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00:00:00["The Star-Spangled Banner"]
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00:01:14How long you live in this town, Captain McVay?
00:01:18I was born and raised here, Duke.
00:01:21This city, with all its houses, palaces, steam engines, cathedrals, and tuma.
00:01:39What is it but thought?
00:01:43Millions of thoughts made into one.
00:01:48Not a brick was made, but what some man had to think in the making of that brick.
00:01:58What's all that about, Captain?
00:02:01Hm?
00:02:03Oh, just a little something Carlisle said years ago.
00:02:10Yeah?
00:02:12Wonderful man, Carlisle.
00:02:15Was he ever under force?
00:02:19Uh, no, I don't believe he ever was, Duke.
00:02:27Here, now listen.
00:02:29You give this fresh water every day for six days, and it'll take root.
00:02:37Then you'll have a bowl full of them.
00:02:41Same as I've got.
00:02:43You like flowers, don't you, Mac?
00:02:44I like them.
00:02:46I love them.
00:02:47I should think a guy like you, with all your years in the force, that you'd retire.
00:02:52Take a trip around the world, like them ads I read in the magazines.
00:02:57It's too late for all that now, copper.
00:03:00All this is in my blood.
00:03:02Here, I guess I'll carry it on through the last journey with me.
00:03:08Whichever way I'm headed.
00:03:11Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, just a minute.
00:03:14You're getting all mixed up, copper.
00:03:16That belongs on the DA's files now.
00:03:19Let me tell you, for your information, Jimmy Horton's handling the case.
00:03:22But she's been missing for some time, ain't she?
00:03:25She was.
00:03:27But we found her.
00:03:28Found her?
00:03:30Dead.
00:03:41Yeah, that's a fine thing.
00:04:02That's just dandy.
00:04:03That's what I think, too.
00:04:05Oh, it's you.
00:04:06Nobody else.
00:04:08Do you mind if I sit down beside the next district attorney?
00:04:13Oh, thank you, Jimmy.
00:04:14You're always so sweet.
00:04:16Look, did I tell you to print that?
00:04:19Oh, let me see.
00:04:20Did you?
00:04:21You know darn well I didn't.
00:04:22But the Arnold girl was found dead, wasn't she?
00:04:24That part's all right, but what do you mean by saying that I thought she was murdered?
00:04:28Oh, didn't you say that?
00:04:30No, I didn't.
00:04:31Oh, well, that's easily fixed.
00:04:33Now let me see.
00:04:36James J. Horton, the up-and-coming assistant district attorney,
00:04:40emphatically denies that Thalia Arnold was murdered.
00:04:47I do nothing of the kind.
00:04:49Oh, I wish you'd make up your mind.
00:04:50This is getting so confusing.
00:04:52Now, in your opinion, was this girl murdered or wasn't she?
00:04:54It must have been one way or the other.
00:04:56Now, come on, give out.
00:04:58I'm giving out with nothing.
00:05:00Not even a cup of coffee?
00:05:02No.
00:05:04How about you're having another?
00:05:06Hey, you know, you put me in a fine spot by breaking that story.
00:05:08I'm in for a bawling out from the D.A. himself.
00:05:10Well, I'm sorry.
00:05:11Jimmy, I'm not kidding.
00:05:12But if I can't get my news from you, I have to make it myself.
00:05:15That's my job.
00:05:16Look, how can we apprehend criminals for crimes committed
00:05:18when you newshounds insist on printing articles that impede the wheels of justice?
00:05:23Oh, bravo, bravo.
00:05:25That was well spoken.
00:05:27You can kid all you want to, Nora, but this is a serious matter.
00:05:30Oh, well, I think you'd get a lot more action
00:05:32if old Fossil Foot McVay and his bloodhounds would wake up.
00:05:36Look, you leave Captain Gray out of this.
00:05:38Oh, well.
00:05:40We're just not going to quarrel about this.
00:05:42What are you doing?
00:05:44Just trying to sweeten your disposition, dear.
00:05:55There you are, Joe.
00:05:57$22,000 and 500.
00:05:59Read it and smile.
00:06:01$22,500, eh?
00:06:03And that ain't hay, as they used to say on the other side of the tracks.
00:06:06Well, I'll admit it's a pretty healthy profit to make
00:06:08from the Crescent School of Arts.
00:06:10That's why I wonder you keep on with this kind of advertising.
00:06:13What kind of advertising?
00:06:14This.
00:06:15The Crescent School of Fine Arts.
00:06:17Radio, screen drama, modeling.
00:06:20Fit yourself for a career in any of these professional big money earned while waiting.
00:06:25Phone AB 470.
00:06:29Unless you think the profit you make from your nightclubs,
00:06:31numbers, slot machines and your gambling houses,
00:06:34you'd be content to let things slide as they are.
00:06:36New faces, Joe.
00:06:38New girls, fresh talent and youth.
00:06:40Never fails.
00:06:41That's what I need in my nightclub.
00:06:43With me, it's just a matter of business.
00:06:45I'm after the money, Joe.
00:06:47Money and plenty of it.
00:06:49Now, girls only interest me from a standpoint of profit.
00:06:52Remember that.
00:06:56Don't touch me.
00:06:57Don't come near me, do you hear?
00:06:59Keep away from me, you beast.
00:07:01Keep away or I'll scream.
00:07:03Please.
00:07:04Please let me alone.
00:07:06I'll do anything you say.
00:07:08If you'll just stay where you are.
00:07:17Me?
00:07:18Yes, I was.
00:07:19How do you like my dramatic acting?
00:07:22If that's dramatic acting, I'll take fish.
00:07:25Say, what do you mean by that?
00:07:27The Barrymores, all three of them,
00:07:30have nothing to worry about now.
00:07:32Listen, baby, if you'll take my advice,
00:07:34you'll leave that dramatic oak to somebody who can dish it out.
00:07:37Yeah, well, it's for real drama.
00:07:39Is that so?
00:07:40Well, I can vibrate as good as you can any old time.
00:07:42Why don't you get wise to yourself
00:07:44and use your ability to please King Peterson?
00:07:46That's where your salary's coming from.
00:07:48Yeah?
00:07:49And King's gonna pay plenty for a long time to come,
00:07:52drama or no drama.
00:07:56I didn't hear you come in, King.
00:07:58You're telling me.
00:07:59And I'm telling you this is the last time
00:08:01I'm going to warn you to keep your big mouth shut.
00:08:03I didn't mean anything by what I just said, King.
00:08:05Honest, I didn't.
00:08:07I was only kidding to get her eyes out of Helen, that's all.
00:08:10Is that a fact?
00:08:11Yeah.
00:08:12Yeah, honest, I was only kidding.
00:08:14Well, leave my name out of your kidding
00:08:17the next time you feel the urge to turn comic.
00:08:19Now get into your street clothes, you've got a job to do.
00:08:22Here's the keys to my car.
00:08:24Understand?
00:08:25Yeah.
00:08:26Yeah, I think so.
00:08:28And here's something else for you to understand.
00:08:31The girl that had this job before you
00:08:33thought she was pretty wise, too.
00:08:35Get what I mean?
00:08:37Yes.
00:08:39That's fine.
00:08:43And you.
00:08:44Who, me?
00:08:45No, a dame in China.
00:08:47That's nice, opening a laundry.
00:08:49Smart girl.
00:08:50I'll do until somebody smarter comes along.
00:08:53What's on your mind, or are you afraid to tell, teacher?
00:08:56Mason wants you to get over to the Crescent Studio right away.
00:08:59What for?
00:09:00He's interested in a new girl act, wants you to rehearse them.
00:09:03He's not the only one interested in those new girls.
00:09:06Meaning what?
00:09:07Meaning one of the boys was over from the DA's office today
00:09:10prowling around and asking plenty of questions.
00:09:13Oh.
00:09:15One of Jimmy Horton's men, eh?
00:09:17That's the way it added up to me.
00:09:21I think I'll go over and pay Mr. Horton a nice, friendly little visit.
00:09:39Now, now, Mrs. Randolph, take it easy, take it easy.
00:09:44I just can't help it, Mr. Horton.
00:09:47I just can't help it.
00:09:50My grandchild, Pauline.
00:09:54She's the only thing I've got in the world.
00:09:58Yes, yes, I know, but if you want us to help you,
00:10:01you must get control of yourself.
00:10:03Yes, yes, I'll try.
00:10:06I'll try.
00:10:08Here, let me have your handkerchief.
00:10:11There.
00:10:12Now give me a nice, big smile.
00:10:18You will answer our questions, won't you?
00:10:21Yes.
00:10:23I'll try, I'll try.
00:10:26But you must remember I'm old
00:10:31and things do get so mixed up in here.
00:10:37Yes, well, you sit right over here
00:10:39and we'll have a nice, friendly little visit.
00:10:41Ah, and here's the tea I ordered.
00:10:43Tea?
00:10:44Tea.
00:10:46Sure, tea.
00:10:47My old mother always said there's nothing like a good, strong cup of tea
00:10:51to help people remember things.
00:10:53Now let's start at the beginning, shall we?
00:10:55I think I can save you a whole lot of questioning, Jimmy.
00:10:58Yes?
00:10:59I think I can save you a whole lot of questioning, Jimmy.
00:11:02Now, Pauline Randolph has never left home before
00:11:05and her grandmother naturally is afraid that something serious has happened to the child.
00:11:09Isn't that right, Grandma?
00:11:11Yes.
00:11:13There.
00:11:14I can't understand it.
00:11:19Sugar?
00:11:20Please.
00:11:21One.
00:11:22Two.
00:11:24Three.
00:11:25Four.
00:11:26Five.
00:11:27Six.
00:11:28Seven.
00:11:29Eight.
00:11:30Nine.
00:11:3110.
00:11:3211.
00:11:3312.
00:11:3413.
00:11:3514.
00:11:3615.
00:11:3716.
00:11:3817.
00:11:3918.
00:11:4019.
00:11:4120.
00:11:4221.
00:11:4322.
00:11:4423.
00:11:46Tea?
00:11:47No, thank you.
00:11:48No.
00:11:49Pauline was always so sweet and so thoughtful
00:11:52and knows how I worry when she's away from home, even for a short time.
00:11:57How long since you last heard from her?
00:12:00I wish she'd have phoned me.
00:12:02She hasn't been to school either, so her teachers say.
00:12:08Do you know of anybody whom she could have eloped with?
00:12:13Eloped?
00:12:15I mean run away and got...
00:12:17Girls do that sometimes, you know.
00:12:24Oh, no.
00:12:25I don't think so.
00:12:27Everybody loved Pauline.
00:12:29Oh, lots and lots of young men called on her.
00:12:34Oh, Mary, did you say?
00:12:36Well, I mean, can you think of any other reason why she should run away?
00:12:44No, I don't know.
00:12:46Oh, that's just it.
00:12:48Every time I try to think, oh, my head just goes spinning and I can't remember a thing.
00:12:56Only that...
00:12:58Oh, she disappeared.
00:13:00Oh, now, now, now, now, now.
00:13:02Come along, come along. Now, brace up.
00:13:04Brace up, brace up.
00:13:06And I give you my word, we'll leave no stone unturned to find Pauline
00:13:10and bring her safely back to you.
00:13:12Isn't that right, Jimmy?
00:13:13That's right, Captain.
00:13:14Thank you, sir.
00:13:17And thank you, Mr. Horton.
00:13:19That's all right, Mrs. Randolph.
00:13:21I'll have one of our cars take you home
00:13:23Captain McGray will notify you as soon as we have any news.
00:13:26We will have good news, I'm sure.
00:13:28Oh, I hope so.
00:13:29Oh, by the way, do you have a picture of Pauline?
00:13:33Oh, I forgot.
00:13:44Isn't she pretty?
00:13:46Just like her grandma.
00:13:48Do you mind if I keep this?
00:13:50No, not if you want it.
00:13:54Did you ring, sir?
00:13:55Oh, yes, Larkin.
00:13:56Will you see if Mrs. Randolph reaches home safely?
00:13:58Yes, sir.
00:14:00Come along.
00:14:04Sweets for the sweet.
00:14:11Thank you again, gentlemen, and goodbye.
00:14:15Goodbye.
00:14:24Well, here's another one.
00:14:27Why do parents wait days or even weeks before they report their children missing?
00:14:31It isn't so much the disappearance of the girls, Jimmy.
00:14:35It's what happens to them after they disappear.
00:14:40That's a tragedy.
00:14:44Yes?
00:14:45King Peterson in the office to see you, Mr. Horton.
00:14:48King Peterson in the office to see you, Mr. Horton.
00:14:53Have him wait.
00:14:56Watch your step with him, Jimmy.
00:14:58He's mighty clever.
00:15:00There's not a gambling house, boogie joint, or shady nightclub that we've raided in the last few years
00:15:07that hasn't had King Peterson mixed up in it one way or the other all along the line.
00:15:12All that evidence in your pocket, you should have tagged him on ago.
00:15:15It isn't so easy, son.
00:15:17He's got a keen mind and a crooked soul.
00:15:20That's what makes him rarely dangerous.
00:15:22Hear you talk, Mac. You'd think he'd already put the finger on me.
00:15:25I wouldn't put it past him.
00:15:27Why do you think he's here to see me?
00:15:29Well, maybe about Louis Burke.
00:15:32You know, we're still holding him for the Arnold murder case.
00:15:36Are we going to have to let Burke go?
00:15:38No.
00:15:39Lack of evidence.
00:15:41Hello.
00:15:45Send in Mr. Peterson.
00:15:54Hello, Horton.
00:15:55How are you, Peterson?
00:15:56You know Captain McVay, of course.
00:15:57Oh, yes. Hello, Captain. I didn't see you when I came in.
00:16:00Perhaps my eyesight's getting a little faulty.
00:16:02Maybe I need glasses.
00:16:04That isn't all you need.
00:16:08Really?
00:16:09What else do you suggest?
00:16:11You and I could never agree on that, Peterson.
00:16:14Still the same old McVay.
00:16:16You know, Captain, you should have retired a long time ago.
00:16:19Yeah, I've thought of that.
00:16:21Maybe I will, but I've just got one more job to finish.
00:16:27Sort of a last fling, eh?
00:16:29Mm-hmm.
00:16:30Mind telling me what it is?
00:16:31No, not a bit.
00:16:34I'll send you all the information by a special messenger.
00:16:40Take care of yourself, Peterson.
00:16:43I always do, Captain.
00:16:45And you know it.
00:16:47Mm-hmm.
00:16:57So long, Jimmy.
00:17:04That's why I'm here, Horton.
00:17:06To take care of myself, as the Captain suggested.
00:17:08Sort of reversing things.
00:17:10My paying you a visit instead of you calling on me, as usual.
00:17:14That's very considerate of you.
00:17:16I appreciate it.
00:17:17Oh, I knew you would.
00:17:19Do you mind if I smoke?
00:17:21I don't care if you burn.
00:17:24That's a nice, friendly little thought, Mr. Horton.
00:17:27Oh, uh...
00:17:29Do you smoke these?
00:17:38No.
00:17:56No.
00:17:57I never smoked that brand.
00:18:02Too bad you don't appreciate good tobacco, Horton.
00:18:05I've been prying into my business of late.
00:18:07That annoys me.
00:18:09I don't like being annoyed.
00:18:11That so?
00:18:13Just why does your department keep butting into my affairs?
00:18:16We're very interested in your affairs, Mr. Peterson.
00:18:18Why?
00:18:19For a number of reasons.
00:18:21But in particular about the Arnold girl who was found dead on the Old River Road.
00:18:26What my showgirls do when they finish work has nothing to do with me.
00:18:30I'm their employer, not their guardian. Does that make sense to you?
00:18:32Peterson, some of those missing girls work for you.
00:18:36This office intends finding out what happened to those girls.
00:18:39Does that make sense to you?
00:18:41Definitely.
00:18:43And here's a little thought I'll leave behind for your information and your guidance.
00:18:47You're not the first ambitious young man in that chair to annoy me.
00:18:51As a matter of fact, yours is the third name I've seen on this door.
00:18:56You know, you ought to be on the stage, Peterson.
00:18:58Why?
00:18:59Because you give a swell performance.
00:19:02So do you, Horton.
00:19:04And I hope the curtain doesn't ring down on you before you've finished your act.
00:19:08Thanks.
00:19:12I'm sorry, Mr. Peterson.
00:19:14I'm sorry.
00:19:17Thanks.
00:19:22So you didn't like his brand of cigarettes, did you, Jimmy?
00:19:25No. It was a $10,000 bill in that cigarette case.
00:19:29$10,000?
00:19:31Phew.
00:19:33His price must have gone up since he offered a cigarette to one of my boys.
00:19:37Yeah, he's mixed up in this racket somewhere if he's willing to pay off with that kind of money.
00:19:41Yeah. Our job is to prove it.
00:19:46Yes?
00:19:52That takes me right out.
00:19:55So long, Jimmy.
00:19:56So long, Mac.
00:19:58Come in, boys.
00:19:59What's the news, Horton?
00:20:00Come on, give us a little heads up, will you?
00:20:02Well, here's the story of another missing girl.
00:20:04Missing girls? That's no news.
00:20:06You find one, that'll be news.
00:20:09We want to know what Peterson was doing here.
00:20:10What have you got on him?
00:20:11Peterson?
00:20:13Just dropped in for a cup of tea.
00:20:16Tea?
00:20:17What'd you do, give him a cookie with a razor blade in it?
00:20:19That's a sharp remark.
00:20:22Now, look, fellas, seriously, there's nothing in particular to tell you at the moment.
00:20:25What are you doing? Holding it for the page girl and the Times record?
00:20:28She broke the Vice Pig news out of this office.
00:20:30She didn't get it from me. Take my word for it.
00:20:33I guess we'll have to.
00:20:35Now, look, you fellas cooperate with me and I'll do the same with you.
00:20:37That's a deal, Horton.
00:20:39Let's go, Junior.
00:20:40So long. Bye, boys.
00:20:44I'm sorry if we can't do any business, Lawrence.
00:20:47We could, Mr. Thompson, keep your actor's salary somewhere within reason.
00:20:51Real talent costs money, you know.
00:21:14Well, there's a girl I'd like to book in one of my shows.
00:21:17Not a chance. You can't hire her.
00:21:20That's my daughter.
00:21:22She's a newspaper woman.
00:21:23Oh.
00:21:25Well, I'll check with you again, Thompson, before I leave town.
00:21:28Come in, Nora.
00:21:31See my secretary.
00:21:35Thank you, Dad, for my beautiful birthday present.
00:21:38So, I have to buy my kisser something.
00:21:41Oh, now, you know a lot better than that.
00:21:44There's one with no strings attached to it.
00:21:46Oh, that's more like it, Nora.
00:21:48But I came up to ask you a favor.
00:21:50I thought there was a catch in that kiss somewhere.
00:21:53Well, how much?
00:21:55Oh, it's not money I want. It's information.
00:21:58You know, the managing editor thinks I'm doing a wonderful job.
00:22:01Good. Then I suppose he gave you a raise.
00:22:03No. No, not exactly, but there's a promise of one.
00:22:06That's if I can locate some of the missing girls.
00:22:09Now, Dad, have you ever heard of Josie Rogers?
00:22:12Why, yes, but I didn't book her act.
00:22:15Well, how about Lillian Andrews?
00:22:18Oh, I haven't seen her for two or three years.
00:22:21Well, did you ever book Thalia Arnold?
00:22:26Thalia Arnold?
00:22:29Isn't that the girl that was found dead last week?
00:22:33Yes, yes. She's a singer and dancer.
00:22:35No, she hasn't.
00:22:38No, she never worked from this office.
00:22:40Well, you certainly are a big help.
00:22:43I guess I'll have to get my information someplace else.
00:22:45Well, I wish you luck.
00:22:47Thanks, Dad. I think I'll need it.
00:22:49Well, see you tonight.
00:22:52Bye, dear.
00:23:07Bye-bye.
00:23:38Is everything all right, Pauline?
00:23:40Yes, Grandmother's very happy about it.
00:23:42Oh, that's just fine.
00:24:07Good afternoon. Are you Mrs. Randolph?
00:24:31Yes, I am.
00:24:33Well, my name is Nora Page, and I'm from the Times Record.
00:24:36The Times Record?
00:24:38Yes, yes, the newspaper.
00:24:40Oh, yes, to be sure.
00:24:42I came to talk to you regarding your granddaughter.
00:24:45Oh, won't you come in?
00:24:47Yes, yes, thank you.
00:24:51Now, who did you say you were?
00:24:56Nora Page, and I want to help you find your granddaughter.
00:25:01Oh, that won't be necessary now.
00:25:04Pauline came home this morning.
00:25:06Oh, was that she who just left?
00:25:08Yes.
00:25:10Where has she been all this time?
00:25:12Oh, she has a wonderful job.
00:25:15She's so happy.
00:25:17Oh, won't you sit down?
00:25:19I just love to talk about Pauline.
00:25:22Oh, look.
00:25:24She gave me this new pocketbook.
00:25:26Oh, that is beautiful.
00:25:30Well, where is she working?
00:25:32Oh, she's learning to be an actress.
00:25:35Is that so? What company is she with?
00:25:37Oh, I don't know.
00:25:41Oh, she was so excited she couldn't tell me, and I forgot to ask her.
00:25:47Well, how did she get the position? Do you know that?
00:25:50Oh, yes, I know that.
00:25:53Some time ago, she met a Miss Arnold,
00:25:59and she introduced her to a wonderful man,
00:26:05the gentleman she's working for.
00:26:07Who is he?
00:26:10Oh, I don't know, but he must be a wonderful man.
00:26:17Just think, her little girlfriend, Mary Phillips.
00:26:21She's on her way to pick her up now,
00:26:24and Mary is going to work for the same man.
00:26:27Where does Mary live?
00:26:30Oh, I can't say.
00:26:32I see.
00:26:34Well, did you mention this to anyone else?
00:26:38No.
00:26:40No, not that I remember.
00:26:43Oh, well, that's fine. Thank you. Thank you very much, Mrs. Randolph.
00:26:46I appreciate it.
00:26:48No, please don't get up. I'll just go.
00:26:50Goodbye.
00:26:51Goodbye, Miss... Oh, Miss...
00:26:54Well, thanks for calling.
00:26:56Not at all.
00:27:09Hiya, Mary.
00:27:11Hiya, Pauline.
00:27:14This is a friend of Mr. Mason's.
00:27:16She's an actress.
00:27:17How do you do?
00:27:19An actress? Gee.
00:27:21That's what Pauline and I want to be.
00:27:23We've dreamed about it ever since we were children.
00:27:25Now we have our feet on the first step of the ladder to fame.
00:27:28That's right, and someday you'll even have your name in electric lights.
00:27:31Well, come on, girls. We've got to hurry.
00:27:49Come on.
00:28:06Oh, Mary, look at that pretty costume.
00:28:09That's it. That's it exactly.
00:28:11Makes you look like Cleopatra.
00:28:13Only Cleopatra wasn't a blonde.
00:28:15But that's all right.
00:28:16Now, while I get this thing ready and we'll take the picture.
00:28:23Isn't it wonderful, Mary?
00:28:25It's just like a dream.
00:28:27That's what I thought when I first came here, too.
00:28:29Don't move now.
00:28:31Get ready. Hit it.
00:28:32One, two, three.
00:28:34Oh, you moved.
00:28:35Now, wait a minute. We'll have to take another one now.
00:28:37Just remember that pose now.
00:28:39Please.
00:28:40I'll have to look in here and see.
00:28:47Say, why don't you look where you're going?
00:28:49Can't you see I want a folding stand about the thing
00:28:51with the corners about everything right in the head?
00:28:53What did you say?
00:28:55I said I want a folding stand about the thing
00:28:57with the corners about everything right in the head.
00:28:59Say, listen, wise guy. Another crack like that
00:29:01and you'll end up with this sticking out of the top of your head.
00:29:04Oh, I'm sorry. I was interrupted for a moment.
00:29:08What was the act you wanted?
00:29:11The act's all right. Now, how about the money?
00:29:13Five hundred. It's like stealing.
00:29:15I'll take it.
00:29:17You can draw up the contract.
00:29:18Good. All right, girls, get into your street clothes.
00:29:25Look here, Horton.
00:29:27You've got to get me something more definite than that
00:29:29on this missing girl problem. Understand?
00:29:31I understand, Mr. Fowler.
00:29:33Well, I'm glad you do.
00:29:35Remember, I'm accepting no more excuses.
00:29:37I moved you up to be my assistant
00:29:39because I thought you had possibilities.
00:29:41But I'm doing my best, sir.
00:29:43I'm sorry, but your best is not quite good enough.
00:29:45Every newspaper in town is hanging around my neck.
00:29:48The grand jury is after my scalp. Results.
00:29:50Results. That's what I'm after or else.
00:29:53Yes, sir.
00:29:55How did you get in here?
00:29:57I didn't climb in through the transom.
00:29:59How is happy little Jimmy Horton today?
00:30:01You ought to know. You just got the lowdown.
00:30:04And what a story that'll make for tonight's edition.
00:30:06Quote,
00:30:08District Attorney threatens to oust James Horton,
00:30:10his very special assistant. Unquote.
00:30:13Listen, if you print a story like that,
00:30:15I'll take you out someplace and lose you.
00:30:17Whoa, that'll make the headlines.
00:30:19Quote,
00:30:21Assistant District Attorney not only fails to find the missing girls,
00:30:24but loses one. Unquote.
00:30:26All right, go ahead and razz me. I can take it.
00:30:29That's awful decent of you, Jimmy.
00:30:32Just for that, I think I'm going to help you out.
00:30:36Well, out on my left ear.
00:30:38Look, why don't you leave me alone? You're a nuisance.
00:30:41Did you ever hear of nuisance value?
00:30:44I have it.
00:30:46I'll trade information with you.
00:30:48Give you news regarding the missing Randolph girl.
00:30:50If you'll give me an interview with Louie Burke.
00:30:53Louie Burke?
00:30:55It's a deal. What about her?
00:30:57Well, she's home. Safe and sound.
00:30:59And what more, she's working.
00:31:01And got her job through failure Arnold.
00:31:03That's giving you quick action, isn't it?
00:31:06How did you find out she was mixed up with Arnold?
00:31:08Grandma told me.
00:31:10And now you just sit down and give me that order to interview Louie Burke.
00:31:14I don't have to. I'll give you his address.
00:31:19What do you mean address?
00:31:21I released him.
00:31:23I might have expected something like this.
00:31:27May I use your telephone?
00:31:29No.
00:31:30Thanks. You were always so obliging.
00:31:35Now look, you're not going to run things around here just because you're assigned to this office.
00:31:39Oh, but I like being assigned to you.
00:31:42It has possibilities.
00:31:46Hello, here's the final on that Pauline Randolph story.
00:31:49Yes.
00:32:01Here, Pauline, put your mask on.
00:32:05There.
00:32:06Now show Mary a couple of steps. You know what to do.
00:32:08Well, first of all, you put your hand this way.
00:32:11And the other hand on your hip.
00:32:13Then you twist on your toe.
00:32:15Like this?
00:32:16Uh-huh.
00:32:22And then...
00:32:27Hey, boss, wait a minute.
00:32:30Oh, what's the idea of the big S.O.S. all of a sudden?
00:32:33Thompson's in my office ready to chew nails.
00:32:35What about it?
00:32:36About this.
00:32:37Did you see this headline about the Randolph girl?
00:32:40Of course I did.
00:32:42Well, that's what's got Thompson in an uproar.
00:32:44Forget it. I'll take care of Thompson. Come on.
00:32:47Want to see me, Joe?
00:32:49Yes.
00:32:50Did Arnold bring this Randolph girl into our school?
00:32:52Maybe she did. So what?
00:32:54Captain McGrave was in my office.
00:32:55I think he's trying to connect Arnold with some of those missing girls.
00:32:58We need to do something about it.
00:33:00Okay, Joe. What do you want?
00:33:02Get this Randolph girl out of town.
00:33:04Change her name. Book her with some act in some other city.
00:33:06Even if we've got to pay her salary.
00:33:08I can't see why you're taking such a personal interest in all this.
00:33:11Maybe you can't, but I can.
00:33:13I have my own reasons for not wanting my name connected with this outfit.
00:33:16I told you that when you came to me for money to start this place.
00:33:20Look, this school develops talent.
00:33:23Girls come to us for jobs, and we see to it that they get them.
00:33:26We do send a number of them out of town to work.
00:33:29Is it our fault if they like the climate and don't come back?
00:33:32Well, I don't like the climate around here.
00:33:34So get that Randolph girl out of the school.
00:33:36Okay, you're the boss.
00:33:42Excited, wasn't he?
00:33:43Yeah.
00:33:57Pauline will do for that special act tonight, Kate.
00:34:01Clear him out.
00:34:02Wait a minute, King.
00:34:04I want to tell you something about that Randolph girl.
00:34:07What is it?
00:34:08Have you been talking to her?
00:34:10Talking? How?
00:34:11Have you given her much of the inside?
00:34:14Inside of what?
00:34:15You know what I mean.
00:34:18Come on, Kate. Put your cards on the table. What's it all about?
00:34:21Well, what she said to me a little while ago
00:34:23makes me believe that you've been doing too much talking.
00:34:26She's learned a lot of things about your racket since she's beginning to blab.
00:34:32Thanks for the tip, Kate.
00:34:34No worry. I'll take care of it.
00:34:40I bought a new fast lens.
00:34:41I took some pictures of your floor show without a flashbulb.
00:34:43How do you like them?
00:34:44They're fine.
00:34:46I'll take care of it.
00:34:47I bought a new fast lens.
00:34:48I took some pictures of your floor show without a flashbulb.
00:34:50How do you like them?
00:34:51They're fine.
00:34:52They're fine.
00:34:55Look at these photo pictures Shaw took with his new camera.
00:34:57Give him a raise.
00:35:18Extra! Extra!
00:35:19Pauline Randolph, beautiful dancer, mysteriously killed.
00:35:22Extra! Extra! Be all about it!
00:35:36Where's Mason?
00:35:38He's in there.
00:35:48He's in there.
00:36:06Continue putting on your coat, Mason.
00:36:09You're taking a little trip to the DA's office.
00:36:13Jimmy Horton wants to ask you a few questions.
00:36:15About what?
00:36:17Oh, I think he wants to know if you take cream in your coffee.
00:36:20Come on.
00:36:21Cream in my coffee?
00:36:22Nora Page, give me the desk.
00:36:25Here's a follow-up on the Randolph story.
00:36:27I'm at the Crescent School of Fine Arts and Captain McMay just picked up the managing director, Dandy Mason.
00:36:31Hey, you can't do this to me!
00:36:32I'm on my own phone, too!
00:36:34Take it easy. Take it easy.
00:36:35Don't you know a lady when you see one here?
00:36:37Step on it, Mason.
00:36:38Thanks, Dugan.
00:36:40Dandy Mason's questioning at the DA's office. Yeah.
00:36:48Hello?
00:37:02With me, it's just a matter of business.
00:37:04I made up my mind to that when I was a kid and had to live in squalor and poverty.
00:37:10Stop being evasive, Peterson.
00:37:12You know more about what happened to that Randolph girl than you've told me.
00:37:15I've told you all that I know.
00:37:17How do you like it, Joe? That ought to pull a man, huh?
00:37:19Will you forget about that display board and come down to earth?
00:37:21I tell you I'm through.
00:37:23I'm going to close this school.
00:37:26I wouldn't do that if I were you, Joe.
00:37:28The DA's office is located near Phyllis.
00:37:30And if she talks, you and Mason are going to be dragged right into the middle of this killing.
00:37:34And if that happens, I'll be involved.
00:37:36What's so terrible about that?
00:37:38You're no better than we are.
00:37:40Maybe not.
00:37:41But when I went into partnership with you, I did it.
00:37:43But when I went into partnership with you, I didn't know everything about your racket.
00:37:46What are you worrying about?
00:37:48The police have got nothing on us.
00:37:50Yes, but you don't understand.
00:37:52I have a daughter.
00:37:54Well, you've certainly kept her undercover.
00:37:58Well, I only wanted to make sure that she didn't know anything about my association with you and Mason.
00:38:03Oh, not good enough for her, eh?
00:38:05You don't understand.
00:38:07She's the only thing in the world that means anything to me.
00:38:10Can't you realize the situation I'm in?
00:38:12Sure.
00:38:14As long as our little rackets didn't cause any commotion, you were willing to take your share of the profits.
00:38:18Well, you're going to take your share of the trouble, too.
00:38:21Win, lose, or draw, we're in this thing together.
00:38:23Don't ever forget that.
00:38:28Yes?
00:38:29Captain McDade just came in the house, King.
00:38:31He's on his way upstairs.
00:38:32Okay, Trent.
00:38:33I mustn't let him see me here.
00:38:35All right, if that's the way you feel.
00:38:36You can go out there, at least to a garage next door.
00:38:42All right.
00:39:08Hello, man.
00:39:09What are you doing, stepping out?
00:39:11Oh, you are.
00:39:13Any particular reason?
00:39:14No.
00:39:16Jimmy Horton wants you to pay him another little visit.
00:39:20By request this time?
00:39:22Yes, if you like, by request.
00:39:26So, what is this, trying to collect insurance?
00:39:30Come on, think fast.
00:39:33Bad habit of mine, emptying ashtrays in a waste paper basket.
00:39:37Will that do?
00:39:39No, it could be better.
00:39:41Come on.
00:39:45Go on, Mary.
00:39:46What else?
00:39:47Well, I finally decided I'd go with Pauline and learn to be a professional dancer.
00:39:53I knew Mother wouldn't like me to do that kind of work, so I had Pauline pick me up.
00:39:58And did she?
00:39:59Yes, sir.
00:40:00There was a blonde woman in the car with her.
00:40:04Have you any idea who she was?
00:40:06No, sir.
00:40:08Pauline said she was an actress friend of Mr. Mason's.
00:40:12Oh.
00:40:13Well, perhaps Mr. Mason can tell us the name of the blonde actress, can you, Mr. Mason?
00:40:18Well, that's rather difficult.
00:40:20In my business, I meet a great many blonde actresses.
00:40:23Yeah.
00:40:24Just what is your business?
00:40:26I operate the Crescent School of Fine Arts.
00:40:29We instruct and supply talent for entertainment purposes.
00:40:32There are pictures in your files of girls who are now listed as missing.
00:40:35I'm not responsible for the girls after they leave my school.
00:40:38No.
00:40:39Found in the rooms of two missing girls were contracts showing that they worked for Mr. Peterson here.
00:40:45That's quite possible.
00:40:47Have you ever seen this gentleman before, Mary?
00:40:49Yes, sir.
00:40:50He was in the studio the day I went there with Pauline.
00:40:52Mr. Mason was with him.
00:40:54Were you introduced to him?
00:40:55No, sir.
00:40:56But Pauline seemed to know him.
00:40:58She said he was to call her about a rehearsal for our act.
00:41:02I'm always on the lookout for artists.
00:41:04New talent, new dances.
00:41:06Thought I might audition the girl for a new act I was planning.
00:41:10I telephoned Mason and checked with him, and he told me the girl had left earlier with an unidentified man.
00:41:14Yeah, that's right, and she seemed very nervous and upset about something.
00:41:17Did Pauline say anything to you about changing her plans?
00:41:20No, sir.
00:41:21She was still at the school when I left.
00:41:23All right, Mary.
00:41:24That's all, and thank you.
00:41:26Police matron will take you home.
00:41:29Any more questions you want to ask us?
00:41:31Not right now, Peterson.
00:41:33But don't think this closes my investigation.
00:41:35Well, gentlemen, it's been a very interesting evening.
00:41:38Both of you drop around to one of my nightclubs sometime and catch the show.
00:41:41You might find a couple of missing girls.
00:41:49That's an idea.
00:41:50Idea's right, Mac.
00:41:52I'm going to raid every one of his places until I find that blonde actress.
00:41:56Come on, girls.
00:41:57Get in your coats.
00:41:58You're all going to take a nice little ride in the wagon.
00:42:00Come on.
00:42:01Wait a minute.
00:42:02Wait a minute.
00:42:03Where do you think you're going?
00:42:04I want to get a seat.
00:42:05I had to stand up the last time.
00:42:07Oh, yeah?
00:42:08Well, there's going to be plenty of room.
00:42:09Get going.
00:42:10Come on, all of you.
00:42:11Stop.
00:42:12Get into it.
00:42:13Come on.
00:42:14Snap into it.
00:42:15Come on.
00:42:16Move.
00:42:17Move.
00:42:18That goes for you, too.
00:42:19Come on.
00:42:20Come on.
00:42:21Hey, what's a gag?
00:42:22There ain't nothing in this show that's not a gag.
00:42:24There ain't nothing in this show that's indecent.
00:42:25Take him along, too.
00:42:26Come on.
00:42:27Come on, all of you.
00:42:28That's it.
00:42:29All right.
00:42:30Next one.
00:42:31Come on.
00:42:32Snap into it.
00:42:33Turn right.
00:42:34Turn left.
00:42:35What do you want me to do?
00:42:36Go into my dance?
00:42:37Shut up and move over.
00:42:39Next one.
00:42:40Come on.
00:42:41The next one.
00:42:42Turn right.
00:42:43Take your hand down.
00:42:45Turn left.
00:42:46Move over.
00:42:48The next one.
00:42:49The next one, I said.
00:42:51Come on.
00:42:52Turn right.
00:42:53I said right, lady.
00:42:56Left.
00:42:57Move over.
00:42:59Is that the girl, Mary?
00:43:01No, sir.
00:43:03Are you sure?
00:43:04Yes, sir.
00:43:05Next one.
00:43:06Come on.
00:43:07Come on.
00:43:08The next one.
00:43:09Turn right.
00:43:10Turn left.
00:43:12Stop showing gum.
00:43:14Move over.
00:43:16The next one.
00:43:17Come on.
00:43:18Come on.
00:43:19Come on.
00:43:20Turn right.
00:43:21Turn right.
00:43:23Turn left.
00:43:26Mary, are you sure that none of the girls is the actress who picked you up in the car?
00:43:31I'm sure, Mr. Horton.
00:43:34All right, you can...
00:43:36That's all, girls.
00:43:38Step down.
00:43:53Yes?
00:43:55It's King.
00:43:57Oh.
00:44:06So you finally decided to pay me a visit.
00:44:09You're looking swell, Kate.
00:44:11Don't hand me that.
00:44:13Listen, I'm getting tired of hiding things from you.
00:44:16I don't care.
00:44:19Don't hand me that.
00:44:20Listen, I'm getting tired of hiding out here like a she-hermit.
00:44:24What about some money?
00:44:26I want to get out of here.
00:44:27That's just why I came to see you.
00:44:29I've got a job for you and there's plenty of money in it.
00:44:33Job?
00:44:35What are you driving at?
00:44:37If I go to work in a show, I'm a cinch to get picked up by the cops and thrown in the nearest clink.
00:44:41I'm not that dumb.
00:44:42You're telling me.
00:44:44Oh, uh, try one of my brand, Kate.
00:44:57And, uh, what do I have to do for this?
00:45:02You always wanted to prove you were a great actress.
00:45:05I'm going to give you that opportunity.
00:45:07Only this job isn't a show.
00:45:12The famous case of Johnders versus Johnders, made famous by Charles Dickens.
00:45:16Pointed out the amount of red tape which continues to...
00:45:19...find this famous litigation.
00:45:22At the end of the...
00:45:24Hello?
00:45:26Yes?
00:45:28Yes, this is Jimmy Horton.
00:45:29If you'll come to the Park Lane, apartment 702, alone, right away,
00:45:36I'll give you plenty of information about Pauline Randolph.
00:45:39Who is this?
00:45:40Never mind who this is.
00:45:42You'll know I'm on the level when you see me.
00:45:44I'm on the spot.
00:45:46And I'm scared.
00:45:48And I'm ready to talk.
00:45:50What color is your hair?
00:45:52It's blonde.
00:46:10Yes?
00:46:22I'm Jimmy Horton.
00:46:23Oh, come in.
00:46:27I'm... I'm sorry to call you so late.
00:46:34Oh, you needn't worry. There's nobody around.
00:46:37Make yourself comfortable.
00:46:39I've got a lot of things on my chest I think you might be interested in.
00:46:43That remains to be seen.
00:46:45What about Pauline Randolph?
00:46:46Take your time.
00:46:47We'll get down to business in a minute.
00:46:49Have a drink?
00:46:55Oh, I...
00:46:57I'm sorry, Mr. Horton, for being so clumsy.
00:47:00If you'll excuse me for a minute, I'll get into some other clothes.
00:47:04Perhaps that would be better.
00:48:03I'm sorry.
00:48:33How do you do?
00:48:43Mac, what are you doing here?
00:48:46Oh, just taking the air.
00:48:49You weren't following me by any chance, were you?
00:48:51No, not by any chance.
00:48:54You old war horse.
00:48:56Mac, did you see a blonde come out of here?
00:48:58Well, such blondes you've got in your mind, eh?
00:49:01Just one.
00:49:02That ought to be enough.
00:49:03I think she's the girl we've been looking for.
00:49:05Fine, where is she?
00:49:06I don't know. She fell on my arms and then disappeared.
00:49:09She what?
00:49:10Yes, she was going to tell me about the Randolph girl.
00:49:13Well, she didn't come out here.
00:49:15If she went out the back way, Dugan would have made a date with her.
00:49:18Say, let's check up on the manager.
00:49:20Come on.
00:49:23A gentleman rented 702 some time ago for his sister, but I've never seen her around.
00:49:28Yeah, did you run her? What did she look like?
00:49:30She did not pay much attention.
00:49:31There were so many vacancies and I was anxious to rent the apartment.
00:49:36Who lives in that apartment across the hall?
00:49:38It is empty.
00:49:41Open it up.
00:49:47That's strange, Mac.
00:49:48Lights were on when I left here.
00:49:50Put them on again, buddy.
00:49:53Come on, my little.
00:50:06She's dead, Jimmy.
00:50:07Oh, this is terrible. The murder in the park lane.
00:50:09We lose our best tenants for the year about.
00:50:11Oh, shut up.
00:50:12Go down and tell that officer at the back door to come up here.
00:50:16What do you make of it, Mac?
00:50:25Jimmy, you've been framed.
00:50:29Framed?
00:50:34Did you and McVeigh accomplish anything last night when you found that girl dead?
00:50:38No, you haven't yet uncovered one bit of convicting evidence that would lead to an arrest or the solution of this missing girl's problem.
00:50:44I can't perform miracles.
00:50:45Maybe not.
00:50:46But unless you get me some concrete results within the next few days, I'll put somebody in here who will.
00:51:14Yes, sir.
00:51:30Get me Captain McVeigh.
00:51:31Yes, sir.
00:51:42Hello?
00:51:43Pardon?
00:51:44Yes, yes, this is Jimmy Horton.
00:51:46How'd you like your photograph?
00:51:49Hey, what's the gag?
00:51:51It's no gag.
00:51:52Lay off or that picture will show up on the front page of every paper in town.
00:51:59Operator.
00:52:02Would you please finish that dunking and give me the story you promised me?
00:52:05Now, what time did you arrive at the apartment?
00:52:08What apartment?
00:52:09Aren't you going to tell me what happened last night?
00:52:12No, no, no.
00:52:13No, no, this is just a human interest story.
00:52:17Oh, all right then.
00:52:18Go ahead.
00:52:20Well, once upon a time, a big city brought together a boy and a girl.
00:52:29Love at first sight, I suppose.
00:52:30Uh-huh.
00:52:31Love at first sight.
00:52:34Only they didn't know it.
00:52:37So far.
00:52:38Well, it's a little bit old-fashioned, but it never fails to sob stuff in the Sunday edition.
00:52:42Just go ahead.
00:52:44The boy stood a good chance of going places.
00:52:47But the girl interfered with his success at every turn.
00:52:55Still like it?
00:52:57The story's all right, but don't you think she's a little bit dumb?
00:52:59Oh, yes, yes, yes, definitely.
00:53:02You see, she was just an ambitious little newspaper reporter.
00:53:09She never stopped to think of the harm that she might be doing.
00:53:13Now, wait a minute.
00:53:14You wouldn't be referring to me, would you?
00:53:18Maybe.
00:53:20And I suppose the boy is James Horton.
00:53:23Could be.
00:53:25Well, how am I interfering with his work?
00:53:29Those newspaper stories of yours,
00:53:33do you think they're doing Jimmy any good?
00:53:41Thanks, Captain.
00:53:59Shh.
00:54:29Shh.
00:54:59All right.
00:55:18All right.
00:55:25Oh, Jew.
00:55:26Well, certainly is.
00:55:31What do you mean by hanging up the telephone on me?
00:55:33I didn't want to talk to anybody.
00:55:35Not even you.
00:55:36Well, that's not surprising.
00:55:43Well, well, a new romance.
00:55:46Yeah?
00:55:47How'd you like to have that for the front page of your paper?
00:55:49You recognize the girl, don't you?
00:55:51Yes, it's Kate Nelson.
00:55:53Right.
00:55:54Well, here's that big story you've been looking for.
00:55:56Quote, assistant district attorney was found in the apartment of Kate Nelson
00:55:59a short time before she was murdered.
00:56:01Unquote.
00:56:02How'd you like that for a headline?
00:56:06And I suppose you had this picture taken
00:56:09just to prove that she was a very close friend of yours.
00:56:12Go ahead and razz me.
00:56:14You won't have another chance after tonight.
00:56:15I'm resigning.
00:56:18Why?
00:56:19Because if I don't get some convicting evidence in a couple of days, I'm fired.
00:56:22If I go ahead, that picture will be plastered all over every paper in town.
00:56:28Jimmy.
00:56:30This is the woman that I saw driving away in that car with Randolph Carroll.
00:56:33What?
00:56:34Then that means she was with Pauline when they picked up Mary Phillips.
00:56:37What did you do with the picture I gave you of Pauline?
00:56:39What could that do?
00:56:41I wrote the license number of the car down on the back of that.
00:56:52There it is.
00:57:17Well, what is the matter?
00:57:20Can't you see I'm asleep?
00:57:24Hello, Mac.
00:57:25Well, bye-bye. I'll see you later.
00:57:26Hey, where are you going?
00:57:28We're going to get convicting evidence,
00:57:30even if I have to be one of the missing girls myself.
00:57:33Now, wait a minute. Come back here.
00:57:34Mac. Mac, wake up, will you?
00:57:39Wrong number.
00:57:46Oh, Mac, stop the foolishness, will you?
00:57:59Hey, Mac, get up on the door.
00:58:03What is the matter?
00:58:05Who? Who is it?
00:58:07It's Jimmy. Get up. I've got some swell news for you.
00:58:10Oh, what do you want to come prowling around here for at this hour of the night?
00:58:32Now, listen, Jimmy.
00:58:34Can't a fellow get a few seconds' rest
00:58:36without the entire district attorney's office come barging in on him?
00:58:40I want to go to sleep.
00:58:41Yeah? Maybe this will wake you up.
00:58:50Well, where did you get that?
00:58:52I found it on my desk this morning.
00:58:54Why didn't you tell me?
00:58:55Well, I tried to, but I couldn't get you.
00:58:57Well, what do you think of it?
00:58:59Boy, what a pose.
00:59:02Snugglebug Horton, that's what they'll be calling you.
00:59:05Listen, Mac, lay off the comedy. This is serious.
00:59:07If you were a gangster and you wanted to frame somebody...
00:59:09Well, I'm not a gangster and I don't want to frame anybody.
00:59:12I want to go to sleep.
00:59:13Mac, this is important.
00:59:14All right, I am a gangster.
00:59:16I don't want to frame somebody I don't want to go to sleep.
00:59:18All right, now, who would you get to take a picture like this?
00:59:20A photographer.
00:59:22Oh, Mac, you old war horse. I'm serious.
00:59:25Well, it's a cinch I'd get somebody I knew well and could trust.
00:59:30Oh, that...
00:59:31Here.
00:59:33Hello?
00:59:35Is Jimmy Horton there?
00:59:37Oh, yeah.
00:59:39Yeah, he's here.
00:59:43Hello?
00:59:44The number's checked perfectly.
00:59:45It's Peterson's car and it's in the Royal Garage.
00:59:47I get you. Royal Garage.
00:59:49So long, Butch.
00:59:52That was Nora.
00:59:53I can't believe it.
00:59:54But she's got a perfect check on the car that picked up the little Randolph girl...
00:59:57before she was killed.
00:59:58Who'd you belong to?
00:59:59Peterson.
01:00:00Now you're the little snugglebug.
01:00:01Go to sleep or I'm almost back.
01:00:03Good night, Mac.
01:00:18Hello?
01:00:19Mac May talking.
01:00:21Is Duke in there?
01:00:24Now give me lockin'.
01:00:31Well, I think we can take care of that right away.
01:00:34Oh, Mason, this is Miss, uh, Charmaine.
01:00:37Thompson recommended her to me.
01:00:39How do you do?
01:00:40How do you do?
01:00:42Well, so Thompson's recommendation is good enough for me any time.
01:00:45I'm certainly glad to hear you say that because I need the work.
01:00:50Oh, uh, this is Miss Helen Whitney, Miss Charmaine.
01:00:55Now you go with her and she'll give you a couple of rehearsals
01:00:57Now you go with her and she'll give you a couple of rehearsals
01:00:59and explain what's expected of you.
01:01:01Oh, that suits me, thanks.
01:01:03If you make good, you stand a chance of leaving town with that unit.
01:01:06Looks like Thompson sent me to the right place.
01:01:09It sure does.
01:01:10Now you two girls run along.
01:01:11I want to have a little talk with Dandy.
01:01:12Oh, thank you.
01:01:19What did you say that girl's name was?
01:01:21Anita Charmaine.
01:01:22You mean Nora Page of the Times Record.
01:01:26Are you kidding?
01:01:27Far from it.
01:01:28And that's only the half of it.
01:01:30She's also Joe Thompson's daughter.
01:01:32Joe Thompson's daughter?
01:01:33Yeah.
01:01:35And a reporter on the Times Record.
01:01:42Well, that's one for the books.
01:01:45You suppose she has any idea that you recognized her?
01:01:47No, I don't think so. I only met her once before.
01:01:49Devil-crossing rat.
01:01:50What's Thompson trying to get away with?
01:01:52Can't you see he's getting ready to squeal?
01:01:54He planted his own daughter here to get the lowdown so when the payoff comes he can save his own hide.
01:01:57I better tip off Helen.
01:01:58No, wait a minute. Take it easy.
01:02:01It's a showdown that Thompson's looking for.
01:02:05I'll give him a show that he'll never forget.
01:02:21I won't do no talking to nobody.
01:02:23Honest, Bill. King ought to know that.
01:02:30You got to believe me, Bill.
01:02:31I won't tell anyone I took the picture.
01:02:33Honest, I won't.
01:02:34Ah, quicky, Evan. Come on.
01:02:36We ain't got all day.
01:02:40Walk out here like nothing's wrong or I'll let you have it.
01:02:44All right, boys. The show's over.
01:02:46Gee, I'm glad you're here. You saved my life.
01:02:49Come on. Fall in.
01:02:53Hello.
01:02:56I might have expected something like this.
01:02:58Some more McVeigh's work, huh?
01:03:01Yes, sir.
01:03:02Where's the old war horse now?
01:03:05He's waiting over in your office, Mr. Horton.
01:03:12Well, what have you got to say for yourself?
01:03:14I tell you, I don't know anything.
01:03:16Then why did you suddenly quit your job at the Crescent School and drop out of sight?
01:03:19The doctor said I needed a rest.
01:03:21You weren't by any chance afraid of King Peterson, were you?
01:03:26I hardly know him.
01:03:27Then where were you going with these two? They both work for Peterson.
01:03:31I was going to take some pictures of them.
01:03:33Oh.
01:03:34And they're both your friends, eh?
01:03:37Yeah. Them are pals.
01:03:39Well.
01:03:41Jimmy, I'm afraid you've made a mistake.
01:03:47Yeah, I guess we'll have to let him go, huh?
01:03:49I guess so.
01:03:50You mean you're going to release me?
01:03:52Sure.
01:03:53We haven't got a case against you.
01:03:55You can all go.
01:03:57Thanks.
01:04:03Come on, Bill.
01:04:04Now we can make them pictures.
01:04:07You can't.
01:04:08You can't turn me loose with them.
01:04:09I won't leave this room.
01:04:11You can lock me up.
01:04:12There's no charge against you, Short. We can't hold you.
01:04:14Okay.
01:04:15I'll talk.
01:04:16Put me in jail where I'll die.
01:04:18Put me in jail where I'll be safe.
01:04:20Good.
01:04:21Lock him.
01:04:22Lock those two buds up.
01:04:27All right.
01:04:28Why were you going to be bumped off?
01:04:30Because...
01:04:31Because I knew King Peterson murdered Kate Nelson.
01:04:34How do you know he did it?
01:04:37After I took that picture of you,
01:04:39I sneaked across the hall and gave King the negative.
01:04:42What became of the negative?
01:04:44I don't know.
01:04:45After you left,
01:04:47Kate started quarreling with King about some money.
01:04:49I went into the hall.
01:04:51Go on, go on.
01:04:52When I got into the hall,
01:04:54King came out of the door carrying Kate
01:04:56into the apartment where she met you.
01:04:58I got scared.
01:05:00So I beat her down to fire escape.
01:05:02You remember ever taking some pictures
01:05:04of some young schoolgirls
01:05:06who were later reported missing?
01:05:09Yes, lots of them.
01:05:10What happened to those girls?
01:05:12They were...
01:05:14Come on, come on, speak up.
01:05:15They were booked in out-of-town nightclubs
01:05:17under assumed names.
01:05:27Trouble with you out-of-town boys,
01:05:29you don't know the real thing when you see it.
01:05:31Now there's an act that'll get plenty of results.
01:05:33I'll give you a hundred and a half a week
01:05:35with a four-week guarantee.
01:05:36I'll give you 200.
01:05:37Nothing doing.
01:05:38If that act isn't worth 300 bucks,
01:05:40I might as well get out of business.
01:05:42What do you want me over here for, Peterson?
01:05:44Joe, there's an act turned up today
01:05:45that's going to be sensational.
01:05:47I told you I was through with this sort of thing.
01:05:49I know you did, Joe,
01:05:50but I want you to get a flash of this one.
01:05:52She's dynamite.
01:05:53Now, we told the bars that you were her agent,
01:05:55so you handle this deal right,
01:05:57and I won't ask any more.
01:06:00All right.
01:06:01I'll look her over.
01:06:02That's swell.
01:06:03If anybody told me I could learn this
01:06:05without six easy lessons,
01:06:06I wouldn't have believed them.
01:06:07You're a natural, dearie.
01:06:08Here, let me put this on,
01:06:09and we'll be all set to go.
01:06:11Why the disguise?
01:06:12Just one of the rules of the organization.
01:06:14Girls here must sell their ability,
01:06:16not their looks.
01:06:17Oh, that's a very nice idea.
01:06:21Okay, we're ready.
01:06:43Not bad, eh?
01:06:45She looks very good to me.
01:06:47Well, you meet her.
01:07:08Girlie, whoever taught you that dance
01:07:10sure knew their business.
01:07:11You think I'll land that spot in Las Vegas?
01:07:13You're a cinch.
01:07:14Peterson tells me the big boss
01:07:15is handling this deal himself.
01:07:17You play your cards with him,
01:07:18and you're in.
01:07:19$350 a week,
01:07:21and a railroad ticket one way.
01:07:23What do you say, Joe?
01:07:24It's up to you.
01:07:25Do you want to sell the act to Lawrence
01:07:26for that kind of money?
01:07:27I don't know.
01:07:28The reputation of his night spot
01:07:30is nearly too healthy.
01:07:32Well, it is for me.
01:07:34Well, what do you say, Joe?
01:07:35What's the answer?
01:07:36Well, if the girl's willing,
01:07:38it's a deal.
01:07:39Have Helen bring the girl into the office
01:07:41and continue with the acts.
01:07:42Roger.
01:08:01Joe, are you sure there's nothing I can say
01:08:02to make you change your mind about pulling out?
01:08:04No, Peterson.
01:08:05Will I sign for this act with Lawrence?
01:08:07Will I sign for this act with Lawrence?
01:08:09I'm through.
01:08:10And that's final.
01:08:12All right.
01:08:13If that's the way you feel about it.
01:08:17Thompson,
01:08:18I want you to meet the young lady
01:08:19that does the most sensational act
01:08:20you've ever sold down the river.
01:08:30Dad.
01:08:35What's the meaning of this, Peterson?
01:08:36You ought to know, Thompson.
01:08:38You sent your daughter to me
01:08:39with a letter of introduction.
01:08:41You're crazy.
01:08:42I never gave her any letter to you.
01:08:44Why, you're the last person in the world
01:08:45I'd want her mixed up with.
01:08:47No need to lie.
01:08:50He's not lying.
01:08:51I wrote that letter myself
01:08:52to prove your connection with this racket.
01:08:54Oh.
01:08:55Looking for newspaper headlines, eh?
01:08:58Well, you'll get your headline.
01:09:00Well, you didn't know your father
01:09:01was connected with this place, did you?
01:09:03Do you know how your headline will read?
01:09:06Nora Page, girl reporter. Missing.
01:09:08It's going to be the other way around, Peterson.
01:09:12Wait a minute, Joe.
01:09:13What are you going to do?
01:09:14I'm going to call the police.
01:09:27Hey, wait a minute.
01:09:28What is going on?
01:09:29Wait a minute, Mason.
01:09:31You're under arrest.
01:09:33Pardon.
01:09:34I warned you to lay off.
01:09:36Put him out.
01:09:40Nice work, Jimmy.
01:09:42Nice work.
01:09:44Get up, you.
01:09:48You haven't got anything on me.
01:09:49I killed him in self-defense.
01:09:50Yes.
01:09:52I've known for a long while
01:09:53that you were the brains of most of these rackets
01:09:56and that Thompson was nothing
01:09:57but one of your unfortunate victims.
01:10:00We've been feeding you rope, my friend,
01:10:02and now it's long enough to hang you.
01:10:03But I'm innocent of killing him, I tell you.
01:10:05I said the rope was long enough to hang you.
01:10:07Come on.
01:10:08But I'm innocent of killing him, I tell you.
01:10:15Well, what do you think of it?
01:10:20There goes my last newspaper story, Jimmy.
01:10:31You know, once upon a time,
01:10:34a big city brought together a boy and a girl.
01:10:40Love at first sight, I suppose.
01:10:43Like the story so far?
01:10:45A little old-fashioned, but good.
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