.789 --> 00:16:21.690 Someday you shall, Jeannie. 353 00:16:22.669 --> 00:16:24.379 I know St. Louis is a long way off, but. 354 00:16:24.429 --> 00:16:24.509 St. 355 00:16:24.549 --> 00:16:24.929 Louis? 356 00:16:26.289 --> 00:16:27.269 They don't live there anymore. 357 00:16:27.649 --> 00:16:28.289 But you told me. 358 00:16:28.309 --> 00:16:31.009 Oh, they were born there. Oh, yeah. About a couple 359 00:16:31.029 --> 00:16:32.070 of years ago they moved, Jeannie. 360 00:16:33.620 --> 00:16:36.320 I did. To where? 361 00:16:37.159 --> 00:16:40.399 Chicago. Chicago. 362 00:16:40.860 --> 00:16:42.679 It couldn't have been Los Angeles or Salt Lake City. 363 00:16:42.970 --> 00:16:45.289 It had to be Chicago. And Ginny almost felt she 364 00:16:45.309 --> 00:16:47.610 was going to be sick. She managed to keep herself 365 00:16:47.629 --> 00:16:50.590 composed until they said goodnight, though. Keith was due at 366 00:16:50.629 --> 00:16:52.649 rehearsal at eight, so he didn't take her home. And 367 00:16:52.690 --> 00:16:54.350 Ginny was never so glad to get back to her 368 00:16:54.389 --> 00:16:57.330 room and her life. She sat down near the radio 369 00:16:57.350 --> 00:16:59.750 and tried to catch her breath. Her head was pounding 370 00:16:59.789 --> 00:17:02.070 and she could hardly think. She kept saying over and 371 00:17:02.110 --> 00:17:05.390 over to herself, is Keith the man they want? She 372 00:17:05.430 --> 00:17:07.509 couldn't turn him in unless she was sure. And how 373 00:17:07.549 --> 00:17:10.400 could she be sure? Then she turned the radio on. 374 00:17:11.019 --> 00:17:14.619 She didn't know exactly why. She was frightened, lonesome, miserable. 375 00:17:14.900 --> 00:17:16.940 She wanted to hear a voice, any voice, someone who'd 376 00:17:16.980 --> 00:17:19.720 talk to her so she'd know she wasn't alone. She 377 00:17:19.740 --> 00:17:22.579 heard a voice all right. And the words burned holes 378 00:17:22.640 --> 00:17:23.099 in her heart. 379 00:17:23.500 --> 00:17:25.450 And the United Nations will discuss the matter during their 380 00:17:25.470 --> 00:17:29.789 next session. New York. The police have unearthed new evidence 381 00:17:29.809 --> 00:17:32.450 concerning the homicidal maniac whose gun has claimed three victims 382 00:17:32.490 --> 00:17:35.450 thus far. He apparently was able to hoodwink his unhappy 383 00:17:35.490 --> 00:17:37.730 victims into believing he'd fallen in love with them and 384 00:17:37.759 --> 00:17:40.559 was about to propose marriage. The police are hoping to 385 00:17:40.619 --> 00:17:42.400 apprehend the killer before he has the chance to add 386 00:17:42.420 --> 00:17:43.400 another victim to his list. 387 00:17:46.559 --> 00:17:49.099 Operator, get me the police department. 388 00:17:55.140 --> 00:17:56.839 She gave them her name and told them where he worked. 389 00:17:57.259 --> 00:17:58.900 He'd be at the theater now, she said, in rehearsal. 390 00:17:59.349 --> 00:18:01.029 They promised to send a squad car and a detective 391 00:18:01.049 --> 00:18:03.049 over to her place in 15 minutes for her protection. 392 00:18:03.049 --> 00:18:04.769 15 minutes. 393 00:18:05.130 --> 00:18:06.890 That wasn't long by the usual standards. 394 00:18:07.170 --> 00:18:09.609 But as Jeannie hung up, she began to experience the 395 00:18:09.630 --> 00:18:11.710 most harrowing 15 minutes of her life. 396 00:18:12.710 --> 00:18:15.509 Jeannie! Jeannie, are you there? 397 00:18:16.309 --> 00:18:16.470 Jeannie? 398 00:18:16.490 --> 00:18:21.710 Jeannie? Jeannie? 399 00:18:23.839 --> 00:18:24.940 What are you doing here? 400 00:18:24.960 --> 00:18:28.150 When you left me an hour ago, I was worried. 401 00:18:29.529 --> 00:18:35.130 You behaved so strangely. I thought of calling you. Then 402 00:18:35.150 --> 00:18:38.930 decided to come instead and. 403 00:18:37.609 --> 00:18:38.339 Just talk to you. 404 00:18:41.259 --> 00:18:43.119 What about rehearsal, Keith? 405 00:18:44.000 --> 00:18:48.039 Oh, that. I rehearsed for ten minutes and I left 406 00:18:48.079 --> 00:18:48.500 the theater. 407 00:18:50.299 --> 00:18:50.759 Oh, don't worry. 408 00:18:50.779 --> 00:18:54.470 I promised I'd be back in an hour or two. Anyway, 409 00:18:55.049 --> 00:18:56.190 I'm not in the second act. 410 00:18:58.549 --> 00:18:58.849

Jeannie. 411 00:18:58.869 --> 00:18:58.990 Yes? 412 00:19:01.690 --> 00:19:06.210 What's the matter? Why do you keep moving away from 413 00:19:06.259 --> 00:19:06.910 me like that? 414 00:19:08.700 --> 00:19:09.839 I haven't been moving away. 415 00:19:09.859 --> 00:19:10.000 Jeannie. 416 00:19:11.700 --> 00:19:12.359 What's happened? 417 00:19:14.880 --> 00:19:18.440 Why do you stare at me? Almost as though you're afraid. 418 00:19:18.460 --> 00:19:20.859 We should leave me alone. 419 00:19:21.569 --> 00:19:22.009 For a while. 420 00:19:22.549 --> 00:19:23.319 Just a little while, Keith. I. 421 00:19:23.369 --> 00:19:26.880 Jeannie, you've got to tell me what's wrong. Has it 422 00:19:26.900 --> 00:19:31.920 been because... Because I haven't asked you to marry me yet? No. 423 00:19:32.359 --> 00:19:33.140 No, it's not that. 424 00:19:34.579 --> 00:19:37.099 Jeannie. Come here. 425 00:19:38.000 --> 00:19:39.359 Jeannie had moved to the other end of the room 426 00:19:39.440 --> 00:19:41.769 and her back was against the wall. Fifteen minutes, they 427 00:19:41.789 --> 00:19:44.269 told her. It would take a detective fifteen minutes to arrive. 428 00:19:44.289 --> 00:19:48.970 But fifteen minutes might be too late. Keith kept coming closer, smiling, talking, 429 00:19:49.190 --> 00:19:49.730 his hands in. 430 00:19:49.750 --> 00:20:12.690 Arm's Oh, gee. Inch by inch, her hand crept toward 431 00:20:12.730 --> 00:20:14.029 his pocket, and then inside. 432 00:20:14.049 --> 00:20:17.000 She felt the trigger, and then the handle, and. 433 00:20:16.700 --> 00:20:18.640 With all the strength she had left, she pulled it 434 00:20:18.720 --> 00:20:19.380 out and fired. 435 00:20:32.210 --> 00:20:32.890 Policeman! 436 00:20:33.109 --> 00:20:33.410 Policeman! 437 00:20:33.589 --> 00:20:37.230 What's the matter, lady? 438 00:20:37.890 --> 00:20:41.210 That maniac officer, the killer, I want to shut the ghetto. 439 00:20:41.230 --> 00:20:42.710 Well, what about it? 440 00:20:42.990 --> 00:20:45.970 In my house, in my apartment. He's there. 441 00:20:46.009 --> 00:20:47.039 Take it easy, darling. 442 00:20:47.059 --> 00:20:47.599 Take it easy. 443 00:20:47.670 --> 00:20:51.500 It was awful. He tried to kill me. All right, 444 00:20:51.559 --> 00:20:53.079 all right, so you ran into a masher. For the 445 00:20:53.099 --> 00:20:54.980 love of my, take it easy. A masher? 446 00:20:55.279 --> 00:20:56.619 I tell you, he's a maniac. 447 00:20:56.660 --> 00:20:58.359 Maybe he's not, lady, but he ain't the guy we're 448 00:20:58.380 --> 00:21:03.589 looking for. We caught that girl killer half an hour ago. 449 00:21:06.329 --> 00:21:08.410 Jeannie just stood there and looked at him. The words 450 00:21:08.450 --> 00:21:10.930 just didn't sink in. And then she started to laugh. 451 00:21:11.809 --> 00:21:15.319 She laughed and she couldn't control herself. She laughed until 452 00:21:15.339 --> 00:21:18.579 she cried. For it was then that Jeannie realized that 453 00:21:19.640 --> 00:21:21.079 she had killed the wrong man. 454 00:21:21.740 --> 00:21:24.200 Hey, miss. Hey, miss, hang on to yourself. 455 00:21:25.839 --> 00:21:29.329 Sorry, Sergeant. I. 456 00:21:31.869 --> 00:21:35.450 Yes, that officer must have thought that I was the 457 00:21:35.509 --> 00:21:37.549 one who was crazy when. 458 00:21:37.450 --> 00:21:38.650 He brought me here. 459 00:21:38.690 --> 00:21:42.130 Well, now we'll see when he gets back. Just relax. 460 00:21:42.450 --> 00:21:45.390 Take it easy. What? 461 00:21:46.829 --> 00:21:47.829 Did you say something, Sergeant? 462 00:21:48.630 --> 00:21:58.880 No, I didn't. I looked behind you. Jeannie. No. No. 463 00:21:59.240 --> 00:22:02.089 Here's your cup, Sarge. Only it ain't so stiff. Walked 464 00:22:02.109 --> 00:22:06.009 down here by herself. And there's the rod. Filled with blanks. 465 00:22:06.450 --> 00:22:06.970 Can you beat it? 466 00:22:06.970 --> 00:22:08.329 Huh? 467 00:22:08.390 --> 00:22:11.930 It's just a prop we use in the play. 468 00:22:11.950 --> 00:22:15.309 I guess I forgot to leave it at the theater 469 00:22:15.329 --> 00:22:16.450 tonight when I left the rehearsal. 470 00:22:18.569 --> 00:22:19.829 When you fired it, Jeannie, I. 471 00:22:21.279 --> 00:22:22.960 Must have got such a shock I passed out. I. 472 00:22:23.799 --> 00:22:24.039 I. 473 00:22:26.559 --> 00:22:27.319 Can't believe it. 474 00:22:30.890 --> 00:22:36.180 It's all right, Jeannie. It's all right. I know what happened. 475 00:22:38.079 --> 00:22:43.650 It's all right now. Come on, Jeannie. I'll take you home. 476 00:23:06.240 --> 00:23:08.460 And that's the story of Jeannie Clare as recorded by 477 00:23:08.480 --> 00:23:09.069 the clock. 478 00:23:10.470 --> 00:23:12.609 Well, I see we've used up our allotted span, for 479 00:23:12.630 --> 00:23:16.509 the clock keeps running and the hands keep moving around. So, 480 00:23:16.549 --> 00:23:19.049 good people, accept each minute with gratitude and with joy. 481 00:23:20.089 --> 00:23:21.809 Time is good to most of you, and most of 482 00:23:21.849 --> 00:23:26.430 you make good use of time. Remember, it's later than 483 00:23:26.450 --> 00:23:29.529 you think, so use your time well this week. And 484 00:23:29.569 --> 00:23:31.509 return again to listen to The Clock. 485 00:23:34.349 --> 00:23:36.529 The clock will be heard again next week, same time, 486 00:23:36.589 --> 00:23:39.630 same station. This program is written by Lawrence Klee, and 487 00:23:39.650 --> 00:23:42.619 you heard Hart McGuire as the clock, and as Jeannie, 488 00:23:42.859 --> 00:23:46.700 Wendy Playfair, as Keith, John Million. Others in the cast 489 00:23:46.720 --> 00:23:50.140 were Joan Lander, Derek Barnes, and Joe McCormick. The clock 490 00:23:50.220 --> 00:23:53.440 is directed by John Saul, a Grace Gibson radio production.