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Hi.
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Rudy, listen, you're the
manager of this dump.
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It's your place to see that those
kids keep their stuff where it belongs.
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Oh now, they're nice
kids. I know them all.
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They don't mean any
harm, Miss Jordan.
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What do you have in the bags?
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Mr. Schuyler sent me down to buy
some trick-or-treat stuff for the kids.
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Well, I'm not giving anything to
the little monsters around here.
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You know, I'm gonna be awful
sorry to see Mr. Schuyler leave.
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Maybe he's not
the only one leaving.
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Mr. Schuyler?
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Come in, Rudy.
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Hey, it's a little
early for that, isn't it?
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I always shave in the morning.
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What's that got to
do with drinking?
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I prefer the aftershave
lotion on the inside.
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Did you get plenty of candy and
bubble gum for the kids, Rudy?
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Lots of it... Just like you
told me, Mr. Schuyler.
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- Good. Pour yourself a drink.
- Thank you.
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Hey, we're not
gonna be here tonight.
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Why'd you bother getting
all that trick-or-treat junk?
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We're not leaving
for the party till 10:00.
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- Now plenty of kids will stop by before
then.
- Hmm.
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What's that?
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The costume you're
gonna wear tonight.
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How about that?
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You are a clown, you know, Phil?
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Rudy, somebody wants you.
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Oh, somebody always wants me.
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Hey, why don't you ask me
what I'm wearing to the party?
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Hmm, why don't I?
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Vera, what are you
going to wear tonight?
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Da dum!
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Cigarettes, candy, cigarettes?
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This is the costume I'm wearing in the bit
part I do for Charlie Noymann's picture.
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Boy, would the wardrobe
department be furious
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if they found out I
borrowed it for a party.
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Like?
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There are things about the Royal
Pacific Court that I'm going to miss.
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You know, you wouldn't
have to miss anything...
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if the two of us went to Mexico.
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Cigarette girls aren't supposed
to sit down with their customers.
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I know,
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but you're a very
special customer.
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Mr. Schuyler's bungalow is right
around here. You a friend of his?
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I'm his brother-in-law,
not his friend.
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Oh, I guess you dropped by
to wish him bon voyage, huh?
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Is he going somewhere?
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Oh, he's leaving for
Mexico next week. Here it is.
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Mr. Schuyler?
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Ahem. You've got company.
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Frank, what are
you doing in L.A.?
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I came to see you.
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Um, this is my brother-in-law,
Frank MacManus; Vera Jordan.
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How do you do?
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Um, Vera isn't really
a cigarette girl. She's...
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I'm not interested in the
occupation or profession
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- that occupies Miss Jordan's time.
- Real charmer, isn't he?
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Look, Phil, I've got to
run. I'll see you tonight.
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How about a drinkie?
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There we are.
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I forgot... you don't drink.
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And I hadn't forgotten
that you do very little else.
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The manager tells me that you're
leaving for Mexico next week.
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That's right.
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Well, I'm not surprised
that you wouldn't bother
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keeping us posted on your plans.
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I've had it, Phil.
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You're no good and
you never will be.
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I warned you the last time that I
wasn't taking any more trouble from you.
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- Talking for yourself or my sister?
- Both of us.
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Being my wife's brother doesn't give
you the right to sign my name to a check.
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I thought I could pay you
back before you found out.
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So I didn't. So what?
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Two handwriting experts
are ready to testify in court
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that this signature
is a forgery.
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You know, most people think that
they have to work in order to survive.
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But of course that thought
would never occur to you.
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Relax, Frankie, relax.
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My financial worries
are over for good.
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I'm gonna be rich.
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Well, this forged
check is for $3,000.
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- Do you have it?
- No, but I can get it.
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You'd better get it.
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Because if I don't have this money
by the time I leave Los Angeles tonight,
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I am going to proffer
charges against you...
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Criminal charges.
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Is that clear, Mr. Schuyler?
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Winthrope residence.
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Yes, Mr. Schuyler.
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Yes, Mr. White is back from
Europe, but he's not at home.
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He's at the university.
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She's listening.
Be quiet, please.
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Yes, I'll tell him,
Mr. Schuyler.
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Grace dear, I dislike
constantly reminding you
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that this is the White residence
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and that I am Mrs. Damion
White, not Miss Winthrope.
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I'm sorry, Mrs. White.
It won't happen again.
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Mona, stop making about who
gets what billing here at your house
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and listen to the score.
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I've got to have your
decision today... now!
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I tell you, this is the greatest
musical Alex Chase ever wrote.
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Tailor-made for you,
baby, believe me.
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That song, Jerry, that song.
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That's the title song
from Pearls and Jade?
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Well, it's only a tape recording
from a rehearsal run-through
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at the Santa Barbara try-out.
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And Lucy's voice isn't much,
but just listen to it, Mona.
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And more than anything else,
that one song is why I called
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and insisted you put an end to this
crazy two-year honeymoon of yours,
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come back from Europe
immediately and go to work again.
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If I agree to go back to
work and star in Alex's show,
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Charlie Noymann will finance
a Broadway run and a picture?
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That show with
that song in it, right?
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We'll recast the show.
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You'll take over the starring
role. One week in Boston. Ho ho!
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Then look out, Times Square.
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With you starring in it, Pearls and
Jade could run on Broadway for years.
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Then the multimillion-dollar movie
musical starring Mona Winthrope
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in her triumphant
return to the screen.
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Jerry Janda, even without
those ridiculous elevator shoes,
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you are the biggest and the
best agent in all of Hollywood.
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You'll... you'll do it, Mona?
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Do it? Of course I'll do it.
Nothing would make me happier.
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- Oh, Mr. White.
- Hello, Grace. Mona, that song.
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Oh, Damion.
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I didn't expect you home till
just before the party tonight.
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I have to get right back.
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I forgot to take some papers
to the university this morning.
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Hello, Jerry. How's
the agency business?
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Ho ho! Booming,
Professor... booming.
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Come to the studio
with me, Mona.
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Having Charlie hear you
rave about Alex's score
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may keep his fingers from trembling
when he steers his pen across the bottom
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of the most expensive
contract he ever signed!
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Charlie can wait.
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Right now I'm going to
rush right over to Alex's.
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I think the talented composer
deserves to hear me rave
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much more than Charlie Noymann.
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Mona, I started
to ask you about...
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- Later, darling. Later.
- Bye, Professor.
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Oh, Damion, don't be late
for the party tonight, huh?
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Oh, Mr. White, there's been a
Mr. Schuyler... Mr. Philip Schuyler...
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Trying to reach you on
the phone all morning.
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Phil? That's a coincidence.
Okay, thank you, Grace.
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- Oh, Grace?
- Yes, sir?
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When I came into the house
just now, I heard a song.
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Mr. Janda, the agent, brought a tape
recording over to play for Miss Winth...
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Oh, I'm sorry... Mrs. White.
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Well, what did she say about the
song... The one they were listening to?
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She seemed quite
excited about it.
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Is there anything else, sir?
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Did that Mr. Schuyler
leave a number?
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Oh yes.
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It's Olive-4-1654.
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Thank you, Grace.
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Phil, Damion White.
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Fine, fine. We got back
from Europe late last night.
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Yes, I know you've
been calling me, Phil.
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But look, there's something
I've got to talk to you about.
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Now... now listen, Phil.
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What are you talking about?
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Unless you want to see me in
jail, you'll have to give me $3,000...
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this afternoon, Damion.
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$3,000?
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Well well, the
barefooted Bernhardt.
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Beauty and talent both...
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Divine actress,
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superbly endowed
by a beneficent deity.
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I guess her husband's
pretty talented too.
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Which means what?
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Oh, you'll find out when
she asks about the song.
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Well, back to the well.
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Alex!
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Hi, Alex!
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Mona, Mona, darling Hey,
baby, you're soaking wet.
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- Yes. I love it.
- Come on. Freda's inside.
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The score is divine, Alex... simply
divine. It's such beautiful music.
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- Then you'll do the show?
- Of course. Hello, Freda.
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How's my favorite
composer's favorite wife?
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Flat where I should be sharp.
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- Here, dear, have a drink.
- Thank you.
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To Pearls and Jade,
to its wonderful star,
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and to success.
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To lots of money. Hear hear.
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To a beautiful show with an
even more beautiful title song
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which you stole from my
husband, you nasty stinker.
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Oh!
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Oh. Oh, the second act of, um...
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Shanghai Wife. Or was
it Hong Kong Widow?
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Freda, you're disgusting
when you drink.
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I think she may
really be angry, Alex.
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Here, you've got
jam on your face.
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And you've got booze on the brain.
Another drink, you may fall off that stool.
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And what will you fall off if your very
best friend sues you for plagiarism?
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What are you talking
about? I stole nobody's song...
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Not Damion's... nobody's.
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Pearls and Jade is mine,
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an original Alexander
Chase song.
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Yes, stolen from an original
melody by Professor Damion White,
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composed over two years ago.
Or didn't you think I'd recognize it
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with those upside-down
Gershwin lyrics you added?
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This is ridiculous.
Freda, baby, tell her.
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Tell her how wrong she is.
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Mona, Alex says to
tell you you're wrong.
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You see, he lies
and I swear to it.
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Damion was playing
that tune on a piano
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at a party the night I met
him... No words, just melody.
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My own private melody that you
heard me hum more than once, Alex.
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Professors, soda jerks,
gas-station attendants...
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Everybody's a
songwriter. Oh, Mona baby,
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I've written thousands of melodies and
completely forgotten hundreds of them.
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So I hear a song; so it's
like one of mine. So what?
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I forget it, that's all.
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Oh, "like"? Pearls and
Jade is like Damion's song?
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Really, Alex, I do think
that puny little beard of yours
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is just a set of earmuffs
temporarily out of place.
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All right, all right, so
there is a slight similarity.
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So how many notes are there in
the scales? So I'll pay him for it.
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Only no credit. Only my name
alone goes on Pearls and Jade.
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Mona, be reasonable.
I need this show.
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Without the song
there's no show.
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I need this credit...
a solo credit.
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Perry Mason, please. This is Mona
White... Mona Winthrope calling.
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Damion's a professor,
a well-known teacher.
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What does a song
credit mean to him?
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Nothing. But a great deal to me.
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We're going up to Santa
Barbara tomorrow to see the try-out
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and I want to surprise him...
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His wife starring in a
show with him name on it.
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Perry? Perry darling.
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Mona. When did you get back?
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Mmm.
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You've already compared
the songs? No doubt about it.
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Songs? What are
you talking about?
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00:13:02,682 --> 00:13:06,084
I see... out and out plagiarism.
238
00:13:06,219 --> 00:13:08,051
No legal question of it at all?
239
00:13:08,187 --> 00:13:12,750
Mona, if you're using
me as a legal shoe-horn,
240
00:13:12,892 --> 00:13:15,487
I warn you there'll be a
bill at the end of the month.
241
00:13:15,628 --> 00:13:18,188
We can sue for how much?
242
00:13:18,331 --> 00:13:20,493
As much as that, Perry?
243
00:13:20,633 --> 00:13:24,195
Tonight's Halloween,
not April Fool's Day.
244
00:13:24,337 --> 00:13:26,238
Who is it you're
bamboozling this time?
245
00:13:26,372 --> 00:13:29,399
Perfect, Perry,
perfect. Let's do that.
246
00:13:29,542 --> 00:13:31,977
Goodbye for now.
247
00:13:34,547 --> 00:13:36,516
What do you know? It's empty.
248
00:13:36,649 --> 00:13:38,345
Freda, I think I'll
have another one.
249
00:13:38,484 --> 00:13:42,683
You'd better have
one too, Alex... double.
250
00:13:48,194 --> 00:13:50,306
The day after Pearls and
Jade open in New York,
251
00:13:50,330 --> 00:13:53,664
every studio in town will be
bidding sky high for the picture rights.
252
00:13:53,800 --> 00:13:57,567
How can you waste time
haggling over the price, Charlie?
253
00:13:57,704 --> 00:14:01,232
The last three musicals Alex wrote
died before they ever got to New York.
254
00:14:01,374 --> 00:14:05,072
Nobody was interested in
buying the motion-picture rights.
255
00:14:05,211 --> 00:14:09,080
So why should Charles Noymann
Productions be interested in this show?
256
00:14:09,215 --> 00:14:13,448
Pearls and Jade isn't going to die.
We'll all make a fortune and you know it.
257
00:14:13,586 --> 00:14:18,047
Come on, Charlie. Here... take your
pen and let's get this over with, huh?
258
00:14:26,699 --> 00:14:28,861
You're a good agent, Janda...
259
00:14:29,001 --> 00:14:33,132
Too good not to know that a deal
like this isn't going to run away.
260
00:14:33,272 --> 00:14:38,074
Now tonight at the party Mona's
going to give at her beach house...
261
00:14:38,211 --> 00:14:42,979
Tonight I'll make an
announcement and sign.
262
00:14:43,116 --> 00:14:46,484
Hey, what's the matter with you?
You keep staring at that whiskey glass
263
00:14:46,619 --> 00:14:49,555
like it was a crystal
ball or something.
264
00:14:49,689 --> 00:14:52,591
Maybe I'm looking
into my soul, Vera.
265
00:14:52,725 --> 00:14:55,923
Hmm.
266
00:14:56,062 --> 00:14:58,588
Ah! Know what?
267
00:14:58,731 --> 00:15:01,667
Phil Schuyler is a louse.
268
00:15:19,819 --> 00:15:22,414
Would you send a cab
to the Royal Pacific Court?
269
00:15:22,555 --> 00:15:24,751
1840 Hollyhurst Street.
270
00:15:24,891 --> 00:15:26,450
Thank you.
271
00:15:26,592 --> 00:15:28,925
- Hey, where are you going?
- Malibu.
272
00:15:29,061 --> 00:15:31,381
Well, what about the party
we're supposed to go to tonight?
273
00:15:31,431 --> 00:15:33,764
I'll be back in plenty of time.
274
00:15:36,569 --> 00:15:38,697
Trick or treat!
275
00:15:38,838 --> 00:15:42,275
I wouldn't want to cross this bunch.
Give them something quick, Vera.
276
00:15:52,318 --> 00:15:56,346
Vera, do me a favor... stay here
and dole out the candy until I get back.
277
00:15:56,489 --> 00:15:58,549
If my brother-in-law
stops by while I'm gone,
278
00:15:58,691 --> 00:16:00,023
give him this.
279
00:16:00,159 --> 00:16:02,151
Phil, about the trip to Mexico,
280
00:16:02,295 --> 00:16:03,923
you did get a ticket
for me, didn't you?
281
00:16:04,063 --> 00:16:07,397
You're lots of fun, Vera, but
a little old for tricks or treat.
282
00:16:07,533 --> 00:16:10,162
Phil boy is going
to Mexico alone.
283
00:16:24,550 --> 00:16:28,487
♪ ...than pearls and jade. ♪
284
00:16:40,299 --> 00:16:42,859
It's all right,
Grace. I'll get it.
285
00:16:43,002 --> 00:16:44,436
- Hello.
- Hi.
286
00:16:44,570 --> 00:16:48,166
My car broke down. Would you be
kind enough to let me use your telephone?
287
00:16:48,307 --> 00:16:50,867
Oh, of course. Come on
in. There's a phone in there.
288
00:16:51,010 --> 00:16:52,808
- Thank you.
- You're welcome.
289
00:17:06,592 --> 00:17:09,721
Grace, how do you know that
man's name is Phil Schuyler?
290
00:17:09,862 --> 00:17:14,027
He's called here so many times, I
recognized his voice immediately.
291
00:17:22,608 --> 00:17:24,186
Please send a tow truck
292
00:17:24,210 --> 00:17:27,942
to 2446 Malibu Road
as quickly as possible.
293
00:17:31,150 --> 00:17:34,120
Mona, darling, now you've
ignored me all evening.
294
00:17:34,253 --> 00:17:36,245
What kind of way is that
to treat a producer, hmm?
295
00:18:01,314 --> 00:18:04,307
Trick or treat!
296
00:18:10,990 --> 00:18:13,016
Phil?
297
00:18:13,159 --> 00:18:14,889
Phil?
298
00:18:23,202 --> 00:18:24,898
Rudy!
299
00:18:32,511 --> 00:18:34,156
- What's wrong, Miss Jordan?
- I don't know.
300
00:18:34,180 --> 00:18:36,672
Just hurry up and
get that door unlocked.
301
00:18:40,686 --> 00:18:43,850
Wait... wait here.
302
00:18:54,000 --> 00:18:56,162
Rudy, what is it?
303
00:18:56,302 --> 00:18:57,964
Rudy!
304
00:18:58,971 --> 00:19:02,169
Mr. Schuyler... he's dead.
305
00:19:02,308 --> 00:19:04,402
No. No!
306
00:19:04,543 --> 00:19:06,876
Oh, no no no.
307
00:19:25,197 --> 00:19:29,430
Perry! Perry Mason, what are you
doing out and about at this ghastly hour?
308
00:19:32,972 --> 00:19:35,032
Good morning, sweetheart.
309
00:19:35,174 --> 00:19:38,338
If I knew you were coming out so
early, I would have waited for my swim.
310
00:19:38,477 --> 00:19:42,073
Perry, I just talked to you on the
telephone. What are you doing here?
311
00:19:42,214 --> 00:19:43,910
You said you wanted to see me.
312
00:19:44,050 --> 00:19:48,750
Well, yes, I do, but I intended
to meet you in your office.
313
00:19:48,888 --> 00:19:51,016
I want to talk about
the blackmail right now.
314
00:19:51,157 --> 00:19:52,157
The what?
315
00:19:52,291 --> 00:19:55,159
Mona, I was going to
explain it all this morning.
316
00:19:55,294 --> 00:19:57,320
There's something I should
have told you years ago.
317
00:19:57,463 --> 00:19:59,125
Damion, what's wrong?
318
00:19:59,265 --> 00:20:02,963
Phil Schuyler, man Damion went to see
last night, threatened to blackmail him.
319
00:20:03,102 --> 00:20:06,334
Mona, please don't be upset.
320
00:20:06,472 --> 00:20:09,340
Phil's an old buddy of mine, but
for some reason he's gone sour.
321
00:20:09,475 --> 00:20:11,341
He just doesn't make any sense.
322
00:20:11,477 --> 00:20:15,039
I'm sure with Perry's help I'll
be able to straighten him out.
323
00:20:15,181 --> 00:20:18,276
I read the morning paper
after I spoke to you, Damion.
324
00:20:18,417 --> 00:20:21,182
Phil Schuyler was
murdered last night.
325
00:20:24,123 --> 00:20:27,093
I'm sorry, Mr. Janda, but
Miss Winthrope left orders
326
00:20:27,226 --> 00:20:28,660
that she was not
to be disturbed.
327
00:20:28,794 --> 00:20:31,730
So I'm disobeying the orders.
Gracie, don't play games.
328
00:20:31,864 --> 00:20:33,856
Charlie Noymann is
stalling on those contracts.
329
00:20:33,999 --> 00:20:35,377
If I'm going to get
him to sign them,
330
00:20:35,401 --> 00:20:37,561
I'll need Mona in his office
with me in a half an hour.
331
00:20:37,603 --> 00:20:40,334
It'll take her longer than that
to decide what mood to wear,
332
00:20:40,473 --> 00:20:43,443
- let alone what clothes to put on.
- I don't know, Mr. J...
333
00:20:43,576 --> 00:20:46,944
Excuse me. Police department...
Lieutenant Anderson, Homicide.
334
00:20:47,079 --> 00:20:50,311
Would you tell Mr. Damion
White I'd like to see him, please?
335
00:20:56,555 --> 00:20:58,547
- Freda...
- Alex,
336
00:20:58,691 --> 00:21:03,527
tell the man to go away
or invite him in for a drink.
337
00:21:03,662 --> 00:21:06,029
If I wasn't here,
you probably would.
338
00:21:06,165 --> 00:21:07,963
Would I?
339
00:21:08,100 --> 00:21:10,899
I wonder.
340
00:21:12,772 --> 00:21:17,574
No, I think I detest
men with beards.
341
00:21:39,598 --> 00:21:43,126
The fact that this is private
property doesn't seem to bother you.
342
00:21:43,269 --> 00:21:45,329
No it doesn't.
343
00:21:45,471 --> 00:21:48,635
It bothers me.
344
00:21:48,774 --> 00:21:51,209
That song... it's a pretty tune.
345
00:21:51,343 --> 00:21:55,405
Yeah, sure is. Of
course the tape is bad.
346
00:21:55,548 --> 00:21:57,517
You know those 3:00 in
the morning jam sessions...
347
00:21:57,650 --> 00:21:59,585
Everybody well
lubricated with booze.
348
00:21:59,718 --> 00:22:02,916
Where did you record that song?
349
00:22:03,055 --> 00:22:06,457
The question isn't so
much "where," is it?
350
00:22:10,129 --> 00:22:12,291
When is what you want to know.
351
00:22:12,431 --> 00:22:15,492
- Look you...
- Alex!
352
00:22:15,634 --> 00:22:18,069
When? Over two
years ago, Mr. Chase.
353
00:22:18,204 --> 00:22:20,264
Alex!
354
00:22:20,406 --> 00:22:23,069
The police... They've
taken Damion away.
355
00:22:23,209 --> 00:22:26,771
Police? Damion? What
are you talking about?
356
00:22:44,563 --> 00:22:47,260
A strange murder weapon,
wouldn't you say, Perry?
357
00:22:47,399 --> 00:22:51,837
We found your name and telephone number
on that pad by the telephone, Mr. White.
358
00:22:51,971 --> 00:22:54,634
Now you claim you followed
Phil Schuyler home last night,
359
00:22:54,773 --> 00:22:56,765
but stayed only a few
minutes to talk to him.
360
00:22:56,909 --> 00:23:00,539
Now tell me, when you were
here, where was this heater?
361
00:23:00,679 --> 00:23:03,444
Well, I'm not sure. I think
it was there by the door.
362
00:23:03,582 --> 00:23:04,582
Ah.
363
00:23:04,717 --> 00:23:06,310
And how was
Mr. Schuyler dressed?
364
00:23:06,452 --> 00:23:08,648
He... he was wearing a bathrobe.
365
00:23:08,787 --> 00:23:12,224
Was the water in
the bathtub running?
366
00:23:12,358 --> 00:23:14,691
I don't recall
whether it was or not.
367
00:23:23,802 --> 00:23:25,896
The murderer plugged
the heater in here,
368
00:23:26,038 --> 00:23:27,472
opened the door,
369
00:23:27,606 --> 00:23:30,303
tossed the heater into the bathtub
while Schuyler was taking a bath,
370
00:23:30,442 --> 00:23:33,037
and electrocuted him.
371
00:23:33,178 --> 00:23:34,942
Now Mr. White,
372
00:23:35,080 --> 00:23:38,141
you're sure that Schuyler wasn't
taking that bath while you were here?
373
00:23:38,284 --> 00:23:40,344
I said he wasn't.
374
00:23:41,820 --> 00:23:44,756
Miss Jordan, is this the man
you saw leaving this bungalow
375
00:23:44,890 --> 00:23:47,490
shortly before the manager
discovered that Phil Schuyler was dead?
376
00:23:47,626 --> 00:23:50,095
Yes, him.
377
00:23:50,229 --> 00:23:54,064
Andy, Mr. White
told you he was here.
378
00:23:55,100 --> 00:23:59,435
Mr. White, do you drive
a blue foreign sports car?
379
00:24:00,739 --> 00:24:01,934
A what?
380
00:24:02,074 --> 00:24:04,475
A blue foreign sports
car. Is that what you...
381
00:24:04,610 --> 00:24:06,169
No I don't.
382
00:24:06,312 --> 00:24:08,056
Look, I don't see how
I can help any further,
383
00:24:08,080 --> 00:24:09,960
so do you have any
objections to my leaving now?
384
00:24:10,015 --> 00:24:14,282
No, but I would object to
your leaving the city, Mr. White.
385
00:24:27,766 --> 00:24:30,463
Damion, I think we'd better...
386
00:24:30,602 --> 00:24:33,970
He's the one who killed Mr. Schuyler.
How come the police let him go?
387
00:24:34,106 --> 00:24:36,507
Perry?
388
00:24:38,177 --> 00:24:41,045
Perry, I just left the cabbie
who picked up Phil Schuyler,
389
00:24:41,180 --> 00:24:42,739
drove him to Malibu,
waited for him,
390
00:24:42,881 --> 00:24:44,975
then dropped him back
here at the Royal Pacific.
391
00:24:45,117 --> 00:24:46,494
- Good work, Paul.
- And that's not all.
392
00:24:46,518 --> 00:24:50,285
I got a tip that the police had a pick-up
out for a hot witness in this case...
393
00:24:50,422 --> 00:24:52,584
Some bearded beatnik
named Leonard Buckman.
394
00:24:52,725 --> 00:24:54,455
Well, they just
canceled the bulletin.
395
00:24:54,593 --> 00:24:56,323
- Meaning they found Mr. Buckman.
- Mm-hmm.
396
00:24:56,462 --> 00:24:58,540
But it's where they found
him that makes it interesting.
397
00:24:58,564 --> 00:24:59,588
All right. Where?
398
00:24:59,732 --> 00:25:02,793
At the beach in front of
Alexander Chase's place.
399
00:25:02,935 --> 00:25:05,268
Were you acquainted
with Phil Schuyler?
400
00:25:05,404 --> 00:25:07,669
No. And now that he's dead,
401
00:25:07,806 --> 00:25:11,573
I never will have an opportunity to
become acquainted with him, will I?
402
00:25:11,710 --> 00:25:14,305
Mr. Chase, in between policemen,
403
00:25:14,446 --> 00:25:17,575
I only had the chance to
speak briefly with Damion.
404
00:25:17,716 --> 00:25:21,778
He claims he gave Phil Schuyler
$3,000 yesterday afternoon.
405
00:25:21,920 --> 00:25:23,388
Why do you say "claims"
406
00:25:23,522 --> 00:25:26,856
instead of saying Damion
gave Schuyler the $3,000?
407
00:25:26,992 --> 00:25:29,291
The money wasn't found
in Schuyler's bungalow.
408
00:25:29,428 --> 00:25:32,296
Mr. Mason,
409
00:25:32,431 --> 00:25:37,267
I gave Damion $3,000
yesterday afternoon.
410
00:25:37,403 --> 00:25:38,530
Why?
411
00:25:38,670 --> 00:25:40,662
Because he asked me to.
412
00:25:40,806 --> 00:25:42,900
What reasons had he
for wanting the money?
413
00:25:43,042 --> 00:25:45,034
None.
414
00:25:45,177 --> 00:25:46,873
I didn't ask him.
415
00:25:47,012 --> 00:25:49,572
Did anyone see you turn
that money over to him?
416
00:25:49,715 --> 00:25:51,013
I did.
417
00:25:51,150 --> 00:25:54,279
And that's not all I saw
and heard, is it, Alex?
418
00:25:54,420 --> 00:25:55,797
Freda, shut up. You're
drinking too much.
419
00:25:55,821 --> 00:25:58,689
And talking too much?
420
00:25:58,824 --> 00:26:02,192
It's the truth, Mr. Mason. I
saw the bearded Buckman,
421
00:26:02,327 --> 00:26:05,456
the man you were asking us about
before, outside our house, and...
422
00:26:05,597 --> 00:26:08,066
- Freda!
- And I heard him playing a tape recording
423
00:26:08,200 --> 00:26:12,433
of a wonderful song...
Alex's wonderful song.
424
00:26:13,439 --> 00:26:16,204
Pearls and Jade. That's
the name of it, isn't it, Alex?
425
00:26:16,341 --> 00:26:18,640
Mr. Mason, about the $3,000...
426
00:26:18,777 --> 00:26:22,111
Oh, yes, Mr. Mason...
the $3,000.
427
00:26:22,247 --> 00:26:25,376
What my dear
husband is trying to say
428
00:26:25,517 --> 00:26:29,887
is that he may have trouble remembering
he gave his best friend Damion that money
429
00:26:30,022 --> 00:26:32,787
in the middle of
a plagiarism suit.
430
00:26:32,925 --> 00:26:36,418
Sue Alex for
plagiarism? Darling Alex?
431
00:26:36,562 --> 00:26:38,997
Now wherever would he
dream up such nonsense?
432
00:26:39,131 --> 00:26:41,930
Or was it Freda? Perry, you
know how that woman carries on.
433
00:26:42,067 --> 00:26:44,002
Now stop it, Mona. You
called me, remember?
434
00:26:44,136 --> 00:26:47,504
Perry, you know me better than that.
You can't really believe I ever intended
435
00:26:47,639 --> 00:26:49,631
to hurt dear old Alex.
436
00:26:49,775 --> 00:26:53,610
I guess by now Damion has told you
that Alex wasn't the person being hurt?
437
00:26:53,745 --> 00:26:56,647
I told Mona about it,
but how did you find out?
438
00:26:56,782 --> 00:26:59,081
Let's just say I guessed.
439
00:26:59,218 --> 00:27:02,052
Alex didn't write Pearls and
Jade, and neither did you.
440
00:27:02,187 --> 00:27:04,383
That song was written
by Phil Schuyler.
441
00:27:04,523 --> 00:27:06,321
Now about the
foreign blue sports car,
442
00:27:06,458 --> 00:27:09,519
did you follow your husband out
to that bungalow court last night?
443
00:27:09,661 --> 00:27:11,323
Yes, that was my car.
444
00:27:11,463 --> 00:27:13,989
I just didn't understand
what was going on,
445
00:27:14,133 --> 00:27:16,466
so I followed him there
and waited outside.
446
00:27:16,602 --> 00:27:17,762
And then I followed him home.
447
00:27:17,870 --> 00:27:20,863
Let's get back to your
calling me yesterday, Damion.
448
00:27:21,006 --> 00:27:22,065
What about the song?
449
00:27:22,207 --> 00:27:26,269
Perry, it was just a
silly stupid mistake...
450
00:27:26,411 --> 00:27:28,380
A lonely college prof
451
00:27:28,514 --> 00:27:32,349
trying to impress the beautiful
musical-comedy star he had a crush on.
452
00:27:32,484 --> 00:27:35,010
You know, I told Phil about it
ages ago, and he laughed then.
453
00:27:35,154 --> 00:27:37,885
It was one of hundreds of
melodies he wrote and forgot.
454
00:27:38,023 --> 00:27:40,083
I should have explained
it to Mona long ago.
455
00:27:40,225 --> 00:27:43,286
And when I heard the melody had
words and was part of Alex's show,
456
00:27:43,428 --> 00:27:46,227
I called Phil. I told him he
was welcome to the credit
457
00:27:46,365 --> 00:27:47,856
and the money from the song.
458
00:27:48,000 --> 00:27:49,935
But he didn't want
to talk about it then.
459
00:27:50,068 --> 00:27:52,628
He was just desperate to
get hold of some money fast.
460
00:27:52,771 --> 00:27:56,572
That $3,000. Did he
say why he wanted it?
461
00:27:56,708 --> 00:28:00,008
Yes... some personal
problem with his brother-in-law.
462
00:28:00,145 --> 00:28:02,426
It had nothing to do with the
song; just a temporary loan.
463
00:28:02,481 --> 00:28:05,940
I gather he was less casual when
he came out here to the house later.
464
00:28:06,084 --> 00:28:08,451
He was a different man.
465
00:28:08,587 --> 00:28:11,455
He was hard, nasty.
466
00:28:11,590 --> 00:28:13,650
He was threatening to
make all kinds of trouble.
467
00:28:13,792 --> 00:28:16,728
And then when he asked me for
$50,000, I thought he was out of his mind.
468
00:28:16,862 --> 00:28:18,797
He left before I could
even talk to him about it.
469
00:28:18,931 --> 00:28:21,423
So you followed
him to his place?
470
00:28:21,567 --> 00:28:24,537
Yes. I couldn't let it
stand just like that.
471
00:28:24,670 --> 00:28:26,696
It was my fault,
one way or another.
472
00:28:26,838 --> 00:28:30,036
He told me he wasn't interested
in potential earnings from the song;
473
00:28:30,175 --> 00:28:32,144
it might or might not be a hit.
474
00:28:32,277 --> 00:28:34,610
Now Alex and I could work it
out whatever way we wanted,
475
00:28:34,746 --> 00:28:37,443
but Phil insisted on
$50,000 right then and there.
476
00:28:37,583 --> 00:28:39,609
What did you say to that?
477
00:28:39,751 --> 00:28:41,185
I turned him down.
478
00:28:41,320 --> 00:28:44,256
I told him to go ahead and
say or do whatever he wanted.
479
00:28:44,389 --> 00:28:48,087
Excuse me? Mr. White? I want
you to come to police headquarters.
480
00:28:48,227 --> 00:28:50,753
I'm booking you for the
murder of Phil Schuyler.
481
00:28:50,896 --> 00:28:54,298
Lieutenant, I doubt that you
have sufficient evidence to...
482
00:28:54,433 --> 00:28:56,129
I have more
evidence than I need.
483
00:28:56,268 --> 00:28:58,988
Not only were Damion White's
fingerprints on the heater that was used
484
00:28:59,104 --> 00:29:00,470
to electrocute Phil Schuyler,
485
00:29:00,606 --> 00:29:03,474
I have an eye witness to
testify that Damion White
486
00:29:03,609 --> 00:29:06,443
was the one and only person
who could have killed him.
487
00:29:09,915 --> 00:29:12,293
In the matter now pending
before this court, Your Honor,
488
00:29:12,317 --> 00:29:14,513
of the state versus
Damion White,
489
00:29:14,653 --> 00:29:18,613
we shall confine ourselves to the
primary factors of motive and opportunity.
490
00:29:18,757 --> 00:29:23,092
We will prove that the
deceased, Phil Schuyler,
491
00:29:23,228 --> 00:29:27,131
received money from Damion White
and was demanding still more money.
492
00:29:27,266 --> 00:29:29,667
And we will prove
that Damion White
493
00:29:29,801 --> 00:29:31,463
and only Damion White
494
00:29:31,603 --> 00:29:33,868
could have murdered
Philip Schuyler.
495
00:29:34,006 --> 00:29:35,406
Mr. MacManus,
496
00:29:35,540 --> 00:29:40,274
did Phil Schuyler tell you how
he planned to get the $3,000
497
00:29:40,412 --> 00:29:43,211
to repay you for the money
he'd taken from your account
498
00:29:43,348 --> 00:29:46,807
by forging your name to
a check for that amount?
499
00:29:46,952 --> 00:29:48,420
Well, no, not directly.
500
00:29:48,553 --> 00:29:52,217
Although when I told him it was
either pay up or face charges,
501
00:29:52,357 --> 00:29:54,622
he said he'd have no
trouble getting the money.
502
00:29:54,760 --> 00:29:57,059
And while I was
there, he placed a call.
503
00:29:57,195 --> 00:29:59,061
To whom did he place that call?
504
00:29:59,197 --> 00:30:00,859
To the defendant,
505
00:30:00,999 --> 00:30:02,797
Damion White.
506
00:30:03,835 --> 00:30:07,101
Yes, I gave Damion
$3,000 earlier that afternoon,
507
00:30:07,239 --> 00:30:10,232
but it was a loan... A
temporary loan, that's all.
508
00:30:10,375 --> 00:30:13,709
And while you were making this
temporary loan to the defendant
509
00:30:13,845 --> 00:30:15,814
of $3,000,
510
00:30:15,947 --> 00:30:19,816
did he happen to mention the
allegedly plagiarized melody
511
00:30:19,951 --> 00:30:21,385
and its disputed authorship?
512
00:30:21,520 --> 00:30:24,684
Oh, I believe he did casually say
something about not worrying about it,
513
00:30:24,823 --> 00:30:27,486
- that he would...
- Go on, Mr. Chase.
514
00:30:27,626 --> 00:30:29,390
The defendant
said he would what?
515
00:30:29,528 --> 00:30:34,057
Damion said he would
take care of the matter.
516
00:30:34,199 --> 00:30:35,758
Your witness.
517
00:30:35,901 --> 00:30:38,871
Mr. Chase, you had a succession
518
00:30:39,004 --> 00:30:41,098
of unsuccessful
musical comedies.
519
00:30:41,239 --> 00:30:43,265
Your income had
been seriously depleted;
520
00:30:43,408 --> 00:30:46,242
your reputation considerably
shaken in the industry.
521
00:30:46,378 --> 00:30:48,506
That is true, is it not?
522
00:30:48,647 --> 00:30:52,414
You make it sound like I was not
only bankrupt artistically and financially,
523
00:30:52,551 --> 00:30:54,747
but virtually dead
and buried. Nonsense.
524
00:30:54,886 --> 00:30:58,448
Then you weren't
at all concerned
525
00:30:58,590 --> 00:31:01,583
about who would get credit
for the music to that song
526
00:31:01,727 --> 00:31:03,889
or just how that credit
might conceivably affect
527
00:31:04,029 --> 00:31:06,965
the terms under which
the show would be sold?
528
00:31:07,099 --> 00:31:09,295
Oh, I might have been
somewhat concerned,
529
00:31:09,434 --> 00:31:12,370
but not after Mona's
party, when I was told.
530
00:31:12,504 --> 00:31:13,563
And what were you told?
531
00:31:13,705 --> 00:31:17,073
That... well, that he was
just stalling on the contracts;
532
00:31:17,209 --> 00:31:18,404
the deal would go through.
533
00:31:18,543 --> 00:31:20,739
Pearls and Jade would still
be presented on Broadway
534
00:31:20,879 --> 00:31:23,439
and still be made into
a top movie musical.
535
00:31:23,582 --> 00:31:25,278
And who gave you
those assurances?
536
00:31:25,417 --> 00:31:28,387
The only man who could,
Mr. Mason... the producer,
537
00:31:28,520 --> 00:31:30,284
Charlie Noymann.
538
00:31:31,289 --> 00:31:34,259
The new Alex Chase musical
was booked down the Pacific coast...
539
00:31:34,393 --> 00:31:37,090
Portland, Seattle, Sacramento,
Santa Barbara, Los Angeles...
540
00:31:37,229 --> 00:31:38,788
Strictly a shoestring
try-out tour.
541
00:31:38,930 --> 00:31:42,264
The show bombed, By the
time we hit Santa Barbara,
542
00:31:42,401 --> 00:31:44,481
there were more people on
stage than in the audience.
543
00:31:44,569 --> 00:31:47,471
So you closed the show in
Santa Barbara, Mr. Kirkwood?
544
00:31:47,606 --> 00:31:50,576
As the show's director, that's
what I suggested to Mr. Chase.
545
00:31:50,709 --> 00:31:52,769
I didn't think there was
anything worth salvaging.
546
00:31:52,911 --> 00:31:54,846
But he was pretty
desperate, he said,
547
00:31:54,980 --> 00:31:58,178
and insisted on a fast
rewrite and another try-out.
548
00:31:58,316 --> 00:32:00,979
Well, was Mr. Chase
able to improve the show?
549
00:32:01,119 --> 00:32:02,417
And how.
550
00:32:02,554 --> 00:32:04,546
The only really good
thing in the presentation
551
00:32:04,689 --> 00:32:07,784
was a dance number in the
second act... A real catchy melody.
552
00:32:07,926 --> 00:32:10,157
What was this catchy melody?
553
00:32:10,295 --> 00:32:13,060
A piece called Pearls and Jade.
554
00:32:13,198 --> 00:32:15,793
Well, Alex added lyrics to it.
555
00:32:15,934 --> 00:32:18,494
And with a few changes
in rhythm and orchestration,
556
00:32:18,637 --> 00:32:21,038
it became our new
running love song,
557
00:32:21,173 --> 00:32:23,438
new first-act production
number, and our finale.
558
00:32:23,575 --> 00:32:26,807
Now, Mr. Kirkwood, you
reopened the show in Santa Barbara
559
00:32:26,945 --> 00:32:28,641
for a second try-out,
is that correct?
560
00:32:28,780 --> 00:32:33,013
The show was a smash... rave reviews,
standing room only for each performance.
561
00:32:33,151 --> 00:32:37,316
And all thanks to that one
new title song, Pearls and Jade.
562
00:32:37,456 --> 00:32:40,187
Even got a nibble from
a top movie producer
563
00:32:40,325 --> 00:32:41,554
who saw the show and flipped.
564
00:32:41,693 --> 00:32:44,288
Mr. Kirkwood, who
was that producer?
565
00:32:44,429 --> 00:32:46,796
Charles Noymann.
566
00:32:49,034 --> 00:32:50,093
Late in the afternoon,
567
00:32:50,235 --> 00:32:52,932
I received a telephone call at
the studio from Phil Schuyler.
568
00:32:53,071 --> 00:32:56,473
He sort of vaguely hinted that
there might be some question
569
00:32:56,608 --> 00:32:59,168
about who wrote the melody for
the title song of Pearls and Jade.
570
00:32:59,211 --> 00:33:02,841
Then he intimated that for
a small insurance payment,
571
00:33:02,981 --> 00:33:05,177
as he called it, I could
save a lot of money
572
00:33:05,317 --> 00:33:06,928
and avoid legal entanglements
in buying the show.
573
00:33:06,952 --> 00:33:08,682
What was your answer to that?
574
00:33:08,820 --> 00:33:12,450
I told him if he had documented
proof, I'd be willing to talk with him.
575
00:33:12,591 --> 00:33:15,823
He stammered a
while and then hung up.
576
00:33:15,961 --> 00:33:17,293
Just a crank.
577
00:33:17,429 --> 00:33:21,423
Now Mr. Noymann, did you
subsequently see this Phil Schuyler?
578
00:33:21,566 --> 00:33:23,501
Yes, at Mona's party.
579
00:33:23,635 --> 00:33:26,696
Damion was having an argument
with some man out on the patio.
580
00:33:26,838 --> 00:33:29,865
I found out the following morning
from the pictures in the paper
581
00:33:30,008 --> 00:33:31,806
that that man was Schuyler.
582
00:33:31,943 --> 00:33:35,436
Now this argument, Mr. Noymann...
Did that appear to be a violent argument?
583
00:33:35,580 --> 00:33:38,744
Violent? Well,
there were no blows.
584
00:33:38,884 --> 00:33:40,853
Thank you,
Mr. Noymann. That'll be all.
585
00:33:40,986 --> 00:33:42,454
Your witness.
586
00:33:43,588 --> 00:33:45,648
Mr. Noymann,
587
00:33:45,790 --> 00:33:47,782
you had never
seen Phil Schuyler.
588
00:33:47,926 --> 00:33:50,088
How could you possibly know
that the man who called you
589
00:33:50,228 --> 00:33:51,856
was in fact Phil Schuyler?
590
00:33:51,997 --> 00:33:54,262
Well, he said he was.
591
00:33:54,399 --> 00:33:57,927
Financing a Broadway
show is quite costly, isn't it?
592
00:33:58,069 --> 00:34:01,233
All in all, your contract with
Alex Chase and Mona Winthrope
593
00:34:01,373 --> 00:34:04,036
must have involved a
considerable sum of money.
594
00:34:04,175 --> 00:34:08,772
Yes, I'd say well over $1
million is a considerable sum.
595
00:34:08,914 --> 00:34:12,942
You received a call offering
you insurance, as you put it,
596
00:34:13,084 --> 00:34:15,417
in the face of that $1 million.
597
00:34:15,554 --> 00:34:18,956
Would you have this court believe
that you summarily dismissed it
598
00:34:19,090 --> 00:34:20,114
as a crank call?
599
00:34:20,258 --> 00:34:23,353
I just wasn't sure the call
was on the level, that's all.
600
00:34:23,495 --> 00:34:28,126
Sure, if I could have gotten
the rights for even $50,000
601
00:34:28,266 --> 00:34:30,599
to the title song, it would
have made a big difference.
602
00:34:30,735 --> 00:34:32,101
Exactly how big?
603
00:34:32,237 --> 00:34:36,572
I'd have picked up the book and score for
peanuts, made a separate deal with Mona.
604
00:34:36,708 --> 00:34:40,008
I could have wrapped up the whole thing
for less than half what Janda was asking.
605
00:34:40,145 --> 00:34:43,445
To save over $500,000, you
must have done much more
606
00:34:43,582 --> 00:34:46,245
than merely reassure Alex Chase.
607
00:34:46,384 --> 00:34:50,913
Before going to Mona's party, you
went to see Phil Schuyler, did you not?
608
00:34:51,056 --> 00:34:54,117
Look here, Mason, don't start
throwing accusations at me.
609
00:34:54,259 --> 00:34:56,327
You said it yourself...
I could have saved
610
00:34:56,351 --> 00:34:58,492
$500,000 if I made
that deal with Schuyler,
611
00:34:58,630 --> 00:34:59,962
so why would I want to kill him?
612
00:35:00,098 --> 00:35:01,896
Answer my question.
613
00:35:02,033 --> 00:35:04,468
You did see Phil
Schuyler, did you not?
614
00:35:04,603 --> 00:35:09,041
No. That is absolutely
not... N-O-T... not true.
615
00:35:09,174 --> 00:35:11,439
I told the district
attorney the whole thing.
616
00:35:11,576 --> 00:35:13,772
I sat in my car
across the street,
617
00:35:13,912 --> 00:35:15,608
waiting until I saw
his visitor leave.
618
00:35:15,747 --> 00:35:17,682
Then I saw Miss Jordan.
619
00:35:17,816 --> 00:35:19,444
She was working in
one of my pictures.
620
00:35:19,584 --> 00:35:23,385
She came home just about the time
the visitor was leaving, at about 8:00.
621
00:35:23,521 --> 00:35:27,458
I started, yes, to
get out of the car,
622
00:35:27,592 --> 00:35:30,687
but I thought it
best not to be seen.
623
00:35:30,829 --> 00:35:34,231
So I left... without
seeing Schuyler.
624
00:35:34,366 --> 00:35:38,997
This visitor... who was it?
625
00:35:39,137 --> 00:35:41,470
Alex and Mona's
agent, Jerry Janda.
626
00:35:44,242 --> 00:35:47,178
When I got back to my office
after seeing Charlie Noymann,
627
00:35:47,312 --> 00:35:49,338
Leonard Buckman
was waiting to see me.
628
00:35:49,481 --> 00:35:52,679
He had some crazy story that
Phil Schuyler and not Alex Chase
629
00:35:52,817 --> 00:35:55,048
wrote the music for the
song Pearls and Jade.
630
00:35:55,186 --> 00:35:58,247
Did you place any credence in the
story that Leonard Buckman told you?
631
00:35:58,390 --> 00:35:59,949
No, not then.
632
00:36:00,091 --> 00:36:02,060
I figured he was just
some sort of a crank
633
00:36:02,193 --> 00:36:04,219
who knew about the trouble
between Mona and Alex
634
00:36:04,362 --> 00:36:06,160
and was trying to
get in on the act.
635
00:36:06,297 --> 00:36:09,165
I gave him $20 and told him
to beat it and not to bother me.
636
00:36:09,300 --> 00:36:11,394
A couple of hours
later, around 7:00,
637
00:36:11,536 --> 00:36:14,506
I received a call at home
from Phil Schuyler himself.
638
00:36:14,639 --> 00:36:16,130
He confirmed what
Buckman had said
639
00:36:16,274 --> 00:36:18,368
and asked me to come
to his place right away.
640
00:36:18,510 --> 00:36:21,674
Did the decedent try to extort
money from you, Mr. Janda?
641
00:36:21,813 --> 00:36:24,442
Well, not directly, no,
642
00:36:24,582 --> 00:36:27,245
though he was certainly
fishing for an offer.
643
00:36:27,385 --> 00:36:31,481
I offered him $5,000 for a quit
claim on the music to the song.
644
00:36:31,623 --> 00:36:33,353
And what was his
reaction to that?
645
00:36:33,491 --> 00:36:35,119
He laughed at my offer;
646
00:36:35,260 --> 00:36:38,059
said that if I would give
him $5,000 to be quiet,
647
00:36:38,196 --> 00:36:40,688
there was somebody else who
would probably give him $50,000.
648
00:36:40,832 --> 00:36:42,425
Somebody else?
649
00:36:42,567 --> 00:36:45,765
Mr. Janda, did Phil Schuyler say
650
00:36:45,904 --> 00:36:48,032
who he intended to
get the money from?
651
00:36:48,173 --> 00:36:53,077
Did he say who he was so
sure would give him $50,000?
652
00:36:53,211 --> 00:36:56,875
Yes... the defendant,
Damion White.
653
00:36:58,717 --> 00:37:00,879
Hamilton Burger is
certainly efficient...
654
00:37:01,019 --> 00:37:03,716
Motive and opportunity.
He laid it out like a road map.
655
00:37:03,855 --> 00:37:05,756
Well, he's sure
loaded with opportunity.
656
00:37:05,890 --> 00:37:07,791
He's got an eye witness
who locks White...
657
00:37:07,926 --> 00:37:11,055
Your client... and only your
client right into the murder.
658
00:37:11,196 --> 00:37:15,292
As far as motive is concerned, we all
know what type of person Damion is.
659
00:37:15,433 --> 00:37:17,493
Just wait till
Burger sums it up...
660
00:37:17,635 --> 00:37:22,539
A successful Broadway
play, a spectacular movie,
661
00:37:22,674 --> 00:37:25,667
the stage-struck
professor's name in lights.
662
00:37:25,810 --> 00:37:27,472
Oh boy.
663
00:37:27,612 --> 00:37:29,979
Perry, if this
were a full trial,
664
00:37:30,115 --> 00:37:31,992
you could put the stage-struck
professor on the stand
665
00:37:32,016 --> 00:37:34,315
and let him tell what
really happened.
666
00:37:34,452 --> 00:37:37,786
Would you as a jury believe
that Damion's fingerprints
667
00:37:37,922 --> 00:37:41,290
were on that heater
because he tripped over a cord
668
00:37:41,426 --> 00:37:43,190
and then had to set
the heater upright, or...
669
00:37:43,328 --> 00:37:46,423
Or that he got his fingerprints on it
when he tossed it into the bathtub
670
00:37:46,564 --> 00:37:48,692
to electrocute Phil Schuyler.
I see what you mean.
671
00:37:48,833 --> 00:37:51,268
Which leads us right
back to motive and Damion.
672
00:37:51,402 --> 00:37:53,371
White isn't the only one.
673
00:37:53,505 --> 00:37:55,997
Noymann could be more deeply
involved than he's admitted.
674
00:37:56,141 --> 00:37:58,804
And Janda stood to lose a
big fat whopping commission.
675
00:37:58,943 --> 00:38:02,880
And let's not forget the composer
with the taking ways... Alex Chase.
676
00:38:03,014 --> 00:38:05,415
He could be up
to his neck in hock.
677
00:38:05,550 --> 00:38:08,748
Alex Chase? How's that, Paul?
678
00:38:08,887 --> 00:38:10,856
Well, it's only a possibility,
679
00:38:10,989 --> 00:38:12,466
but I found out this
afternoon that Chase
680
00:38:12,490 --> 00:38:14,101
couldn't find a backer
for his last musical,
681
00:38:14,125 --> 00:38:16,060
so he must have
backed it himself.
682
00:38:16,194 --> 00:38:18,686
He probably lost everything
he had in the world.
683
00:38:18,830 --> 00:38:21,163
Our Mr. Chase...
684
00:38:21,299 --> 00:38:24,269
Composer and bankrupt angel.
685
00:38:24,402 --> 00:38:26,667
"And the Lord said unto Satan,
686
00:38:26,805 --> 00:38:29,536
whence comest thou?"
687
00:38:29,674 --> 00:38:31,472
Della, that's it.
688
00:38:31,609 --> 00:38:32,804
That's what?
689
00:38:32,944 --> 00:38:35,311
Satan and the angel.
690
00:38:35,446 --> 00:38:37,381
I want to know more
about that angel.
691
00:38:37,515 --> 00:38:40,883
Now wait a minute. I've gone a
lot of places to get a lot of things...
692
00:38:41,019 --> 00:38:43,989
And this time you're going to
outdo yourself, tomorrow in court.
693
00:38:44,122 --> 00:38:45,283
How?
694
00:38:45,423 --> 00:38:49,554
Well, first the angel
and then Satan.
695
00:38:49,694 --> 00:38:53,961
As a matter of fact,
let's make it two Satans.
696
00:38:58,136 --> 00:39:01,868
So when I caught a rehearsal of the
new second try-out in Santa Barbara,
697
00:39:02,006 --> 00:39:04,305
I couldn't believe
it. I went to see Phil.
698
00:39:04,442 --> 00:39:06,604
I told him that a tune
that he had written
699
00:39:06,744 --> 00:39:08,679
had suddenly
acquired a set of lyrics
700
00:39:08,813 --> 00:39:11,180
and had become the title
song in a new musical play
701
00:39:11,316 --> 00:39:13,080
by Alexander Chase.
702
00:39:13,218 --> 00:39:17,781
And when Phil Schuyler found that they
were using his music without his knowledge,
703
00:39:17,922 --> 00:39:18,922
what did he do?
704
00:39:19,057 --> 00:39:22,221
I told Phil he should get in touch
with Alexander Chase right away,
705
00:39:22,360 --> 00:39:24,420
demand credit and
royalties for the song.
706
00:39:24,562 --> 00:39:27,361
Phil said that he would,
but first he had to have a talk
707
00:39:27,498 --> 00:39:29,498
with the person responsible
for stealing his music.
708
00:39:29,534 --> 00:39:32,436
Who could that be if it
wasn't Alexander Chase?
709
00:39:32,570 --> 00:39:35,005
Phil wouldn't tell me
what the guy's name was,
710
00:39:35,139 --> 00:39:37,539
but he admitted it was someone
else... Not Alexander Chase...
711
00:39:37,609 --> 00:39:39,908
Who had stolen the music...
712
00:39:40,044 --> 00:39:42,775
Some college-professor
friend of his.
713
00:39:42,914 --> 00:39:46,715
Some college-professor
friend of his?
714
00:39:46,851 --> 00:39:48,945
Your witness.
715
00:39:49,988 --> 00:39:51,422
Mr. Buckman,
716
00:39:51,556 --> 00:39:55,459
instead of calling Charles Noymann
and saying you were Phil Schuyler,
717
00:39:55,593 --> 00:39:58,461
- why didn't you call Mr. Chase?
- I didn't call Noymann.
718
00:39:58,596 --> 00:40:00,121
And I maintain that you did.
719
00:40:00,265 --> 00:40:03,235
There are two possible
explanations for your visit to Mr. Chase
720
00:40:03,368 --> 00:40:04,859
the morning after the murder.
721
00:40:05,003 --> 00:40:07,563
In either case, blackmail
had to have been involved.
722
00:40:07,705 --> 00:40:09,705
You either didn't know
that Phil Schuyler was dead,
723
00:40:09,807 --> 00:40:12,519
or you had previous knowledge that
Phil Schuyler had been murdered and...
724
00:40:12,543 --> 00:40:16,002
I didn't know Phil had been murdered.
If I had, I would have gone to the police.
725
00:40:16,147 --> 00:40:19,242
But you did to go Alexander
Chase to blackmail him,
726
00:40:19,384 --> 00:40:23,287
and it was you, not Phil Schuyler,
who called Charles Noymann.
727
00:40:23,421 --> 00:40:25,390
All right, all
right, I admit that.
728
00:40:25,523 --> 00:40:28,982
But I never got around
to blackmailing Mr. Chase.
729
00:40:29,127 --> 00:40:32,586
When you impersonated Phil
Schuyler and called Charles Noymann,
730
00:40:32,730 --> 00:40:35,256
he said he would speak further
with you if you had documentation
731
00:40:35,400 --> 00:40:37,460
of the true authorship
of Pearls and Jade.
732
00:40:37,602 --> 00:40:40,401
But you didn't have such
documentation, did you?
733
00:40:40,538 --> 00:40:41,665
Well, no.
734
00:40:41,806 --> 00:40:44,901
Yet the following morning you were
playing a two-year-old tape recording
735
00:40:45,043 --> 00:40:47,274
of that same music
for Alex Chase.
736
00:40:47,412 --> 00:40:51,850
We can prove that that tape
recording belonged to Phil Schuyler.
737
00:40:51,983 --> 00:40:54,214
All right, all right, so
I stole a lousy tape.
738
00:40:54,352 --> 00:40:57,049
Phil had no right to brush
me off... No right, do you hear?
739
00:40:57,188 --> 00:40:58,486
I was the one spotted the tune.
740
00:40:58,623 --> 00:41:00,935
I was the one gave him the
idea for the whole squeeze play.
741
00:41:00,959 --> 00:41:02,757
Phil Schuyler
outwitted you, didn't he?
742
00:41:02,894 --> 00:41:05,625
In your presence, he called Janda
and asked him to come right over.
743
00:41:05,763 --> 00:41:08,062
And then what did he
say to you, Mr. Buckman?
744
00:41:08,199 --> 00:41:10,191
Did he offer to cut you in?
745
00:41:10,335 --> 00:41:13,305
No. No. "Blow," he said.
746
00:41:13,438 --> 00:41:15,031
"Beat it. You bother me."
747
00:41:15,173 --> 00:41:17,506
Well, I bothered him, all
right. I bothered him real good.
748
00:41:17,642 --> 00:41:20,202
I hung around till he took off,
then went in and swiped the tape.
749
00:41:20,345 --> 00:41:22,974
If he wouldn't cut me in, I
was going to cut myself in.
750
00:41:23,114 --> 00:41:27,643
I gave Mr. MacManus, his brother-in-law,
the envelope that Phil left for him.
751
00:41:27,785 --> 00:41:29,720
Then I went to my own place
752
00:41:29,854 --> 00:41:32,119
and started getting ready
for the masquerade party
753
00:41:32,256 --> 00:41:34,191
that Phil and I were
supposed to go to.
754
00:41:34,325 --> 00:41:37,090
Now while you were in your
own bungalow, Miss Jordan,
755
00:41:37,228 --> 00:41:40,323
did you see anyone enter or
leave Phil Schuyler's bungalow?
756
00:41:40,465 --> 00:41:44,493
Yes I did, about ten minutes
before I called the manager
757
00:41:44,635 --> 00:41:46,001
and he found Phil dead,
758
00:41:46,137 --> 00:41:49,904
I saw the defendant, Damion
White, leave Phil's place.
759
00:41:50,041 --> 00:41:52,510
And in that ten
minutes, Miss Jordan...
760
00:41:52,643 --> 00:41:55,772
Between the time you saw
Damion White leave the bungalow
761
00:41:55,913 --> 00:41:58,348
and the time the
decedent's body was found,
762
00:41:58,483 --> 00:42:02,250
did you see anyone else at all
enter or leave that bungalow?
763
00:42:02,387 --> 00:42:03,650
- No, I didn't...
- Thank you.
764
00:42:03,788 --> 00:42:05,256
But I wasn't
watching all the time.
765
00:42:05,390 --> 00:42:08,019
Yes, but you told... Well,
who was watching all the time?
766
00:42:08,159 --> 00:42:10,219
Well, the manager, Rudy.
767
00:42:10,361 --> 00:42:12,421
Thank you, Miss Jordan.
768
00:42:13,498 --> 00:42:15,660
Well, sir, it was
Halloween, you know,
769
00:42:15,800 --> 00:42:17,845
and the kids and everything...
Well, they were around.
770
00:42:17,869 --> 00:42:20,498
Well, anyhow,
right after dinner,
771
00:42:20,638 --> 00:42:23,506
I discovered the electric
sign out in front ain't workin'.
772
00:42:23,641 --> 00:42:25,735
So I got up on
a ladder to fix it.
773
00:42:25,877 --> 00:42:29,712
Well, the way I'm standing up
there, see, I'm facing the court.
774
00:42:29,847 --> 00:42:33,340
And all the bungalows open out
into that middle court, you see?
775
00:42:33,484 --> 00:42:36,147
And there's no way to
get in or out the bungalows
776
00:42:36,287 --> 00:42:39,189
without going through that
court. And so there I am.
777
00:42:39,323 --> 00:42:42,953
I mean, I can hardly help keeping
my eye on things, you might say.
778
00:42:43,094 --> 00:42:46,223
Did that include keeping your
eye on Phil Schuyler's bungalow?
779
00:42:46,364 --> 00:42:47,491
Oh, yes sir.
780
00:42:47,632 --> 00:42:50,602
Now Miss Jordan
there, she went in.
781
00:42:50,735 --> 00:42:55,036
And then Mr. Schuyler's
brother-in-law... Him too, he went in.
782
00:42:55,173 --> 00:42:59,406
And then he came
out and so did she.
783
00:42:59,544 --> 00:43:01,843
And then Mr. Schuyler came home.
784
00:43:01,979 --> 00:43:04,608
And after Mr. Schuyler
came home,
785
00:43:04,749 --> 00:43:08,413
how many other people
entered or left that bungalow?
786
00:43:08,553 --> 00:43:11,853
Only one... one person
went in and come out.
787
00:43:11,989 --> 00:43:14,288
And nobody... absolutely nobody
788
00:43:14,425 --> 00:43:17,918
went in or out after that
until I found the dead body.
789
00:43:18,062 --> 00:43:22,124
And who was that one and
only person, Mr. Mahlsted?
790
00:43:22,266 --> 00:43:24,929
Him... Mr. Damion White.
791
00:43:25,069 --> 00:43:26,731
Mr. Mason.
792
00:43:34,612 --> 00:43:36,740
Rudy, you're positive
793
00:43:36,881 --> 00:43:39,817
that no one went into that
bungalow after the defendant left?
794
00:43:39,951 --> 00:43:41,385
Yes sir, positive.
795
00:43:41,519 --> 00:43:44,216
You ever look at
something and not see it?
796
00:43:44,355 --> 00:43:46,790
I don't understand.
797
00:43:47,925 --> 00:43:50,554
How long have you been living
in that bungalow court, Rudy?
798
00:43:50,695 --> 00:43:53,358
20 years, maybe a little longer.
799
00:43:53,498 --> 00:43:56,093
Now this is a photograph
of your bungalow...
800
00:43:56,234 --> 00:43:59,204
A photograph of the room in
which you've spent 20 years.
801
00:43:59,337 --> 00:44:01,829
Now the design on the
wallpaper... Tell me...
802
00:44:01,973 --> 00:44:05,171
Does the pattern run
vertically, up and down,
803
00:44:05,309 --> 00:44:07,369
or does it go from side to side?
804
00:44:07,512 --> 00:44:10,641
This way. Side to side.
805
00:44:10,781 --> 00:44:13,444
Now the roses
806
00:44:13,584 --> 00:44:16,179
between the stripes
on that wallpaper...
807
00:44:16,320 --> 00:44:20,257
Do they go between every stripe
or between every other stripe?
808
00:44:20,391 --> 00:44:23,850
Between every stripe.
809
00:44:23,995 --> 00:44:27,227
Now take a look, Rudy.
810
00:44:27,365 --> 00:44:31,268
I was wrong... both times.
811
00:44:31,402 --> 00:44:33,667
We see but we do not see.
812
00:44:46,184 --> 00:44:50,679
Your Honor, I must protest
these circus side-show tactics.
813
00:44:50,821 --> 00:44:53,450
What kind of stunt is this?
814
00:44:53,591 --> 00:44:54,868
Just a moment, Mr. Burger.
815
00:44:54,892 --> 00:44:58,329
I believe I understand where
defense counsel is heading.
816
00:44:58,462 --> 00:45:01,364
The court is interested in
pursuing this particular point.
817
00:45:01,499 --> 00:45:04,264
So unless you have a specific
objection, we will continue.
818
00:45:04,402 --> 00:45:05,597
Oh, by all means, Your Honor,
819
00:45:05,736 --> 00:45:08,900
let's have some dancing
girls and a snake charmer too.
820
00:45:09,040 --> 00:45:12,442
That will do, Mr. Burger.
You may proceed, Mr. Mason.
821
00:45:12,577 --> 00:45:14,409
Yes, Your Honor.
822
00:45:14,545 --> 00:45:17,709
Now Rudy, the
children trick-or-treating,
823
00:45:17,848 --> 00:45:20,215
were they still making rounds
when you unlocked the door
824
00:45:20,351 --> 00:45:21,375
and found the body?
825
00:45:21,519 --> 00:45:24,455
Oh sure, they were coming
all the time, from 5:00 on.
826
00:45:24,589 --> 00:45:27,457
Even after Damion
White left the bungalow?
827
00:45:27,592 --> 00:45:31,222
Oh yes, they... They'd
come back, you know.
828
00:45:31,362 --> 00:45:34,696
Oh no no, Mr. Mason,
not those children.
829
00:45:34,832 --> 00:45:36,801
I know them. I know them all.
830
00:45:36,934 --> 00:45:39,665
Suppose we find out just how
well you do know them, Rudy.
831
00:45:41,105 --> 00:45:46,043
All right, children, would you
stand in a line here, please?
832
00:45:53,818 --> 00:45:56,947
Rudy, who is Satan
833
00:45:57,088 --> 00:45:58,249
Brucie Hillman.
834
00:46:04,462 --> 00:46:08,024
That's the Karger boy,
Gene... Gene Karger.
835
00:46:12,003 --> 00:46:15,963
Oh, the little gypsy,
that's easy... Michele Strull.
836
00:46:16,107 --> 00:46:18,804
That's not fair, Rudy.
837
00:46:18,943 --> 00:46:22,175
You helped me buy my
costume at the corner drugstore.
838
00:46:23,648 --> 00:46:25,981
Satan
839
00:46:26,117 --> 00:46:29,144
His costume comes from that same
drugstore. Do you recognize him?
840
00:46:29,287 --> 00:46:33,088
Oh, sure, the boy who likes
to dig holes... Don Carmichael.
841
00:46:36,427 --> 00:46:41,127
56 years old, Mr. Mason.
Hudson's the name... Joe Hudson.
842
00:46:41,265 --> 00:46:43,928
How tall are you, Mr. Hudson?
843
00:46:44,068 --> 00:46:46,299
5'4".
844
00:46:46,437 --> 00:46:50,875
Just the same height as
Mr. Janda without his elevator shoes.
845
00:46:51,008 --> 00:46:53,500
All right, children, thank you.
846
00:46:56,681 --> 00:46:59,913
Mr. Janda,
Mr. Chase's last flop...
847
00:47:00,051 --> 00:47:03,146
It wasn't his money that financed
that show. It was yours, was it not?
848
00:47:03,287 --> 00:47:05,984
I lent him the money...
All I had, everything.
849
00:47:06,123 --> 00:47:09,252
You borrowed heavily,
hoping that Pearls and Jade
850
00:47:09,393 --> 00:47:11,089
would solve everything,
851
00:47:11,228 --> 00:47:14,528
but without that contract for Noymann,
you were going to be ruined, weren't you?
852
00:47:14,665 --> 00:47:16,827
Yes.
853
00:47:16,967 --> 00:47:21,701
Yes, that Schuyler, pressuring
Damion, pressuring me.
854
00:47:21,839 --> 00:47:24,968
You followed Damion
and Mona to Schuyler's,
855
00:47:25,109 --> 00:47:27,101
picked up a costume
at the drugstore
856
00:47:27,244 --> 00:47:30,408
from a clerk who is
prepared to identity you.
857
00:47:30,548 --> 00:47:34,383
You then waited
until Damion left.
858
00:47:34,518 --> 00:47:37,215
Then you took off your
shoes and joined the children
859
00:47:37,355 --> 00:47:39,551
going from bungalow to bungalow
860
00:47:39,690 --> 00:47:43,855
and watched for your opportunity
to murder Phil Schuyler.
861
00:47:43,994 --> 00:47:47,522
He was in the tub.
862
00:47:47,665 --> 00:47:52,399
I wasn't sure just
how I was going to do it
863
00:47:52,536 --> 00:47:55,700
until I saw the electric heater.
864
00:47:55,840 --> 00:47:59,402
Mona. Mona, you were
the only really big star I had
865
00:47:59,543 --> 00:48:03,036
and you hadn't worked
in two years... two years!
866
00:48:03,180 --> 00:48:05,581
Two...
867
00:48:05,716 --> 00:48:08,208
You've got to understand.
868
00:48:08,352 --> 00:48:11,220
Here was my chance to get my
money back, to make even more money,
869
00:48:11,355 --> 00:48:14,189
to be on top of the heap again.
870
00:48:14,325 --> 00:48:17,193
But it was all falling
apart because of Schuyler,
871
00:48:17,328 --> 00:48:20,890
because he had
written that melody.
872
00:48:21,031 --> 00:48:23,762
But he was the only one
who could prove that...
873
00:48:23,901 --> 00:48:26,962
Schuyler himself.
874
00:48:27,104 --> 00:48:30,506
I had to stop him before he got
to Noymann and killed the deal.
875
00:48:30,641 --> 00:48:32,576
I had to!
876
00:48:35,880 --> 00:48:39,214
The costume...
877
00:48:39,350 --> 00:48:43,549
It wasn't Satan.
878
00:48:43,687 --> 00:48:46,714
It was a fool's costume.
879
00:48:52,496 --> 00:48:56,695
From the religious vigil of
All Hallow's Eve to murder.
880
00:48:57,701 --> 00:49:00,227
Halloween's come a long way.
881
00:49:00,371 --> 00:49:03,808
"Darkness and worms and
shrouds and sepulchers."
882
00:49:03,941 --> 00:49:06,501
Paul, you're reciting poetry.
883
00:49:06,644 --> 00:49:07,907
Am I?
884
00:49:08,045 --> 00:49:10,810
"But strength alone
is like a fallen angel,
885
00:49:10,948 --> 00:49:15,249
Trees uptorn and darkness and
worms and shrouds and sepulchers."
886
00:49:15,386 --> 00:49:17,048
Hey, what do you know? Keats.
887
00:49:18,055 --> 00:49:20,047
Speaking of fallen angels...
888
00:49:20,191 --> 00:49:23,025
You mean the kind that go
bankrupt backing flop shows?
889
00:49:23,160 --> 00:49:26,790
Yes. You know, I thought Janda's
eyes would pop right out of his head
890
00:49:26,931 --> 00:49:28,991
when he saw that little
old man in the costume.
891
00:49:29,133 --> 00:49:31,500
Yeah, some trick.
892
00:49:31,635 --> 00:49:36,164
Considering the results, wouldn't
you say it was more of a treat?