 Standard of California on behalf of independent chevron gas stations and standard station throughout the west Invite you to let George do it Another adventure of George Valentine personal notice danger is my stock and trade if you need confidential help with anything You can't tackle alone. You've got a job for me George Valentine right full details Dear mr. Valentine, no doubt you have heard of me. My name is on circus billboards all over the city Master Dvorak the most glamorous trapeze artist in the world My work requires nerve of steel, but instead I'm shaking like a jellyfish. I've great fear fear for my life And cannot go to the police. Do not trouble to answer this. I will not take no I may even be in your office before you receive this level so be sure to expect Signed Marta Dvorak Well a young lady on the flying trapeze has a quaint way of setting up her words And have you seen those posters George? I bet there isn't a male in the audience who doesn't sit there wishing Marta would fall into his lap That's a very charming thought But I wish he was more specific about this great fear for her life Well, I'm giving odds. There's a rejected suit are involved. Oh, come on woman Stop acting like a woman if you read the tabloid darling, you'd know Marta's left quite a trail of broken hearts Farm fatal I am Marta Dvorak If you are Mr. Valentine, please ask this young lady to leave. We want to be alone. Oh now look, Mr. Dvorak, this is Miss Brooks my assistant. You have no object to being alone with me Besides that is the only way I would discuss this business. Oh honest, Mr. Dvorak I'm over 21 if that's what you're worried about Well, Mr. Valentine, um That's great, but Well now, Mr. Frank, what can I do for you? You can call me Marta. Oh, how nice, Marta Well from now on until the death defying Dvorak leave here You must be with me at my side all the time. Oh, wait a minute. That's a tall order Marta. Here read this note. Huh? Get five thousand dollars in small bills and wait for further instructions You will either pay or meet with a bad accident. Don't take this to the police. You are being watched Well, that's certainly to the point. Oh, you see, I'm helpless George I'm like a little girl in a bad dream. Yeah, and as I get it you want me to act as your bodyguard. Yes You will bodyguard me every minute. Oh look, why don't you stick close to your family the other death defined of Orox? They wouldn't let anything happen to you. My family. They're not my family at all. Oh, well, live and learn. It just looks good on the circus posters. They're three others. Sometimes I think they hate me They know the people come to see me and not them. I see what you mean. I do not even stay at the same hotel with them I've rented a little house up in the canyon. Well, look, you know, this may turn out to be just a crank note The words are all cut out of magazines and newspapers. Somebody wishes to see me die crushed defeated You would not let this happen to me Would you George? Well, no, look, you will bodyguard me. I would be so grateful Many dollars grateful. Oh, well, okay. It's a deal. You've convinced me. Oh, that is wonderful I think I will kiss you. No, I will not even think I will kiss you. Oh, wait a minute, Mario Please my dad. I'd rather have you as a friend. Oh, you are cute, George Always a joke. Oh, yeah Now what are your plans for the day? I have a rehearsal right now at the circus. Will you meet me at the matinee? Yeah, I'll be seeing you. Come early so you can see my act. Oh, sorry Of course, you will not miss me at the door. Oh, of course I was. In fact, I was peeking through the keyhole. Really? Oh, yes, hello. Well, Casanova. Hmm. Oh, that kiss. Well, you know, Bruxy, these artists so impulsive. Nice fight you put up, George. Oh, no, angel. It's all business. Well, if you think I want to let you traipse around with that That high-flying she-wolf, I'll be on your heels every minute. Well, now, Bruxy, you can't do that. Oh, can't I? From now on, I'll be known as the shadow. Oh Well, Miss Brooks, after you've phoned, I made a full check on the Dvorak game And what'd you find out, Lieutenant Riley? Your little hunch was right. She's playing your boyfriend for a patsy in a little game Known as space grabbing. Publicity. I see. She's either pulled or tried to pull this threatening note gag in every city where the circus stopped She was driving the police nuts till they got wise to her. Yeah But if I know George, it won't make any difference to him. He's as stubborn as a tray of ice cubes He keeps saying, but suppose this note is on the level. Well, well, cheer up, cheer up. Nobody's going to take away Valentine's Dick Tracy Button just for looking for a boogeyman Who isn't there. Yes, but Lieutenant, he's no more than a hired man with nothing to do Nothing but hang around that international pin-up girl and stare at that that man wanted sign in her eyes Oh, Lieutenant Riley I know it's almost time for your act to go on, Mr. Dvorak Whatever you want to know about little Martha, I can tell you, Mr. Valentine People think I'm her father. Well, I am her father Confessor, her teacher, the great Leo Dvorak who taught her everything she knows today Yes, but about that note. No, I'm heart-sick about Martha After everything I've done for her, she's thinking of leaving the act and going to Hollywood She thought it's not easy to bear But of course I wish her all good luck. Of course I do I don't know anything about that note, Mr. Valentine But I'll tell you something Well? Everything is Martha, Martha, Martha But does anyone know that the girl named Reese signed the act too? Yet I go up there every performance Yes, I'm sure you have a very important place in the act, Reese Oh, yes I have the other bills to spend for her big moment People will think of nothing else, but what would happen to that beautiful body she fell? Well, don't talk to me about Martha Reese, you are going to tell me something Yes, Mr. Valentine I hate her Yes, Mr. Valentine, I'm the one who catches Martha there Yes, Dory and Leo told me I have your life in my hands One little slip, an accident No one would know the difference I tell her that when she makes her fool of me Goes out with other men She just laughs She knows I could never hurt her I love her too much Dory and you still didn't tell me if you know who might have said of that letter Letter? Well, I'm sorry I know nothing about it Now, if you'll excuse me, I'll cue you George, I've been talking to Lieutenant Riley and I was right That woman's a phony, this is a publicity stunt Okay, Bruxy, okay So I'm playing the four guy in a publicity stunt But it would make it a lot easier if you'd stop following me around Oh, George Oh, all right, come on The night of the afternoon That sensational European act A breathless duel with the law of gravity Gentlemen, 200 feet above your very head Defying the... The trap is above her I saw when Dorian reached out to catch her She deliberately slipped one hand out of his You don't know what you're saying That's right, of course Martha That is what I did, exactly Just one hand, Martha I might have trapped you No, darling You would have let your arm come off Before you let me fall When will you learn to think of the act, the act? All those thousands of people will never stop talking About what they think nearly happened to me And tomorrow, the new staples of which they will be beautiful Shall we go, George? Alley up, Mr. Vorak All I can get is a nervous breakdown I just love camping out in the lobby of your apartment, house darling I suppose you think you're cute giving me the slip tonight George, why have you got your hand over your eyes? Oh, it's nothing Well, let me see Okay, nosy look Uh-oh Uh-huh A black eye, an overgrown mouth Oh, I can see that, but where did you get it? Well, it seems someone else besides you decided to follow me Oh? And after I dropped Martha off at the canyon, he caught up with me Who's he? Oh, I don't know, Angel I was tripping Geely past a dark alley and I encountered a king-sized fist Hmm Well, I wouldn't put it past Martha to have someone pop you like that Just to keep you interested till the circus leaves town Well, Bruxy, you'll be happy to know I told Martha I was off the merry-go-round Well, it took you a week to say, Uncle, but congratulations George, George Uh-oh, the call of the wild Now, don't tell me, is it fire, flood or pestilence? Another no, George Oh, no I found it in my mailbox Look, Martha dear, won't your bodyguard black eye get you enough space in the papers tomorrow? What? Oh, George, I was so upset I did not know yet Yeah, I just got a spare Philly mignon in your pocketbook Okay, what about the note? Here Oh, what do you know? So far you have obeyed instructions We know there is no circus tomorrow So be at your house with the $5,000 and be there alone But George, I cannot be alone I'm too frightened Ah, pardon me for being cynical, but you don't frighten easy Am I supposed to forget what you did on that trapeze to get another publicity story for your scrapbook? But I'm so sure something terrible would happen to me Frankly, Martha, I don't believe a word you've told me Hallelujah Oh, how can you say that? However, I will stay with you out at the canyon tomorrow But you just said you didn't believe a word you... I know, Brooks, I know But you see, I've had one eye closed for me tonight Well? Well, strangely enough, I'm beginning to see things a lot clearer now with the other one We'll return to tonight's adventure of George Valentine in just a moment Meanwhile, a word about summer car care If you sometimes find summertime motoring plenty warm, how about your car's engine? 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How can I be afraid of anything when you are so near me? Um, yeah But not half so near enough Now, if we weren't like this I could laugh in the face of anyone who came in that door Anyone Oh, hello everybody Now, isn't this just too cozy? So, you're Miss Booker Uh-huh How dare you Oh, that's so hard Doesn't anyone have a kind word For a poor police lieutenant on his day off? Oh, I thought you always went fishing, Lieutenant Riley Well, Miss Brooks here persuaded me It would be better sport to get a load of operation phonies Miss Brooks, this is your idea of humor Oh, I know you didn't expect visitors So I brought along the loveliest technique basket Liverwurst, knockwurst, pickle lily Oh, Marta, you have made me so happy Leo, a visitor I cannot tell you how I felt when you invited me here for today What? I invited you? I never did That is very strange A young lady called the hotel and left a message What young lady? Who could have done it in... Oh Uh, we may as well know each other Mr. Dvorak, this is Lieutenant Riley How do you do? Harry is very happy, Marta We have not been very close together lately Oh, please, Leo I wonder if I brought enough pickle lily for everybody Pickle lily? What is this pickle lily, young lady? Why don't you come out and let me show you, Leo I've put these things in the refrigerator anyway Oh, this is wonderful Oh, I'm only treating for a quiet dinner Oh, I got to care somebody And I think I know who Me, too Well, Marta, here I am Diane, not you, too And Risa? Yes, I met Risa getting out of a cab when I drove up And I got her message inviting me to spend the day here No, I'm a weirdo, kid, somebody That doesn't see what it is you're up to now But, uh, these people, Marta, we were going to be alone On the phone, that's what the young lady said Oh, now there's a young lady who gets around Are you again making a fool of me, Marta? Please, darling, not one of your scenes Ah, this fresh country air Can Jean, your company? Yes, Valentine, I think this is going to be a day to remember George, I will not go back into that house Oh, no, Marta, that's not being a charming hostess It is already evening and they just sit there Oh, that should be all right with you Have you forgotten that note? The safety in numbers, you know Now, come on, let's get inside Oh, all right Hey, hold it Didn't you take in your mail today? Of course Why? Here's a letter in the mailbox I am in no mood for letter Yes? Another one of those little love notes It's very impossible Yeah, but here it is But I told you, it is impossible It cannot be, I did not... You... you didn't what? Never mind, let me have it Well, what does it say? It says, you did not live up to the bargain You invited a house full of people You know what to expect now George George Oh, look, you don't have to put on an act for my benefit, Marta We're all troopers now But I tell you, this is real I've been writing these notes to yourself, haven't you? No, I will not make you believe me But I've got to get away from here, I'm afraid Wait a minute, Marta Hey, don't be a fool I've got to get away from here Okay, okay, if you want to see who can run faster But this is your last temperamental fling with me Oh, look, Miss Brooks Look, I pounded the beat for 15 years Before I became a lieutenant My feet hurt, they're killing me Come on, let's get back to the house But Lieutenant George and Marta have been away so long I'm really worried Yeah, I worried they're smooching somewhere Oh, maybe George was right And those notes weren't phony Anything connected with that dame has to be phony Now come on, let's get back to the house Okay Well, let's take one look up here in the lemon grove All right, all right But take it easy Wait, let's put the flashlight on Lieutenant, look, over there Valentine George Wait, I have a look at him Hello, everybody Oh, George I was just thinking of getting up anyway What happened? I was with Marta Trying to talk some sense into it Yeah Suddenly somebody staged an atomic test Right in back of me That's all I know Hey, where is Marta anyway? Here's your answer She's right here How was she? I'll tell you in a minute George, look, that money's scattered all over Hello, Lieutenant She's dead Strangled to death The holiday's over now Now you better get ready to answer a few questions George, you want me to get you something to your head? Yeah, no one's boxing here Well, we'll start with you, Leo You admit you were out of the house When someone ran berserk in the lemon grove Yes, I began to worry about my little Marta I walked everywhere looking for her She meant so much to me Oh, admit it, Leo You knew that without her there would be no act That's all she ever meant to you Didn't you happen to be outside too? What have you got to say? I can afford to be frank I kept walking and walking Trying to forget how much I hated her As long as we are all being so honest Dorian, why do you not have the lieutenant? What you were doing out of the house Tell him how jealous of Marta you always were Well, why not? Everyone knows about it I loved Marta and I was jealous of every move she made Jealous of every moment except when she was flying through the air Her hands reaching for mine Depending on me of all men I would never see her hurt You remember when she said that, Valentin? Yeah, I remember What about the question, Dorian? Why did you leave the house? Where did you go? Looking for Marta We didn't have a minute together all day She was always with Valentin Fine, fine Everybody's out for a walk when Mayhem breaks out You aren't even missing, George Doesn't any of this interest you? Hmm, Bruxy What are you doing with your nose in that magazine? Oh, it's the show world I've learned some fascinating things from it Oh, meaning what? Well, for instance, Bruxy and you were right, Lieutenant Marta did send herself those two notes You mean three notes, don't you? Uh-uh The third note was the real McCoy, Lieutenant Business And you found that out just looking at Marta's legs in that magazine? Well, in a way, Bruxy Now, here Just take a look at these three notes I'm all eyes What about them? All addressed to Marta Dvorak Canyon Road 58 Canyon Road 58 and 58 Canyon Road That's a what? Uh-huh Now take a close gander at this third note The words for it were cut out of this page of the show world magazine Well, so what? That's right I turn over said page and presto We have a full page photograph of Marta herself Yes, one of the most beautiful she ever took But what are you trying to say, Mr. Valentin? This magazine was sent to Marta Knowing her as well as we all do I doubt that we can imagine her cutting up a picture of herself Not in a million years That is right She kept scrapbooks of the smallest items about herself She lived on publicity All right I see a scene That's why she was so terrified when she received that third note It was one she didn't send to herself Any ideas who did? Uh, ideas The way I feel Um, no, Lieutenant It's all yours Here on in Stepping aside, George That roughing up you've got must be more serious than I thought You sure you're all right? Oh, well, uh, gosh, I... I don't know, Brooke See, I'd better find out Now, uh, when I was a kid every time I fell out of the apple tree my mother used to say she used to say, George there's one sure way of telling if you're still all right in the head Hey, what is this? Yes, this is no time to hear what your mother used to say Yeah, Georgie, she'd say just try to remember the mother goose rhymes I taught you Please, Mr. Valentin how can you make jokes now? Now, uh, let's see if I can remember Now, uh, how does that one go again? Which one, darling? Well, you know, the word... Mary had a little lamb It's wool... No, no, that's fleece The fleece was white as, uh... something or other And wherever the little lamb had go Mary'd be sure to follow Well, that's very cute, George but not quite the original Oh, say, if I can't remember a simple nursery rhyme I must be pretty bad Hey, wait a minute, I'll try another Why must we stand here and listen to this man talk and say nothing? That is right Take it easy, friends Take it easy We'll have to wait till the car and it's through anyway Go on, Valentin, go on I'm willing to wait for you to make sense Yeah, well, I'll try Um, little Miss Muffet sat on a... Prophet? No A rocket? No, that's not it Hey, Tuffet, that's it Tuffet Munching... No Uh, chewing... No, that's not it Eating her... Her curds and whey Curds and whey Any school child knows that, you fool Now let's stop this farce You seem to forget Martha has been killed tonight No, Dorian, no one's forgetting You staged it too well Oh, no, I... You're no better than to say that All right, Valentin I've been patient up till now Come on, give Tell me, Dorian Do you come from Wisconsin, Brooklyn, or Georgia? Not that that concerns you But I was born in Switzerland I've never been in America before this tour Did all the school kiddies in Switzerland learn about Little Miss Muffet and her curds and whey? What? Well, I don't know, I suppose No European kid would know about curds and whey And I think it'll be a pretty civil matter to prove You were born right here in America No All right, whatever I went to school in Switzerland I pretended to be a foreigner for professional reasons There's nothing wrong about that That kid here in America, you learn more than nursery rhymes When you addressed an envelope, you were taught to put the number of the house Before the name of the street That's something you never forgot It stuck with you And that's just what's going to hang you Let's have that in nice, simple language, Valentin The kind that jewelry will understand OK, Lieutenant The first two notes The ones Marta wrote to herself Read Canyon Road, 58 The third one she found tonight was written by Dorian The only one in the troupe, not European It read 58 Canyon Road The number before the name of the street, Lieutenant American style You know, Valentin, in my job I see a lot of human nature But this Dorian guy is a breed all his own You know, it was Marta, I couldn't understand Now I feel sorry for her I think I know what you mean about Dorian, Lieutenant He had every chance to kill her When he was up there on the trapeze And get away with it Instead, he writes that letter And makes a super production out of it Jealousy Had it bad, Lieutenant Bad enough to sock me in the eye For no other reason But that I was spending so much time with it Well, how could anyone be jealous Of a little thing like that? After all, it was just your job Now the truth is, Lieutenant A simple accident wasn't good enough for Dorian Marta had to know she was dying And that he was killing her That's the only way it would satisfy His bruised and fatted ego As good an explanation as any You know, it's strange Marta dreamt of having a story That brought herself and every newspaper in the country She certainly tried hard enough Yeah, Brooksy And when she finally made it It was only to let the world know That she'd never be heard of again If your car's battery has been acting Like a mule, temperamental and bulky Here's an easy way to cure it Have your battery serviced at a standard station Or independent chevron gas station They'll inspect the water level, cables, terminal clamps And test the battery's condition If it just needs a charge, they'll tell you If your battery's really on its last legs They'll explain how a new atlas battery Can save you money Every atlas battery has its Certified power capacity Stamped on the case where you can read it And you'll find these capacities meet or exceed Standard set by the Society of Automotive Engineers The longer lasting starting power Of atlas batteries, by the way Is backed by a written warranty Honored everywhere by 40,000 atlas dealers Independent chevron gas stations And standard stations are glad to service your battery Proud to offer you an atlas battery when you need one That's why they say, and mean We'll take better care of your car Next week, when you tune our way For another adventure of George Valentine You'll hear I got here as soon as I could, Bruxy Edward's still in the club there Yes, George, I'm getting very fidgety All right, all right Are you sure about that check he's carrying? Of course I saw the signature Agnes Eberson Good, now go back inside And stick right with, friend Daniel But what are you going to do, George? Oh, that's the surprise, Angel But hold your hat Because in just about five minutes I'm going to start the biggest commotion That night club has seen in years Tonight's adventure of George Valentine Has been brought to you by Standard of California On behalf of independent chevron gas stations And standard stations throughout the west Let George do it Stars Robert Bailey and George With Francis Robinson as Claire Wally Mayer appears as Lieutenant Riley Tonight's story was written by David Victor And Herbert Little Jr. And directed by Don Clark Also heard in the cast were Gene Bates As Marta, Louis Van Rooten as Leo Don Diamond as Dorian Peggy Weber as Rita And Dick Ryan as the ringmaster The music is composed and conducted By Eddie Dunstetter If it's safer, it's better This is the key to accident prevention In western living The 3,000 delegates who will attend The 10th annual western safety conference In Hollywood from June 16th through June 18th Will formulate safer procedures In every phase of public and private life Their work will make your future safer They say it's smart to be safe Take their advice Your announcer John Heaston Listen again next week Same time, same station To let George do it This is the Mutual Don Lee Broadcasting System