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Lucks Presents Hollywood Leaver Brothers Company,the makers of Lux Plates, bring you
the Lux Radio Theater starring Joseph Cottonand Valley in Spellbound, Ladies and Gentlemen.

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Your producer, mister William Keeley Reekingfrom Hollywood, Ladies and Gentlemen.
While most people think of motion picturesas typically American, it's nevertheless true that
our neighbors overseas have contributed much totheir development in new ideas, new technical

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approaches, and new stars. Andone of the most exciting new stars to
come out of Europe is that greatItalian artist known as Ballet. She's heard
tonight in her first dramatic appearance onthe air, and we've chosen as her
co star another truly fine performer,Joseph Cotton, and a great play for
them both David o Sells Nick's thrillingscreen hit Spellbound. I was talking to

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Vallet during our rehearsals about her plansand her impressions of America, and one
of the things that impressed her onarriving in this country was the abundance of
everything from motor cars to good soapflakes and to millions of people, good
soap flakes mean lucks, which remindsme again how much we take our luxuries

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for granted. While in many othercountries housewives must rely on any kind of
soap that they can get. Here, they're always sure of a safe and
easy care for precious washable fabrics justby saying, Plus, it's curtain time
and here's Act one of Spellbown,starring Joseph Cotton. At John and Valley

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as a Constance in the secluded Vermontcountryside is an old established sanatorium, Green

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Manners, noted for its treatment ofmental disorders. On the staff of psychiatrists
is a young woman, doctor ConstancePeterson. Doctor Murchison. Of course I
could spread the tinis. My successor, doctor Edwards, will be arriving here
any moment. I just can't imaginegrand menus without you, Doctor Murchison.

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I sort of go with the fixtures. I suppose it's so much more than
that you are Green Maness. Well, the old must make way for the
new, Misconstince, particularly when theboard of directors suspects the order of solimity
that you've been like a new mansince your vacation. Of course I agree
with you. You were overwhere charmingdiagnosed for a broken damn horse. You're

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not living today, I mean,just because I can have her around for
a day or two. Well,I had better take the rest of the
star. I'd like you or myoffice for to meet him, a doctor
Merchison. Tell me what do youthink of that doctor Edwards? His reputation
is tremendous. Like the rest ofyou, I've never met the man,

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doctor Phil I just had a notefrom doctor Edwards. He wants to see.
He's been here all of twenty fourhours and he's writing your notes.
He's interested in one of my stations. I mean, mister Garm's the one
with a guilt complexes. I thinkyou are the guilt complex yourself. Oh
take last night at dinner, dimpleappeared in your cheek that was never there
before. I detect the sided amorousoutcroppings to doctor Edwards. You knew how

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it tests that sort of highes,Albert, How are you to know that
doctor Edwards would turn out to beso young and handsome? Is that all
you have to say about him?No? Oh, he's a strange man.
Jealous of him maybe, I meanof his position here. He seems
so unsure of himself as he pointedout, he's been here on a day.
Please, he's waiting for me.Sure, just see the conversations,

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can find your patient. I don'ttake me too seriously, Cunnie. Of
course, I haven't had time reallyto study mister Gom's case, Doctor Peterson,
but I gather he's thoroughly convinced thathe killed his father. Yes,
do f Edwards. Actually his fatherdied a very natural death. But his
conviction is is very curious. Butyou've encountered such cases very often. You

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describe him so perfectly in your book. Yes, uh, my my book.
I look, would you mind doingme a favor? I'm not at
don't doctor. I I have aheadache and I understand you're not on duty
til after dinner. Well I pleaseI need some fresh air, and you
look as though it might do yousome good too. Hello. Yes,

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this is doctor Edwards. Who sorry, I don't get your name, Normal
Kramer. Huh please, miss Creamer. I'm very busy and I don't know
you. I assure you are.I'm sorry, miss Cramer. Someone claiming
to be well. I don't likepractical jokes to you. Maybe an expatient

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of yours. They can be arather quiet time. Let's get out of
here. We'll look at some sanetrees, normal grass and clouds without complexes.
How about it, thanks, I'dlove to How do you like our

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landscape, doctor Edwards? Pastoral?Enough breathtaking. But you're changing the subject.
We were talking about poetry, andyou were about to say. I
was about to say that great harmhas been done to human raised by the
men who write it or not.Really, the delude people about love.
Writing about it is if it werea symphony, a flight of angels,
which it isn't, of course,certainly not. People fall in love,

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as they put it, because theyrespond to certain hair colorings, or vocal
tones, or mannerisms that remind themof their fair Oh, sometimes no reason
at all. The point is thatpeople who read about love is one thing,
and experience is quite another. Theyexpect you, see, you can't
have to be analyzed. Yes,very awful, professor, you're suffering from

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mogo on the go go, Ibeg your pardon. Come on, let's
sit down over there. I seejust what you were looking for. Trees,
grass and clouds all ready normal.Well, pome seen our new chiepu

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stuff today? No graph? Iguess he's insied up with doctor Murchison.
Doctor Merchon just told me he metwalking with Dr Peterson. That's the largest
constance. Good poor girls withering awaywith science. In my opinion, she's
oh, well, come in,Cunny. I hate to talk about you
behind your back. I have alovely walk. I just got back.

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I heard mister Gars became quite illthis afternoon. Yes, I give macelitudes.
Oh I should have been here.I'm sorry. Looks like you've had
quite a time. Notice her stockings, doctor drag. The lady's been climbing
trees or a lulling in a briarpatch. Oh now, don't be angry,
Constance. Come on, have somecok. Doctor Peterson's already eaten.
Observe the mustard on the right forefinger. I'd say hot dogs on the state

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highway. It's a pity you arenot able to diagonoze your patience ex acurately.
I'm sorry to leave this nursery,but i'd better look into mister Goes.
I believe she was blushing fletto,Yes, I'm sure she was.

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Come in, what Peters, Iit's very late, I know, af
I disturbing you? Oh oh no, no, no, Uh, how's
God? I saw him at tenthirty. He seemed much better. Good.
I I came to ask if Imay borrow your book, the one
on guilt complexes. Dr Murchison hada copy. Oh, yes, it's

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here on the shelf, the autography. Oh do you want with a book?
If there's a problem you want todiscuss? What? Oh? No
particular problem. I'd like very muchto discuss your book, though I've never
discussed a notice work with him?Sound nervous, don't? I? Mm
are you? I'm amblized at mysupter future. I don't want to discuss

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your book at all. It's ridiculousmy coming here like to distract a child.
You're lovely. Please don't say that. You'll think I'm here too.
I know why you're here. Why, because something's happened to us. T
doesn't happen like that in a day. It happens at a moment. Sometimes
I felt that this afternoon. It'slike lightning striking. It was. Why

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are you looking at me like that? Yeah? Something about your dress?
My dress. I've been having arather bad time with my nerves lately.
Your dress, I mean those Imean those dock stripes, still all right.
I hello, yes, doctor gratYes, but where is he?

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I'll be there right away. It'sGod's just trying to commit suicide. It's
bad getting him to surgery. Wait. Why are the lights out in the
corridor? But they're always off thistime of l Doc, That's why he
did it, because the lights areout. Turn all the lights in the
doors unlocked. The doors can't keeppeople in cells loose. All of your
babbling about guilt complexes, what doyou know about them? Turn on the

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lights turn on. I don't understandthis at all. What would make doctor
Edwards collapse? I I don't know, Doctor Edwards. I'm probably shocked if
some kind brought on by exhaustion.May I stay with him? Doctor?

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You were there when it happened.Yes, I am sure he'll be more
at ease with you and mister Gars, so he'll be alright. Uh.
Just take care of doctor Edwards andand keep him quiet. I wish you
wouldn't talk, Doctor Edwards. Pleasejustress I I must talk very well.
Then you're not doctor Edwards, areyou? You know only that you're not

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who you pretend you are, andthat you're ill. How did you find
out this morning? You send mea note you wanted to see me about
mister Garnes. You signed the notetonight when I took the book off the
shelves, the autograph book, thesignature's doctor completely different. Doctor Edwards is
dead dead I auto now I killedhim into his place? And who are

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you? I? I don't Idon't know. I have no memory.
If you remember killing doctor Edwards,you can remember more of that. I've
I've tried it. I you're youafraid of me? No, loss of
memory isn't a difficult pro amnesia trickof the mind to forget something too horrible
to remember, so you put itbehind a closed the door. You'll have

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to open that door. I knowwhat's behind it, a murder. I
don't believe it. That's a delusionof your illness. Will you answer me
truthfully? I trust me, Itrust you. I it's no use.
I don't know who I am.I I I don't know who telephone today,
telephone yes, while I was inthe office. What did she say?
She said that she was my officeassistant. She hadn't heard from me.

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She was worried. You mean shewas doctor Edward's assistant. What else
did she say? She didn't recognizemy voice. She said, I wasn't
doctor Edwards. Was that h thefirst time that you became confused about being
Edwards? Did anything happen before thehotel room? Packing? To come here?
I found this cigarette case in mycoat. Here the initials JB.

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They're probably your initials JB. JohnBrown's body. Do they hang murderers on
a sour apple tree here in Vermont? Please try to rest. It's very
late. You'll feel better tomorrow,Yes, tomorrow, he know, yes,

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this is a doctor Murchison. Who. Yes, Miss Raymond, you
weren't well, of course, comeover right away? Who very well?
Then bring the sheriff with you.Oh, I wanted doctor Flora here when

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you came, Miss Kramer, Iwanted him to hear your story too.
You see, technically I'm no longerassociated with the senatorium. I don't see
what difference it makes none, Perhaps, sheriff and go out, Misspamer.
I've been in doctor Edwards's office foryears, and the man who spoke to
me on the telephone is not doctorEdwards. He let me have my vacation
when he left on his but Iwas very worried when I didn't hear from

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him, and I thought he mighthave come directly here. That's why our
telephoned show my photograph of Doctorators.Oh, oh, yes, yes here.
That's certainly isn't her, Doctor Edwards? What do you suppose made him
break down last night? It's obviousnow, Gums that the patient that told
you about I am almost certain doctorEdwards is an amnesia case. Gums brought

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him back to reality for an instant, and being unable to face the truth
of who he was, he collapsed. You think he may have killed the
real Doctorators him. It's quite possible, and then took his place to conceal
the crime. This sort of unrealisticact is typical of a short sighted cunning
that goes with paranoid behavior. Well, good morning, Doctor Merchison, Doctor

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Flerol, Is is anything wrong?I'm afraid so, Constance, Sir,
who this gentleman with us is thesheriff? Oh, doctor Edwards turns out
to be a paranoid impostor, verylikely guilty of having murdered the real Edwards.
But he's disappeared, disappeared, He'snot in his room. We've looked
everywhere, Connie. You left himin his room? Miss who? Am

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late last night. Well, hemay still be around here somewhere. Excuse
me, I have any phone forsome deputies. Don't worry, Connie,
it's not your fault. They gotaway the bound to find him. I
don't agree, doctor Flora. Idon't think they will find him not alive.
Why not an amazing case like this, with the police after him,
the fellow will put an end tohis pain, to his nightmare fantasies by
blowing out his brains or dropping outof a window. Why. I didn't

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mean to be so callous about it, Constance, your guess is probably quite
accurate. Come along flow suicide.No, No, Hello, mister Brown,
Peters Brown, John Brown, Distanceput him on Please Hello where are

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you? It doesn't matter. You'llfind a note under you call it.
Thanks for trying. Hello, Hello. I cannot involve you in this for
many reasons, one of them beingthat I love you. When the police

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appeen tell the Manitia riverside tell inNew York, I prefer to wait alone
for the end. In just amoment, we'll return with X two of

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spellbounds. Levy, you're practically bubblingover with excitement. What's up? Well,
who wouldn't be excited about a picturethat brings Van Johnson and June Allison
together again. They're such a wonderfulromantic team. What a picture they have
this time Metro Golden Mayor's rollicking newcomedy The Bride Goes Wild. Rocking is
right. Van and June get involvedin some of the most hilarious situations I've

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seen in many moons. June Allisonproves herself a tough comedian in that picture,
and Van Johnson was never in betterform as young author trying to avoid
matrimony, but he can't escape forgirl as lovely as June Allison. How
she makes a stunning bride. Thestudio designed to truse so for her that
any bride would envy. Well,nowadays it's easy for a bride to keep

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her nice things new looking longer,the same way MGM did for June Allison
in The Bride Goes Wild With luckcare and easier than ever now with the
wonderful new diamonds of lucks. Womensaid luck just couldn't be better, but
it's more wonderful than ever nothing.Just like these new diamonds, so sheer,
so tiny, so white. Theynot only look different, they act

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different. They're so much faster.They fairly burst into the SuDS at the
touch of water and make the richestsudsper Just compare them with any other SuDS
you've ever used. They're richer,and they keep pretty under things lovely three
times as long. Just show thatit's just like getting three pretty slips for
the price of one. So smartgirls avoid harsh washing metals. Anything safe

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in water is safe in these newdiamonds of lux. We'll return you now
to William Keeley, Act two ofSpelldown, starting Joseph Cotton as John and
Valet as Constance. It's late thatsame day in a room and a riverside

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hotel in New York City. Howdid you come here? Why to take
care of you? To help you? You can't help a criminal. I
won't allow you to. I couldn'tbear it away from you. I couldn't
do anything but think of you.No, no, no, no,
I'm here as your doctor. Ithas nothing to do with love, nothing
at all, Oh, Darling Karston, You see nothing to do with love

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at all. Darling. We haven'tmuch time you lived somewhere, you had
relatives, friends. Please try toremember why not a wife? Can you
remember no, no, Thank heavens, I can't remember a wife. You
told me you had headaches. Howwould you diagnose a pain in the right
upper quadrant, a persistent pain,oh, girl bladder, possibly a hard

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case pneumonia, depends on the patient'shistory. Obviously you are a doctor.
The only thing that's obvious is thelogic of the situation. What logic that
it was I who was with doctorEdwards? Here? Look at this newspaper.
The police believed the impostor who escapedfrom green Manors is a patient who
visited the real doctor Edwards in theCumberland Mountains. No trace of doctor Edwards

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has been found since he left theCummeland resort in the company of his alleged
patient. Where did you go?I don't know, but I came back
with his identity. Logically I knowwhy the body hasn't been found, because
it was hidden by me. Don'tyou see? You can be imagining all
this. You insist without proof thatyou're a murderer. Whoever you are.

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It's a guilt complex that speaks foryou, a guilt fantasy that probably goes
back to your childhood. Your wrist, what about my wrist? Roll up
your sleeve. You were in anaccident. Your wrist was burned. You're
form, You've had an operation inthe last six months. A skin drafts.
It hurts. What happened where mywrist turns? What happenss burning?

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My arm's burnt? Try to remember. I can't think, I can't Hi,
darling, Oh, I'm so sorry. Are you all right? Oh?
I'm all right? Who could thatbe the bell boy? I left

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word? I wanted the late editionsof the newspapers born at the barn.
Oh, yes, the papers here, thank you? Huh oh oh,
yes, ma'am. Hikes still onthe front page. Yes, your picture,
Police Hunt, Doctor Constance Peterson.Believe dating Madman and Edward's mystery.

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The bell boy recognized me. GoodGod to live here now it once.
There's no time even to bag youtold the cab driver at Pennsylvania Station.
Yes, darling, yes, listen. When you left the Cumberland Mountains,

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glad. What suppose be you?You went somewhere else together by automobile?
I doubt it. The newspaper wouldmention it by playing maybe or by train.
However you went, you bought tickets. You must have heard doctor Edwards
ask for tickets. I don't rememberthat you will. We got to a
ticket window. Try to relive thatother time with Edwards. Ask for the

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same tickets. I'll try, I'lltry, all right. Please Washington one
way he went some place with Edwards. Ask put tickets to the same thing,
including texts ain't you Yes, sir, tickets take where sir? Till

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ticket two tickets? Where too?Rom from where you see? He means
from Georgia. Yes, ma'am,just a moment thing I feel so peculiar.
Please start. A policeman is coming. Don't say anything anything wrong,
lady, My husband's officer. Manwho take us a room? Georgia?
You need any help? Oh no, he'll be all right. Does disess

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tales go away quickly? You'll changeman Bemingham Special tact seventeen and ten minutes.
Thank you. I'll go to thetrain with you. Oh he's better
now, officer, Please don't brotherseventeens right over there, We've got to
get to an exit. Exit thepoliceman. You may find description of us
posted somewhere. We'll be picked upat the first time. We can't go
back to my hotel, no,darling. We go to Grand Central station.

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We're going to Rochester, Rochester.I have a wonderful friend there,
doctor Alex Brulof. He was myprofessor at the university. He'll help us

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feel better, much better. Thanks. Then let's pick up where we let
off. We know you're a doctor, that you were in an accident,
that you were once in Row.I was never in Rome in my life.
I yes, I I remember fighterplane spotted us. You were flying
transport medical cover rong. What happened? Plane? Was it caught fire?

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I don't know it. It justblacks out. You left the army after
that. Maybe I deserted. Ihated it. I hated the killing.
I can remember that much. Yourguilt fantas is where exaggerated by your duty
and beyond. I stop it,please, I don't want to hear any
more about it, Darling, it'sjust beginning. Don't hate me too much.
Try to relax. Now. I'lltell you all about Alex, doctor

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Dula. Oh you will be crazyabout it. Constance, want to see

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you again. This might be Alex. You're busy, I said, have
let you know we were coming andruined this wonderful surprise? Now? Who
is this man? You are bringingme a new patience. Now, this
one's all mine. His name isJohn Brown. Here's my hospital, Alex.
We were just men, very gladto know you. Doctor pla so

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man. You know who is waitingfor me and the two policemen. Policemen
this business about doctor Edwards. Youare here to ask me foolish questions.
I get rid of them very fast. Now. I'm sure they didn't see
what's gonna I'm not going to runaway again. We can hear what they're
saying. I told the police before. I know nothing about this one.
I have some kind of a theory. Doctor. I said that Edwards took

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a parent of patience along with himon the education. He was even a
bigger fool than I thought. Youone. It's like playing with a load
of gud. Edward's a friend ofyour arms. What are you talking about?
I scarcely do him? Please,no normal questions. I'm sorry.
I don't bother the doctor. Andoh good night, good night, Lee,
Detective. What do you suppose theyare snooping around me for? And
because they are so old and wisemarried? Come on in the kitchen,

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we have a gossip beer, Alex. I think the truth is we're here
to ncause the hotels they're also crowded. We couldn't get accommodation. What do
you want with the hotel? Ilive by myself in a big house,
cooked me my coffee in the morning, and the house is yours. Yes,
because how useful the beer in theicebox? Huh? Yes, take

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your choice of the bedroom's constance goodnight, good night night, good night,
happy dreams, which we will analyzeat breakfast. Thanks for everything.
Any husband of constance, there's ahusband of mine? Pro me he is
wonderful? Is it is supposed tobe married? Why didn't you ask where

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our luggage is? Alex is alwayslike that in a complete dream state?
Social Did the police upset you?Hm? Oh no, I don't think
you're very lovely. No, No, you'll keep this room. I take
the one next door. It's theroom, I John, What are you
looking at? Nothing? You're staringat the curtain telling me what I'm doing.

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The curtains frighten you. White curtainswith stripes straget That night a sanitorial.
My dress was white with dark stripes. Why does the color white frighten
you? Why do the lines fashion? Just let me alone, Please,
let me alone? Yes, darling, Yes, why don't you take it
holt by you'll sleep better? Yes, I will. I I'd like to

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shave. I huh, I mustlook like a tramp. You think you
can manage one of those old fashionedrazors. A host is an old fashioned
man. Ry cutt myself out,yell from my doctor, good night,
die, good night, white whitetiles, father, watchful, medicine,

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cabinet, pastime, white white white. The razor, Yes, this razor,
police blue bluff. He knows,he knows, the razor? Is

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that your job? Jo joined me. I was not able to sleep,
so I came down to the wood. I am having some milk and crackers
and some this clandy milk, whitewhite job. What's the what's that in
your hand? What is it?Darling? Let me get up, darling.

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Seven o'clock, John, are youawake? Gone? He's gone?
John? Where are you? Alex? Are you down here? Who is
it? The race? Are therace? Alex? Alex? Oh?

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No? No? What is it? Oh? Good boy? Oh?
Are you? You were asleep?What is the matter with you? And
they must have dozed off in thischair. I get a cup of real
coffee this morning. Alex, myhusband, his husband's and the couch in

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the living room. You think brulOff is so old he cannot make out
to him to his whole, aysaid Hal the moment I see you with
a man whose pupils are enlarged,who has a tremor of the left hand,
who is on a honeymoon with nobaggage, whose name is John Brown.
Eh, I know practically what isgoing on. What did he do?

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Only what I expected? There isno use taking chances. So I
see there last night waiting. Soonhe comes downstairs, and he is victulous.
I can see by his face.So I keep talking to him while
I put some bromide in a glassof milk, enough to knock out three
horses, to struggle against his condition. It agitates him at times, Alex,

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But that's no real danger, noreal danger. Only he comes downstairs
with my raising in his hand.What are you going to do something more
for you than for me? Callthe police? Oh no, no,
please, Alex name. We arespeaking of a schizophrenic, not a Valentine.
The shock of a police INVESTI kitchenmight draw his chance for recovery,
and I can save him. Ohif he killed doctor Head once, didn't

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he didn't. I couldn't feel thisway towards a man who was bad,
who had committed murder. I couldn'tfeel this pain for someone who was evil.
This is daily talk. You aretwenty times crazier than he. Give
me time just a few days,Alex, in his present condition, he
could tell the police nothing. Don'tyou see? Go make me some coffee,

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then you help me. Oh Alex, Oh, thank you, thank
you. So you're awake. Whoare you? Oh? Yes, I

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I remember Constant in the kitchen makingcoffee. H prom, who's been feeding
me for a mine? What's yourname? I don't Oh Constance told you
about me. Nobody had to tellme. And don't fight me. I'm
going to help you if I can. I want you to look on me

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like your father. Trust me,lean on me. This is a short
cut, but we haven't time foranything else. Go ahead, I'm a
leaning. Maybe you've got something youwant to tell me, A few words
in the corner of your heir.Now go on talk to me. There's
nothing. Maybe you've drink something.I was dreaming just now, What did
you dream? I don't believe indreams. That freud starts a lot of

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hooey, do you want I shouldhelp on. I'm sorry. Dreams can
tell you sometimes what you are tryingto hide, but they tell it to
you all mixed up. The problemis to put the puzzle to get it.
Ah, constance with the coffee,John awful. The patient is going
to tell us about they dream.You'll find a pencil in pad on that

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table. Take note. When allthe dream I I seemed to be in
a in a gambling house that wentin the walls, just a lot of
curtains with eyes painted on them.I was playing cards with a man who
had a beard, and he hadjust won when the proprietor came in and
accused him of cheating. The proprietyyelled at him, this is my place,

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he said, I won't allow youhere. I'll fix you. He
taste John, the more fantastic,the better. Oh, this man with
a beard. He was leaning overthe sloping roof of a high building,
and I yelled at him to watchout, but he fell over slowly with
his feet in the air. ThenI saw the proprietor again. He was
hiding behind a chimney and he hada small wheel in his hand, so

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him dropped the wheel on the roof. How did you react to that?
I started running. I heard somethingbeating over my head, a great,
great pair of wings, and theyalmost caught me. When I came to
the bottom of the hill. II must have escaped, I I I
don't remember. Then I woke upand saw doctor Bullah have some coffee.

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I feel so so strange again.Something's happening to me. To try to
relax, drink your coffee. He'sstaring out the window. What's out the
window? Spin snowing? The lightfrightened him to the phobia. No,
it's a snow and those tracks inthe snow. Doctor Edwards was fond of

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sports. He mentioned skiing in hisbook is valuable in the treatment of mental
disorders. Skiing That's what those darklines symbolize for him. Ski tracks in
the snow. John, where DiyEdwards go skiing? Can't you tell us
where? He has already told us? Let me see your notes, Ah
sloping roof. That could mean himother side and the bearded man was Doctor

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Edwards. Doctor Edwards plunged over theprecipice while skiing with those wigs jezing him
down the hill. That could meanhe was a kaping from a valley.
Ski resorts often not called valley's likeSan Valley. He was being pursued by
a figure with wings weeks an agentAngel Valley, John, do you remember

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an Angel Valley? We can calla travel agency check all the skiing resort.
It wasn't Angel Valley, it wasit was a a place called Gabriel
Gabriel Valley. What else do youremember now? The other man in your
dream, the proprietor, who washe? An accident occurred, Darling?
Do you remember that a skiing accident? Doctor Edward spent over a snow clay.

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There was no accident. I've hadenough of this. Call the police.
I killed him. I killed DoctorEdwards at Gabriel Valley. We paused
now for station identification. This isCBS, the Columbia Broadcasting System. Act

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three of Spellbound will follow in amoment. Our guest Tonight is responsible for
the interviews with famous stars which manyof you doubtless read in current publications.
She's miss Dorothy Blair of Universal International. Did you see any of the filming
of Naked City at the studio,Darvy, Yes, I did. After
Mark Hellinger brought the company back fromtwo and a half months on location in

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New York and did a few scenesat the studio. And there are more
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do outstanding jobs as the romantic leaves. Barry Fitzgerald won everyone completely in his
role of police lieutenant time as youhave a knife for detail even when you
are not working, Dorothan, Yes, I do. One day, when

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I was on the set of NakedCity, Dorothy Hart was having her hem
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tonight, Dorothy Blair. Back nowto our producer William Kiley. Act three

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of Spellbounds, starring Joseph Cotton asJohn and Valet as Constance. John's statement

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that he has killed doctor Edwards atGabriel Vallet has sent Constance to the telephone,
but not to call the police.Four forty five. Thank you.
We're going to Gabriel Valley. John, there's a train in an hour.
You're not going anywhere with me.I know about last night. I might
have killed you, but doctor Brulotwith that racer, but you didn't.

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Nothing happened. Well, if Idon't give myself up to the police,
I love you, but I'm notworth loving Darling Kin help me, but
afterwards this feeling of guilt guilt?Have you never been without him, not
since childhood? What's that? Sincekilhood? What was it? Was it
so terrible that you prefer to thinkyou murdered doctor Edwards rather than remember what

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happened long ago? Let me alone, you said, you'll love me.
Look at me. Then? Whyam I fighting for you? Because I
love you, because I need youand you love me, and I want
you to come with me to paybriel. What will it do? You'll see
the hell where it happened. You'llremember things how I killed him. No,
no, you'll see your innocence.You'll see what really happened. The

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episode repeated, how do you knowI won't kill it because I'm convinced you
didn't kill it in the first place. You you believe in me enough to
take such a chance. Of courseI do. We go back to Skiran.
We'll find out what really happened todoctor Edwards. We'll find out what
it was in your childhood that's hauntedyou all these years. Doctor bull Love,

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You've been remarkably silent through all ofthis. Is a woman in love?
What can an old man say?Hello? This is the town of
Colly doctor police headquarters. What doyou want now? I came to see
you last Tuesday, you had visitors. One of them was a girl.

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Well, I've just received a bulletinfrom her mind. I'm looking for that
girl Peterson, and what has shedone? She's wanted for questioning? Where
is she? She left yesterday afternoon? Where did she go? I don't
know. You know what you're doing. Don't you obstructing justice? Come down
and arrest me? Then? MmI think I ub struck the law.

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M a person to person, doctorcoustins Peterson, she's at the evening.
Gave you a tny in the lon. I'm sorry, sir. The end,
Gabriel Valley says doctor Peterson has goneskiing. Do you wish her to
call you when you return? No? No, never. You're sure this

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is the heel John, you werehere with doctor Edwards. This is it.
Put on your skis, cliff it'sdown there. I know it's down
there, And promise me, nomatter what I may try to do,
curs away from the cliffs. Butwhat if I force you to just a
few minutes, darling, and you'llbe free. Take my head ready?

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Then here we go. Slow down, that's who I'm going Too fast,
You're too close to me. Cutover the cliff. You can you can
see it, not just just aheadof us. I know that, I

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know, Yes, I remember,I remember why why he was where you
are and I you wanted this.Everything must be the same, all right,

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John, are you alike Constance?You threw yourself at me, You
wouldn't let me go over. Yousaved me, my brother, my brother?
What about your brother? Tell mewith children? It comes back to

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me now I killed him. Ikilled my brother. It was an accident.
How did you catch steps? Therewere that There's a railing and my
brother was sliding down the railing.I didn't mean it. I didn't I
slid down behind him. I fI knocked him off, and there was
a picket fence. I'd my brother. I've lost all gone. Doc,

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we're going back to the inn.You can call the police now. Yes,
they can find the body of doctorEdwards somewhere in the snow at the
bottom of that cliff. Some wereoh please, police should be there by

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now. We'll know very soon.Yes, that's unbelievable. How everything comes
back to me. Oh, bythe way, I'm not married, and
my name is John John Ballentine.I'm very pleased to meet me. Another
thing. My army records, allright, medical discharge. How did you
meet doctor Edwin? I met himin the Cumberland Mountains. I went there
to rest My nerves were still prettyragged from the Warren. He was vacationing

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there and asked him to help me. How did you happen to come here?
Still, hazy darling? He invitedme a few days ski and he
was coming to Vermont Anyway to takeover the sanatorium that changed trains in New
York from the left the station,went went somewhere for a lunch. I
I can't seem to recall just whereanyway. Uh we came on and the

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accident happened at that spine? Ordid you save me? No? No,
let's not have any confusion about whosaved whom. Edwards was about fifty
feet ahead of me when he wentover. You saw it happened, You
thought of your brother, and thatawful feeling of guilt came over you again.
You had to run away. Youassumed that all of doctor Edwards to
prove to yourself he wasn't dead,And since he wasn't dead, you reasoned

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you couldn't have killed him. Howdoes it feel to be a great handalyst,
wonderful and madly adored, very wonderfulem Hello, I'm Sergeant Dixon,
State Beliefs. Oh yeah, uh, this is Lieutenant Cooley. He's Rochester.
We met lieutenant before, said tospeak. How did you find us
in the talent? No, thanksto doctor Brulow that you left the trail

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a mile wide. We've found doctorEdwards's body just where you said it would
be. Thank goodness, this isall over there, not quite, doctor
Peterson. There was a bullet inhis body, but that's impossible. Doctor
Edwards was murdered, shot in theback. You're under arrest, and I

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brought you back here to green Manter'sConscience because there is nothing more you can
do for John, Alex. Theremust be something I can do. You
cannot keep bumping your head against realityand saying the evidence is not there.
The evidence he's there. John hasbeen indicted for murdered. He trusted me,
Alex. I led him into atrap. I've all but convicted him.
Is that real enough for you?But don't ask me to stop.

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I can't stop. I won't stopuntil he's free. And how will you
free him? I I don't know. I have and seemed very grateful.
Alex have I thanks for straightening thingsout with doctor Murchison and everyone. I
am sorry. The prison hospital isso close by. This means you'll see
John every chance to get it.Is useless for me to tell you not

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to. Yes, I hate tohurry, doctor Bruno. I have been
waiting for you to throw me outof your office. Murchison, the car's
here. It's quite a drive tothe station. Yes, I go back
now to Rochester. Take care ofmy girl. We'll try to doctor Goodbye,
Goodbye. I'll write to you Constance. Thank you, Alex brilliant man
Ay I should go to the station. No, you're too tired, the

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Constance. Try to forget things betterforgotten. You've a fine career ahead of
you here. Thank you. Well, at least one good thing came out
of all this. You're still here. Who knows what would have happened to
this place under doctor Edwards and youEdwards morey slightly and I be liking well.
Good night, Constance. I hopeyou feel rested in the morning.

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Good night, doctor Murchison. Iknew Edwards. I never liked him.
He told me before he had nevermet him. That age of first came
here. I'm the rest of you. I've never met the man. Did

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you forget something, my dear,I want to talk to you, doctor
Burchesson. Of course, it's aproblem. A dream one of my patients,
reported, which patient John Valentine.Well, ever since John was arrested,
he's been recalling more details of thatdream. Anyway, he was playing

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cards in a gambling house, apparentlywith doctor Edwards. What game will they
playing? Twenty one? John sayshe died Doctor Edwards of seven of clubs,
and Edwards said, that makes youtwenty one. Perhaps he was trying
to mention a look care an actualplace, a club. There's a place
in New York, the twenty oneClub. Oh yes, yes, so

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there is, the patient dreamed.The proprietor accused doctor Edwards of cheating.
He ordered Edwards out. I won'tallow you here, he said, this
is my place. I'm going tofix you. The dream gives a look
and a double identity. The twentyone Club been Green manners perhaps, but
the proprietor seems to belong to theletter. In fact, it might easily

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be myself. It seemed that wayto me, Doctor Murchison. I presume
you only arrived at dissolution to night. Yes, just now in the corridor.
Was there any more to the dream? Yes? The patient dreamed he
and doctor Edwards were on a highsloping roof that he saw Edwards fall from

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the roof to his death. Healso saw the angry proprietor hiding behind a
chimney. In his hand was asmall He dropped the wheel, and the
symbolism of the weaver escapes mate.It was a revolver. The proprietor who
threatened Edward's liking. The twenty oneClub dropped a revolver in the snow at

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Gabriel Valley after shooting Doctor Edwards inthe back. The weapon is still there
with the murderous fingerprints on it.I can't agree with that part of your
interpretation, for the good reason thatthe weapon is now in my hand.
I imagine something of the sort mighthappen when I made the slip before about

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knowing Edwards. That started your actualyoung mind going. You had a breakdown
a few weeks ago. In yourstate of panic, you learned that Edwards
was to take your place here,so you sought him out in his favorite
restaurant in New York he was havinglunch there, John Valentine, you accused
him of stealing your job. Youthreatened to kill him. You followed him
to Gabriel Valley and shot him frombehind a tree. You're an excellent But

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I don't think the police are interestedin dream now. But they'll be greatly
interested in the waiters in the twentyoneth Love who saw you there, and
the people who saw you on thetrain to gab A Valley in others who
saw it again. There'll be nodreams in this case. And what did
you think I do when you toldme all this? Congratulate you? You're

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forgetting your devotion to your patient.That the punishment for two murders is the
same as for one. You're notgoing to commit a second murder, doctor
Murchison. I hadn't planned to,But you're here. You're not leaving.
A man of your intelligence doesn't commita stupid murder. You're thinking you are
not mentally responsible the first time,that they'll consider the state of your health,

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that they'd never execute you for themurder of doctor Edwards. You can
still live, read, write researcheven if you are put away. You're
thinking that now, doctor Murchison,But if you put that trigger, it's
called deliberate murder, and you'll dinein the electric chair for your crime.

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I I'm going to telephone for thepolice, Doctor Murchison. If you walk
to that door and don't try toleave, Doctor Murchison Sanatorium, chiep A

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tend to kill South had American missionslike the Muchison's hot rival Valentine Free hearers
try a second time to save Valentine. All right, Agebula. This time
it's a real animode luggage and everything. Nothing is so nice as a new

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marriage job. Those psychoses, noaggressions, no guilt complexes, not yet,
not ever. Goodbye diamond, goodbye, and remember John, what a
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the footlights for a well earned curtaincall. All congratulations to you both for
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to be here, but you knowit was a double pleasure tonight. Oh

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where is that Joe on to Daywith the Leader Valley and her very first
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that my very first radio performance hastaken place on America's leading dramatic radio program.
Well, I hope, Miss Valley, that the night's appearance will be
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