 From Hollywood the screen directors playhouse Screen directors playhouse star William Powell Production one-way passage director take on it Directors present a prelude to eternity the motion picture drama one-way passage Starring William Powell in his original role of Dan Hardesty with Peggy Dow as Joan I'm a doctor Therefore a sort of scientist, I suppose and science isn't supposed to be very sentimental or to believe in the kind of happy ending that this story has Here it is Make of it what you will I've got to believe in it. I saw it happen. I Suppose as Joan aims his doctor I should have kept her away from the excitement of places like the bar of all nations back there in Shanghai But I couldn't bring myself to spoil her wistful fun Joan was trying so very hard to pack a lot of living into so short a time Joan had heard the worldly wise man at her elbow order She ordered the same and reaching to pick it up jostled the man at her elbow I'm terribly sorry I'm so glad It seems I slipped we all slipped on then but I've spilled your drink for you We both have some left in our glasses. Yes a few drops Always the most precious and I can't imagine a more appropriate time to drink the last few drops of a paradise cocktail Here's hoping you get everything your heart desires. I've got it drink Thank you. Me too My name's Dan mine's Joan. Hello, Joan. Hello, Dan Goodbye, Dan. Oh, no, that sounds too ruthless. I'm sailing tomorrow. Honolulu and then on to San Francisco Oh Well luck allowed us a little time together anyhow, it's hail and farewell, Dan. Listen I'll feed us in that means goodbye doesn't it Joan yes, break your glass. Why do it? alright Now I break mine. I'll put the stem of your glass across the stem of my glass So it makes a letter X. Why? please All right There now now what does it mean? Well? perhaps X marks the spot where one rare bright moment was captured Perhaps Goodbye, Joan. Bon voyage and I'll feed her saying Yes, let's put it down on the Steve canal don't reach for your gun, Dan You know, I don't carry a gun Steve. It's too bad. You were carrying one that night in San Francisco. That was different Someone murdered my best friends And the law didn't do anything about it. So you took the law into your own hands. I'm not sorry That you're coming back to San Quentin with me, Dan I'm ready. You killed a man. You got a pay. I Said I'm ready the boat leaves for San Francisco in one hour by a Honolulu Honolulu to San Francisco to San Quentin and the death house Well, I'm still ready Steve Ever-selling in ten minutes, Dan. Yeah, I wouldn't lean against that rail if I were you Steve I don't get gray hairs above me. Okay, but if that brass pin comes out of that swinging rail It'll drop you right in the drink and that would break you all up Cantotly no well, it won't happen. They broke three of my pals the first time you escape. It isn't gonna happen to me It's a matter of look out Steve. There goes the rail. Hey, let go of me I'll swim for it Dan swim for it Dan Dan come back. Yeah, try to catch me you push me in so long flat foot I can't swim and help you're lying to me. Oh, no quick. I can't swim out Okay, Steve, I'm a fool, but I'll get you out Dr. Duncan, he's got him. Dan's got him. I'll take it easy. Joan, please. Oh dad got him just as he was going down Oh good for you dad nice going there there. They've thrown him alive. That's all there is to a Joan Nothing to get excited about. No It's all right. Are you all right? Joan just a little tired Take me to my stateroom doctor. Will you thank you doctor? I feel much better now I've I've told you Joan you must not get excited. You're cutting your months to weeks and your weeks to days and my days to hours But if I remain quietly here in my stateroom and deny myself even the mildest pleasures I may live to see San Francisco again. Is that it? You're putting it rather cruelly. Oh, no Because I'm going to crowd a lifetime of intense beautiful happiness into the short time I have left Even if it is only for a few hours. I mean to have all the living I can lay my hands on and Now doctor I want to find Dan. I want to see if he's all right Say Dan, what is that you're drinking perfume? That's a paradise cocktail Steve half gasoline and half nitric acid a tough guy If I was a tough guy, I'd let you drown today. No, I admit you didn't have to save my life If you let me drown you'd be a free man. I Appreciate it. That's all right. I Might ask you a favor sometime. Oh, yeah, but kind of a favor. I don't know yet. Oh Well, excuse me Steve, I just noticed a friend of mine sitting all by herself at a table. I'll see you later, Mr Hello, Joan Dan hello again Please sit down. Yeah, perhaps that better. This is my third paradise cocktail This is my first today. Ah Convert shall we say his luck? That long life Long enough Here's to us, Joan The only us on earth Here's to it, huh? There you go again Break yours too and cross the stems That's it X marks the spot where another lovely moment was captured. Yes But what is it? Nothing, I'm just very tired Dan And very happy Well, thanks I'll take you to your stateroom You you won't fall overboard again when you're alone. Will you? Oh, not now I've got too much to lose Because it'll be such fun going ashore at Honolulu just you and I Yes Don't you want to? indeed I do Joan, but Well, I'll have to get rid of Steve Steve. Yeah, my partner he You must really stay on a stateroom and work while the ship is docked at Honolulu. Let me talk to him. Oh, no, no, no Let me Well, here's my stateroom, Dan until tomorrow, Joan How feet are saying? Are you sure get around Dan even on shipboard? Where you been all these days in the smokestack? Steve, hmm? We dock in Honolulu tomorrow. Yeah, I'll have to handcuff you to me, you know Not tomorrow Steve any time we're in port except tomorrow Tomorrow, I'm going ashore without you. You're gonna make trouble. I'll put the gun away Steve. You wouldn't shoot You just don't know me Dan Steve This guy you've seen me with she's she's going ashore tomorrow. I Want to be alone with her just for a little Steve What do you say? You just had to save my life, didn't you? Yeah, hold me that Steve and I'm gonna hold you to it All right, then Thanks, remember your manners, Dan Thanks sucker. I've never seen Joan so radiant and she went down the gang plank when we docked at Honolulu And I'd been a doctor for a long time That young fellow she called Dan was with her and if he was that good for her He deserved to be with her. Oh Dan I'd be content to stay on this lovely lonely beach the rest of my life Would you join forever? Joan Would you? Would you be content to spend the rest of your life with me? Oh Very content darling even in some very far-off Isolated place anywhere and forever Darling That man with me Steve He's yes Well, he He wants me to go to San Francisco with him, but I can't do that. I'm going somewhere else alone But wherever I am Wherever you are I'll send for you. Oh, no, dear. You won't send for me. Why not because I'm going with you No, Joan, that's impossible, but I've made up my mind For them There's something that you've got to know may I have a cigarette, please? Of course Thank you Light How far that little matchstick throws its beams So shines a good deed in a naughty world Or anyhow something like that Or maybe I Burn my candle that both ends it will not last the night But are my foes and are my friends It gives a lovely light Edna the st. Vincent Millay I'm no dope No I know this too. It goes How do I love thee? Let me count the waves What's the matter? I know that too And I know how it ends I love thee with the breath Smiles tears of all my life All my life And if God choose I shall but love thee better after death You see dad I know it too. Oh, Joan Joan dearest, what is it? It is true dad. Oh say it's true That I love you dearest And that if God choose yes I shall but love thee better After death Why are you stopping the car? You must go back to the ship alone. But what about you? I can't go back Joan. Oh dad Oh my dear That's right Close your eyes Well, I behold you close Joan you see You don't know who I really am Or what I am I'm an escaped convict And am to die Now you know You see Joan What's the matter? Joan She's fainted. I've got to take her back to the ship We hope that our record of reuniting fine motion picture stories with their original stars and directors has added much to your listening enjoyment Now we would like to tell you of greater entertainment to come Through your acceptance of our program Beginning next friday night At a time one hour earlier Screen directors playhouse becomes associated with one of the greatest names in the entertainment world RCA Victor It will be our pleasure on future fridays to present such great stars and film stories as claudette colbert in tomorrow is forever Carrie grant in mr. Lucky And ginger rogers in it had to be you So remember next friday night One hour earlier when screen directors playhouse presents jimmy steward starring in magic town Now back to the second act of one-way passage starring william paul Joan aims with deathly pale and still when dan hardesty carried her aboard ship that evening Together we took her to a stateroom for a day and a half. It was touch and go with Joan Dan stayed with us or haunted her door for 30 hours without any sleep And then when she was momentarily out of danger, I asked to talk to dan in my stateroom Is she going to be all right doctor? Yes for the present I didn't know I understand now everything she said she survived this attack She won't survive another any excitement any shock would surely kill her But a shock is coming And through me I tried to tell her when we were ashore, but she didn't hear me. She'd fainted She still has to find out that when I get to the states How to be hanged back down great scud The murder wait you you can't tell her that That would kill her And she'll never know I promise you The golden gate dan isn't it lovely san francisco There we'll be in very soon now. Yes Oh, it is lovely It's ugly San francisco Oh, no, no, of course not. I mean that pile of stone there in the north shore. What is it a fort? That's san quentin prison. Oh, well, I don't like it Let's talk about nice things like being together in san francisco Well, I I'm afraid I'll have to go to mexico first on business. Well, all right. I'll meet you in mexico John a capulco new years eve. How's that? Well, that can happen before then say you'll meet me in a capulco new years eve All right Not enthusiastic enough you'll have to take me down to the ship's bar and seal the deal with a toast A final toast. Come on dan Well, john To a capulco on new year's eve. We have a rendezvous darling a capulco New year's eve now yours john across the stems X marks the spot for a lovely moment was captured How do I love these? Let me count the ways Okay, darling. Okay, darling. I'll be the same ready dan Yes, Steve we're docking I've uh some final packing to do jone You seeing you Don't forget coming steve coming And if god choose I shall but love thee better After death I stood beside jones supporting her lightly as we awaited our turn at the gang plank Joan kept straining and craning to see dan and then all at once she spied in there. He is dr. Duncan I just want to wave goodbye once more dan jone. Don't take it easy. Relax. Oh, dear. He doesn't hear me dan Are you all right? He's handcuffed He's handcuffed to that man steve. Well, I I didn't tell you but you see dan happens to be a detective Why didn't you tell me? Well, I was well, why didn't he tell me jone? You're exciting yourself Oh, it's the other way around isn't it? Steve is the detective. He's taking dan away. Please jone. I remember now the way he looked at san quentin With death in his eyes He's going to die Dan jone jone come back. Hold it steve. You want to see her? Hide the handcuffs stand close and pull down your sleeve Dan darling jone Not jone We said goodbye. We'll meet again I know But I saw you from the deck jone. You shouldn't have done this I had to I wanted to say goodbye But we said goodbye I wanted to say it again Oh, goodbye dan Goodbye jone I'll be seeing you Let's go dan. Take care of yourself From the deck I saw jone turn half about fall to her knees And then the crowd gathered about her and I dashed down the gang plank to be at her side We'll uh, will someone be good enough to call an ambulance She she's dead It's time my son ready father You will have courage my son I will have courage father Shall we go remember not oh lord? We beseech thee in the sins of his youth nor of his ignorance But according to thy great mercy be mindful of him in the greatness of thy glory Delict a juventus it is your aunt you say Aka pulcher It was almost midnight that solemn moment just before the new year I stood alone at the bar Having no one to drink with and no patient to take care of thinking Well, you may very well know what I'd be thinking of that new year's eve And then something happened Senor be be more careful. Yes careful. Well, you break the glasses on the bar. I I didn't touch those glasses No Then who I looked at the bar at the shattered remains of two broken cocktail glasses Stem over stem forming the letter x Senor if you did not break those two glasses who did there is no one else here That's what you're wrong. Senor Very wrong indeed Next week another great star brings an outstanding performance to the screen director's playhouse Our story is magic town and recreating his original role will be jimmy steward Now here again is tonight's star Well the coming of new year's always adds a special value to friendship And today I renewed acquaintance with two very old friends One is the story you just heard And the other Is the man who directed it so magnificently that after 17 years it was presented to you again tonight And now I'd like you to meet him the creator of such fine entertainment as the postman always rings twice And the Connecticut Yankee and King Arthur's court My director Tay Garnett Thanks bill But you've got to remember I had a lot of help in directing one-way passage Yeah from home Tay Remember how we shot the shipboard scenes aboard an ocean liner off the california coast Yes and sailed round and round in circles for two weeks Well, there was one sequel that followed the ship every time we rehearsed a scene. I watched his reaction I knew we were ready to film it when he flapped his wings and squawked Well, I'm glad the audience didn't react like that There was only one trouble The seagulls seemed to get confused during the love scenes. Don't you know why? Why that seagull was so dizzy from following that ship. He thought I was the leading lady As for me, Tay, I just watched for your reaction No actor ever had a finer guide than Tay Garnett behind the cameras. Thanks very much bill And good night. Good night Tay. Good night everyone And good night to you Tay Garnett and William Powell Remember next week jimmy steward on screen directors playhouse one hour earlier One-way passage was presented through the courtesy of warner brothers producers of the tectacolor comedy the inspector general starring danie k William Powell appeared by arrangement with metro golden mayor producers of the tectacolor musical on the town Starring gene kelly frank sanatra and betty garret Peggy dow will soon be seen with ida lupino howard duff and steven mcnally in woman in hiding a universal international picture Tay Garnett is currently directing the challenge starring mickey rooney and pato bryan Included in tonight's cast were Peggy dow as jone steven dunne ted von els john daner Don diamond and frank barton One-way passage was adapted for radio by milton geiger and original music was composed and conducted by william lava Screen directors playhouse is produced by howard wiley with dramatic direction by bill karn This is jimmy wallington speaking and inviting you to listen again next week one hour earlier when we present for rca victor screen directors playhouse star jimmy steward production magic town director william wellman Your tune for the stars on nbc