Lux Radio Theatre - Spellbound

Summary

Podcast Summary: Lux Radio Theatre – Spellbound

Podcast: Harold's Old Time Radio
Host: Harold's Old Time Radio
Episode: Lux Radio Theatre – Spellbound
Date: July 12, 2026

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Episode Overview

This episode of Harold's Old Time Radio features a classic broadcast of the Lux Radio Theatre’s adaptation of “Spellbound,” starring Joseph Cotten as John Ballantyne and Valli as Dr. Constance Peterson. Set in a psychiatric sanatorium, the story blends psychological mystery, romance, and noir as Dr. Peterson unravels the truth behind the identity and possible crime of a man suffering from amnesia and accused of murder.

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Key Discussion Points & Story Progression

1. Introduction and Setting the Scene

[01:04] – [03:04]

• The Lux Radio Theatre host (William Keeley) introduces the European star Valli’s first dramatic radio role and the premise: an exciting psychological mystery adapted from the screen hit produced by David O. Selznick.
• The setting is Green Manors, an exclusive Vermont psychiatric sanatorium.

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2. Arrival of Dr. Edwards / John Ballantyne

[03:04] – [05:56]

• Dr. Murchison, the outgoing chief, introduces Dr. Constance Peterson to his successor, Dr. Edwards (John Ballantyne in disguise).
• Rumors about Dr. Edwards’ reputation and his “strangeness” circulate.
• Peterson and “Edwards” (Ballantyne) discuss a patient’s guilt complex, but Ballantyne displays odd behavior and gaps in knowledge.
• Ballantyne becomes visibly disturbed by a phone call from someone claiming to be Dr. Edwards’s assistant.

Memorable Quote:

"You're not Dr. Edwards, are you? You know only that you're not who you pretend you are..."
— Dr. Constance Peterson ([11:29])

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3. Love and Suspicion

[05:56] – [10:18]

• Peterson and Ballantyne develop mutual feelings, but she notes his peculiar reactions, particularly regarding triggers like striped patterns and darkness.
• Ballantyne has a severe breakdown during a crisis with a patient, Mr. Garms, and expresses heightened paranoia.
• Peterson begins to suspect Ballantyne's amnesia is hiding a traumatic truth.

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4. The Revelation: Imposter and Amnesia

[11:24] – [14:57]

• Peterson confronts Ballantyne; he admits he is not Dr. Edwards, and fears he may have killed the real one, but cannot remember.
• Discovery of “JB” initials on a cigarette case hints at his true identity.
• A real Dr. Edwards's assistant arrives with the police, confirming the imposter’s ruse.
• "Edwards"/Ballantyne flees, leaving a note for Peterson.

Quote:

"I don't know who I am. I have no memory."
— John Ballantyne ([12:02])

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5. Peterson’s Determination and Flight to New York

[16:18] – [25:25]

• Peterson insists on helping Ballantyne and tracks him to New York, where they go on the run, attempting to retrace his past.
• Using psychological prompts (e.g., trying to remember purchasing train tickets), Peterson encourages Ballantyne to recall their route and past events, eventually leading them to Rome, Georgia.
• Memories surface: Ballantyne recalls being a doctor, wartime trauma, and an injury (skin graft).

Quote:

"Your guilt fantasies were exaggerated by your duties in the army."
— Dr. Constance Peterson ([25:56])

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6. Seeking Help: Dr. Alex Bruloff

[26:32] – [31:04]

• They find refuge with Dr. Bruloff in Rochester. Peterson enlists Bruloff’s expertise for Ballantyne’s condition.
• Ballantyne almost harms himself with a razor, displaying the severity of his trauma. Bruloff prevents harm with bromide in milk.

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7. The Psychoanalytic Breakthrough: The Dream

[34:46] – [38:31]

• Bruloff leads Ballantyne through analysis of a vivid, symbolic dream set in a gambling house, full of eyes (paranoia), a bearded man (Edwards), and a mysterious proprietor (authority figure).
• Peterson identifies skiing tracks as a recurring trigger and links it to Edwards’s known hobby.
• Under prompting, Ballantyne recalls a place called Gabriel Valley connected to skiing and the trauma.

Quote:

"Dreams can tell you sometimes what you are trying to hide. But they tell it to you all mixed up."
— Dr. Bruloff ([35:29])

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8. Climax: Return to the Scene (Gabriel Valley)

[42:31] – [48:57]

• Peterson brings Ballantyne to Gabriel Valley’s ski hill to trigger true memory.
• Under stress, Ballantyne remembers an incident from childhood: accidentally causing his brother's death on a railing.
• On the slope, he prevents Peterson from falling, proving he is not a killer by nature.
• The body of Dr. Edwards is discovered, but crucially, with a bullet wound.

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9. Final Revelations and True Culprit

[49:43] – [56:57]

• Back at Green Manors, Ballantyne is accused of murder, but Peterson searches for further clues.
• Analyzing Ballantyne's dream details and Dr. Murchison's suspicious remarks, Peterson connects the proprietor figure (from the dream) to Murchison and deduces he is Edwards's killer.
• Murchison confesses, then attempts to kill Peterson but is stopped.

Quote:

"The symbolism of the wheel escapes me... It was a revolver."
— Dr. Constance Peterson ([54:24])

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10. Resolution and Curtain Call

[57:13] – [61:14]

• John Ballantyne is cleared, Peterson and Ballantyne are free to pursue happiness.
• Dr. Bruloff provides sage advice for their marriage.
• Joseph Cotten and Valli return for curtain calls, with playful banter about their first radio performance.

Quote:

"Nothing is so nice as a new marriage, John. No psychosis, no aggressions, no guilt complexes. Not yet."
— Dr. Bruloff ([57:19])

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Notable Quotes & Moments

• On Love and Psychology:
  "The way they delude people about love. Writing about it as if it were a symphony, a flight of angels... When they find out to the contrary, they get sick and have to be analyzed."
  — Dr. Peterson ([06:40])

• On Guilt and Memory:
  "Amnesia. Trick of the mind to forget something too horrible to remember. So you put it behind a closed door."
  — John Ballantyne ([12:16])

• Dream Analysis:
  "Dreams can tell you sometimes what you are trying to hide. But they tell it to you all mixed up. The problem is, is to put the puzzle together."
  — Dr. Bruloff ([35:29])

• Psychological Breakthrough:
  "The symbolism of the wheel escapes me... It was a revolver."
  — Dr. Peterson ([54:24])

• Curtain Call Highlight:
  "Nothing is so nice as a new marriage, John. No psychosis, no aggressions, no guilt complexes. Not yet."
  — Dr. Bruloff ([57:19])

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Timestamps for Key Segments

| Time | Segment Description | |-----------|--------------------------------------------------| | 01:04 | Host’s introduction of the episode | | 03:04 | Arrival at Green Manors; meet the main characters| | 11:24 | Ballantyne confesses amnesia | | 16:18 | Police become involved; Ballantyne flees | | 20:26 | Peterson finds Ballantyne in New York | | 26:32 | Refuge with Dr. Bruloff and dream analysis | | 35:41 | The dream scene: clues and revelations | | 42:31 | Trip to Gabriel Valley; confrontation with truth | | 46:18 | Ballantyne recalls childhood trauma | | 49:43 | Peterson investigates further; reveals Murchison | | 54:24 | The motive and method revealed | | 57:13 | Resolution: Ballantyne cleared | | 59:40 | Curtain call and cast gratitude |

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Tone and Language

The episode’s tone is dramatic, intelligent, and laced with romance and psychological intrigue, remaining faithful to the sophisticated and suspenseful dialogue style typical of Golden Age radio drama.

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Closing Thoughts

This adaptation of “Spellbound” masterfully explores themes of memory, trauma, obsession, and love, all set within a taut psychological thriller framework. The chemistry between Valli and Joseph Cotten shines, and the episode is a standout example of both radio drama and the era’s fascination with psychoanalysis. The story’s resolution delivers both a clever mystery payoff and a hopeful romantic conclusion.

For fans of classic radio, romance, or psychological thrillers, this episode is a must-listen!

Transcript

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[William Keeley]

Lux presents Hollywood. Lever Brothers Co. The makers of Lux Flakes bring you the Lux Radio Theater, starring Joseph Cotton and Valli in Spellbound. Ladies and gentlemen, your producer, Mr. William Keele.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Greetings from Hollywood, ladies and gentlemen. While most people think of motion pictures as typically American, it's nevertheless true that our neighbors overseas have contributed much to their development in new ideas, new technical approaches and new stars. And one of the most exciting new stars to come out of Europe is that great Italian artist known as Valli. She's heard tonight in her first dramatic appearance on the air. And we've chosen as her co star, another truly fine performer, Joseph Cotton. And a great play for them both, David O. Selznick's thrilling screen hit, Spellbound. I was talking to Valli during our rehearsals about her plans and her impressions of America. And one of the things that impressed her on arriving in this country was the abundance of everything from motor cars to good soap flakes. And to millions of people, good soap flakes mean lux. Which reminds me again how much we take our luxuries for granted. While in many other countries housewives must rely on any kind of soap that they can get, here they are always sure of a safe and easy care for precious washable fabrics. Just by saying, let's Lux, it's curtain time. And here's Act 1 of Spellbound, starring Joseph Cotton as John and Valli as const. In the secluded Vermont countryside is an old established sanatorium, Green Manors, noted for its treatment of mental disorders. On the staff of psychiatrists is a young woman, Dr. Constance Peterson.

[Dr. Murchison]

May I come in, Dr. Peterson?

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

Dr. Murchison. Of course.

[Dr. Murchison]

I thought I'd spread the tidings. My successor, Dr. Edwards, will be arriving here any moment.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

I just can't imagine grand manners without you, Dr. Murchison.

[Dr. Murchison]

I sort of go with the fixtures, I suppose.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

It's so much more than that. You are Green Manners.

[Dr. Murchison]

Well, the old must make way for the new, Ms. Constance, particularly when the board of directors suspects the order of senility.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

But you've been like a new man since your vacation.

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

Of course I agree with you.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

You were overworked.

[Dr. Murchison]

Charming diagnosis for a broken down horse.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

You're not leaving today? I mean, just because, Doctor, I shall

[Dr. Murchison]

hover around for a day or two. Well, I'd better check the rest of the staff. I'd like you all in my office at 4 to meet him.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

Dr. Murchison, tell me, what do you think of that Dr. Edwards?

[Dr. Murchison]

His reputation is tremendous. Like the rest of you, I've never met the man.

[Lieutenant Cooley]

What's your hurry, Connie?

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

Oh, Dr. Flero. I just had a note from Dr. Edwards. He wants to see me.

[Dr. Flero]

Oh, he's been here all of 24 hours and he's writing you notes?

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

He's interested in one of my patients.

[Dr. Flero]

I mean, Mr. Gomes. The one with the guilt complex. Yes, I think you have a guilt complex yourself. Oh, take last night at dinner. A dimple appeared in your cheek that was never there before. I detect decided amorous outcroppings toward Dr. Edwards.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

If you knew how he'd test that. So sort of high school talk.

[Dr. Flero]

Ah, but how were you to know that Dr. Edwards would turn out to be so young and handsome?

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

Is that all you have to say about him?

[Dr. Flero]

No, no, he's a strange man.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

Jealous of him, maybe. I mean, of his position here.

[Dr. Flero]

He seems so unsure of himself.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

As you pointed out, he's been here only a day. Please, he's waiting for me.

[Dr. Flero]

Sure. Just see the conversation is confined to your patient. Don't take me too seriously, Connie.

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

Of course, I haven't had time really to study Mr. Garm's case, Dr. Peterson. But I gather he's thoroughly convinced that he killed his father.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

Yes, Dr. Edwards. Actually, his father died a very natural death.

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

But his conviction is very curious.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

But you've encountered such cases very often. You describe them so perfectly in your book.

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

Yes, my book. I. Look, would you mind doing me a favor?

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

Not at all, Doctor.

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

I. I have a headache and I understand you're not on duty till after dinner.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

Well, I.

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

Please, I need some fresh air. And you look as though it might do you some good too. Excuse me. Hello? Yes, this is Dr. Edwards.

[Lieutenant Cooley]

Who?

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

Sorry, I. I don't get your name. Norma Kramer. Please, Ms. Kramer, I'm very busy and I don't know you. I. I assure you, I. I'm sorry, Ms. Kramer. Someone claiming to be. Well, I don't like practical jokes, do you?

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

Maybe an ex patient of yours. They can be rather coy at times.

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

Let's get out of here. We'll look at some sane trees, normal grass and clouds without complexes. How about it?

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

Thanks, I'd love to. How do you like our landscape, Dr. Edwards? Pastoral enough?

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

Breathtaking. But you're changing the subject. We were talking about poetry and you were about to say.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

I was about to say that great harm has been done the human race by the men who write it.

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

Oh, not really.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

The way they delude people about love. Writing about it as if it were a symphony, a flight of angels.

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

Which it isn't, of course.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

Certainly not. People fall in love, as they put it, because they respond to certain hair colorings or vocal tones or mannerisms that remind them of their parents.

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

Oh, sometimes for no reason at all.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

The point is that people who read about love is one thing and experience is quite another. They expect kisses to be like lyrical poems and embraces like Shakespearean dramas.

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

When they find out to the contrary, they get sick and have to be analyzed.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

Yes, very often.

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

Professor, you're suffering from mogo on the go. Go.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

I beg your pardon? Come on, let's sit down over there. I see just what you were looking for. Trees, grass and clouds. All very normal. Well, Flerot, seen our new chief of staff today?

[Dr. Flero]

No.

[Lieutenant Cooley]

Graff?

[Dr. Flero]

I guess he's been tied up with Dr. Murchison.

[William Keeley]

Dr. Murchison just told me he went

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

walking with Dr. Peterson.

[Narrator/Announcer]

That's a little odd, isn't it?

[Dr. Flero]

It'll do cousins good. Poor girl's withering away with science. In my opinion, she's. Oh, well. Come in, Connie. We hate to talk about you behind your back.

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

Have a lovely walk.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

I just got back. I heard Mr. Garms became quite ill this afternoon.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Yes, I gave him a sedative.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

Oh, I should have been here. I'm sorry.

[Dr. Flero]

Looks like you've had quite a time. Notice her stockings, Dr. Graff. The lady's been climbing trees.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Or lolling in a briar patch.

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

Now, don't be angry, Constance. Come on, have some coffee.

[Dr. Flero]

Dr. Peterson's already eaten. Observe the mustard on the right forefinger. I'd say hot dogs on the state highway.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

It's a pity you are not able to diagnose your patients as accurately. I'm sorry to leave this nursery, but I'd better look in on Mr. Garbs. I believe she was blushing.

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

Fleuru. Yes, I. I'm sure she was.

[Dr. Flero]

Come in.

[William Keeley]

Dr. Peterson, I.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

It's very late.

[Dorothy Blair]

I know.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

Am I disturbing you?

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

Oh, no, no, no. How's Gar?

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

I saw him at 10:30. He seemed much better.

[Dr. Murchison]

Good.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

I came to Ask if I may borrow your book, the one on guild complexes. Dr. Murchison had a copy. Oh, yes. It's here on the shelf. The autographed edition.

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

What do you want with the book? If there's a problem you want to discuss.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

Oh, no particular problem. I'd like very much to discuss your book, though I've never discussed an author's work with him. I sound nervous, don't I?

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

Are you?

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

I'm amazed at my subterfuge. I don't want to discuss your book at all. It's ridiculous, my coming here like a distracted child.

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

You're lovely.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

Please don't say that. You'll think I'm here, too.

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

I know why you're here.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

Why?

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

Because something's happened to us.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

But it doesn't happen like that in a day.

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

Happens in a moment sometimes. I felt it this afternoon. It's like lightning striking. It was.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

What is it? Why are you looking at me like that?

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

Something about your dress.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

My dress?

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

Forgive me, I. I've been having a rather bad time with my nerves lately. Your dress. I mean those. I mean those dark stripes. You're ill. No, I'm all right.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

I.

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

Hello? Yes, Dr. Graffiti. Yes. What? Where is he? I'll be there right away. Mr. Garms just tried to commit suicide.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

He's at bed.

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

Taking him to surgery.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

I'll go with you.

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

Wait. Why are the lights out in the corridor?

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

They're always off this time of night.

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

It's dark. That's why he did it. Because the lights are out.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

Doctor.

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

Turn on the lights in the doors. Unlock the doors. You can't keep people in cells. Fools, all of you, babbling about guilt complexes. What do you know about them?

[William Keeley]

Turn on the lights.

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

To an eye.

[Dr. Murchison]

I don't understand this at all. What would make Dr. Edwards collapse?

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

I. I don't know, Dr. Edwards.

[Dr. Murchison]

I'm probably shocked of some kind, brought on by exhaustion.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

May I stay with him, Doctor?

[Dr. Murchison]

You were there when it happened. Yes. I am sure he'll be more at

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

ease with you and Mr. Garms.

[Dr. Murchison]

He'll be all right. Just take care of Dr. Edwards and keep him quiet.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

I wish you wouldn't talk, Dr. Edwards. Please, just rest.

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

I must talk.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

Very well, then. You're not Dr. Edwards, are you? You know only that you're not who you pretend you are and that you're

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

ill. How did you find out?

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

This morning you sent me a note. You wanted to see me about Mr. Garms. You signed the note tonight when I took the book off the shelf. The autograph book, the signatures. Doctor? Completely different.

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

Dr. Edwards is dead.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

Dead?

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

I ought to know. I killed him and took his place.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

Then who are you?

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

I don't. I don't know. I have no memory.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

If you remember killing Dr. Edwards, you can remember more.

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

I can't. I've tried. You. You're afraid of me.

[Dorothy Blair]

No.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

Loss of memory isn't a difficult problem.

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

Amnesia. Trick of the mind to forget something too horrible to remember. So you put it behind a closed door.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

We'll have to open that door.

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

I know what's behind it. A murder.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

I don't believe it. That's a delusion of your illness. Will you answer me truthfully and trust me?

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

I trust you.

[Dr. Murchison]

I.

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

It's no use. I don't know who I am. I don't know who telephoned today. Telephoned?

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

Yes, while I was in the office. What did she say?

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

She said that she was my office assistant. She hadn't heard from me. She was worried.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

You mean she was Dr. Edwards assistant? What else did she say?

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

She didn't recognize my voice. She said I wasn't Dr. Edwards.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

Was that the first time that you became confused about being Edwards? Did anything happen before that?

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

Yes. In the hotel room, packing to come here. I found this cigarette case in my coat here.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

The initials J.B. they're probably your initials.

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

J.B. john Brown's body. Do they hang murderers on a sour apple tree here in Vermont?

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

Oh, please try to rest. It's very late. You'll feel better tomorrow.

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

Yes, tomorrow.

[Lieutenant Cooley]

Hello?

[Dr. Murchison]

Yes, this is Dr. Murchison.

[William Keeley]

Who?

[Dr. Murchison]

Yes, Ms. Gramer. You what? Well, of course. Come over right away.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Who?

[Dr. Murchison]

Very well then. Bring the sheriff with you. I wanted Dr. Floreau here when you came, Ms. Kramer. I wanted him to hear your story too. You see, technically, I'm no longer associated with this sanatorium.

[Lieutenant Cooley]

I don't see what difference it makes.

[Dr. Murchison]

None, perhaps. Sheriff. Go on, Ms. Kramer.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

I've been in Dr. Edwards office for years, and the man who spoke to me on the telephone is not Dr. Edwards. He let me have my vacation when he left on his. But I was very worried when I didn't hear from him. Then I thought he might have come directly here. That's why I telephone.

[Lieutenant Cooley]

Show them that photograph of Dr. Edwards.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

Oh. Oh, yes, yes.

[Libby]

Here.

[Dr. Murchison]

That certainly isn't our Dr. Edwards.

[Lieutenant Cooley]

What do you suppose made him break down last night?

[Dr. Murchison]

It's obvious now, Gums. That patient I told you about. I am almost certain our Dr. Edwards is an amnesia case. Garms brought him back to reality. For an instant, and being unable to face the truth of who he was, he collapsed.

[Lieutenant Cooley]

You think he may have killed the real Dr. Edwards in.

[Dr. Murchison]

It's quite possible. And then took his place to conceal the crime. This sort of unrealistic act is typical of the short sighted cunning that goes with paranoid behavior. But we're wasting our time. His room's on the next floor.

[Libby]

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[Dr. Constance Peterson]

Come in. Good morning, Dr. Murchison. Dr. Flerol. Is. Is anything wrong?

[Dr. Murchison]

I'm afraid so, Constance. Oh, this gentleman with us is the sheriff.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

Sheriff?

[Dr. Murchison]

Dr. Edwards turns out to be a paranoid imposter. Very likely guilty of having murdered the real Edwards.

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

But he's disappeared.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

Disappeared? He's not in his room.

[Dr. Flero]

We've looked everywhere, Connie.

[Lieutenant Cooley]

You left him in his room, miss. When?

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

Late last night. But.

[Lieutenant Cooley]

Well, he may still be around here somewhere. Excuse me, I better phone for some deputies.

[Dr. Flero]

Don't worry, Connie. It's not your fault that he got away. They're bound to find him.

[Dr. Murchison]

I don't agree, Dr. Floro. I don't think they will find him.

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

Not alive. Why not?

[Dr. Murchison]

An amnesia case like this, with the police after him, the fellow will put an end to his pain, to his nightmare fantasies, by blowing out his brains when dropping out of a window. I. I didn't mean to be so callous about it, Constance.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

Your guess is probably quite accurate.

[Dr. Murchison]

Come along, Claireau.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

Suicide?

[Lieutenant Cooley]

No.

[William Keeley]

No.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

Hello? Mr. Brown is calling you, Dr. Peterson. Brown. John Brown. Doctor. Long distance. Put him on, please.

[Lieutenant Cooley]

Hello?

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

Where are you?

[Lieutenant Cooley]

Doesn't matter. You'll find a Note under your carpet.

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

Thanks for trying.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

Hello. Hello. I cannot involve you in this for many reasons. One of them being that I love you. When the police step in, tell them I'm at the Riverside Hotel in New York. I prefer to wait alone for the end.

[William Keeley]

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Well, who wouldn't be excited about a picture that brings Van Johnson and June Allison together again? They're such a wonderful, romantic team.

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[Narrator/Announcer]

Act 2 of Spellbound. Starring Joseph Cotton as John and Valli as const. It's late. That same day, in a room in the Riverside Hotel in New York City.

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

Why did you come here? Why?

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

To take care of you. To help you.

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

You can't help a criminal. I won't allow you to.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

I couldn't bear it away from you. I couldn't do anything but think of it.

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

No, no, no, no.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

I'm here as your doctor. It has nothing to do with love. Nothing at all. Oh, darling.

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

Darling Constance.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

You see? Nothing to do with Love at all. Darling, we haven't much time. You lived somewhere. You had relatives, friends. Please try to remember.

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

Why not a wife?

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

Can you remember her?

[Dr. Murchison]

No.

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

No. Thank heavens, I can't remember a wife.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

You told me you had headaches. How would you diagnose a pain in the right upper quadrant? A persistent pain.

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

Oh. Gallbladder. Possibly a heart case. Pneumonia? Depends on the patient's history.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

Obviously, you are a doctor.

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

The only thing that's obvious is the logic of the situation.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

What logic?

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

That it was I who was with Dr. Edwards. Here, look at this newspaper. Police believe the imposter who escaped from Green Manors is the patient who visited the real Dr. Edwards in the Cumberland Mountains. No trace of Dr. Edwards has been found since he left the Cumberland resort in the company of his alleged patient.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

Where did you go?

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

I don't know. But I came back with his identity. And logically, I know why the body hasn't been found. Because it was hidden by me.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

Don't you see? You can be imagining all this. You insist without proof that you're a murderer. Whoever you are. It's a guilt complex that speaks for you. A guilt fantasy that probably goes back to your childhood. Your wrist.

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

What about my wrist?

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

Roll up your sleeve. You were in an accident. Your wrist was burned. Your forearm. You've had an operation in the last six months. A skin graft.

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

It hurts.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

What happened? Where?

[Dr. Murchison]

My wrist hurts.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

What happened?

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

It's burning. My arm's burning.

[Libby]

Try.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

Try to remember.

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

No, I can't think. I can't.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

Darling. Oh, I'm so sorry. Are you all right?

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

Oh, I'm all right.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

Who could that be?

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

The bellboy. I left word I wanted the late editions of the newspapers.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

I go.

[Dr. Flero]

Well, boy.

[Lieutenant Cooley]

Mr. Brown.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

Oh, yes. The papers. Here. Thank you.

[Dr. Murchison]

Huh?

[William Keeley]

Oh.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Oh, yes, ma'.

[Lieutenant Cooley]

Am.

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

Thanks. Still on the front page.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

Yes. It's my picture.

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

Your Picture? Police Hunt Dr. Constance Peterson believed aiding madman in Edward's mystery.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

The bell boy recognized me. We've got to live here now, at once. There's no time even to back.

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

You told the cab driver Pennsylvania Station.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

Yes.

[Dorothy Blair]

Darling.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

Yes. Listen. When you left the Cumberland Mountains, Dr. Edwards was with you. You went somewhere else together by automobile. I. I doubted the newspaper would have mentioned it. By plane, maybe, or by train. However you went, you bought tickets. You must have heard Dr. Edwards ask for tickets.

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

I. I don't remember.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

But you will. We'll go to a ticket window, Try to relive that other time with Edwards, ask for the same tickets.

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

I. I'll try. I'll try.

[Lieutenant Cooley]

All right. Please. Sure. Who's next?

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

Washington. One way. You went someplace with Edwards. Ask for tickets to that same place.

[Lieutenant Cooley]

46, including tags. Thank you.

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

Yes, sir. Tickets.

[Lieutenant Cooley]

Tickets to where, sir?

[Dr. Flero]

Two tickets.

[Lieutenant Cooley]

Two tickets. Where? Two.

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

Rome.

[William Keeley]

Rome Where?

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

He. He means Rome, Georgia.

[Lieutenant Cooley]

Yes, ma'.

[Dr. Alex Bruloff]

Am.

[Lieutenant Cooley]

Just a moment, please.

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

I, I feel so peculiar.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

Please, darling. Policeman is coming. Don't say anything.

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

Anything wrong, ladies?

[Dorothy Blair]

My.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

My husband. Seal Officer.

[Lieutenant Cooley]

Here you are, ma'. Am. Two tickets to Rome, Georgia. You need any help?

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

Oh, no. He'll be all right. Those dispels go away quickly.

[Lieutenant Cooley]

Your change, ma'.

[William Keeley]

Am.

[Lieutenant Cooley]

Birmingham Special. Track 17 in 10 minutes.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

Thank you.

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

I'll go to the train with you.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

Oh, no. He's better now. Officer, please don't bother. Track 17's right over there. We've got to get to an exit.

[Dr. Murchison]

Exit?

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

The policeman. You may find description of us posted somewhere. We'll be picked up at the first stop.

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

Can't go back to the hotel?

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

No, darling. We'll go to Grand Central Station. We're going to Rochester.

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

Rochester?

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

I have a wonderful friend there. Dr. Alex Prolov. He was my professor at the university. He'll help us. Feel better.

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

Much better, thanks.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

Then let's pick up where we left off. We know you're a doctor. That you were in an accident. That you were once in Rome.

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

I was never in Rome in my life. I. Yes, I, I remember. Fighter plane spotted us. You were flying Transport. Medical Corps over Rome.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

What happened?

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

Plane was hit. Caught fire.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

Go on.

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

I, I, I don't know. It just blacks out.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

You left the army after that?

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

Maybe I deserted. I hated it. I hated the killing. I can remember that much.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

Your guilt fantasies were exaggerated by your duties in the army.

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[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

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[Dr. Constance Peterson]

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[Dr. Alex Bruloff]

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Alex. You're busy. I should have let you know we were coming.

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[Dr. Alex Bruloff]

Now, who is this man you are bringing me? A new patient?

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

Oh, no, this one's all mine. His name is John Brown. He's my husband, Alex. We were just married.

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

Very glad to know you, Dr. Priloff.

[Dr. Alex Bruloff]

So, so married. You know who is waiting for me in there? Two policemen.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

Policemen?

[Dr. Alex Bruloff]

This business about Dr. Edwards. They are here to ask me foolish questions. I get rid of them very fast.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

Now, I'm sure they didn't see us coming.

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

I'm not going to run away again.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

We can hear what they're saying.

[Dr. Alex Bruloff]

I told the police before, I know nothing about Edwards.

[Lieutenant Cooley]

That's some kind of a theory, Doctor.

[Dr. Alex Bruloff]

I said if Edwards took a paranoid patient along with him on the vacation, he was even a bigger fool than I thought he was. It's like playing with a loaded gun.

[Lieutenant Cooley]

Was Edwards a friend of yours?

[Dr. Alex Bruloff]

What are you talking about? I scarcely knew him. Please, no more questions.

[Lieutenant Cooley]

Sorry to have bothered you, doctor.

[Dr. Alex Bruloff]

Oh, good night.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

Good night.

[Dr. Alex Bruloff]

Police detective. What do you suppose they are snooping around me for?

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

Because they are so old and wise?

[Dr. Alex Bruloff]

Married. Come on in the kitchen. We have a glass of beer.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

Alex, the truth is we're here to impose the hotels. They're all so crowded we couldn't get accommodations.

[Dr. Alex Bruloff]

What do you want with the hotel? I live by myself in a big house. Cook me my coffee in the morning and the house is yours. Mr. Brown.

[Dr. Murchison]

Yes.

[Dr. Alex Bruloff]

Make yourself useful. The beer in the ice box.

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

Oh, yes.

[Dr. Alex Bruloff]

Take your choice of the bedrooms. Constance. Good night. Good night, John.

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

Night.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

Good night.

[Dr. Alex Bruloff]

Happy dreams. Which we will analyze at breakfast.

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

Thanks for everything.

[Dr. Alex Bruloff]

Any husband of Constance is a husband of mine, so to speak.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

He is wonderful, isn't he?

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

If we're supposed to be married, why didn't he ask where our luggage is?

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

Alex is always like that. In a complete dream state socially. Did the police upset you?

[Lieutenant Cooley]

Oh, no.

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

You're very lovely.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

No, no, please. You'll keep this room. I'll take the one next Door. It's a room. I. John, what are you looking at?

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

Nothing.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

You're staring at the curtains.

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

You're telling me what I'm doing.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

The curtains frighten you. White curtains with stripes.

[Lieutenant Cooley]

Stop it.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

That night at the sanatorium, my dress was white with dark stripes. Why? Does the color white frighten you? Why do the lines frighten me?

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

Just let me alone. Please let me alone.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

Yes, darling, yes. Why don't you take a hot bath? You'll sleep better.

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

Yes, I will. I'd like to shave. I must look like a tramp.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

Do you think you can manage one of those old fashioned razors? Our host is an old fashioned man.

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

If I cut myself, I'll yell for my doctor.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

Good night, darling.

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

Good night. White. White. Tiles. Lather. Washbowl. Medicine cabinet. Bathtub. White.

[Dr. Murchison]

White.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

White.

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

Razor.

[Dr. Murchison]

Yes.

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

This razor. Police. Bruloff.

[Dr. Alex Bruloff]

Brulav.

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[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

He knows the razor.

[Dr. Alex Bruloff]

Is that you, John? Come join me. I was unable to sleep, so I came down to do some work. I am having some good and crackers. Have some. There's plenty.

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

Milk.

[Lieutenant Cooley]

White.

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

White.

[Dr. Alex Bruloff]

John, what's the matter? What's that in your hand? What is it,

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

Darling? Better get up, darling. Seven o'. Clock. John, are you awake? Gone. He's gone. John, where are you? Alex, Are you down here? Where's it? The razor. Erase. Alex. Alex. Oh, no. No.

[Dr. Alex Bruloff]

What is it? Oh, good morning.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

Oh, you. You were asleep.

[Dr. Alex Bruloff]

What is the matter with you?

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

Nothing.

[Dr. Alex Bruloff]

I must have dozed off. In this chair. I get a cup of real coffee this morning.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

Alex. My husband, he.

[Dr. Alex Bruloff]

Your husband's on the couch in the living room. You think Bruloff is so old he cannot make out two and two is four.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

I should have known.

[Dr. Alex Bruloff]

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 no baggage and whose name is John Brown. I know practically what is going on.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

What did he do?

[Dr. Alex Bruloff]

Only what I expected. There is no use taking chances. So I sit here last night waiting. Soon he comes downstairs and he is dangerous. I can see by his face. So I keep talking to him while I put some bromide in a glass of milk. Enough to knock out three horses.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

The struggle against his condition. It agitates him at times, Alex. But there's no real danger.

[Dr. Alex Bruloff]

No real danger. Only he comes downstairs with my razor in his hand.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

What are you going to do?

[Dr. Alex Bruloff]

Something more for you than for me. Call the police.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

Oh, no. No, please. Alex, you don't know this man.

[Dr. Alex Bruloff]

We are speaking of a schizophrenic Not a valentine.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

Please. The shock of a police investigation might ruin his chance for recovery. And I can save him.

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

How?

[Dr. Alex Bruloff]

If he killed Dr. Edwards.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

See, he didn't. He didn't. I couldn't feel this way towards a man who was bad, who had committed murder. I couldn't feel this pain for someone who was evil.

[Dr. Alex Bruloff]

This is baby Talk. You are 20 times crazier than he is.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

Give me time. Just a few days. Alex, in his present condition, he could tell the police nothing. Don't you see?

[Dr. Alex Bruloff]

Go make me some coffee.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

Then you're. Help me. Oh, Alex. Oh, thank you. Thank you.

[Lieutenant Cooley]

Saul.

[Dr. Alex Bruloff]

You're awake.

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

Who are you? Oh, yes, I. I remember Constance in

[Dr. Alex Bruloff]

the kitchen, making coffee.

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

Bromide. Who's been feeding me bromide?

[Dr. Alex Bruloff]

What's your name?

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

I don't. Oh, Constance told you about me.

[Dr. Alex Bruloff]

Nobody had to tell me. And don't fight me. I'm going to help you if I can. I want you to look at me like your father. Trust me. Lean on me. This is a shortcut. But we haven't time for anything else.

[William Keeley]

Go ahead.

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

I'm leaning.

[Dr. Alex Bruloff]

Maybe you got something you want to tell me. A few words in the corner of your head.

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

No.

[Dr. Alex Bruloff]

Go on. Talk to me.

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

There's nothing.

[Dr. Alex Bruloff]

Maybe you've dreamt something.

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

I was dreaming just now.

[Dr. Alex Bruloff]

What did you dream?

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

I don't believe in dreams. That Freud stuffs a lot of hui.

[Dr. Alex Bruloff]

Do you want I should help or not?

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

I'm sorry.

[Dr. Alex Bruloff]

Dreams can tell you sometimes what you are trying to hide. But they tell it to you all mixed up. The problem is, is to put the puzzle together. Constance, with the coffee.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

John, how do you feel?

[Lieutenant Cooley]

Awful.

[Dr. Alex Bruloff]

The patient is going to tell us about a dream. You'll find a pencil and pad on that table. Take notes.

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[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

Oh, the dream. I. I seemed to be in a. In a gambling house. There weren't the walls. Just a lot of curtains with eyes painted on them. I was playing cards with a man who had a beard. He had just won when the proprietor came in and accused him of cheating. The proprietor yelled at him. This is my place, he said. I won't allow you here. I'll fix you details, John.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

The more fantastic, the better.

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

Oh, this man with a beard. He was leaning over the sloping roof of a high building. And I yelled at him to watch out. But he fell over slowly with his feet in the air. And then I saw the proprietor again. He was hiding behind a chimney and he had a small wheel in his hand. I saw him drop the wheel on the Roof.

[Dr. Alex Bruloff]

How did you react to that?

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

I started running. I heard something beating over my head. A great, great pair of wings. And they almost caught me. When I came to the bottom of the hill, I. I must have escaped. I don't remember. Then I woke up and saw Dr. Bruloff.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

Have some coffee.

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

I feel so. So strange again. Something's happening to me.

[Dr. Alex Bruloff]

Try to relax. Drink your coffee. He's staring out the window.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

What's out the window? It's been snowing.

[Dr. Alex Bruloff]

The light frightened him. Photophobia?

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

No, it's the snow. And those tracks in the snow? Dr. Edwards was fond of sports. He mentioned skiing in his work is valuable in the treatment of mental disorders. Skiing. That's what those dark lines symbolize for him. Ski tracks in the snow. John, where did Edwards go skiing? Can't you tell us where?

[Dr. Alex Bruloff]

He has already told us. Let me see your notes.

[Lieutenant Cooley]

Ah.

[Dr. Alex Bruloff]

Sloping roof. That could mean a mountainside.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

And the bearded man was Dr. Edwards. Dr. Edwards plunged over the precipice while skiing.

[Dr. Alex Bruloff]

Those wings chasing him down a hill. That could mean he was escaping from a valley.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

Skiing resorts often are called valleys. Like Sand Valley. He was being pursued by a figure with wings.

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

Wings?

[Dr. Alex Bruloff]

An angel.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

Angel Valley, John, do you remember an Angel Valley?

[Dr. Flero]

No.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

We can call a travel agency, check all the skiing resorts.

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

Wasn't Angel Valley. It was. It was a. A place called Gabriel. Gabriel Valley.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

What else do you remember now?

[Dr. Alex Bruloff]

The other man in your dream, the proprietor. Who was he?

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

An accident occurred. Darling. Do you remember that? A skiing accident. Dr. Edwards went over a snorkeling.

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

It was no accident. I've had enough of this. Call the police. I killed him. I killed Dr. Edwards. At Gabriel Val.

[William Keeley]

We pause now for station identification. This is cbs, the Columbia Broadcasting System.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Act three of Spellbound will follow in a moment. Our guest tonight is responsible for the interviews with famous stars, which many of you doubtless read in current publications. She's Ms. Dorothy Blair of Universal International. Did you see any of the filming of Naked City at the studio, Dorothy?

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

Yes, I did.

[Dorothy Blair]

After Mark Hellinger brought the company back from two and a half months on location in New York and did a few scenes at the studio. There are more actual scenes of Manhattan in the picture than you could cover in a week of sightseeing.

[Narrator/Announcer]

New York, as native New Yorkers know it. Howard Duff and Dorothy Hart do outstanding jobs as the romantic leads.

[Dorothy Blair]

Barry Fitzgerald won everyone completely in his role of police lieutenant.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Do you find that you have an eye for detail even when you're not working, Dorothy?

[Dorothy Blair]

Yes, I do. One day When I was on the set of Naked City, Dorothy Hart was having her hem adjusted. I found myself taking in every detail of her costume, down to her stockings. The correct shade to blend with her costume. Seams straight, but I can see John Kennedy knows the rest.

[William Keeley]

No runs.

[Dorothy Blair]

That's right. And every girl can give her precious nylons the same safe care the studios use, gentle locks. It really cuts down runs.

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[Dorothy Blair]

In what way, Mr. Kennedy?

[William Keeley]

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[Dorothy Blair]

I can hardly wait to get some.

[William Keeley]

They make stockings last twice as long, too. Tests prove it. And that's just like getting an extra pair of stockings every time you buy a pair. Thank you for coming tonight, Dorothy Blair. Back now to our producer, William Keeley.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Act three of Spellbound, starring Joseph Cotton as John and Valley as Const.

[Libby]

Hey, everybody.

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John's statement that he has killed Dr. Edwards at Gabriel Valley has sent Constance to the telephone, but not to call the police.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

How soon does the train leave, please? 4:45. Thank you. We're going to Gabriel Valley, John. There's a train in an hour.

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

You're not going anywhere with me. I. I know about last night. I might have killed you or Dr. Brulock with that Razor.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

But you didn't. Nothing happened.

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

It will if I don't give myself up to the police. I love you, but I'm not worth loving. Darling, you can help me.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

But afterwards, this feeling of guilt. Guilt? Have you never been without him?

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

Not since childhood.

[Dr. Alex Bruloff]

What's that? Since childhood?

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

What was it, darling? Was it so terrible that you preferred to think you murdered Dr. Edwards rather than remember what happened long ago?

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

Don't let me alone.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

You said you loved me. Look at me. Then why am I fighting for you? Because I love you. Because I need you.

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

Can you love me?

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

And I want you to come with me to Gabriel Valley.

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

What good will it do?

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

You'll see the hill where it happened. You'll remember things.

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

How I killed him?

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

No.

[Dr. Alex Bruloff]

No.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

You'll see your innocence. You'll see what really happened, the episodes repeated.

[Dr. Alex Bruloff]

How you.

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

How do you know I won't kill again?

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

Because I'm convinced you didn't kill in the first place.

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

You. You believe in me enough to take such a chance?

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

Of course I do. We'll go back to that ski run. We'll find out what really happened to Dr. Edwards. We'll find out what it was in your childhood that's haunted you all these years.

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

Dr. Broloff, you've been remarkably silent through all of this.

[Dr. Alex Bruloff]

This is a woman in love. What can an old man say?

[Lieutenant Cooley]

Hello? This is Lieutenant Cooley. Doctor. Police headquarters.

[Dr. Alex Bruloff]

What do you want now?

[Lieutenant Cooley]

When I came to see you last Tuesday, you had visitors. One of them was a girl. Well, I just received a bulletin from Vermont. They're looking for that girl, Constance Peterson.

[Dr. Alex Bruloff]

And what has she done?

[Lieutenant Cooley]

She's wanted for questioning. Where is she?

[Dr. Alex Bruloff]

She left yesterday afternoon.

[Lieutenant Cooley]

Where did she go?

[Dr. Alex Bruloff]

I don't know.

[Lieutenant Cooley]

You know what you're doing, don't you?

[Dr. Alex Bruloff]

Obstructing justice. Come down and arrest me. There. I think I obstruct some.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

This is long distance.

[Dr. Alex Bruloff]

A person to person call. Dr. Constance Peterson. She's at the inn in Gabriel Valley in Vermont.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

I'm sorry, sir.

[Libby]

The inn at Gabriel Valley says Dr.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

Peterson has gone skiing. Do you wish her to call you when she returns?

[Dr. Alex Bruloff]

No. No, never mind.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

You're sure this is the hill? John, you were here with Dr. Edwards.

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

This is it.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

Put on your skis.

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

The cliff. It's down there.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

I know it's down there.

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

And promise me, no matter what I may try to do you.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

The skier uncurves away from the cliff.

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

But what if I force you to?

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

Just a few minutes, darling, and you'll be free. Take my Hand ready? Then here we go.

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

Slow down.

[Dr. Alex Bruloff]

Slow down.

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

We're going too fast.

[Dr. Murchison]

No.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

No, we are not.

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

You're too close to me.

[William Keeley]

Cut over.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

I want to be close.

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The cliff.

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

You can. Can see it now.

[Dr. Alex Bruloff]

Just.

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

Just ahead of us.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

I know, darling.

[Dorothy Blair]

I know.

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

Yes, I remember. I remember.

[Dr. Flero]

Wait.

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

Why. He was where you are, and I. You wanted this. Everything must be the same.

[Dr. Alex Bruloff]

All right.

[Lieutenant Cooley]

Constance. No.

[Dorothy Blair]

No.

[Lieutenant Cooley]

John.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

Are you all right?

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

Constance.

[Lieutenant Cooley]

Constance.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

You threw yourself at me. You wouldn't let me go over. You saved me.

[Dr. Murchison]

My.

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

My brother.

[Lieutenant Cooley]

My.

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

My. My brother.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

What about your brother? Tell me.

[Dr. Murchison]

We.

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

We were children.

[Dr. Murchison]

At.

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

Comes back to me now. I killed him. I killed my brother. It was an accident.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

Happened? How did it happen?

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

Our house. The front steps. There's a railing. And my brother was sliding down the railing.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

Down the.

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

I didn't mean it. I didn't. I slid down behind him. I. I knocked him off. And there was a picket fence. My brother.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

At last. Come, darling. We're going back to the inn. You can call the police now.

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

Yes. They can find the body of Dr. Edwards somewhere in the snow at the bottom of that cliff.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

Some more coffee?

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

No, Please. The police should be there by now. We'll know very soon.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

Yes.

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

Unbelievable how everything comes back to me. Oh, by the way, I'm not married and my name is John. John Ballantyne.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

I'm very pleased to meet you.

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

Another thing. My army records. All right. Medical discharge.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

How did you meet Dr. Edwards?

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

I met him in the Cumberland Mountains. I went there to rest. My nerves were still pretty ragged from the war and he was vacationing there and I asked him to help me.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

How did you happen to come here?

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

Still a little hazy, darling. He invited me a few days skiing. He was coming to Vermont anyway to take over the sanatorium. We had to change trains in New York and left the station. Went somewhere for lunch. I can't seem to recall just where. Anyway, we came on and the accident

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

happened at that spot where you saved me.

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

Now, let's not have any confusion about who saved whom. Edwards was about 50ft ahead of me when he went over.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

You saw it happen. You thought of your brother and that awful feeling of guilt came over you again. You had to run away. You assumed the role of Dr. Edwards to prove to yourself he wasn't dead. And since he wasn't dead, you reasoned you couldn't have killed him.

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

How does it feel to be a great analyst?

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

Wonderful.

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

And madly adored.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

Very wonderful. I. Hello.

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

I'm Sergeant Hickson, State Police. Oh, yes. This is Lieutenant Cooley. He's from Rochester.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

We met Lieutenant Cooley before, so to speak.

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

How did you find us, Lieutenant?

[Lieutenant Cooley]

No thanks to Dr. Brulo. But you left a trail a mile wide.

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

We found Dr. Edwards body just where you said it would be.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

Thank goodness this is all over then.

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

Not quite, Dr. Peterson. There was a bullet in his body. Well, that's impossible. Dr. Edwards was murdered. Shot in the back.

[William Keeley]

You're under arrest.

[Dr. Alex Bruloff]

And I brought you back here to Green Manor's conscience because there is nothing more you can do for John.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

Alex, there must be something I can do.

[Dr. Alex Bruloff]

You cannot keep bumping your head against reality and saying the evidence is not there. The evidence is there. John has been indicted for murder.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

He trusted me, Alex. I. I led him into a trap. I've all but convicted him. Is that real enough for you? But don't ask me to stop. I can't stop. I won't stop until he's free.

[Dr. Alex Bruloff]

And how will you free him?

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

I don't know. I haven't seemed very grateful to Alex, have I? Thanks for straightening things out with Dr. Murchison and everyone.

[Dr. Alex Bruloff]

I'm sorry the prison hospital is so close. By this means you'll see John every chance you get. It is useless for me to tell you not to hurt.

[Dr. Murchison]

Sorry, Dr. Bruno.

[Dr. Alex Bruloff]

I have been waiting for you to throw me out of your office. Murchison.

[Dr. Murchison]

The car's here. It's quite a drive to the station.

[Dr. Alex Bruloff]

Yes. I go back now to Rochester. Take care of my girl.

[Dr. Murchison]

We'll try to, Doctor. Goodbye.

[Dr. Alex Bruloff]

Goodbye. I'll write to you, Constance.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

Thank you, Alex.

[Dr. Murchison]

A brilliant man.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

I. I should go to the station with him.

[Dr. Murchison]

No, you're too tired, Constance. Try to forget things better forgotten. You've a fine career ahead of you. Here.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

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 Dr. Edwards.

[Dr. Murchison]

I knew Edwards only slightly. We liked him. Well, good night, Constance. I hope you'll feel rested in the Morning.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

Good night, Dr. Murchison.

[Dr. Murchison]

I knew Edwards only slightly. I never liked him.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

He told me before he had never met him the day John first came here.

[Dr. Murchison]

Like the rest of you, I've never met the man. Constance. Did you forget something, my dear?

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

I want to talk to you, Dr. Murchison. Well, of course it's a problem. A dream one of my patients reported.

[Dr. Murchison]

Which patient?

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

John Ballantyne. Well, ever since John was arrested, he's been recalling more details of that dream. Anyway, he was playing cards in a gambling house. Apparently with Dr. Edwards.

[Dr. Murchison]

What game were they playing?

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

21. John says he dealt Dr. Edwards of seven of clubs and Edwards said that makes it 21.

[Dr. Murchison]

Perhaps he was trying to mention a locale, an actual place, A club.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

There's a place in New York, a 21 club.

[Dr. Murchison]

Oh, yes, yes, so there is.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

The patient dreamed the proprietor accused Dr. Edwards of cheating.

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[Dr. Constance Peterson]

He ordered Edwards out. I won't allow you here, he said. This is my place. I'm going to fix you.

[Dr. Murchison]

The dream gives the local a double identity. The 21 Club and Green Manors. Perhaps. But the proprietor seems to belong to the latter. In fact, it might easily be myself.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

It seemed that way to me.

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

Dr. Murchison, I presume you only arrived

[Dr. Murchison]

at this solution tonight.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

Yes, just now in the corridor.

[Dr. Murchison]

Was there any more to the dream?

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

Yes. The patient dreamed he and Dr. Edwards were on a high, sloping roof. But he saw Edwards fall from the roof to his death. He also saw the angry proprietor hiding behind a chimney. In his hand was a small wheel. He dropped the wheel.

[Dr. Murchison]

The symbolism of the wheel escapes me.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

It was a revolver. The proprietor who threatened Edwards life in the 21 Club dropped a revolver in the snow at Gabriel Valley after shooting Dr. Edwards in the back. The weapon is still there with the murderous fingerprints on it.

[Dr. Murchison]

I can't agree with that part of your interpretation. For the good reason that the weapon is now in my hand. I imagine something of this sort might happen. When I made the slip before about knowing Edwards, that started your agile young mind going.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

You had a breakdown a few weeks ago. In your state 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 having lunch there with John Valentine. You accused him of stealing your job. You threatened to kill him. You followed him to Gabriel Valley and shot him from behind a tree.

[Dr. Murchison]

You're an excellent analyst. But I don't think the police are interested in dreams.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

No, but they'll be greatly interested in the waiters in the 21 Club who saw you there. In the people who saw you on the train to Gabriel Valley. In others who saw you at the inn. There'll be no dreams in this case.

[Dr. Murchison]

And what did you think I'd do when you told me all this? Congratulate you? You forget in your devotion to your patient that the punishment for two murders is the same as for one.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

You're not going to commit a second murder, Dr. Murchison?

[Dr. Murchison]

I hadn't planned to. But you're here. You're not leaving.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

A man of your intelligence doesn't commit a stupid murder. You're thinking you were not mentally responsible the first time. But they'll consider the state of your health, that they'd never execute you for the murder of Dr. Edwards. You can still live, read, write, research, even if you are put away. You're thinking that now, Dr. Murchison. But if you pull that trigger, it's called deliberate murder. And you'll die in the electric chair for your crime. I. I'm going to telephone for the police, Dr. Murchison.

[Dr. Murchison]

If you walk to that door, I'll.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

And don't try to leave, Dr. Murchison.

[Dr. Alex Bruloff]

Sanatorium Chief Attempt to kill self after murder confession Dr. Murchison shot rival Valentine.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

Free girl risks life second time to save Valentine.

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

Don't worry, Dr. Bruloff. This time it's. It's a real honeymoon. Luggage and everything.

[Dr. Alex Bruloff]

Nothing is so nice as a new marriage, job. No psychosis, no aggressions, no guilt complexes. Not yet.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

Not ever, Alex. Goodbye, darling.

[Dr. Alex Bruloff]

Goodbye. And remember, John, for a happy marriage, never keep a secret from your wife.

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

From her, a fat chance I'd have.

[William Keeley]

Our stars will return for their curtain calls in a moment. You know, Libby, we talk a lot about fashions and clothes.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

How about news?

[William Keeley]

Tonight on Fashions for the Home.

[Libby]

Well, there's a wonderful new fashion in dishes.

[William Keeley]

Anything to do with color or size?

[Libby]

In a way, because they're ever so tiny and pure. Pure white.

[William Keeley]

The dishes?

[Dorothy Blair]

No.

[Libby]

The new diamonds of luxe you use

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

to wash them with.

[Libby]

Washing dishes with this new luxe is a fashion I predict will sweep the country.

[William Keeley]

Because These sheer, tiny diamonds are so much faster.

[Libby]

That's right. You just turn on the water and presto. They burst into suds right before your eyes.

[William Keeley]

Just compare them with any other dishwashing suds you've ever used. They're richer, make thick, abundant suds that last and last.

[Libby]

They go so far, too. You can wash up to twice as many dishes with these new tiny diamonds of lux.

[William Keeley]

Careful tests using the same weight of soaps. Proved Lux washes more dishes than any of ten other leading soaps.

[Libby]

And you needn't dry the dishes at all. Just rinse them with hot water and let them drain. They'll dry bright and sparkling.

[William Keeley]

Of course, every woman knows how gentle Lux is, how kind to hands. You can be sure the new tiny luxe diamonds. Will keep your hands soft and smooth and lovely in spite of dishwashing. Try these new tiny luxe diamonds for dishes tomorrow. Here's Mr. Keeley at the microphone.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Our thanks now to Joseph, Cotton and Valley. Who returned to the Footlights for a well earned curtain call. Our congratulations to you both for your splendid performances in Spellbound.

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

Thank you, Bill. It's always, always a pleasure to be here. But, you know, it was a double pleasure tonight.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Oh, why is that, Joe?

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

To be with Alita Valli on her very first dramatic radio broadcast. And I'm sure you agree with me that she is to be highly congratulated for her performance tonight.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Indeed, yes. Were you nervous, Ms. Valli?

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

A little, I suppose. But you couldn't help feeling right at home after the first few minutes. And I'm delighted, of course, that my very first radio performance. Has taken place on America's leading dramatic radio program.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Well, I hope, Ms. Valli, that tonight's appearance will be the first of many on our Lux Radio Theater.

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

See, I told you this was a nice program, Alia.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

Well, you must like it. You've been back three times this year already.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Well, that's right, Joe. You're practically a permanent fixture with us. I trust you've had time to do a picture or two for your boss, David O. Selznick, though.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

He certainly has. He's just completed a wonderful picture with Jennifer Jones called Portrait of Jenny.

[Narrator/Announcer]

And Speaking of pictures, Ms. Valli, I enjoyed your performance as Mrs. Paradine in the Paradine case very much.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

Thank you. You're very kind.

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

What's doing in the Lux radio theater next week, Bill?

[Narrator/Announcer]

Next Monday night, In honor of St. Patrick's Day, we're bringing our audience one of the gayest, most tuneful musicals to reach the screen. It's 20th Century Fox's great hit, Irish Eyes Are Smiling, starring Dick Hames in his original screen role, co starred with the delightful Jean Crane.

[John Ballantyne / Imposter Dr. Edwards]

Well, that ought to make a great day for the Irish, Bill and everybody else. Good night.

[Dr. Constance Peterson]

Good night.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Good night. And thanks again for showdown. And now it's my privilege to make a very special announcement. The name you ladies have been waiting to hear. The first prize winner of the third week of Lever Brothers Mammoth Fur Contest. A $3,000 mink coat or cash if she prefers, goes to a lady in Lafayette, Indiana. And her name is Mrs. Janice C. Ursulcook of 907 State Street. Congratulations, Mrs. Ursulcoek, on your fine letter. Here are the second prize winners for the third contest. Mrs. Robert S. Oaks of 819 S. Columbus Street, Alexandria, Virginia. Mrs. Gladys Dorothy Johnson, 3642 Huntington Avenue, Minneapolis, 16, Minnesota. And Ms. Joan L. Smith of 537 West Deming Place, Chicago, Illinois. A $1,000 fur coat or cash. To each other. Winners will be notified by mail. Listen next week for the name of the top winner of the fourth big Lever Fur contest. It may be your. Lelever Brothers Company, the makers of Lux Flakes. Join me in inviting you to be with us again next Monday evening when the Lux Radio Theater presents Gene Crane and Dick Hames in Irish Eyes Are Smiling. This is William Keeley saying good night to you from Hollywood.

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