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And so with, you were wonderful. And with the performance of Lena Horne, we again hope to keep you in suspense. What's new, Johnny? Oh, sure, here. Yeah, check the sombero. What do you need, Mr. Wines? You wish the table? No, thanks, no, I'm just browsing his Ronaldo... Oh, there he is now. Hey, hello. Hi, Ronaldo. Well, sit down, have a little supper with me, huh? Oh, thanks, I'm not hungry. Well, come on, come on, sit down, anyway. All right, anything to please you, sir. Tell me, how's business? Oh, fine, great. This time I get a bad break nowadays, Johnny. I get two good ones right after. Say, when did you ever get a bad break? Well, you know Jackie, my little singer. Yeah, sure I know. Of course you do. Well, Jackie is quitting. Oh, that's too bad. And who do you suppose I'm getting? Just by the nearest accident. Who do you suppose I'm getting to take our place, huh? All right, I'll bite. Lorna Dean. Lorna Dean? Oh, you're kidding. Oh, what do you think of that, huh? Very good, huh? Well, if you'll excuse these versions, although I think what does a dame with an international reputation like Lorna Dean want to be singing in a third-rate cabaret like this for? Oh, no, no, second-rate, maybe, but third-rate. No, no, no. All right, all right, second-rate. But you can't pay her a tent of what she's used again, and what is she doing down here in Buenos Aires anyway? Oh, no, what do you want to ask her a lot of questions for? She's going to sing. That's good enough for me. Yeah? Hey, I guess it is. She's terrific, all right. Tell me, when does she start? Uh, two weeks from tonight. Why, uh, why did Jackie quit? It's kind of something, wasn't it? Oh, I don't know. Oh, she's, uh, nervous lately. She wants to go back to the States, I guess. Oh, say, uh, Johnny. Yeah? When are you going back? To the States? Uh-huh. Oh, six months a year, two years, whenever this war is over. Don't you think you better, uh, better go home maybe a little sooner, huh? Look, I don't want any lectures on my patriotism, if that's what you mean. Who's giving lectures? Down here we are, uh, well, we are neutral. Yeah? Well, all right, that's what I am. The U.S. is okay. It's fine. It just happens that it never did so much for me that I feel like getting knocked up or that's all. Oh, sure. I don't want you to get knocked up. That's what I'm talking about. What are you talking about? Your health, Johnny. Do I take that two ways or only one? One. Listen, Johnny, listen. I see these things before. Stay around these places so long they forget all about home. And then one day, finish. I pay my bills, don't I, eventually? Johnny, don't talk that way. It's only because I like you, you know. All right, all right. Cut it, cut it. Okay, okay. Ah, here comes Jackie now. Ah. L'Africa lejana. Nah. Mi pecho mi. Ah. Ah, ah. What's happening? Ay, Dios. Come on, Ronaldo. I wasn't feeling well. Why didn't you tell me? She didn't have to go on. Coming through, please, please. Please stand back. Please stand back. No. What's the matter here? This woman has been drugged, apparently. I-I am a doctor. Oh, yeah. I-I was the one who knew it. Please, let's go. Mr. Ronaldo. What do you want? I have no time now. I want the job, now. Job? Oh, it's you, Miss D. Couldn't you even wait until they look the poor kid over before coming here? Did I ask you anything? Look, Mr. Ronaldo, I'm sorry for the girl, I'm a singer, not a star, Mr. I was gonna start in two weeks anyway. I might as well start now. Well, all right then. Until Jackie can come back to finish out. Oh, yeah? It'll be about the longest run on record, then. What do you mean? This young lady is right, and you're in a loop. This girl is dead. Dead? Do you still want the job, Miss Dean? Yeah. I still want the job. Tonight for suspense, Roma Wines are bringing you a star, Miss Lena Horne, whom you've heard in the prologue to You Were Wonderful by Robert L. 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Tomorrow, ask your dealer for R-O-M-A, Roma Wines. If he is temporarily out of Roma, please buy again soon. Remember, more Americans enjoy Roma than any other wine. And now we return to the scene of our drama. Rinaldo's on the waterfront of Buenos Aires where a famous American entertainer Lorna Dean takes the spotlight from a dead girl to begin the strangest singing engagement of her career. A situation well calculated to keep you in suspense. My sweet embrace of you. Hello there, Johnny. You ask me that question every night. Don't I always give you the same answer? Maybe I just like to hear it. All right, all right. You were wonderful, okay? Okay. We artists, you know. Gotta hear that thunderous ovation. Hello there, Johnny. Oh, friends of yours? Well, business acquaintances, you know them? Well, they're tall ones. They've been giving me the glassy aisle through that moniker the last three nights. They're coming over. Maybe you want to talk to them. I've got to argue with Rinaldo about a baby pink spot. You know, we artists. See you later, Johnny. Okay. Sit down, Mr. Harmon. Hi, Stingle. Good evening. There'll be a active girl, huh? My favorite singer, too. Oh, by the way, before I forget, Johnny, here's your remittance for the week. Oh, okay, thanks. And in that connection, old boy, I'm afraid I must tell you that we're not too satisfied with your work or maybe I'm not too satisfied with the job. If you're not, it doesn't require the enormous intellectual powers that we couldn't find someone else to do it, you know. Oh, keep the pants on. I didn't say I was quitting today. I don't care, old boy. All we ask you to do is report their names when they enter the harbor and their sailing time when they leave. Now, that's easier now, isn't it? Yeah, sure, sure. Only to find out those things. The guy has to ask questions. And when you ask questions, people ask questions back. Don't forget that. Oh, you have been reading too many spy stories, Johnny. After all, even if there's a wall, some of us are still in business. And when you aren't business, sometimes it helps to know when your competitors are shipping their goods, huh? Yeah, okay, okay. The guy likes to know what he's working for, that's all. About Miss Lorna Dean. I didn't know you were a particular friend of hers, Johnny. Oh, not particular. Just friends. She took Jackie's place, huh? Hmm, yeah. And there's a couple of questions that nobody has ever answered about fat, either. I suppose there are. You said, yeah. You know, I'd rather like to have a talk with Miss Dean. What about over singing? I didn't know you were such a particular lover of music. Oh, rather, I'd go for the American folk songs. Primitive, you know. Stir the blood, what? Yeah. Well, here she comes back, and if you want my advice... I didn't ask for your advice, old boy. Now, you just run along for ten minutes. What for? I want to have a little private talk with Miss Dean. And you don't know enough about music. Okay. Hey, Johnny, get for Ronaldo. Hey, Johnny! I'll be back when I'm wanted. Oh, please, Miss Dean, do sit down. Well, what was all that about? Let him go. All the better for me, you know. Now, I can talk to you. Then perhaps you'd better learn, old man, since it's quite all right. Well, Miss Dean, it's nice to see you again. I'm still wondering why America's favorite trush is singing here. Oh, I thought I liked the place. I wanted to help Ronaldo out of a jam. Charlie, good. I must confess, I have a weakness for the place myself. Oh, have you? And how do you think Buenos Aires stacks up with Rio and all the other gay capitals of South America, eh? I like it. My tour didn't take me here, but I just couldn't leave without seeing it. You know, I've always been a great admirer of yours, Miss Dean. I've heard you sing. Oh, I don't know how many times. Oh, have you been in the States often? Oh, no, no, no. England. Shortwave, you know. Your voice carries very well over the wireless. Oh, you're English. Ah, Austria. I lived in England most of my life, though. You know, down here on business, war, you know. Oh, terrible thing that's war. Yes. I must say it's been awfully disillusioning to a lot of people. Take your own people in America, for instance. And not much for them. The fight bar is down. Well, a lot of them are fighting just the same. I daresay. Anything better than what they have at home, man. Strange war, though. The Japanese now. I understand that they have certain very progressive policies towards the, yeah, colored races. Except for the Chinese, I suppose. Yeah, as well. Chinese, backward people, you know. Always have been communists and so on. Confusing just the same, isn't it? All this race business. I suppose it is to some people. Now, the Venetians, cute devils. All this talk about a master race. They don't mean a word of it, you know. Can't we talk about something else? Oh, yes, yes. Of course, my dear. Now, let's talk about your music. You know, I'm really quite a fan of American music. They've done ballast on the saboteurs, actually, I suppose. Oh, really? Yes. There's so much so that I think I might have a little financial proposition that could interest you. Hey, what are you? Are you speaking to me? Go on, get out of here. Don't know what you're saying. It's possible reason to do that. I don't know anything. I don't have any reason. I just can't afford to get into trouble myself. Maybe I just don't like your face. Now, go on, go on, get out. Now, see here, Ronaldo. Get out and don't come back. Very well. Come along, Stingl. Good night, Miss Stingl. Good night. Ronaldo, you're making rather a bad mistake, my lad. That's what you think. That's what I know. Good night. Well, in my pals, the bum's right, say, Ronaldo. Johnny, why do you want to hang around with guys like that? I don't hang around with them. I just do business for them. Sure, fine business. What do you know about it? I don't know anything yet, for sure. I just smell a couple of rats. Now, you go on, go home, too, Johnny. We're closing at one. OK, Ronaldo. Hey, Johnny, you left them so hard, didn't you? Well, maybe I had orders to leave in a hurry. Well, I kind of thought that, my dear. I guess it didn't matter much. You seem to know the boys pretty well. Oh, I mean a lot of people in this business. Oh, sure, sure. What did they want? How did you know they wanted something? Because they generally do. What was it? Well, they just wanted to make me a sort of proposition. What kind of a proposition? Well, I don't know. But, uh, what? I think it had something to do with singing. Uh-huh. You going to take it? If there's money in it. Don't you care if money you earn has blood on it? No. Do you? No. Because he's done something to me and my heart won't keep still. Give me one dozen roses, put my heart inside them and send them to the one I love. Bravo, bravo. Splendid. Couldn't have done better myself. Is that the way you like it? Oh, yes it is, rather. You ought to feel flattered, you know. This is the first time I've given an audition since I got my start in show business. Oh, I do hope you didn't mind, but I just couldn't resist asking you to sing it through. Now that we've computed our little business arrangement. And that's all there is to it, huh? I just sing it. That's all there is to it. Well, you're paying for it. I just wish it was a song I did better. Ah, cut out the force, Maristee. I'll bet you were wonderful. Oh, hello, George. Hi, Shingo. You're not barely, aren't you, old boy? Still daylight. I haven't been to bed. I was sitting up with a sick friend. Oh, no, no, no, no. No, not that, old chestnut. Only this time it's not. I was with Ronaldo, I suppose you heard. Oh, yes, too bad. What's the matter with Ronaldo? Oh, nothing, no. He's dead. Dead? Yeah. Suddenly, wasn't it? Anyone know yet what happened? Yes, by natural causes, Shingo. And his wife, you know, is scared of the police. And superstitious, besides, didn't want enough top seed. Anyway, that's how it stands. Yes, of course, poor woman. Dead, I was in a position to do a little something for her. Oh, were you? Yes, I rang up her lawyer as soon as I heard. Seems she doesn't feel like trying to run the club all alone. So I bought it. Well, that was nice. Yeah, so you see you're working for me now, Miss Dean. It won't make any difference, of course. Well, I see. Well, I must be running along now. Goodbye. Yes. So you're working for him now? We're working for him, aren't I, Johnny? Is that how come the command performance you were giving when I came in? No. I didn't know anything about anything then. He just said he wanted me to sing that as a request number once in a while. That's all. How bad does he want you to sing it? Bad enough. And you don't sing it until he tells you to, is that the deal? How do you know so much about it? Because I'm not dumb. Well, are you going to do it? Why not? You'll pay my expenses. A lot more expenses than poor old Ronaldo could pay, huh? Well, turning it down won't bring him back to life. Now will it? You're really a cold-hearted little game, aren't you? Listen, Johnny, I'm entertained because I like it. And because it's the only way I can make enough money to live halfway like a human being. With money, I can do what I want to. More or less, I can live where I want to, go where I want to be like other people. More or less. Do you know what even that much freedom means to somebody like me, Johnny? All right. But you don't need money so bad you have to make it this way. What way? You know what I mean. Do I? All I know is they want me to sing a song. Yeah, but why? I don't ask questions like that. But if you know so much about it, why don't you tell me? Maybe... Maybe I can't. Because you're afraid of sticking your neck out, huh? But you ask me to trust you. Oh, Lana, don't you see... All I see is you want me out of the picture. Well, I'm not leaving. You're working for them. So am I. You've got your reasons. Oh, right. You won't talk. Neither will I. Let's leave it like that, huh? Okay. But from now on, you're on your own. Ha! That's funny. I've always been on my own. And it isn't just the money. Maybe it's something you wouldn't understand. But I know what I'm after. And I'm gonna get it. You said it there, sister. You're going to get it. Who is it? It's me. Ah, come on in. Hi, Lana. I'm practicing. Oh, not especially. Oh, I thought maybe you had your orders. What orders? I ought to sing that song tonight. Yes. How did you know? Oh, a little birdie told me. Look, look. I got your present. What is it? A little portable radio. It's a good one, too. Made in the States. You know I don't speak enough Spanish, so that thing will do me any good down here. Ah, but don't forget the short ways. Short ways. Wiles won't. Okay, Johnny. What's the game? Oh, just something I want you to hear. You probably won't be able to understand it. But fortunately, in me, you have an accomplished linguist. Anyway, I can tell you're not. Oh, two roses. Oh, two roses. We are the friends. We are the friends. Everything's wide here. I'm waiting for you tonight. I'm waiting for you tonight. Oh, two roses. Well, that little gadget, the wireless, huh? That wasn't Spanish. Right. And I'll give you three nice big guesses what it was. Johnny, wouldn't it be easier if you just up and told me what you came here to tell me? Don't play innocent with me. Don't try to tell me you don't know what this is all about. Oh, maybe I just want to know how much you know. I know. You said I was afraid to stick my neck out. All right, listen to this. That guy you just heard talking is the captain of the German submarine about 15 miles outside the harbor. How do you know? Because I saw it. And there's a convoy that leaves this harbor regularly to take stuff from South America to our guys in England. And they're leaving tonight. And all that sub-captain out there is waiting for to plow into that convoy and sink every ship in it. It's the tip-off. And the tip-off is you. Me? Oh, stop it, will you? What do you think Harman wanted you to sing a particular song at a particular time for and a song that's at least two years out of date at that if it wasn't a tip-off somebody? You know your stuff is broadcast. Come on, use your head. Listen, Johnny, if you know all this, why didn't you tell me sooner? That's my business. Maybe I wasn't sure until now. Business? Yeah. Business is just about the right word for it, isn't it? Okay. I didn't expect any thanks for it. But they're just using you for a fall guy. That's all. Oh, listen, Lorna, listen. You've got your life ahead of you. A great career back home. Popularity. Everything in the world to lose. And the stuff in those ships is going to save the lives of Americans. Coming from you, Johnny. That's real cute. All right. All right. So I don't have a country anymore, but you do. Johnny, listen. You remind me of a preacher I used to know back home. He figured he was such a good preacher because he knew so much about sin. He said he'd sin more than anybody else in the whole congregation. Go ahead. Laugh. Laugh, but I'm telling you for your own good. Get out of town. I can't, Johnny. I've got a date to sing tonight, remember? Shh. Who is this? It's Arlen. But I'm ready for you, Miss B. Oh, time for me to go on, huh? Okay, I'll be right there. Right to all. That's it. I hope you know what kind of a spot you're in because if you sing that song, as far as the public and the states is concerned, you'll be washed up for good. Who's going to say anything, Johnny? Oh. It's the sure thing you will. Well, he'll get back somehow. And you know what happens if you don't sing it. What? Remember what happened to Jackie? What did happen, Johnny? She tried her devil course. And the same night she was dead, now laugh that off. I haven't forgotten. By the way, Johnny, suppose I'd tell you that I knew all about that submarine out there. What? Now you laugh that off. You better get out there and listen with your friends. Your table's ready. Oh, there, Johnny. Over here. There you are, old boy. Here, the best table in the house. Well, you're feeling great, aren't you? Business must be pretty good. Good. Tonight it's perfect. Thank you. Thank you very much. Tonight, I want to sing a song. I want to sing something that's been made, a special request. It's a song that's very popular in my own country. And I'm sure it is with many of you down here. My country is of the sweet land. Are you surprised? Come along, you can go. You better wait here, Johnny. Yes, sure. Anything you say. Oh, Miss Dean. Miss Dean. Yes? May I have a word with you? That's close, sir. Perhaps we'd better sip a little more. All right. Well? That was very naughty of you, Miss Dean. Was it? Yes. That wasn't the song I asked you to sing tonight. That's right. And by the way, don't waste any time looking for that submarine of yours out there. Submarine? Unless you look awful deep. Because when I found out what you boys were doing, I arranged a little tip-off of my own and what you heard me sing tonight was it. I see. All right, simple. You better get it over with. No, no! Johnny! Come on, come on, let's get out of here. They won't make anybody any more popular. Oh, where are we going? The American Embassy. Are you with the government? I had to be an undercover job. The authorities down here couldn't very well get mixed up. After all, it's a neutral country. But how did you know? I cut the wires. It wouldn't have gone out over the air, even if you had. What was your angle? I knew Jackie. She told me she was in trouble with him. She never had time to tell me what it was about. I came down to talk to her about it that night. She was home this morning when all of his wife told me that he found out about the submarine out there. That's why they had to kill him. You were taking an awful chance playing alone, him like that. Why did you do it? Oh, just to get in my licks at the master race. Johnny? Yeah? How was I? You? You were wonderful. And so close as you were wonderful, starring Lena Horne, tonight's study in Suspense. Suspense is produced and directed by William Spears. Have you discovered, as so many thousands of Americans have, how much Roma wines add to the enjoyment of your meals, how their superb taste makes special occasion feasts out of everyday meals? Find out for yourself what a marble worker Roma wine can be in giving any meal a new compliment rousing zest. Start off the meal with an appetizer. Roma California sherry, then place on the table a cool bottle of Roma California burgundy. 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