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The National Broadcasting Company presents Radio CityPlayhouse Attraction forty nine. Here is the
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director of Radios that he Playhouse,Harry W. Jenkins. Thank you,
Fred Good Evening, Ladies and gentlemen. Tonight and you play by Alan Sloane,
an outstanding radio writer whose scripts havebeen heard on almost every important dramatic
series. Mister Sloan has just returnedfrom Europe, where he was sent by
the United Nations. He has spentthe past eight months visiting displaced person camps
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and recording special material for a seriesof documentary broadcasts. We hope mister Sloan
will be writing many scripts for RadioCity playoffs also with us Tonight is Miss
Virginia Dwyer, in our opinion,one of radio's most sensitive and most talented
dramatic accressies. You have heard hermany times on NBC The Eternal Light,
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front Page Foul Mister District Attorney,to name only a few co starred with
Miss Dwyer is our good friend BernardGrant, a familiar and very welcome personality
to all regular Radio City Playhoufs listeners. Here then, is our show Pension
in six forty three by Alan Sloan, starring Virginia Dwyer as Evy and Bernard
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Grant as Alan Attraction forty nine onRadio City Playoffs. That's for Missus McBride
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in four twenty one. Oh hello, mister Clark. Nice to see you
again. Your usual room, Yes, if you have it, please we
make a point of saving mister Clark. How long have you been a regular
with us in the hotel? Toolong? I understand. Uh, mister
Clark, if you don't mind myasking, Yes, how is your wife?
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Do? They say? Improving?They say, I'm glad to hear
that. I hope everything will beall right soon. Hunt me show mister
Clark to six forty three, Jimmysix four to three as usual, Yes,
sir, Hello mister Clark. HelloJimmy. Do you see even the
bell hop knows it? Six floormister Clark. Thanks Jimmy, he'll look
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tired, mister Clark, all right, Yes, I am. The train
was hot, dusty, but I'llhave a shower and forty winks and I'll
be all right. We got misterClark six four three, Thank you.
I just drop the bag anyway,Jimmy, Yes, sir, I'll just
check the bathroom. See that you'veeverything you want. It'll be all right.
No, there's no powers, butI'll send the mate up with them.
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Thanks, thank you, mister Clark. Anything else, why just call
for Jimmy. I'll do that.Are you going to the hospital tonight,
mister Clark, Yes I am.You better make that a short forty winks.
The bus leaves at nine o'clock andit's after eight. Now. I
will thanks a lot, Jimmy.The mate will be up with the towers
in just a moment, mister Clark. Oh, weary, weary, weary.
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My head hurts, hurt. Oh, Ben feels so good. Might
take a shoe off now, theother one. It's more like it.
No wonder everybody knows me from thebell hops up. I've been coming here
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so long, too long, DearLord, one of these days, make
it the last time, and makeme forget the first time, the first
time I went to see her.I have, mister Clark, But in
your wife's condition, five minutes isoh, we can allow you five minutes.
But nurse, I've come all theway from the I'm sorry. Do
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you have to stay in this case? I have to do? We go
there here? Oh? Well,can she have these in her room,
candy, flowers, perfume, candy. She likes to keep the boxes and
the ribbons, the flowers. What'swrong with flowers? Sometimes the patience eat
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them? Oh? How about theperfume. I'm sorry, mister Clark.
It's the client. She used tobe so crazy about it. I thought
maybe if if she smelled it wouldhelp her. Maybe bring her that kind
of it's only the littlest bottle,but it's the glass. Huh the bottle,
mister Clark, bless jagged edges.Dear lord. Oh, nothing sudden,
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mister Clark. Just take it slow, just be very quiet and calm,
and don't get her excited. MissusClark, nurse, thank you,
Harry. Wait outside, come on, missus Clark. Let's it come right
on in now, sit down.Uh, you've a visitor. Talk to
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hello. It's me the Allan.You know me, sweetheart, Alan,
don't you know me? Look?Look flowers. I brought you flowers.
I brought you candy, honey,but chewy kind look baby candy. I'm
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sorry, mister Clark. I'm afraidyou're not going to be able Wait wait,
wait, get me time. EvLook, look perfume, see you
kind? The kind you like,let me rub some on your wrist,
darling, Just let me put adrop on, just let me please.
It's all right, honey, it'sonly me. I won't hurt you,
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no perfume. Don't be afraid,Ei, I won't touch I won't Just
say something. Say hello, Allan, please ev say hello Clark. Let
me fly once more? Maybe don'tyou know me? Your husband? Don't
you? You see? I'm sorry, mister Clark. I might as well
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be talking to a wall. Perhapsyou'd better go, Harry, Are you
ready to go back to your roomnow? Missus Clark? Watch you're telling
me goodbyeybe? I'll come back againreal soon, a bee, darling.
Oh, it's only just the firstvisit, miss Clark. It takes time,
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you know, maybe in a fewweeks? How many week or none?
Four years? How often may Icome? Every two weeks? All
right, I'll be back, won'tdo you have a flowersness? And take
this money too? Will you?If she asks for little things that are
all right, will you please buythem for you know? I do?
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Right? I guess I might aswell go. Thank you nice for your
trump that door, all right,and take the perfume too? Well?
She she used to be crazy aboutit. She used to be so crazy
about perfew every two weeks for threeyears, same hotels, same room,
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same maybe, dear Lord, oneof these days, make it the last
time. Make it the last time, Oh made with the towels. I
guess, come in, come injust a minute? Just was it?
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Other shoe? Was it? Oh? Dog? Bother coming out? Evie?
Hello, Allan? You who comein? I I thought you were
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the mate with the towels? Ivie, w what are you doing here?
What are you doing out? I'mpaying you did it? But they didn't
tell me. They didn't call,they didn't write, they didn't wire.
Nobody told me you had been released. Oh yev Eve, don't touch me.
Don't touch me. I was onlygoing to take my wife into my
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arms. I was only going tosay that, I Evie, Evie,
you're well. Oh you must be, darling. They've let you come to
meet me, haven't they. Andit's such a wonderful surprise. Oh,
this will surprise you even more.What are you doing with that gun?
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Give it to me later, lad, give it to me. Maybe'd be
a good girl. Give it tome back, I said, back,
peebe, don't don't do things likethis. You're so oh ebe go ahead,
Alan, say it, Say it, Alan, man, that's it,
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isn't that man? Crazy? Please? I like to hear you say,
say please, Darling, you're upset, now down not upset, Alan,
I'm crazy, Remember he said Iwas. You told the doctor you
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sent me to that place for yourown good. Ev I wanted you to
get well, mad crazy man abreakdown. Anybody can have a breakdown.
There's nothing the matter with me.I just hate you, that's all.
And I'm gonna kill you dead.No, I'm going to kill you.
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No, no, no, no, no, You're not only crazy people
do things like that. And youjust said there wasn't anything the matter with
you. Why they let you cometo see me, didn't they? So
you must be all right again?And if you're all right, white,
you don't want to kill me,don't just see darling. I love to
hear you talk like that. Letme come to see you, scrab me.
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Of course they did, don't youremember they? Evie. Let's let's
have a drink to your recovery,like like old times again. We'll have
it that. I was just goingto call room service, Darling, drinks.
I've forgotten what drinks taste like.Oh, I've had room service for
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three years. I've lived in aroom. That's that's all over. Now
they've they've let you come to me, and now I'll take your home.
Let me come to you. Butyou're here. That's right, Alan,
that's right. I escape. Ihit a guard on the head with my
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clock, little clock. You gaveme Allen without an alarm, Alan,
Why couldn't I on alarm? EVget back? I still have a gun,
Alen. Oh you didn't know guardshad guns, did you. I've
got it now. I put myclock in the stocking and I hit him
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on the head with it. Andnow I've got his gun. And I'm
gonna kidd you. No, you'renot going to kill anybody, darling.
You're going to sit down and talkabout this, and I'll send down to
stay away from that pole. Anythingyou say, anything you say, oh,
how scared you are? You're down. I can kid you just as
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well sitting down. If you escape, you know they would be looking for
you. Let me call them andsay you're safe. You touch that phone,
I'll shoot you. And I don'twant to do that, yes,
of course not. You don't wantto shoot me. I'm your husband,
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and that right away. Alan.I don't want to watch you squirm and
wiggle. I like to watch youtrying to get away. Alan, Yes,
how does it feel to be aprisoner? But I'm not a prisoner.
I'm Alan. Don't you remember?I remember? I just want the
stalking and the guard fell down andI put the clock in the toll the
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stocking. Yes, I remember theclock, even the little white clock with
the chromium on it. No alarm. Why didn't my clock have an alarm?
Alan? Why won't you tell me? Candy? Please forget about the
alarm? The alarm eating any bell? Bells they started you, that's all,
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believe me. That's tolorists to it. Now. Now let's talk about
something happened. No, the bell, Allen, talk about the bell.
Talk Alan, the bell. Ifyou put the gun down, I'll tell
you all about everything, even aboutthe bet away from that door. All
right, come back here, Alan, you make me nervous. Sit on
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the bed and tell me what youwant to. Forget about the bells,
Darling, there is that better Iwant to remember, and I can kill
you better. Tell me all aboutthe bells. You mean the big bell
on the church down the street.Even the school bell and the doorbell,
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the one that chimed the back door, of the buzz, the alarm clock
in the bedroom, the bells theyrang on the radio, and even the
telephone, telephone, telephone. Youtook the telephone away. You didn't want
me to talk to anybody. No, I didn't want you to hear the
bell. Why why I told youit used to bother you. But by
the way, let me see thatgun, will you. You know I've
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never seen a gun so clean?Get away? Get away? Now a
telephone? Why did the bell usedto bother me? Of some point?
You don't remember? Make me remember? Make me Donny, Donny our baby?
Donny? Do we have a baby? Not anymore? Why did you
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say Donny because that was his name, Evie, I don't want to do
this. Why did you say Donnybecause because once, a long time ago,
there was a Donny, a sturdy, little tan and blonde Donnie can't
remember Donny Donny's strength and hand andsturdy. He worshiped him. You were
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making a cake one day, don'tyou remember? You're in the kitchen making
a cake. When are you making? Mommy, I'm making a cake,
honey, bo for me, foryou and me and daddy. You go
outside and wait for Daddy to comehome, and when he does, you
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can both lick the bowl. Goon now stairs, all right, don
Donny, Yes, mommy, don'trun away from the house to your stay.
Almos on hear me? Okay,mommy, I say them. That's
a good boy. Kids, especiallyboys. Oh good grief, my icing,
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Oh heaven't hold your horses. I'mcoming, Danny. Get off the
road, Danny, look out.That's a story. You made it up.
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No, no, it's true.And when the telephone rings, you
remember it. No, No,yes, when any bell rings, you
remember it. I was going tokill you because you made me stay in
that place. No, I'll killyou if that story is true. If
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you killed my son with your car, it was an accident, an accident.
Don't you think I've suffered, notthe way I am not for three
years old by yourself. All right, Alan, that's enough, no more
talk. Turn around now all right, don't turn around. I want to
look at you. I want tosee you suffer. I'm gonna play games
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with you. Alan. Count countto three, one two, don't worry.
I know how to work this gun. See don't kill me. Maybe,
please, you'll be all alone ifyou kill me. One two and
now don't move. Who is thatis that? The guards since come to
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take me back? Don't it's notthe gods, ev it's just the maid
guard you wanted to be the gods. Let me go answer the door.
It's the guards. I'll kill you. If it's the maid, don't let
her in. I remember, I'mright behind you. Oh it's you.
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Your to I'll put in the bathroom. That's all right, I'll put them
away ward idea, it's all rightfor them. Look on your face.
You thought it was a god.Just the maid with the towels, you
said, but you hoped it wasa god. No, dear, I'll
just put these towels away now they'rehere to lock yourself in the bathroom so
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I can't kill you. Oh no, you don't put them down. Throw
them down on the floor, throwthem down right there. I'll kill you
now you mus stand right on thetowels, be so pretty red blood on
the right toe. Maybe you knowyou're not going to kill me. I
love you. You'll know that peopledon't kill those who love them. You
love me, you know I doyou well? I hate you. Why
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do you keep looking at your watch? Would you like to look at my
watch? Ev It's pretty, isn'tit. I'll get you a prettier one
this week. You never bring meanything. You torture me, but you
never bring me anything. You justtake things away from me. Did the
telephone way so I couldn't talk toanybody, And you locked me in the
house all days so I couldn't seeanybody. I had to weav dear.
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I thought I could take care ofyou by myself after the baby. Oh,
Evie, I used to bring yourthings when I came home, watches
and flowers, pretty things. Youcouldn't go out, so I brought you
things. You said you were lonesome. Why so I brought you something once
to keep your company? Remember,I felt sorry for you, Evie,
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because you couldn't go out, soI brought you little things each evening.
Don't you remember the evening I broughtyou the kitten, our little soft,
fuzzy ball of a kitten. Don'tyou remember, ev Evie? Evie,
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in here, I brought you somethingwonderful, Darling. I don't want me.
There's no use trying to think.Can stop? Tell me with presents
and things. Ivy, don't justsit in that chair by the window all
the time. Look it's it's akitten, a tiny little kitten. A
kitten, a tiny little kitten,something a little and soft for you to
take care of. Look at her, isn't she take it away? A
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tiny little kitty Evie. Oh,come on, honey, just hold her
once she needs a money, takeit away. Listen to her cry she
wants you to hold it, putit on me. Just patter and she'll
stop crying. She'll purr. Justpat her and listen to her persey.
Yeah, it's a little unsoft.Hebe any what you're doing any stuffy hair?
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She killed her, She just twistedthe life up. Some day I'll
kill you too. You'll see,you'll see you see when you when you
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kill the kitten. I just hadto send you away to the hospital.
It was better for you, saferfor you. Oh you were scared of
me, weren't you? Just theway you are now it's nearly eight forty
five. You know we ought togo down to eat something before the dining
room closes. You must be hungrynow. I'm hungry. I'm hungry to
see you die. I wish Ididn't need to use a gun. I
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wish I could squeeze you, squeezeyou like a kitten and kill you with
my hands, my hands, Letme let me see your hands. IV
Dear, you want me to sendfor a maneture. Wish I could tear
your eyes out, or somebody fromthe beauty parlor. I could pick up
the phone right now and call stopthat and stop looking at all. You're
s shedding, lady. You're notgoing any place right? Could I get
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a drink of water? Oh?I know all about that, Alan,
those things I've learned in the hospital. That's called salivary inhibition. You're scared,
you see, and your mouth isas dry as cotton. You know,
maybe I ought to stop cotton inyour mouth. That makes people scream
so they can't be heard. Youknow, I know I don't really want
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any water? Told me? Doyou know that just to drink? I
need a drink? Let me phonedownstairs for her. No, No,
this time, I'm not going tocount Alan. You'll never know just when
I'm going to pull his trigger.Any minute now, Alan, any minute
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here? Why I like it here? I haven't been in such a pretty
room for so long. Let metake you home. You haven't been home
for so long. It's pretty rooms. Then we can catch it track no
trains, all right, and we'llcall it a movie. Let's go to
a movie. Wouldn't you like togo to see a picture show? It's
still time. Time doesn't mean anythingto you. You're just living for a
second. The second I pull istriggered. Yes, yes, darling,
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look at me. That's right,I am looking at you, honey,
see I see. Oh, Ilike to see you so scared. I
see the poor little man perspired.Ruining is good sound to go a visiting
cherry. Would you like to seeme change my shirt? Eavy, there's
another in my Padn't that suitcase anything? Say? But let me change
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my shirt for dinner. I'm veryhungry. You must be hungry too.
It's a long time since they rangthe dinner bell downstairs. He said,
Yes, I didn't mean to.I didn't scare me bell bell. You
see, I can say it nodown there, that's wonderfully, be wonderful.
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You see you say you're all right. You can go home with me.
You're all right, and you don'thave to kill me. No,
you don't have to Nacy. Oh, yes, I do, and I'm
going to It's about time I killyou. You're still clever, Allan.
How you stole me, How youput me off telling me stories about babies
and killings babies. Donnie, Remember, Donny, I was Sadden. Don
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I never was a Donny. It'stime, Allan, It's time. No,
No, it's just a few minutesbefore nine. Nothing special about that
time. You think it's my timeand yours. Alan, I'm going to
shoot you. No, Donny,Donny, Donny, look out the rout.
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Hello, mister clock, Shimmy thebell hop. You said you might
take forty wings. You gott tocatch the bus with a hospital in ten
minutes, Jimmy Clock, is anythingwrong? No, No, I'm all
right, but there's been an accident. Get me the Hillside Sanitarium. You'll
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have just just heard Tension in sixforty three, as written by Alan Sloan
Attraction forty nine on Radio City Playhouse. Virginia Dwyer played Evy. Bernard Grant
was Allen. Other players in thecast included Nelson Mstead, Grace, Kenny
Bill Lipton, and Sarah Fussel.The music was composed and conducted by Roy
Shield. The entire production was underthe supervision of Harry W. Jenkins.
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This is Harry John again. Ourthanks to Virginia Dwyer and Bernard Grant for
their exciting performances tonight, and asincere invitation to ol of you to be
with us next Monday, when RadioCity Playhouse will present Level Crossing as Attraction
fifty. This coming Thursday, eightBY Requests would present Hits and Run starring
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mister Paul Henry. That's next Thursday, Item five on eight BY requests.
Remember too, that the Screen Director'sGuild is doing fort Apache with John Wayne
on Friday, another in NBC's paradeof exciting new programs. Good Night,
everybody. This program came to youfrom our studios in New York, Bred
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Collins speaking. This is NBC,the National Broadcasting Company.
The National Broadcasting Company presents Radio CityPlayhouse Attraction forty nine. Here is the
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director of Radios that he Playhouse,Harry W. Jenkins. Thank you,
Fred Good Evening, Ladies and gentlemen. Tonight and you play by Alan Sloane,
an outstanding radio writer whose scripts havebeen heard on almost every important dramatic
series. Mister Sloan has just returnedfrom Europe, where he was sent by
the United Nations. He has spentthe past eight months visiting displaced person camps
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and recording special material for a seriesof documentary broadcasts. We hope mister Sloan
will be writing many scripts for RadioCity playoffs also with us Tonight is Miss
Virginia Dwyer, in our opinion,one of radio's most sensitive and most talented
dramatic accressies. You have heard hermany times on NBC The Eternal Light,
(01:15):
front Page Foul Mister District Attorney,to name only a few co starred with
Miss Dwyer is our good friend BernardGrant, a familiar and very welcome personality
to all regular Radio City Playhoufs listeners. Here then, is our show Pension
in six forty three by Alan Sloan, starring Virginia Dwyer as Evy and Bernard
(01:38):
Grant as Alan Attraction forty nine onRadio City Playoffs. That's for Missus McBride
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in four twenty one. Oh hello, mister Clark. Nice to see you
again. Your usual room, Yes, if you have it, please we
make a point of saving mister Clark. How long have you been a regular
with us in the hotel? Toolong? I understand. Uh, mister
Clark, if you don't mind myasking, Yes, how is your wife?
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Do? They say? Improving?They say, I'm glad to hear
that. I hope everything will beall right soon. Hunt me show mister
Clark to six forty three, Jimmysix four to three as usual, Yes,
sir, Hello mister Clark. HelloJimmy. Do you see even the
bell hop knows it? Six floormister Clark. Thanks Jimmy, he'll look
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tired, mister Clark, all right, Yes, I am. The train
was hot, dusty, but I'llhave a shower and forty winks and I'll
be all right. We got misterClark six four three, Thank you.
I just drop the bag anyway,Jimmy, Yes, sir, I'll just
check the bathroom. See that you'veeverything you want. It'll be all right.
No, there's no powers, butI'll send the mate up with them.
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Thanks, thank you, mister Clark. Anything else, why just call
for Jimmy. I'll do that.Are you going to the hospital tonight,
mister Clark, Yes I am.You better make that a short forty winks.
The bus leaves at nine o'clock andit's after eight. Now. I
will thanks a lot, Jimmy.The mate will be up with the towers
in just a moment, mister Clark. Oh, weary, weary, weary.
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My head hurts, hurt. Oh, Ben feels so good. Might
take a shoe off now, theother one. It's more like it.
No wonder everybody knows me from thebell hops up. I've been coming here
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so long, too long, DearLord, one of these days, make
it the last time, and makeme forget the first time, the first
time I went to see her.I have, mister Clark, But in
your wife's condition, five minutes isoh, we can allow you five minutes.
But nurse, I've come all theway from the I'm sorry. Do
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you have to stay in this case? I have to do? We go
there here? Oh? Well,can she have these in her room,
candy, flowers, perfume, candy. She likes to keep the boxes and
the ribbons, the flowers. What'swrong with flowers? Sometimes the patience eat
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them? Oh? How about theperfume. I'm sorry, mister Clark.
It's the client. She used tobe so crazy about it. I thought
maybe if if she smelled it wouldhelp her. Maybe bring her that kind
of it's only the littlest bottle,but it's the glass. Huh the bottle,
mister Clark, bless jagged edges.Dear lord. Oh, nothing sudden,
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mister Clark. Just take it slow, just be very quiet and calm,
and don't get her excited. MissusClark, nurse, thank you,
Harry. Wait outside, come on, missus Clark. Let's it come right
on in now, sit down.Uh, you've a visitor. Talk to
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hello. It's me the Allan.You know me, sweetheart, Alan,
don't you know me? Look?Look flowers. I brought you flowers.
I brought you candy, honey,but chewy kind look baby candy. I'm
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sorry, mister Clark. I'm afraidyou're not going to be able Wait wait,
wait, get me time. EvLook, look perfume, see you
kind? The kind you like,let me rub some on your wrist,
darling, Just let me put adrop on, just let me please.
It's all right, honey, it'sonly me. I won't hurt you,
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no perfume. Don't be afraid,Ei, I won't touch I won't Just
say something. Say hello, Allan, please ev say hello Clark. Let
me fly once more? Maybe don'tyou know me? Your husband? Don't
you? You see? I'm sorry, mister Clark. I might as well
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be talking to a wall. Perhapsyou'd better go, Harry, Are you
ready to go back to your roomnow? Missus Clark? Watch you're telling
me goodbyeybe? I'll come back againreal soon, a bee, darling.
Oh, it's only just the firstvisit, miss Clark. It takes time,
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you know, maybe in a fewweeks? How many week or none?
Four years? How often may Icome? Every two weeks? All
right, I'll be back, won'tdo you have a flowersness? And take
this money too? Will you?If she asks for little things that are
all right, will you please buythem for you know? I do?
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Right? I guess I might aswell go. Thank you nice for your
trump that door, all right,and take the perfume too? Well?
She she used to be crazy aboutit. She used to be so crazy
about perfew every two weeks for threeyears, same hotels, same room,
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same maybe, dear Lord, oneof these days, make it the last
time. Make it the last time, Oh made with the towels. I
guess, come in, come injust a minute? Just was it?
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Other shoe? Was it? Oh? Dog? Bother coming out? Evie?
Hello, Allan? You who comein? I I thought you were
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the mate with the towels? Ivie, w what are you doing here?
What are you doing out? I'mpaying you did it? But they didn't
tell me. They didn't call,they didn't write, they didn't wire.
Nobody told me you had been released. Oh yev Eve, don't touch me.
Don't touch me. I was onlygoing to take my wife into my
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arms. I was only going tosay that, I Evie, Evie,
you're well. Oh you must be, darling. They've let you come to
meet me, haven't they. Andit's such a wonderful surprise. Oh,
this will surprise you even more.What are you doing with that gun?
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Give it to me later, lad, give it to me. Maybe'd be
a good girl. Give it tome back, I said, back,
peebe, don't don't do things likethis. You're so oh ebe go ahead,
Alan, say it, Say it, Alan, man, that's it,
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isn't that man? Crazy? Please? I like to hear you say,
say please, Darling, you're upset, now down not upset, Alan,
I'm crazy, Remember he said Iwas. You told the doctor you
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sent me to that place for yourown good. Ev I wanted you to
get well, mad crazy man abreakdown. Anybody can have a breakdown.
There's nothing the matter with me.I just hate you, that's all.
And I'm gonna kill you dead.No, I'm going to kill you.
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No, no, no, no, no, You're not only crazy people
do things like that. And youjust said there wasn't anything the matter with
you. Why they let you cometo see me, didn't they? So
you must be all right again?And if you're all right, white,
you don't want to kill me,don't just see darling. I love to
hear you talk like that. Letme come to see you, scrab me.
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Of course they did, don't youremember they? Evie. Let's let's
have a drink to your recovery,like like old times again. We'll have
it that. I was just goingto call room service, Darling, drinks.
I've forgotten what drinks taste like.Oh, I've had room service for
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three years. I've lived in aroom. That's that's all over. Now
they've they've let you come to me, and now I'll take your home.
Let me come to you. Butyou're here. That's right, Alan,
that's right. I escape. Ihit a guard on the head with my
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clock, little clock. You gaveme Allen without an alarm, Alan,
Why couldn't I on alarm? EVget back? I still have a gun,
Alen. Oh you didn't know guardshad guns, did you. I've
got it now. I put myclock in the stocking and I hit him
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on the head with it. Andnow I've got his gun. And I'm
gonna kidd you. No, you'renot going to kill anybody, darling.
You're going to sit down and talkabout this, and I'll send down to
stay away from that pole. Anythingyou say, anything you say, oh,
how scared you are? You're down. I can kid you just as
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well sitting down. If you escape, you know they would be looking for
you. Let me call them andsay you're safe. You touch that phone,
I'll shoot you. And I don'twant to do that, yes,
of course not. You don't wantto shoot me. I'm your husband,
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and that right away. Alan.I don't want to watch you squirm and
wiggle. I like to watch youtrying to get away. Alan, Yes,
how does it feel to be aprisoner? But I'm not a prisoner.
I'm Alan. Don't you remember?I remember? I just want the
stalking and the guard fell down andI put the clock in the toll the
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stocking. Yes, I remember theclock, even the little white clock with
the chromium on it. No alarm. Why didn't my clock have an alarm?
Alan? Why won't you tell me? Candy? Please forget about the
alarm? The alarm eating any bell? Bells they started you, that's all,
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believe me. That's tolorists to it. Now. Now let's talk about
something happened. No, the bell, Allen, talk about the bell.
Talk Alan, the bell. Ifyou put the gun down, I'll tell
you all about everything, even aboutthe bet away from that door. All
right, come back here, Alan, you make me nervous. Sit on
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the bed and tell me what youwant to. Forget about the bells,
Darling, there is that better Iwant to remember, and I can kill
you better. Tell me all aboutthe bells. You mean the big bell
on the church down the street.Even the school bell and the doorbell,
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the one that chimed the back door, of the buzz, the alarm clock
in the bedroom, the bells theyrang on the radio, and even the
telephone, telephone, telephone. Youtook the telephone away. You didn't want
me to talk to anybody. No, I didn't want you to hear the
bell. Why why I told youit used to bother you. But by
the way, let me see thatgun, will you. You know I've
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never seen a gun so clean?Get away? Get away? Now a
telephone? Why did the bell usedto bother me? Of some point?
You don't remember? Make me remember? Make me Donny, Donny our baby?
Donny? Do we have a baby? Not anymore? Why did you
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say Donny because that was his name, Evie, I don't want to do
this. Why did you say Donnybecause because once, a long time ago,
there was a Donny, a sturdy, little tan and blonde Donnie can't
remember Donny Donny's strength and hand andsturdy. He worshiped him. You were
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making a cake one day, don'tyou remember? You're in the kitchen making
a cake. When are you making? Mommy, I'm making a cake,
honey, bo for me, foryou and me and daddy. You go
outside and wait for Daddy to comehome, and when he does, you
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can both lick the bowl. Goon now stairs, all right, don
Donny, Yes, mommy, don'trun away from the house to your stay.
Almos on hear me? Okay,mommy, I say them. That's
a good boy. Kids, especiallyboys. Oh good grief, my icing,
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Oh heaven't hold your horses. I'mcoming, Danny. Get off the
road, Danny, look out.That's a story. You made it up.
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No, no, it's true.And when the telephone rings, you
remember it. No, No,yes, when any bell rings, you
remember it. I was going tokill you because you made me stay in
that place. No, I'll killyou if that story is true. If
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you killed my son with your car, it was an accident, an accident.
Don't you think I've suffered, notthe way I am not for three
years old by yourself. All right, Alan, that's enough, no more
talk. Turn around now all right, don't turn around. I want to
look at you. I want tosee you suffer. I'm gonna play games
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with you. Alan. Count countto three, one two, don't worry.
I know how to work this gun. See don't kill me. Maybe,
please, you'll be all alone ifyou kill me. One two and
now don't move. Who is thatis that? The guards since come to
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take me back? Don't it's notthe gods, ev it's just the maid
guard you wanted to be the gods. Let me go answer the door.
It's the guards. I'll kill you. If it's the maid, don't let
her in. I remember, I'mright behind you. Oh it's you.
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Your to I'll put in the bathroom. That's all right, I'll put them
away ward idea, it's all rightfor them. Look on your face.
You thought it was a god.Just the maid with the towels, you
said, but you hoped it wasa god. No, dear, I'll
just put these towels away now they'rehere to lock yourself in the bathroom so
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I can't kill you. Oh no, you don't put them down. Throw
them down on the floor, throwthem down right there. I'll kill you
now you mus stand right on thetowels, be so pretty red blood on
the right toe. Maybe you knowyou're not going to kill me. I
love you. You'll know that peopledon't kill those who love them. You
love me, you know I doyou well? I hate you. Why
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do you keep looking at your watch? Would you like to look at my
watch? Ev It's pretty, isn'tit. I'll get you a prettier one
this week. You never bring meanything. You torture me, but you
never bring me anything. You justtake things away from me. Did the
telephone way so I couldn't talk toanybody, And you locked me in the
house all days so I couldn't seeanybody. I had to weav dear.
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I thought I could take care ofyou by myself after the baby. Oh,
Evie, I used to bring yourthings when I came home, watches
and flowers, pretty things. Youcouldn't go out, so I brought you
things. You said you were lonesome. Why so I brought you something once
to keep your company? Remember,I felt sorry for you, Evie,
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because you couldn't go out, soI brought you little things each evening.
Don't you remember the evening I broughtyou the kitten, our little soft,
fuzzy ball of a kitten. Don'tyou remember, ev Evie? Evie,
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in here, I brought you somethingwonderful, Darling. I don't want me.
There's no use trying to think.Can stop? Tell me with presents
and things. Ivy, don't justsit in that chair by the window all
the time. Look it's it's akitten, a tiny little kitten. A
kitten, a tiny little kitten,something a little and soft for you to
take care of. Look at her, isn't she take it away? A
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tiny little kitty Evie. Oh,come on, honey, just hold her
once she needs a money, takeit away. Listen to her cry she
wants you to hold it, putit on me. Just patter and she'll
stop crying. She'll purr. Justpat her and listen to her persey.
Yeah, it's a little unsoft.Hebe any what you're doing any stuffy hair?
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She killed her, She just twistedthe life up. Some day I'll
kill you too. You'll see,you'll see you see when you when you
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kill the kitten. I just hadto send you away to the hospital.
It was better for you, saferfor you. Oh you were scared of
me, weren't you? Just theway you are now it's nearly eight forty
five. You know we ought togo down to eat something before the dining
room closes. You must be hungrynow. I'm hungry. I'm hungry to
see you die. I wish Ididn't need to use a gun. I
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wish I could squeeze you, squeezeyou like a kitten and kill you with
my hands, my hands, Letme let me see your hands. IV
Dear, you want me to sendfor a maneture. Wish I could tear
your eyes out, or somebody fromthe beauty parlor. I could pick up
the phone right now and call stopthat and stop looking at all. You're
s shedding, lady. You're notgoing any place right? Could I get
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a drink of water? Oh?I know all about that, Alan,
those things I've learned in the hospital. That's called salivary inhibition. You're scared,
you see, and your mouth isas dry as cotton. You know,
maybe I ought to stop cotton inyour mouth. That makes people scream
so they can't be heard. Youknow, I know I don't really want
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any water? Told me? Doyou know that just to drink? I
need a drink? Let me phonedownstairs for her. No, No,
this time, I'm not going tocount Alan. You'll never know just when
I'm going to pull his trigger.Any minute now, Alan, any minute
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here? Why I like it here? I haven't been in such a pretty
room for so long. Let metake you home. You haven't been home
for so long. It's pretty rooms. Then we can catch it track no
trains, all right, and we'llcall it a movie. Let's go to
a movie. Wouldn't you like togo to see a picture show? It's
still time. Time doesn't mean anythingto you. You're just living for a
second. The second I pull istriggered. Yes, yes, darling,
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look at me. That's right,I am looking at you, honey,
see I see. Oh, Ilike to see you so scared. I
see the poor little man perspired.Ruining is good sound to go a visiting
cherry. Would you like to seeme change my shirt? Eavy, there's
another in my Padn't that suitcase anything? Say? But let me change
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my shirt for dinner. I'm veryhungry. You must be hungry too.
It's a long time since they rangthe dinner bell downstairs. He said,
Yes, I didn't mean to.I didn't scare me bell bell. You
see, I can say it nodown there, that's wonderfully, be wonderful.
(25:03):
You see you say you're all right. You can go home with me.
You're all right, and you don'thave to kill me. No,
you don't have to Nacy. Oh, yes, I do, and I'm
going to It's about time I killyou. You're still clever, Allan.
How you stole me, How youput me off telling me stories about babies
and killings babies. Donnie, Remember, Donny, I was Sadden. Don
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I never was a Donny. It'stime, Allan, It's time. No,
No, it's just a few minutesbefore nine. Nothing special about that
time. You think it's my timeand yours. Alan, I'm going to
shoot you. No, Donny,Donny, Donny, look out the rout.
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Hello, mister clock, Shimmy thebell hop. You said you might
take forty wings. You gott tocatch the bus with a hospital in ten
minutes, Jimmy Clock, is anythingwrong? No, No, I'm all
right, but there's been an accident. Get me the Hillside Sanitarium. You'll
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have just just heard Tension in sixforty three, as written by Alan Sloan
Attraction forty nine on Radio City Playhouse. Virginia Dwyer played Evy. Bernard Grant
was Allen. Other players in thecast included Nelson Mstead, Grace, Kenny
Bill Lipton, and Sarah Fussel.The music was composed and conducted by Roy
Shield. The entire production was underthe supervision of Harry W. Jenkins.
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This is Harry John again. Ourthanks to Virginia Dwyer and Bernard Grant for
their exciting performances tonight, and asincere invitation to ol of you to be
with us next Monday, when RadioCity Playhouse will present Level Crossing as Attraction
fifty. This coming Thursday, eightBY Requests would present Hits and Run starring
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mister Paul Henry. That's next Thursday, Item five on eight BY requests.
Remember too, that the Screen Director'sGuild is doing fort Apache with John Wayne
on Friday, another in NBC's paradeof exciting new programs. Good Night,
everybody. This program came to youfrom our studios in New York, Bred
(28:49):
Collins speaking. This is NBC,the National Broadcasting Company.
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