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Lux Radio Theatre - "The 39 Steps" (Old Time Radio, 1937) · Lux Radio Theater | Old Time Radio

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  Speaker 1: On December 13th, 1937, CBS presented Lux Radio Theater's 154th broadcast,
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  Speaker 1: The 39 Steps. Adapted by George Wells from Alfred Hitchcock's
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  Speaker 1: 1935 film based on John Buchan's novel, it stars Robert
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  Speaker 1: Montgomery as Richard Hannay and Ida Lupino as Pamela. In London,
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  Speaker 1: Hannay encounters Annabella Smith, who claims to know of an
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  Speaker 1: international espionage scheme. After her murder in his flat, he
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  Speaker 1: flees toward Scotland, pursued by police and the conspirators, while
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  Speaker 1: Pamela becomes part of his flight. Isabel Jewell appears as
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  Speaker 1: Annabella Smith, with Jean Lockhart as Mr. Memory and Leonard
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  Speaker 1: Muti as Professor Bartlett. Cecil B. DeMille produces, with Frank
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  Speaker 1: Woodruff directing. And now, our story begins. Follow Lux Radio
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  Speaker 1: Theater for more classic broadcasts.
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  Speaker 2: From Hollywood, California, the Lux Radio Theater presents Robert Montgomery
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  Speaker 2: and Ida Lupino in The 39 Steps.
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  Speaker 3: Lux presents Hollywood. For your loyalty to our product, Lutz
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  Speaker 3: says thank you, ladies and gentlemen, and brings you another
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  Speaker 3: hour of entertainment direct from the film capital. Tonight, we
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  Speaker 3: star Robert Montgomery, Ida Lupino, Isabel Jewell, and Gene Lockhart,
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  Speaker 3: with Major C.E. Russell, formerly of the United States Intelligence Service,
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  Speaker 3: as the evening's special guest. Louis Silvers conducts the orchestra.
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  Speaker 3: And here beside me, our producer and your host, ladies
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  Speaker 3: and gentlemen, Mr.
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  Speaker 4: Cecil B.
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  Speaker 5: DeMille. Greetings from Hollywood, ladies and gentlemen.
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  Speaker 3: The 39 steps lead an old friend and a newcomer,
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  Speaker 3: Robert Montgomery and Ida Lupino.
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  Speaker 5: To the stage of the Lux Radio Theater.
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  Speaker 3: Sincere last, Robert Montgomery's been rushing back and forth between
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  Speaker 3: two lots. One is the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studio, where with Rosalind
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  Speaker 3: Russell he's completed Live, Love, and Learn. The other is
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  Speaker 3: a lot in Beverly Hills, on which Bob has just
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  Speaker 3: finished building a new home with a beautiful library.
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  Speaker 5: And Bob is a man who really.
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  Speaker 3: Uses his library... for he's constantly seeking new screen material.
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  Speaker 3: President of the Screen Actors Guild, Bob devotes at least
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  Speaker 3: three nights a week to that organization. So this fall,
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  Speaker 3: he took time off to go to his farm in
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  Speaker 3: New York State for a few weeks of partridge and
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  Speaker 3: pheasant hunting. His favorite Hollywood sport is tennis, in which
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  Speaker 3: activity he's expert enough to be the frequent opponent of
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  Speaker 3: Sidney Wood, the.
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  Speaker 5: ex-Davis Cup player. Bob is heard.
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  Speaker 3: Tonight as Richard Hennay in The 39 Steps, adapted from
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  Speaker 3: the Gaumont British film, which in turn was taken from
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  Speaker 3: the novel by John Buchan. Gaumont British will shortly release
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  Speaker 3: The Girl Was Young, starring Nova Pilbeam and Derek DeMani.
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  Speaker 5: Directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
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  Speaker 3: Ida Lupino is a girl I've watched very closely and
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  Speaker 3: suggest that you do the same, for every Lupino seems
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  Speaker 3: destined for greatness in the theater. To American film audiences,
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  Speaker 3: she's the best-known representative of perhaps the oldest stage family.
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  Speaker 5: In the world.
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  Speaker 3: 350 years ago, when acting was considered a crime in Italy,
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  Speaker 3: Alfredo Lupino, acrobat and troubadour, fled from Naples, turned gypsy,
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  Speaker 3: and eventually found welcome and fame in England. Ever since then,
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  Speaker 3: Lupinos have added to the excellence of England's entertainment. Ida's
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  Speaker 3: father is Stanley Lupino, among London's most popular comedians. She
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  Speaker 3: has a sister, two cousins, three uncles, and five aunts,
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  Speaker 3: all noted performers. While her mother is Connie Emerald, once
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  Speaker 3: a celebrated dancer. Along with three and a half centuries
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  Speaker 3: of tradition, Ida has inherited a turned-up nose, violet eyes,
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  Speaker 3: and blonde hair. She's an excellent musician and painter, can
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  Speaker 3: speak the language of the deaf and dumb, whistles as
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  Speaker 3: well as a farm boy, likes to wear sneakers, and
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  Speaker 3: is a prize mimic. A highly entertaining miss, you meet
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  Speaker 3: her tonight in the role of Pamela. Isabel Jewell, featured
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  Speaker 3: in such hit films as Lost Horizon and Marked Woman,
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  Speaker 3: is heard as Annabella. And Jean Lockhart, top flight character actor,
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  Speaker 3: back from the New York stage, is Mr.
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  Speaker 5: Memory.
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  Speaker 4: And now for the play.
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  Speaker 3: Deluxe Radio Theater presents Robert Montgomery and Ida Lupino in
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  Speaker 3: The 39 Steps with Isabel Jewell and Gene Lockhart.
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  Speaker 5: Thank you.
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  Speaker 3: A London music hall. The evening performance is on, and
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  Speaker 3: the theater is jammed to the doors. The audience is
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  Speaker 3: sat comfortably through the acrobats, the singers, and the whirlwind dancers.
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  Speaker 3: But now they're restless. The manager appears on the stage
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  Speaker 3: to announce the feature act. His hand is raised for silence.
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  Speaker 5: Ladies and gentlemen! Ladies and gentlemen!
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  Speaker 2: With your kind permission, I now have the honor to
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  Speaker 2: present to you.
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  Speaker 4: One of the most remarkable men in the world. I
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  Speaker 4: present Mr.
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  Speaker 2: Memory. Every day this remarkable mentality commits 50 new facts
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  Speaker 2: to memory.
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  Speaker 4: Fifty, ladies and gentlemen.
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  Speaker 2: Facts from history, geography, newspapers, scientific books.
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  Speaker 6: Millions and millions of them.
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  Speaker 7: And he remembers them.
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  Speaker 4: All.
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  Speaker 5: Test him, ladies and gentlemen. Test him.
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  Speaker 2: Ask him any questions you like, and he will answer
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  Speaker 2: fully and freely.
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  Speaker 4: Mr.
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  Speaker 5: Memory.
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  Speaker 8: Thank you.
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  Speaker 5: Thank you.
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  Speaker 2: Now then, ladies and gentlemen, a question, please.
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  Speaker 5: A question from anyone in the audience?
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  Speaker 4: Who won the derby in 1921?
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  Speaker 7: Mr.
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  Speaker 5: Jack Jewels, humanist.
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  Speaker 9: Steve Dunne, you up.
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  Speaker 7: One by a length.
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  Speaker 5: Odd six to one. Am I right, sir? Thank you
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  Speaker 5: very much.
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  Speaker 4: Thank you.
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  Speaker 1: Question, please.
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  Speaker 5: Do not hesitate.
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  Speaker 4: Another question, please. Who was the last British heavyweight champion?
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  Speaker 5: Bob Fitzsimmons.
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  Speaker 2: He defeated Jim Corbett, heavyweight champion of America, at Carson City, Nevada,
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  Speaker 2: in October 1897. He was then 34 years of age.
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  Speaker 5: Am I right, sir?
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  Speaker 10: Mr.
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  Speaker 3: Memory, Mr.
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  Speaker 9: Memory, who won the football cup in 1926?
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  Speaker 2: Would you mind repeating that question again, young man?
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  Speaker 9: Who won the football cup in 1926?
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  Speaker 2: Bolton Wanderers defeated Manchester City at Wembley by three goals
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  Speaker 2: to one in the presence of His Majesty the King.
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  Speaker 5: Am I right, sir? Another question, please.
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  Speaker 2: Hey, where's my old man been since last Tuesday?
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  Speaker 11: Madam.
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  Speaker 2: He's been where you can't ask him silly questions. Will
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  Speaker 2: the lady in the gallery please confine her questions to
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  Speaker 2: those of a more serious nature?
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  Speaker 5: Thank you very much.
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  Speaker 4: Gentlemen, gentlemen, no fighting.
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  Speaker 12: No fighting, please, gentlemen.
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  Speaker 4: Keep your seats.
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  Speaker 5: Everybody keep your seats.
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  Speaker 13: Now, the aisles.
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  Speaker 5: Now, the orchestra.
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  Speaker 4: Play something.
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  Speaker 5: Play something.
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  Speaker 7: Let me out.
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  Speaker 12: Oh, please, let me out of here.
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  Speaker 5: Let the lady through there.
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  Speaker 4: Will you stand back, please?
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  Speaker 5: Oh, help me, please. Hold on to my arm, miss.
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  Speaker 5: I'll get you out of this.
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  Speaker 3: Get back there.
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  Speaker 14: Play the aisles there, will you?
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  Speaker 5: This way, miss.
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  Speaker 4: This way. Come on.
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  Speaker 5: This way. Come on. Take a good deep breath.
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  Speaker 9: Oh, thank you.
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  Speaker 5: You all right?
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  Speaker 7: Yes, sir.
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  Speaker 9: I had to get out of that.
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  Speaker 7: Theater, that's all.
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  Speaker 5: A lot of people had that idea.
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  Speaker 9: Oh, it wasn't the panic that frightened me.
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  Speaker 7: It was something else.
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  Speaker 5: I'm afraid I don't understand.
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  Speaker 9: I'm in terrible trouble. Will you help me?
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  Speaker 5: Trouble? What kind of trouble?
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  Speaker 9: I can't tell you here. Can we go someplace and talk?
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  Speaker 5: Well, my flat is nearby.
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  Speaker 9: Oh, let's go there.
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  Speaker 7: But hurry, please.
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  Speaker 5: Go in, miss.
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  Speaker 9: Thank you.
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  Speaker 5: Now, if I can find this light switch.
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  Speaker 13: Oh, no.
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  Speaker 9: Don't turn on the lights.
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  Speaker 5: What?
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  Speaker 9: Don't turn them on. It will be safer. I'm afraid
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  Speaker 9: I don't... Will you pull down the blinds, please?
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  Speaker 5: Very well.
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  Speaker 6: This just puts me doubly in the dark. My name's
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  Speaker 6: Richard Hennay. Any objections to telling me yours?
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  Speaker 9: No, it's Annabella Smith.
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  Speaker 15: Smith?
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  Speaker 5: Not really.
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  Speaker 9: Is there anything wrong with it?
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  Speaker 5: No, just an unusual name. What's this all about? You
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  Speaker 5: said you were in trouble.
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  Speaker 9: You don't believe me, do you?
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  Speaker 5: I believe you're slightly hysterical.
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  Speaker 9: If I am, I have good reason. I... I was
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  Speaker 9: the one who fired those shots in that theater tonight.
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  Speaker 15: You?
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  Speaker 11: Why?
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  Speaker 9: I had to do something to create a disturbance. I
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  Speaker 9: had to get away from there.
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  Speaker 10: There were two men in that theater who wanted to
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  Speaker 10: kill me.
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  Speaker 5: Oh, come on.
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  Speaker 9: You've got to believe me.
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  Speaker 5: But why should anyone want to kill you?
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  Speaker 9: Because I'm what you would call a A professional spy.
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  Speaker 5: A spy? Whom do you spy for?
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  Speaker 9: Anyone who pays me.
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  Speaker 5: I suppose you're here to dig up some big state secret.
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  Speaker 16: No.
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  Speaker 9: I'm here to save a secret. For England.
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  Speaker 12: Oh.
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  Speaker 5: Go on, please.
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  Speaker 10: The agent of a certain foreign power is on the
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  Speaker 10: point of obtaining a secret. vital to your air defense.
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  Speaker 10: I tracked two of his men to that music hall. Unfortunately,
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  Speaker 10: they recognized me. That's why they're after me now.
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  Speaker 9: You still don't believe me, do you?
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  Speaker 5: No, frankly, I don't, Annabella.
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  Speaker 7: Very well.
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  Speaker 10: If you will look out of that window, you will
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  Speaker 10: see two men standing across the street.
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  Speaker 13: Look.
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  Speaker 9: Please do.
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  Speaker 5: All right. I'll play your game a bit further.
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  Speaker 9: Oh, don't let them see you.
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  Speaker 17: Well?
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  Speaker 5: I hope you're right.
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  Speaker 4: Two of them.
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  Speaker 5: They seem to be looking up here.
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  Speaker 9: Come away, please. Do you believe me now?
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  Speaker 5: Well, I suppose I must.
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  Speaker 10: I'm going to tell you something that's not very healthy
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  Speaker 10: to know. But now that they've followed me here, you're
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  Speaker 10: in it as much as I am.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah, so it seems.
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  Speaker 9: Have you ever heard of.
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  Speaker 10: The 39 Step?
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  Speaker 5: 39 steps? No, what are they?
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  Speaker 10: Never mind, but this much you must know. If those
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  Speaker 10: men are not stopped, it's only a matter of days,
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  Speaker 10: perhaps hours, before the secret is out of the country.
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  Speaker 5: Why not call the police?
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  Speaker 10: Because they wouldn't believe me any more than you did.
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  Speaker 10: And if they did believe me, how long do you
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  Speaker 10: think it would take them to get going?
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  Speaker 9: Those men are acting quickly. You don't know how clever
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  Speaker 9: their chief is. Clever and ruthless.
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  Speaker 5: Well, what's his name?
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  Speaker 10: He has a dozen names, and he can look like
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  Speaker 10: a hundred people.
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  Speaker 9: But there's one thing he can't disguise. The top of
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  Speaker 9: the little finger on his right hand is missing.
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  Speaker 5: Come on now, you're trembling.
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  Speaker 9: I'm frightened.
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  Speaker 5: Well, you needn't be. You're safe here, you know. What
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  Speaker 5: you need is a good night's rest.
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  Speaker 9: Oh, yes, I do.
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  Speaker 5: You can have my bedroom. I'll sleep on the couch
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  Speaker 5: here in the living room.
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  Speaker 9: Are you sure you don't mind?
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  Speaker 5: Sleeping on the couch? Well, I've done it dozens of times.
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  Speaker 11: No.
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  Speaker 9: I mean being in danger.
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  Speaker 5: I'm not quite convinced of that yet. Is there anything
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  Speaker 5: I can get you?
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  Speaker 13: Yes.
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  Speaker 9: Have you a map of Scotland, please?
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  Speaker 5: Map of Scotland? I have an atlas over here somewhere.
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  Speaker 5: If I could... Oh, yes, here it is. Are you
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  Speaker 5: going deerstalking or just plain hiking?
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  Speaker 9: There's a man in Scotland I must see next if
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  Speaker 9: there is anything to be done.
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  Speaker 5: I see. Are the... Are the 39 steps in Scotland?
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  Speaker 9: Perhaps I'll tell you tomorrow. Good night, Mr. Henning. Thank you.
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  Speaker 5: Good night, Annabella.
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  Speaker 3: Good night.
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  Speaker 5: Pleasant dreams.
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  Speaker 12: What the.
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  Speaker 5: Annabella. Annabella, was that you? Annabella, open that door.
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  Speaker 6: Will you open that door or do I have to
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  Speaker 6: break it down?
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  Speaker 5: Annabella, where are you?
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  Speaker 3: Oh, I.
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  Speaker 15: Here.
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  Speaker 5: Here, look at me. What's happened? What's the matter?
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  Speaker 9: They... They came through the window. One of them had
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  Speaker 9: a knife.
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  Speaker 5: Knife?
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  Speaker 9: Oh, don't touch me.
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  Speaker 5: But you're hurt. You're bleeding. Here, I'll call a doctor.
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  Speaker 13: Oh.
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  Speaker 9: Oh, it's no use.
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  Speaker 7: Listen.
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  Speaker 9: You've got to stop those men. In a few days,
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  Speaker 9: they'll have the secret.
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  Speaker 4: Out of the country.
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  Speaker 5: But how will I stop them?
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  Speaker 9: Kinrich. The professor.
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  Speaker 5: Kinrich?
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  Speaker 9: Kinrich.
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  Speaker 15: Scotland.
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  Speaker 5: What's there? Who is this professor? What's in Kinrich?
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  Speaker 7: They're up.
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  Speaker 9: They'll get you, John. Like it did me.
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  Speaker 10: Annabella.
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  Speaker 5: Annabella. Good God.
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  Speaker 14: Everdeen Express, Edinburgh, Kirkcaldy, Dundee.
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  Speaker 12: Everdeen Express.
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  Speaker 5: Ticket to Kinridge, please. One, sir? Yes, one. Hurry, please.
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  Speaker 15: One to Kinridge, Scotland. Here you are, sir.
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  Speaker 5: Excuse me, is this seat taken? Not by us, it ain't.
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  Speaker 4: Sit down, young fellow.
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  Speaker 5: Thank you. Oh, so, Jess, who won the two o'clock
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  Speaker 5: at Epsom?
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  Speaker 4: Here it is. Bachelor Button, odd seven to four.
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  Speaker 5: Oh, Bachelor Button, eh?
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  Speaker 4: Hello.
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  Speaker 5: Look at this.
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  Speaker 4: Another woman murdered in a West End flat.
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  Speaker 7: Murdered, eh?
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  Speaker 4: Who was she?
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  Speaker 14: A well-dressed woman of about 25 was found with a
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  Speaker 14: knife in her back.
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  Speaker 4: The tenant, Richard Annay, is missing.
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  Speaker 5: If that ain't the blasted limit.
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  Speaker 7: Missing, eh?
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  Speaker 14: The police are out on the trail and watching with
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  Speaker 14: careful eye all points of departure from London.
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  Speaker 5: Oh, so that was what they was a-doing, eh?
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  Speaker 13: Who?
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  Speaker 5: Scotland Yard. Two plainclothes bobbies. I seen them get on
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  Speaker 5: this train.
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  Speaker 8: Asking plenty of questions they was too.
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  Speaker 4: Look here. Here's a picture of that Annay chap.
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  Speaker 5: That ever squinted him?
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  Speaker 8: I'm looking low, ain't I?
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  Speaker 5: Excuse me.
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  Speaker 4: Here, young fellow, where are you going? Don't you like
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  Speaker 4: that seat?
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  Speaker 5: Oh, thank you. I just remembered.
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  Speaker 4: In a bit of hurry, wasn't he?
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  Speaker 5: He was that.
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  Speaker 4: I say!
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  Speaker 11: What?
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  Speaker 7: I say! Oh, I beg your pardon. This is a
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  Speaker 7: private compartment.
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  Speaker 5: Oh, is it?
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  Speaker 7: Yes, and it happens to be occupied.
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  Speaker 5: Yes, so I see. Very charmingly, too.
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  Speaker 7: Well, what do you want, please?
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  Speaker 5: Your hospitality for a short while.
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  Speaker 4: Really?
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  Speaker 7: Well, I'm not interested. Now, will you please go? I, uh.
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  Speaker 5: I can't.
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  Speaker 13: What?
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  Speaker 5: It isn't safe.
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  Speaker 7: Listen, are you going or shall I call the conductor?
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  Speaker 5: No, don't do that.
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  Speaker 1: Stop.
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  Speaker 7: You're hurting my wrist.
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  Speaker 5: I'm sorry. I... Listen to me. I want your help.
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  Speaker 5: My help? I'm Richard Hennay.
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  Speaker 7: Hennay? Why, you're the man the police.
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  Speaker 5: Yes, but I'm innocent.
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  Speaker 6: I swear I'm innocent. Listen, you've got to help me.
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  Speaker 6: It's terribly important that I be free for the next
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  Speaker 6: few days. You will help me, won't you?
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  Speaker 3: Yes.
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  Speaker 7: Yes, of course I will.
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  Speaker 5: That's fine. I'm sorry if I hurt your wrist.
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  Speaker 7: Oh, that's all right. You say the police are on
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  Speaker 7: this train looking for you?
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  Speaker 5: Yes, that's why I forced my way in here.
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  Speaker 7: Oh, I see. And just how am I supposed to
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  Speaker 7: help you?
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  Speaker 5: Well, they're looking for a man traveling alone. If I
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  Speaker 5: stay here with you, they'll think we're together.
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  Speaker 11: We'll pose as man and wife. Then they won't pay
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  Speaker 11: any attention to us. They'll just pass us by.
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  Speaker 7: How clever you are.
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  Speaker 5: You'll do it?
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  Speaker 2: Yes, of course.
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  Speaker 5: Say, you're all right. What's your name?
• 17:02
  Speaker 7: What's that got to do with it?
• 17:03
  Speaker 5: Nothing.
• 17:03
  Speaker 6: I just wanted to know who my benefactress was, that's all.
• 17:05
  Speaker 7: No, I'm Pamela Stewart.
• 17:07
  Speaker 5: Pamela. That's rather pretty. Suits you.
• 17:11
  Speaker 7: Thank you.
• 17:12
  Speaker 5: There they are now. Remember, I'll sit here and pretend
• 17:15
  Speaker 5: to read. You do the talking.
• 17:17
  Speaker 7: All right.
• 17:21
  Speaker 5: Excuse me. Have either of you seen a man pass here?
• 17:23
  Speaker 5: Young fella, smooth-shaven? Why, uh.
• 17:26
  Speaker 7: Why, no.
• 17:28
  Speaker 9: Wait, are you the police?
• 17:29
  Speaker 4: That's right, miss.
• 17:29
  Speaker 7: Then this is the man you want. He forced his
• 17:31
  Speaker 7: way in here and told me his name was Richard Hennay.
• 17:33
  Speaker 5: Why, did I? Come here, you. Let go of me.
• 17:35
  Speaker 5: Are you Richard Hennay? Well, speak up. Yes. Thank you
• 17:41
  Speaker 5: very much, Miss Stewart.
• 17:42
  Speaker 7: Well, you didn't expect me to harbor a murderer, did you?
• 17:44
  Speaker 5: Unfortunately, I did. And I am not a murderer. We'll
• 17:48
  Speaker 5: see about that. Come on, Hennay. Certainly, gentlemen. I'll go
• 17:52
  Speaker 5: with you willingly. In fact, I'll lead the way. Grab him.
• 17:55
  Speaker 7: He's gone.
• 17:56
  Speaker 5: Here, get after him.
• 17:57
  Speaker 15: Open that door.
• 17:58
  Speaker 4: I can't.
• 17:59
  Speaker 5: He's holding it from the other side. Here, let me try.
• 18:01
  Speaker 5: Together now. One, two, three. Get out of the way.
• 18:08
  Speaker 5: Where is he? Where did he go?
• 18:09
  Speaker 4: There he is, down the passageway.
• 18:11
  Speaker 5: Stop him. Grab him before he gets to the vestibule.
• 18:13
  Speaker 14: Come back here, you.
• 18:14
  Speaker 7: Come back here.
• 18:15
  Speaker 12: Stop, stop.
• 18:16
  Speaker 5: Have you got him?
• 18:17
  Speaker 7: No.
• 18:18
  Speaker 5: He's gone.
• 18:18
  Speaker 14: What?
• 18:18
  Speaker 1: What?
• 18:19
  Speaker 5: He jumped.
• 18:20
  Speaker 4: He jumped off the train.
• 18:21
  Speaker 5: The fool.
• 18:23
  Speaker 17: He's probably lying dead in a ditch.
• 18:25
  Speaker 1: No.
• 18:26
  Speaker 2: The last I seen of him, he was on his
• 18:28
  Speaker 2: two feet and running like a rabbit.
• 18:42
  Speaker 3: During our first intermission, and while waiting for Act Two
• 18:45
  Speaker 3: of The 39 Steps, starring Robert Montgomery and Ida Lupino...
• 18:49
  Speaker 3: We'd like you to go with us to one of
• 18:50
  Speaker 3: the millions of homes where Christmas secrets are in the
• 18:52
  Speaker 3: air and listen in on a very interesting conversation.
• 18:56
  Speaker 7: Aunt Sally, come here.
• 18:57
  Speaker 9: I want to see you alone.
• 18:59
  Speaker 16: More secrets, Betty? Well, the house is full of them.
• 19:02
  Speaker 7: Now the door's closed, we can talk.
• 19:04
  Speaker 9: Aunt Sally, what can I give Mother for Christmas?
• 19:07
  Speaker 7: Did you ask her, dear? Yes, and she just says
• 19:09
  Speaker 7: all she wants from me is love and kisses.
• 19:12
  Speaker 16: Well, I did hear her say she needed more stockings.
• 19:16
  Speaker 16: How about getting her some of the lovely sheer ones
• 19:19
  Speaker 16: we saw in the store today?
• 19:21
  Speaker 9: But she always says sheer stockings are extravagant.
• 19:24
  Speaker 16: Not necessarily, dear. They wear very well if you're careful
• 19:28
  Speaker 16: about washing.
• 19:29
  Speaker 9: Just dip them in Lux.
• 19:30
  Speaker 16: Suds every day. Lux keeps the silk nice and springy,
• 19:35
  Speaker 16: so it doesn't break so easily into rums.
• 19:37
  Speaker 9: Then I'll tell you what. I buy some until Mother
• 19:39
  Speaker 9: Al Lux them for us, every time she wears them.
• 19:42
  Speaker 7: I buy a big box of Lux and give it
• 19:43
  Speaker 7: to her with the stockings.
• 19:44
  Speaker 16: Now that's a real Christmas gift, Betty.
• 19:47
  Speaker 9: Okay, I'll get some Lux flakes right away.
• 19:50
  Speaker 16: And be sure to use nothing but Lux flakes, dear.
• 19:53
  Speaker 16: You know, rubbing stockings with a cake of soap is
• 19:56
  Speaker 16: bad for them, and some soaps are strong. Too harsh
• 20:00
  Speaker 16: for delicate silk things.
• 20:01
  Speaker 7: Oh, thank you, Aunt Sally. You're an angel to help me.
• 20:04
  Speaker 9: Mother's the most perplexing person on my list.
• 20:08
  Speaker 3: Stockings for Christmas and Luxe Flakes for Stockings. A perfect combination.
• 20:13
  Speaker 3: We return now to Mr. DeMille and our play. Robert Montgomery,
• 20:17
  Speaker 3: Ida Lupino, Isabel Jewell and Gene Lockhart continue with the
• 20:21
  Speaker 3: 39 Steps. Two days have passed and Richard Hannay, wanted
• 20:32
  Speaker 3: for a murder he did not commit, is still at large.
• 20:35
  Speaker 3: Determined to discover the secret of the 39 steps, he's
• 20:38
  Speaker 3: made his way to Scotland. The driver of a donkey
• 20:41
  Speaker 3: cart has given him a lift. And he's now on
• 20:43
  Speaker 3: the last leg of the journey. The outskirts of the
• 20:46
  Speaker 3: village of Kinreach. Are you going to stay long in Kinreach, laddie?
• 20:55
  Speaker 5: Well, it all depends. I'm looking for work. You suppose
• 21:00
  Speaker 5: I could find something? Hey, me dudes, laddie.
• 21:03
  Speaker 4: Kinreach is a mighty small town.
• 21:07
  Speaker 5: What do you do?
• 21:09
  Speaker 3: I'm a chauffeur Well, I'm thinking you'd better try somewhere.
• 21:12
  Speaker 17: Else then What folks has need chauffeurs? Kinreach has had
• 21:15
  Speaker 17: them for years Oh, I see But aren't there any newcomers?
• 21:21
  Speaker 17: I mean, somebody told me about.
• 21:23
  Speaker 3: Now, wait a minute I come to think of it,
• 21:26
  Speaker 3: I did hear something About a retired professor moving.
• 21:30
  Speaker 6: Into the big house on the edge of the moor
• 21:32
  Speaker 6: A professor? Yes Yes, that's it I can try it anyhow.
• 21:47
  Speaker 3: Yes, sir?
• 21:48
  Speaker 6: I'd like to see the master, please. What name shall
• 21:50
  Speaker 6: I say? He doesn't know my name. But you might
• 21:53
  Speaker 6: ask him if he knows Annabella Smith.
• 21:55
  Speaker 5: Yes, sir. Will you mind waiting in the... Is there
• 21:57
  Speaker 5: someone for me, George? Oh, yes, professor.
• 22:01
  Speaker 4: How do you do?
• 22:03
  Speaker 5: How do you do? My name is Hammond. I've come
• 22:07
  Speaker 5: from London. From Annabella Smith.
• 22:10
  Speaker 6: Oh.
• 22:11
  Speaker 4: Well, do come in, please.
• 22:12
  Speaker 3: You must be tired. We can talk in the library.
• 22:17
  Speaker 3: My daughter's having an engagement party. I'd rather not disturb her.
• 22:20
  Speaker 5: Yes, of course. Go right in, please. Thank you.
• 22:24
  Speaker 4: Sit down. Will you have a drink?
• 22:27
  Speaker 5: No, thank you. Well.
• 22:30
  Speaker 4: Now, what did you want to see me about, Mr. Hannay?
• 22:34
  Speaker 5: Hannay? You know me?
• 22:35
  Speaker 3: Yes. I suppose it's safe to call you by your
• 22:39
  Speaker 3: right name now. What about our mutual friend, Annabella?
• 22:43
  Speaker 5: She's been murdered.
• 22:44
  Speaker 3: I know.
• 22:45
  Speaker 5: Poor girl.
• 22:47
  Speaker 4: The police are looking for you.
• 22:49
  Speaker 5: Yes, but I didn't do it. Oh, of course you didn't.
• 22:53
  Speaker 4: But why come all this way to Scotland to tell
• 22:55
  Speaker 4: me about it?
• 22:56
  Speaker 6: Well, I believe she hoped to come to see you
• 22:57
  Speaker 6: about some air ministry secret.
• 23:00
  Speaker 5: She was killed by a foreign agent who was trying
• 23:02
  Speaker 5: to steal it.
• 23:03
  Speaker 16: Oh.
• 23:04
  Speaker 4: Did she tell you what this foreign agent looked like?
• 23:07
  Speaker 5: No, she hadn't time. She... Oh. Oh, yes. There was
• 23:11
  Speaker 5: one thing. She told me the top of his little
• 23:14
  Speaker 5: finger is missing.
• 23:15
  Speaker 4: On which hand, Mr. Hannay?
• 23:17
  Speaker 5: On the, uh... On the left, I believe.
• 23:19
  Speaker 4: Are you sure it wasn't on the right?
• 23:21
  Speaker 5: It might have been.
• 23:22
  Speaker 4: Like on, uh... My hand, Mr.
• 23:25
  Speaker 1: Hannay?
• 23:26
  Speaker 5: Good Lord. And you're... You're the one she.
• 23:29
  Speaker 4: The one she was trying to warn you against.
• 23:32
  Speaker 5: The chief.
• 23:33
  Speaker 1: Ha, ha, ha, ha.
• 23:35
  Speaker 4: You misunderstood her. She meant for you to kill me,
• 23:38
  Speaker 4: not to bring me information.
• 23:39
  Speaker 5: Yes. Well, what are we going to do about it?
• 23:42
  Speaker 3: Ah, that's just the point. What are we going to do?
• 23:47
  Speaker 3: You see, I live here as a respectable citizen.
• 23:50
  Speaker 5: I should hate to.
• 23:50
  Speaker 3: Have it known that I am not what I seem
• 23:54
  Speaker 3: to be.
• 23:55
  Speaker 4: You understand my position.
• 23:56
  Speaker 5: Oh, yes, quite.
• 23:57
  Speaker 4: What makes it doubly important that I shouldn't let you go.
• 24:01
  Speaker 3: is that I'm just about to transfer some very vital
• 24:03
  Speaker 3: information out of the country.
• 24:05
  Speaker 5: What?
• 24:06
  Speaker 15: Oh, yes.
• 24:07
  Speaker 4: I've got it already.
• 24:09
  Speaker 3: I'm afraid poor Annabella would have been too late in
• 24:11
  Speaker 3: any case.
• 24:12
  Speaker 5: Well, that's that, I suppose.
• 24:15
  Speaker 3: Yes.
• 24:16
  Speaker 5: Well, what about it, Mr.
• 24:19
  Speaker 3: Hannay?
• 24:19
  Speaker 5: What about what?
• 24:20
  Speaker 4: Yourself. It seems to me there's only one way out.
• 24:24
  Speaker 5: And what's that?
• 24:25
  Speaker 3: I've a small revolver here. Pretty little thing, isn't it?
• 24:29
  Speaker 3: Supposing I left you alone with this. The newspapers could
• 24:33
  Speaker 3: then announce tomorrow morning that the murderer had taken his
• 24:36
  Speaker 3: own life.
• 24:37
  Speaker 5: You want me to kill myself?
• 24:39
  Speaker 18: Yes.
• 24:39
  Speaker 5: You're mad. I won't do it.
• 24:41
  Speaker 3: Then I'm afraid you leave me no alternative. You should
• 24:49
  Speaker 3: have stayed in London, my friend.
• 24:53
  Speaker 5: Oh, George. George. Yes, Professor?
• 24:58
  Speaker 4: I want your help, please.
• 24:59
  Speaker 5: There's a little job for us inside.
• 25:00
  Speaker 3: Can I?
• 25:01
  Speaker 5: Yes.
• 25:02
  Speaker 3: We'll carry him to the garage. When it gets dark,
• 25:04
  Speaker 3: we can drop him off on the road somewhere.
• 25:06
  Speaker 5: Yes, sir. Come in. Where is he, sir?
• 25:11
  Speaker 4: Behind that table.
• 25:13
  Speaker 15: Here, sir?
• 25:13
  Speaker 13: Yes.
• 25:14
  Speaker 5: Pick him up and... I'm sorry, sir, but there's no
• 25:17
  Speaker 5: one here.
• 25:18
  Speaker 13: What?
• 25:19
  Speaker 5: You can see for yourself. But I... I shot him.
• 25:22
  Speaker 4: The body was lying there on the floor.
• 25:24
  Speaker 5: The body, sir? Seems to have disappeared.
• 25:27
  Speaker 12: Get out.
• 25:41
  Speaker 7: Of the road, please. What do you mean by standing
• 25:43
  Speaker 7: in front of my car? You might have been killed.
• 25:45
  Speaker 13: Sorry, lady.
• 25:46
  Speaker 5: I just wanted a lift. Would you mind.
• 25:48
  Speaker 11: Well.
• 25:50
  Speaker 5: Well, Miss Stewart, how do you do?
• 25:53
  Speaker 3: You?
• 25:54
  Speaker 9: Well, what are you doing here?
• 25:55
  Speaker 5: Richard Hanna is my name. I believe we've met. On
• 25:58
  Speaker 5: a train, wasn't it? Yes.
• 26:00
  Speaker 7: Yes, I think so.
• 26:01
  Speaker 5: Yes. Yes, if I remember correctly, you handed me over
• 26:03
  Speaker 5: to the police. You did, didn't you?
• 26:06
  Speaker 7: Oh, get away from me.
• 26:07
  Speaker 5: Oh, don't worry. I don't hold it against you, really.
• 26:09
  Speaker 7: Well, that's very kind of you.
• 26:10
  Speaker 5: Yes, isn't it? What are you doing in Kinreach?
• 26:12
  Speaker 7: I live here.
• 26:13
  Speaker 5: It's a charming place, isn't it? You know where the
• 26:15
  Speaker 5: local police station is?
• 26:16
  Speaker 7: Oh, of course I do.
• 26:17
  Speaker 5: Will you take me there? What?
• 26:18
  Speaker 9: What?
• 26:19
  Speaker 5: The police station, in a hurry, please.
• 26:21
  Speaker 19: Certainly.
• 26:22
  Speaker 7: Well, I suppose you know what you're doing.
• 26:33
  Speaker 5: Oh, yes. You see, I know who killed Annabella Smith.
• 26:36
  Speaker 7: Is that so?
• 26:37
  Speaker 5: The same man who shot me a few minutes ago.
• 26:39
  Speaker 7: Shot you?
• 26:40
  Speaker 5: Yes. Where? Right in the cigarette case. See? See?
• 26:44
  Speaker 6: There's a hole in one side of it. Handed to
• 26:45
  Speaker 6: the thing cigarette cases. If I hadn't been carrying it
• 26:47
  Speaker 6: about in my vest pocket, the hole would have been
• 26:49
  Speaker 6: in my chest.
• 26:50
  Speaker 7: And who was this arch-villain?
• 26:51
  Speaker 5: Gentleman called the professor.
• 26:53
  Speaker 7: Professor? Oh, now, you don't mean Professor Bartlett.
• 26:57
  Speaker 5: I didn't stop to inquire his last name.
• 26:59
  Speaker 7: Oh, that's very funny.
• 27:00
  Speaker 5: Oh, come now, it isn't as funny as that.
• 27:02
  Speaker 19: Do you actually mean you're going to the police with
• 27:04
  Speaker 19: this story? That Professor Bartlett shot you? That he's the
• 27:07
  Speaker 19: one who killed Annabella Smith?
• 27:08
  Speaker 5: Of course, why not?
• 27:08
  Speaker 7: Oh, and you expect them to believe it, I suppose.
• 27:12
  Speaker 5: You don't, evidently.
• 27:13
  Speaker 7: No, and neither will they. Professor Bartlett, a murderer.
• 27:16
  Speaker 19: Why, he's one of the best-liked men in the village
• 27:18
  Speaker 19: and a very good friend of the sheriff's. I'm sure
• 27:21
  Speaker 19: the sheriff will be interested in your story, Mr.
• 27:22
  Speaker 11: Hannay.
• 27:23
  Speaker 6: Yes.
• 27:24
  Speaker 5: Yes, I see your point. Hadn't occurred to me that...
• 27:27
  Speaker 5: Stop the car, please. I'm getting out.
• 27:29
  Speaker 7: Oh, no, you're not.
• 27:30
  Speaker 5: Stop this car.
• 27:31
  Speaker 19: You said you wanted to go to the police. Well,
• 27:32
  Speaker 19: that's just where you're going. And if you touch me
• 27:33
  Speaker 19: or make a move to jump, I'll turn this car
• 27:35
  Speaker 19: into a ditch.
• 27:36
  Speaker 3: Well.
• 27:38
  Speaker 5: Aren't you the sweet little thing?
• 27:39
  Speaker 7: No, you just sit tight, Mr. Haney, and don't make
• 27:42
  Speaker 7: any sudden gestures. We're going rather fast.
• 27:44
  Speaker 5: You haven't the nerve, of course. Haven't I?
• 27:46
  Speaker 7: Just try me.
• 27:47
  Speaker 5: All right, I will.
• 27:47
  Speaker 7: Don't touch that brake. Hang on.
• 27:54
  Speaker 5: Where are you? You all right?
• 27:56
  Speaker 7: Quite all right, thank you.
• 27:57
  Speaker 5: You little fool, we might have been killed. Hello there.
• 28:01
  Speaker 5: There's someone coming. Keep down.
• 28:03
  Speaker 7: Let go of me. Hello, hello.
• 28:05
  Speaker 11: Shut up.
• 28:05
  Speaker 9: Over here, Richard Haney.
• 28:07
  Speaker 5: Why, you.
• 28:08
  Speaker 7: Richard.
• 28:09
  Speaker 4: Grab that man.
• 28:10
  Speaker 5: All right, Haney, we've got you. And don't try any
• 28:12
  Speaker 5: funny business. Stand up. Yes, of course.
• 28:15
  Speaker 7: Are you the police?
• 28:15
  Speaker 4: We've been looking for you, honey.
• 28:17
  Speaker 5: Put the bracelets on him, Joe. Right you are. Put
• 28:20
  Speaker 5: out your hand. There we are.
• 28:23
  Speaker 4: Now put out the other one on the girl.
• 28:25
  Speaker 9: Here, what are you doing?
• 28:26
  Speaker 14: We are handcuffing you to your friend here.
• 28:29
  Speaker 7: Any objection?
• 28:32
  Speaker 5: Now see what you've done.
• 28:32
  Speaker 7: Oh, shut up. Listen, you can't do this. I don't
• 28:34
  Speaker 7: even know this man.
• 28:35
  Speaker 3: You ride around the country with him in a car,
• 28:37
  Speaker 3: but you don't know him.
• 28:39
  Speaker 4: Of course you don't.
• 28:40
  Speaker 7: Yes, but I'm telling you I don't.
• 28:41
  Speaker 4: Keep your mouth shut. All right, Joe. Take him to
• 28:44
  Speaker 4: our car. It's a good day's work for us.
• 28:51
  Speaker 7: Will you please move over?
• 28:53
  Speaker 5: You talking to me?
• 28:54
  Speaker 2: Yes, I am.
• 28:55
  Speaker 11: Very well.
• 28:56
  Speaker 7: Ow, my wrist.
• 28:57
  Speaker 5: Well, you asked me to move, and if I move,
• 28:59
  Speaker 5: you move with me.
• 29:00
  Speaker 11: It's a scientific fact that when two people are handcuffed together.
• 29:03
  Speaker 7: Officer, must I be chained to this man?
• 29:05
  Speaker 4: Aye, you must. And keep quiet about it.
• 29:08
  Speaker 7: Wait a moment. Where are you taking us? This isn't
• 29:11
  Speaker 7: the way to the sheriff's office.
• 29:12
  Speaker 14: Well, we're not exactly going to the sheriff's office.
• 29:16
  Speaker 5: Eh, Joe? Not exactly, no.
• 29:19
  Speaker 7: Well, where are we going?
• 29:21
  Speaker 4: Well, it's the real head we are going to see.
• 29:24
  Speaker 14: The sheriff principal.
• 29:27
  Speaker 13: Eh, Joe?
• 29:29
  Speaker 5: Aye, the sheriff principal.
• 29:31
  Speaker 7: I don't understand.
• 29:33
  Speaker 5: Would you like to have a small bet with me,
• 29:35
  Speaker 5: Pamela Stewart?
• 29:35
  Speaker 7: What do you mean?
• 29:37
  Speaker 6: I'll bet you a hundred to one that the man
• 29:38
  Speaker 6: they call the Sheriff Principal... has the top joint of
• 29:41
  Speaker 6: his little finger missing.
• 29:43
  Speaker 5: Am I right, gentlemen?
• 29:44
  Speaker 2: You shut your mouth, young fellow, or I'll shut it
• 29:47
  Speaker 2: for you. For good.
• 29:49
  Speaker 5: Ah, you see, Pamela, I win. They're taking us to
• 29:52
  Speaker 5: your old friend, the professor. Charming gentleman, the professor. Best-liked
• 29:56
  Speaker 5: man in the village and a personal friend.
• 29:59
  Speaker 7: Oh, be quiet, will you?
• 30:01
  Speaker 4: What are we stopping for?
• 30:03
  Speaker 7: Sheep.
• 30:03
  Speaker 5: A whole flock of them across the road.
• 30:05
  Speaker 4: Well, blow your horn. Maybe that'll scare them.
• 30:08
  Speaker 5: Stubborn beasts. They won't move an inch.
• 30:10
  Speaker 7: Well, come on.
• 30:11
  Speaker 4: We'll have to get out and shoo them off.
• 30:13
  Speaker 5: Here. Get on there. Shoo. Get on there. Go on.
• 30:16
  Speaker 9: Go on.
• 30:16
  Speaker 5: Get out of the way.
• 30:17
  Speaker 4: Go on.
• 30:18
  Speaker 5: Now's our chance. We'll make a run for it.
• 30:20
  Speaker 2: Run?
• 30:20
  Speaker 7: How can we?
• 30:21
  Speaker 5: Come on. When I say jump, jump and run for
• 30:22
  Speaker 5: your life.
• 30:23
  Speaker 7: Yes, but they'll catch us.
• 30:23
  Speaker 5: Go on.
• 30:24
  Speaker 11: Jump.
• 30:25
  Speaker 7: Hey, look.
• 30:26
  Speaker 5: They're getting away.
• 30:26
  Speaker 4: Stand where you are. There they go.
• 30:28
  Speaker 2: Give it to them.
• 30:29
  Speaker 5: They're shooting at us. Come on, you little fool.
• 30:33
  Speaker 12: Run for it.
• 30:38
  Speaker 7: Please, don't go so fast. You're hurting my wrist.
• 30:41
  Speaker 5: Shut up.
• 30:43
  Speaker 7: I can't go any further. I've lost my shoe.
• 30:46
  Speaker 5: Where? Oh, back there. Well, forget it. All right. Sit down.
• 30:51
  Speaker 5: Sit down for a while.
• 30:52
  Speaker 7: Do you think we've lost those men?
• 30:55
  Speaker 5: Well, it's as black as pitch on this moor. They'll
• 30:57
  Speaker 5: never find us now.
• 30:59
  Speaker 7: You know, this is all very silly. You can't escape.
• 31:01
  Speaker 7: What chance have you got handcuffed to me?
• 31:03
  Speaker 5: Keep that question for your husband when you get one. Meanwhile,
• 31:05
  Speaker 5: I'll admit that you're the white man's burden.
• 31:07
  Speaker 7: Oh, yes, I know, and I can't tell you how
• 31:09
  Speaker 7: it comforts me. Why don't you give yourself up?
• 31:11
  Speaker 5: To whom?
• 31:12
  Speaker 7: Oh, give yourself up to Scotland John.
• 31:13
  Speaker 5: Thank you, but it's a little impractical at the moment.
• 31:15
  Speaker 5: Listen to me. I told you the truth on the train,
• 31:18
  Speaker 5: and I'm telling it to you now.
• 31:19
  Speaker 6: There's a dangerous conspiracy against this country, and I'm the
• 31:21
  Speaker 6: only man who can stop it.
• 31:23
  Speaker 7: I don't believe you.
• 31:23
  Speaker 5: All right, very well, then.
• 31:25
  Speaker 6: I'm just a plain, common murderer who stabbed an innocent,
• 31:28
  Speaker 6: defenseless woman in the back in Portland Place, London. I
• 31:31
  Speaker 6: don't know how innocent you may be, but you're a woman,
• 31:34
  Speaker 6: you're defenseless, and you're alone on a desolate.
• 31:35
  Speaker 5: Moor in the dark.
• 31:36
  Speaker 6: And you're a manacle to a murderer who would stop
• 31:38
  Speaker 6: at nothing to get you off his hands. If that's
• 31:40
  Speaker 6: the story you prefer, have it, my lovely, and welcome.
• 31:43
  Speaker 7: Well, I'm not afraid of you.
• 31:44
  Speaker 5: Why not? For all you know, I murdered a woman.
• 31:47
  Speaker 5: You listen to a bit of advice.
• 31:48
  Speaker 6: From now on, you do everything I tell you.
• 31:50
  Speaker 5: To do and do it quickly.
• 31:50
  Speaker 7: No, you wretched boy.
• 31:51
  Speaker 5: I admire your pluck, but you keep a civil tongue
• 31:53
  Speaker 5: in your head. Otherwise, I might feel the next killing
• 31:55
  Speaker 5: was a bit overdue. All right, on your feet now.
• 31:58
  Speaker 7: Well, where are we going?
• 31:59
  Speaker 5: I see some lights over that way. We'll do a
• 32:01
  Speaker 5: little investigating.
• 32:02
  Speaker 7: Well, I won't go. I'm going to stay right here.
• 32:04
  Speaker 5: Pamela, are you forgetting I murdered a woman? Well... Don't
• 32:09
  Speaker 5: you strike me.
• 32:09
  Speaker 7: I'll... I'll go. What kind of a place do you
• 32:24
  Speaker 7: think this is?
• 32:25
  Speaker 11: I don't know.
• 32:27
  Speaker 5: Looks like an inn. Now, remember what I said. A
• 32:31
  Speaker 5: civil tongue or else. And you back me up in
• 32:33
  Speaker 5: everything I say I do. You understand?
• 32:35
  Speaker 12: Yeah.
• 32:36
  Speaker 5: Stay close to me and hold my hand. It'll hide
• 32:38
  Speaker 5: the handcuffs.
• 32:41
  Speaker 4: Good evening.
• 32:43
  Speaker 5: Good evening. Welcome to King's Head Tavern. And what can
• 32:47
  Speaker 5: I do for you and the lady? We had an
• 32:49
  Speaker 5: accident with our car a few miles back.
• 32:51
  Speaker 15: That's too bad now.
• 32:53
  Speaker 5: You want to stay the night, I suppose? Yes, we do.
• 32:56
  Speaker 5: And will it be two separate rooms or one?
• 32:58
  Speaker 7: Oh, two separate rooms.
• 32:59
  Speaker 5: One room, please. One. Well, which?
• 33:03
  Speaker 7: One, thank you.
• 33:04
  Speaker 5: Oh, one. And what's the name? Hawkinson. Hawkinson, yes. Henry
• 33:09
  Speaker 5: Hawkinson and Mrs. Hawkinson. Well, come along, Mr. Hawkinson. The
• 33:13
  Speaker 5: rooms are at the top of the landing. Thank you.
• 33:17
  Speaker 5: Nice place you have here. It'll do. Here's the room. Oh,
• 33:21
  Speaker 5: thank you.
• 33:22
  Speaker 4: Well.
• 33:23
  Speaker 5: Good night to you.
• 33:25
  Speaker 11: Oh, wait.
• 33:25
  Speaker 9: Oh, wait, please.
• 33:26
  Speaker 3: You.
• 33:27
  Speaker 7: You mustn't go.
• 33:28
  Speaker 5: What's the matter, lass? Is there anything wrong?
• 33:30
  Speaker 13: Yes, well.
• 33:30
  Speaker 5: Of course there's nothing wrong. She wants to tell you something,
• 33:33
  Speaker 5: that's all.
• 33:33
  Speaker 7: Yes, I want to.
• 33:34
  Speaker 5: Yes, yes, we... You see, we're a runaway couple.
• 33:37
  Speaker 7: Ah, yes, now.
• 33:38
  Speaker 1: Yes, yes.
• 33:39
  Speaker 5: As a matter of fact, we've been running all night.
• 33:42
  Speaker 5: If anyone inquires for us, you won't give us up,
• 33:44
  Speaker 5: will you? That I won't. I was young myself once.
• 33:49
  Speaker 4: Good night.
• 33:50
  Speaker 5: Good night.
• 33:51
  Speaker 2: Good night.
• 33:51
  Speaker 3: Good night.
• 33:53
  Speaker 5: Inside, Pamela.
• 33:55
  Speaker 7: Of all the outrageous things. Listen, you don't think I'm
• 33:58
  Speaker 7: going to spend the night in this room with you?
• 33:59
  Speaker 5: Personally, I don't see how you can help yourself.
• 34:01
  Speaker 7: Stop jerking my arm.
• 34:02
  Speaker 5: I'm so sorry.
• 34:03
  Speaker 6: I want to take my shoes off. My feet are tired.
• 34:05
  Speaker 6: You'd better stand here by the fire and get warm.
• 34:07
  Speaker 6: You'll be catching cold.
• 34:08
  Speaker 7: And if I did?
• 34:09
  Speaker 5: Stand by the fire.
• 34:10
  Speaker 7: Don't yell at me like that. I didn't ask to
• 34:12
  Speaker 7: come with you.
• 34:13
  Speaker 5: And I didn't invite you. But here we are. Well?
• 34:16
  Speaker 3: Well?
• 34:17
  Speaker 7: Aren't you afraid the men will find us?
• 34:19
  Speaker 5: I'm not thinking of that so much. There's some way
• 34:21
  Speaker 5: to get out of these handcuffs.
• 34:22
  Speaker 7: Oh, I have a nail file in my pocket. Maybe
• 34:24
  Speaker 7: that'll help.
• 34:25
  Speaker 11: That would be dandy. If you file 24 hours a day, 10.
• 34:29
  Speaker 5: Years from now we might be free. Imagine, tied to
• 34:32
  Speaker 5: you for 10 years. It's a horrible thought.
• 34:33
  Speaker 7: I've had enough of your insults. I'm going to tell
• 34:35
  Speaker 7: the innkeeper the whole story.
• 34:37
  Speaker 5: You want me to hang for a murder I didn't commit?
• 34:38
  Speaker 7: As long as you hang, I don't care whether you
• 34:40
  Speaker 7: committed it or not.
• 34:41
  Speaker 5: What a bloodthirsty creature you are. Haven't you any pity?
• 34:43
  Speaker 13: Nope.
• 34:44
  Speaker 9: Ow!
• 34:45
  Speaker 5: What are you up to now?
• 34:45
  Speaker 7: I'm merely trying to file a handcuff.
• 34:47
  Speaker 5: Well, don't jab me in the wrist that way. I
• 34:49
  Speaker 5: don't like it.
• 34:49
  Speaker 7: I'm sorry.
• 34:50
  Speaker 11: You're going about it in a very amateurish fashion anyway.
• 34:53
  Speaker 11: I can see you know nothing about filing handcuffs.
• 34:55
  Speaker 7: I'm sure you do. Tell me, how did you start
• 34:58
  Speaker 7: being a criminal?
• 35:00
  Speaker 5: So you want the story of my life. It's really
• 35:02
  Speaker 5: very interesting.
• 35:03
  Speaker 7: Oh, I'm sure it is.
• 35:04
  Speaker 5: I was born a poor orphan boy. From the beginning,
• 35:07
  Speaker 5: I hadn't a chance. Ouch!
• 35:08
  Speaker 7: I'm sorry it slipped.
• 35:10
  Speaker 5: Accidentally?
• 35:10
  Speaker 7: Accidentally. Go on, please.
• 35:12
  Speaker 5: I started by pilfering pennies out of other children's lockers
• 35:14
  Speaker 5: at school. And a little pocket-picking and car-pinching.
• 35:17
  Speaker 6: And at last, my efforts were rewarded and I graduated
• 35:20
  Speaker 6: into straight burglary.
• 35:21
  Speaker 7: With diploma?
• 35:22
  Speaker 5: With diploma. Oh. I killed my first man when I
• 35:25
  Speaker 5: was 19.
• 35:25
  Speaker 6: It scared me at first, but I soon got hardened
• 35:29
  Speaker 6: to it.
• 35:29
  Speaker 5: Lady, you wouldn't believe me if I told you.
• 35:38
  Speaker 4: It was your fault. The whole thing was your fault.
• 35:41
  Speaker 5: My fault? How do you make that out?
• 35:43
  Speaker 3: If you hadn't have stopped the car for those blasted sheep,
• 35:46
  Speaker 3: we'd have had the two of them in the professor's
• 35:47
  Speaker 3: parlor right now.
• 35:48
  Speaker 5: We'd better have them there as soon as what I say.
• 35:51
  Speaker 5: The professor was anxious about Hanny. Knows too much, he said.
• 35:55
  Speaker 5: Get him. Get him? We had him.
• 35:57
  Speaker 4: And the girl, too.
• 35:59
  Speaker 5: You don't suppose they'd head in somewhere, do you? Stop
• 36:02
  Speaker 5: at a tavern, I mean.
• 36:03
  Speaker 4: They might, in this weather.
• 36:05
  Speaker 5: There's a place about four miles back. King's Head Tavern,
• 36:08
  Speaker 5: it's called.
• 36:09
  Speaker 4: King's Head Tavern. That'd be somewhere near where they gave.
• 36:13
  Speaker 5: Us the slip.
• 36:14
  Speaker 4: Turn around. You'll find out.
• 36:16
  Speaker 5: Right.
• 36:16
  Speaker 4: And if we see them again, blast you.
• 36:18
  Speaker 5: Shoot straight. I will, all right.
• 36:20
  Speaker 7: You can depend upon that.
• 36:21
  Speaker 5: And little by little... And year by year, I sunk
• 36:29
  Speaker 5: lower and lower.
• 36:31
  Speaker 7: And you got better and better.
• 36:32
  Speaker 5: That's right. You might have read about me in the papers.
• 36:35
  Speaker 5: They call me Henne, the Cornish Bluebeard. And that, me lady,
• 36:39
  Speaker 5: is the audible story of me life.
• 36:40
  Speaker 7: Dear, dear, and you have such a nice face. How
• 36:43
  Speaker 7: many people have you killed altogether?
• 36:44
  Speaker 5: Uh, nine. If you don't watch the point on that
• 36:47
  Speaker 5: nail file, it may be ten. Ouch!
• 36:49
  Speaker 7: At least I'm trying to do something.
• 36:51
  Speaker 5: Well, if you don't mind, I'm going to try and
• 36:53
  Speaker 5: get some sleep. I haven't had a wink for 48 hours.
• 36:56
  Speaker 7: Well, I'm not in the least bit tired. Besides, I
• 36:59
  Speaker 7: have to stay with the fire and get dry.
• 37:00
  Speaker 14: All right.
• 37:01
  Speaker 5: You don't mind if I stretch out in the chair,
• 37:02
  Speaker 5: do you?
• 37:03
  Speaker 7: No, not at all.
• 37:04
  Speaker 5: Thank you. Good night.
• 37:07
  Speaker 7: Good night. I don't see how you can sleep at
• 37:14
  Speaker 7: a time like this.
• 37:15
  Speaker 1: Hmm?
• 37:16
  Speaker 19: I said I don't see how you can sleep at
• 37:18
  Speaker 19: a time like this.
• 37:19
  Speaker 15: I'm hardened to it.
• 37:21
  Speaker 5: That's all. Hardened criminal will sleep any time.
• 37:23
  Speaker 9: Hmm?
• 37:24
  Speaker 5: Listen.
• 37:25
  Speaker 9: Listen, did you hear that?
• 37:26
  Speaker 7: There's a car out there. It just drove up.
• 37:28
  Speaker 13: A car.
• 37:29
  Speaker 5: It's your imagination.
• 37:30
  Speaker 7: It's not my imagination. I heard a car. Oh, all right,
• 37:33
  Speaker 7: if you don't care.
• 37:34
  Speaker 5: Don't care. Just don't care.
• 37:38
  Speaker 10: Oh!
• 37:39
  Speaker 7: Don't do that! What's the matter with you anyway?
• 37:43
  Speaker 5: Oh, I'm so sorry. You mustn't get frightened, Pamela. I
• 37:46
  Speaker 5: have awful nightmares. I guess it's my conscience bothering me.
• 37:50
  Speaker 11: Good night.
• 37:50
  Speaker 1: Good night.
• 38:03
  Speaker 3: We pause for station identification. This is the Columbia Broadcasting System.
• 38:29
  Speaker 3: We pause now between the scenes of the 39 steps.
• 38:32
  Speaker 3: Robert Montgomery and Ida Lupino will be back shortly when
• 38:35
  Speaker 3: we raise the curtain on Act III in this play
• 38:37
  Speaker 3: about spies.
• 38:39
  Speaker 5: Spies may be roughly divided into two classes.
• 38:41
  Speaker 3: There are the mercenary spies who traffic in state secrets,
• 38:45
  Speaker 3: selling them for cash to the highest bidder. And there
• 38:48
  Speaker 3: are patriots who risk their lives solely for the protection
• 38:51
  Speaker 3: of their country, who receive the smallest monetary rewards, and
• 38:55
  Speaker 3: whose names never get into the newspapers. The Richard Henney
• 38:58
  Speaker 3: of our play belongs to this second group, and so
• 39:01
  Speaker 3: does tonight's guest, Major C.E. Russell of the United States
• 39:04
  Speaker 3: Army retired. Before this country entered the World War, Major
• 39:09
  Speaker 3: Russell temporarily loaned his services to Scotland Yard as one
• 39:13
  Speaker 3: of their American operatives. Back in the United States Army
• 39:16
  Speaker 3: during the war, he served on a special staff in France.
• 39:20
  Speaker 3: He later instructed our army officers in the art of
• 39:22
  Speaker 3: espionage and is the author of a standard military textbook.
• 39:26
  Speaker 5: On this subject.
• 39:27
  Speaker 3: With such a background, Major, there should be no better
• 39:30
  Speaker 3: authority to answer the question, just what are the qualifications
• 39:34
  Speaker 3: that make a valuable spy?
• 39:36
  Speaker 15: The qualifications today, Mr.
• 39:37
  Speaker 18: DeMille, are exactly the same as in biblical times, and
• 39:41
  Speaker 18: the instructions which are taught follow very closely those which
• 39:44
  Speaker 18: Moses gave to his men when he sent them forth
• 39:46
  Speaker 18: to spy out the land of Canaan. to learn what
• 39:49
  Speaker 18: the land contained, the strength of the enemy, if the
• 39:51
  Speaker 18: people were content, and how strong were the walls. Then,
• 39:55
  Speaker 18: as today, spies had to have powers of observation, of memory,
• 39:59
  Speaker 18: and description. These are the three traits that must be
• 40:02
  Speaker 18: developed in a capable espionage agent, and are the least
• 40:05
  Speaker 18: developed of all human traits. In addition, he must have
• 40:09
  Speaker 18: common sense, a good general education, and ability to take orders.
• 40:14
  Speaker 18: and preferably a knowledge of foreign languages.
• 40:16
  Speaker 3: I've noticed that the opinion held of a spy varies greatly.
• 40:20
  Speaker 3: Some people have only the greatest respect and admiration for
• 40:22
  Speaker 3: a spy. Others consider them vicious, double-dealing scoundrels who stop
• 40:26
  Speaker 3: at nothing to attain their end.
• 40:28
  Speaker 15: How well do I know that?
• 40:30
  Speaker 18: But I think these people would change their minds if
• 40:32
  Speaker 18: they only realized that spies are one of the greatest
• 40:35
  Speaker 18: forces for world peace. I am, of course, referring to
• 40:38
  Speaker 18: patriotic spies, not mercenaries. I believe that a patriotic spy,
• 40:43
  Speaker 18: by keeping his country informed of military activity in other lands,
• 40:47
  Speaker 18: enables his own nation to properly prepare itself, and a
• 40:50
  Speaker 18: properly prepared nation is a nation seldom attacked. The war
• 40:54
  Speaker 18: that they are ready for, rally comes.
• 40:56
  Speaker 3: If what I've observed is true, you soldiers who fight
• 40:59
  Speaker 3: with your brains instead of bayonets are finding more and
• 41:02
  Speaker 3: more women as your co-workers. How does a woman compare
• 41:05
  Speaker 3: with a man as a spy?
• 41:07
  Speaker 15: Very favorably, up to one point.
• 41:10
  Speaker 18: A woman's heart will rule her head much more quickly
• 41:13
  Speaker 18: than a man's. Today, there is probably one woman to
• 41:17
  Speaker 18: every two men in the world's espionage service. We've learned
• 41:20
  Speaker 18: that if you want to make a man talk, send
• 41:22
  Speaker 18: a pretty woman. And when we want to make a
• 41:25
  Speaker 18: woman talk, we make her jealous. Both theories work amazingly well.
• 41:30
  Speaker 3: It would appear to me that spying is one activity
• 41:32
  Speaker 3: which provides little or no room for modernization. Along with qualifications,
• 41:37
  Speaker 3: I presume that methods have changed little since the days
• 41:40
  Speaker 3: of Moses.
• 41:40
  Speaker 15: That's very true, Mr. DeMille.
• 41:42
  Speaker 18: There remain essentially unchanged, but there have been radical technical
• 41:46
  Speaker 18: changes in carrying out those essentials. For instance, there's a
• 41:50
  Speaker 18: machine recently developed in this country, so delicate and so
• 41:53
  Speaker 18: accurate that it can etch an invisible secret message on
• 41:56
  Speaker 18: a surface.
• 41:56
  Speaker 15: No larger than a grain of corn.
• 41:58
  Speaker 18: Or, to employ a commodity with which perhaps you're more familiar,
• 42:03
  Speaker 18: it could etch the map of an entire country on
• 42:05
  Speaker 18: a single luxe flake. And that's probably the finest, thinnest,
• 42:09
  Speaker 18: and most fragile thing I can think of for the moment.
• 42:12
  Speaker 3: I know that you can read through a flake of Lux, Major.
• 42:14
  Speaker 3: It's actually only two one-thousandths of an inch thick.
• 42:18
  Speaker 15: I see. Almost as amazing as this machine I'm speaking of.
• 42:22
  Speaker 18: Lux flakes remind me of women. And women, in turn,
• 42:25
  Speaker 18: recall an amazing spy story I encountered during the World War.
• 42:29
  Speaker 18: It concerns a Swiss opera singer who volunteered in the
• 42:32
  Speaker 18: French Red Cross as an entertainer. For two years, she
• 42:35
  Speaker 18: made periodic visits to her home in Switzerland, each time
• 42:38
  Speaker 18: using the same route over the French border. One day,
• 42:41
  Speaker 18: she started to cross and found a new officer in charge.
• 42:44
  Speaker 18: He took a good look at her and immediately ordered
• 42:46
  Speaker 18: his women assistants to search her. They returned with a
• 42:49
  Speaker 18: petticoat of this famous singer. Suspecting that it might contain
• 42:52
  Speaker 18: invisible writing, the lieutenant called for hot irons and himself
• 42:56
  Speaker 18: applied them to the petticoat. The heat revealed what had
• 42:59
  Speaker 18: been invisibly written in lemon juice. the complete working drawings
• 43:03
  Speaker 18: of a new French war tank. The reason Lieutenant had
• 43:06
  Speaker 18: suspected Madame was that before the war, he.
• 43:08
  Speaker 15: Had been a style designer in Paris.
• 43:11
  Speaker 18: One of the first things he observed about the singer
• 43:13
  Speaker 18: was that while she was dressed in the height of fashion,
• 43:16
  Speaker 18: she wore a starched petticoat, and starched petticoats had been
• 43:20
  Speaker 18: out of style for ten years.
• 43:22
  Speaker 3: To me, one of the truest utterances of the great
• 43:24
  Speaker 3: French general, Marshal Fauche, was his statement to a group
• 43:27
  Speaker 3: of his espionage agents. You will die a thousand deaths,
• 43:31
  Speaker 3: he told them, before oblivion comes, while the man in
• 43:35
  Speaker 3: the trenches dies but once.
• 43:37
  Speaker 18: And no better example can be found, Mr. DeMille, than
• 43:40
  Speaker 18: that patriot of Revolutionary War, John Honeyman. Too old to
• 43:44
  Speaker 18: carry arms, he became a confidential spy at Washington's urgent
• 43:47
  Speaker 18: request and posed as a Tory. Despised by his wife
• 43:51
  Speaker 18: and family, ostracized by his friends, he became a cattle
• 43:55
  Speaker 18: buyer for the British Army. American soldiers were ordered to
• 43:58
  Speaker 18: shoot him on sight. But John Honeyman kept his promise
• 44:01
  Speaker 18: never to disclose his real identity. Once, he allowed himself
• 44:05
  Speaker 18: to be captured, knowing he might be shot. But there
• 44:07
  Speaker 18: was a chance of being brought before Washington first. This
• 44:11
  Speaker 18: fortunately happened, and Honeyman was able to disclose to Washington
• 44:14
  Speaker 18: how some of his own men were on the verge
• 44:16
  Speaker 18: of assassinating him by placing poison in the General's food.
• 44:20
  Speaker 18: And it was John Honeyman who, on Christmas Eve, crossed
• 44:22
  Speaker 18: the Delaware alone, entered Trenton, discovered the condition of the
• 44:26
  Speaker 18: Hessian troops, and reported back to Washington on the other side.
• 44:29
  Speaker 18: On Honeyman's unsupported testimony, Washington made his celebrated crossing, won
• 44:35
  Speaker 18: his celebrated victory that turned the tide. Honeyman returned to
• 44:38
  Speaker 18: his New Jersey home after the war, still an outcast,
• 44:42
  Speaker 18: still an object of hate and scorn. His magnificent services
• 44:46
  Speaker 18: were never announced until Washington himself made a special trip
• 44:49
  Speaker 18: to Hackensack and publicly proclaimed him one of the greatest
• 44:52
  Speaker 18: heroes of the American Revolution. His example will always remain
• 44:56
  Speaker 18: a shining light to Americans who seek to serve in
• 44:59
  Speaker 18: the silent, secret, and sometimes inglorious ways of espionage.
• 45:04
  Speaker 15: I thank you.
• 45:05
  Speaker 5: Thank you, Major. That's very interesting. Very interesting.
• 45:14
  Speaker 3: Once again, The 39 Steps, starring Robert Montgomery and Ida Lupino,
• 45:17
  Speaker 3: with Isabel Jewell and Gene Lockhart.
• 45:19
  Speaker 5: The 39 Steps.
• 45:26
  Speaker 3: It's early the following morning. Richard Hannay stirs restlessly in
• 45:29
  Speaker 3: the armchair and rubs his eyes sleepily. Suddenly, he jumps
• 45:33
  Speaker 3: from the chair and stands in the middle of the room,
• 45:36
  Speaker 3: staring down at the handcuffs which are dangling from his wrist.
• 45:39
  Speaker 3: Pamela Stewart, on the other side of the room, smiles cheerily.
• 45:44
  Speaker 5: Good morning, Mr.
• 45:44
  Speaker 7: Hawkinson. Looking rather dazed this morning.
• 45:47
  Speaker 5: How did you get free?
• 45:48
  Speaker 7: Oh, very simple. A little matter of work while you
• 45:50
  Speaker 7: had your nightmares.
• 45:51
  Speaker 5: I suppose you filed the handcuffs.
• 45:53
  Speaker 7: No, darling, I picked the lock. I was trying to
• 45:56
  Speaker 7: do the same for you, but the file broke.
• 45:58
  Speaker 5: Say, what's wrong with you?
• 45:59
  Speaker 7: Oh, nothing that I know. a large, aren't they? I
• 46:03
  Speaker 7: borrowed them from the innkeeper's wife.
• 46:05
  Speaker 5: Oh, no, no, no. It's not the shoes. Why are
• 46:07
  Speaker 5: you being so nice? You don't feel ill or anything,
• 46:10
  Speaker 5: do you?
• 46:10
  Speaker 11: No.
• 46:10
  Speaker 7: Why should I?
• 46:11
  Speaker 5: Why didn't you leave? You were very anxious, too, if
• 46:14
  Speaker 5: I remember correctly.
• 46:15
  Speaker 19: Well, something happened last night that convinced me you've been
• 46:18
  Speaker 19: telling the truth.
• 46:19
  Speaker 6: May I ask what earthquake caused your mind to work
• 46:22
  Speaker 6: at last?
• 46:23
  Speaker 19: When I got free, I went downstairs. That car you
• 46:26
  Speaker 19: said I imagined belonged to our pursuers. They were sitting
• 46:28
  Speaker 19: downstairs They asked the innkeeper about us.
• 46:33
  Speaker 5: What did he say?
• 46:34
  Speaker 7: Said he hadn't seen us. Then they ordered something to eat.
• 46:37
  Speaker 7: And while they were eating, they talked a lot about, uh... Oh,
• 46:40
  Speaker 7: about the 39 steps.
• 46:41
  Speaker 5: 39 steps?
• 46:43
  Speaker 7: Oh, don't ask me what it means, because I don't know.
• 46:44
  Speaker 5: Anything else?
• 46:45
  Speaker 7: Well, they said the professor was clearing out of the country.
• 46:47
  Speaker 5: Then he has got the secret. Did they say how
• 46:49
  Speaker 5: soon he was leaving?
• 46:50
  Speaker 19: No, but they did say that he was going to
• 46:52
  Speaker 19: London first to pick up someone at a music hall.
• 46:55
  Speaker 5: 39 steps. London music hall. It doesn't make any sense.
• 47:00
  Speaker 5: Which room are these men in?
• 47:01
  Speaker 13: Oh, they left.
• 47:02
  Speaker 5: When?
• 47:02
  Speaker 7: Oh, about four or five hours ago.
• 47:04
  Speaker 5: And you let them go after hearing what they said? Oh,
• 47:06
  Speaker 5: you button-headed little idiot, you.
• 47:07
  Speaker 7: Don't you speak to me like that.
• 47:09
  Speaker 11: My dear girl, I'm accused of murder. The only way
• 47:11
  Speaker 11: I can clear myself is to expose those spies.
• 47:13
  Speaker 7: Then why don't you go to Scotland Yard?
• 47:14
  Speaker 5: What's the use? You said yourself that no one would
• 47:16
  Speaker 5: believe me.
• 47:17
  Speaker 7: Well, then why don't I go to Scotland Yard?
• 47:20
  Speaker 5: Why not? They'd listen to you.
• 47:23
  Speaker 7: Of course they would.
• 47:24
  Speaker 5: Come on, we'll get the next train for London. You
• 47:34
  Speaker 5: wish to order now, sir? No, no, thank you. I'm...
• 47:37
  Speaker 5: I'm waiting for someone. I beg your pardon, sir.
• 47:40
  Speaker 4: Your face looks familiar.
• 47:42
  Speaker 7: Are you in the cinema?
• 47:43
  Speaker 5: No, I'm not. Bring me a bottle of ale, will you?
• 47:47
  Speaker 4: Very good, sir.
• 47:48
  Speaker 7: Oh, make that two, please.
• 47:49
  Speaker 3: Yes, miss.
• 47:50
  Speaker 5: Pamela, sit down.
• 47:52
  Speaker 7: Did you think I was never coming?
• 47:53
  Speaker 5: Not exactly, but I was getting nervous waiting. Well, what happened?
• 47:55
  Speaker 5: Did you go to Scotland Yard?
• 47:57
  Speaker 6: Yes.
• 47:57
  Speaker 11: Well.
• 47:58
  Speaker 7: Prepare yourself for a shock.
• 47:59
  Speaker 6: Why?
• 47:59
  Speaker 7: They've checked every possible channel.
• 48:02
  Speaker 19: The air ministry are positive that no papers are missing
• 48:04
  Speaker 19: that will be of any possible.
• 48:05
  Speaker 7: Use to spies.
• 48:06
  Speaker 5: That's incredible.
• 48:07
  Speaker 15: Are you sure?
• 48:07
  Speaker 7: Well, that's exactly what they said.
• 48:09
  Speaker 5: I don't know what to make of it.
• 48:10
  Speaker 7: I think you've been tricked.
• 48:12
  Speaker 5: Well, it certainly is all very bewildering.
• 48:15
  Speaker 7: Oh, I'm sorry, Richard. Really, I am. Look, I think
• 48:18
  Speaker 7: you'd better go now.
• 48:19
  Speaker 5: Go where?
• 48:20
  Speaker 7: Oh, any place. Leave the country.
• 48:22
  Speaker 5: I'll help you.
• 48:23
  Speaker 7: You?
• 48:24
  Speaker 19: Oh, I know it sounds funny, but somehow I couldn't
• 48:27
  Speaker 19: bear the thought of him catching you again.
• 48:29
  Speaker 15: Why, Pamela?
• 48:30
  Speaker 7: Oh, I don't know. I guess I've just changed my
• 48:32
  Speaker 7: mind about you, that's all. Of course, you're as vain
• 48:34
  Speaker 7: as a peacock and I couldn't stand you for any
• 48:36
  Speaker 7: length of time, but you're not so bad.
• 48:39
  Speaker 11: Well, you're not so bad either. If I were in
• 48:43
  Speaker 11: this jam, I'd... What? Nothing.
• 48:46
  Speaker 5: Come on, let's get out of here.
• 48:47
  Speaker 7: No, no, you better stay. I'll come and get you
• 48:49
  Speaker 7: a ticket for Liverpool. There ought to be a boat
• 48:50
  Speaker 7: trip soon.
• 48:51
  Speaker 16: Pamela!
• 48:51
  Speaker 9: Well, what's the matter?
• 48:52
  Speaker 7: What are you staring at?
• 48:53
  Speaker 5: Look out the window. Do you see that billboard across
• 48:55
  Speaker 5: the street?
• 48:55
  Speaker 4: Yes.
• 48:56
  Speaker 7: Is there anything strange about it?
• 48:57
  Speaker 5: A list of acts playing this week at the Palladium.
• 48:59
  Speaker 5: The feature attraction is Mr. Memory.
• 49:01
  Speaker 7: But I don't understand. Come on.
• 49:02
  Speaker 5: We're going to get out of here.
• 49:03
  Speaker 7: Well, where are we going now?
• 49:03
  Speaker 16: The Palladium.
• 49:04
  Speaker 7: But why?
• 49:04
  Speaker 5: I don't know, but we're going just the same.
• 49:07
  Speaker 12: Here are your seats, sir. First two on the aisle.
• 49:14
  Speaker 12: Thank you.
• 49:14
  Speaker 3: Sit down.
• 49:20
  Speaker 5: Pamela.
• 49:20
  Speaker 7: This is silly. In the first place, the show is
• 49:22
  Speaker 7: almost over. If anyone sees you here, what are you
• 49:26
  Speaker 7: looking for?
• 49:27
  Speaker 10: Be quiet.
• 49:27
  Speaker 5: I'm just playing a hunch, that's all.
• 49:28
  Speaker 7: You're playing a fool to ask me.
• 49:31
  Speaker 8: Ladies and gentlemen, with your kind permission and attention, I
• 49:36
  Speaker 8: now have the honor to present to you one of
• 49:39
  Speaker 8: the most remarkable men in the world. I present Mr.
• 49:44
  Speaker 15: Memory.
• 49:45
  Speaker 5: Pamela. What?
• 49:46
  Speaker 6: Look at that right-hand box nearest the stage.
• 49:50
  Speaker 5: You see that small man sitting in front?
• 49:52
  Speaker 12: Why, yes.
• 49:52
  Speaker 5: It's the professor. The professor himself.
• 49:54
  Speaker 7: You'd better get out of here before they see you. No, no, no.
• 49:56
  Speaker 5: Sit down. Listen.
• 49:58
  Speaker 8: Every day he commits to memory 50 new facts.
• 50:02
  Speaker 4: And he remembers every one of them.
• 50:04
  Speaker 8: Facts from history, from geography, from newspapers, from scientific textbooks.
• 50:12
  Speaker 5: Pamela, I've got it. I've got it.
• 50:14
  Speaker 9: What?
• 50:15
  Speaker 5: Don't you see the details of this air ministry secret
• 50:17
  Speaker 5: have been borrowed, memorized by Mr. Memory, and then put
• 50:19
  Speaker 5: back again before anyone could know?
• 50:20
  Speaker 7: That's it.
• 50:21
  Speaker 9: Of course it is.
• 50:21
  Speaker 5: Pardon me, sir, but there's a gentleman who would like
• 50:24
  Speaker 5: to speak to you.
• 50:24
  Speaker 7: Who, me?
• 50:25
  Speaker 5: You, Richard Addy.
• 50:26
  Speaker 11: Well, I.
• 50:27
  Speaker 15: You're under arrest.
• 50:28
  Speaker 5: Wait, officer.
• 50:29
  Speaker 10: Preston!
• 50:30
  Speaker 5: Listen, there's something here you ought to know. That'll be it, Annie.
• 50:32
  Speaker 5: Come along to our place.
• 50:33
  Speaker 7: Yes, but you must listen to him. That man on
• 50:34
  Speaker 7: the stage can.
• 50:35
  Speaker 5: Come on, we don't want any excitement here. All right,
• 50:37
  Speaker 5: I'll go quietly.
• 50:38
  Speaker 7: Richard, you're not... Distance from Montreal.
• 50:40
  Speaker 5: 1,424 miles. Am I right? Thank you. Question, please. Do
• 50:43
  Speaker 5: not hesitate.
• 50:43
  Speaker 4: Your question, please.
• 50:45
  Speaker 7: Wait a minute.
• 50:46
  Speaker 13: Mr.
• 50:46
  Speaker 3: Memory, what are the 39 steps?
• 50:47
  Speaker 14: Come on, answer up.
• 50:49
  Speaker 5: What are the 39 steps? Uh.
• 51:02
  Speaker 5: The 39 Steps.
• 51:05
  Speaker 3: The 39 Steps is a secret organization aided by professionals.
• 51:12
  Speaker 5: There's a man up there in the box. He's the
• 51:15
  Speaker 5: one who shot him. Stop that man. Stop that man.
• 51:18
  Speaker 5: Stop him.
• 51:18
  Speaker 7: Stop him.
• 51:19
  Speaker 12: I want to see Mr. Memory, please.
• 51:31
  Speaker 11: Where's his dressing room? Number five, but you can't go
• 51:33
  Speaker 11: in now. Well, I'm afraid we have to. Detective, have
• 51:35
  Speaker 11: you a pencil and a piece of paper?
• 51:36
  Speaker 3: Yes.
• 51:37
  Speaker 5: I want you to write down everything you hear.
• 51:39
  Speaker 4: But listen here, I.
• 51:40
  Speaker 7: Do as he tells you, please.
• 51:41
  Speaker 5: I'm going to.
• 51:42
  Speaker 6: Prove to you that the man who shot Memory is
• 51:44
  Speaker 6: the murderer of Annabella Smith.
• 51:49
  Speaker 5: What is it? We want to see Mr. Memory. How
• 51:52
  Speaker 5: is he, Doctor?
• 51:52
  Speaker 3: Very bad.
• 51:53
  Speaker 5: Did they get the man who shot him? We got
• 51:55
  Speaker 5: him all right. He'll hang for it, too.
• 51:57
  Speaker 11: Oh.
• 51:58
  Speaker 13: Mr.
• 51:58
  Speaker 5: Memory... Mr. Memory, can you hear me? Yes.
• 52:02
  Speaker 7: Mr.
• 52:03
  Speaker 5: Memory, there's something I'd like you to tell us, please.
• 52:06
  Speaker 9: Yes.
• 52:08
  Speaker 5: What was the secret formula you were taking abroad?
• 52:12
  Speaker 7: Will it be all right, my telling you?
• 52:15
  Speaker 13: It was a big job learning it. The biggest I've
• 52:19
  Speaker 13: ever tackled. I don't want to throw it away, sir.
• 52:24
  Speaker 5: It will be quite all right. The first feature of
• 52:29
  Speaker 5: the new.
• 52:32
  Speaker 13: Greatly increased ratio of compression represented by the formula 1
• 52:42
  Speaker 13: minus 1 over r to the power of gamma minus
• 52:49
  Speaker 13: 1 where r represents the ratio of compression and gamma
• 52:56
  Speaker 13: dimensions of cylinders diameter This device renders the engine completely.
• 53:09
  Speaker 5: Silent.
• 53:11
  Speaker 13: The exhaust gases impinging on a series entirely eliminating all sound.
• 53:21
  Speaker 3: Am I right?
• 53:24
  Speaker 5: Am I right, sir? That's quite right, old chap.
• 53:27
  Speaker 12: Thank you, sir.
• 53:30
  Speaker 13: I'm glad it's all.
• 53:36
  Speaker 5: Memory. Mr.
• 53:39
  Speaker 10: Memory.
• 53:39
  Speaker 5: Richard, what is it? The Air Ministry's secret. We'll never
• 53:44
  Speaker 5: leave England.
• 53:51
  Speaker 15: This way, please.
• 53:52
  Speaker 5: We can pick up the police car in the corner.
• 53:54
  Speaker 5: The police car? Where are you taking us?
• 53:56
  Speaker 15: The Scotland Yard, of course.
• 53:58
  Speaker 5: Scotland Yard.
• 53:59
  Speaker 7: But you can't do that. You heard what that man said.
• 54:00
  Speaker 7: He didn't kill anybody.
• 54:01
  Speaker 5: Easy now, easy. He'll be all right.
• 54:05
  Speaker 4: All we want is to put the story on the record.
• 54:08
  Speaker 7: Oh, that's better.
• 54:09
  Speaker 5: You've nothing to worry about at all.
• 54:12
  Speaker 4: He'll be a free man in a now, Mrs.
• 54:14
  Speaker 5: Haney.
• 54:15
  Speaker 4: Haney?
• 54:16
  Speaker 7: Well, what are you talking about?
• 54:17
  Speaker 4: Well, I.
• 54:18
  Speaker 15: Oh, Mrs.
• 54:19
  Speaker 9: Haney.
• 54:20
  Speaker 5: I'm sorry. I thought... That would be just fine, that would.
• 54:23
  Speaker 5: We were together for one day, one day, and we
• 54:25
  Speaker 5: fought for 24 hours.
• 54:27
  Speaker 7: 20? You were asleep four hours.
• 54:29
  Speaker 5: Can you imagine what it would be like? Fight for breakfast,
• 54:31
  Speaker 5: fight for lunch, fight for dinner.
• 54:33
  Speaker 11: One long, drawn-out battle for the next 30 or 40 years.
• 54:36
  Speaker 7: Oh, 30 or 40 years. Do you think we could
• 54:38
  Speaker 7: keep it up that long? I mean, really.
• 54:42
  Speaker 5: Well, we could try.
• 55:13
  Speaker 3: Robert Montgomery and Ida Lupino have completed the 39 steps,
• 55:17
  Speaker 3: but they'll take a 40th when they return later to
• 55:19
  Speaker 3: the microphone.
• 55:20
  Speaker 5: First, a word from Melville Roick. Thank you, Mr.
• 55:23
  Speaker 4: DeMille.
• 55:24
  Speaker 3: Just a moment for a suggestion to the women who
• 55:26
  Speaker 3: begin when winter comes to be bothered by rough, chapped hands.
• 55:30
  Speaker 3: Perhaps they don't realize that the trouble may start in
• 55:32
  Speaker 3: the simple daily task of washing the dishes.
• 55:35
  Speaker 5: Here's the reason.
• 55:37
  Speaker 3: There are oils in your skin which give it a
• 55:39
  Speaker 3: protective coating against cold weather outdoors and steam heat indoors.
• 55:46
  Speaker 5: Are dried up.
• 55:47
  Speaker 3: Your skin gets rough and red. To protect these beauty oils,
• 55:51
  Speaker 3: simply change from your harsh soap to Luxe Flakes. Women
• 55:56
  Speaker 3: find the difference between Luxe and ordinary soaps for dishes
• 55:59
  Speaker 3: almost unbelievable. They feel it the moment they put their
• 56:02
  Speaker 3: hands in the dishpan. There is no sting in the
• 56:05
  Speaker 3: very gentle, soothing Luxe suds. Almost at once, your hands
• 56:09
  Speaker 3: will begin to look smoother and whiter. Begin tomorrow to
• 56:12
  Speaker 3: keep your hands lovely. by washing dishes with Lux Flakes.
• 56:17
  Speaker 3: I turn you back now to Mr.
• 56:19
  Speaker 5: DeMille. At the moment, both our stars.
• 56:23
  Speaker 3: Robert Montgomery and Ida Lupino, are having a breathing spell
• 56:26
  Speaker 3: between pictures.
• 56:27
  Speaker 5: Bob is back after six weeks in the East.
• 56:30
  Speaker 3: And Ida's been indulging in her favorite avocation, composing music.
• 56:34
  Speaker 5: And not just simple little ballads, Mr. DeMille, but the
• 56:36
  Speaker 5: real thing.
• 56:37
  Speaker 11: Not so long ago, the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra played
• 56:40
  Speaker 11: Ida's symphony, Aladdin and the Lamp.
• 56:43
  Speaker 19: Oh, thanks for the nice boost, Bob. You know, composing's
• 56:45
  Speaker 19: really very exciting, although I had no thought of attempting
• 56:48
  Speaker 19: it until two years ago. It was just about this
• 56:50
  Speaker 19: time of year I was riding in a taxi cab
• 56:52
  Speaker 19: down Hollywood Boulevard. The street was crowded with Christmas traffic.
• 56:56
  Speaker 19: And all of a sudden, the noise seemed to take
• 56:58
  Speaker 19: the form.
• 56:58
  Speaker 7: And tempo of a melody.
• 57:00
  Speaker 19: Well, I rushed right home, worked straight through till morning,
• 57:03
  Speaker 19: and there it was, and I've been at.
• 57:04
  Speaker 7: It ever since.
• 57:05
  Speaker 5: What's your latest composition?
• 57:07
  Speaker 19: Something I've just sent to London. A score and book
• 57:09
  Speaker 19: for a musical comedy. Look, I hope no one's going
• 57:11
  Speaker 19: to get the impression that I think I'm a great musician.
• 57:14
  Speaker 19: In fact, I know so little that I often use
• 57:15
  Speaker 19: a code to take the place of notes and musical
• 57:17
  Speaker 19: symbols until I have time to figure out what I'm
• 57:19
  Speaker 19: trying to do. I use the letters of the alphabet
• 57:22
  Speaker 19: for a code. If you ever saw one of my scores,
• 57:24
  Speaker 19: you'd think someone had spilled alphabet soup.
• 57:26
  Speaker 7: On an orchestration sheet.
• 57:28
  Speaker 19: But I think our listeners are a lot more interested
• 57:30
  Speaker 19: in what Bob's next picture is going to be than
• 57:31
  Speaker 19: in my music.
• 57:32
  Speaker 7: So, Bob, suppose you tell them.
• 57:33
  Speaker 5: Well, if I knew, I'd be glad to. I'm having
• 57:36
  Speaker 5: story difficulties at the moment. Don't we all? Can't you
• 57:39
  Speaker 5: find the right one?
• 57:40
  Speaker 6: Well, the trouble is I've found the right two. And
• 57:42
  Speaker 6: MGM and I can't make up our minds which will
• 57:44
  Speaker 6: make the better picture. Number one is a light comedy.
• 57:47
  Speaker 6: The type of story that audiences have been favoring so
• 57:50
  Speaker 6: much lately. Plenty of laughs and sophistication. Number two, also
• 57:54
  Speaker 6: a modern story, presents a definite problem of living that
• 57:57
  Speaker 6: any one of us might have to face. A very
• 58:00
  Speaker 6: interesting story for an actor.
• 58:01
  Speaker 5: But the question is, will it interest an audience? And
• 58:04
  Speaker 5: in the meantime, you're a first shot of him, sir. Exactly.
• 58:07
  Speaker 6: And since that's not a very comfortable spot to be in,
• 58:10
  Speaker 6: perhaps the Lux Radio Theater audience will help me out.
• 58:13
  Speaker 6: I'd really be very grateful if you'd drop a card
• 58:15
  Speaker 6: or a note to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, to me, or the Lux
• 58:18
  Speaker 6: Radio Theater, and let us know which of these two
• 58:20
  Speaker 6: types of pictures you.
• 58:21
  Speaker 5: Prefer to see.
• 58:23
  Speaker 6: A light comedy, or a story with a social problem.
• 58:26
  Speaker 6: In the meantime, my thanks and good night.
• 58:29
  Speaker 9: Good night, Mr.
• 58:29
  Speaker 11: DeMille.
• 58:30
  Speaker 3: Good night, Ida.
• 58:31
  Speaker 5: Good night, Bob.
• 58:43
  Speaker 3: Thank you, Robert Montgomery and Ida Lupino. Ladies and gentlemen,
• 58:47
  Speaker 3: this is your announcer, Melville Ruick.
• 58:49
  Speaker 5: Mr.
• 58:49
  Speaker 3: DeMille returns in just a moment with news of next
• 58:52
  Speaker 3: week's play and stars. In our cast tonight were Leonard
• 58:56
  Speaker 3: Mewdy as Professor Bartlett, Reginald Sheffield, Herbert Evans, and Keith
• 59:00
  Speaker 3: Kenneth as detectives, Lionel Belmore as innkeeper, Vernon Steele as
• 59:05
  Speaker 3: cart driver, Edgar Norton as manager of the music hall,
• 59:08
  Speaker 3: Eric Wilkinson as director, and Raymond Lawrence as Cockney travelers,
• 59:13
  Speaker 3: Ward Lane as butler, Eric Snowden and Norman Ainsley as scotchman,
• 59:17
  Speaker 3: Sybil Harris as a rowdy, and Phyllis Coghlan as a woman.
• 59:22
  Speaker 3: Louis Silvers appeared through courtesy of 20th Century Fox Studios,
• 59:25
  Speaker 3: where he was in charge of music for the new
• 59:27
  Speaker 3: picture Love and Hisses.
• 59:30
  Speaker 5: And now, our producer.
• 59:34
  Speaker 3: One of the most glamorous beauties of the screen that
• 59:37
  Speaker 3: the screen has ever known appears in the Lux Radio
• 59:39
  Speaker 3: Theater next Monday night.
• 59:41
  Speaker 5: Marlena Dietrich.
• 59:44
  Speaker 3: Our play is taken from the highly successful motion picture
• 59:48
  Speaker 3: in which Miss Dietrich starred.
• 59:50
  Speaker 5: The Song of Songs.
• 59:52
  Speaker 3: The love story of a Viennese girl and the three
• 59:54
  Speaker 3: men who tried to win her. Miss Dietrich will be
• 59:56
  Speaker 3: surrounded by an all-star cast headed by Douglas.
• 59:59
  Speaker 5: Fairbanks, Jr., with Lionel Atwell.
• 1:00:13
  Speaker 3: Our sponsors, the makers of Lux Flakes, join me in
• 1:00:16
  Speaker 3: inviting you to be with us again next Monday night
• 1:00:18
  Speaker 3: when the Lux Radio Theater presents Marlena Dietrich, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.
• 1:00:23
  Speaker 5: and Lionel Atwell in The Song of Songs.
• 1:00:26
  Speaker 3: The special guest of the evening will be the creator
• 1:00:29
  Speaker 3: of Mickey Mouse and the Silly Symphonies, Mr.
• 1:00:32
  Speaker 5: Walt Disney. This is Cecil B.
• 1:00:34
  Speaker 3: DeMille saying goodnight to you from Hollywood.
• 1:00:40
  Speaker 5: This is the Columbia Broadcasting System. Thank you.
• 1:00:57
  Speaker 1: This concludes Lux Radio Theater's The 39 Steps. Follow Lux
• 1:01:01
  Speaker 1: Radio Theater for more classic broadcasts.