 Vicks presents Dangerously Yours, a half-hour of romance and adventure starring Vick to Jury in Cortez the Conquistador. You know, more and more millions of people are using Vicks' Vaternal Nose Drops to relieve distress of head colds, benefit by their experience. And now, Dangerously Yours. I am adventure, in my name men have traversed the highways, the byways, the skyways of the world. I am the fire that burns in the heart of youth, that makes men dream, and dare, and conquer. I am Dangerously Yours. They follow me to the streets of the Spain of the 16th century, where we will meet one of the first men who brought the new world within reach of the old, the man who conquered an empire, Cortez the Conquistador. The king, I must speak to the king. Let me speak to the king, your majesty. What is this? Driver, stop. Who are you, sir? Speak up, speak up. Where in the hurry? I am Hernando Cortez. I am the man who won you an empire. The man is crazy. Move on, move on. No, no. Wait, Sire. It was I, Hernando Cortez, who fought my way through the swamps and mountains of Mexico, and made you ruler there. Guard, this man is making a nuisance of himself. I don't know him. Don't know me. I brought you one of the greatest empires that was ever discovered. How could you forget me when I made you an emperor? You who had only been a king before. Take this man away. He's a maniac. He's a maniac. Take him away. May you rot in your grave. May your name be written down in insolence. Guard, you fool. Oh dear, you speak to the king that way. That is bleeding pretty badly. Pick him up and get him out of the road. Let's take him across of that tavern. Hard blow on your head. Hernando Cortez. You were in Mexico, eh? What is it like? What was it like in Mexico? Yes, if you can't get it. If you're Cortez, you must be able to tell us something about it. What do you remember most about Mexico? What do I remember most about Mexico? I remember a man. A man so magnificent and so powerful that when he died, an entire empire crumbled and melted away and died with him. And I remember a girl, the most beautiful woman that ever lived. Who was the girl? Who was the man? Yes, tell us. How did the adventure start? It started right here in Spain. When I was young, my blood was fired with ambitions. It started as most adventures started in those days. Hernando Cortez. You are commissioned by the King of Spain who sailed for the new world in search of treasure. And you will claim all the new lands that you will discover in the name of the King of Spain. A ship's deck under my feet and a wind from the new world blowing in my face, excitement and high hopes. A rough crew but the kind you need to conquer a new world. Lusty, hard-fighting men. Interested in just three things. Fighting, women, gold. And so we landed in Mexico. I hereby claim this land in the name of the King of Spain. We started inland hunting for the fabulous city of Tenochtitlan. And then, in a small friendly village where we stopped to rest, I met the girl. Get her off! Check her! Don't let her get away from you! Grab her! Grab her! Take your hands off that girl! Do you hear me? Take your hands off that girl! She's mine! I caught her! Huh? Just the way you repay the hospitality of these villages, these people who have been friendly and kind to us. Get back to your quarters, both of you. Thank you. One man I could have killed. Sit down and rest for a moment. Please. You're quite safe. Thank you. I would like to rest a little, and then I will leave you. With your permission, I will take you home. Well, you cannot, sir. My home is far from here. No? Where is it? Tenochtitlan. Tenochtitlan? Yes. I am daughter to Montezuma. And what are you doing here? I wanted to see Hernando Cortes. You wanted to see Cortes? Why? Our runners have been bringing us messages about the progress the strange people have been making across the country. They say this Cortes is a god. They say his eyes flash lightning and everyone runs before him. I've never seen a god, so I thought I must see for myself the Hernando Cortes. And now that you have seen him... You... You are Cortes? Yes. I must go? No, no, don't be frightened. I'm not an enemy. I just rescued you from my own soldiers, didn't I? Tell me, how far are we from Tenochtitlan? Not far. Will you take us there? I don't know whether I should. I must ask my father. She stood there for an instant looking up at me, her eyes wide, her mouth questioning. And my heart, which had always been a cold thing, suddenly gathered her close and became warm inside me. I forgot about gold and empires. I only knew my heart had come home. Neither of us spoke for a moment. And then she smiled and she reached up and touched my cheek with her hand. And her touch burned like a kiss. She was gone a moment later. The next night, she returned. I will take you to Tenochtitlan. I am grateful and my father is grateful. He says you are welcome in our city and in our hearts. Thank you. When do we start? If we travel tonight, Montezuma, my father, will embrace you by noon tomorrow. Hernando Cortes, I am grateful to you for the protection you gave my favorite daughter. You are welcome. And I hope you will be happy here. I have prepared a palace for you and your men. You are very gracious. I am very grateful. Please, you come with me. Hernando, I have never seen so much gold. Yes, treasure for the taking, Hernando. The temples here are full of statues and balls and even chairs made of solid gold. We'll get the gold, but we won't rob their temples to do it. Will you get it from any place we can? I'm in command here. You'll do as I say. Of course, Hernando, but you won't be in command long if you don't keep your mind on the king's business. You're getting soft, you're getting sentimental. I said you'd have gold and you will, but you'll have it when I say and as I say. Gold is gold, Cortes. It's easier to take it than the hunt for it than the hills. What is at hand we will take? You'd be far wiser, my friend, to busy your thoughts with your duty instead of an Aztec princess. Attend your own affairs, Ricardo, and permit me to attend to mine. Ricardo is right, Hernando. You're not as good a leader as you once were. Perhaps we need to know one. You are talking mutiny, Alberti. Now get out. Get out both of you before I kill you. You'll see that I can take care of the king's business and the Aztec princess. Shall we walk? The night air is cool. May I take your arms in your conquistador? Of course. Tell me, how does one go about marrying a princess? Well, one speaks to the father of the princess. Had you thought of marrying? Yes, I had. I'd thought of marrying you. It is a great honor that you have just paid me and I thank you. But you must not think of me in such a way or go to my father because it will give him much pain to refuse you. As much as it is possible for a man to love a woman. Don't you think your father would overlook the fact that I'm not of your people? My father would be honored that you would choose me. But you see, since I was born I have been pledged to King Quixote. King Quixote? Who is he? An Aztec prince? No. He is our guard of the harvest. Next week I will go within the temple walls and you will never see me again. In 15 days later there will be a great religious feast day and I will join King Quixote. You mean you will be sacrificed? You will die? Of course. But you can't do that. That's wrong. Don't you understand how wrong it is? I won't let you do it. I was pledged to King Quixote at birth. There is nothing you can do about it. Listen to me. Human lives were not meant to be sacrificed on pagan altars. Life is something to be cherished and lived. King Quixote, there is no such God. Don't you understand that there is no such God? He's nothing but a grinning ugly statue built by your people, your priests. Your people are avid to the sight of blood. That's why they have these sacrifices. Well, they're not going to kill you, not unless they kill me first. No, no, please. You mustn't talk like that. The gods might hear and punish us. My dear, I must die in the way that has been set out for me in accordance with the traditions of my people. No, no, you'll do no such thing. It's too, too fantastic. You're young, you're full of life and dreams and fire. You're meant to live a rich and rounded lifetime to love to their son. Please, please don't say any more. If there were to be a man for me, it would be you. It would be you above anyone else in the world that I would choose to laugh with and to cry with. It would be your wounds that I would bind, and your lips that I would seek, and all my darling, of all the things that I love and must leave. The only thing for which I would wait is leaving you. But you will not leave me. You can't. I won't let you. Wait! Where are you going? I'm going for my men, and then I'm going to talk to your father. Montezuma, your majesty, you must stop this. You can't destroy your own daughter. Human sacrifice is wrong. She has every right to live. My friend, doubtless there are many things that you will not understand about us. And that is one. She is to die according to our religion. It is her privilege and her honor. It is not a privilege nor an honor to die. It is a sad and terrible thing to die in such a way. To die for nothing. Nothing? It is our faith. But she is your daughter. Have you no love for her? She is the favorite of all my children. I love her deeply. She is not going to die, Montezuma. I will not let her die. You cannot interfere with the customs and the faith of our people. If you attempt it, you will find that my daughter will despise you and the people will kill you. Then I will fight the people. I will fight you and I will save her. Montezuma, I'm taking you prisoner. My men are waiting outside. Shall I call them in to take you forcibly or will you accompany me peacefully back to my quarters? How sad that you and I must now become enemies. We might have been such great friends. And now, before we've seen this challenge through, one of us will kill the other. I am your prisoner, Hernando Cortez, but I will not defy my gods. I will not defy my people. What is to be must be. So it is war between us. Is that not right Cortez? Yes, that is right. From now on it must be war between us. In just a moment, we bring you act two of dangerously yours starring Victor Jory in Cortez the Conquistador. You know, with all the sniffling and sneezing going on these days, you'd think a lot of people are suffering from summer head colds. Well, to be sure, some of the sniffles and sneezes are not due to head colds, but a good share of them are. 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They're in the garden, the next room. They must be executed at once. We will make an example of them. We will... No, wait a minute. I think we will have Montezuma make an example of them. I think Montezuma must execute them in public and tell the people that will happen to everyone who does not obey us. At last you're using your head. I know. And I'm breaking my heart because he will hate me, Ricardo. And the girl will hate you. Yes. What's a girl more or less? There are thousands of girls in the world. I know. I've seen thousands, but none like her. Well, see that the men who fought today are relieved of duty for the night and keep the prisoners under close guard. I will tell Montezuma. And if I refuse... If you refuse, there will be war across the face of this land such as there has never been before. We will fight and kill until we have brought the people into submission. You asked me to execute some of my own people. They have murdered some of my people. They must be punished. They killed for me because they know I am your prisoner. If I do as you ask, they will think I have betrayed them and they will be right. I betrayed them when I welcomed you here. I take it, Cortez, that you wish to rule my people now. Yes, I do. I want to rule them and teach them about my world. I want them to tear down their infidel gods and stop this bloodshed. This civilization is rotten and decadent. It has no place in the world today. I want the ugliness and the nightmares and the superstitions cleaned out of this country. There is a new world, Montezuma. A world with different truths and different standards. You have to open your windows and your gates and let that world in or it will break down the windows and gates and come in anyway. Your people must be taught the new ways and the new thoughts. If I say to you, take my daughter, take all the gold and all the jewels and gold, will you leave this kingdom and never return? Do you think in your heart that that is the solution, Montezuma? No. No, I do not. Because someone else would come with bigger armies. I will speak to my people. I will do as you ask. My daughter? Yes, my father. It is my wish that you marry Renando Cortez. Our civilization has reached its midnight, my daughter. By tomorrow, many of the old things will be gone. Your children will mix the Aztec blood with the Spanish. The old thoughts within you. Oh, father. Father. Take her into your faith, Cortez. That ties her. Take her into that faith that will not make her die. Thank you, Montezuma. Thank you. I wish that I could see those children. Ah, you will see them. All that I ask is that you will teach them the things of my world. But I am of this world. This afternoon, I will speak your words. And by tonight, my hour will have ended. Come, let us see my daughter baptized. And then let us go to the people. People, listen to me. The Spaniards have come from another world. They bring new ideas. You must listen to them. You must obey them. Why is your daughter not in the temple? Are you risk the anger of the gods? There is to be no more bloodshed in this country. No one is going to be sacrificed to the gods. My people, there is a new faith to be learned. There is a new knowledge. You must listen to these men. Traitor! Traitor! Traitor! Traitor! There are gods in heaven and arrows through his chest. You must listen to these people. Montezuma, let me help you. The arrow has touched my heart. The sun has set upon my day. These people are yours. Montezuma, my friend. Go quickly. My daughter is in great danger. Go quickly. Go. Men proceed with the executions and kill anyone in the crowd that moves against us. This country is going to be conquered or destroyed completely. My darling, darling please. Don't stay until any longer weeping over his body. Don't you remember how you've always said an Aztec never cries? There are no more Aztecs. It is the end of all of us. He was the best that we could be. And now the best is gone. This is your kingdom now, Hernando. You have only to claim it, make of it what you will. I saw a great man die today. I saw him die in such a proud way that he made me more humble than I've ever been. I know that he had to die. But I will always grieve for him. And I will always miss him in this country. Listen. What is that? Those are the temple drums of the high priests. They are coming for me. For you? The cuddle? Alberti, call them in. Please, I don't want you to fight them. You must let me go. Let you go? Are you mad? Even your father did not want this for you. Don't you understand? Tonight you rule this city in Montezuma's place. If you oppose them, they will fight and kill until the streets run with blood. Then the streets will run with blood. I will not let them have you. You cannot reform them in one night. So many have died. What does one more matter? This is the last religious feast day in many months. Perhaps by the next you can reform them. Let me go, Hernando. No, no. I will not let you go. If you attempt to hold me, thousands of my people and yours will lose their lives. I am not going to stand by and see you killed. Your life is worth any price. My life is not worth as many lives as will be lost. And if yours is among them, then Montezuma died for nothing. And everything is lost. He believed in you. He believed in the new world you promised to bring to Mexico. Colorado, Colorado, I love you. I want to take you back to Spain. I want to put you in a great house and give you satin dresses and jewels and Spanish shawls. I want you alive and warm, always within the reach of my arms. Always within the reach of my heart. I will always be in reach of your heart. Even though you must go back to Spain without me. I would never be happy there. That would be a prison. You and I have had all the happiness there is for us in this lifetime. Let us be grateful for that and not be greedy for what we cannot have. Colorado, no. Don't ask this of me. Let me fight for you. The men are just outside. Shall I call them in? They are waiting for me. Colorado, you're asking me to be braver than I am. What would your father do? What would he say? Montezuma would say, peace go with you. Montezuma would say, we must think of what is for the greatest good. I am his daughter and I know what he would say. Just as I know what I must do. Goodbye, Hernando. Colorado. Goodbye, my darling. Remember, I will always be within reach of your heart. I know why for you, Hernando, could only be an Aztec princess. Those are the things I remember about Mexico, an Aztec princess and a man so magnificent that when he died, an entire empire crumbled and melted away. And I remember happiness and heartbreak and all done in the name of a king who does not remember or care how he came by Mexico. You must be proud of your conquest, Cortez. Yes. Yes, I am proud. But not of conquest. I am proud of two things. That Montezuma came to respect me and that his daughter loved me. Well, let us help the old man home, James, and be on our way. He's had a good afternoon's entertainment. Entertainment? You. You don't believe me? We've heard old men's tales before in your Cortez. We listen, but we don't take them too seriously. It would have been nice just once more to have someone believe me. Well, what does it matter? What's that? What's that? What does it matter, Hernando? We know that it's true. Oh, my darling, my darling, I've missed you, missed you desperately. I was always here within reach of your heart. Please don't leave me again, Carlotta. Please don't leave me. I'm so tired of being alone. So tired of wandering. You won't be, and there will be no more wandering. You're home now, my darling. You're home. May I take your arm, Senor Conquistador? 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Music for the series is under the direction of Mark Warner. Be sure and listen in again next week when Vicks presents dangerously yours starring Victor Jory. This is CBS, the Columbia Broadcasting System.